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8472817,"1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: at least one latent image carrier; an image forming unit to form a toner image on the at least one latent image carrier based on image data; a transfer body onto which the toner image formed on the at least one latent image carrier is transferred in one or more valid image ranges; a non-image range determiner to determine a non-image range on a surface of the transfer body onto which the toner image is not transferred based on at least one time parameter related to the image data; a surface detector to detect the surface of the transfer body in the non-image range; and a toner determiner to determine whether or not toner is present in the non-image range based on a result detected by the surface detector.",0.07920725840581076,0.15841451681162155
9745853,"1. A turbine rotor blade comprising: a leading edge and a trailing edge joined by a pressure side and a suction side, a tip end, and a root end; at least two cooling circuits formed within the blade to provide cooling for the blade comprising;",0.83111426090596,0.33777147818808007
9748322,"1. A flexible display, comprising: a substantially flat portion; a bend portion that is curved away from a tangent plane of the substantially flat portion; and a wire trace having at least three different trace designs, in which a first trace design is applied to a portion of the wire trace in the substantially flat portion, a second trace design is applied to a portion of the wire trace in the bend portion, and a third trace design is applied to a portion of the wire trace between the wire trace portions of the first trace design and of the second trace design, wherein the second trace design is formed of a plurality of sub-traces that splits and merges at predetermined angles away from a tangent vector on the tangent plane, and wherein the portion of the wire trace having the third trace design extends in an inclining or a declining direction from a first surface to a second surface.",0.16181024734859967,0.32362049469719933
8554414,"1. A rollover suppression control apparatus comprising: a rollover state value detection unit which detects a rollover state value indicating that a vehicle is under rollover tendency; a comparison unit which compares the detected rollover state value with a control threshold value; a braking force applying unit which performs a rollover suppression control of applying braking force to a wheel of the vehicle to suppress the rollover of the vehicle when the detected rollover state value is greater than the control threshold value; a understeer state detection unit which detects whether a traveling state of the vehicle is a understeer state or a non-understeer state; and a control threshold value setting unit which sets a first control threshold value as the control threshold value when the traveling state is detected as the non-understeer state, and which sets a second control threshold value greater than the first control threshold value as the control threshold value when the traveling state is detected as the understeer state.",0.22207058797910223,0.44414117595820446
9238689,"1. An isolated antigen-binding moiety, wherein the antigen-binding moiety specifically binds human MIF and human D-DT, wherein the antigen-binding moiety recognizes an epitope of MIF, wherein a similar epitope is present in D-DT and wherein said isolated antigen-binding moiety recognizes both epitopes, said epitopes in MIF and D-DT comprise an amino acid shown in is identical in human MIF and human D-DT.",0.06123825645240272,0.12247651290480543
8832316,"1. A method of delivering a message comprising: receiving a message at a central service, the central service comprising a database storing a set of recipient's settings, wherein a person other than the recipient is able to modify the recipient's settings; parsing the message to separate component parts; configuring the message according to the recipient's settings; formatting the message in a format that enables printing on a printing device; storing the formatted message at the central service until the printing device connects to the central service, wherein the frequency of future connections between the printing device and the central service is stored as part of the set of recipient's settings; updating the printing device's configuration upon connection between the printing device and the central service to reflect any modifications made to the recipient's settings applicable to the printing device since the prior connection; and transmitting the formatted message to a recipient over a network when the printing device is connected to the central service.",0.14003976268373824,0.2800795253674765
9744782,1. A printing device performance management apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory storing machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:,0.2005114260688904,0.40102285213778077
9644533,"1. A method for supplying nitrogen to a combustion chamber, the method comprising the steps of: withdrawing gaseous nitrogen from an air separation unit at a first pressure; compressing the gaseous nitrogen in a nitrogen compressor having a first stage and a final stage and sending the gaseous nitrogen to a combustion chamber at a final pressure, wherein the final pressure is an output pressure of the final stage of the nitrogen compressor; humidifying the gaseous nitrogen downstream the first stage and upstream the final stage by direct contact by passing the gaseous nitrogen through a first contactor supplied with water to produce a humidified nitrogen, wherein the first contactor is supplied with water at a top portion of the first contactor; and compressing the humidified nitrogen in the final stage of the nitrogen compressor to form the gaseous nitrogen that is sent to the combustion chamber at the final pressure, wherein all the water sent to the first contactor is transferred to the gaseous flow of nitrogen.",0.8909032613765016,0.2181934772469969
9586816,"1. A layered transparent conductor comprising: a substrate; a conductive layer overlying the substrate, wherein the conductive layer comprises a plurality of conductive nanostructures; and a light-scattering layer overlying the conductive layer, wherein the light-scattering layer comprises a plurality of light-scattering primary particles, wherein two or more of the light-scattering primary particles form at least one agglomerated particle, wherein the light-scattering primary particles are not electrically conductive, and wherein the layered transparent conductor has a haze value of more than 10%, a sheet resistance of no more than 200 Ohms/square, and a light transmission of more than 70%.",0.5920029884269588,0.8159940231460825
8696356,"1. A method for dental restoration, the method comprising: forming a final design model of a plurality of teeth of an arch including at least two adjacent teeth between which an interproximal contact is to be formed, said final design model including a material added to and extending between a model of said two adjacent teeth prior to dental restoration, said material tapering as it approaches where the interproximal contact is to be formed; forming a stent having a cavity defining contours of the final design model of the plurality of teeth of the arch; disposing a curable tooth restoration composition into the cavity of the stent; seating the stent on the patient's teeth with the curable tooth restoration composition disposed therein such that curable tooth restoration composition flows into and fills space between the plurality of teeth of the arch and the cavity of the stent; initiating curing of the curable tooth restoration composition in the stent, said curable restoration composition thereby bonding to and extending between the two adjacent teeth between which the interproximal contact is to be formed; removing the stent from the patient's teeth to expose the two adjacent teeth with the cured tooth restoration composition bonded thereto and extending therebetween; and separating the cured tooth restoration composition extending between the two adjacent teeth to form the interproximal contact.",0.2250081490803862,0.4500162981607724
8382357,"1. An apparatus comprising: a light-transmissive substrate having a first surface and a second surface, said first surface including a first defined area configured to allow admission of light into said substrate and said second surface including a first corresponding defined area configured to allow said light to emanate from said substrate, said substrate defining a plurality of perforations extending from said first surface to said second surface, said plurality of perforations configured to inhibit direct transmission of light admitted to said substrate through said first defined area to an area of said front surface outside said first corresponding defined area; wherein said plurality of perforations comprises a first tier of perforations having a first diameter, a second tier of perforations having a second diameter larger than said first diameter, and a third tier of perforations having a third diameter larger than said second diameter.",0.36937221912837553,0.7387444382567511
8774511,"1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input image data; an attribute information generation unit configured to generate attribute information about each pixel of the image data input by the input unit; a division unit configured to divide the image data input by the input unit into a plurality of blocks of a predetermined size; a generation unit configured to generate a histogram of colors and the number of pixels of each color existing in a focused block divided by the division unit; a first determination unit configured, if a size of an area having a focused color calculated based on the histogram generated by the generation unit is greater than a predetermined threshold value, to determine that the area having the focused color is a significant area; a second determination unit configured, if the size of the area having the focused color is equal to or less than the predetermined threshold value, if the area having the focused color is located on a boundary of the focused block, and if the attribute information generated by the attribute information generation unit about successive pixels existing within the area having the focused color and located on the boundary includes a text attribute, to determine that the area having the focused color is a significant area; and a color replacement unit configured, if it is not determined by either one of the first determination unit and the second determination unit that the area having the focused color is the significant area, to replace a color of the pixel existing within the area having the focused color with a different color so that the color of the area having the focused color becomes the same as the different color of another area within the focused block contacting the area having the focused color, wherein the color replacement unit does not replace the color of the pixel existing within the area having the focused color determined as the significant area with the different color of another area within the focused block contacting the area having the focused color.",0.05555029461254497,0.11110058922508992
8903501,"1. A method for treating a metabolic disease or disorder in a human subject suffering from said metabolic disease or disorder by inhibiting secretion of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) from one or more C-afferent sensory nerve fibers, comprising: applying, via a pulse generator in operable communication with an implantable lead, an electrical impulse to one or more C-afferent sensory nerve fibers innervating pancreatic beta cells in the subject, the electrical impulse configured to have a frequency ranging from 60 to 10,000 Hz and further configured to inhibit the secretion of CGRP from the one or more C-afferent sensory nerve fibers to treat the metabolic disease/disorder.",0.8218670944478013,0.3562658111043975
9041237,"1. A wind turbine drive train, comprising: a hub; a bearing system supporting the hub and comprising an inner race connected to the hub; a generator; and a flexible coupling member coaxially mounted between the hub and the generator and gearlessly coupling the generator to the inner race, wherein the flexible coupling member comprises a torque tube and at least one of a first flexible element arranged between the inner race and the torque tube and a second flexible element arranged between the generator and the torque tube.",0.9891542152467647,0.021691569506470554
8460104,1. A computerized system for playing a video game comprising: (a) a yoga ball; (b) a controller for the yoga ball that generates a ground position change signal as the yoga ball moves from a first ground position to a second ground position; (c) a game console executing video game software with instructions to:,0.022027536789510395,0.04405507357902083
9128681,"1. A power supply system, comprising: a plurality of power supply units, each power supply unit including: a rack, and a plurality of the power supply units are disposed on the rack in an array.",0.7076399562223393,0.5847200875553213
8391802,"1. A method of controlling transmit parameters for wireless communication between a transmitter and at least one receiver, comprising: collectively determining transmit duration and transmit power based on minimization of a given objective function with respect to at least one of transmit duration and transmit power, and wherein the given object function is representative of total consumed energy for said transmitter and said at least one receiver; wherein the total consumed energy includes an energy term defined as: where a is a factor used to reflect the power amplifier efficiency at the transmitter, P is the variable transmit power, P wherein the variable transmit duration T (per bit) is defined as: where L is the number of bits in a packet, B is the link bandwidth, f is a piecewise monotonically increasing function, and Γ is representative of local link characteristics.",0.6165356848997572,0.7669286302004856
8761083,"1. A radio communication method comprising: receiving intermittently, at a mobile station, information indicating a transmission format used for a shared channel via which data is received; transmitting intermittently, from the mobile station, Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) information relating to the transmission format used for the shared channel in a first mode; setting the timing of the intermittent transmission of the CQI information a given time before the reception of the information indicating a transmission format used for the shared channel, the CQI information being transmitted periodically; and switching from the first mode to a second mode in which the CQI information is transmitted more frequently than in the first mode.",0.5181993933731264,0.9636012132537473
8748682,"1. A process comprising: contacting cracking catalyst with a hydrocarbon feed stream to crack the hydrocarbons to cracked product hydrocarbons having lower molecular weight and deposit coke on the cracking catalyst to provide coked cracking catalyst; separating said coked cracking catalyst from said cracked products; adding oxygen to said coked cracking catalyst; combusting coke on said coked cracking catalyst with oxygen to regenerate said cracking catalyst; separating said cracked products to obtain a dilute ethylene stream comprising between about 5 and about 50 wt-% ethylene and between about 25 and about 55 wt-% methane; compressing the dilute ethylene stream to a pressure of between about 4,826 and about 7,584 kPa; and contacting the dilute ethylene stream with an oligomerization catalyst.",0.8181654861867026,0.3636690276265948
8992769,"1. A method for reducing a trace amount of mercury in a crude oil feed, comprising: providing a crude oil feed having a first concentration of non-volatile mercury, mixing an effective amount of a reducing agent with the crude oil feed to convert at least a portion of the non-volatile mercury into a volatile mercury; removing at least a portion of the volatile mercury by at least one of stripping, scrubbing, adsorption, and combinations thereof to obtain a crude oil having a reduced concentration of mercury; wherein the reducing agent is selected from sulfur compounds containing at least one sulfur atom having an oxidation state less than +6; ferrous compounds; stannous compounds; oxalates; cuprous compounds; organic acids which decompose to form CO",0.5523007135995837,0.8953985728008327
9507632,"1. A method comprising: an accelerated processing device running a process enqueued by a central processing unit; setting a threshold time quanta; preempting the process running on the accelerated processing device based upon a running time of the process and the threshold time quanta, wherein the preempting comprises:",0.42141828891634303,0.8428365778326861
9322859,"1. A method of re-offsetting a plurality of amplifiers, comprising: testing the plurality of amplifiers based on a re-offset value at bulks of compensation transistors of the plurality of amplifiers, wherein testing of each amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers comprises assessing an ability of the amplifier to read a signal at a pair of inputs, the signal representing a first logic level and a second logic level different from the first logic level; identifying a first group of first amplifiers of the plurality of amplifiers favoring reading the first logic level and/or a second group of second amplifiers of the plurality of amplifiers favoring reading the second logic level, based on results of the testing operation; changing the re-offset value to a new re-offset value; re-offsetting the first group of first amplifiers and/or the second group of second amplifiers based on the new re-offset value; and re-testing the first group of first amplifiers and the second group of second amplifiers.",0.13561276848064768,0.27122553696129537
9455475,"1. An electrolyte composition, comprising: a lithium salt (A); a benzimidazole compound (BP) represented by formula (I); and an organic solvent (C), in formula (I), R",0.6701904794410253,0.6596190411179494
9316341,"1. A work piece for use in an abrasive environment, the work piece comprising: a metal substrate having a melting point of T a carrier sheet having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the second side having a coating layer deposited thereon, wherein the carrier sheet is applied to the work piece such that the second side is in contact with the work piece and the first side is facing away from the work piece; the coating layer from a single-component feedstock consisting of a composition in weight % of: Fe (55-65%), Cr (0-30%), R (4-30%), Si (0-10%), B (0-3%), and Al (0-20%), wherein R is two or more refractory elements V and Nb, wherein the coating layer comprises a matrix component and at least one additional phase component, the matrix component comprising a total refractory content, excluding Cr, of approximately 13.5%, and the coating having a melting point of Tm; wherein at least a portion of the refractory elements in the coating layer diffuse into the metal substrate for the metal substrate to have a gradient composition, in which the metal substrate is alloyed with at least a portion of the refractory elements for the metal substrate at a depth at least 25 μm from an interface between the coating layer and the substrate to have a concentration of refractory elements of at least 25% of a concentration of refractory elements in the coating layer.",0.20489462552389962,0.4097892510477992
8517451,"1. A front underfloor structure of a vehicle, comprising front deflectors disposed forward of front tires, respectively, in the vehicle and being configured to redirect a flow of traveling air that flows around a front underfloor while traveling, wherein the front deflectors each comprise: a front apex portion disposed at a position closer to the vehicle front than the position of a leading edge surface of each of the front tires when straight, and disposed at a position closer to a vehicle center line which is inward in a vehicle width direction of the position of an inner surface of each of the front tires when straight; an outer end portion disposed at a position closer to the vehicle rear than the front apex portion, and disposed at a position outward in the vehicle width direction of the front apex portion; and two flow redirection surfaces connecting the front apex portion and the outer end portion, and being configured such that, when struck by air traveling from the vehicle front, the two flow redirection surfaces redirect a flow of the traveling air to form an obliquely outward flow and a flow outward in the vehicle width direction.",0.4861060201426658,0.9722120402853316
9026138,"1. A method comprising: obtaining a first plurality of round trip time (RTT) measurements from acquisition of signals by a plurality of mobile devices, said signals being transmitted by one or more transmitters; identifying a selected type of receiver used to acquire at least one of said signals by at least one mobile device of said plurality of mobile devices, said selected type of receiver being selected from among multiple types of receivers; approximating locations of at least a portion of said plurality of mobile devices, wherein said approximated locations are of said at least said portion of said plurality of mobile devices during a time that said at least said portion of said plurality of mobile devices are obtaining at least a first portion of said first plurality of RTT measurements, and wherein said approximated locations are derived based upon other than said at least said first portion of said first plurality of RTT measurements; selecting a second plurality of RTT measurements comprising at least a portion of said at least said first portion of said first plurality of RTT measurements, wherein said second plurality of RTT measurements corresponds to said selected type of receiver; and combining said selected second plurality of RTT measurements to determine expected RTT signature values at discrete positions in an area based, at least in part, on said selected second plurality of RTT measurements and said approximated locations, wherein said expected RTT signature values are for application by said at least one of said plurality of mobile devices employing said selected type of receiver.",0.06664488825525934,0.13328977651051865
8827942,"1. A blood treatment system for treating the blood of a patient, comprising: an obtaining system for obtaining a first value reflecting the distribution of fluid between at least a first and a second distribution space of the patient; and, a control system, wherein the control system determines whether said first value fulfils at least one criterion, the criterion being a saturation degree of at least one of the distribution spaces, the saturation degree being a ratio between the changes of the two distribution spaces over time, wherein the control system is configured to calculate a correlation between changes in patient weight over at least two measurements and values representing an anemia state of the patient or changes thereof at those measurements, and wherein the control system is configured to compare the calculated correlation with a threshold or a range, wherein the threshold is the slope or inclination of a curve in a graphical illustration.",0.255539576401605,0.51107915280321
9576868,"1. A system, comprising: a silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor device, the SiC semiconductor device having a source electrode disposed on top of a top surface of an interlayer dielectric and no intervening layer disposed between the interlayer dielectric and the source electrode; and a hermetically sealed packaging enclosing the SiC semiconductor device, wherein the hermetically sealed packaging is configured to maintain an atmosphere around the SiC semiconductor device, wherein the atmosphere limits a shift in a threshold voltage of the SiC semiconductor device to less than 1 V during operation, wherein the threshold voltage is a voltage difference between a gate and source at a given source to drain current.",0.6630157854532939,0.6739684290934123
8765145,"1. An isolated antigenic polypeptide, comprising at least a consensus LSA-5 peptide of sequence EEVVEELIEEVIPEELVL (SEQ ID NO: 15).",0.6902318693416768,0.6195362613166464
8569287,1. A compound of formula (I): wherein: R each R each R each X each R m is 1; q is 0; each R Q is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl; provided that (i) at least one of X or a salt thereof.,0.49769135494512323,0.9953827098902465
9423269,"1. A mobile communication device, comprising: global positioning system (GPS) capability; a digital processor; a non-transitory digital memory coupled to the digital processor; a display screen; and a software (SW) application executing by the digital processor, the SW application providing: determining and recording a start of a trip in which the mobile communication device is carried in a vehicle, the recording a start of a trip including a geographic location determined by GPS coordinates associated with geographic data; tracking location of the vehicle after the trip start by the GPS system, and recording the tracking location; interpreting the tracking data and recording an acceleration event, a deceleration event, position of the vehicle over time as determined by the GPS, or a speeding event and determining vehicle velocity, wherein a change in the determined vehicle velocity indicates at least one of exceeding a preprogrammed acceleration, deceleration or speed threshold, the recorded event including magnitude and duration of the recorded event; recording fuel volume at the start of a trip, addition of fuel during the trip, and usage of fuel during the trip, determining and recording an end of the trip, the recording an end of the trip including a geographic location determined by GPS coordinates associated with geographic data; and an interactive display on the display screen of the mobile communication device, the interactive display including a display in text of an address at the start of the trip and the end of the trip, separated by a representation of a timeline for the trip, a vehicle icon moveable along the timeline, event icons specific to an event type at locations along the timeline representing the acceleration event, the deceleration event and the speeding event determined during the trip, and a summary box providing a distance and duration of the trip and fuel efficiency and fuel monetary cost for the trip.",0.542617646351267,0.9147647072974661
9516997,"1. An apparatus for obtaining information for a structure, comprising: at least one first optical fiber arrangement configured to transceive at least one first electro-magnetic radiation, and including at least one fiber; at least one dispersive second arrangement configured to receive a particular radiation which is at least one of the at least one first electro-magnetic radiation, and forward a spectrally-dispersed radiation thereof to at least one section of the structure; and at least one focusing third arrangement in an optical communication with the at least one first optical fiber arrangement, wherein the at least one third arrangement is configured to focus and provide there through the spectrally-dispersed radiation to generate a focused electro-magnetic radiation, and wherein at least one end of the at least one fiber is connected to at least one of the at least one focusing third arrangement and or the at least one dispersive second arrangement.",0.4142514586220806,0.8285029172441613
8739478,"1. An integrated solar module capable of being easy assembled for thermal solar application, the module comprising: a solar panel device having an aperture region and a backside region; a shaped thickness of material characterized by a fire rating of at least A and mechanical strength capable of maintaining a thickness free from penetration of moisture and a shape to couple with the backside region, the shaped thickness of material including at least a bottom plate, a first side wall, a second side wall; an air plenum provided between the backside region and the shaped thickness of material, the air plenum having an intake region located from a first end region of the first side wall to a first end region of the second side wall and an output region located from a second end region of the first side wall to a second end region of the second side wall, the intake region being configured to receive airflows from ambient toward the output region, and the airflows optionally being let to pass through either or both of the first side wall and the second side wall, the airflows being driven through the air plenum by an air moving device to pass an exit region at the bottom plate connecting to a fluid drive region for transferring thermal energy generated by the solar panel device; wherein the module is configured to engage with another module in an end-to-end direction and to be attached with a mounting rail to align with another module in a side-to-side direction to form an integrated thermal solar system; wherein the integrated thermal solar system comprises an integrated air plenum having air plenums in the end-to-end direction directly connected one output region to another intake region and air plenums in the side-to-side direction connected one side wall across a mounting rail to another side wall; wherein the mounting rail includes an outer side wall made of a solid plate and an inner side wall having one or more openings allowing the air flows to pass from one air plenum through a mounting rail to a next air plenum of the integrated air plenum; wherein the mounting rail includes one or more openings connecting the one or more openings in the inner side wall.",0.9736995058894542,0.052600988221091605
9784386,"1. A large flexible submarine conduit for a platform floating at sea, comprising: a plurality of sheets linked together by a sliding closure on each of their lateral sides, and maintaining elements for maintaining a circular cross-section of the conduit, wherein said maintaining elements are both flexible and flattenable, so as to allow the maintaining elements to be wound flat on drums with the corresponding sheets.",0.8323798167642321,0.33524036647153577
9005835,"1. A polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, comprising: an electrochemical package comprising a cathode, an anode, and a polymer membrane interposed between the cathode and the anode; a first and a second bipolar plate; an anode compartment disposed between the first bipolar plate and the anode of the electrochemical package; and a cathode compartment disposed between the second bipolar plate and the cathode of the electrochemical package, wherein at least one of the first bipolar plate and the second bipolar plate is a bipolar plate assembly comprising: at least one of the anode compartment or the cathode compartment comprises an open flowfield, the electrochemical package is in direct contact with at least one of the bipolar plate assembly, the porous spacer, or one of the formed metal sheets, and to the extent present, the porous spacer(s) is chosen from a metal foam, a graphite foam, an expanded metal mesh, and a metal wire mesh.",0.9536710969949002,0.09265780601019968
9701573,"1. A glass ceramic comprising: 30-65 wt % of a lithium disilicate first crystalline phase; and 20-60 wt % of a β-spodunnene second crystalline phase, wherein the glass ceramic has a composition comprising, in wt %:",0.8211445248802863,0.35771095023942734
8608273,"1. A print controller of a printer, the print controller comprising: a detection system operable to identify an edge of a media that is parallel to a direction of travel of the media, and to determine a lateral offset between the edge of the media and a print head of the printer; and a data compensator operable to identify pel data in a buffer for an ink jet print head, wherein pel positions in the buffer correspond with nozzle positions of the ink jet print head; the data compensator further operable to shift the pel data in the buffer a number of (n) pel positions based on the lateral offset to compensate for a lateral motion of the media relative to the print head.",0.1623502544783105,0.32470050895662106
8660785,"1. An apparatus provided outside of vehicles for evaluating driving operations, comprising a computer configured to: read out driving data for a plurality of driving cycles from an electronic control unit on board a vehicle, the electronic control unit including a nonvolatile memory configured to store driving data representing fuel efficiency condition of the vehicle in accordance with driving operation by a user in those driving cycles other than driving cycles wherein at least one of vehicle speed and travel distance in a driving cycle does not reach a predetermined value, and other than driving cycles wherein the engine is not activated for a period longer than a predetermined period after the engine is started, the driving cycle comprising the period from turning on of the ignition to turning off of the ignition; produce charts presenting fuel efficiency condition for each driving operation by the user for each driving cycle, based on the read out driving data, said charts visually and comparatively presenting said fuel efficiency condition in temporal sequence; and output the charts as comparison results for each one of the driving cycles.",0.9495897063205686,0.10082058735886279
8404347,"1. A process for making amphiphilic magnetic composite particles, the process comprising, sequentially: forming magnetic nanoparticles from a solution of metal salts and coating the nanoparticles with a carboxylic acid to produce acid-modified magnetic nanoparticles; coating the acid-modified magnetic nanoparticles with a silanol precursor in an alkaline solution to produce precursor-coated magnetic nanoparticles; adding a silane coupling agent including a vinylic group to a dispersion of the precursor-coated magnetic nanoparticles and coating the precursor-coated magnetic nanoparticles to form vinylic-coated magnetic nanoparticles; and encapsulating the vinylic-coated magnetic nanoparticles by homogenizing a dispersion of the vinylic-coated magnetic nanoparticles with an aqueous solution of a water-soluble polymer containing amino groups, a peroxide, and a monomer, graft copolymerizing the monomer to encapsulate the vinylic-coated magnetic nanoparticles in cores, and shells covering the cores, thereby forming the amphiphilic magnetic composite particles.",0.7011900639800352,0.5976198720399295
8548695,"1. A method for emergency unlocking of a vehicle automatic transmission from a blocked state to protect against unauthorized use, comprising the acts of: placing an emergency unlocking unit in at least one of mechanical and electrical communication with a vehicle in the blocked state to protect against unauthorized use, the vehicle being configured to prevent operation of the automatic transmission in a forward driving mode in response to emergency unlocking unit use; actuating the emergency unlocking unit to unlock the automatic transmission in a manner which prevents shifting of the transmission into a forward driving mode.",0.4140324831242582,0.8280649662485164
8798880,"1. A system comprising: an engine speed module that determines an engine speed when a clutch is engaged with a dual mass flywheel; and a downshift indicator module that generates a downshift indicator signal when the engine speed is less than a first speed, the downshift indicator signal indicating when to downshift a manual transmission, wherein the first speed is based on a predetermined relationship between the engine speed and oscillation of the dual mass flywheel.",0.9451756833174758,0.10964863336504838
9353533,"1. A decking board, comprising: a first longitudinal side having an extension member including a first surface and an opposing second surface, the first surface including a first lip, the second surface having a recess formed therein; a second longitudinal side including a first portion defining a tongue and a second portion including a second lip, the second longitudinal side further including a first flexible seal member, the first portion and second portion of the second longitudinal side define a cavity therebetween to receive an extension member of an associated decking board therein, wherein, the tongue includes a first flexible seal member extending generally upward from the first portion and the second portion includes a second flexible seal member extending generally downward from the second portion in an opposing direction towards the first flexible seal member to cooperatively engage the associated decking board; and a main central body disposed intermediate to the first longitudinal side and second side, wherein the second flexible member includes a first prong and second prong integrally formed, the first prong extending generally downward from the second portion of the second longitudinal side and the second prong defining a third flexible seal member extending generally downward from the second portion of the second longitudinal side.",0.1593561303431068,0.3187122606862136
9811160,"1. A mobile terminal, comprising: at least one sensor; a display unit; and a host processor receiving data detected by the at least one sensor and processing image data of which a display is changed according to the data detected by the sensor, wherein the display unit includes: wherein the at least one sensor includes a camera, and wherein the local processor receives photography image data photographed by the camera, and detects the separation distance to expand a region corresponding to the eye of the user in the image to be displayed when a separation distance between the user and the mobile terminal is changed.",0.31297340529028944,0.6259468105805789
8850758,"1. A grain storage system comprising: a housing including; a plurality of panels being attached to said roof structure to define an auxiliary storage capacity above said first and second side walls supported by said roof structure, each of said panels extending between and being attached to adjacently positioned ones of said inner chords, said panels each being horizontally oriented; each of said panels being elongated, each of said panels having; said first section of each of said panels forming a lip extending over lower flanges of adjacently positioned ones of said panels to form a continuous inner wall extending upwardly along said inner chords to a predetermined height, said lower edges of said adjacently positioned ones of said panels abutting an associated one of said medial sections.",0.6361680106198863,0.7276639787602275
8398815,"1. A plasma processing apparatus comprising: a processing chamber capable of being depressurized; a first electrode arranged in the processing chamber, the first electrode being provided with a heating element; a first radio frequency power supply for outputting a first radio frequency power, the first radio frequency power supply being electrically connected to the first electrode; a heater power supply for supplying an electric power to the heating element; a first and a second power supply line for electrically interconnecting the heating element and the heater power supply; and a filter circuit provided on the first and the second power supply line for attenuating radio frequency noises coming from the heating element, wherein, the filter circuit includes a first and a second air-core coil respectively provided on the first and the second power supply line at an initial stage of the filter circuit when viewed from the heating element, the air-core coils being in a coaxial relationship with each other and having substantially the same winding length, the plasma processing apparatus further comprising a conductive casing for enclosing the air-core coils, the casing being grounded, wherein each of the air-core coils is divided into two or more electrically serially connected air-core coil subunits arranged in the casing in a spatially parallel relationship.",0.2726346726399967,0.5452693452799934
8946211,"1. A compound represented by the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R R R m is 0, 1, or 2; n is 1, 2, or 3; and X is halogen selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine.",0.5838343641003849,0.8323312717992302
9198697,"1. An implantable device, comprising: a barrel, the barrel having an upper portion and a lower portion; an actuator assembly disposed in the barrel, the actuator assembly comprising a front ramped actuator in engagement with the barrel, a rear ramped actuator in engagement with the barrel, and a central screw that extends from the rear ramped actuator through the front ramped actuator; a first plate having multiple projections extending from one side of the first plate, the first plate comprising a first portion that extends from the upper portion and a second portion that extends form the lower portion; a second plate having multiple projections extending from one side of the second plate, the second plate configured to be received on the central screw, wherein the second plate comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, a central portion connecting the upper portion and the lower portion, and a trunnion assembly disposed in an opening in the central portion, wherein the trunnion assembly comprises a housing for receiving the central screw, a pair of chambers on either side of the opening, and a pair of ratchet pawls, each of the ratchet pawls being individually disposed in one of the chambers and configured to engage the central screw in the opening, wherein the barrel is configured to transition from a collapsed form having a first height to an expanded form having a second height and wherein the second height is greater than the first height.",0.0611048017255973,0.12220960345119458
9551426,"1. A fluid control valve comprising: a valve housing including a first flow path between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and a second flow path between the fluid inlet and a bypass port; a drive device attached to the valve housing; a valve shaft which is connected to an output shaft of the drive device and moves in an axial direction in the valve housing; and a valve body which is attached so as to radially extend to an axis of the valve shaft, and which opens and closes the first and second flow paths by being moved with the valve shaft so that one side surface moves away from or comes into contact with a first valve seat formed in the first flow path of the valve housing and an other side surface opposite to the one side surface moves away from or comes into contact with a second valve seat formed in the second flow path, wherein the valve housing is attached to an attachment target member so that the valve shaft is tilted to a horizontal plane, and wherein the valve body includes a wall portion which corresponds to a portion where a liquid inside the first flow path collects due to weight thereof, within a portion having the first valve seat in the first flow path of the valve housing, and which is formed along an edge portion on the other side surface so as to restrict the liquid from covering an upper surface of the valve body.",0.3481575331116521,0.6963150662233042
9680172,"1. A flow type electrochemical cell, comprising: an anode half-cell and a cathode half-cell bounded by side elements, each half-cell further comprising porous electrodes; a permeable separating layer disposed between the anode half-cell and the cathode half-cell; an electrolyte inflow region connected to an electrolyte feed; and an electrolyte outflow region connected to an electrolyte drain; wherein:",0.9146969931980059,0.1706060136039882
9198974,"1. A method for preparing a decorated macromolecular scaffold comprising the step of reacting the surface groups of a macromolecular scaffold with ligands to form oxime or hydrazone bonds between the surface groups of the macromolecular scaffold and the ligands, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of an aniline or substituted aniline catalyst and (i) the surface groups on the macromolecular scaffold comprise groups -E (ii) the ligands each comprise group -E wherein E wherein one of -L wherein Z wherein Z  or —NH—NHC(O)—; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R and step (iv) comprises reacting ligands with",0.6626110345375593,0.6747779309248814
9558882,"1. A power feeding coil unit for wireles sly feeding power, comprising: a power feeding coil; and an auxiliary coil, wherein the auxiliary coil is arranged not to interlink with a magnetic flux that interlinks with a power receiving coil that is arranged to face the power feeding coil during power feeding, an axial direction of the auxiliary coil is nonparallel to an opposing direction of the power feeding coil and the power receiving coil, a direction of circulation of a magnetic flux generated by the auxiliary coil is opposite to a direction of circulation of a magnetic flux generated by the power feeding coil, the power feeding coil comprises a first power feeding coil and a second power feeding coil that are apposed, and a magnetic path interlinking the first power feeding coil and the second power feeding coil is generated by a magnetic field of the first power feeding coil and a magnetic field of the second power feeding coil.",0.4010100916184691,0.8020201832369382
9391224,"1. A solar battery comprising: a P-type silicon layer; a graphene layer formed on the P-type silicon layer; a quantum dot layer formed on the graphene layer and having a multiple energy level structure consisting of an energy level of a valence band and an energy level of a conduction band, and intermediate energy levels located between the valence band and the conduction band; and an N-type silicon layer formed on the quantum dot layer,",0.9926888368372706,0.01462232632545879
9413586,"1. A system, comprising: a first networking system, comprising: wherein the first controller is configured to: wherein the first networking system is configured to:",0.5167256935299787,0.9665486129400427
9349234,"1. A system for vehicle-to-vehicle communications comprising: a microprocessor; a social/business communications module associated with a vehicle that causes the microprocessor to receive information from another vehicle in a communication range of the vehicle, wherein the information includes one or more of a social and business communication, determine a content associated with the one or more of the social and business communication, associate the information with one or more of another driver and the another vehicle, and determine, based at least partially on the content, whether to exchange communications between the vehicle and the another vehicle; and a message module that causes the microprocessor to associate the information with one or more of a social network, a network and a navigation network.",0.457397332751137,0.914794665502274
8822400,1. A cleaning composition comprising an effective amount of an isolated polyol oxidase (POx) comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least about 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:6.,0.7504715945316905,0.4990568109366189
9469896,"1. An optically selective double-nitride composite material, consisting essentially of a ceramic matrix and a component having a metallic behavior nanodispersed therein, characterized in that: said ceramic matrix is an aluminum or silicon nitride wherein the ratio between Al or Si and N is sub-stoichiometric and said component having a metallic behavior is a nitride of M",0.5489695245080863,0.9020609509838273
9376210,"1. A cargo handling system for loading and securing one or more freight containers in a cargo hold of an aircraft, the system comprising: a plurality of elongate bracket members, each of which is configured to be secured to a base or floor of the cargo hold, wherein the bracket members are arranged in rows and extend substantially parallel and transverse to a loading direction; a plurality of elongate guide members, each of which is mounted on and interconnects end regions of a number of the bracket members arranged in a row; wherein each guide member forms a restraint or stop against lateral movement of a freight container loaded in the cargo hold, wherein the bracket members extend transversely inwards or inboard of the elongate guide members, and wherein each guide member interconnects with the bracket members via an interconnection mechanism, the interconnection mechanism comprising at least one projection that projects in a direction substantially perpendicular to the base or floor of the cargo hold to be received in a corresponding slot or groove.",0.26012173931873206,0.5202434786374641
9230879,"1. An electronic apparatus, comprising: a main unit, comprising: a thermal management unit, comprising: an enclosure enclosing the main unit and the thermal management unit therein.",0.841646623409859,0.3167067531802821
9362984,"1. A device comprising: a first CPU; a second CPU; and a router circuit; wherein each of the first CPU and the second CPU includes: wherein the router circuit includes: wherein the first wireless circuit and the second wireless circuit each are configured to transmit and receive data between a corresponding one of the first CPU and the second CPU and the router circuit wirelessly, and wherein the first wireless circuit is configured to transmit data to the second wireless circuit by a backscattering method.",0.548426947631615,0.9031461047367699
8472216,"1. A circuit arrangement for a power-supply unit for generating at least one DC voltage from an AC voltage of a power grid comprising: a switching element that switches a load current of the power-supply unit; a current-limiting element connected in series to the switching element that limits a current surge when the switching element is turned on; a bistable first relay connected in parallel to the switching element and the current-limiting element that retains the load current; and a control circuit that switches the power-supply unit from a first operating state, in which no load current flows from the power grid to the power-supply unit, to a second operating state in which a load current for generating a DC voltage flows from the power grid to the power-supply unit; wherein the control circuit turns on the switching element for a first time period during switching of the power-supply unit from the first to the second operating state, to turn the bistable relay on during the first time period, and to turn the switching element off at the end of the first time period.",0.9613719840707116,0.07725603185857688
9774204,"1. A battery subsystem comprising: a main battery pack having a cycle rating for a given quantity of cycles over a useful life; a supplemental battery pack having a cycle rating for a given quantity of cycles over a useful life; a switch coupled to both the main battery pack and the supplemental battery pack, wherein the switch selectively couples the main battery pack or the supplemental battery pack to an electrical load or to an electrical energy source; wherein the cycle rating of the main battery pack is substantially greater than the cycle rating of the supplemental battery pack; and wherein the switch is configured to discharge or charge the main battery pack preferentially over the supplemental battery pack.",0.9823358567265608,0.035328286546878473
9682514,"1. A method of fabricating a resin infused composite part, comprising: placing a fiber component on a tool; placing a perforated caul sheet over the component, wherein the caul sheet comprises: a first region with a first plurality of perforations having a first density of perforations and a first resin permeability; and a second region with a second plurality of perforations having a second density of perforations different from the first density of perforations and a second resin permeability different from the first resin permeability; providing resin to the caul sheet on a side of the caul sheet opposite the fiber component; and infusing the component with resin through perforations in the caul sheet such that resin flow through the first region differs from resin flow through the second region.",0.5239065906499412,0.9521868187001177
9166260,"1. A battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells, each comprising a pair of opposing long side surfaces, a cap plate connected between the opposing long side surfaces, and a terminal portion at the cap plate; and a barrier comprising: wherein first adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells are arranged at the first side of the body portion and a respective one of the long side surfaces of each of the first adjacent battery cells faces toward the surface of the body portion in a second direction opposite the first direction, the partition wall extending between the first adjacent battery cells.",0.8973570967074013,0.20528580658519746
9687429,"1. A hand soap, hand sanitizer or hand cream composition that achieves more than about 4 Log10 reduction from control bacterial counts within 30 seconds of contact, comprising: a. 0.01 to 0.7% w/w lemongrass oil; b. 0.01 to 0.5% w/w orange oil; c. 0.1 to 0.5% w/w grapefruit seed extract; d. 0.125 to 1% w/w citric acid; e. 0.3 to 10% w/w of a combination of octanediol and 1,3 propanediol; f. one or more additional ingredients selected from the group consisting of: cationic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, cellulose polymers, cetearyl Alcohol, behentrimonium methosulfate, stearyl alcohol, glycerin, almond oil, jojoba oil, avocado oil, silicone polymers, silicone oil and combinations thereof; and g. 0.5 to 20% w/w of an alcohol selected from the group consisting of: ethanol, isopropanol, phenoxyethanol and combinations thereof.",0.32036962868684815,0.6407392573736963
9144884,"1. A scribing method by blasting, comprising: using a blasting machine that includes an ejection nozzle, the ejection nozzle having a slit-shaped ejection opening with a width of 10 μm to 500 μm and a length of 5 to 5000 times the width; and an abrasive with a median diameter equal to or less than one-half of the width of the ejection opening of the ejection nozzle, the abrasive with a maximum particle diameter smaller than the width of the ejection opening; and ejecting the abrasive together with compressed gas on a surface of a workpiece without masking at an ejection distance of 0.1 mm to 3.0 mm and at an ejection pressure of 0.2 MPa to 0.6 MPa so that 0.25 cm",0.02636882082045376,0.05273764164090755
9026820,"1. An apparatus comprising: logic, at least partially implemented in hardware, to manage one or more links, based on policy information, in response to a determination that a processor has entered a low power consumption state, wherein the logic is to block one or more signals, corresponding to management of the one or more links, that are directed to the processor to allow the processor to stay in the low power consumption state.",0.9694012027005787,0.06119759459884255
8915241,"1. A reflection-atomizing spray system for collecting heat, such as solar radiant energy, by heating fluid, such as water, the system comprising a supply means, in order to supply the fluid under pressure, and at least one heat-collection element having an inner cavity; said at least one heat-collection element comprises: a heat-transmission wall having an opaque evaporation surface in order to facilitate the fluid vaporization or evaporation from the evaporation surface within the inner cavity; at least one jet-reflection surface situated within the inner cavity; an inner cavity outlet means in order to evacuate the fluid from the inner cavity; and an adjustable spray means being in fluid communication with the supply means and comprising at least one nozzle in order to spray the fluid in at least one jet within the inner cavity, and wherein:",0.8153396698660516,0.3693206602678969
8936498,"1. A trolling motor comprising a drive unit that includes a drive head, an electric motor with prop, and a telescoping shaft with an upper, outer shaft and a lower, inner shaft, wherein the inner shaft is nested within the outer shaft, and slidingly rides on a hollow steering tube fixed to and inside the outer shaft where the telescoping shaft is interposed between the drive head and the electric motor, the inner shaft being attached to the electric motor, further including a first cable attached to one end of a rod extending through the inner shaft and also through the hollow steering tube when the telescoping shaft is fully retracted and where an opposite end of the rod attaches to the electric motor, such that pulling the first cable raises the electric motor and collapses the telescoping shaft, and such that releasing the first cable lowers the electric motor and extends the telescoping shaft, and an electric cable extending through the telescoping shaft and drive head, and adapted to carry electric current to the electric motor.",0.2640738552945699,0.5281477105891398
8472858,"1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming unit performing a predetermined image forming process to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing unit heat-fixing the toner image on the sheet to the sheet; and a sheet discharge unit discharging the sheet finished with the heat-fixing process to the outside, the sheet discharge unit including: a first path for discharging the sheet finished with the heat-fixing process to the outside, a second path for feeding the sheet again to the image forming unit in the case of performing a duplex image forming process for forming a toner image also on an underside of the sheet opposite to a top side where the toner image is formed; a sheet conveyor conveying the sheet from the first path to the outside, the sheet conveyor also temporarily discharging to the outside a part of the sheet except for a trailing end of the sheet with respect to a discharge direction of the sheet and then conveying the sheet back to the second path from the discharge direction trailing end; and a corrugating member corrugating the sheet in a width direction of the sheet orthogonal to a conveying direction of the sheet to give the sheet stiffness when the sheet conveyor conveys the sheet; wherein the second path includes a wall portion defining an upstream path section having a width that extends in a thickness direction of the sheet, the width being set to be narrow to such a degree that the corrugation of the sheet is reduced when the sheet passes the upstream path section, the wall portion having a flat part extending along the upstream path section and having a flat surface contacting a plane of the sheet, a facing member arranged at a position facing the flat part and narrowing the width of the upstream path section, the facing member including an elastic sheet member biased toward the flat part, the elastic sheet member including a base end portion and a leading end portion, the base end portion being positioned at an upstream side with respect to the conveying direction in which the sheet is conveyed to the image forming unit via the second path and being mounted on the facing member, and the leading end portion extending from the base end portion toward a downstream side with respect to the conveying direction and held in contact with the flat part.",0.05560660721601285,0.1112132144320257
8823213,"1. An electric power selling system comprising: a plurality of power generators respectively provided for a plurality of houses, each of plurality of power generators generates electric power; and a plurality of voltage conversion devices each of which is connected with a corresponding one of the power generators and a distribution line provided between the houses and which is configured to convert output voltage of the corresponding one of the power generators into variable voltage for electric power selling, the plurality of voltage conversion devices respectively provided for the plurality of houses, wherein the electric power selling system further comprises a transmitter connected with the distribution line, the transmitter being configured to measure voltage of the distribution line and to supply the plurality of voltage conversion devices with an instruction value obtained based on the measured voltage value, and wherein each of the voltage conversion devices has a set of candidate voltage values that respectively correspond to voltage steps of equal voltage amount from a lowest one of the candidate target voltage values, each of the voltage conversion devices selects, when receiving the instruction value, a target voltage value which is higher than and closest to the instruction value and converts the output voltage of the corresponding one of the power generators into the voltage for electric power selling based on the selected target voltage value.",0.5095332576791306,0.9809334846417388
9523760,"1. A motion detection method comprising: receiving, at a wireless sensor device in a space and at a first time, a first received wireless signal based on a first transmission of a transmitted wireless signal, the first transmission being transmitted by a source device; determining, by operation of a processor, a first characteristic of frequency components in a bandwidth of a first signal, the first characteristic comprising a first set of complex values for the frequency components in the bandwidth of the first signal, the first signal being based on the first received wireless signal; receiving, at the wireless sensor device and at a second, later time, a second received wireless signal based on a second transmission of the transmitted wireless signal, the second transmission being transmitted by the source device; determining, by operation of the processor, a second characteristic of frequency components in the bandwidth of a second signal, the second characteristic comprising a second set of complex values for the frequency components in the bandwidth of the second signal, the second signal being based on the second received wireless signal; and detecting movement of an object in the space based on a comparison between the first characteristic and the second characteristic.",0.09513894367069929,0.1902778873413986
8802299,"1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte dissolving a solute in a non-aqueous solvent; wherein the negative electrode comprises a negative electrode active material containing particulate silicon and/or silicon alloy and a binding agent, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte contains fluorinated cyclic carbonate and diisocyanate compound of the general formula (1) below, and when Li storage volume per unit area of the negative electrode of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery under charging condition is determined as A and the theoretical maximum Li storage volume per unit area of the negative electrode is determined as B, a utilizing rate (%) of negative electrode which is expressed by (A/B)×100 is 45% or less: wherein A represents at least one selected from a chain saturated hydrocarbon group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group expressed by the general formula (b) below, and wherein R",0.8988423008620996,0.2023153982758008
9469474,"1. A collapsible assembly, comprising: a frame comprising a base, a top member and a pair of monolithic support members spaced apart from each other and extending between the base and the top member, each support member having a middle portion extending between a top end coupled to the top member and a bottom end coupled to the base, each support member being movable between an extended position and a folded position thereby allowing the middle portion to bend through a range of at least 90 degrees, each support member in the extended position being substantially vertical throughout and having an arcuate cross-sectional shape configured to resist axial loads and bending at the middle portion until a threshold force is exceeded, each support member in the folded position being substantially bent along the middle portion to create a flattened profile at the middle; a collapsible, flexible enclosure connected to the frame, the enclosure having a closed bottom portion, an open top portion and a circumferential sidewall extending between the top portion and the bottom portion, wherein the top member of the frame is adjacent to the open top portion of the enclosure; the collapsible assembly having a deployed configuration with the top member spaced apart from the base and the frame free-standing with each support members in the extended position; and the collapsible assembly having a collapsed configuration with the support members in the folded position and the top member disposed directly adjacent to the base.",0.22592908987716906,0.4518581797543382
9018837,"1. A display device comprising: a display panel; a thermal diffusion prevention layer disposed on the display panel; a first expansion layer and a second expansion layer disposed on the first thermal diffusion prevention layer; and a heating wire layer disposed on at least one of the first expansion layer and the second expansion layer, wherein the display panel on a region corresponding to the heating wire layer is configured to be bent according to a difference in an amount of lateral expansion of the first expansion layer and the second expansion layer.",0.37270791305065926,0.7454158261013185
9496016,"1. A memory cell, comprising: a write transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a write word line, a first electrode coupled to a write bit line, and a second electrode coupled to a storage node; a read transistor including a gate electrode coupled to the storage node, a first electrode directly coupled to a read word line, and a second electrode directly coupled to a read bit line; and a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) capacitor including a first electrode coupled to the storage node and a second electrode coupled to a synchronization control line, the second electrode coupled to receive a synchronization pulse signal through the synchronization control line.",0.45724906307367696,0.9144981261473539
8978211,"1. A wrapping apparatus for wrapping an object of any size, the apparatus comprising: a strap having at least one pawl configured to bend towards either end of the strap, the strap configured to be cut to any length for wrapping the object; and a locking head, having at least one passage way for passage of the strap therethrough and having at least one groove or one non-moveable protrusion or at least one groove and one non-moveable protrusion within the passageway, wherein the strap bends upon entering the passage way of the locking head in an opposite direction of the strap movement and a unidirectional engagement of the strap pawl with the at least one groove or one non-moveable protrusion of the passage way restricts movement of the strap to one direction within the locking head, and wherein each end of the cut strap can enter and go through the passage way from either end of the passage way.",0.034439151547939695,0.06887830309587939
9304786,"1. An information processing apparatus, comprising: a display unit configured to display a menu screen, the menu screen being able to be used for switching of displayed languages; an input unit configured to prompt a user to input, via a registration screen, a registration instruction for registering in the menu screen a user-defined button which is defined by a user, the user-defined button enables a process to be performed by the information processing apparatus and allows the user to define a plurality of button names, each of the plurality of button names corresponding to a different one of the displayed languages for the user-defined button; and a storage unit configured to store the plurality of button names for the user-defined button in response to the registration instruction; wherein the input unit is configured to input a switching instruction for switching the displayed languages, the switching instruction indicating a displayed language that is selected from the displayed languages and, wherein the display unit is configured to display, in response to the switching instruction, a button name for the button in the menu screen, the user-defined button name corresponding to the selected displayed language.",0.1096567666422473,0.21931353328449466
9480147,"1. A touch window comprising: a substrate; a sensing electrode on the substrate; a wire electrically connected with the sensing electrode; a ground wire adjacent to the wire; and a printed circuit board connected with the wire and the ground wire, wherein an overlap length between the ground wire and the printed circuit board is longer than an overlap length between the wire and the printed circuit board, and wherein the substrate includes a bonding part in which the printed circuit board is provided, and a distance between the bonding part and a wire closest to the bonding part is in a range of 0.01 mm to 0.03 mm.",0.04242528734609834,0.0848505746921967
8478943,"1. A content caching device comprising: a reserve instruction receiver configured to receive a bookmark instruction for a first scenario, wherein the first scenario is associated with a plurality of resources each associated with an identifier; a bookmark history storage configured to store one or more scenarios including the first scenario and first receipt time information relating to when the bookmark instruction is received; a first acquisition module configured to acquire the resources associated with the first scenario, from locations depending on the identifiers associated with the resources; a cache storage configured to store a plurality of resources, associated identifiers, and second receipt time information relating to when the plurality of resources are stored in the cache; an evaluator configured to determine, for one or more of the acquired resources, whether a previously stored resource having the same identifier as the acquired resource exists in the cache storage and a reproduction instruction receiver configured to receive a reproduction instruction for a second scenario, which is one of the scenarios in the bookmark history storage, wherein the second scenario is associated with a plurality of resources each associated with an identifier; a second acquisition module configured to determine, for one or more of the identifiers associated with the second scenario, whether the second scenario identifier(s) exist in the cache storage and a mashup module configured to synthesize the resources acquired by the second acquisition module based on the reproduction instruction for the second scenario and thereby generate a program; and an output module configured to output the program.",0.1508484219973802,0.3016968439947604
9246116,"1. A method of manufacturing a light-absorbing layer comprising semiconductor nanoparticles, the method comprising: forming a nanoparticles film by applying a solution of semiconductor nanoparticles on a substrate; thermally treating the nanoparticles film at least one time to cause adhesion among the nanoparticles; surface-treating the nanoparticles film in order to reduce a surface state of the nanoparticles film by (i) coating the nanoparticles film with a solution containing a ligand for surface treatment and (ii) drying the coated nanoparticles film; and forming a light-absorbing layer by applying a light-absorbing solution on the nanoparticles film, wherein each of the semiconductor nanoparticles has at least one of a tetrapod shape and a hyper-branched shape, wherein the method further comprises, before forming the nanoparticles film: dispersing the semiconductor nanoparticles in a solvent; and modifying surfaces of the semiconductor nanoparticles to an L-type ligand.",0.3504620203401761,0.7009240406803522
9770610,"1. An emergency oxygen device for a passenger of an aircraft, comprising: (a) an oxygen source; (b) an activation unit (i) comprising (A) an activation element, (B) an activation pin configured to be pulled out of the activation element, and (C) an activation line configured to effect the pulling of the activation pin out of the activation element and (ii) configured to initiate oxygen flow from the oxygen source when the activation pin is pulled out of the activation element; (c) an oxygen mask connected to the oxygen source and in fluid communication with the oxygen source at least when the activation pin is pulled out of the activation element; (d) a first lanyard having a first end connected to the oxygen mask; (e) a fixation plug (i) inserted into a wall of a casing of the emergency oxygen device (ii) connected to an opposing second end of the first lanyard, and (iii) movable out of the wall when a passenger first pulls on the oxygen mask or the first lanyard, wherein the activation line is not moved when the fixation plug is moved out of the wall; and (f) a second lanyard connecting the fixation plug to the activation line; wherein the second lanyard has a first end attached to the fixation plug and a second end attached to the activation line; the second lanyard is configured to move the activation line when tensioned by the passenger during a second pull of the mask or the first lanyard so as to effect the pulling of the activation pin out of the activation element.",0.48734216747510684,0.9746843349502137
8959995,"1. A thermal flow sensor for vehicles comprising: a bridge circuit unit having a heating resistor whose resistance value changes according to temperature and a resistance thermometer whose resistance value changes according to temperature, the resistance thermometer detecting a temperature of a fluid; a control circuit unit controlling the bridge circuit unit and outputting a signal of a detected flow rate of the fluid; and an analog/digital converter receiving the signal of the detected flow rate from the control circuit unit, wherein: a drive power source for the bridge circuit unit is supplied from a battery; and a drive power source for the control circuit unit is supplied from a constant voltage source stabilized by a fuel injection control device to protect the control circuit from overvoltage or a surge in voltage.",0.8479887870005343,0.3040224259989315
9510509,"1. A two-stage harvesting system, comprising: a first stage harvesting apparatus taking leaves from an agricultural crop leaving stems that are leaf stripped and standing in a field, the first stage harvesting apparatus powered by and detachably connected to the rear of an agricultural power unit; and a second stage harvesting apparatus taking said stems and placing them on a ground surface, said second stage harvesting apparatus being powered by and detachably connected to the front of the agricultural power unit, the two-stage harvesting system operates in a forward moving direction of the agricultural power unit, said first stage harvesting apparatus operating in a first swath adjacent to said second stage harvesting apparatus operating in a second swath.",0.844298408462079,0.3114031830758419
8458864,1. A multi-purpose utility strap comprising: (a) an elongated strap component ( (b) a first attachment component ( (c) a third attachment component ( (d) a first non-attaching region ( wherein the strap further comprises a fourth non-attaching region (,0.2478637676073826,0.4957275352147652
9297455,"1. Method for modifying a default transmission shift schedule for a vehicle, comprising: monitoring current vehicle parameters including a current operator pedal position and a current vehicle speed; determining future roadway information at a predetermined distance in front of the vehicle; predicting future vehicle parameters at the predetermined distance in front of the vehicle, including; modifying the default transmission shift schedule based on the current vehicle parameters and the predicted future vehicle parameters, including both the predicted future operator pedal position and the predicted future vehicle speed based upon the predicted operator response to the determined future roadway information, comprising;",0.3660349335057228,0.7320698670114456
8978395,"1. An electric machine system comprising: an electric motor; a primary cooling fluid in thermal communication with the electric motor; an absorption cooling system driven by heat generated by the electric motor and configured to cool the primary cooling fluid that removes the heat from the electric motor to a temperature below an ambient temperature of a heat sink that receives heat from the absorption cooling system, the absorption cooling system having a refrigerant that is separate from and not mixing with the primary cooling fluid; wherein the absorption cooling system is configured to receive the primary cooling fluid to heat the refrigerant to drive the absorption cooling system; and wherein the absorption cooling system comprises an absorption chiller and a heat exchanger, wherein (i) the primary cooling fluid flows through the absorption chiller to heat the refrigerant in order to chill a secondary cooling fluid that is separate from and not mixing with the primary cooling fluid using an absorption cooling cycle and (ii) the primary cooling fluid after exiting the absorption chiller flows through the heat exchanger where the primary cooling fluid is cooled by the chilled secondary cooling fluid.",0.9333514720893871,0.13329705582122586
9416923,"1. A replacement light tube for replacing a fluorescent light tube, comprising: a bulb portion extending between a first end and a second end, the bulb portion comprising a support structure, a plurality of white light emitting diodes (LEDs) and an elongate light-transmissive cover, wherein: a first end cap and a second end cap disposed on the first end and the second end, respectively, each configured to fit with a socket for a fluorescent light tube; and a power supply circuit configured to provide power to the plurality of LEDs, wherein the plurality of LEDs are arranged to emit light through the elongate light-transmissive cover and at least a portion of the power supply circuit is packaged inside at least one of the end caps.",0.21150293070309012,0.42300586140618024
8359407,"1. A method comprising connecting a powered-off first device to a second device via a serial data bus interface, said first device comprising a processor configured to operate said first device in at least a first full operation mode and a second operation mode that has less functionality than the first full operation mode; detecting a voltage received from said second device at said first device via said serial data bus interface; in response to detecting said voltage, booting said processor of said powered-off first device to enter said second operation mode and initiating a communication mode for said serial bus interface in said second operation mode to initiate a charging process for a rechargeable battery of said first device, wherein said charging process uses a current supplied by said second device via said serial data interface, wherein said second operation mode comprises, without requiring a user to switch said first device on, providing at least one of read and write access to a memory element of said first device via said serial data bus interface to enable at least one of (i) data communication of data stored at said memory element to said second device and (ii) data communication of data from said second device to be stored at said memory element.",0.8779846329250469,0.24403073414990617
8385086,"1. A converter, comprising: a mains-side power converter having a DC voltage side; and a load-side polyphase power converter having a DC voltage side electrically conductively connected to said DC voltage side of said mains-side power converter; each phase module of said load-side polyphase power converter having a respective upper and lower valve branch with at least one two-pole subsystem; said mains-side power converter having at least one polyphase mains-commutated power converter.",0.9154143881716285,0.16917122365674309
9418183,"1. A method for facilitating development, by a user and within a model development environment, of a model describing a condition of an industrial asset, comprising: defining a first output parameter of the model, the first output parameter describing the condition of the industrial asset, comprising: associating, in response to input from the user, a first variable with the first output parameter, the first variable associated with a first set of data comprising one or more values corresponding to the first variable, and the associating performed without the user identifying a first location where the first set of data is stored; and defining a first argument type that specifies how to compute the first output parameter based upon the first variable; defining a second output parameter of the model, the second output parameter describing the condition of the industrial asset, comprising: associating a second variable with the second output parameter; and defining a second argument type that specifies how to compute the second output parameter based upon the second variable; and linking the first output parameter to the second output parameter upon receipt of an indication by the user to make the second variable a function of the first output parameter, at least some of the method implemented via a processing unit.",0.5761213271933393,0.8477573456133214
9237474,"1. A method comprising: collecting a plurality of trace files from a plurality of nodes involved in communicating data packets between one or more client devices and one or more data servers, wherein individual ones of the plurality of trace files includes trace entries and at least two trace files of the plurality of trace files are respectively collected from at least two layers of a same node of the plurality of nodes for which communication functions are characterized by an Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model or an Internet Protocol (IP) suite; correlating the trace entries across the plurality of trace files; performing, via one or more processors configured with executable instructions, a communications analysis on the correlated trace entries to determine one or more of the plurality of nodes causing a problem that degrades a level of data service; and reporting the problem degrading the level of data service and the one or more nodes causing the problem degrading the level of data service.",0.2960244143343576,0.5920488286687152
9638854,"1. A backlight source, comprising at least two light guide plates and a light source corresponding to the respective light guide plate, wherein the light guide plates are joined to form a light guide plane, the light guide plane is formed by joining three light guide plates end to end, and the three light guide plates are arranged in a row, the light source is arranged at the periphery of the corresponding light guide plate and does not transmit light to the other light guide plate, the light sources are arranged outside the light guide plates at both sides, and outside the middle light guide plate, reflective surfaces are provided at the joining surfaces of the three light guide plates, and the light source corresponding to the respective light guide plate is controlled by a control circuit individually.",0.37434671762890187,0.7486934352578037
9559600,"1. A switched-mode power supply device, comprising: a transformer comprising a primary winding in a primary side to which a DC voltage is applied and a secondary winding; a switching circuit connected to the primary winding; a rectifying-smoothening circuit that rectifies and smoothens a pulse voltage generated at the secondary winding, by switching the switching circuit; an output unit that outputs an output voltage obtained by the rectifying-smoothening circuit to a load; an error amplifier that outputs an error voltage to the primary side as a feedback signal indicating a state of the load, the error voltage being obtained by comparing the output voltage to a reference voltage; an oscillator that controls a switching frequency of the switching operation such that the switching frequency is reduced from a highest normal frequency to a lowest normal frequency based on the feedback signal in a load range from a heavily-loaded state to a lightly-loaded state in a normal oscillating operation that continuously performs the switching operation; and an intermittent oscillation control circuit that controls an intermittent oscillating operation that intermittently performs the switching operation by stopping the switching operation based on the feedback signal when the load is lighter than a previously set reference, wherein the oscillator increases the switching frequency from an intermittent-operation frequency lower than the lowest normal frequency in an intermittent oscillation duration in which the switching operation is performed in the intermittent oscillating operation.",0.880181200178647,0.23963759964270603
9414312,"1. A communication device comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: create a first packet for transmission to an apparatus, the first packet storing last data to be transmitted in a contention-free period assigned to the communication device, create a second packet for transmission to the apparatus, based at least in part on a link quality of a link between the communication device and the apparatus: determine to which one of the first packet and the second packet first information is to be added, the first information being configured to indicate presence of remaining data to be transmitted in the contention-free period, and determine to which one of the first packet and the second packet second information is to be added, the second information being configured to indicate absence of remaining data to be transmitted in the contention-free period, transmit the first packet including at least one of the first information and the second information to the apparatus within the contention-free period, and transmit the second packet to the apparatus within the contention-free period and after the transmission of the first packet.",0.4971010109354525,0.994202021870905
8776761,"1. An internal combustion engine comprising: (a) at least one cylinder unit comprising: (b) a piston rod, one end of which is coupled to a rear of the piston head; and (c) a crankshaft coupled to the piston rod whereby a linear reciprocating movement of the piston head is translated into rotation (d) a pair of heat exchangers wherein each of the heat exchangers is designed for elevating a temperature of the oxidizer entering the combustion chamber by utilizing a temperature of the exhaust gases expelled from another combustion chamber; (e) a plurality of high pressure transmission pipes for carrying oxygen and fuel from a respective storage tank to the combustion chamber; and",0.9257374329707181,0.14852513405856382
9809779,"1. A lubricating composition comprising an oil of lubricating viscosity, 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of an overbased detergent, and 0.01 wt % to 5 wt % of a non-hydroxy terminated acylated polyalkylene oxide represented by the formula: wherein independently each variable R one R n in 2 to 50; wherein the lubricating composition has a sulphated ash content of 0.5 wt % to 1.5 wt %.",0.34952620186921585,0.6990524037384317
8467218,"1. A circuit block for an integrated circuit, comprising: a plurality of programmable regions; a pin adapter circuit coupled to a plurality of pins for connection to external circuitry; a first interconnect having a first primary port and a first plurality of secondary ports, said first plurality of secondary ports coupled to said plurality of programmable regions, and said first primary port coupled to said pin adapter circuit; a second interconnect having a second primary port and a second plurality of secondary ports, said second plurality of secondary ports coupled to said plurality of programmable regions, and said second primary port coupled to said pin adapter circuit; wherein said second interconnect is characterized by a bandwidth no greater than that of said first interconnect.",0.3705097080607464,0.7410194161214928
9526062,"1. A method of locating a sink for gathering data in a wireless sensor network, the method comprising: relaying, via at least some sensors among a plurality of sensors, to direct data to the sink, at least some of the plurality of the sensors being capable of acting as the sink and one of which is currently acting as the sink; determining, by a positioning entity, respective locations of active sensors and relay sensors among the plurality of the sensors, the positioning entity choosing a lead sensor; selecting, at the lead sensor, two or more of the active sensors or the relay sensors among the plurality of the sensors as candidate sinks; finding, at the lead sensor, the suitability of respective candidate sinks to act as the sink for gathering data from the plurality of the sensors according to a calculation producing a result indicating the suitability of the respective candidate sinks for communication with the plurality of the sensors, the calculation estimating a maximum throughput of data targeted to be achieved if a respective candidate sink acts as the sink; comparing, at the lead sensor, the result for the respective candidate sinks to determine the most suitable candidate sink; and transferring, based on the comparison, the role of the current sink to the determined most suitable candidate sink as a destination for the data.",0.493547376763995,0.98709475352799
8959310,"1. A method comprising: allocating a memory partition in a memory area located on a network adapter, wherein the memory partition corresponds to a first virtual function executing on the network adapter; storing one or more physical path translation entries in the memory partition, wherein each of the one or more physical path translations include a physical address of a destination host, and wherein a selected one of the physical addresses is appended to one or more data packets traversing through the first virtual function and targeted to a destination virtual machine executing on a corresponding one of the destination hosts; and dynamically resizing the memory partition based upon an amount of the one or more physical path translations stored in the memory partition.",0.30623509278846184,0.6124701855769237
9418424,"1. A device for aligning a laser in a three-dimensional scanning system comprising: a laser configured to project a line, the laser having an axis; a laser housing including a cavity to receive the laser and a plurality of engagement elements shaped and sized to hold the laser when positioned in the cavity, the laser housing further including a toothed wheel having a plurality of teeth radially spaced about the axis of the laser when the laser is placed for use in the cavity, the toothed wheel forming an adjustment wheel operable to rotate the laser housing about the axis of the laser; a mount including a base couplable to an external assembly, a holder to receive the laser housing and to retain the laser housing in rotational engagement about the axis of the laser, a hinge that hingably couples the base to the holder, and a spring that biases the laser toward one or more of a predetermined orientation and a predetermined position relative to the mount when the laser is placed for use in the cavity; and an adjustment rod coupling the base of the mount to the holder of the mount, the adjustment rod operable to displace the base relative to the holder along a second axis of the adjustment rod, thereby rotating the hinge and moving the axis of the laser relative to the base.",0.015170237219544589,0.03034047443908916
8402201,"1. A method for managing a solid-state storage device, the method comprising: configuring a storage controller to:",0.5422188320238419,0.9155623359523162
9632568,"1. A semiconductor device that switches consumption power between a first consumption power and a second consumption power lower than the first consumption power, the semiconductor device comprising: a transmission/reception interface that transmits and receives data via respective signal lines; a processing unit comprising circuitry that processes the data; a monitoring unit that is connected to monitor one or more of the signal lines, and comprising circuitry that detects whether a specific frame is received via the one or more signal lines when the consumption power of the transmission/reception interface is set to the second consumption power and is in a non-operation state with respect to an input signal via the one or more of the signal lines and that outputs a first return instruction signal when the specific frame is detected; and a power management unit comprising circuitry that switches the consumption power of the transmission/reception interface and the processing unit from the second consumption power to the first consumption power in response to the first return instruction signal, wherein the monitoring unit comprises an ExOr circuit, a counter, and a threshold determination circuit, a pair of the signal lines is connected to respective inputs of the ExOr circuit, said counter increments in value based on a level of one of the pair signal lines input to said counter and an output signal of the ExOr circuit input to said counter, and the threshold determination circuit generates the first return instruction signal when the value of the counter exceeds a predetermined threshold.",0.848938399964148,0.302123200071704
9684803,"1. A method of protecting content displayed on a mobile device screen, the method comprising: receiving content to be displayed on the mobile device screen, wherein the received content contains sensitive content and non-sensitive content; detecting an image of one or more authorized users viewing the mobile device screen; generating, based on the detected image of the one or more authorized users, an image of the received content on the mobile device screen using a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels each having both first sub-pixel units that include a first viewing angle and second sub-pixel units that include a second viewing angle, the first sub-pixel units generating an image of the non-sensitive content on the mobile device screen at the first viewing angle and the second sub-pixel units generating an image of the sensitive content on the mobile device screen at the second viewing angle, wherein the second viewing angle has a smaller viewing angle relative to the first viewing angle for obscuring the sensitive content; detecting an image of an external camera device used to capture the image of the received content displayed on the mobile device screen; generating an infrared (IR) signal based on both detecting the image of the external camera device and determining that the detected image of the one or more authorized users only includes the one or more authorized users; and saturating, using the generated IR signal, an image sensor of the external camera device used to capture the image displayed on the mobile device screen.",0.08330598869421856,0.16661197738843714
9038944,"1. An electromechanical actuator for a movable flight control surface of an aircraft, the actuator comprising an electric motor having an outlet shaft with first and second directions of rotation, a movement transmission arranged to connect the outlet shaft of the motor to the movable flight control surface, and a control unit for controlling the motor, wherein the transmission incorporates a pawl device arranged to oppose the transmission of movement in the first direction of rotation, in that the control unit is connected to a pawl declutching member for declutching the pawl and enabling movement to be transmitted in the first direction of rotation, in that the transmission includes, downstream from the pawl device, a member for transforming rotary movement into movement in translation of a slide connected by a connecting rod to an eccentric portion constrained to move in rotation with the movable flight control surface, and wherein the motor, an adjacent portion of the transmission as far as the slide, the pawl device, and the declutching member are mounted on a strength member connected to a stationary structure by a hinge.",0.616740857566356,0.766518284867288
9519332,"1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a mode control unit configured to perform control at least so as to switch periodically between a first mode that causes the information processing apparatus to be operated at a first voltage level and a second mode that causes the information processing apparatus to be operated at a second voltage level higher than the first voltage level and lower than a third voltage level of a third mode corresponding to a running state of the information processing apparatus; and an operation control unit configured to disable certain input operation performed by a user if a state satisfies a certain condition after the mode control unit switches from the first mode to the second mode, wherein the certain input operation is a switching from the second mode to the third mode, and wherein the mode control unit and the operation control unit are each implemented via at least one processor.",0.6919694370160252,0.6160611259679496
8719104,"1. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed on one or more processors, perform acts comprising: serving a user interface that includes: in response to detecting manipulation of a slider of the one or more sliders, substituting an alternative item for a corresponding item by overlaying an image of the alternative item over a portion of the photographic image that includes the corresponding item, the alternative item having at least one different characteristic than the current item, the different characteristic including one of a size, a color, or a price; receiving an indication that a user of the merchant site has selected the icon to request the purchase of the multiple items in the electronic catalog, the multiple items including the alternative item; determining at least one item size associated with the user; and initiating the purchase of the multiple items in the electronic catalog, the purchase including the at least one item available for purchase in multiple sizes in the item size associated with the user.",0.01208818868306076,0.02417637736612155
9660308,"1. A thermal protection device, comprising: two separate elements including a cover and a thermal protection envelope, the separate elements made of polymer material, wherein the thermal protection envelope comprises at least two foldable parts whose attachment is articulated about a hinge, the envelope configured to go, by folding and unfolding, from a stowed position to a functional position, and configured, by fixing onto a battery support base providing its shape, to cover an automobile vehicle battery, and wherein an axis of the hinge is configured to extend in a substantially perpendicular manner with respect to the cover.",0.4410850063239645,0.882170012647929
9745956,"1. A rotor blade of a wind turbine, comprising: a blade root and a blade tip, the blade root comprising at least one root insert, the root insert comprising a root plate having one or more circumferentially-spaced openings; and, at least one spar cap comprising a plurality of pre-cured composite members grouped together to form one or more layers from the blade tip towards the blade root, wherein the pre-cured composite members separate into one or more member bundles as the spar cap approaches the blade root, the one or more circumferentially-spaced openings of the root plate configured to receive the one or more member bundles.",0.8910672460353157,0.21786550792936854
8504119,"1. A method of providing communication services for a mobile station having a plurality of communication interfaces, each communication interface having an active power mode and an inactive power mode wherein the power consumption of a communication interface in the active power mode is greater than the power consumption of the communication interface in the inactive power mode, the method comprising: activating a first communication interface based on power characteristics of the first communication interface with respect to power characteristics of at least one other communication interface of the plurality of communication interfaces; assessing a communication service level of the activated first communication interface for a first predetermined time period; deactivating the first communication interface; activating a second communication interface based on power characteristics of the second communication interface with respect to power characteristics of at least one other communication interface of the plurality of communication interfaces, the second communication interface different from the first communication interface by at least one of a media type and an access technique; assessing a communication service level of the activated second communication interface for a second predetermined time period; deactivating the second communication interface, wherein neither the first nor the second communication interfaces are concurrently activated during the assessings of the first and second communication interfaces; performing a comparison while at least one of the first and second communication interfaces is deactivated of the communication service level of the first communication interface with the communication service level of the second communication interface; and selecting a communication interface based on the comparison of communication service levels.",0.9022236641903959,0.1955526716192082
8557404,"1. A transparent conductive film for lamination on a substrate and comprising an ITO film and an FTO film, wherein a part or all of a crystal structure of a surface of the FTO film is orthorhombic.",0.4816329698080711,0.9632659396161422
9101014,"1. An LED controlling circuit with high power factor, connected with a LED strip which comprises a plurality of LED groups connected in series of which each comprises a number of LEDs connected in series, in parallel or in series-parallel, characterized in that, the LED controlling circuit comprises: a plurality of output current controlling modules, a resistor Re and a reference voltage generating module; the number of the plurality of output current controlling modules is equal to the number of the plurality of LED groups, each of the output current controlling modules comprises a current input terminal, a reference voltage terminal and an output terminal, the current input terminal of each output current controlling module is respectively connected to an output terminal of each LED group of the LED groups in a one-to-one manner, an output terminal of each output current controlling module is connected to a first terminal of the resistor Re, a second terminal of the resistor Re is connected to the ground, when the input voltage of the LED strip reaches the sum of a forward conduction voltage of one LED group and all forward conduction voltages of LED groups connected before the one LED group, the output current controlling module connected to the one LED group is correspondingly connected; the reference voltage generating module comprises a plurality of output terminals, the number of the plurality of output terminals is equal to the number of the plurality of output current controlling modules, the plurality of output terminals are respectively connected to the reference voltage terminal of each output current controlling module in a one-to-one manner, the reference voltage generating module provides a reference voltage to each of the output current controlling modules, the reference voltage and the resistor Re jointly determine the output current of each output current controlling module.",0.8977184210170417,0.20456315796591662
9310785,"1. An apparatus for sending a request to adjust a power consumption to a plurality of request targets, based on power supply and demand, comprising: a memory unit configured to store a minimum adjustment time of each request target, the minimum adjustment time being an interval between a time when a request target receives the request and a time when the request target starts to adjust the power consumption; a selection unit configured to, if an estimation value of the power supply is different from an estimation value of the power demand at a first time to start to adjust the power consumption, select at least one request target from the request targets by using the minimum adjustment time, the at least one request target being acceptable for the request at a second time, the second time being a predetermined time prior to the first time; and a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first adjustment amount to the at least one request target until the second time.",0.9441645642519947,0.11167087149601063
9069989,"1. A method for generating an identifying number, comprising: determining a propagation time delay across a scan chain of known length comprising a plurality of latches; generating one or more identifier bits based on the propagation time delay using a processor; repeating said determining and generating until a number of stored identifier bits reaches a threshold number; and outputting the stored identifier bits.",0.05029708752101288,0.10059417504202572
9791408,"1. A kit comprising a first electrode buffer, wherein the first electrode buffer comprises a first halo-substituted organic compound and a first buffering agent, and the first halo-substituted organic compound bears a charge in a system in which the pH is equal to the pKa of the first buffering agent, wherein the first electrode buffer is a cathode buffer, and the first halo-substituted organic compound bears a negative charge in a system in which the pH is equal to the pKa of the first buffering agent, wherein the first halo-substituted organic compound is tribromoacetate or trichloropropanoate or a hydrophobic compund encapsulated in a negatively charged micelle; or the first electrode buffer is an anode buffer, and the first halo-substituted organic compound bears a positive charge in a system in which the pH is equal to the pKa of the first buffering agent.",0.47312976933851997,0.9462595386770399
9631779,"1. An optical system for a light bar comprising: a first optical element having two opposing ends; two second optical elements each disposed with respect to said first optical element to receive a portion of light exiting from a different one of said two opposing ends of said first optical element and to redirect the portion of the light received outwards when said first optical element receives illumination; and each of said second optical elements has a body comprising a first surface and a second surface, in which said second surface redirects outward said portion of light exiting from one of said two opposing ends of said first optical element received via said first surface.",0.15960039808487272,0.3192007961697454
9407134,"1. A variable speed drive comprising: a converter which converts received AC power to DC power; one or more capacitor banks coupled to the converter, wherein the DC power produced by the converter charges the one or more capacitor banks; and an inverter connected to the one or more capacitor banks, wherein the inverter inverts DC power from the one or more capacitor banks, thereby producing an AC output waveform; wherein the converter includes an upper junction which is electrically connected to a first input of the one or more capacitor banks and a lower junction which is electrically connected to a second input of the one or more capacitor banks; and wherein the converter includes first, second and third converter sections, wherein each of the first, second and third converter sections includes",0.7556925251471944,0.48861494970561115
8989089,"1. A method comprising: a) recording and time stamping automobile data obtained from a plurality of sensors installed in an automobile; b) transmitting, by a wireless device, a random access preamble on a first plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers of an uplink carrier to a base station when a pre-defined condition is met based on at least one of the following: c) transmitting a first message destined for a server in a communication network, by said wireless device to said base station over a non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearer, said first message encrypted using a first encryption key; said first message configured to trigger establishment of a connection to said server; d) receiving, by said wireless device, a second message originating from said server from said base station over said non-GBR bearer, said second message configured to cause the start of transmission of said automobile data from said wireless device to said server; said second message encrypted using a second encryption key; e) encrypting, by said wireless device, said automobile data using said first encryption key; and f) transmitting, by said wireless device, said encrypted automobile data to said base station, said base station configured to decrypt said automobile data before forwarding said automobile data to said server.",0.27082233348811613,0.5416446669762323
9135550,"1. A wireless IC device comprising: a radiating plate; a wireless IC chip including first and second opposed main surfaces extending substantially parallel to one another and a side surface extending substantially perpendicular to and between the first and second opposed main surfaces; and a feeder circuit board including a surface on which the wireless IC chip is mounted, and a feeder circuit that includes an inductance element, the inductance element being electromagnetically coupled with the radiating plate; wherein the wireless IC chip is directly mounted to the feeder circuit board between the radiating plate and the feeder circuit board; the feeder circuit board includes a flexible substrate; the feeder circuit board includes a first portion that extends over one of the first and second opposed main surfaces of the wireless IC chip and a second portion that extends from the first portion and surrounds the side surface of the wireless IC chip; the second portion of the feeder circuit board is in contact with the radiating plate, such that the feeder circuit board covers the wireless IC chip; and at least a portion of the inductance element included in the feeder circuit board is arranged closer to the radiating plate than a portion of the surface of the feeder circuit board at which the wireless IC chip is mounted.",0.520572185127741,0.9588556297445181
9677525,"1. A method of determining the injection pattern in the compression stroke (COMP) of the combustion cycle of the cylinders ( 2 ) of a direct-injection internal combustion engine ( 1 ), the method comprising the steps of: determining a maximum number (N determining an initial quantity (QF determining an objective quantity (QF determining an effective quantity (QF determining an objective pattern of partial injections to be performed in the compression stroke (COMP) as a function of the value of the end of injection angle (EOI) and of the effective quantity (QF wherein the effective quantity (QF QF QF QF α weight ranging from 0 to 1 to be assigned to the objective quantity of fuel to be injected for each partial injection to be performed in the compression stroke (COMP) and variable as a function of the temperature.",0.8357601393101014,0.3284797213797972
9382953,"1. A hydraulic control circuit for a drive line, the hydraulic control circuit comprising: a first switching valve configured to be alternatively switched by a switching hydraulic pressure so as to alternatively connect a first port and a second port, or the first port and a third port, the first port of the first switching valve being connected to a hydraulic actuator; a second switching valve configured to be alternatively switched by the switching hydraulic pressure so as to alternatively connect a first port and a second port, or the first port and a third port, the first port of the second switching valve being connected to the second port of the first switching valve; a first solenoid valve provided in parallel connection to the first switching valve and the second switching valve, the first solenoid valve being configured to supply the switching hydraulic pressure to the first switching valve and the second switching valve; and a second solenoid valve configured to regulate a hydraulic pressure as a control hydraulic pressure, the hydraulic pressure being supplied to the hydraulic actuator, any one of three oil paths operably communicating hydraulic pressure with the hydraulic actuator by supplying the control hydraulic pressure from the second solenoid valve to the hydraulic actuator via any one of the third port of the first switching valve the second port of the second switching valve and the third port of the second switching valve and supplying the switching hydraulic pressure from the first solenoid valve to at least one of the first switching valve or the second switching valve.",0.5546859597357602,0.8906280805284796
9550880,"1. A method for producing devulcanized rubber comprising the steps of: a) providing vulcanized rubber particles with a pre-determined particle size; and b) devulcanizing the vulcanized rubber particles, wherein the vulcanized rubber particles are devulcanized mechanically by impact forces and devulcanized chemically by a chemical composition, whereby the impact forces break sulphur-sulphur and sulphur-carbon bonds of the vulcanized rubber particles causing surfaces of the rubber to become receptive in reacting with the chemical composition and the chemical composition renders the sulphur passive to prevent reattachment of the bonds, of which the chemical composition comprises at least one accelerator, at least one inorganic activator and at least one organic activator, wherein the method for producing devulcanized rubber further comprises a step of introducing clay, wherein the method for producing devulcanized rubber further comprises a step of introducing plasticizer in an amount ranging from 1 to 15 parts per hundred rubber (phr).",0.46943676087604075,0.9388735217520815
9180629,"1. A method for producing an integral fibre composite component with a plurality of stiffening members surrounded by an outer skin, comprising the following steps: producing a plurality of removable cores in a core mould, the cores substantially forming an inner surface geometry of the fibre composite component, the inner surface geometry corresponding to the plurality of stiffening members and the outer skin, wherein the cores are produced in the core mould by filling the core mould with at least one of a soluble or meltable core material which is then cured; applying preforms made from reinforcing fibres to the cores to form the stiffening members and arranging the cores to form an overall structure; coating the cores with a fibre product to create the outer skin, a cross section of the overall structure being completely surrounded by the fibre product, wherein the fibre product is a web of reinforcing fibres configured to be infiltrated with a curable plastics material; incorporating the overall structure into a closed moulding tool and infiltrating the overall structure with the curable plastics material; curing the overall structure to create the integral fibre composite component by applying at least one of pressure or temperature; making at least one hole in the outer skin of the integral fibre composite component; and removing of the cores by at least one of heating or applying a solvent, so that the core material is dissolved and flows out through the at least one hole made in the outer skin of the integral fibre composite component.",0.8107053229571866,0.3785893540856269
9831441,"1. An electronic device comprising anode, cathode and at least one organic layer, which comprises at least one compound of the formula (I) or (II) where a group selected from the groups of the formulae is bonded at the positions denoted by *, where: E is selected on each occurrence, identically or differently, from a single bond, C(R Z is on each occurrence, identically or differently, CR W is selected on each occurrence, identically or differently, from C═O, O, S, S═O, SO Ar Ar X is selected on each occurrence, identically or differently, from C(R Y is a single bond; R R n is on each occurrence, identically or differently, 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; i is on each occurrence, identically or differently, 0 or 1; k is on each occurrence, identically or differently, 0 or 1, where at least one index k per group of the formula (C-1) must be equal to 1; and where a group selected from groups of the formulae (A-1) and (A-2) must be bonded at at least one of the positions denoted by *, and where furthermore no condensed aryl or heteroaryl group having 14 or more aromatic ring atoms is present in the compound.",0.5575621925748225,0.8848756148503549
8779280,"1. A solar cell, comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface, a first doped region of a first conductive type formed inside the back surface of the semiconductor substrate of the first conductive type; a second doped region formed inside the back surface of the semiconductor substrate at a location adjacent to the first doped region, the second doped region having a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type; a passivation layer formed on the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and configured to expose a portion of back surfaces of each of the first and second doped regions; a first electrode formed on the exposed portion of the first doped region, the first electrode including a metal seed layer having a front surface directly contacting the first doped region; and a second electrode formed on the exposed portion of the second doped region, the second electrode including a metal seed layer having a front surface directly contacting the second doped region, wherein the back surface of the semiconductor substrate is substantially flat, wherein the first doped region and the second doped region are linearly disposed inside the back surface of the substrate, wherein each of the first and second electrodes further includes at least one conductive layer positioned on the metal seed layer of each of the first and second electrodes, wherein the at least one conductive layer of each of the first and second electrodes includes a copper layer and a tin layer sequentially positioned on the metal seed layer of each of the first and second electrodes, wherein the tin layer entirely wraps an exposed surface of the copper layer, the exposed surface including a bottom surface and a side surface, wherein the tin layer comprises a bottom surface positioned on the bottom surface of the copper layer and a side surface positioned on the side surface of the copper layer, and wherein the side surface of the tin layer lies on an outermost end of the metal seed layer.",0.9069298551008553,0.18614028979828934
9707510,"1. A non-aqueous solvent system comprising a solution formed of: a nitrogenous base having a nitrogen with a hydrogen atom leaving group, wherein the nitrogenous base has a structure such that it reacts with an acidic gas so as to form a carbamate salt or a heteroatom analogue of a carbamate salt without any substantial formation of a carbonate ester or a heteroatom analogue of a carbonate ester; and a diluent that is non-reactive with the acidic gas, wherein the solvent system has a solubility with water of less than about 10 g of solvent per 100 mL of water.",0.5558440606428028,0.8883118787143944
9543622,"1. A lithium solid state secondary battery system comprising: a lithium solid state secondary battery comprising a cathode having a cathode active material layer and a cathode current collector, an anode having an anode active material layer and an anode current collector, and a solid electrolyte layer formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer; and an overdischarge treating unit for discharging until SOC of the lithium solid state secondary battery becomes in a lower state than 0%, wherein the anode active material layer contains an anode active material and a sulfide solid electrolyte material containing Li, A and S and having an anion structure of an ortho-composition, where A is at least one selected from the group consisting of P, Si, Ge, Al and B, a ratio of the anion structure of the ortho-composition is 60 mol % or more with respect to all anion structures of the sulfide solid electrolyte material, and the anode current collector comprises a metal.",0.967127934477743,0.06574413104451393
8450869,"1. An ocean wave power device, comprising a floating body ( an electric generator ( multiple water wheels ( a hydraulic accelerator ( wherein said electric generator ( a rotating shaft ( the top of said rotating shaft ( the bottom of said rotating shaft ( a water channel (",0.8398412304843978,0.3203175390312043
9700051,"1. A method of disinfecting an inert material object comprising: providing an agent for disinfection of the inert material object, said agent being a water-soluble salt of squalamine, or a water-soluble salt of an antibacterial and antifungal squalamine-analogue aminosteroid; formulating said compound as an aqueous solution, or as a solid, water-soluble composition; contacting the inert material object with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound; and wherein said compound is capable of killing in vitro: a) at least 99.999% of pathogenic bacteria b) at least 99.990% of pathogenic yeasts",0.5301712692225083,0.9396574615549833
9354214,"1. A gas sensor instrument, comprising: first and second housing parts which mate together to form an instrument housing; and first and second diffusion chamber parts which mate together to form a diffusion chamber; a detector located within the diffusion chamber; and a first printed circuit board housed within the instrument housing; where the printed circuit board is arranged to process a signal from said detector; wherein at least one of the first and second diffusion chamber parts is integrally formed with at least one of the first and second housing parts.",0.4658675408701402,0.9317350817402804
8549902,"1. An apparatus for detecting abnormality in an exhaust gas temperature sensor, comprising: an exhaust gas temperature sensor for detecting exhaust gas temperature of an engine; and a control unit, including a computer, adapted to execute: an exhaust gas temperature estimating process for estimating exhaust gas temperature on the basis of an engine operating condition; an exhaust gas temperature change determining process for determining whether or not a change in the exhaust gas temperature detected by the exhaust gas temperature sensor is within a predetermined temperature range; a transient state determining process for determining, when the exhaust gas temperature change determining process determines that the change in the exhaust gas temperature detected by the exhaust gas temperature sensor is within the predetermined temperature range, whether or not the estimated temperature is in a transient state in which the exhaust gas temperature changes; and an abnormality determining process for determining, when the transient state determining process determines that the estimated temperature is in the transient state, whether or not abnormality occurs in the exhaust gas temperature sensor on the basis of a correlation between a change characteristic of the exhaust gas temperature estimated by the exhaust gas temperature estimating process and a change characteristic of the exhaust gas temperature detected by the exhaust gas temperature sensor.",0.8540906070386132,0.29181878592277366
8952673,"1. A control device for communicating with a power measurement device, comprising: a communication unit configured to receive a usable electric power from the power measurement device; a threshold storage to store a first threshold and a second threshold; a calculation unit configured to calculate a usable electric energy by integrating the usable electric power; and a control unit configured to change an operation status of the control device based on a comparison result between the usable electric energy and the first threshold, and a comparison result between the usable electric power and the second threshold.",0.9686844084375607,0.0626311831248787
8628013,"1. An indicia reading apparatus comprising: an illumination assembly for projection of an illumination pattern, the illumination assembly having one or more light source; an imaging assembly including an image sensor array and an imaging lens assembly for focusing an image of a target onto the image sensor array; wherein the indicia reading apparatus is operative in accordance with a first configuration; wherein the indicia reading apparatus with the first configuration active is operative so that responsively to the trigger signal activation the indicia reading apparatus captures a first frame and a second frame, the second frame being captured subsequent to the first frame, wherein the indicia reading apparatus with the first configuration active is further operative so that the illumination assembly is de-energized during an exposure period of the first frame, de-energized during an exposure period of the second frame, and energized during a period intermediate of an exposure period of the first frame and an exposure period of the second frame, wherein the indicia reading apparatus with the first configuration active is further operative so that the indicia reading apparatus attempts to decode a decodable indicia by processing of each of the first frame and the second frame, wherein the indicia reading apparatus is operative so that for subsequent illumination periods that are intermediate of exposure periods, an energy level of emitted light for projection of the illumination pattern is increased, wherein the indicia reading apparatus is further operative so that the indicia reading apparatus processes image data captured by the indicia reading apparatus for detection of a mode change of a target terminal.",0.1392376078918626,0.27847521578372514
8545224,"1. A method for creating dentures or dental prostheses by setting artificial teeth in a wax bite rim, the method comprising: providing a plurality of premade artificial tooth segments for forming at least a part of a prosthetic arch, the premade artificial tooth segments having at least one tooth in each segment, some of the premade artificial tooth segments having more than one tooth, and at least some of the artificial tooth segments having a gingival roll at a base thereof; wherein the step of providing includes including manufacturing the individual artificial teeth of a premade artificial tooth segment connected together by a mid-tooth connection at the mesial and distal surfaces of adjacent teeth of the premade artificial tooth segment; wherein the mid tooth connection forms a channel on the reverse side of the teeth on the mesial distal surfaces between the adjacent teeth in the artificial tooth segment; bending and snapping apart at least one tooth from an artificial tooth segment having more than one tooth at the channel in order to separate and individualize the tooth arrangement and characteristics of the teeth; setting the premade tooth segments, including the snapped apart at least one tooth, into the wax bite rim; and fitting the wax bite rim to the dental arch of a patient and curing the wax bite rim.",0.1983917981305379,0.39678359626107573
9502214,"1. A generator for implementing a process for a continuous cleaning of a surface of a material covered with an organic substance, the generator comprising: a low-voltage power supply having an MOS power transistor and configured to deliver low-voltage pulses at a frequency of 1 to 200 kHz; and a transforming component configured to transform said low-voltage pulses into high-voltage pulses, wherein the MOS power transistor is connected to the transforming component; and wherein the generator is configured to generate an electric field that is pulsed using the high-voltage pulses that comprise a succession of positive and negative voltage pulses, a maximum voltage of the positive pulses U",0.8476350575918425,0.3047298848163149
8437878,"1. An HVAC data processing and communication network, comprising: a system device, that includes an HVAC component configured to provide an HVAC function, configured to: a user interface configured to receive said alarm reporting message and display an alert depending on said level of said alarm wherein said alarm clears after expiration of a predetermined time period if all service bits associated with said system device are set.",0.7911152776936117,0.41776944461277665
8813593,"1. A drivetrain for a motor vehicle comprising: an automated mechanical transmission having an a transmission input shaft and a transmission output shaft and a transmission countershaft and a first gear set disposed between the input shaft and the countershaft and at least three selectively engageable gear sets disposed between the countershaft and the output shaft and a discrete transmission enclosure extending axially and substantially enclosing the input shaft, the countershaft and the output shaft; and an alternative power source including a motor and an energy storage unit; an auxiliary section disposed between the transmission output shaft and an auxiliary section output shaft and including the auxiliary section output shalt being in axial alignment with the transmission output shalt; an auxiliary counter shalt radially offset from the output shaft; a first auxiliary gear set disposed between the transmission output shalt and the auxiliary counter shaft; a second auxiliary gear set disposed between the auxiliary counter shall and the auxiliary section output shaft; an auxiliary section clutch selectively drivingly connecting the transmission output shaft with the auxiliary section output shaft through one of the first and second auxiliary gear sets; and a discrete auxiliary enclosure extending axially and substantially enclosing the first clutch and the second clutch; an adapter module operably disposed between the automated mechanical transmission and the motor and including an adapter gear set including a first adapter gear rotationally aligned with the countershaft and in mesh with a second adapter gear rotationally aligned with the output shaft, providing driving connections between the motor and one of the transmission output shaft and the auxiliary section output shaft; a first clutch selectively drivingly connecting the motor input shalt to the countershaft; and a second clutch selectively drivingly connecting the adapter output shaft to the motor input shaft through the adapter gear set; a discrete adapter enclosure extending axially and substantially enclosing the first clutch and the second clutch, thereby enabling the use of a conventional transmission as part of at hybrid powertrain; wherein the motor is radially offset from the transmission countershaft.",0.7987080450793108,0.4025839098413784
9469799,"1. A composition comprising: (A) a catalytically effective amount of a catalytically active reaction product of a reaction of ingredients comprising general formula (iii) is  where R7 and R8 are each independently selected from a monovalent organic group and an inorganic group, R9 and R10 are each independently selected from H, a monovalent organic group and an inorganic group, subscript d and subscript e are each independently 1 or 2, each R32 is independently H or a monovalent organic group, and subscript p is 1 or 2; general formula (iv) is  where R11 and R12 are each independently selected from a monovalent organic group and an inorganic group, R22 and R23 are each independently selected from H and a monovalent organic group, subscript f and subscript g are each independently 0 or 1, each R31 is independently H or a monovalent organic group, and subscript q is 1 or 2; general formula (v) is  where R13 and R14 are each independently selected from a monovalent organic group and an inorganic group, each R24 and each R25 are each independently selected from a monovalent organic group and H, subscript h and subscript i are each independently 0 or 1, each R33 is independently selected from a monovalent organic group and H, and subscript k is 1 or 2; and (B) a silicon containing base polymer having an average, per molecule, of one or more hydrolyzable substituents;",0.7757485214322603,0.4485029571354795
8692111,"1. A process of fabricating a solar cell, the process comprising: forming a plurality of strips of linear base diffusion regions, the plurality of strips of linear base diffusion regions being configured to collect majority charge carriers in the solar cell; forming an interlayer dielectric over the plurality of linear base diffusion regions and over a plurality of emitter diffusion regions; forming a laser blocking layer over the interlayer dielectric; using a laser to form a plurality of contact holes through a single opening in the laser blocking layer and through the interlayer dielectric to expose a strip of linear base diffusion region in the plurality of strips of linear base diffusion regions; and forming a metal contact over the strip of linear base diffusion region, the metal contact being electrically coupled to the strip of linear base diffusion region through contact holes in the plurality of contact holes.",0.9630622727924133,0.0738754544151734
8543759,"1. A method for performing refresh operations on a rank of memory devices, said method comprising: in response to a completion of a memory operation, determining whether or not a refresh backlog count is greater than a first predetermined value; in a determination that said refresh backlog count is greater than said first predetermined value, performing a refresh operation as soon as possible; in a determination that said refresh backlog count is not greater than said first predetermined value, determining whether or not said refresh backlog count is less than a second predetermined value; in a determination that said refresh backlog count is not less than said second predetermined value, determining whether or not said refresh backlog count is less than a third predetermined value and said rank of memory devices is in a powered down state; in a determination that said refresh backlog count is less than said third predetermined value and said rank of memory devices is in a powered down state, setting an Idle Count threshold value to a maximum value such that a refresh operation will be performed after a maximum delay time; and in a determination that said refresh backlog count is not less than said third predetermined value or said rank of memory devices is not in a powered down state, setting said Idle Count threshold value based on the slope of an Idle Delay Function such that a refresh operation will be performed accordingly.",0.44692759869706694,0.8938551973941339
9376640,"1. A fuel composition having a boiling range of between 95 to 440 degrees Fahrenheit wherein the fuel composition has (a) a total sum of n-paraffins and naphthenes content of at least 22 volume percent, wherein the naphthenes content of the total sum of n-paraffins and naphthenes content is from 5.8 vol. % to 32.2 vol. % and (b) a RON of about 85 or less, and further wherein the fuel composition is a partially premixed combustion engine fuel composition.",0.9122169687392573,0.17556606252148543
8517280,"1. A contactless IC card which transmits and receives signals and supplies electric power by electromagnetic induction, the card comprising: a first antenna coil with one end electrically coupled to a first terminal of an IC chip, the coil having a first number of turns and a first winding direction; a second antenna coil with one end electrically coupled to a second terminal of the IC chip, the coil having a second number of turns, different from the first number of turns, and a second winding direction opposite to the first winding direction; a first interconnection substrate on which the first antenna coil is formed; and a second interconnection substrate on which the second antenna coil is formed, wherein one of the first antenna coil and the second antenna coil lies over the other, wherein the IC chip is mounted over either the first interconnection substrate or the second interconnection substrate, wherein the first antenna coil is formed along a periphery of a surface of the first interconnection substrate and the second antenna coil is formed along a periphery of a surface of the second interconnection substrate, and wherein the first and second interconnection substrates are stacked one upon the other between a pair of external sheets and an area which is on a surface of the external sheets and inside the areas of the first and second antenna coils is embossed with a given stamp.",0.48727588231376384,0.9745517646275277
8514599,"1. An apparatus for controlling a switch of a flyback converter for a solar generating system, comprising: an MPPT controller generating a current command value for a maximum power point tracker of a solar cell module, based on input voltage, input current, and output voltage of the flyback converter; a current controller generating a current control signal for tracking the current command value; an output current command value generator generating the phase and magnitude command value of the output current, based on the phase of the output voltage and the current control signal; and a main switch controller controlling the main switch of the flyback converter, based on the phase and magnitude command value of the output current.",0.9866779859444504,0.026644028111099116
8867060,"1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a request for acquiring screen data from an external apparatus, the request being sent via wireless communication; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a security method used for the wireless communication is a predetermined security method; and a control unit configured to, in a case where said determination unit determines that the security method used for the wireless communication is not the predetermined security method, notify the external apparatus that access can be made when a specific input operation is performed on a console section provided in the information processing apparatus, and to cause the screen data responsive to the received request to be transmitted to the external apparatus on condition that the specific input operation is performed on the console section.",0.3769580786024076,0.7539161572048152
9592922,"1. A satellite comprising a satellite support structure to support at least one device of said satellite, said satellite support structure comprising: a frame having at least one flat angle bracket, the flat angle bracket including first and second wings defining an angle therebetween, each wing having a first and second side; at least one panel being connected to one wing of said at least one flat angle bracket by a damping connector; the damping connector comprising:",0.7844513829127762,0.4310972341744477
9742244,"1. A driver device comprising: a housing; a stator disposed inside the housing; a rotor rotatably disposed inside of and rotating relative to the stator; a rotation shaft attached to and having one body with the rotor, the rotation shaft rotatably supported by the housing and having one end portion extending outside of the housing; a heat sink attached to the housing at a position that intersects an extension line of the one end portion of the rotation shaft; a substrate attached to the heat sink at a position between the heat sink and the housing; at least one semiconductor module attached to the heat sink; a sensor target disposed on the one end portion of the rotation shaft at a position outside of the housing; and a rotation angle sensor disposed on the substrate for detecting a rotation angle of the sensor target, wherein the substrate has a center part on which the rotation angle sensor is attached and a periphery portion that is attached to the heat sink, the heat sink includes (i) a cylinder part that is continuously formed to extend along an outer periphery portion of the substrate, when seen from an axial direction of the rotation shaft to overlap along an outer periphery portion of the substrate, (ii) a bottom part positioned on a housing side of the cylinder part, and (iii) a flange part protruding radially outward from the bottom part and fixed to the housing, and the height of the cylinder part of the heat sink being the same at all portions of the extension along the outer periphery portion.",0.21935454231591098,0.438709084631822
9344043,"1. An output buffer circuit, comprising: a first stage operational amplifying circuit configured as a differential input circuit; a second stage operational amplifying circuit configured as a common source amplifying circuit having an active load; and a feedback circuit provided between the first stage operational amplifying circuit and the second stage operational amplifying circuit and configured to have driving capability of providing source current and sink current alternately; wherein said first stage operational amplifying circuit comprises: wherein said second stage operational amplifying circuit comprises: wherein said feedback circuit comprises:",0.3041407496538711,0.6082814993077422
8808951,"1. An electrophotographic photosensitive body comprising a conductive support having thereon a layer comprising at least two p-terphenyl compounds selected form the following compounds (1) to (5): and at least one polycarbonate resin represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R wherein R in a mass ratio of the p-terphenyl compounds to the polycarbonate resin within the range of 2:8 to 7:3, with the proviso that when only one kind of the polycarbonate resin is used, the case where the polycarbonate resin represented by the general formula (I) has a structure that R",0.3105578077238343,0.6211156154476686
8385024,"1. A tolerance ring comprising: a hollow cylindrical body defining a longitudinal axis that passes axially through its center; a circumferential gap that divides the hollow cylindrical body so that the hollow cylindrical body includes first and second longitudinal edges that define the circumferential gap; a plurality of bumps that protrude radially from the hollow cylindrical body; and a plurality of openings extending through the tolerance ring; wherein there is no bump that protrudes radially from the hollow cylindrical body that is not included in the plurality of bumps, and the plurality of bumps consists of a plurality of gap-adjacent bumps and a plurality of non-gap-adjacent bumps, there being at least one of the plurality of bumps circumferentially between the gap and each of the non-gap-adjacent bumps, there being none of the plurality of bumps circumferentially between the gap and each of the gap-adjacent bumps; and wherein each of the plurality of openings extends through a corresponding one of the non-gap-adjacent bumps.",0.08593697078361433,0.17187394156722868
8555613,"1. A system useful for detecting a fault in a sensor disposed on-board a motorized vehicle having a piston-driven combustion engine with an air inlet conduit and an exhaust effluent gas conduit, comprising: a catalyst chamber comprising a portion of said exhaust effluent gas conduit and including a solid catalyst disposed therein, said catalyst chamber having an upstream side and a downstream side; a plurality of sensors disposed about said system, each of said sensors useful for sensing an operational parameter relating to said engine, said plurality including a first nitrogen oxides sensor that provides an upstream measured content of nitrogen oxides present in the exhaust effluent gas on the upstream side of said catalyst chamber; a second nitrogen oxides sensor that provides a downstream measured content of nitrogen oxides present in the exhaust effluent gas on the downstream side of said catalyst chamber; at least one control including a control algorithm, comprising resident program instructions and calibrations stored in the non-volatile memory and executed to provide the following functions, and module, configured to receive a plurality of inputs and provide at least one output signal responsive to at least one of said inputs, the at least one control module generating a virtual nitrogen oxides sensor comprising a non-linear model expressed dynamically in differential form based on a function of two or more of said operational parameters, said virtual nitrogen oxides sensor comprising the non-linear model expressed dynamically in differential form providing an estimated output of nitrogen oxides from said engine during its operation, determining a residual value based on the difference between said estimated output and said upstream measured content, determining conversion efficiency of said solid catalyst based on the downstream measured content divided by the upstream measured content, and the downstream measured content divided by the estimated output of nitrogen oxides from said engine during its operation, comparing the downstream measured content divided by the upstream measured content to a first predetermined numerical value of conversion efficiency, comparing the downstream measured content divided by the estimated output of nitrogen oxides form said engine during its operation to a second predetermined numerical value of conversion efficiency, monitoring said conversion efficiency during operation of said engine, and monitoring said residual value during operation of the engine in response to the downstream measured content divided by the upstream measured content is less than the first predetermined numerical value of conversion efficiency and the downstream measured content divided by the estimated output of nitrogen oxides from said engine during its operation is less than the second predetermined numerical value of conversion efficiency.",0.8512166975407987,0.2975666049184027
8559323,"1. A method comprising: at a wireless network access point device, generating control parameters defining usage of a plurality of channels in an allocated bandwidth during a downlink transmission interval, the control parameters comprising information indicating channel assignments from the allocated bandwidth over which multiple downlink transmissions to different wireless client devices can occur in the allocated bandwidth concurrently during the downlink transmission interval at respective data rates selected according to respective bandwidth capabilities of the client devices receiving the respective downlink transmissions, wherein the generating control parameters further comprises: transmitting on each of the plurality of channels in the allocated bandwidth in advance of the downlink transmission interval a control frame containing the control parameters; transmitting downlink data, during the downlink transmission interval, to the different client devices at the respective data rates corresponding to the respective bandwidth capabilities of the client devices, where at least one of the data rates is less than another of the data rates; and transmitting on the subset of channels from the access point device at least one message that is configured as an acknowledgment message sent on behalf of the higher bandwidth capable client device prior to an acknowledgment message being sent by the higher bandwidth capable client device.",0.45750017015619726,0.9150003403123945
9067170,"1. A method for manufacturing an absorbing agent for the selective absorption of carbon dioxide from a flue gas of a combustion plant, comprising: completely converting an amino acid into an amino acid salt by an equimolar addition of a lye; and producing a mixture of amino acid salt and free amino acid by further addition of an amino acid which includes a different substituent than the amino acid salt, such that the amino acid salt and the free amino acid are present concurrently.",0.8798745501778198,0.24025089964436042
8887154,"1. A system for dynamic partitioning of computing applications comprising one or more processors, and a memory coupled to the one or more processor and configured to store instructions executable by the one or more processors to configure: a deployment subsystem for deploying computing applications at runtime, wherein the computing applications are realized by blueprints, wherein each blueprint may be used to instantiate a graph at application runtime, wherein a graph identifies components, connections between the components, and properties for the components, wherein each component defines a computing processing mechanism for processing data containers of computing data at application runtime; one or more repositories configured to store graphs and components for loading at application runtime; one or more partitioning agents configured to: for each subgraph, a runtime engine, wherein the runtime engine provides a running environment for the subgraph on the allocated platform.",0.4065872093671754,0.8131744187343508
9554403,"1. A user equipment (UE) operable to select a radio node in a cell of a multiple radio access technology (multi-RAT) communications network, the UE having circuitry configured to: determine when to offload data traffic of the UE to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) in the multi-RAT communications network based on radio access network (RAN) assistance information communicated via the operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) system; identify a status of one or more WLAN APs in the multi-RAT communications network using the RAN assistance information; select a radio node in the cell of the multi-RAT communications network for communication based on select criteria: wherein the status of the one or more WLAN APs is an online status, an offline status, coupled to an internet connection status, a congested status, or a non-congested status; direct data traffic of the UE to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) node:",0.7488061115968745,0.502387776806251
8894394,"1. A scroll fluid machine, comprising: a revolving mechanism that revolves an orbiting scroll with a drive crankshaft attached eccentrically to the orbiting scroll; and an anti-rotation system formed by a crank mechanism including a driven crankshaft rotatably supported by a first bearing that is supported in a housing, and an eccentric shaft integral with the driven crankshaft and rotatably supported by a second bearing that is supported by the orbiting scroll, wherein an oil supply port is provided in a casing of the first bearing or in the housing supporting the casing to open toward a fixed scroll at a position on a radially outer side of an end plate of the orbiting scroll, and a communication hole that communicates the oil supply port with the first bearing is provided.",0.19492743713792576,0.3898548742758515
9276289,"1. A battery, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an electrolyte layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein: at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is an electrode comprising an ambient temperature molten salt; the electrolyte layer does not transmit the ambient temperature molten salt contained in the electrode; the ambient temperature molten salt comprises: wherein: a content of the second salt in the ambient temperature molten salt is 10 parts by mol or more and 50 parts by mol or less with respect to 100 parts by mol of the first imidazolium salt.",0.850016035370083,0.29996792925983407
9246035,"1. A portable power station assembly comprising: a rocker frame having spaced apart opposing vertically upright bearing frames extending from a base portion of the rocker frame at opposing distal ends of the base portion of the rocker frame, where the opposing vertically upright bearing frames each have respective opposing pivot bearing members; a cradle frame extending between and pivotally attached to the opposing pivot bearing members having a truss support member pivotally attached to the cradle frame to swing inward toward and outward away from the cradle frame, where said truss support includes a roller track extending lengthwise along a top support chord of the truss support member, where distal opposing ends of said cradle frame are respectively pivotally mounted on opposing pivots; and a panel frame adapted for receiving solar panels including a roller engaging the top chord roller track of the truss support member such that the panel is operable to traverse the length of the truss support member along the top chord roller track of the truss support.",0.761445843263815,0.4771083134723699
9575136,"1. An apparatus for measuring impedance of a fuel cell stack, comprising: an AC current applier configured to apply AC current to a fuel cell stack; an AC voltage measurer configured to measure an AC voltage of the fuel cell stack; a DC current measurer configured to measure a DC current of the fuel cell stack; an AC voltage compensator configured to compensate for the AC voltage measured by the AC voltage measurer based on the DC current measured by the DC current measurer; and an impedance measurer configured to measure impedance of the fuel cell stack based on the AC voltage compensated by the AC voltage compensator and the AC current applied by the AC current applier.",0.7208247010334424,0.5583505979331151
8698337,"1. A matrix sea wave power generating device, comprising a plurality of power generating units positioned to form a matrix, wherein each of the power generating units comprises a floating member, a transmission shaft provided on the floating member, a plurality of ratchets each having a plurality of ratchet teeth, a plurality of pull disks, a speed increasing device, a power generator, and a plurality of pull disk reversal driving devices, wherein the transmission shaft is rotatably mounted on the floating member through a shaft bearing, and is operatively connected to the power generator through the speed increasing device, wherein two of the ratchets are coupled side by side on the transmission shaft and have the tooth extended along the transmission shaft in a same direction, wherein each of the ratchets is sleeved with one of the pull disks, wherein each of the pull disks has plurality of engaging teeth engaged with the ratchet teeth of each the corresponding ratchet, wherein the pull disk has a pulling string, wherein a winding direction of the pulling string of each the pull disk is opposite to a lean direction of the ratchet teeth of each the corresponding ratchet, wherein each the pull disk is provided with the corresponding pull disk reversal driving devices, wherein each the pull disk reversal driving device forces a bending moment on the corresponding null disk in a same direction with a lean direction of the ratchet teeth of each the corresponding ratchet, wherein said matrix sea wave power generating device further comprises a plurality of universal rollers, wherein said pulling strings extended from said power generating units are guided by the universal rollers to secure to a predetermined point, wherein for each of said power generating units, two of said pulling strings are longitudinally extended along the transmission shaft, while another two of the pulling strings are transversely extended from the transmission shaft, wherein the adjacent power generating units in the same line are connected with each other with the pulling strings longitudinally extended from the transmission shaft, while the adjacent power generating units in the same row are connected with each other with the pulling strings transversely extended along the transmission shaft, wherein the outermost power generating units arranged in line are secured to a secure point by said pulling strings with the pulling strings longitudinally extended from the transmission shaft and the outermost power generating units arranged in row are secured to a secure point by the pulling strings with the pulling strings transversely extended from the transmission shaft so as to allow the entire array of power generating units to be confined within a predetermined area in the sea.",0.7376991704812095,0.524601659037581
8518257,"1. An apparatus for treating waste water comprising: at least one bio-denitrification unit, where a particulate adsorbent/absorbent is circulated through the unit in a bacteria supporting medium, the absorbent is adapted to adsorb and/or absorb nitrogen-containing compounds in a waste water stream, while the bacteria in the supporting medium convert the nitrogen-containing compounds in interstitial water and the absorbed and/or adsorbed nitrogen-containing compounds in or on the particulate adsorbent/absorbent into nitrogen gas or into amino acids via bio-synthesis, where the units are arranged in a series configuration, the apparatus is capable of reducing a nitrogen level in a waste water at or below 10 ppm or to levels below applicable water discharge nitrogen levels and where the aqueous solution inlet comprises a distributor adapted to produce a uniform or substantially uniform distribution of the aqueous solution across a cross-section of the unit in a lower middle section of the unit to improve nutrient utilization and reduce hot spots and channeling.",0.8746562408082021,0.2506875183835957
9745855,"1. A linear friction welding system comprising: a fixture configured to hold a rotor hub defining an axis; a collet assembly configured to hold a plurality of rotor blades radially around the rotor hub, the collet assembly including a plurality of collet sections each of the plurality of collet sections configured to support a respective one of the plurality of rotor blades, and a movable annular collar part shiftably mountable over the plurality of collet sections, the plurality of collet sections and the movable annular collar configured such that shiftable movement of the movable annular collar axially into contact with the plurality of collet sections forces each of the plurality of collet sections radially inwardly; a press assembly operatively connected to the collet assembly and configured to forcibly move the movable annular collar part axially into contact with the plurality of collet sections thereby pressing the plurality of rotor blades inward radially against the rotor hub under selective loads; and a vibrating assembly operatively mounted to the fixture and configured to vibrate the rotor hub axially within the collet assembly so that the rotor hub moves along the axis to generate friction between the rotor hub and the plurality of rotor blades when the press assembly presses the plurality of rotor blades against the rotor hub.",0.2887106235852836,0.5774212471705672
9289748,"1. A method of regenerating a desiccant in an off-line treater of a polyolefin production process, the method comprising a heating phase followed by a cooling phase, the heating phase comprising: treating a recycle stream of the polyolefin production process in an on-line treater to yield a treated recycle stream; heating at least a portion of the treated recycle stream to yield a regenerating gas; regenerating at least a portion of the desiccant in the off-line treater using the regenerating gas to yield a regenerating effluent stream; separating the regenerating effluent stream into an impurity stream and a regenerating recycle stream; and recycling the regenerating recycle stream to the on-line treater.",0.8515419694568143,0.2969160610863715
9699301,"1. A mobile communication device comprising: a display; and one or more processors and one or more memories supporting cellular communication, said device comprising a normal mode and a focused mode, wherein one or more controllers are configured to: (a) in response to a first selection of first region of a user interface (UI) on said display of said device, set a focused mode for said device; and (b) while in said focused mode, in response to a second selection of a second region of said UI, wherein said normal mode is distinct from said focused mode, and wherein, when said device is in said focused mode one or more features of said device are at least partially disabled; wherein the one or more features of said device that are at least partially disabled in the focused mode include one or more features relating to cellular communications; and wherein one or more aspects of said controller are integrated with an operating system of said device.",0.7210693744173021,0.5578612511653958
9795581,"1. A method of making a pharmaceutical composition comprising combining crystalline (N,N-Diethylcarbamoyl)methyl methyl (2E)but-2-ene-1,4-dioate having a purity of at least 99% by weight as measured by HPLC and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle; wherein the crystalline (N,N-Diethylcarbamoyl)methyl methyl (2E)but-2-ene-1,4-dioate is selected from crystalline form 2, crystalline form 3 and crystalline form 4; crystalline form 2 exhibits characteristic scattering angles (2θ) at least at 8.4±0.2°, 4.2±0.2°, 16.9±0.2°, 18.3±0.2°, and 20.0±0.2° in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern measured using Cu-Kα radiation; crystalline form 3 exhibits characteristic scattering angle (2θ) at least at 20.6±0.2°, 9.5±0.2°, 11.1±0.2°, 15.8±0.2° and 18.6±0.2° in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern measured using Cu—Kα radiation; and crystalline form 4 exhibits characteristic scattering angle (2θ) at least at 20.4±0.2°, 8.2±0.2°, 33.2±0.2°, 26.3±0.2°, and 20.8±0.2° in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern measured using Cu—Kα radiation.",0.1935900292061348,0.38718005841226955
9541122,"1. An outboard motor configured to be mounted on a hull, comprising: an engine including a crankshaft disposed parallel to a gravity axis and a cylinder block, the crankshaft including a crank journal constituting a main rotation axis of the crankshaft, a crank pin connected to a piston through a connecting rod, and a crank arm connecting the crank pin to the crank journal in an eccentric state, the cylinder block including a journal supporting part rotatably supporting an outer circumferential surface of the crank journal; a vertical shaft connected to the crankshaft to be rotated around the gravity axis; a thrust bearing disposed between the journal supporting part and the crank arm in an axial direction of the crankshaft; and an urger disposed at a position between the crankshaft and the vertical shaft to urge the crankshaft upward in a direction parallel with the gravity axis.",0.4910595878532558,0.9821191757065116
9854551,"1. A linear sensor network, comprising: a plurality of network nodes forming, and being members of, a plurality of partially overlapping branches, each branch of the plurality of branches having a respective first end and a respective second end, the plurality of branches having a common root, at least one network node of the plurality of network nodes being a member of at least two branches of the plurality of branches, each network node of the plurality of network nodes having a respective unique network node identifier associated therewith for each branch of which the network node is a member, the plurality of network nodes being logically arranged along the plurality of branches according to the nodes' respective network node identifiers, such that the network node identifiers vary monotonically along each branch, from the first end of the branch to the second end of the branch; and a base station adjacent the common root of the plurality of branches, comprising a wireless transceiver and having a network node identifier associate therewith; wherein: each network node stores a representation of each of the network node's network node identifiers; each network node comprises a respective sensor and a respective wireless transceiver; each network node collects data with its sensor and, in response to receiving a command originating at the base station, transmits the data via its wireless transceiver using at least one network packet; and each network node of the plurality of network nodes, except a respective first network node at the first end and a respective last network node at the second end of the branch of which the network node is a member, forwards, via its wireless transceiver, network packets, such that each network packet is forwarded by a respective succession of network nodes whose respective network node identifiers vary monotonically along the succession of network nodes.",0.330870379241725,0.66174075848345
8549737,"1. A method of connecting a grid array package to a printed wiring board (PWB), comprising the steps of: aligning a compliant leaded interposer in an assembly tool, the interposer including a plurality of pins positioned substantially perpendicular to a substrate and extending through the substrate, each of the plurality of pins having a first end configured to extend a first distance beyond a top surface of the substrate and a second end configured to extend a second distance beyond a bottom surface of the substrate, each of the plurality of pins further including a pad aligned with the pin and positioned substantially on the top surface of the substrate; the assembly tool including a plurality of holes in a plate member configured to receive the second end of the plurality of pins in a predetermined pattern; orienting a plurality of solder balls on the grid array package with the first end of the plurality of pins using tooling pins mounted on the plate member of the assembly tool; electrically connecting each of the plurality of solder balls to the first end of one of the plurality of pins and to at least a portion of one of the plurality of pads; removing the interposer and the ball grid array package from the assembly tool; orienting the second end of each of the plurality of pins with at least one conductive contact on the PWB; and electrically connecting the second end of each of the plurality of pins to at least one conductive contact of the PWB thereby establishing an electrical connection between the ball grid array package and the PWB, the plurality of pins defining a space between the PWB and the bottom surface of the substrate of the interposer.",0.4563215985222818,0.9126431970445636
8664888,"1. A power converter circuit for an LED driver for controlling an LED light source, the power converter circuit comprising: a flyback transformer having primary and secondary windings, the primary winding operable to receive a rectified AC voltage; a flyback switching transistor coupled in series with the primary winding of the flyback transformer; a flyback controller for controlling the flyback switching transistor to be conductive and non-conductive to generate a bus voltage across a secondary winding of the flyback transformer and a center tap voltage at a center tap of the secondary winding, the flyback controller powered by a first low-voltage DC supply voltage; a first power supply operable to receive the center tap voltage and to generate a second low-voltage DC supply voltage at an output when the center tap voltage is above a cutover voltage; and a second power supply having an output coupled to the output of the first power supply, the second power supply operable to receive the bus voltage and to generate the second DC supply voltage when the center tap voltage is below approximately the cutover voltage.",0.9157146107079025,0.168570778584195
9496804,"1. An inverter-charger device configured to charge a high voltage battery during a charging mode and to drive a 3-phase motor by switching power of the high voltage battery during an operation mode, the device comprising: a rectifier providing power for charging the high voltage battery by rectifying input AC power; an inverter receiving the rectified AC power via the 3-phase motor during the charging mode and rectifying the AC power to DC power and converting DC power charged in the high voltage battery during the operation mode to drive the 3-phase motor; and a power supply unit supplying power to drive the rectifier and the inverter, the power supply unit comprising: a first power supply unit supplying power for driving a switching unit of the rectifier; and a second power supply unit supplying power for driving a switching unit of the inverter.",0.9756193240328661,0.04876135193426778
9764219,"1. A skateboard deck comprising: a body with a top surface and a lateral centerline, the body including a nose portion with a nose apex and a tail portion with a tail apex, wherein the nose apex and the tail apex are above the top surface of the body; wherein a total length of the body spans from a forwardmost surface of the body located along the nose portion to a rearmost surface of the body located along the tail portion, further wherein the nose apex is located between the length defined by the forwardmost surface of the body and the lateral centerline and the tail apex is located between the length defined by the rearmost surface of the body and the lateral centerline; wherein the nose portion includes a nose planar surface between the forwardmost surface and the nose apex, wherein the tail portion includes a tail planar surface between the rearmost surface and the tail apex, and wherein each of the nose planar surface and the tail planar surface forms an angle of about 60 degrees with the total length of the body; and wherein each of the nose apex and the tail apex is convexly rounded.",0.033005881890561264,0.0660117637811225
9740703,"1. A method comprising: providing a server having access to a policy database storing a first set of policies; providing a device, separate from the server, comprising a decision engine, implemented using executable code, to manage information accessible via the device; connecting of the device to a network with the server having access to the policy database; via the network, receiving at the device from the server the first set of policies and storing the first set of policies on the device; providing a first abstraction, referenced by at least one policy of the first set of policies; storing the first abstraction on the device, wherein the first abstraction includes a definition statement used by the device when evaluating the at least one policy of the first set of policies; and using the decision engine of the device to manage information accessible via the device according to the first set of policies stored on the device, even when the device is disconnected to the network.",0.118086141594802,0.23617228318960404
8954814,"1. A method for decoding a data stream in a wireless device, comprising: receiving a first plurality of encoded code blocks corresponding to a first transmission of a transport block; decoding the first plurality of encoded code blocks into decoded code blocks; error detecting the decoded code blocks; storing a decoding history of the decoded code blocks; receiving a second plurality of encoded code blocks corresponding to a retransmission of the transport block, the second plurality of encoded code blocks corresponding to the first plurality of encoded code blocks respectively; and selectively decoding a first subset of the second plurality of encoded code blocks, without decoding a second subset of the second plurality of encoded code blocks, based on the decoding history.",0.2798746150172387,0.5597492300344774
8779387,"1. A method for detecting fluorochromes in a flow cytometer, comprising: receiving a sample including particles each tagged with at least one of a first fluorochrome and a second fluorochrome, wherein the first and second fluorochromes have distinct spillover coefficients; detecting particles of the sample, including detecting the first and the second fluorochromes of the particles with a first detector and a second detector; forming a data set for detected particles based on the detection of the first and second fluorochromes of the particles; characterizing a detected spillover coefficient for each detected fluorochrome from the data set, wherein characterizing includes plotting measurements of the first detector on a first axis of a spectral spillover data plot representing at least a portion of the detected particles, and measurements of the second detector on a second axis of the spectral spillover data plot; and sorting the detected particles into predicted fluorochrome populations based on the detected spillover coefficients.",0.26706257547852563,0.5341251509570513
8871509,"1. A method for delivering a cargo into human cells, comprising contacting a gene delivery system with the human cells, thereby delivering the cargo into the human cells, wherein the gene delivery system comprises: (a) a nanomaterial which is a gold nanoparticle with the size range of 1-100 nm, wherein the nanomaterial is penetrated into the human cell by said method; (b) an oligonucleotide as a universal binding partner covalently linked to the surface of the nanomaterial by means of a thiol group bound to the end of the universal binding partner, wherein the universal binding partner is the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; and (c) a cargo comprising (i) a complementary oligonucleotide containing a nucleotide sequence complementary to the universal binding partner as a binding counter-partner, and (ii) an inhibitory molecule having a nucleotide sequence complementary to a target gene of interest to be inhibited or an inducible molecule that is an expression construct containing a promoter, and a coding sequence of a target gene of interest to be expressed operatively linked to the promoter, and wherein the inhibitory molecule or the inducible molecule is linked to the binding counter-partner.",0.3509281840864488,0.7018563681728976
9544484,"1. A light emitting device, comprising: a board; a light emitting diode chip disposed on the board; a molding part disposed on the board and covering the light emitting diode chip; and a lens cap disposed on the board and covering the molding part and comprising: wherein an air gap is disposed between the lens cap and the molding part, wherein the exterior first side of the wall part comprises a first air circulation hole exposing the molding part, and wherein the exterior second side of the wall part comprises a second air circulation hole exposing the molding part.",0.1953175579994819,0.39063511599896383
9245151,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a computing device that is in a locked state, a voice command; beginning to perform an action identified by the voice command while the computing device is in the locked state, wherein beginning to perform the action identified by the voice command while the computing device is in the locked state includes sending a query specified by the voice command to a remote server system while the computing device is in the locked state; receiving, by the computing device and after the computing device has begun to receive the voice command, a user request to unlock the computing device; executing, by the computing device and responsive to the user request to unlock the computing device, an unlocking operation to transition the computing device from the locked state to an unlocked state; and presenting, by the computing device, while the computing device is in the unlocked state, one or more results responsive to the voice command.",0.21706682198337446,0.4341336439667489
9059228,"1. A substrate table for an immersion lithographic apparatus, the substrate table comprising: a recess, configured to receive a substrate of a given size, the recess having a support region to support a lower surface of the substrate and an edge configured to be adjacent the edge of a substrate when it is supported by the support region; and a fluid extraction system, configured to extract fluid from a gap between the edge of the substrate and the edge of the recess through an opening of an outlet opening into the gap, the gap having a length, in plan, extending along at least part of a periphery of the substrate and the outlet opening being defined in a surface of the substrate table and being outward of, or overlapping, in a horizontal direction the edge of the substrate when it is supported by the support region, wherein the fluid extraction system is configured such that, in the absence of liquid, the rate of flow of fluid extracted through the outlet from a localized section of the gap having a given length, in plan, along the length of the gap is greater than the rate of flow of fluid extracted through the outlet from another section of the gap having a same length, in plan, along the length of the gap.",0.08921041226675681,0.1784208245335136
9616570,"1. A device for controlling a robot; the device making the robot execute tasks including a plurality of work units in a parallel manner for several workpieces, in accordance with a plurality of operation programs for individually commanding the plurality of work units; each of the plurality of operation programs including a description of a task starting condition as a precondition for starting a corresponding work unit by the robot; the device comprising: an information collecting section collecting state information showing, in real time, an operating state of an environment allowing the robot to execute said tasks; a program selecting section selecting a first executable program satisfying said task starting condition described in said first executable program, from operation programs ready to be executed for workpieces among said plurality of operation programs, by judging whether said operating state satisfies said task starting condition based on said state information collected by said information collecting section; a processing section processing, for execution, said first executable program selected by said program selecting section; and a program-completion judging section judging whether said processing section has completed or not a processing of said first executable program; wherein said program selecting section selects a second executable program satisfying said task starting condition described in said second executable program, from said operation programs ready to be executed, by judging whether said operating state satisfies said task starting condition based on said state information, as an operation program to be subsequently processed for execution by said processing section, depending on a judgment performed by said program-completion judging section; wherein said program-completion judging section is provided with internal information showing a state of an internal model provided by modeling said environment allowing the robot to execute said tasks, said internal information adapted to show an operating state of said environment based on whether or not a command in an operation program is output, and judges whether said internal information coincides with said state information collected by said information collecting section, thereby judging whether said processing section has completed said processing; wherein said program-completion judging section judges whether a predetermined time has elapsed during judging whether said processing section has completed or not said processing, said predetermined time being defined from an instant when said command in said operation program is output to an instant when said operating state of said environment is actually changed; wherein said plurality of operation programs include an exception operation program for commanding an exception-processing work unit provided for an escape motion, said exception operation program being different from said operation programs ready to be executed, wherein a certain operation program in said plurality of operation programs is provided with a branch command for branching to said exception operation program when an abnormality occurs in a work unit commanded by said certain operation program; wherein, when said program-completion judging section judges that said internal information coincides with said state information and said processing section has completed said processing, and when said program-completion judging section judges that said time has not elapsed during judging whether said processing section has completed or not said processing, said processing section processes said second executable program selected by said program selecting section; and wherein, when said program-completion judging section judges that said internal information does not coincide with said state information and said processing section has not completed said processing, or alternatively, when said program-completion judging section judges that said time has elapsed during judging whether said processing section has completed or not said processing, and if said branch command is described in said first executable program, said processing section processes said exception operation program in place of said second executable program in accordance with said branch command.",0.27018534363142277,0.5403706872628455
9677213,"1. A laundry treatment device comprising: a casing comprising a front wall defining a continuous front surface, said front surface having a laundry opening to load or unload a laundry treatment chamber contained in said casing, said casing comprising a panel aperture, said panel aperture having an edge defining a closed curve; a control panel assembly for controlling operation of the laundry treatment device, said control panel assembly including an outer dashboard which is structured to be coupled to said front wall at said panel aperture and to be operated by a user, said outer dashboard including a rear surface facing the casing, wherein in an assembled configuration, said rear surface being located in front of, and covering or overlapping, the panel aperture, said outer dashboard further comprising an external dashboard portion, said external dashboard portion being, in an assembled configuration, external to the casing, visible and accessible to a user; a drawer and a drawer seat to house said drawer, the drawer seat being fixed or fixable to said front wall so that said drawer is coupled in a retractable manner to said front wall, wherein said drawer seat and said external dashboard portion are a single integral piece forming an outer dashboard assembly.",0.3698708550167041,0.7397417100334082
9161732,"1. A radiographic apparatus, comprising: a storage configured to store a previously obtained shape image of an examinee in association with a functional image that was captured in association with the previously obtained shape image; a shape image capture unit configured to capture a current shape image of the examinee; an image acquiring unit configured to acquire the previously obtained shape image of the examinee from the storage; a position acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the storage, the functional image, specify a region of interest in the acquired functional image, and acquire, in the previously obtained shape image, a first position corresponding to the specified region of interest; a conversion unit configured to convert the first position in the previously obtained shape image into a second position in the captured shape image, on the basis of a correspondence between the second position in the captured shape image and the first position in the previously obtained shape image; and a positional relationship adjusting unit configured to adjust a positional relationship between the examinee and a detector which detects radiation for generating a nuclear medicine image, on the basis of the second position in the captured shape image, which is a conversion result of the conversion unit.",0.05789859150927752,0.11579718301855502
9257719,"1. A lithium-ion battery electrolyte composition consisting essentially of a non-aqueous solvent, a lithium salt soluble in said non-aqueous solvent, and one or more diamine additives having the formula H 2 N—R—NH 2 , wherein R is a saturated aliphatic chain organic group, having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, wherein said diamine additive is soluble in said electrolyte composition, and wherein said diamine additive is present in an amount from 1 wt % to 10 wt %.",0.936402188807939,0.12719562238412196
9766342,"1. A method for a mobile electronic device comprising a digital camera, a position-determining subsystem, and a user interface, the method comprising: detecting, by the mobile device via the user interface, user activity with respect to the digital camera of the device; and in response to detecting the user activity and prior to initiating capture of an image using the digital camera, initiating, by the position-determining subsystem of the mobile device, acquisition of current position data for a current position of the device.",0.2047561645095083,0.4095123290190166
9816927,"1. A method for analysing a sample comprising at least a first and a second scale inhibitor, which scale inhibitors are synthetic organic compounds comprising at least one ionised group, the method comprising optionally diluting and/or purifying the sample, allowing the sample interact with a reagent comprising lanthanide(III) ion, exciting the sample at a first excitation wavelength and detecting a sample signal deriving from the lanthanide(III) ion at a signal wavelength by using time-resolved luminescence measurement, determining the total concentration of the first and the second scale inhibitor by using the detected sample signal, determining the concentration of the first scale inhibitor in the sample, determining the concentration of the second scale inhibitor mathematically by using the obtained results for the total concentration and for the first scale inhibitor concentration.",0.47808556919180323,0.9561711383836065
9337507,"1. A microbial power generator, comprising: an anode chamber having an anode and retaining a solution containing a microorganism and an electron donor; a cathode chamber having a cathode; an ion-permeable nonconductive membrane contacted to the cathode and separating the cathode chamber from the anode chamber; and an oxygen-containing gas feeder feeding a biologically treated exhaust gas sludge activated and containing oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor, or a mixed gas of an anaerobic biologically treated exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapor, and air, to the cathode chamber.",0.9806141720748224,0.03877165585035525
9799455,"1. A capacitor electrode comprising: a conductive base member; and an electrode part electrically connected to the base member and containing carbon particles of a first carbon material capable of adsorbing and desorbing ions, the electrode part further containing voids including: (V the diameters of the voids ranging from 0.05 μm to 1.0 μm, both inclusive, have a maximum peak between 0.3 μm and 0.6 μm, both inclusive.",0.6865244775736151,0.6269510448527698
9082000,"1. An image processing device comprising: a memory unit that is used in storing information regarding a pupil size which is previously detected in series of successive detections; a candidate pupil detecting unit that detects noncircular candidate pupils from an image in which an eye area is captured; a pupil determining unit that extrapolates the shapes of the candidate pupils that are detected by the candidate pupil detecting unit and, based on the pupil size stored in the memory unit, determines a pupil from among the candidate pupils; a pupil information learning unit that, when a circular pupil is detected and extrapolated by the pupil determining unit from the image in which an eye area is captured, stores brightness pupil information, in which the size of the detected pupil and the brightness of the eye area is held in a corresponding manner, in the memory unit; and a pupil information registering unit that stores a detection timing at which a pupil was detected in previously evaluated frame and the size of a pupil in a corresponding manner in the memory unit, wherein when the time difference between the timing at which a candidate pupil is detected and the detection timing stored in the memory unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined amount of time, the pupil determining unit compares the brightness of the eye area with the brightness pupil information, identifies the pupil size in the brightness pupil information, and determines a pupil from among the candidate pupils based on the identified pupil size.",0.05600932610781693,0.1120186522156339
9759728,"1. A method for assessing sperm fertility rate in an infertile or hypofertile subject or a subject with difficulty to conceive for more than one year, comprising the steps of: i) liquefying a semen sample obtained from said subject at 37° C. for 30 minutes, ii) isolating spermatozoa from said semen sample through a single-step density gradient centrifugation, iii) washing said isolated spermatozoa with tris-buffered saline, iv) homogenizing said isolated spermatozoa with a lysis buffer to obtain a spermatozoa protein lysate, v) measuring the expression level of one or both of a kinase anchoring protein 4 (AKAP4) and Hexokinase 1 in said protein lysate, and vi) comparing said measured expression level with a reference value, wherein detecting a differential in the expression of the one or both of AKAP4 and Hexokinase 1 between the sample and the reference value is indicative of sperm fertility rate.",0.12707053025341797,0.25414106050683594
9172355,"1. A transmission circuit comprising: a first terminal for inputting or outputting signals; a pair of second terminals for outputting or inputting the signals; a first path that connects the first terminal and one of the pair of second terminals; a second path that connects the first terminal and another one of the pair of second terminals; a first circuit including a first capacitor that is serially inserted in the first path, the first capacitor being inserted between the first terminal and the one of the pair of second terminals, the first circuit being configured to perform single-differential conversion on signals transmitted through the first path, to perform impedance matching, and to supply a bias voltage; a second circuit including a first inductor that is serially inserted in the second path, the first inductor being inserted between the first terminal and the other one of the pair of second terminals, the second circuit being configured to perform single-differential conversion on signals transmitted through the second path, to perform impedance matching, and to supply a bias voltage; and a switch that is connected between the one of the pair of second terminals and the other one of the pair of second terminals,",0.3043180545823937,0.6086361091647874
9013900,"1. A noise reduction unit comprising: a plurality of cores each having formed therein a through hole; a plurality of wires connected to a noise source and each wound around the corresponding core of the plurality of cores through the through hole of the corresponding core; and a core supporting member that supports the plurality of cores, wherein the core supporting member supports the plurality of cores such that the plurality of cores is disposed parallel to each other along a through direction of the each through hole formed in the plurality of cores and spaced apart from each other with a predetermined gap in the through direction, wherein the core supporting member is a heat-shrinkable tube, and wherein the plurality of cores is supported in the heat-shrinkable tube by shrinking the heat-shrinkable tube under heat after disposing the plurality of cores in the heat-shrinkable tube.",0.31657475644503424,0.6331495128900685
8491680,1. A method for treating a gasifier waste stream containing suspended solids comprising: directing the gasifier waste stream from a gasification process to a solids separator; settling a portion of the suspended solids from the gasifier waste stream in the solids separator to produce a sludge and a grey water effluent containing remaining suspended solids; directing the grey water effluent from the solids separator to a ceramic membrane; removing at least a portion of the remaining suspended solids from the grey water effluent in the ceramic membrane to produce a retentate containing the removed suspended solids and a permeate; directing the permeate from the ceramic membrane to an evaporator disposed downstream from the ceramic membrane to further concentrate the permeate and produce a vapor and concentrate; condensing the vapor to form a distillate; and wherein removing at least a portion of the remaining suspended solids from the grey water reduces fouling in the evaporator.,0.9228344630297369,0.15433107394052614
8767507,"1. A method for determining a radius of a water flooding area in an oil-bearing formation, the method comprising: installing at least one grounded electrode at a certain distance away from a well, wherein the certain distance is sufficient enough to avoid electrical breakdowns; connecting a high-voltage electric capacity meter to a wellhead of the well and to said at least one grounded electrode, wherein said high-voltage electric capacity meter is used as a pulse generator; applying a voltage pulse between the wellhead and said at least one grounded electrode; injecting water into the well; measuring an electric capacity at a point when the well is filled with water and before the water moves into the formation; performing a number of capacity measurements during as the water moves into the formation and determining in real time the radius of the water flooding area of the formation by using a flooded area capacity variation in time.",0.6539857645997953,0.6920284708004094
9461292,"1. A battery system connected to an electrical load comprising: a plurality of battery modules configured to be connected in series, each of the battery modules being configured by stacking a plurality of unit batteries between a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal such that the plurality of unit batteries are connected in series; and at least one connecting terminal provided between the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal of at least one of the plurality of battery modules, electricity being obtained through the at least one connecting terminal, the at least one connecting terminal having potential between potential of the positive electrode terminal and potential of the negative electrode terminal, wherein the plurality of battery modules include a first battery module and a second battery module different from each other, the connecting terminal is provided at the first battery module, the negative electrode terminal of the second battery module has the lowest potential among the negative electrode terminals of the plurality of respective battery modules, the negative electrode terminal of the second battery module is connected to the electrical load, and only one terminal selected from the positive electrode terminal and the at least one connecting terminal of the first battery module is connected to the electrical load such that an output voltage of the battery system is adjusted.",0.9826949912105861,0.034610017578827756
8574030,"1. A method of sharpening a single ice skate blade having a length adapted to be attached to an ice skate and an ice engaging surface adapted to contact ice, comprising: engaging a contouring tool with a grinding wheel to form a grinding wheel contour on a periphery of the grinding wheel; and engaging the grinding wheel contour with the ice skate blade to form a contoured ice skate blade, the contoured ice skate blade having: (i) a single profile extending along at least a portion of the length, the profile having a width between a first side edge and a second side edge, wherein at least one of the side edges ends at a bottom end at the ice engaging surface, (ii) a vee defined by one of the side edges and a flat meeting at the bottom end, wherein a first acute edge angle is formed between the one of the side edges and the flat, and (iii) a flat angle formed between the flat and a bottom, wherein the bottom has a bottom distance which extends from the flat to one of a second flat and a second one of the side edges.",0.15434675063950518,0.3086935012790104
8798643,"1. A method for wayfinding at a venue, the method comprising: launching a mobile application on a mobile communication device within a venue, the mobile application for wayfinding at the venue; utilizing a venue network to determine a first fixed geographical location of the mobile communication device at the venue; tracking a path of the mobile communication device from the first fixed geographical location utilizing a plurality of sensors of the mobile communication device, wherein the plurality of sensors of the mobile communication device comprises an accelerometer, a magnetometer and a gyroscope, wherein the accelerometer is configured to determine a movement of the mobile communication device and an orientation of the movement, wherein the magnetometer is configured to determine a true north heading of the mobile communication device, and wherein the gyroscope is configured to determine an orientation of the mobile communication device; and utilizing a venue network to determine a second fixed geographical location of the mobile communication device at the venue; wherein the mobile communication device is configured to calculate an error factor for the tracking the path of the mobile communication device from the first fixed geographical location for the mobile communication device to the second fixed geographical location for the mobile communication device;",0.10595845473077493,0.21191690946154984
8952563,"1. A method for utility scale energy storage employing a rail system having upper and lower storage yards with interconnecting track connecting the upper and lower yards and a plurality of control elements for configuring track routing in the system with a plurality of shuttle units having a support structure and integral transfer mechanism for removably carrying masses, each shuttle unit operably connected to an electrical motor and an electrical generator comprising: connecting the rail system to an electrical grid; upon receiving a command for energy storage, controlling a selected set of the plurality of shuttle units to each load a mass from a selected storage track in the lower storage yard; connecting the storage track to a power track; driving the motor operably connected to each shuttle unit to lift the mass up the power track to the upper storage yard by accelerating the motor to a synchronous operating speed, bypassing rectifier/inverter circuits employed for asynchronous operation and directly connecting the motor to the electrical grid for synchronous operation; controlling the selected set of shuttle units to unload the masses to a selected storage track in the upper storage yard; upon receiving a command for energy return, controlling a selected set of shuttle units each to load a mass from a selected storage track in the upper storage yard; connecting the storage track to a power track; regeneratively braking the generator operably connected to each shuttle unit to carry the mass down the power track to the lower storage yard; controlling the shuttle unit to unload the mass to a selected storage track in the lower storage yard.",0.96552542718658,0.06894914562684007
9147510,"1. An overvoltage protection element comprising: a housing; terminals electrically connecting the overvoltage protection element to a current path or a signal path to be protected; two varistors electrically connected in parallel and located within the housing; and a middle electrode located at least partially between the varistors, wherein:",0.5663328187455197,0.8673343625089607
9412971,"1. An encapsulation structure for an optoelectronic component, comprising: a barrier thin-film layer for protecting an optoelectronic component against chemical impurities; a cover layer applied above the barrier thin-film layer and serving for protecting the barrier thin-film layer against mechanical damage; and an intermediate layer applied on the barrier thin-film layer between barrier thin-film layer and cover layer and comprising a curable material designed such that when the non-cured intermediate layer is applied to the barrier thin-film layer, particle impurities at the surface of the barrier thin-film layer are enclosed by the intermediate layer and the applied intermediate layer has a substantially planar surface, and that after the intermediate layer has been cured, mechanical loads on the barrier thin-film layer as a result of particle impurities during the application of the cover layer are reduced by the intermediate layer.",0.3589130877572807,0.7178261755145614
8783095,"1. An ultrapure water production facility, comprising: an ultrapure water production system; a supply pipe for supplying ultrapure water produced in the ultrapure water production system to a use point; and a monitoring system for monitoring a quality of the ultrapure water extracted from the supply pipe, comprising wherein the first monitoring unit and the second monitoring unit are connected in series.",0.871888457266854,0.2562230854662919
8799650,"1. A computer-implemented method for managing access to an individual's medical images using one or more computer processors configured to execute the steps comprising: generating a first personal identification number for a secure portable reference, the secure portable reference stored within a USB thumb drive; using the first personal identification number to encrypt secure information used to access an individual's medical digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM) images stored on two or more databases; storing the secure information on the secure portable reference within the USB thumb drive; storing, in the secure portable reference within the USB thumb drive, a security module configured to decrypt at least a portion of the secure portable reference including the security information; storing, in the secure portable reference within the USB thumb drive, computer-executable instructions configured to: expiring and rendering unusable the secure portable reference after a configurable number of uses of the secure portable reference to retrieve the individual's medical DICOM images from the two or more databases.",0.03131473581849217,0.0626294716369844
9041943,"1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a first memory storing a table, the table including information indicating relationships between a plurality of functions, a plurality of file formats and a plurality of users so as to determine that a particular function is executable with respect to a particular file format but not executable with respect to another file format, the plurality of functions including at least two or more of printing, email and facsimile, and the plurality of file formats includes at least two or more of pdf, tiff and doc; a second memory storing a plurality of files comprising a first file described in a first file format and a second file described in a second file format; a display unit; and a controller configured to:",0.05577923202498982,0.1115584640499796
9531026,"1. A process for producing a fluorinated ion exchange resin fluid, comprising: subjecting pellets of a fluorinated ion exchange resin having cation exchange groups to hydrogen peroxide treatment, the pellets having a cross-sectional diameter of at most 3 mm and a length of at most 20 mm; and mixing the treated pellets with a solvent to obtain a fluorinated ion exchange resin fluid; wherein the process is performed without carrying out a fluorination reaction.",0.8000287662289215,0.399942467542157
9132501,"1. An electrode assembly for electric arc welding, comprising at least three fusible continuously-fed electrodes for generating a weld pool via electric arcs in a workpiece, wherein a weld head jaw is arranged for each of the at least three electrodes wherein the at least three electrodes are arranged in sequential order with respect to a welding direction when the electrode assembly is in an operating mode, and wherein at least one of the trailing electrodes is geometrically separated from its leading electrode laterally and/or transversally compared to one or more foregoing electrodes of the leading electrode, and wherein an actuator is provided for separating the at least one trailing electrode from its leading electrode during welding by increasing a distance between the at least one trailing electrode and its leading electrode when a monitored stability parameter (Stab-par) of one of the electrodes of the electrode assembly is observed or expected to change by more than 5% with respect to the stability parameters (Stab_par) of one or more adjacent electrodes of the electrode assembly.",0.63456735989575,0.7308652802085001
9834487,"1. A highly concentrated phosphoric or thiophosphoric triamide composition comprising: i). a phosphoric or thiophosphoric triamide with a concentration range from 35% to 50% by weight, wherein said phosphoric or thiophosphoric triamide is a compound according to Formula I: wherein X is oxygen or sulfur, and R ii). a glycol or glycol derivative with a concentration range from about 5% to about 30% by weight, wherein said glycol is a compound according to C iii). a liquid amide with a concentration range from about 20% to about 50% by weight, wherein said liquid amide is selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrolidone, N—(C wherein the ratio of the weight percentage of iii) to ii) is more than 1.0, and wherein said highly concentrated phosphoric or thiophosphoric triamide composition is physically stable at a temperature of 0° C., and there is substantially no freezing of the composition or crystallization of any solid for at least 14 days at 0° C.",0.4402042344392528,0.8804084688785055
8387051,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying one or more machines that are suitable to perform a particular computing job; determining that the one or more identified machines are missing one or more dimensions for performing the particular computing job; selecting, by a smart scheduler, the one or more identified machines to perform the particular computing job based, at least in part, on the determining; locating a group of config jobs to be performed on the one or more selected machines to cause the one or more selected machines to be configured to include the one or more dimensions, wherein locating the group of config jobs comprises only grouping config jobs together that do not cause any unresolved constraint conflicts with any other config jobs within the group; and causing, automatically and without user intervention, the located group of config jobs to be performed on the one or more selected machines.",0.5465421993204309,0.9069156013591382
9586541,"1. A method for identification of slave elements in a polled communication system within a vehicle, the method comprising steps of: measuring a master identification voltage of a master device within the polled communication system; measuring a first voltage of a first slave device of a plurality of slave devices within the polled communication system, wherein each of the plurality of slave devices comprises a processor; measuring a second voltage of a second slave device of the plurality of slave devices within the polled communication system; sending the first voltage to the master device; sending the second voltage to the master device; determining a location of at least the first and second slave devices within the polled communication system by comparing the first voltage with the master identification voltage and by comparing the second voltage with the master identification voltage at least the first voltage with the second voltage, wherein each of the plurality of slave devices is associated with one of a plurality of cells of a vehicle propulsion system of the vehicle; and identifying, by the master device, each of the plurality of slave devices in the polled communication system within the vehicle.",0.45628127856588263,0.9125625571317653
9041335,"1. Driver circuit for driving an electrical load, in particular an electrical machine, comprising: an input terminal pole pair adapted to connect the driver circuit to an AC voltage source, and an output terminal pole pair adapted to connect the driver circuit to the load, a rectifier circuit which is connected to the input terminal pole pair and which is adapted to convert an AC voltage from the AC voltage source into a pulsating DC voltage, a control element which is connected to the rectifier circuit on the input side and to the output terminal pole on the output side, wherein the control element has a controllable switch and a controller that controls the controllable switch, wherein the controller is configured to switch the controllable switch on and off accordingly by means of a pulse train signal, and wherein an electrical output value of the driver circuit is adjustable by switching the controllable switch, and wherein the controller is connected to a measuring device which is connected to the output terminal pole pair and measures an output voltage and/or the driver current, wherein the controller is configured to vary at least one time-based value of the pulse train signal within one period of the pulsating DC voltage on the basis of the measured output voltage and/or the measured driver current such that a waveform of a driver current at the output terminal pole pair is controlled within the period of the pulsating DC voltage.",0.8622805259120442,0.27543894817591164
8940659,"1. A gas purifying catalyst for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a carrier and a catalyst layer formed on the carrier, wherein the catalyst layer includes:",0.9450141709955207,0.1099716580089587
9639963,"1. A method, comprising: generating a second plurality of vertices for a plurality of primitives, the second plurality of vertices being associated with a second bitmap image; sending at least part of the second plurality of vertices to a client computer across a communications network; after sending at least part of the second plurality of vertices, generating a first plurality of vertices for a plurality of primitives, the first plurality of vertices being associated with a bitmap image generated at a time subsequent to a time when the second bitmap image was generated; storing the first plurality of vertices in a memory; determining that a first vertex of the first plurality of vertices has not been sent to a client as part of the second plurality of vertices; in response to determining that the first vertex has not been sent to the client as part of the second plurality of vertices because the first vertex is used to create the bitmap image but is not used to create the second bitmap image, sending the first vertex to the client; and in response to determining that a second vertex of the first plurality of vertices has already been sent to the client as part of the second plurality of vertices because the second vertex is used to create the bitmap image and is used to create the second bitmap image, determining not to send the second vertex to the client as part of the first plurality of vertices.",0.05860010983575227,0.11720021967150451
8394021,"1. A method for calibrating an analyte sensor, the method comprising: using a sensor data receiving module to receive sensor data from an analyte sensor, the sensor data comprising one or more sensor data points; using a reference data receiving module to receive reference data from a reference analyte monitor, the reference data comprising one or more reference data points; using a processor module to form a matched data pair by matching at least one of the one or more reference data points with at least one of the one or more sensor data points; using the processor module to form a calibration set comprising n matched data pairs, wherein the calibration set comprises the matched data pair, wherein n represents the number of matched data pairs in the calibration set, and wherein n is a function of signal strength over time; using the processor module to create a conversion function based on the calibration set; and using the processor module to transform at least some of the sensor data using the conversion function.",0.3980709947569905,0.796141989513981
8940817,"1. A method for preparing particles of an oxalate of one or more actinides, comprising: precipitating the actinide(s) in a form of actinide(s) oxalate particles in a fluidized bed reactor by bringing a first aqueous solution comprising the actinide(s) into contact with a second aqueous solution of oxalic acid or of an oxalic acid salt in the fluidized bed reactor, and forming the actinide(s) oxalate particles having a spherical or quasi-spherical shape, and collecting the so precipitated actinide(s) oxalate particles.",0.671372567987661,0.657254864024678
9160018,"1. A fuel cell system comprising: a secondary cell that is chargeable and dischargeable; a voltage converter provided between the secondary cell and a load; a fuel cell that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas, and that supplies electric power to the load via a shared electrical path that the fuel cell shares with the voltage converter; an FC relay that turns on and off electrical connection between the fuel cell and the shared electrical path; an electrical leakage detector that detects electrical leakage in an electrical system that includes the secondary cell, the voltage converter, and the fuel cell; and a control portion programmed to perform determination regarding electrical leakage, wherein the control portion comprises: a starting device that starts the fuel cell by raising voltage of the fuel cell from a starting voltage to an operation voltage that is lower than an open-circuit voltage; and an electrical leakage determination device programmed to determine electrical leakage after a predetermined time elapses, after the FC relay is closed, while a voltage difference between the voltage of the fuel cell and voltage supplied from the voltage converter to the load is greater than a predetermined threshold value, wherein the predetermined time related to the electrical leakage determination device is a time required until a capacitor included in an internal circuit of the electrical leakage detector is charged.",0.9810709814850981,0.03785803702980384
8969756,"1. A workpiece cutting apparatus comprising: a stationary laser source; a first suction system; and a first finger that guides a workpiece as the workpiece is moved past the laser source, the first finger including a first end provided adjacent a point where a laser from the laser source cuts the workpiece; wherein the first end of the first finger includes an aperture in fluid communication with the first suction system; and wherein the workpiece comprises a thin metal sheet provided in a roll, and the laser source cuts the thin metal sheet from the roll in a continuous process.",0.07827671169021728,0.15655342338043454
8804606,"1. A terminal in a satellite communication system comprised of a central hub and a plurality of terminals, the terminal comprising: at least one Ethernet interface; a mesh receiver configured to receive multi-frequency time division multiple access (MF-TDMA) transmissions from other terminals in the satellite communication system; a time division multiplexing (TDM) receiver configured to receive transmissions from the central hub, said TDM receiver comprising a tuner, a demodulator and a demultiplexer; at least one processor coupled to volatile or non-volatile memory devices; and synchronization circuits, wherein the terminal is configured to:",0.7653528391601365,0.46929432167972696
8596045,"1. An exhaust aftertreatment system of an engine comprising a diesel particulate filter unit which encompasses a particulate filter in which soot can be oxidized by NO2 and constituents of the exhaust gas are deoxidized in a nitrogen-oxides reduction unit arranged downstream of the diesel particulate filter unit, wherein the exhaust gas flows from the diesel particulate filter unit to the nitrogen-oxides reduction unit, wherein the operability of the diesel particulate filter unit is determined with a control unit configured to perform on-board-diagnosis method comprising: (a) utilizing a calculation model to provide a virtual, estimated NO2 content upstream of the nitrogen-oxides reduction unit; (b) receiving signals from at least one sensing unit that measures at least one of an NOx or NO2 content upstream of the nitrogen-oxides reduction unit; (c) performing a comparison between the estimated and the measured contents; and (d) based on a result of the comparison, controlling conditioning equipment to perform at least one conditioning step of the diesel particulate filter unit.",0.9659514294850546,0.06809714102989073
9318636,"1. A light concentrating optic for use with a photovoltaic device, comprising: a light pipe having a first end portion for receiving light and a second end portion for outputting concentrated light; an optical element coupled to the light pipe on the first end portion and configured to form an optical interface between the light pipe and the optical element, the optical element having at least one light transmitting surface facing toward the light pipe that is configured to redirect incident light entering the optical element to disperse the light to fall incident on side walls of the light pipe to increase homogeneity and intensity of light through the second end portion; and a convex lens coupled to the optical element via a first interface material, wherein the first interface material has an index of refraction different from the convex and the optical element.",0.4932477346747315,0.986495469349463
8556707,"1. A method of performing a ticket redemption transaction on a multi-function ATM, the method comprising: providing an ATM capable of performing ticket redemption transactions, cash withdrawal transactions, and credit/debit transactions; receiving a redemption ticket from a customer directly presented to the ATM, wherein the redemption ticket includes encoded data and is provided from a gaming station provided by a first entity; receiving a presentation of an identification card at the ATM by the customer to uniquely identify the customer and access a customer tracking account associated with the customer, wherein the identification card includes either of a player tracking card provided by the first entity or a third party electronic funds card, and wherein the customer tracking account stores tracking data related to historical gaming activity, monetary transactions, and ticket redemption transactions from a plurality of customer gaming sessions in a customer tracking database provided by the first entity; electronically processing the encoded data to retrieve a machine readable identifier stored on the redemption ticket; validating the redemption ticket by electronically verifying the machine readable identifier against a redemption ticket database provided by the first entity, wherein the redemption ticket database associates the machine readable identifier with a predetermined monetary value, and determining the predetermined monetary value associated with the machine readable identifier on the redemption ticket; receiving a selection of a ticket redemption type from the customer, wherein selectable options of the ticket redemption type within the ATM include each of directly dispensing cash, electronically crediting to a third party account of the customer, and electronically depositing to a third party account of the customer; communicating with an authorization center operated by a second entity to enable transfer of an award equal to the predetennined monetary value associated with the redemption ticket to a third party account of the customer if the customer has selected a ticket redemption type of an electronic credit or an electronic deposit; transferring to the customer directly from the ATM the award equal to the predetermined monetary value associated with the redemption ticket according to the selected ticket redemption type, and wherein the transfer is performed when authorization is received for an electronic credit or electronic deposit ticket redemption type; and storing gaming station activity and ticket redemption transaction information specific to the customer and the redemption ticket within the customer tracking account during performance of the ticket redemption transaction, wherein the customer tracking account is updated with historical gaining activity associated with the redemption ticket and data related to monetary transactions and the ticket redemption transactions performed by the customer at the ATM.",0.0425898005162868,0.0851796010325736
9203558,"1. A method for soft-decision decoding, comprising: receiving a digitized signal comprising a series of symbols transmitted using a differential/coherent modulation scheme, each symbol of the series of symbols corresponding to a set of bits, wherein a first subset of the set of bits is modulated using a differential modulation scheme and a second subset of the set of bits is modulated using a coherent modulation scheme; determining first reliability information for the series of symbols based on log likelihood ratio (LLR) calculations for differentially-encoded data for the first subset of the set of bits for the each symbol of the series of symbols; determining second reliability information for the series of symbols based on LLR calculations for coherently-encoded data for the second subset of the set of bits for the each symbol of the series of symbols; and decoding the series of symbols based on the first reliability information and the second reliability information.",0.12087076621946197,0.24174153243892393
8836299,"1. A voltage converter, comprising: a driver; a subsidiary voltage converter electrically connected to the driver; an inductor electrically connected to the driver; a first capacitor electrically connected to the inductor; and a voltage detection unit electrically connected to the inductor and the subsidiary voltage converter; the voltage detection unit comprising an operational amplifier, the operational amplifier comprising a positive input end, a negative input end, and an output end; the positive input end and the negative input end respectively electrically connected to two ends of the inductor, and the output end electrically connected to the subsidiary voltage converter; wherein the subsidiary voltage converter generates a driving voltage transmitted to the driver to supply working power to the driver; the driver controls the first capacitor to be alternately charged and discharged through the inductor, thereby generating an output voltage and output current between the inductor and the first capacitor; the voltage detection unit detects an electric potential difference of the inductor through the positive input end and the negative input end and generates a reference voltage on the output end according to the electric potential difference; and the subsidiary voltage converter receives the reference voltage and adjusts the driving voltage according to the reference voltage.",0.5290292869273381,0.9419414261453238
8597741,"1. An insulated glass unit comprising at least two spaced-apart sheets of glass in spaced relationship to each other, a low thermal conductivity gas therebetween and a gas sealant element including a two-part curable sealant composition wherein Part 1 comprises (a) at least one first diorganopolysiloxane exhibiting a permeability to a gas or a mixture of gases wherein each end of the polymer chain of each of the first diorganopolysiloxanes is silanol terminated, wherein the viscosity of the silanol terminated first diorganopolysiloxanes can be from about 1,000 to 200,000 cps at 25 degrees C., and (b) a polymer exhibiting permeability to the gas or mixture of gases that is less than the permeability of the silanol terminated first diorganopolysiloxane (a); and, Part 2 comprises (c) at least one second diorganopolysiloxane wherein each end of the polymer chain of each of the second diorganopolysiloxane is trialkylsilyl terminated, (d) an alkylsilicate crosslinker, and (e) a crosslinking catalyst; wherein said two-part curable sealant composition when cured has a permeability to argon of no more than about 900 barrer units at 25 degrees C. and under 100 psi pressure.",0.6887773223227017,0.6224453553545966
8527604,"1. An automated method for managing multi-level rich media content associated with a product over a plurality of computer systems comprising the steps of: receiving first and second levels of rich media content at a first computer system, wherein the first level of rich media content is related to a first aspect of the product and created by a first source, and the second level of rich media content is related to a second aspect of the product, and is customized by a second source in connection with the first aspect of the product; encoding the first and the second levels of rich media content into a plurality of computer readable data formats optimized according to at least one factor; automatically stitching together the encoded first and second levels of rich media content in each of the plurality of computer readable data formats, customized in accordance with one or more of at least one schema, to create corresponding rich media message in different versions each of which is compatible with a recipient computer system, wherein the rich media message characterizes the product in terms of both the first and second aspects of the product in a seamless manner; receiving a request related to the product from a recipient computer system in proximity with the second source; selecting, a version of the rich media message that is appropriate for the recipient computer system; and transmitting the selected version of the rich media message to the recipient computer system in response to the request.",0.0273398262557783,0.0546796525115566
9145051,"1. A method for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: during a first condition, including an engine-off condition and the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle coupled to an external power source; heating a fuel vapor canister based on a fuel tank vacuum; and opening a fuel tank isolation valve to draw heated vapors into a fuel tank.",0.9929354244221925,0.014129151155614972
9055610,"1. An integrated base station (BS) communicatively combined with two or more simplified radio access points (APs), wherein the integrated BS is configured to: receive a signal from a backbone/backhaul network and transmit the received signal to the simplified radio APs; route a signal to at least one of the two or more simplified radio APs; and communicate with the two or more simplified radio APs through wireline communication, wherein the simplified radio APs include a first point which is a simplified radio BS for cellular communication, and a second point which is a simplified wireless local area network AP for wireless local area network communication; a first baseband processing unit configured to convert a signal from the backbone/backhaul network into a symbol for transmission to the first point; a second baseband processing unit configured to convert a signal from the backbone/backhaul network into a symbol for transmission to the second point; and a connection unit configured to allow the signal from the backbone/backhaul network to be transferred to one of the first baseband processing unit and the second baseband processing unit, and wherein the handover management unit controls the connection unit to change a signal processing path for the signal to be transmitted.",0.40496659714230854,0.8099331942846171
9794134,"1. A method for negotiating control of a shared audio or visual resource of an automobile, the method comprising: receiving at an arbiter a request for control of a shared audio or visual resource of a vehicle, wherein determining new state information regarding ownership of the shared audio or visual resource, wherein communicating to a controller interface of the shared audio or visual resource the new state information.",0.441141311066714,0.882282622133428
9696711,"1. A processing instructing device, comprising: a first communication unit that communicates information for controlling an operation of a plurality of processing devices with the plurality of processing devices that process a workpiece; a second communication unit that communicates information with a conveyance control device configured to control an operation of a conveyance device that conveys the workpiece to the plurality of processing devices; an arrival time predicting unit that, based on the information received by the second communication unit, predicts a time when the conveyance device arrives at one of the plurality of processing device; a finish time predicting unit that receives information indicating that a processing on the workpiece in the one processing device has been finished by the first communication unit or, based on the information received by the first communication unit, predicts a time when the processing on the workpiece in the one processing device is finished; and a processing instructing unit that, based on the time predicted by the arrival time predicting unit and the time predicted by the finish time predicting unit, causes processing control information which instructs execution of a device state improving processing to be transmitted to the one processing device by the first communication unit, wherein, when a cumulative value of processings on workpieces according to production in the one processing device is equal to or larger than a first set cumulative-value or a length of time between the time predicted by the finish time predicting unit and the time predicted by the arrival time predicting unit is equal to or larger longer than a predetermined length of time, the processing instructing unit causes processing control information, which instructs the execution of the device state improving treatment, to be transmitted to the one processing device.",0.3753300553536255,0.750660110707251
8807599,"1. A semi-tractor trailer for distributing clean natural gas comprising: a plurality of wheels supporting an undercarriage of the semi-tractor trailer, the plurality of wheels configured to move the semi-tractor trailer between a location at which the clean natural gas is dispensed to vehicles and a fuel container refilling location; a fuel container disposed on the undercarriage, the fuel container configured to hold the clean natural gas; a volume monitor located within the fuel container, a volume monitor configured to monitor the volume of clean natural gas in the fuel container; a plurality of fuel metering and dispensing units coupled to the fuel container for simultaneously dispensing metered quantities of clean natural gas to a plurality of vehicles; a plurality of point-of-sale transaction units associated with the plurality of fuel metering and dispensing units, the plurality of point-of-sale transaction units configured to accept credit cards to enable credit card clean natural gas purchasing transactions; a driver side digital display mounted to a driver-side of the fuel container; a passenger side digital display mounted to a passenger-side of the fuel container; a rear digital display mounted to a rear of the fuel container; a first operational mode configured to provide advertising relative to a fueling location at which the clean natural gas is dispensed from the semi-tractor trailer; a second operational mode configured to provide pricing details and vehicular movement instructions relative to a stationary location of the semi-tractor trailer, the pricing details and vehicular movement instructions are audio-visual; the driver side digital display, the passenger side digital display, and the rear digital display being in the first operational mode when the semi-tractor trailer is located between the locations at which the clean natural gas is dispensed to vehicles and the fuel container refilling location; the driver side digital display, the passenger side digital display, and the rear digital display being in the second operational mode when the semi-tractor trailer is located at the locations at which the clean natural gas is dispensed; and an anti-theft device coupled to a king pin, the king pin being affixed to the undercarriage of the semi-tractor trailer, the anti-theft device configured, responsive to tampering, to transmit a distress signal.",0.5528618216098136,0.8942763567803729
8519178,"1. A method for the purification of a prostaglandin by supercritical fluid chromatography, said method comprising using a stationary phase and a mobile phase comprising carbon dioxide, wherein the stationary phase is a non-chiral stationary phase selected from the group consisting of 4 ethyl pyridine, 2-ethyl pyridine and pyridine urea or a chiral stationary phase and the prostaglandin is a compound of formula (I), a compound of formula (II), or a compound of formula (IV): wherein, V is C; W is X is CONR Y is Z is C R R R R Halo is fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.",0.5080938770175272,0.9838122459649457
8423436,"1. A method comprising: accessing a predefined payroll element template; receiving a template modification value, wherein the template modification value is input by a payroll user in response to a question in a predefined payroll questionnaire; customizing the predefined payroll element template, based upon the template modification value, to create a customized payroll element template; and storing the customized payroll element template, wherein the accessing the predefined payroll element template, the receiving the template modification value, the customizing the predefined payroll element, and the storing the customized payroll element template are performed by a computing device implementing a payroll engine; wherein the template modification value indicates that a first record of a plurality of records included in the predefined payroll element template should be excluded from the customized payroll element template; wherein the creating the customized payroll element template comprises excluding the first record from the customized payroll element template and excluding one or more additional records from the customized payroll element template, wherein the one or more additional records are children of the first record within a hierarchy, and wherein the predefined payroll element template comprises the first record and the one or more additional records.",0.0593277632412027,0.1186555264824054
8790893,"1. A method for preparing a vaccine composition, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a capsular saccharide whose degree of polymerization (DP) has been measured by a process comprising the steps of: (b) conjugating the DP-analyzed capsular saccharide to one or more carrier proteins; (c) analyzing the bulk vaccine comprising the conjugated capsular saccharide for pH and/or other properties; and, if the results from step (c) indicate that the bulk vaccine is acceptable for clinical use, (d) preparing and packaging the vaccine for human use from the bulk vaccine.",0.27346534735708594,0.5469306947141719
9447482,"1. A method for producing a magnesium-based alloy, the method comprising: melting a magnesium or magnesium alloy into a liquid phase; adding a silicon compound to the molten magnesium or magnesium alloy; evenly spreading the added silicon compound on the molten magnesium or magnesium alloy such that the added silicon compound is not mixed into the molten magnesium or magnesium alloy; exhausting at least some of the silicon compound in the molten magnesium or magnesium alloy through a full reaction between the molten magnesium or magnesium alloy and the added silicon compound such that the silicon compound does not substantially remain in the magnesium alloy; and reacting at least some of the silicon produced as a result of the exhausting in the molten magnesium or magnesium alloy.",0.5519878558984032,0.8960242882031937
9051860,"1. An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprising: an engine exhaust passage; an exhaust purification catalyst for reacting NO a urea feeding device arranged inside of the engine exhaust passage downstream of the exhaust purification catalyst; an NO a precious metal catalyst carried on an exhaust gas flow surface of the exhaust purification catalyst; a basic exhaust gas flow surface part formed around the precious metal catalyst; and an electronic control unit, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control a vibration of a concentration of hydrocarbons flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst within a predetermined range of amplitude and within a predetermined range of period, and is configured to control the vibration period of the hydrocarbon concentration longer than the predetermined range of period, wherein",0.9834352768321,0.03312944633580006
9559409,"1. An antenna for a hearing device, the antenna comprising: a substantially cylindrical coil apparatus being at least one of an electromagnetic transmitting or receiving unit and having a circumferential direction, said coil apparatus including a core having an external circumference and a coil around said external circumference of said core; and a shielding apparatus surrounding said coil apparatus and having a main body being a flexible substrate with an edge; said shielding apparatus being formed as a single piece and being subdivided into three sections by two slits having ends not reaching said edge of said substrate; and said coil apparatus being inserted through said two slits in said shielding apparatus with each of said sections only partially surrounding said coil apparatus in said circumferential direction.",0.07557487844704054,0.15114975689408106
8635005,"1. A control device of an internal combustion engine comprising: an operation state detecting portion that detects an operation state of the internal combustion engine; a combustion control portion that controls a combustion state of the internal combustion engine depending on the detected operation state of the internal combustion engine; a vibration sensor that is attached to a cylinder block of the internal combustion engine to detect the vibration of the internal combustion engine; a vibration level extraction portion that extracts a vibration level of a predetermined frequency range in the vibration detected by the vibration sensor within a predetermined crank angle range of the internal combustion engine; and a knock control portion which compares the extracted vibration level to a knock determination value, when it is determined that the vibration level is equal to or greater than the knock determination value, determines that a knock is generated in the internal combustion engine, performs a retard correction of an ignition timing of the internal combustion engine, and suppresses the knock, wherein the control device includes a filter processing portion that performs a filter processing on the vibration level extracted by the vibration level extraction portion and calculates the vibration level after the filter processing; and an abnormal ignition suppression control portion which compares the vibration level after the filter processing to the abnormal ignition determination value when the retard correction equal to or greater than a predetermined value is performed by the knock control portion, in a case where it is determined that the vibration level after the filter processing is equal to or greater than the abnormal ignition determination value, determines that the abnormal ignition is generated in the internal combustion engine, corrects and controls the combustion control portion in a direction of suppressing the abnormal ignition.",0.777667755962519,0.44466448807496195
9132212,"1. A medical device comprising: an inflatable balloon cuff disposed on a tracheal tube, the inflatable balloon cuff comprising: an inner layer and an outer layer disposed proximate one another, wherein the inner layer and the outer layer are coupled to the tracheal tube via a common proximal adhesion point and a common distal adhesion point of the balloon cuff, and wherein the outer layer has less surface area than the inner layer.",0.03281629498081027,0.06563258996162058
8482012,"1. A chip module package structure, applied to an optical input device, the chip module package structure comprising: a cover body, having a first combining region and a second combining region; a first chip module, combined with the first combining region, and having a first accommodation space and an optical source, wherein the optical source is disposed in the first accommodation space and faces to the cover body; and a second chip module, combined with the second combining region, and having a second accommodation space and an optical sensor, wherein the optical sensor is disposed in the second accommodation space and faces to the cover body; wherein the first chip module and the second chip module are respectively detachable combined with the cover body, the first chip module and the second chip module are configured to be individually mounted on or individually removed from the cover body, when the first chip module and the second chip module are combined with the cover body, the optical source and the optical sensor perform a preset relative spatial position relation, such that a part of light emitted by the optical source is received by the optical sensor after at least one reflection.",0.04792865065823398,0.09585730131646797
8583226,"1. A method for determining a corrected volume compartment of an amputee patient at a time t, where the amputee patient is missing at least one individual member or parts thereof, the method comprising the following steps: measuring the body weight of the amputee patient, calculating a corrected body weight based on a quotient resulting from dividing the measured body weight by a correction factor, which is characteristic of the at least one missing member or parts thereof, measuring bioimpedance data of the amputee patient at the time t, determining a volume compartment of the amputee patient based on the measured bioimpedance data, the corrected body weight, and a non-amputee patient model which does not initially take into consideration a degree of amputation of the amputee patient, and determining the corrected volume compartment by multiplying the volume compartment or a value correlated therewith with the correction factor.",0.08714501355985031,0.17429002711970065
9599252,"1. A fluid flow control valve, comprising: a housing; and a spherical obstructer comprising: wherein said control valve further comprises a rotor within said through hole,",0.45803450060831263,0.9160690012166253
9773734,"1. A semiconductor structure, comprising: rails of dielectric material overlying a substrate; a conductive material overlying the substrate and extending between the rails of dielectric material; regions of another dielectric material overlying the conductive material and extending between the rails of dielectric material; and regions of semiconductor material overlying the conductive material and extending between the rails of dielectric material, the regions of semiconductor material positioned laterally adjacent the regions of another dielectric material.",0.24145928317850576,0.48291856635701147
9567361,"1. A method for stimulating the growth of an exogenously administered probiotic bacterium in a gastrointestinal tract of a mammalian subject, comprising: administering to said subject a composition comprising an oligosaccharide, wherein said oligosaccharide consists of (a) purified 2′-fucosyllactose (2′-FL), (b) purified 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL), (c) purified lactodifucotetraose (LDFT), or (d) a combination thereof, wherein the composition further comprises a probiotic bacterium selected from the group consisting of",0.4303129221890867,0.8606258443781734
9275094,"1. A method of displaying a feed to a user of a database system, the method comprising: receiving at the database system, a request from a first user to view a record feed of a record that the first user is following; identifying, by the database system, a plurality of feed items associated with the record for the record feed; determining whether a first feed item of the plurality of feed items includes an update by a second user to a first field of a first record; determining, by the database system, whether the first user has authorization to view each of the plurality of feed items by: determining, by the database system, whether the first user has authorization to view the first feed item by: displaying the feed items of the plurality of feed items that the first user is authorized to view.",0.07689810358706774,0.15379620717413545
8760756,"1. A microscope system, comprising: a microscope with an imaging lens, an objective, and a stage for supporting a specimen; an image sensor; an optical path between the image sensor and the objective, in which the imaging lens is located between the image sensor and the objective; and, an optically transmissive element positioned in the optical path between the image sensor and the imaging lens to produce a plurality of object planes simultaneously along an optical axis of the objective that extends into a specimen space near the stage, each of the object planes associated with a respective color of a plurality of colors.",0.013044817130886937,0.02608963426177391
8919472,"1. A fork lift truck with a drive part ( 10 ) which comprises an electrical travel drive, a load part ( 12 ) which comprises a load carrying means comprising forwardly extending parallel fork arms, a battery receiving space and an energy module ( 24 ) which may be handled manually, which may be inserted into the battery receiving space and which comprises a battery ( 64 ) for supplying power to the travel drive, the energy module ( 24 ) having a defined installed position in the state inserted into the battery receiving space, characterized in that the battery receiving space encloses the energy module ( 24 ) in the inserted state so that the energy module ( 24 ) is not displaceable in the defined installed position but may only be removed from the battery receiving space after being tilted, during the tilting process an upper end of the energy module ( 24 ) being moved by a predetermined angle about a horizontal pivot axis.",0.8885977422473382,0.22280451550532354
8739337,"1. A system of components which enable a handicapped person having reasonably normal upper torso and arm strength to achieve self-transfer between a bed and wheelchair, said bed comprising a conventional mattress and underlying box-spring unit, and being of rectangular shape having head and foot extremities and opposed sides, said components comprising: a) a wheelchair securing assembly comprising a first buckle component and first compliant belt adapted to be installed onto a wheelchair to enable said wheelchair to be drawn tightly against that side of said mattress where said transfer is intended, b) a second compliant belt of adjustable effective length extending between a first extremity adapted to releasibly engage said first buckle component and a second extremity interactive by way of a second buckle component with a third compliant belt, and c) anchoring means in the form of a substantially rigid elongated flat structure adapted to be slideably inserted between said mattress and box spring unit at the side of said mattress opposite said transfer side and engageable by said third belt, and d) a rigid control staff adapted to be grasped by one hand of said person and forced downwardly upon the upper surface of said mattress to enable the person to push himself or herself toward the wheelchair, and also to lift the person 3 to 4 inches above said mattress to facilitate transfer to said wheelchair.",0.029404624912014933,0.05880924982402991
9662483,"1. A rotary tattoo machine, comprising: a machine body having a recess; and a cam wheel for insertion into the recess of the machine body, comprising:",0.0249089488751111,0.04981789775022216
8623215,"1. A method of filtering water, the method comprising the steps of: providing a membrane module including a first end and a second end, a core including at least one passageway near the first end, a plurality of fibers that are helically wound in layers around the core, wherein the plurality of fibers are capable of filtering water, and an impervious wrap positioned around the plurality of fibers, the impervious wrap including at least one opening near the second end; feeding water to be treated through the at least one passageway into the mono helix such that the water to be treated flows parallel to a longitudinal axis of the mono helix and flows between the core and the impervious wrap through the mono helix from the first end to the second end, wherein a packing fraction of the plurality of fibers increases toward the second end such that an open cross-sectional area where fluid flows between the plurality of fibers decreases as water flows from the first end to the second end; and discharging filtered water from the second end.",0.6772752848843806,0.6454494302312388
8833475,"1. A system comprising: one or more injection wells for accessing an underground reservoir having a first temperature, wherein the reservoir is located below one or more caprocks, wherein the reservoir is accessible without using large-scale hydrofracturing, each of the one or more injection wells having an injection well reservoir opening in fluid communication with the reservoir; one or more production wells, each having a production well reservoir opening in fluid communication with the reservoir; a working-fluid supply system for providing a non-water based working fluid to the one or more injection wells at a second temperature lower than the first temperature, wherein exposure of the non-water based working fluid to the first temperature produces heated non-water based working fluid capable of entering each of the one or more production well reservoir openings; and an energy converting apparatus connected to the one or more productions wells, wherein thermal energy contained in the heated non-water based working fluid is converted to electricity, heat, or combinations thereof, in the energy converting apparatus.",0.835588556881828,0.32882288623634404
9458016,"1. An electrode comprising a cathode mix having an olivine-type lithium iron phosphate being applied to a current collector, wherein the olivine-type lithium iron phosphate is composed of secondary particles having a mean particle diameter (D50) of 5 to 100 μm, and the secondary particles are formed by aggregation of primary particles having a mean particle diameter (D50) of 50 to 550 nm, wherein the primary particles are aggregated via physical bonds to form the secondary particles, wherein the olivine-type lithium iron phosphate is LiFePO wherein the secondary particles have a porosity of 18 to 22.9%, and a portion of the secondary particles are deformed and converted into primary particles, wherein the primary particles are prepared by a supercritical hydrothermal method, and wherein the olivine-type lithium iron phosphate has a bulk density of 0.5 to 1.5 g/mL.",0.8898915170374125,0.22021696592517492
9672439,"1. An object detection apparatus comprising: a circuit which serves as: a first setting unit configured to set a first partial region in an input image; a second setting unit configured to set a second partial region in the input image, the second partial region being outside the first partial region set by the first setting unit; a third setting unit configured to set a third partial region, the third partial region being inside the second partial region and containing the first partial region; a salience degree deriving unit configured to derive a salience degree based on a feature amount in the first partial region and a feature amount in the second partial region; and a detection unit configured to detect a main object in the input image based on the salience degree derived by the salience degree deriving unit and an information amount in the third partial region set by the third setting unit.",0.03198168708935442,0.0639633741787089
9246334,"1. A method to manage a power congestion condition in a power grid through smart metering communications (SMC), the method comprising: receiving energy profile information from a smart meter, wherein the smart meter is associated with units; evaluating the energy profile information to identify a subset of the units, wherein the subset of the units have a power surplus during the power congestion condition; identifying one or more of the subset of the units to disconnect from the power grid based on a ranked order of a non-increasing power demand (NID) for the subset of the units, wherein the NID increases a total value of a power demand that disregards associated power surplus by an addition of demand values in the ranked order of the power demand from P in response to an identification of the one or more of the subset of the units having a power surplus:",0.9943491048225146,0.011301790354970809
9257651,"1. An organic electroluminescence element, comprising: a substrate, an anode and a cathode each disposed on the substrate; and a plurality of organic layers which is disposed between the anode and the cathode and includes a light emitting layer, wherein at least one organic layer of the plurality of organic layers contains a compound having a dibenzofuran skeleton and a crown ether compound.",0.6230670213179043,0.7538659573641915
9407724,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, at an intermediate computer, a session request from a host computer to initiate a screen sharing session; in response to receiving the session request, establishing the requested screen sharing session on the intermediary computer; receiving an encoded key frame from the host computer; decoding the encoded key frame and storing the decoded key frame in a first buffer on the intermediary computer; receiving a differential screen image update from the host computer; decoding the differential screen image update and applying the decoded differential screen image update to the stored key frame in the first buffer to generate and store a near live host screen image in the first buffer; receiving a communication from at least one client computer of a plurality of client computers, requesting to join the screen sharing session on the intermediary computer; for each client computer of the plurality of client computers from whom a session join request is received, in response to receiving an update request from the at least one client computer, encoding a differential screen image update at the intermediate computer using the instance of the encoder in the second buffer corresponding to the at least one client computer and transmitting the encoded differential screen image update to the at least one client computer, the differential screen image update comprising a difference between the stored copy of the transmitted version of the near live host screen image in the second buffer and a current version of the near live host screen image stored in the first buffer.",0.07737987301535705,0.15475974603071407
8515363,"1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: multiple antennas transmitting and receiving signals, wherein:",0.4171220383521364,0.8342440767042728
8719729,"1. A computing device including a graphical user interface, the computing device comprising: a display for rendering a graphical user interface; a display controller coupled to the display for rendering graphical images thereon; and a graphical user interface controller adapted (i) to create: (a) a first cluster of associated menu options, the first cluster comprising: a first principal menu option and at least one first sub-ordinate menu option, each first sub-ordinate menu option being smaller than the first principal menu option, and located on the periphery of the first principal menu option; and (b) a second cluster of associated menu options, the second cluster comprising: a second principal menu option and at least one second sub-ordinate menu option, each second sub-ordinate menu option being smaller than the second principal menu option, and located on the periphery of the second principal menu option; (ii) to enable a user to (a) decouple the first sub-ordinate menu option from the first principal menu option and (b) couple the decoupled first sub-ordinate menu option to the second principal menu option; and (iii) to resolve compatibility of the decoupled first sub-ordinate menu option to (a) ascertain a compatibility of the decoupled first sub-ordinate menu option to the second principal menu option, and (b) alter a rate of presentation on the display depicting movement of the first sub-ordinate menu option from the first principal menu option to the second principal menu option based on the ascertained compatibility, the rate of presentation moves slower than the user's figure or stylus when the coupling of the first sub-ordinate menu option is not deemed to be compatible with the second principal menu option and the rate of presentation moves normally when the coupling of the first sub-ordinate menu option is deemed compatible with the second principal menu option.",0.3124739690407908,0.6249479380815816
9547735,"1. A method implemented as a configurable module viewer and editor (CMVE) software tool run on a programmed computing system for the viewing and editing of configurable modules of an integrated circuit design, comprising: receiving and storing, in a memory accessible to a computer processor, a register-transfer-level (RTL) description of at least a specified portion of an integrated circuit, the received RTL description specifying at least one configurable module of the integrated circuit; constructing by the computer processor, and storing in the memory, a database that incorporates for each configurable module all configuration options specified in the RTL description; displaying on a computer display a visual representation of a specified portion including at least one configurable module in the integrated circuit such that, based on the stored database, multiple configuration options of the module are viewable simultaneously; receiving from a user input one or more changes to the RTL description; and automatically propagating, by the processor using the database, of the received changes through the RTL description in a manner that maintains consistency of the configurable module in all configuration options, such that an updated RTL description, with corresponding updates to the database, are stored in the memory.",0.13524598769202545,0.2704919753840509
8999203,"1. An aluminum paste comprising particulate aluminum, an organic vehicle and at least one glass frit selected from the group consisting of (i) lead-free glass frits with a softening point temperature in the range of 550 to 611° C. and containing 11to 33wt.-% of SiO 2 , >0to 7wt.-% of Al 2 O 3 and 2to 10wt.-% of B 2 O 3 and (ii) lead-containing glass frits with a softening point temperature in the range of 571to 636 ° C. and containing 53 to 57 wt.-% of PbO, 25to 29wt.-% of SiO 2 , 2to 6wt.-% of Al 2 O 3 and 6to 9wt.-% of B 2 O 3 , wherein the particulate aluminum is present in a proportion of 50to 80wt.%, based on total aluminum paste composition.",0.7690638868195564,0.4618722263608872
9212061,"1. A process for separating a sour shifted synthesis gas feedstock into liquid carbon dioxide, a gaseous hydrogen containing gas and separated sulphur-containing components by superatmospheric refrigeration wherein the process comprises the following stages: a. scrubbing the sour shifted gas at elevated pressure with an alcohol solvent in a first scrubber and separately recovering an alcohol stream containing the sulphur-containing components and a sweet shifted gas, wherein the sour shifted gas is cooled by direct contact with the alcohol solvent in the first scrubber; b. thereafter cooling the sweet shifted gas to a temperature and elevated pressure at which the carbon dioxide contained therein condenses and a two-phase gas-liquid mixture is formed; c. separating the two-phase mixture of stage (b) into separate liquid carbon dioxide and gaseous hydrogen-containing fractions in a fractionation unit; d. extracting residual carbon dioxide from the separated gaseous hydrogen-containing fraction by scrubbing the gaseous hydrogen-containing fraction at elevated pressure with an alcohol solvent in a second scrubber and recovering an alcohol stream containing carbon dioxide, wherein the fractionation unit and the second scrubber are adapted to operate at approximately the same temperature, and wherein the extracting of the residual carbon dioxide in the second scrubber occurs after the separating of the two-phase mixture in the fractionation unit without intermediate treatment of the separated gaseous hydrogen-containing fraction; e. feeding the alcohol stream containing carbon dioxide produced in step (d) to the first scrubber; and f. warming and expanding the scrubbed gaseous hydrogen-containing fraction using at least one heat exchanger to exchange heat with the mixture of step (b) and at least one turbo-expander capable of recovering mechanical work.",0.9624743855174404,0.07505122896511929
8869492,"1. A modular building structure with continuous insulation comprising: at least one wall panel component and at least one corner panel component, each of the components including: at least two faces and at least two edges; a continuous and complete polyurethane insulation between the faces and edges; and wherein each of the edges includes an exposed portion of the polyurethane insulation; the edge of at least one of the panel components configured to adjoin the edge of at least one of the corner components to form a joint; and the joint including:",0.7409212153941409,0.5181575692117182
9070917,"1. A method of controlling a fuel cell system, comprising the step of: implementing regeneration-time voltage fixed control where during regeneration or when regeneration is expected to occur, output voltage of a fuel cell is fixed to a voltage value outside an oxidation reduction progress voltage range where oxidation reduction proceeds, and the amount of a reactant gas supplied to the fuel cell is changed based on the amount of electric power remaining in an energy storage device, wherein in the regeneration-time voltage fixed control, it is determined whether or not regeneration occurs while a moving body equipped with the fuel cell system is moving down a slope, and in the case where it is determined that regeneration occurs while the moving body is moving down a slope, the amount of the reactant gas supplied to the fuel cell is decreased in comparison with the case where it is determined that regeneration occurs while the moving body is not moving down a slope, wherein in the case where it is determined that the regeneration occurs while the moving body is moving down a slope, a target fuel cell electric power is set to a maximum value if the amount of electric power remaining in the energy storage device is lower than a lower limit setting value, and the target fuel cell electric power is set to a minimum value regardless of the amount of electric power remaining in the energy storage device as long as the amount is above the lower limit setting value.",0.9886752528745576,0.022649494250884805
8443176,"1. A method for reducing cache memory pollution, comprising: fetching an instruction stream from a current cache line; preventing a fetching for the instruction stream from a next sequential cache line until pre-fetching from the next sequential cache line is permitted; searching instructions to be pre-fetched from the instruction stream for a next predicted taken branch instruction; permitting fetching of the instruction stream from the next sequential cache line based on determining that the next predicted taken branch instruction is not in the current cache line; determining whether a length of the instruction stream extends beyond a length of the current cache line based on the next predicted taken branch instruction; continuing preventing the fetching for the instruction stream from the sequential cache line based on determining that the length of the instruction stream does not extend beyond the length of the current cache line, and continuing preventing the fetching for the instruction stream is dependent on determining if the length of the instruction stream extends beyond the length of the current cache line within an amount of time; allowing the fetching for the instruction stream from the next sequential cache line based on determining that the length of the instruction stream extends beyond the length of the current cache line and comprising allowing the fetching for the instruction stream from the next sequential cache line after the amount of time.",0.5280688218622626,0.9438623562754749
9570724,"1. An energy storage device ( 10 ) for attachment to a bicycle frame ( 11 ), with a housing ( with at least one electrical connection ( wherein the housing ( wherein a mounting space (A) is provided between the two housing sections ( wherein the width (B) of the mounting space ( the width B of the mounting space A corresponds to the distance between the two housing sections measured in a transverse direction Q, wherein the transverse direction Q extends at a right angle through a longitudinal middle plane through the center of the mounting space A; the width B of the mounting space A is constant prior to, during and after the attachment of the device to the bicycle frame in the area of the connecting piece the connecting piece",0.6634475573804723,0.6731048852390553
8745430,"1. A method for facilitating synchronization between a first component and a second component connected to the first component via an interface in a computer system, comprising: during an active state of the interface, using a local time base in the second component to generate a local clock signal that tracks a host clock signal from the first component, wherein the local time base includes a phase-locked loop, which includes a phase comparator that determines a phase difference between the host clock signal and the local clock signal, wherein the phase difference feeds through a filter to produce tuning parameters that feed into a phase accumulator, which is part of a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) that also receives a timing signal from a local oscillator to produce the local clock signal; during an inactive state of the interface when the host clock signal becomes inactive, using the local time base to maintain the local clock signal at the second component by halting the feeding of the tuning parameters into the phase accumulator so that the local clock signal is effectively decoupled from the host clock signal; and during a subsequent active state of the interface when the host clock signal becomes active again, starting the feeding of the tuning parameters into the phase accumulator so that the local clock signal resumes tracking the host clock signal, and adjusting the local clock signal to remove clock drift between the local clock signal and the host clock signal.",0.44137468139559,0.88274936279118
9506931,"1. A method for measuring the transport of an analyte through a cell membrane, comprising the steps of providing one or more cells expressing a plurality of ion channels, loading the one or more cells with an analyte so that the cells comprise at least 10 picograms of the analyte within a volume defined by the area of an x-ray excitation beam and a depth of five times the 1/e attenuation depth for at least one characteristic x-ray signal of the analyte as attenuated by water, removing the unloaded analyte substantially from the volume, exciting the analyte with a polychromatic x-ray beam, and measuring the x-ray fluorescence of the analyte with an x-ray detector.",0.1839271433344739,0.3678542866689478
8439072,"1. A system for controllably delivering hydrocarbon gas to a hydrocarbon gas-fueled device, the system comprising: a pressure vessel for containing a pressurized hydrocarbon gas; a valve selectively movable between an open state and a closed state for controlling the flow of the hydrocarbon gas from the pressure vessel to a supply line in fluid communication with the pressure vessel; a liquid sealant in a sealant container, the liquid sealant configured for hardening if released from the sealant container; a hydrocarbon gas sensor for detecting airborne hydrocarbon gas and generating a signal in response; and a controller in communication with the hydrocarbon gas sensor and the valve, the controller including a prime mover configured for automatically moving the valve to the closed state in response to the signal from the hydrocarbon gas sensor if the valve is in the open state and for releasing the liquid sealant to the supply line in response to the signal from the hydrocarbon gas sensor if the valve is in the closed state.",0.7819902841669847,0.43601943166603063
9016344,"1. A laminator table, wherein the table comprises a table top with two opposite and parallel side edges, a horizontal guide rail being parallel to and placed at each of said side edges, and a roller arranged above the table top, each horizontal guide rail being connected to a raising/lowering device having a first and a second end, the first end connected to one of the two ends of the roller, the second end is connected to the horizontal guide rail, the raising/lowering device is horizontally moveable along the guide rail to which it is connected and vertically moveable relative to the table top providing for the roller to move horizontally and vertically, respectively, relative to the table top; wherein each raising/lowering device comprises at least an attachment for a wire, a belt or a chain, and that the raising/lowering devices are connected via one or several wires, belts or chains connected to said attachments by a system of pulleys or gears, wherein the pulleys or gears are situated such that the wire, belt or chain, at movement in a horizontal direction of a first raising/lowering device, will transfer force from said first raising/lowering device to a second raising/lowering device and pull this second raising/lowering device in the same horizontal direction as the first.",0.0860358811189438,0.17207176223788756
8449887,"1. A monoclonal antibody specifically binding to an epitope located on the outer surface of a CHIK virus selected from the group deposited at the CNCM (Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes), 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15 on Sep. 6, 2007 under accession number I-3822 (3C3), I-3824 (3E4), and I-3823 (8A4).",0.23322667781502532,0.46645335563005064
8565529,"1. A method of identifying an image capture device based on an enhanced Sensor Noise Pattern extracted from an image under investigation, the method comprising the steps of: extracting an initial Sensor Noise Pattern (SNP) for the image under investigation; enhancing the initial SNP to create an enhanced SNP by applying a correcting model, wherein the correcting model scales the initial SNP by a factor which is an inverse function of the magnitude of the signal intensity of the initial SNP; determining a similarity measure between the enhanced SNP for said image with one or more previously calculated enhanced SNPs for one or more image capture devices; and identify the image capture device with its reference enhanced SNP most similar or identical to enhanced SNP of the image under investigation based on the determined similarity measure.",0.08337589762026118,0.16675179524052242
9706610,"1. A circuit for driving a string of light emitting diodes, the circuit comprising: a first transistor having a gate, a source coupled to ground through a first resistive element, and a drain; a second transistor having a gate, a source electrically coupled to ground, and a drain for electrical connection to the string of light emitting diodes; circuitry operable to provide a regulated voltage to the source of the first transistor, the circuitry comprising an operational amplifier including an inverting input electrically coupled to the source of the first transistor, and an output electrically coupled to the gate of the first transistor; a second resistive element having a first end coupled electrically to a gate of the first transistor and a second end coupled electrically to the gate of the second transistor; a first current source coupled electrically between the second end of the second resistive element and ground; and a third resistive element having one end coupled electrically to the drain of the first transistor and a second end coupled electrically to the drain of the second transistor.",0.45673353044369064,0.9134670608873813
9248215,"1. A multi-component system for preparing an injectable bone void filler composition, the system comprising: component (a) comprising fibrinogen; component (b) comprising thrombin; and component (c) comprising a plasticizer selected from the group consisting of iodixanol and iohexol;",0.26585453844650375,0.5317090768930075
9285159,"1. A refrigerator, comprising: a cabinet providing a storage space; a door configured to open or close the storage space; and a dispenser disposed at a front surface of the door and configured to dispense water or ice, the dispenser including: a dispenser case defining a recess to accommodate a container configured to receive water or ice and having a mounting part; a manipulation member disposed in the dispenser case and including: a paddle configured to rotate, based on being pushed by a container, from a first position to a second position to cause water or ice to be dispensed into the container, the second position being spaced in a rearward direction apart from the first position; and a transmission part transparently or semi-transparently formed in the paddle in a shape of a pattern or a character; a first light emitting unit disposed in the mounting part of the dispenser case, the first light emitting unit being located behind the transmission part of the paddle and on a same horizontal plane of a portion of the transmission part to emit light towards the transmission part of the paddle; a second light emitting unit disposed at an upper position in the dispenser case and configured to illuminate the recess of the dispenser case; and a control unit electrically connected to the first and second light emitting units, and configured to selectively turn on or off the first and second light emitting units based on a position of the paddle, wherein the control unit is further configured to: determine that the paddle is in the first position; and based on a determination that the paddle is in the first position, control the second light emitting unit to be turned off and the first light emitting unit to be turned on such that a portion of the light from the first light emitting unit is transmitted through the transmission part to show the pattern or the character.",0.2104580874612716,0.4209161749225432
8826867,"1. A hydrogen production device used to inject hydrogen gas into a internal combustion engine's air intake at a rate determined approximately linearly by throttle depression comprising; a chamber containing an alkaline reactant liquid having a resting level in said chamber; said chamber also containing a platform holding a block of metal above said resting level; said chamber having an air attachment to said internal combustion engine's air intake, wherein increasing vehicle throttle depression results in increased vacuum in said chamber; said chamber and said block of metal adapted so that increased vacuum in said chamber causes said alkaline reactant liquid to rise above said resting level and contact said metal producing hydrogen gas which then enters said engine's air intake; said block of metal having height sufficient to create an approximately linear increase of hydrogen production as said alkaline reactant liquid rises in said chamber.",0.9054976929623233,0.1890046140753534
9092381,"1. A device collaboration system, comprising: a server device; a first communication terminal capable of reproducing a content; and a second communication terminal capable of receiving a control signal transmitted from the server device, wherein the server device includes: wherein the second communication terminal is configured to execute the specific action based on the control signal from the server device.",0.3178623442251736,0.6357246884503472
9673495,"1. A battery module assembly, comprising: a plurality of unit modules comprising a plurality of unit cells and a plurality of cartridges, wherein each unit module comprises two unit cells, each mounted to a cartridge, and wherein unit cells are electrically connected to each other via bus bars mounted to the cartridges; two or more sub-modules, each of which comprises two or more unit modules vertically stacked from a ground to form a coolant flow channel at an interface therebetween, the unit modules being arranged in a lateral direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other to provide the coolant flow channel; and a module case, in which the sub-modules are received and fixed, the module case having a coolant inlet port, through which a coolant is introduced into the module case, and a cool outlet port, through which the coolant is discharged out of the module case, wherein the coolant flow channel is configured to have a structure in which a vertical sectional area of the coolant flow channel decreases toward the coolant outlet port, wherein each of the unit cells is a plate-shaped battery cell or a battery cell assembly comprising two or more plate-shaped battery cells mounted in a cell cover in a state in which electrode terminals of the battery cells are exposed, wherein the electrode terminals are connected in parallel to each other via said bus bars, and wherein in each unit module, the two unit cells are mounted to cartridges such that the electrode terminals face each other.",0.9240427953362836,0.15191440932743272
9473895,"1. A method for providing volume information to communication devices, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors on a server computer, an indication from a first communication device of a first user to send volume information to other communication devices in a vicinity; responsive to determining a second user with a second communication device is in the vicinity of the first communication device, determining, by one or more processors on the server computer, a first location for the first communication device; determining, by one or more processors on the server computer, a first set of volume information for the second communication device based on at least the first location of the first communication device, wherein the first set of volume information includes a volume range for the second user audibly communicating for which the first user will not hear the second user; and sending, by one or more processors on the server computer, the first set of volume information to the second communication device.",0.06993174669204502,0.1398634933840901
9252940,"1. An electronic device comprising: a data bus; a transmitting device coupled to the data bus; and a receiving device coupled to the data bus by a bus interface, the bus interface to:",0.4158285844223802,0.8316571688447604
9648727,"1. A fault detection optimized electronic circuit, comprising: a circuit substrate on which are disposed a plurality of circuit traces formed of conductive material and defining a plurality of attachment sites, each attachment site including at least a first and second pad formed of conductive material and respectively connected to one of the circuit traces; a plurality of components of the electronic circuit which are respectively disposed at the plurality of attachment sites, each said component comprising a surface mount device (SMD) having a body which includes at least a first and second contact formed of a conductive material disposed on at least a first exterior surface of the SMD's body facing the substrate, wherein said first contact is electrically connected to the first pad, and the second contact is electrically connected to the second pad; a component trace formed of a conductive material disposed on the first exterior surface so as to be spaced apart from and electrically insulated from the first and second contacts; each of the plurality of components respectively containing a network consisting of at least two capacitors connected in series between the first and second contacts, each capacitor of the at least two capacitors comprising two parallel capacitive plates disposed internal to the SMD's body, a first one of the two parallel capacitive plates connected to a terminal of the network and a second one of the two parallel capacitive plates directly electrically connected to a capacitive plate of the other capacitor of the at least two capacitors at an intermediary node; and a test point formed of a conductive material disposed on a second exterior surface of the SMD's body, the test point electrically isolated from the first and second contacts and electrically connected to the component trace and the intermediary node.",0.1875569912277754,0.3751139824555507
9782632,"1. A golf ball comprising, an outer wall defining a generally spherical shape, the shape having a top and a bottom; an inner wall coupled to the outer wall, the inner wall defining a through hole extending from the top to the bottom wherein the inner wall and the outer wall define at least one pocket; and a compressible material filling the at least one pocket between the inner wall and the outer wall.",0.0705857775127807,0.14117155502556145
8680355,"1. An olefin production process comprising reacting an acetone and hydrogen at a reaction temperature in the range of 50 to 300° C. in the presence of a Cu-containing hydrogenation catalyst and a solid acid substance, wherein the solid acid substance is a β-zeolite.",0.7933621112830539,0.4132757774338922
9664416,"1. A method for manufacturing a mirror structure that comprises plate-shaped first and second mirrors each having a reflecting surface which reflects solar light and forms one rotation symmetry surface, a plate-shaped first rear plate which supports a rear surface of the plate-shaped first mirror, a plate-shaped second rear plate which supports a rear surface of the plate-shaped second mirror, and a support frame which is disposed on rear surfaces of the plate-shaped first and second rear plates, the mirror structure that radiates the solar light to a heat receiver using the reflecting surfaces of the plate-shaped first and second mirrors, the method comprising: a joining step of joining the plate-shaped first and second rear plates and the support frame; and an adherence step of disposing an adhesive agent between the plate-shaped first and second mirrors and the plate-shaped first and second rear plates, of pressing a first mold which contacts the first and second mirrors to a second mold which contacts the first and second rear plates and the support frame so that the first mold opposes the second mold, of elastically deforming the plate-shaped first and second mirrors, the plate-shaped first and second rear plates, and the support frame so that the reflecting surfaces of the plate-shaped first and second mirrors form one three-dimensional curved surface, and of maintaining the elastically deformed condition of the plate-shaped first and second mirrors, the plate-shaped first and second rear plates and the support frame until the adhesive agent is cured, wherein the support frame comprises a columnar shaft that connects together the first rear plate and the second rear plate, and wherein the columnar shaft is disposed between the first rear plate and the second rear plate.",0.5498011042427898,0.9003977915144203
8625920,"1. A system of programs for creating and viewing a data structure of images of a specimen on a microscope slide, each program residing on computer readable media and each program being computer executable, the programs comprising: a scanning routine to digitally scan magnified images of a first segment of the specimen on the microscope slide and a second segment of the specimen, and to provide scanned digital image data of the first segment and the second segment the scanning routine comprising (i) positioning the microscope slide with respect to a microscope lens at a first location where the first segment is scanned and (ii) moving the microscope slide with respect to a microscope lens from the first location to a second location where the second segment is scanned, the second segment being abutted without any substantial overlap with the first segment so that the first segment and the second segment may be brought into contiguity without blurriness at the edges of the first segment and the second segment; a recording routine to record the scanned digital image data and create the data structure of the image of the first segment and the image of the second segment; and a linking routine to link the series of the image of the first segment and the image of the second segment with a control program to retrieve the image of the first segment and the image of the second segment from the data structure and construct an image of at least a portion of the specimen.",0.019000367753630135,0.03800073550726024
9834044,"1. A device for fixing to the internal wall of a tire, an electronic box for measuring parameters inside the tire, the box being preformed with an orifice making its internal space communicate with the internal space of the tire, the device comprising the box and a flexible receptacle that is fixed to the internal wall by adhesion means is preformed to accept and retain the box, the flexible receptacle forming a compartment equipped with an opening, through which the box is introduced and which is bordered by an edge extending externally and offering a contact surface for the adhesion means, so that, once the receptacle is fixed, the opening is closed by the internal wall to which the receptacle is fixed, the opening being equipped with another edge referred to as the internal edge which, extending internally, creates a narrowing for the purpose of retaining the box in the compartment and a brace defining a space between the box and the internal wall of the tire, characterised by the fact that the box is oriented in the compartment so that its orifice opens onto the space, and the box or the receptacle are preformed with passages making the space created inside the compartment communicate with the inside of the tire.",0.09796308560055386,0.19592617120110778
8397777,"1. A run-flat tire comprising a toroidal carcass extending from a tread portion to a bead core of each bead portion through each of sidewall portions, and a pair of side reinforcing rubbers arranged inside said carcass and extending in the tire radial direction inwardly and outwardly along the sidewall portions; wherein on the outer surface of said tread portion, a pitch pattern is made of pattern elements, which is the minimum unit of repeat pattern, aligned in the circumferential direction of the tire; each of said side reinforcing rubbers is provided with recesses circumferentially spaced on the inner surface of the side reinforcing rubber facing the tire cavity; and the total number (n) of recesses on each of the side reinforcing rubbers is 0.70 to 1.30 times the total number of pattern elements, wherein a phase difference δ between a primary component of the pitch pattern and a primary component of a recess array pattern is not more than π/2 (rad), the primary component of the pitch pattern is obtained by substituting an unit pulse for each of the pattern elements of said pitch pattern, in which a pulse row is formed in an array sequence of the pattern elements with reference to a single pattern element, and in which the pulses are spaced from each other in the circumferential direction by a pitch of circumferential length of the pattern elements, and by expanding the pulse array to a Fourier series; and the primary component of the recess array pattern is obtained by substituting an unit pulse for each of the recesses of said recess array, in which a pulse row is formed in an array sequence of the array of the recess with reference to one of recesses of the corresponding positions to said reference point of the pattern element, and in which the pulses are spaced each other in the circumferential direction by a circumferential length of the recess, and by expanding the pulse array to a Fourier series.",0.23079629133290186,0.4615925826658037
8391932,"1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a) a plurality of wireless communication modules, each of the plurality of wireless communication modules configured to operate as a transceiver and having a lower-power state and a higher-power state, wherein at least one of the wireless communication modules communicates using a first wireless communication protocol and at least one of the wireless communication modules communicates using a second wireless communication protocol; b) a power source operatively coupled to the plurality of wireless communication modules for delivering power thereto; and c) an arbitration module operatively coupled to the plurality of wireless communication modules, the arbitration module configured to control which of the plurality of wireless communication modules are in the higher-power state, thereby controlling total power delivered by the power source to the plurality of wireless communication modules.",0.7801531321297958,0.4396937357404085
8949926,"1. A method for using contents based on security level, comprising: setting a device security level that indicates how accurately a device can be identified, the device security level being based on information on one or more device identification elements extracted from the device, wherein the information on the one or more device identification elements is used to organize a device fingerprint that uniquely identifies the device and includes at least one of: a processor identifier of the device, a BIOS identifier of the device, a set-top box identifier of the device and a hard drive identifier of the device; receiving contents; and using the content on determining that the device security level satisfies a minimum allowed device security level criterion for using the contents, wherein setting the device security level comprises: setting the device security level at a first level upon determining that the information on the one or more device identification elements includes at least one of: the processor identifier of the device, the BIOS identifier of the device, the set-top box identifier of the device, and the hard drive identifier of the device, and excludes at least one of: the processor identifier of the device, the BIOS identifier of the device, the set top box identifier of the device and the hard drive identifier of the device, setting the device security level at a second level upon determining that the information on the one or more device identification elements includes the processor identifier of the device, the BIOS identifier of the device, the set top box identifier of the device and the hard drive identifier of the device, and setting the device security level at a third level upon determining that the information on the one or more device identification elements includes the processor identifier of the device, the BIOS identifier of the device, the set top box identifier of the device, the hard drive identifier of the device and an additional identifying element.",0.11236880908985487,0.22473761817970972
8415510,"1. A method for preparing a linker of formula (A), comprising the following reactions: wherein R denotes one of the following structures: and wherein PG can be either a carbamate of the form where R1 is alkyl or aryl or wherein PG denotes where R2=alkyl or aryl or further wherein PG can be alkyl or aryl and n denotes 1-19.",0.5315512256240794,0.9368975487518412
9625955,"1. An electronic device with a flexible assembly, comprising: a housing, comprising: a first cover plate and a second cover plate; a flexible assembly bendably connected to the first cover plate and the second cover plate, so that the first cover plate closes on the second cover plate or opens to a limit angle with respect to the second cover plate and then stops; and a positioning assembly disposed on the housing for positioning the first cover plate, the flexible assembly and the second cover plate in an open state or a closed state, wherein when the first cover plate opens to the limit angle with respect to the second cover plate, the positioning assembly comprises a slider engaged with the first cover plate and the second cover plate and crossing over the flexible assembly, so that the positioning assembly prevents the first cover plate from rotating in a reverse direction with respect to the second cover plate; and a flexible display expandably or foldablely disposed on the first cover plate, the flexible assembly and the second cover plate.",0.20276569812210382,0.40553139624420764
9556086,"1. A method for generating hydrocarbons having two or more carbon atoms (C 2+ hydrocarbons), comprising: (a) providing a methane source and an oxidant source; (b) directing methane from said methane source and an oxidant from said oxidant source into a reaction unit, wherein said reaction unit comprises a catalyst bed that includes at least one oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) catalyst that facilitates an OCM reaction using said methane and said oxidant, wherein said at least one OCM catalyst is a nanostructured catalyst, and wherein said catalyst bed has an inlet zone that is contacted by a bulk gas mixture formed upon entry of said methane from said methane source and said oxidant from said oxidant source into said reaction unit; and (c) in said reaction unit, conducting said OCM reaction using said methane and said oxidant to generate said C",0.8985640492710886,0.20287190145782286
8672560,"1. An optical ferrule for coupling to another optical ferrule so as to align an optical transport in the ferrule to an optical transport in a mated ferrule comprising: a ferrule body for housing an optical transport therein oriented in a longitudinal direction, the ferrule body having front face substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension and through which front face light emanating from an optical transport disposed in the ferrule body will pass and a side surface substantially parallel the longitudinal dimension; a plurality of protrusions extending longitudinally forward of the front face and disposed circumferentially around the front face; a plurality of recesses in the side surface of the ferrule extending rearwardly from the front face, the plurality of recesses being complementary in size, shape, and position to the plurality of protrusions so that when two such ferrules are laterally aligned with their front faces facing each other, the two ferrules can be advanced toward each other with the protrusions of each ferrule extending into the recesses of the other ferrule in only one rotational orientation relative to each other thereby providing a coarse lateral and rotational alignment of the two ferrules; a pin extending longitudinally forward of the front face; a hole in the front face, the hole being complementary in size, shape, and position to the pin so that when two such ferrules are laterally aligned with their front faces facing each other, the two ferrules can be advanced toward each other with the pin of each ferrule extending into the hole of the other ferrule in only one rotational orientation relative to each other thereby providing fine lateral and rotational alignment of the two ferrules, wherein the pin is shorter in the longitudinal dimension that the protrusion such that the at least one protrusion will become longitudinally coextensive with the at least one recess before the pin will become longitudinally coextensive with the hole; and one of a bump and a mating hole disposed in the at least one protrusion and the other of the bump and the mating hole disposed in the at least one recess.",0.08172630705165586,0.1634526141033117
8934119,"1. A method of printing one or more copies of an environmentally-friendly booklet comprising: providing a processor configured for gathering content, merging content with printer capability information, automatically creating environmentally-friendly booklet impositions, and initiating print jobs, wherein said processor is operatively coupled with a display and at least one printer, and wherein said at least one printer includes a finisher; displaying a graphical user interface on said display, wherein said graphical user interface includes tools for allowing a user to gather digital content; gathering digital content with said processor in response to an instruction by said user; separating pages of a gathered file of digital content and assigning each separate page of the gathered file into one of a plurality of meaningful groups of content based on: for a print job imposing multiple pages of content onto a common physical print sheet, automatically determining to print multiple pages within a meaningful group on the same physical print sheet, and determining to print pages from distinct meaningful groups on different physical print sheets; wherein the pages within a meaningful group are more closely related to each other than pages in different meaningful groups; automatically gathering printer capabilities from said at least one printer by said processor; merging gathered content and printer capabilities, thereby forming merged data; presenting a user with at least one environmentally-friendly booklet printing option based on said merged data; wherein selecting one of said at least one environmentally-friendly booklet printing options results in reduced paper consumption required to print each copy of the booklet; automatically creating a printing imposition based on the selection of said at least one environmentally-friendly booklet printing option; receiving a printing instruction from said user via said graphical user interface to print said content according to said at least one environmentally-friendly booklet printing option; printing said content according to said at least one environmentally-friendly booklet printing option on said at least one printer, wherein printing includes the steps of: printing content on sheets according to said imposition; collating printed pages according to said imposition; folding collated pages using said finisher; and outputting said environmentally-friendly booklet, thereby automatically reducing paper consumption.",0.8652845565120304,0.2694308869759392
9162664,"1. An automotive vehicle comprising: an engine and not more than one electric machine each configured to generate power to move the vehicle; and a controller configured to cause the electric machine to operate, while the engine is off, such that power supplied by the electric machine to satisfy a wheel power demand is less than the wheel power demand in response to a total power demand falling within a target range of values.",0.9876053879170679,0.024789224165864265
9580873,"1. A multilayered structure comprising at least one fine cellulose fiber nonwoven fabric layer composed of fine cellulose fibers, wherein said fine cellulose fibers that form the fine cellulose fiber nonwoven fabric layer have a mean fiber diameter of 0.005 μm to 0.5 μm, said multilayered structure has a mean thickness of 10 μm to 200 μm, a density of 0.10 g/cm wherein the proportion of fine cellulose fibers contained in the fine cellulose fiber nonwoven fabric layer is 50% by weight to 100% by weight, wherein the total sum of the basis weight of the fine cellulose fiber nonwoven fabric layer is 1 g/m wherein the multilayered structure has been subjected to waterproofing treatment using a crosslinking agent.",0.5047260420819177,0.9905479158361645
8421125,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first gate electrode formed on a substrate; a second gate electrode formed on the substrate, the second gate electrode being physically separated from the first gate electrode; a conductive land formed in contact with at least part of a top surface of the first gate electrode; and a contact formed on the conductive land, the contact being electrically connected through the conductive land to the first gate electrode, wherein: the conductive land extends over the top surface of the first gate electrode and an area around said top surface and has a larger area than the contact when viewed in plan, and the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are electrically connected to each other by contacting at least part of a top surface of said second gate electrode with the conductive land.",0.22283112735670813,0.44566225471341625
9126682,"1. A method comprising: operating an aerial vehicle in a hover-flight orientation, wherein the aerial vehicle is connected to a tether that defines a tether sphere having a radius based on a length of the tether, wherein the tether is connected to a ground station; while the aerial vehicle is in the hover-flight orientation, positioning the aerial vehicle at a first location that is substantially on the tether sphere, wherein the first location is substantially downwind of the ground station; transitioning the aerial vehicle from the hover-flight orientation to a forward-flight orientation, such that the aerial vehicle moves from the tether sphere, wherein the aerial vehicle has attached flow, and wherein a tension of the tether is reduced; and operating the aerial vehicle in the forward-flight orientation to ascend at an angle of ascent to a second location that is substantially on the tether sphere, wherein the second location is substantially downwind of the ground station.",0.49790852241523625,0.9958170448304725
8433606,"1. A method to deflect a caller to a webpage, the method comprising: obtaining, via a processor, a mean customer survey score characterizing performance of a call center when a call is received from the caller, the mean customer survey score corresponding to a mean of customer survey scores for a plurality of callers that have accessed the call center; determining, via the processor and based on a comparison of the mean customer survey score to a target score, whether to make an initial offer, to the caller, of an initial incentive to terminate the call and access a webpage; and during the call and in response to determining that, after making the initial offer of the initial incentive to terminate the call and access the webpage, the call has not been terminated, further determining, via the processor and based on the comparison of the mean customer survey score to the target score, whether to make a subsequent offer of a subsequent incentive, different from the initial incentive, to the caller to terminate the call and access the webpage.",0.13729524389373388,0.27459048778746775
9174723,"1. An assembly for connecting two relatively movable structures on an aircraft, comprising: first and second rigid structures; a flexible skin connected to said first rigid structure and to said second rigid structure; a first rod having a first end portion attached to said first rigid structure, said first rod comprising shape memory alloy in at least an intermediate portion thereof; a sleeve having first and second end portions; and a second rod having a first end portion connected to said second rigid structure, said second rod comprising shape memory alloy in at least an intermediate portion thereof, wherein a second end portion of said first rod is slidably disposed inside said first end portion of said sleeve, and a second end portion of said second rod is slidably disposed inside said second end portion of said sleeve.",0.2874960612100817,0.5749921224201634
8772079,"1. A method of backside contacting ultra thin layer photovoltaic cells, comprising: bonding a thin film on a glass substrate creating an active side of said glass substrate; creating contact pads on a back-side of said glass substrate; and electrically connecting said thin film and said back-side, wherein said electrically connecting is performed by gluing metal strips along one or more edges of said glass substrate before deposition of said thin film.",0.9200596245648373,0.1598807508703255
9447940,"1. A vehicle headlamp comprising: a first light guide plate optically coupled to a first LED light source, the first light guide plate being configured to guide light emitted from the first LED light source onto a predetermined area thereby creating a first light distribution pattern, the first light guide plate being substantially parallel and pipe-shaped, the first light guide plate comprising a light incident face and a light exit face perpendicular to the light incident face; a second light guide plate optically coupled to a second LED light source, the second light guide plate being configured to guide light emitted from the second LED light source onto a predetermined area thereby creating a second light distribution pattern, the second light guide plate being substantially parallel and pipe-shaped, the first and the second light guide plates arranged side by side, the second light guide plate comprising a light incident face and a light exit face perpendicular to the light incident face; a light barrier sheet interposed between the first and second light guide plates, the first light guide plate connected to the second light guide plate via the light barrier sheet; and a projection lens located above the light exit faces of the first and second light guide plates, the projection lens being configured to project light out from the vehicle headlamp; wherein the light barrier sheet is configured to prevent light transmission between the first and second light guide plates.",0.3215694132837263,0.6431388265674526
9237520,"1. A method for transmitting first uplink data over a contention-based uplink channel, the method performed by a first user equipment (UE) and comprising: receiving, from an eNode B, an uplink grant message including allocation information of the contention-based uplink channel; and transmitting the first uplink data to the eNode B over the contention-based uplink channel, wherein the first uplink data is distinguished from second uplink data transmitted over the contention-based uplink channel by a second UE, wherein the first uplink data is generated by a first scrambling code which is different from a second scrambling code of the second uplink data, wherein the first scrambling code is selected according to a cyclic shift amount of a first RS (reference signal) of the first UE and the second scrambling code is selected according to a cyclic shift amount of a second RS of the second UE, and wherein the first uplink data is interleaved based on the cyclic shift amount of the first RS of the first UE.",0.21452127378665026,0.4290425475733005
8587156,"1. A method of supplying power to a load in an energy-consumer device comprising an active electrode, a passive electrode, and said load connected on a first side thereof to said active electrode and on a second side thereof to said passive electrode, the method comprising the steps of: providing an energy-producer device having an active electrode, a passive electrode, and a generator connected on a first side thereof to the active electrode of the energy-producer device and on a second side thereof to the passive electrode of the energy-producer device, so as to subject said active electrode to variations in potential, wherein the active and passive electrodes of the energy-producer device are asymmetrical, the passive electrode either being larger in size than the active electrode or being a ground, and the passive electrode of the energy-producer device having potential variations of lower amplitude than the potential variations of the active electrode of the energy-producer device, and at least one of the passive electrodes is not connected to a ground potential; and positioning the active electrode of the energy-consumer device in an intense field zone created by the active electrode of the energy-producer device to produce a Coulomb interaction between the active electrode of the energy-consumer device and the active electrode of the energy-producer device forming a direct capacitive coupling between the active electrode of the energy-consumer device and the active electrode of the energy-producer device, to couple the passive electrode of the energy-consumer device to the passive electrode of the energy-producer device by capacitive coupling.",0.9575560571459087,0.08488788570818251
8358506,"1. A mechanical arrangement for implementing a micro-inverter, the arrangement comprising: a circuitry assembly having: wherein each of the first and second internal cavities has a corresponding predefined depth and the conductive plate has a predefined thickness such that, when the top and base portions of the enclosure are secured together to form the single enclosure containing the circuitry and chopper device assemblies, the first and second conductive pads contact and abut against opposing inner surfaces of respectively the enclosure top and base portions so as to passively conduct heat away from both the top core half and the chopper assembly to, respectively, the inner surfaces of the enclosure top and base portions, and the top and base portions of the enclosure collectively exert a sufficient mechanical force on abutting portions of the first and second core halves to drive the core halves together so as to substantially eliminate any air gap that would otherwise form there between.",0.8446079799771341,0.3107840400457318
8905237,"1. A portable daily blister card housing a unit dose, comprising: a back side including regulatory information located thereon; a front side opposite the back side, the front side including: wherein a total projected cavity area of the one or more blisters is no more than 45 percent of the total planar area bounded by the outer periphery; wherein the blister card contains from 12 hours to 24 hours of unit doses according to the dosing instructions.",0.0387220011216524,0.07744400224330483
9834935,"1. A granule coated waterproof roofing membrane comprising: a waterproof membrane layer formed substantially from at least one of: ketone ethylene ester (KEE) resin, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), ethylene propylene diene monomer rubber (EPDM), and thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO); a reinforcement layer heat bonded to the waterproof membrane layer; an adhesive layer adhered to a first side of the reinforcement layer; wherein the reinforcement layer has strands ends that extend into the adhesive layer to enhance the adhesion between the adhesive layer and the waterproof membrane; and a layer of ceramic coated roofing granules adhered to the first adhesive layer, wherein the strand ends that extend into the adhesive layer comprise air textured yarns that have been processed to introduce durable crimps, coils, or loops along a length of the yarn.",0.8044713905042961,0.3910572189914079
8388805,"1. A coarse separator ( 10 ) for a power tool ( 2 ) for separating, at least partially, from an air flow (L), material particles (M) produced during operation of the power tool ( 2 ) and aspirated by a suction device ( 8 ) including a suction head ( 6 ), the coarse separator comprising: an inlet opening ( an outlet opening ( a lamella separator (",0.6874774170152891,0.6250451659694218
8462693,"1. A method of enabling wireless data transfer to an electronic device having a transceiver structured to interact in a first mode with a wireless local area network (WLAN) wherein a first beacon signal is repeatedly transmitted at a first interval and further structured to interact in a second mode with a cellular network wherein a second beacon signal is repeatedly transmitted at a second interval that is longer than the first interval, the method comprising: powering down the transceiver during a time when no transfer of data is occurring; repeatedly powering up the transceiver at an interval longer than the first interval and enabling the second mode to await receipt of the second beacon signal through the cellular network; receiving an instance of the second beacon signal with an indication of availability of data to be transferred to the electronic device through the WLAN; and in response to the receiving of the instance of the second beacon signal with the indication of availability of the data, enabling the first mode to receive the data through the WLAN.",0.90348442405844,0.19303115188312003
9774213,"1. A vehicle-mounting structure for a wireless power reception device, the vehicle-mounting structure comprising: a power-reception-side coil unit arranged under a floor tunnel part of a vehicle and including a power-reception-side coil configured to wirelessly receive power transmitted from a power-supply-side coil; and an electric-component container accommodating an electric component and mounted on a front side or a rear side of an upper surface of the power-reception-side coil unit in a vehicle front-rear direction, wherein the floor tunnel part and the power-reception-side coil unit form a closed-cross-section part in a front view of the vehicle, and the electric-component container is accommodated in the closed-cross-section part, the electric-component container is disposed on any one of the front side and the rear side of the upper surface of the power-reception-side coil unit in the vehicle front-rear direction, thereby exposing a part of the upper surface of the power-reception-side coil unit corresponding to the power-reception-side coil to form an upward-airflow generation surface configured to generate an upward airflow with heat of the power-reception-side coil.",0.8159023058130357,0.3681953883739286
8446976,"1. An apparatus for providing an output signal, comprising: an oscillator circuit configured to provide an oscillating signal; a comparator configured to compare the oscillating signal with an adjustable threshold to provide an output signal; and a threshold circuit configured to generate the adjustable threshold to skew a phase of the output signal to track a phase of another signal.",0.2022845648306104,0.4045691296612208
9148057,"1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising: a first structural body including a first temperature voltage generation unit configured to generate a first temperature voltage and a second temperature voltage which have different voltage level variations according to a temperature variation, in response to a temperature measurement command, and a first temperature information determination unit configured to generate first temperature information depending on a difference between levels of the first and second temperature voltages; and a second structural body including a second temperature voltage generation unit configured to generate a third temperature voltage and a fourth temperature voltage which have different voltage level variations according to a temperature variation, when a predetermined time elapses after the first and second temperature voltages are generated from the first structural body, and a second temperature information determination unit configured to generate second temperature information depending on a difference between levels of the third and fourth temperature voltages, wherein the first temperature voltage generation unit generates a preliminary output control pulse when the temperature measurement command is inputted, and transfers an output control pulse which is acquired by synchronizing the preliminary output control pulse with a clock, to the second structural body through a through via.",0.39880979077402867,0.7976195815480573
9313447,"1. An in-field replaceable glass assembly for an electronic display placed within a housing having a hanger at the top of the housing, the glass assembly comprising: a frame surrounding a pane of glass and having a top and bottom; a tab at the top of the frame and adapted to hold the glass assembly substantially vertical and in place when slipped over the hanger on the housing; and a means for attaching the bottom of the frame to the housing.",0.24725059554646814,0.4945011910929362
8434016,"1. A device, comprising: a storage device for storing a plurality of data resources; a file system for organizing the plurality of data resources stored in the storage device; and a user interface for providing user access to the plurality of data resources, the user interface comprising a plurality of hierarchical planes including a first plane corresponding to a mobile network operator, a second plane corresponding to a device manufacturer, a third plane corresponding to a software provider, and a fourth plane corresponding to a device user, the first plane having priority over the second plane, the second plane having priority over the third plane, and the third plane having priority over the fourth plane, wherein displaying a first user interface element from a higher priority one of the plurality of hierarchical planes in a portion of the user interface takes preference over displaying a second user interface element from a lower priority one of the plurality of hierarchical planes, wherein the file system comprises one or more locations comprising directly addressable data resources and one or more locations comprising indirectly addressable data resources, the indirectly addressable data resources being accessible through a data provider, the file system being configured, in use, to provide a single interface from the user interface to both directly addressable data resources and indirectly addressable data resources, and wherein the file system comprises a single root that includes both the directly addressable data resources and the indirectly addressable data resources.",0.635723415123711,0.728553169752578
9038361,"1. A combustion controller for controlling the combustion of a flow of combustible and/or combusting fluid, comprising: an inlet and an outlet defining a flow path between them, and a magnetic-field generator arranged to generate a magnetic field across the flow path, the magnetic-field generator comprises a first pole piece having a cavity within which a second pole piece is located in such a way that an opening is formed between the first and second pole pieces which in use provides the flow path for the fluid and across which the magnetic field is generated, wherein in use the fluid flows in the flow path through the magnetic field, which then induces a flow of electric current in the fluid, thereby supplying energy to the fluid, the flow path is in the form of a closed loop in a plane perpendicular to the flow direction such that in use the induced current can flow in a closed loop entirely within the fluid, and wherein the first pole piece has a first recess and a second recess on an inner surface and the second pole piece has a first recess and a second recess on an outer surface.",0.8409714472865135,0.31805710542697296
8874701,"1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, operate to cause a computer to perform operations comprising: storing definitions of types of services in a service type repository, the services embedded on one or more devices included in a network, the network having a dynamic organization that accommodates removal of services from the network and addition of services to the network; receiving a query that includes a request for a type of service; comparing the requested type of service to the definitions of types of services stored in the service type repository; identifying one or more definitions of a type of service stored in the service type repository that match the requested type of service and identifying, for each matching definition of the type of service, a corresponding active service instance embedded on one or more devices included in the network; defining a set of active service instances based on respective rating scores; determining that a number of active service instances in the set is less than a first threshold, and in response, identifying one or more additional active service instances embedded on one or more devices included in the network that do not currently have a corresponding definition of type of service stored in the service type repository and that matches the requested type of service; and determining that a respective rating score of each of the additional active service instances is less than a second threshold, and in response, retrieving instructions that, when embedded on and executed by a device, create an active instance of a service having a type of the requested type of service, and installing the instructions on the device included in the network.",0.12787881893042025,0.2557576378608405
9428888,"1. A flushing device comprising: an enclosure having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining an interior of the enclosure and the outer surface defining an exterior of the enclosure, the inner surface and the outer surface further defining an access opening proximate an upper portion of the enclosure; a discharge conduit; a platform situated within the enclosure, the platform having a top surface and a bottom surface, the platform movable to proximate the access opening; and a U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe mounted to the platform and in fluid communication with the discharge conduit, the U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe disposed substantially below the platform, a portion of the U-shaped rigid fluid routing support pipe extending through the platform.",0.7589697380191524,0.4820605239616953
8697824,"1. An ion exchange and solid ion conductor polymer obtained from a monomer having the formula: or a mixture thereof, wherein: X comprises a halogen or CF n is a number from 0 to 10.",0.7599425879762812,0.48011482404743755
8465022,"1. A method for playing a tossing and card game that simulates a sport comprising: (a) providing a game board having an angled platform including a target hole disposed on the platform; (b) providing a plurality of playing cards each having tossing instruction information including identification of an award representing an activity involved in the sport and an attempt number representing a number of tosses in which one of a first player and a second player has to toss an object through the target hole of the game board in order to obtain the award; (c) drawing one of the plurality of playing cards during a first player turn taken by the first player; (d) tossing the object during the first player turn according to the attempt number identified in the drawn playing card and awarding the first player the award identified in the drawn playing card by performing the activity represented by the award on a scoreboard if the first player successfully tosses the object through the target hole; (e) drawing one of the plurality of playing cards during a second player turn taken by the second player; (f) tossing the object during the second player turn according to the attempt number identified in the drawn playing card and awarding the second player the award identified in the drawn playing card by performing the activity represented by the award on the scoreboard if the second player successfully tosses the object through the target hole; and (g) repeating steps (c)-(f) until one of each of the plurality of playing cards has been drawn, one of the first player and the second player reaches a stated point total, and a stated time period has elapsed.",0.00665076060344717,0.013301521206894318
9280072,"1. A process for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member including an electrically conductive support, an undercoat layer formed on the support, a charge generating layer formed on the undercoat layer, and a hole transporting layer formed on the charge generating layer, the process comprising: preparing one of dispersion liquids described in the following (i) and the following (ii), for the undercoat layer: forming a coat of the dispersion liquid on the support; and forming the undercoat layer by heating the coat at a temperature equal to or more than a melting point of the electron transporting substance, wherein at least one of the resin or the crosslinking agent is soluble in a molten product of the electron transporting substance at the temperature at which the coat is heated.",0.16655718889646126,0.3331143777929225
9748823,"1. A method of manufacturing a linear actuator, the method comprising: constructing a base housing comprising: constructing a top housing comprising at least one recess configured to restrain another at least one magnet in three dimensions, wherein the top housing is constructed from a steel casting; and constructing a piston assembly from a plastic mold, wherein the piston assembly is constructed to receive at least one coil bobbin, a shaft, a linear encoder scale, and a flex cable wherein the at least one coil bobbin includes a flat coil with coil windings parallel to travel of the piston assembly.",0.3268501114380296,0.6537002228760592
9356411,"1. A wind power installation comprising: a pod including a stator portion and a rotor portion; a generator in the pod; and a slip ring transmitter configured to transmit electrical signals from the stator portion to the rotor portion, the slip ring transmitter including:",0.8896019514049124,0.22079609719017523
8507254,"1. A method for growing and/or harvesting algae, the method comprising the steps of: mixing seawater with feather additive in a bioreactor; growing the algae by digesting the feather additive with the algae; harvesting the algae; and drying a biomass formed in the harvesting step, wherein at least 20% by volume of the bioreactor is filled with the feather additive, the growing step is carried out in the bioreactor and the feather additive serves as a physical structure for the algae to grow on, a majority of undissolved solid materials in the mixture of the seawater and the feather additive is the feather additive, and the feather additive is in the form of unprocessed feathers.",0.96027976728275,0.07944046543450001
9711758,"1. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) light source comprising the following layers, in order: (i) a biaxially oriented polyester film substrate comprising light-scattering particles (P (ii) optionally an organic planarising coating layer (OPC (iii) optionally a barrier layer (B (iv) an organic planarising coating layer (OPC (v) optionally a barrier layer (B (vi) a multi-layer light-emitting assembly comprising a first electrode, a light-emitting organic layer and a second electrode; wherein said OLED light source comprises at least one of barrier layers (B",0.7074253448614662,0.5851493102770675
8877387,"1. A method for producing a lithium ion secondary battery having an electrode assembly formed of superimposed positive and negative electrode sheets, with a separator sheet being interposed therebetween, the method comprising: selecting a positive electrode sheet, negative electrode sheet, and separator sheet; constructing an electrode assembly by superimposing the selected positive electrode sheet, negative electrode sheet, and separator sheet; and housing in a battery case the electrode assembly along with an electrolyte solution, wherein at least one of the positive electrode sheet, negative electrode sheet, and separator sheet satisfies the relationship 0.8<a/b<1.5 when, in tests under conditions (1) and (2) below: Condition (1) a high rate loading-unloading cycle is repeated n times (n≧3), the cycle including a step of applying a load at a rate of A [mN/second] until a given load F Condition (2) a low rate loading-unloading cycle is repeated n times (n≧3), the cycle including a step of applying a load at a rate of B [mN/second] (B≦0.2 A) until a given load F a value of 100% is defined as the thickness of the sheets before starting the test, with the thickness of the sheets being the vertical axis and the number of loading-unloading cycles being the horizontal axis, the changes in the thickness of the sheets from cycles when a represents the slope of the straight line in the test conducted under condition (1), and b represents the slope of the straight line in the test conducted under condition (2).",0.9361021753302327,0.1277956493395347
8913090,"1. A pixel circuit comprising: a light emitting device comprising a first electrode and a second electrode; a driving transistor comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a gate electrode, the driving transistor for outputting a driving current according to a voltage applied to the gate electrode of the driving transistor; a first capacitor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, the second terminal of the first capacitor being coupled to the gate electrode of the driving transistor; a second capacitor comprising a first terminal coupled to the gate electrode of the driving transistor and a second terminal directly coupled to the first electrode of the light emitting device, the second capacitor being different from the first capacitor; a second transistor comprising: a first electrode coupled to the gate electrode of the driving transistor; a second electrode coupled to the first electrode of the driving transistor; and a gate electrode, wherein the second transistor is configured to be turned on in response to a second scan signal applied to the gate electrode; a third transistor for applying a first power supply voltage to the first electrode of the driving transistor in response to an emission control signal, the third transistor comprising a first electrode directly connected to a first power supply voltage line; a fourth transistor comprising a first electrode for receiving a data signal and a second electrode coupled to the first terminal of the first capacitor, wherein the fourth transistor is configured to be turned on in response to a third scan signal applied to the gate electrode; a fifth transistor comprising: a first electrode directly connected to a reference voltage line for receiving a reference voltage; a second electrode coupled to the first terminal of the first capacitor; and a gate electrode, wherein the fifth transistor is configured to be turned on in response to the second scan signal applied to the gate electrode; and a sixth transistor comprising: a first electrode for receiving a first voltage; a second electrode directly electrically connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor; and a gate electrode, wherein the sixth transistor is configured to be turned on in response to a first scan signal applied to the gate electrode, wherein the driving transistor and the second to sixth transistors are N-type transistors, and wherein the second electrode of the driving transistor is directly connected to the light emitting device.",0.6713503513237,0.6572992973526
9688542,"1. A method for separating fluids, comprising: exposing an input fluid stream comprising a first fluid component and a second fluid component to a membrane comprising particles of crystalline zeolite ITQ-55 to form a permeate product fluid stream and a rejection product fluid stream, a molar ratio of the first fluid component to the second fluid component in the permeate product fluid stream being greater than a ratio of the first fluid component to the second fluid component in the input fluid stream, a molar ratio of the first fluid component to the second fluid component in the rejection product fluid stream being less than a ratio of the first fluid component to the second fluid component in the input fluid stream, wherein the zeolite ITQ-55 has a framework of tetrahedral (T) atoms connected by bridging atoms, wherein the tetrahedral atom is defined by connecting the nearest T atoms in the manner described in the following Table:",0.44307571122117223,0.8861514224423445
9494621,"1. An interference correction type single-point detection current sensor for multiple busbars, the single-point detection current sensor comprising: a plurality of magnetic sensor modules which are brought in insulation contact with or installed adjacent to a plurality of respective busbars, measure currents flowing into the busbars using magnetic sensors, and output the measured currents; a signal collection module which collects the measured signals output by the plurality of magnetic sensor modules; and a signal interference correction module which derives corrected current values from which interference has been removed by calculating amounts of interference between the plurality of busbars in the signals collected by the signal collection module.",0.4814075956045155,0.962815191209031
9066526,"1. A process for the production of a whey protein extract from a whey protein-containing composition, said process comprising: contacting a whey protein-containing composition with an aqueous solution, thereby forming a sample including a soluble protein-containing component and an insoluble component; recovering the soluble protein-containing component from the sample; acidifying the soluble protein-containing component; and neutralizing the acidified soluble protein-containing component; thereby forming the whey protein extract, wherein the whey protein containing composition is whey protein concentrate (WPC), and the WPC is WPC 80.",0.2983780094519706,0.5967560189039413
9016258,"1. A crankshaft for an internal combustion engine, the crankshaft comprising: a first journal having a circular cross-section defining a first journal center, the first journal being configured to be rotatably coupled to a cylinder block of the internal combustion engine; a second journal having a circular cross-section defining a second journal center, the second journal being configured to be rotatably coupled to the cylinder block of the internal combustion engine, wherein the first and second journal centers define a longitudinal crankshaft axis; and a crankpin defining a longitudinal crankpin axis and being configured to be coupled to a connecting rod, the longitudinal crankpin axis being parallel to and spaced from the longitudinal crankshaft axis, the crankpin comprising wherein at least one of the first, second, and third cam profiles is configured to affect a stroke of the connecting rod coupled to the crankpin.",0.4504314295454281,0.9008628590908562
8769428,"1. A method for updating a taskbar, generated and displayed by a local computer, with a user interface element representative of a remote application executing on a remote computer and application output generated by the remote application, the method comprising: receiving, by a local client executing on a local machine, application output generated by a remote application executing on a remote computer, and remote window configuration information; determining, by the local client responsive to an absence of an explicit taskbar grouping flag in the remote window configuration information, a file system path of the remote application; replacing, by the local client, a portion of the file system path of the remote application with an identifier of a local file system path to create a hybrid file system path; generating, by the local client responsive to receiving the remote window configuration information, an application output window for displaying the received application output, the application output window comprising local taskbar grouping configuration information generated based on the remote window configuration information and comprising the hybrid file system path; and updating a taskbar, by an operating system of the local machine, responsive to the local taskbar grouping configuration information.",0.1536297028981991,0.3072594057963982
9679811,"1. A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a substrate including an array of first interconnect sites; providing a semiconductor die including an array of second interconnect sites; forming a plurality of physically separate solder mask patches disposed interstitially between and physically isolated from each of the array of first interconnect sites or the array of second interconnect sites; and forming an interconnect structure between the first and second interconnect sites, wherein the solder mask patches confine the interconnect structure over the first interconnect sites and second interconnect sites.",0.2781713004762336,0.5563426009524672
9376529,"1. A composition comprising at least one donor-acceptor copolymer, wherein the donor of the donor-acceptor copolymer comprises at least one fused ring system, wherein the first acceptor moiety of the donor-acceptor copolymer is represented by: and wherein the donor-acceptor copolymer further comprises at least one second acceptor moiety of the copolymer different from the first acceptor moiety of the copolymer which is represented by (VIII): wherein R is a solubilizing group.",0.4213858724668115,0.842771744933623
9851441,"1. A method for determining a kinematic structure of a two-dimensional (2D) wind field, comprising the steps of: transmitting a plurality of pulses with a Doppler radar; receiving the plurality of pulses with the Doppler radar, and measuring a plurality of Doppler velocities and a plurality of distances between the Doppler radar and a gate with a processor, each Doppler velocity of the plurality of Doppler velocities corresponding to a respective distance of the plurality of distances between the Doppler radar and the gate; calculating a plurality of distance Doppler velocity values representing: estimating the kinematic structure of at least one of a 2D linear and a 2D non-linear wind field using a constant altitude plan of the plurality of distance Doppler wind velocity values, wherein the estimating includes estimating at least one of a constant wind background, a divergence, a shearing deformation, a stretching deformation, and a deformation of the 2D wind field by differentiating the plurality of distance Doppler wind velocity values; generating a graphical representation of the kinematic structure of the 2D wind field comprising a grid, wherein a wind vector is derived for each grid intersection point; and displaying at least one of the Doppler wind velocity values and the graphical representation of the kinematic structure of the graphical representation of the kinematic structure of the 2D wind field.",0.16263410807381715,0.32526821614763435
8697594,"1. A process for preparing a slurry catalyst for use in upgrading heavy oil feedstock, comprising: providing at least a metal precursor of a Primary metal, the Primary metal is selected from a Group VIII metal, a Group IVB metal, and a Group IIB metal; sulfiding the Primary metal precursor with a sulfiding agent forming a catalyst precursor; and mixing the catalyst precursor with a hydrocarbon diluent to form a slurry catalyst having a particle size ranging from 1 to 300 μm; and a general formula of (M",0.7341445153596698,0.5317109692806603
9215306,"1. A mobile terminal comprising: a camera; a transparent display configured to display an infonnation object which has a first color tone, wherein a surrounding environment of the transparent display is seen via the transparent display; a sensing unit configured to detect a color tone of a subject; and a controller configured to: display the information object on the transparent display while the subject is seen via the transparent display; capture an image of the subject via the camera; detect whether or not the information object on the transparent display overlaps with the image of the subject via the transparent display; detect, via the sensing unit, a color tone of the image of the subject being captured by the camera when the information object on the transparent display overlaps with the image of the subject via the transparent display; compare the first color tone of the information object displayed on the transparent display with the color tone of the image of the subject being captured; when the color tone of the image of the subject is in a same color group as the first color tone of the information object, identify an overlapping region of the information object overlapping with the image of the subject; and change a color tone of the overlapping region of the information object into a second color tone from the first color tone such that the information object is distinguished from the image of the subject seen via the transparent display while the image of the subject is seen via the transparent display, wherein a region displaying the information object other than the overlapping region maintains the first color tone, and wherein a shape of the information object is maintained although the color tone of the overlapping region of the information object is changed into the second color tone from the first color tone.",0.21960387569796253,0.43920775139592505
9608539,"1. A power supply device comprising: a coil configured to exchange power by an external magnetic coupling; a bridge circuit in which one end of the coil is connected to one alternate current (AC) terminal through a resonance capacitor and another end of the coil is connected to another AC terminal; and a smoothing capacitor configured to be connected between direct current (DC) terminals of the bridge circuit, a load being connected at both ends of the smoothing capacitor, and the bridge circuit being configured such that a plurality of switching arm series circuits in which two inverse parallel connection circuits of a semiconductor switch and a diode are connected in series are connected in parallel, wherein the power supply device comprises: a current detection unit configured to detect a current which flows through the coil as an input current; a voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage between the DC terminals as an output voltage; and a control unit configured to switch the semiconductor switch at a constant cycle such that a voltage between the AC terminals of the bridge circuit becomes a zero voltage only during a prescribed time period before and after two zero crossing points in one cycle of the input current and such that the voltage becomes a positive voltage or a negative voltage in which the output voltage is a peak value during a time period other than the prescribed time periods.",0.9144319109429472,0.17113617811410564
9537390,"1. A method for controlling a DC-DC converter operable in a continuous mode and in a discontinuous mode, the discontinuous mode comprising active and inactive durations, the method comprising: operating the DC-DC converter in the discontinuous mode; measuring a first duration of an active duration and a second duration of an inactive duration; judging whether a predefined criterion evaluated using the measured first duration and the measured second duration is satisfied; and switching the DC-DC converter to operate in the continuous mode if the predefined criterion is satisfied, wherein a first switching frequency of charging and discharging the DC-DC converter operating in the continuous mode is different from a second switching frequency of charging and discharging the DC-DC converter during the active duration of the discontinuous mode.",0.9832027829214386,0.03359443415712282
8878606,1. Circuitry comprising: a parallel amplifier having a feedback input and a parallel amplifier output; and a switching supply comprising:,0.14768978621284481,0.2953795724256896
9576628,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a driving control signal generation circuit configured to generate a driving control signal by determining whether a corresponding operation is a gapless read operation, according to a read strobe signal; a power driving circuit configured to drive a supply voltage to a power supply voltage in response to the driving control signal; and a read control signal generation circuit configured to generate a read control signal for controlling a read operation from the read strobe signal in response to the supply voltage.",0.3556694276387013,0.7113388552774026
9604282,"1. A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object by repetition of powder-layer forming and solidified-layer forming, the repetition comprising: (i) forming a solidified layer by irradiating a predetermined portion of a powder layer with a light beam, thereby sintering the powder in the predetermined portion or melting and subsequently solidifying of the powder; and (ii) forming another solidified layer by newly forming a powder layer on the formed solidified layer, followed by irradiation of a predetermined portion of the newly formed powder layer with the light beam, wherein the method includes at least a surface-machining process for machining a surface of the solidified layer and/or the shaped object by a machining tool at a point in time after the formation of the solidified layer and/or the manufacturing of the shaped object, wherein, prior to the surface-machining process, a suction removal of the powder located around the solidified layer and/or the shaped object is performed by a suction nozzle such that the powder is locally removed, in consideration of a lowermost machinable level of the machining tool, wherein the suction nozzle, during the local removal of the powder is operated such that a movement path of the suction nozzle is along the following paths (a) to (c): (a) a contour “A” of a cross section of the solidified layer positioned at the lowermost machinable level of the machining tool; (b) a contour “B” of an upper surface of the solidified layer formed most immediately before the suction removal; and (c) a region “C” comprising a finite area region obtained by subtracting a closed region “B′” from a closed region “A′”, the closed regions “A′” and “B′” being respectively obtained by a planar projection of the contours “A” and “B” with respect to the same plane, the planar projection being provided in a stacking direction of the solidified layers.",0.3787282898239143,0.7574565796478286
8608812,"1. A process for producing a hydrocarbon fraction which can be used as diesel fuel or as a component of diesel fuel, starting from a mixture of biological origin containing esters of fatty acids, and optionally containing free fatty acids, which comprises: 1) hydrodeoxygenation of the mixture of biological origin containing esters of fatty acids and optionally free fatty acids, wherein the hydrodeoxygenation is the first step of the process; and 2) hydroisomerization of the mixture resulting from (1), after optional purification treatment, said hydroisomerization being effected in the presence of a catalytic system which comprises: a) a carrier of acid nature comprising a completely amorphous micro-mesoporous silico-alumina having a SiO b) a metallic component containing one or more metals of group VIII, optionally mixed with one or more metals of group VIB.",0.8906930547415228,0.21861389051695435
9067590,"1. A method for operating a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine which is supercharged with a supercharger and which has an overboost function and at least one electric drive, the method comprising: after an overboost phase of the supercharger, entering an overboost regeneration phase of said supercharger which has a corresponding drop in torque, using the at least one electric drive to at least partially compensate for the drop in torque of the internal combustion engine during the overboost regeneration phase of the supercharger, wherein during the overboost phase of the supercharger a torque achieved during the overboost phase is increased by a static torque of the electric drive.",0.9838485632039247,0.03230287359215067
8964552,1. A base station comprising: a storage section; a traffic history generation unit configured to measure a traffic of the base station for at least one predetermined time and store the measured traffic in the storage section as a traffic history; a control section configured to control transmission of a control signal based on the traffic history; a periodicity detection section configured to create a periodicity parameter regarding periodicity of a change in traffic based on the traffic history; and a periodic activation control section configured to transmit the control signal for a predetermined cycle when the base station stops the transmission of the control signal; wherein:,0.6781934610272393,0.6436130779455214
8680119,"1. An isolated compound of Formula (Ia): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof; wherein: V is O or NH; W is C Q is —NR R R Z is absent; R R R R and R",0.5183878401753891,0.9632243196492218
9411751,"1. An input device comprising: a key assembly including a plurality of keys that are usable to initiate respective inputs for a computing device; a connection portion including a flexible hinge configured to be removably connected to the computing device physically and communicatively to communicate signals generated by the plurality of keys to the computing device; and an outer layer that is configured to cover the flexible hinge and the plurality of keys of the key assembly, the outer layer having a plurality of areas that are embossed thereon that indicate borders of the plurality of keys, the borders of the plurality of keys embossed to have raised or depressed thicknesses of less than a thickness of the outer layer.",0.16370699335038766,0.32741398670077526
8534410,"1. A pedestrian protection device for a vehicle, which is provided at a front portion of a vehicle body, comprising, an engine room, a cowl box which is provided at an upper portion of a dash panel partitioning the engine room from a vehicle compartment and extends in a vehicle width direction, and an engine hood which is pivotally supported at the vehicle body via a first hinge provided at a rear end portion thereof so as to cover over the engine room, wherein the pedestrian protection device comprises, an engine-hood guide mechanism which guides the engine hood upwardly and rearwardly so as to cover at least part of the cowl box when a collision of a pedestrian against a front end portion of the vehicle body is detected or predicted, and lowers the engine hood downwardly when a load acting on the engine hood exceeds a specified load; said engine-hood guide mechanism comprising an actuator which moves the engine hood upwardly and a move mechanism which moves the engine hood rearwardly as the engine hood rises, at least one of a collision predicting sensor generating a signal in response to a predetermined position of a pedestrian and a collision detecting sensor generating a signal in response to a collision with a pedestrian; and a releasing signal generator generating a releasing signal for the actuator based the signal generated by at least one of the collision predicting sensor and the collision detecting sensor; wherein a striker is provided at a front end portion of the engine hood, a latch to engage with the striker to secure a closing state of the engine hood is provided at the vehicle body, and said actuator comprises a releasing device to release an engagement of the striker and the latch in accordance with an operation of the actuator, wherein a move-amount adjusting portion to adjust the amount of upward-and-rearward move of the engine hood is provided at a portion of the engine hood which is located between said move mechanism and said striker in a vehicle longitudinal direction, and said move-amount adjusting portion allows a rotation of the engine hood when the engine hood rotates around the rear end portion of the engine hood, and restricts an excessive move of the engine hood when the engine hood is moved upwardly and rearwardly.",0.39396593618001524,0.7879318723600305
8418084,"1. A method of manipulating a video media file, the method comprising: graphically representing a video media file to a user via a display as a linear icon having a long axis representing increasing time; receiving a user input at a point of engagement of the display that selects a time along the linear icon; graphically representing a default selection in the linear icon of a portion of the video media file; graphically creating a centroid in the default selection at the point of engagement; receiving another user input in the display comprising a single contiguous gesture starting in an upward direction from the centroid and ending with disengagement of the display; relating the single contiguous gesture to a pre-defined command configured to graphically expand a temporal boundary of the default selection such that as the gesture continually moves upward the temporal boundary continues to equally expand from the centroid; applying the pre-defined command upon the disengagement to create a modified default selection; trimming unselected portions from the video media file; and displaying the modified default selection on the display.",0.007524099864514061,0.015048199729028156
8597159,"1. A method of controlling a vehicle system including a selectively shut-down engine, the system further including a torque converter and a torque converter lock-up clutch, comprising: during an idle-stop engine shut-down,",0.8141152824594569,0.3717694350810863
8449629,"1. A system for preparing biodiesel from a fatty acid feedstream, the system comprising: a reaction vessel comprising an upper section having a fatty acid feedstream introduced thereto, a lower section having an alcohol vapor introduced thereto, and an esterification zone maintained under esterification conditions and comprising a plurality of esterification trays mounted one above the other, each tray having a predetermined liquid volume capacity and charged with a solid heterogeneous ion exchange resin catalyst; an alcohol/water separator connected to the reaction vessel, the alcohol/water separator adapted to: a separation means connected to the reaction vessel and adapted to remove impurities from said fatty acid alkyl ester product stream by at least one process selected from the group consisting of distillation, reboiled stripping, inert gas stripping, physical adsorption, and gravity separation to prepare a biodiesel meeting biodiesel standard ASTM D6751 from the fatty acid alkyl ester product stream.",0.8985355262873642,0.20292894742527157
8877149,"1. A method for removing NOx from a flue gas stream comprising subjecting an electric utility power plant combustion flue gas stream containing NOx to a selective catalytic reduction operation or selective non-catalytic reduction operation by injecting ammonia or an ammonia-forming compound into the flue gas stream as an agent for reducing the NOx, wherein an excess of ammonia is introduced to yield a flue gas stream containing unreacted residual ammonia and a reduced concentration of NOx; and thereafter injecting hydrogen peroxide into the flue gas stream containing unreacted residual ammonia, in an amount sufficient to react with the residual ammonia present in the flue gas stream, the flue gas having a temperature of up to about 700° F. during the hydrogen peroxide injection operation, and wherein the reduction operation and the hydrogen peroxide injection operation are downstream from an economizer, to yield a flue gas stream having a reduced concentration of residual ammonia.",0.924740873599353,0.15051825280129405
9225261,"1. A method, comprising: collecting electrical energy produced by one or more strings of variable energy collectors via one or more string converters managed by a first controller; routing the electrical energy collected via the one or more string converters via a floating direct current bus to a static inverter having a fixed ratio for converting a direct current input to an alternating current output, the static invert having a plurality of switches; converting the electrical energy from the floating direct current bus to an alternating current via the static inverter to feed a power grid; measuring a voltage phase on the power grid; and controlling, by the first controller,",0.9831732721822233,0.03365345563555344
9624393,"1. An ink jet recording method comprising: recording an image by discharging an ink composition which contains water and a coloring material on a recording surface of a recording medium having low absorbency or non-absorbency to ink; and forming a protective layer using an ink jet recording head, which contains first resin particles where a glass transition temperature is 50° C. or higher and second resin particles where a glass transition temperature is less than 50° C. and which substantially does not contain a coloring material, on the image, wherein the image and the protective layer are obtained using an ink composition which does not contain a water-soluble organic solvent where a normal boiling point is 280° C. or higher.",0.16656875377658165,0.3331375075531633
8855839,"1. A fuel assembly for a train engine comprising: a frame; a first fuel storage tank sized to fit within the frame and configured to store a gaseous fuel; and a fuel control assembly configured to regulate delivery of the gaseous fuel to an external power unit, the fuel control assembly comprising a fuel assembly memory module having stored thereon identifying information of the fuel assembly, the identifying information comprising at least one of a type of the gaseous fuel, a cost of the gaseous fuel, an energy density of the gaseous fuel, a unique identifier for the fuel assembly, and historical data of the fuel assembly.",0.9149099095500454,0.17018018089990927
9062858,"1. An optical semiconductor lighting apparatus comprising: a housing which accommodates a heat sink; a board which is disposed in the heat sink; a plurality of semiconductor optical devices which are disposed adjacent to and around a drive IC disposed in a central portion of the board; a first optical member which faces the plurality of semiconductor optical devices, transmits or reflects light irradiated from the semiconductor optical devices, and forms a vertical vent hole corresponding to the drive IC; and a second optical member which is connected to an upper side of the housing and forms light distribution by refracting light transmitted or reflected from the first optical member.",0.1749270740392864,0.34985414807857285
9301174,"1. A method comprising: generating in a transceiver system a channel quality indicator (CQI) and a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel indication, the MIMO channel indication indicating if a MIMO channel is orthogonal; and transmitting in the transceiver system a composite metric based on the MIMO channel indication and the CQI.",0.11321012313640069,0.22642024627280133
9340555,"1. A compound selected from the group consisting of: methyl ({3-[({7-[4-({[(2-fluoro-5-methylphenyl)amino]carbonyl}amino) phenoxy]thieno[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl}carbonyl)amino]propyl}amino)acetate; (4S)-5-(ethylamino)-4-[({7-[3-fluoro-4-({[(2-fluoro-5-methylphenyl) amino]carbonyl}amino)phenoxy]thieno[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl}carbonyl)amino]-5-oxopentanoic acid; 7-[3-fluoro-4-({[(2-fluoro-5-methylphenyl)amino]carbonyl}amino) phenoxy]-N-(3-morpholin-4-ylpropyl)thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-2-carboxamide; and 7-[4-({[(2-fluoro-5-methylphenyl)amino]carbonyl}amino)phenoxy]-N-(3-piperidin-1-ylpropyl)thieno[3,2-b]pyridine-2-carboxamide; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.",0.4375908990140205,0.875181798028041
8355827,"1. An energy conservation commoditization system, comprising: a metering portion configured with each of a thermal meter apparatus suitable to measure an external environmental temperature and an energy meter apparatus suitable to measure an energy load of a facility; and a modeling mechanism coupled with the metering portion and configured with device-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium, wherein the instructions are configured when executed by data processing circuitry to cause the modeling mechanism to process each of a first set of facility energy load data associated with a first time period and a first set of external environmental temperature data also associated with the first time period, and to produce a first analog facility model, wherein the first set of facility energy load data represents a total facility energy load for the first time period, and wherein the first analog facility model comprises plural identified end-use energy load portions disaggregated from the first set of facility energy load data.",0.9299520988994862,0.14009580220102769
9175706,"1. A combination mounting system and a mounting plate, comprising: the mounting system, having an elastic membrane having a bottom surface bonded to a structure, the elastic membrane being partially separable from a structure such that as a force is applied thereto, the elastic membrane partially separates from the structure; and the mounting plate, having: wherein the continuous surface area is configured to receive an object thereon.",0.21650571986912437,0.43301143973824874
9066258,"1. A user equipment (UE) device, comprising: a radio transceiver to provide an air interface for communicating with an eNB (evolved node B) and for D2D (device-to-device) communications; and processing circuitry connected to the radio transceiver to: establish a D2D communications session with a second UE, if a message from the second UE indicates that the second UE is to be entering a sleep state and a wakeup time is received, transmit an acknowledgement message to the second UE and, at the indicated wakeup time, transmit a D2D recovery message to the second UE and wait for a response thereto to re-establish the D2D communications session; if the D2D communications session with the second UE is lost but no message indicating the wakeup time is received from the second UE, transmit a D2D recovery request to the eNB; if a response to the D2D recovery request is received from the eNB indicating the next paging time and if the second UE responds to a page at the paging time, transmit a D2D recovery message to the second UE at the paging time and wait for a response thereto to re-establish the D2D communications session.",0.6926719846431837,0.6146560307136326
9648544,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining that network connectivity does not exist for a mobile data network; initiating, via a wireless peer to peer communication protocol, a scan request to identify one or more peer devices, each of said one or more peer devices having a readiness score; generating a routing table, said routing table comprising said one or more peer devices located within a threshold distance; generating a forwarding table, said forwarding table comprising said one or more peer devices of said routing table having said readiness score that exceeds a given threshold; and transmitting a data packet to each of said one or more peer devices of said forwarding table.",0.39567945648391883,0.7913589129678377
9608684,"1. A computing device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of computing nodes interconnected by a plurality of interconnects to form a wired network on the substrate, the individual interconnects including an electrically conductive or semi-conductive material connecting pairs of adjacent computing nodes, wherein the individual computing nodes include one or more computing processors; and a pair of wireless transceivers on the substrate, the pair of wireless transceivers being individually connected to one of the computing nodes and spaced apart from each other by a network diameter of the wired network, wherein the pair of wireless transceivers is configured to establish a point-to-point connection between the corresponding connected computing nodes.",0.4852565559862407,0.9705131119724814
9269493,"1. A capacitor comprising a dielectric film which is a stretched film comprising a dispersion of at least one polyester and/or polycarbonate in a matrix of at least one polyester and/or polycarbonate different from the first polyester and/or polycarbonate, the percentage by weight of the dispersed polyester and/or polycarbonate in the dispersion being less than 50% and the dispersed polyester and/or polycarbonate being in the form of platelets, wherein the stretched film has an electrical breakdown, measured by the mean of 5×5 cm area, greater than 370 V/μm.",0.7230619577175327,0.5538760845649346
9812663,"1. A light-emitting device comprising: a first electrode comprising indium, tin and oxygen; a light-emitting layer over the first electrode, the light-emitting layer comprising a phosphorescent material; a second electrode over the light-emitting layer; a protective layer over and in contact with the second electrode, the protective layer comprising: wherein the protective layer is not in contact with the first electrode.",0.5017356506918457,0.9965286986163087
8377184,1. A CO 2 recovery apparatus comprising: a CO a regenerator that reduces CO at least two compressors that compress CO an oxygen reducing apparatus that reduces O,0.8652486422684975,0.26950271546300497
8454276,"1. A cutting insert shaped like a substantially polygonal plate and comprising a corner portion of at least one of the polygonal surfaces and a groove formed at a marginal ridge portion extending from the corner portion, the groove being recessed from the one polygonal surface to another polygonal surface, the cutting insert comprising: a leading cutting edge formed at an intersecting ridge portion between the groove and a leading relief face formed on at least one side surface extending between the opposite polygonal surfaces; a peripheral cutting edge formed at an intersecting ridge portion between the groove and a peripheral relief face formed on another side surface adjacent to the side surface serving as the leading relief face; and a minor cutting edge formed at an intersecting portion between the leading cutting edge and the peripheral cutting edge as seen in a plan view of the polygonal surface, the minor cutting edge intersecting the peripheral cutting edge at an obtuse angle and connected to the groove, wherein the groove comprises a rake face including a downward inclined surface gradually approaching the another polygonal surface as a distance from the leading cutting edge increases, at least in an area, which is close to the corner portion, associated with the leading cutting edge and the minor cutting edge, and a first angle (α) between a direction of a maximum inclination of the downward inclined surface and a direction along the leading cutting edge is larger than a second angle (β) between the direction of the maximum inclination and a direction along the minor cutting edge.",0.13765312487648457,0.27530624975296913
8820459,"1. A motor-assisted bicycle, comprising: a crankshaft which is rotated when a rider steps on pedals connected to said crankshaft; a torque sensor; a motor; an assistive power controller; and a vehicle speed sensor provided to a front or rear wheel of the motor-assisted bicycle which determines a vehicle speed of the motor-assisted bicycle, wherein said assistive power controller detects a rotating torque value of said crankshaft by said torque sensor, wherein said assistive power controller calculates a rotation angle of said crankshaft since detection of a peak position of said rotating torque value, wherein said assistive power controller calculates a pedaling force applied when the rider steps on said pedals in a vertical direction, based on said calculated rotation angle of said crankshaft and presently detected rotating torque value, wherein said assistive power controller determines assistive power to be output by said motor according to said calculated pedaling force, wherein said assistive power controller controls said motor so as to generate the assistive power, and wherein the assistive power of said motor is determined according to the vehicle speed of said motor-assisted bicycle and said pedaling force.",0.7821174589016254,0.43576508219674914
9055851,"1. A locking drawer system for a drawer dishwasher, said system comprising: a locking device for selectively locking and unlocking the drawer to a chassis of the dishwasher, wherein said drawer is capable of a slight displacement while in a locked condition; an opening attempt sensor for detecting an attempt to open the drawer, said opening attempt sensor being arranged to detect a displacement of the drawer in relation to the chassis of the dishwasher while in the locked condition, and to detect a closing of the drawer subsequent to detecting the displacement of the drawer in relation to the chassis in the locked condition; and a control unit connected to the opening attempt sensor and the locking device; wherein the control unit is arranged to trigger a stop of a dishwasher pump of the dishwasher based on a detected opening attempt, and wherein the control unit is further arranged to trigger the locking device to unlock after the dishwasher pump has been stopped, upon the detection of the drawer being closed subsequent to the detection of displacement of the drawer from the chassis while in the locked condition.",0.0737355168201235,0.14747103364024694
9055611,1. A resilient peer network comprising: a first communication device configured to:,0.6162470509800351,0.7675058980399299
8563453,"1. A high zirconia fused cast refractory which has a chemical composition comprising from 85 to 95 mass % of ZrO 2 , at least 2.5 mass % of SiO 2 , at most 0.04 mass % of Na 2 O, at most 0.04 mass % of B 2 O 3 , and at most 0.04 mass % of P 2 O 5 , containing SrO as an essential component, and containing at least one of K 2 O and Cs 2 O, wherein contents of SrO, K 2 O and Cs 2 O satisfy the relations of the following formula (1) and (2) at the same time: wherein C K2O is the content (mass %) of K 2 O in the fused cast refractory, C Cs2O is the content (mass %) of Cs 2 O in the fused cast refractory, C SrO is the content (mass %) of SrO in the fused cast refractory, and C SiO2 is the content (mass) of SiO 2 in the fused cast refractory.",0.5603668267483871,0.8792663465032258
8752512,"1. Apparatus for improving an efficiency of a locomotive by reducing an amount of diesel burned, increasing completeness of combustion and utilizing waste energy, said apparatus comprising: a) a diesel-burning combustion engine for burning hybrid fuel, said hybrid fuel including diesel and hydrogen; b) first tank means for storing brackish water; c) electrolyzer means for separating brackish water received from said first tank means into its component elements—hydrogen, oxygen and salt; d) an energy source used with said electrolyzer means providing electrical energy on an as-needed basis to facilitate this separation of brackish water into its component elements, said energy source including: e) second tank means for storing hydrogen received from said electrolyzer means; f) third tank means for storing oxygen received from said electrolyzer means; g) first supply feed tube means connected between said third tank means and said combustion engine; h) second supply feed tube means connected between said third tank means and said combustion engine; i) sensor means to detect an oxygen-deprived condition in said combustion engine when entering a tunnel and a programmable logic circuit for causing oxygen to be fed from said third tank means through said second supply tube means to said combustion engine to enhance burning of said hybrid fuel; whereby waste energy powers said electrolyzer which provides fuel for consumption in said combustion engine and oxygen on-demand to enhance burning efficiency thereby reducing the amount of diesel burned and the amount of emissions from said diesel-burning engine.",0.9846684786575784,0.0306630426848431
9416764,"1. A system for generating electrical power from a fluid flow of a shower piping comprising: an electric generator positioned along the piping of the shower, the piping terminating at a shower head, the electric generator upstream from the shower head; a light source in electronic communication with the electric generator, the light source configured to be turned on when a fluid is flowing through the piping based on an electric power provided to the light source by the electric generator; wherein the light source is further in communication with a building electricity source, and is controllable by a switch that provides electricity from the building electricity source to the light source in a first position, and prevents electricity from the building electricity source from reaching the light source in a second position; a logic controller in electronic communication with the building electricity source and in electronic communication with the electric generator, the logic controller configured to prevent electricity from reaching the light source from the building electricity source in a shower mode when the electric generator is providing electric power to the light source, and configured to allow electricity to reach the light source from the building electricity source in a primary mode when the electric generator is not providing electric power to the light source.",0.9364083603814977,0.12718327923700468
9839127,"1. A system on package (SoP) module comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first side and an opposing second side; a first integrated circuit (IC) attached to the first side through an adhesive layer; a second IC attached to the second side; at least one test only pad attached to the second side outside a specified mounting area of the second IC, wherein the PCB includes first electrical paths along which the first IC and the second IC are electrically connected, and second electrical paths along which the at least one test only pad and the first IC are electrically connected, wherein the SoP module further includes pads on the second side of the PCB that are connected to the first electrical paths; bonding wires electrically connecting the first IC to the first and second electrical paths at the first side of the PCB, wherein the first IC is configured to be testable in a system-level assembly state through the pads before the second IC is attached to the second side of the PCB, and testable through the at least one test only pad after the second IC is attached to the second side of the PCB, and wherein the pads are usable as test pads transmitting test signals for testing the first IC and also as connection pads for attaching the second IC; a memory package which is attached to the first side of the PCB and overlying the first IC; a first underfill material filling a space between the first IC and the memory package, the space including the bonding wires; and an epoxy molding compound (EMC) mold protecting the first IC and the memory package, wherein the EMC mold is coated with a shielding material for electromagnetic interference shielding.",0.11659922576165736,0.23319845152331475
9645994,"1. A method for analyzing a natural language text sequence of a conversation exchanged between multiple users of a platform, the method comprising: extracting, by one or more processors, at least one feature from a training dataset that includes a natural language text sequence of a conversation exchanged between multiple users of a platform based on a pre-defined features stored at a database, wherein the natural language text sequence comprises a plurality of sentences, each of the plurality of sentences including a number of words; defining, by the one or more processors, at least one equation for two or more tasks to be completed; calculating, by the one or more processors, a parameter value for each of the two or more tasks using the equation, the parameter value being based on the at least one feature extracted from the training dataset; selecting, by the one or more processors, one or more first labels from a plurality of first labels and one or more second labels from a plurality of second labels based on the calculated parameter value and applying the selected one or more first and second labels to each of the plurality of sentences of the natural language sequence of the training dataset; and based on the selected one or more first and second labels, indicating to the multiple users of the platform, by the one or more processors, that the two or more tasks are complete.",0.09769438771180844,0.19538877542361688
9607956,"1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising: (a) forming a first insulating film over a principal surface of a semiconductor substrate; (b) over the first insulating film, sequentially forming a first barrier metal film, a first Al—Cu alloy film to which Cu having a first concentration is added, and a second barrier metal film; (c) processing the first barrier metal film, the first Al—Cu alloy film, and the second barrier metal film so as to form an electrode pad and a wire, each of which is formed of the first barrier metal film, the first Al—Cu alloy film, and the second barrier metal film so that the electrode pad and the wire are separated from each other; (d) forming a second insulating film over the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the electrode pad and the wire; (e) forming, in the second insulating film, a first opening from which the second barrier metal film is exposed, by removing the second insulating film on the electrode pad, and exposing a part of an upper surface of the first Al—Cu alloy film forming the electrode pad from the first opening by removing the second barrier metal film exposed from the first opening; (f) forming a Cu film on the exposed part of the upper surface of the first Al—Cu alloy film forming the electrode pad by an electroless plating method; and (g) forming a second Al—Cu alloy film to which Cu having a second concentration higher than the first concentration is added by diffusing the Cu by a heat treatment from the Cu film to the first Al—Cu alloy film forming the electrode pad; and further comprising, after (g):",0.43018180481556395,0.8603636096311279
8758390,"1. A tourniquet effector for applying pressure to a body through which arterial blood flows, comprising: an effector having a back face and a front face that includes at least two pressure sensors; a fixture structure for supporting the effector adjacent to a surface on the body; an actuator attached between effector back face and the fixture structure, the actuator being movable and controllable for advancing the effector to press the effector front face against a contact area on the body surface at a particular orientation of the front face relative to the contact area; wherein the pressure sensors produce a pressure signal indicative of the pressure applied by the front face to the contact area; and a controller for controlling the actuator, the controller being in communication with the pressure sensors for receiving the pressure signal, the controller operable for estimating and indicating a pressure gradient in the body that is produced by the front face of the effector when pressed against the contact area of the body surface, whereby the pressure gradient is a rate of change of pressure across a distance in the body.",0.23323409286439317,0.46646818572878634
8883564,"1. A method of producing an LED light emitting element, comprising: (a) infiltrating, by squeeze casting, an aluminum alloy comprising 3 to 20 mass % of silicon into an isotropic graphite material to obtain an aluminum-graphite composite, the isotropic graphite material having a graphitized coke with a porosity of 10 to 20 vol % as a raw material, the aluminum-graphite composite having a surface roughness (Ra) of 0.1 to 3 μm, a thermal conductivity of 150 to 300 W/mK at a temperature of 25° C., a maximum/minimum ratio of 1 to 1.3 for the thermal conductivity in three orthogonal directions, a coefficient of thermal expansion of 4×10 (b) cutting said aluminum-graphite composite using a multi-wire saw, under the following conditions (1) to (4): (1) the wires of said multi-wire saw having bonded abrasive grains made of diamond, C—BN, silicon carbide, alumina, or a combination thereof; and having an average grain size of 10 to 100 μm; (2) said wires having a wire diameter of 0.1 to 0.3 mm; (3) a wire delivery of said wires being 100 to 700 m/min; and (4) a cutting rate by said wires is 0.1 to 2 mm/min; to form a substrate with a thickness of 0.5 to 3 mm; and (c) mounting an LED-bearing chip and/or an LED package on one main surface of said substrate to produce the LED light emitting element.",0.945290783005206,0.10941843398958806
8492461,"1. A curable liquid medium comprising: a) from 1 to 90 wt % of an alkyd-based resin; and, b) from 0.0001 to 0.1 wt % of a siccative, wherein the siccative is an iron or manganese complex of a tetradentate, pentadentate or hexadentate nitrogen donor ligand, wherein the ligand is: wherein “R wherein all nitrogen atoms in the macropolycyclic rings are coordinated with the transition metal.",0.7380176642790617,0.5239646714418766
8451831,"1. A method for implementing a multistage network, comprising: obtaining a design for the multistage network, wherein the multistage network comprises a top layer, a bottom layer, and an intermediate layer; obtaining a plurality of tiles based on the design; positioning a first tile, a second tile and a third tile of the plurality of tiles in a row based on the design, wherein the second tile comprises a passthrough; positioning a fourth tile of the plurality of tiles in a column with the third tile; implementing a plurality of switches on the plurality of tiles according to the design; and connecting the third tile to the first tile using the passthrough of the second tile, wherein each of the plurality of switches comprise a plurality of logical bricks corresponding to the top layer, the bottom layer, and the intermediate layer of the multistage network.",0.4858842512508867,0.9717685025017734
8426803,"1. An ion trap comprising: a first electrode set comprising a first plurality of electrodes; a second electrode set comprising a second plurality of electrodes, wherein said second electrode set is arranged downstream of said first electrode set; a first device arranged and adapted to apply one or more DC voltages to one or more of said second plurality of electrodes so that: (a) ions having a radial displacement within a first range experience a DC trapping field, a DC potential barrier or a barrier field which acts to confine at least some of said ions in at least one axial direction within said ion trap; and (b) ions having a radial displacement within a second different range experience a DC extraction field, an accelerating DC potential difference or an extraction field which acts to extract or accelerate at least some of said ions in said at least one axial direction or out of said ion trap; wherein said first device is further arranged and adapted to apply said one or more DC voltages to one or more of said second plurality of electrodes so as to confine at least some positive or negative ions axially within said ion trap if said ions have a radial displacement as measured from a central longitudinal axis of said first electrode set or said second electrode set less than a first value and wherein said first device is arranged and adapted to apply said one or more DC voltages to one or more of said second plurality of electrodes so as to create, in use, an extraction field which acts to extract or accelerate at least some positive or negative ions out of said ion trap if said ions have a radial displacement as measured from said central longitudinal axis of said first electrode or said second electrode greater than said first value; and a second device arranged and adapted to vary, increase, decrease or alter the radial displacement of at least some ions within said ion trap.",0.34825792425526414,0.6965158485105283
9529732,"1. A memory system, comprising: a memory; a memory controller connected to the memory, wherein the memory controller is configured to control access to the memory and to process memory access requests; and rekeying logic configured to rotate a first key that was used to scramble data in the memory and re-scramble the data with a second key wherein the rekeying logic is configured to: wherein the rekeying logic is further configured to initiate the rekeying operation based at least in part on a key rotation interval that is determined by an amount of idle cycles determined from the memory controller and a total size of the memory being rekeyed; and wherein the memory controller is configured to perform a write access request that indicates data to be written at a requested address by:",0.32876171397877124,0.6575234279575425
8885533,"1. A method of configuring a wireless network and a wireless device for: receiving, at the wireless device, a first control message indicative of support of an extended sleep cycle duration that is greater than an existing sleep cycle duration that is currently in use; and sending, in response to the receiving, by the wireless device, a second control message that includes an extended preferred sleep cycle duration that is greater than the existing sleep cycle duration for use in communications in place of the existing sleep cycle duration.",0.9246913900562655,0.1506172198874689
9001537,"1. A power factor correction (PFC) circuit, comprising: an AC power having a first end and a second end; a first bridge arm comprising a first switch and a second switch connected in series with each other and each having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the second terminal of the first switch is connected to the first terminal of the second switch, and is coupled to the first end of the AC power via a first inductor; and a second bridge arm connected in parallel with the first bridge arm, wherein the second bridge arm comprises a third switch and a fourth switch connected in series with each other and each having a first terminal and a second terminal, and the second terminal of the third switch is connected to the first terminal of the fourth switch and the second end of the AC power; wherein the third switch and the fourth switch operate in ON/OFF states by use of a control signal having an operation frequency consistent with that of the AC power, and the on-state resistance of the third switch and the fourth switch is lower than the on-state resistance of the first switch or the second switch.",0.7846822968269669,0.43063540634606623
8938246,"1. A method for scheduling transmissions in a radio communication system comprising a plurality of base stations and a plurality of terminals, wherein a base station is associated with a sector and transmits and receives data to and from terminals located in the sector, the method comprising: determining an area around each given sector, the area comprising a set of sectors, allocating to the sectors in the area a scheduling priority chosen among at least two different scheduling priorities, scheduling decisions in a sector having a lower scheduling priority than a sector belonging to the area, based on scheduling decisions made in the sector with higher scheduling priority,",0.5269944942636486,0.9460110114727027
9542621,"1. A method to perform image processing, the method comprising: receiving an input image; generating feature maps by one or more filters on one or more convolutional layers of a neural network; spatially pooling responses of each filter of a top convolutional layer at a spatial pyramid pooling (SPP) network following the top convolutional layer, wherein the SPP network comprises one or more layers; and providing outputs of a top SPP network layer to a fully-connected layer as fixed dimensional vectors.",0.10276793477579188,0.20553586955158376
8544844,"1. An image forming system to form an image on a recording material and then discharge and stack the recording material on a sheet discharging apparatus, the image forming system comprising: an image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material, a detector configured to detect a recording material type of recording material to determine whether a recording material conveyed from a sheet feeding unit is one of a plain paper and a thick paper, wherein thick paper is thicker than plain paper, a first conveying unit configured to convey the recording material, and a first controller configured to control a first conveying unit conveying speed at which the first conveying unit is to convey the recording material; and the sheet discharging apparatus, wherein the sheet discharging apparatus is detachable from the image forming apparatus and includes: a second conveying unit configured to convey and discharge the recording material on which the image is formed by the image forming unit, and a second controller configured to control a second conveying unit conveying speed at which the second conveying unit is to convey the recording material, wherein, in response to the detector detecting the recording material type, the first controller determines the first conveying unit conveying speed based on the recording material type detected by the detector, and then transmits, to the second controller, information related to the first conveying unit conveying speed, and wherein, in response to receiving the information related to the first conveying unit conveying speed, the second controller controls the second conveying unit conveying speed so that the second conveying unit conveys the recording material at the first conveying unit conveying speed, which is based on the recording material type detected by the detector.",0.05086361481375447,0.10172722962750891
8466140,"1. A composition comprising a compound consisting of a geldanamycin analogue covalently bonded to a linking moiety that is covalently bonded to (aryl) 3 P, wherein the linking moiety consists of an alkylene with six carbon atoms and the geldanamycin analogue is selected from the group of: 17-allylamino-demethoxygeldanamycin, 17-dimethylaminogeldanamycin, 17-(3-(4-maleimidobutyrcarboxamido) propylamino)-demethoxygeldanamycin, 17-(dimethylaminoethylamino)-17-demethoxygeldanamycin, 17-[2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)ethyl]amino-17-demethmoxygeldanamycin,17-dimethylaminopropylamino)-17-demethoxygeldanamycin, and wherein R 2 is H, alkyl, aryl, or arylalkyl; R 3 is H or alkyl; and R 4 is H, alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, or OR d , wherein R d is H, alkyl, or arylalkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound.",0.6746812523616806,0.6506374952766387
9847909,"1. A method for using a network device to communicate over multiple communication networks, the method comprising: receiving a packet from a combined communication interface; determining whether the packet is formatted according to a first communication protocol or a second communication protocol; in response to determining that the packet is formatted according to the first communication protocol,",0.4713486703325929,0.9426973406651858
8828108,"1. An apparatus for producing energy, the apparatus comprising: a feeder module that conveys a stream of liquid alkali metal to a reaction chamber containing water, the liquid alkali metal and the water interacting in the reaction chamber; a first electrode that is in electrical communication with the stream of liquid alkali metal; a second electrode that is in electrical communication with the water in the reaction chamber; and a terminal coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode.",0.9493969723437166,0.10120605531256688
8902744,"1. A method comprising the steps of: generating, by circuitry of a first node, a link state advertising message including bandwidth information indicative of unreserved bandwidth for a protecting connection supported by an interface of the first node, wherein the bandwidth information of the link state advertising message includes an aggregate bandwidth of a link available for the protecting connection, the aggregate bandwidth being based on an available bandwidth of the link and an over-subscription factor such that the aggregate bandwidth exceeds the available bandwidth, the over-subscription factor being based on a number of users sharing a unit of the available bandwidth; and transmitting the link state advertising message from the first node to second nodes within a mesh network.",0.38014164756394864,0.7602832951278973
9731125,"1. A device for altering body mass composition in a human subject, the device comprising: electrodes disposed in electrical contact with the subject's scalp at a location corresponding to each of the subject's left and right vestibular systems; and a current source in electrical communication with the electrodes for applying galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) to the subject, wherein the current source further comprises a feedback loop for measuring a resistance across the subject's scalp and adjusting a voltage output to maintain a constant current across the subject's scalp, and wherein the current source produces a current within a range of 0.001 mA to 5 mA.",0.08798555903822891,0.17597111807645782
9785863,"1. An electronic device, comprising: an imaging device; a button; and circuitry configured to",0.12355931228240807,0.24711862456481615
9237521,"1. A method for operating in a power save mode in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: receiving, by a station, a multi user-multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) scheduling information from an access point (AP), the MU-MIMO scheduling information including a group ID field and a wakeup scheduling field, the group ID field including a group ID indicating a group of stations, the wakeup scheduling field including a wakeup offset indicating a start time for data transmission after receiving the MU-MIMO scheduling information; receiving, by the station, a beacon frame from the AP, the beacon frame including a traffic indication map (TIM) element indicating whether there is a buffered traffic to the station; and if the TIM element indicates that there is the buffered traffic to the station and it is determined that the station belongs to the group of stations indicated by the group ID, transmitting, by the station, a trigger frame as a response to the buffered traffic to the AP based on the wakeup offset.",0.9497354181318618,0.1005291637362764
9501803,"1. A system comprising: a set of electrical energy monitoring devices, each of said set of electrical energy monitoring devices adapted to determine an energy usage by a corresponding circuit branch electrically coupled to an electrical energy source via a corresponding circuit breaker, said energy usage determined via a measured voltage relative to neutral at said corresponding circuit breaker and a current flow through said corresponding circuit breaker, each of said set of electrical energy monitoring devices adapted to be mounted in a circuit breaker panel, each of said set of electrical energy monitoring devices adapted to be mounted substantially adjacent to said corresponding circuit breaker, each of said set of electrical energy monitoring devices operably yet non-simultaneously couplable to each of a single phase alternating current circuit branch and a three phase alternating current circuit branch, wherein each of said set of electrical energy monitoring devices measures current and voltage irrespective of whether a single phase alternating current circuit branch or a three phase alternating current circuit branch is present in the corresponding circuit branch; an energy monitoring master controller adapted to be communicatively coupled to each of said set of electrical energy monitoring devices, said master controller comprising a web page server connectable to the Internet, said web page server adapted to provide circuit breaker information from each of said set of electrical energy monitoring devices via a web page.",0.92532250827526,0.14935498344948006
9748809,1. A motor comprising: a) a rotor; and b) a stator comprising:,0.8426489594033472,0.31470208119330567
8394570,"1. A sulfonium salt having the general formula (2): wherein A is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having an aromatic ring or alicyclic hydrocarbon structure of at least 5 carbon atoms, R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted, straight or branched C 1 -C 10 alkyl, alkenyl or oxoalkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted C 6 -C 18 aryl, aralkyl or aryloxoalkyl group, or at least two of R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 may bond together to form a ring with the sulfur atom, and n is an integer of 1 to 3.",0.5368158171122163,0.9263683657755675
8650892,"1. A system for providing drinkable water created from purified potable water derived from an atmosphere, said system comprising: a housing having an air-inlet port and an air-exhaust port; a refrigerant compressor; at least one multi-way solenoid-operated refrigerant control valve; a controller for monitoring and for controlling said at least one solenoid-operated refrigerant control valve and other electrical subsystems within the system; an evaporator, wherein said evaporator has fins for maximizing surface-area contact and heat transfer with ambient air, wherein said fins are coated with non-toxic, anti-corrosion materials that comply with applicable regulatory food standards for paint or a PTFE protective layer, said coating promoting rapid collection of condensate water, and wherein said evaporator can be configured by said at least one solenoid-operated refrigerant control valve to receive chilled refrigerant as pumped from said refrigerant compressor to chill air passing across said evaporator fins, and wherein said evaporator can be configured by said at least one solenoid-operated refrigerant control valve to receive hot refrigerant as pumped from said refrigerant compressor to defrost said evaporator fins; an anti-static, anti-mold air filter, wherein said anti-static, anti-mold air filter is installed upstream of said evaporator; a condenser for the system's refrigeration cycle; a fan or blower, wherein said fan or blower circulates ambient air from said air-inlet port, through said anti-static, anti-mold air filter, across said evaporator, said condenser, then out said air-exhaust port; a collector with highly polished surfaces; a preliminary filter to remove any smell of condensate water and ammonia, wherein said preliminary filter is comprised of activated carbon or zeolite; a condensate-collection tank, wherein said highly polished surfaces of said collector facilitate gravity flow of condensate water into said condensate-collection tank, and wherein said condensate-collection tank is equipped with a water-level detector, said water-level detector and controller causing said evaporator to stop receiving chilled refrigerant at a predetermined high-level setpoint; at least one water pump; a particle filter for filtering particles to protect an intake of said at least one water pump; a water-purification filtration assembly to filter out bacteria, viruses, and heavy metals, as well as to remove unwanted smells, comprising: at least one activated carbon filter, at least one reverse-osmosis filter, wherein said reverse-osmosis filter has an aperture of less than or equal to 0.0001 μm, and wherein said reverse-osmosis filter can be back-flushed such that a waste water can be directed to said collector via a three-way valve that is controlled by a waste-water proportion controller, at least one zeolite filter; wherein said at least one water pump pumps condensate water from said condensate-collection tank through said water-purification assembly; a purified-water-collection tank for collecting purified water, wherein said purified-water-collection tank is equipped with a water-level detector, said water-level detector and controller causing said at least one water pump to stop pumping new purified water into said purified-water-collection tank at a predetermined high-level setpoint; a cooling loop disposed within said purified-water-collection tank, wherein said cooling loop can be configured by said at least one solenoid-operated refrigerant control valve to receive refrigerant as pumped from said refrigerant compressor to cool said purified water, and wherein a temperature of said purified water in the purified-water-collection tank is maintained within a temperature range of 2-15 Celsius; a sterilization system for killing biological material and viruses within said purified-water-collection tank, comprising an ultra-violet light device and sterilization chamber, said ultra-violet light device having an effective sterilization rate of at least 99.99%, using a wavelength in a range of 253-255 nm; a hot-water tank that receives purified water from said purified-water-collection tank through gravity drain, wherein said hot-water tank contains an electrical heating element, wherein the purified water within said hot-water tank is within a range of 50-95 Celsius, as controlled by said controller, and wherein to provide hot, potable water for a user, said hot, potable water can be pumped by a hot-water pump through an electrically operated valve and an output filter to a common outlet header; a common outlet valve, disposed at said common outlet header, that can be positioned to allow a user to obtain an output of hot or cold purified water from the system; an interface for charging and playing an audio device connected thereto; at least one speaker controlled by the system, said control effectuated through at least one of: a control panel, a remote control, or an audio device application; thereby producing air-extracted, purified water, which is available for a user to extract via said common outlet valve, and a system for charging and playing an audio device connected thereto; wherein, said air-extracted, purified water is cooled to form ice and said ice may thereafter be dispensed from the system; a coffee maker, said coffee maker comprising: a ground coffee container, the ground coffee container having an inlet for hot water or steam, and the ground coffee container having an outlet for liquid coffee.",0.9307758698538112,0.13844826029237756
8985576,"1. A sheet registration system comprising: a tray receiving a print media sheet; a leading edge registration guide at one end of said tray; an axle rotating above said tray adjacent to said end and parallel to said leading edge registration guide; at least one segmented scuffer disk mounted to said axle, a tamper positioned laterally adjacent to a side of said tray, said tamper tamping said print media sheet in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, said multiple segments each being independently flexible in said second direction so as to allow for movement of said print media sheet in said second direction during said tamping as said print media sheet is concurrently forced in said first direction.",0.0119158110283915,0.02383162205678302
9447308,"1. A curable silicone composition comprising a curable organosiloxane composition, copper-silver (Cu—Ag) core-shell particles, a mechanical thixotropic filler that is carbon nanotubes, and hydrocarbon vehicle; the curable silicone composition being characterized by: a concentration of the Cu—Ag core-shell particles of from 70 to 89 weight percent and a total concentration of silver of from 7 to 14 weight percent, all based on weight of the curable silicone composition; wherein the composition remains curable to an electrically conductive silicone adhesive having a volume resistivity of less than 0.020 Ohm-centimeter measured according to Volume Resistivity Test Method; and wherein the curable silicone composition is characterized by a Thixotropic Index (η 1 /η 10 ) of from 3 to 10.",0.3301661440514447,0.6603322881028894
8812214,"1. A control device for an internal combustion engine that can be operated with a different air-fuel ratio at each of a plurality of cylinder groups, and is configured to control quantities of air that is taken into respective cylinders of the plurality of cylinder groups with one throttle, comprising: request torque acquiring means for acquiring request torque to the internal combustion engine; request air-fuel ratio acquiring means for acquiring a request air-fuel ratio to each of the plurality of cylinder groups; reference air-fuel ratio setting means for setting a reference air-fuel ratio within a range from the leanest air-fuel ratio to the richest air-fuel ratio out of the request air-fuel ratios to the respective cylinder groups; target air quantity calculating means for calculating a target air quantity for realizing the request torque under the reference air-fuel ratio, based on data that defines a relation between torque generated by the internal combustion engine and an air quantity in relation to an air-fuel ratio; throttle opening control means for controlling an opening of the throttle in accordance with the target air quantity; fuel injection amount control means for controlling fuel injection amounts of the respective cylinders in accordance with the request air-fuel ratios to the respective cylinder groups; estimated torque calculating means for calculating an estimated torque, which is a torque estimated to be achieved under an optimum ignition timing, based on an estimated air quantity calculated from a current opening of the throttle and the reference air-fuel ratio; ignition timing controlling efficiency calculating means for calculating an ignition timing controlling efficiency, which is a ratio of the request torque to the estimated torque; combustion limit guard means for specifying a combustion limit efficiency corresponding to the reference air-fuel ratio, based on a data which defines for every air-fuel ratio a minimum efficiency with which suitable combustion is secured, and limiting a minimum value of the ignition timing controlling efficiency with the combustion limit efficiency as a guard value; and ignition timing control means for calculating a retard amount with respect to the optimal ignition timing from the ignition timing controlling efficiency, and controlling ignition timing of the respective cylinders in accordance with the retard amount.",0.9426916700031095,0.11461665999378101
9633204,"1. A system for aggregating one or more log records, comprising: a non-transitory memory storing a log aggregator and a log client; one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory and operable to read instructions from the memory to perform the steps of:",0.33780972425235356,0.6756194485047071
8484958,"1. An exhaust treatment device of a diesel engine, comprising: a DPF ( wherein a predetermined acceleration regenerating request determination value (J wherein the DPF regenerating control means ( if the DPF regenerating mode is in the normal and acceleration coexistence regenerating mode ( after a PM accumulation estimation value rises to the predetermined normal regenerating start determination value (J when the PM accumulation estimation value is the predetermined acceleration regenerating request determination value (J when the acceleration regenerating execution position ( if the normal regenerating cancel position if the DPF regenerating mode is in the acceleration-sole regenerating mode ( when the acceleration regenerating execution position ( when the selection of the acceleration regenerating execution position (",0.8816794920038382,0.23664101599232357
8771863,1. A battery module comprising: a cell unit comprising: wherein the terminal guide includes a wall portion having an upper side wall portion and a lower side wall portion arranged to sandwich the output terminal.,0.8649833752750239,0.2700332494499522
8368634,"1. A gate driver for partially driving a screen comprising: a first shift register for sequentially outputting n scan pulses, where n is a natural number larger than 2; and a second shift register for selecting p ones of the n scan pulses from the first shift register in response to an external output control signal and supplying the selected p scan pulses respectively to p gate lines of a liquid crystal panel, where p is a natural number smaller than or equal to n, wherein: the first shift register comprises n A stages for sequentially outputting the n scan pulses based on any one of at least two types of A clock pulses which are outputted sequentially out of phase with each other, an upper dummy stage for outputting an upper dummy scan pulse based on any one of the A clock pulses, and a lower dummy stage for outputting a lower dummy scan pulse based on any one of the A clock pulses; and the second shift register comprises n B stages for receiving any one of at least two types of B clock pulses which are outputted sequentially out of phase with each other, the n scan pulses from the n A stages, the upper dummy scan pulse from the upper dummy stage, and the lower dummy scan pulse from the lower dummy stage, wherein a kth one of the n B stages outputs a scan pulse from a kth one of the n A stages as any one of the B clock pulses in response to the external output control signal, where k is a natural number.",0.3468989900061687,0.6937979800123374
9115630,"1. A method, comprising: operating an internal combustion engine to produce an exhaust gas to an aftertreatment system including a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst having a first catalyst portion and a second catalyst portion downstream of the first catalyst portion, the aftertreatment system including an NH enabling a diagnostic of the NH in response to enabling the diagnostic, estimating an NH injecting a reductant amount into the exhaust gas in response to the diagnostic ANR value and the NO measuring an NH determining a fault condition of the NH",0.9315118058096151,0.13697638838076975
9216351,"1. A computer graphics animation method, wherein user inputs are received by a computer graphics program and motion sequences of elements of a geometric model in a scene space are output corresponding, at least approximately, to the user inputs, the method comprising: accessing an expression graph corresponding to the geometric model, wherein the expression graph includes at least one directed, acyclic, rooted scene tree; receiving user input corresponding to at least one reference point, wherein the at least one reference point is associated with an element of the geometric model; receiving user input corresponding to a desired motion path for the at least one reference point; determining avars in the expression graph that relate to motion of the at least one reference point, thereby determining which avars would alter position of the at least one reference point; computing the desired motion path based at least in part on changes in the position of the at least one reference point; and determining values for the determined avars such that evaluation of the expression graph with the determined values results in the at least one reference point following, at least approximately, the desired motion path.",0.04867011003634765,0.09734022007269527
8455290,"1. A method of fabricating epitaxial structures, the method comprising: growing a first etch stop on a first side of a substrate; growing at least one epitaxial layer on the first side of the substrate; flipping the substrate; growing a second etch stop on a second side of the substrate; growing at least one epitaxial layer on the second side of the substrate; applying a carrier medium to the first and second sides of the substrate; dividing the substrate into two parts generally along an epitaxial plane to create a first epitaxial structure and a second epitaxial structure; removing residual substrate from the first and second epitaxial structures; and removing the first and second etch stops.",0.14751305782607832,0.29502611565215664
9279980,"1. An image display apparatus, comprising: a light source configured to generate light in at least one range of wavelengths within a wavelength band, and without generating a substantial amount of light in a remainder of the wavelength band; and a light scanning section configured to scan the light emitted from said light source; wherein said light scanning section comprises wherein said second deflection portion comprises a plurality of translucent films, wherein each of said plurality of translucent films is configured so that an average light reflectivity value of the film in the remainder of the wavelength band is lower than an average light reflectivity value of the film in the at least one range of wavelengths, wherein said translucent films comprise a first plurality of films of a first material alternately laminated with a second plurality of films of a second material that is different than the first material, and wherein each of the first plurality of films is thinner than and has a lower refractive index than each of second plurality of films that is adjacent thereto.",0.04506054860083313,0.09012109720166628
9793026,"1. A mechanically stiff, electrically conductive composite comprising: a porous carbon material having 5 to 95% by weight carbon nanotubes and 5 to 95% carbon binder, and a polymer infiltrated within said porous carbon material, wherein the porous carbon material comprises a carbon aerogel monolith comprising bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) covalently crosslinked by carbon nanoparticles obtained by organic sol-gel reaction, wherein the carbon aerogel monolith comprises at least 20 wt. % of SWNTs, and wherein the composite has an electrical conductivity of 10 S/m or more.",0.9276713481351495,0.14465730372970098
8781701,"1. A vehicle regeneration cooperative braking system comprising: a regenerative braking unit connected to an axle of one of left and right front wheels and left and right rear wheels and adapted to produce a regenerative braking force by electrical regeneration at the time of braking; a brake hydraulic pressure generating source which generates brake hydraulic pressure; left and right regeneration-side hydraulic wheel brakes which are mounted, respectively, on either of the left and right front wheels and either of the left and right rear wheels; left and right non-regeneration-side hydraulic wheel brakes which are mounted, respectively, on the other of the left and right front wheels and either of the left and right rear wheels; a first hydraulic system brake line comprising: a second hydraulic system brake line comprising: a pair of normally closed electromagnetic isolation control valves which are provided in positions along the lengths of the first common brake line portion and the second common brake line portion, respectively; a plurality of normally open electromagnetic pressure supply valves which are individually provided in positions along the lengths of each one of the pair of first separate brake line portions and each one of the pair of second separate brake line portions, respectively; a plurality of normally closed electromagnetic pressure relief valves which are individually interposed between the respective wheel brakes and a reservoir; and a regeneration cooperative braking controller which controls operations of the regenerative braking unit, the electromagnetic isolation control valves, the normally open electromagnetic pressure supply valves and the normally closed electromagnetic pressure relief valves; wherein the controller is configured to implement a four wheels simultaneous control mode, in which hydraulic pressures to the regeneration side left and right wheel brakes and the non-regeneration side left and right wheel brakes are controlled by: selectively linearly energizing the pair of electromagnetic isolation control valves while de-energizing the normally closed electromagnetic pressure relief valves corresponding to the regeneration side left and right wheel brakes and the non-regeneration side left and right wheel brakes; after a predetermined amount of time has elapsed, selectively linearly energizing the normally closed electromagnetic pressure relief valves corresponding to the regeneration side left and right wheel brakes while fully de-energizing the normally closed electromagnetic isolation control valves to put them in a closed state and fully de-energizing the normally open electromagnetic pressure supply valves.",0.7654119657525302,0.46917606849493954
9462584,"1. A method by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a terminal, system information including information associated with a sub-frame configuration of multimedia broadcast multicast service single frequency network (MBSFN) sub-frames; determining a transmission mode of the terminal, the transmission mode indicating one of a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode; transmitting, to the terminal, configuration information of the determined transmission mode of the terminal; transmitting, to the terminal, control information in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a first sub-frame of the MBSFN sub-frames and transmitting control information in a PDCCH of a second sub-frame of non-MBSFN sub-frames for the terminal, if the terminal is configured in the first transmission mode; and transmitting, to the terminal, the control information in the PDCCH in the second sub-frame of the non-MBSFN sub-frames, if the terminal is configured in the second transmission mode.",0.4517143202613565,0.903428640522713
8525577,"1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising an electrically conductive film, an organic photoelectric conversion film, and a transparent electrically conductive film, wherein the organic photoelectric conversion film contains a compound represented by the following formula (1) and an n-type organic semiconductor: wherein each of R a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, an anthracene ring, a phenanthrene ring, fluorene ring, a triphenylene ring, a naphthalene ring, a biphenyl ring, a pyrrole ring, a furan ring, a thiophene ring, an imidazole ring, an oxazole ring, a thiazole ring, a pyridine ring, a pyrazine ring, a pyrimidine ring, a pyridazine ring, an indolizine ring, an indole ring, a benzofuran ring, a benzothionhene ring, an isobenzofuran ring, a quinolidine ring, a quinoline ring, a phthalazine ring, a naphthylidine ring, a quinoxaline ring, a quinoxazoline ring, an isoquinoline ring, a carbazole ring, a phenanthridine ring, an acridine ring, a phenanthroline ring, a thianthrene ring, a chromene ring, a xanthene ring, a phenoxathiine ring, a phenothiazine ring and a phenazine, ring.",0.7900837161025,0.4198325677949999
9198212,1. A client station comprising: a communication circuit configured to a control circuit configured to,0.2663558464223841,0.5327116928447682
9366098,"1. A method for reducing lost circulation of a fluid in a subterranean formation; said method comprising contacting the subterranean formation with a mixture of the fluid and a lost circulation material; wherein the lost circulation material comprises composite particles; wherein the composite particles comprise one or more engineering thermoplastic polymers, and one or more inorganic fibers; wherein the one or more engineering thermoplastic polymers are between about ten percent and about seventy percent of the lost circulation material by mass; wherein the one or more inorganic fibers are between about ten percent and about seventy percent of the lost circulation material by mass; and wherein the engineering thermoplastic polymer is a matrix that binds together the components of the lost circulation material into composite particles.",0.5701368645741431,0.8597262708517137
8822543,"1. A method of enhancing immune response comprising administering punicic acid to an animal in an amount effective to enhance immune response in the animal, wherein the animal is an animal undergoing a vaccination against a foreign antigen, and wherein the amount is between about 1 mg and 20 g per day.",0.781086119816001,0.4378277603679981
9459917,"1. A method of thread selection for context switching on a plurality of compute nodes, the method comprising: executing, by a compute node of the plurality of compute nodes, a plurality of threads of execution for an application; predefining power characteristics of each thread available for execution of the application; selecting, by the compute node from the plurality of available threads of execution for the application, a next thread of execution in dependence upon power characteristics for each of the available threads according to a power mode switching algorithm by: executing the selected next thread.",0.7828743113958104,0.43425137720837914
9104368,"1. A flexible display panel having a display region on a first plane and a non-display region on a second plane that is bent with respect to the first plane, the flexible display panel comprising: a first protective film; an encapsulated panel on the first protective film and comprising: a second protective film on the encapsulated panel.",0.4612982690482502,0.9225965380965004
9538466,"1. A communication system that comprises a base station and a mobile terminal device, wherein: the base station includes a first processor, wherein the first processor executes a process including first notifying, using a predetermined control channel, the mobile terminal device of detection information that includes a power-saving time that indicates a time that elapses before the base station enters a power-saving state, and the mobile terminal device includes a second processor, wherein the second processor executes a process including: detecting a region in which a mobile terminal device is not capable of communicating with any base station based on a detection of a communication disconnection before and after the power-saving time elapses; starting detecting the region, when notified that the detection information is received by the first notifying; ending detecting the region, when the detecting detects the region in which a mobile terminal device is not capable of communicating with any base station; ending detecting the region, when a detection time, being longer than the power-saving time included in the detection information, has expired; and second notifying a given base station of information on the region detected by the detecting.",0.888848340305084,0.22230331938983205
9249956,"1. Structure for mounting opposed LED boards in a housing having a support bracket with first and second support links, said structure comprising: a first arm adapted to be received in a first link of said support bracket; a second arm adapted to be received in a second link of said support bracket which second link is opposite said first link; a generally V-shaped member rigid with and extending between said first and second arms, a retainer received by said bridge for holding said LED boards to said planar surfaces.",0.2929127352050817,0.5858254704101634
9830931,"1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to determine a set of sound parameters associated with a sound type, by performing the steps of: receiving, via a network, a different audio recording of a first sound type from each remote computing device included in a first plurality of remote computing devices, wherein each of the audio recordings corresponds to a different occurrence of the first sound type that is recorded at a different time; processing the audio recordings via a processor to determine a first set of sound parameters associated with the first sound type; and transmitting the first set of sound parameters associated with the first sound type to at least one remote computing device.",0.11340103034382215,0.2268020606876443
9403102,"1. A heat exchange system, comprising: a first heat exchange circuit that circulates a first working fluid sequentially through a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a membrane contactor; and a second heat exchange circuit that directs a second working fluid sequentially through the first heat exchanger and the membrane contactor, the second working fluid comprising solute and solvent; wherein the first heat exchanger and the membrane contactor transfer heat energy from the second working fluid to the first working fluid, and the second heat exchanger transfers heat energy from the first working fluid to a third working fluid; wherein the membrane contactor extracts a portion of the solvent from the second working fluid; and wherein the membrane contactor comprises",0.8570559213302108,0.2858881573395784
9275462,"1. A method of determining a plane in a depth image, the method comprising: dividing a portion of a depth image into a plurality of areas; fitting a two-dimensional line to depth points in each of the plurality of areas; and combining two or more of the plurality of two-dimensional lines to form a three-dimensional plane estimate, wherein the plurality of areas are greater than one pixel in each direction, and wherein the fitting the two-dimensional line further includes:",0.05725033314546342,0.11450066629092681
8585931,"1. A stable colloid particle containing composition comprising a continuous liquid aqueous medium having dispersed therein a polydioxythiophene and at least one colloid-forming fluorinated polymeric acid, wherein said polydioxythiophene has the structure: wherein:",0.6755069065825148,0.6489861868349704
9285810,"1. A performance, thermal and power (PTP) management system associated with an integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a performance circuit with adjustable configurations for simulating operations of the IC when receiving a supply voltage; a sensing module configured to obtain a characteristic of the performance circuit by measuring a non-aged voltage of the performance circuit and an aged voltage of the performance circuit; a memory for storing characterization data which includes a voltage-frequency relationship of the IC when operating at a predetermined temperature for a given application use and a voltage difference between the non-aged voltage and the aged voltage of the performance circuit; and a PTP controller configured to:",0.7919236475067272,0.41615270498654566
8483922,"1. A work vehicle comprising: a braking device including a rotating member that rotates together with an output shaft, a fixed member fixed to a vehicle body, and a brake piston, the braking device being configured and arranged to apply hydraulic pressure to the brake piston to control a pressing state between the rotating member and the fixed member such that a braking force is generated when the rotating member is pressed against the fixed member; a lubricant feeding section configured and arranged to feed a lubricant around the rotating member of the braking device so that the rotating member is cooled by the lubricant; and a controlling section configured to execute a first control in which an amount of the lubricant fed to the braking device is controlled based on a temperature of the rotating member, the controlling section being further configured to set the amount of the lubricant to a predetermined first feed amount when the braking device is in a braking state in which the rotating member and the fixed member are pressed against each other, and in the first control to calculate the temperature of the rotating member and to make a decision based on the calculated temperature of the rotating member to change the amount of the lubricant from the first feed amount to a second feed amount that is smaller than the first feed amount when the braking device is switched from the braking state to a non-braking state.",0.5686557079906712,0.8626885840186576
8596225,1. A storage-type water heater comprising: a water storage tank configured to retain tank water; means for heating the tank water in the water storage tank; an anti-stacking pump assembly comprising:,0.9114120235364689,0.17717595292706223
8629687,"1. A disconnection detecting device for detecting a disconnection of electric paths connecting each both ends of a plurality of series-connected unit cells with a voltage measuring device for measuring a voltage between both ends of the unit cells, said disconnection detecting device comprising: a plurality of resistors respectively provided at the electric paths connecting both ends of each of the unit cells with the voltage measuring device; a plurality of switching elements connected in parallel to the respective unit cells via the resistors; a plurality of capacitors connected in parallel to the respective unit cells and the respective switch elements via the resistors; a switch control devise for firstly turning on the switch element to discharge the capacitor to make a voltage between both ends of the capacitor zero, and then turning off the switching element; a first capacitor voltage measuring device for measuring a voltage between both ends of the capacitor, firstly after the switch control device turns off the switch element, then, at the time after the voltage between both ends of the capacitor becomes equal to the voltage between both ends of the unit cell when the electric path is normal, and before the voltage between both ends of the capacitor becomes equal to the voltage between both ends of the unit cell when the electric path is disconnected; a second capacitor voltage measuring device for measuring a voltage between both ends of the capacitor after the first capacitor voltage measuring device measures the voltage; and a disconnection detecting unit for detecting the disconnection of the electric path based on the respective measured voltages between both ends of the capacitor by the first and second capacitor voltage measuring devices.",0.5211664023077041,0.9576671953845919
9098415,"1. An apparatus comprising: an I/O module to: the hint to indicate an intended use of data in a memory associated with the transaction, the header is to comprise at least two bytes, byte zero comprises a first of the at least two bytes, byte one is to be adjacent to byte zero, and the particular header field is to be included in byte one of the header and is to indicate the presence of the hint in the packet.",0.3000490264299672,0.6000980528599344
9017883,"1. A rechargeable lithium battery comprising: a positive electrode, a negative electrode comprising lithium titanate represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and an electrolyte comprising a sultone-based compound and maleic anhydride, wherein the sultone-based compound and the maleic anhydride are each present in an amount of 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % based on the total weight of the electrolyte; wherein, M is an element selected from Mg, V, Cr, Nb, Fe, Ni, Co, Mn, W, Al, Ga, Cu, Mo, P, or a combination thereof, and 0≦x≦1, and 0≦y≦1; wherein the sultone-based compound comprises a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 2: wherein, R",0.9482755719488795,0.10344885610224108
8566420,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor; a proximity area communications module coupled with the processor and configured to communicate with a machine readable target; and a browser, wherein the browser is configured to fetch information including at least scripting programming information to configure the browser, wherein the browser is further configured, on a basis of the fetched scripting programming information, to interpret data received via the proximity area communications module; wherein the proximity area communications module is further configured to read information from the machine readable target that triggers the browser to create an Internet connection to fetch the information including at least scripting programming information to configure the browser according to a content of the machine readable target; and wherein the proximity area communications module comprises a near field communications module.",0.39819056866738467,0.7963811373347693
9069975,1. A device comprising: one or more ports for at least: a hardware processor for at least:,0.7439404917162742,0.5121190165674516
9029489,"1. A polymerizable composition which comprises a urethane acrylate oligomer or urethane methacrylate oligomer of the formula: wherein n is 1 to 50 R′=—H, —CH R″=is a linear or branched C",0.45245490483202766,0.9049098096640553
8600570,"1. A system for triggering an emergency system of a wind turbine, the emergency system stops the wind turbine when triggered, the system comprising a sensor for sensing an acceleration value of a portion of the rotor of the wind turbine, the sensor is an accelerometer; an estimation unit coupled to the sensor, the estimation unit is adapted for receiving the acceleration value from the sensor and for estimating a rotor rotational speed value of the rotor of the wind turbine based on the acceleration value; a triggering unit coupled to the estimation unit, the triggering unit is adapted for receiving the estimated rotor rotational speed value, for determining the estimated rotor rotational speed value exceeds a predefined limit value and for triggering the emergency system, which comprises plurality of hydraulic valves, by activating a safety switch as a result of the determining; a first rotational speed sensor for sensing a first rotational speed value of the rotor, a comparator unit adapted for receiving the first rotational speed value from the first rotational speed sensor and for receiving the estimated rotor rotational speed value, wherein the comparator unit is further adapted for obtaining a comparison value based on a comparison of the first rotational speed value and the estimated rotor rotational speed value, and a detection unit adapted for determining the comparison value exceeds a speed sensor error.",0.9435882806615501,0.11282343867689981
9798171,"1. A liquid crystal panel, comprising an array substrate, a color filter substrate oppositely arranged to the array substrate, liquid crystal arranged between the array substrate and the color filter substrate, and a solar battery arranged at a position corresponding to a non-pixel region on the color filter substrate or the array substrate; wherein two ends of the solar battery contact with the array substrate and the color filter substrate, respectively, and wherein the solar battery has an elastic thin film structure, and is arranged between a first alignment layer of the array substrate and a second alignment layer of the color filter substrate.",0.8778761715879303,0.2442476568241394
8790777,"1. A composite article, comprising: a matrix; a plurality of fibers embedded in the matrix; each one of the fibers having a fiber length, a longitudinal axis, and a fiber geometry; at any point along the fiber length, the fiber having material on both sides of the longitudinal axis; the fiber geometry varying along the fiber length in a manner such that at least a portion of the fiber includes first portions and second portions comprising changes in cross-sectional area along the longitudinal axis and/or changes in cross-sectional shape along the longitudinal axis; and the plurality of fibers being arranged such that the second portions of one of the fibers are at least partially nested, or are configured to be nested in response to a force causing the fibers to move closer together, with the first portions of an adjacent one of the fibers in a same layer and/or in an adjacent layer.",0.200204225251025,0.40040845050205
9497463,"1. A method of generating a reconstructed block comprising: deriving an intra prediction mode by using a Most Probable Mode (MPM) group including three intra prediction modes which are determined based on left and above intra prediction modes of a current prediction unit; generating a prediction block according to the intra prediction mode; generating a residual block by inversely scanning significant flags, coefficient signs and coefficient levels according to an inverse scan pattern to generate a quantized block, by inversely quantizing the quantized block using a quantization parameter to generate a transformed block and by inversely transforming the transformed block using an inverse transform matrix determined based on a size of transform unit; and generating a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block, wherein a size of the prediction block is determined by transform size information, wherein when the left intra prediction mode is equal to the above intra prediction mode, the MPM group includes two non-directional intra prediction modes and a vertical mode if the left intra prediction mode is one of the two non-directional intra prediction modes and the MPM group includes the left intra prediction mode and two directional intra prediction modes if the left intra prediction mode is one of directional intra prediction modes, and wherein if only one of the left intra prediction mode and the above intra prediction mode is available, the MPM group includes the available intra prediction mode and two additional intra prediction modes determined according to the available intra prediction mode.",0.29234510526868956,0.5846902105373791
8994232,"1. An apparatus for converting an electrical variable in an energy transmission and distribution system, the apparatus comprising: a converter to be switched between an AC voltage system and a DC voltage circuit, converter having power semiconductor valves extending between an AC voltage connection and a DC voltage connection, each of said semiconductor valves including a series circuit with bipolar submodules each having an energy storage device and a power semiconductor circuit; and a system connection unit connected to said AC voltage connection and configured for connection to the AC voltage system; a star-point reactor connected to a potential point between said system connection unit and said converter, said star-point reactor having inductor coils interconnected to form a grounded star point, said inductor coils being configured to represent a current path with a high impedance to ground potential, for alternating current with a fundamental frequency of the AC voltage system, and a current path for a direct current with a low impedance to ground potential.",0.9222908199556711,0.15541836008865784
8748459,"1. A method for the treatment of migraine in a mammal comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment an effective amount of 2,4,6-trifluoro-N-[6-[(1-methyl-4-piperidinyl)carbonyl]-2-pyridinyl]-benzamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof.",0.2964850296583149,0.5929700593166298
9010022,"1. A method for growing plants in vertical stacks, comprising: a) providing vertically stacked horizontal pairs P of plant platforms with inverted light trays resting thereon, each light tray carrying growth promoting light sources; b) vertically raising the uppermost light tray a desired growing distance S above the uppermost plant platform; c) vertically raising the uppermost plant platform with the next-below light tray suspended thereunder a desired growing distance S above the next upper platform; d) repeating step c) in succession whereby a series of platforms with light trays suspended thereunder are vertically suspended and spaced a desired growing distance S from each other; e) adjusting the growing distance S to accommodate plant growth without re-suspending the plant platforms by adjustably suspending the uppermost light tray and adjustably suspending the lower light trays from the plant platforms; f) placing watering trays on each suspended plant platform; g) placing plants to be grown on suspended watering trays under said light trays; h) regulating said light sources during periods of plant growth and non-growth; i) supplying water to said plants; j) removing grown plants from said watering trays; and k) lowering each plant platform-light tray pair in succession after grown plants are removed whereby said pairs are vertically re-stacked.",0.8940379600658903,0.21192407986821937
9605716,"1. A propeller shaft comprising: a shaft part; a first yoke having a second yoke coupled to the first yoke through the cruciform shaft and secured to a predetermined member, the second yoke having",0.24736839033685984,0.49473678067371973
9186798,"1. A moving fixture comprising: a sucking component being a resilient deformable structure for generating suction force by resilient deformation; a first supporting component, a first end of the first supporting component being disposed on the sucking component; a second supporting component movably disposed on a second end of the first supporting component opposite to the first end, the second supporting component being adapted to move relative to the first supporting component so as to shift from the second end to the first end; and a resilient component disposed between the first supporting component and the second supporting component; wherein elasticity coefficient of the sucking component is greater than or equal to elasticity coefficient of the resilient component, the second supporting component moves relative to the first supporting component to accordingly compress the resilient component, and a resilient recovery force of the resilient component drives the first supporting component to deform the sucking component to generate the suction force.",0.5484717519765817,0.9030564960468366
9300549,"1. A method for estimating end-to-end accessibility in a voice over long term evolution network, the method comprising: aggregating data, by a processor, from a plurality of sources in the network relating to calls originating from and terminating in the network, where the data indicates success rates for a plurality of procedures initiated by placement of the calls; and calculating, by the processor, a metric indicative of the end-to-end accessibility from the data, wherein the calculating comprises:",0.19282507025373885,0.3856501405074777
9517762,"1. A control apparatus applied to a three-cylinder internal combustion engine that is mounted in a vehicle and in which an electric motor is connected to a crankshaft in a manner capable of transmitting power, the control apparatus comprising control unit configured to control output torque of the electric motor at a time that the internal combustion engine is stopped such that the internal combustion engine is stopped in a state where a preset particular cylinder is in a compression stroke or an expansion stroke, wherein the particular cylinder is a cylinder in which a mutually weakening relationship is established between a vibration component generated due to precession of the internal combustion engine in the case where the internal combustion engine is started from the state where said particular cylinder is in the compression stroke or the expansion stroke and a vibration component predicted to be generated in the vehicle in the case where it is assumed that torque to be applied to the crankshaft at a startup of the internal combustion engine is applied to the crankshaft in a state where a piston and a connecting rod of each cylinder are detached.",0.864572670335871,0.2708546593282579
8372558,"1. A polymer electrolyte membrane produced by a process having a two-step graft polymerization, the two-step graft polymerization comprising: a first graft polymerization wherein a vinyl monomer is graft polymerized to an aromatic polymer film substrate; and a second graft polymerization wherein a functional monomer represented by the following formula and having functional groups capable of conversion to sulfonic acid groups is introduced into the resulting graft chains on the aromatic polymer film substrate: where R is an aromatic ring or an aliphatic chain, and X is —OC",0.6981749666289327,0.6036500667421345
9596345,"1. A method comprising: detecting initiation of a voice communication from a mobile device to a target recipient; determining an outgoing line from a plurality of available communication lines, the determining based on an association of at least one of the plurality of available communication lines having received a message at a message address that includes an identification of the target recipient, wherein the message is an email message, an instant message, or a SMS message; and, initiating the voice communication to the target recipient using the outgoing line.",0.16610910727192643,0.3322182145438528
8538853,"1. A computer implemented method for settling trades for product that has a physical delivery obligation, the method comprising: electronically authenticating a delivery instrument that may be used to settle a trade undertaken on a first exchange, wherein the delivery instrument may be used to redeem an underlying product of the trade; electronically creating authentication data on a second exchange, wherein the authentication data is representative of the authenticated delivery instrument; electronically settling a trade undertaken on the second exchange using the authentication data.",0.09334721796758062,0.18669443593516122
8425781,"1. A flotation process for separating a valued material from an aqueous suspension or dispersion containing the valued material comprising adding to the aqueous suspension or dispersion a Maillard reaction product of (1) an amine reactant and (2) a reducing sugar, wherein a molar ratio of the reducing sugar to the amine reactant is about 1:1 to about 3:1.",0.4693577075736717,0.9387154151473434
8945475,"1. An exhaust post-treatment device, particularly for diesel engines, comprising: a housing comprising supply connections at a housing side, an exhaust cleaning arrangement accepted by the housing and located in a connection between the supply connections, wherein the exhaust cleaning arrangement comprises a soot filter unit and a denitrification-catalytic converter unit arranged adjacent thereto, which are axially flown through oppositely and are connected to each other via a transition chamber, located side-by-side and perpendicular in reference to a direction of flow, wherein the transition chamber in reference to the exhaust cleaning arrangement is axially opposite to the supply connections, and wherein the soot filter unit is divided into two longitudinally opposite soot filters arranged at lateral housing walls and that the denitrification-catalytic converter unit is arranged lying between the soot filters of the soot filter unit.",0.9189553147382243,0.16208937052355132
8511357,"1. A pneumatic tire in which a tread surface is provided with a plurality of main grooves, and land portions defined by the main grooves, wherein all inside wall surfaces of the main grooves face an inner side at a time of being installed to a vehicle and are formed by a zigzag surface, the zigzag surface being constructed by alternately repeating a first portion in which an angle with respect to a tire circumferential direction is about 90 degrees and a second portion which is inclined with respect to the tire circumferential direction and all outside wall surfaces of the main grooves face an outer side at a time of being installed to the vehicle and are formed by a flat surface, in wall surfaces facing the main grooves in the land portions, and the land portions have sipes, all of which extend in a tire width direction and are open at each end, one end of each sipe being open in a root portion of the zigzag surface of one of the inside wall surfaces and the other end of each sipe being open to one of the outside wall surfaces formed by the flat surface.",0.23074529132640778,0.4614905826528155
9066402,"1. A light emitting diode (LED)-based lighting fixture, comprising: at least one LED; a power source configured to provide electrical power to the at least one LED; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature at a selected location of the lighting fixture; and a controller connected between the temperature sensor and the power source, and configured to determine a temperature of a junction of the at least one LED based on the measured temperature, to determine a drive current based on the junction temperature, and to provide an input signal to the power source based on the determined drive current enabling the power source to drive the at least one LED in response to the input signal; wherein the controller further comprises a memory for storing a value of the drive current for a respective junction temperature; and, wherein the controller is configured to calculate the junction temperature of the at least one LED using the measured temperature from a location different from the junction.",0.7250563578022491,0.5498872843955018
8867532,1. A method comprising: receiving an initial instant message comprising a request for hearing carry over; initiating a first voice connection with the user; initiating a second voice connection with a recipient; communicating to the recipient a second instant message from the user; communicating to the user a voice communication from the recipient over the first voice connection and second voice connection; and communicating to the user a response instant message including a transcribed version of the voice communication from the recipient.,0.09680061656653466,0.19360123313306932
9761222,"1. A computer system, comprising: one or more processors; system memory; and one or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to implement a method for a goal-driven computer-based assistant in a conversation, the method comprising:",0.2775102645664977,0.5550205291329954
9033764,"1. A method of polishing an object to be polished, wherein a surface of the object to be polished is processed into a concave or convex state by: placing the object to be polished on a polishing pad over a boundary between a first polishing region and a second polishing region, the polishing pad having a first polishing region where grooves are formed and a second polishing region where grooves are formed in a different state from that of the first polishing region, and either one of the first polishing region and the second polishing region being formed on a region on a center side, and the other being formed on a region on an outer side in a radial direction on the surface of the polishing pad; and polishing the object to be polished by rotating the polishing pad and the object to be polished.",0.3811003198702604,0.7622006397405208
9242002,"1. An anti-dandruff shampoo comprising: — a) from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of an anti-dandruff zinc salt; b) from 1 to 8 wt. % of an alkyl glycinate and/or alkyl carboxyglycinate; c) from 2 to 16 wt. % of an alkyl sulphate and/or ethoxylated alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant; and, d) from 1 to 10 wt. % of a fatty acyl isethionate product which product comprises 40 to 80 wt. % fatty acyl isethionate and 15 to 50 wt. % free fatty acid and/or fatty acid salt.",0.19815757603260387,0.39631515206520773
9458728,"1. A method comprising: propagating, via a first laser beam, a first laser energy through a first fiber of a multi-core fiber; propagating, via a non-laser energy source a second non-laser energy selected from one of a mechanical energy, sonic energy, and ultrasonic energy within a hollow second fiber of the multi-core fiber; applying the first laser energy to a surface of a substrate to form a liquefied bed on the surface; applying the second non-laser energy to at least a portion of the liquefied bed to cause a splash of liquefied material outside the liquefied bed; and forming on or above the surface of the substrate a three-dimensional anchoring structure upon solidification of the splash of liquefied material.",0.35190694609526324,0.7038138921905265
9318845,"1. A charging connector comprising: a release lever configured to move between a start position and a completion position of a push-in operation and be urged to a side of the start position, and having a locking groove portion including a locking surface that falls from a plane surface along a movement direction and a bottom surface; a lever holding arm swingably provided between a lever holding position where the release lever is held at the completion position and a lever non-holding position, and configured to be urged by a first urging unit in a locking direction of a first locking portion locked on the locking surface; and a locking auxiliary arm swingably provided between a locking position and a non-locking position on the locking surface, and configured to be urged by a second urging unit in a locking direction of a second locking portion locked on the locking surface, wherein the locking groove portion is set to have a depth in which each tip end of the first locking portion and the second locking portion and the bottom surface do not come into contact with each other; wherein at least one of the locking surface and the second locking portion includes an inclined surface having an angle of less than 90 degrees with respect to the plane surface; wherein, in a movement process of the release lever from the start position to the completion position, the first locking portion moves on the plane surface with an urging force of the first urging unit, and also the second locking portion slides over a top point between the plane surface and the inclined surface with an urging force of the second urging unit; and wherein, at the completion position of the release lever, the first locking portion falls from the plane surface to the locking groove portion with the urging force of the first urging unit to be locked on the locking surface, and the tip end of the first locking portion does not come into contact with the bottom surface.",0.3129420773046763,0.6258841546093526
8438070,"1. A non-transitory computer readable media having stored thereon computer executable instructions for exchanging value between a service buyer and a service provider, comprising: establishing in an electronic data repository a buyer virtual funds account associated with the service buyer; establishing in the electronic data repository a provider virtual funds account associated with the service provider; receiving a request for services from the service buyer, wherein the request for services includes an amount that the service buyer is willing to pay for the services; placing a hold on an amount of virtual funds corresponding to the amount that the service buyer is willing to pay for the services, in the buyer virtual funds account; negotiating with the service provider the amount that the service buyer is willing to pay for the services; adjusting up or down the hold on the amount of virtual funds corresponding to the negotiated amount that the service buyer is willing to pay for the services, in the buyer virtual funds account; receiving an indication from the service provider that the service provider will perform the services for the service buyer for a final cost; adjusting up or down the hold on the amount of virtual funds corresponding to the final cost that the service provider will perform the services for the service buyer, in the buyer virtual funds account; receiving a confirmation from the service buyer that the service provider has performed the requested services; and effecting a payment of an amount of actual funds corresponding to the final cost of the performed services from the service buyer to the service provider by:",0.03871296364960433,0.07742592729920861
9163218,"1. A method for generating induced pluripotent stem cell clones, the method comprising the steps of: a. introducing a retroviral expression vector consisting of (i) Oct4, Sox2 and Jhdm1a or ii) Oct4, Sox2 and Jhdm1b into mouse embryonic fibroblasts; and b. culturing the fibroblasts in an inducing medium comprising vitamin C to induce pluripotent stem cell clones.",0.1323369740296238,0.2646739480592476
8708066,"1. A drilling apparatus, comprising: a drill collar forming part of a primary drilling assembly and having an outward opening groove in the side thereof; and a secondary drilling assembly, comprising:",0.16375266416638712,0.32750532833277424
8629817,"1. A driving circuit of a display element for performing a driving control including a first period for setting a current to be supplied to the display element, a second period for setting a gray-scale of the display element, and a third period for supplying a driving current to the display element, comprising: a current source circuit having a first transistor and a holding circuit for holding a gate voltage of the first transistor during the first period at the voltage corresponding to a constant current to be supplied to the display element; and a control circuit including a second transistor connected in series between the current source circuit and the display element, a third transistor whose one terminal is connected to a gate of the second transistor, and a capacitor element whose one end is connected to a gate of the third transistor and the other end is connected to a line, and controlling a light emission time of the display element by controlling the second transistor during the third period, wherein, during the second period, the gate and the one terminal of the third transistor are short-circuited to set a gate voltage of the third transistor to a threshold value voltage of the third transistor and a gray-scale voltage is supplied from the line to the other end of the capacitor, whereby an electric charge is stored in the capacitor element based on the difference between the gray-scale voltage supplied to the capacitor element from the line and a threshold voltage of the third transistor, and wherein, during the third period, a sweep voltage is applied from the line to the other end of the capacitor element, so that the ON time of the second transistor is controlled.",0.6741870707829646,0.6516258584340708
9143893,"1. A communication apparatus comprising: a reception unit which receives a predetermined signal from another communication apparatus; a storage unit which stores a current position of said communication apparatus and apparatus information specific to the other communication apparatus in association with each other in response to receiving the predetermined signal from the other communication apparatus; and a display unit which displays, for each of plural pieces of apparatus information stored in the storage unit, (i) an indication at a map position, on a map displayed on a display screen, corresponding to the position of said communication apparatus stored in the storage unit in association with the stored apparatus information and (ii) the stored apparatus information of the other communication apparatus, according to a user operation for said communication apparatus, wherein if a first position of the communication apparatus stored in the storage unit in association with the apparatus information of a first other communication apparatus is different from a second position of the communication apparatus stored in the storage unit in association with the apparatus information of a second other communication apparatus, the map position corresponding to the first position is different from the map position corresponding to the second position.",0.28816283364222844,0.5763256672844569
8734571,"1. A process for the reduction of the level of water, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide in a feed air stream prior to cryogenic distillation, comprising: a) passing said feed air stream at a feed temperature and a feed pressure in a feed direction through a first adsorbent, whose Henry's Law selectivity for CO b) ceasing after a first time period to pass said feed air stream to said first and second adsorbents; c) depressurising the gas in contact with the first and second adsorbents to a second pressure lower than the feed pressure; d) passing a heated regenerating gas at the second pressure and at a temperature which is between 20° C. and 80° C. to at least the second adsorbent in a direction opposite to the feed direction for a second time period, and subsequently passing a second regenerating gas at the second pressure and at a temperature less than the temperature of the heated regenerating gas to the first and second adsorbents in a direction opposite to the feed direction for a third time period; e) ceasing passing regenerating gas to the first and second adsorbents; f) re-pressurising the gas in contact with the first and second adsorbents to the feed pressure; and g) repeating steps a) to f), wherein the second adsorbent occupies from 25% to 40% by volume of the total volume of the first and second adsorbents, and wherein the temperature of the heated regenerating gas is from 10° C. to 60° C. higher than the feed temperature or the temperature of the second regenerating gas, whichever is the higher.",0.891588848688003,0.21682230262399393
9734982,"1. A beam current density distribution adjustment device comprising: a plurality of member pairs in a long side direction of a ribbon beam, the member pairs adjusting a beam current density distribution in the long side direction of the ribbon beam by using an electric field or a magnetic field, each of the member pairs being disposed with the ribbon beam in-between the member pairs, wherein opposing surfaces of the member pairs adjacent to each other in the long side direction of the ribbon beam are at least partially not parallel to a traveling direction of the ribbon beam.",0.04323516853868625,0.0864703370773725
9143571,"1. A method for identifying mobile devices in a similar sound environment, the method comprising: receiving, at a mobile device, an input sound from a first sound environment; extracting, at the mobile device, a sound signature from the input sound; determining, at the mobile device, a reliability value of the input sound, wherein the reliability value is determined based on at least one normal sound model and at least one sensor artifact model; transmitting the sound signature and the reliability value from the mobile device to a server; and receiving, from the server, information related to at least one mobile device in a second sound environment.",0.03622943824731258,0.07245887649462512
8801554,"1. A power transmission chain for sliding contact with a chain guide, the chain having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction and comprising: pairs of laterally spaced inner link plates, with cylindrical bushings having ends press-fit into bushing holes in the inner link plates; and pairs of laterally spaced outer link plates, with connecting pins press-fit into pin holes in the outer link plates, the pairs of outer link plates being in alternating, overlapping relationship with the pairs of inner link plates along the length of the chain, each connecting pin of a pair of outer link plates extending rotatably through a bushing of an overlapping pair of inner link plates whereby the pairs of link plates are articulably connected; wherein each inner link plate has an oval profile, including a continuously convex, arc-shaped, edge for sliding contact with the surface of a guide, said arc-shaped edge having opposite ends spaced from each other along a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of the chain, said opposite ends being located, with reference to the longitudinal direction of the chain, respectively forward relative to the center of a foremost bushing hole of said inner link plate, and rearward relative to the center of a rearmost bushing hole of said inner link; wherein the distance from one of said opposite ends of the arc-shaped edge of each inner link plate to the other end thereof is greater than the pitch of the chain but less than the diameter of an imaginary circle circumscribing and tangent to both of the bushing holes of said inner link plate and centered on a center line intersecting the centers of said bushing holes; and wherein the thickness of the outer link plate is less than the thickness of the inner link plate, but the cross-sectional area of each section of the outer link plate, in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the chain and in which the axis of one of said connecting pins lies, is greater than the cross-sectional area of each section of the inner link plate, in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the chain and in which the axis of one of said bushings lies.",0.4118638554698757,0.8237277109397514
9347409,"1. Method for controlling and regulating an internal combustion engine having a common rail system and having a passive pressure limiting valve for discharging fuel out of a rail into the fuel tank, in which method in a first stage, the pressure limiting valve is then set as open if, within a first critical time, proceeding from a steady-state rail pressure, the rail pressure exceeds a first threshold value and subsequently falls below a second threshold value, wherein the first threshold value characterizes a higher pressure level than the steady-state rail pressure, and the second threshold value characterizes a lower pressure level than the first threshold value, and in which method the opening duration of the pressure limiting valve is monitored.",0.9610558055452109,0.07788838890957828
8496205,"1. A cargo load restraint for preventing vertical movement of a pallet type cargo load during air transport comprising, in combination: a base member having a lower connecting portion and an upper mounting portion spaced from said connecting portion, said upper mounting portion having an upper support surface; a lower pivot member pivotally mounted on said upper mounting portion adjacent said upper surface thereof for limited pivotal movement about a first axis relative to said upper mounting portion of said base member between a cargo restraint position and a retracted position, said first axis substantially perpendicular to said upper support surface of said base member; a lower pivot post extending through said lower pivot member and through said upper mounting portion of said base member and aligned with said first axis for providing said limited pivotal movement of said lower pivot member; an upper pivot member pivotally mounted on said lower pivot member for limited pivotal movement about a second axis in a second pivot direction opposite said first pivot direction, said second axis spaced from said first axis and substantially parallel thereto, said upper pivot member having a load restraint position and a retracted position and pivotally movable relative to said lower pivot member about said second axis between said load restraint position and said retracted position, and movable in said load restraint position with said lower pivot member for pivotal movement of said lower pivot member from said cargo restraint position to said retracted position; an upper pivot post extending through said upper pivot member and through said lower pivot member and free of engagement with said upper support surface of said base member, said upper pivot post aligned with said second axis for providing pivotal movement of said upper pivot member about said second axis between said load restraint position and said retracted position relative to said lower pivot member for said lower pivot member in said cargo restraint position thereof; said upper pivot member having a cargo load engaging portion extending to regions external said lower pivot member and said base member for said upper pivot member in said load restraint position, said cargo load engaging portion overlying said lower pivot member and said upper support surface for said upper pivot member in said retracted position thereof; and, said upper pivot member movable in said load restraint position thereof with said lower pivot member for movement of said lower pivot member between said cargo restraint position and said retracted position thereof.",0.18872377326277373,0.37744754652554746
9784977,1. A light guide apparatus comprising: a light incident section on which video light is incident; a light guide section that has reflection surfaces facing each other and extending in parallel to each other and reflects and guides the video light acquired through the light incident section; a light exiting section that causes the video light guided by the light guide section to exit; an image extraction section that is provided on the light exiting section and includes Fresnel-shaped reflection surfaces that deflect the video light from the light guide section to extract the video light out of the apparatus; and a dispersion elimination section that is provided in correspondence with the image extraction section and eliminates wavelength dispersion that occurs in the image extraction section.,0.023431018995259612,0.046862037990519245
8531727,"1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a pattern generating unit which generates a test pattern signal used to form a test pattern including a plurality of tone patches differing in tonality from each other; an image processing unit which applies image processing to the test pattern signal according to a predetermined image processing mode out of a plurality of image processing modes related to tone characteristics; an image recording unit which records the test pattern on a recording medium according to the test pattern signal subjected to the image processing by said image processing unit; and a correction unit which corrects the image processing mode based on a result of reading the test pattern recorded on the recording medium, wherein said image recording unit records a background pattern around a periphery of the test pattern on the recording medium to reduce influence from a ground of the recording medium.",0.050034597560941474,0.10006919512188295
8626668,"1. A computerized method performed by a first distribution device for distribution of digital content to a user device, the first distribution device selected from one or a plurality of distribution devices, at least the first distribution device communicatively coupled to a location partner, the computerized method comprising: receiving user identification data and a request for digital content, the user identification data identifying the user device; verifying the user identification data; transmitting the user identification data, and payment information associated with the requested digital content to the location partner; determining whether the requested digital content contains subject matter that is allowed for the user device with the user identification data; receiving authorization data from the location partner to transmit the requested digital content to the user device; and transmitting the requested digital content to the user device.",0.03728094345664376,0.07456188691328758
9199395,"1. A mold adapted to receive a preform for a part of composite material and in which the preform is adapted to be impregnated by injection of resin to form the part of composite material and comprises at least one substantially vertical lateral preform, the mold comprising: a central core comprising at least one lateral wall which has a flat outside surface; an inside mold member having an inside surface turned towards the outside surface of the central core, with the surfaces being inclined relative to the vertical to form a draft angle, the inside mold member also having a substantially vertical outside surface; and an outside mold member mounted against the inside mold member and which has a substantially vertical inside surface, such that the inside surface of the outside mold member is turned towards the outside surface of the inside mold member; wherein the inside surface of the outside mold member or a facing outside surface of the inside mold member being adapted to receive the lateral preform, such that the inside mold member and the outside mold member are adapted to clamp the lateral preform; wherein the inside surface, inclined relative to the vertical, of the inside mold member bears grooves adapted to form, with the outside surface of the at least one lateral wall of the central core, flow channels for the resin, when the inside mold member is disposed against the outside surface of the at least one lateral wall of the central core.",0.3881126307792978,0.7762252615585956
9762468,"1. A method for adjusting a delay time between packets, comprising: for a portion of a plurality of packets: transmitting the portion of the packets to a device using an adjusted delay time, wherein a value of the adjusted delay time was previously adjusted to be greater than a default value based on a previous packet loss value for previously sent packets; after the portion of the packets are sent, querying the device to obtain information on received packets; using the information on the received packets to determine a packet loss value and lost packets for the portion of the packets; when the packet loss value for the portion of the packets is non-zero, then determining whether the packet loss value exceeds a packet loss threshold; when the packet loss value exceeds the packet loss threshold, then determining whether a maximum number of retransmissions has been reached; when the maximum number of retransmissions has not been reached, then determining a second adjusted delay time, wherein a value of the second adjusted delay time is greater than the value of the adjusted delay time; and transmitting the lost packets using the second adjusted delay time; when the packet loss value for the portion of the packets is zero, then determining whether a packet loss value for at least one previously transmitted portion of the packets transmitted using the adjusted delay value was zero, and when the packet loss value for at least one previously transmitted portion of the packets was zero, then determining a third adjusted delay time, wherein a value of the third adjusted delay time is less than the value of the adjusted delay time, and transmitting a second portion of the packets using the third adjusted delay time.",0.3651339010597428,0.7302678021194856
8845801,"1. A bone cement, comprising: an amount of Portland cement; an amount of calcium sulfate; and an amount of hydroxyethyl cellulose.",0.6046990620182693,0.7906018759634614
9393444,"1. A treatment planning device that specifies a position of a specific portion within a subject and computes a radiation dose to be radiated to the specific portion, the treatment planning device comprising: a specific portion position computation unit configured to compute position information of the specific portion at a plurality of times as time passes based on positions of a plurality of markers located in the vicinity of the specific portion; a specific portion range information generation unit configured to generate a three-dimensional range of the specific portion at each of the plurality of times; a specific portion representative range information generation unit configured to generate representative range information representing a range including all the three-dimensional ranges of the specific portion at each of the plurality of times when the position information of the specific portion at each of the plurality of times is designated as the same reference point; and a radiation dose computation unit configured to compute a radiation dose to be radiated to the range of the specific portion represented by the representative range information when radiation is radiated to the range of the specific portion represented by the representative range information for a predetermined time by following the position information of the specific portion at each of the plurality of times, wherein the specific portion position computation unit generates the position information of the specific portion at the plurality of times, which changes as time passes, based on reference position information of the specific portion, which is designated by using position information of a representative point of the plurality of markers as a base point, and position information of the plurality of markers that changes as time passes.",0.3207300374355376,0.6414600748710751
9367211,"1. A method for preparing an interface tab in a web browser, comprising: receiving a request to create the interface tab in the web browser, using a processor; associating page content with the interface tab; defining a limit on computing resource usage to be applied to loading of the interface tab and page content, using the processor, which limit is less than available computing resources, the limit being defined as a percentage of the available computing resources; creating the interface tab using the limit on the computing resource usage defined; and redefining the limit on computing resource usage upon selection of the interface tab via a graphical user interface; categorizing content objects in the page content of the interface tab into smaller content objects and larger content objects; determining the limit on computing resource usage for loading the page content into the interface tab; and visually loading the smaller content objects in the graphical user interface followed by the larger content objects when the available computing resources are limited according to the percentage of the available computing resources defined.",0.5052613805629115,0.989477238874177
8919260,"1. A running gear for a rail vehicle, comprising a first rail wheel unit and a second rail wheel unit; a running gear frame supported on said first and second rail wheel units; and a cooperating unit; said running gear defining a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a height direction; each of said first and second rail wheel units defining a rolling axis; said running gear frame having a middle section located between said first and second rail wheel units; said cooperating unit being connected to said first and second rail wheel units and cooperating with said first and second rail wheel units during operation said running gear to drive and/or brake said first and second rail wheel units; during operation of said running gear, an airflow passing said first and second rail wheel units and said cooperating unit and flowing along a lower surface of said middle section, in said height direction, at a first height level below said rolling axis, said lower surface defining said first height level; said lower surface defines a flow separation edge for said airflow, wherein in said longitudinal direction, at least one air guide device is arranged between said first and second rail wheel units; said air guide device being located adjacent to and associated with said flow separation edge; said air guide device being arranged and adapted to guide an airflow portion of said airflow towards a section of said cooperating unit located, in said height direction, at a second height level; and said second height level, in said height direction, being located above said first height level or above said rolling axis.",0.5200304365853111,0.9599391268293778
8720625,"1. A vehicle comprising a cooling system for electric apparatus mounted in the vehicle, wherein the cooling system comprises: a lower cell; an upper cell that is disposed above the lower cell; and a converter that is disposed above and on the lower cell and that converts a voltage of electric power input to or output from the lower cell and the upper cell, wherein the upper cell and the lower cell are constructed in two layers as a cell pack; and a blower that is disposed on the lower cell in order to cool the converter; and wherein the lower cell, the upper cell, and the converter are cooled by a refrigerant; the vehicle further comprising: a chassis on which the cell pack of the lower cell and the upper cell are mounted; and a tunnel that is disposed in the chassis to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and in which a wiring is disposed to be connected to the converter; wherein: the converter is disposed, on the lower cell, on the near side to the tunnel, the blower is disposed, on the lower cell, on the further side from the tunnel, and refrigerant inlets of the converter are disposed in the vicinity of a refrigerant outlet of at least one of the upper cell and the lower cell.",0.9564969705052565,0.08700605898948699
8978979,"1. An apparatus for capturing images, the apparatus comprising: an image capture device comprising one or more image sensors; a single mirror configured to be selectively movable and positioned relative to the image capture device to reflect light toward the one or more image sensors; and a controller configured to:",0.18167371356588913,0.36334742713177826
8799978,"1. A method, comprising: determining whether a recording at a set top box is in progress; when the recording is in progress: when the recording is not in progress: in response to determining that a second recording is scheduled at the set top box:",0.35631209408482917,0.7126241881696583
8581471,"1. A piezoelectric fan comprising: at least one piezoelectric element arranged to expand and contract in response to an application of a voltage; a vibrating plate to which the at least one piezoelectric element is attached, the vibrating plate being bent by expanding and contracting of the at least one piezoelectric element, the vibrating plate including a plurality of blades provided at a first end thereof, the plurality of blades being arranged to swing as a result of then bending of the vibrating plate; and a fixing portion arranged to fix a second end of the vibrating plate opposite to the first end of the vibrating plate to an upper portion of a heat sink such that the plurality of blades are located in grooves between a plurality of heat dissipating fins of the heat sink; wherein the vibrating plate includes removed regions arranged on both sides of a portion to which the at least one piezoelectric element is attached; the vibrating plate is fixed to the heat sink by the fixing portion such that the removed regions are located over the grooves between the heat dissipating fins of the heat sink; and the vibrating plate is arranged such that the plurality of blades are bent toward the grooves between the heat dissipating fins.",0.5128953445806498,0.9742093108387004
9783187,"1. A vehicle comprising: a controller programmed to, in response to electrical load activation, inhibit engine autostart up to expiration of a predetermined duration so long as a difference between a postactivation battery current, that exceeds a predetermined autostart threshold for a portion of the duration, and a preactivation battery current is less than a predetermined difference, and in response to the postactivation battery current exceeding the predetermined autostart threshold after the duration, request engine autostart.",0.9750091041430685,0.049981791713862966
9321834,1. An isolated antibody which: (a) comprises: or (b) comprises the complementarity determining regions of the immunoglobulin heavy and light chains of the antibody deposited under Accession No. MRA-1242.,0.21867028033003114,0.4373405606600622
9040172,"1. A compound of formula (I): wherein W is, identically or differently on each occurrence, N or CR Y is, identically or differently on each occurrence, N or CR E is either a single covalent bond or a divalent unit selected from the group consisting of N(R X is, identically or differently on each occurrence, a divalent unit selected from the group consisting of C(R n and m Ar is a divalent or trivalent, mono- or polycyclic aromatic or heteroaromatic unit having 5 to 40 aromatic ring atoms optionally substituted by one or more radicals R Ar L is either a single covalent bond or represents a divalent unit selected from the group consisting of —C(O)—, —Ar Ar R R R R Ar R R Z is a divalent group —(CH",0.3689939320988813,0.7379878641977626
8632886,"1. A vehicle glazing configured to be mounted in a vehicle comprising: only one single pane of glass, wherein the single pane of glass is a single pane of tinted glass, the single pane of tinted glass possessing an interior surface which faces a vehicle interior when the vehicle glazing is mounted in a vehicle, the single pane of tinted glass having a nickel content, calculated as NiO, more than 55 ppm, a colourant portion including 1.0 to 1.8% (by weight of the glass) of total iron (calculated as Fe the glazing has a visible light transmission of 28% or less.",0.6990138486107169,0.6019723027785662
8394877,"1. A pattern forming material comprising a copolymer selected from the group consisting of a block copolymer and a graft copolymer comprising two homopolymer chains whose ratio between N/(Nc−No) values of respective monomer units is 1.4 or more, where N represents total number of atoms in the monomer unit, Nc represents a number of carbon atoms in the monomer unit, No represents a number of oxygen atoms in the monomer unit, and wherein the copolymer is dissolved in a cellosolve-based solvent.",0.5000645330796057,0.9998709338407885
9121355,"1. An engine method, comprising: injecting atmospheric air into an exhaust manifold; reducing a spark retard in response to a high octane fuel being delivered to an engine and increasing the spark retard in response to a low octane fuel being delivered to the engine in a first condition, wherein the high octane fuel has a higher octane rating that the low octane fuel; and reducing the spark retard in response to the low octane fuel being delivered to the engine and increasing the spark retard in response to high octane fuel being delivered to the engine in a second condition.",0.9632154436211716,0.07356911275765676
8471410,"1. A system, comprising: a first resonator optionally coupled to an energy source; and a second resonator located a variable distance from the source resonator and not connected by any wires to the first resonator, wherein the first resonator and the second resonator are coupled to provide near-field wireless energy transfer among the first resonator and the second resonator; wherein the field of at least one of the first resonator and the second resonator is shaped to increase the coupling factor among the resonators.",0.5677214183694996,0.8645571632610007
9372519,"1. A system for dynamically sharing power grids of a memory device, the memory device comprising a memory vault, a memory controller, and a processing element, the system comprising: a first power grid, a second power grid and a first switch: a first power supply configured to provide power to the first power grid in a first component of the memory device, the first power grid directing power to internal points within the first component, the first component located on at least one of the memory vault, the memory controller, and the processing element; a second power supply configured to provide power to the second power grid in a second component of the memory device, the second power grid directing power to internal points within the second component, the second component located on at least one of the memory vault, the memory controller, and the processing element, the second component different than the first component; and a controller configured to dynamically change a state of the first switch that controls a sharing of power between the first power grid and the second power grid during a runtime of the memory device.",0.7764908308571675,0.44701833828566495
8556371,"1. A recording device comprising: a conveying part configured and arranged to convey a roll paper; a support part configured and arranged to support the roll paper; a recording part configured and arranged to eject liquid on the roll paper to record an image on the roll paper supported by the support part; a heating part configured and arranged to heat the support part to dry the liquid ejected onto the roll paper; a cleaning part configured and arranged to clean the recording part; and a controller configured to control the conveying part to convey the roll paper at a first speed when the recording part performs a recording action for recording the image, and to control the conveying part to convey the roll paper at a second speed, which is slower than the first speed, after the cleaning part performs a cleaning action for cleaning the recording part.",0.051067432167321576,0.10213486433464314
9281689,"1. A system, comprising: a processor, coupled to a memory, that executes or facilitates execution of executable components, comprising: an analyzer component configured to perform an analysis of information relating to power conditions associated with multi-phase power being distributed to one or more consumer consumption nodes (CCNs) to enable identification of at least a phase imbalance in the multi-phase power between at least a first phase associated with a first power transmission line and a second phase associated with a second power transmission line that distribute respective portions of the multi-phase power to the one or more CCNs in response to occurrence of at least the phase imbalance, wherein the one or more CCNs are located in a portion of a tier in a multi-tier electrical distribution network (EDN) lower than at least one other tier of the multi-tier EDN; and a first power control component configured to identify the phase imbalance and control distribution of the multi-phase power in the portion of the tier via at least one junction node based at least in part on the analysis of at least a set of the information relating to the portion of the tier, in accordance with at least one defined control criterion, to control an amount of the phase imbalance in the multi-phase power in the portion of the tier by at least switching an electrical connection of a CCN of the one or more CCNs from the first power transmission line associated with the first phase to the second transmission line associated with the second phase to mitigate the amount of the phase imbalance in the multi-phase power in the portion of the tier, wherein the at least one defined control criterion comprises at least one defined power distribution criterion that relates to at least one of a maximization of a net consumption of the multi-phase power at the tier, a minimization of requests or demands for the multi-phase power to be transferred from a higher tier in a hierarchy of the multi-tier EDN to the tier, a minimization of the phase imbalance in the multi-phase power, a minimization of a harmonic level in the multi-phase power, a minimization of an interference in the multi-phase power, a type of load connected to the multi-phase power, a number of tiers in the multi-tier EDN, a respective number of power control components or node controller components in respective tiers of the multi-tier EDN, a maximum amount of the multi-phase power that is receivable by a power distribution source (PDS) at a given time, a maximum amount of the multi-phase power that is distributable at the given time by the PDS, a maximum operating temperature of the PDS, power distribution control information or rules received from the higher tier in the multi-tier EDN, available local power from local power distribution sources in the tier, expected or predicted future power demands in the tier, or consumer agreements relating to the distribution of the multi-phase power for the one or more CCNs in the tier.",0.9488113517572332,0.10237729648553362
9079653,"1. A fiber composite component for impact energy absorption in a fuselage section of an aircraft or spacecraft; wherein the fiber composite component extends in a three dimensional laminated form and the fiber composite component comprising: a web portion having a width and extending in a longitudinal direction, a plurality of side portions applied substantially at right angles to the web portion and extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein the width of the web portion decreases in the longitudinal direction from one end to another end, a plurality of CFRP layers, and at least one integrated metal foil layer extending substantially in the same direction as a plurality of fibers of the fiber composite component, wherein said at least one integrated metal foil layer is corrosion resistant with respect to the CFRP layers, having a ductility of at least 20%, and wherein said at least one integrated metal foil layer is arranged between at least two CFRP layers, and is pretreated at a plurality of preferred points so as to provide a predetermined buckling in a direction at the plurality of preferred points absorb forces in the event of a crash of the aircraft or spacecraft through deformation work.",0.9416544137872942,0.1166911724254116
9214593,"1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell, the method comprising: injecting first impurity ions at a first surface of a substrate by using a first ion implantation method to form a first impurity region, the substrate having a first conductivity type and the first impurity ions having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, and the first impurity region having the second conductivity type; first heating the substrate with the first impurity region to activate the first impurity region to form an emitter region from the first impurity region; etching the emitter region from a surface of the emitter region to a predetermined depth to form an emitter part from the emitter region; forming a first electrode on the emitter part to connect to the emitter part by using a screen printing method, and then being dried; injecting second impurity ions at a second surface of the substrate by using a second ion implantation method to form a second impurity region of the first conductivity type, the second surface being opposite the first surface of the substrate; second heating the substrate with the second impurity region to activate the second impurity region to form a surface field region from the second impurity region; etching the surface field region from a surface of the surface field region to a predetermined depth to form a surface field part from the surface field region; and forming a second electrode on the surface field part to connect to the surface field part by using a screen printing method, and then being dried, wherein the emitter part comprises a first emitter portion having a first impurity doped thickness and a second emitter portion having a second impurity doped thickness greater than the first impurity doped thickness, wherein the surface field part comprises a first surface field portion having a first impurity doped thickness and a second surface field portion having a second impurity doped thickness greater than the first impurity doped thickness, wherein the first electrode is connected to the first surface of the substrate through the second emitter portion, and wherein the second electrode is connected to the second surface of the substrate through the second surface field portion.",0.9176113068829657,0.16477738623406868
8452451,"1. A method comprising: receiving, at a robotic device that includes at least one sensory device, a short-form command comprising at least an action descriptor and a target for the action descriptor, wherein the action descriptor includes a verb; determining a plurality of functions corresponding to the action descriptor, wherein determining the plurality of functions comprises determining an action to perform based on the verb, and wherein determining the action to perform based on the verb comprises determining a past action performed by the robotic device based on the verb or a similar verb; determining a plurality of targets in an environment of the robotic device that at least relate to the target; and determining, from the plurality of functions, a given function to perform based on (i) the plurality of targets in the environment relating to the target and (ii) the environment of the robotic device.",0.36227631290556583,0.7245526258111317
8860490,"1. A method comprising: operating a first voltage range island of a semiconductor device within a first voltage range, wherein the first voltage range includes a first midpoint, and wherein the first voltage range is provided in part by a voltage source that includes a tracking voltage regulator; and operating a second voltage range island of the semiconductor device within a second voltage range, wherein the second voltage range includes a second midpoint, and wherein the first voltage range is different than the second voltage range.",0.36276831304466106,0.7255366260893221
9595421,"1. A multi charged particle beam writing method comprising: forming multiple charged particle beams from a charged particle beam; obtaining a first gray scale value by dividing a total irradiation time of the multiple charged particle beams that irradiate a same position of a target object by a quantization unit when performing multi-pass writing using the multiple charged particle beams; converting the first gray scale value into a binary number having a predetermined number of digits; setting a number of irradiation steps equal to the predetermined number of digits; converting each digit of the binary number into an irradiation step duration value for a corresponding one of the irradiation steps, each irradiation step duration value obtained by multiplying a corresponding digit of the binary number by the quantization unit and by a decimal number corresponding to the digit position in the binary number; and irradiating the target object with the number of irradiation steps equal to the predetermined number of digits, where the target object is irradiated by the multiple charged particle beams that irradiate the same position of the target object for the irradiation step duration value for each corresponding irradiation step.",0.11627290429717115,0.23254580859434226
9689368,"1. A system for the generation of energy from a flow of water having a general direction from upstream to downstream in a body of water having a bed and banks, the system comprising: a support assembly extending across at least a portion of the body of water; a generator assembly mounted in the support assembly, the generator assembly comprising a first rotor assembly and a second rotor assembly, each rotor assembly comprising a hub rotatable about an axis and a plurality of blades extending radially from the hub; and means to variably limit the speed of rotation of one or more of the first and second rotor assemblies and thereby control the water level upstream of the system.",0.9749864671470087,0.0500270657059827
9838044,"1. An apparatus comprising: a decoder system comprising a path decoder and a code decoder, wherein the decoder system is configured to decode codewords that are based on a received encoded signal by processing the codewords and exchanging information between the path decoder and the code decoder, wherein the path decoder is configured to use estimation parameters to produce paths based on a codeword of the codewords, the paths including a first path and a second path, the second path being an alternate to the first path, wherein the code decoder is configured to produce a decoded path based on the codeword; and an updater configured to determine a winning path of the first and second paths based on whether the decoded path matches the first path or the second path, and to update the estimation parameters based on i) one or more error terms and ii) the winning path, wherein the updater is configured to update the estimation parameters to favor selection of the winning path by the path decoder and to disfavor selection of a losing path of the first and second paths by the path decoder.",0.0543978584195152,0.10879571683903044
8801455,"1. A cap for an electrical connector, the cap comprising a housing and a first cutting member with a first cutting blade, the housing including an aperture for receiving a cable therethrough, the housing comprising at least a first wire guiding for guiding a first wire of the cable between the aperture and a first recess in a first outside wall of the housing, the first cutting member being arranged in a first slot of the housing and crossing the first wire guiding between the aperture and the first recess, wherein the first cutting member is provided for cutting the first wire.",0.27470180317093096,0.5494036063418619
9801203,"1. A method of operating a base station to convey to a terminal device information regarding a period of time for which a type of terminal device specific data is not scheduled for transmission to the terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system employing a radio interface including an arrangement of downlink reference symbols, the method comprising: determining a period of time for which the type of terminal device specific data are not scheduled for transmission to the terminal device; selecting at least one reference symbol from the arrangement of downlink reference symbols in dependence on the determined period of time; and suppressing transmission of the at least one reference symbol to indicate to the terminal device the period of time for which the type of terminal device specific data are not scheduled for transmission to the terminal device, wherein the radio interface comprises a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) sub-carriers spanning a system frequency bandwidth, and wherein the base station is configured such that the radio interface supports a first carrier for communicating with a first class of terminal device using a first group of the OFDM sub-carriers distributed across the system frequency bandwidth, and a second carrier for communicating with a second class of terminal device on a second group of the OFDM sub-carriers distributed across a restricted frequency bandwidth, wherein the restricted frequency bandwidth is narrower than and within the system frequency bandwidth, and the terminal device is a terminal device of the second class operating on the second carrier.",0.49493573205967956,0.9898714641193591
9705084,"1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel which are disposed laterally with respect to each other; the red pixel, the green pixel, and the blue pixel respectively including: the red pixel and the green pixel including: wherein the hole auxiliary layer include a hole injection layer (HIL) disposed on the pixel electrode and a hole transport layer (HTL) disposed on the hole injection layer (HIL), and wherein the red resonance assistance layer and the green resonance assistance layer are made of the same material as the hole transport layer.",0.2009507313184956,0.4019014626369912
8769880,"1. A portable fillable barrier unit having a base and a plurality of walls, comprising: a) an inner envelope defining a volume to be filled; b) an outer covering at least partially surrounding the inner envelope; c) at least one stiffening panel configured to help the barrier unit maintain a predetermined shape when filled with a fluid medium; and d) at least one lateral tether coupling two opposing sides of the inner envelope to prevent a predetermined amount of physical separation of the two opposing sides after the inner envelope is filled with a liquid or solid medium, the at least one lateral tether being located proximate a central region of the two opposing sides of the inner envelope.",0.3602944293756979,0.7205888587513958
9651019,"1. An arrangement to align a part of a wind turbine to a counterpart of the part of the wind turbine, comprising: a first alignment member, the first alignment member having a first area to be connected to the part of the wind turbine, and a second area that protrudes over the physical dimensions of the part of the wind turbine, the second area being arranged and prepared in a way that the second area abuts an inner surface of the counterpart during the alignment of the part of the wind turbine and the counterpart to limit a lateral movement of the part of the wind turbine; and a second alignment member, the second alignment member protruding less far over the physical dimensions of the part of the wind turbine than the first alignment member, so that the first alignment member abuts the counterpart before the second alignment member when the part of the wind turbine approaches the counterpart.",0.9776079036937549,0.044784192612490115
8522485,"1. A center-channel protector for a vehicle sash door on a vehicle, the center-channel protector being arranged between a main sash and a center channel, the center channel having inner and outer branch portions facing one another in a lateral direction of the vehicle; a middle vertical-wall portion extending in the lateral direction of the vehicle and connecting the inner and outer branch portions so that the inner and outer branch portions and the middle vertical-wall portion define an H-shaped upper end surface; and a bracket fixed to the middle vertical-wall portion, the bracket including an engagement hollow portion formed in the bracket to define a notch recessed inward with respect to the vehicle and facing outwardly with respect to the vehicle and a vertical slide guide formed above and adjacent to the engagement hollow portion, the center-channel protector comprising: a bar-shaped branch covering portion configured to cover an upper-end surface of the outer branch portion of the center channel; a hook extending from the branch covering portion to deflect elastically outward with respect to the vehicle while sliding in contact with the vertical slide guide during mounting on the center channel as the center-channel protector is pressed from above onto the center channel to cover the upper end surface of the outer branch portion of the center channel, the hook further returning elastically and fit into the notch defined by the engagement hollow portion when the branch covering portion is mounted on the center channel, the hook defining a fastening mechanism by which the center channel protector is mechanically fastened to the center channel in collaboration with the notch defined by the engagement hollow portion.",0.15051944762548572,0.3010388952509715
9758408,"1. An exclusively anaerobic single reactor for treating liquid effluent at psychrophilic temperatures, the reactor comprising an on releasing biofilm carrier material selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, aluminium, manganese, sodium, potassium, calcium, iron and magnesium and colonized by an anaerobic bacteria for the biological attenuation of phosphate from the effluent through the formation of polyphosphate.",0.9627842225082538,0.07443155498349241
9162183,"1. A method, comprising: determining an NO determining a present NO determining an NO determining a reductant doser command for injection of a reductant amount upstream of the second SCR catalyst in response to the threshold deviation value; and providing the reductant doser command in response to the threshold deviation value.",0.3947886389094865,0.789577277818973
9224268,"1. A wagering game system, comprising: a peripheral device including a peripheral device display and at least one processor configured to execute at least one application to display information on the peripheral device display; and a wagering game terminal including a terminal display configured to display a wagering game and a player-accessible interface configured to allow a player to communicatively couple the peripheral device to the wagering game terminal, wherein the at least one application includes a wagering game application relating to the wagering game displayed on the terminal display of the wagering game terminal, and the at least one processor of the peripheral device executes the wagering application to display, on the peripheral device display, wagering game information relating to the wagering game, and wherein the at least one processor of the peripheral device executes the wagering game application to display, on the peripheral device display, at least one of credit information, wager information, award information, monetary information, and player information, the at least one of credit information, wager information, award information, monetary information, and player information being restricted to being displayed on the peripheral device display.",0.05836618355320883,0.11673236710641766
8943156,"1. A method, by a wireless communication device, to resolve address mismatches when searching for a public key certificate of a user, the method comprising: searching for the public key certificate using an email address of the user, the email address having a first username and a first domain name; receiving a canonical or generic domain name; substituting the canonical or generic domain name in the email address of the user to form a second email address; and searching for the certificate using the second email address, wherein the canonical or generic domain name is supplied to the wireless communication device according to an IT policy in place on a system for the device.",0.02494803841501266,0.04989607683002528
9824597,"1. An aerial vehicle with automatic navigation comprising: one or more diamond nitrogen vacancy (DNV) sensors spaced apart from each other and each configured to detect magnetic fields generated by stationary infrastructure, such one or more DNV sensors determining a magnetic vector based on the magnetic fields, such infrastructure spaced apart from the one or more DNV sensors and providing a magnetic signature that is capable of being mapped based on characteristics of the magnetic signature and correlated to sensed magnetic vectors; one or more electronic processors configured to receive the magnetic vector of the magnetic field and determine a presence of infrastructure based upon the magnetic vector; and a navigation control configured to automatically navigate the aerial vehicle based upon the infrastructure and its weak magnetic fields detected and determined as magnetic vectors.",0.6863853688809316,0.6272292622381368
9806120,"1. An imaging device, comprising: a first semiconductor chip unit including a second semiconductor chip unit including a logic circuit, wherein the first semiconductor chip unit is bonded to the second semiconductor chip unit, the second wiring is adjacent the third wiring with a gap therebetween, such that the gap overlaps a portion of the respective photoelectric conversion element, in a plan view, and the first wiring includes a first portion that overlaps a portion of the second wiring and a second portion that overlaps the gap, in the plan view.",0.254697638027333,0.509395276054666
9222581,"1. A continuously variable transmission control system for a vehicle, comprising: a continuously variable transmission device having a belt, that is suspended between a drive pulley on a side of a motive power source and a driven pulley on a side of a wheel, and an electricity-driven actuator, at least one pulley, of the drive pulley and the driven pulley, including a fixed sheave and a moveable sheave placed to be moveable with respect to the fixed sheave, and the electricity-driven actuator changing an width between the moveable sheave and the fixed sheave by movement of the moveable sheave; a control device that controls driving of the electricity-driven actuator; an input rotation detection unit that detects an input shaft rotational speed of the drive pulley; and an output rotation detection unit that detects an output shaft rotational speed of the driven pulley, wherein the control device selects, from a plurality of speed relationships, each of which is a relationship between the input shaft rotational speed and the output shaft rotational speed, one speed relationship according to an input of a switch command signal indicating a command of switching of the speed relationship or a drive state of the vehicle, and changes the width between the moveable sheave and the fixed sheave based on the selected one speed relationship and detected values of the input shaft rotational speed and the output shaft rotational speed.",0.7697704737774704,0.46045905244505914
9154050,"1. A static synchronous compensator comprising: a single-phase voltage AC-DC conversion circuit having an internal electromotive force and an internal equivalent impedance when viewed from an AC terminal and converting between a single-phase AC power from a single-phase AC power system connected to the AC terminal and a DC power according to the pulse width of a gate signal generated based on a PWM command; a voltage command circuit outputting a first axis voltage command acting as an amplitude target value of a single-phase AC voltage of the AC terminal, set with a DC voltage command value higher than the peak value of the single-phase AC voltage, detecting the DC voltage converted by the single-phase voltage AC-DC conversion circuit, and outputting the second axis voltage command by calculating the difference between the DC voltage command value and the DC voltage detection value; a phase difference generation circuit having a phase-delayed single-phase AC current generator for delaying the phase of a single-phase AC voltage of the AC terminal and generating a delayed single-phase AC current and generating a voltage corresponding to the phase difference between the single-phase AC voltage of the AC terminal and the internal electromotive force of the single-phase voltage AC-DC conversion circuit based on the delayed single-phase AC current; a upper voltage control circuit outputting a voltage command signal generated so that the amplitude of the single-phase AC voltage of the AC terminal approaches the first axis voltage command and a frequency command signal generated so that a voltage corresponding to the phase difference from the phase difference generation circuit approaches the second axis voltage command based on the first axis voltage command and the second axis voltage command from the voltage command circuit, the voltage corresponding to the phase difference from the phase difference generation circuit, and the single-phase AC voltage of the AC terminal; a frequency control circuit set with a reference frequency acting as a reference of the frequency of the single-phase AC current in the AC terminal, determining the electric angle of the internal electromotive force of the single-phase voltage AC-DC conversion circuit based on the reference frequency, the frequency command signal from the upper voltage control circuit, and the voltage corresponding to the phase difference generated by the phase difference generation circuit, and generating a generated electric angle; and a lower voltage control circuit set with a reference voltage acting as a reference of the voltage amplitude of the single-phase AC current in the AC terminal, using the value obtained by adding the voltage command signal from the upper voltage control circuit to the value, which is obtained by multiplying the signal based on the electric angle from the frequency control circuit and the reference voltage, as an internal electromotive force and outputting the difference between the internal electromotive force and the single-phase AC voltage as the PWM command.",0.846707871314386,0.3065842573712281
8654552,"1. An interleaved type power factor correction circuit, comprising: a rectifying unit configured to rectify a commercial alternating current (AC) power; a transformer including a switching unit configured to individually switch the power transmitted to the first and second inductor windings; a controlling unit configured to control the switching operation of the switching unit in order to allow a phase difference between a current and a voltage of the switched power to satisfy a predetermined phase difference; and a stabilizing unit configured to stabilize the switched power from the switching unit.",0.9139876624790502,0.17202467504189967
8652582,"1. A method of making a ligand functionalized substrate, the method comprises the steps of: 1) providing a base substrate; 2) coating the substrate with a solution comprising (a) at least one grafting monomer having an acryloyl group and a photoinitiator group; (b) one or more ligand monomers of the formula: wherein R 1 is H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl, R 2 is a divalent alkylene optionally containing an ester, amide, urethane or urea linking group; each R 3 is independently H or C 1 -C 4 alkyl, R 4 is H, C 1 -C 4 alkyl or —N(R 3 ) 2 ; and X 1 is —O— or —NR 3 —, (c) optionally one or more monomers having at least one acryloyl group and at least one additional ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable group; and (d) optionally one or more hydrophilic monomers; 3) exposing the coated base substrate to ionizing radiation to form a first functionalized substrate comprising grafted photoinitiator groups attached to the surface of the base substrate and unreacted (b), (c) and (d) monomers having ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable groups, and 4) exposing the base substrate comprising grafted photoinitiator groups to UV radiation to polymerize the remaining ethylenically unsaturated, free-radically polymerizable groups of the (b), (c) and (d) monomers.",0.4994951115663643,0.9989902231327286
9170636,"1. A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising: determining by a network broker module that network traffic associated with one or more applications of the computing device has completed; and responsive to the determination, causing, by the network broker module, a network interface device to transition to a mode to reduce power consumption of the network interface device and maintain, by the network broker module, an Internet Protocol (IP) address while in the mode to reduce power consumption.",0.8253622635828044,0.3492754728343912
8866874,"1. A method for performing camera control using a remote control device, comprising: displaying a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of a videoconferencing endpoint, wherein the GUI comprises a plurality of cameras for selection for control; receiving user input selecting a first camera from the plurality of cameras using the remote control device, wherein video of the first camera is not currently displayed on the display of the videoconferencing endpoint, and wherein the remote control device is a simple remote control device for the videoconferencing endpoint, wherein the remote control device comprises directional inputs for up, down, left, and right and confirmation input for confirming a selection; displaying video of the first camera on the display of the videoconferencing endpoint in response to the user input selecting the first camera; displaying one or more camera controls for controlling the first camera on the display of the videoconferencing endpoint in response to the user input selecting the first camera, wherein said displaying the one or more camera controls comprises displaying a plurality of icons corresponding to camera presets on the display; receiving user input to the one or more camera controls using the remote control device, wherein said receiving user input comprises receiving first user input from the remote control device selecting a first icon of the plurality of icons, wherein the first icon corresponds to a first camera preset, and wherein said receiving user input comprises receiving second user input from the remote control device indicating acceptance of selection of the first icon; performing camera control of the first camera in response to the user input to the one or more camera controls, wherein said performing camera control of the first camera comprises adjusting the pan and/or zoom of the first camera based on the first camera preset.",0.09362723598075902,0.187254471961518
8470395,"1. A method of making an adsorbent structure for a pressure swing adsorption apparatus wherein the adsorbent structure comprises an adsorbent sensitive to sudden increases or decreases in water content, the method comprising: preparing a slurry of the sensitive adsorbent and water; coating a substrate with the aqueous slurry; and drying the coated substrate to produce the adsorbent structure wherein the drying comprises first, second, and third drying stages in sequence wherein the rate of drying in the second drying stage is slower than that in the first drying stage and the rate of drying in the first drying stage is slower than that in the third drying stage.",0.7314905810263639,0.5370188379472722
8401734,"1. A driving force controlling system, which has a drive unit for generating a driving force for driving a vehicle, an operating device operated by a driver of the vehicle, a target driving force determining device for determining a target driving force of the vehicle on the basis of a change in a force applied to the operating device to operate the operating device, a change in an operating amount of the operating device, or a velocity to operate the operating device, and a controller for controlling the driving force generated by the drive unit on the basis of the determined target driving force, comprising: a target driving force calculating means that varies exponentially the target driving force determined by the target driving force determining device, based on an increase in the change in the force applied to the operating device to operate the operating device, the change in an operating amount of the operating device, or the velocity to operate the operating device.",0.7383995892162345,0.523200821567531
9212075,"1. A method of retreating a dewatered sludge comprising the steps of: (1) adding a desiccant into said dewatered sludge, and stirring the resulting mixture to produce a mixed sludge having a water content of 50-60%; and (2) drying the mixed sludge to produce a dried granular sludge, which has a water content of 45% or less, wherein the dewatered sludge has a water content of 70-85%, the dewatered sludge is in a viscous semi-solid state, and the dewatered sludge comprises polyacrylamide.",0.5806479439885329,0.8387041120229342
9347832,"1. A polarimetric imager, comprising: an optic for creating an image of a scene; an aperture array for separating rays of light originating from a plurality of different portions of the image of the scene into a respective plurality of spatially separated ray bundles; a birefringent plate for separating each of the plurality of spatially separated ray bundles into ordinary rays and extraordinary rays; a spectral imaging subsystem for separating the ordinary and extraordinary rays according to their spectral content; and a detector array for generating data from the ordinary and extraordinary rays separated according to their spectral content.",0.12460157726644236,0.24920315453288477
8426038,1. A phosphorescent polymer compound comprising a structural unit that is obtained by radical polymerization of a compound of Formula (1): wherein L wherein a plurality of R only one of the plurality of R wherein a plurality of R and wherein L E wherein L E wherein L,0.33326331977384616,0.6665266395476923
8447532,"1. A method for generating an optimal schedule for an maintenance of an extended metallic structure, comprising: localizing coordinates of the structure and detecting anomalies with localized coordinates within the extended metallic structure by using a non-contact remote technique based on measuring a value of the Earth's magnetic field at multiple locations in vicinity of the structure and identifying the anomalies by deviation of the Earth's magnetic field at each location from a background value, without applying an additional magnetic field during the measuring; selecting one anomaly to be a calibration anomaly; performing in-contact non-destructive mechanical stress measurement of the calibration anomaly of the structure; comparing of the mechanical stress value obtained by the in-contact measurement for the calibration anomaly with a measured data of the Earths magnetic field for the same anomaly and deriving a calibration coefficient, which transforms each Earth's magnetic field deviation value into mechanical stress data; calculating in a computer absolute values of a mechanical stress around all found anomalies in the metallic structure using the measured values of the Earth's magnetic field for each anomaly and applying the calibration coefficient; calculating risk-factors for the respective anomalies found based upon their absolute values of the mechanical stress; and creating short-term and long-term operational forecasts, including chronological and topological planning of necessary procedures required for the said structure maintenance and repairs; wherein the forecasts are created based on the anomalies by measuring the non-contact technique only once and without using a data from any previous measurement of the same anomalies by the same technique.",0.682927948585395,0.6341441028292101
8976405,"1. A printing apparatus comprising: a storage unit; a driving unit for driving the storage unit; a first determination unit configured to, in a case where first data that is not print data is received, determine whether or not access to the storage unit is required with reception of the first data; a control unit configured to cause the printing apparatus to execute transition from a sleep state to a first operation state in a case where the first determination unit determined that the access to the storage unit is required with reception of the first data, wherein power consumption of the first operation state is lower than power consumption of a normal operation state and the storage unit is turned on in the first operation state, and wherein power consumption of the sleep state is lower than power consumption of the first operation state; a reception unit configured to receive second data which requires access to the storage unit; a history information management unit configured to manage a first history information relating to time of reception of the first data and a second history information relating to time of reception of the second data; and an estimation unit configured to calculate an estimation time which is a period of time until a next reception of data that requires access to the storage unit, based on a difference between the first history information and the second history information, wherein the control unit causes the printing apparatus to execute transition from the first operation state to a second operation state in a case where the estimation time exceeds a threshold of a period of time decided based on an amount of power consumption for driving the driving unit, wherein power consumption of the second operation state is lower than that in the normal operation and the storage device is turned off in the second operation state, wherein the control unit causes the printing apparatus to maintain in the first operation state in a case where the estimation time does not exceed the threshold.",0.4356470063793335,0.871294012758667
8968688,"1. A method of recovering rare earth elements in a form of rare earth salts from coal ash, the method comprising: preprocessing coal ash to concentrate the coal ash; treating the concentrated coal ash that includes rare earth elements with a mineral acid to form an aqueous mineral acid solution that includes rare earth salts and an ash cake, wherein the ash cake is formed free of hazardous elements; evaporating the aqueous mineral acid solution to a concentrate; extracting the concentrated aqueous mineral acid solution to form an organic solution that includes the rare earth salts; mixing the organic solution with water to form a second aqueous solution that includes the rare earth salts; and separating the rare earth salts from the second aqueous solution.",0.9209903218661251,0.15801935626774988
9840186,"1. A vehicle lamp comprising: a light source; a drive circuit configured to supply a driving current according to a dimming signal to the light source; a processor configured to generate a turn on or off ordering signal that signals the light source to be turned on or off according to an instruction from the vehicle and information indicating a driving situation; a gradual varying controller configured to generate the dimming signal that varies with time in response to the turn on or off ordering signal; a switch provided on a power supply path from a battery to the drive circuit and controlled to be turned on or off by the processor, wherein the processor switches between a first mode in which the light source is turned off momentarily and a second mode in which the light source is turned off gradually, and wherein the processor switches off the switch (i) when the light source is turned off in the first mode and causes the light source to be turned off gradually by the gradual varying controller with the turn on or off ordering signal shifted to a turn off level (ii) when the light source is turned off in the second mode.",0.8117679570033052,0.37646408599338965
8664282,"1. A process to prepare a crosslinked membrane, comprising the steps: a. providing a copolymer comprising repeat units of Formulae (V) and (VI) b. forming a membrane from the copolymer; c. hydrolyzing the —SO d. exposing the copolymer to radiation to form a crosslinked polymer, either before or after formation into a membrane; wherein the monomer of Formula VI can enable copolymerization, crosslinking and oxidation to a stable polymer electrolyte membrane that is conductive at low relative humidity, having through-plane conductivity, at 25% relative humidity and 80° C., of at least 13 mS/cm, and transverse direction swelling of not more than 78%.",0.8586131326475755,0.2827737347048489
8772280,"1. A compound of the formula (I): wherein R R R R R R wherein the groups phenyl, aryl and straight or branched C provided that the compound 1-methyl-5-{2-[4-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-ylcarbamoyl)-2-trifluoromethoxy-phenylamino]-pyrimidin-4-yl}-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid o-tolylamide is excluded; and stereoisomers, tautomers, hydrates, solvates, N-oxides and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.",0.4304990928167959,0.8609981856335918
9835440,"1. A method for monitoring a turbine component, the method comprising: locating a plurality of naturally occurring surface features on the turbine component; locating at least one reference point; measuring a plurality of first distances between the plurality of naturally occurring surface features and the at least one reference point; using the turbine component in a turbomachine; locating the plurality of naturally occurring surface features on the turbine component at a second point in time after the turbine component was used in the turbomachine; locating the at least one reference point at the second point in time; measuring a plurality of second distances between the plurality of naturally occurring surface features and the at least one reference point at the second point in time; and, comparing the plurality of first distances to the plurality of second distances to determine a strain analysis, wherein the reference point comprises one of the plurality of naturally occurring surface features.",0.9106193087845866,0.17876138243082673
9313728,"1. A communication terminal for use in a wireless communication environment which involves a plurality of coexisting communication processes with upper limit values being set respectively therein for amounts of data to be transmitted, comprising: a compressor configured to compress data to be transmitted; a compression controller configured to: if the amount of the data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than the upper limit value set depending on a presently used communication process from among the plurality of coexisting communication processes which is to be used to transmit the data and if the presently used communication process is not a maximum capacity communication process, switch the presently used communication process, and, if the amount of the data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than the upper limit value set depending on the switched presently used communication process, control said compressor to compress said data; if the amount of the data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than the upper limit value set depending on the presently used communication process and if the presently used communication process is the maximum capacity communication process, control said compressor to compress said data; and control said compressor to not compress said data if the amount of the data to be transmitted is smaller than said upper limit value set depending on the presently used communication process; and a base station switching controller which, if the amount of the data to be transmitted is equal to or greater than the upper limit value set depending on the presently used communication process, searches for a base station that uses another communication process which has a greater transmission capacity per unit time than a base station with which the communication terminal is currently communicating, and which, if the base station which has a greater transmission capacity per unit time is detected, is configured to switch to the detected base station that uses another communication process which has a greater transmission capacity per unit time for transmitting the data.",0.64758552022775,0.7048289595445001
8540485,1. A cydoidal rotor having a plurality of airfoil blades mounted for orbiting about the rotor's axis of rotation; blade supporting means operative to position the blades to follow a generally non-circular trajectory about said axis of rotation; counterbalancing means for keeping the rotor balanced as the blades' radial positions change; blade pitch adjusting means for adjusting the blades angle-of-attack; and drive means for propelling the blades along said trajectory.,0.5709875168488588,0.8580249663022823
8718966,"1. A damping test method for executing a damping test for a hydraulically operated actuator used for driving a control surface of an aircraft, the method comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring an ideal velocity characteristic of the control surface that is defined by a temperature of pressure oil supplied to the actuator and an operating speed of the control surface; (b) acquiring, in a state where at least two of the actuators are attached to the control surface and a pair of oil chambers of the actuator among the actuators that is to be tested by the damping test are connected with each other via an orifice, a temperature of the pressure oil of the actuator to be tested and an operating speed of the control surface when the actuator(s) not under test actuate(s) the control surface; (c) correcting the ideal velocity characteristic of the control surface acquired in step (a) by using the temperature of the pressure oil of the actuator to be tested and the operating speed of the control surface acquired in step (b); (d) setting an upper limit and a lower limit for the operating speed of the control surface according to the temperature of the pressure oil by using a predicted value for a fluctuation range for a fluctuation factor previously assumed as a factor of fluctuation of the operating speed of the control surface, with reference to the ideal velocity characteristic corrected in step (c); (e) measuring, after execution of steps (a) to (d), a temperature of the pressure oil of the actuator to be tested and an operating speed of the control surface by actuating the control surface with the actuator not under test in a state where the pair of oil chambers of the actuator to be tested are connected with each other via the orifice; and (f) determining whether the operating speed measured in step (e) falls within a range between the upper limit and the lower limit set in step (d) at the temperature of the pressure oil measured in step (e).",0.6820836605188401,0.6358326789623199
9568547,"1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of intellectual property (IP) logic units, each to execute instructions; a debug interconnect coupled to the plurality of IP logic units, the debug interconnect separate from a second interconnect that couples the plurality of IP logic units; a plurality of data buffers coupled to the debug interconnect, the plurality of data buffers to store hardware trace information, software trace information, and firmware trace information; and a bandwidth management controller coupled to the debug interconnect, the bandwidth management controller to dynamically allocate buffer space of the plurality of data buffers to the hardware trace information, the software trace information, and the firmware trace information, the bandwidth management controller further including a control logic to dynamically control at least one of a voltage and a frequency of the debug interconnect based at least in part on a debug activity level.",0.5391123972592223,0.9217752054815553
9422581,1. A method for producing isobutanol comprising: a) providing a recombinant yeast cell comprising: b) contacting said recombinant yeast cell of a) with a carbon substrate under conditions whereby isobutanol is produced.,0.8482636387644872,0.30347272247102564
8502003,1. A process for the conversion of biomass material into precursors for hydrocarbon transportation fuels which comprises contacting the biomass material with liquid superheated water at a temperature of at least 200° C. and carbon monoxide at elevated pressure to convert the biomass into liquid transportation fuel precursors.,0.995980131075103,0.00803973784979406
8434714,"1. An aircraft landing gear for an aircraft having an engine, an outer surface, a cavity formed in the outer surface and a cover arranged to close the cavity, the landing gear being arranged to be movable between a stowed configuration, in which it is stowed in the cavity, and a deployed configuration, the landing gear comprising an engine debris guard panel arranged to inhibit tyre propelled debris striking the engine whilst the landing gear is in the deployed configuration, wherein the guard panel is arranged to form at least a part of the cover when the landing gear is in the stowed configuration, wherein the cover comprises the guard panel and first and second cover panels movable between a closed configuration where the cover panels contribute to closing the cavity and an open configuration where at least some of the cavity entrance is open, wherein the first cover panel is movably connected to the outer surface at the opposite side of the cavity to the first panel, such that the guard panel is disposed between the cover panels when the landing gear is in the stowed configuration.",0.6413157200830677,0.7173685598338646
9458813,"1. A vehicle electric power supply apparatus mounted in a vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine and with an idle stopping unit that is used to execute idle stopping in which the internal combustion engine is temporarily stopped, the apparatus comprising: a first power source; a second power source that is connected in parallel to the first power source; a DC-DC converter that is connected between the first power source and the second power source; a switch that is connected in parallel to the DC-DC converter and is connected between the first power source and the second power source; an opening and closing unit that is used to open and close the switch; a control unit that controls the DC-DC converter and the opening and closing unit; an electric motor that is connected to the second power source and is used to start the internal combustion engine; and a rotation frequency detection unit that is used to detect a rotation frequency of the internal combustion engine, wherein the control unit controls the opening and closing unit to set the switch to an OFF state to drive the electric motor via electric power supplied from the second power source, and wherein the control unit controls the opening and closing unit to set the switch to an ON state, to supply electric power from the first power source to the electric motor, and controls the idle stopping unit to inhibit next execution of the idle stopping when the rotation frequency detected by the rotation frequency detection unit after a predetermined length of time elapses in the starting of the internal combustion engine by the electric motor is a predetermined threshold value or less, whereby inhibiting next execution of the idle stopping prevents further electric power consumption of the first power source when the rotation frequency is the predetermined threshold value or less.",0.9877517061745179,0.024496587650964186
9229260,"1. An imprinted micro-wire structure, comprising: a substrate having an edge area and a central area separate from the edge area; a cured bottom layer formed on the substrate, the cured bottom layer having an edge area and a central area corresponding respectively to the edge area and the central area of the substrate; an imprinted bottom-layer micro-channel in the cured bottom layer in at least a portion of the central area and in at least a portion of the edge area, the bottom-layer micro-channel extending from the central area into the edge area; a cured bottom-layer micro-wire located in the bottom-layer micro-channel, the bottom-layer micro-wire extending from the central area into the edge area; a cured connecting layer adjacent to and in contact with the cured bottom layer and the bottom-layer micro-wire; an imprinted connecting-layer micro-channel in the cured connecting layer over at least a portion of the bottom-layer micro-channel in at least a portion of the edge area; a cured connecting-layer micro-wire located in the connecting-layer micro-channel contacting at least a portion of the bottom-layer micro-wire; a cured top layer adjacent to and in contact with the cured connecting layer and the connecting-layer micro-wire, the cured top layer having an edge area and a central area corresponding respectively to the edge area and the central area of the substrate; an imprinted edge micro-channel in the cured top layer in at least a portion of the edge area and an imprinted top-layer micro-channel in the cured top layer separate from the bottom-layer micro-channel and over at least a portion of the bottom-layer micro-channel in at least a portion of the central area; an edge micro-wire located in the edge micro-channel contacting at least a portion of the connecting-layer micro-wire and a top-layer micro-wire located in the top-layer micro-channel that is electrically isolated from the edge micro-wire, the connecting-layer micro-wire, and the bottom-layer micro-wire; and wherein the bottom-layer micro-wire in the central area is electrically connected to the edge micro-wire in the edge area and is electrically isolated from the top-layer micro-wire.",0.4005727610942612,0.8011455221885224
9500082,"1. A blade ring segment for a blade ring of a turbomachine comprising: at least one shroud, the at least one shroud delimiting an annular space with a side of the shroud facing a blade profile of a blade of the blade ring segment radially and defining at least one annular space delimiting surface on a pressure side or an intake side of the blade profile, the at least one annular space delimiting surface being designed with a wavy height profile, wherein the wavy height profile extends from a Z-shaped end edge of the at least one shroud, the wavy height profile having peaks in the area of the protrusions of the Z-shaped end edge and having valleys in the area of the indentations of the Z-shaped end edge, and the valleys and the peaks extending in the circumferential direction of the blade ring.",0.7529721219379599,0.49405575612408015
9175626,"1. An engine operating method, comprising: closing air sources, including a throttle, to an engine intake manifold and deactivating one or more engine cylinders in response to a vacuum level; evacuating air from an air source supplying air to the engine intake manifold that is not closed; and opening at least one of the closed air sources in response to engine combustion stability degrading below a threshold level.",0.9206960968877996,0.15860780622440074
9204378,"1. A computing device, comprising: processing circuitry to maintain channel information for wireless channels used by one or more preferred wireless networks; a wireless network adapter to perform a reduced wireless network scan, wherein the reduced wireless network scan uses the channel information to scan the wireless channels used by the preferred wireless networks and to refrain from scanning other wireless channels used by non-preferred wireless networks; and wherein the reduced wireless network scan disregards channel information from a subset of the preferred wireless networks based on at least one of location, computing device usage, or network characteristics, to scan the wireless channels used by preferred wireless networks not in the subset and to refrain from scanning other wireless channels used by preferred wireless networks in the subset.",0.6862621501243188,0.6274756997513624
9492490,"1. A composition for controlling a target pest comprising 0.1% to 4% isopropyl myristate, 0.1% to 15% thyme oil white, 0.1% to 2% geraniol and at least one additional active ingredient selected from the group consisting of thymyl acetate, linalyl acetate, amyl butyrate, anise star oil, black seed oil, p-cymene, linalool, d-limonene, isopropyl myristate, lilac flower oil, methyl salicylate, alpha-pinene, piperonal, piperonyl alcohol, tetrahydrolinalool, thyme oil white, thyme oil red, thymol, vanillin, and wintergreen oil,",0.30378607639811367,0.6075721527962273
9262485,"1. A computer implemented method for identifying a sketching matrix used by a linear sketch comprising: receiving, by a processor, an initial output of the linear sketch; generating, by the processor, a query vector; inputting, by the processor, the query vector into the linear sketch; receiving, by the processor, an revised output of the linear sketch based on inputting the query vector; iteratively repeating the steps of generating the query vector, inputting the query vector into the linear sketch, and receiving an revised output of the linear sketch based on inputting the query vector until the sketching matrix used by the linear sketch can be identified.",0.0104635826301135,0.020927165260226976
9147511,"1. A packed heat exchanger bed composed of thermomagnetic material particles which have a mean diameter of from 200 μm to 400 μm, wherein the packed heat exchanger bed has a porosity of from 30% to 45%.",0.7323332196127819,0.5353335607744363
9373801,"1. A compound of formula I wherein the individual groups have the following meanings R R3 is an optionally substituted alkyl, silyl or germyl group, or an aryl or heteroaryl group with 1 to 20 ring atoms which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more groups L X L is selected from P-Sp-, F, Cl, Br, I, —OH, —CN, —NO P is a polymerisable group, Sp is a spacer group or a single bond, X R Y",0.7076272066627866,0.5847455866744269
9525143,"1. A light-emitting element comprising: a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a triarylamine compound represented by a general formula (G1), wherein: E α Ar Ar R wherein: E α Ar R",0.5921609940768975,0.815678011846205
8367004,"1. A method for processing at least two liquid feed streams, comprising: a. feeding first and second constituents to one or more intensifier pumps at different individually actively controlled rates such that interaction between the first and second constituents is substantially prevented prior to pressurization within the one or more intensifier pumps; b. pressurizing the first and second constituents in a combined stream within the one or more intensifier pumps to an elevated pressure of at least 35 MPa; c. delivering the combined stream to a microreactor downstream from the one or more intensifier pumps, the microreactor having a minimum channel dimension of 150 microns or less, causing the first and second constituents to interact within the microreactor at a nanoscale level.",0.6445494488100513,0.7109011023798975
9159659,"1. A semiconductor package, comprising: a first semiconductor chip comprising: a second semiconductor chip disposed in the opening and being mounted on the bottom surface of the opening; and a sealing member covering the second semiconductor chip in the opening.",0.14431978434743073,0.2886395686948615
8860362,"1. A system for charging a battery within an at least partially electric vehicle comprising: a charging vehicle wherein the charging vehicle is configured to electrically connect to the at least partially electric vehicle and charge at least one battery by a predetermined amount; and a network configured to determine the location of the charging vehicle, the network configured to:",0.9787241421808445,0.04255171563831106
9625965,"1. A computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored therein, the computer program instructions comprising instructions to: store, via an identification storing unit, the connection identifier; convert, via an electro-optical converting unit, the connection identifier from an electrical representation to an optical signal; and cause transmission of the optical signal representing the connection identifier using a light emitting diode (LED) at the first power outlet coupled to the optical communication medium at the plug.",0.22026217621244829,0.4405243524248965
9225782,"1. A method, comprising: scanning a vehicular access network (VAN), which facilitates a communication involving an on-board unit (OBU) of a respective vehicle, for coverage associated with an infrastructure access point (IAP); and receiving channel allocation information from the IAP, wherein the channel allocation information comprises at least one request for a mobile cell gateway (MCG).",0.6275628302448506,0.7448743395102988
8541615,"1. A method for producing a biphenyltetracarboxylic acid tetraester comprising oxidatively coupling a phthalic acid diester with a catalyst comprising at least a palladium salt, a copper salt and a β-dicarbonyl compound in the presence of molecular oxygen, wherein the β-dicarbonyl compound is supplied into a reaction mixture liquid intermittently at an interval of less than 30 minutes, or continuously at a temperature of the reaction mixture liquid not lower than 130° C.",0.638342104753844,0.723315790492312
8914412,"1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method, the method comprising: identifying a first plurality of access events previously performed on a file, wherein said file is associated with a directory of related files; identifying a second plurality of access events previously performed on said related files within said directory, wherein access events in said first and second plurality of access events occur within a time period; determining a pool of users that have accessed the file and the related files within said directory within said time period; determining a type of each of the first plurality of access events and the second plurality of access events, the type of each of the first plurality of access events indicating an operation performed on the file and the type of each of the second plurality of access events indicating an operation performed on the related files; and selecting a user from said pool of users as an inferred owner of said file based on access metrics related to said first and second plurality of access events and the determined type of each of the first plurality of access events and the second plurality of access events.",0.03683306257328784,0.07366612514657567
9045205,"1. A boat ramp comprising: a plurality of hollow planks coupled to one another such that upper surfaces thereof define a drivable surface; a plurality of channels each extending between adjacent planks of the plurality of hollow planks effective to enable fluid communication between the adjacent planks, wherein the plurality of hollow planks are coupled to one another by means of first and second cables each engaging first and second ends, respectively, of each of the plurality of hollow planks; a first plurality of sleeves rotatably coupled to the first ends of the plurality of hollow planks; a second plurality of sleeves rotatably coupled to the second ends of the plurality of hollow planks; and wherein the first cable extends through the first plurality of sleeves and the second cable extends through the second plurality of sleeves.",0.3851153351045392,0.7702306702090784
9304841,"1. A method, comprising: receiving from a calling process a call to a service; generating a proxy instance for the call to the service; calling, using the proxy instance, the service on behalf of the calling process in a manner that does not require the calling process to remain blocked during at least a portion of a time during which the call to the service is performed; starting a timer in response to receiving the call from the calling process; and in response to the proxy instance receiving a result for the call or the timer having expired, returning, by the proxy instance, at least one of the result or a status of the call to the calling process.",0.3761332895255873,0.7522665790511746
9598194,"1. A film sealing mechanism provided with an elongated heater and a heater receiver configured to abut against the heater, the heater and heater receiver being disposed opposite, in a direction perpendicular to a position of a feed means comprising a feed roller, to a tubular film in which content is accommodated and which is fed downward from a film passage port by the feed means with its both left and right end portions in a width direction supported, so as to be capable of holding outer surfaces of the film therebetween, the film sealing mechanism comprising: a fixed bracket including the heater and two parallel extending film guides vertically sandwiching the heater; and a moving bracket disposed opposite to the fixed bracket and including the heater receiver and film guides formed in a front surface of the heater receiver or parallel extending film guides disposed so as to vertically sandwich the heater receiver, wherein the film guides of the fixed bracket each include first wing-like parts having a shape in which outer edges obliquely abutting against substantially both left and right side surfaces of the tubular film as viewed from above are opened toward the moving bracket, and the film guides of the moving bracket each include second wing-like parts having a shape in which outer edges obliquely abutting against substantially both left and right side surfaces of the tubular film as viewed from above are opened toward the fixed bracket.",0.25163192716063143,0.5032638543212629
8906235,"1. A process for separating a liquid fraction from a lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate fermentation broth comprising: a) providing a lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate fermentation broth comprising a target product; b) optionally removing the target product from the lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate fermentation broth of (a), producing a depleted broth; c) treating the broth of (a) or depleted broth of (b) at a temperature between about 70° C. and about 150° C. and for a time of between about 30 seconds and about 210 minutes to produce a broth or depleted broth having at least about 20% reduced filter cake resistance as compared to the respective starting broth of (a) or depleted broth of (b); and d) passing the treated broth or depleted broth of (c) through a filter, thereby separating a liquid fraction from a solid fraction wherein the liquid fraction comprises less than about 0.1% suspended solids and is concentrated into a syrup having at least 40% solids and a viscosity less than about 100 centipoise.",0.8124546373567446,0.3750907252865108
9754017,"1. A processor-implemented method for identifying a document file comprising: responsive to locating a recognized set of characters in a document file comprising a plurality of characters, using the recognized set of characters as an anchor point and performing the steps comprising:",0.01502632234729221,0.030052644694584463
8796273,"1. A method for treating, alleviating, or reducing an enteroviral infection caused by a serotype of poliovirus 1 (PV1) or enterovirus 71 (EV71) comprising administering 3-ethoxy-6-{2-[1-(6-methyl-pyridazin-3-yl)-piperidin-4-yl]-ethoxy}-benzo[d]isoxazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject suffering from said infection, and further comprising administering a second anti-enteroviral agent, wherein the second anti-enteroviral agent is rupintrivir or enviroxime.",0.49713372451851273,0.9942674490370255
8682593,"1. A method for predicting disease outcome in an early-stage breast cancer patient, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining gene expression profiles from a plurality of genes from tumor samples, wherein said tumor samples may be mutant or wildtype for the p53 gene; comparing said gene expression profiles to determine which genes are differentially expressed in the tumor samples that may be mutant or wild type for the p53 gene; deriving from said differentially expressed genes a set of sequences to predict p53 mutational status; and assessing the ability of the set of sequences based on microarray analysis and Kaplan-Meier analysis to predict disease outcome wherein the sequences consist of SEQ ID NO: 23, SEQ ID NO: 22, SEQ ID NO: 31, SEQ ID NO: 14, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 26, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 29, SEQ ID NO: 20, SEQ ID NO: 24, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 32, SEQ ID NO: 28, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ ID NO: 25, SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 7, and SEQ ID NO: 3, and wherein the disease is early-stage breast cancer.",0.09196268915276071,0.18392537830552147
8413843,"1. A dispenser for packets comprising: at least one compartment defining a channel for receiving a horizontal stack of packets, said compartment comprising a front edge; a support mounted within said compartment for the horizontal stack of packets comprising a central slot and forming to surfaces at each side of said central slot for supporting thereon the horizontal stack of packets; and a movement imparting assembly mounted within said compartment and comprising: a pusher member for engaging the horizontal stack of packets, said pusher member comprising a backing support upwardly extending from a base slidably mounted to said support top surfaces and having a pin pivotally mounted thereto and extending into said slot; a helically wound member positioned beneath said support and extending along the length of said slot; an actuator for actuating said helically wound member so as to rotate about its axis thereby providing for engaging said pin and causing said pusher member to move forward within said channel; wherein said movement imparting assembly provides for said pusher member to selectively push forward the horizontal stack of packets so as to push at least one of the packets in said compartment off the edge thereof for retrieval.",0.13125799972412588,0.26251599944825177
9263682,"1. A light emitting device comprising: a substrate; and a luminous layer provided overlying the substrate and comprising a semiconductor nanocrystal to which a carbazole derivative is coordination-bonded or attached, the carbazole derivative having aromatic rings of a compound represented by the following chemical structure, which is substituted by one to three substitution groups: where Ar each of S1 and S2 may have substituents, and the one to three substitution groups are represented by a chemical structure 2: where X is a methylene group, a carbonyloxy group, an oxycarbonyl group, a carbonyl group, an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, Y is a substituted or non-substituted alkylene group, and Z is a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, or a thiol group.",0.3655572852337978,0.7311145704675956
9574479,"1. A method for loading or reloading a decomposition unit of a vehicular system, the decomposition unit being configured to receive an ammonia precursor, the vehicular system including a filler pipe in communication with the decomposition unit, the method comprising: introducing at least one capsule containing at least one protein component adapted to decompose the ammonia precursor through the filler pipe and which is then guided through the filler pipe towards the decomposition unit.",0.8162794717503211,0.36744105649935777
8870032,"1. A dispensing device for dispensing dry granular material, the dispensing device comprising: an inner tube; an outer tube, the inner tube slidably positioned within at least a portion of the outer tube so that the inner tube is slidable within the outer tube; a removable material reservoir connectable to the inner tube configured to allow a flow of material downward into the inner tube; a cylinder rigidly connected to the outer tube and configured such that an end of the inner tube distal from the removable material reservoir is movable within the cylinder as the inner tube is slid within the outer tube; a valve located at a bottom end of the cylinder that prohibits flow of material out of the cylinder under gravity alone; at least one stop configured to restrict sliding movement of the inner tube within the outer tube so that the end of the inner tube distal from the removable material reservoir moves a predetermined length within the cylinder; a piston ring secured to the inner tube, the piston ring being proximate to the end of the inner tube distal from the removable material reservoir, the piston ring configured to fit an inside diameter of the cylinder such that, as the end of the inner tube is slid upward within the cylinder, material from the removable material reservoir in the inner tube flows into the cylinder and, as the end of the inner tube is slid downward, the piston ring pushes against the material within the cylinder to create a pressure to open the valve.",0.1306417636334234,0.2612835272668468
8544297,"1. A process of making hollow glass microspheres comprising: supplying a plurality of granular glass particles having an average particle size of between about 1 micron to about 80 microns; introducing said plurality of glass particles into a fuel feed stream of a glass burner, said plurality of glass particles being present at a ratio of about 1 gram per 3 standard cubic feet per minute to said fuel stream; passing said fuel feed stream and said introduced glass particles into said gas burner, said burner further defining an interior reduced diameter wall region and adjacent an intake region of a plurality of conduits positioned within the glass flow pathway; directing said fuel feed stream and said glass particles through said conduits and thereby equalizing a velocity of both the fuel feed stream and the glass particles as the particles and fuel feed stream are directed to a flame zone of said gas burner; forming hollow glass microspheres from said glass particles as said glass particles release a latent blowing agent, said blowing agent expanding said glass particles into hollow glass microspheres as said glass particles pass through the flame zone of said burner; and, quenching said hollow glass microspheres within a cooling fluid as said hollow glass microspheres exit said flame zone of said gas burner.",0.9517086522945554,0.09658269541088926
9203297,"1. An AC/DC converter for converting an alternate current (AC) of a power supply into a direct current (DC), and the DC is transmitted to a loading, comprising: a rectifier circuit, which is electrically connected to the power supply to convert the AC into the DC, having a positive output and a negative output for outputting the DC; and an active power factor correction circuit electrically connecting the rectifier circuit to the loading to suppress voltage ripples provided to the loading, the active power factor correction circuit comprising: a first diode having an anode and a cathode, wherein the cathode of the first diode is connected to the positive output of the rectifier circuit; a second diode having an anode and a cathode, wherein the anode of the second diode is connected to the negative output of the rectifier circuit; a third diode having an anode and a cathode, wherein the anode of the third diode is connected to the anode of the first diode; a first inductor having two ends, one of which is connected to both the cathode of the first diode and the positive output of the rectifier circuit; a second inductor having an end connected to the cathode of the second diode and an opposite end connected to the anode of the first diode and the anode of the third diode; a first capacitor having an end connected to the first inductor and an opposite end connected to the second inductor, the anode of the first diode and the anode of the third diode; a switch having an end connected to both the first inductor and the first capacitor and an opposite end connected to both the negative output of the rectifier circuit and the anode of the second diode; a fourth diode having an anode and a cathode, wherein the anode of the fourth diode is connected to both the cathode of the second diode and the second inductor, and the cathode thereof is connected to the cathode of the third diode; a third inductor having an end connected to both the cathode of the third diode and the cathode of the fourth diode; a second capacitor having an end connected to both the cathode of the third diode and the cathode of the fourth diode and an opposite end connected to the third inductor; and a third capacitor having an end connected to both the third inductor and the second capacitor and an opposite end connected to the cathode of the second diode, the second inductor and the anode of the fourth diode, wherein the third capacitor is connected to the loading in parallel.",0.8836490917389553,0.23270181652208932
9129921,"1. A method of manufacturing a nitride semiconductor device, said nitride semiconductor device having an input terminal, a drain terminal, a gate terminal, and an output terminal, said method comprising: burning in said nitride semiconductor device by heating said nitride semiconductor device while inputting an RF signal to said input terminal, applying a drain voltage to said drain terminal, and applying a gate voltage to said gate terminal, wherein heating said nitride semiconductor device includes connecting a load having a variable load impedance at said output terminal of said nitride semiconductor device and setting the load impedance such that reflection of the RF signal at the load establishes, at said nitride semiconductor device, a voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) within a range from 3 to 10, thereby raising temperature of a channel of said nitride semiconductor device; continuing the burning in until said nitride semiconductor device exhibits a decrease in gate current; and upon the decrease in the gate current, stopping the burning in by stopping inputting of the RF signal to said input terminal, stopping applying of the drain voltage to said drain terminal, and stopping applying of the gate voltage to said gate terminal.",0.5899754422474541,0.8200491155050917
9105885,"1. A system for conditioning a temperature of at least one fluid stream that is passed through a fuel cell stack, the system comprising: a system module disposed upstream of the fuel cell stack and operable to humidify an anode stream and a cathode stream; a fuel cell stack adapted to receive the anode stream and the cathode stream, the fuel cell stack having at least one outlet that provides coolant in response to receiving the anode stream and the cathode stream; and a conditioning device operable to receive the anode stream, the cathode stream, and the coolant to change the temperature of the anode stream and the cathode stream with the coolant, the conditioning device comprising:",0.9749415688774096,0.05011686224518086
8712596,"1. A method of characterizing malicious activity in an intelligent utility grid system, the method executable by a computer having at least one processor and at least one memory, comprising: receiving, by the at least one processor, information-technology (IT) data including IT-related activity from the intelligent grid system; receiving, by the at least one processor, non-IT data including location-specific event data from a plurality of electronic sources; grid analog measurements comprising phasor measurements; and a list of high-value targets and corresponding geographic locations; pre-processing, by the at least one processor, the non-IT data including: disregarding the non-IT data failing to meet a predetermined level of relevance to one of a plurality of risk-related events; applying, by the at least one processor, a plurality of rules to the pre-processed non-IT data comprising: applying, by the at least one processor, a risk characterization to the undesired event based on the probability level and the IT-related activity.",0.6324626770657449,0.7350746458685102
9437884,"1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell stack; a cooling fluid pump pumping a cooling fluid through the fuel cell stack; a temperature sensor measuring the temperature of the cooling fluid out of the fuel cell stack; a radiator for cooling the cooling fluid from the fuel cell stack before it is returned to the fuel cell stack; a by-pass valve that selectively allows a portion of the cooling fluid to by-pass the radiator; and a controller programmed to control the position of the by-pass valve, said controller receiving a temperature signal from the temperature sensor, said controller also programmed with a dead-time plant model to calculate a plurality of variables and a dead-time value that are used to set the position of the by-pass valve so that the temperature of the cooling fluid exiting the fuel cell stack moves towards a desired temperature set-point, wherein the plurality of variables include control parameters that are recalculated for new operating conditions and wherein the recalculated control parameters are used to estimate new plant model parameters, and wherein the controller estimates a first dead-time plant model having a time delay greater than a current estimate of the dead-time value, a second dead-time plant model including a time-delay less than the current estimate of the dead-time value and a third dead-time plant model including the current estimate of the dead-time value, wherein the first dead-time plant model is compared to the third dead-time plant model and the second dead-time plant model is compared to the third dead-time plant model by calculating variances in the estimates to determine whether the dead-time value should be increased or decreased.",0.9017342343068693,0.19653153138626145
8754971,"1. An image sensing apparatus comprising: a pixel array in which a plurality of first-color pixels and a plurality of second-color pixels are alternately arranged in a first direction, wherein the second-color pixels have a color different from that of the first-color pixels; and a plurality of amplifiers, wherein signals of a first set of first-color pixels of the plurality of first-color pixels are transferred to an amplifier, of the plurality of amplifiers, corresponding to the first set of first-color pixels, so as to add the signals of the first set of first-color pixels, wherein signals of a second set of second-color pixels of the plurality of second-color pixels are transferred to an amplifier, of the plurality of amplifiers, corresponding to the second set of second-color pixels, so as to add the signals of the second set of second-color pixels, wherein signals of a third set of first-color pixels of the plurality of first-color pixels are transferred to an amplifier, of the plurality of amplifiers, corresponding to the third set of first-color pixels, so as to add the signals of the third set of first-color pixels, wherein a region in which the second set of second-color pixels whose signals are transferred to the amplifier corresponding to the second set of second-color pixels are arranged partially overlaps with a region in which the first set of first-color pixels whose signals are transferred to the amplifier corresponding to the first set of first-color pixels are arranged and a region in which the third set of first-color pixels whose signals are transferred to the amplifier corresponding to the third set of first-color pixels are arranged, wherein first centers of gravity and second centers of gravity are alternately arranged in the first direction, and centers of gravity consisting of the first centers of gravity and the second centers of gravity are arranged at equal pitches, wherein each of the first centers of gravity is one of a center of gravity of the first set of first-color pixels whose signals are transferred to the amplifier corresponding to the first set of first-color pixels and a center of gravity of the third set of first-color pixels whose signals are transferred to the amplifier corresponding to the third set of first-color pixels, and the second centers of gravity include a center of gravity of the second set of second-color pixels whose signals are transferred to the amplifier corresponding to the second set of second-color pixels.",0.0503351483982874,0.1006702967965748
9074376,"1. Apparatus for disposing of animal waste comprising: a receptacle for receiving animal waste; a fixed screen within the receptacle for holding animal waste; a drain for receiving animal waste therein, the drain connected to a sanitary sewer; a spray nozzle for flushing animal waste through the fixed screen and into the drain; a controller mechanism for controlling a flow of water to the spray nozzle; and a hinged screen that is hingedly connected to the fixed screen and moveable from an open position to a closed position such that when in the closed position the hinged screen pushes animal waste through the fixed screen.",0.671961561637005,0.6560768767259899
8458837,"1. A method for manufacturing a self-forming mattress cover, wherein a cushioned quilt is attached to a mattress using a gusset with a drawstring, and wherein the gusset conforms to corner positions of the mattress and ensures proper alignment between the mattress and the cushioned quilt, the method comprising: providing the gusset integral with the mattress cover, wherein the mattress cover includes a border and a base, the border forms an exterior surface enclosing four sides of the mattress and is attached along a first edge to the base, and the base forms an exterior surface enclosing a bottom of the mattress, wherein the gusset extends from the mattress border and away from the bottom of the mattress, the gusset including, the drawstring including one or more of a string, a rope, a cord, a wire, a monofilament, elastic, or elastomeric monofilament; inducing tension in the drawstring via the pair of ends of the drawstring, thereby drawing the fold location of the gusset inward away from the four sides of the mattress; securing the pair of ends of the drawstring to maintain tension; folding the gusset at the fold location such that the second portion lies above the first portion; attaching a cushioned quilt to the gusset along the free second edge.",0.10476240694090538,0.20952481388181077
8983670,"1. A disaggregation system comprising: a power sensor unit connected to a power supply system; one or more components connected that consume power connected to the power supply system; a data acquisition mechanism connected to the power sensor unit; a microcontroller unit connected to the data acquisition mechanism; and wherein: the data acquisition mechanism provides energy information to the microcontroller unit; the microcontroller unit determines a difference between the total power drawn by all of the one or more components and a predetermined reference value; the microcontroller unit determines, at least in part based on the difference between the total power drawn by all of the one or more components and the predetermined reference value, a switching event; and the microcontroller unit provides disaggregated energy information, wherein the predetermined reference value is a function of one or more of: location, time of day; ambient conditions; and number of occupants of the facility.",0.9418766686695181,0.11624666266096373
8685822,"1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor component, comprising: providing a semiconductor material having first and second major surfaces; forming at least two trenches in the semiconductor material, wherein first and second trenches of the at least two trenches have floors and sidewalls and extend into the semiconductor material; forming a first oxide layer over the floors and sidewalls of the first and second trenches; forming a first electrode on a first portion of the first oxide layer and a second electrode on a second portion of the first oxide layer, the first portion of the first oxide layer in the first trench and the second portion of the first oxide layer in the second trench; forming a first portion of a stub from the first oxide layer and exposing portions of the sidewalls of the first and second trenches; forming a second oxide layer over the sidewalls of the first and second trenches, wherein forming the second oxide layer includes growing the second oxide layer through the first portion of the stub; forming first and second gate electrodes over the first and second electrodes, respectively; forming a source region in a portion of the semiconductor material that is between the first and second trenches; and forming a drain contact to the semiconductor material.",0.26670140270342446,0.5334028054068489
8446210,"1. An electronic fuse system, comprising: a pad, for receiving a reference voltage and outputting a current signal; an electronic fuse circuit, melted down to change an output voltage level when the current signal passes through the electronic fuse circuit; a first switch circuit, coupled between the pad and the electronic fuse circuit, for determining the current signal that is passed through the electronic fuse circuit according to a switch control signal; and a control circuit, coupled to the first switch circuit to output the switch control signal according to a control signal and a first locking signal; wherein, the control signal cannot control the control circuit to allow conduction of the first switch circuit when the first locking signal is locking; the electronic fuse system further comprises a locking generating circuit to generate the first locking signal, which locks the control circuit or not; the locking generating circuit comprises: a first adjustable resistance, coupled to the pad and receiving the reference voltage; a first reference resistance, coupled to the first adjustable resistance in series, a first node between the first adjustable resistance and the first reference resistance outputs the first locking signal; a first terminal of the control circuit couples to the first node; and an impedance of the first adjustable resistance is adjusted according to a first adjusting signal to adjust a voltage level of the first locking signal.",0.35561144158015096,0.7112228831603019
9290498,"1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising organic layers comprising at least a hole-injecting layer, a hole-transporting layer, and a light-emitting layer sandwiched between an anode and a cathode, wherein the hole-transporting layer consists essentially of one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of a triazole derivative, an oxadiazole derivative, an imidazole derivative, a carbazole derivative, a polyarylalkane derivative, a pyrazoline derivative, a pyrazolone derivative, a phenylenediamine derivative, an arylamine derivative, an amino-substituted chalcone derivative, an oxazole derivative, a styrylanthracene derivative, a fluorenone derivative, a hydrazone derivative, a stilbene derivative, a silazane derivative, an aniline-based copolymer, and a thiophene oligomer; and wherein the light-emitting layer contains a fluorescent light-emitting material, and an electron- and/or exciton-blocking layer containing an indolocarbazole compound represented by general formula (1) is disposed between the hole-transporting layer and the light-emitting layer so as to be adjacent to the light-emitting layer: in general formula (1), Z is an n-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group of 6 to 50 carbon atoms or an n-valent aromatic heterocyclic group of 3 to 50 carbon atoms; Y is a group represented by formula (1a); n is an integer of 2 to 6; Y's may be identical with or different from each other when n is 2 or more, in formula (1a), ring A is an aromatic or heterocyclic ring fused to the adjacent rings and represented by formula (1b) and ring B is a heterocyclic ring fused to the adjacent rings and represented by formula (1c); each of R in formula (1b), X is a methine group or a nitrogen atom; R in formula (1c), Ar is an aromatic hydrocarbon group of 6 to 50 carbon atoms or an aromatic heterocyclic group of 3 to 50 carbon atoms, and wherein the LUMO energy of the indolocarbazole compound contained in the electron- and/or exciton-blocking layer is higher than the LUMO energy of the fluorescent light-emitting material contained in the light-emitting layer, the LUMO energy in eV of the indolocarbazole compound being greater than or equal to −1.2, and wherein the HOMO energy of the hole-transporting material contained in the hole-transporting layer is higher than the HOMO energy of the indolocarbazole compound contained in the electron- and/or exciton-blocking layer, the HOMO energy in eV of the hole-transporting material being greater than or equal to −4.8.",0.5245907553445234,0.9508184893109533
9062595,"1. A turbocharger system comprising: an electronic control unit; a turbocharger apparatus; a first oil circuit operable to provide oil to an internal cavity of the turbocharger apparatus at a first pressure level; a second oil circuit which is operable to provide oil to the turbocharger apparatus at a second pressure level which is different from the first pressure level, wherein the first and second oil circuits are sufficiently separated from one another so as to maintain separate and independent hydraulic pressures therein, such that they may be operated at different pressures from one another; wherein operation of at least one of the first and second oil circuits is controlled by the electronic control unit; and wherein said turbocharger apparatus, comprises: a center housing having a hollow central bore formed therethrough and having first, second and third oil routing channels formed therein, wherein the first and second oil routing channels are in fluid communication with the second oil circuit; a first cylindrical sleeve which fits inside of the center housing, the first cylindrical sleeve having a first end with a first seat formed therein and a second end with a second seat formed therein, and a central portion disposed between the first and second ends; a first disc member which fits into the first seat, the first disc member having a first fluid supply passage formed therethrough which communicates with the first oil routing channel of the center housing, the first fluid passage configured and arranged to receive oil from the second oil circuit; a first bearing assembly which fits into the first seat adjacent the first disc member, the first bearing assembly receiving oil from the first fluid supply passage; a second disc member which fits into the second seat, the second disc member having a second fluid supply passage formed therethrough which communicates with the second oil routing channel of the center housing, the second fluid supply passage also configured and arranged to receive oil from the second oil circuit; a second bearing assembly which fits into the second seat adjacent the second disc member, the second bearing assembly receiving oil from the second fluid supply passage; a second cylindrical sleeve which fits coaxially inside of the first cylindrical sleeve, wherein the first and second disc members receive respective ends of the second cylindrical sleeve therein; and a turbine member comprising a shaft portion which extends through the central bore of the center housing and through the second cylindrical sleeve, an intake turbine attached to a first end of the shaft portion, and an exhaust turbine attached to a second end of the shaft portion; wherein at least one of the first and second oil circuits is operable by the electronic control unit to apply a selectively variable hydraulic preload to the first and second bearing assemblies.",0.9129296447582875,0.17414071048342494
8762139,"1. A noise suppression device comprising: a transformer, of a processor, configured to transform an input signal of time domain into spectral components of the input signal; a power spectrum calculator configured to convert the spectral components into power spectra; a voice/noise determination unit configured to determine whether the power spectra indicate voice or noise; a noise spectrum estimation unit configured to estimate noise spectra of the power spectra by using a determination result of the voice/noise determination unit; a period component estimation unit configured to analyze a harmonic structure constituting the power spectra, and estimate periodical information about the power spectra; a weighting coefficient calculator configured to calculate a weighting coefficient for weighting the power spectra by using the periodical information, the determination result of the voice/noise determination unit, and signal information about the power spectra; a suppression coefficient calculator configured to calculate a suppression coefficient for suppressing noise included in the power spectra by using the power spectra, the noise spectra estimated by the noise spectrum estimation unit, and the weighting coefficient; a spectrum suppression unit configured to suppress amplitude of the power spectra in accordance with the suppression coefficient; and a transformer configured to convert the power spectra whose amplitude has been suppressed by the spectrum suppression unit into a signal of time domain to generate a noise-suppressed signal.",0.3674377715421039,0.7348755430842078
9102241,"1. An electrical system for a vehicle, comprising: a system bus; an alternator supplying a current to the system bus when mechanically driven by a prime mover; an ignition switch selecting an operational state of the electrical system; a primary battery connected to the system bus; a first auxiliary battery module connected to the system bus a main system controller operating the first auxiliary battery module in one of wherein the main system controller is configured to operate the first auxiliary battery module in the charging mode when the ignition switch is in a closed state, and configured to operate the first auxiliary battery module in the discharging mode when the ignition switch is in an open state.",0.969897143665428,0.060205712669143985
9368783,"1. A battery pack for a vehicle, the battery pack comprising: a plurality of electrically connected battery cells; and at least one current interruption device, the at least one current interruption device includes a switch having a movable element and a cutting member to physically cut the electrical connection of the battery cells upon closing of the switch; wherein the movable element and the cutting member are provided in a parallel circuit such that the movable element and the cutting member are arranged parallel to at least one battery cell, the parallel circuit closed by the movable element; and wherein electric connection of the battery cells is disconnected with the cutting member and the battery cells are electrically isolated from the at least one current interruption device with the cutting member.",0.9481737686927761,0.10365246261444772
8365341,"1. A mop assembly comprising: a rotary rod structure including a handgrip structure disposed above said rotary structure and including a spinning structure including wherein, once said cleaning mop is placed within said draining bucket, axially downward movement of said handgrip structure relative to said rotary rod structure results in axial rotation of said spiral spindle within said spiral hole in said driving unit into a predetermined direction, thereby driving said draining bucket to rotate in said predetermined direction and hence draining out water from said cleaning mop by virtue of centrifugal force and wherein axially upward movement of said handgrip structure relative to said rotary rod structure results in continuously driving and rotating said draining bucket in said predetermined direction.",0.5556124073089621,0.8887751853820758
8904997,"1. A fuel injection control system for an internal combustion engine equipped with a combustion chamber and a fuel injector installed in the combustion chamber, comprising: an injection quantity calculator which calculates a quantity of fuel to be sprayed from the fuel injector into the combustion chamber; an injector driver which drives an operation of the fuel injector to spray the quantity of fuel, as calculated by the injection quantity calculator, in at least one event of pilot injection and in an event of main injection following the event of the pilot injection; a combustion state parameter acquiring circuit which acquires a combustion state parameter representing a combustion state of the fuel within the combustion chamber which has been sprayed in the event of the pilot injection; a stable combustion determining circuit which determines whether the combustion state parameter, as acquired by the combustion state parameter acquiring circuit, lies in a stable combustion range where the fuel is to burn stably or not; and a combusted amount controller which changes at least one of a number of events of the pilot injection to be executed prior to the event of the main injection and a quantity of the fuel to be sprayed in each event of the pilot injection when the stable combustion determining circuit determines that the combustion state parameter is out of the stable combustion range.",0.9309373290847939,0.13812534183041225
9523128,"1. A nucleic acid comprising at least fifteen contiguous nucleotides to 1000 contiguous nucleotides, including nucleotide 1077, of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO:3, wherein the nucleic acid is detectably labeled with a fluorescent, chemiluminescent, radioactive, colorimetric, and/or resonance label.",0.6538531912942046,0.6922936174115908
8645881,"1. A non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores instructions that, if executed by a processor, will perform operations comprising: receiving a predetermined confidence level from a user, wherein the predetermined confidence level differs from confidence levels of a plurality of process corners of a plurality of libraries; predicting performance of a circuit at the predetermined confidence level using performance data from the plurality of libraries associated with at least two process corners; and outputting yield of the circuit representing the predicted performance of the circuit at the predetermined confidence level.",0.27452655875514026,0.5490531175102805
8437151,"1. A self-excited switching power supply circuit comprising: a smoothing capacitor for generating a DC input power supply between a high-voltage side terminal and a low-voltage side terminal, the DC input power supply being generated by rectifying and smoothing a commercial AC power supply; a transformer with a primary winding, a secondary output winding, and a feedback winding; an oscillation field effect transistor connected in series to the primary winding and connected between the high-voltage side terminal and the low-voltage side terminal; a start-up resistor connected between the high-voltage side terminal and a gate of the oscillation field effect transistor; a start-up capacitor connected between one side of the feedback winding and the gate of the oscillation field effect transistor, an opposite side of the feedback winding being connected to the low-voltage side terminal, the start-up capacitor applying a voltage for controlling ON of the oscillation field effect transistor to the gate; and a control switching element connected between the gate of the oscillation field effect transistor and the low-voltage side terminal, the control switching element emitting the charging voltage of the start-up capacitor after elapse of a predetermined time after the oscillation field effect transistor is turned on, thereby controlling OFF of the oscillation field effect transistor, wherein the self-excited switching power supply circuit rectifies and smoothes a flyback voltage generated in the secondary output winding after the oscillation field effect transistor is turned off, and outputs the resultant flyback voltage, a bypass charging circuit connected in parallel to the start-up resistor is connected between the high-voltage side terminal and the gate of the oscillation field effect transistor, and the bypass charging circuit causes a charging current for charging the start-up capacitor to flow from the high-voltage side terminal at least in a fixed period of a transitional period during which the voltage of the DC input power supply increases.",0.8629845449018237,0.2740309101963525
8520926,"1. A method for visually displaying and/or evaluating measurement data from imaging methods, the method comprising the acts of: a) calculating a parameterized statistical model for voxel data from multiple registered example voxel data sets that map a sufficient number of sufficiently different corporeal objects of an identical object class; b) carrying out at least one imaging method on a object to be examined of the object class in order to extract actual measurement data, wherein the object to be examined is a new object, which is not contained in the example voxel data sets; c) adjusting a set of model parameters of the parameterized statistical model; d) determining a difference between the actual measurement data and the parameterized statistical model; e) repeating steps c) and d) while changing the model parameters until the difference between the actual measurement data and the parameterized statistical model is minimal, and f) visually displaying and/or evaluating the parameterized statistical model.",0.1003815447229186,0.2007630894458372
9695080,"1. A glass particle deposit producing method including: a deposition process for producing a glass particle deposit by mounting a starting rod and a glass particle generating burner inside a reaction vessel, introducing a glass raw material into the burner, subjecting the glass raw material to a flame decomposition reaction inside a flame formed by the burner to generate glass particles, and depositing the generated glass particles on the starting rod, wherein a dispersion angle of the glass raw material jetted from the burner with respect to a center axis of the burner is set to a range of 20 to 70 degrees.",0.8045794491226251,0.39084110175474973
8755893,"1. A method, comprising: identifying a subject as suffering from pain in a first limb of the subject; and in response to the identifying, treating the pain in the first limb by:",0.023741395501162617,0.04748279100232522
8461073,"1. A catalyst support, the catalyst support comprising: a porous alumina structure; a magneto-plumbite-structure complex oxide comprising (La.M)Al a noble metal supported on the magneto-plumbite-structure complex oxide; wherein the magneto-plumbite-structure complex oxide is formed within pores in the porous alumina structure.",0.8957901421841913,0.20841971563161743
9834734,"1. A method for deacidising a gaseous feed stream comprising at least one acid compound of the group consisting of hydrogen sulphide, H 2 S, carbon dioxide, CO 2 , carbon oxysulphide, COS, carbon disulphide, CS 2 , disulphides and mercaptans, the method comprising steps a. an absorption step wherein the feed stream is contacted in countercurrent with an aqueous absorbent solution and forming a product stream having a reduced acid compound content and a liquid absorbent solution enriched with the at least one acid compound, b. a regeneration step wherein the enriched absorbent solution obtained from step a) is treated to release at least part of the acid compound, thereby forming a regenerated liquid absorbent solution lean in the acid compound and a gaseous stream containing the at least one acid compound, and c. recycling at least part of the lean absorbent solution from step b) as at least part of the aqueous absorbent solution to step a),  characterised in that step a) is performed at a pressure of at least 5.0 bar gauge, and the absorbent solution comprises an absorbent selected from the group consisting of N,N,N′-trimethyl-N′(hydroxyethyl)-1,3-propanediamine, N-(3-aminopropyl)-N-(dimethylamino)propyl-N′,N′-dimethyl-1,3-propanediamine, and a mixture of methyl diethanol amine, MDEA, with tris(N,N-dimethylamino propyl)amine in a weight ratio in the range of 25:75 to 95:5,  and mixtures thereof.",0.8653847034067176,0.26923059318656484
9624627,"1. A telescopic screed comprising: a main section screed comprising a main section screed frame and a main section base plate; and telescopic section screeds arranged on a left side and/or a right side of the main section screed, the telescopic section screeds comprising:",0.11723185785123064,0.23446371570246127
8394812,"1. A sustained release oral solid dosage form comprising nalbuphine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a sustained release gel matrix delivery system, wherein the dosage form provides a mean T max at about 1.77 to about 8.01 hours after oral administration to human subjects and maintains a plateau of a relatively constant blood serum level of nalbuphine during a dosage interval, in the form of a tablet.",0.08120230827450507,0.16240461654901017
8618379,"1. A seed of hybrid maize variety X08B841, wherein representative seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH890 with a second plant of variety PHW2Z, and wherein representative seed of said varieties PH890 and PHW2Z have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-4870 and PTA-11607, respectively.",0.2760048661279224,0.5520097322558448
8470615,"1. A process for producing a thin layer solar cell module with a plurality of segments that are electrically connected in series and arranged on a common substrate, with the process comprising: applying layers to the substrate to form at least one electrode, and one photoactive layer sequence and a further electrode such that the photoactive layer sequence is arranged between the electrode and the further electrode; and structuring the applied and/or to be applied layers to form the plurality of segments, wherein the at least one electrode, and the one photoactive layer sequence and the further electrode are applied before the structuring is carried out; and wherein structuring of already applied layers comprises creating a contact line by laser radiation.",0.9363324181117633,0.12733516377647347
9095815,"1. A composition produced by a hydrothermal liquid phase sintering process, the process comprising: providing a porous matrix, the porous matrix having a shape, and allowing a component of the porous matrix to undergo a reaction with an infiltrating medium to form a first product, the infiltrating medium including a greenhouse gas, a remainder of the porous matrix acting as a scaffold for facilitating the formation of the first product, wherein the greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide, wherein the first product includes carbonate, wherein the composition has a microstructure with an interconnecting network that resembles a net, wherein the composition includes the first product and the reminder of the porous matrix, and wherein the composition has a decomposition temperature of at least about 800° C.",0.9117817938286973,0.17643641234260543
9626909,"1. An electronic circuit, comprising: a first transistor; a second transistor; a charge storage device, wherein the first transistor, the second transistor and the charge storage device are cooperatively configured to provide a pulse width modulated (PWM) drive current to a load in accordance with a periodic ramp signal and a control signal coupled to the charge storage device via the second transistor; and a third transistor configured to directly receive the periodic ramp signal, the third transistor coupled between the charge storage device and the load, and configured to conduct current from the charge storage device to the load at least partially based on the periodic ramp signal.",0.7608368323592818,0.4783263352814364
8698421,"1. A phase cut dimmable LED power supply circuit arrangement comprising: a flyback converter coupled between an input for receiving a rectified alternating line voltage and an output providing power for at least one LED device, the flyback converter comprising a transformer and a semiconductor switch for switching a primary current of the transformer; a current sensing unit that provides a current sense signal dependent on the primary current; and a control unit that controls a switching operation of the semiconductor switch dependent on the rectified alternating line voltage and the current sense signal such that the flyback converter operates in a quasi-resonant mode of operation,",0.9121187544371537,0.17576249112569253
8544288,"1. An apparatus for regulating humidity in an enclosed space using an air processing system that includes a thermostat, a compressor and a blower for providing processed air to said enclosed space, the apparatus comprising: (a) a sensor for sensing actual humidity within the enclosed space and providing a humidity signal; (b) a selector means for selecting a desired humidity level within said enclosed space and providing a set point signal; and (c) a blower control coupled to said sensor and selector means, wherein if the compressor is off, the blower control compares the actual humidity to the desired humidity, wherein:",0.8221473368855178,0.35570532622896445
9066307,"1. A method for transmitting uplink transmission power control information, comprising: in a scenario of a carrier aggregation where multiple uplink component carriers and multiple downlink component carriers are aggregated, transmitting by one or more integrated circuits of a base station uplink transmission power control information of all the multiple uplink component carriers allocated to a user equipment (UE) on one specific downlink component carrier of the multiple downlink component carriers to the UE; wherein the uplink transmission power control information is carried in a downlink control information format 3/3A, said one specific downlink component carrier corresponds to an uplink component carrier of the UE, said uplink component carrier transmits uplink control information of the UE; when the uplink transmission power control information is transmitted by adopting the downlink control information format 3, in an information domain of the downlink control information format 3, the uplink transmission power control information of each uplink component carrier is carried by using 2 bits, and an initial position of each uplink transmission power control information is marked layer in a high layer signaling and the initial position is an even number; when the uplink transmission power control information is transmitted by adopting the downlink control information format 3A, in an information domain of the downlink control information format 3A, the uplink transmission power control information of each uplink component carrier is carried b using 1 bit, and an initial position of each uplink transmission power control information is marked in a high layer signaling.",0.8273850410459488,0.3452299179081024
9441580,"1. A fuel atomizer, comprising: a mixing chamber; a fuel inlet configured to disperse a stream of fuel into the mixing chamber; a fuel impingement surface against which the stream of fuel contacts, the impingement surface being arranged at an angle of greater than 0° and less than about 60° relative to a plane arranged perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the fuel atomizer; a plurality of air channels arranged at a radial angle in the range of about 30° to about 60° and a tangential angle relative to the longitudinal axis, the plurality of air channels being configured to deliver an airflow into the mixing chamber at a location between the fuel inlet and the fuel impingement surface to create a vortex flow in the mixing chamber upstream of the impingement surface, the airflow and stream of fuel mixing to create an air/fuel mixture; a plurality of outlet orifices through which the air/fuel mixture passes to form a spray plume.",0.6713666219229011,0.6572667561541978
8511408,"1. A control device for a vehicle driving apparatus that includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, the control device comprising: confined noise reduction means that controls said electric motor, to reduce confined noise caused by variation of torque outputted from said internal combustion engine, so that the electric motor outputs variation of torque in opposite phase to the variation of the torque outputted from said internal combustion engine, wherein said confined noise reduction means is configured to control said electric motor if the confined noise caused by said variation of the torque is larger than background noise detected by background noise detection means, and wherein if a driver issues a low fuel consumption requirement, said confined noise reduction means does not control said electric motor.",0.9224674222773132,0.1550651554453737
8518566,"1. A method comprising: feeding a nutrient stream to a microbe population in a first chamber of a microbial fuel cell, inhibiting further microbial growth in a sub-population of the microbial population associated with the first electrode while promoting growth of a second sub-population of the microbial population associated with the second electrode by raising a resistance of the first external electrical circuit while maintaining the second external electrical circuit.",0.8716661004981003,0.2566677990037993
9142615,"1. A method for making a multi-junction solar cell comprising: providing a multi-junction solar cell comprising: a substrate comprising a top surface and a bottom surface; and two or more junctions overlying the top surface of the substrate, wherein each of the two or more junctions is configured to absorb a different portion of the solar spectrum and each of the two or more junctions comprises an uppermost n-type region; patterning the multi-junction solar cell in a mesa isolation pattern to provide exposed areas; etching away the multi-junction solar cell in the exposed areas according to the mesa isolation pattern to provide a mesa structure; patterning the multi-junction solar cell in a corner exposure pattern to define one or more exposed corners regions of the mesa structure; etching away part or all of the multi-junction solar cell according to the corner exposure pattern to provide a clipped mesa structure comprising one or more exposed corner regions, wherein the one or more exposed corner regions comprises an exposed substrate region, an exposed uppermost n-type region, or both an exposed substrate region and an exposed uppermost n-type region; and providing one or more metal contacts on the exposed substrate region, the exposed uppermost n-type region, or both the exposed substrate region and the exposed uppermost n-type region, wherein each of the one more metal contacts is characterized by dimensions less than dimensions of the clipped mesa structure.",0.963599123894161,0.07280175221167795
9357761,"1. A viscous fish egg killing device, characterized in that every two conductive fish nests ( 1 ) are distributed side by side at a certain distance, one conductive fish nest ( 1 ) of the every two conductive fish nests ( 1 ) is connected to a positive pole ( 3 ) of a power source, the other conductive fish nest ( 1 ) of the every two conductive fish nests ( 1 ) is connected to a negative pole ( 5 ) of the power source, and each of the conductive fish nests ( 1 ) is connected in series or in parallel to the power source through a conducting wire ( 2 ), the conductive fish nests ( the fish nest is made of roots of willow or multiple plastic rope beards with a fixed end, first ends of the roots of willow or the plastic rope beards being bonded together at the fixed end, and second ends of the roots of willow or the plastic rope beards opposite to the first ends of the roots of willow or the plastic rope beards being dispersed free.",0.8141916421008392,0.3716167157983217
9032985,"1. A tap mounting and a plumbing fixture, the tap mounting for mounting a tap to the plumbing fixture, the plumbing fixture having a surface with an aperture, and the tap mounting comprising an over-surface mounting part, an under-surface mounting part defining a threaded aperture, a threaded elongate member and a second elongate member, wherein in use the over-surface mounting part is above the surface of the plumbing fixture, the under-surface mounting part is below the surface of the plumbing fixture, the elongate members extend from the over-surface mounting part through the plumbing fixture aperture and the threaded elongate member passes through the threaded aperture of the under-surface mounting part, wherein rotation of the under-surface mounting part is prevented by the second elongate member, wherein the threaded elongate member comprises an internal bore and is configured for connection to a hose, wherein on installation of the tap mounting the under-surface mounting part is arranged to be passed through the plumbing fixture aperture substantially without deformation, and wherein the tap mounting is configured to enable the tap mounting to be secured to the plumbing fixture by manipulation of the tap mounting substantially wholly at or above the surface of the plumbing fixture, and wherein the under-surface mounting part comprises a single component.",0.13326608742117535,0.2665321748423507
8528375,"1. A method for producing an electrode for an electrochemical element, comprising: a basic step of producing an aluminum porous body, the step including aluminum plating to form an aluminum plated layer on a surface of a conductive layer formed on a surface of a resin molded body and removing the resin molded body to thereby make the aluminum porous body having a skeleton shaped as a hollow-body; a thickness adjustment step of compressing an aluminum porous body having continuous pores to thereby adjust the aluminum porous body to a predetermined thickness; and thereafter a filling step of filling the aluminum porous body, the thickness of which has been adjusted, with an active material.",0.7745886257268982,0.4508227485462035
9420385,"1. A method for hearing assistance device communications between a transmitter having a first clock and a receiver having a second clock, the method comprising: synchronizing the first clock, having a first frequency drift, and the second clock, having a second frequency drift, at a synchronization time; determining a time interval between the synchronization time and a transmission time of a transmission, wherein the transmission includes a packet; calculating a drift window using an initial drift window and a potential drift amount between the first clock and the second clock over the time interval including using a calculation of a number of sleep window intervals between the transmission and a second transmission, wherein the initial drift window is a product of a sleep interval and clock accuracy; transmitting the transmission with the transmitter on a first channel, the transmission including a repetition of packets having a packet length based on the first frequency drift and the second frequency drift and a duration based on the drift window; and retransmitting the transmission on a second channel when the receiver does not receive the packet on the first channel.",0.12974767628757558,0.2594953525751511
9504844,"1. A system for providing therapy to a subject by using electromagnetic fields, the system comprising: a field generator having electrical leads, the field generator being configured to generate an electromagnetic field in response to an electric current being induced across the electrical leads, wherein the field generator includes: one or more sensors configured to generate output signals conveying electrophysiological information related to one or more body parts of the subject, wherein the generated output signals have one or more frequencies; and a current source configured to induce an alternating current across the electrical leads such that the electromagnetic field is generated at or near the support structure to provide therapy to the subject, wherein the alternating current is dynamically controlled, through feedback of the generated output signals, to correspond to the generated output signals such that one or more frequencies of the alternating current correspond to the one or more frequencies of the generated output signals.",0.24591511368164298,0.49183022736328597
9675185,"1. A refrigerated merchandiser comprising: a case defining a product display area having a customer access opening, the case including an air inlet; a canopy disposed substantially above the product display area, the canopy including a first air outlet and a second air outlet located adjacent the first air outlet, the first air outlet and the second air outlet in communication with the product display area; a shelf coupled to the case within the product display area for supporting food product; a first passageway fluidly connecting the air inlet with the first air outlet to direct a first airflow through the first air outlet across at least a portion of the customer access opening, the first airflow discharged from the first air outlet defining a primary air curtain; and a second passageway in fluid communication with a HVAC system by ducting connected to one or more distribution ducts of a retail setting, the ducting coupled between the merchandiser and the HVAC system to direct a second airflow from the HVAC system through the second air outlet across at least a portion of the customer access opening, the second airflow discharged from the second air outlet defining a secondary air curtain, the primary and secondary air curtains cooperating with each other to minimize infiltration of ambient air into the product display area, wherein the first airflow is defined by a refrigerated airflow and the second airflow is warmer than the first airflow.",0.3554743850457566,0.7109487700915132
9565638,"1. A mobile terminal device, comprising: a communication module; and at least one processor configured to perform background communication with respect to an application via the communication module, wherein background communication comprises communication, by the application, with an external device over at least one communication network while an execution screen of the application is not being displayed, and wherein the at least one processor, when background communication of the application is performed,",0.6974966457823691,0.6050067084352617
9044615,"1. An implantable cardiac stimulation (ICS) system including a lead having multiple electrodes implantable proximate to a patient's left ventricular (LV) chamber, the system comprising: a pacing pulse delivery (PPD) module configured to simultaneously deliver multiple pacing pulses over corresponding left ventricular pacing vectors, the pacing vectors defined by electrodes proximate to the LV chamber; an evoked response recording (ERR) module configured to record evoked responses that are responsive to the pacing pulses, the evoked responses associated with the corresponding pacing pulses and measured over separate corresponding sensing channels; an evoked response comparison (ERC) module configured to compare the evoked responses to at least one template, the at least one template representing local capture of a local LV tissue region along one or more of the corresponding pacing vectors, the comparison used to determine whether the pacing pulses achieved local capture along the corresponding pacing vectors; and a pacing pulse update (PPU) module configured to update at least one of the pacing pulses or the pacing vectors based on the comparison of the evoked responses to the at least one template in order to determine a local capture threshold for the corresponding pacing vectors.",0.11052149061754935,0.2210429812350987
8575857,"1. An LED lighting device comprising: a lighting circuit to be connected to a lamp socket to which an LED lamp is to be connected, and configured to provide an output voltage in a form of a DC voltage to the lamp socket; a current detecting circuit configured to detect an output current which is caused by the output voltage and is supplied from the lighting circuit to the lamp socket; a voltage detecting circuit configured to detect the output voltage of the lighting circuit; and a control circuit configured to control the lighting circuit, wherein: the control circuit, including a memory, stores a maximum-load voltage and a no-load voltage higher than the maximum-load voltage in the memory, the no-load voltage being a voltage to be applied when the LED lamp is not connected to the lamp socket, and the control circuit is configured to:",0.6996319836543169,0.6007360326913662
9414674,"1. A slide attachment and detachment device for a drawer, which connects the drawer to a slide intended for supporting the drawer and a bottom part of the drawer and for guiding pulling or pushing of the drawer, or which separates the drawer from the slide, the slide attachment and detachment device, comprising: a connecting part fixedly connected to at least one selected from a front part and a bottom part of the drawer; a fixation support part formed to protrude from the connecting part in a direction parallel to a pulling or pushing direction of the drawer, and having an operation hole formed to pass through a direction parallel to a direction toward one side of the slide in its central portion when the slide is positioned to support the drawer; an elastic support part formed to protrude from one edge of the operation hole and to cover the operation hole; and a lever part formed to extend from an end of the elastic support part, one end of which has a coupling protrusion formed to protrude toward the slide by passing through the operation hole, and the other end of which protrudes in a direction opposite to the coupling protrusion, wherein a connecting neck having a minimum cross-sectional area is formed in the elastic support part, and the elastic support part have smaller flexural rigidity than that of the lever part, and wherein when an external force parallel to the bottom part of the drawer and toward the slide is applied to the lever part, the connecting neck of the elastic support part is elastically changed, so the coupling protrusion is pulled back into the operation hole, and when the external force applied to the lever part is released, the connecting neck of the elastic support part is elastically returned, so the coupling protrusion protrudes to an outer portion of the operation hole.",0.012838182771563669,0.025676365543127355
9377029,"1. A blade of a turbomachine comprising: a blade airfoil extending in a radial direction from a blade root to a blade tip and having an inflow-side leading edge, an outflow-side trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side, a surface of each of the pressure side and the suction side extending between the inflow-side leading edge and the outflow-side trailing edge, the blade tip having an end face with a camber line that extends from the inflow-side leading edge to the outflow-side trailing edge, wherein at least one tip-side recess forms a depression from the end face into the blade airfoil, the depression extending continuously from the pressure side to the suction side and having a partial length of the camber line; wherein the at least one tip-side recess has a depth T which corresponds to a distance from the end face to a base surface of the at least one tip-side recess, the depth being between 30% and 70% of a distance S from the end face to an inner wall of the turbomachine; wherein the at least one tip-side recess is disposed at a distance A from the leading edge that is between 0.5% and 1.5% of a total length of the camber line; and wherein the length of the at least one tip-side recess is between 30% and 55% of the total length of the camber line.",0.8810788233357392,0.23784235332852166
9415362,"1. A tableting mixture, produced by a process comprising the steps of: (1) providing at least two components selected from the group consisting of a filler or binding agent; a flow regulating agent; and a disintegrant, wherein (2) providing a sodium stearyl fumarate as a lubricant; (3) producing a granulate including the at least two components of step (1) and the sodium stearyl fumarate of step (2); and (4) after steps (1), (2), and (3), adding an active substance to the granulate of step (3);",0.35977301197729294,0.7195460239545859
9644715,"1. A transmission which comprises a drive train having a primary drive with a primary drive shaft for a vehicle, and which comprises a Ravigneaux planetary gear set which has a double planetary gear with two sun gear shafts, one planetary carrier shaft and at least one ring gear shaft with a first ring gear, and an upstream single planetary gear set which is arranged as a reduction gearing and comprises the gear elements of sun gear, planetary carrier and ring gear, wherein a first of said gear elements of the single planetary gear is designed to be fixed to a housing, wherein at least one first element of the Ravigneaux planetary gear set is drive-connected to a secondary drive, wherein the first element of the Ravigneaux planetary gear set is formed by a second ring gear.",0.7485269817587971,0.5029460364824059
9056792,"1. A cured cementitious structure comprising cementitious material wherein the cementitious material is cement, and fibrillated nano or micro carboxyalkyl cellulose, cellulose alkylsulfonic acid, phosphorylated cellulose or sulfated cellulose having a degree of substitution of 0.01 to 0.45 and a carboxyalkyl, alkylsulfonic acid, phosphate or sulfate content of 10 to 150 meq/100 g of, respectively, carboxyalkyl cellulose, cellulose alkylsulfonic acid, phosphorylated cellulose or sulfated cellulose, and the carboxyalkyl cellulose, cellulose alkylsulfonic acid, phosphorylated cellulose or sulfated cellulose are 0.1 to 5% by weight of the dry weight of the cementitious material.",0.8493669349177607,0.30126613016447856
8894683,"1. A device for attaching, relocating or reinforcing tissue, which comprises: at least two tissue engagement means, including a first tissue engagement means having a first plate with a major face and a plurality of first barbs projecting from the major face and a second tissue engagement means having a second plate with a first major face, a second major face, and a plurality of second barbs projecting from one of the first and second major faces of the second plate; and a suture interposed between and interconnecting the first tissue engagement means and the second tissue engagement means, wherein the second plate of the second tissue engagement means has an axial bore extending between the first and second major faces of the second plate and along the length of the second plate and gripping means extending into the axial bore for engaging the suture to allow movement of the suture with respect to the second plate in a first direction only and to prevent movement of the suture with respect to the second plate in a second direction that is opposite the first direction; and wherein the suture has a first end that is fixedly joined to the first plate and a second free end that is slidable in the first direction through the axial bore of the second plate.",0.05024998440430621,0.10049996880861245
8403790,"1. A motor transmission apparatus provided between a drive shaft coupled to a drive wheel and a motor shaft coupled to a traction motor, the motor transmission apparatus comprising: a first engagement mechanism for switching a first power transmission path provided between the drive shaft and the motor shaft between a power transmission condition and a power blocking condition; a second engagement mechanism for switching a second power transmission path provided between the drive shaft and the motor shaft between a power transmission condition and a power blocking condition; an output control valve that is provided between an oil pressure supply source and the first and second engagement mechanisms, and is switched between a communicative condition in which working oil from the oil pressure supply source is allowed to pass through the output control valve and a blocking condition in which the working oil from the oil pressure supply source is blocked; and an oil passage switching valve that is provided between the output control valve and the first and second engagement mechanisms, and is switched between a condition in which working oil from the output control valve is guided to the first engagement mechanism and a state in which the working oil from the output control valve is guided to the second engagement mechanism.",0.6873768715006856,0.6252462569986288
9096699,"1. A method of preparing a catalyst comprising: contacting an acidic colloidal silica suspension with a titanium-containing compound to form a mixture; adjusting the pH of the mixture to about neutral to form a catalyst support; and contacting the catalyst support with a chromium-containing compound to form a chromium-supported catalyst, wherein the catalyst and/or catalyst support is not alkaline aged.",0.8500238442452355,0.29995231150952906
8669187,"1. A method for providing a film to only certain regions of a photovoltaic device surface, the method comprising: a. providing a surface; b. providing porous material at a location of the surface where film is not desired; c. providing film upon the surface, including both the location where the porous material has been provided and another location, where film is desired, the film having a thickness no greater than a size of pores of the porous material; and d. removing the porous material from the surface, and removing any film that has been deposited upon the porous material that is removed; whereby regions of the photovoltaic device surface where the porous material had been provided are substantially free of the film, and other regions are provided with the film.",0.8075549567914474,0.3848900864171052
8849953,"1. A terminal device that data, which is used to output contents, through at least either one of a first network and a second network being at least either one of a network whose communication speed is lower than that of the first network and a network whose communication fee charged according to an amount of communication is higher than that of the first network, the terminal device comprising: at least one memory operable to store program code; at least one processor operable to read said program code and operate as instructed by said program code, said program code including: connection determination code that causes said at least one processor to determine whether or not the terminal device is connected to the first network; identification information acquisition code that causes said at least one processor to acquire identification information of either one of first data and second data, an amount of data of the second data being smaller than that of the first data, the identification information being identification information by which a transmitting device identifies data which the transmitting device that transmits data is requested to transmit; generation code that causes said at least one processor to generate identification information of the other of the first data and the second data on the basis of the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition code and a conversion rule between the first data and the second data; first storage determination code that causes said at least one processor to determine whether or not data corresponding to the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition code and data corresponding to the identification information generated by the generation code are stored in a storage; receiving code that causes said at least one processor to receive the first data through the first network when it is determined that the terminal device is connected to the first network and receive the second data through the second network when it is determined that the terminal device is not connected to the first network and the first data is not stored in the storage, the receiving code causes said at least one processor to transmit the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition code or the identification information generated by the generation code to the transmitting device and thereby receiving data identified by the transmitted identification information from the transmitting device; control code that causes said at least one processor to store data received by the receiving code in the storage in association with the identification information of the received data; and output code that causes said at least one processor to output the contents based on the first data when it is determined that the first data is stored in the storage and output the contents based on the second data when it is determined that only the second data is stored in the storage.",0.6935804728476901,0.6128390543046198
9612112,"1. An optical system comprising: a photodetector; a first optical system for causing the photodetector to receive first reflected light with a first angle of reflection from a surface; and a second optical system for causing the photodetector to receive second reflected light with a second angle of reflection, different from the first angle of reflection, from the surface; wherein an incident area on the surface, in which light generating the first reflected light is incident, is spaced apart from an exiting area on the surface, which light, to be incident on the photodetector from the surface via the second optical system, exits, to reduce noise for one of the first reflected light and the second reflected light by the other of the first reflected light and the second reflected light.",0.21552672807294496,0.43105345614588986
8847509,"1. A light-emitting diode driving apparatus comprising: a rectifying circuit that can be connected to AC power supply and rectifies an AC voltage of the AC power supply to provide a rectified voltage; a first LED section that includes at least one LED device connected to the output-side of said rectifying circuit; a charging/discharging capacitor that is serially connected to said first LED section; a capacitor charging constant current circuit that controls a capacitor charging current so that said charging/discharging capacitor is charged at a constant current; a charging diode that is connected to said charging/discharging capacitor and the anode side of the first LED section, and limits the direction of the capacitor charging current; a capacitor discharging constant current circuit that controls a capacitor discharging current so that said charging/discharging capacitor is discharged at a constant current; and a discharging diode that is connected to said charging/discharging capacitor and the cathode side of the first LED section, and limits the direction of the capacitor discharging current, wherein a charging path is provided which includes said charging/discharging capacitor, said charging diode and said capacitor charging constant current circuit, and said charging/discharging capacitor can be charged through the charging path, wherein a discharging path is provided which includes said charging/discharging capacitor, said discharging diode and said capacitor discharging constant current circuit, and said charging/discharging capacitor can be discharged through the discharging path, and wherein a transient path is provided which does not include said charging/discharging capacitor but includes said first LED section, said capacitor charging constant current circuit and said capacitor discharging constant current circuit.",0.8140648796261338,0.37187024074773234
9296376,"1. A vehicle brake system comprising: a hydraulic brake device having a master cylinder for generating a base hydraulic pressure corresponding to a manipulation amount of a braking manipulation member, a pump for generating a controlled hydraulic pressure, and a hydraulic control unit configured to add a base hydraulic brake force corresponding to the base hydraulic pressure and a controlled hydraulic brake force corresponding to the controlled hydraulic pressure, the hydraulic control unit further configured to control the hydraulic brake device to apply the added brake forces to wheels; a regenerative brake device for applying a regenerative brake force to driving wheels which are included in the wheels, the regenerative brake device comprising a generator motor for driving the driving wheels and for generating the regenerative brake force applied to the driving wheels; wherein the wheels are four wheels including two front wheels and two rear wheels, the driving wheels being selected as the two front wheels or the two rear wheels; and a brake control device configured to cooperatively control the hydraulic brake device and the regenerative brake device; wherein the brake control device includes: a driver target brake force calculation section for calculating a driver target brake force for each wheel corresponding to the manipulation amount of the braking manipulation member; a compensation brake force setting section for enabling the brake control device to set compensation brake forces for the respective wheels independently of the driver target brake force; a selection compensation section for selecting a larger one of the driver target brake force and the compensation brake force for each wheel and for subtracting the base hydraulic brake force from the selected one brake force to set a compensated target brake force for each wheel; and a distribution control section configured to control the compensated target brake force for each wheel to be distributed to the controlled hydraulic brake force provided by the hydraulic brake device for each wheel and the regenerative brake force provided by the regenerative brake device for each driving wheel; wherein the distribution control section includes: a left right comparison section for comparing a right side sum made by adding the compensated target brake forces for the front and rear wheels on a right side with a left side sum made by adding the compensated target forces for the front and rear wheel on a left side, each of the compensated target brake forces being calculated by the selection compensation section; a left right equal-time distribution control section being operable when the right side sum and the left side sum are equal, for applying to the generator motor a demand regenerative brake force which is obtained by the addition of the compensated target brake forces for the four wheels, acquiring an executed regenerative brake force which was generated by the generator motor, and subtracting a value which is obtained by dividing the executed regenerative brake force by four, from each of the compensated target brake forces for the four wheels to set respective differences as the respective controlled hydraulic brake forces applied by the hydraulic brake device for each wheel; and a left right unequal-time distribution control section being operable when the right side sum and the left side sum differ, for applying to the generator motor a demand regenerative brake force which is obtained by doubling a smaller one of the right side sum and the left side sum, acquiring the executed regenerative brake force which was generated by the generator motor, and subtracting a value which is obtained by dividing the executed regenerative brake force by four, from each of the compensated target brake forces for the four wheels to set respective differences as the respective controlled hydraulic brake forces applied by the hydraulic brake device for each wheel.",0.49131704828655365,0.9826340965731073
9617453,"1. A solvent-free aqueous polyurethane dispersion comprising non-crystalline polyurethane polymer comprising the reaction product of: (A) an organic solvent-free isocyanate-terminated prepolymer having a bulk viscosity between 500 centipoise to 15,000 centipoise at 80° C. and comprising the reaction product of: (i) at least one polyisocyanate selected from the group consisting of aliphatic and cycloaliphatic polyisocyanates and mixtures thereof; (ii) at least one polyol, wherein said at least one polyol is selected from the group consisting of polyether polyols, polycarbonate polyols and mixtures thereof; (iii) at least one isocyanate-reactive compound comprising one or more ionic groups or potential ionic groups per molecule; and (iv) at least one isocyanate chain terminating agent comprising at least one carboxylic acid or sulfonic acid group per molecule and one isocyanate-reactive group per molecule, and at least one isocyanate chain terminating agent comprising hydrophilic ethylene oxide units and one isocyanate-reactive group per molecule and having a number average molecular weight of 250 to 600 g/mol, wherein said chain terminating agent comprising hydrophilic ethylene oxide units is from 3 to 27% by weight of said prepolymer; (B) at least one neutralizing agent that reacts with the potential ionic groups of the at least one isocyanate-reactive compound to form ionic groups; and (C) at least one chain extending agent comprising an organic polyamine; and wherein the dispersion further comprises solvent-free water.",0.24435370850249957,0.4887074170049992
8739474,"1. A portable shelter which is erectable on a support surface for defining an interior for temporarily sheltering a human, the portable shelter comprising: a front wall having when erected an upper end, a lower end, and a height extending between the upper and lower ends of the front wall, and a left end, a right end, and a width extending between the left and right ends of the front wall, the front wall including folds extending along generally parallel fold lines which extend along the height of the front wall and are spaced from each other between the left and right ends of the front wall, the folds including outboard folds and inboard folds, the outboard folds of the front wall being disposed outward of the inboard folds of the front wall in the erected shelter; a rear wall having when erected an upper end, a lower end, and a height extending between the upper and lower ends of the rear wall, and a left end, a right end, and a width extending between the left and right ends of the rear wall, the rear wall including folds extending along generally parallel fold lines which extend along the height of the rear wall and are spaced from each other between the left and right ends of the rear wall, the folds including outboard folds and inboard folds, the outboard folds of the rear wall being disposed outward of the inboard folds of the rear wall in the erected shelter; and a top wall having when erected a front end, a rear end, and a length extending between the front and rear ends of the top wall, and a left end, a right end, and a width extending between the left and right ends of the top wall, the front end of the top wall being connected to the upper end of the front wall and the rear end of the top wall being connected to the upper end of the rear wall so the length of the top wall extends between the front and rear walls, the top wall including folds extending along generally parallel fold lines which extend along the length of the top wall and are spaced from each other between the left and right ends of the top wall, the folds including outboard folds and inboard folds, the outboard folds of the top wall being disposed outward of the inboard folds of the top wall in the erected shelter; wherein the front wall includes a generally planar portion having an opening sized for a person to enter the interior of the shelter through the opening and at least one of each of the inboard and outboard folds of the front wall is positioned to the left of the opening and at least one of each of the inboard and outboard folds of the front wall is positioned to the right of the opening when the portable shelter is erected; and wherein the generally planar portion is oriented in a front plane in the erected shelter and fold panels extend between consecutive ones of said at least one of each of the inboard and outboard folds of the front wall, said fold panels being oriented in respective planes disposed at angles to the front plane.",0.5122264808862483,0.9755470382275033
9240860,"1. A method of operating a base station in a broadband wireless communication system, the method comprising: determining a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) channel operation mode for a CQI channel of a terminal which enters a sleep mode if the terminal enters the sleep mode; transmitting a message that instructs to enter the sleep mode and comprises information indicating the CQI channel operation mode; and managing the CQI channel of the terminal according to the CQI channel operation mode while the terminal operates in the sleep mode, wherein the CQI channel operation mode indicates whether the CQI channel is deallocated and whether a CQI channel allocation to another terminal during a sleep window is allowed.",0.8355693448148046,0.3288613103703908
8988906,"1. A power conversion apparatus to be applied to a generation system that interconnects with an alternating current power system, the power conversion apparatus comprising: an inverter circuit configured to convert a direct current power into an alternating current power; a system voltage measurement unit configured to measure a system voltage of the alternating current power system; a voltage drop detector configured to detect a voltage drop of the alternating current power system, based on the system voltage measured by the system voltage measurement unit; a direct current power measurement unit configured to measure a direct current power to be input into the inverter circuit; an alternating current command value calculator configured to calculate an alternating current command value to control an alternating current output from the inverter circuit, based on the direct current power measured by the direct current power measurement unit and the system voltage measured by the system voltage measurement unit; and a current limiter configured to decrease a current limit value to limit the alternating current command value calculated by the alternating current command value calculator and to prevent a ripple of the alternating current output from the inverter circuit from exceeding a setting value of an overcurrent relay provided on an output side of the inverter circuit, when the voltage drop is detected by the voltage drop detector.",0.9448785697883706,0.11024286042325881
9378087,"1. A method of providing improved DMX communication while maintaining backwards compatibility, comprising: connecting a plurality of enhanced DMX slaves to a DMX network, said enhanced DMX slaves having a plurality of DMX slave control addresses corresponding thereto; compiling a DMX start code packet having a plurality of bytes, said bytes including a plurality of enhanced DMX slave instruction bytes corresponding to said enhanced DMX slave control addresses and including at least one packet checksum byte; wherein said packet checksum byte is incorporated within said start code packet and is a checksum of a plurality of said bytes of said start code packet; transmitting said start code packet on said DMX network; receiving said start code packet at each of said enhanced DMX slaves; buffering a plurality of said bytes including said packet checksum at each of said enhanced DMX slaves; calculating a received checksum of buffered of said bytes and comparing said received checksum with said packet checksum at each of said enhanced DMX slaves; wherein each of said enhanced DMX slaves at least selectively acts on a respective at least one of said enhanced DMX slave instruction bytes only when a calculated said received checksum and said packet checksum substantially correspond.",0.06042711148199824,0.1208542229639965
8951457,"1. A method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade shell mold that is partitioned transversely in at least two mold parts, wherein first and second of the at least two mold parts are joined together at respective ends thereof by a plurality of joint ribs, wherein the mold is formed primarily by non-metallic materials and comprises upper and lower semi-molds hinged by a pivoting system and equipped with stiffening ribs that secure an air conduit system thereto, wherein manufacture of the mold comprises determining a desired alignment of the plurality of joint ribs at the respective ends of the at least two mold parts by steps comprising: (a) providing a partitioned model comprising a first model part and a second model part joined together by a model tool part disposed between the first and second model parts and forming respective first and second beds of the first and second mold parts on the respective first and second model parts; (b) resting a first of the plurality of joint ribs on the first bed on an end of the first model part and a second of the plurality of joint ribs on the second bed on an end of the second model part and positioning the first and second joint ribs on the first and second beds on the respective ends of the first and second model parts with positioning tools so that the first and second joint ribs are in the desired alignment with respect to each other on the partitioned model; (c) securing the first and second joint ribs to the respective first and second beds of the first and second mold parts so that respective ends of the first and second mold parts can be joined together with the first and second joint ribs in the desired alignment and mounting a remainder of the first and second mold parts to the respective beds and the first and second joint ribs to complete formation of the first and second mold parts; and (d) removing the first and second mold parts from the first and second models and joining the first and second mold parts together by assembling the first and second joint ribs in said alignment.",0.9540065546120994,0.09198689077580124
9471087,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a clock generator circuit configured to provide a first output clock signal with a first frequency when operating in a first mode and to provide the first output clock signal with a second frequency when operating in a second mode, the first frequency being greater than the second frequency, the clock generator circuit being further configured to provide a second output clock signal with the second frequency and with a different phase from the first output clock signal when operating in the second mode.",0.6122951051112829,0.7754097897774341
8554413,"1. A steering control apparatus comprising: an input shaft coupled to a steering device operated by a driver; an output shaft provided rotatably to the input shaft and forming a torque transfer path to transfer torque applied to the steering member to steered wheels side; a variable gear ratio steering device including a gear mechanism, which transfers rotation of the input shaft to the output shaft, and a first motor, which drives the gear mechanism, the variable gear ratio steering device being configured to vary a ratio between a rotation angle of the input shaft and a rotation angle of the output shaft; a power steering device including a second motor and configured to assist steering operation of the steering device by the driver by torque generated by the second motor; a speed increase ratio calculation part for determining a ratio between the rotation angle of the input shaft and the rotation angle of the output shaft; a drive control part for controlling operation of the first motor based on the speed increase ration determined by the speed increase ratio calculation part; and a stop check part for checking whether steering assist operation of the power steering device is being stopped, wherein the speed increase ratio calculation part determines the speed increase ratio so that the rotation angle of the output shaft is reduced to be less than the rotation angle of the input shaft, when the stop check part determines that the steering assist operation of the power steering device is being stopped; the torque transfer path includes a column shaft, which has the input shaft and the output shaft, and a rack-and-pinion mechanism for converting rotary motion of the column shaft to linear motion; the variable gear ratio steering device and the power steering device are provided on the column shaft; the variable gear ratio steering device and the power steering device are integrated into a single module; and the gear mechanism of the variable gear ratio steering device is a differential gear formed of an input gear, an output gear and a pinion gear.",0.18342904066690074,0.3668580813338015
9642046,"1. A dual base station access point including first and second base station modules each of which includes communication resources available with a backhaul link on a transport network layer (TNL), comprising: a network interface which connects the first and the second base station modules to a communication network via the backhaul link; and a controller which manages the available communication resources over the backhaul link between the communication network and a femto access point (FAP) on the transport network layer, wherein, when a decision is made about a shortage of the available communication resources in a selected base station module of the first and the second base station modules, the controller is configured to connect the communication resources of the selected base station module by reducing the communication resources of the selected base station module while, when the communication resources cannot be reduced in the selected second base station module, the controller is configured to connect the communication resources by reducing the communication resources of another base station module except the selected base station module.",0.8407355829413365,0.3185288341173269
8440938,"1. A method of manufacturing a double pole battery comprising at least three cells fitted with four collector plates with different surfaces, comprising the steps of: a) stacking along a longitudinal axis a succession of the collector plates with different surfaces, between each pair of collector plates being placed an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode in that order along the longitudinal axis and a lateral wall surrounding the anode, the electrolyte and the cathode, among lateral walls of two adjacent cells, one of the lateral walls being a lateral wall of larger transverse cross-section and the other one being a lateral wall of smaller transverse cross-section, the lateral wall of larger transverse cross-section delimitating with its inner face a central zone, which has an area larger than an outer area which is delimitated by an outer face of the lateral wall of smaller transverse cross-section, in such manner that the lateral walls of two adjacent cells are not superposed one on the other, and b) supplying heat by applying a heating device to at least one of a free outer periphery of two end collector plates of a stack created by the staking, at least plumb with end lateral walls of the stack, so as to secure each lateral wall to said collector plates which are juxtaposed thereto, or to the free outer periphery of intermediate collector plates of the stack at least plumb with a lateral wall so as to secure said lateral wall to said collector plate and a next collector plate in such a way that areas to which the heat is applied are not aligned along the longitudinal axis.",0.9443883772605153,0.11122324547896945
8547899,"1. A system for increasing wireless network throughput, the system comprising: a classifier that assigns a packet to one of a plurality of transmission queues; a first hierarchical scheduling module stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and that is executable by a processing device to select an assigned packet for transmission from one of the plurality of transmission queues in accordance with a strict priority schedule specifying an order of the transmission queues, the order based on packet content type; and a second hierarchical scheduling module stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and that is executable by a processing device to select a priority scheduled packet for transmission, wherein the selection is made in accordance with a weighted scheduling technique utilizing weighted round robin for determining a weight for each queue and assigning queue weights to stations within each transmission queue, wherein a failed packet is requeued for deferred retransmission at a station queue from which the failed packet originated.",0.5078122638505508,0.9843754722988984
9238818,"1. A method for controlling lignin biosynthesis in the cobs of a transformed corn plant, the method comprising down-regulating the expression of one or more lignin biosynthesis genes by transforming a corn plant with one or more double-stranded RNAi constructs, wherein the expression of the double-stranded RNAi is under the control of a cob specific or cob preferred promoter wherein the cob specific or cob preferred promoter is an Oryza Sativa MADS (OsMADS) promoter and does not express in placental, funicular or hilar tissue of developing corn kernel prior to pollination, wherein the cob specific or cob preferred promoter is an OsMADS 14 promoter having the sequence of SEQ ID NO:56.",0.6758703711031139,0.6482592577937722
9339759,"1. A gas separation system, comprising: a buffer tank that stores therein a source gas and supplies the source gas; a pressurizing unit configured to receive the source gas from the buffer tank and pressurize the received source gas; a first refining unit configured to produce a first refined gas by refining the source gas pressurized by the pressurizing unit, and discharge a first waste gas; a second refining unit configured to produce a second refined gas by refining the first refined gas, and discharge a second waste gas; a third refining unit configured to produce a third refined gas by refining the first waste gas; a first collection line configured to guide the second waste gas to the buffer tank, and including a second flow rate control valve for controlling a flow rate of the second waste gas; a second collection line configured to guide the third refined gas to the buffer tank; a first flow rate control valve for controlling a flow rate of the first waste gas; and a control unit using a model-based high-level control mechanism, and configured to control the first flow rate control valve and the second flow rate control valve, wherein the control unit is configured to control pressures of the second waste gas and the third refined gas inputted into the buffer tank by adjusting opening amounts of the first flow rate control valve and the second flow rate control valve such that purities of the first refined gas and the second refined gas are maintained, wherein a PSA method is used in at least one of the first refining unit and the second refining unit, wherein the refining unit in which the PSA method is used comprises a bed configured to perform a multiple number of processing steps including an adsorption step repeatedly, and the control unit adjusts an operation time of each processing step performed by the bed.",0.9241299249379661,0.15174015012406783
9501253,"1. A communication apparatus which is capable of operating in a direct wireless communication mode for performing direct wireless communication with an external apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising: a memory storing a program, and; a processor that executes the program stored in the memory to implement: wherein when the user logs out of the communication apparatus, the controlling unit controls the communication apparatus to end operating in the direct wireless communication mode.",0.7992011133916619,0.4015977732166762
9117757,"1. A method of forming an LED or other electronic or microelectronic structure, said method comprising: providing a substrate having a surface; and forming a layer of a composition on said surface, said composition comprising first and second silicone polymers and a maleic acid diallylester inhibitor, wherein:",0.616322853031981,0.767354293936038
9680044,"1. A method of forming a solar energy conversion device, comprising: forming a first photovoltaic cell on a first wafer; forming a second photovoltaic cell on a second wafer; wherein the first photovoltaic cell has an energy bandgap that is greater than an energy bandgap of the second photovoltaic cell, wherein the first and second photovoltaic cells comprise thin film devices; forming at least one of a quantum well or quantum dot region in at least one of the first and second photovoltaic cells; and joining the first photovoltaic cell and the second photovoltaic cell by wafer bonding the first and second wafers together, wherein the first photovoltaic cell is mounted on top of the second photovoltaic cell and configured to receive incident solar energy; wherein at least one of the first photovoltaic cell and the second photovoltaic cell having the quantum well or quantum dot region further comprises a N+/P/P+ doped layer stack comprising an N+ layer, a P layer, and a P+ layer, wherein the quantum well or quantum dot region is disposed between and in contact with the N+ layer and the P layer and wherein the P layer directly contacts the P+ layer.",0.9390841342488502,0.12183173150229964
9749942,"1. A method of initiating scanning operations for local wireless networks, the method performed by a wireless device and comprising: determining if the wireless device is in a stationary motion state and is connected to an access point; decreasing a likelihood of performing the scanning operations if the wireless device is in the stationary motion state and is connected to the access point; determining if the wireless device is no longer connected to the access point and has transitioned from the stationary motion state to a moving motion state; decreasing a frequency with which the scanning operations are performed if the wireless device is no longer connected to the access point and has transitioned to the moving motion state; and triggering at least one of the scanning operations based on the decreased likelihood.",0.5670006792289647,0.8659986415420706
9172275,1. A system. comprising: an electrical load; a first electrical outlet which includes a first controller which determines information regarding the electrical load; and a management system which receives the information from the first controller and determines a performance parameter of the electrical load; wherein the management system adjusts the operation of the electrical load in response to the performance parameter.,0.9062218516196835,0.187556296760633
8527916,"1. An integrated circuit (IC) method comprising: receiving an IC design layout having a main feature, the main feature including a first, second and third edge defining a first corner defined by an intersection of a first and second edges and a second corner defined by an intersection of the second and third edges; performing a dissection to the second edge such that the second edge is divided to include two corner segments and a center segment between the two corner segments; after performing the dissection, assigning a plurality of targets to the main feature, wherein the assigning includes: assigning a fifth target at a central point on the second edge between the third target; after assigning the first, second, third, fourth and fifth targets, performing a first optical proximity correction (OPC) to the main feature for the first and second targets, and not the third, fourth, and fifth targets; thereafter, performing a second OPC to the main feature for the third target and the fourth target, and not the first, second, and fifth targets; and thereafter, performing a third OPC to the main feature for the fifth target, and not the first, second, third, and fourth targets, resulting in a modified IC design layout; and providing the modified IC design layout in a format accessible by a mask making tool.",0.28968502310833777,0.5793700462166755
9716186,"1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising: forming an n-type SiC layer on a SiC substrate; forming a p-type impurity region at one side of the n-type SiC layer; performing a first heat treatment; exposing another side of the n-type SiC layer by removing at least part of the SiC substrate; implanting carbon (C) ions into exposed part of the n-type SiC layer; forming an n-type impurity region on exposed part of the n-type SiC layer, an n-type impurity concentration in the n-type impurity region having a higher n-type impurity concentration than an n-type impurity concentration in the n-type SiC layer; performing a second heat treatment to form a low-carbon-vacancy concentration region, a temperature in the second heat treatment being lower than a temperature in the first heat treatment; forming a first electrode on the p-type impurity region; and forming a second electrode on the n-type impurity region, wherein the low-carbon-vacancy-concentration region is formed in a portion of the n-type SiC layer and on the side of the second electrode, and a Z",0.5646760725975554,0.8706478548048893
8802328,"1. A method of producing a shaped part, the method comprising: providing a pulverulent starting material containing at least 20% by weight chromium; providing a press mold having a mold shape substantially corresponding to a final shape of the shaped part, the shaped part having a disc-shaped or plate-shaped basic body formed with a multiplicity of elevations selected from the group consisting of knob-shaped and ridge-shaped elevations and a surface contour between the elevations; filling the starting material into the mold having the mold shape substantially corresponding to the final shape of the shaped part and pressing the starting material substantially into the final shape of the shaped part; and subsequently sintering the shaped part; defining the final shape with the elevations having a height h from the surface contour of the basic body to an end contour of the elevations, each of the elevations, in cross section, having two inclined side flanks extending from the end contour of the elevation, via rounded corner portions, into curved portions having a radius R and R′, respectively, and merging into the surface contour of the basic body; and the radius R and R′ lying in a range from 0.15 to 1 mm and a ratio of the radius R and R′ to the height h (R:h, R′:h) lying in a range from 0.5 to 1.",0.3749899107972007,0.7499798215944014
9685873,"1. A power supply device comprising: a cut-off unit configured to cut off voltage applied to a primary winding of a transformer, a coil having been connected in series with the primary winding of the transformer such that when a current flows out of the primary winding of the transformer, said current flows from the primary winding to the coil; a first circuit including a first diode connected on a primary side of the transformer to cause, in a case where the voltage applied to the primary winding of the transformer is cut off by the cut-off unit, current to flow in such a way that energy accumulated in the transformer is led to a capacitor on the primary side of the transformer, the first diode being connected between (i) the capacitor on the primary side of the transformer that accumulates the energy led from the transformer by the first diode and (ii) the coil in series with the primary winding of the transformer; and a second circuit including a second diode connected on the primary side of the transformer to clamp, in a case where the voltage applied to the primary winding of the transformer is cut off by the cut-off unit, voltage of the primary winding and the coil.",0.8616053835803018,0.2767892328393964
9381501,1. A catalyst precursor comprising: (i) a catalyst support comprising silica and at least 11 wt % TiO (ii) cobalt on the catalyst support.,0.8385613136030681,0.32287737279386386
8506108,"1. A power tool comprising: a housing a motor received in the housing and coupled to a source of electrical power; an output spindle extending from the housing; a chuck external to the housing and coupled to the output spindle for rotational movement therewith; a transmission configured to transmit rotational motion from the motor to the output spindle and to the chuck; a light unit coupled to the chuck for rotational motion with the chuck; a first electrical conductor connected to the source of electrical power and received in the housing; a second electrical conductor connected to the light unit and received in the chuck, wherein the first electrical conductor transmits power to the second electrical conductor to transmit power from the source of electrical power to the light unit.",0.739648189137863,0.520703621724274
9086612,"1. An interchangeable lens mountable to a camera body, comprising: a zoom lens operable to change a field angle of a subject image; a receiving unit operable to receive sound pickup property information from the camera body, the sound pickup property information is a specific property of the camera body that indicates degree of ability to pick up, by a sound pickup unit provided in the camera body, noise to be produced by the interchangeable lens, the sound pickup unit being operable to pick up ambient sound; and a lens controller operable to control drive of the zoom lens, wherein the lens controller decides an available driving speed based on the sound pickup property information, the available driving speed being a driving speed settable to the zoom lens, and the sound pickup information is a property used for deciding the available driving speed of the lens.",0.029057269128836234,0.05811453825767243
9229133,"1. A method for forecasting a meteorological parameter, wherein the method comprises steps of: analyzing geographically distributed sensor network data across two sensors within a first geographic region to assess spatial and temporal variation of cloud movement in real-time, wherein said sensor network data comprise solar panel power output; determining a correlation across the two sensors by identifying a temporal and spatial evolution of the cloud movement across the two sensors via: determining a strength of the correlation across the two sensors; determining an extension of the correlation to one or more additional sensors within the first geographic region via: forecasting the cloud movement across the first geographic region based on (i) each determined correlation and (ii) the determined strength of each determined correlation; updating, in real-time, a model comprising satellite data for forecasting weather across a second geographic region based on said forecasting of the cloud movement across the first geographic region, wherein said second geographic region encompasses the first geographic region and one or more additional geographic regions; and outputting the forecasted cloud movement to at least one of a user and a display; wherein the steps are carried out by a computer device linked to the geographically distributed sensor network.",0.8664036376409233,0.26719272471815336
9005381,"1. A method for moulding a wind turbine blade in a mould, comprising: applying a film to an inside surface of the mould; extracting air from between the film and the inside surface of the mould, wherein said extraction is facilitated by providing at least one channel on the inside surface of the mould; assembling a component layer of the wind turbine blade on the film; performing curing to harden the component layer; and removing the wind turbine blade from the mould after curing of the component layer, wherein at least a part of the step of extracting of air from between the film and the inside surface of the mould is carried out prior to commencing the assembling of the component layer of the wind turbine in the mould.",0.9443308336155356,0.1113383327689288
9447508,"1. A hydrogen production device comprising a photoelectric conversion portion having a light-receiving surface and a back surface; a first electrolysis electrode provided on the back surface; and a second electrolysis electrode provided on the back surface, wherein, as a result of reception of light by the photoelectric conversion portion, a potential difference is generated between a first area of the back surface and a second area of the back surface, the first area and the second area are included in the back surface, the first area becomes electrically connected to the first electrolysis electrode, and the second area becomes electrically connected to the second electrolysis electrode, and when the first electrolysis electrode and the second electrolysis electrode contact an electrolyte solution, the first electrolysis electrode forms a hydrogen generation portion that generates H",0.9365161922707897,0.1269676154584205
9822696,"1. A method for a boosted engine in a vehicle, comprising: adjusting each of a speed of a radiator fan and a position of grille shutters of the vehicle during an engine on condition responsive to a temperature at a wastegate exceeding a temperature threshold and responsive to a moving speed of the vehicle; and adjusting each of the speed of the radiator fan and the position of the grille shutters when the vehicle is at rest at engine shutdown responsive to the temperature at the wastegate exceeding the temperature threshold.",0.9748509240036771,0.05029815199264576
8779571,"1. An integrated circuit comprising: a first semiconductor chip doped with a first conductive type impurity, and configured to receive a first voltage; a second semiconductor chip stacked over the first semiconductor chip, doped with the first conductive type impurity, and configured to receive the first voltage; a plurality of first and second through chip vias inserted in the first and second semiconductor chips in a vertical direction, and configured to receive the first voltage; a first doping region disposed in a bottom of the first semiconductor chip, coupled to the plurality of second through chip vias, and doped with a second conductive type impurity different from the first conductive type impurity; a second doping region disposed in a bottom of the second semiconductor chip, coupled to the plurality of second through chip vias inserted in the second semiconductor chip in the vertical direction, and doped with the second conductive type impurity; a plurality of first connection pads configured to couple the first semiconductor chip to the second semiconductor chip, by coupling the corresponding first through chip vias; a plurality of second connection pads configured to couple the first semiconductor chip to the second semiconductor chip, by coupling the corresponding second through chip vias; a first conductive line configured to couple the plurality of first connection pads to each other; a second conductive line configured to couple the plurality of second connection pads to each other; an isolation layer inserted between the first conductive line and the second conductive line; a first isolation film disposed between the first semiconductor chip, excluding the first doping region, and the plurality of second through chip vias inserted in the first semiconductor chip; and a second isolation film disposed between the second semiconductor chip, excluding the second doping region, and the plurality of second through chip vias inserted in the second semiconductor chip.",0.3474141853265991,0.6948283706531982
8468776,"1. A flange connecting a wind power generator to a pre-stressed concrete tower comprising: an annular tapered pre-stressed concrete shell having a bulging which inwardly protrudes toward a central axis of the flange, and a steel component substantially embedded within the pre-stressed concrete shell, wherein the bulging includes a horizontal flat surface settling the steel component, the steel component including:",0.9607692443949202,0.07846151121015965
9560709,"1. A light-emitting diode (LED) driver, comprising: a) a rectifying bridge configured to receive an AC current from an electrical ballast, and to generate a DC current; b) a rectifying and filtering circuit coupled to said rectifying bridge, and configured to rectify and filter said DC current, and to drive an LED load; c) a power switch coupled between an input of said rectifying and filtering circuit and ground, and configured to be controlled by a switching control signal such that said rectifying and filtering circuit is shorted when said power switch is turned on by said switching control signal; d) a first detecting circuit configured to sample a current that flows through said LED load, and to generate a first detection signal; e) a second detecting circuit configured to sample an output current of said rectifying bridge, and to generate a second detection signal; and f) a control circuit configured to generate said switching control signal according to said first and second detection signals.",0.6526815721413609,0.6946368557172782
9541175,"1. An automatically compressing and friction-driven speed reduction device, wherein the device comprises a central shaft ( 1 ), a planet wheel ( 2 ) comprising a first inclined plane and a second inclined plane, and an inner compression ring ( 3 ) and an outer compression ring ( 4 ) sleeved outside the planet wheel ( 2 ), wherein the inner compression ring ( 3 ) comprising a third inclined plane having a same angle with the first inclined plane, a fixing portion and a first connecting portion, and the outer compression ring ( 4 ) comprising a fourth inclined plane having a same angle with the second inclined plane and a second connecting portion; the central shaft ( 1 ) is a cylinder: the planet wheel ( 2 ) is in a disc shape; a planet shaft ( 6 ) is installed in a middle portion of the planet wheel ( 2 ), and fixed on a housing ( 8 ); the planet shaft ( 6 ) and the planet wheel ( 2 ) are provided with a rolling needle ( 7 ) therebetween so as to reduce frictional resistance; the first connecting portion of the inner compression ring ( 3 ) and the second connecting portion of the outer compression ring ( 4 ) are provided with multi-fluted threads thereon, and can relatively rotate; a tension spring ( 5 ) is provide between the fixing portion of the inner compression ring ( 3 ), and the first and second connecting portions, so as to preset definite pressures between the inner compression ring ( 3 ) and the outer compression ring ( 4 ), between the inner compression ring ( 3 ) or the outer compression ring ( 4 ) and the planet wheel ( 2 ), and between the planet wheel ( 2 ) and the central shaft ( 1 ), wherein the central shaft ( 1 ) rotates in a first direction, the planet wheel ( 2 ) rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction and drives the inner compression ring ( 3 ) to rotate in second direction because the first inclined plane abuts against the third inclined plane and the outer compression ring ( 4 ) to rotate in second direction because the second inclined plane abuts against the fourth inclined plane, and wherein when the outer compression ring ( 4 ) is subjected to an increase in dynamic resistance torque, the inner compression ring ( 3 ) and the outer compression ring ( 4 ) rotate more tightly due to a relative rotating action of the threads, which increases a pressing force on the first and second inclined planes of the planet wheel ( 2 ) and the central shaft ( 1 ) through the planet wheel ( 2 ), so as to raise the friction pressure of the whole friction speed reduction device.",0.5433306763393709,0.9133386473212581
9784213,"1. A thrust reverser unit for a gas turbine comprising a cowl having an inner surface, and one or more blocker doors, each blocker door comprising: a tray with a base and sidewalls extending about the base to define a volume, the volume being closed by a cover that extends beyond the periphery of the tray, wherein an extension of the cover beyond the periphery of the tray provides a flexible sealing feature, wherein the tray further comprises a flange extending from the sidewalls to which the cover is joined, and wherein the flange extends around the periphery of the tray, wherein the flexible sealing feature seals against the inner surface of the cowl when the one or more blocker doors are in a stowed position, wherein the one or more blocker doors comprise a first blocker door and a second blocker door, and wherein in a deployed position the sealing feature of the first blocker door abuts the sealing feature of the second blocker door.",0.6000216072567869,0.7999567854864262
8372609,"1. A method of producing a concentrated sugar solution from biomass, the method comprising: a) delignifying biomass comprising the substeps of b) contacting with an aqueous acid solution comprising at least one mineral acid the solid fraction of the polysaccharide enriched biomass at reaction conditions sufficient to produce an intermediate saccharification product comprising xylose, xylan, and glucan, wherein the concentration of the solid fraction in the aqueous acid solution is about 13 weight percent to about 20 weight percent; and c) contacting with a saccharification enzyme consortium at a pH of from about 4.5 to about 5.5 the intermediate saccharification product at reaction conditions sufficient to produce a final saccharification product comprising at least about 7 percent by weight fermentable sugars, based on the total weight of the saccharification product, in 24 hours of contact with the saccharification enzyme consortium.",0.9186097824047419,0.16278043519051622
9666835,"1. A light extraction substrate for an organic light-emitting device, comprising: a base substrate; a matrix layer disposed on the base substrate, the matrix layer being formed from a frit; and a fiberglass structure completely surrounded by the matrix layer, wherein the matrix layer and the fiberglass structure form an internal light extraction layer of the organic light-emitting device.",0.40052701208884783,0.8010540241776957
9475040,"1. A method of forming Cu/SAPO-34 comprising: forming an aqueous gel of Al adding to the aqueous gel, or forming in the aqueous gel, a water soluble amine complex of copper in its +2 oxidation state and an equal molar amount of ethylene diamine or an oligomer of ethylene diamine, the copper being provided by a water soluble copper salt; stirring and aging the gel without heating; heating the gel to form a solid product; and calcining the solid product to form a crystalline product with SAPO-34 crystal structure containing copper +2 cations enclosed within the crystal structure.",0.6037896697606311,0.7924206604787378
8570945,"1. A data transmission method, performed by a requesting station (STA), in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: transmitting a request message to an access point (AP), the request message including an identifier of a destination STA; receiving a response message with respect to the request message from the AP, the response message comprising relay capable information of at least one candidate STA, the relay capable information indicating whether each candidate STA is capable of relaying; acquiring, from the each candidate STA, a first channel information between the requesting STA and the each candidate STA; acquiring, from the destination STA, a second channel information between the each candidate STA and the destination STA; selecting a relay STA from among the at least one candidate STA based on the first channel information and the second channel information; transmitting a link setup request message for establishing a relay link to the relay STA; receiving a link setup response message from the relay STA; and transmitting data desired to be transmitted to the destination STA, to the relay STA, wherein a direct link is established between the requesting STA and the destination STA, and wherein the at least one candidate STA is associated with the AP.",0.16671690855188798,0.33343381710377595
8943347,"1. A method comprising: detecting an idle state of a primary processing device; detecting a substantially disabled state for one or more secondary processing devices; and transitioning the primary processing device to a substantially disabled state in response to the detecting of the idle state and to the detecting of the substantially disabled state for the one or more of the secondary processing devices, wherein the primary processing device generates a first response signal in response to a first received bus configuration cycle signal when the primary processing device is in the substantially disabled state, wherein the first response signal is substantially similar to a second response signal generated by the primary processing device in response to a second received bus configuration cycle when the primary processing device is in an operational state.",0.7892061439808661,0.42158771203826784
8725520,"1. A method of saving power comprising: generating audio samples by batch decoding a plurality of frames of a bitstream with a decoding system; transferring the audio samples into at least one memory bank in a set of memory banks in a buffer, the memory banks being configured so that each memory bank can be independently powered on or off; switching off power to parts of the decoding system not involved in storing the audio samples in the at least one memory bank, after the batch decoding of the frames is finished and before transferring of the audio samples into the at least one memory bank is finished; reading the audio samples from the at least one memory bank; and shutting off power to the at least one memory bank after all the audio samples in the at least one memory bank have been read.",0.6726575930300595,0.6546848139398811
9683592,"1. A wooden screw comprising: a shank having a shank diameter (A), a threaded segment formed at an outer periphery of the shank, and tapered edges and chip grooves formed in a shape of sawtooth at an outer edge of the threaded segment, and a horizontal distance (B) defined as a distance between two opposite ends of the tapered edges, and a screw head formed at an upper end of the shank while a tapered portion formed at a lower end thereof, and two protruding blades having symmetric edges formed on the tapered portion, and a tip portion formed at a bottom edge of the blade while a rear portion formed at a protruding edge of the blade, and a width (C) defined as a distance between two symmetric rear portions of blades, wherein the shank diameter (A) is smaller than the horizontal distance (B), while said width (C) is ranging between said shank diameter (A) and horizontal distance (B), wherein a stem portion is formed between the shank of the wooden screw and the tapered portion, and the diameter thereof is smaller than the shank, and the length of the stem portion is between one third and one half of the length of the tapered portion.",0.07495200753993723,0.1499040150798745
8449263,"1. A method for assembling a rotor hub assembly of a wind turbine, the method comprising: assembling an individual hub module, wherein the individual hub module includes a hub segment, an enclosure segment and at least one support member extending between the hub segment and the enclosure segment; and assembling a plurality of individual hub modules together to form the rotor hub assembly.",0.9699113534091013,0.06017729318179743
9839739,"1. A surgical irrigation and suction apparatus, comprising: a hollow housing forming a handle and a barrel, wherein the hollow housing contains a suction tube for disposing of waste slurry and an irrigation tube for provision of irrigation fluid; a removable tube divided into an irrigation chamber and a suction chamber by a separator within the tube along a longitudinal direction of the removable tube, wherein the two chambers are collinearly arranged with respect to each other with the suction chamber having a larger cross-sectional area than that of the irrigation chamber, and the removable tube is coupled with the hollow housing via a tube fitting such that the suction chamber is coupled with the suction tube to form a suction conduit for transporting waste slurry and the irrigation chamber is coupled with the irrigation tube to form an irrigation conduit for transporting irrigation fluid; and an inlet/outlet tip including two male fittings removably coupled with the irrigation chamber and the suction chamber of the removable tube, wherein the inlet/outlet tip includes an outlet port and a plurality of inlet ports, respectively; wherein:",0.22327597038217556,0.4465519407643511
8705254,"1. A three-phase dual buck-boost/buck circuit, comprising: a first single-phase dual buck-boost/buck circuit receiving a first phase voltage of a three-phase voltage and including: a single-phase three-level buck-boost circuit receiving the first phase voltage and generating a first output voltage between a first output terminal and a neutral-point, and a second output voltage between the neutral-point and a second output terminal; and a single-phase three-level buck circuit receiving the first phase voltage and electrically connected to the first output terminal, the neutral-point and the second output terminal, wherein the first and the second output voltages have a positive and a negative values respectively.",0.7264657550882868,0.5470684898234264
9619400,"1. A computer-implemented method of managing memory operations, the method comprising: responsive to a request for a first memory page, reading the first memory page from a storage device; determining at least one page association for the first memory page based on a pre-established set of association rules, said determining further comprising at least one of: identifying one or more associated memory pages that are related to the first memory page by the set of pre-established association rules; reading each of the one or more associated memory pages from the storage device; compressing each of the one or more associated memory pages to generate a corresponding compressed associated memory page; and storing the compressed associated memory page to the system memory to enable faster access to the associated memory pages during processing of the first memory page.",0.34215352405674687,0.6843070481134937
9727947,"1. A method, comprising: obtaining luminance information related to a digital raw image frame captured via a color filter array; obtaining chrominance information related to the digital raw image frame; downscaling the obtained luminance information and the chrominance information to a target resolution, one of pixel data of the captured digital raw image frame and the obtained chrominance information having been demosaiced before the downscaling; and reverse-demosaicing the downscaled chrominance information.",0.07397556856125706,0.14795113712251418
9217393,"1. An independent fuel injection system of a compressed natural gas (CNG) engine, comprising: a cylinder head having an intake port of an engine using CNG as fuel; an intake manifold communicating with the cylinder head so as to supply external air to the cylinder head, having an assembling hole formed at a predetermined portion thereof; and an injection module installed at the predetermined portion of the intake manifold adjacent to the cylinder head and injecting the CNG fuel toward the intake port, wherein the injection module includes:",0.6407316671372704,0.7185366657254593
9361120,"1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; a disk drive coupled to the at least one processor; a boot device coupled to the at least one processor, the boot device comprising a computer readable non-transitory storage that includes a boot image that comprises:",0.4685189843950223,0.9370379687900446
9767440,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: installing a site-resident data collection module in a site location, the site-resident data collection module including instructions executing within an executable environment of the site location, the site-resident data collection module further including a first data interface enabling data communication between the site-resident data collection module and a legacy data processing system of the site location, the site-resident data collection module being configured to dynamically determine database record structures and record attributes being used by the legacy system; running test data to confirm that the database record structures and record attributes being used by the legacy system have been properly determined by the site-resident data collection module; using the site-resident data collection module to collect site-specific information, including student attendance data and other site data, from the site location, the collection of the site-specific information from the site location including causing execution of instructions of the site-resident data collection module to access and retrieve data of the legacy system via the first data interface, the access and retrieval of data from the legacy system being based on the dynamically determined database record structures and record attributes; transferring the site-specific information to a host location via a data network, the site-resident data collection module further including a second data interface enabling data communication between the site-resident data collection module and the host location via the data network, the site-specific information being converted to a form of network transportable digital data prior to being transferred via the data network; performing, by a data processor at the host location and execution of a data transformation module, data transformation and normalization operations on the site-specific information, received via the second data interface and the data network, to convert the site-specific information to a common format, which is common across a plurality of different districts, the data transformation and normalization operations including district-specific data transformation rules to convert data of a specific district to the common format; performing, by the data processor at the host location and execution of a district configuration module, district configuration operations to configure rules specifying how and when alerts can be sent to recipients based on the site-specific information; and performing, by the data processor at the host location and execution of scheduler and reporting modules, scheduling and reporting operations to generate and distribute alerts, including attendance letters, to recipients based on the site-specific information and the configured rules.",0.06471277441740758,0.12942554883481516
9270089,"1. A rack-level power infrastructure, comprising: a chassis configured to mount on the side of a rack, wherein the chassis includes a plurality of power supply unit slots; a power cable interface box (PCIB) disposed within the chassis, wherein the PCIB receives alternating current (AC) power; a power distribution unit (PDU), wherein the PDU comprises a plurality of power supply units, and wherein the PDU balances power consumption through a phase-balancing and distribution configuration; at least one of the plurality of power supply units disposed within one of the plurality of power supply unit slots, wherein the at least one power supply unit receives AC power from the PCIB and outputs direct current (DC) power to a busbar; and a battery back-up unit (BBU) element disposed within the chassis, wherein the BBU element charges from and discharges to the busbar.",0.8421362907051259,0.3157274185897483
9293700,"1. A nonvolatile memory cell comprising: a first electrode and a second electrode; a resistance change film between the first electrode and the second electrode, the resistance change film containing oxygen ions; and a first barrier film between the second electrode and the resistance change film, a second barrier film between the first electrode and the resistance change film, the first barrier film configured to reduce the outflow of the oxygen ions from the resistance change film, the second barrier film configured to reduce the outflow of the oxygen ions from the resistance change film, wherein a material of the first barrier film is different than a material of the second barrier film, the resistance change film is configured to be maintained in at least one of a low-resistance state and a high-resistance state when a voltage corresponding to a read level is applied to the first and second electrodes, the resistance change film is configured to be maintained in an inhibit state when a voltage corresponding to an inhibit level is applied to the first and second electrodes, a magnitude of the inhibit level is different than a magnitude of the read level.",0.2516227304165385,0.503245460833077
8587452,"1. A method of synchronizing a time period over which energy measurements are accumulated for an energy monitoring system including a plurality of energy monitoring devices, wherein the time period comprises a time interval at a predetermined time, the method comprising: (a) transmitting a first radio frequency packet from a time reference device via at least a first and a second of said plurality of energy monitoring devices to a third of said plurality of energy monitoring devices; (b) transmitting a second radio frequency packet containing a current time of said third energy monitoring device to said time reference device via at least said fourth and fifth energy monitoring devices; (c) calculating a time difference between said current time and a reference time of said time reference device; (d) updating said current time of said third energy monitoring device when said time difference exceeds a minimum time difference; (e) accumulating, over said time period, a measure of energy consumption by said third energy monitoring device of a load coupled with said third energy monitoring device; (f) transmitting said measure of energy consumption for said time period from said third energy monitoring device via at least a fourth and a fifth of said plurality of energy monitoring devices to a data aggregation device; and (g) identifying by said data aggregation device an aggregate measure of energy consumption consumed by said load over said time period.",0.9260183810844751,0.1479632378310498
8709726,"1. A method for identifying the presence or absence of Y-chromosome nucleic acid in extracellular nucleic acid from a pregnant female, which comprises: (a) contacting under amplification conditions extracellular nucleic acid from a pregnant female with three or more primer sets selected from the group consisting of: wherein (i) the nucleic acid comprises maternal nucleic acid and fetal nucleic acid, (ii) each primer of each primer set hybridizes to Y-chromosome nucleic acid, and (iii) each primer set consists of a first primer and a corresponding second primer; and (b) detecting the presence or absence of amplification products from three or more of the primer sets, whereby the presence of Y-chromosome nucleic acid is based on detecting the presence of the amplification products and whereby the absence of Y-chromosome nucleic acid is based on detecting the absence of the amplification products.",0.2485323974057532,0.49706479481150634
9088036,"1. A rechargeable lithium battery comprising: a negative electrode including a negative active material comprising a carbonaceous material; a positive electrode including a positive active material comprising LiCoO the positive electrode having an active mass density of about 3.7 g/cc to about 4.2 g/cc; and an electrolyte comprising a lithium salt and a non-aqueous organic solvent, the non-aqueous organic solvent comprising from about 5 to about 15 volume % of a cyclic carbonate and from about 85 to about 95 volume % of a linear carbonate, wherein the cyclic carbonate comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, butylene carbonate, and mixtures thereof, and wherein the linear carbonate comprises a compound selected from the group consisting of dimethyl carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dipropyl carbonate, methylpropyl carbonate, ethylpropyl carbonate, methylethyl carbonate, ethylmethyl carbonate, and mixtures thereof.",0.9649844460815569,0.07003110783688626
9539738,"1. A wood material board hot-pressing device, comprising: a primary circuit, which comprises: a secondary circuit, which comprises: a controlling device, which comprises: a variable output secondary circulation pump, which is set up to circulate the heat transfer fluid in the secondary circuit, wherein the controlling device comprises: wherein the controlling device is programmed to automatically increase a target primary pressure difference, if the control valve is in a maximum position and heat output is to be increased.",0.6803690070839498,0.6392619858321005
9530898,"1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate comprising a semiconductive material; and a floating gate disposed above the substrate and having a first width proximate a base of the floating gate that is greater than a second width proximate a top of the floating gate, wherein a width of the floating gate decreases non-linearly from the first width to the second width, and wherein a bottom-most portion of a sidewall of the floating gate is substantially vertical.",0.1945775440007979,0.3891550880015958
9072699,"1. A method for treating cerebral function disorder, wherein said cerebral function disorder is lowering of attention, the method comprising administering to a patient in need of treatment for said cerebral function disorder a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula PQ: or a salt thereof.",0.46959523313511736,0.9391904662702347
8974754,"1. A method for producing a nickel-containing acid solution, comprising: providing a positive electrode material of a nickel-metal hydride battery, the positive electrode material comprising a base material of a nickel metal and a nickel hydroxide that is applied to a surface of the base material; performing a water-washing step by adding water to the positive electrode material of a nickel-metal hydride battery to obtain a positive electrode material after water-washing and a water-washed slurry; performing an acid-washing step by adding and mixing an acid into the positive electrode material after the water-washing step, and performing a separation with a pH maintained in a range of not less than 0.0 and not more than 3.5 to form a positive electrode material after acid-washing and an acid-washed slurry; and performing a dissolution step selected from: (a) a step of adding the positive electrode material after acid-washing to an acid solution to obtain a nickel solution and a dissolution residue; (b) a step of adding the positive electrode material after acid-washing to an acid solution, and adding an oxidizing agent therein to obtain a nickel solution and a dissolution residue; or (c) a step of adding the positive electrode material after acid-washing to water, and adding an oxidizing agent therein to obtain a nickel solution and a dissolution residue; and adding an alkali to the nickel solution to adjust and maintain pH in a range of not less than 2.0 and not more than 2.5, and adding an alkali sulfide or an hydrogen sulfide thereto to obtain dezinced nickel solution and a sulfide precipitate.",0.7892984871815261,0.42140302563694787
9624438,1. A biomass conversion system comprising: a fluid circulation loop comprising:,0.9219296329359679,0.15614073412806428
8726599,"1. A fatigue load resistant structure, the structure comprising: a fatigue loaded portion of the fatigue loaded structure, the fatigue loaded portion comprising a first elongation material; and a weldable fatigue loading resistant feature comprising a second elongation material secured to the fatigue loaded portion of the fatigue loaded structure; and, wherein the first elongation material is less ductile than the second elongation material, and the second elongation material remains elastically loaded at a yield strength ranging from about 40 ksi to about 50 ksi; wherein the weldable fatigue loading resistant feature reduces, retards, or eliminates formation of cracks due to tensile and compressive forces; wherein the fatigue loaded structure is a wind turbine and the weldable fatigue loading resistant feature is positioned between a wind turbine tower and a wind turbine nacelle.",0.9526433150970314,0.09471336980593725
9470201,"1. An electrochemical rechargeable cell comprising: an anode comprising a particulate composite MM′Z, a binder and a solvent, the MM′Z composite being subtractively removed from an alloy in which M content is not dominant in the alloy and a cooling rate from a melt temperature of the alloy was sufficient to allow a formation of a structure having an extended M phase network and a substantially differentiated phase, the MM′Z composite including a portion of the M′ remaining within the structure, the MM′Z composite further including an amorphous component on the surface of the composite, wherein the structure of MM′Z composite particle possesses rods arranged in an array such that the rods are joined crystallographically and extend into space in a manner providing for a space of separation between crystallite extensions thereby accommodating for volume expansion when storing lithium, and wherein M is from the group of Si and Sn, M′ is from a group of Mn, Mg, Al, Mo, Bronze, Be, Ti, Cu, Ce, Li, Fe, Ni, Zn, Co, Zr, K, and Na and Z is from the group of O, Cl, P, C, S, H, and F.",0.8991777507064437,0.20164449858711264
9732971,"1. An air-conditioning device that is provided with an indoor unit having an air blowing fan accommodated therein and blows out air from the air blowing fan, comprising: an air volume controller that switches a rotation number of the air blowing fan under normal operation of the air-conditioning device so that the air blowing fan is controlled to a predetermined air volume; a setting unit that executes air volume setting processing for measuring an actual rotation number when a fan motor for driving the air blowing fan is set to a maximum output and setting the rotation number corresponding to the air volume on the basis of the measured actual rotation number; an under-change operation controller that executes a test operation for temporarily increasing the rotation number of the air blowing fan from the set rotation number by only a predetermined rotation number after the set rotation number of the air blowing fan is changed; and an under-change setting changing unit that decreases the rotation number of the air blowing fan to be lower than the set rotation number when the fan motor for driving the air blowing fan falls into an overload state in the test operation, wherein when the fan motor does not fall into the overload state, the under-change operation controller returns the rotation number of the air blowing fan to the set rotation number and finishes the test operation.",0.8216602963113545,0.356679407377291
8563462,"1. A catalyst composition consisting of finely divided nanoscale particles of a supported oxide, wherein the oxide is selected from the group consisting of a zirconium oxide, a titanium oxide and a mixed zirconium/titanium oxide, deposited onto a silica-based support, wherein, after calcination for 4 hours at 900° C., the supported oxide is in the form of nanoscale particles deposited onto said support, the size of the nanoscale particles is at most 5 nm when the supported oxide is a zirconium oxide, at most 10 nm when the supported oxide is a titanium oxide and at most 8 nm when the supported oxide is a mixed zirconium/titanium oxide.",0.8623541995703502,0.2752916008592996
8966883,"1. A process for starting a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system for transporting urea from a tank to exhaust gases of an engine using a feed line, the system including a rotary pump controlled by a pump controller and driven by a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor that is able to operate in two opposite rotational directions and includes a rotor equipped with at least one permanent magnet and a stator including at least 3 electromagnetic coils in which the direct current can flow according to a given sequence to make the rotor rotate, the process comprising: before starting the pump, measuring a temperature using a sensor; before making the rotor rotate, passing a current through at least one of the coils to preheat the pump without making the rotor rotate when the temperature is below a setpoint temperature; and sending to the pump controller a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control signal giving orders of the desired operating conditions for the pump, these conditions integrating a piece of information relating to the rotational direction of the pump, a piece of information relating to the operating pressure of the pump, and also at least one other piece of information relating to the stopping/blocking of the pump and the fact that it must operate in preheating mode.",0.9763653811838978,0.047269237632204364
9297683,"1. A portion distribution device for portioning substances from a container in pre-defined increments, the portion distribution device comprising: a portion divider having a portion opening; a measurement chamber body having first and second ends and rotatively coupled to the portion divider at the first end, wherein the measurement chamber body comprises: a lid rotatively coupled to the second end of the measurement chamber body, the lid comprising: wherein the first lid opening is aligned with a top surface of the portion divider, so that any chamber of the plurality of chambers aligned with the first lid opening has its inlet opening blocked by the top surface of the portion divider; and wherein the second lid opening is aligned with the portion opening, so that any chamber of the plurality of chambers aligned with the second lid opening has its inlet opening also aligned with the portion opening.",0.1047820937535006,0.20956418750700123
9662298,"1. A foamable composition for a pharmaceutical comprising: A. a carrier comprising: wherein the ratio of liquid wax to solid wax is about 3:1 to about 10:1, and B. a liquefied hydrocarbon gas propellant at a concentration of about 3% to about 35% by weight of the foamable composition; wherein the composition has a water content less than about 5% by weight; wherein the composition is not an emulsion; and wherein, upon release from a pressurized container, a breakable foam is produced.",0.31686472233642293,0.6337294446728459
9295883,"1. A golf ball comprising: a single, unitary, homogeneous core having a surface hardness and a geometric center hardness, the core having an outer diameter of about 1.5 to about 1.62 inches; an outer cover layer comprising a polyurea, a polyurethane, or a hybrid thereof, and having a first hardness; and an inner cover layer disposed between the core and the outer cover layer, the inner cover layer having a second hardness greater than the first hardness and within 5 Shore C of the core surface hardness; wherein the geometric center hardness is about 64 Shore C to about 85 Shore C, and the core surface hardness is greater than 85 Shore C and harder than the geometric center hardness by 5 to 14 Shore C to define a medium positive hardness gradient.",0.10797950595668208,0.2159590119133642
9171666,"1. A reactor comprising: a coil; a core of the coil; a magnetosensitive element attached to a lead wire of the coil; a magnetic shielding plate that (i) is disposed between the core of the coil and the magnetosensitive element and (ii) shields the magnetosensitive element from a magnetic field of the coil, wherein the magnetic shielding plate is shaped as a box; a case in which the magnetic shielding plate, the magnetosensitive element and the coil are housed, wherein the magnetic shielding plate is within the case; and a resin containing a magnetic material is filled in both (i) a first region of the case surrounded by the magnetic shielding plate and (ii) a second region of the case that includes the coil, wherein the resin containing the magnetic material filled in the first region of the case forms a core of the magnetosensitive element, wherein the magnetosensitive element and the coil are covered with the resin containing the magnetic material in the case.",0.32364231128777704,0.6472846225755541
8554992,"1. An appliance, comprising: memory; and logic coupled to the memory, the logic determines whether a type of a file residing on a removable storage medium is consistent or inconsistent with an expected file type; wherein the logic readies the removable storage medium for use based on the type of file residing on the removable storage medium being consistent with the ex expected file type.",0.6243916397630965,0.7512167204738069
8732399,"1. A system comprising: a first processor having at least two processor cores, wherein at least one of the processor cores is to enter a low power mode, in which information stored in a local cache of the at least one processor core is no longer accessible, and a logic to direct an access to the local cache or to a shared cache that is to store versions of information stored in each of the at least two processor cores depending on a power state of the at least one processor core; a second processor having at least one processor core to access information from the shared cache if the at least one processor core of the first processor is in the low power mode; a system memory to store versions of information stored in the shared cache; and a memory controller through which the at least one processor core of the second processor is to access the system memory.",0.9487441513617433,0.10251169727651344
9328174,1. A polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:221 and a C-terminal extension consisting of two alanine residues.,0.6665558876519176,0.6668882246961647
9092460,"1. A system to support connecting an application server with a clustered database, comprising: an application server operating on one or more microprocessor; a clustered database having a heterogeneous plurality of data providers; a notification service operating on the clustered database; wherein the notification service is used by the clustered database to broadcast notifications that describe a state change in the clustered database; a single data source operating on the application server wherein the single data source operates to connect the application server with the clustered database, and wherein the single data source comprises a connection pool which manages a heterogeneous set of connections to the heterogeneous plurality of data providers in the clustered database, wherein particular connections of said heterogeneous set of connections are configured for connecting to particular data providers of said heterogeneous plurality of data providers; wherein the single data source registers with the notification service of the clustered database to receive said notifications that describe a state change in the clustered database; wherein the single data source receives, from the notification service of the clustered database, notifications that describe a state change in the clustered database; and wherein, in response to receiving said notifications that describe a state change in the clustered database, the single data source configures said connection pool to manage said heterogeneous set of connections between the application server and the heterogeneous plurality of data providers in the clustered database adaptively according to the state change of the clustered database at run time.",0.236430624143058,0.472861248286116
9293060,"1. A medication administration confirmation apparatus, comprising: a memory for storing on a local device a predetermined video sequence corresponding to a particular predetermined prescription regimen, the predetermined video sequence further comprising a plurality of predetermined video steps; a display associated with the local device for displaying one or more instruction prompts associated with each of the plurality of predetermined video steps of the stored predetermined video sequence, and for displaying one or more graphical guidance indicators directing movement in accordance with each of the plurality of predetermined video steps of the stored predetermined video sequence; a video capture device associated with the local device for sequentially capturing one or more video sequences of a user administering medication following the one or more instruction prompts and one or more guidance indicators to a video capture memory associated with the local device; and a processor associated with the local device, wherein the processor is operable to:",0.07584437935652233,0.15168875871304466
9164755,"1. A computer-implemented method for performing an update on a pooled virtual machine, the method being implemented by a computing system that includes at least one processor and comprising: an act of updating a master image associated with the pooled virtual machine; an act of copying information from a first virtual hard drive that is associated with the pooled virtual machine to a location external to the first virtual hard drive; after the act of copying, an act of disconnecting the pooled virtual machine from the first virtual hard drive; an act of associating the pooled virtual machine with a second virtual hard drive that is associated with the updated master image; and after the act of associating, an act of copying at least some of the information copied from the first virtual hard drive back into the second virtual hard drive.",0.18311822987820153,0.36623645975640307
9174167,"1. A mixing plate for use in a NOx reduction system, the mixing plate comprising: a plurality of arms each having a surface area and extending from a center of the plate; a barrier region, defined by the collective surface areas of the arms and substantially centered on the center, for diverting fluid flow outward; a first tier of cut-outs, each defined by an outer edge between adjacent arms; a second tier of cut-outs, each defined by an inner edge proximate an end of each arm; wherein a distance from the center to a closest point of the first tier cut-outs is a first distance and the distance from the center to a closest point of the second tier cut-outs is a second distance, the first and second distances being different, and the surface of each arm being angled relative to a plane connecting the center and an outer edge of each arm.",0.518034679219811,0.9639306415603781
8664091,"1. A method for removing a metallic nanotube which is formed on a substrate in a first direction, the method comprising: forming a plurality of conductors in a second direction crossing the first direction, the conductors electrically contacting the metallic nanotube, respectively; forming an insulating layer to cover the conductors; patterning the insulating layer to expose a first conductor or a first group of conductors out of the plurality of the conductors in a first region and to expose a second conductor or a second group of conductors, different from the first conductor or the first group of conductors, out of the conductors in a second region different from the first region; forming a first voltage-applying electrode on the insulating layer in the first region and a second voltage-applying electrode on the insulating layer in the second region, so that the first voltage-applying electrode electrically contracts the first conductor or the first group of conductors via the patterned insulating layer, and the second voltage-applying electrode electrical contacts the second conductor or the second group of conductors via the patterned insulating layer; applying different voltages to the first and second voltage-applying electrodes, respectively, to burn out the metallic nanotube; and removing the voltage-applying electrodes, the insulating layer and the conductors.",0.3940206662468808,0.7880413324937616
8820853,"1. An improved wheel clamping assembly in which an axle assembly is affixed to first and second structural members, said axle assembly including first and second ends and a longitudinal axis, said first end releasably fixed to said first structural member and said second end releasably fixed to said second structural member, said axle assembly rotatably mounting a wheel and hub assembly on an axle portion of said axle assembly, said axle portion located between said first and second axle assembly ends, the first structural member having a substantially closed bore dropout with a first side from which said axle portion extends and a second side, the second structural member having a substantially closed bore dropout, the improvement comprising: (a) a first compression member having a tapered outer surface disposed in a first cavity having a tapered inner surface in the first structural member's dropout with the axle portion extending through an aperture in the first compression member, wherein the first compression member and the first cavity are axially aligned with said axle assembly; (b) a second compression member having a tapered outer surface disposed in a second cavity having a tapered inner surface in the second structural member's dropout with the axle portion extending through an aperture in the second compression member, wherein the second compression member and the second cavity are axially aligned with said axle assembly; (c) an abutment member adjacent to a large diameter end of said first compression member and axially displaceable relative to said axle portion; and (d) a quick release at the first end for providing a force acting in the direction of the longitudinal axis between the first and second ends, said force clamping said axle assembly to said structural members, whereby the axle assembly is configured to be removed from said substantially closed bore dropouts in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis.",0.11066136123034866,0.22132272246069729
8973472,"1. A tool extension bar comprising: a rod including first and second ends spaced in an axial direction, with a recess formed adjacent to the first end of the rod and including a first contact section arranged adjacent to the first end of the rod and a second contact section extending toward the second end of the rod from an end of the first contact section, with the second end of the rod adapted to connect to and be driven by a power tool, wherein the second end of the rod is spaced from the first end rod along an axis, with a first height defined from the first contact section to the axis in the radial direction perpendicular to the axis greater than a second height defined from the second contact section to the axis in the radial direction perpendicular to the axis, wherein the rod further includes a shoulder portion disposed adjacent to the first end of the rod, a convex portion disposed adjacent to the second end of the rod, and a body portion formed between the shoulder and the convex portion along the axis, with the convex portion including a first contact surface formed adjacent and connected to the body portion; a sleeve assembly mounted around the rod and slideable relative to the rod in the axial direction between first and second positions, with a radial hole extending in a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction at an end of the sleeve assembly and aligning with the recess of the rod body; an elastic member mounted around the second end of the rod and biased against the rod and the sleeve assembly; and an engaging member movably received in the radial hole of the sleeve assembly in the radial direction and moveably engaged in the recess of the rod in the axial and radial directions, with the engaging member releasably engaging the sleeve assembly with the rod; wherein when the sleeve assembly is moved to the first position, the engaging member is pushed by the radial hole of the sleeve assembly and engaged in the first contact section of the recess, with an outermost portion of the engaging member projecting out of the radial hole of the sleeve assembly and engaging with a tool member; and wherein when the sleeve assembly is moved to the second position, the engaging member is engaged in the second contact section of the recess, with the outermost portion of the engaging member not projecting out of the radial hole of the sleeve assembly and disengaging from the tool member.",0.04879170163602704,0.09758340327205406
9127722,"1. A method for producing a resilient force-transmitting member for transmitting torques, the force-transmitting member being provided with at least two receiving openings for connecting to force-transmitting components, an elastomer body and at least one inlay loop embedded in the elastomer body, comprising: positioning the at least one inlay loop in a predetermined desired position in a mould; providing at least one venting mandrel in the mould one free end of which is in contact with the inlay loop; injecting elastomer material into the mould; vulcanising the elastomer material; and venting during or after vulcanisation via at least one venting opening created by means of the venting mandrel.",0.20411130421530424,0.4082226084306084
8629389,"1. A camera, comprising: at least one light sensitive region formed in a substrate; substantially transparent material disposed on the substrate over the at least one light sensitive region; a first substantially opaque mask layer disposed in the substantially transparent material and covering the at least one light sensitive region; a second substantially opaque mask layer disposed in the substantially transparent material over the first substantially opaque mask layer; at least one first opening formed in the first substantially opaque mask layer; and at least one second opening formed in the second substantially opaque mask layer, wherein,",0.23524924725368992,0.4704984945073798
9272897,"1. A portable storage unit for a fuel additive comprising: a housing having a lower area, an upper area divided by a tray support and a cover; a container disposed in the lower area for containing a fluid having between 25% and 45% urea; a first heating element disposed between an inner wall of the housing and the outer wall of the container; a tray carried by the tray support disposed in the upper area; a fluid pump removably attached to the tray for pumping fluid from the container to a nozzle and for being removed from the tray to pump fluid from an external fluid source into the container; an intake hose connected to a coupler providing fluid communications between the container and the fluid pump; an output hose connected between the pump and a nozzle for delivering fluid from the container; a power connection for connecting power to the pump and the first heating element; a thermostat connected to the power connection and the first heating element for switching on and off the power to the heating element to maintain the temperature within the container above 12° F. when the cover is closed; a viewing strip defined in the housing for viewing a level indicator representing the volume of fluid in the container; and, a fill opening defined in the tray and in fluid communication with the interior of the container.",0.6428045664797934,0.7143908670404131
8351346,"1. A communication apparatus comprising: one or more communication ports; a communication monitoring section that monitors information communication through the one or more communication ports; a status indicating section including one or more status indicators; a status indicator driving section that controls a drive signal to be supplied to the status indicating section based on a communication status detected by the communication monitoring section; and a lighting control section that starts a timer at a point when a communication rate of the communication status obtained by the communication monitoring section falls below a pre-set activation threshold value, wherein the lighting control section resets the timer to a reset value when a change in link status of the communication status is detected while the timer is within a predetermined activation waiting time, outputs a first control command to the status indicator driving section when the timer exceeds the activation waiting time, and outputs a second control command to the status indicator driving section at the point when the communication rate of the communication status exceeds a pre-set release threshold value, wherein the status indicator driving section controls the drive signal so as to turn off a light of the status indicator when the first control command is provided from the lighting control section and controls the drive signal so as to turn on the light of the state indicator when the second control command is provided from the lighting control section.",0.8256644074591255,0.348671185081749
8879205,"1. A microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) head, comprising: a main magnetic pole; a spin-torque oscillator (STO) positioned near the main magnetic pole, the STO comprising: wherein one of the first and second perpendicular magnetic layers is configured to undergo T-mode oscillations with the FGL, and wherein another of the first and second perpendicular magnetic layers is configured to undergo U-mode oscillations with the FGL.",0.03361190447108775,0.0672238089421755
8794627,"1. A game machine for use with playing balls, comprising: a game board provided with a playfield on which the playing balls cascade downward; a launching device configured to launch the playing balls toward the playfield; a supply part configured to supply the playing balls to the launching device; a collecting part configured to collect the playing balls supplied from the supply part to the launching device and launched to the playfield; and a guide part configured to guide the playing balls collected by the collecting part to return to the supply part without discharging the playing balls outside the game machine, wherein the playing balls circulate through the game board, the collecting part, the guide part and the supply part, and can be repeatedly used; the guide part is a passageway configured to connect a collecting hole and a supply hole, the collecting hole being provided in the collecting part and guiding the playing balls to the guide part, and the supply hole being provided in the supply part and allowing the playing balls guided from the guide part to be supplied to the supply part; and the guide part has a slope on which the playing balls guided from the collecting hole into the passageway can roll toward the supply hole through the passageway.",0.04179936340269804,0.08359872680539604
8992319,"1. A method to implement a slot game, the method comprising: executing instructions on an electronic processing unit to perform the following operations: receiving a prompt from a player on a touch screen connected to the processing unit to initiate the game; displaying a set of reels of three dimensional symbols on the touch screen, wherein each displayed reel in the set of reels comprises a plurality of displayed symbols in a Y direction, each displayed reel in the set of reels is displaced from each other displayed reel in the set of reels in an X direction, the X direction perpendicular to the Y direction and being in a same plane, each displayed symbol in the plurality of symbols displays its structure with a height in a direction Z, Z rising and being perpendicular to the X-Y plane; spinning each of the reels by sliding each displayed reel along the Y-direction a variable amount until the reels come to rest in a final random arrangement determined by a random number generator, wherein hidden portions of the three dimensional symbols displayed on each of the reels are not displayed; determining whether the final arrangement forms a predefined combination; and upon the final arrangement forming the predefined combination providing the player an award.",0.013502819685050134,0.027005639370100254
8703445,"1. A nucleic acid amplification device comprising: a housing; and an amplification chamber comprising: an ingress with a first reversible seal; an egress with a second reversible seal; a sealable sample entry orifice; and a first wall forming a portion of the amplification chamber, wherein the first wall comprises a thermally conductive material and includes a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface includes a heating circuit and a temperature sensor, wherein the sample entry orifice permits a sample of nucleic acid to enter the amplification chamber, wherein the ingress is connected to a first conduit along with a reservoir comprising a first flexible diaphragm and a fluid pouch for performing nucleic acid amplification, and a pump comprising a pneumatic pump and a second flexible diaphragm, wherein the first flexible diaphragm is configured to engage and be actuated by a plunger on an instrument with which the amplification device is configured to mate, wherein the second flexible diaphragm is configured to engage and be actuated by a plunger on an instrument with which the amplification device is configured to mate, and wherein the egress is connected to a second conduit permitting egress of an amplicon from the amplification chamber.",0.11076960683694553,0.22153921367389107
9385380,"1. A method of managing humidification for a fuel cell power system, comprising: supplying air to a cathode inlet stream of a fuel cell; detecting a first fuel cell parameter associated with the humidity of the cathode inlet stream; detecting a second fuel cell parameter associated with the humidity of the cathode; calculating a first fuel cell parameter threshold and a second fuel cell parameter threshold; and selectively switching the fuel cell to an active humidification mode based on the first fuel cell parameter exceeding the first fuel cell parameter threshold, and switching the fuel cell to a deactive humidification mode based on the second fuel cell parameter dropping below the fuel cell parameter threshold, wherein the active humidification mode includes adding water to the cathode inlet stream and the deactive humidification mode includes adding no water to the cathode inlet stream.",0.9893025117057582,0.02139497658848355
9426240,"1. A computer-implemented method for gathering data for media usage reports for a processing device, the method comprising: gathering, with media usage gathering objects running on the processing device, usage data representative of usage of media on the processing device, the media usage gathering objects to gather usage data regardless of whether the media was received from an external network source or a source that is local to the processing device, each media usage gathering object corresponding to at least one of (i) a different media type or (ii) a different user agent associated with the media; and merging, with a session object, the plurality of media usage gathering objects into at least one of a respective (i) user session or (ii) resource control location (RCL) session.",0.23255071143047928,0.46510142286095857
9146964,"1. A method comprising: determining, by a computing system and based at least in part on information included in one or more emails associated with a user of a mobile computing device, a context of the mobile computing device; responsive to determining the context, executing, by a computing system, based at least in part on the context of the mobile computing device, a parameterless search query to identify one or more results determined to be relevant to the user of the mobile computing device; and sending, by the computing system, to the mobile computing device, the one or more results.",0.1794062455338841,0.35881249106776814
9771887,"1. A method, comprising: supplying fuel from a high pressure fuel rail to a direct injector along a fuel line; supplying fuel drawn from the fuel line, upstream of the direct injector, to a port injector, each of the direct injector and port injector coupled to an engine cylinder; and lowering a pressure of the fuel drawn from upstream of the direct injector at a pressure regulator before supplying the fuel to the port injector, wherein fuel is supplied from the high pressure rail to the direct injector via a flow selection valve, wherein there is no separate rail coupled to the port injector other than the high pressure fuel rail.",0.8296585798387738,0.34068284032245244
9791118,"1. An apparatus for providing mobile illumination from a renewable energy source, comprising: a. a trailer frame component; b. a mast component, wherein the bottom of said mast component is fixedly attached to said trailer frame component; c. a utility bar attached to the top of said mast component; d. one or more lights attached to said utility bar; e. a battery system mounted on said trailer frame component; f. a power management component mounted on said trailer frame component and electrically connected to said battery system and said one or more lights; g. a renewable energy generator electrically connected to said power management component; h. a backup energy generator powered by a fuel component and electrically connected to said power management component;",0.9768397913113591,0.046320417377281764
8608370,"1. An apparatus for containing and electromagnetically stirring an electrically conductive material, the apparatus comprising: a vessel comprising: an electrical stator for depositing the vessel within, the electrical stator having a plurality of electrical poles; a separate coil wound around each of the plurality of electrical poles; and at least one power supply having a phase-shifted alternating current output for each one of the separate coils.",0.5177188728452887,0.9645622543094226
8355750,"1. A system for communication, the system comprising: one or more circuits for use in a first communication device, wherein said one or more circuits are operable to store media and meta-data corresponding to said stored media, said storing occurring at a first location of said first communication device; said one or more circuits causes, based on said meta-data corresponding to said stored media, a channel guide comprising representations of said stored media that can be selected for presentation on a television in a second location, when said first communication device is communicatively coupled to a second communication device at said second location; and in response to receiving a selection via said presented channel guide, said one or more circuits causes displaying based on said meta-data corresponding to said stored media, of at least one media file corresponding to said received selection on one or both of said television and/or a media player in said second location.",0.26954425148626093,0.5390885029725219
8658404,"1. A method of producing a fatty aldehyde or a fatty alcohol, the method comprising: (a) expressing a gene encoding a polypeptide that catalyzes the conversion of an acyl-ACP to a fatty aldehyde in an engineered microorganism; (b) culturing said engineered microorganism in a culture media containing a carbohydrate carbon source under conditions effective to produce a fatty aldehyde or a fatty alcohol in the culture media, wherein said polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 66.",0.5848863831554114,0.8302272336891772
9082497,"1. A magnetic memory comprising: a base layer; a magnetization free layer, with which the base layer is covered, configured to have invertible magnetization and be magnetized approximately uniformly; a barrier layer, with which the magnetization free layer is covered, configured to be composed of material different from material of the base layer; and a magnetization reference layer configured to be arranged on the barrier layer and have fixed magnetization, wherein when the magnetization of the magnetization free layer is inverted, a first writing current is made to flow from one end to the other end of the magnetization free layer in an in-plane direction without flowing through the magnetization reference layer.",0.10554614669095012,0.21109229338190028
8826342,"1. A computer-implemented method for providing promotional content to a mobile device, the method comprising: storing, by a video hosting server, a video claimed by a content provider; storing, by the video hosting server, a promotional content item provided by the content provider; responsive to a user requesting the video from a mobile device, receiving, by the video hosting server from the mobile device, a request for video information associated with the video; providing, by the video hosting server to the mobile device, video information indicating whether a content provider has claimed ownership of the video, the mobile device determining to display promotional content with the video based on the video information indicating that a content provider has claimed ownership of the video; responsive to the mobile device determining to display promotional content, receiving, by the video hosting server, a request for an item of promotional content; providing, by the video hosting server, a promotional content item to the mobile device; and providing, by the video hosting server, the video to the mobile device, the promotional content item displayed on the mobile device with the video.",0.04682706905990342,0.09365413811980683
8632771,"1. An isolated vitamin K-dependent polypeptide linked to a polyethylene glycol (PEG) polymer, wherein said polypeptide is wild-type factor VIIa, wherein said PEG polymer has a molecular weight of 10,000 to 40,000 Da and is covalently linked to said wild-type factor VIIa polypeptide such that said wild-type factor VIIa polypeptide is monosubstituted with said PEG polymer, wherein said wild-type factor VIIa polypeptide linked to PEG retains measurable coagulation activity to a level that is from 4% to 15% of the level of coagulation activity of wild-type factor VIIa that is not conjugated to a PEG polymer, and where said coagulation activity is measured using a thromboplastin assay.",0.4031884821582218,0.8063769643164436
9557975,"1. A system for accelerated processing of program code in a heterogeneous computing system comprising different execution units, the system comprising: an identification unit adapted for identifying at runtime of the program code a code region in the program code, wherein the code region has an acceleration potential which is determined based on a trigger; a graph creation unit adapted for creating a dependency graph of the program code of the code region; an expanding unit adapted for expanding the dependency graph based on a first set of predefined rules, thereby generating variants of the code region, wherein at least one of the variants of the code region is generated by reversing select functions within the code region to create an expanded dependency graph that includes i) an original code of the code region and ii) a variation of the code region having dependencies of the select functions reversed, and wherein the original code of the code region and the variation of the code region are linked within the expanded dependency graph; a determination unit adapted for determining segments within each of the variants of the code region, based on a second set of predefined rules, wherein each of the segments is assignable to a specific one of the execution units; a selection unit adapted for selecting the segments out of the variants such that a set of selected segments is equivalent to a program code functionality of the code region, and wherein a total cost function for an execution of the set of selected segments is minimized; a compiling unit adapted for compiling the set of selected segments at runtime of the program code; and an assigning unit adapted for assigning each segment of the set of selected segments to a respective specific one of the execution units.",0.3152058614101369,0.6304117228202738
9529365,"1. A method for controlling a transporter, the transporter having at least one ground-contacting element, a handlebar supported by the at least one ground-contacting element, and a controller operatively communicating with the at least one ground-contacting element, the method comprising: receiving, by the controller, a desired yaw and a desired yaw rate, the desired yaw and the desired yaw rate being based on a body orientation of a load on the transporter; computing, by the controller, a desired direction of motion of the transporter based on the received desired yaw and the received desired yaw rate; receiving, by the controller, a pitch of the transporter; computing, by the controller, a pitch command signal based on the pitch; computing, by the controller, a command signal based on the desired direction and the pitch command signal; and providing, by the controller, the command signal to maintain balance of the transporter and motion in the desired direction.",0.3727324086990425,0.745464817398085
8430016,"1. In a hydraulic system having an array of valve sections for controlling flow of hydraulic fluid from a pump to a plurality of actuators, wherein the pump produces an output pressure, and in which each valve section has a workport to which one of the plurality of actuators connects and directional valve that control flow of the hydraulic fluid from the pump to the workport, the array of valve sections being of a type in which a greatest pressure among the workports is sensed to provide a load sense pressure; a pressure compensation apparatus comprising: a pressure compensation valve that controls fluid flow between a first directional valve and a first workport in response to pressure at a control port; and a pressure regulating valve that responds to the load sense pressure and pressure in the first workport by selectively applying the output pressure from the pump and the load sense pressure to the control port.",0.4405422112115157,0.8810844224230314
9438370,"1. A method of increasing the supportable capacity from a first point to a second point in an optical network, the method comprising: identifying a first optical signal that occupies a first portion of optical spectrum from the first point to the second point in the optical network; identifying a second optical signal that occupies a second portion of the optical spectrum from the first point to the second point, wherein the second portion is adjacent to the first portion; performing a nonlinear optimization with excess margin in the optical network that models bit rate, Optical Signal to Noise Ratio (OSNR), and whether or not a wavelength can support additional capacity as real functions; adjusting the second optical signal to minimize or remove part of the second portion that is adjacent to the first optical signal to provide a freed up portion of the second portion; and adjusting the first optical signal to occupy some or all of the freed up portion, wherein the adjusting steps are in response to a result of the nonlinear optimization.",0.15161105262024516,0.3032221052404903
9308548,"1. A universal paint applicator configured for use in combination with a roller cover including a cylindrical roller-cover core with an inside surface and an outside surface carrying an absorbent material for alternatively absorbing and depositing paint on a surface, the applicator comprising: a handle assembly that extends longitudinally along a handle axis; first and second pivot arm assemblies carried by, and extending forwardly of, the handle assembly such that the pivot arms are disposed symmetrically about the handle axis, each pivot arm assembly including a pivot arm having a proximate end by which it depends from the handle assembly for rotation about a pivot arm axis and a distal end opposite the proximate end and disposed forwardly of the handle assembly; a bi-directional pivot arm actuator carried by the handle and cooperatively linked to each pivot arm assembly such that movement of the actuator in a first direction causes the pivot arms to rotate toward one another and movement of the actuator in a second direction, opposite the first direction, causes the pivot arm assemblies to rotate away from one another; and a hub assembly pivotably coupled to the distal end of each of the first and second pivot arms for angular movement about a hub-pivot axis, each hub assembly including a hub axle and a hub mounted for rotation on the hub axle about a hub-rotation axis defined by the hub axle, each hub including an outer surface configured to frictionally engage the inside surface of the roller-cover core such that the hubs of the first and second pivot arms cooperate to retain the roller cover between the pivot arms; wherein the hub-rotation axes, hub-pivot axes and pivot arm axes are movable into disparate mutual orientations such that, when the pivot arms are spread to various degrees, the hub-rotation axes can be aligned to define a common roller-cover rotation axis so that the roller cover cooperatively retained by the hubs can be of any length between a predetermined minimum length and a pre-determined maximum length.",0.06188153833101059,0.12376307666202113
8345006,"1. A deformable computer mouse having electronic functions in interaction with a computer, comprising: a top layer having at least a left side and at least a right side, being detachably aligned, forming a flat solid surface, the left side being configured for interaction with fingers, the right side being configured for interaction with palm, the left side and the right side being made of flexible material; at least one intermediate layer, slidingly amounted to underneath of said top layer, being configured to slide out and fill and connect between the left side and the right when said left side and said right side split apart; a base layer amounted to said top layer, wherein said base layer and said top layer form a housing having sufficient space for electronic components responsible for mouse functions; and a plurality of electronic components responsible for mouse functions amounted on said base layer, electronically being connected with said left side and said right side of said top layer.",0.036487329074956006,0.072974658149912
9284801,"1. An actuator switch for actuation of a downhole tool, the actuator switch comprising: a rheomagnetic fluid having a state convertible between a liquid and a solid by the application of a magnetic field thereto, a change in the state of the rheomagnetic fluid acting to actuate the downhole tool; and a magnet installed in the tool and moveable relative to the rheomagnetic fluid to apply or remove the magnetic field to the rheomagnetic fluid, the magnet being moved by through tubing operations in an inner diameter of the downhole tool.",0.05354549557734227,0.10709099115468457
8432107,"1. An over-temperature protection circuit adapted to a light source driver coupled to a light-emitting device, the light source driver having a current setting terminal receiving a set current, the light source driver controlling a magnitude of a current flowing through the light-emitting device based on the set current, the over-temperature protection circuit comprising: a first resistor, a first terminal of the first resistor being coupled to the current setting terminal to provide the set current; a second resistor coupled between a second terminal of the first resistor and a ground voltage; a thermal resistor for measuring a temperature of the light-emitting device, a first terminal of the thermal resistor being coupled to a reference voltage; a third resistor coupled between a second terminal of the thermal resistor and the ground voltage; and a diode, an anode of the diode being coupled to the second terminal of the thermal resistor, a cathode of the diode being coupled to the second terminal of the first resistor.",0.37698555927626143,0.7539711185525229
9847648,"1. A method of controlling power supplied to an electric grid using at least one energy storage device to store energy, the method comprising: generating power from at least one power generator; receiving, by the controller, an optimum discharge and storage profile of the at least one energy storage device or a predetermined power discharge and storage profile of the at least one energy storage device; adjusting, by the controller, the storage of energy by the at least one energy storage device according to the optimum discharge and storage profile or the predetermined power discharge and storage profile of the at least one energy storage device; and adjusting, based on the optimum or predetermined power discharge and storage profile of the at least one energy storage device, power generation from the at least one power generator to satisfy an indication of power to be supplied to the electric grid, wherein the optimum or the predetermined power discharge and storage profile of the at least one energy storage device and an optimum or a predetermined ramp profile of the at least one power generator are based on at least two factors selected from the group consisting of: (1) wear and tear on respective equipment; (2) an optimum rate of change of the at least one power generator; (3) a fuel consumption rate profile of the at least one power generator; (4) a state of charge (SOC) of the at least one energy storage device; (5) a durability of the respective equipment; (6) costs of initial acquisition and depreciation of the at least one power generator and the at least one energy storage device; and (7) transmission losses of the power distributed by the electric grid.",0.9868732646328099,0.026253470734380224
9050964,"1. A vehicle driving device, comprising: an internal combustion engine generating an output power by combustion of fuel supplied in response to a depression of an accelerator pedal of a vehicle while performing a fuel cut during a coast running of the vehicle in which the accelerator pedal is not depressed; a torque converter that transmits the output power of the internal combustion engine to a drive wheel of the vehicle via a pump impeller and a turbine runner; a lockup clutch that is engaged, when the vehicle performs the coast running, to directly connect the pump impeller with the turbine runner; an accelerator pedal depression sensor that detects a depression of the accelerator pedal during the coast running; and a programmable controller programmed to: operate the lockup clutch to disengage in response to the depression of the accelerator pedal during the coast running of the vehicle; and suppress a fuel recovery of the internal combustion engine in response to the depression of the accelerator pedal during the coast running of the vehicle until an engaging pressure of the lockup clutch decreases to a predetermined pressure.",0.9655264584850999,0.06894708302980024
8373291,"1. A wind farm comprising: at least two wind energy installations, each comprising a generator with a converter for production of electrical power and a controller; a farm master configured to provide real-power and wattless-component monitoring and configured to transmit a control signal for a wattless component via a communication network to the wind energy installations; and a connection grid system configured to connect the wind energy installations to one another to feed produced electrical power into a grid system via a junction point, wherein the controller comprises (i) a power-factor regulator to whose input a wattless-component nominal value is applied and which acts on the converter to set a wattless component which corresponds to the wattless-component nominal value, (ii) an additional regulator to whose input a signal for a nominal voltage is applied and which emits control signals for the converter to vary the emitted wattless component in order to regulate emitted voltage from the wind energy installations at the nominal voltage, and (iii) a logic unit configured to connect the power-factor regulator and the additional regulator such that a common control signal is formed for the converter.",0.9944229843413052,0.011154031317389679
9070797,"1. A photovoltaic installation comprising: a photovoltaic generator including photovoltaic modules connected in series for generating a DC voltage signal; a pair of electrical connector lines connected respectively to first and last ones of the photovoltaic modules for receiving the DC voltage signal; an enabling signal generator configured to apply an enable signal to the photovoltaic modules; wherein each photovoltaic module has a DC electric-power generator and a switch arranged in parallel with one another, wherein the switches are switchable to be opened when the enable signal is applied to the photovoltaic modules and to be closed when the enable signal is absent from the photovoltaic modules, wherein when closed the switches short circuit each DC electric-power generator; an arc discharge detector connected across the connector lines and configured to detect for an arc discharge while the connector lines receive the DC voltage signal by detecting for the presence on the connector lines of an AC voltage signal having broad-band, high-frequency AC voltage signal components within a sub-region of the frequency band between 100 kHz and 1 MHz indicative of a series or parallel arc discharge, wherein the arc discharge detector is further configured to cause the enabling signal generator to stop applying the enable signal when an arc discharge is detected.",0.8885182819446353,0.22296343611072933
9465316,"1. A developer container, comprising: a container body including an inner surface defining a cylindrical internal space extending in a first direction, the container body being formed with a developer discharge port communicating with the internal space for discharging developer therethrough; and a movable wall including an outer surface disposed slidably in close contact with the inner surface of the container body, and a conveying surface defining a storage space for containing the developer in cooperation with the inner surface of the container body, the movable wall being movable in a moving direction parallel with the first direction from an initial position at one end side to a final position at the other end side of the internal space while conveying the developer in the storage space to the developer discharge port, wherein at least part of the conveying surface is oblique to the moving direction so that an upper edge of the conveying surface lies downstream of a lower edge of the conveying surface in the moving direction as the movable wall is being moved from the initial position toward the final position.",0.2382941743226702,0.4765883486453404
8466447,"1. A photovoltaic device comprising: a metal substrate with a crystal orientation; a heteroepitaxial crystal semiconductor layer having the crystal orientation of the metal substrate; and an insulating heteroepitaxial buffer layer having the crystal orientation of the metal substrate, the buffer layer positioned between the substrate and the crystal semiconductor layer, the buffer layer reducing diffusion of metal from the metal substrate into the crystal semiconductor layer and providing chemical compatibility with the heteroepitaxial crystal semiconductor layer, wherein the buffer layer comprises one or more electrically conductive pathways to electrically couple the crystal silicon layer and the metal substrate.",0.6746640881310576,0.6506718237378848
8979940,"1. A method of implanting a prosthesis in a proximal femur, comprising: forming an incision in a patient; evaluating a patient and resecting a proximal femur; selecting a prosthesis including a connection for a soft tissue connection portion; after forming the incision, determining whether a soft tissue connection portion is to be connected to the prosthesis; if it is determined that a soft tissue connection portion is to be connected to the prosthesis, selecting and connecting the soft tissue connection portion; and implanting the prosthesis into the patient; wherein the connection for the soft tissue connection portion includes at least two connection portions at two different locations including an anterior facet (AF), a lateral facet (LF), a posterior facet (PF), or a superior posterior facet (SPF).",0.058320493980940614,0.11664098796188127
8492458,"1. A solvent borne polyurethane composition comprising: I) 10 to 90 wt % of at least a non-film-forming polyurethane A with a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of from 5,000 to 23,000 g/mol; II) 90 to 10 wt % of at least a film-forming polyurethane B with a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of from 25,000 to 100,000 g/mol; where i)+ii) add up to 100%; and III) a liquid medium, wherein the polyurethanes selected from the group consisting of polyurethane A, polyurethane B and both polyurethanes A and B, in the composition have a polymodal molecular weight distribution.",0.20760157303365243,0.4152031460673049
9611527,"1. A flat steel product comprising a steel substrate having an Mn content of 2-35 wt. % and a Zn protective coating formed by zinc or a zinc alloy which provides protection against corrosion, wherein the protective Zn coating comprises a layer of Mn mixed oxide which substantially covers and adheres to the flat steel product and a layer of Zn which shields the flat steel product and the layer of Mn mixed oxide adhering thereto from the surroundings and wherein the Mn mixed oxide is MnO.Fe Metal .",0.3838975475821358,0.7677950951642716
8702544,"1. An electro-mechanical drive unit connectable with multiple power sources for launching and propelling a vehicle, comprising: an output member; a stationary member; a torque-transmitting device; and a compound planetary gear arrangement having a first junction point, a second junction point, a third junction point, and a fourth junction point; the power sources including: a first motor/generator; and a second motor/generator; wherein: the compound planetary gear arrangement includes a first planetary gear set interconnected with a second planetary gear set, and also includes a third planetary gear set interconnected with the second planetary gear set; the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator are disposed on a common rotating axis; the second motor/generator is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear arrangement at the first junction point; the output member is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear arrangement at the second junction point; the first motor/generator is operatively connected to the compound planetary gear arrangement at the fourth junction point; the torque-transmitting device is engageable to ground the third junction point to the stationary member; each respective first, second, and third planetary gear set includes first, second, and third members; two members of the first planetary gear set are operatively connected to two members of the second planetary gear set; and one member of the second planetary gear set is operatively connected to one member of the third planetary gear set, and one member of the third gear set is fixed to the stationary member.",0.7781632117319476,0.44367357653610484
8704047,"1. A plant of soybean variety A1035441, wherein a sample of seed of said variety has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-120766.",0.35778198053680876,0.7155639610736175
9099966,"1. A method of linearizing a power amplifier in a transmitter, the method comprising: adjusting a loopback delay for a feedback signal based on an estimated delay time between a reference signal and the delayed feedback signal taken from an output of the power amplifier; and adjusting an envelope delay for a modulator signal input of the power amplifier based on an estimated time delay between the reference signal and the adjusted feedback signal, wherein the reference signal is based on a baseband signal, and wherein a loopback delay estimator and an envelope delay estimator are coupled to the loopback delay and the envelope delay, and repeatedly switching between envelope and loopback adjustment until convergence is reached.",0.4800475689806876,0.9600951379613752
8613191,"1. An arrangement for the heat transfer between a tubular body suitable for conducting a fluid and a contact body that is in contact with said tubular body, wherein the contact body comprises a contact side facing the tubular body, with which the contact body with an outside facing the contact body is in contact with the tubular body, wherein in a tensioned state of the arrangement a preload force presses the contact body against the tubular body in a preload direction, wherein the outside in an un-tensioned state of the arrangement is convexly curved towards the contact body, wherein the outside in the tensioned state is deformed relative to the un-tensioned state and bears surface-to-surface against the contact side, wherein in the interior of the tubular body a support structure is arranged, which in the tensioned state supports itself on two inner sides of the tubular body located opposite each other in the preload direction.",0.5296075289106899,0.9407849421786203
9299514,"1. An electrical switch with a contact system arranged within a housing, comprising: fixed contact elements and a switch contact element, an operating device for a switching action on the contact system, in which, by elastic deformation of the switch contact element, the switch contact element can be brought into a rest position and into a switching position, in which the fixed contact elements are galvanically separated from each other in the rest position and the fixed contact elements are electrically connected to each other via the switch contact element in the switching position, wherein the switch contact element has a switching section and a fastening section, in which the fastening section is spaced from the switching section, the switching section serves for electrical connection of the fixed contact elements and the fastening section guarantees reliable fastening of the switch contact element in housing, wherein the switch contact element has at least one connection section that connects the switching section to the fastening section, wherein the connection section is geometrically designed so that during a change between the rest position and the switching position of the switch contact element, elastic deformation of the fastening section is prevented, wherein an elastic deformation, starting from the switching section, is trapped or filtered out by the connection section; and wherein between the switching section and the fastening section a free space is found, in which the connection section lies within the free space, wherein the fastening section has an opening, in which a protrusion-like base of the housing is accommodated, so that reliable fastening of the switch contact element is attainable, and wherein the fastening section has at least one retaining element on the opening, in which the retaining element in the installed state of the switch contact element on the housing is elastically deformed and lies against base.",0.2201253568200295,0.4402507136400591
9447755,"1. A method of operating a fuel system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: fluidly connecting a ventilation device of the fuel system via a vent line with a fuel tank of the fuel system for ventilation of the fuel tank; providing an actuator for actuating a first vent valve of the ventilation device; connecting in parallel to the first vent valve two overflow valves configured to enable opposite throughflow directions and to open or close a throughflow in dependence on a pressure differential between a first section of the vent line on one side of the first vent line and a second section on an opposite side of the first vent valve; ascertaining a magnitude of deformation of a deformation zone of the fuel tank as caused by an internal pressure of the fuel tank; opening a second vent valve of the ventilation device when the magnitude of deformation exceeds a limit value; and mechanically transmitting the deformation of the deformation zone to the second vent valve so that the deformation causes a force to open the second vent valve.",0.953934302492435,0.0921313950151299
9673482,"1. A solid electrolyte glass having a composition represented by the formula (1′): wherein: L is an alkali metal; M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of B, Al, Si, Ge, As, Se, Sn, Sb, Te, Pb and Bi; and X includes Br and optionally further includes and at least one element selected from the group consisting of I, Cl, and F, and a to f independently satisfy: wherein the solid electrolyte glass has two exothermic peaks that are separated from each other in a temperature range of 150° C. to 350° C. as determined by differential scanning calorimetric measurement (in a dry nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature-elevating speed of 10° C./min from 20° C. to 600° C.).",0.7824273541136695,0.43514529177266104
9331227,"1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a first subassembly comprising a first bonding layer and a first substrate, wherein the first substrate is constructed of either a group III-V material or germanium (Ge); and a second subassembly, comprising:",0.5214997144651501,0.9570005710696998
8882091,"1. A vibration isolator, comprising: a housing having an upper fluid chamber and a lower fluid chamber; a tuning passage; a tuning fluid disposed within the tuning passage, the upper fluid chamber, and the lower fluid chamber; a primary piston resiliently disposed within the housing; an upper pumper piston and a lower pumper piston, the upper pumper piston and the lower pumper piston being coupled to the primary piston, the upper pumper piston and lower pumper piston defining the tuning passage; a linear inductance motor assembly comprising: wherein a length of the tuning passage is defined by the magnet.",0.23141987696698843,0.4628397539339768
9471980,"1. An apparatus for processing an image during a medical imaging, the apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive a first image acquired by photographing scattered radiation of X-rays existing in a closed space and a second image acquired by photographing the closed space; and an image processor configured to generate a third image by combining the first image and the second image, wherein the third image comprises information regarding the scattered radiation of the X-rays existing in the closed space.",0.06608277023453957,0.13216554046907913
8522187,"1. A method to optimize performance of an electric circuit design, comprising: providing for each circuit element of said electric circuit design available design parameter options; transforming said electric circuit design and said design parameter options into a linear programming model, wherein any storage elements of said electric circuit design are split into a start point piece and an end point piece; determining a solution for said linear programming model by using a computer; and based on said solution generating a list of circuit elements which design parameters need to be changed to a different option to achieve performance optimization.",0.6787570189865995,0.6424859620268011
9555687,"1. A cold-storage heat exchanger, comprising: a first header tank and a second header tank disposed parallel to each other at positions spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, each of the first and second header tanks having therein partitions extending in a longitudinal direction so that a space in each of the first and second header tanks is partitioned with respect to a lateral direction into a first space, a second space and a third space; a plurality of tubes arranged in three rows with respect to the lateral direction, the plurality of tubes comprising: refrigerant tubes through which refrigerant circulates, each of the refrigerant tubes being connected at opposite ends thereof to the first spaces of the first and second header tanks respectively or the third spaces of the first and second header tanks respectively; and a cold-storage tubes connected at opposite ends thereof to the second spaces of the first and second header tanks respectively, the cold-storage tubes storing a cold-storage medium therein; fins interposed between the plurality of tubes; and an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe each disposed on the first header tank or the second header tank so that the refrigerant flows into the cold-storage heat exchanger through the inlet pipe and flows out therefrom through the outlet pipe, wherein a refrigerant passing hole is disposed in a predetermined portion of each of laterally-opposite sidewalls of the second space of at least either the first header tank or the second header tank so that the first space communicates with the third space to allow the refrigerant to flow between the first space and the third space, the cold-storage heat exchanger further comprising: a partitioning means for isolating the refrigerant flowing between the first space and the third space from the heat storage medium stored in the cold-storage tubes, wherein the second space is partitioned with respect to a height direction by the partitioning means into a primary-second space and a secondary-second space disposed above the primary-second space, and wherein the primary-second space communicates with the cold-storage tubes, and the refrigerant passing holes are disposed in the secondary-second space.",0.6284456735121671,0.7431086529756659
8512201,"1. A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle having an engine, a motor, a first engagement element arranged between the engine and the motor for connecting/disconnecting the engine and the motor and a second engagement element arranged between the motor and driving wheels for connecting/disconnecting the motor and the driving wheels, the control apparatus comprising: a drive mode change section that changes the following drive modes according to a vehicle travel state: a temperature detection section that detects a temperature of the second engagement element; and a second engagement element protection control section that keeps an engine rotating state regardless of the drive mode when the temperature of the second engagement element is a predetermined temperature or higher, wherein upon the execution of protection control keeping the engine rotating state, the second engagement element protection control section extends an area condition in which the first drive mode is selected as compared with no execution of protection control.",0.9575388717839812,0.08492225643203755
9768612,"1. A power supply system comprising: a storage battery assembly comprising a plurality of storage battery control units; wherein each storage battery control unit comprises at least one storage battery cell and is connected to a common parallel connection line via a selection switch circuit, wherein a reference voltage range is set, which is defined by a reference voltage value and a span of voltage from the reference voltage value; a group of the storage battery control units, which are selected from the storage battery control units and have output voltages within the reference voltage range, are first connected to the parallel connection line, and the reference voltage range is set by changing the reference voltage value so as to maximize the number of the storage battery control units having output voltages within the reference voltage range.",0.7529113393687584,0.49417732126248315
8629191,"1. A process for producing methanol from a synthesis gas containing hydrogen and carbon oxides, wherein the synthesis gas is passed through a first, water-cooled reactor in which a part of the carbon oxides is catalytically converted to methanol, wherein the resulting mixture containing synthesis gas and methanol vapor is supplied to a second, gas-cooled reactor in which a further part of the carbon oxides is converted to methanol, wherein methanol is separated from the synthesis gas and wherein synthesis gas is recirculated to the first reactor, wherein the cooling gas flows through the second reactor cocurrent to the mixture withdrawn from the first reactor; wherein the cooling gas is introduced into the second reactor with a temperature of 100 to 120° C.",0.9697651746488776,0.06046965070224486
9793118,"1. A method for treating a substrate, the method comprising: supplying a treatment liquid for forming a liquid film on the substrate while rotating the substrate at one or more supply speeds; stopping the supplying the treatment liquid after reducing the one or more supply speeds to an intermediate supply speed during an intermediate operation, the intermediate operation occurring between the supplying of the treatment liquid and diffusion of same; and diffusing the treatment liquid discharged to the substrate by rotating the substrate, after the intermediate operation, the diffusing including,",0.5879141576716214,0.8241716846567573
9327208,"1. A method for producing a bio-oil distillated fraction comprising: a) converting biomass in a conversion reactor to thereby produce a conversion reactor effluent comprising vapor conversion products, wherein said conversion reactor contains a catalyst and is operated at a temperature in the range of from about 200° C. to about 1000° C.; b) condensing at least a portion of said vapor conversion products to form a condensate comprising bio-oil and water; c) separating said condensate by gravity separation into a bio-oil stream comprising said bio-oil and less than about 10 wt % water, and into an aqueous phase comprising water and less than about 25 wt % hydrocarbonaceous compounds; d) fractionating a feed comprising said bio-oil stream by molecular distillation to form a bio-oil distillated fraction comprising water and a light bio-naphtha, wherein the feed is not subjected to a vacuum distillation step; and e) separating said bio-oil distillated fraction to form an aqueous distillate fraction comprising said water and to form said light bio-naphtha having a density less than about 0.9, a TAN less than about 4, and comprising less than 1 wt % water.",0.9501757321447654,0.09964853571046928
8431792,"1. A seed of soybean cultivar 18340601, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12768.",0.17973989615473568,0.35947979230947136
9390681,"1. A method comprising: using dynamic backlight and pixel control circuitry, wherein the dynamic backlight and pixel control circuitry is not in line with a pixel pipeline carrying pixels of a current image frame to a display:",0.3110544127174709,0.6221088254349418
8974348,"1. A method for operating a hybrid vehicle, the method comprising: bringing a first clutch, situated between at least one first drive unit and a second drive unit of the hybrid unit, from a disengaged state into a slipping state, wherein the second drive unit is started by at least one portion of the drive torque provided by the first drive unit; and for starting the second drive unit, shifting at least two clutches into a slipping state, wherein the at least two clutches are situated between the first drive unit and the second drive unit.",0.9261001846930941,0.14779963061381185
9036051,"1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image sensor comprising: an image signal processor that is operable to control an operation of the image sensor, wherein the image signal processor is further operable to calculate a luminance and interpolate color by adjusting the amount of a signal output from the low-luminance pixel and the amount of a signal output from the high-luminance pixel based on the calculated luminance.",0.11763707425849465,0.23527414851698936
8732949,"1. A process for manufacturing a single-piece blisk, comprising: using an abrasive water jet to cut out a first piece of material from a block of material; removing the first piece of material from the block of material; using the abrasive water jet to cut out a second piece of material from the block of material; removing the second piece of material from the block of material so as to create blade preforms extending radially outwards from a disk; and milling the blade preforms, wherein the first piece of material extends through an entire thickness of the block of material along a central axis of the block of material.",0.6253067396417707,0.7493865207164585
8413320,"1. A method for removing gold plating on an electronic component, the method comprising: (a) forming a gold and solder mixture on the electronic component via a first incrementally controlled heating procedure; (b) incrementally cooling the electronic component via a first cooling procedure; (c) wicking part or all of the gold and solder mixture from the electronic component to a metallic screen via a second incrementally controlled heating procedure; and (d) incrementally cooling the electronic component via a second cooling procedure.",0.4627821002049088,0.9255642004098176
9638322,"1. A method of forming a piston ring, comprising: providing a base portion formed of a metallic material; applying a thermally sprayed inner layer to an outer surface of the base portion; dispersing an intermediate layer over the thermally sprayed inner layer, the intermediate layer composed of a chrome material: and applying a vapor deposition outer layer on top of the intermediate layer.",0.2244781954266406,0.4489563908532812
8854086,"1. An integrated circuit device, comprising: a first periodic signal generator configured to generate at least a first periodic signal having a first frequency at an output thereof; a second periodic signal generator configured to generate a second periodic signal having a second frequency less than the first frequency at an output thereof; and a power down detection circuit configured to selectively provide one or the other of the first and second periodic signals to an output terminal of the integrated circuit device, in response to monitoring a status of a signal received at an input terminal of the integrated circuit device that reflects a power down status of an external device configured to receive the selected one of the first and second periodic signals.",0.8756488634559051,0.24870227308818982
8814031,"1. A container configured to be selectively moved between a substantially flat configuration and a deployed configuration, the container comprising: a plurality of side walls formed from a first blank comprising: a bottom wall coupled to the plurality of side walls, the bottom wall formed from a second blank comprising: wherein the second blank is coupled to the first blank through the at least one slot and the at least one tab when the container is formed, the bottom wall being foldable for selectively moving the container from the deployed configuration into the substantially flat configuration.",0.39150541318686477,0.7830108263737295
9368736,"1. A flexible display apparatus comprising: a flexible display panel; and a window cover coupled onto the flexible display panel, wherein the flexible display panel comprises a view area and a non-display area outside the view area, wherein the view area comprises an active area configured to display images, and an area outside the active area, wherein a refractive portion is between an outer edge of the active area and an outer edge of the view area, wherein the refractive portion extends along the outer edge of the view area, and wherein the outer edge of the view area is a boundary between the view area and the non-display area.",0.43174254672007406,0.8634850934401481
8693680,"1. A telephone comprising: a main body case having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the front surface is provided with a receiver that outputs an audio, a microphone and a display part, the back surface is provided with a slip preventing part, the display part is arranged between the receiver and the microphone, and the slip preventing part is arranged on the back surface opposite the display part, wherein the slip preventing part is detachably attached to an attaching part formed on the back surface of the main body case, and, in the attached state, an outer peripheral surface of the slip preventing part is inserted into the back surface of the main body case.",0.031814422052480515,0.06362884410496106
9355591,"1. An organic light emitting diode display comprising: a panel assembly including a plurality of pixels; a plurality of luminance measuring units formed along a perimeter surface of the panel assembly and configured to measure data indicative of luminance emitted from the pixels; and a processing unit configured to compare luminance data so as to detect a degraded pixel and to compensate the luminance of the degraded pixel, wherein the processing unit further comprises:",0.3341093307807937,0.6682186615615874
9424399,"1. A method for use at a computer system, the method comprising: receiving over a network a request for a digital license for a software product installed at a computing device, the request including a user ID of a user of the computing device; in response to receiving the request, determining that the installed software product can be used at the computing device, including:",0.06561396177939871,0.13122792355879742
8686653,"1. A LED backlight driving method, comprising the following steps: A: regulating a current of each LED string so that voltages of all the LED strings are equal; B: regulating a duty cycle of the current of the corresponding LED string so that a effective value of the current of each LED string meets a preset requirement of brightness; wherein the method further comprises step C after said step B: feeding back the effective value of the current after flow equalization to a power supply module for supplying power for the LED strings, using the power supply module to regulate an output voltage in real time in accordance with the effective value of the current required by a current brightness, and then repeating the step A to step C.",0.8033537360849899,0.3932925278300201
8994145,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor chip which includes a semiconductor integrated circuit; a bonding pad having an upper surface of which is exposed via an opening; and capacitors provided in a capacitor region of the semiconductor chip under the bonding pad, contacts respectively connected to two electrodes of the capacitors are provided at positions that do not vertically overlap the opening, and each of the capacitors includes a semiconductor region in the capacitor region, a first insulating film on the semiconductor region, a first electrode on the first insulating film, first and second contacts on one end of the semiconductor region and the other, and third and fourth contacts on one end of the first electrode and the other.",0.2662646953777134,0.5325293907554268
9178163,"1. A compound represented by Formula below: wherein R X is sulfur (S), oxygen (O), or silicon (Si); Ar is a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C50 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C50 alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 arylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C50 alkyl group including at least one of sulfur (S), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), phosphorous (P), and silicon (Si), a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 heteroaryl group including at least one of sulfur (S), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), phosphorous (P) and silicon (Si), or a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 heteroaryloxy group including at least one of sulfur (S), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), phosphorous (P) and silicon (Si); Y is a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C50 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C50 alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 arylene group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C50 alkyl group including at least one of sulfur (S), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), phosphorous (P), and silicon (Si), a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 heteroaryl group including at least one of sulfur (S), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), phosphorous (P) and silicon (Si), or a substituted or unsubstituted C5 to C60 heteroaryloxy group including at least one of sulfur (S), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O), phosphorous (P) and silicon (Si); n is 1 or 2; Z is S, NR",0.7804177117324627,0.4391645765350747
8650406,"1. A computer-implemented system for protecting a memory, said system comprising: a memory section with privileged and non-privileged sections; a host gateway (HG) to generate a capability credential; a device controller (DC) to append said credential to data transmitted to said memory; and at least one IO device enabled to do direct memory access (DMA) transactions with said memory, wherein said HG generates a time based credential, and wherein a time stamp (TS) of a time window (TW) of said time based credential is cryptographically signed at creation time of said capability credential.",0.09913675851546963,0.19827351703093932
8578609,"1. A manufacturing procedure of a first composite material part with an edge region destined to be joined to a second part by rivets, the first part defining a curved external face, the procedure comprising steps of: a) providing a laying-up tool incorporating a surface according to a predetermined geometry of the edge region, wherein a middle line extending substantially along a vertical center of the surface is aligned along a chord of the first part; b) providing composite material plies with a respective length according to a cutting trajectory, wherein the definition of the cutting trajectory of the plies destined to the area of the first part is done by calculating the intersection of said surface with hypothetical surfaces, each hypothetical surface being substantially parallel to the curved external face; and c) laying up the composite material plies over said tool and curing the resultant laminate.",0.47987618928677384,0.9597523785735477
8421051,"1. A resistance-change memory comprising: a variable resistance element having a laminated structure in which a first electrode, a resistance-change film and a second electrode are laminated, and set to a low-resistance state and a high-resistance state according to stored data; an insulating film provided on a side surface of the variable resistance element; and a fixed resistance element provided on a side surface of the insulating film, and comprising a conductive film, the fixed resistance element being connected in parallel with the variable resistance element, wherein resistance of the fixed resistance element is smaller than resistance of the variable resistance element in the high-resistance state and larger than resistance of the variable resistance element in the low-resistance state.",0.23135899806801538,0.4627179961360308
9601748,1. A power generation device comprising an electrically conducting substrate; and a layer of internally strained semiconducting nanocrystals deposited on the electrically conducting substrate; wherein the internally strained semiconducting nanocrystals have a manufactured polar crystalline structure resulting from at least one crystalline plane having an equilibrium position offset from a non-polar position resulting in a nonzero electric dipole density without an applied mechanical load; the internally strained semiconducting nanocrystals are between 2 nanometers and 50 nanometers across; the internally strained semiconducting nanocrystals are piezoelectric; the internally strained semiconducting nanocrystals are arranged with aligned dipole moments to define a unified Weiss domain; and the layer is between about 200 nanometers and about 1500 nanometers thick.,0.8146852419035736,0.3706295161928528
9533593,"1. A charger for an electric vehicle, the charger comprising: a light emitting unit emitting visible light and displaying charging operation information of the charger; a communication unit performing near-field wireless communication with an external device; a guide guiding the visible light emitted by the light emitting unit; and a control unit controlling operations of the light emitting unit and the communication unit, wherein the communication unit comprises a transmitting device transmitting electromagnetic waves for the near-field wireless communication and a receiving device receiving electromagnetic waves for the near-field wireless communication, wherein the guide guides the electromagnetic waves for the near-field wireless communication that are emitted from the transmitting device of the communication unit or received by the receiving device of the communication unit, wherein the guide comprises: wherein the reflective layer of the guide is not provided on the first light entrance, the second light entrance or the third light entrance.",0.9091720922912717,0.18165581541745657
9055508,"1. A method of forwarding data comprising: partitioning, using a processing device, data packets in a data stream into data blocks; tagging, using the processing device, the data blocks with sequential identifiers; dividing, using the processing device, the data blocks into a first set of data blocks and a second set of data blocks based on the sequential identifiers, the first set of data blocks being associated with non-consecutive identifiers; selecting, using the processing device, a potential relay node in an overlay network associated with a hybrid wireless mesh network, the potential relay node providing a second path for transmission of the data packets between a source node and a destination node, the second path being distinct from a first path, the potential relay node not being included in the first path; transmitting, using the processing device, the first set of data blocks using the first path; transmitting the second set of data blocks using the second path, the first and second sets of data blocks being transmitted to the destination node in the hybrid wireless mesh network; merging, using the processing device, the first and second sets of data blocks sequentially at the destination node based on the sequential identifiers; generating, using the processing device, a third set of data blocks, the third set of data blocks being a duplicate of the first set of data blocks; transmitting, using the processing device, the third set of data blocks to the destination node; merging, using the processing device, the first set of data blocks with the third set of data blocks at the destination node; and deleting, using the processing device, a dropped data block from the third set of data blocks, the dropped data block being associated with a matching block from the first set of data blocks.",0.3398735219242169,0.6797470438484338
9772201,"1. A rotation angle detection device, comprising: a magnetic detection member that is configured to detect a rotation angle of a rotation member; a holding member holding the magnetic detection member; and a plurality of wiring members for magnetic detection that are attached to the holding member and are connected to the magnetic detection member; wherein the magnetic detection member includes a flat plate-shaped body portion, and a plurality of lead terminals that are longitudinally linearly projected from one end portion of the body portion in parallel over the entire length thereof; wherein the body portion of the magnetic detection member is slidably attached to the holding member in a manner that the body portion can longitudinally slide relative to the holding member; wherein the wiring members for magnetic detection respectively have lead terminal connecting portions that linearly extend over their entire length and in the same direction as and parallel to the lead terminals of the magnetic detection member; and wherein the lead terminals of the magnetic detection member are laid on the lead terminal connecting portions of the wiring members for magnetic detection and bonded thereto.",0.06825454128031296,0.13650908256062588
9608442,"1. A photovoltaic power conditioning unit for delivering power from one or more photovoltaic panels to an ac mains power supply, the power conditioning unit comprising: a dc input for receiving power from the one or more photovoltaic panels; an ac output for delivering ac power to the ac mains power supply; a first bank of energy storage capacitors for storing energy from the dc input for delivery to the ac mains power supply, wherein the first bank of energy storage capacitors comprises a mixture of electrolytic and non-electrolytic energy storage capacitors; a dc-to-ac converter coupled to the ac output and having an input coupled to the first bank of energy storage capacitors, the dc-to-ac converter for converting energy stored in the first bank of energy storage capacitors to ac power, and providing the ac power to the ac mains power supply; a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the photovoltaic power conditioning unit; and a sense and control circuit for disconnecting one or more of the electrolytic energy storage capacitors in the first bank of energy storage capacitors.",0.9914678609708398,0.017064278058320337
8581711,"1. A method comprising: receiving a signal that a prospective driver intends to drive a vehicle, the receiving by an onboard device coupled to the vehicle; retrieving at least one previously stored rule regarding intoxicating substance testing associated the vehicle; retrieving data relevant to the rule by obtaining a definition of a geo-fence boundary and a current location; determining whether intoxicating substance testing is indicated by the rule by analyzing the current location relative to the geo-fence boundary; enabling the vehicle responsive to an indication that intoxicating substance testing is not indicated, the enabling by the onboard device; administering an intoxicating substance test to the prospective driver responsive to an indication that an intoxicating substance test is indicated, the administering by the onboard device, and if the intoxicating substance test is administered:",0.5178172439925299,0.9643655120149401
9519471,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, authentication credentials to sign in to a user account, the user account managed by an account manager that tracks universal applications that are installed at the computing device and at one or more other devices that are also associated with the user account; responsive to signing in to the user account, communicating with the account manager to determine the tracked universal applications; surfacing, in an application launcher interface of the computing device, one or more visual representations of universal applications that have been installed on the one or more other devices that are not yet installed on the computing device, the one or more visual representations of universal applications that have been installed on other devices surfaced in at least one of a “recently added” section of the application launcher interface which presents applications that have been installed on either of the one or more other devices or the computing device or an “on other devices” section of the application launcher interface which presents applications that have been installed on the one or more other devices but have not yet been installed on the computing device; presenting, proximate each visual representation, a visual device identifier which identifies the device on which the universal application was originally installed; and responsive to receiving a selection of one of the visual representations, initiating a download of the respective universal application to the computing device, the downloading of the respective universal application causing removal of the respective visual device identifier.",0.07483772034460713,0.14967544068921423
8406903,"1. A control system engineering apparatus comprising: a communicating means that connects to one of a plurality of control devices included in a control system in which the plurality of control devices are connected to one another via one or more networks; an originating control device specifying means that specifies the one of the control devices connected to the communicating means as an originating control device; an online network configuration information collecting means that collects, from the control devices included in the control system and via the communicating means, network configuration information including configurations of the control devices that the control devices have and networks to which the control devices are connected; a displayed object coordinate calculator that causes objects to represent constituent elements of the control system and calculates coordinates that are required when the configurations of the control devices and connection relationships between the control devices and the networks obtained by the online network configuration information collecting means are displayed on a display means by using the objects; and a system configuration display means that displays a system configuration of the control system on the display means, based on the objects and the coordinates calculated by the displayed object coordinate calculator, wherein the displayed object coordinate calculator includes: a network grid layout function that extracts the networks from the online network configuration information and lays out the extracted networks as rectangular network grids in an up-and-down direction according to a predetermined rule; a control device grid layout function that creates a grid model by extracting the control devices from the online network configuration information, laying out each of rectangular control device grids so as to be positioned below a corresponding one of the network grids connected to a corresponding one of the control devices, and laying out each of rectangular wiring grids in an upward direction toward a corresponding one of the network grids having a connection relationship therewith so as to be positioned between a corresponding one of the control device grids and the corresponding one of the network grids; a grid size calculating function that calculates grid sizes by calculating a size of each of the control device grids in the grid model based on information of the configurations of the control devices included in the online network configuration information and changing sizes of relevant ones of the wiring grids and the network grids according to the size of each of the control devices; and a grid coordinate calculating function that calculates coordinates of each grid in the grid model by using the grid sizes, while using a predetermined position in the grid model as a point of reference, and wherein the network grid layout function classifies the extracted networks according to types thereof, and performs a process of laying out the networks for each of the types of the classified networks; out of the control devices connected to a network, the larger a value indicating how many control devices or what percentage of the control devices are each also connected to one or more field networks is, the lower position the network is laid out in; the larger a value indicating how many control devices or what percentage of the control devices are each connected only to one or more other information-related networks is, the upper position the network is laid out in; and the larger a value indicating how many control devices or what percentage of the control devices are each also connected to one or more other inter-controller networks is, the upper position the network is laid out in, and the control device grid layout function lays out two or more of the control device grids that are connected to a mutually same network so as to be positioned closer to one another.",0.4523366916159488,0.9046733832318976
8567930,"1. An ink container support comprising: a support tray adapted to support an ink container; and a front panel associated with the support tray, the front panel being adapted to facilitate user interfacing with the ink container when supported by the support tray, wherein the support tray comprises a pan and multiple walls that extend up from the pan, wherein the pan comprises container support elements that extend up from a surface of the pan, the container support elements being adapted to support the ink container above the pan surface, and wherein the container support elements include recesses in which are provided mounting holes used to secure the ink container support to a printer.",0.16345611642960206,0.3269122328592041
9743223,"1. A communications apparatus comprising: a wireless communications device configured to generate a radio frequency (RF) signal onto a conductor; and a conducted RF port operably coupled to the conductor, the conducted RF port being configured to conductively couple the RF signal on the conductor to another device.",0.5175517110881629,0.9648965778236742
9206478,"1. A method of matching a bovine trait-associated genotype with a bovine subject comprising assaying a nucleic acid sample from the bovine subject for an occurrence of at least three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), wherein at least one SNP corresponds to position 300 of any one of SEQ ID NOS: 19473 to 21982, wherein the at least three SNPs are associated with a trait, wherein the at least three SNPs occur in more than one gene.",0.22611719508198594,0.4522343901639718
8746203,"1. A lubrication apparatus of a four-stroke portable engine, comprising: a piston; a cylinder; a crank chamber; and a valve operating chamber, the lubrication apparatus configured to lubricate driving parts while circulating oil mist through an oil circulation pathway, using pressure fluctuation in the crank chamber, the pressure fluctuation being caused by reciprocating motion of the piston, the lubrication apparatus further comprising a direct passageway configured to allow communication between the valve operating chamber and the crank chamber when a negative pressure is created in the crank chamber, wherein the direct passageway supplies the oil mist in the valve operating chamber to the crank chamber, and wherein the direct passageway includes a flexible tube part that is formed outside of an outer surface of the portable engine.",0.7576568012340331,0.48468639753193377
9740610,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a processor; and a memory, comprising:",0.428256624322983,0.856513248645966
9720148,"1. A camera system comprising: a camera that includes an image sensor and a filter mask; and a control and evaluation device, to which the image sensor is configured to output an image signal that includes first frames recorded using a first exposure time and second frames recorded using a second exposure time that is longer than the first exposure time; wherein:",0.16293392922011465,0.32586785844022925
9088197,"1. A system comprising: a plurality of grounding systems, each of the plurality of grounding systems being disposed circumferentially about a respective portion of a shaft, wherein each of the plurality of grounding systems includes: an inner component configured to be physically connected to and disposed radially about the shaft, a ground component configured to be disposed substantially radially about the shaft and the inner component, the ground component configured to complement the inner component and define a substantially annular cavity positioned radially therebetween, and a conductive substance disposed within the substantially annular cavity between a radially outer surface of the inner component and a radially inner surface of the ground component, the conductive substance configured to electrically connect the inner component and the ground component; and a sensor operatively connected to the ground component of each of the plurality of grounding systems, the sensor configured to measure, at each of the respective portions of the shaft, at least one of a temperature of an inner component of one of the plurality of grounding systems, or a temperature of a conductive substance of one of the plurality of grounding systems.",0.4509026848783683,0.9018053697567366
9503989,"1. A method for power control by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless transmissions on multiple component carriers corresponding to multiple serving cells associated with multiple timing advances, the method comprising: determining, by the WTRU, transmit powers for at least a first physical channel for a first serving cell in a first timing advanced group (TAG) and a second physical channel for a second serving cell in a second TAG, wherein the first TAG is less timing advanced than the second TAG; determining, by the WTRU, a WTRU configured maximum output power (P adjusting, by the WTRU, at least one of the first and second physical channels and to transmit the first and second physical channels such that a sum of the transmit powers of the physical channels in the overlapping portion does not exceed the determined P",0.8883407465358757,0.22331850692824862
9459009,"1. A gas turbine combustor comprising: a housing defining an arcuate surface portion and a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber defining a longitudinal central axis; at least one first fluid injection port extending tangentially through the arcuate surface portion of the housing and in fluid communication with the combustion chamber; at least one second fluid injection port extending radially through the arcuate surface portion of the housing and in fluid communication with the combustion chamber; and an exit port located on the housing along the longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber and in fluid communication with the combustion chamber; wherein the at least one first fluid injection port, the at least one second fluid injection port, and the exit port are located such that during operation a heated oxidizer fluid is introduced into the combustion chamber via the at least one first fluid injection port and fuel is introduced into the combustion chamber via the at least one second fluid injection port to cause ignition and colorless distributed combustion to occur within the combustion chamber creating a single uniform thermal field within the housing, and wherein combustion byproducts exit the combustion chamber via the exit port.",0.8840067523467567,0.23198649530648652
9328751,"1. A clamp comprising: a fixed clamp, having a clamping block and a rod; a movable clamp, one end of which having a through hole located at the rod of the fixed clamp, while the other end of the movable clamp having a clamping unit which faces the clamping block; a teeth unit disposed at a rear side of the clamping unit; a control handle, one end of which connected to the movable clamp and clamping unit, and the control handle drives the clamping unit and the clamping block to achieve a clamping effect; the control handle having a receiving slot near the teeth unit, and a plug disposed on both sides of the receiving slot; and a restricting unit having a non-circular elongated slot and disposed at the receiving slot of the control handle and the plug passing through the elongated slot, and one end of the restricting unit facing the teeth unit having a teeth portion while the other end thereof has a resilient unit configured to press the control handle so the teeth portion and teeth unit engaged with each other; wherein the restricting unit is pressed to separate the teeth portion and teeth unit, and the restricting unit moves along the elongated slot to drive the teeth portion to move backwards to separate from the teeth unit.",0.03336936734468193,0.06673873468936387
9781410,"1. An image processing method, comprising: estimating an eye position of a user in a viewing zone; determining, by way of a processor, a first sub-zone for a plurality of view images in a first group to be consecutively arranged; and determining, by the processor, a second sub-zone for a second group comprising a repeated view image, based on the eye position of the user, wherein the first group and the second group comprise different view images, and wherein the second sub-zone is disposed at a side of the eye position and at another side of the eye position and the first sub-zone is disposed at the eye position.",0.05301911264464497,0.10603822528928997
9496819,"1. A watertight roof assembly integrated with solar panels used to construct a roof of a building, comprising: a plurality of support units located on the roof in a spaced manner, each support unit including two bearing planes at one side remote from the building and a plurality of holding racks between the two bearing planes; a plurality of solar modules each straddles two neighboring support units and has two sides leaned respectively on one of the abutting bearing planes; a plurality of fixture units each includes a connecting portion connected to one of the holding racks, an extension extended along an edge of the solar module toward the top surface of the solar module, and a press portion extended toward the top surface of the solar module to press the solar module; and a plurality of waterproof units corresponding respectively to one of the solar modules, each waterproof unit including a first press strip clamped between the fixture units and the solar modules, and a second press strip located between each solar module and each bearing plane, wherein each support unit includes two support racks corresponding to one of the bearing planes, each support rack including a bearing panel which forms the bearing planes, and a connection panel extended from the bearing panel toward the building, each holding rack bridging the two connection panels of the two support racks, and wherein each support rack includes a holding panel extended from one connection panel toward another connection panel, and the watertight roof assembly further includes a roof panel located between the two holding panels of the two support racks.",0.9733413155718268,0.053317368856346414
8809176,"1. A method of forming a semiconductor structure including a field effect transistor, said method comprising: forming a material layer stack including, from bottom to top, at least a gate dielectric layer, a tantalum carbide layer, and a conductive metal layer on a semiconductor substrate; and forming a gate stack by removing portions of said material layer stack from above a source region and a drain region of a field effect transistor, wherein said gate stack overlies a channel region of said field effect transistor.",0.21329058797086162,0.4265811759417233
9229734,"1. A hospitality media system providing virtual user interfaces over a network, the system comprising: one or more computer servers deployed on the network and configured to manage operation of a plurality of server instances each with an associated virtual frame buffer, and to manage operation of a plurality of user interface applications; and a client device having one or more processors coupled to a memory storing software instructions, the client device being coupled to both the network and a display located in one of a plurality of guest rooms of a hospitality establishment; wherein, by the one or more processors of the client device executing the software instructions stored in the memory, the client device is configured to request a connection with the one or more servers over the network at a start of a user session; the one or more servers are further configured to allocate one of the server instances to the client device in response to receiving the connection request from the client device, and to associate one of the user interface applications with the server instance allocated to the client device, the user interface application configured to render a graphical user interface to the virtual frame buffer of the server instance allocated to the client device; the one or more servers are further configured to establish a first connection with the client device via the network to conduct a virtual user interface session, and to forward to the client device via the first connection updates of the graphical user interface from the virtual frame buffer of the server instance allocated to the client device, at least some of the updates including transparency information for use in blending the graphical user interface with video rendered by the client device; the one or more servers are further configured to receive user input from the client device via the first connection, provide the user input to the user interface application, and generate playback instructions for controlling playback of the video on the client device according to the user input, the user input representing interaction by a user of the client device with a representation of the graphical user interface; the one or more servers are further configured to send the playback instructions to the client device via the network over a second connection established with the client device; the client device is configured to receive the graphical user interface updates via the first connection, receive the playback instructions via the second connection, receive media content for rendering the video via a channel different than the first and second connections, play the video on the display according to the media content, further render on the display the representation of the graphical user interface overlaid on the video according to the updates and the transparency information, and translate the playback instructions into inter-process communications recognized by middleware running on the client device in order to control playback of the video shown on the display according to the playback instructions, the client device further configured to transmit the user input to the one or more servers via the first connection; and the one or more servers are further configured to reclaim the server instance allocated to the client device when the user session is complete.",0.07194332317604443,0.14388664635208892
9080055,"1. A method for forming a photoelectric conversion device, comprising providing dye sensitized TiOF 2 as a semiconductor layer.",0.5351853623521686,0.9296292752956627
8977476,"1. A system for automatically shutting down an engine of a motor vehicle, comprising: a plurality of status indicators, each of the status indicators being configured to sense an operational parameter of the vehicle, and to provide status data in response to the sensed operational parameter of the vehicle, wherein the status data from each of the status indicators has a predetermined status value; a controller responsive to the status data and configured to (1) sum the status values of the status data received by the controller to determine an aggregated status value, (2) compare the aggregated status value to a predetermined shutdown threshold value, and (3) provide a shutdown signal if the aggregated status value is at least equal to the shutdown threshold value for a predetermined time interval; and an engine control unit in signal communication with the controller and operable to shut down the engine in response to the shutdown signal.",0.9543292921245378,0.09134141575092447
9474986,"1. A kit of parts that, when assembled, form a block-forming toy, comprising: a plunger comprising a barrel encompassing a shaft and a plunger head located at an end of the shaft, the barrel comprising a male mold-locking component and the plunger head comprising a male plate-locking component, the male mold-locking component comprising a neck and at least one nub located on the neck; a mold comprising a female mold-locking component that is configured to lock with the male mold-locking component, the mold configured to receive a malleable material used to form a block; and an ejector plate comprising a female plate-locking component that is configured to lock with the male plate-locking component, the ejector plate configured to fit within the mold; wherein the female mold-locking component comprising a first wall defining an aperture, a second wall located below the first wall, and a shoulder surface transitioning between the first wall and the second wall, the second wall defining a space larger than the aperture; and the female mold-locking component further comprising a secondary wall extending from the first wall to define at least one cut-out, the cut-out and the aperture forming a continuous space configured to receive the neck and the nub of the male mold-locking component.",0.03833026635696428,0.07666053271392859
9460229,"1. A method of enhancing prefetch operations, the method comprising: storing, at a server-side proxy, a cache model for a client device's browser cache, wherein the cache model comprises a copy of caching instructions for objects previously downloaded to the client device and referenced by the cache model, wherein the caching instructions for each object referenced by the cache model indicates an expiration time of the respective object at the client device and includes an object-specific caching instruction; receiving a web page at the server-side proxy in response to a request for the web page from the client device; identifying, at the server-side proxy, a prefetchable reference to the object in the web page; determining, at the server-side proxy using the copy of the caching instructions, that the previously downloaded object does not satisfy the caching instructions; in response to the determination, sending a prefetch request for the object from the server-side proxy to a web server; receiving, at the server-side proxy, a prefetched response to the prefetch request from the web server, the prefetched response indicating that the object has not been changed since being previously downloaded; and transmitting the prefetched response to a client-side proxy to use the previously downloaded object in response to a subsequent request for the object from the client device.",0.10960054606344927,0.21920109212689853
8388706,"1. Process of gasification of carbon-containing compounds in order to produce a syngas containing primarily CO and H2, wherein it includes: A) a first step of torrefaction pyrolysis of the compounds, into char and pyrolysis gas, in a solar microwave reactor, caused by heating the compounds contained in said solar microwave reactor by synergistic thermal energy provided jointly by the heating of the walls of the reactor owing to the concentration by convergence or reflection of solar radiation at the surface of said walls, and by microwaves injected directly into the reactor and compounds, and B) a second step of converting the char and pyrolysis gas, coming from the solar microwave reactor, primarily into CO and H2, by chemical oxidation-reduction reactions occurring in a cyclone reactor, in which said cyclone reactor enables the formation of a gaseous vortex driving and oxidizing the char particles, owing to the combustion of the pyrolysis gases or additional gas, the injection of heated gas or gas mixtures into the cyclone reactor, and the direct heating of the gases present in said reactor by microwaves injected directly into the cyclone reactor.",0.9959851912946142,0.008029617410771683
9715261,"1. A method for balancing and stabilizing an interzonal power transmission system with at least one set of interruptible, deferred, and daily deferred loads, the set of interruptible, deferred, and daily deferred loads including at least one thermal inertia unit and at least one set of sources within at least one power zone of a global power system, both the at least one set of interruptible, deferred, and daily deferred loads and the at least one set of sources being coupled to a power transmission system, the method comprising: a. providing a central controller for regulating energy delivery to the at least one set of loads over the power transmission system; b. providing the set of interruptible, deferred, and daily deferred loads, the set of interruptible, deferred and daily deferred loads Including at the least one thermal inertia unit with a dual fuel source; c. providing the dual source including loads to use electricity, primary fuels, and other nonrenewable and renewable non-electrical sources of energy; d. forecasting an energy demand for the at least one set of interruptible, deferred, and daily deferred loads over an interval of time, accounting for a status of the at least one thermal inertia unit; e. forecasting a renewable energy supply for at least one set of renewable energy generator units of the at least one set of sources; f. dynamically balancing the interzonal power transmission system by linking each of the at least one set of interruptible, deferred, and daily deferred loads with at least one of the at least one set of sources; g. synchronizing the anticipated energy demand for the at least one set of loads with delivery of energy by the at least one set of sources by commands delivered to a local switching and monitoring device coupled to the at least one thermal Inertia unit; and h. altering a traveling wave on a high voltage interzone transmission line between the at least one power zone and at least one additional power zone of the global power system coupled to the power transmission system by sending a control signal from the central controller to the local switching and monitoring device to cause the local switching and monitoring device to switch the at least one thermal Inertia unit on the power transmission system to dampen a magnitude of the traveling wave thereby acting as a dynamic brake to modify a disruption on the interzonal power transmission system caused by the traveling wave, wherein the traveling wave is created by a natural response of the at least one additional power zone or one or more control system dynamic responses of the at least one additional power zone.",0.9762054490686115,0.047589101862776984
8837464,"1. A method of wireless communications, comprising: transmitting, from a wireless communications device, a registration request in association with establishing a packet data session to support a network connection to a packet-switched network, wherein the registration request is to enable a circuit-switched call notification and includes identification information identifying the wireless communications device, and wherein the registration request causes a location of the wireless communications device to be reported to a voice message server to enable the wireless communications device to receive a notification from the voice message server of an incoming call from a circuit-switched network; and receiving an authorization of the registration request based on the identification information.",0.30958135168712564,0.6191627033742513
8916642,"1. A film composition for use in a photovoltaic module as a backsheet or as an encapsulant, said composition is polyolefin-based and comprising with respect to the total weight of the composition: from 1 to 99 Weight percent of polyethylene A having an ethylene whose level by weight is greater than or equal to 80%, wherein said polyethylene A is either a homopolymer consisting of ethylene monomer units, or a copolymer consisting of ethylene and one or more monomers is selected from the group consisting of propylene, 1-butene, 1-pentene, 3-methyl-1-butene, 1-hexene, 4-methyl-1-pentene, 3-methyl-1-pentene, 1-octene, 1-decene, 1-dodecene, 1-tetradecene, 1-hexadecene, 1-octadecene, 1-eicosene, 1-docosene, 1-tetracosene, 1-hexacosene, 1-octacosene and 1-triacontene; From 99 to 1 weight percent of a polyolefin B, other than A, carrying a reactive functional group X chosen from carboxylic acid anhydrides and epoxides, and containing from 60 to 99 weight percent polyolefin.",0.6738006633406348,0.6523986733187304
8347595,"1. A system for removing particles from an air stream having small particles carried therewith, the system comprising: a housing having an air stream inlet at a first end thereof and an air stream exhaust at a second end thereof, the housing defining a flow path between the air stream inlet and the air stream exhaust; at least one liquid introduction jet for injecting liquid droplets into the air stream, the at least one liquid introduction jet disposed between the air stream inlet and the air stream exhaust; and a scrubber disposed between the at least one liquid introduction jets and the air stream exhaust for removing smaller particles from the air stream, wherein the small particles accumulate on the scrubber and, subsequently, fall therefrom by force of gravity when the mass of accumulated particles is sufficient to cause the accumulated particles to fall.",0.6931544824308776,0.6136910351382447
8948054,"1. A method, comprising: multicasting a discovery packet in an overlay network to endpoints coupled across a multicast backbone, wherein each endpoint comprises a virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) and can be associated with more than one segment of the overlay network, which includes a Layer 2 scheme over a Layer 3 network, each segment being identified by a unique segment identifier (ID), wherein the discovery packet comprises a link layer multicast discovery packet configured to discover endpoints in specific segments; and identifying the endpoints based on their respective responses to the discovery packet.",0.2957358353353405,0.591471670670681
9133278,"1. A method of reducing the toxicity of a lignocellulosic hydrolysate towards a fermenting organism, or for reducing at least a portion of one inhibitor to a fermenting organism from a lignocellulosic hydrolysate, comprising the step of mixing a starting lignocellulosic hydrolysate solution, said starting lignocellulosic hydrolysate solution comprising a mixture of fermentable sugars, furan aldehydes and aliphatic acids, with a magnesium base selected from magnesium hydroxide, magnesium carbonate and magnesium oxide in an amount of 2 g/1 kg hydrolysate to 200 g/1 kg hydrolysate, at a pH of 6.2 to 9.5 and a temperature of 30° C. and 60° C. for a period of time, that results in the formation of a detoxified hydrolysate solution comprising at least 90% of the total fermentable sugars present in the starting lignocellulosic hydrolysate solution and no greater than 40% of furan aldehydes present in the starting lignocellulosic hydrolysate solution, thereby reducing the toxicity of the lignocellulosic hydrolysate.",0.707271276508225,0.5854574469835501
9805946,"1. A method for removing a photoresist from a semiconductor wafer, comprising: performing an initial photoresist strip process to remove a first portion of a photoresist formed over a semiconductor wafer using a sulfuric acid hydrogen peroxide mixture (SPM); supplying trioxygen liquid to a second portion of the photoresist over a first surface of the semiconductor wafer after the first portion has been removed to coat the second portion of the photoresist with the trioxygen liquid; supplying, after the second portion of the photoresist is coated with the trioxygen liquid, an activator to the trioxygen liquid to create activated trioxygen liquid, the activator comprising hydrogen peroxide activator; and removing the second portion of the photoresist using the activated trioxygen liquid while supplying deionized water to a second surface of the semiconductor wafer that is diametrically opposite the first surface.",0.35196285217761786,0.7039257043552357
8481458,"1. A method of increasing the speed or degree of cotton boll opening comprising the steps of providing a composition comprising an adjuvant and at least one plant growth regulating compound ethephon and tributylphosphorthioate and combination thereof, wherein the adjuvant comprises at least one permeabilizing agent and at least one flow agent selected from the group consisting of silica, clay, kaolin, talc, and diatomaceous earth and combination thereof in an amount between 0.1% and 10%, wherein the at least one permeabilizing agent is a combination of citric acid and oxalic acid, wherein the citric acid is present in an amount of between 1% w/w and about 20% w/w of the adjuvant, and wherein the oxalic acid is present in an amount of between about 77% w/w and 98% w/w of the adjuvant; and applying the composition to at least one plant surface in an amount sufficient to increase the speed or degree of opening of at least one cotton boll compared to the speed or degree of opening upon application of the at least one plant growth regulating compound alone.",0.5799115254310437,0.8401769491379125
9378012,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving data comprising at least a portion of a program; first identifying and retrieving entry point locations and execution-relevant metadata of the at least a portion of the program; second identifying regions of code within the at least a portion of the program based on the identified entry point locations and the metadata; first generating, based on the first identifying and the second identifying, a set of possible call sequences for at least one function; second generating an API call graph characterizing the generated set of possible call sequences for the at least one function; disassembling the at least a portion of the program into instructions; organizing the instructions into at least one function that each comprise a code block; constructing a control flow graph characterizing the at least one function; extracting application programming interface (API) call sequences by traversing the control flow graph; and determining a relative order of API calls.",0.08394517627800825,0.16789035255601648
9206046,"1. A reactor for dehydrogenation of an organic compound, the reactor being a flow-type reactor, comprising: a hydrogen separation membrane selectively permeable to hydrogen; and a dehydrogenation catalyst for promoting a dehydrogenation reaction of an organic compound which can release hydrogen upon the dehydrogenation reaction, and including: a reaction side area through which the organic compound can flow and which includes the dehydrogenation catalyst; and a permeation side area which is separated from the reaction side area by the hydrogen separation membrane and through which hydrogen that has passed through the hydrogen separation membrane can flow, wherein:",0.9755289356583952,0.048942128683209685
9336467,"1. An information processing apparatus for generating drawing data by using a print job, comprising: a plurality of drawing data generation units configured to generate the drawing data by using the print job; a determination unit configured to analyze the print job and determine any one of the drawing data generation units that is to generate the drawing data by using the print job; and a screen display unit configured to display a display screen of settings of the print job on a display part by selecting the display screen based on a result determined by the determination unit, wherein the print job includes print data and setting information, wherein the setting information includes settable setting values which are determined in accordance with the any one of the drawing data generation units, determined by the determination unit, and setting items of the print job, wherein the screen display unit is configured to display the settable setting values, wherein the setting information includes settable setting values which are determined in accordance with the any one of the drawing data generation units determined by the determination unit and setting items of the print job, wherein the screen display unit is configured to accept a change to setting values that are included within ranges of the settable setting values determined in accordance with the any one of the drawing data generation units determined by the determination unit, and wherein the any one of the drawing data generation units is configured to generate the drawing data by using the print job that includes the setting information including the changed setting values that are included within the ranges of the settable setting values.",0.09833012982171024,0.1966602596434205
9468094,"1. A display apparatus, comprising: a flexible substrate comprising: first pixels disposed in the first area; and second pixels disposed in the at least one non-bent area, wherein the first pixels have the same size as one another, wherein the second pixels have the same size as one another, wherein respective widths of each first pixel in a first direction are smaller than respective widths of each second pixel in the first direction, and wherein a distance between first pixels adjacent to one another in the first direction, a distance between second pixels adjacent to one another in the first direction, and a distance between first pixels and second pixels adjacent to one another in the first direction are the same as one another.",0.09529211050837302,0.1905842210167461
9306648,"1. A method for operating a terminal, the method comprising: detecting an object around the terminal; and performing beam operation associated with beam tracking through remaining beams among a plurality of beams, except for a beam that is formed for a direction from the terminal to the detected object.",0.17490073962817473,0.3498014792563495
8970288,"1. Device for detecting the presence of a user for the unlocking of an access point to a motor vehicle, said device comprising a first generator of a first supply voltage (Vx), a detection capacitor (Cx) adapted to be charged on account of the presence of a user, and a storage capacitor (Cs) defining at the terminals thereof a storage voltage (Vs), said device being characterized in that it comprises: an intermediate capacitor (C means for charging the detection capacitor (Cx) from the first supply voltage (Vx) and the storage voltage (Vs), comprising voltage summing means, such that the voltage at the terminals of the detection capacitor (Cx) is equal to the sum of the first supply voltage (Vx) and the storage voltage (Vs), means for discharging the detection capacitor (Cx) into the intermediate capacitor (C first means for charging the storage capacitor (Cs), said means being configured so that the charge of the storage capacitor (Cs) is equal to the charge of the intermediate capacitor (C means for detecting the presence of a user for the unlocking of an access point to the motor vehicle on the basis of the charge of the storage capacitor (Cs).",0.6974579530992235,0.6050840938015529
9748651,"1. A compound coupler, comprising: a first compound loop antenna connected to an electrical circuit, the first compound loop antenna including at least a first radiator element and a first loop element; and a second compound loop antenna connected to a re-radiator antenna, the second compound loop antenna including at least a second radiator element and a second loop element, the second compound loop antenna being placed in close proximity to, but not in direct contact with, the first compound loop antenna, wherein the first compound loop antenna compound couples with the second compound loop antenna to wirelessly transmit RF energy from the electrical circuit to the second compound loop antenna for transmission by the re-radiator antenna, wherein the compound coupling between the first compound loop antenna and the second compound loop antenna is simultaneously capacitive and inductive, and is associated with a coupling efficiency that is not highly sensitive to translation and alignment between the first compound loop antenna and the second compound loop antenna.",0.59114945042575,0.8177010991485001
9362341,"1. A method of making an apparatus for use in X ray detection, the method comprising: fabricating a first layered assembly, the first layered assembly comprising a scintillator layer and a first electrode layer; and laminating the first layered assembly onto a second layered assembly, wherein the second layered assembly has a thin film transistor (TFT) array, wherein the TFT array includes a second electrode layer, wherein one of the first layered assembly and the second layered assembly includes an organic photodiode (OPD) absorber layer, wherein the laminating is absent use of an adhesive, and wherein the laminating is performed so that when the laminating is complete the OPD absorber layer is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.",0.23193723333047556,0.4638744666609511
8789514,"1. A method for controlling an automotive internal combustion engine having direct fuel injection, with the method comprising a fuel adaption part in which a first fuel quality parameter is determined using a first fuel quality parameter determination procedure of a first type of fuel quality parameter determination procedure when the engine exhibits predetermined operation conditions, and a control part which converts a value of the first fuel quality parameter to a value of a second fuel quality parameter which is different from the first fuel quality parameter and uses this converted value as a target value in a closed-loop control of start of injection in the engine, wherein the closed-loop control uses a second fuel quality parameter determination procedure of a second type of fuel quality parameter determination procedure different from the first type of fuel quality parameter determination procedure to determine an actual value of the second fuel quality parameter to obtain an engine operation in which the actual value of the second fuel quality parameter confirms the target value.",0.9328702705865729,0.1342594588268542
8536072,"1. A semiconductor process for mitigating sheet resistance variation of a polysilicon resistor, comprising: forming a polysilicon layer on a substrate; cryo-implanting the polysilicon layer with a first species, a second species and a third species at a temperature ranging between −40° C. and −120° C. to form the polysilicon resistor, wherein the first species comprises a germanium species, the second species comprises a carbon species, and the third species comprises a p-type species or an n-type species; and performing an asymmetric dual-side heating treatment to the polysilicon layer, wherein a power for a front-side heating is different from a power for a backside heating.",0.8319500404080441,0.3360999191839118
8691992,1. An octahydro biquinoline compound of the general formula (V): wherein: R R R,0.6730020994830016,0.6539958010339968
9204392,"1. A mobile communication method, which configures a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle having an On duration in which a downlink signal transmitted from a serving base station is to be monitored and an Off duration other than the On duration in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state where an RRC connection is established between the a radio terminal and a radio base station, the DRX cycle comprising: a first DRX cycle that is a mandatory function; a second DRX cycle that is an optional function and configures a shorter cycle than the first DRX cycle: and a third DRX cycle that configures a longer cycle than the first DRX cycle, the mobile communication method comprising: transmitting, from the radio base station to the radio terminal, a paging signal for notifying the radio terminal of an incoming call to the radio terminal at a predetermined timing in the Off duration when the third DRX cycle is configured; and monitoring, at the radio terminal, the paging signal by turning on the receiver at the predetermined timing in the Off duration when the third DRX cycle is configured.",0.931609417824175,0.1367811643516501
8834906,"1. A method for preparing a color capsule composition for cosmetics, the method comprising the steps of: uniformly mixing a color pigment, a plasticizer and a polymer in a first solvent to produce a first mixture solution, wherein the polymer and the plasticizer are dissolved in the first solvent by stirring at 25° C. to prepare a solution, meanwhile the color pigment is dispersed in the first solvent at 25° C. to prepare a dispersion of the color pigment in the first solvent, and the solution is mixed with and uniformly dispersed in the dispersion at the same temperature, so as to produce the first mixture solution; spray-drying the first mixture solution to produce core particles in which the color pigment is covered by the polymer; uniformly mixing the obtained core particles, a functional pigment and a second solvent to produce a second mixture, wherein the functional pigment is stirred in the second solvent at 25° to obtain an inorganic suspension of the functional pigment in the second solvent, the obtained core powder is dispersed by stirring in the second solvent at 25° C., and the inorganic suspension and the dispersed core powder are mixed with each other stirring at 25° C.; and spray-drying the second mixture to produce capsule particles, in each of which a coating layer of the functional pigment is formed on the outer surface of the polymer, wherein, in the step of producing the first mixture solution, the polymer, the color pigment and the plasticizer are used in amounts of 5-15 wt %, 70-90 wt % and 5-15 wt %, respectively, based on the total weight of the polymer, the color pigment and the plasticizer, and in the step of producing the second mixture, the core particles and the functional pigment are used in amounts of 80-40 wt % and 20-61) wt %, respectively, based on the total weight of the core particles and the functional pigment, wherein each of the first and second solvents consists of distilled water.",0.13624262818608718,0.27248525637217436
9210541,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a locator user profile, the locator user profile including information regarding a locator communicator device associated with a locator; receiving a locatee user profile, the locatee user profile including information regarding a locatee communicator device; receiving data indicative of a spatial location of the locator communicator device; receiving data indicative of a spatial location of the locatee communicator device; determining whether the spatial location of the locatee communicator device is within a predetermined spatial range of the spatial location of the locator communicator device; and outputting data indicative of the spatial location of the locatee communicator device to the locator communicator device in response to a determination that the spatial location of the locatee communicator device is within the predetermined spatial range of the spatial location of the locator communicator device.",0.1657688926644417,0.33153778532888345
9304061,"1. A method for diagnosing a first SCR region and a second SCR region positioned in series, comprising: in a first mode, setting a first diagnostic indicating reduced performance of the first SCR region based on a first storage capacity of the first SCR region; and in a second mode, setting a second diagnostic indicating reduced performance of the second SCR region based on a second storage capacity of the second SCR region, an oxidation catalyst positioned in series with the SCR regions.",0.6697517482469397,0.6604965035061205
8887613,"1. A missile launch rail device comprising; a missile launch rail providing a protected rectangular space in which is secured a latch for attaching and releasing a missile situated on the missile launch rail, the latch including a cam end and a spring end, the missile launch rail including cam shaft holes located on each side of the missile launch rail on the cam end, the cam end of the latch being situated on top of a latch cam shaft, the latch cam shaft having two ends with each end being inserted through one of the two cam shaft holes respectively; the missile launch rail also including two rail pin holes located on each side of the missile launch rail, the rail pin holes located approximately halfway between the cam end and the spring end, each of the two rail pin holes being positioned to hold one end of a latch pin, each of the ends of the latch pin being inserted through one of the two rail pin holes respectively; the latch for attaching and releasing the missile on the missile launch rail, the latch including the cam end under which a latch cam shaft is perpendicularly positioned under the cam end of the latch; the latch also including the spring end opposite the cam end, the spring end positioned on top of a latch compression spring; the latch also including two latch pin holes on opposite sides of the latch approximately halfway between the cam end and the spring end, each of the two latch pin holes being lined up with the two rail pin holes, and both the two latch pin holes and the two rail pin holes being positioned to hold each end of a latch pin, each end of the latch pin being inserted through one of the two latch pin holes and one of the two rail pin holes respectively; the latch cam shaft including at least one flattened side and at least one rounded side extending along the cam shaft length, each end of the latch cam shaft being inserted through one of two cam shaft holes respectively in the missile launch rail and positioned at the cam end of the latch and the latch cam shaft being rotatable in the two cam shaft holes, rotation of the latch cam shaft by lifting the latch handle attached to the cam shaft up or down causing the cam end of the latch to alternate between latched or released mode, alternation being determined by whether the at least one flattened side or the at least one rounded side of the latch cam shaft is positioned under the cam end of the latch; the latch compression spring with a bottom end attached to the floor of the missile launch rail and a top end providing tension to the spring end of the latch as the spring end is pushed down on the top end of the latch compression spring or releasing tension on the spring end as the spring end is pulled up from the top end of the latch compression spring according to the rotation of the latch cam shaft which causes the latch to latch the missile or release the missile respectively; the latch pin inserted through both the two latch pin holes and the two rail pin holes positioned with relation to the latch approximately halfway between the cam end and the spring end, the latch pin functioning to pivot the latch as the missile is latched or released with relation to the missile launch rail according to whether the spring end of the latch is pushed down on the latch compression spring because the cam shaft rounded side is directly under the cam end or whether the spring end is pulled up on the latch compression spring because the cam shaft flattened side is directly under the cam end; a latch handle to manually control rotation of the latch cam, the latch handle being perpendicularly fastened to one end of the latch cam emerging from the missile launch rail and being operated by either alternately pulling the latch handle up to a vertical position to rotate the rounded side up under the cam end of the latch and latch the missile into the launch rail or pulling the latch handle down to a horizontal position to rotate the flattened side up under the cam end of the latch and unlatch the missile from the missile launch rail; and a pin retainer attached to the missile launch rail, the pin retainer including a latch pin catch which holds the latch pin in place to restrict radial pressure by the pin on inside surfaces of the two latch holes and inside surfaces of the two rail pin holes from pressure created by the missile on the latch, thus substantially preventing premature disabling of the missile launch rail and the latch by wear on the latch holes and the rail pin holes, the pin retainer also including a pin retaining body with mounting holes through which the pin retainer is attached to the missile launch rail.",0.0800484712130261,0.1600969424260522
8912759,"1. A power supply system, comprising: a main equipment; a power adaptor for producing a power voltage; a battery unit, wherein the battery unit stops the charge operation according to a disable signal sent by the main equipment, and the battery unit sends a command signal, and the power adaptor adjusts the power voltage according to the command signal; and a switching circuit, coupled to the main equipment, the power adaptor and the battery unit, for selecting the power adaptor or the battery unit to power the main equipment; wherein the power adaptor adjusts the power voltage according to whether the battery unit performs a charge operation.",0.9253663289096079,0.1492673421807842
8428783,"1. A system for aggregating messages, comprising: a plurality of distributed generators (DGs); and a controller, communicatively coupled to the plurality of DGs, for (i) receiving a plurality of messages from the plurality of DGs, (ii) correlating at least two messages in the plurality of messages based on at least one time parameter and a selected message type, and (iii) generating a summary message based on the at least two messages.",0.2497095513284888,0.49941910265697764
9105171,"1. In a life support apparatus enabling personnel to provide services to within the interiors of one or more remotely located vessels under a largely inert atmosphere with the possibility of pyrophoric materials or combustible gas being present in which breathable air and duplex voice communications are provided to personnel from a central location via an umbilical cable, an improvement of a critical parameter monitoring system comprising; a. an oxygen sensor and a temperature sensor located adjacent each personnel and arranged to provide signals representative of the oxygen concentration and temperature, respectively; and b. a system processing unit located at the central location and connected to each of the sensors, the system processing unit arranged to translate the signals from the sensors into the oxygen concentration and the temperature present at the sensors.",0.5833250445201028,0.8333499109597944
9387966,"1. A lid for a container, comprising: a lid cover adapted for covering at a top opening of said container, wherein said lid cover has a drinking hole and an air vent spacedly formed at a peripheral portion of said lid cover to maximize a distance between said drinking hole and said air vent; and an enclosure arrangement which comprises a drinking hole plug movably extended from said lid cover detachably engaged with and sealed at said drinking hole, and a vent plug movably extended from said lid cover detachably engaged with and sealed at said air vent, wherein said drinking hole plug and said vent plug are two individual plugs that said drinking hole plug and said vent plug selectively and individually cover at said drinking hole and said air vent respectively, wherein said enclosure arrangement further comprises a vent plug pit indently provided on said lid cover at a position adjacent to said air vent, wherein said vent plug is selectively engaged with one of said air vent and said vent plug pit.",0.5033309320378297,0.9933381359243405
9454738,"1. A computer-implemented method for automating a selection of data inputs, the method comprising computer-implemented operations for: (a) receiving a selection of a segment, the segment comprising a highest level of a product hierarchy; (b) receiving a selection of a product that comprises a component of the segment, wherein inputs utilized to produce the component are currently unknown; (c) receiving a selection of an external product that is utilized for production of the product; (d) receiving a selection of an external component of the external product; (e) determining whether a name of the external component matches a name of the component; (f) in response to determining that the name of the external component matches the name of the component, adding the external component as an external input to the component thereby indicating that the external component is utilized to produce the component; (g) receiving a selection of an internal product that is utilized for the production of the segment; (h) receiving a selection of an internal component of the internal product; (i) determining whether a name of the internal component matches the name of the product; and (j) in response to determining that the name of the internal component matches the name of the product, adding the internal component as an internal input to the product, wherein the segment, product, and external component are defined within a computer generated process model, wherein the method alters the process model to maintain a feed-forward constraint such that no cycles or loops are contained within the process model.",0.09247123486482739,0.18494246972965478
8492437,"1. A compound selected from: 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-((4-fluorophenylsulfonamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-((2,4-dichlorophenylsulfonamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-(nicotinamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-((N,N-dimethylsulfamoylamino)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(Cyclohexanecarboxamidomethyl)-4-(4-(3,4-dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(Acetamidomethyl)-4-(4-(3,4-dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-(isonicotinamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-((4-fluorobenzamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-(picolinamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-((methoxycarbonylamino)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-((pyridine-3-sulfonamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorophenylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(Methylsulfonamidomethyl)-4-(4-(naphthalen-2-ylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-Fluorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(Methylsulfonamidomethyl)-4-(4-(phenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(Methylsulfonamidomethyl)-4-(4-(phenylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(Benzylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-Chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(2-(4-Chlorobenzylamino)-2-oxoethyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(2-(B enzylamino)-2-oxoethyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(Methylsulfonamidomethyl)-4-(4-(2-oxo-2-(phenethylamino)ethyl)phenoxy)phenyl)-acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(2-(Benzyl(methyl)amino)-2-oxoethyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(Methylsulfonamidomethyl)-4-(4-(2-oxo-2-(phenylamino)ethyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-Benzamido)phenoxy)-3-((4-fluorophenylsulfonamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-Chlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-((4-fluorophenylsulfonamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3-Chlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-((4-fluorophenylsulfonamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Difluorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(2-Chlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(benzyloxycarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-Chloro-4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(3,4-dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)phenyl)propanoic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)propanoic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3,4-dichlorobenzamido)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)-2-methylpropanoic acid; 2-(3-(Methylsulfonamidomethyl)-4-(4-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(Methylsulfonamidomethyl)-4-(4-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chloro-3-fluorophenylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(3-chloro-4-fluorophenylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-fluorophenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(2,4-dichlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-bromo-4-(4-(2,4-dichlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)3,5-dimethylphenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-methylphenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(thiophen-2-yl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(6-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)biphenyl-3-yl)acetic acid; 2-(6-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3′-(methylsulfonyl)biphenyl-3-yl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-cyclopropylphenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-ethylphenyl)acetic acid; 2-(6-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-4′-(methylsulfonyl)biphenyl-3-yl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)-4-(4-(3-(trifluoromethyl)phenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)-4-(4-(4-trifluoromethyl)phenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-((1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclopropyl)methylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(methylsulfonamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-(nicotinamidomethyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-((pyridine-3-sulfonamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-((1-methyl-1H-imidazole-5-sulfonamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-((4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-((6-dimethylamino)nicotinamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-((2-(4-fluorophenylsulfonamido)acetamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-((6-aminonicotinamido)methyl)-4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethycarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-((dimethylamino)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-((N-methylmethylsulfonamido)methyl)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(phenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-cyanophenyl)propanoic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(2,4-dichlorophenethylcarbamoyl)-3-fluorophenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(2,6-dichlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(4-fluorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(3-methoxyphenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(4-tert-butylphenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(4-trifluoromethylphenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(3-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(3-fluorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(4-methoxyphenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(3,4-dichlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(4-methylphenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(2-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxyethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-cyanophenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclopropylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-cyanophenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(2-phenylcyclopropylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(4-chlorophenethylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-cyanophenyl)-2-fluoroacetic acid; 2-(4-(4-((1-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclopropyl)methylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-cyanophenyl)acetic acid; 2-(4-(4-(2-(4-chlorophenyl)cyclopropylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)-3-cyanophenyl)acetic acid; 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; and 2-(3-cyano-4-(4-(6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ylcarbamoyl)phenoxy)phenyl)acetic acid; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.",0.5447489086329906,0.9105021827340187
9630318,"1. A method of determining a motor control signal for a robot based on an analysis of a sensor input, the method comprising: analyzing the sensor input based on a first transformation process applied based on a presence of one or more first features present in the sensor input with a first characteristic; analyzing the sensor input based on a second transformation process applied based on a presence of one or more second features present in the sensor input with a second characteristic, the second characteristic being different from the first characteristic; determining a feature history comprising a plurality of features determined based on at least the acts of analyzing the sensor input based on the first transformation process over a first time interval and analyzing the sensor input based on the second transformation process over a second time interval; normalizing each of the plurality of features using a statistical parameter determined from the feature history; providing a plurality of the normalized features to a classification process for detecting at least one relevant feature among the plurality of the normalized features, the at least one relevant feature being characterized by a relevancy parameter that is larger than a predetermined threshold; selecting from a plurality of control signals a motor control signal associated with the at least one relevant feature; and executing the selected motor control signal, thereby causing a target task to be performed by the robot; wherein the act of selecting the motor control signal is effectuated based on a prior contemporaneous occurrence of the motor control signal and the at least one relevant feature.",0.2487484527047901,0.49749690540958014
9009513,"1. A multiprocessor that provides exclusive control over a shared resource between a plurality of operating systems running on a plurality of processor cores capable of operating at different operating frequencies, the multiprocessor comprising: a plurality of timers that are provided to each of the processor cores and are each supplied with a period for prohibiting a change in a power supply voltage; a first determination means for determining necessity to change an operating frequency for a processor core corresponding to any of the timers when the timer exceeds the prohibition period; a second determination means for determining necessity to change a power supply voltage supplied to the processor cores when the first determination means determines necessity to change an operating frequency; an operating frequency change means for changing a frequency of a clock supplied to the processor core when the first determination means determines necessity to change an operating frequency; and a power supply voltage change means for changing a power supply voltage supplied to the processor cores when the second determination means determines necessity to change a power supply voltage.",0.8009819846030598,0.3980360307938804
8947864,1. An input device comprising: an input portion having one or more keys configured to generate signals to be processed by a computing device as inputs; a connection portion that is configured to be removably attachable to the computing device and including at least one communication contact configured to form a communicative coupling with the computing device to communicate the generated signals; a flexible hinge that is configured to flexibly and communicatively connect the connection portion to the input portion; first and second outer fabric layers that are configured to act as an outer surface of the one or more keys of the input portion and the flexible hinge and are physically secured to the connection portion.,0.44134114807518776,0.8826822961503755
9385368,"1. A positive electrode for a lithium-ion electrochemical cell comprising a composition that comprises a plurality of particles comprising: a core having the formula, wherein 0.05≦x≦0.10, a+b+c=1, 0.6≦b/a≦1.1, c/(a+b)<0.25, a, b, and c are all greater than zero; and a shell substantially surrounding the core comprising a lithium mixed transition metal oxide comprising manganese and nickel wherein the molar ratio of manganese to nickel is greater than b/a and b/a>1, wherein said composition has a capacity retention of greater than about 95% after 50 cycles when comparing the capacity after cycle 52 with the capacity after cycle 2 when cycled between 2.5 V and 4.7 V vs. Li/Li + at 30° C.",0.9688269654003049,0.06234606919939023
8489335,"1. A method of diagnosing a presence and/or severity of a liver pathology in an individual, comprising establishing at least one non-invasive diagnostic score, by carrying out the following steps: a) measuring, in a sample from said individual six variables, wherein one of said six variables is α-2 macroglobulin (A2M) and five of said six variables are chosen from the group consisting of hyaluronic acid (HA or hyaluronate), gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT), platelets (PLT), prothrombin time (PT), aspartate aminotransferase (ASAT), and urea; b) collecting at least one clinical variable characterizing said individual; c) combining said six variables from steps a) and at least one clinical variable b) in a logistic or linear function, in order to obtain a diagnostic score; and d) diagnosing the presence and/or severity of said pathology based on the score obtained from step (c), wherein said diagnostic score gives a percentage of correct classification of at least 79.4%.",0.7663903579488781,0.4672192841022438
9701086,"1. A mould assembly for producing a biomass pellet, comprising: two or more mould faces, each face comprising a concave portion of a mould cavity; at least one mould face being moveable toward the mould cavity along an axis that is not coaxial with a central axis of the mould cavity; wherein the mould cavity has rounded surfaces without corners in three dimensions; wherein movement of the at least one mould face toward the mould cavity compresses, re-orients, and rotates biomass in the mould cavity to produce the biomass pellet.",0.8881035328334778,0.22379293433304448
8735017,"1. A membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell, comprising: a polymer electrolyte membrane; an adhesive layer disposed on the polymer electrolyte membrane; and a catalyst layer formed to overlap with the adhesive layer such that the adhesive layer permeates into the catalyst layer, wherein the polymer electrolyte membrane, the adhesive layer and the catalyst layer are positioned between a cathode substrate and an anode substrate, wherein the polymer electrolyte membrane is formed of a polymer including a structural unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: and wherein in the above Chemical Formula 1 x is about 50 mol %.",0.9614399247286232,0.07712015054275367
9822682,"1. An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising: a filter that is arranged in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine for trapping particulate matter in exhaust gas, and has an oxidation catalyst supported in at least an upstream side portion of said filter; a heating device that is arranged so as to be able to heat said upstream side portion of said filter irrespective of oxidation reaction heat of said oxidation catalyst; a first estimation unit configured to estimate an amount of filter PM deposition which is an amount of deposition of particulate matter deposited in said filter as a whole; a second estimation unit configured to estimate an amount of upstream side PM deposition which is an amount of deposition of upstream side deposition PM which is particulate matter deposited in said upstream side portion; an ordinary filter regeneration unit configured to carry out ordinary filter regeneration processing to oxidize and remove the particulate matter until said amount of filter PM deposition is decreased to a second amount of deposition smaller than a first amount of deposition by means of oxidation reaction heat of unburnt fuel generated by said oxidation catalyst supported in said filter, when said amount of filter PM deposition estimated by said first estimation unit exceeds said first amount of deposition; and a filter upstream regeneration unit configured to carry out filter upstream regeneration processing to oxidize and remove said upstream side deposition PM by controlling said heating device, when said amount of upstream side PM deposition estimated by said second estimation unit exceeds a third amount of deposition; wherein when said filter upstream regeneration processing is carried out by said filter upstream regeneration unit, an amount of decrease of said upstream side deposition PM by said filter upstream regeneration processing is reflected on said amount of filter PM deposition estimated by said first estimation unit, and even if the thus reflected amount of filter PM deposition is in a state of being larger than said second amount of deposition, said filter upstream regeneration unit ends said filter upstream regeneration processing, when said amount of upstream side PM deposition reaches a fourth amount of deposition smaller than said third amount of deposition.",0.9832645163147455,0.03347096737050892
8369997,"1. A solar panel and wind turbine hybrid apparatus in combination with a computer server, comprising in combination one or more solar panels and one or more wind turbines for generating electrical energy; a computer server connected to the solar panels and wind turbines for the purpose of creating, processing, serving, managing, storing, maximizing, and monetizing the electrical generation; an appliance providing voice over internet protocol (VOIP) cell connection connected to the computer server connected to the solar panels and wind turbines; the appliance is accessed using a human key identification for authentication and protecting access to the computer server connected to the solar panels and wind turbines; an hour metering and banking manager connected to the solar panels and wind turbines; a battery metering and manager server; a cooling system manager; a thermal sensor; servers controlling management for use with conventional power and communication grid or independently off the conventional power and communication grid; a cooling and heating apparatus that is connected to solar heaters and generators for energy creation and water and space heating and cooling; a solar transparent material wiper for clearing a solar arrays surface from obstructions; a solar panel protection cover and heat generator which can automatically retract; the cover provides side or top or bottom or underneath storage; an infrared top or bottom solar panel for nighttime or non-optimal solar light energy generation when the cover is utilized or stored; and the infrared top or bottom solar panel is mounted on top of a solar panel.",0.9877226922336722,0.0245546155326557
8659231,"1. An electronic ballast for operation of at least one discharge lamp, the electronic ballast comprising: an input comprising a first input connection and a second input connection for coupling to an AC supply voltage; a rectifier comprising an input and an output, with the input of the rectifier being coupled to the first input connection and the second input connection; an apparatus for power factor correction comprising an input and an output, with the input of the apparatus for power factor correction being coupled to the output of the rectifier, and with the apparatus for power factor correction comprising a voltage converter having an inductance, a diode and a switch in which case an intermediate-circuit voltage can be produced at the output of the apparatus for power factor correction during operation of the electronic ballast; a load circuit comprising a first output connection and a second output connection for coupling to the at least one discharge lamp, with the load circuit being coupled to the output of the apparatus for power factor correction; a control apparatus comprising an I regulator with a nominal value input and an actual value input, with the nominal value input being coupled to a nominal-value production apparatus for production of a variable which is correlated with the nominal value of the intermediate-circuit voltage, with the actual value input being coupled to a node of the load circuit for production of a variable which is correlated with the actual value of the intermediate-circuit voltage, with the control apparatus being designed to produce at its output a control signal to the switch of the voltage converter, with the control signal being a square-wave signal, with the controlled variable of the I regulator representing a first component of the on time of the control signal, with the on time representing the time duration within one period of the square-wave signal, within which the switch in the voltage converter is switched on; and a P regulator connected in parallel with the I regulator; wherein the P regulator is configured to produce a third component of the on time of the control signal; wherein the transfer function of the P regulator, which reproduces the relationship between the third component of the on time and a change in the intermediate-circuit voltage, has at least one section with a predeterminable gradient; and wherein the electronic ballast furthermore comprises a power determining apparatus, which is designed to determine a variable which is correlated with the power consumed in the discharge lamp during operation of the at least one discharge lamp, with the power determining apparatus being coupled to the control apparatus, and with the control apparatus being designed to vary the control signal as a function of the power consumed in the discharge lamp.",0.9093474345387061,0.1813051309225877
8708695,"1. A portable, handheld lighter assembly for lighting a lighting end of a rolled tobacco product, such as a cigarette or a cigar, comprising: an elongated body; a channel extends through the elongated body from a first inlet of the elongated body to an opposed second inlet of the elongated body; a stop is coupled to the elongated body and is positioned in a combustion zone of the channel between the first and second inlets so as to define a first segment of the channel for the reception of a lighting end of a rolled tobacco product therein through the first inlet and an opposed second segment of the channel, the first segment of the channel extends from the first inlet to the combustion zone and the stop, and the second segment of the channel extends from the second inlet to the combustion zone and the stop; the stop for interacting with a lighting end of a rolled tobacco product inserted into the first segment of the channel through the first inlet for restricting movement the rolled tobacco product into the second segment of the channel from the first segment of the channel; the combustion zone traverses the stop from the first segment of the channel to the second segment of the channel so as to couple the first segment of the channel in gaseous communication with the second segment of the channel at the combustion zone; a lighter is coupled to the elongated body and is operable for applying lighting heat to the combustion zone for lighting a lighting end of a rolled tobacco product; the second segment of the channel defines an airflow pathway that extends from the second inlet to the combustion zone for channeling a current of combustion air through the second segment of the channel from the second inlet to the combustion zone in response to a presence of lighting heat in the combustion zone from the lighter to light a lighting end of a rolled tobacco product inserted into the first segment of the channel through the first inlet and received against the stop at the combustion zone; the stop is equidistant with respect to the first and second inlets of the elongated body; the first segment of the channel has a first length extending from the first inlet to the stop; the second segment of the channel has a second length extending from the second inlet to the stop; and the first length of the first segment of the channel is equal to the second length of the second segment of the channel.",0.3875882629210166,0.7751765258420332
8542006,"1. A solenoid current monitoring circuit of a solenoid actuator, the solenoid current monitoring circuit comprising: a solenoid drive board configured to receive a control signal; a sensing resistor configured to provide for detection of a current signal of a solenoid coil of the solenoid actuator resulting from the control signal; a differentiator configured to differentiate the current signal; a first signal processing circuit configured to separate the differentiated current signal into a rising-edge pulse indicating movement of an armature of the solenoid actuator in a first direction in relation to the solenoid coil; and a second signal processing circuit configured to separate the differentiated current signal into a falling-edge pulse indicating movement of the armature of the solenoid actuator in a second direction in relation to the solenoid coil, the second direction being opposite to that of the first direction, wherein the solenoid current monitoring circuit detects respective directional movement of the actuator based on a detection of one of the rising-edge pulse and the falling-edge pulse.",0.631418244813455,0.73716351037309
9846418,1. An energy control system comprising: a photovoltaic power generation unit connected to a grid and configured to generate power using sunlight; a gas power generation unit configured to generate power using gas; and a control unit configured to,0.9906621370135421,0.01867572597291578
8406948,"1. A powertrain for a hybrid electric vehicle, the powertrain comprising: an engine and a fuel tank; a battery; and a controller configured to determine a distance to empty value as a sum of fuel in the fuel tank and a battery equivalent amount of fuel, the sum multiplied by an average fuel economy of the vehicle based on a driving condition of the vehicle.",0.9951754580452808,0.009649083909438305
9297971,"1. A chip package, comprising: an integrated circuit having a front surface with integrated-circuit connector pads; integrated-circuit electrical connectors electrically coupled to the integrated-circuit connector pads; an interposer having a top surface, facing the front surface of the integrated circuit, with first interposer connector pads, electrically coupled to the integrated-circuit electrical connectors, and second interposer connector pads; input/output (I/O)-integrated-circuit electrical connectors electrically coupled to the second interposer connector pads; an I/O integrated circuit having a front surface, facing the top surface, with first I/O-integrated-circuit connector pads electrically coupled to the I/O-integrated-circuit electrical connectors, and second I/O-integrated-circuit connector pads, wherein the I/O integrated circuit is proximate to the integrated circuit on a same side of the interposer, and wherein the I/O integrated circuit includes electrical I/O circuits and optical driver and receiver circuits; optical-integrated-circuit electrical connectors electrically coupled to the second I/O-integrated-circuit connector pads; and an optical integrated circuit having a top surface, facing the front surface of the I/O integrated circuit, with optical-integrated-circuit connector pads electrically coupled to the optical-integrated-circuit electrical connectors, wherein the optical integrated circuit is configured to communicate optical signals; wherein the optical integrated circuit is placed adjacent to the interposer, and wherein a part of the I/O integrated circuit extends beyond an edge of the interposer to dispose on top of the optical integrated circuit.",0.16925091452643176,0.3385018290528635
9296218,"1. A printing apparatus comprising: a supporting member which supports a medium; a transport device which transports the medium supported by the supporting member in a transport direction; a first head which ejects a first radiation curable type ink; a second head which is arranged on a downstream side of the first head in the transport direction and ejects a second radiation curable type ink; a third head which is arranged on the downstream side of the second head in the transport direction and ejects a third radiation curable type ink, wherein the third ink is black; a fourth head which is arranged on the downstream side of the third head in the transport direction and ejects a fourth radiation curable type ink, wherein the fourth ink is yellow; a first irradiation section which is arranged between the first head and the second head in the transport direction and irradiates radiation rays with an integrated light quantity to a degree at which the first ink ejected from the first head is not completely cured; a second irradiation section which is arranged between the second head and the third head in the transport direction and irradiates radiation rays with an integrated light quantity to a degree at which the second ink ejected from the second head is not completely cured; a third irradiation section which is arranged between the third head and the fourth head in the transport direction and irradiates radiation rays with an integrated light quantity to a degree at which the third ink ejected from the third head is not completely cured; and a fourth irradiation section which is arranged on the downstream side of the fourth head in the transport direction and irradiates radiation rays with an integrated light quantity to a degree at which wetting and spreading of the first to fourth inks respectively ejected from the first to fourth heads are stopped on the medium, wherein the radiation rays respectively irradiated from the first irradiation section to the third irradiation section have a peak wavelength of 350 nm to 450 nm, and coloring materials included in the third ink and the fourth ink have higher absorption properties of the radiation rays with the peak wavelength than coloring materials included in the first ink and the second ink, a controller configured to adjust a size of the input current of the first irradiation section, the second irradiation section and the third irradiation section so that the integrated light quantity of the radiation rays irradiated from the first irradiation section and the second irradiation section are greater than the integrated light quantity of the radiation rays irradiated from the third irradiation section.",0.4146025278475228,0.8292050556950455
8508947,"1. An electronic assembly, comprising: a first substrate package and a second substrate package; a plurality of input/output (I/O) contact pads on the packages, wherein the plurality of I/O contact pads is electrically coupled to at least one of the first substrate package and the second substrate package; a plurality of cable contacts on both ends of a flex cable, wherein the plurality of cable contacts is electrically connected with the plurality of I/O contact pads of the packages; a plurality of traces on a side of the flex cable and extended between both ends of the flex cable, wherein the plurality of traces is electrically coupled to the plurality of cable contacts; a plurality of solder mask strips on the plurality of traces, wherein the plurality of solder mask strips intersect the plurality of traces; and an organic solderability preservative material on at least a portion of the plurality of traces that is not covered by the plurality of solder mask strips.",0.3317054626904111,0.6634109253808222
8960146,"1. A variable-angle vortex generator, installed in an intake pipe ( 100 ) of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a shaft seat ( a plurality of vanes ( a position restoring mechanism ( thereby when the fluid enters into the intake pipe (",0.780538334122317,0.438923331755366
8963694,"1. An electronic device comprising: a registration interface configured to register device data corresponding to a plurality of remote controllable devices; a position locator configured to determine position data corresponding to a position of the electronic device; an orientation interface configured to receive orientation data corresponding to an orientation of a user indicative of which one of the plurality of remote controllable devices the user is facing; and a controller configured to select a remote controlled device to be controlled from among the plurality of remote controllable devices, the selection being based on the device data, the position data, and the orientation data, wherein the orientation interface comprises a wireless interface for receiving the orientation data by a wireless communication.",0.21308677052128525,0.42617354104257044
9302776,"1. A ram outlet header comprising: a ram outlet header body; a ram air fan mounting neck and a ram air fan mounting flange configured to couple the ram outlet header to a ram air fan housing; a heat exchanger mounting flange configured to couple the ram outlet header to a heat exchanger assembly; a lower face comprising a first stiffener; and a mid-section comprising a second stiffener, a third stiffener, and a fourth stiffener, wherein the ram air fan mounting flange is positioned between the lower face and the mid-section, and a ratio of thickness of the second stiffener to the third stiffener is between 1.04 and 1.16, and a ratio of thickness of the fourth stiffener to the third stiffener is between 1.04 and 1.16.",0.48831576262580967,0.9766315252516193
8515944,"1. A sensor node managing apparatus that transmits/receives data through connection with more than two different sensor networks, each of which includes a plurality of sensor nodes, the sensor node managing apparatus comprising: a query optimization unit receiving a query that includes a spatial join predicate for searching for target sensor nodes and a comparison predicate that is different for each sensor network, and generating query execution order for searching for the target sensor nodes based on the received query, wherein the spatial join predicate is related to a spatial location between the sensor nodes respectively included in different sensor networks, and wherein the comparison predicate is related to sensing values of the sensor nodes from the respective sensor networks; a query execution unit executing the spatial join predicate and the comparison predicate on the more than two different sensor networks based on the query execution order received from the query optimization unit, and extracting the target sensor nodes by using a result of the execution, a spatial index unit storing location information of the sensor nodes respectively included in the more than two sensor networks, wherein the query execution unit extracts sensor nodes that correspond to the spatial join predicate based on the location information stored in the spatial index unit, and a query result storage unit storing selectivity information that includes sensor node extraction information of each sensor node network with respect to previous execution results of a previous spatial join predicate and a previous comparison predicate, which have been previously executed, wherein, when selectivity information on the previous spatial join predicate and the previous comparison predicate is stored in the query result storage unit, the query optimization unit generates the query execution order based on the selectivity information stored in the query result storage unit.",0.28975297771578523,0.5795059554315705
9318768,"1. A shovel comprising: a lower traveling body; an upper rotating body rotatably attached to the lower traveling body; and an electricity storage module mounted on the upper rotating body, wherein the electricity storage module includes a plurality of electricity storage cells each having at least a pair of electrodes led out from edges of a plate-like portion in a first direction, wherein the electricity storage cells are stacked in a thickness direction of the plate-like portions, and are connected in series by bringing the electrodes of the electricity storage cells adjacent to each other in a stack direction into contact with each other, wherein the electrodes of each of the electricity storage cells are attached to the plate-like portion at a position deviated closer to a dorsal surface, which is one surface, than the central position of the plate-like portion in the thickness direction, wherein the electricity storage cells adjacent to each other are arranged in the stack direction of the electricity storage cells in a posture where the dorsal surfaces face each other or in a posture where ventral surfaces opposite the dorsal surfaces face each other, and wherein the electrodes that electrically connect the two electricity storage cells of which the dorsal surfaces face each other are in contact with each other at mutually facing surfaces of the electrodes.",0.4623195524640395,0.924639104928079
9727590,"1. A method of establishing a connection to a database node, the method comprising: receiving a connection request at a cluster manager from a requesting process; querying a first hierarchical level of an index of a database system to receive a cluster and node configuration for the database system, wherein the query results in receipt of a first index response, and wherein querying the first hierarchical level of the index of the database system includes performing a query command on a first index node in a first index cluster; determining whether the first index response includes a relevant pointer to a second hierarchical level of the index; querying the second hierarchical level of the index to receive the cluster and node configuration for the database system when it is determined that the first index response includes the relevant pointer to the second hierarchical level, wherein querying the second hierarchical level of the index includes performing a query command on a second index node in a second index cluster, and wherein the first index cluster is different from the second index cluster; determining a cluster/node topography for the database system based on the received cluster and node configuration; assembling a connection list based on the cluster/node topography of the database system; and connecting the requesting process to one or more of a specified database node and a specified database cluster based on the connection list.",0.1499242735080261,0.2998485470160521
9845796,"1. An apparatus operable to propel a gas, comprising: at least one pair of layers including a first layer and a second layer arranged in a stack; means for heating and/or cooling the first layer and the second layer to form a hot layer and a cold layer, the cold layer having a lower temperature than the hot layer, and at least one through hole in the stack; wherein:",0.6599096071817585,0.680180785636483
9171939,"1. A method for manufacturing a thin-film transistor, comprising the following steps: (1) providing a substrate; (2) forming a first metal layer on the substrate and applying a masking operation to form a gate terminal; (3) forming a gate insulation layer on the gate terminal; (4) forming an oxide semiconductor layer on the gate insulation layer and forming a second metal layer on the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein the second metal layer comprises a titanium layer formed on the oxide semiconductor layer and a copper layer formed on the titanium layer and is subjected to a masking operation to form a data line and source/drain terminal; and (5) forming a transparent conductive layer on the second metal layer and applying a masking operation to patternize the transparent conductive layer to form the thin-film transistor; wherein the masking operation of step (4) comprises: (4.11) forming a photoresist layer on the copper layer and applying exposure and wet etching to form the data line and forming a channel in the photoresist layer at a corresponding location; (4.12) applying dry etching to the titanium layer with carbon tetrafluoride or sulfide hexafluoride; (4.13) ashing a bottom of the channel with oxygen to expose the copper layer; (4.14) applying wet etching to the oxide semiconductor layer with oxalic acid; (4.15) applying wet etching to the exposed copper layer with keto acid in order to expose the titanium layer; and (4.16) applying dry etching to the exposed titanium layer with carbon tetrafluoride or sulfide hexafluoride and removing the photoresist layer to form a source/drain terminal.",0.382873813079874,0.765747626159748
9581206,"1. A fixed type constant velocity universal joint, comprising: an outer joint member having a spherical inner peripheral surface in which a plurality of track grooves is formed so as to extend in an axial direction of the outer joint member, an inner joint member having a spherical outer peripheral surface in which a plurality of track grooves is formed so as to be paired with the plurality of track grooves of the outer joint member; a plurality of balls for transmitting torque, a cage comprising pockets for receiving the plurality of balls, wherein the plurality of track grooves of the outer joint member comprises: wherein each of the first track groove portions ( wherein the first track groove portions ( wherein each of the second track groove portions ( wherein each of first track groove portions ( wherein each of the plurality of track grooves of the inner joint member is formed so as to be mirror-image symmetrical with a corresponding one of the plurality of track grooves of the outer joint member with respect to a plane (P) including the joint center (O) at an operating angle of 0°, and wherein a pocket clearance (δ) is set within a range in which the plurality of balls and the pockets of the cage are fitted with an interference fit or a clearance fit.",0.11600734354850802,0.232014687097016
8397914,1. A manually openable heat shrunk package comprising: a first flexible heat shrinkable film; a second flexible heat shrinkable film; a hermetic seal comprising a perimeter heat seal formed by heat sealing a portion of said second flexible heat shrinkable film to a portion of said first flexible heat shrinkable film; wherein only one of said films is readily frangible and renders said heat seal manually peelable; a heat set tab on each of said two flexible heat shrinkable films which are aligned with each other; wherein each of said tabs has a sufficient surface area facing the other tab but not adhered to it to render said tab readily manually graspable; wherein a portion of each of said tabs immediately adjacent to said heat seal is adhered to the other and said adhered portion includes a feature which concentrates stress on said heat seal when said tabs are pulled away from each other in a direction generally perpendicular to the plane of the heat seal; wherein said graspable tabs are adapted to pull away from each other such that said readily frangible film cleanly peels apart from itself to rupture said heat seal and open said package.,0.13510410930317251,0.27020821860634503
9727995,"1. A method for providing an alternative representation of virtual content in a virtual universe, comprising the computer implemented steps of: displaying a set of virtual universe alternative representations to a user of a virtual universe, the virtual universe including a computer-based virtual environment that a plurality of users access and interact with using avatars; receiving input from the user corresponding to a set of desired virtual universe alternative representation characteristics; defining a set of virtual content of the virtual universe in terms of a virtual reality modeling language, wherein the virtual content definitions comprise programming data necessary for executing objects, texts, and scripts within the virtual universe; accessing, in response to the user entering a region of the virtual universe, visual capacity information stored in a user profile associated with the user within a user database; determining a visual capacity of a user of the virtual universe based on the input from the user and the visual capacity information; providing, by a server array, an alternative representation of a virtual content of the virtual universe renderable to the user by modifying the definition of the virtual content renderable in the virtual universe with metadata that identifies how to modify the virtual content renderable in the virtual universe based on the visual capacity of the user of the virtual universe,—wherein the modifying further includes: annotating the definition of the objects associated with the virtual content with metadata that identifies how to provide simplified geometric representations of the objects.",0.03477673770344111,0.06955347540688228
9661577,"1. A power management module comprising a client monitoring component arranged to: monitor idle periods for at least one client component; and derive at least one idle period characteristic value for the at least one client component based at least partly on the monitoring of the idle periods therefor, wherein the power management module further comprises a power mode control component arranged to: wherein at least one of the first and second periods of time is configured based at least partly on the at least one idle period characteristic value derived by the client monitoring component for the at least one client component.",0.9631116015916324,0.0737767968167351
9540822,"1. A process for preparing roofing granules, the process comprising: (a) providing granule cores; (b) providing a coating material; (c) coating the granule cores with the coating material to form a coating layer having an exterior surface; (d) including composite nanoparticles in the coating layer; and (e) curing the coating layer.",0.9068816838911278,0.18623663221774445
9163266,1. A recombinant yeast host cell which produces isobutanol and comprises mitochondria which is substantially devoid of threonine deaminase activity and pyruvate dehydrogenase activity.,0.8447554462308423,0.3104891075383154
8952236,"1. A hybrid type roof panel having a solar cell in which two types of solar cells are disposed over an entire area of roof glass in a hybrid manner, comprising: a first solar cell having transparent characteristics disposed in a center of the roof glass; and a second solar cell having better photovoltaic performance than the first solar cell disposed in an edge part of the roof glass.",0.9892690166869549,0.021461966626090234
9231128,"1. A solar cell module, comprising: a plurality of solar cells, each solar cell including a substrate and an electrode part positioned at a surface of the substrate; an interconnector consisting of a conductive metal strip formed of a material containing an amount of lead (Pb) equal to or less than about 1,000 ppm, the interconnector lacking a solder coated on a surface of the conductive metal strip, and electrically connecting at least one of the plurality of solar cells to another of the plurality of solar cells; and a first conductive adhesive film including a first resin and a plurality of first conductive particles dispersed in the first resin, the first conductive adhesive film being positioned between the electrode part of the at least one of the plurality of solar cells and the interconnector to electrically connect the electrode part of the at least one of the plurality of solar cells to the interconnector, wherein a portion of at least one of the plurality of first conductive particles is embedded in the conductive metal strip of the interconnector, wherein a contact surface between the plurality of first conductive particles and the conductive metal strip is an uneven surface, and wherein the contact surface has the same surface shape as the portion of the at least one first conductive particle that is embedded in the conductive metal strip of the interconnector.",0.9836710827698107,0.03265783446037851
9561978,"1. A process of operating a screw press comprising the steps of, a) rotating an auger within a screening section while the screening section is rotationally fixed; and, b) rotating the screening section while spraying water against the screening section.",0.3187625697512476,0.6375251395024952
8587479,"1. A position information detection system comprising: a first semiconductor device; a second semiconductor device; and a reader/writer which transmits and receives data by transmission and reception of a radio signal to/from the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device, wherein the first semiconductor device has a function to detect a first signal intensity of a radio signal transmitted from the reader/writer, a function to calculate a first calculated distance from the first signal intensity, and a function to transmit data on the first calculated distance to the reader/writer; wherein the second semiconductor device has a function to detect a second signal intensity of a radio signal transmitted from the reader/writer, a function to calculate a second calculated distance from the second signal intensity, and a function to transmit data on the second calculated distance to the reader/writer; wherein each of the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor device has a secondary battery, the secondary battery being charged by the radio signal; and wherein the reader/writer has a function to calculate a position of the second semiconductor device from the first calculated distance, the second calculated distance, a position of the first semiconductor device, and a position of the reader/writer.",0.18666703512643856,0.3733340702528771
8966074,"1. A method for monitoring live-data flow through a network, comprising: monitoring, at a first processing node, a mirrored live-data flow of the live-data flow passing through a selected point within the network, wherein the live-data flow comprises data that is in active transmission between endpoints in the network and prior to storage of the data in a database; decoding, at the first processing node, each packet within the mirrored live-data flow according to each protocol associated with a packet, wherein packets having a plurality of protocols associated therewith are decoded in parallel with each other; comparing, at the first processing node, each of the decoded packets to at least one of a set of predetermined or deduced conditions; executing at least one predetermined or deduced response based upon detection of at least one predetermined or deduced condition within the decoded packets; processing, at a second processing node, at least a portion of the decoded packets of the live-data flow causing execution of the at least one predetermined or deduced response using a relational language processing to determine a manner for controlling an operation of the network at a same time the live-data flow is in active transmission between the endpoints in the network, wherein the step of processing further comprises steps of: controlling the operation of the network using the at least one control action.",0.3689997617260536,0.7379995234521072
9580047,"1. A windscreen wiper device of the flat blade type, comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove at least one longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein said connecting device is connected to the flexible material of said wiper blade by at least one pin, wherein said pin cooperates with a recess provided along an exterior edge of said longitudinal strip in order to block any movement of said wiper blade in longitudinal direction thereof relative to said longitudinal strip at the location of the interconnection of said connecting device and said wiper blade, wherein said pin allows a movement of said longitudinal strip in upward and downward direction at least substantially perpendicular to the windscreen to be wiped, wherein said connecting device is connected to the flexible material of said wiper blade by said at least one pin being of a first type and at least one pin of a second type, wherein said pin of the second type is mounted through the flexible material of said wiper blade at the location of the interconnection of said connecting device and said wiper blade in order to block any lateral movement of longitudinal strip at the location of the interconnection of said connecting device and said wiper blade, and wherein said pins of the first and of the second type allow a movement of said longitudinal strip in upward and downward direction at least substantially perpendicular to the windscreen to be wiped, and wherein said at least one pin of the first type and said at least one pin of the second type are fabricated as separate and distinct constructional elements from said connecting device.",0.5242643967722718,0.9514712064554565
8420632,"1. A compound of formula (I) below: in which: R R R R n can take the values of 0, 1, 2 or 3; and also addition salts of said compound of formula (I) with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid, addition salts of said compound of formula (I) with a pharmaceutically acceptable base, and enantiomers of said compound of formula (I).",0.2900817126589067,0.5801634253178134
9608723,"1. A method for carrier-signal power ratio (CSPR) control in a direct detection optical system, comprising: receiving an electrical signal in a receiver (RX) digital signal processor (DSP) wherein the electrical signal is obtained from a corresponding optical signal via a direct detection component; estimating, with the RX DSP, a CSPR for the electrical signal, wherein the estimating the CSPR comprises estimating the CSPR in a digital domain according to digital samples in a quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) demodulator; generating, with the RX DSP, a control signal according to the CSPR; and transmitting, with the RX DSP, the control signal to a first optical element, wherein the control signal causes a center wavelength (CW) of the first optical element to be adjusted such that an offset between the CW of the first optical element and the CW of a second optical element results in a specified CSPR.",0.3302405793240593,0.6604811586481186
9778715,"1. A master-slave communication system, comprising: at least one slave participant; at least one master participant; and a communication connection between the slave participant and the master participant, wherein: in a normal operating mode, the slave participant being is supplied by the master participant with a supply voltage between a lower voltage threshold and an upper voltage threshold via the communication connection, and the master-slave communication system has, in addition to the normal operating mode, a standby operating mode in which the master participant supplies the slave participant with a standby voltage below the lower voltage threshold via the communication connection, wherein: the slave participant detects useful data in the normal operating mode, and the slave participant continues detecting the useful data in the standby operating mode, in response to the detected useful data exceeding a predetermined value range in the standby operating mode, the slave participant requests from the master participant to terminate the standby operating mode in that the slave participant initiates, via the communication connection with the aid of a current sink, a first current flow at least one of (1) over a predetermined duration and (2) with a predetermined current intensity.",0.7912757675943727,0.41744846481125464
8397488,"1. Method for reducing harmful gases and particle emissions in the exhaust gas of internal combustion engines which contains oxygen (O 2 ) in addition to hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and particles, in which method the exhaust gas to be cleaned is conducted, under operating conditions, with a discontinuous profile of the air ratio λ across a wall-flow filter substrate of length L, with the wall-flow filter substrate having a multiplicity of ducts which run in the longitudinal direction and which are formed by walls which run in the longitudinal direction and which delimit and form the ducts, and the ducts comprise inflow ducts with an open inlet end and a closed outlet end and also outflow ducts with a closed inlet end and an open outlet end, which wall-flow filter substrate comprises a catalytically active coating containing at least one storage material, with at least 60% by weight of the storage material in relation to its total amount being present in the walls between inflow and outflow ducts, and with at least 50% by weight of the storage material in relation to its total amount being present in a first, inflow-side zone in the wall-flow filter substrate, which first, inflow-side zone extends from the inlet end towards the outlet end and the length of which first inflow-side zone corresponds to at most ⅔ of the length of the wall-flow filter substrate, and with one or more exhaust-gas components being bound in the storage material under certain operating conditions, which exhaust-gas components can be released again from said storage material in the event of a suitable change in the operating conditions.",0.9663100306483354,0.06737993870332915
9029810,"1. A method for providing scanner corrections, comprising: providing a plurality of wafer geometry groups; identifying a particular wafer geometry group out of the plurality of wafer geometry groups that best matches wafer geometry of a given wafer; and applying at least one scanner correction value associated with the particular wafer geometry group to the given wafer.",0.06761172629713726,0.13522345259427448
8788448,"1. A system for predicting occupancy of an enclosure comprising: a model of occupancy patterns based at least in part on information regarding the enclosure and/or the expected occupants of the enclosure, wherein: a sensor configured to detect occupancy within the enclosure; and an occupancy predictor configured to predict future occupancy of the enclosure based at least in part on the model and the occupancy detected by the sensor.",0.7887070532674701,0.4225858934650597
8974720,"1. A method for producing a ceramic laminate having a layer structure in which two or more layers are laminated, comprising: a step of producing a laminate comprising a first layer and a second layer, the first layer containing a low-crystalline solid electrolyte and the second layer containing at least composite particles obtained by covering an electrode active material with the solid electrolyte; and a step of performing a heat treatment on the laminate comprising the first and second layers at a temperature of 500° C. or more and less than 700° C.; wherein the low-crystalline solid electrolyte has a chemical composition represented by the following Formula (1): where 0<x<1, the second layer further contains the low-crystalline solid electrolyte in addition to the composite particles, the total content of the low-crystalline solid electrolyte in the second layer is 10 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the electrode active material in the second layer, and the low-crystalline solid electrolyte is a material in which the S/N (signal/noise) ratio of an XRD pattern of the crystal increases after the heat treatment.",0.8126189062431247,0.37476218751375057
8374469,"1. An optical waveguide comprising: a waveguide core; a clad covering the waveguide core, the clad being made of an insulating material; two external regions in the vicinity of the waveguide core; and a bridge structure connecting the two external regions to the waveguide core, wherein the waveguide core is formed of a part of a semiconductor layer, the semiconductor layer comprising at least: wherein the bridge structure is provided by forming multiple holes to the second impurity concentration regions in the semiconductor layer, the multiple holes being arranged respectively into a row along a longitudinal direction of the waveguide on both sides of the first impurity concentration region, wherein first ends of the multiple holes are located at a boundary of the first and second impurity concentration regions, wherein the two external regions enable injecting a current into the waveguide core through the bridge structure, and wherein the waveguide core is optically separated from the two external regions by the multiple holes.",0.19353430408846473,0.38706860817692945
8993181,"1. A fuel cell vehicle comprising: a fuel cell that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between an oxidizing gas and a fuel gas, and a valve for the fuel cell that disconnects or connects between an upstream side and a downstream side of a flow path via which the oxidizing gas or the fuel gas is supplied to the fuel cell or via which the oxidizing gas or the fuel gas is discharged from the fuel cell, wherein the valve for the fuel cell comprises: a housing; a first pressure chamber and a second pressure chamber provided in the housing; two supply/discharge tubes connected to the housing, and supplying and discharging fluid to and from the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber, respectively; a drive shaft supported by the housing, and movable in its axial direction when subjected to a force corresponding to a pressure difference between the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber; a valve member body fixed to the drive shaft; and a flow path forming pressure chamber extending from an inlet portion to an outlet portion opened on the housing, wherein the flow path forming pressure chamber is disconnected or connected in response to a displacement of the valve member body according to a movement of the drive shaft in its axial direction, and wherein at least one supply/discharge tube of the two supply/discharge tubes is positioned straight behind the housing constituting the valve for the fuel cell as seen from a front side to a rear side of the vehicle along its longitudinal direction.",0.9524736870629177,0.09505262587416463
9819640,"1. A remote connection keeping method for an electronic device comprising a communication module and connecting to a network through the communication module having a network chip, the remote connection keeping method comprising: entering a power-saving state from an operation state by the electronic device after establishing a first network connection between the electronic device and a server; continuously detecting a keep-alive packet sent from the server through the first network connection during a period of operating in the power-saving state; and returning to the operation state from the power-saving state in response to a wake-up signal to re-establish a second network connection between the electronic device and the server if an error of reception of the keep-alive packet occurs, wherein the wake-up signal is generated in response to the error of reception of the keep-alive packet occurs, wherein the error comprises a condition of not receiving the keep-alive packet that conforms to a predefined packet pattern set by the electronic device within a predetermined time, wherein the step of returning to the operation state from the power-saving state in response to the wake-up signal to re-establish the second network connection between the electronic device and the server if the error of reception of the keep-alive packet occurs comprises: checking whether the first network connection exists after returning to the operation state from the power-saving state in response to the wake-up signal; and re-establishing the second network connection between the electronic device and the server if the first network connection does not exist.",0.7431521391560468,0.5136957216879063
9181570,"1. An isolated recombinant variant LovD polypeptide having at least two-fold greater acyltransferase activity than the wild-type Aspergillus terreus acyltransferase, wherein said variant LovD polypeptide is at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said variant LovD polypeptide comprises the substitution L174F, wherein the positions is numbered by correspondence with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.",0.38928838581076675,0.7785767716215335
9364485,"1. A sprayable topical pharmaceutical composition, comprising a steroid, and further comprising a non-polymeric emulsifying agent comprising sorbitan stearate, a polymer selected from the group consisting of a cellulose, a gum, an alginate, and a phthalate, water, a water-immiscible substance, and a penetration enhancer; wherein said composition is substantially free of a propellant, an alcohol, and propylene glycol; wherein the topical pharmaceutical composition forms droplets upon application and is substantially non-foaming and substantially non-occlusive to the skin.",0.05046075979562131,0.10092151959124263
8369493,"1. A method for recording a to-do list and adding to-do list items to a software calendar application, comprising: receiving an incoming call to a first communication device; answering the incoming call using a digital telephone answering device (DTAD), the DTAD being associated with the first communication device; prompting a caller to record an audio to-do list by the DTAD; recording the audio to-do list from the caller by the DTAD; converting the audio to-do list into a text to-do list by the DTAD prior to sending the text to-do list to a computing device; sending, by the DTAD, at least one to-do list item from the text to-do list to the computing device; and adding the at least one to-do list item to the software calendar application associated with the computing device, wherein the software calendar application is configured to provide reminders for performing the at least one to-do list item.",0.39720805650712326,0.7944161130142465
8698491,"1. A position detecting device comprising: a plurality of integrated circuits, each including a magnetism detection element that outputs a signal corresponding to a magnetism of a magnetic generation unit disposed in an object to be detected, a signal processor circuit that processes the signal output from the magnetism detection element, and an output circuit that outputs the signal processed by the signal processor circuit from an output terminal to an electronic control unit that controls a vehicle, wherein the output circuit includes: a power side transistor and a ground side transistor which are connected in series with signal lines that connect a power supply and a ground and control a voltage of the signal lines; a control circuit that controls the power side transistor and the ground side transistor based on the signal processed by the signal processor circuit; an output signal line having one end connected to a connection point of the signal lines connecting the power side transistor and the ground side transistor, and the other end connected to the output terminal; a power side current detector circuit that detects a current flowing in the signal line between the power supply and the connection point; a ground side current detector circuit that detects a current flowing in the signal line between the connection point and the ground; a first comparator circuit that outputs a first abnormal signal when a current value detected by the power side current detector circuit is larger than a normal value of a current flowing from the power supply to the ground in a normal state; a second comparator circuit that outputs a second abnormal signal when a current value detected by the ground side current detector circuit is larger than the normal value; and a cutoff unit that cuts off conduction of the output signal line when the first abnormal signal is output from the first comparator circuit, or when the second abnormal signal is output from the second comparator circuit.",0.32890032569881356,0.6578006513976271
9107911,"1. A prodrug compound of Formula I; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R is optionally substituted aliphatic, aromatic or heteroaromatic;",0.36735793879166323,0.7347158775833265
8596224,"1. A muzzle, comprising: a muzzle body having a generally curved surface area in the shape of a generally oblique circular cone with a portion thereof, including the apex, removed by taking a flat plane at a right angle to the vertical axis of the cone a predetermined distance below the apex, providing generally a frustum of an oblique circular cone, and further having removed from the generally oblique circular cone a surface area in the shape of a generally isosceles trapezoid, the diagonal bisector of the removed portion being opposite the vertical axis of the generally oblique circular cone surface, the unequal sides of the removed generally isosceles trapezoid portion being a portion of a perimeter of the front opening and a portion of a perimeter of the base opening, the removed portion representing between ⅕ and ⅔ of the surface area of the generally oblique circular cone; two adjustable, then lockable, straps coupled, circumferentially, around the outside surface of the muzzle body proximate the front opening, the at least one fixed strap defining an aperture large enough to allow an animal on which it is placed to open its mouth; at least one adjustable strap coupled, circumferentially, around the at least one fixed strap and muzzle body, the at least one adjustable strap configured to be loosened or tightened using tensioning mechanism(s) so as to adjust the size of the aperture defined by the front opening and fixed strap of the muzzle body; a medical airway clip coupled to the muzzle body for receiving a medical airway device; and a medical airway device coupled to the medical airway clip.",0.06316247122942056,0.12632494245884107
8937372,"1. A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit package system comprising: providing an in-line strip; attaching an integrated circuit die over the in-line strip; and applying a molding material to form a molded strip over the in-line strip, wherein the molded strip includes a molded segment over the integrated circuit die, a molded strip bridge between the molded segment, and a molded strip protrusion surrounding the molded segment along an edge of the in-line strip.",0.207767265464287,0.41553453092857406
8984894,"1. A method for operation of a combined-cycle power plant with cogeneration, in which method combustion air is inducted in at least one gas turbine, is compressed and is supplied to at least one combustion chamber for combustion of a fuel, and the resultant exhaust gas is expanded in at least one turbine, producing work, and in which method the exhaust gas which emerges from the at least one turbine is passed through a heat recovery steam generator in order to generate steam, wherein the heat recovery steam generator is part of a water-steam circuit with at least one steam turbine, a condenser, a feedwater tank and a feedwater pump, wherein heat is provided by extracting steam from the at least one steam turbine, the method comprising: passing a portion of the inducted combustion air through the at least one turbine to the heat recovery steam generator without being involved in the combustion of the fuel in the gas turbine to restrict electricity production while heat provided by the extracting of steam from the at least one steam turbine remains constant, and using the portion of the combustion air to operate at least one supplementary firing in the heat recovery steam generator; wherein the at least one combustion chamber is comprised of a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber that are sequentially arranged and wherein the at least one gas turbine is designed for sequential combustion and has two sequentially arranged combustion chambers comprising the first and second combustion chambers and wherein the at least one turbine in which the resultant exhaust gas is expanded is comprised of two turbines for expansion of the exhaust gases, and wherein the portion of the compressed combustion air which is not used for combustion of the fuel is provided for operation of the supplementary firing by switching off the second combustion chamber.",0.9978230772961972,0.004353845407605528
9045701,"1. A method of treating feeds from renewable sources containing double bonds comprising: Providing a hydrotreatment stage a) comprising at least a first catalytic zone serially flow-wise connected to a second catalytic zone; Forming an entry stream comprising a hydrogen rich gas, a first portion of a hydrotreated liquid effluent from a separation stage b), and a renewable feed comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of triglycerides, free fatty acids and esters; Introducing the entry stream to the first catalytic zone wherein a majority of the double bonds in the renewable feed are hydrogenated at a temperature of 180-210° C. to produce a hydrogenated effluent, and wherein the hydrogenated effluent has a temperature 50-60° C. higher than the entry stream; Preheating a second portion of the hydrotreated liquid effluent from separation stage b) to produce a preheated hydrotreated liquid effluent; Mixing the preheated hydrotreated liquid effluent with the hydrogenated effluent to produce a second entry stream; Introducing the second entry stream to a second catalytic zone at a temperature of 280-320° C. to deoxygenate-hydrodenitrogenate the hydrogenated effluent and to produce an effluent; Passing the effluent from the second catalytic zone to the separation stage b) to obtain a gaseous hydrogen-containing effluent and said hydrotreated liquid effluent, wherein at least a part of the hydrotreated liquid effluent is recycled as said first and said second portions with an overall recycle rate of greater than 0.5 and less than 3, and wherein the overall recycle rate is defined as the ratio of the mass flow rate of total recycled hydrotreated liquid effluent to the mass flow rate of fresh renewable feed.",0.9756849065099132,0.04863018698017352
9499674,1. A film comprising 0.5 to 15 wt % of polymeric particles having: (a) at least 70 wt % polymerized residues of acrylic monomers; (b) an average particle diameter from 0.75 to 15 μm; and (c) a refractive index which changes continuously from the center of the particles to the surface; and a continuous polymeric phase comprising at least 85 wt % of a polyolefin which is a polymer or copolymer of alkenes having from two to eight carbon atoms; wherein an average refractive index difference measured from 400 nm to 800 nm between the polymeric particles and the continuous polymeric phase is no greater than 0.02.,0.4858854696594543,0.9717709393189086
8618271,"1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a fagopyritol synthase, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:3 by basic BLAST using default parameters analysis.",0.5744281169174862,0.8511437661650276
8950205,"1. A cooling system located within an airstream, comprising: a filter frame with sides and an open center; a screen mesh affixed to the sides of the filter frame and extending across the open center and located within an air stream; at least one conduit for delivering water to said screen mesh; and an electronic control unit to control water flow, the electronic control unit being in communication with an ambient air temperature sensor and a relative humidity sensor, the electronic control unit controlling delivery of a water mist or spray from the conduit commensurate with measurements of the ambient air temperature and relative humidity received from the air temperature sensor and the relative humidity sensor, the electronic control unit further controlling water delivery based on condenser liquid discharge line temperature and compressor running status.",0.8978688303496715,0.20426233930065707
8863056,"1. An integrated design-for-manufacturing (DFM) platform comprising: an automatic warning and verification system comprising a unified coordinate system for converting between layout coordinates, wafer coordinates, and mask coordinates; an automatic data feedback and feed forward system configured to: an automatic intellectual property (IP) library management system; and a data management system, wherein the automatic warning and verification system, the automatic data feedback and feed forward system, the automatic IP library management system, the data management system, and the unified coordinate system are integrated under a same platform.",0.16216787352256987,0.3243357470451398
8941520,"1. A digital-to-analog converter, comprising an inverter-driven resistor-ladder network comprising a resistor for each bit signal of a multi-bit input signal, the multi-bit input signal comprising a plurality of bits, each resistor of the resistor-ladder network comprising an input end and an output end, the input end of each resistor being coupled to a corresponding bit signal of the multi-bit input signal, and the output end of each resistor being coupled to an output node of the resistor-ladder network, the digital-to-analog converter to generate an output voltage at the output node being based on the multi-bit input signal; wherein the multi-bit input signal is a sigma-delta (ΣΔ) modulated multi-bit input signal and wherein the multi-bit input signal further comprises a slope-controlled ΣΔ modulated multi-bit input signal.",0.4358125645061086,0.8716251290122172
9571987,"1. A seat management system comprising: a moving apparatus capable of wirelessly communicating directly with each of a plurality of terminal devices used, respectively, on a plurality of seats being present on a floor, while autonomously moving within the floor; and an information management apparatus capable of communicating with the moving apparatus, wherein the moving apparatus includes: the information management apparatus includes:",0.07189524584661836,0.14379049169323666
9364195,"1. A Deep Vein Thrombosis therapeutic method, comprising: providing a treatment device that includes: identifying at least one venous outflow obstruction site based on images obtained from the imaging element; assessing the at least one venous outflow obstruction site to determine whether the at least one venous outflow obstruction site causes significant narrowing of the vein, wherein venous outflow obstruction sites causing significant narrowing of the vein are identified for treatment with the therapeutic agent via the balloon; verifying the at least one venous outflow obstruction site by determining a pressure gradient across the at least one venous outflow obstruction site; and applying the treatment device to an identified venous outflow obstruction site of the vein of a patient to treat deep vein thrombosis symptoms of the patient, including inflating the balloon adjacent to the identified venous outflow obstruction site to apply the therapeutic agent to the identified venous outflow obstruction site to increase a cross-sectional area of a lumen of the vein.",0.038721447348781315,0.0774428946975626
9112935,"1. A system for manipulating binary objects, said system comprising: a memory area storing a plurality of blobs, each of the plurality of blobs being associated with a blob type from a plurality of blob types, each of the plurality of blob types defining one or more transformation functions; and a processor programmed to:",0.1025398742775572,0.20507974855511435
9663095,"1. A traction control device reducing an output of an engine for suppressing a spin of a driving wheel of a vehicle, comprising: a first spin detector detecting the spin of the driving wheel based on a vehicle speed calculated from a rotation of a driven wheel to which a driving force is not transmitted from the engine, and a vehicle speed calculated from a rotation of the driving wheel to which the driving force is transmitted from the engine; a second spin detector detecting the spin of the driving wheel based on a speed of the vehicle calculated from the rotation of the driven wheel, and a speed of the vehicle calculated from a rotation of the engine; and a traveling determination unit determining whether the vehicle is in a starting state or a traveling state; wherein when the traveling determination unit determines that the vehicle is in the starting state, the first spin detector detects the spin of the driving wheel; and wherein when the determination unit determines that the vehicle is in the traveling state, the second spin detector detects the spin of the driving wheel.",0.4938874600666928,0.9877749201333856
8836161,"1. A rolling stock system, comprising: a power collector, connected to a primary winding of a transformer, which collects a first AC power from an overhead wire, a first power conversion unit, connected to a secondary winding of the transformer, which, based on the first AC power, generates a second AC power for driving a motor, a second power conversion unit, connected to a tertiary winding of the transformer, which, based on the first AC power, generates a third AC power to be supplied to an auxiliary device, a detector which detects a voltage of the overhead wire; and a power storage connected to at least one of the first power conversion unit and the second power conversion unit; wherein, after no power is detected, the first AC power is collected by the power collector when a phase and voltage level of the first AC power detected by the detector is synchronized with a phase and voltage level of a power supplied to the transformer, via the first power conversion unit or the second power conversion unit, from the power storage.",0.9250603713461795,0.14987925730764107
9295604,"1. A method of controlling a powered exoskeleton configured to be coupled to lower limbs of a person comprising: establishing a control parameter based on monitoring at least one of: positional changes in an arm portion of the person, positional changes in a head of the person, an orientation of a walking aid employed by the person, a contact force between a walking aid employed by the person and a support surface, a force imparted by the person on a walking aid used by the person, a force imparted by the person on a walking aid used by the person, a relative orientation of the exoskeleton, moveable components of the exoskeleton and the person, and relative velocities between the exoskeleton, moveable components of the exoskeleton and the person; determining a desired movement for the lower limbs of the person based on the control parameter; and controlling the exoskeleton to impart the desired movement.",0.261319626938377,0.522639253876754
9200582,"1. A fault diagnosis apparatus for an airflow meter for detecting an actual intake air quantity, comprising: means for detecting a rotation speed of an internal combustion engine; means for estimating an intake air quantity; and a control unit configured to:",0.7251821303476854,0.5496357393046292
8776344,"1. A steam reformer tube assembly, comprising: a reformer tube including a wail defining an interior space and an inlet port through fluid is delivered into the reformer tube; a plug having an angled end and being at least partially positioned in an opening in the interior space of the reformer tube such that a gap is defined between an exterior surface of the plug and the interior wall of the reformer tube; and a sealing member positioned in the gap to either limit or prevent the passage of the fluid toward the opening in the interior space of the reformer tube and along the gap; wherein the inlet port is positioned in close proximity to the plug. and an end of the plug positioned adjacent the inlet port is angled to direct the fluid introduced through said inlet port away from the sealing member.",0.24727512409387697,0.49455024818775395
8771263,"1. A disposable needle for adipose tissue laser treatment, said needle comprising: a light conducting body having a first end and a second end, the first end being configured for introduction into adipose tissue and the second end adapted to connect at least to a source of laser radiation; wherein the needle can be coupled to two or more laser sources, at least one of the laser sources operating in continuous (CW) mode and at least one of the laser sources operating in pulse mode; wherein the laser operating in the continuous operation mode (CW) heats up the adipose tissue and the laser source operating in the pulse operation mode induces mechanical stress on the adipose tissue; and wherein the laser operating in the continuous operation mode (CW) and the laser source operating in pulse operation mode operate substantially simultaneously.",0.11630198791847783,0.2326039758369557
8939113,"1. A variable valve timing controller applied to a variable valve timing device provided with a motor device including a motor and a motor drive circuit for supplying power to the motor for a drive, wherein a rotational force generated by driving the motor is transmitted to a cam shaft for an internal combustion engine, and a rotational phase of the cam shaft relative to a crank shaft for the internal combustion engine is changed by the rotational force, comprising: a first power supply control portion for performing a first power supply control for controlling the rotational phase to a target value by driving the motor by the motor drive circuit; a lock detecting portion for detecting an occurrence of a lock state where a load for rotating the cam shaft temporarily increases such that the load is greater than the rotational force and a change of the rotational phase stops or substantially stops during a changing of the rotational phase to the target value by the first power supply control portion with the internal combustion engine stopped; a cooling control portion for cooling the motor device in a case where it is detected that the lock state occurs by the lock detecting portion; and a second power supply control portion for performing a second power supply control for eliminating the lock state by driving the motor by the motor drive circuit after cooling the motor device by the cooling control portion, wherein: the second power supply control portion is configured to perform, as the second power supply control, 1) a reverse rotational control for temporarily controlling the rotational phase in a direction opposing a changing direction to the target value such that a rotational direction of the cam shaft is reversed from a forward direction to a reverse direction after detection of the lock state, and 2) a subsequent switching of the rotational direction back to the forward direction by temporarily increasing a power supply amount to the motor to a predetermined increasing amount at a start of switching the rotational direction.",0.9503000047032073,0.0993999905935854
9736279,"1. A method, in a data processing system, for protocol servicing in network-attached storage, the method comprising: monitoring, by a protocol service executing in the data processing system in a clustered file system, health counters that count total requests in and total requests out for a client accessing a network-attached storage device via the protocol service; determining, by the protocol service, a category of health of the protocol service based on the health counters; and taking corrective action based on the category of health of the protocol service.",0.16332066395927575,0.3266413279185515
8405930,"1. A magnetic recording head having an air-bearing surface (ABS) configured to reside in proximity to a media during use, the magnetic recording head comprising: a main pole including pole tip occupying a portion of the ABS and a back edge distal from the ABS; a first auxiliary pole having a first front recessed from the ABS and a first back portion, the first auxiliary pole being magnetically coupled with the main pole; a second auxiliary pole having a second front recessed from the ABS and a second back portion, a portion of the main pole distal from the ABS residing between the first auxiliary pole and the second auxiliary pole, the second auxiliary pole being magnetically coupled with the main pole; a backgap magnetically coupling the first back portion of the first auxiliary pole with the second back portion of the second auxiliary pole; a nonmagnetic spacer adjoining the back edge of the main pole and residing between the first auxiliary pole and the second auxiliary pole; and at least one coil for energizing the main pole.",0.010318865036919424,0.020637730073838845
9621026,"1. A power conversion apparatus for converting DC power, supplied from a first DC power supply having a first electrode and a second electrode, and from a second DC power supply having a first electrode connected to a second electrode of said first DC power supply and a second electrode, into AC power, and supplying the AC power to a load, said power conversion apparatus comprising: a first main switch having a first end coupled to the first electrode of said first DC power supply, and a second end coupled to said load, a first main diode connected in parallel with said first main switch, so as to have a conducting direction opposite to the conducting direction of said first main switch, a first snubber capacitor connected in parallel with said first main switch and said first main diode, a first snubber diode connected in series with said first snubber capacitor and connected between said first snubber capacitor and the second end of said first main switch, so as to have a conducting direction identical to the conducting direction of said first main switch, a first auxiliary switch and a first auxiliary reactor connected between a connection node of said first DC power supply and said second DC power supply and a connection node of said first snubber capacitor and said first snubber diode, and connected in series with each other, a second main switch having a first end coupled to the second end of said first main switch and the second end coupled to the second electrode of said second DC power supply, provided so as to have a conducting direction identical to the conducting direction of said first main switch, a second main diode connected in parallel with said second main switch, so as to have a conducting direction opposite to the conducting direction of said second main switch, a second snubber capacitor connected in parallel with said second main switch and said second main diode, a second snubber diode connected in series with said second snubber capacitor, and connected between said second snubber capacitor and the first end of said second main switch, so as to have a conducting direction identical to the conducting direction of said second main switch, a second auxiliary switch and a second auxiliary reactor connected between a connection node of said first DC power supply and said second DC power supply and a connection node of said second snubber capacitor and said second snubber diode, and connected in series with each other, and a protection circuit for causing, when voltage applied to said first snubber capacitor becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined value or when voltage applied to said second snubber capacitor becomes greater than or equal to the predetermined value, a charging current formerly flowing from said first DC power supply and said second DC power supply to said first snubber capacitor or said second snubber capacitor to flow to another current path, said protection circuit including a first transformer and a second transformer, and a first clamp diode and a second clamp diode, said first secondary winding and said first clamp diode connected in series between the first electrode of said first DC power supply and the second electrode of said first DC power supply, said second secondary winding and said second clamp diode connected in series between the first electrode of said second DC power supply and the second electrode of said second DC power supply, said first secondary winding and said first clamp diode connected in series, and said first primary winding and said second primary winding connected in series, and the connection node of said first primary winding and said secondary primary winding connected to said load.",0.8560461511115268,0.28790769777694636
9657585,"1. An axial compressor comprising a liquid drop spray nozzle for feeding liquid drops to an operating fluid of the compressor as intake air, a casing for forming a flow path through which the operating fluid flows down and a plurality of stages, each of which is composed of one continuous rotor blade row and one continuous stator vane row, the axial compressor being structured so that the liquid drops evaporate inside the compressor, characterized in that: the casing is provided with a cavity therein, and the cavity is formed by an outer casing and an inner casing which is enclosing a periphery of the rotor blade rows at the plurality of stages and forming internally a flow path of the operating fluid, and another flow path is provided for feeding the operating fluid to the cavity on a downstream side of a region forming the cavity of the inner casing, wherein the another flow path is a flow path for feeding the operating fluid bled from an intermediate stage of the compressor via a bleed pipe as turbine cooling air for cooling a turbine driven by high-temperature combustion gas and connected to the cavity for feeding a part of the operating fluid to the cavity.",0.24371890684787634,0.4874378136957527
8775951,"1. A method comprising: receiving a plurality of postings from one or more users to post to an account of an account holder, the one or more users connected to the account holder via a network, the account holder being a member of the network, the one or more users also being members of the network, the postings received over a period of time, particular ones of the postings being shareable with one or more user groups defined by the account holder in the network; associating with selected time identifiers to be displayed along a first timeline graphic the postings that are received from one or more accounts of the one or more users and that are selectable by the one or more users to access hyperlinks to allow the one or more users to provide comments on the postings, the postings and the comments being arranged in a chronological order to be displayed along the first timeline graphic, wherein the first timeline graphic is associated with a life story of the account holder; receiving the comments from the one or more users; providing the postings and the comments to the account of the account holder for display of the postings and the comments along the first timeline graphic when a request for viewing the postings and the comments is received from the account holder; receiving a selection of information associated with one of the one or more users, wherein the information is posted within the account of the account holder; and providing a second timeline graphic with a life story of the one of the one or more users in response to the selection, the life story of the one of the one or more users including one or more images depicting the one of the one or more users, wherein the method is executed by a processor.",0.01804172884474868,0.03608345768949739
9756558,"1. A method, in a user equipment (UE), for performing Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection establishment, the method comprising: performing cell selection in accordance with a cell selection process, wherein a first timer is used to control that the cell selection process is performed within a first time, and a second timer is used to control that a cell is treated as barred for a second time if certain system information associated to that cell is missing or cannot be acquired; and controlling the first timer and the second timer such that the second timer expires in a time period after the first timer has been started and before the first timer has expired, wherein controlling the second timer comprises modifying the second timer, and wherein modifying the second timer comprises setting the second timer to a predefined connected mode second value before starting the second timer.",0.7763986517705299,0.4472026964589402
9811574,"1. A computer-implemented method for presenting job information to a plurality of job posting systems, comprising: receiving a source content; responsive to receiving the source content, detecting a file structure or structure and formatting of the source content; responsive to detecting the file structure or structure and formatting of the source content, selecting an appropriate extractor based on the detected structure of the source content; receiving an indication of the plurality of systems on which to post job content; extracting, using the selected extractor, transforming, and loading the source content to a first system of the plurality of job posting systems; extracting, using the selected extractor, transforming and loading the source content to a second system of the plurality of job posting systems, wherein the extracting, transforming, and loading of the source content to the second system occurs in parallel with the extracting, transforming, and loading of the source content to first system; presenting a progress indication for the extracting, transforming and loading for the first and second system at an interface; monitoring in real-time, by a monitoring processor, the extraction, transforming, and loading processes for the source content at each of the first and second systems, and, based on the real-time monitoring results, reprioritizing operations of the extraction, transforming, and loading processes at any of or both of the first and second systems.",0.029181127353572388,0.058362254707144734
8769928,"1. An exhaust system for a combustion engine, comprising: an exhaust passage; a reduction catalyst disposed within the exhaust passage; an injection device configured to inject reductant into the exhaust passage upstream of the reduction catalyst, the reductant selected to facilitate within the reduction catalyst a reduction of an exhaust constituent; a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a concentration of the exhaust constituent and the reductant within the exhaust passage; and a controller in communication with the sensor and the injection device, the controller being configured to:",0.9072364469474,0.18552710610519996
8460460,1. A cementitious composition comprising: (i) at least one cementitious and/or pozzolanic material; (ii) at least one desugared molasses; and (iii) at least one alkanolamine and/or at least one polyhydroxyalkylamine.,0.7816117353995098,0.4367765292009804
9380119,"1. A method, comprising: inserting, by an apparatus, an indication associated with a neighbor awareness network to be advertised to an apparatus address field of a Bluetooth Low Energy advertisement packet; and transmitting, by the apparatus, the Bluetooth Low Energy advertisement packet including the inserted indication associated with the neighbor awareness network to be advertised.",0.27611570473868746,0.5522314094773749
9553301,"1. A method for the formation of a lithium ion secondary battery comprising a lithium rich metal oxide composition, a negative electrode, a separator between the positive electrode and negative electrode, and an electrolyte comprising lithium ions, the method comprising: performing a first charge of the battery to a voltage from about 2.1 V to about 4.225V; after completing the first charge, holding the battery at an open circuit for a rest period at a temperature from about 35° C. to about 75° C.; performing a second charge after the completion of the rest period to a voltage from about 4.275V to about 4.39V; discharging the battery after the second charge to a voltage no more than about 2.75V; and partially charging the battery for distribution to users.",0.9628004205065261,0.07439915898694771
9284219,"1. A method of reprocessing high carbon coal fly ash to produce a cementitious material and a synthesis gas, the method comprising: depositing the high carbon coal fly ash, a bed material, and an ancillary carbonaceous fuel in a thermal reactor; gasifying the high carbon coal fly ash, the bed material, and the ancillary carbonaceous fuel in the thermal reactor to convert the high carbon coal fly ash, the bed material, and the ancillary carbonaceous fuel to a bottom ash and the synthesis gas; transferring the bottom ash to a kiln; and heating the bottom ash in the kiln to a temperature that produces cementitious clinker nodules.",0.9815295916830326,0.03694081663393489
8655572,"1. A control device of a spark-ignition gasoline engine, comprising: an engine body having a cylinder of which a geometric compression ratio is set to 14:1 or above, and for being supplied with fuel containing at least gasoline; a fuel injection mechanism including at least a cylinder internal injection valve for injecting the fuel into the cylinder; an ignition plug for igniting air-fuel mixture within the cylinder; a fuel pressure variable mechanism for changing a pressure of the fuel that is injected by the cylinder internal injection valve; and a controller for operating the engine body by controlling at least the fuel injection mechanism, the ignition plug, and the fuel pressure variable mechanism, wherein when an operating state of the engine body is within a low engine speed range, the controller operates the fuel pressure variable mechanism so that the fuel pressure is higher within a high engine load range compared to a low engine load range, the controller operates, within the high engine load range, the fuel injection mechanism to perform at least a fuel injection into the cylinder by the cylinder internal injection valve at a timing during a retard period from a late stage of a compression stroke to an early stage of an expansion stroke, and the controller operates, within the high engine load range, the ignition plug to ignite at a timing during the retard period and after the fuel injection, and wherein, when the operating state of the engine body is within a middle engine speed range of the high engine load range, the controller at least either operates the fuel injection mechanism to further perform a fuel injection during an intake stroke and perform the fuel injection during the intake stroke with a greater fuel injection amount.",0.8986252875856401,0.20274942482871983
8551388,"1. A process for fabricating a quadrupole mass spectrometer (QMS) component comprising: (a) preparing a bed of curable material; (b) selectively exposing to incident radiation each of a plurality of x-y layers of the bed of curable material sequentially in the z-direction to produce x-y layers of selectively cured material which are characteristic of the x-y layers of the QMS component, wherein step (b) includes re-characterising sequentially the incident radiation commensurate with the sequential exposure of the plurality of x-y layers in the z-direction.",0.39030604053611445,0.7806120810722289
9702975,"1. A lidar measurement system for the detection of the presence and/or motion of particles and/or objects in a space region remote from the lidar measurement system and comprising an interferometer arrangement, wherein the interferometer arrangement comprises: a continuous wave laser source, a photodetector arrangement adapted to output a detector signal characteristic of light of the continuous wave laser source incident thereon, optical components which are adapted and arranged in such a manner that light emitted by the continuous wave laser source is at first split, is subsequently guided along a first optical path, which constitutes a measurement branch of the interferometer arrangement, and along a second optical path, which is separate from the first optical path and constitutes a reference branch of the interferometer arrangement, and after having passed through the measurement branch and the reference branch is eventually incident in a spatially coherently superimposed manner onto the photodetector arrangement, wherein the reference branch has a predetermined optical path length, and the measurement branch comprises a measurement portion, in which the light is directed away from the measurement system towards a space region remote from the measurement system and passes through the space region and light backscattered or reflected towards the measurement system by particles or objects present in the space region is received again at the measurement system, and an evaluation unit which is coupled to the photodetector arrangement and is adapted to receive the detector signal of the photodetector arrangement and to determine from the detector signal the presence and/or movement of particles and/or objects in the remote space region, wherein the continuous wave laser source has a coherence length in the range of 0.1 to 100 m.",0.15904505279060105,0.3180901055812021
8480798,"1. A system for separating carbon dioxide gas from internal combustion engine exhaust, said system comprising: an internal combustion engine configured to emit exhaust gas when operating, said exhaust gas characterized as having an elevated temperature and comprising carbon dioxide, said system is installed on a vehicle propelled by the internal combustion engine; a heat exchanger configured to cool the exhaust gas emitted by the internal combustion engine; a scrubber tank containing a carbon dioxide absorbent fluid and configured to bubble exhaust gas from the heat exchanger through the carbon dioxide absorbent fluid, whereby carbon dioxide gas is absorbed by the carbon dioxide absorbent fluid; a pump configured to urge the carbon dioxide absorbent fluid through the heat exchanger, wherein the carbon dioxide absorbent fluid is heated by heat from the exhaust gas, whereby the carbon dioxide absorbent fluid releases stored carbon dioxide; and a carbon dioxide storage means configured to store the carbon dioxide released in the heat exchanger.",0.9761389464705434,0.04772210705891311
9098219,"1. An image forming apparatus capable of being connected to a network via a print server, the image forming apparatus comprising: an update unit configured to update media data in response to a modification operation for modification of the media data; a starting unit configured to start a recording of the updating of the media data by the update unit when the print server is in a power saving state; and a transmission unit configured to transmit to the print server, in a case where the updating of the media data by the update unit has been recorded when a notification that the print server returned from the power saving state is received, the updated media data.",0.19502661332384108,0.39005322664768216
9083173,"1. An apparatus comprising a power generation and control system for preventing power from flowing to a power grid from a circuit, located in an end user establishment, including a branch circuit having an individual circuit breaker, during a power outage that can be installed in an end user establishment, the system having: a main power flow controller for controlling a flow of power between the power grid and the circuit, said controller including:",0.9415285422066636,0.1169429155866728
9374102,"1. An apparatus comprising: an analog to digital converter (ADC) circuit comprising an analog input to receive a first analog signal, a trigger input to receive a trigger signal to initiate conversion of the first analog signal, a first control input to receive control information to control a conversion characteristic, an output to provide a digital representation of the first analog signal, and a status output to provide a status signal representative of a status of the ADC circuit subject to the conversion characteristic; and a control circuit comprising a first input, a first output coupled to the trigger input of the ADC circuit to provide the trigger signal to initiate conversion of the first analog signal, and a control output coupled to the first control input of the ADC circuit to provide the control information to the ADC circuit, wherein the control circuit determines the control information in response to input information received at the first input, wherein the input information received at the first input is at least one of an timing input signal and a change of a parameter value of the first analog signal, and the conversion characteristic is one of a first conversion rate and a first conversion resolution.",0.3311072361929846,0.6622144723859692
9097443,"1. An apparatus for mounting solar panels to rails, including: a t-bolt including a t-bolt body, and a t-bolt head, and the t-bolt head includes a t-bolt head planar bottom surface with the t-bolt body projecting perpendicularly therefrom; a mounting device including a planar top surface, a planar bottom surface, a first portion with first portion parallel sides projecting vertically upward out of the planar top surface, a second portion with second portion parallel sides projecting vertically downward out of the planar bottom surface and aligned over and along the first portion parallel sides, an aperture passing through the first portion and the second portion, and a slot in the second portion cutting transversely across and through the second portion parallel sides and aligned over the aperture; the t-bolt, and the mounting device configurable into a first position where the t-bolt body passes through the aperture, the t-bolt head planar bottom surface engages flushly against the slot, and the t-bolt is rotationally captive within the slot; the planar top surface is divided by the first portion into a first top surface portion and a second top surface portion; a first grounding pin and a second grounding pin; the first grounding pin projecting through the first top surface portion and the planar bottom surface; and the second grounding pin projecting through the second top surface portion and the planar bottom surface.",0.8654024802981577,0.2691950394036846
8532193,"1. A method comprising: decoding video frames comprised of an intra-coded frame and a predictive-coded frame, at least one video frame having at least one target pixel block to be filtered, said decoding comprising performing motion compensation on said predictive-coded frame; filtering said target pixel block by using at least one pixel value of said target pixel block and multiple pixel values of one other pixel block adjacent to said target pixel block and storing said filtered video frame in a decoded frame buffer, wherein said filtering comprises: obtaining an absolute value of a result from calculations using a difference between said at least one pixel value of said target pixel block and at least one of said multiple pixel values of said one other pixel block, obtaining, based on a comparison of said absolute value with a particular value, a compensation value calculated by using said at least one pixel value of said target pixel block and said multiple pixel values of said one other pixel block, and applying said compensation value to compensate for said target pixel block.",0.0428929461524546,0.08578589230490918
9518212,"1. A method of preparing a gelled liquid hydrocarbon fracturing fluid comprising adding a phosphoric acid ester to a hydrocarbon liquid, the phosphoric acid ester having the formula wherein R is a phenyl alkyl ether having from about 2 to 12 alkyl carbon atoms and 1 phenyl group and R′ is an alkyl group having from about 4 to 8 carbon atoms, at least a stoichiometric amount of a polyvalent metal source selected from ferric iron salts and aluminum compounds which reacts with said phosphoric acid ester to form a ferric iron or aluminum polyvalent metal salt thereof, water and an amount of a delayed gel breaker effective to break said gelled hydrocarbon fracturing fluid.",0.41365440902640627,0.8273088180528125
9154946,"1. A method for securing communication between at least a first and a second hardware component comprised in a mobile device configured for a first stage of operation comprising a power-on initialization and second phase of operation following the first phase, the method comprising: generating a first secret in one of the first or second hardware components of the mobile device, the first hardware component comprising functionality for user identification, the second hardware component comprising functionality for wireless transmission; establishing the first secret as a first shared secret between the first and the second hardware components during the power-on initialization of the mobile device in the first phase of operation and before the second phase of operation in which software is loaded; and following the power-on initialization of the mobile device, using the first shared secret or a derivative thereof to secure the communication between the first and the second hardware components.",0.5735753129081945,0.852849374183611
9431671,"1. A microbial fuel cell (MFC) comprising: a microfluidic element having an inlet portion and an outlet portion for intake and discharge of a culture fluid containing cells and a microchannel portion for capturing the cells and interconnecting the inlet portion and the outlet portion; a microprobe-array element having microprobes as anodes for extracting electrons produced during a metabolic process of the cells, and delivering the extracted electrons to an external circuit outside the cells; and a cathode for delivering the electrons used in the external circuit to an electron acceptor outside the cells, wherein the microprobes penetrate the microfluidic element and are inserted into a plurality of single cells captured by the microchannel portion when the microfluidic element and the microprobe-array element are coupled together, and the microprobes are separated from the single cells when the microfluidic element and the microprobe-array element are separated from each other.",0.8732840122273359,0.25343197554532826
9814186,"1. A method of growing a plant, said method comprising: a. arranging a first plant support structure in a row, wherein said first plant support structure has a height, a width, and a length; b. arranging a second plant support structure in a second row, wherein said second plant support structure has a height, a width, and a length equal to said height, said width, and said length of said first plant support structure, respectively, and wherein said first plant support structure is laterally spaced from said second plant support structure so as to create an aisle between said first and second plant support structures; c. positioning a trolley in said aisle, wherein said trolley is engaged with a light system, wherein said light system is attached to an air conduit, and wherein said light system comprises:",0.7695161389704546,0.46096772205909087
9482362,"1. A check valve for injecting fuel, comprising: an elongate body having a through-hole formed along a longitudinal direction of the body, wherein a first neck-down portion having an outer diameter smaller than other areas is formed at an intermediate portion of the body in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a fuel flow hole is formed at the first neck-down portion; a coupling ring coupled to an upper end of the body, wherein the coupling ring is configured to fix the body to a prechamber; a coil spring installed inside the coupling ring; an elongate spindle slidably installed inside the through-hole of the body and inside the coil spring in the coupling ring, wherein a second neck-down portion having an outer diameter smaller than other areas is formed at a lower end portion of the spindle; a spring seat inserted into an annular gap formed between an upper end portion of the spindle and an upper end portion of the coupling ring, wherein the spring seat is fixed with the upper end portion of the spindle and slidable with the spindle inside the upper end portion of the coupling ring; and a spacer, which is coupled to a lower end of the body, for fixing the lower end of the body that covers an outer edge of the spindle to the prechamber, wherein an O-ring is provided in the upper end portion of the spindle to contact an inner surface of the through hole of the body.",0.19762774772655148,0.3952554954531029
9806516,"1. A method for reverse current protection of a number of strings of a photovoltaic generator being connected to a common DC link in parallel in small groups respectively via a corresponding DC/DC converter, comprising: detecting a current flowing via each of the DC/DC converters; and inhibiting a reverse current flowing through one of the DC/DC converters by a control of the DC/DC converter in response to the detection, wherein the reverse current flowing through one of the DC/DC converters is inhibited by a control of the remaining DC/DC converters not having a reverse current, thereby interrupting the flow of current from the strings connected thereby to the common DC link.",0.9456262992893694,0.10874740142126127
8405751,"1. An image sensor pixel structure comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a shallow trench isolation structure and a semiconductor material portion, wherein said shallow trench isolation structure laterally encloses said semiconductor material portion, said semiconductor material portion has a contiguous semiconductor surface and includes four photodiodes, four channel regions, and a common floating diffusion region, said contiguous semiconductor surface extends over an entirety of said semiconductor material portion, each of said four channel regions is directly adjoined to one of said four photodiodes and to said common floating diffusion region; and four gate stacks overlying each of said four channel regions, wherein each of said four gate stacks includes a gate dielectric and a gate electrode, and wherein said four photodiodes, said four channel regions, said common floating diffusion region, and said four gate stacks constitute four field effect transistors in which said common floating diffusion region constitutes a common drain.",0.11331370184025724,0.22662740368051448
9641906,"1. A content transmission device that transmits live distribution content which is constituted by a plurality of segments to a content playback device, the content transmission device comprising: management information transmission circuitry that transmits content management information which is described in respect to an offset indicated by a difference between a time when a segment is available and a time when at least a portion of the segment is available to the content playback device.",0.1931413205209588,0.38628264104191756
8368468,"1. An error amplifier comprising: a differential input stage comprising a differential output; an output stage comprising: a control switch module; wherein during a first operation mode, the control switch module makes the gate of the second PMOS connected to the gate controller, the gate of the second NMOS connected to the differential output and the drain of the second PMOS connected to the error amplifier output, and during a second operation mode, the control switch module makes the second PMOS and the second NMOS isolated from the gate controller, the differential output and the error amplifier output.",0.31268440223985056,0.6253688044797011
9052442,"1. A method for applying a hydrophilic coating onto a silicone hydrogel contact lens, comprising the steps of: (a) placing the contact lens in a lens package containing a packaging solution, thereby forming an LbL coating on the contact lens, wherein the packaging solution comprises a polyionic material and at least one hydrolysable-at-autoclave material, wherein the polyionic material includes (i) a polymer having a hydrophobic backbone and multiple charged or ionizable pendant groups, (ii) a chitosan, or (iii) a combination thereof, wherein the packaging solution has an initial pH of less than about 4.0, wherein the hydrolysable-at-autoclave material is present in the packaging solution in an amount sufficient to impart a final neutral pH to the packaging solution after the package with the contact lens therein is autoclaved; (b) sealing the lens package with the contact lens and the packaging solution having the initial pH of less than about 4.0 therein; and (c) autoclaving said sealed package with the contact lens and the packaging solution therein, thereby hydrolyzing the hydrolysable-at-autoclave material and imparting the final neutral pH to the packaging solution in the sealed package, wherein the LbL coating has a hydrophilicity characterized by an averaged water contact angle of about 80 degrees or less.",0.4018979474319258,0.8037958948638516
8451005,"1. A device for detecting a fault of at least one street lamp of a plurality of street lamps which are connectable in common to an AC power supply, comprising: a first section for obtaining an active power measure (P) representative of the total active power (Pt) supplied by the AC power supply to the plurality of street lamps; and a second section for obtaining a reactive power measure (Q) representative of the total reactive power (Qt) supplied by the AC power supply to the plurality of street lamps; a third section for detecting a variation (ΔP) in the obtained active power measure (P); a fourth section for detecting a variation (ΔQ) in the obtained reactive power measure (Q); and a fault determination section for determining whether a fault of at least one street lamp has occurred based on the detected variations (ΔP, ΔQ) in the obtained active power measure (P) and in the obtained reactive power measure (Q).",0.7406103026533076,0.5187793946933847
9723354,"1. A system, comprising: a computing device having a memory and a processor, wherein the processor is programmed to: identify at least one available tuner associated with at least one of a plurality of set top boxes in communication with the computing device, the plurality of set top boxes including at least a first set top box and a second set top box; receive a request from the first set top box to access content via an available tuner of the second set top box; determine a sharing preference associated with the shared use of the available tuner of the second set top box; access account information associated with the first set top box; determine, from the account information associated with the first set top box, that the first set top box is authorized to receive the content requested by the first set top box; and in response to determining that the account information authorizes the first set top box to receive the requested content, command the second set top box to stream the requested content from the available tuner of the second set top box to the first set top box according to the sharing preference associated with the shared use of the available tuner of the second set top box.",0.20159088103384043,0.40318176206768086
8938560,"1. An interface device for a cabin monument, in particular for assembly in an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising: a routing device; a first plurality of interface connection sockets, which are connected to the routing device via a first plurality of connection lines and to which a vehicle interface of the aircraft or spacecraft can be connected; and a second plurality of interface connection sockets, which are connected to the routing device via a second plurality of connection lines and to which a cabin monument can be connected; wherein the routing device is constructed so as to selectively electrically connect interface connection sockets of the first plurality of interface connection sockets to interface connection sockets of the second plurality of interface connection sockets and in such a way that a three-phase current supply is provided for certain components of the cabin monument.",0.32306753466642096,0.6461350693328419
8964598,"1. A network architecture comprising: a plurality of lower level managed switching elements for forwarding network data to a plurality of machines comprising a first group of machines that are associated with a first logical datapath set and a second group of machines that are associated with a second logical datapath set, wherein the first and second logical datapath sets define first and second logical switching elements respectively; a plurality of higher level managed switching elements for processing network data received from the plurality of lower level managed switching elements, a set of controller instances for controlling the lower and higher level managed switching elements to implement the first and second logical datapath sets by:",0.49157778061549295,0.9831555612309859
8887844,"1. A vehicle having an electric drive device and an energy storage device which is arranged in a housing, wherein the energy storage device is formed from a plurality of cells; wherein the housing comprises a plurality of partitioning devices, such that at least one partitioning device is positioned between two cells; wherein the housing of the energy storage device is connected both to a cooling air intake duct, having an inlet opening, and to a cooling air outflow duct, having an outlet opening; wherein at least one partitioning device is configured in such a way that a plurality of cooling ducts are formed between the cells, and cooling air can flow through said cooling ducts in order to cool the energy storage device; wherein the inlet opening of the cooling air intake duct is positioned in a first region of the vehicle in which first region a higher pressure prevails than in a second region of the vehicle into which second region the outlet opening of the cooling air outflow duct opens; wherein the first region of the vehicle is arranged in a rear region of the vehicle, positioned above the rear drive axle and/or under the floor of the trunk; and wherein the second region of the vehicle is an under-floor region of the vehicle.",0.9451800964096359,0.1096398071807283
9791169,"1. A liquid heater comprising: a heat intended liquid flow channel having a first and second wall through which heat intended liquid flows in a liquid flow direction with the first wall being an inner wall and the second wall being an outer wall relative to a heating part disposed facing the first wall of the heat intended liquid flow channel for radiating heat toward the heat intended liquid flow channel so that a heat radiation direction crosses the liquid flow direction; a heat reflecting part having one side thereof facing the second wall of the heat intended liquid flow channel on a side opposite the first wall and at a location separated and spaced apart from said second wall of the heat intended liquid flow channel such that no direct thermal conduction exists between the heat reflecting part and said second wall of the heat intended liquid flow channel; a cooling part that cools the heat reflecting part, wherein the cooling part includes a cooling medium flow channel through which a cooling medium flows with the cooling medium flow channel facing the heat reflecting part on a side thereof opposite said one side of the heat reflecting part and being disposed in a substantially common direction with the longitudinal direction of the heat intended liquid flow channel for cooling the heat reflecting part by the cooling medium, and an outer cooling medium flow channel connected to an introduction side and a discharge side of the cooling medium flow channel with the outer cooling medium flow channel corresponding to the discharge side provided with a second cooling part that cools the cooling medium.",0.46191327132609333,0.9238265426521867
9197570,"1. A method for managing congestion of traffic in a packet switch, comprising the steps of: providing more than two different congestion levels at the switch for handling traffic associated with at least two different priorities, one being a Low priority traffic “L” and another being a High priority traffic “H”; for each traffic flow having a specific Destination and Priority (Dest-Prio), determining a current congestion level that matches a congestion control level selected from among said more than two a congestion control levels, and associating a different set of operations for handling each respective traffic flow, depending on its priority and its current congestion level, and for each traffic flow, performing operations that match the respective associated set of operations, and wherein a rate at which said operations are performed for each respective traffic flow increases when a higher congestion level is associated with that respective traffic flow, and wherein the more than two different congestion levels comprising: and wherein said levels of traffic flows congestions are used in generating respective Flow Control commands (FC CMDs) for regulating one or more traffic flows at a source of each given traffic flow.",0.7168372772339512,0.5663254455320976
9236753,"1. A power source device, comprising: an assembled battery which has a plurality of secondary battery cells connected in series; a plurality of discharge circuits which is connected in parallel with the plurality of the secondary battery cells, respectively, to discharge the secondary battery cell to which each discharge circuit is connected; a voltage detecting unit to detect a voltage of each of the plurality of secondary battery cells; and a charge control unit to (i) check whether the voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit reaches a predetermined first voltage while charging the plurality of secondary battery cells, (ii) check whether the voltage of a whole of the secondary battery cells reaches the first voltage, when the voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit reaches the predetermined first voltage, (iii) discharge all the secondary battery cells whose voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit have reached the predetermined first voltage, when the voltage of the whole of the secondary battery cells has not reached the predetermined first voltage; (iv) check whether the voltage of the secondary battery cells which are being discharged, reach a predetermined second voltage, and (v) recharge the second battery cell whose voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit have reached the predetermined second voltage, wherein the charge control unit repeats the charging, the discharging and the recharging until the voltage of the whole of the secondary battery cells simultaneously reaches the predetermined first voltage.",0.9594712495512242,0.0810575008975516
9837474,"1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising: a substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area adjacent the display area; a plurality of pixels, each comprising: a first insulating layer covering an active layer of the plurality of thin film transistors of each of the pixels, the first insulating layer having a greater number of contact holes corresponding to ones of the pixels at an outer region of the display area than corresponding to others of the pixels at a central area of the display area.",0.2891464153584574,0.5782928307169148
9644566,"1. A control apparatus for operating a fuel injector in fluid communication with a fuel rail to inject fuel into an internal combustion engine, wherein the control apparatus comprises an electronic control unit configured to: identify when the engine is running under a fuel cut-off condition; and perform a learning procedure to determine an actual value of energizing time that causes the fuel injector to inject a target fuel quantity in response to the fuel cut-off condition; wherein the learning procedure provides for the electronic control unit to: regulate the fuel rail pressure at a predetermined pressure value; energize the fuel injector to perform several test injections with different energizing time values; measure, for each one of the test injections, an engine torque value caused by the test injection; use the measured engine torque values and their correspondent energizing time values to extrapolate the actual value of the energizing time as the value that corresponds to a reference value of engine torque that is consistent with the target fuel quantity; wherein the energizing time value of each one of the test injections is predetermined for the fuel injector to inject a fuel quantity that is greater than the target fuel quantity; wherein the energizing time value of each one of the test injections is predetermined to cause the fuel injector to inject a fuel quantity that satisfies the following relation: wherein Qtar is the target fuel quantity and Q is the fuel quantity injected during the test injection; and the electronic control unit further configured to store the actual value of the energizing time and to use the actual value of the energizing time for correcting small fuel injections during the normal operation of the engine, such that the fuel injector delivers fuel to the engine in accordance with the actual value of the energizing time.",0.9576556248461274,0.08468875030774514
8630886,"1. A method comprising: monitoring, via a processor and as part of a workflow, one or more activities associated with a trouble ticket corresponding to a service of a service provider, wherein the one or more activities are tracked by a workflow engine; repeatedly acquiring status information for the one or more activities via the processor until a predetermined milestone is reached according to the workflow; storing the status information in a memory device for presentation to a subscriber of the service; presenting a prompt, via a graphical user interface, to a user designated to execute the one or more activities, wherein the user is an agent of the service provider, and the prompt is presented to acquire the status information; presenting the status information to the subscriber; presenting the status information to the user designated to execute the one or more activities to notify the user of what status information is provided to the subscriber; and invoking an instant communication session with one or more members of a workgroup designated to resolve the trouble ticket.",0.2883009084338267,0.5766018168676534
9431995,"1. A resonator element comprising: a quartz crystal substrate having: wherein the quartz crystal substrate includes: wherein the vibrating portion includes: wherein Z is a length of the quartz crystal substrate along the Z′-axis, t is a thickness of the first portion, and 11<Z/t≦53, wherein the convex portion includes one lateral side including a surface which intersects the Z′-axis and is inclined with respect to a plane including the X-axis and the Z′-axis, the other lateral side including a surface which intersects the Z′-axis and is perpendicular to the plane including the X-axis and the Z′-axis, and a planar portion which is interposed between the one lateral side and the other lateral side, and wherein when seen in a plan view, Sz is a length of the one lateral side along the Z′-axis, Mz is a length of the planar portion along the Z′-axis, and 0≦Sz/Mz≦0.05.",0.20709603407243599,0.41419206814487197
8576693,"1. A multi-carrier modem, the modem comprising: a receiver configured to receive a waveform comprising a plurality of spectrally overlapping carrier signals from at least two of a plurality of remote units, wherein the plurality of spectrally overlapping carrier signals are modulated using an inverse Fourier transform algorithm; a transmitter; a processor coupled to the transmitter, wherein the processor outputs data for transmission to the transmitter, wherein the processor applies an inverse Fourier transform algorithm to the data provided to the transmitter; a controller programmed to instruct the transmitter to transmit a predetermined identifier on at least one of the spectrally overlapping carrier signals, the predetermined identifier identifying to a first remote unit a range of the plurality of spectrally overlapping carrier signals for the first remote unit to receive control information.",0.4961578552105295,0.992315710421059
9137889,"1. A method for providing a low footprint optical interconnect, the method comprising: bonding a transceiver die directly onto a submount; aligning and attaching an optical imaging component to the submount; the optical imaging component being disposed over the transceiver die and in direct optical communication with the transceiver die; the low footprint optical interconnect being obtained by affixing the optical imaging component directly to the submount; the submount being mounted on a circuit board; wherein the transceiver die is an optoelectronic die is selected from an emitter die, a detector die, a receiver die or an emitter/detector/receiver die.",0.08390766893472305,0.16781533786944614
8741480,"1. A non-aqueous secondary battery comprising a positive electrode containing a lithium-containing composite oxide as an active material, a negative electrode, a separator, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the non-aqueous electrolyte contains polyvalent organic lithium salt, the content of the polyvalent organic lithium salt is 0.001 parts by mass or more and 1 part by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of all of components of the non-aqueous electrolyte other than the polyvalent organic lithium salt, and the polyvalent organic lithium salt includes at least one selected from the group consisting of LiSO",0.9442933257650138,0.11141334846997242
9732640,"1. A method for controlling and monitoring an electromagnet ( 8 ) that incorporates a solenoid through which a current can be passed in a first direction and in an opposite second direction such that the electromagnet selectively positions an element between two predetermined positions, the method comprising: providing an H bridge that controls the solenoid, said H bridge having a first transistor connecting a first terminal of the solenoid to a voltage source ( at the microcontroller ( verifying whether the element controlled by the electromagnet (",0.5050588760097341,0.9898822479805318
8463922,"1. A computer-implemented method to support a connector architecture comprising: deploying at least one resource adapter in an application server to connect the application server with an enterprise information system; initiating a connection pool at the application server, running on one or more microprocessors, to handle a connection request to the enterprise information system, wherein the connection pool is managed under a connection management contract between the application server and the resource adapter; pre-populating the connection pool with an initial number of managed connection objects, wherein each said managed connection object is an application level entity that is adapted to connect an application component to the enterprise information system; receiving a request for a connection to the enterprise information system from an application component on the application server; instantiating a resource object in the application server for accessing the enterprise information system in response to the connection request; obtaining an initiating principal associated with the application component making the connection request by querying security code of the application server; obtaining credentials from the application server for the initiating principal; and handling the connection request to the enterprise information system with an existing managed connection object pre-populated in the connection pool after obtaining the credentials for the initiating principal; allowing the connection pool to store call stacks of where each connection is located, in order to allow a user to debug an application component that fails to close connection objects.",0.36762444452827614,0.7352488890565523
9388438,"1. A method of reducing an α,β unsaturated compound, the method comprising: (a) providing: (i) an α,β unsaturated compound selected from the group consisting of an α,β unsaturated ketone, an α,β unsaturated aldehyde, an α,β unsaturated nitrile, and an α,β unsaturated ester; and (ii) an enone reductase polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to a SEQ ID NO:8, wherein the residue corresponding to X251 is A, C, R, E, D, W, Y, S, V, G, L, or I; and (b) contacting the α,β unsaturated compound with the enone reductase polypeptide under reaction conditions suitable for conversion of the α,β unsaturated compound to the corresponding saturated product compound selected from the group consisting of a saturated ketone, a saturated aldehyde, a saturated nitrile, and a saturated ester.",0.5412165495818079,0.9175669008363843
8936251,"1. A skate device, comprising: a footwear-type boot having a sole; two side wheels positioned on opposite sides of the boot; a cross-jacket, disposed on a front region of the sole, the cross-jacket comprising a side-by-side tube with through holes for receiving screws to fix the cross-jacket to the sole; an active displacement mechanism connected to the two side wheels, the active displacement mechanism comprising a chassis with a clamped shaft that mounts a transfer bar, shaped as a flat plate, to a main joint between two lateral joints, the lateral joints having a center displaced from the main pivot joint; and shock absorbers connected to the lateral joints.",0.05958348392667375,0.11916696785334746
8516774,"1. A method for constructing a base structure for a support tower, comprising: constructing a ring foundation pad, comprising: positioning a transition piece above such ring foundation pad; positioning a plurality of staves around such transition piece, each of such plurality of staves respectively comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, such bottom portion of each such stave being wider than such top portion thereof; respectively securing such bottom portion of each of such plurality of staves to such ring foundation pad; and respectively securing such top portion of each of such plurality of staves to such transition piece.",0.2655867530525291,0.5311735061050582
8405243,"1. A wind turbine comprising: at least one rotor blade; a hub; a rotor bearing supporting the at least one rotor blade and the hub; a gearbox casing receiving a gearbox; a generator casing receiving a generator; a head support; a tower; and an azimuth bearing supporting the head support rotatably on the tower, wherein the rotor bearing, the gearbox casing, and the generator casing are arranged between the hub and the head support, designed as load-transmitting components and joined to each other via screw connections.",0.9397102529815577,0.1205794940368845
8536549,"1. A system comprising: at least one laser source that generates a first pulse and a second pulse, wherein the first pulse and the second pulse are separated from one another by a non-zero time interval; and a target including a first solid material, wherein at least a portion of the first solid material becomes a plasma upon being exposed to the first pulse, wherein the plasma expands after the exposure to the first pulse, wherein the expanded plasma is then exposed to the second pulse, wherein a radiation emission occurs only after the exposure to the second pulse and wherein a reduction in high-kinetic energy debris produced as a result of exposure of the target to the first and the second pulse is more than one-half compared to a system in which the first pulse is absent.",0.3497171090290274,0.6994342180580548
9426586,"1. A method for hearing assistance device communications between a transmitter having a first clock and a receiver having a second clock, the method comprising: synchronizing the first clock, having a first frequency drift, and the second clock, having a second frequency drift, at a synchronization time; determining a time interval between the synchronization time and a transmission time of a transmission, wherein the transmission includes a packet; calculating a drift window using an initial drift window and a potential drift amount between the first clock and the second clock over the time interval including using a calculation of a number of sleep window intervals between the transmission and a second transmission, wherein the initial drift window is a product of a sleep interval and clock accuracy; and transmitting the transmission with the transmitter on a first channel, wherein the packet includes a packet length based on the first frequency drift and the second frequency drift and a preamble having a preamble length less than or equal to a duration of the drift window; and retransmitting the transmission on a second channel when the receiver does not receive the packet on the first channel.",0.13528324227213243,0.2705664845442648
9494922,"1. A parking meter comprising: a mechanism housing comprising: a radio communication module coupled to at least one of the parking meter mechanism components through an electrical cable for wirelessly communicating parking meter information; a parking meter housing enclosing at least the mechanism housing, the parking meter housing comprising: an antenna coupled to the radio communication module located above the mechanism housing to transmit and receive radio frequency (RF) signals through a transmission path comprising at least a portion of the parking meter that provides a low attenuation of RF signal, the antenna at least partially located within the second opening and extending outward from an interior side of the upper housing past the upper housing; a dome located within the upper housing sealing the opening in the upper housing, the dome comprising an opening coincident with the second opening of the upper housing; and a fin cover at least partially located within the second opening of the upper housing, extending outward and enclosing the antenna, the fin cover constructed from a material providing a low attenuation of the RF signals of the antenna to provide the transmission path of the antenna, wherein the fin cover passes through the opening in the dome, locating a base portion of the fin cover between a top surface of the upper mechanism section and the dome.",0.3265657739586397,0.6531315479172795
8812185,"1. A diagnostic apparatus of a hybrid vehicle which includes an internal combustion engine, a motor that generates a driving force for vehicle travel, and a diagnostic unit that diagnoses a vehicle state by motoring the internal combustion engine using the motor in a state where an output of the internal combustion engine is zero, the apparatus comprising: a required driving force detection unit configured to detect a required driving force of a driver; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a remaining time required until a diagnostic is completed is equal to or less than a predetermined time, in a case where the required driving force with a predetermined lower limit value or more is detected by the required driving force detection unit when the vehicle state is diagnosed by the diagnostic unit; and a control device configured to cause the motor to output the driving force for the vehicle travel, in a case where the remaining time is the predetermined time or less in the determination result of the determination unit, and continues the vehicle state diagnosis using the diagnostic unit by motoring the internal combustion engine using the motor in the state where the output of the internal combustion engine is zero.",0.9373337773695801,0.12533244526083975
9687498,"1. A method of preventing or treating a muscle wasting disease, the method comprising administering to a subject afflicted with a muscle wasting disease one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of isotretinoin, vismodegib, and lincomycin, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, stereoisomer thereof, solvate thereof, or combination thereof.",0.31140523662865405,0.6228104732573081
9411322,"1. A computer program product for operating an automated or semi-automated packaging systems, the computer program product comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, said computer-readable program code comprising: computer readable program code that directs a servo motor to drive an actuation rod to move a compression member through an adjustable compression stroke cycle; and computer readable program code that directs a servo motor to drive a linear drive system to advance a pusher through a breech chute defined by the compression member engaging a lower breech chute member while the compression member is extended over the lower breech chute member to define a substantially cylindrical cavity with an adjustable pusher stroke cycle.",0.11662910025096657,0.23325820050193313
9758918,"1. A washing machine comprising: a rear panel configured to be mounted on a wall; a tub supported by the rear panel and configured to contain wash water, the tub integrally formed with the rear panel; a front panel having a first opening therein, on or in front of the tub; a rotatable drum in the tub; a driving unit providing power to the drum; a cover on the rear panel and covering the tub and the front panel; a water supply device configured to supply wash water to the tub; and a drain device having a drain filter in a wash water discharge path, the drain filter being configured to filter foreign matter in the wash water, wherein the drain filter comprises: a filter main body communicating with a drain hole in the tub and having a bottom side exposed through the cover and a drain opening in the bottom side; and a filter cap unit coupled to the drain opening and having a filter portion configured to filter foreign matter in the wash water passing through the filter main body, wherein the filter main body comprises: a tub connection portion connected to the tub and configured to communicate with the drain hole; a central portion having a hollow shape and connected to a bottom of the tub connection portion; an actuator installation portion connected to and/or communicating with one side of the central portion to receive an end portion of an actuator; a hose connection portion connected to and/or communicating with a rear surface of the actuator installation portion, wherein the hose connection portion is closed or opened by moving of the actuator, the hose connection portion is provided at bottom of the actuator installation portion, and when the hose connection portion is opened, the wash water is discharged from the actuator installation portion through the hose connection portion; and a cap coupling portion having an open bottom side, configured to communicate with a bottom of the central portion, and coupled to the filter cap unit, wherein the rear panel is greater than the diameter of the tub, and wherein the rear panel is served as a mounting member to fix the wall-mounted drum washing machine on the wall.",0.21498354057562288,0.4299670811512457
9328312,1. A process for optimizing energy recovery from an oilseed comprising: pretreating whole oilseeds with subcritical water at a pretreatment temperature; separating pretreated oilseeds from a pretreated liquid phase; and extracting oil from the pretreated oilseeds using an organic solvent.,0.9325482533492272,0.1349034933015456
8987757,"1. A light emitting device comprising: a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; an interfacial layer including at least two superlattice structures adjacent to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer; an active layer adjacent to the interfacial layer; and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer adjacent to the active layer, wherein: the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, the interfacial layer, the active layer, and the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer are stacked in a same direction, the first and second semiconductor layer are of different conductivity types, wherein each superlattice structure has at least a first layer, a second layer and a third layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, the first layer and the second layer are repeated at least twice, wherein an energy band gap of the superlattice structure adjacent to the active layer is smaller than an energy band gap of the superlattice structure adjacent to the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and wherein a quantum wall forms a boundary between a first superlattice structure and a second superlattice structure, an energy band gap of the first layer in the first superlattice structure is same as an energy band gap of the second layer in the first superlattice structure, an energy band gap of the first layer in the second superlattice structure is same as an energy band gap of the second layer in the second superlattice structure, and the energy band gap of the first layer in the first superlattice structure is higher than the energy band gap of the first layer in the second superlattice structure, and wherein the first superlattice structure and the second superlattice structure are disposed between the first conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the active layer, wherein an energy band gap of the third layer is higher than the energy band gap of the first layer and the energy band gap of the second layer in each superlattice structure, and wherein an energy band gap of the third layer is smaller than an energy band gap of adjacent quantum walls.",0.5631280543601351,0.8737438912797297
9499681,"1. A plasticizer composition comprising: epoxidized fatty acid alkyl esters, wherein said epoxidized fatty acid alkyl esters have an iodine value in the range of from 7 to 10 g I wherein said epoxidized fatty acid alkyl esters have an oxirane oxygen content of at least 6 weight percent based on the entire weight of the epoxidized fatty acid alkyl esters, wherein said epoxidized fatty acid alkyl esters are prepared from esterified soybean oil, wherein said epoxidized fatty acid alkyl esters have a hydrophilic impurities content of less than 0.8 weight percent based on the entire weight of said epoxidized fatty acid alkyl esters.",0.0648010064578925,0.129602012915785
9773028,"1. A method of implementing non-schema attributes for objects in a directory enforcing schema control on object attributes comprising: storing a plurality of objects in a computer-implemented directory in accordance with a pre-defined schema for the directory, wherein the pre-defined schema specifies objects permitted in the directory and a plurality of attributes for the objects including one or more multivalue attributes, wherein each multivalue attribute includes an attribute name and multiple value portions each associated with that attribute name; encoding in the form of a string each of a plurality of non-schema attributes for an object in the directory, wherein the non-schema attributes are not defined in the pre-defined schema and each encoded string for a non-schema attribute includes a first portion with a name for that non-schema attribute and a second portion with a value for that non-schema attribute, and wherein the plurality of non-schema attributes includes at least two different non-schema attributes with different names; embedding each of the encoded strings for the non-schema attributes in a different value portion of a multivalue attribute of the object specified in the pre-defined schema without modification of the pre-defined schema to include definitions for the non-schema attributes, wherein the multivalue attribute contains the names and values for the plurality of non-schema attributes including the at least two different non-schema attributes, and wherein a syntax specifying a format for a corresponding non-schema attribute is maintained in a different multivalue attribute for the object in the pre-defined schema and the different multivalue attribute includes a name for the corresponding non-schema attribute and the syntax specifying a format for the corresponding non-schema attribute; and performing operations on the non-schema attributes of the object by accessing values of the non-schema attributes based on the names within the encoded strings in the value portions of the multivalue attribute.",0.04961246391237161,0.09922492782474324
9376933,"1. A gas turbine system including a casing outer part extending its length and containing a main shaft, compressor section, combustion section, a turbine section defined by a plurality of turbine blades, the system comprising: a first support structure that is stationary relative to the casing outer part and extends toward the main shaft and supports the main shaft, the first support structure having a bearing associated therewith for holding the main shaft allowing for rotation of the main shaft, wherein the first support structure has at least one internal conduit formed therein for receiving a liquid and defining a flow path for the liquid through the first support structure to an exit opening formed along the first support structure, the exit opening being formed such that liquid discharged therefrom flows in a direction at least substantially parallel to the main shaft and contacts hot combustion gas that surrounds the first support structure and flows also in a direction parallel to the main shaft; and a liquid impinging member that is associated with the main shaft downstream of the exit opening, the liquid impinging member being disposed downstream of the turbine blades, the liquid impinging member rotating with and at a same speed as the main shaft, the liquid impinging member being configured and positioned to contact liquid discharged through the exit opening and cause formation of a liquid spray defined by liquid droplets of reduced size, wherein the spray travels along a swirling path, whereby the hot combustion gas created as a result of fuel burning interact with the liquid spray liquid formed by the liquid impinging member resulting in the liquid being converted into a gaseous phase as a result of consumption of heat energy thereby yielding thrust mechanical energy.",0.8740564897152777,0.25188702056944456
8568319,"1. A method of operating an ultrasound imaging system, the method comprising: generating analog return signals in response to echo signals received from a number of depth ranges by a plurality of individual elements of a transducer that feed a plurality of channels of the ultrasound imaging system; converting the analog return signals in each channel to digital values with an analog to digital converter; monitoring the digital values in a number of depth range, each of which is smaller than an entire depth range from which echo signals are received in each of the channels with at least one component of the ultrasound imaging system to determine if a digital value of a return signal in a channel that is associated with an individual depth range is saturated; and adjusting a gain of the channel for the individual depth range associated with the digital value of the return signal that is saturated to reduce the saturation of the digital return signal in the channel.",0.04008719281991581,0.08017438563983159
9190059,"1. An electronic apparatus, comprising: a voice input unit which receives an audio input in a stand-by mode of the electronic apparatus; a voice sensing unit which determines whether the received audio input is a user voice, and outputs a first power control signal in response to determining that the received audio input is the user voice; a power control voice recognition unit which, in response to receiving the first power control signal from the voice sensing unit, turns on and performs voice recognition regarding the received audio input; and a main control unit which controls the electronic apparatus, wherein the power control voice recognition unit determines whether the received audio input is to control power of the electronic apparatus, wherein the power control voice recognition unit transmits a second power control signal to apply power to the main control unit in response to determining that the received audio input is to control the power of the electronic apparatus, wherein the main control unit converts a mode of the electronic apparatus from the stand-by mode into an operation mode in response to receiving the second power control signal from the power control voice recognition unit, and wherein the main control unit is turned on by the second power control signal only when the power control recognition unit is turned on by the first power control signal.",0.47268474687540163,0.9453694937508033
9324898,"1. A method for forming a film for use as an absorber in a solar cell or other photovoltaic module, comprising: within one or more reactor chambers, heating an absorber material source; preheating a substrate to a preheat temperature; and after the preheating, depositing an initial film growth of absorber material from the absorber material source onto the substrate, wherein the substrate temperature during the depositing of the initial film growth is controlled to be at a lower temperature than later depositing of the film and wherein, after the preheating of the substrate, the substrate is primarily heated by radiant heat from the absorber material source.",0.940328229011061,0.11934354197787811
9493719,"1. A method comprising: providing a carbohydrate to a reaction vessel by treating a biomass feedstock comprising lignin in said reaction vessel to form the carbohydrate via a hydrolysis reaction; in said reaction vessel, after the carbohydrate is formed, reacting the carbohydrate with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenolysis catalyst in a hydrogenolysis reaction to produce reaction products comprising an alcohol, a polyol, and a higher polyol with an oxygen to carbon ratio of 0.5 or more, wherein the hydrolysis reaction and the hydrogenolysis reaction are conducted in a single step; recycling the higher polyol through the hydrogenolysis reaction to produce said reaction products; processing at least a portion of the reaction products to form a fuel blend.",0.9186901348685981,0.16261973026280385
8886167,"1. A network node in a communication system including an existing communication node already connected to a network under management of the network node and including a new communication node newly connecting to the network to acquire predetermined information of the existing communication node, comprising: a connection checking unit configured to check whether the existing communication node connects or not to the network when receiving a request for the predetermined information from the new communication node; a first predetermined information acquisition unit configured to request the predetermined information from the existing communication node and acquire the predetermined information from the existing communication node when the connection checking unit confirms that the existing communication node connects to the network; a first predetermined information notification unit configured to notify the new communication node of the predetermined information acquired by the first predetermined information acquisition unit; a time information notification unit configured to notify the new communication node of time information to allow the new communication node to decide a next connection time, when the connection checking unit confirms that the existing communication node does not connect to the network; a second predetermined information acquisition unit configured to request the predetermined information from the existing communication node and acquire the predetermined information from the existing communication node, when a connection of the existing communication node to the network is confirmed after notification of the time information to the new communication node by the time information notification unit; a predetermined information holding unit configured to hold the predetermined information acquired by the second predetermined information acquisition unit; and a second predetermined information notification unit configured to notify the new communication node of the predetermined information held by the predetermined information holding unit, when a connection of the new communication node to the network based on the time information is confirmed.",0.6120531054500168,0.7758937890999664
9010304,"1. An exhaust gas recirculation device of an engine, which recirculates part of exhaust gas discharged from an engine body having plural cylinders arranged in line in an engine-body longitudinal direction to an intake manifold arranged on one side of the engine body in an engine-body width direction, comprising: an exhaust passage provided inside a cylinder head of the cylinder body; a connecting passage provided inside the cylinder head to connect to and extend rearward from the exhaust passage; an EGR cooler cooling part of the recirculated exhaust gas to the intake manifold from the exhaust passage, the EGR cooler including an EGR-gas introduction pipe to introduce the exhaust gas into an EGR cooler body provided inside the EGR cooler, the EGR-gas introduction pipe having a connecting flange integrally formed at an upstream end thereof; a bypass pipe bypassing the EGR cooler and recirculating the exhaust gas from the exhaust passage to the intake manifold, the bypass pipe having a connecting flange integrally formed at an upstream end thereof, wherein said connecting passage branches inside the cylinder head into two branch passages, which open at different positions on a rear end face, in the engine-body longitudinal direction, of the cylinder head, the connecting flange of the EGR-gas introduction pipe of said EGR cooler is connected to the rear end face of the cylinder head so as to connect to one of opening portions of said branch passages for introducing the exhaust gas flowing through the connecting passage into the EGR cooler body, the connecting flange of said bypass pipe is connected to the rear end face of the cylinder head so as to connect to the other of opening portions of said branch passages for flowing the exhaust gas flowing through the connecting passage, bypassing the EGR cooler, and said opening positions of the opening portions where the two branch passages open on the rear end face of the cylinder head are configured such that said one of the opening portions is located further away from the intake manifold, compared to said other of the opening portions, and at a lower level than the other of the opening portions so that the EGR cooler extends in the engine-body width direction at a position behind the rear end face of the engine body and below said bypass pipe.",0.9170069253968762,0.16598614920624755
9611078,"1. A one-piece food container with rim, comprising: a container formed by a bottom, a peripheral wall extending upwardly from an edge of said bottom, and an opening surrounded by said peripheral wall, and a first sealing rim surrounding a top edge of said opening and a first edge extending downwardly from a far edge of said first sealing rim; an outer rim formed in one-piece surrounding said first sealing rim, said outer rim having a second edge arranged next to said first edge and a second sealing rim surrounding said first sealing rim and a third edge extending downwardly from a far edge of said second sealing rim; a tear-off structure arranged between the first edge and the second edge with a plurality of angularly spaced connection portions frangibly joining bottom ends of the first and second edges, the outer rim thereby being removably connected with the container and forming a one-piece container with rim; and a plastic hard cover with a flange extending from the bottom edge thereof, the flange having a covering edge extending from the far edge of the plastic hard cover for the flange to be able to engage a concave groove on the peripheral wall, covering the surface of the covering edge on the first and second sealing rims with the outer flange of the covering edge at least partially covering the third edge for the plastic hard cover to be steadily placed on the container; whereby upon a user removing said outer rim from said container, the tear-off structure between said first and second edges is irreversibly served.",0.18526601238573392,0.37053202477146785
9368845,"1. A vehicle comprising: a plurality of battery cells; and a thermal plate positioned to support all of the battery cells and defining an exit plenum and a plurality of multi-pass channels therein, wherein each of the channels corresponds to at least one of the cells and includes an inlet and outlet positioned such that fluid exiting the outlet empties into the exit plenum and not into the inlet of another channel.",0.8963672157927997,0.2072655684144007
9355689,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a memory including a plurality of entries, wherein each entry of the plurality of entries is configured to store a row address; a first plurality of counters, wherein each counter of the first plurality of counters is coupled to a respective entry of the plurality of entries in the memory; a second plurality of counters, wherein each counter of the second plurality of counters is coupled to the respective entry of the plurality of entries in the memory; and a control circuit configured to:",0.10573220696469571,0.21146441392939141
8973450,"1. An attitude control device for a vehicle, said vehicle having a tilting function and mounted with a flywheel as an energy storage device, said flywheel being pivotally supported about first and second axes mutually orthogonal with each other, said flywheel being mounted on a body of the vehicle such that said first axis extends in a front-rear direction of the body, said attitude control device comprising: locking means for locking movement of the flywheel about said first axis; an actuator for moving the flywheel about said second axis; and a vehicle body tilter configured to actively tilt the vehicle body by moving the flywheel about said second axis using said actuator when the movement of the flywheel about said first axis is locked by said locking means; wherein said attitude control device comprises one or more flywheel sets comprised of two flywheels rotating in different directions, and the second axes of said two flywheels are operatively connected such that said second axes rotate in different directions.",0.708338329755988,0.583323340488024
8625274,"1. A computer casing comprising: a housing comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion comprising a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a third sidewall, and a forth sidewall, the second sidewall paralleling to the first sidewall, the third sidewall being connected to the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the forth sidewall paralleling to the third sidewall and being connected to the first sidewall and the second sidewall; a plurality of fans arranged adjacent to the first sidewall with the intake side of the fans facing the first sidewall and the exhaust side of the fans facing the second sidewall; at least two temperature sensors respectively arranged on the first sidewall and one or more of the second sidewall, the third sidewall, the fourth sidewall and the top portion, and configured to detect temperature of the first sidewall and one or more of the second sidewall, the third sidewall, and the fourth sidewall and the top portion; and a controller electrically connected with the plurality of fans and the at least two temperature sensors to monitor the temperature of the first sidewall, and one or more of the second sidewall, the third sidewall, the fourth sidewall and the top portion; wherein if the controller determines that any of temperature differences between the first sidewall and at least one of the second sidewall, the third sidewall, the fourth sidewall, or the top portion is less than a preset value, the controller controls to turn off at least one of the fans.",0.7141749056728655,0.5716501886542691
9644870,"1. An engine driven heat pump, comprising: an engine; a compressor configured to be driven by the engine; a refrigerant circuit configured to flow a refrigerant sucked and discharged by the compressor; a generator configured to be driven by the engine; an engine actuation battery configured to actuate the engine; a battery charging circuit configured to charge the engine actuation battery; an inverter configured to convert output power from the generator into a predetermined voltage and a predetermined frequency; a power supply circuit configured to supply power to electric instruments in the engine driven heat pump; a system cutoff relay configured to supply system power from a system to the power supply circuit and the battery charging circuit, whereas the system cutoff relay configured to cut off connection between the system and, the power supply circuit and the battery charging circuit during power failure; an independent power supply relay configured to connect in parallel to the system cutoff relay with respect to the power supply circuit and the battery charging circuit and configured to supply output power from the inverter to the power supply circuit and the battery charging circuit during the power failure; an engine starter configured to start the engine; a starter relay configured to be connected between the engine starter and the engine actuation battery and supply battery power from the engine actuation battery to the engine starter; a self-sustaining switch configured to manually switch ON and OFF of a self-sustaining signal indicating a self-sustaining operation; and an independent output unit configured to be connected in parallel to the independent power supply relay with respect to the inverter, wherein it is configured to switch to a self-sustaining mode at which the engine is driven, irrespective of a request of a heat pump operation, and wherein when the self-sustaining switch is turned on during the power failure, and the self-sustaining signal is received, it is configured to switch to the self-sustaining mode and bring the starter relay into conduction for a predetermined period of time, thereby starting the engine and the generator, and when the output power from the inverter is received after establishment of a voltage of the generator, it is configured to supply the output power from the inverter to the power supply circuit and the battery charging circuit by means of the independent power supply relay, and it is configured to supply the output power from the inverter to outside of the engine driven heat pump via the independent output unit, and wherein during supply of the output power from the inverter, it is configured to maintain cutoff with respect to the connection between the system, and the power supply circuit and the battery charging circuit by means of the system cutoff relay and maintain output of the output power from the inverter until the self-sustaining signal is interrupted, and wherein it is configured to recover the connection between the system, and the power supply circuit and the battery charging circuit by means of the system cutoff relay when power is restored and the output power from the inverter is interrupted.",0.971102271102088,0.05779545779582396
8575745,"1. A power semiconductor device, comprising: an internal substrate in which a semiconductor element is formed; a molding resin covering a top surface of said internal substrate; an opening penetrating said molding resin to reach a wiring on said internal substrate; a metal bushing formed in said opening, the metal bushing being electrically connected to said wiring; and an external terminal, at least a portion of the external terminal projecting from said opening, said external terminal having a press-fitted portion inserted into said bushing, and a recessed portion formed on a side surface of part of said external terminal, the part projecting from said opening.",0.3780625154751522,0.7561250309503044
9484885,"1. A method for manufacturing an elastic wave device comprising: a step of preparing a supporting substrate; a step of forming a high-acoustic-velocity film, in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating therein is higher than an acoustic velocity of an elastic wave propagating in a piezoelectric film; a step of forming a low-acoustic-velocity film, in which an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating therein is lower than an acoustic velocity of a bulk wave propagating in the piezoelectric film; a step of forming the piezoelectric film; and a step of forming an IDT electrode; wherein the high-acoustic-velocity film is located on the supporting substrate; the low-acoustic-velocity film is located on the high-acoustic-velocity film; the piezoelectric film is located on the low-acoustic-velocity film; the IDT electrode is located on a surface of the piezoelectric film; and a thickness of the low-acoustic-velocity film located on the high-acoustic-velocity film and under the piezoelectric film is in a range of about 0.1λ to about 0.5λ, where λ is a wavelength of an elastic wave determined by an electrode period of the IDT electrode.",0.34390677685139887,0.6878135537027977
9556963,"1. An overpressure valve in the form of a one-way valve or a check valve comprising a pot-shaped housing with a base and a central opening and a valve seat which interacts with a spring-loaded closing body, a guide sleeve inserted flush in the housing with a force fit or form fit such that a guide sleeve axial end face and a housing axial end face are aligned, the guide sleeve receives a compression spring which exerts a load on the closing body, said guide sleeve secures the overpressure valve together.",0.15924660273383523,0.31849320546767046
9567381,"1. A composition comprising two types of insecticidal peptides wherein one type of insecticidal peptide is a Pore Forming Insecticidal Protein (PFIP), and the other type of insecticidal peptide is a Cysteine Rich Insecticidal Peptide (CRIP) wherein said CRIP is an artificial Inhibitor Cysteine Knot (ICK) motif peptide, wherein said ICK peptide is selected from one or any combination of the group of peptides comprising: SEQ ID NO: 650, SEQ ID NO: 651 and SEQ ID NO: 652, and said PFIP is selected from any combination of known Bt toxic peptides.",0.5550150268621197,0.8899699462757606
8867506,"1. A network for non-wired communication between first and second non-wired data units respectively located at first and second locations, the locations being connected together via an existing CATV coaxial cable concurrently carrying a bi-directional packet-based wired digital data signal and a CATV signal using frequency division multiplexing, wherein the wired digital data signal is carried in a digital data frequency band and the CATV signal is carried in a CATV frequency band distinct from and lower than the digital data frequency band, said network comprising: a first device housed in a first single enclosure, said first device being connected at the first location to transmit and receive digital data in the digital data frequency band over the CATV coaxial cable, said first device being a non-wired device communicatively couplable to exchange packet-based digital data over a first non-wired medium with the first non-wired data unit, said first device further being operative to transmit to the CATV coaxial cable data received from the first non-wired data unit and to transmit to the first non-wired data unit digital data received from the CATV coaxial cable; and a second device housed in a second single enclosure, said second device being connected at the second location to transmit and receive digital data in the digital data frequency band over the CATV coaxial cable, said second device being a non-wired device communicatively couplable to exchange packet-based digital data over a second non-wired medium with the second non-wired data unit, said second device further being operative to transmit to the CATV coaxial cable data received from second non-wired data unit and to transmit to the second non-wired data unit digital data received from the CATV coaxial cable; wherein said network is operative to transparently and bi-directionally pass digital data between the first and second non-wired data units.",0.3482785778324482,0.6965571556648964
9755999,"1. A method performed by an electronic device, comprising: providing, via a display screen, a first user interface to receive a first user input and to display user inputted content including a first representation of the first user input; receiving an instruction to provide a second user interface; providing, via the display screen, the second user interface together with the first user interface in response to the received instruction, a portion of the user inputted content being displayable in the second user interface in an enlarged size; receiving, via the second user interface, a second user input; in response to the second user input, displaying a second representation of the second user input in the second user interface; and updating the user inputted content displayed in the first user interface by adding the second representation in a displayed size smaller than a size used for displaying the second representation in the second user interface.",0.07177415850411453,0.143548317008229
9288867,"1. A linear light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp, comprising: a housing having two ends; a light-emitting diode printed circuit board (LED PCB), the LED PCB comprising LED arrays disposed thereon; two lamp bases respectively connected to the two ends of the housing, each lamp base comprising a bi-pin each with two pins protruding outwards, each lamp base further comprising an input module comprising a shock protection switch; a bridge rectifier configured to convert an alternating current (AC) input voltage from an electronic ballast or AC mains into a direct current (DC) voltage; and an LED driving circuit configured to receive the DC voltage, the LED driving circuit comprising an input filter, a power factor correction (PFC) and control device, a switch controlled by the PFC and control device, a current sensing resistor, a diode, an inductor with its current charging and discharging controlled by the switch, a resistor, an output capacitor in parallel with the resistor connected to the inductor to build up an output voltage and to power the LED arrays, and a voltage feedback module used to draw partial power from the output voltage to sustain an operation of the PFC and control device; wherein, responsive to detecting zero current in the inductor within an AC cycle of the input voltage, the PFC and control device generates a zero current detection signal to control the switch on and off with a constant on-time and a varied off-time; wherein, for each lamp base, when the respective shock protection switch is off, power from the AC mains or the electronic ballast is decoupled from the linear LED tube lamp; and wherein, for each lamp base, when the bi-pin is installed in a lamp socket, the respective shock protection switch is actuated to couple power from the AC mains or the electronic ballast to the linear LED tube lamp.",0.7375791306075291,0.5248417387849418
9533260,"1. A continuous method for obtaining sweet gas, synthetic gas, and sulphur from natural gas, comprising the steps of: removing impurities from said natural gas by separating liquids and solids present in said natural gas through the use of a separator, and removing liquid and solid contaminants from said natural gas by filtering said natural gas in a coalescing filter for obtaining pre-treated natural gas; sweetening said pre-treated natural gas through a separation using a plurality of membranes by diffusing said pre-treated natural gas through said membranes for obtaining sweet gas and acid gases, and sending said sweet gas to be finally disposed of; ionizing said acid gases at atmospheric pressure in a hybrid plasma to dissociate the acid gases into sulphur and synthetic gas with remnants of acid gases, and sending said sulphur to be finally disposed of; and neutralizing said synthetic gas with remnants of acid gases for generating synthetic gas, by passing said synthetic gas with remnants of acid gases through a plurality of bubbling columns containing a neutralizing agent with a pH from 8 to 14, a concentration from 10% to 30% by weight, wherein said synthetic gas with remnants of acid gases passes through said bubbling columns in counterflow with respect to said neutralizing agent.",0.9548143279421974,0.0903713441156051
8843297,"1. An rpm control device for a general-purpose engine, for controlling an intake-air amount to be supplied to an engine by using an electronic throttle to control an rpm of the engine, the rpm control device comprising: an rpm detecting section for detecting the rpm of the engine; an intake-air temperature detecting section for detecting a temperature of intake air of the engine; an intake-air detecting section for detecting one of an intake-air amount and an intake pressure of the intake air; an engine-load detecting section for detecting a load of the engine by using the temperature of the intake air of the engine, detected by the intake-air temperature detecting section, and one of the intake-air amount and the intake pressure, detected by the intake-air detecting section; a basic target-rpm calculating section for calculating a basic target rpm of the engine based on input of an accelerator operation; a target decrease-rate calculating section for calculating a rotation decrease rate based on the basic target rpm and the load of the engine; a target-rpm calculating section for calculating a target rpm based on the basic target rpm and the rotation decrease rate; a target throttle opening-degree calculating section for calculating a rotation deviation between the rpm of the engine and the target rpm so as to calculate a target throttle opening degree of the electronic throttle based on the rotation deviation; and an electronic-throttle control section for controlling an opening degree of the electronic throttle so that an actual opening degree of the electronic throttle becomes equal to the target throttle opening degree, wherein the target rpm is made smaller than the basic target rpm by reducing the rotation decrease rate in accordance with an increase in the load of the engine, and isochronous control is performed by using the electronic throttle so as to achieve the obtained target rpm to perform droop control in a pseudo-manner.",0.8429143794271936,0.3141712411456128
9640812,"1. A control method for a fuel cell system, including a driving unit configured to run a mobile body by supplying an electric power, a fuel cell stack configured to supply an electric power to the driving unit for running, a fuel supply unit configured to supply fuel necessary for electric power generation of the fuel cell stack, comprising: computing a stack output-response request, the stack output-response request being an electric power response required from the fuel cell stack to return from an idle-stop; setting up a lower limit of a stack setup-voltage during the idle-stop as a stack voltage during execution of the idle-stop that becomes higher as the stack output-response request becomes larger and becomes lower as the stack output-response request becomes smaller; and executing a recovery operation in which the fuel or air is supplied when an actual voltage of the fuel cell stack becomes lower than the lower limit of the stack setup-voltage during the idle-stop.",0.9909383568839529,0.018123286232094138
8505168,"1. A door assembly and a door hinge mounted bracket assembly adapted to be mounted on an existing door hinge with door hinge screw fasteners, comprising: a generally planar door, at least two hinge assemblies each including two hinge plates, one being connected to the door and the other connected to an adjacent door jam, a generally “L” shaped body having a first generally planar surface adapted to engage one of the door hinge plates and having a face complementing the door hinge plate, a second generally planar surface generally orthogonally related to the first generally planar surface and extending outwardly over an outside portion of the door and the door jam, said first generally planar surface having apertures adapted to receive fasteners adapted to extend through the door hinge plate, a hinge screw fastener extending through the first generally planar surface and into the door hinge plate for supporting another element or assembly on the door hinge mounted bracket, and a fastener mounted on and projecting outwardly from the second surface for supporting a door hanging structure outside the door and the door jam.",0.2568033433136102,0.5136066866272204
8611219,"1. A method of detecting anomalies in a communication system, comprising: providing a first packet flow portion and a second packet flow portion; extracting samples of a symbolic packet feature associated with traffic status of the first and second packet flow portions; computing from said extracted samples a first statistical concentration quantity and a second statistical concentration quantity of the symbolic feature associated with the first and second packet flow portions, respectively, wherein computing said first and second statistical concentration quantities comprises: computing from said concentration quantities a variation quantity representing a concentration change from the first packet flow portion to the second packet flow portion, comparing the variation quantity with a comparison value; and detecting an anomaly in the system in response to said comparison.",0.20559876641451735,0.4111975328290347
9100870,"1. A method for reporting Channel State Information (CSI) in a wireless access system which supports carrier aggregation, the method comprising: receiving, from a Base Station (BS) by a User Equipment (UE), information related to a CSI reporting mode for two or more downlink component carriers (DL CCs); and reporting, to the BS by the UE, CSI for the two or more DL CCs in consideration of the CSI reporting mode, wherein, if a CSI for a first DL CC of the two or more DL CCs having a first CSI type and a CSI for a second DL CC of the two or more DL CCs having a second CSI type are to be transmitted in a same subframe, the UE reports only CSI for one of the first DL CC and the second DL CC to the BS according to a priority of the first CSI type and a priority of the second CSI type, wherein each of the first CSI type and the second CSI type includes at least one of a Rank Indicator (RI), a first Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), a second PMI, a Wideband Channel Quality Indicator (WB-CQI) or a Subband CQI, and wherein the first CSI type and the second CSI type are different.",0.3444796529511649,0.6889593059023298
8638616,"1. A nonvolatile storage device comprising: a first plate electrode electrically connected to a first memory mat; a first charge-transfer switch configurable to provide electrical connection and disconnection between a second plate electrode and said first plate electrode; a second charge-transfer switch configurable to provide electrical connection and disconnection between said first plate electrode and a third plate electrode; a third charge-transfer switch configurable to provide electrical connection and disconnection between said first plate electrode and a fourth plate electrode; a ground node configured to receive a ground voltage; a ground switch configurable to provide electrical connection and disconnection between said first plate electrode and said ground node; a power-supply node configured to receive a power-supply voltage; a power-supply switch configurable to provide electrical connection and disconnection between said first plate electrode and said power-supply node, wherein said third charge-transfer switch electrically connects said first plate electrode to said fourth plate electrode along with said second charge-transfer switch electrically disconnecting said first plate electrode from said third plate electrode.",0.4543632814779009,0.9087265629558018
9752754,"1. A luminaire comprising: a housing having at least one sidewall, a top opening, and a bottom through which light can travel, said housing sidewall having an observable outer surface and a light feed edge positioned at the top opening of the housing, and being characterized in that light introduced into the sidewall through the light feed edge thereof will propagate by internal reflections within the sidewall, a light source associated with the top opening of the housing, wherein light emitted by said light source emanates from the top opening in an indirect light distribution pattern, a light source associated with the bottom of the housing, wherein light emitted by said light source emanates from the bottom of the housing in a direct light distribution pattern, optical control means positioned at or near the level of the top opening of the housing for directing a portion of the light emitted by the light source associated with the top opening of the housing to the light feed edge of the sidewall of the housing, wherein said portion of light is introduced into the sidewall of the housing through the light feed edge thereof, said housing sidewall further being characteristic in that light propagating within the sidewall is extracted through the outer surface thereof to produce a secondary observable glow of light thereon.",0.6046620848449403,0.7906758303101193
9273675,"1. A method for creating a supply of natural gas fuel for a combustion engine, comprising: obtaining boil-off gas from a liquid natural gas storage tank containing liquefied natural gas, compressing the boil-off gas in a compression stage consisting of a labyrinth-sealed piston-compressor to obtain a natural gas fuel, and compressing the natural gas fuel in a compression stage consisting of a piston-ring-sealed piston-compressor, compressing the natural gas fuel to a pressure of between 100 Bar and 500 Bar, and making the natural gas fuel available at an outlet, wherein the piston-ring-sealed piston-compressor has a bypass extending from a position downstream of the piston-ring-sealed piston-compressor to a position between the labyrinth-sealed piston-compressor and the piston-ring-sealed piston-compressor, and wherein the natural gas fuel is returned via the at least one bypass such that the natural gas fuel at the outlet is at a required target pressure.",0.7772350411196859,0.4455299177606282
9566758,"1. A product comprising a set of discrete units, the set of discrete units being reversibly assembled, or reversibly assemblable, into a structure, wherein: the units in the set are reversibly assembled, or are reversibly assemblable, into the structure according to a lattice geometry, wherein the units, when assembled according to the lattice geometry, together comprise a stretch-bend coupled material; a majority of the discrete units are each reversibly connected, or are reversibly connectable, to at least two other units in the set according to the lattice geometry; and wherein, in response to greater than minimal loading of the structure, a reversible deformation of at least part of the structure occurs.",0.49519242116894063,0.9903848423378813
8793739,"1. A method of providing related content using broadcast service guide information in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: displaying, on a display of the mobile terminal, real-time broadcast content currently provided via a broadcast channel; temporarily storing, in a buffer, the broadcast content in response to a first user input for recording or capturing the displayed broadcast content; extracting broadcast service guide information associated with the displayed broadcast content from pre-stored broadcast service guide information; storing, in a memory, the temporarily stored broadcast content and the extracted broadcast service guide information; outputting the stored broadcast content and broadcast service guide information associated with the stored broadcast content by retrieving the stored broadcast content and the broadcast service guide information associated with the stored broadcast content from the memory in response to selection of the stored broadcast content; displaying a channel list in response to a second user input; searching the memory for pre-stored content based on broadcast service guide information that is associated with recorded or captured broadcast content pre-stored in the memory in response to a third user input for searching content related to a channel selected from the channel list; displaying a search result indicator indicating availability of the searched pre-stored content when the pre-stored content is identified by the searching; displaying a list of search results when the search result indicator is selected, the list of search results including at least one identified pre-stored content; and displaying pre-stored content selected from the list of search results by retrieving the selected content from the memory.",0.10037066875716505,0.2007413375143301
8497717,"1. A reference frequency generating device, comprising: a synchronizing circuit for controlling a digitally controlled oscillator with a first control signal acquired based on a reference signal; a detector for detecting an environmental value indicative of an environment where the digitally controlled oscillator is used; a memory unit for storing a correspondence relation between a control value of the first control signal and the environmental value when the first control signal is determined; and a controller for determining a second control signal based on the environmental value detected by the detector and the correspondence relation stored in the memory unit when the reference signal cannot be acquired, and controlling the digitally controlled oscillator based on the second control signal.",0.43322324110663873,0.8664464822132775
8742628,"1. A system for bi-directional voltage blocking and current conducting comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a first wide-band gap field effect transistor coupled to said first terminal; a second wide-band gap field effect transistor coupled to said second terminal, wherein said first wide-band gap field effect transistor and said second wide-band gap field effect transistor are common-source connected to one another; and a bi-directional snubber device coupled to said first wide-band gap field effect transistor and said second wide-band gap field effect transistor.",0.45654991900258113,0.9130998380051623
9699379,"1. A portable computing device, comprising: at least one processor; an image capture component comprising an array of cameras, each camera in the array aimed in a different direction with respect to all other cameras in the array based on at least one of a radius of a mounting surface or an offset between a lens and an imager of said each camera, and each camera in the array configured to capture an image within a field of view, the field of view of each said camera overlaps at least a portion of a field of view of an adjacent camera relative to said each camera; and a memory for storing the images captured by the array of cameras and for storing a set of instructions executed by the processor, the instructions causing the processor to:",0.2623108573147374,0.5246217146294748
8782455,"1. An image processing apparatus that is provided with a first electric power mode and a second electric power mode with less power consumption than the first electric power mode, comprising: a storage unit configured to store a destination setting of the image processing apparatus; a shift unit configured to shift the image processing apparatus from the second electric power mode to the first electric power mode, when a shift factor is detected in the second electric power mode; a set unit configured to set a re-shift time for re-shifting the image processing apparatus from the first electric power mode to the second electric power mode, according to the destination setting; and a re-shift unit configured to re-shift the image processing apparatus from the first electric power mode to the second electric power mode, when a predetermined event does not occur in the re-shift time in the first electric power mode.",0.622548587181918,0.7549028256361641
8881389,"1. A method for a flash memory dual inline memory module (DIMM), the method comprising: providing a plurality of randomly accessible flash memory chips with an operating power supply voltage equal to a power supply voltage expected at an edge connector of a dual inline memory module; mounting one or more of the randomly accessible flash memory chips and a first memory support application integrated circuit (ASIC) together into a first multi-chip package; electrically coupling the one or more randomly accessible flash memory chips and the first memory support ASIC together by routing one or more conductors between each in the first multi-chip package; mounting the first multi-chip package onto a printed circuit board (PCB) of the flash memory DIMM to reduce the number of packages mounted thereto and reduce a height of the flash memory DIMM; and wherein the operating power supply voltage equals the power supply voltage expected at the edge connector to avoid mounting power conversion and power regulation circuitry to the printed circuit board of the flash memory DIMM and increasing its height.",0.5288997219785916,0.9422005560428168
9838749,"1. A system for delivering content for playback on a vessel, the system comprising: at least one teleport, in networked communication with at least one satellite having a transmission capacity which was at least partially consumed by data transmissions during at least one previous period, configured to provide a unitary item of programming content to the at least one satellite for transmission to a seagoing vessel and to instruct the at least one satellite to transmit the unitary item of programming content to the seagoing vessel in a manner which is determined based at least in part upon an extent to which the at least one satellite's transmission capacity was consumed during the at least one previous period; and at least one storage facility, configured for deployment on the vessel and to store the unitary item of programming content transmitted by the at least one satellite so as to make the unitary item of content available for playback on the vessel.",0.3061777225034313,0.6123554450068626
8957658,"1. A switching power-supply device comprising: a main switching element connected between a power-supply and an output terminal; a driving circuit configured to drive the main switching element; a capacitor configured to feed power to the driving circuit; a charging circuit configured to charge the capacitor when the main switching element is switched from an on-state to an off-state; a switching control circuit configured to perform switching control, the switching control including alternately switching the main switching element between the on-state and the off-state via the driving circuit; a voltage detection circuit configured to detect a voltage between both ends of the capacitor; and a driving control circuit configured to switch between a state of prohibiting driving of the main switching element and a state of permitting driving of the main switching element, based on a difference between an output voltage output from the output terminal and a preset reference voltage, and based on the voltage between both ends of the capacitor, wherein the driving control circuit permits the driving of the main switching element when the difference is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and when the voltage between both ends of the capacitor is less than or equal to a second threshold value, and wherein, in a state where the difference is smaller than the first threshold value, and after permitting the driving of the main switching element based on the voltage between both ends of the capacitor being less than or equal to the second threshold value, the driving control circuit prohibits the driving of the main switching element when the voltage between both ends of the capacitor reaches a third threshold value larger than the second threshold value.",0.8546723386768806,0.2906553226462387
8447297,1. A method for a mobile node operable to communicate with a network comprising: determining whether a network identified is not available for receiving signals from the mobile node; increasing a wait period that defines a delay prior to generation of additional signaling of a network search procedure by setting a search timer to an increased wait period value based on a determination that the identified network is not available for receiving signals from the mobile node; and initiating a network search procedure at the expiry of the wait period.,0.8350996099206514,0.3298007801586973
8594791,"1. An implantable pacing device, comprising: pulse generating circuitry for outputting pacing pulses through one or more pre-excitation pacing channels; a controller programmed to deliver paces through the pre-excitation pacing channel(s) in accordance with a programmed pre-excitation pacing mode when the device is operating in a pre-excitation state; wherein the controller is operable to configure the pre-excitation pacing channel(s) with a pacing electrode selected among a plurality of pacing electrodes; a blood pressure sensor communicating with the controller for generating a signal related to a patient's arterial blood pressure, the controller being programmed to derive a blood pressure measurement therefrom; wherein the controller is programmed to duty cycle the pre-excitation state by entering the pre-excitation state if the blood pressure measurement is above a first limit value and exiting the pre-excitation state if the blood pressure measurement falls below a second limit value.",0.3159402997243292,0.6318805994486584
8880197,"1. A fieldbus system, comprising: a fieldbus; a field device, which is connected to said fieldbus; and a host computer, in which at least one of a device management unit or a control system for said field device is implemented and applies a device description file of said field device; wherein: in said device description file, a data transmission object for data exchange between said field device and said host computer or an additional field device is defined, which includes a plurality of freely loadable, transmission berths; said device description file, serves to establish that the data transmission object has a certain number of transmission berths for input variables, which are transmitted in the data transmission object from the field device to the host computer or to the additional field device; or said device description file, serves to establish that the data transmission object has a certain number of transmission berths for output variables, which are transmitted in the data transmission object from said host computer or from said additional field device to the field device; said field device provides variables to be transmitted and includes a data mapping structure, which effects an association of variables to be transmitted with transmission berths of said data transmission object; and the field device is also configured to completely or partially transmit the mapping information contained in the data mapping structure from the field device to the host device or to the additional field device.",0.10559042297693332,0.21118084595386666
9091246,"1. A device of a power plant for the production of utilizable energy of waves comprising: a rig configured to float in the sea, said device having a supporting construction for a number of floats ( 4 ) which are arranged in a ring shape around the rig circumference with spacing between the floats ( 4 ), in that the motion of each of said floats due to the affection by waves, is brought to power generators to produce energy for further exploitation, and the device is provided with a means to transport produced electricity to land or other application for utilization, wherein each float ( each float ( the rig is brought to float on the sea surface using a rig or float tank ( the rig is anchored to the seabed via an anchoring cable ( a winch system is arranged, which winch system is designed to keep the floats (",0.955631357771414,0.0887372844571721
8763253,"1. An apparatus comprising: a composite elongate member having a side configured for attachment to a surface of a structure; a channel on the side extending along a length of the composite elongate member; and a number of composite structures configured for placement in the channel and configured to attach a portion of the side of the composite elongate member to the structure, wherein the number of composite structures has layers oriented substantially perpendicular to the surface of the structure and is configured to increase a capacity of the composite elongate member to withstand forces that pull the composite elongate member away from the structure, wherein the number of composite structures have, in cross-section, a shape and a structure, wherein the shape and the structure comprises:",0.23503655800224652,0.4700731160044931
9525460,"1. A method for reducing interference in one or more networks including (i) a digital subscriber line network and (ii) a power line communication network, the method comprising: detecting a power line communication node associated with the power line communication network in response to a detection of activity associated with the digital subscriber line network, wherein the power line communication node is configured to transmit signals on the power line communication network in accordance with a power mask; controlling the power line communication node to transmit one or more measurement frames on the power line communication network; determining interference on the digital subscriber line network that is caused by the one or more measurement frames transmitted by the power line communication node, wherein determining the interference comprises (i) measuring active interference during first medium access control (MAC) cycles, (ii) measuring baseline interference during second MAC cycles, and (iii) determining power line communication interference based on a comparison of the active interference and the baseline interference; and controlling the power line communication node to adapt the power mask for transmissions on the power line communication network to reduce the interference on the digital subscriber line network.",0.6803373284137093,0.6393253431725814
9157746,"1. A method for routing a vessel from a start point to an end point, the method comprising: generating on a processor a plurality of routes from the start point to the end point over an ocean based on a number of objectives, the number of objectives including at least arrival time and fuel usage of the vessel; determining on the processor whether the plurality of routes include segments that cross a region of interest; responsive to a segment between two waypoints in a route in the plurality of routes crossing a region of interest, generating on the processor a plurality of groups of waypoints around the region of interest, the plurality of groups of waypoints defining a number of segments including at least a first segment and a second segment, each of the number of segments providing a route with respect to the region of interest; determining on the processor a predicted performance for each of the number of segments based on at least two of the number of objectives including the arrival time and the fuel usage; identifying a set of segments, from the number of segments, comprising potential routes from the number of segments, the set of segments in the potential routes selected for dominating the number of segments for both fuel usage and arrival time such that the values for arrival time in the set of segments and the set of values for fuel usage are at least equal to or better than those values for the other routes in the number of segments; incrementing a variable for the number of segments that has been dominated by another set of segments so as to form an incremented variable, the incremented variables including at least wind and current; performing a second evaluation of the number of segments with variables that have been incremented; selecting a segment from among the set of segments to form a selected segment, the selected segment based on the number of objectives and the incremented variables; adding one of the selected segment from the set of segments to the route between the start point and the end point so as to add a group of waypoints between two waypoints in the route with respect to the region of interest; and routing the vessel from the start point to the end point using the group of waypoints.",0.8581994493158587,0.28360110136828265
8935862,"1. A snow plow comprising: a plow frame having a front portion and a rear portion; a hitch apparatus configured to couple the rear portion of the plow frame to a vehicle; a plow tower including a tube surrounding a first axis, the plow tower including an upper portion and a lower portion pivotally coupled to the front portion of the plow frame by a first pivot pin, the plow tower being pivotable about a second axis; a first V-plow blade extending from a first end to a second end, the first V-plow blade including a coupling portion; a second V-plow blade extending from a first end to a second end, the second V-plow blade including a coupling portion; a second pivot pin extending through the coupling portion of the first V-plow blade, the coupling portion of the second V-plow blade, and the tube of the plow tower to pivotally coupling the first and second V-plow blades to the to the plow tower, each of the first and second V-plow blades being configured to pivot about the first axis; a tower adjustment assembly extending from a first end to a second end and having a first length, the tower adjustment assembly being coupled to the plow tower and extending from the plow tower to the plow frame, the tower adjustment assembly including an adjustment mechanism rotatable in a first direction to increase the length of the tower adjustment assembly from a first length to a second length greater than the first length to pivot the plow tower, the first V-plow blade, and the second V-plow blade about the second axis.",0.25532828586304857,0.5106565717260971
8564440,"1. An RFID cable system comprising a cable, a plurality of RFID tags being attached to said cable in a predetermined order; and a data storage for storing information stored in said plurality of RFID tags and information of an arrangement order of said plurality of RFID tags attached to said cable, said data storage being arranged at an outside of said cable; wherein said data storage stores new cable identification name and information stored in RFID tags arranged on a newly manufactured cable or information stored in an RFID tag arranged on a portion near to a cut portion of said RFID cable which has been cut, said data storage stores said new cable identification name, said information stored in RFID tags, and said information of the arrangement order of said plurality of RFID tags.",0.051092283842929825,0.1021845676858597
9557211,"1. An acoustic measurement device for use in an air flow and for being subjected to a noise source, the device comprising: a base having a surface in contact with the air flow; a first microphone which is mounted flush with the surface; second and third microphones mounted on either side of the first microphone, each at a bottom of a cavity which opens onto the surface, wherein each of the second and third microphones is covered with a noise-reducing element, the second and the third microphones being assembled at a distance from the first microphone that is greater than a correlation length of a turbulent phenomenon in a frequency band studied, and a computer configured for computing a power spectrum of the noise source from signals detected by the three microphones.",0.08324257482520268,0.1664851496504054
9183084,"1. A data processing system comprising: a central processing unit executing program instructions to manipulate data; a first level data cache connected to said central processing unit temporarily storing in a plurality of cache lines data for manipulation by said central processing unit; a first level data cache controller connected to said first level data cache controlling data transfers into and out of said first level data cache; a second level cache connected to said first level cache including second level cache temporarily storing in a plurality of cache lines data for manipulation by said central processing unit; a second level data cache controller connected to said second level data cache controlling data transfers into and out of said second level data cache, said second level cache controller including a plurality of first memory attribute registers each storing a plurality of memory access attributes for a corresponding address range of external memory including cacheability bits; and wherein said first level data cache controller further includes a plurality of second memory attribute registers, each second memory attribute register storing a copy of said cacheability bits of a corresponding one of said plurality of first memory attribute registers for said corresponding address range of external memory.",0.3923937427986608,0.7847874855973216
9042141,"1. A system for managing power transfer with a power grid comprising: a direct current (DC) link; an energy storage system (ESS) that stores DC power; an energy storage controller coupled between the DC link and the ESS that manages power flow between the ESS and the DC link; and a load manager coupled between the DC link and the power grid, the load manager including a DC-to-AC inverter, the load manager further including a load controller operable to adjust an output frequency of the DC-to-AC inverter using a non-linear power-frequency curve responsive to both a state of a frequency of the power grid and a power transfer state of the load manager.",0.9710837217437164,0.057832556512567246
8657923,"1. A hydrogen storage material comprising: a microporous carbon material which adsorbs and desorbs hydrogen and has a three-dimensional long-range ordered structure comprising carbon chains that are three-dimensionally and regularly repeated in a long-range with a distance between 0.7 nm and 2 nm, wherein, in the microporous carbon material, micropores having a diameter within a range from 0.1 nm to 2 nm are connected to each other, wherein a transition metal having a concentration between 0.05 and 6 wt % is supported on surfaces of the micropores, and wherein, when the microporous carbon material supports the transition metal, a BET specific surface area of the microporous carbon material is 3000 cm",0.8401624471596515,0.319675105680697
9039648,"1. A dialysis system comprising: a cassette-based membrane blood pump; a dialyzer in fluid communication with the blood pump; first and second dialysis fluid cassette-based balance chambers each having (i) a fresh dialysis fluid compartment in fluid communication with the dialyzer and (ii) a spent dialysis fluid compartment; a cassette-based fresh dialysis fluid membrane pump in fluid communication with the fresh dialysis fluid compartments of the first and second balance chambers; a cassette-based spent dialysis fluid membrane pump in fluid communication with the dialyzer and the spent dialysis fluid compartments of the first and second balance chambers; and arterial and venous lines in fluid communication with the dialyzer for patient connection, the arterial and venous lines each including a contact used for electrically detecting a patient access disconnection; and wherein",0.24578178134044643,0.49156356268089285
8919998,"1. A back light unit comprising: a light emitting diode light source; and a light conversion layer which converts incident light from the light emitting diode light source into white light, wherein at least two of red, green and blue color coordinate loci of the white light are within a chrominance error range (±4ΔE*ab) locus from the constant hue locus of sRGB color coordinates, or within a chrominance error range (±4ΔE*ab) locus from the constant hue locus of AdobeRGB color coordinates, wherein the light conversion layer comprises a plurality of light emitting semiconductor nanocrystals having a core-shell structure.",0.2979664746265338,0.5959329492530676
9472262,"1. A memory controller component comprising: transmit circuitry to transmit, to a dynamic random access memory device (DRAM): adjusting circuitry to control transmit timing within the transmit circuitry, the adjusting circuitry to adjust transmit timing of the write data and timing of the timing signal based on a difference between the first and second time intervals such that an edge transition of the timing signal at the DRAM is aligned with an edge transition of the first clock signal at the DRAM.",0.5366783324982812,0.9266433350034375
8821787,"1. A process for inhibiting corrosion of a metal surface, the process comprising contacting the metal surface with an esterification medium comprising a carboxylic acid, an alcohol, a strong protonic acid catalyst and an iron(III) carboxylate, wherein an esterification between the carboxylic acid and the alcohol occurs in the esterification medium, and wherein the strong protonic acid is an acid with a pKa in water of less than 2.",0.7670810176956658,0.46583796460866833
9365130,"1. A method for supercharging a fuel cell, comprising: calculating, by a controller, a speed of an acceleration pedal; setting, by a controller, a first output order value of a fuel cell stack or a second output order value of the fuel cell stack which is less than the first output order value, in accordance with the calculated speed; controlling, by the controller, an amount of air flow to be supplied to the fuel cell stack based on the set first output order value or the second output order value; determining, by the controller, whether a vehicle is in an accelerated state when the calculated speed is greater than a reference speed by comparing the calculated speed to a preset reference speed; and resetting, by the controller, for releasing the acceleration intention state when a step-down amount of an acceleration pedal is less than a preset reference step-down amount by comparing the detected step-down amount of an acceleration pedal to the preset reference step-down amount.",0.9796817925449952,0.04063641491000958
8956911,"1. A fabricating method of a LED (light-emitting diode) phosphor, comprising: (1) providing a substrate; (2) forming a thin film on said substrate; (3) performing a surface bond scission treatment to said thin film for breaking chemical bondings of said thin film to form many charged functional groups or hydrophilic functional groups on said surface of said thin film; and (4) forming a zinc oxide micro/nano structure on said thin film.",0.7165824167179495,0.5668351665641009
8562755,"1. A lead-free solder composition comprising: about 90% to about 99% by weight of a lead-free tin solder based on the total weight of the lead-free solder composition, the lead-free tin solder comprising about 0.5% to about 0.7% by weight of copper, about 3.0% to about 4.0% by weight of silver, and a balance of tin; and about 1% to about 10% by weight of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane based on the total weight of the lead-free solder composition, wherein the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane contains at least one mercaptopropyl group.",0.47449384695813146,0.9489876939162629
8655496,"1. A system for global energy management, the system comprising: a first base station located on a first continent, wherein a first energy demand curve is associated with energy used from the first base station; a second base station located on a second continent, wherein a second energy demand curve is associated with energy used from the second base station, and wherein the first and second energy demand curves out of phase with respect to each other by at least eight hours; an energy network comprising a plurality of superconductive energy conduits and sensing cooling pumping stations coupled to said superconductive energy conduits that provide electrical connectivity between the first base station and the second base station, wherein the sensing cooling pumping stations are configured to cool the superconductive energy conduits to a temperature that allows superconductive transmission of electrical energy through said superconductive energy conduits, and wherein a plurality of the sensing cooling pumping stations are submerged beneath an ocean surface; an energy source configured to generate electricity, wherein the energy source is located on the first continent, and wherein the energy source is electrically connected to the first base station; and a local grid located on the second continent, wherein the local grid is electrically connected to the second base station; wherein at least one of the first base station and the second base station are configured to direct the energy source to generate electricity; wherein the first base station is configured to provide the electricity generated by the energy source to the second base station via one or more energy conduits of the energy network; wherein the second base station is configured to provide the electricity received via the energy network to the local grid, and wherein the energy network is configured to transfer electrical energy from the first base station to the second base station at a time that is near the peak of the second energy demand curve and simultaneously near a trough of the first energy demand curve, such that the generating capacity of the first and second continents is significantly reduced.",0.9884112852036869,0.023177429592626142
8444442,"1. A wiring system for use in an air conditioning system, comprising: a printed circuit board having wiring receptacles wherein at least some of said wiring receptacles comprise two or more wiring sub-receptacles, and wherein each of said wiring sub-receptacles includes a slotted sub-receptacle connection pattern, such that said slotted sub-receptacle connection pattern of each of said wiring sub-receptacles is different from every other sub-receptacle connection pattern; and wiring connectors wherein each of said wiring connectors includes a ridged connection pattern that is different from every other ridged connection pattern of said wiring connectors, such that a given wiring connector is receivable within only one of said wiring sub-receptacles.",0.8483432196440084,0.30331356071198323
9518495,1. A marine propulsion device comprising: an internal combustion engine that discharges exhaust gases; a driveshaft housing that is located vertically below the internal combustion engine; and a catalyst that is sandwiched between opposing castings of the internal combustion engine that face each other at a split-line; wherein the exhaust gases flow through the catalyst parallel to the split-line; wherein the opposing castings of the internal combustion engine define cavities that are sized and shaped so that the catalyst is radially compressed by the opposing castings when the opposing castings are fixed together.,0.9172092904814717,0.1655814190370566
9631843,"1. A magnetic device for a magnetocaloric heat pump, comprising: an outer magnetic flux circuit, comprising an inner magnetic flux circuit located radially inward from the outer magnetic flux circuit and comprising wherein the outer magnetic circuit and the inner magnetic circuit create at least four fields of increased magnetic flux density between the outer magnetic circuit and the inner magnetic circuit.",0.4701637442922374,0.9403274885844748
9203639,"1. A method of managing communication with a plurality of modems on a plurality of channels, said method comprising: managing a list of channels available for allocating to the plurality of modems, the list of available channels for use by a load balancer for balancing a load on the plurality of modems; receiving an indication of impairment of a channel in a group of bonded channels allocated to one or more modems from the plurality of modems, the impairment based on at least one metric associated with the channel, wherein at least one modem of said plurality of modems communicates on said channel in the group of bonded channels using at least one of a time division multiple access channel access method or a code division multiple access method, wherein the plurality of channels includes a plurality of bonded channel groups, each bonded channel group including multiple channels from the plurality of channels allocated to one or more modems from the plurality of modems; responsive to said indication of impairment of said channel, placing modems allocated to said channel with impairment into a partial service mode; responsive to said indication of impairment of said channel, deferring or preventing availability of the channel with impairment by the load balancer for modem reallocation by removing said channel with impairment from the list of channels available for load balancing, while maintaining availability of the channel with impairment for ranging by the modems allocated to said channel that have been placed in the partial service mode; monitoring a quality of said channel; and responsive to detection of acceptable quality on said channel, removing said modems allocated to the channel that have been placed in the partial service mode from said partial service mode and adding said channel to said list of channels available for load balancing.",0.4588412648534405,0.917682529706881
8553430,"1. A resonant switching power circuit, comprising: a resonant circuit including at least one inductance and at least one capacitance for transferring energy to an output of the resonant switching power circuit; a switching circuit coupled to the resonant circuit for transferring energy from an input voltage source to the resonant circuit, wherein the switching circuit includes a first transistor for selectively coupling the resonant circuit to an output node of the input voltage source and a second transistor for selectively coupling the resonant circuit to a return node of the input voltage source; and a control circuit for controlling the switching circuit such that a dead time between de-activation of one of the first transistor or the second transistor and activation of a second one of the first transistor or the second transistor is dynamically set in dependence on an indication of a magnitude of a current flowing through the inductance and a value of a voltage of the input voltage source.",0.9014279371554315,0.19714412568913708
8764414,"1. A system comprising: a detector configured to detect a fog condition within an air flow directed toward a compressor, the detector defining a gutter configured to collect water from the detector and channel the water to a salt sensor, the salt sensor configured to detect salt content of the water, wherein the detector further comprises a chilled mirror hygrometer and a laser detection system configured to measure a dew point within the air flow; and a controller coupled to the detector and salt sensor, wherein the controller is configured to activate a first control measure in response to the fog condition.",0.8169243719830246,0.3661512560339508
9721733,"1. A method for forming a porous film of an inorganic substance on a base material by spraying dry fine particles of an inorganic substance on the base material such that the fine particles are bonded to the base material and bonded to one another, the spraying being performed by an aerosol deposition method in which the dry fine particles are accelerated by using a carrier gas and sprayed onto the base material, wherein: the dry fine particles include at least two kinds of fine particles, which are small-size particles and large-size particles having different average particle sizes; an average particle size r of the small-size particles satisfies 1 nm≦r<200 nm, and an average particle size R of the large-size particles satisfies 0.2 μm≦R≦100 μm; a mixing ratio of the small-size particles to the large-size particles in the dry fine particles to be sprayed on the base material is 0.5:99.5 to 50:50 (parts by weight); and the speed of the dry fine particles accelerated by the carrier gas is 10 m/s to 650 m/s.",0.6547529984130476,0.6904940031739049
9385646,"1. A method comprising: providing an energy storage system comprising a chamber receiving a moveable member; flowing gas into the chamber; in a compression cycle, storing energy by placing the moveable member in communication with a source of shaft torque through a rotating shaft to compress the gas in the chamber with gas-liquid heat exchange, and then transferring compressed gas from the chamber, wherein compressed gas is transferred from the chamber to a next stage; and controlling an operational parameter of the compression cycle to maintain a gas temperature within a range.",0.785746727346803,0.4285065453063941
9194585,"1. A method of cooling a combustor, comprising: passing cooling air through a plurality of impingement holes in a combustor shell into a flow cavity defined between an inner surface of the combustor shell and an outer cold surface of a combustor liner, the combustor liner disposed inside the combustor shell; accelerating the cooling air from the plurality of impingement holes through an acceleration channel defined between the outer cold surface of the combustor liner and a tapered panel which is disposed in the flow cavity and on the combustor shell; passing the cooling air through a plurality of effusion holes in the combustor liner, the plurality of effusion holes being offset from the plurality of impingement holes; and creating a cooling film on an inner hot surface of the combustor liner with the cooling air leaving the plurality of effusion holes.",0.8145572163981595,0.37088556720368104
9329790,"1. A method for managing a storage network system comprising a plurality of zones,each of the plurality of zones comprising at least one storage network device, the method comprising: detecting a link-down event associated with one of the storage network devices; wherein The link-down event is at least one of a device failure, a cable failure, and a planned device power interruption; identifying one of a plurality of zones where the link-down even occurred; transmitting a broadcast signal in the storage network giving notice of the detected link-down event, determining whether alternative storage network devices in the identified one of the plurality of zones where the link-down event occurred are in a link-down state, wherein at least a zone table and a routing table is used for the determining; in response to all of the storage network devices being in the link down state, placing the identified one of the plurality of zones where the link-down event occurred in a down state; and identifying one of the plurality of zones as being unused if the zone is not accessed by another of the storage network devices in another of the plurality of zones and if the zone does not access another of the storage network devices in another of the plurality of zones.",0.5969628043905362,0.8060743912189277
9026400,"1. A method of processing diagnostic data from a defective home electronic device to identify the most likely fix associated with the diagnostic data, the process comprising: receiving at a hand held scan tool a combined set of diagnostic data downloaded from an electronic control unit disposed within the device; and generating, on a diagnostics assessment system independent of the hand held scan tool, a prioritized set of possible fix(es) in accordance with ranked matching, by a prioritizer, of the downloaded combined set of diagnostic data to combined sets of diagnostic data stored in a prior experience database, the prior experience database having at least one possible fix associated with each combined set of stored diagnostic data, the possible fix associated with the highest ranked set of stored diagnostic data being identified as the most likely fix among the prioritized set of possible fix(es).",0.04936487549140113,0.09872975098280223
8797766,"1. A power supply comprising: an output node that is configured to deliver a target output voltage to a variable load; one or more power switches that controls power delivered to the output node; a controller configured to produce a series of variable width pulses that control operation of the power switches such that the output node delivers a near constant target output voltage to the load, wherein the controller is configured to receive an error signal indicating the difference between an actual voltage at the load and the target voltage and alter at least the width of the pulses delivered to the power switches based on a hysteretic window of the error signal; a tickle pulse generator configured to generate a series of tickle pulses that are combined with the error signal supplied to the controller, wherein at least some of the pulses cause the controller to generate a pulse delivered to the power switches when the load draws little or no power.",0.7335037825079269,0.5329924349841462
9210163,"1. A blade device, comprising: one or more interface devices for communicating information to and from the blade device; and one or more processors operable to execute executable instructions to perform actions, comprising: identifying the target server for a second communications session with the client device based on the second client certificate, wherein the second client certificate includes a public key security certificate, and wherein the second secure communications session is directed towards resuming the first secure communications session, and wherein a session identifier is provided with the second received message for use in establishing the second secure communications session.",0.2681186998138941,0.5362373996277882
8487142,1. A process for producing small molecular weight organic compounds from carbonaceous material comprising a step of contacting the carbonaceous material with carbon monoxide (CO) and steam in presence of a shift catalyst at a predetermined temperature and pressure.,0.9673506039338408,0.06529879213231848
9563227,"1. A modulated clock device comprising an update device for updating a phase of the modulated clock device, the update device including: an update phase multiplexer coupled to an output phase multiplexer of an output clock generator and configured to receive an input clock signal and one or more phases of the input clock signal; an output phase fractional counter coupled to the update phase multiplexer and configured to receive an update clock signal and to generate an output phase.",0.2780210028500639,0.5560420057001279
9419764,"1. A terminal apparatus comprising: a receiver, which, in operation, receives a first downlink control channel signal in an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) and receives a second downlink control channel signal in a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), wherein the first downlink control channel signal assigns a first downlink data in a primary cell (PCell) and one or more secondary cells (SCells) and the second downlink control channel signal assigns a second downlink data in one or more SCells; a controller, which, in operation, determines a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource value based on indicator values received in the ePDCCH and the PDCCH, wherein the indicator value received in the ePDCCH in a SCell is identical to the indicator value received in the PDCCH in another SCell to denote a common PUCCH resource between the ePDCCH and the PDCCH; and a transmitter, which, in operation, transmits a response signal using the one PUCCH resource corresponding to the determined PUCCH resource value.",0.7332228075507293,0.5335543848985413
9391324,"1. An active material comprising a composite oxide represented by a following general formula: the general formula: Li wherein M is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Mn, Al, and Ga.",0.9018194251401362,0.1963611497197275
8735579,"1. A compound of the formula I wherein R where L where R R wherein in heterocycloalkyl groups a methylene group may be substituted by CO, SO or SO wherein R R wherein L wherein R wherein R wherein in the alkyl groups mentioned optionally one or two CH wherein in the cycloalkyl groups mentioned one or two CH R wherein L wherein R wherein R wherein R R wherein L wherein R R R R X,Y independently of one another denote N or C—R R L is selected from among halogen, cyano, C",0.5591048503475866,0.8817902993048268
8917007,"1. An axial gap motor in which a stator and a rotor are arranged to be opposed to each other with a predetermined gap along an axis line direction of a rotor output shaft of the rotor, the stator includes plural core members annularly arranged around an axis line of the rotor output shaft, and the core members are coupled to one another through a predetermined coupling device, wherein each of the core members includes a stator iron core including a teeth surface opposed to the rotor, a winding section that extends in the axis line direction from the teeth surface and around which a winding wire is wound, and a yoke strip for coupling the core members to form a part of an annular yoke section on one end side in the axis line direction of the stator, contact surfaces of the core members adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction that come into contact with the yoke strip are provided on both end sides in the circumferential direction of the yoke strip, when the surface area of each of the contact surfaces is represented as As, the projected area of the lateral surface of the yoke strip viewed from the circumferential direction is represented as Ap, the contact surfaces and the lateral surfaces are formed to satisfy a relation As>Ap, each of the core members further includes an insulator that covers an outer circumference of the stator iron core leaving the teeth surface of the winding section, the insulator is formed in a bobbin shape including a pair of flange sections parallel to each other along the teeth surface and the yoke strip, and an upper flange on the teeth surface side is formed to be lower than the teeth surface in the axis line direction, and a hook section functioning as a first coupling device is protrudingly provided on one end side in the circumferential direction of the flange section, a locking shaft to which the hook section is locked is provided on the other end side in the circumferential direction of the flange section, and the locking shaft is formed to have an axial direction height lower than the teeth surface in the axis line direction.",0.19454563587951484,0.3890912717590297
8711343,"1. An apparatus for focus beam analysis of a high power laser, comprising: an optical wedge prism disposed between a laser beam source and a process focusing lens; said process focusing lens disposed between said optical wedge prism and a workpiece; said optical wedge prism oriented so that it offsets a laser beam from a laser beam source axis by a few degrees; said process focusing lens being tilted so that it is normal to said offset laser beam, thereby compensating for the few degrees of offset caused by said optical wedge prism; a second surface of said process focusing lens reflecting less than one percent up to about five percent (<1 to 5%) of said laser beam to said laser beam source; said reflected percentage of said laser beam being incident upon a second surface of said optical wedge prism; a pixelated detector disposed in light-receiving alignment with said second surface of said optical wedge prism, said pixelated detector measuring said reflected percentage of said laser beam; said second surface of said process focusing lens reflecting less than one percent up to about five percent (<1 to 5%) of said laser beam to said laser beam source so that said less than one percent up to about five percent (<1 to 5%) of said laser beam reverses its original path through said process focusing lens to said workpiece such that the lens power is the equivalent of two process focusing lenses; whereby back-reflected light from the second surface of the process focusing lens is focused onto said pixelated detector in order to monitor the amount of contamination accumulating on said process focusing lens as work is performed on said workpiece.",0.24103531978667292,0.48207063957334584
9446338,"1. A filter part for pressures in the range of 700 bar to 900 bar and for use with hydrogen, comprising: a base body and at least one fluid opening, wherein the base body and the fluid opening are covered at least partly by a filter element, characterized in that the filter element is a filter mesh with at least one filter layer with a mesh width in the range of 0.1 μm to 400 μm, and the base body exerts a supporting function with respect to the filter mesh, such that a resistance is provided against pressure surges and/or alternating loads up to 900 bar, wherein the filter mesh is non-detachably connected to the base body by a welded connection, wherein the base body and the individual filter layers comprise materials which are H2-resistant, wherein the base body and the individual filter layers consist of materials selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, special stainless steel with a high nickel fraction, special stainless steel with a nickel fraction between 12.5% and 17% by weight, brass, and aluminium, and wherein the base body comprises a plurality of grooves which are in fluid-conducting connection with at least one central fluid line.",0.5857121768088334,0.8285756463823333
9721798,"1. An apparatus for depositing an amorphous silicon film, the apparatus comprising: a chamber providing an inner space in which a process with respect to a substrate is performed at a process temperature under a process pressure; a vacuum port through which a non-reaction gas and by-products in the inner space are exhausted; a substrate support disposed within the chamber to support the substrate; first and second supply lines connected to an introduction unit disposed at one side of the chamber to respectively supply a source gas and an atmospheric gas into the chamber through the introduction unit; first and second storage tank connected to the first and second supply lines to store the source gas and the atmospheric gas, respectively, the source gas comprising at least one of silane (SiH an exhaust line connected to the vacuum port; a vacuum pump exhausting forcibly the non-reaction gas and the by-product in the inner space; a control unit controlling the substrate support to adjust the process temperature in a range of about 540° C. to about 580° C., and further controlling the vacuum pump to adjust the process pressure in a range of about 8 Torr to about 300 Torr in the inner space, so that the source gas is pyrolyzed to deposit the amorphous silicon film on the substrate; and first and second flow controllers disposed in the first and second supply lines, respectively, for respectively adjusting supply flow rates of the source gas and the atmosphere gas, wherein the atmospheric gas comprises at least one of hydrogen and helium.",0.8114145641442192,0.3771708717115616
9446149,"1. A polymer conjugate comprising a polymer containing a polyol and a polymer containing a nitrophenylboronic acid, wherein the polymer containing a nitrophenylboronic acid is conjugated to the polymer containing a polyol with a reversible borate ester linkage, and wherein the polymer containing the polyol is derived from the coupling of a compound of Formula A with a compound of Formula B; wherein the compound of Formula A is: in which the spacer is independently selected from any organic group; the amino acid is selected from any organic group bearing a free amine and a free carboxylic acid group; n is 1-20; and Z the compound of Formula B is: in which q is a number from 1 to 20; p is a number from 20 to 200; and L is a leaving group.",0.47282903161901424,0.9456580632380285
9512964,"1. A high pressure gas container configured to be charged with a high pressure gas thereinto, the high pressure gas container comprising: a liner configured to be charged with the high pressure gas thereinto; and a reinforcing sleeve that envelops an outer surface of the liner, wherein the liner includes: the reinforcing sleeve is made from a metal and includes: in a forming process, an incline angle of an inner surface of each of the sleeve shoulder portions relative to a center line of the high pressure gas container is formed larger than an incline angle of an outer surface of the respective liner shoulder portion relative to the center line, the reinforcing sleeve is seamless, and the inner surface of the sleeve trunk portion contacts the outer surface of the liner trunk portion without gaps.",0.5135503367193698,0.9728993265612604
9200901,"1. A method of managing a local cache and point of interest information that is accessed by and that is stored on and selectively removed from the local cache of a mobile device, the mobile device including a processor and a local cache, comprising: the mobile device determining direction information based on an orientation for the mobile device; the mobile device determining position information as a function of a position for the mobile device; the mobile device storing, in a local cache of the mobile device, point of interest information for one or more points of interest, the point of interest information having been previously received at the mobile device; the mobile device identifying a region of real space that the mobile device is unlikely to encounter in the future based at least in part on the direction information or the position information; and the mobile device selectively and automatically removing from the local cache of the mobile device, point of interest information for at least one of the points of interest in the identified region that the mobile device is unlikely to encounter based at least in part on the direction or position information, freeing up space in the local cache.",0.20870638731732308,0.4174127746346461
9391399,"1. A charging connector, comprising: a connector case; a release lever provided in a slidable manner in the connector case; a slide projection provided in one of the connector case and the release lever; a slide groove provided in another one of the connector case and the release lever, in which the slide projection is inserted, the slide projection sliding in the slide groove so that the release lever is guided by the slide groove in a slidable manner; and a water drain groove provided on a bottom of the slide groove and extending downward to penetrate the bottom of the slide groove.",0.2027151625221855,0.40543032504437093
9590509,"1. A power supply comprising: a filter capacitor coupled to a line to which an input voltage is supplied, the input voltage being rectified from an AC input passed through a dimmer; a discharge switch coupled to the filter capacitor through the line; and a main switch configured to receive the input voltage and to control power transmission, wherein the power supply is configured to perform input voltage control to shape the input voltage with a predetermined pattern and to control a switching operation time of the main switch.",0.7133379348146368,0.5733241303707264
8447093,"1. A bill processing apparatus comprising: a bill reading unit which reads a bill; an allowable range storage part which stores an allowable range acceptable from a reference value as a standard of a length of a printed area of each of first and second surfaces of a bill; a comparison judgment part which executes an authenticity judgment process when actual measurement data of a length of a printed area of the first surface of the bill read by the bill reading unit is out of the allowable range for the first surface, a correction value with respect to the actual measurement data of the first surface is calculated such that actual measurement data of the second surface is corrected with the calculated correction value, and the authenticity judgment process is performed by comparing the corrected actual measurement data of the second surface with an allowable range for the second surface, which is stored in the allowable ranged storage part.",0.12531297997643115,0.2506259599528623
8459865,"1. A heat flux sensor, comprising: an absorber plate made of a first metal, and comprising a front side facing toward an incident heat flux and an opposing back side; a thermal bus made of the first metal, and comprising a near end and a far end; a thermal resistor made of a second metal different than the first metal, and comprising a first side and an opposing second side; wherein the first side of the thermal resistor is attached to the back side of the absorber plate, and the second side of the thermal resistor is attached to the near end of the thermal bus; a first dissimilar metal thermocouple junction located at a first interface between the absorber plate and the resistor; a second dissimilar metal thermocouple junction located at a second interface between the resistor and the thermal bus; a heat sink attached to the thermal bus; a first electrical lead electrically connected to the absorber plate; and a second electrical lead electrically connected to the thermal bus or the heat sink; wherein a voltage difference is generated across the first and second electrical leads, caused by a Seebeck effect, when a localized heat flux is applied to the front side of the absorber plate and heat is conducted through the absorber plate, then through the thermal resistor to the thermal bus, and finally to the heat sink, thereby causing a temperature difference to develop between the first and second dissimilar metal thermocouple junctions.",0.2354668379059724,0.4709336758119448
9049725,"1. A method for a base station that is able to transmit wireless signals that are spread by any of a plurality of orthogonal spreading codes and is able to receive wireless signals that mobile stations transmit in an access channel, said method comprising: said base station receiving an instruction from a base station controller; in response to said instruction, said base station reserving one of said orthogonal spreading codes as an indicator code to indicate that said access channel is occupied; said base station detecting a transmission in said access channel after receiving said instruction from said base station controller; said base station estimating a completion time when said transmission will be completed; said base station continuously transmitting an indicator signal spread with said indicator code until said completion time is reached; and said base station stopping transmission of said indicator signal when said completion time is reached.",0.5052719403413427,0.9894561193173146
8640445,"1. An exhaust flow detection and variable dosing system for treating exhaust flow from an engine, comprising: a first exhaust flow leg positioned to receive the exhaust flow from the engine; a first selective catalytic reducer positioned along said first exhaust flow leg; a second exhaust flow leg positioned to receive the exhaust flow from the engine in parallel to the exhaust flow in said first exhaust flow leg; a second selective catalytic reducer positioned along said second exhaust flow leg; a cross passage connecting said first and said second exhaust flow legs upstream of said selective catalytic reducers to receive exhaust flow; a sensor positioned along said cross passage to detect at least one of differential pressure between said first and said second exhaust flow legs, and exhaust flow in said cross passage, said sensor adapted to generate a cross passage signal corresponding to said at least one of differential pressure and said cross passage exhaust flow; a dosing treatment supply containing a dosing agent; a dosing circuit connecting said dosing treatment supply to each of said first and said second exhaust flow legs at or upstream of said first and said second selective catalytic reducers; at least one dosing device positioned along said dosing circuit to control the amount of said dosing agent delivered to each exhaust leg; and an electronic control unit adapted to receive said cross passage signal and independently control the amount of said dosing agent delivered to said first and said second exhaust flow legs based on said cross passage signal.",0.8885805460371562,0.2228389079256876
9511183,"1. Filling and recirculation device of a fluid conducting system of an extracorporeal blood treatment device comprising: a fluid container connector configured for connection with a single fluid connector of a medical fluid container; and a manually operable fluid blocking mechanism positioned downstream of the fluid container connector and configured to remain fluidically connected with the medical fluid container during the entire operation of the filling and recirculation device via the fluid container connector, the fluid blocking mechanism including: a three-dimensional four-way valve with a first valve plane on which an inlet connector for the medical fluid container, an arterial line connector, and a valve-internal coupling connector are arranged and a second valve plane on which an outlet connector and a venous line connector are arranged, the venous line connector permanently fluidically connected with the valve-internal coupling connector of the first plane; and a manually operable valve rotary piston including a first piston control section corresponding to the first valve plane and an axially spaced second piston control section corresponding to the second valve plane, the first and second piston control sections geared relative to each other such that:",0.11046432844644866,0.2209286568928973
8385287,"1. A base station apparatus comprising: scheduler configured to allocate resource blocks with a first allocation or a second allocation to a mobile station, wherein resource blocks, each of which is comprised of a plurality of subcarriers that are consecutive in the frequency domain, are divided into the plurality of groups, each of which is comprised of a predetermined number of resource blocks that are consecutive in the frequency domain; and radio transmitting section configured to transmit, to the mobile station, control information including both information distinguishing between the first allocation and the second allocation and information indicating the resource blocks allocated to the mobile station, wherein: in the first allocation, the plurality of groups are divided into a plurality of subsets including a first subset, which is comprised of at least two of groups that are a part of the plurality of groups and that are inconsecutive in the frequency domain, and a second subset, which is comprised of at least two of groups that are other than the part of the plurality of groups and that are inconsecutive in the frequency domain, and the resource blocks from one subset selected among the plurality of subsets are allocated to the mobile station; in the second allocation, the resource blocks are allocated to the mobile station in units of resource blocks that are consecutive in the frequency domain; and the information indicating the allocated resource blocks in the control information has the same number of bits in the first allocation and the second allocation.",0.6852225666968801,0.6295548666062398
9017514,"1. A method for the production of cellulose and hemicellulose fibers from lignocellulosic biomass by applying a differential process comprising the stages of: a) Diminishing the particle size of the lignocellulosic biomass to a range between 3 and 15 mm, and wherein the lignocellulosic biomass is obtained from sugarcane leaves and buds, b) Treating the diminished particle size biomass with one or more solvents and a mixture of specific catalysts, at a temperature between 383- 403 K with a liquor: dry fiber ratio by weight between 1.9- 8.5:1 during a time of 5 to 125 min, c) Subjecting the diminished particle size biomass to sudden decompression to atmospheric pressure in a reactor, d) Collecting the material in a cyclone, e) Separating the liquid and solid fractions through washing and filtering, f) Optionally, treating the solid fraction in a reactor with a mixture of ethanol 40 to 60% w/w referred to the dry fiber and chlorine dioxide 1-5% v/v, g) Washing the solid fraction to achieve cellulose efficiency above 50% and of lignin of 5 to 7%, fiber length in the range of 1.5 to 2.7 mm, breaking length (km) of 7.0- 8.9, Burst index (kPam2/g) of 4.5-7.2, and Tear index (mNm2/g) of 8.2-8.9.",0.9842250915307638,0.031549816938472475
9459733,"1. A method of detecting a tap on an object having at least one acoustic/vibration sensor, including a method of determining a threshold for declaring a detected tap, the method comprising: capturing tap data comprising a digitised waveform of a tap on said object captured by said at least one acoustic/vibration sensor; processing said captured tap data by applying a probabilistic tap detection procedure to generate time series tap metric data comprising data providing a detection metric of a potential said tap at a succession of times, wherein said time series tap metric data comprises a time series of tap detection probabilities; determining a threshold for a classifier wherein said threshold comprises a probability threshold to apply to said tap detection probabilities from said probabilistic tap detection procedure to declare a detected tap; and applying said classifier to said time series of tap detection probabilities data to declare a detected said tap on said object; and wherein said determining of said probability threshold for said classifier comprises: identifying a region of background noise without taps; adding to this background noise one or more examples of stored clean taps at one or more time locations in said background noise to generate synthetic training data; applying said probabilistic tap detection procedure to said generated synthetic training data comprising said one or more examples of stored clean taps in said background noise without taps, to generate training probability data; and using said training probability data to determine said threshold for said classifier.",0.14928246090112596,0.2985649218022519
8445389,"1. A method for treating a silicon-containing material on a substrate surface, comprising: positioning a substrate comprising a silicon material containing a contaminant within a process chamber; exposing the substrate to an etching gas comprising chlorine gas and a silicon source gas while removing the contaminant and maintaining a temperature of the substrate within a range from about 500° C. to less than about 800° C. during an etching process; exposing the substrate to a deposition gas after the etching process during a deposition process; and exposing the process chamber to a chamber clean gas comprising chlorine gas and the silicon source gas after the deposition process during a chamber clean process.",0.5831752504441211,0.8336494991117578
9758437,"1. An apparatus for determining a flow rate of carbon dioxide, comprising: (i) a delivery line through which flows gaseous carbon dioxide, liquid carbon dioxide, or a combination of gaseous and liquid carbon dioxide, wherein the delivery line is operably connected to a source of liquid carbon dioxide and/or a source of gaseous carbon dioxide; (ii) an orifice at the distal end of the delivery line, through which the carbon dioxide exits from the delivery line, wherein the diameter of the delivery line as it joins the orifice is D (iii) a first temperature sensor proximal to the orifice and configured to detect a first temperature, T, of carbon dioxide in the delivery line and to transmit the detected first temperature to a flow rate calculation system; (iv) a pressure sensor proximal to the orifice and configured to detect a pressure, P (v) a second temperature sensor distal to the orifice and configured to detect a second temperature, T",0.7465353117773048,0.5069293764453904
9191710,"1. A method of sending a remote record request to a recording device, comprising: accessing programming data for a broadcast center with a first communications device; selecting a program for recording on the recording device that is separate from the first device; communicating the remote record request to the broadcast center, the remote record request comprising a program code; verifying, at the broadcast center, that the program is within a current subscription package; communicating a verification response to the first device rejecting the remote record request when the program is not within the current subscription package or is above a billing limit or rating limit; communicating an override signal from the first device to the broadcast center to override the package, billing limit or a rating limit; communicating the remote record request to the recording device in response to the override signal; and the remote record request recording content at the recording device in response to the recording request.",0.1095872637112119,0.21917452742242383
8371837,"1. A sheet molding apparatus comprising: a. a first mold portion having an interior mold surface, and a perimeter edge, said interior mold surface having a contour and a plurality of perforations; b. a first vacuum apparatus that is in fluid communication with said first mold portion, said first vacuum apparatus controllably drawing reduced pressure through said plurality of perforations of said interior mold surface of said first mold portion; c. at least one sheet retainer having an upper surface, the upper surface of said sheet retainer having a plurality of perforations, said sheet retainer having a longitudinal axis that is oriented along at least a portion of said perimeter edge; and d. a second vacuum apparatus that is in fluid communication with said sheet retainer, said second vacuum apparatus controllably drawing reduced pressure through said plurality of perforations of said upper surface of said sheet retainer, wherein said sheet retainer is reversibly and controllably positionable along at least one of an x-axis, a y-axis and a z-axis relative to said perimeter edge, and said sheet retainer is rotatable around said longitudinal axis, further wherein, said upper surface of said sheet retainer is dimensioned to retain a first portion of a second surface of a heated thermoplastic sheet on the upper surface of said sheet retainer, when said second surface of said first portion of said heated thermoplastic sheet is contacted with said upper surface of said sheet retainer and reduced pressure is drawn through said plurality of perforations of the upper surface of said sheet retainer, and e. reversible positioning of said sheet retainer along at least one of said x-axis, said y-axis and said z-axis relative to said perimeter edge, and reversible rotation of said sheet retainer around said longitudinal axis, with said first portion of said second surface of a heated thermoplastic sheet being retained on the upper surface of said sheet retainer, assists a second portion of said second surface of said heated thermoplastic sheet being drawn to and matching the contour of said interior mold surface of said first mold portion when said second surface of said second portion of said heated thermoplastic sheet is contacted with said interior mold surface of said first mold portion and reduced pressure is drawn trough said plurality of perforations of said interior mold surface of said first mold portion.",0.15566891888417222,0.31133783776834445
9148855,"1. A receiver comprising: a reception analog circuit, for which one mode among a plurality of modes can be selected, power consumption being different depending on the modes, to process an analog signal received by an antenna to generate a digital signal with first accuracy depending on the selected mode; a frame detector configured to detect a first frame from the digital signal; a controller configured to make the reception analog circuit operate on a first mode among the plurality of modes until the first frame is detected and make the reception analog circuit operate on a second mode among the plurality of modes after the first frame is detected, power consumption of the second mode being higher than power consumption of the first mode; an RF circuit configured to convert the received analog signal from radio frequency to baseband; a baseband circuit configured to perform filtering on an output signal from the RF circuit; an A-D (analog to digital) converter configured to convert an output signal from the baseband circuit to the digital signal; a first amplifier configured to amplify the received analog signal; an oscillator configured to generate a reference signal; and a mixer configured to convert an output signal from the first amplifier from the radio frequency to the baseband using the reference signal, wherein the controller adjusts an amount of current flowing in at least one of the RF circuit and the baseband circuit according to whether the selected mode is the first mode or the second mode, wherein the baseband circuit comprises: a filter configured to perform filtering on an output signal from the mixer; and a second amplifier configured to amplify an output signal from the filter, wherein the controller adjusts the amount of current flowing in at least one of the first amplifier, the filter and the second amplifier according to whether the selected mode is the first mode or the second mode.",0.3836395438629787,0.7672790877259574
8424234,"1. A mount for mounting an accessory to a rail of a weapon, the rail defining a longitudinal axis and having an upper face and a pair of opposed side faces, the mount comprising: a base portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface configured to engage a rail of a weapon so as to attach the base portion thereto, the base portion having a forward edge and a rearward edge with a fore-aft axis extending therebetween, the fore-aft axis being parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rail when the base portion is attached to the rail; an upper portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface of the upper portion comprising a mounting surface for receiving an accessory; a pivot interconnecting the base portion and the upper portion, the pivot having a pivot axis for rotation of the upper portion with respect to the base portion between a use position and a storage position, the upper portion in the use position being disposed above the base portion and the upper portion in the storage position being disposed to a side of the base portion, the upper portion having a first edge that is a forward edge in the use position and a rearward edge in the storage position.",0.04162647122470336,0.08325294244940673
9732001,"1. A geopolymer activator composition comprising: a) alkaline activator having a molarity of 1.0 to 20 M; and b) additives having a molarity in the range of 0.001 to 0.10 M, wherein the additives are selected from the group consisting of a sugar and derivatives thereof and/or an organic acid and salts thereof.",0.8282510465380457,0.3434979069239086
9593754,"1. A drive module comprising: a differential assembly having a differential input, a first differential output and a second differential output; a first output shaft driven by the first differential output; a second output shaft driven by the second differential output; an electric motor; a reduction drive receiving rotary power produced by the electric motor; a transmission coupled to the reduction drive, the transmission comprising a first planetary gearset and a second planetary gearset, the first planetary gearset having a first planet carrier and a first sun gear, the second planetary gearset having a second planet carrier and a second sun gear, the first planet carrier being coupled to the first output shaft for common rotation, the second planet carrier being coupled to the differential input for common rotation and the second sun gear being coupled to the first sun gear for common rotation.",0.8608613869618797,0.2782772260762405
8649524,"1. A method for fitting a hearing aid worn by a wearer with a fitting system, comprising: programming an interface to the fitting system adapted to provide a tactile response to a user of the system during a fitting session; and providing the tactile response including using haptics to provide a mechanical feedback sensation to the user when the user touches a portion of the interface during the fitting session.",0.055038648223650136,0.11007729644730024
8448799,"1. A cap assembly comprising: a body having a top surface and a bottom surface, a spout engagement channel on the bottom surface thereof and an inner surface defining an opening extending therethrough, the opening including a recessed circumferential channel molded into the inner surface and spaced apart from the top surface and a membrane engaging flange positioned proximate the recessed circumferential channel, such that the recessed circumferential channel is positioned between the top surface and the membrane engaging flange; a sealing membrane covering the opening and including a body engaging flange and a pierceable surface, the sealing membrane positioned upon the membrane engaging flange so that the body engaging flange and the membrane engaging flange are in overlying engagement; and a retaining ring positioned entirely within the confines of the inner surface and below the top surface of the body, the retaining ring including a body engaging tab, a sealing membrane engagement surface and an inner wall structure opposite the sealing membrane engagement surface, the retaining ring positioned with the sealing membrane engaging surface in overlying engagement with the sealing membrane, with the body engaging tab extending into the recessed circumferential channel of the body to releasably sandwich, in sealed engagement, the body engagement flange of the sealing membrane between the sealing membrane engagement surface of the retaining ring, and the membrane engaging flange of the body, and wherein the inner wall structure of the retaining ring includes an inwardly sloping protective flange spaced apart from the sealing membrane engagement surface of the retaining ring and spaced apart from contact with the sealing membrane that extends radially inward beyond the membrane engaging flange of the body, so as to extend over a portion of the sealing membrane, the inwardly sloping protective flange spaced apart from the sealing membrane and positioned above the sealing membrane, to, in turn, direct a probe toward the pierceable surface.",0.10378346011520388,0.2075669202304078
9371488,"1. A method for thermo-catalytically producing C 4+ hydrocarbons from lignocellulosic biomass solids comprising: a) providing a wet cellulosic biomass solids containing at least 30 wt % water; b) contacting the wet cellulosic biomass solids in a drying unit with a high boiling at least partially hydrophilic organic solvent, having a boiling point above 100° C. atmospheric pressure, containing at least one of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, diols, monooxygenates greater than C c) contacting said low water-content lignocellulosic biomass solids in a hydrothermal digestion unit in the presence of a digestive solvent, hydrogen, and a catalyst capable of activating molecular hydrogen, thereby at least partially transforming said lignocellulosic biomass solids into a reaction product comprising one or more monooxygenates, glycols, diols, monooxygenates greater than C d) flashing at least a portion of the product stream at a pressure of at most 5000 kPa and a temperature in the range of from 100° C. to 250° C. thereby separating a light mono-oxygenate stream and producing a heavy stream comprising glycols, diols, monooxygenates greater than C e) separating a high boiling at least partially hydrophilic organic solvent stream from the heavy stream and recycling to the drying unit in step b; f) removing at least a portion of water from the wet organic solvent producing a dried organic solvent; g) recycling at least a portion of the dried organic solvent to the drying unit in step b as high boiling at least partially hydrophilic organic solvent; and h) contacting at least a portion of the light mono-oxygenate stream and/or at least a portion of the high boiling least partially hydrophilic organic solvent stream with a condensation catalyst to produce a condensation product stream containing ≧C",0.9501073839623798,0.09978523207524037
8914141,"1. A method for determining an optimum manufacturing process routing, the method comprising: electronically constructing a plurality of manufacturing process routings for a component to be manufactured, the electronically constructing for each manufacturing process routing of the plurality of manufacturing process routings comprising defining a recursive process routing tree for each manufacturing process routing, the recursive process routing tree comprising a plurality of nodes, each node of the plurality of nodes corresponding to a manufacturing process and comprising a branch node when the manufacturing process for a given node may be decomposed into a plurality of sub-processes for the given node, the electronically constructing being performed using at least one computer processor programmed to electronically construct the plurality of manufacturing process routings; and electronically determining an optimum process routing of the plurality of manufacturing process routings by evaluating each recursive process routing tree for the plurality of manufacturing process routings with reference to a cost for manufacturing at least one geometric cost driver with reference to a geometric model of the component and determining the optimum process routing that minimizes the cost for manufacturing the component, the electronically determining being performed using the at least one computer processor, the at least one computer processor being further programmed to electronically determine the optimum process routing; the evaluating each recursive process routing tree comprising expanding a component template into a plurality of process routing alternatives, and expanding and evaluating a geometric cost driver template for each geometric cost driver of the component; and the determining the optimum process routing comprising applying a cost model and being based on component inputs including the geometric model and non-geometric manufacturing inputs that affect the cost of manufacturing the component.",0.3626679733070867,0.7253359466141734
9055571,"1. A mobile station device comprising: a transmission processor configured to transmit, to a base station device, uplink control information via a physical uplink shared channel of at least two physical uplink shared channels in a first case that a transmission via the at least two physical uplink shared channels is being performed on respective component carriers of a plurality of component carriers in a sub-frame, wherein in the first case if the transmission via the physical uplink shared channel of the at least two physical uplink shared channels is being performed in a first component carrier in the sub-frame, the transmission processor is configured to transmit, to the base station device, the uplink control information via the physical uplink shared channel in the first component carrier among the plurality of component carriers, in the first case if the transmission via the physical uplink shared channel is not being performed in the first component carrier but the transmission via the at least two physical uplink shared channels is being performed in second component carriers other than the first component carrier, the transmission processor is configured to transmit, to the base station device, the uplink control information via the physical uplink shared channel in a specific second component carrier among the plurality of component carriers, the specific second component carrier is a second component carrier with a minimum component carrier number among component carrier numbers corresponding to the second component carriers, and the plurality of component carriers are numbered respectively.",0.4552456428631558,0.9104912857263115
8343124,"1. An absorbent article, comprising: an absorbent article main body extending in a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article and having a belt-shaped member extending in the longitudinal direction and including an attaching member provided on a back surface of the belt-shaped member and configured to be attached to clothing, in use, wherein the attaching member extends in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and includes side portions opposite to each other in the width direction and fixed to the back surface of the belt-shaped member, and the attaching member is separate from, in the thickness direction, the belt-shaped member between the side portions.",0.114457761521667,0.22891552304333396
9185946,"1. A method for providing a customized form-fit of an athletic shoe for a wearer, the method comprising: providing an athletic shoe comprising: heating the athletic shoe at the predetermined temperature, wherein the predetermined temperature is in a range from about 120 degrees Fahrenheit to about 220 degrees Fahrenheit; inserting a wearer's foot into the athletic shoe once the first visible change to the temperature sensitive indicator is recognized; and keeping the wearer's foot in the athletic shoe until at least the second visible change to the temperature sensitive indicator is recognized to allow the flexible heat moldable sheet to conform to the portion of the wearer's body.",0.14354204560782513,0.28708409121565026
9039086,"1. A vehicle seat, comprising: a seat back; a seat cushion; a connecting arm that connects the seat back with the seat cushion; and a walk-in mechanism operable to unlock the seat cushion from a locked position and move the seat cushion forward, in association with forward tilting of the seat back, the walk-in mechanism including: a fixing device that fixes the connecting arm to the seat cushion and also fixes the base member to the seat cushion.",0.11830258207426513,0.23660516414853028
8921460,"1. A curable acrylate copolymer composition for making an elastomer, said composition consisting essentially of A. a polymer blend composition comprising B. an amine curative; and C. a reinforcing filler, the reinforcing filler being present in the curable acrylate copolymer composition in an amount that causes an increase in the Shore A hardness of the cured acrylate copolymer composition of no more than about 20 points as compared to the Shore A hardness of a control composition that is of identical composition but for the absence of the reinforcing filler, wherein i) the curable acrylate copolymer composition and control composition are formed into test specimens of 1 mm to 2.5 mm thickness, the test specimens are cured by exposure to a temperature of 175° C. for 10 minutes in a closed mold at a pressure of at least 10 MPa, demolded and the test specimens are subjected to a post cure at a temperature of 175° C. for 4 hours in a hot air oven to form post cured test specimens, ii) Shore A hardness of the post cured acrylate copolymer composition and the post cured control composition is determined according to ASTM D 2240-06 (1 second reading), and iii) the post cured acrylate copolymer composition has a Shore A hardness greater than 40.",0.11378866874163626,0.22757733748327258
9015380,"1. A system for exchanging message data in a distributed computer system between i) a sending hardware system comprising a first memory system with a first data buffer and a first memory region and ii) a receiving hardware system comprising a second memory system with a second data buffer and a second memory region, wherein the sending hardware system and the receiving hardware system are coupled via a non- transparent bridge unit, the system comprising: a message send engine located inside the sending hardware system and a message receive engine located inside the receiving hardware system; wherein: the first data buffer located inside the sending hardware system is assigned to the message receive engine inside the receiving hardware system; the second data buffer located inside the receiving hardware system is assigned to the message send engine inside the sending hardware system; the message receive engine allocates empty memory locations inside the second memory region of the second memory system inside the receiving hardware system, and writes information about the empty memory locations to the first data buffer of the first memory system; the message send engine copies payload data directly from the sending hardware system to the empty memory locations inside the second memory region of the second memory system inside the receiving hardware system according to the information written to the first data buffer; the message send engine writes information about the copied payload data to the second data buffer of the second memory system inside the receiving hardware system; and the message receive engine sets a corresponding toggle bit inside the first data buffer to a valid status when information about an empty memory location is written in a related buffer location of the first data buffer.",0.2981447120454431,0.5962894240908863
8831166,"1. A zirconium-based metal alloy composition, comprising: zirconium; a first metal element additive in which the permeability of hydrogen decreases with increasing temperatures at least over a temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C.; a second metal element additive having a solubility value in zirconium over the temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C., wherein at least one of a solubility value of the first metal element additive in the second metal element additive over the temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C. and a solubility value of the second metal element additive in the first metal element additive over the temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C. is higher than the solubility value of the second metal element additive in zirconium over the temperature range extending from 350° C. to 750° C.; wherein the zirconium-based metal alloy composition has a microstructure comprising:",0.8343628019267353,0.3312743961465294
9811475,"1. A method to manage secure sleep state transitions in a computing platform including at least one processor, an operating system to control the computing platform, a basic input/output system to boot the computing platform, and a main memory, the method comprising: in response to a trigger to place the computing platform in a secure sleep state: in response to an initiation of a resume procedure to resume the computing platform from the secure sleep state: after the operating system has received control of the computing platform from the basic input/output system and in response to at least one of a fault or violation triggered by an attempt to access the main memory:",0.6764059339080429,0.6471881321839141
9215924,"1. A single-sided mobile furniture system, comprising: a tabletop defining a substantially horizontal work surface and having a front edge, a rear edge, and a left and right edge; a framework assembly comprising a pair of vertical frame members configured to support the tabletop, each of the vertical frame members extending vertically at opposing ends of the rearward edge of the tabletop and extending above the tabletop; at least one utility service line routed through at least a portion of the framework assembly and being configured to be removably coupled to at least one fixed utility source; a pair of leg members operatively coupled proximate the front edge of the tabletop and spaced from the pair of vertical frame members; a rotatable support operatively coupled to each of the vertical frame members and to each of the leg members, respectively; and a movable foot operatively coupled to each of the vertical frame members and to each of the leg members, respectively, and being configured to support the system in a stationary configuration upon a lowering movement of the movable foot; wherein the rotatable supports are fixed behind the feet such that in a first tilted position, the rotatable supports contact the ground and the feet do not contact the ground.",0.4376426987949426,0.8752853975898852
8724911,"1. A method for clustering a plurality data graphs, wherein the plurality of data graphs are comprised of primitives and relations, said method comprising: generating a graph lattice comprised of a graph of related subgraphs, wherein subgraphs of degree 1 are the primitives and each subgraph of degree i>1 is comprised of a subgraph of degree i−1 and one of the primitives, wherein the graph lattice is a lattice of nodes, and wherein each node corresponds to a subgraph representing image primitives and relations, and each graph lattice node is configured to provide descriptive information about the subgraph to which the graph lattice node corresponds; using the graph lattice to generate feature vectors for the plurality of data graphs; clustering the plurality of data graphs according to similarity between the generated feature vectors, wherein the method is performed using at least one digital processor; and a strut consisting of a parent graph lattice node at level N, a primitive, and a child graph lattice node at level N+1 which is the subgraph consisting of the parent graph lattice node subgraph plus the primitive linked to the perimeter of the parent graph lattice node subgraph.",0.036676896305512116,0.07335379261102426
9200374,"1. A device for electrolysis of water, comprising: at least one elementary electrolysis cell including a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte intermediate between the cathode and the anode; and a first device configured to form an electric and fluidic interconnection, and comprising a metallic part delimited by at least a first plane, the metallic part comprising two superimposed internal chambers and a plurality of holes distributed around a surface that is approximately perpendicular to the first plane, the plurality of holes being divided into two groups, a first group of holes opening onto the first plane and directly into a first chamber of the two superimposed internal chambers that is adjacent to the first plane, a second group of holes opening onto the first plane and, via channels which pass through the first chamber, into a second chamber of the two superimposed internal chambers that is separate from the first plane, the first plane of the first device being in mechanical contact with a plane of the cathode, wherein the device for electrolysis of water is configured to function at a temperature of at least 450 degrees Celsius.",0.7653499832133234,0.46930003357335326
9821426,"1. An apparatus for adding a rotation axis to a multi-axis tooling machine, the apparatus comprising: a base unit configured for attachment to an existing movable axis of the multi-axis tooling machine; an indexer disk configured for support by the base unit, the indexer disk including a rotation axis and an upper annulus having an outer periphery having a plurality of grooves spaced at predetermined radial angles with respect to the rotation axis, the upper annulus having an upper surface with visual indicia immediately adjacent the plurality of grooves, wherein the visual indicia identify the predetermined radial angles of the plurality of grooves with respect to the rotation axis; a securement mechanism extending through and accessible at a top surface of the upper annulus, the securement mechanism being adjustable to one of a fixed state in which the indexer disk is vertically clamped with respect to the base unit to prevent the indexer disk from rotating about the rotation axis, and a released state in which vertical clamping between the indexer disk with respect to the base unit is reduced to allow the indexer disk to rotate about the rotation axis to the predetermined radial angles; and a pointer mechanism disposed immediately adjacent the outer periphery of the upper annulus of the indexer disk, the pointer mechanism including a tip for releasable engagement with the plurality of grooves, the tip having an alignment mark, wherein the pointer mechanism is radially movable with respect to the indexer disk between a released position in which the indexer disk is rotatable about the rotation axis while the securement mechanism is in the released state, and an engaged position in which the tip of the pointer mechanism engages one or more of the plurality of grooves to maintain the indexer disk at one of the predetermined radial angles while the securement mechanism is adjusted to the fixed state, wherein the predetermined radial angle at which the work piece is supported about the rotation axis is identified by alignment of the visual indicia adjacent the plurality of grooves with the alignment mark of the pointer mechanism, wherein the alignment mark and visual indicia are visible to a user as the user rotates the indexer disk between the predetermined radial angles.",0.031865325548353945,0.06373065109670795
9403141,"1. A device for nucleic acid assembly, comprising: (i) a first silicon plate, the first silicon plate comprising: (ii) a second silicon plate, wherein the second silicon plate comprises a plurality of clusters, wherein each cluster comprises a plurality of loci, wherein each locus comprises a physically distinct coating comprising molecules capable of binding to a nucleoside phosphoramidite, and wherein each cluster is vertically aligned to a single well of the one or more wells.",0.43890819113023427,0.8778163822604685
8984284,"1. A method comprising: performing a transaction between a client device and a transaction system for purchase of user-specific rights to digital content delivered electronically; providing, to the client device, a resource address for accessing the digital content based on an authorization to exercise the user-specific rights, wherein the resource address comprises an encrypted string that represents, upon decryption, rights information associated with the user-specific rights, wherein the rights information specifies a maximum number of authorized downloads available to the user; and providing, to the client device, access to the digital content identified by the resource address, based on the rights information in response to a successful validation of a user request to exercise the user-specific rights.",0.02395337281565989,0.0479067456313198
8542836,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a first access point within a wireless network, the first access point configured to identify a communication device within a radio communications area of the first access point, the first access point configured to request a session key associated with the communication device from a first network controller associated with the first access point in response to the communication device being identified, the first access point configured to receive the session key associated with the communication device from a second network controller associated with a second access point having a radio communications area partially overlapping the radio communications area of the first access point.",0.4239855146402419,0.8479710292804838
9499618,"1. A method of producing an antibody, comprising culturing an animal cell which expresses alanine aminotransferase and has a transferred DNA encoding the antibody and thereby allowing the animal cell to produce the antibody, wherein the animal cell is a cell transformed with DNA encoding the alanine aminotransferase; and wherein the alanine aminotransferase is any one of the following (a)-(c): (a) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6; (b) a polypeptide which has an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 by substitution, deletion, addition and/or insertion of 1-5 amino acid residues and yet has alanine aminotransferase activity; and (c) a polypeptide having 99% or more amino acid sequence homology with the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 and yet having alanine aminotransferase activity.",0.6527589553023342,0.6944820893953316
8631787,"1. A rotational symmetric dual-reflector solar concentrator employing Kohler integration to homogenize the illumination on the target, comprising: a plurality of optically active surfaces including a concave primary reflector and a secondary reflector; said concave primary reflector with an aim-direction directed toward the sun, thereby defining an upward direction, said primary reflector receiving optical radiation therefrom in a far-field angle bounded within an angle of solar-ray acceptance about said aim-direction, said primary reflector redirecting said radiation upward and centrally, said central redirection by said primary reflector generating flux concentration; said secondary reflector positioned coaxial with said primary reflector to receive said redirected radiation; said secondary reflector being smaller than said primary reflector and accepting said redirected solar radiation therefrom; said secondary reflector redirecting said solar radiation downward and centrally, said central redirection by said secondary reflector generating solar radiation concentration; a central target zone receiving said concentrated solar radiation; said primary and secondary reflector shaped so that when the sun is within said angle of acceptance the solar radiation is directed to said target zone; and said plurality of optically active surfaces comprising a first and second Kohler surfaces, wherein cross sections of said first and second Kohler surfaces both further comprise a multiplicity of discrete curved segments subdividing said cross sections, said subdivision establishing a correspondence between pairs of segments of said first and second Kohler surfaces, each of said segments of said first Kohler surface such as to image said angle of acceptance onto said corresponding segment of said second Kohler surface, said corresponding segment of said second Kohler surface such as to image said corresponding segment of said first Kohler surface onto said target zone.",0.680858428454476,0.638283143091048
8726625,"1. A combined cycle power plant, comprising: a gas turbine engine to generate power from combustion of a fuel and air mixture; a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) disposed downstream from the gas turbine engine to receive heat energy from the gas turbine engine from which steam is produced, the HRSG including a superheating element and a drum element; and a steam turbine engine to be receptive of the steam produced in the HRSG and to generate power from the received steam, the HRSG further including a valve operably disposed to isolate the superheating element from the drum element when a risk of condensate formation in the HRSG exists, and the power plant further comprising a controller operably coupled to the valve, the controller being configured to open the valve and to close the valve when the risk of the condensate formation at the superheating element in the HRSG is present due to an exhaust temperature of the gas turbine engine exceeding a temperature of fluid to be supplied from the drum element to the superheating element based on input data reflective of temperature and pressure measurements of gas turbine exhaust.",0.9956323301508044,0.008735339698391131
8387048,"1. A method for migrating non-native applications on a computer having a processor and a memory, the method comprising: launching a first Virtual Machine (VM) and a first original guest OS in the VM, on a computing system that has the host OS and a host desktop, wherein the first VM has a non-native application associated with the first VM and the first original guest OS; replacing the first original guest operating system (OS) system in the first VM with a different version of the guest OS; upon a user attempting to launch the non-native application, migrating the non-native application in the first VM to a second VM; launching a second Virtual Machine (VM) and a second original guest OS in the second VM, on the computing system; associating the non-native application with the second VM; determining compatibility of the non-native application with the second original guest OS; launching the non-native application inside the second VM; and displaying a non-native application window to the user.",0.2500842647068746,0.5001685294137492
8509958,"1. A grid-dependent power limiter system comprising: a power limiter configured to: a voltage regulator configured to: transmit the second power command signal to the converter interface controller; and, a memory configured to store at least one variable that corresponds to the PLL error signal upon identification of an occurrence of the grid contingency event.",0.9652620542856032,0.06947589142879362
8529656,"1. A projection display device, comprising: a leg section which supports a main body of the projection display device with respect to an installation surface on which the main body is installed; and a filter section which is disposed on a bottom of the main body and takes in external air from a first air intake surface exposed to the outside of the main body to remove dust from the external air, wherein the first air intake surface is inclined with respect to the bottom surface of the main body in a direction that departs from the installation surface, and air flows into the filter section through a clearance between the first air intake surface and the installation surface, wherein the filter section includes a second air intake surface formed at an end portion of the first air intake surface closer to the installation surface and less inclined than the first air intake surface, wherein a filter housing section which houses the filter section is provided on a bottom of the main body, the filter housing section includes a first surface more distant from the installation surface than a bottom surface of the main body and a second surface connecting the bottom surface of the main body with the first surface, and the first surface and the second surface each have an air inlet for taking air having passed through the filter section into the main body, and wherein the filter section includes a first air discharge surface inclined in a direction that departs from the first surface, and a clearance is produced between the first discharge surface and the second surface.",0.4057567010500777,0.8115134021001554
9088687,"1. An image scanning apparatus comprising: a document holder; a scanner module disposed at a lower side of the document holder, the scanner module extending in a first direction, the scanner module capable of moving in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to scan image information from a document loaded on the document holder; an automatic document feeding unit disposed at an upper side of the document holder to automatically feed a document to be scanned; and a pair of spacers disposed at opposite sides of the scanner module in the first direction, wherein the document holder comprises a first glass and a second glass, the second glass being spaced apart from the first glass in the second direction, and guide members provided between the first glass and the second glass, the guide members protruding toward moving routes of the spacers to guide downward movement of the spacers, and at least one spacer of the pair of spacers includes at least one spacer portion protruding from a top thereof such that the spacer portion is supported by a bottom of one of the first and second glasses.",0.02749414534100959,0.05498829068201916
9431562,"1. A solar cell comprising: a substrate; a Cu—In—Se-based absorber layer disposed over said substrate, said Cu—In—Se-based absorber layer having a bottom surface and a top surface and a horizontal pattern including at least one first region and a plurality of second regions, said at least one first region and said plurality of second regions having different compositional profiles from said bottom surface to said top surface, wherein, in each of said at least one first region and each of said plurality of second regions, said different compositional profiles are a gradient of an atomic ratio of Ga/(Ga+In) that increases from said top surface to said bottom surface.",0.9680856334819495,0.06382873303610093
9502142,"1. A containment for a water cooled and moderated nuclear reactor comprising (a) a containment envelope providing a closed and substantially leak tight containment volume, (b) a reactor coolant system housing said water cooled and moderated nuclear reactor and located inside said containment envelope, and comprising (c) and one substantially leak tight partition plate, extending from a circumference of the inside surface of said containment envelope towards an outside surface of said reactor pressure vessel, dividing said containment volume into two permanently separated containment zones, an upper containment zone above said partition plate and a lower containment zone, in which said reactor coolant pumps or reactor coolant recirculation pumps are located, and which is located below said partition plate, whereby, under essentially all normal and under essentially all emergency plant operating conditions, each of the separate containment zones will provide confinement of high pressure and temperature steam and water that might be discharged following a leak or a break within this one containment zone, so that no adverse ambient conditions of pressure, temperature, and humidity will propagate to any of the other containment zones, and whereby in particular said reactor coolant pumps or reactor coolant recirculation pumps will be protected against adverse ambient conditions resulting from leaks or breaks leading to discharge of high pressure steam or water into said upper containment zone and will remain available for emergency cooling operations following such leaks or breaks.",0.8919403149159544,0.21611937016809124
9336867,"1. An integrated circuit, comprising: an array of phase change memory cells; sensing circuits coupled to the array, the sensing circuits having a first mode and a second mode, the first mode sensing data values in the array in response to first and second resistance states, and the second mode sensing data values in the array in response to third and fourth resistance states, wherein the first and second resistance states represent a first and second data values respectively, and the third and fourth resistance states represent the first and second data values respectively; and control circuits and biasing circuits coupled to the array arranged to execute transition processes to read a data set with the sensing circuits in the first mode by sensing the first and second resistance states, and to change cells in the first resistance state to the third resistance state and to change cells in the second resistance state to the fourth resistance state so that the data set is readable with the sensing circuits in the second mode, to execute write processes to write data in the array by inducing the third and fourth resistance states in addressed cells, and to execute read processes to read data in the array with the sensing circuits in the second mode by sensing the third and fourth resistance states, wherein the control circuits and biasing circuits are arranged to induce the first resistance state by applying a current pulse having a first magnitude and first duration, and to induce the second resistance state by applying a current pulse having a second magnitude and a second duration, and wherein the first duration is greater than the second duration, and wherein the first and second magnitudes are less than a magnitude applied to induce an amorphous phase in an active region in a cell in the array, and the first magnitude is greater than the second magnitude.",0.5175678479911557,0.9648643040176885
9823459,"1. A telescope support assembly, comprising: a metering structure consisting of a triangular frame formed by three side beams and three rectangular end pieces, each of the end pieces connected between ends of two of the side beams and truncating one corner of a triangle formed by the respective side beams, wherein the end pieces each include a top, a bottom, first and second opposing major surfaces extending between the respective top and bottom, and opposing side edges extending between the respective top and bottom and between the first and second major surfaces, wherein the end pieces are each configured for connection of support loads, wherein each side beam is connected at a first end to a side edge of a first of the end pieces and at a second end to a side edge of a second of the end pieces, and wherein each end piece is connected to an end of a first of the side beams at a first of the side edges of the respective end piece and to an end of a second of the side beams at a second of the side edges of the respective end piece; secondary mirror struts supporting a secondary mirror assembly, each secondary mirror strut connected to one of a plurality of first strut mounts, each first strut mount mounted on the metering structure at the top of one of the end pieces; and primary mirror struts supporting a primary mirror, each primary mirror strut connected to one of a plurality of second strut mounts, each second strut mount mounted on the metering structure at the bottom of one of the end pieces.",0.3039836895603175,0.607967379120635
9617981,"1. A wind turbine blade-hub support apparatus, comprising: a wind turbine blade comprising: attachment points provided on a wind turbine rotor hub, each respective attachment point corresponding to a respective attachment point on the blade support section; and a plurality of actuators, wherein each actuator is mounted between one of the attachment points on the rotor hub and the corresponding attachment point on the wind turbine blade, and wherein each actuator has an actuated position in which the wind turbine blade is supported in a separated position from the wind turbine rotor hub, wherein the separated position is a distance substantially less than the length of the wind turbine blade, wherein the attachment points of the blade extend outwardly of an external surface of the blade body, and wherein for at least one of the attachment points, the wind turbine rotor hub or the blade support section is pivotably attached to one of the plurality of actuators.",0.9678356085737098,0.06432878285258048
8499182,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a central processing unit for controlling a stop and supply of power and clocks, and for executing instructions; a plurality of controlled circuits subject to control of the stop and supply of the power and clocks; power and clock control circuits which control the stop and supply of the power and clocks relative to the central processing unit and the controlled circuits, based on execution of one or more instructions by the central processing unit; and a forcible release control circuit which forcibly releases the supply and stop of the power and clocks that are conducted on one or more predetermined controlled circuits by the power and clock control circuits, only during a period required by a power and clock request signal outputted from a requesting circuit, to thereby temporarily resume supply of the power and clocks to the one or more predetermined controlled circuits and thus enable operation of at least one resource required by the requesting circuit.",0.768988810788096,0.462022378423808
9469621,"1. A method for producing a multisubstituted biphenyl compound represented by the following formula (2), comprising: a step of coupling a substituted benzene compound represented by the following formula (1) in the presence of a solid catalyst with gold immobilized onto a support, wherein the support is a metal oxide, wherein R represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxy group, or a carboxyl group which may be esterified, and n represents an integer of 0 to 3; when n is any integer of 1 to 3, a plurality of R may be the same or different from each other; and when n is any integer of 1 to 3 and both of two R bonding to adjacent carbon atoms are the carboxyl groups, these carboxyl groups may bond to each other to form an anhydride, and wherein R represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxy group, or a carboxyl group which may be esterified, and n represents an integer of 0 to 3; a plurality of n and R may be the same or different from each other; and when n is any integer of 1 to 3 and both of two R bonding to adjacent carbon atoms are the carboxyl groups, these carboxyl groups may bond to each other to form an anhydride.",0.39030537755230654,0.7806107551046131
8385889,"1. A radio communication system, the system including a subscriber information management apparatus, and a subscriber authentication module mounted in a mobile terminal connectable to a mobile communication network to which the subscriber information management apparatus is connected, wherein the subscriber authentication module mounted in the mobile terminal: wherein the mobile terminal: wherein the subscriber information management apparatus:",0.20064281961905472,0.40128563923810945
8410623,1. A wind power electricity generating system comprising: a nacelle; a rotary assembly rotatable about an axis with respect to the nacelle; and a rotary assembly angular speed detection device fixed to the nacelle and including at least one image sensor facing a surface of the rotary assembly.,0.9779035065568166,0.04419298688636686
8593612,"1. A liquid crystal display panel cutting system, comprising: a table on which a first substrate and a second substrate attached together are loaded; a pair of cutting wheels facing each other for simultaneously forming scribing lines on surfaces of the first and second substrates; and a controller for controlling two different driving conditions of the cutting wheels according to characteristics of the first and second substrates, the controller including a recognizing unit for recognizing a substrate based on input information of substrates supplied from a host computer, a database unit in which the two different driving conditions of the pair of cutting wheels based upon the characteristics of the first and second substrates are stored, a setting unit for setting the two different driving conditions of the cutting wheels with respect to the first and second substrates to be processed based on the information stored in the database unit, and a driving unit arranged to drive the pair of cutting wheels according to the two different driving conditions set in the setting unit, wherein the input information of the substrates includes a type of substrate, a fabricating company of the substrate, and a size of the substrate, and wherein the two different driving conditions include contact pressure, rotating speed, and driving time of each of the pair of cutting wheels, wherein each of the pair of cutting wheels are separately driven by the two different driving conditions.",0.3909580389678319,0.7819160779356638
9305715,"1. A method comprising the steps of: preparing a lead halide precursor ink, wherein preparing a lead halide precursor ink comprises the steps of: depositing the lead halide precursor ink onto a substrate; drying the lead halide precursor ink to form a thin film; annealing the thin film; and rinsing the thin film with a second solvent and a salt selected from the group consisting of methylammonium iodide, formamidinium iodide, guanidinium iodide, 1,2,2-triaminovinylammonium iodide, and 5-aminovaleric acid hydroiodide.",0.3202386880334744,0.6404773760669488
9673771,1. A multilayer resonator comprising: a multilayer body defined by a laminate including a plurality of dielectric layers; first and second mounting surface electrodes defining a ground electrode or input-output electrodes and being provided on a mounting surface of the multilayer body; first and second capacitor internal electrodes provided on different ones of the plurality of dielectric layers and arranged to oppose each other in a lamination direction of the plurality of dielectric layers; an inductor internal electrode provided on one of the dielectric layers that is different from the ones of the plurality of dielectric layers including the first and second capacitor internal electrodes provided thereon; a first inductor via electrode electrically connected to the inductor internal electrode and the first capacitor internal electrode; a second inductor via electrode electrically connected to the inductor internal electrode and the second capacitor internal electrode; a first mounting surface connection via electrode directly conductively connected to the first capacitor internal electrode and the first mounting surface electrode; and a second mounting surface connection via electrode directly conductively connected to the second capacitor internal electrode and the second mounting surface electrode; wherein the first capacitor internal electrode is located closer to the mounting surface than the second capacitor internal electrode and is arranged so that the first capacitor internal electrode does not overlap the second mounting surface electrode when viewed in the lamination direction of the plurality of dielectric layers; and the second capacitor internal electrode overlaps the first mounting surface electrode when viewed in the lamination direction of the plurality of dielectric layers.,0.39705147716916545,0.7941029543383309
9661717,"1. A computing device comprising: a housing; a display screen; a multi-colored set of illumination elements that is configured to illuminate at least a portion of the display screen; a memory that stores a set of instructions; and one or more processors that use instructions stored in the memory to: wherein the housing forms a bezel over the display screen, and wherein the multicolored set of illumination elements are disposed in the bezel to illuminate the display screen.",0.42004351248862315,0.8400870249772463
9469422,"1. Unit comprising a refillable bottle for dispensing a fluid product and a source of product intended for the filling of said refillable bottle, said source comprising a reservoir for conditioning said product which is provided with an opening wherein a device for dispensing the conditioned product is mounted, said refillable bottle comprising a reservoir intended for the conditioning of said product and a device for dispensing said conditioned product which is mounted in a sealed manner on said reservoir, said refillable bottle being provided with a filling valve of the reservoir which is arranged in order to allow for the putting into communication of the source of product with the reservoir for the purposes of filling it, said unit being characterised in that the opening of the source is provided with a socket for reversibly connecting the device for dispensing by putting into sealed communication means for supplying said device with the source reservoir, said socket being arranged to allow for the connection of the refillable bottle by actuating the opening of the valve in order to put into sealed communication the reservoirs for the purposes of filling while the device for dispensing is not connected to the source.",0.45011942304524166,0.9002388460904833
8678638,"1. A process bag container comprising: a flexible bag, an inlet conduit sealed to the bag, an outlet conduit sealed to the bag, a probe housing sealed to an exterior or interior surface of said bag, the probe housing having one or more probe ports and the probe housing extends fully into the interior of the bag, a one or more probe apparatus for taking a measurement of a reagent in said bag, each of the one or more probe apparatus being positioned within a probe port of said probe housing such that the one or more probe apparatus are fully contained within the interior of the bag, a cable for supplying power to said each of the one or more probe apparatus, a mixing apparatus for mixing said reagent positioned within said bag a means for supplying power to said mixing apparatus and a support housing outside the bag for supporting the bag during use and a raceway formed in the inner surface of the support housing for the power cable.",0.3669606223864549,0.7339212447729098
9650977,"1. An engine system, comprising: an engine including a plurality of cylinders; an exhaust gas sensor for estimating an exhaust air-fuel ratio; a pressure sensor for estimating an exhaust manifold pressure; a crankshaft torque sensor coupled to a crankshaft for estimating individual cylinder torque; and a controller configured with computer readable instructions stored on non-transitory memory for:",0.7887171233424473,0.4225657533151055
8890157,"1. A pixel structure, comprising: a substrate; a thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate, and the thin-film transistor comprising a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode; a first insulating layer covering the thin-film transistor and the substrate, and the first insulating layer having a first opening exposing the drain electrode; a patterned transparent conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and the patterned transparent conductive layer comprising: a second insulating layer covering the first insulating layer and the patterned transparent conductive layer, and the second insulating layer having a second opening exposing the connecting electrode; and a pixel electrode disposed on the second insulating layer and electrically connected to the connecting electrode through the second opening; wherein the drain electrode, the first opening, the connecting electrode, the second opening and the pixel electrode form a connecting structure.",0.1984633531810269,0.39692670636205385
9249257,"1. A copolymer, comprising: a repeating unit represented by Formula (1A); a repeating unit represented by Formula (1B); and a repeating unit represented by Formula (1C), where A represents an atom selected from elements of Group 16 of the periodic table, each of Q R R R each of R at least one of a combination of R",0.6026648063827306,0.7946703872345389
8467733,"1. A system for wireless communication between an airborne platform and a surface base station, the system comprising: an antenna array at an airborne platform configured to:",0.5351678146143815,0.9296643707712371
8475411,"1. A system for infusing a fluid to a patient comprising: an infusion device programmable with at least one infusion protocol for infusing the fluid to the patient, the infusion device including a pathway adapted to receive a pump set configured to receive fluid from a fluid container and at least one pump adapted to pump fluid through the pump set when the pump set is received in the pathway; and a mock pump set sized to be received in the pathway of the infusion device, the mock pump set not configured to receive fluid from the fluid container; wherein the infusion device is configured to (i) prevent programming of the infusion device with the at least one infusion protocol when neither the pump set nor the mock pump set is received in the pathway and (ii) enable programming of the infusion device with the at least one infusion protocol when the mock pump set is received in the pathway, and wherein the mock pump set has substantially the same length as the pathway of the infusion device.",0.1486498832302207,0.2972997664604413
8697959,"1. A seed of the hybrid corn variety 980002, produced by crossing a first plant of variety 6RC172 with a second plant of variety DS-046358, wherein representative seed of said varieties 6RC172 and DS-046358 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-4448 and PTA-9052, respectively.",0.29033125461128173,0.5806625092225635
8747496,"1. A fuel processor for producing a hydrogen-containing product stream from a fuel stream and an oxidant stream, said fuel processor comprising a fuel inlet port, an oxidant inlet port, a product outlet port, and an outer shell housing a reaction chamber, wherein said fuel processor further comprises: a mixing tube disposed within said reaction chamber, said mixing tube fluidly connected to receive said oxidant stream from said oxidant inlet port and said fuel stream from said fuel inlet port, said mixing tube capable of forming a combined reactant stream having a flame speed and directing said combined reactant stream substantially axially into said reaction chamber at a speed maintained above said combined reactant stream flame speed, wherein said reaction chamber further comprises: (i) a turn-around chamber; (ii) a turn-around wall at one end of said turn-around chamber, said turn-around wall being shaped to re-direct said combined reactant stream outwardly from a central axis and then back through said turn-around chamber in substantially the opposite direction, so that in said turn-around chamber the redirected stream surrounds and is in contact with said combined reactant stream flowing substantially axially in the opposite direction; and (iii) an annular section surrounding said mixing tube, located downstream of said turn-around chamber through which a product stream flows before exiting said fuel processor through said product outlet port; wherein said turn-around chamber and said turn-around wall are shaped to create a low velocity zone between the opposing reactant streams and to create eddies in said low velocity zone for stabilizing the location of a flame in the fuel processor during operation.",0.8168980312379,0.3662039375242001
8977160,"1. A shutter for mounting in a housing of a supply item for an imaging apparatus, the shutter, when installed, being rotatable between a first position and a second position for closing and opening a port within the housing through which toner can flow, the shutter comprising: a body including a cylindrical hollow portion, the hollow portion sized to be received within a corresponding opening in the housing, the hollow portion having a first opening and a second opening forming a channel therebetween for carrying toner, wherein, when the shutter is in the first position, one of the first and second openings are closed by the housing and, when the shutter in the second position, one of the first and the second openings is in fluid communication with the port allowing toner to pass into the port; and a seal overmolded onto an exterior of the body, the seal comprising: wherein, when the shutter is installed in the corresponding opening in the housing, the pair of endless ribs deflect forming a sealing interface with a surface of the corresponding opening, wherein one of the pair of endless ribs is positioned upstream of the one of the first and second openings that is in fluid communication with the port relative to a direction of toner flow and the other one of the pair of endless ribs is positioned downstream of the one of the first and second openings that is in fluid communication with the port relative to the direction of toner flow, further comprising a pair of spaced transverse ribs molded on the surface of the sleeve, the pair of transverse ribs extending outwardly from the sleeve at an acute angle and having the ends thereof joined to the pair of the endless ribs and surrounding the one of the first and second openings that is in fluid communication with the port, the transverse ribs deflecting and forming a further sealing interface with the housing.",0.06704703685000997,0.1340940737000199
9318781,"1. A method for predicting a value of an unmeasured parameter of a first cell of a battery pack using a battery management system (BMS) of the battery pack, the first cell being one of a plurality of cells of the battery pack, the method comprising: identifying, using a processor of the BMS, a measured parameter of a second cell of the plurality of cells that is correlated with the unmeasured parameter of the first cell in a memory of the BCM; determining, using a sensor of the battery pack that is operably coupled to the second cell and to the processor of the BMS, a value for the measured parameter of the second cell; and predicting, using the processor of the BMS, the value of the unmeasured parameter of the first cell based at least in part on the determined value of the measure parameter of the second cell, wherein the unmeasured parameter of the first cell comprises an internal temperature, an external temperature, an internal pressure, a voltage, a current, or a lithium intercalation pressure of the first cell.",0.8409646224142043,0.31807075517159134
8822090,"1. A reformer for use in a fuel cell stack comprising: an enclosure including an inlet port and an outlet port, the enclosure comprising first and second opposing surfaces connected by a plurality of sidewalls and the first opposing surface being configured to face a fuel cell in the fuel cell stack so as to directly abut the fuel cell; and a plate assembly supporting reforming catalyst disposed within said enclosure, wherein the reformer is an indirect internal reformer, and wherein the outlet port of the reformer is disposed in the first opposing surface of the enclosure facing the fuel cell and positioned to align with a fuel inlet port of the fuel cell so that at least a first portion of fuel reformed by said reformer is supplied directly from said outlet port of said reformer to said fuel inlet port of said fuel cell without being conveyed through a manifold prior to being supplied to the inlet port of said fuel cell.",0.9280551552456224,0.14388968950875514
8691094,"1. A method for treating domestic sewage and organic garbage, the method comprising: (a) multi-phase separation: separating the domestic sewage into upper clear liquid, upper floating liquid, sediment liquid, grating separated substances, and exhaust gas through a multi-phase separation process, mixing and crushing the upper floating liquid, the grating separated substances and the organic garbage to form a mixture, and mixing the sediment liquid with the mixture to form high-concentration sewage; (b) retting: retting the multi-phase separated high-concentration sewage to form retted material; (c) generating sewage gas: using the upper floating liquid of the domestic sewage and the retted material to generate sewage gas and then discharging the sewage gas; and (d) optional biological denitrification and dephosphorization: treating at least one of the water generated in step (c) and the upper clear liquid obtained in step (a) with a biological denitrification and dephosphorization process, and discharging clean water and organic fertilizer.",0.9432393149216955,0.1135213701566089
9783025,"1. A method for cooling and/or heating media in a motor vehicle, the method comprising: cooling at least one first heat source and/or heating at least one second heat sink by a thermal management system; and shifting heat and/or cold via the thermal management system in space and time to the heat sink and/or heat source, wherein the shifting is performed based on demand of cooling of the heat source or on demand of heating of the heat sink, wherein the heat sink is formed as a vehicle cabin and/or a heating system of the motor vehicle, and wherein the heat source, connected to the thermal management system, is formed as an exhaust gas heat exchanger of the motor vehicle.",0.8407736396847847,0.3184527206304306
9268069,"1. A reflection device comprising: a sheet made of a flexible material having a surface with reflective properties, a first edge, a second edge, and two sides; and a first linear support unit and a second linear support unit; wherein the first edge is parallel to the second edge the first linear support unit is parallel to and spaced a distance from the second linear support unit along a mutually perpendicular line; wherein the sheet has a length measured perpendicular to and between the first edge and the second edge, and a width measured between the two sides and perpendicular to the length, wherein the length is greater than the distance; wherein the width of the sheet varies from the first edge of the sheet to the second edge of the sheet; wherein the first edge is coupled to the first linear support unit and the second edge is coupled to the second linear support unit; and wherein the sheet is suspended freely between the first linear support unit and the second linear support unit and forms under its own weight, into a parabolic shape inclined to receive parallel rays.",0.3309151061723666,0.6618302123447332
8793940,1. A photovoltaic roofing element comprising: a roofing product comprising with the adhesive disposed in one or more of the granule-coated zones but not in the inactive zones; and one or more photovoltaic elements disposed on the adhesive in the one or more granule-coated zones of the top surface of the flexible roofing substrate.,0.9742402400856882,0.05151951982862357
9663801,"1. A method for producing 1,3-butadiene comprising: fermenting a fermentable feedstock in the presence of a genetically modified microorganism under conditions to produce 1,3-butadiene, wherein said genetically modified microorganism comprises heterologous nucleic acids encoding a dehydratase enzyme classified under EC 4.2.1.- and a desaturase enzyme selected from the group consisting of cytochrome P450 enzymes, clavaminate synthase 2 enzymes, and enzymes classified under EC 1.14.19-, EC 1.14.99-, EC 1.3.1-; and isolating said 1,3-butadiene.",0.9267673895729192,0.1464652208541617
8724164,"1. A printing device for printing and forming dots on a printing medium comprising: a printing unit that prints an image; wherein the printing of the image is performed such that when the dots are formed on the printing medium in accordance with dot data indicating existence or non-existence of a dot formation per each pixel, the dot formation is divided into at least first and second pixel groups, and at least a portion of dot formation in the first and second pixel groups is performed in a common region; wherein the printing unit includes a print head for performing a color printing by multiple color dots in a resolution N (N is a natural number of more than 180) dot per inch (dpi), and when the printing is performed in each of a plurality of conditions of which a relative position between the first pixel group and the second pixel group is different, at least one of following conditions is satisfied; (A) when the printed image is yellow (RGB value: R=G=255, B=0 to 64, when RGB value is 8 bit conversion), color difference in CIEL*a*b* color space of images printed in each of the plurality of different conditions is less than value 2 as a change of b*; (B) when the printed image is magenta (RGB value: R=B=255, G=0 to 64, when RGB value is 8 bit conversion), the color difference in CIEL*a*b* color space of the images printed in each of the plurality of different conditions is less than value 0.5 as a change of L* or less than value 0.5 as a change of a*; and (C) when the printed image is cyan (RGB value: G=B=255, R=0 to 64, when RGB value is 8 bit conversion), the color difference in CIEL*a*b* color space of the images printed in each of the plurality of different conditions is less than value 0.5 as a change of L*.",0.09673909034808467,0.1934781806961694
9391341,"1. A method for producing a molten salt battery, the method comprising: a housing step of housing a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a separator in a battery container; an injecting step of injecting a molten salt into the battery container; a closing step of closing the battery container with a closing lid provided with a gas discharge port; a heating and drying step of housing the battery container in a chamber, with the gas discharge port open, and heating the battery container under vacuum in the chamber; and a sealing step of closing the gas discharge port, wherein: the molten salt contains an anion represented by N(SO in the heating and drying step, the molten salt is heated to a temperature that is not lower than the melting point of the molten salt and not higher than the temperature at which the molten salt decomposes.",0.8034262745761224,0.39314745084775526
8448386,"1. A window remediation system for replacing a window of a building having a through-opening, exterior sheathing, and siding panels adjacent the exterior sheathing, the window remediation system comprising: a sill member having a first segment and a second segment, the first segment configured to be coupled to the exterior sheathing and to be inserted between the exterior sheathing and at least one siding panel, the second segment configured to be coupled to a lower region of the through-opening; a plurality of corner members each having a body and a return flange, the body configured to be coupled to the exterior sheathing and to be insertably positioned between the exterior sheathing and at least one siding panel, the return flange configured to extend into the through-opening, a portion of the return flange of some of the corner members configured to be positioned on the sill member; a plurality of side jambs each having a body and a return flange, the body configured to be coupled to the exterior sheathing and to be inserted between the exterior sheathing and at least one siding panel, the return flange configured to extend into the through-opening, the side jambs having longitudinal ends thereof configured to overlap at least a portion of the respective opposing corner members, the return flange of each side jamb configured to be positioned contiguous the return flange of the corresponding corner member; and a head flashing member that includes an awning element, a first securing tab, and a second securing tab, the first securing tab configured to be coupled to the exterior sheathing and to be inserted between the exterior sheathing and at least one siding panel toward an upper region of the through-opening, the second securing tab configured to be coupled to the upper region of the through-opening, the head flashing member further including two side walls adjacent the awning element on opposing lateral sides thereof, the side walls including slot configured to receive the longitudinal end of the respective side jamb.",0.2626257107641759,0.5252514215283518
8859406,"1. A method for forming a semiconductor material on a substrate, the method comprising: forming a metal precursor film, wherein forming the metal precursor film comprises: heating the metal precursor film in the presence of a chalcogen at a temperature between 100 C and 700 C.",0.5061991702855424,0.9876016594289152
8732832,"1. A routing apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a packet transmitted in a network; a transmission unit configured to transmit the packet along a transmission path; a memory unit configured to store data and/or information required for an operation and to store a plurality of threshold values for respective multiple different types of server state information of one or more servers, wherein the types of server state information include at least two of a CPU load of the server, a connection request standby amount of a backlog queue of the server, or a memory utilization rate of the server; and a controller configured to set the transmission path of the packet in the network and perform packet switching along the transmission path, wherein the reception unit receives server state information from servers at every certain time, the memory unit stores the received server state information, and the controller calculates a change in the state of the servers based on comparing multiple values of the received server state information with at least a portion of the plurality of threshold values, and determines that a server is attacked when the change in the multiple values of the received server state information is greater than corresponding ones of the threshold values.",0.39987338192164984,0.7997467638432997
9605643,"1. An internal combustion engine leakage detection apparatus for detecting a leakage condition of an ignition plug of an internal combustion engine provided with a function of performing a cylinder resting drive, the internal combustion engine leakage detection apparatus comprising: a valve driving mechanism that drives an intake valve and an exhaust valve provided on an internal combustion engine; a fuel injection valve provided on a cylinder of the internal combustion engine; a cylinder resting control unit that instructs the valve driving mechanism and the fuel injection valve of an operation-resting cylinder to stop operation thereof when the cylinder resting drive is implemented; an ignition control unit that makes an ignition plug provided in a combustion chamber of the cylinder generate an ignition signal at least once when based on the instruction from the cylinder resting control unit, the fuel injection valve and the valve driving mechanism are stopping the operation thereof; an ignition coil device provided with an ion current detection circuit that detects an electric quantity based on an ion generated in the combustion chamber when the ignition plug is made to perform ignition discharge based on the ignition signal and an inflammable fuel-air mixture in the combustion chamber combusts due to the ignition discharge; and a plug status detection unit that detects a leakage condition of the ignition plug, wherein the plug status detection unit detects a leakage condition of the ignition plug, based on an output signal of the ion current detection circuit generated at a timing other than the timing at which the ignition coil device performs the ignition discharge.",0.6362482472386265,0.727503505522747
8706320,"1. A system for calculating a three-dimensional particle distribution in an air space, comprising: an inlet for sampling particles in the air space; a first aircraft-borne measuring device for determining physical properties of aerosol particles, the physical properties of the aerosol particles including at least a mass of the aerosol particles, and the first aircraft-borne measuring device generates first location-dependent and time-dependent analytical data, the first measuring device comprising a heating device that separates volatile and solid aerosol particles; at least one second aircraft-borne measuring device for determining physical properties of aerosol particles, and the at least one second aircraft-borne measuring device generates second location-dependent and time-dependent analytical data; wherein the first aircraft-borne measuring device and the at least one second aircraft-borne measuring device send the first location-dependent and time-dependent analytical data and second location-dependent and time-dependent analytical data to a central ground station by means of a communication interface, and the three-dimensional particle distribution in the air space is calculated in the central database of the ground station based on the received analytical data.",0.3738664670325645,0.747732934065129
9264990,"1. A method for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to facilitate paging in high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) wireless communications, the method comprising: receiving, from a broadcast, system information indicating a delay between reception of a paging indicator and reception of a message; when the WTRU is operating in a cell paging channel (CELL_PCH) state or a UTRAN Registration Area (URA) paging channel (URA_PCH) state: receiving, from a base station, HSDPA associated paging indicator channel (PICH) information elements comprising PICH information, compiling a list of candidate PICHs for HSDPA after receiving the information elements, determining a value k corresponding to a number of candidates, calculating a selection index equal to: U_RNTI mod k, where U_RNTI is a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) radio network transaction identity (U-RNTI) of the WTRU, and selecting a PICH information from the list of candidate PICHs based on the selection index; awakening from a sleep mode during paging occasions; monitoring for the paging indicator over a PICH using the selected PICH information; monitoring for the message on a high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) based on the received system information, wherein a maximum delay between the receptions of the paging indicator and the message is pre-determined; and returning to the sleep mode, if no message is received over the HS-PDSCH.",0.35353701802839155,0.7070740360567831
9698503,"1. A part of a conducting bar for an electrical apparatus, the part of the conducting bar comprising: a first portion being planar according to an extension plane of the first portion and extending along an extension direction of the part of the conducting bar, a second portion being planar according to an extension plane of the second portion and extending along the extension direction of the part of the conducting bar, the extension plane of the second portion being transversal to the extension plane of the first portion, the first portion extending according to a determined length along the extension direction of the part of the conducting bar and the second portion also extending according to said determined length along the extension direction, a first cutout along a first contour arranged in the first portion, a folding of the first cutout transversally to the extension direction of the part of the conducting bar forming a first contact plug, a second cutout along a second contour arranged in the first portion, a folding of the second cutout transversally to the extension direction of the part of the conducting bar forming a second contact plug.",0.46199338353018937,0.9239867670603787
9845119,"1. An aerodynamically effective spoiler extension for a spoiler arrangement having a base body, the spoiler extension comprising: an extension body having at least one surface for changing the flow behavior of air flowing over the extension body; a guide arrangement including: wherein the guide arrangement further comprises an adjusting element for adjusting an angle of inclination of the extension body with respect to the base body.",0.5612395484809651,0.8775209030380697
9683055,1. A RAFT agent comprising a thiocarbonylthio-containing organic compound having a phosphonic end group.,0.38536119208698943,0.7707223841739789
9768227,"1. A light-emitting device, comprising: a first semiconductor layer having an uppermost surface and a bottommost surface opposite to the uppermost surface; a first light-emitting structure and a second light-emitting structure formed on the same first semiconductor layer; a first electrode formed on the first semiconductor layer; a second electrode formed on the first light-emitting structure; a first trench formed between the first light-emitting structure and the second light-emitting structure, comprising a bottom portion exposing a first surface of the first semiconductor layer; and a second trench formed in the first light-emitting structure, exposing a second surface of the first semiconductor layer; and a bridge part comprising a same structure as the first light-emitting structure and the second light-emitting structure, connecting the first and the second light-emitting structures; wherein the first trench passes through the uppermost surface of the first semiconductor layer but does not extend to the bottommost surface of the first semiconductor layer and is devoid of the first electrode and the second electrode formed therein; wherein the first electrode is formed in the second trench.",0.17782936941600525,0.3556587388320105
9552979,"1. A process for depositing an aluminum nitride film, comprising: providing a batch furnace having a hot wall process chamber; loading a plurality of substrates into the process chamber; performing a plurality of deposition cycles on the plurality of substrates in the process chamber, each cycle comprising: wherein at least some of the cycles are performed at a deposition temperature of about 300° C. to about 375° C., wherein the deposition temperature is at a first value of about 350° C.±about 25° C. during an initial set of deposition cycles, and wherein the deposition temperature is at a second value of about 300° C.±about 25° C. during a subsequent set of deposition cycles.",0.752378356911294,0.4952432861774121
8629446,"1. A method of making a diode comprising: forming a first cladding layer including one or more fins of polar crystalline material, wherein major faces of the one or more fins are non-polar; forming an active region over one or more of said major faces; and forming a second cladding layer adjacent to said active region.",0.8066998403281449,0.3866003193437102
9116369,"1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising: a metallic wiring layer, disposed on a substrate, a first via, a second via, and a third via disposed on the metallic wiring layer, the metallic wiring layer comprising a first metallic wiring layer and a second metallic wiring layer, the first metallic wiring layer and the second metallic wiring layer sequentially disposed on the substrate, a first insulating layer disposed between the first metallic wiring layer and the second metallic wiring layer, and a second insulating layer disposed on the second metallic wiring layer; the first via penetrating the second insulating layer, a first transparent conducting layer disposed on the first via for forming a testing point, and the first transparent conducting layer covering the second metallic wiring layer through the first via; the second via penetrating the first insulating layer, the second metallic wiring layer, and the second insulating layer, the third via penetrating the second insulating layer, a second transparent conducting layer disposed on the second via and the third via, and the second transparent conducting layer covering the first metallic wiring layer and the second metallic wiring layer through the second via and the third via; wherein the first transparent conducting layer is connected to the second transparent conducting layer, wherein the second transparent conducting layer contacts the first metallic wiring layer and the second metallic wiring layer in the second via.",0.11672541751799564,0.2334508350359913
8549147,"1. A computer usable non-transitory storage medium including a computer usable program product for dividing cloud computing services into individual jobs, wherein the computer usable program product is used in a computer network including a first computer, a second computer, other computers, and a job category database, wherein the job category database includes combinations of job categories, identifiers of operations to be executed, and a region code indicating a location of a computer which executes a job within the computer network, the product comprising: computer usable code for dividing a service to be executed by any of the other computers into at least one job; computer usable code for associating a job category with the at least one job; computer usable code for receiving from the first computer, an instruction to estimate an execution plan for the service, the instruction including the region code; and for each of the at least one job, computer usable code for searching the job category database using the region code and the job category to acquire a list of identifiers of operations corresponding to the at least one job; computer usable code for transmitting the list of identifiers of operations to a selected one of the other computers; and computer usable code for receiving from the selected one of the other computers, a response that the selected one of the other computers is capable of executing an operation identified in the list of identifiers of operations in combination with the at least one job.",0.2366091296926858,0.47321825938537154
8385796,1. A fixing device comprising: a fixing rotary member; a pressing rotary member to contact the fixing rotary member to form a fixing nip between the fixing rotary member and the pressing rotary member through which a recording medium bearing a toner image passes; at least one first separator provided downstream from the fixing nip in a recording medium conveyance direction to contact the fixing rotary member to separate the recording medium having passed between the fixing rotary member and the pressing rotary Member from the fixing rotary member; a feeler provided upstream from the fixing nip in the recording medium conveyance direction and contacted by a leading edge of the recording medium conveyed on a conveyance path toward the fixing nip to receive a pushing force from the recording medium; and a transmission assembly connected between the feeler and the separator to receive and transmit the pushing force received by the feeler from the recording medium to the separator to move the separator from a non-contact position at which the separator does not contact the fixing rotary member to a contact position at which the separator contacts the fixing rotary member.,0.019258212732063667,0.03851642546412737
8833458,"1. An installation for fluid production in a stretch of water, the installation comprising: a floating top structure extending partly above a surface of the stretch of water; a bottom structure fully submerged under the surface of the stretch of water, the bottom structure comprising: at least one fluid conveying riser intended to connect a bed assembly located on the bed of the stretch of water to a surface assembly located on the top structure;",0.3190032657682137,0.6380065315364274
9777889,"1. A storage device for storing cryogenic fluids, comprising: a vessel that surrounds and encloses a storage volume configured to contain a cryogenic fluid; and a wall of the vessel having a thickness dimension extending from an outside of the wall to an inside of the wall, the wall having integrally formed within the thickness dimension a plurality of channels, wherein at least one of the plurality of channels is in fluid communication with the storage volume to receive vapors boiled off the cryogenic fluid and one of the plurality channels is in fluid communication with an outlet to permit the vapors to exit the outlet, and wherein the plurality of channels surround the storage volume, and wherein at least some of the plurality of channels are formed at relatively different depths in the thickness dimension of the wall so that the vapors boiled off the cryogenic fluid form a plurality of insulating vapor layers at the relatively different depths in the thickness dimension of the wall that absorb heat from a source, wherein the catalyst is a para to ortho catalyst to convert para-hydrogen to ortho-hydrogen.",0.5669993008688732,0.8660013982622536
8705873,"1. A computerized method encoded on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method scanning an item for fast and secure identification and authentication of valuable items, or identifying their validity, expiration date or origin, the method comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring a microstructure image of item surface using authenticated imaging device; (b) transforming acquired image into key-dependent secure and invariant domain through key-dependent random projections of acquired data or key-based reference codeword transformation that establishes distances between the acquired data and key-defined reference codewords; (c.) using the transformed data for item enrollment with the purpose of identification consisting of storing the resulting data of step (b) in a database of structured indexes jointly with identification information about the item of manufacturing or enrollment and for item enrollment with the purpose of authentication consisting of encoding the data of step (b) into secure authentication item index based on secret key, followed by its storage in the database or reproduction on the item surface, packaging or accompanying authentication documents, certificates or cards; (d) verifying the item under inspection by acquiring the image of microstructure using either authenticated or not imaging device and transforming acquired image into key-dependent secure and invariant domain through key-dependent random projections of acquired data or key-based reference codeword transformation that establishes the distances between the acquired data and key-defined reference codewords and establishing its identity by making a decision about the item identity using a search in a list of possible candidates and deciding about a single or multiple matches and establishing its authenticity by acquiring authentication index enrolled at step (c), decoding the authentication data from the index and transformed data and making the decision about item authenticity using the same key used for enrollment; (e) registering the request and its results from step (d) in the database of requests and information about a requested party accordingly and informing the requesting party about a result of request execution, and wherein said invariant domain transformation and key-dependent projections are performed jointly on the magnitude image spectrum by computing key-dependent functions from the specified possibly overlapping regions of image spectrum calculating the differences between the specified regions and either storing these differences in the database or making the binary decisions about their relationships with their next storing in the database in such a way that when the same procedure is repeated at the identification or authentication stage for the possibly geometrically distorted image said differences or results of binary decisions will represent a cyclic shift with respect to the measured ones that is identified either directly or using cross-correlation on the real or binary data.",0.0191948619505068,0.038389723901013584
9724904,"1. A method of producing a component of composite material, comprising: winding an elongate sheet of composite material about a winding axis which is offset by an angle from being perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the elongate sheet so as to wind the sheet into a helical coil; drawing or conveying the helical coil of wound sheet along a process path that is parallel to the winding axis; and forming the coil of wound sheet as it is drawn or conveyed along the process path, wherein forming the coil of wound sheet includes pressing the wound sheet in a moulding tool, wherein the moulding tool is configured to hold a section of the wound sheet and to draw the coil of wound sheet along the process path.",0.774815125325336,0.45036974934932794
9306242,"1. A moss guard for a lead-acid battery cell, the lead-acid battery cell having a plurality of positive electrodes, each comprising an upwardly extending positive lug, a positive strap connecting the positive lugs, a plurality of negative electrodes, the negative electrodes including top surfaces spaced from the positive strap, one positive electrode being between each adjacent pair of negative electrodes, the moss guard comprising: a body; and a plurality of fingers extending from a side of the body, the plurality of fingers configured to substantially cover the top surfaces of the negative electrodes between the negative electrodes and the positive strap, wherein an end of at least one of the plurality of fingers distal to the body comprises a lock, the lock being configured to resiliently deflect between an engaged position and a disengaged position and being configured to fix the moss guard with respect to the positive lugs in the engaged position, wherein the lock is configured to engage one of the positive lugs or the positive strap in the engaged position.",0.798713995631584,0.4025720087368321
8673170,"1. A lithium metal oxide powder for use as a cathode material in a rechargeable battery, having the general formula Li a Ni x Co y M z O 2±e A f , wherein wherein M comprises one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, and Ti; A comprises either one or both of S and C; wherein said powder has a particle size distribution defining a D10, D50 and D90; and said x and z parameters vary with the particle size of said powder; wherein either one or both of: x1−x2≧0.010 and z2−z1≧0.010; x1 and z1 being the parameters corresponding to particles having a particle size D90; and x2 and z2 being the parameters corresponding to particles having a particle size D10.",0.8318615614487558,0.33627687710248844
9518145,"1. A process for preparing a polyisocyanate-based polymer, comprising forming a reaction mixture containing at least one polyisocyanate, at least one isocyanate-reactive compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups and at least one zinc catalyst, and then curing the reaction mixture to form a polymer, wherein the zinc catalyst contains at least one zinc atom associated with a polydentate organic ligand that contains at least two complexing sites, of which at least one is nitrogen-containing, wherein the ligand compound is a β-imino alcohol or enol.",0.6424961228958446,0.7150077542083109
8952972,"1. An information processing apparatus which accepts one of a plurality of processes of different types in accordance with an operation instruction issued on a display screen, comprising: at least one processor functioning as: an acceptance unit constructed to accept the operation instruction issued on the display screen; a display control unit constructed to display objects, which are displayable in a plurality of levels of display sizes, on the display screen in a display size which belongs to at least any one of the plurality of levels; an extraction unit constructed to extract an object of interest out of the objects displayed on the display screen based on a position where the operation instruction has been input on the display screen; an obtaining unit constructed to obtain information indicating the display size which is being displayed by said display control unit on the display screen when the object of interest is extracted by said extraction unit; a storing unit constructed to store in advance at least a plurality of combinations of information indicating a level of an object size and an executable operation instruction for each of a plurality of object types, wherein the executable operation corresponds to one of the plurality of processes of different types; and a determination unit constructed to determine executable processing corresponding to the information indicating a display size obtained by the obtaining unit out of the processes of different types based on the plurality of the combinations stored by the storing unit for the object type of the object of interest extracted by the extraction unit.",0.2132462919409055,0.426492583881811
9720529,"1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a touch screen; and a controller configured to:",0.15944541320815359,0.31889082641630717
9570435,"1. A surge protection element comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor multi-layer disposed above the substrate, the semiconductor multi-layer including a channel and comprising a nitride semiconductor; a first p-type semiconductor layer and a second p-type semiconductor layer which are disposed above the semiconductor multi-layer; a first electrode disposed above the first p-type semiconductor layer; and a second electrode disposed above the second p-type semiconductor layer.",0.5691288993196421,0.8617422013607159
9664166,"1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, said internal combustion engine comprising: a port injection valve that injects fuel into an intake passage; a storage section that stores the fuel to be injected from said port injection valve; and a feed pump that pressurizes and supplies the fuel to said storage section, said control device comprising: a fuel pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the fuel stored in said storage section; and a control unit that controls said feed pump based on a detection value of said fuel pressure sensor, and performs an abnormality diagnosis of said fuel pressure sensor based on a detection value of said fuel pressure sensor when a target pressure of the fuel stored in said storage section is changed, said control unit being configured to cause first processing to be performed in response to a start signal that starts said internal combustion engine, for changing said target pressure, and cause the second processing to be performed subsequent to said first processing, said first processing including setting the target pressure of the fuel in said storage section to a first pressure, pressurizing the fuel with said feed pump, and detecting a pressure of the fuel with said fuel pressure sensor, and said second processing including setting the target pressure of the fuel in said storage section to a second pressure lower than said first pressure, causing the fuel to be pressurized with said feed pump and reducing the pressure of the fuel by injection from said port injection valve of said internal combustion engine, and detecting a pressure of the fuel with said fuel pressure sensor.",0.9187726882513864,0.16245462349722728
9344663,"1. A sensing method for a smart terminal to interact with a sensing device in a remote control device, comprising: (A), obtaining a current sensing device usage information by the smart terminal, wherein the current sensing device usage information comprises an identity of a current application and a type of a sensing device currently applied by the current application, wherein the current application is defined as an application opened on the smart terminal and also currently being used by a user; (B), determining whether a change occurs in a sensing device usage situation according to the current sensing device usage information and a previous sensing device usage information pre-stored at the smart terminal; and (C), transmitting a notification to the remote control device when the change occurs in the sensing device usage situation, so that the remote control device takes control of the sensing device currently applied by the current application.",0.6390758851472235,0.7218482297055531
8514480,"1. A display pixel comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged so as to face each other; a hydrophobic insulating layer on the first substrate; a hydrophobic pattern electrode unit on the hydrophobic insulating layer and configured so as to produce a non-uniform electric field in response to an applied voltage; and a hydrophilic dielectric medium and hydrophobic uncharged particles in a cell area between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the hydrophobic pattern electrode unit is configured such that, when a voltage is not applied thereto, the hydrophobic uncharged particles are settled down in the hydrophilic dielectric medium to cover the cell area so as to block incident light; and wherein the hydrophobic pattern electrode unit is configured such that, when a voltage is applied thereto, the hydrophobic uncharged particles are locally concentrated in a portion of the cell area so as to transmit the incident light through the cell area except for the portion of the cell area where the hydrophobic uncharged particles are locally concentrated.",0.20981964524396374,0.4196392904879275
9392773,"1. An animal drinker for poultry, having a plurality of drinking valves ( 12 ) assigned to a water supply pipe ( 10 ), wherein each drinking valve ( 12 ) has a housing ( 13 ) and at least one valve body arranged in a movable manner therein, and an actuating means ( 25 ), by way of which the valve body is movable into the at least one position opening the respective drinking valve ( 12 ), wherein the at least one valve body for opening the drinking valve ( 12 ) is liftable by the actuating means ( 25 ), and further comprising a transmission means operatively connected to at least to the valve body or to the actuating means ( 25 ).",0.8638074261279832,0.27238514774403355
9358661,"1. A polishing pad, comprising a polishing layer comprising a polyurethane foam having fine cells, the polyurethane foam comprising a cured product of a reaction of an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (A), a polymerized diisocyanate, and a chain extender chain extender, the isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (A) being a reaction product of isocyanate monomers, a high molecular weight polyol (a), and a low molecular weight polyol, wherein the polymerized diisocyanate is added in an amount of 5 to 20 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the isocyanate-terminated prepolymer (A), and the high molecular weight polyol (a) is a polyether polyol with a number average molecular weight of 500 to 5,000, and the isocyanate monomers are toluene diisocyanate and dicyclohexylmethane diisocyanate, wherein the polymerized diisocyanate is selected from the group consisting of a biuret of hexamethylene diisocyanate, an isocyanurate of hexamethylene diisocyanate, or a combination thereof.",0.2598700651501702,0.5197401303003404
9128558,"1. A method for force detection of a deformable touch element with a capacitive touch-screen device, comprising: providing a first array of drive electrodes and a second array of sense electrodes in association with a touch-detection area on a surface of a touch screen; providing a touch-detection circuit connected to the drive electrodes and connected to the sense electrodes for detecting capacitance at a touch location in the touch-detection area; sensing no-touch capacitance with the touch-detection circuit at the touch location in the absence of the deformable touch element proximate to the touch location and reporting a no-touch signal; sensing light-touch capacitance different from the no-touch capacitance with the touch-detection circuit at the touch location in the presence of a light-touch deformation of the same deformable touch element on the surface proximate to the touch location and reporting a light-touch signal at least partially responsive to a touch area of the light-touch deformation; sensing heavy-touch capacitance different from both the no-touch capacitance and the light-touch capacitance with the touch-detection circuit at the touch location in the presence of a heavy-touch deformation of the same deformable touch element on the surface proximate to the touch location and reporting a heavy-touch signal at least partially responsive to a touch area of the heavy-touch deformation greater than the touch area of the light-touch deformation; and determining a sequential progression of sensed capacitance values from no-touch to light-touch to heavy-touch indicating a sequential series of progressively more forceful touches or determining a sequential progression of sensed capacitance values from heavy-touch to light-touch to no-touch indicating a sequential series of progressively less forceful touches.",0.07824678967336753,0.15649357934673502
9409554,"1. A method for improving the driving stability of a motor vehicle comprising: enabling a driver to predefine, via a human/machine interface, information about a maximum coefficient of friction; determining an expected coefficient of friction on the basis of route information and instantaneous position data of the motor vehicle; comparing the expected coefficient of friction with the maximum coefficient of friction predetermined by the driver; predicting whether a critical driving situation is to be expected on the basis of a result of the comparison of the expected coefficient of friction with the maximum coefficient of friction predetermined by the driver; and triggering a driver-independent braking intervention if the critical driving situation is to be expected.",0.5574890827215426,0.8850218345569147
9497634,"1. A method for releasing a lock state of a mobile device, comprising: detecting a touch input; distinctively identifying a type of input means corresponding to the touch input and input features of the touch input, wherein the input features comprise a shape of the touch input, an average speed of the touch input and a speed deviation of the touch input; calculating similarities of each of the input features by comparing each of the input features with each of input features of previously stored signature information; setting weights in respect of the similarities of each of the input features, based on the type of input means corresponding to the touch input; calculating a total similarity, based on the similarities of each of the input features and the weights; and determining of releasing the lock state of the mobile device, based on the total similarity.",0.05577723691355325,0.11155447382710648
9624901,"1. A work platform for work on a wing blade for a wind energy plant, comprising: the wind energy plant comprising at least three wing blades constituting a rotor, the wing blades each having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a root area, and the wing blades mounted to a hub at the root area, the wing blade being brought to a substantially vertical position; the work platform extending vertically in relation to the substantially vertical wing and positioned along a wing surface of the leading edge or the trailing edge of the wing blade, the work platform being hoisted up and down the wing blade by a hoisting line from a position above a workplace from a region close to the root area or the hub and further comprising:",0.9887029326987079,0.022594134602584193
8495334,"1. A method of global/local address translation for use with a pattern matching engine, said method comprising: translating global addresses of rules to local addresses of rules stored in a resident rules memory; wherein resident rule access by said pattern matching engine does not require use of tags and providing a local/global bit in each rule operative to indicate if a next table of rules to be accessed is a local table in said resident rules memory or a global table in said main memory and accessed via a temporary rules memory.",0.10415919341090372,0.20831838682180748
9666331,"1. A ferroelectric thin film-forming sol-gel solution comprising: a PZT-based compound; a high-molecular compound used to adjust a viscosity containing polyvinyl pyrrolidone; and an organic dopant containing N-methyl pyrrolidone, wherein an amount of the PZT-based compound is greater than or equal to 17 mass % in terms of oxides, a molar ratio of the PZT-based compound:the polyvinyl pyrrolidone is 1:0.1 to 1:0.5 in terms of monomers, and an amount of the N-methyl pyrrolidone is 3 mass % to 13 mass % in the sol-gel solution.",0.2979777198465771,0.5959554396931542
8758946,"1. A liquid electrolyte suitable for use in a lithium ion cell or battery, said liquid electrolyte comprising: (a) a lithium salt; and (b) a solvent system, said solvent system comprising",0.932279461545141,0.13544107690971807
9623336,"1. A system for distributing content to an affinity group of portable communications device users, the system comprising: a wireless network to facilitate communication between a content server computing device and a portable communication device and further between the portable communication device and said users; a storage device to store profile data relating to each of said users, wherein the storage device is operatively connected to the content server computing device; and the content server computing device to serve as a content selection device to perform one or more content selection functions, wherein the content server computing device is centrally-located in the system and includes a processor, a memory, and an input/output interface, wherein the content server computing device to: compare, by the processor, the profile data of different ones of said users, and associating users with the affinity group based on the profile data comparison to create the group; receive, by the processor, a request from a portable communications device user to be associated with the affinity group; associate, by the processor, the portable communications device user with the affinity group in response to the request and based on the comparison; and select, by the processor, content for and distribute the content to the users based on their association with the affinity group.",0.2969865089920075,0.593973017984015
9450534,"1. A protective covering for, and in combination with, a roof-mounted system that is attached with a mounting bracket attached to a sloping roof using at least one fastening member, comprising: a fastening member penetrating a shingle and underlining structure of said roof for attaching said mounting bracket to said roof; said roof-mounted system supported and spaced from said roof by a mounting member connected to said mounting bracket and said roof-mounted system; a portion of at least one shingle being cut away to accommodate said mounting bracket mounted on said roof; a protective cover for enclosing said fastening member and at least a portion of said mounting bracket for preventing fastening leaks of water through said roof; said protective cover comprising malleable waterproof material forming a top surface extending from a flashing flange base of said protective cover to a distal end of said protective cover and having side walls, said top surface having an open end forming an open archway having vertical edges extending from said flashing flange base and spanning over said open end, said top surface extending lengthwise away from said open archway and converging to an opposite tapered end; said flashing flange base of said protective cover extending under a distal end of another shingle, said top surface extending out from said flashing flange base in a slight rise, downwardly with respect to the roof to form said side walls, said distal end of said protective cover covering the fastener and said portion of said mounting bracket which the fastener fastens to the roof.",0.40712673546291667,0.8142534709258333
8824366,"1. A method of receiving, by a user equipment (UE), data in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) on which control information is transmitted in a first subframe; and receiving data in a plurality of second subframes in which the PDCCH detected in the first subframe is valid, wherein the receiving of the data is based on the control information, wherein the control information comprises subframe information which indicates a number of the plurality of second subframes that is valid for receiving the data during which the PDCCH detected in the first subframe is valid, wherein a control format indicator (CFI) transmitted on a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) in the plurality of second subframes comprises a 32 bit codeword that has a specific value, wherein the specific value is used to determine whether the PDCCH of the first subframe is valid in each of the plurality of second subframes, wherein the subframe information further comprises two offset fields indicating a first offset and a second offset, wherein the first offset indicates an offset in a time domain between the first subframe and a non-adjacent subframe out of the plurality of second subframes, and wherein the second offset indicates an offset in the time domain between two adjacent subframes out of the plurality of second subframes, wherein neither of the two adjacent subframes is the first subframe.",0.29171663401835185,0.5834332680367037
9462313,"1. A method of facilitating prediction of a number of times a selection of media content will be consumed by one or more users at a target time, the method comprising: identifying a set of media selections; selecting a plurality of input features, the input features comprising examples of user behavior occurred during consumption of the identified set of media selections; separating the identified set of media selections into a training set and an evaluation set; upon separating the identified set of media selections into the training set and the evaluation set, transforming selected input features from the plurality of input features into a training set feature vector corresponding to a media selection from the training set, the training set feature vector comprising features descriptive of the user behavior during consumption of the media selection from the training set; deriving a learned function defining a relationship between the training set feature vector corresponding to the media selection from the training set and a number of times the media selection from the training set is consumed at the target time; and applying the learned function to a feature vector of input features from a media selection from the evaluation set to predict the number of times the media selection from the evaluation set is to be consumed at the target time.",0.015271925400040957,0.03054385080008193
8869903,"1. A production string employable in a multi-zone completion system, the production string comprising: a passageway enabling passage of production fluids therethrough; a shifting tool including a shifting profile engageable with a production sleeve of the completion system to open a closed production sleeve, the shifting tool including a plurality of control line feed-throughs passing between a collet containing the shifting profile and an inner tubular having a portion of the passageway of the production string; a remotely controlled hydraulic production valve which controls fluid flow between the passageway and the production sleeve; and, a control line passing through one of the control line feed-throughs to the production valve.",0.2926374235140012,0.5852748470280024
9835742,"1. A method for imaging a specimen, where the specimen produces neutrons, the method comprising: setting one or more of memory cells to a first charge state in a neutron imaging system; the neutron imaging system comprising: a plurality of neutron detecting devices positioned in a selected array configuration; each neutron detecting device comprising: at least one memory cell, the at least one memory cell storing charge, and a conversion layer positioned on the at least one memory cell, the conversion layer comprising a predetermined concentration of an element possessing a high capture cross-section to at least one of thermal neutrons, epi-thermal neutrons, and fast neutrons; positioning the neutron imaging system in a neutron environment for a predetermined time period; and measuring a charge state change at the at least one memory cell from the first charge state to a second charge state, where the second charge state is lower than the first charge state, the charge state change indicating detection of neutrons at the at least one memory cell; wherein the selected array configuration includes at least two layers of neutron detecting devices, one layer being stacked over another layer; and wherein the selected array configuration is configured to minimize dead-space between neutron detecting devices.",0.2452483414805534,0.4904966829611068
9571080,"1. A delay-locked loop arrangement comprising: a delay-locked loop circuit further comprising a steering unit configured to generate the reference clock signal and the main clock signal, wherein the reference clock signal and the main clock signal both feature:",0.2958167617668083,0.5916335235336166
9023682,"1. A method for the production of a photovoltaic solar cell comprising the following processing steps: A texturing a front ( B generating at least one selective doping structure at the front ( C applying at least one metallic emitter contact structure on at least one of the front ( between the processing steps B and C, in a processing step B 1 simultaneously one silicon oxide layer ( 5 a , 5 b ) each is respectively generated on the front and the back of the semiconductor substrate via thermal oxidation, with at least a frontal silicon oxide layer being created with a thickness of less than 150 nm, wherein the silicon oxide lavers (",0.959465235638718,0.08106952872256401
9254603,"1. An apparatus for the pretreatment and subsequent conveying, plastification or agglomeration of plastics, in particular of thermoplastics waste for recycling purposes, the apparatus comprising a container ( where the mixing and/or comminution implement ( where an aperture ( where at least one conveyor ( wherein an imaginary continuation of the central longitudinal axis ( and wherein a setting angle (γ) measured in degrees, of the radially outermost mixing and/or comminution implement ( where where the setting angle (γ) is measured at the radially outermost point ( and wherein a ratio of a length (L) of the screw (",0.5601565246707668,0.8796869506584664
8917326,"1. An information processing device comprising: a hardware central processing unit (CPU); a storage unit configured to store template information arranged to fit photographed image data into a target region within display screen data according to a predetermined display format, instruction information comprising instructions to fill said target region of said template information, and to store map information indicating a location to take images for filling in said target region; a display unit configured to display said target region and said instruction information to prompt a user to take images for filling in said target region, said target region being filled with a template image and said instruction information being arranged to overlap at least a portion of said template image, and to display said map information in a location-display region adjacent to said target region; and a control unit, realized by said CPU, configured to",0.20726465194298924,0.41452930388597853
8360435,"1. A apparatus comprising: a playing field having a surface; a ball launcher mechanism launching a ball into the playing field, wherein the ball launcher mechanism allows a first player to adjust a launch angle, a lateral angle and a speed of a ball launched by the ball launcher mechanism, and wherein the ball is not in contact with the surface of the playing field when launched from the ball launcher mechanism and above the surface of the playing field for a significant portion of a trajectory of the ball; a ball striker mechanism to control a ball striker in a three-dimensional space, wherein the ball striker mechanism has a first control, a second control, and a third control, wherein the ball striker placed at a distance from the ball launcher mechanism in the playing field has a bat to hit the ball launched by the ball launcher mechanism, wherein the first control rotates the ball striker about a vertical axis, wherein the second control adjusts a lateral position of the ball striker, the lateral position of the ball striker being substantially perpendicular to the trajectory of the ball, and wherein the third control swings the bat to hit the ball; and one or more sensors placed in predetermined locations in the playing field and generating electrical signals; wherein the electrical signals are used to update a status of a game.",0.12600792642890607,0.25201585285781214
9068934,"1. A gas sensor processing apparatus for processing an output of a gas sensor including a detection element which is formed of a solid electrolyte body, which has a pair of electrodes, and which detects the concentration of a specific gas, comprising: voltage shift means for shifting a detection element voltage produced between the electrodes of the detection element from a pre-shift voltage to a post-shift voltage different from the pre-shift voltage; recovery means for returning the detection element voltage from the post-shift voltage to the pre-shift voltage through self-discharge by an internal capacitor of the detection element after the end of a voltage shift period in which the detection element voltage is shifted by the voltage shift means; and deterioration index detection means for detecting a deterioration index representing the degree of deterioration of the detection element on the basis of a change in the detection element voltage in a recovery period in which the detection element voltage is returned to the pre-shift voltage by the recovery means; wherein, when the detection element is represented by an equivalent circuit, the detection element is equivalent to a series circuit between the electrodes thereof, the series circuit including a cell that generates an electromotive force in accordance with the concentration of the specific gas and an internal impedance composed of an internal resistor and an internal capacitor connected in parallel, and the post-shift voltage is greater than the electromotive force generated by the detection element.",0.7014351956865376,0.5971296086269249
9126996,"1. A compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X is absent or is an optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, or heterocycle; Q is H, (CH R R R Y is oxygen, sulfur, or NR R L is alkyl or alkenyl containing from 2 to 10 carbon atoms; R R each occurrence of R each occurrence of R provided that when R",0.4723874419699697,0.9447748839399394
9216281,"1. An implantable medical lead, comprising: an elongated lead body extending longitudinally and having a plurality of lumens therein, including at least one linear lumen and a first non-linear lumen extending longitudinally along a portion of the lead body, the at least one linear lumen and the first non-linear lumen adjacent in the portion of the lead body, the first non-linear lumen on a non-helical and non-linear path relative to the portion of the lead body such that the first non-linear lumen extends longitudinally in a rotational plane, the first non-linear lumen including a plurality of crests and a plurality of troughs in the rotational plane such that some portions of the non-linear lumen extend longitudinally clockwise and other portions extend longitudinally counterclockwise; a plurality of conductor cables disposed within the plurality of lumens; a terminal connector coupled to a proximal end of the lead body, the terminal connector in electrical communication with at least one of the plurality of conductor cables; and at least one electrode coupled to the lead body, the at least one electrode in electrical communication with at least one of the plurality of conductor cables; wherein the first non-linear lumen is configured to provide strain relief to at least one of the plurality of conductor cables.",0.19725567291224316,0.3945113458244863
8931224,"1. A lath assembly for a sidewall finishing of a floor or ceiling comprising a combination of at least a first and a second lath, in which each lath comprises a longitudinal body defining a longitudinal direction, wherein the longitudinal body has a first end having a first end face, wherein the first end is provided with a keyway forming a female part, wherein the keyway has a keyway opening at the first end face; and a connector for connecting the first ends of the first and second laths to each other, wherein the connector comprises two key members forming two male parts to be inserted into the respective keyway of the laths to be connected, such that the key member extends through the keyway opening, wherein each keyway of the pair of laths comprises a lath stopper, wherein the lath stopper is integrally formed with the lath and in that each key member comprises a key stopper, wherein the key stopper is integrally formed with the key member, and wherein the key stopper is in an assembled condition of the lath assembly in form closure with the lath stopper to lock the connector in the longitudinal direction to the lath, wherein the longitudinal body has a front, back, top and bottom side along a longitudinal axis, which longitudinal axis extends in the longitudinal direction, wherein the keyway of the lath has a receiving opening which is provided at the bottom side of the lath, such that the connector is to be inserted into the receiving opening in a transversal direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the lath.",0.09129516353061158,0.18259032706122313
9378853,"1. An apparatus comprising: a continuous control rod guide frame comprising one or more columnar elements defining a central passage having a constant cross-section as a function of position along the central passage, wherein the continuous guide frame is not constructed of spaced apart guide plates; a control rod assembly comprising a plurality of control rods parallel aligned with the central passage of the continuous control rod guide frame and connected with a spider or other coupling element; wherein the plurality of control rods is movable into and out of the central passage of the continuous control rod guide frame and the spider or other coupling element is disposed in the central passage of the continuous control rod guide frame and moves along the central passage as the plurality of control rods move into or out of the central passage; and wherein any portion of the plurality of control rods disposed in the central passage is guided by the central passage over the entire length of the portion of the plurality of control rods that is disposed in the central passage; and wherein the spider or other coupling element is supported by the continuous control rod guide frame at every point in its travel between fully withdrawn and fully inserted positions of the plurality of control rods.",0.1799902835834318,0.35998056716686366
8687204,"1. A method for measuring refractive index of an object, comprising: acquiring a number of first fringes of a first interference pattern formed by interference of a first beam of light transmitted through the object with a second beam of light not transmitted through the object; acquiring a number of second fringes of a second interference pattern formed by interference of a third beam of light reflected from a first surface of the object with a fourth beam of light transmitted through the object and reflected from a second surface of the object; and calculating the refractive index of the object based on the number of first fringes and the number of second fringes, wherein the calculating step includes obtaining a radio of the number of second fringes divided by a difference of the number of second fringes minus the number of first fringes.",0.16059793767285913,0.32119587534571825
9743490,"1. A lighting device, comprising: a light source, configured to emit light to illuminate an environmental scene; a driving module, coupled to the light source, and configured to drive the light source; a sensing module, configured to obtain a brightness value corresponding to the environmental scene; and a control module, coupled to the driving module and the sensing module, and configured to control the driving module to use a first current to drive the light source, control the sensing module to obtain a first brightness value, control, when the first brightness value is less than a reference brightness value, the driving module to use a second current to drive the light source, the second current being greater than the first current by a predetermined amplitude value, control the sensing module to obtain a second brightness value, compare the second brightness value with the first brightness value, determine that the light source is in a thermal attenuation state when the second brightness value is less than or equal to the first brightness value, and determine that the light source is in an optical attenuation state when the second brightness value is greater than the first brightness value.",0.7019238438054347,0.5961523123891306
8812195,"1. A collision safety control device of a vehicle comprising: first and second harness portions, first and second cab ground portions mutually connected through a cab of the vehicle, and a first frame ground portion in a first portion of a frame of the vehicle on a driver's seat side, third and fourth harness portions, third and fourth cab ground portions mutually connected through the cab, and a second frame ground portion in a second portion of the frame on a passenger's seat side; wherein, a fifth harness portion is connected to the first and the third harness portions and to the collision safety control device, the first harness portion is connected to the cab at the first cab ground portion, the second harness portion is connected to the cab at the second cab ground portion and to the first portion of the frame at the first frame ground portion, the third harness portion is connected to the cab at the third cab ground portion, the fourth harness portion is connected to the cab at the fourth cab ground portion and to the second portion of the frame at the second frame ground portion the first, the second and the fifth harness portions form a first ground line from the collision safety control device to the first portion of the frame, the third, the fourth and the fifth harness portions form a second ground line from the collision safety control device to the second portion of the frame, the first portion of the frame and the second portion of the frame are separated by a first width, and the first ground line and the second ground line are mutually separated by a second width that is greater than the first width.",0.13743874530762618,0.27487749061525235
8940081,1. A combustible gas enrichment apparatus comprising: an adsorption tower charged with an adsorbent for adsorbing a combustible gas; a feeding/discharging means for feeding a source gas containing the combustible gas and air to the adsorption tower via a feeding passage and discharging an offgas which is the portion of the source gas not adsorbed to the adsorbent to the outside of the adsorption tower via a discharging passage; a collecting means for desorbing the combustible gas adsorbed to the adsorbent by depressurizing the inside of the adsorption tower to a subatmospheric pressure and collecting the desorbed combustible gas through a collecting passage; and a controlling means for sequentially effecting a combustible gas adsorption process for causing the feeding/discharging means to feed the source gas to the adsorption tower and to discharge the offgas from the adsorption tower and a combustible gas desorption process for causing the collecting means to desorb and collect the combustible gas by the collecting means; wherein the enrichment apparatus further comprises: a detecting means for detecting the concentration of the combustible gas in the source gas which is fed to the adsorption tower in the adsorption process; and an operation condition setting section for adjusting an adsorption completion timing setpoint for the controlling means to complete the adsorption process based on the combustible gas concentration detected by the detecting means.,0.8021240867300766,0.39575182653984675
8454694,"1. A system for providing spinal stabilization, comprising: an implant including a body extending from a leading end to an opposite trailing end, said body including a superior bone engaging surface and an opposite inferior bone engaging surface, said superior and inferior bone engaging surfaces engaging respective endplates of upper and lower vertebrae when said implant is positioned in a spinal disc space between the upper and lower vertebrae; a plate for engagement with the upper and lower vertebrae, said plate including a body extending between an upper end and an opposite lower end, said plate body including a top surface and an opposite bottom surface facing the upper and lower vertebrae when said plate is engaged therewith, said plate including a plurality of holes and a retaining element rotatably disposed on an outer surface of said plate, said retaining element comprising a plurality of arms separated by gaps such that said retaining element is rotatable between a first position where said arms do not cover said plurality of holes and a second position where said arms cover said plurality of holes; and an insertion instrument including an engaging portion configured to releasably engage with said implant and said plate, wherein an angular orientation of said implant relative to said plate is adjustable when said implant and said plate are engaged by said instrument.",0.020219692490500395,0.04043938498100075
9577277,1. A metal-reductive direct carbon fuel cell comprising: (a) a housing; (b) at least one fuel inlet through which a mixture of a fuel and a metal oxide is injected into the housing; (c) at least one unit cell which has a cylindrical shape having an elongated hole formed therein in an axial direction and is rotatably disposed within the housing; (d) at least one gas inlet through which an oxygen-containing gas is injected into the hole from an outside of the housing; (e) at least one gas outlet through which carbon dioxide generated in the housing is discharged; (f) a liquid media filling at least a portion of an empty space within the housing; and (g) at least one metal outlet through which a metal reduced from the injected metal oxide by the unit cell is discharged from the housing.,0.9721632438253857,0.05567351234922868
9239578,"1. A monitoring system for an aircraft engine, comprising: an engine monitoring module comprising:",0.8682462766545512,0.26350744669089754
8460743,"1. A method for coating an ophthalmic lens in a primary package comprising the steps of: (a) forming a first polyionic coating solution comprising at least one positively charged polyionic material which is polyamidoamine epichlorohydrin; (b) forming a second polyionic coating solution comprising at least one negatively charged polyionic material; (c) forming a coating on an ophthalmic lens by contacting the ophthalmic lens in the primary package with said first polyionic coating solution and adding said second polyionic coating solution to said first polyionic coating solution, wherein the coating comprises said negatively charged material and said positively charged material and the ophthalmic lens with the coating thereon is immersed in a remaining-after-coating solution in the primary package; (d) sealing the primary package containing the ophthalmic lens immersed in the remaining after-coating solution; (e) autoclaving and then maintaining said coated ophthalmic lens in said primary package with the remaining after-coating solution until insertion of the ophthalmic lens in the eye of the ophthalmic lens user, wherein the remaining after-coating solution in the primary package is ophthalmically compatible and has an osmolarity from 270 to 350 mOsmol/kg.",0.3548328693475963,0.7096657386951926
9687961,"1. A method of fabricating a grinding tool, comprising: providing a plurality of grinding studs, each of the grinding studs including a stud portion and an abrasive particle bonded to each other; cutting a pattern across a tip of each of the abrasive particles to define multiple apexes adjacent to one another and a groove extending between the multiple apexes; providing a substrate having a plurality of openings; and respectively attaching the grinding studs in the openings, the abrasive particles of the grinding studs protruding outward from a surface of the substrate.",0.32404014784687274,0.6480802956937455
9443916,"1. An organic light emitting display (OLED) device comprising: a substrate; a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode formed on the substrate; a first bank layer and a second bank layer formed on the substrate; and a first organic light emitting layer, a second organic light emitting layer, and a third organic light emitting layer formed on the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode, respectively, wherein the first organic light emitting layer overlaps the second organic light emitting layer on the first bank layer, wherein all of an overlapping portion of the first organic light emitting layer and an overlapping portion of the second organic light emitting layer are directly above the first bank layer, and wherein all of the overlapping portions of the first and second organic light emitting layers are not directly above either of the first or second pixel electrode.",0.49641787094850437,0.9928357418970087
8362255,"1. A process wherein a compound of formula II wherein R′ and R″ independently represent one, two or three hydrogen, halogen, or C 1-6 -alkyl and L represents a leaving group is reacted with an optionally substituted N-benzyl-4-piperidone wherein R′″ represents hydrogen or —O—C 1-6 -alkyl, to obtain a compound of formula III",0.6627990084243847,0.6744019831512307
9715947,"1. A method for removing debris from nuclear power reactor coolant, the method comprising: identifying a flow path from the reactor to a coolant source where coolant will flow when escaping from a reactor system; flooding the coolant source; operating the reactor to produce electricity with the coolant source flooded; and after the flooding, installing a coolant filter in the flow path and outside the coolant source.",0.9507116792462296,0.09857664150754086
8448495,"1. A quantifying device for quantifying a content of at least one gaseous constituent contained in a gaseous sample from a fluid, said device comprising: a formation unit for forming a gaseous flow from the gaseous sample, said formation unit including a separation device for separation by selective retention of each gaseous constituent to be analyzed; an oven for combustion of the gaseous flow, said oven being connected to said separation device to successively form a gaseous residue from each constituent; and a quantification unit for quantifying the content of each constituent to be analyzed in the gaseous residue, said quantification unit including:",0.591829528309789,0.8163409433804221
9371132,"1. An aircraft comprising an aerodynamic element, a source of pressurized air, an air jet actuator and a controller, wherein: said aerodynamic element comprises a side edge, upper and lower surfaces, a first slot and a second slot, said first slot being located on one of said upper surface, said lower surface or said side edge, and said second slot being located on one of said upper surface, said lower surface or said side edge on which said first slot is not located; said air jet actuator comprises a rotatable element, said rotatable element comprising an interior duct and a helical slot in fluid communication with said interior duct; and said controller is operable to cause said interior duct of said rotatable element to be placed in fluid communication with said pressurized air source and also cause said rotatable element to rotate, as a result of which said interior duct of said rotatable element is concurrently in fluid communication with said first and second slots of said aerodynamic element via said helical slot in said rotatable element, thereby enabling pressurized air from said source to exit said first and second slots of said aerodynamic element in the form of respective air jets, wherein said helical slot of said rotating rotatable element causes said respective air jets to traverse said first and second slots respectively.",0.9001522008382458,0.19969559832350847
9763305,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a temperature regulation circuit of a light-emitting diode (LED) driver, a first signal indicating a voltage potential across a plurality of LEDs; calculating, by the temperature regulation circuit and based on the first signal indicating the voltage potential across the plurality of LEDs, a temperature of the plurality of LEDs; and outputting, by the temperature regulation circuit and based on the calculated temperature of the plurality of the LEDs, a second signal configured to regulate the temperature of the plurality of LEDs by dynamically modulating a current regulator delivering current to the plurality of LEDs.",0.5691733085154471,0.8616533829691058
8813032,"1. A method for customizing a test instrument, wherein the test instrument comprises at least a first device with a first programmable hardware element (PHE) and a second device with a second PHE, comprising: providing a first synchronization module, wherein the first synchronization module comprises code for implementation on the first PHE of the first device, wherein the first synchronization module provides a standard interface for interacting with other code; storing first user-created code which performs a first function; receiving user input associating the first synchronization module with the first user-created code, wherein the first user-code is configured to interact with the first synchronization module using the standard interface; providing a second synchronization module, wherein the second synchronization module comprises code for implementation on the second PHE of the second device, wherein the second synchronization module provides the standard interface for interacting with other code; storing second user-created code which performs a second function; receiving user input associating the second synchronization module with the second user-created code, wherein the second user-created code is configured to interact with the second synchronization module using the standard interface; generating a first hardware description based on the first synchronization module and the associated first user-created code; generating a second hardware description based on the second synchronization module and the associated second user-created code; wherein the first synchronization module in the first hardware description and the second synchronization module in the second hardware description are configured to synchronize the first user-created code and the second user-created code, and wherein for each of the first and second synchronization modules, the standard interface allows swapping out the synchronization module without requiring modification of the associated user-created code.",0.06849936024812162,0.1369987204962433
9322288,"1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a first component and a second component, said first and second components having a high-pressure chamber on one side, and a low pressure chamber on an opposed side, and a three sided seal having one side facing each of said first and second components, and having a third side facing a third component, and there being at least one non-metallic wear surface between one of said three sides of said seal and said facing component; and said three sided seal floating relative to each of said first, second and third components; and such that it is movable relative to each of said components wherein one of said components is a liner segment of an exhaust system in the gas turbine engine.",0.9561899205538383,0.08762015889232333
9849870,"1. A hybrid electric vehicle having a switching control function of travel modes based on map information, that has an HV mode as a hybrid vehicle mode and an EV mode as an electric car mode, and that produces a predetermined travel plan to switch between the HV mode and the EV mode based on the map information, comprising: a control device configured to execute a switching control of the HV mode and the EV mode based on the travel plan, wherein the travel plan is produced so that the EV mode is executed in a route element in which a travel efficiency is a predetermined value or higher, and so that the HV mode is executed in a route element in which the travel efficiency is less than the predetermined value, the travel efficiency being obtained when a vehicle travels in the EV mode in each route element of a travel route having a plurality of route elements, the travel efficiency becoming lower in a route element in which both of expected load and expected average vehicle speed are higher, and the travel efficiency becoming higher in a route element in which both of the expected load and the expected average vehicle speed are lower, wherein the control device limits execution of the switching control of the HV and EV modes based on the travel plan when the hybrid electric vehicle is in a predetermined state in which an electric power that can be output from an electricity storage unit connected to a rotary electric machine driven during execution of the EV mode is limited, wherein the control device executes a control operation for changing a target value of a current charge capacity of the electricity storage unit based on a downhill road position of the map information, and wherein the control device determines whether or not to execute the switching control based on the travel plan by determining whether or not a quantity relating to a charge remaining amount, a temperature, or an electric power that can be output, of the electricity storage unit corresponding to the predetermined state is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and wherein the control device determines whether or not to execute the control operation for changing the target value of the current charge capacity of the electricity storage unit based on the map information by determining whether or not the quantity is greater than or equal to a second threshold, wherein the first threshold and the second threshold differ from each other.",0.9832852094279451,0.03342958114410988
9708948,"1. A device for supplying a fluid medium for metering a liquid reducing agent into an exhaust system for reducing pollutants in an exhaust gas, the device comprising: at least one supply line having a first heater and a line connection piece, wherein the line connection piece includes a male or a female mating component; at least one system component with an internal region having a second heater to heat the internal region; and at least one heat-conducting sleeve, wherein the at least one system component has a module connection piece having a male or a female mating component, wherein the male or female mating component of the module connection piece is coupled directly to the respective female or male mating component of the line connection piece to form an interface; wherein the at least one heat-conducting sleeve extends through the interface into the line connection piece and the module connection piece, wherein the heat-conducting sleeve is thermally coupled to the first heater and to the second heater for transmitting heat to the interface, and wherein the sleeve provides a fluid connection between the at least one supply line and the internal region of the at least one system component.",0.8114005688583954,0.3771988622832092
9323685,"1. A data storage space processing method, comprising: dividing a disk and memory resource into tablets; dividing memory space of each tablet into different logical objects; and dividing, according to a fixed size, disk space of each tablet into multiple data blocks that are of a same size; wherein the logical objects obtained by dividing the memory space of the tablet comprise: a record index cache, a write cache, and a block cache; the record index cache is used to store index information of a record; the write cache is used to record a write buffer; and the block cache is formed by a block structure descriptor and used to collect statistics on block status information; the record index cache comprises a bucket index and a large record index; the large record index is used for a record larger than a set record size threshold, and in the large record index, an independent index is used for the record larger than the set record size threshold; and the bucket index is used for a record smaller than the set record size threshold, and a bucket is packetized into the record smaller than the set record size threshold and stored; the data storage space processing method comprises record reading, record modifying, block write combining, and block recycling, and the block write combining comprises: obtaining a record from the write cache every preset time interval; for each record, reading a keyword cache and the disk, and determining a record write scenario; collecting statistics on a result set, and determining whether written data is able to form one data block; if the written data is able to form one data block, sorting out a record in the result set to form one data block; and if the written data is not able to form one data block, continuing processing a remaining record.",0.34991574032879547,0.6998314806575909
9130701,"1. A method in a network coding node for network coding in a communication system, wherein the network coding node is configured for multi-directional communication with at least a first and a second network decoding node, wherein the uplink channel between the first network decoding node and said network coding node, and between the second network decoding node and said network coding node, has a first and a second Channel Quality Measure (CQM) respectively, and the downlink channel between the network coding node and the first network decoding node, and between said network coding node and the second network decoding node, has a fourth and a third CQM, respectively, the method comprising: receiving first data coded and modulated based on the first CQM, and second data coded and modulated based on the second CQM; comparing the first CQM with the third CQM or with the minimum of the third and the fourth CQM, and comparing the second CQM with the fourth CQM or with the minimum of the third and the fourth CQM; processing the received decoded first and second data based on the comparisons, wherein the processing comprises at least one of segmentation of the first data, segmentation of the second data, concatenation of the first data and first backlog data, concatenation of the second data and second backlog data, and zero-padding to first or second data; obtaining a network coded data by performing a network coding of the processed first data with the processed second data, wherein the network coding has a property that the processed second data can be obtained from the processed first data and the network coded data, and that the processed first data can be obtained from the processed second data and the network coded data; and sending the obtained network coded data to the first and second network decoding nodes and information about the processing of the first and the second data to the first and the second network decoding nodes, respectively.",0.2417332950352211,0.48346659007044224
9348207,"1. An illuminating optical system, comprising: a plurality of light sources including at least one light source which is of a different type than other light sources; a light combining optical system that combines light beams output from the light sources such that they converge at a single position; and a rod integrator that uniformizes the light intensity distributions of the light beams which are converged at the single position that enter a first end thereof and outputs a light beam, of which the light intensity distribution has been uniformized, from a second end thereof; the light combining optical system comprising relay optical component sets corresponding to each of the light sources; and at least one of the relay optical component sets having a relay magnification ratio different from those of other relay optical component sets.",0.2366879108528317,0.4733758217056634
8664004,"1. A method for removing contaminants in a manufacturing process fluid stream and analyzing the contaminant concentrations in the manufacturing process fluid stream, comprising: a) passing the entire manufacturing process fluid stream for the duration of an entire process period through a purifier material to remove the contaminants from the entire process fluid stream by nondestructively adsorbing contaminants onto the purifier material, wherein the contaminants removed from the process fluid stream are selected from the group consisting of organic compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds, sulfur-containing compounds, hydride compounds, hydrogen, halide compounds, halogens, metals, refractory compounds, and combinations thereof; b) isolating the purifier material from the process fluid stream; c) nondestructively desorbing the contaminants from the purifier material; and d) identifying the contaminants desorbed from the purifier material and determining the concentration thereof, wherein the concentration is correlated to the contaminant concentration in the entire volume of the process fluid stream for the entire process period, and wherein the determination of the contaminant concentration is based on flow rate of the process fluid stream, total use time of the purifier and duty cycle of the purifier.",0.8505296489308684,0.2989407021382633
8577115,"1. A method of identifying anatomical structures in a patient, the method comprising: acquiring an image of the patient, the image comprising a set of image elements; segmenting the image to categorize at least some image elements according to their substance; aligning the segmented image to an anatomical atlas; computing the probability that the categorization of the image elements is correct; resegmenting the image emphasizing image elements based on their probabilities; and developing an anatomical mesh representing an anatomical structure, the anatomical mesh having a surface, and fitting the anatomical mesh to the segmented image, wherein the anatomical mesh has vertices, and wherein the fitting the anatomical mesh to the segmented image is based on the probabilities of the image elements near the vertices.",0.010298340596509666,0.020596681193019384
9474283,"1. A composition comprising an anti-bacterially effective amount of a saponin material from at least one plant selected from the group consisting of Camellia sinensis, Camellia oleifera, Saponaria officinalis , and Sapindus mukorossi or a mixture thereof, and an anti-bacterially effective amount of a plant extract from at least one plant selected from the group consisting of Lonicera, Populus , and Wasabia or a mixture thereof, wherein the weight ratio between the saponin material and the plant extract is between about 1:100 and about 100:1.",0.8273729129990403,0.3452541740019195
9720906,"1. A computer program product for knowledge based ontology editing, comprising a non-transitory tangible storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor of a computer to perform a method, the method comprising: receiving, from a remote server through a network, by spoken words of a user into a microphone of the computer, a language instance to update a knowledge base, using a computer, the network being an Internet connection; semantically parsing the language instance to detect an ontology used for editing the knowledge base using predetermined grammatical values comprising identifying a subject for the received language instance and part of speech (POS) tags, wherein POS tags comprise word-category disambiguation and marking up a word in text corpus as corresponding to particular part of speech, based on a definition and a context of the word; mapping parsed words in the language instance to one or more nodes of the ontology used for editing based on an ontology database and the knowledge base, wherein the knowledge base comprises a Linking Open data (LOD) web data form; determining, by the processor, whether the mapped nodes are defined or undefined within the Linking Open data (LOD) web data form; inquiring the user, by the processor, as to information regarding the undefined nodes by displaying a question regarding the undefined nodes on the user interface on the computer; receiving, by the processor, an answer to the question regarding the undefined nodes on the user interface from the user; calculating, by the processor, a first confidence score based on a number of the defined and undefined mapped nodes; and updating the Linking Open data (LOD) web data form based the answer when the first confidence score meets a pre-defined threshold.",0.009241773420478666,0.01848354684095732
9266843,"1. A method for treating a disorder associated with CRM1 activity, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound represented by the following structural formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein the disorder is selected from an inflammatory disorder, an autoimmune disorder and a neurodegenerative disorder.",0.2851761391373013,0.5703522782746026
8870977,"1. A method of manufacturing a rechargeable battery, the method comprising: continuously supplying a first electrode plate, the first electrode plate including a plurality of first active material portions with gaps therebetween on a first current collector; continuously supplying a first separator and a second separator to respective surfaces of the first electrode plate; bending the first electrode plate with the first and second separators to form a zigzag structure with bent portions; supplying a second electrode plate to an inside of each bent portion of the zigzag structure, the second electrode plate including a second active material portion on a second current collector; aligning and stacking the first electrode plate, the first separator, the second separator, and the second electrode plate; and taping the aligned and stacked first electrode plate, first separator, second separator, and second electrode plate at an outermost side thereof, wherein bending the first electrode plate with the first and second separators to form the zigzag structure includes simultaneously and continuously moving the first electrode plate with the first and second separators via a second roll and a third roll, the second and third rolls being consecutive and arranged to be spaced apart from each other both vertically and horizontally.",0.8984426017933044,0.20311479641339125
9068669,"1. A valve comprising: a housing having an upstream port and a downstream port; a pilot assembly coupled to the upstream port; a plunger adapted to engage and displace the pilot assembly; a proportional solenoid electromagnetically coupled to the plunger; a main valve fluidly coupled to the pilot assembly, the main valve comprising, a displacement measurement component coupled to the piston that measures displacement of the piston.",0.8733697018350547,0.2532605963298906
9361117,"1. A system comprising a controller operating on a controller clock signal and electrically coupled to a flash memory device through an input/output (I/O) socket and capable of receiving data from the flash memory device, the system comprising: a transmitter state module receiving the controller clock signal and configured to generate a selective clock signal based on the controller clock signal and configured to provide the selective clock signal to the I/O socket, wherein passage of the selective clock signal through the I/O socket creates a feedback clock signal; and data capture logic configured to receive the feedback clock signal from the I/O socket and comprising one or more storage elements configured to capture data from the flash memory device according to the feedback clock signal; wherein the one or more storage elements of the data capture logic comprise a negative first-in-first-out storage element for capturing the data from the flash memory device on negative edges of the feedback clock signal.",0.5722438005670273,0.8555123988659454
8584038,"1. A method for displaying messages within a message board area of a display area comprising a calendar area, a menu area, and the message board area, the method executed at least in part via a processing unit of a computer having memory whereon computer executable instructions comprising the method are stored, the method comprising: presenting, within the menu area, a first user designation, a second user designation, and a third user designation; receiving a selection of the first user designation and the second user designation; displaying a first message associated with the first user designation and a second message associated with the second user designation within the message board area in response to the receiving, but not displaying a third message associated with the third user designation within the message board area; and placing the first message into a selected calendar entry within the calendar area in response to a selection of the first message.",0.04237414996161815,0.08474829992323629
8950647,"1. A system for assembly of a component on a body structure of a motor-vehicle comprising: a welding centre for welding or fixing the component on the body structure: a conveying line for carrying to the welding centre a succession of the body structures and for carrying out of the welding centre the body structures with the component assembled thereon: a gripping and clamping device, the gripping and clamping device including means for gripping the component to connect the component thereto, and configured to clamp the connected component on the body structure, and by the clamping, constrain the connected component on the body structure in a proper position of assembly, wherein the gripping and clamping device is configured to be supported by the body structure for conveyance together therewith by the conveying line: a first manipulator configured to bring the gripping and clamping device into a condition of connection with the component in a pick-up position, according to a predetermined mutual positioning, and for carrying the device connected to the component to a body structure that is located in a position, on the conveying line, upstream of the welding centre, for constraining the component to the body structure according to a mutual positioning whereby the component comes to occupy a proper position of assembly; a storage site designed to receive the gripping and clamping device, the first manipulator means being designed to pick up the gripping and clamping device from the storage site to bring the gripping and clamping device into connection with the component in the pick-up position; and a second manipulator means designed to pick up the device from the body structure in the welding or fixing centre or downstream thereof, after the component has been assembled thereon and to bring it back to the storage site; wherein the storage site comprises a structure that extends along the conveying line of the system, and is configured to interface, on a side upstream, with respect to a direction of advance of the body structures along the conveying line, with the first manipulator means, and, on a side downstream, with respect to the direction of advance of the body structures along the conveying line, with the second manipulator means, and further comprises means for conveying the device between the side upstream and the side downstream.",0.36765548573818224,0.7353109714763645
8816420,"1. A FinFET structure comprising: silicon fins on a semiconductor substrate, each silicon fin having two sides and a horizontal surface; sequential layers of a first layer of titanium nitride, a dielectric layer and a second layer of titanium nitride on the sides and horizontal surface of the silicon fins; a polysilicon gate layer over the second layer of titanium nitride on the silicon fins and over the semiconductor substrate such that first and second ends of the silicon fins protrude from the polysilicon layer, the polysilicon layer having a surface that faces each of the first and second ends of the silicon fins; a spacer over each of the two surfaces and a portion of the first and second ends of the silicon fins such that the first and second ends of the silicon fins protrude from the spacers; epitaxial silicon over the first and second ends of the silicon fins to form sources and drains, wherein the combination of the first layer of titanium nitride, dielectric layer and second layer of titanium nitride forms a metal-insulator-metal capacitor situated between each silicon fin and the polysilicon layer.",0.5400483903486727,0.9199032193026546
8518276,"1. A method of producing a porous nanoscale membrane comprising: applying a multilayered film to one side of a substrate, the multilayered film comprising a nanoscale film between sacrificial films wherein the nanoscale film comprises an amorphous semiconductor material; masking an opposite side of the substrate; etching the substrate, beginning from the masked opposite side of the substrate and continuing until a passage is formed through the substrate, thereby exposing the film on both sides thereof to form a membrane; and converting the amorphous semiconductor material, before or after said etching, to a crystalline semiconductor material and thereby forming a plurality of spaced pores in the nanoscale film during said converting to produce the porous nanoscale membrane.",0.637083804247231,0.725832391505538
9187856,"1. A washing method comprising: adding washing water to an inner tub; performing a washing step where at least one of the inner tub and a pulsator is rotated such that fabrics are washed by washing water contained in the inner tub, wherein the washing step includes: performing a balancing step where washing water contained in the inner tub is rotated by rotating the inner tub such that the fabrics are balanced in the inner tub; performing a distribution step where the inner tub containing the washing water of the washing step is rotated in one direction and the washing water is discharged to an outside of the inner tub such that the fabrics are distributed to a side wall of the inner tub, wherein a rotation speed of the inner tub during the distribution step is faster than a rotation speed of the inner tub during the balancing step; and performing a dehydration step where the inner tub is rotated at a dehydration rotation speed for dehydrating fabrics after the distribution step is ended, wherein the balancing step is performed without operation of a discharge pump.",0.468646392548254,0.937292785096508
8794374,"1. A sound converter, comprising: a frame; a yoke assembly provided on one side of the frame and provided with a magnet; a damper having a central portion formed at the center in a certain shape, a seating portion spaced apart from the central portion and seated on the frame, and a connection portion elastically connecting the seating portion to the central portion; a side diaphragm having an inner circumference portion overlapping with the edge of the central portion of the damper and an outer circumference portion overlapping with the seating portion and seated on the frame, said side diaphragm being attached to lower parts of the central portion and the seating portion of the damper, and said side diaphragm being formed in a dome shape having a central portion more projecting than the inner circumference portion and the outer circumference portion; and a voice coil mounted on the overlapping portion of the inner circumference portion of the side diaphragm and the central portion of the damper, wherein the central portion of the dome shape of the side diaphragm projects to mounting side of the voice coil.",0.0798393994970405,0.159678798994081
9134023,"1. A combuster, comprising: a. a plurality of tubes arranged in a tube bundle and supported by at least one plate extending radially within the combustor, wherein each tube includes an upstream end axially separated from a downstream end and a fuel port defined by the tube between the upstream end and the downstream end, wherein the fuel port provides for fluid communication into the tube, wherein each tube extends parallel to an adjacent tube of the plurality of tubes; b. a first flow conditioner that extends upstream from the upstream end of a first tube of the plurality of tubes, wherein the first flow conditioner defines a plurality of radial passages annularly arranged thereabout, wherein the first flow conditioner provides for a first flow rate of a compressed working fluid through the first tube; c. a second flow conditioner that extends upstream from the upstream end of a second tube of the plurality of tubes, wherein the second flow conditioner defines a plurality of radial passages annularly arranged thereabout, wherein the second flow conditioner provides for a second flow rate of a compressed working fluid through the second tube; d. a first liquid fuel atomizer disposed upstream from an inlet of the first flow conditioner: e. a second liquid fuel atomizer disposed upstream from an inlet of the second flow conditioner; and f. a fuel plenum that circumferentially surrounds the tubes, wherein each fuel port is in fluid communication with the fuel plenum.",0.8527547451212157,0.2944905097575685
9531214,"1. A power supply system comprising: a power feeder including a first antenna circuit; a power receiving device including a second antenna circuit, a signal processing circuit, a charging circuit, a charging/discharging control circuit, and a power storage portion, and a piezoelectric sensor, wherein the second antenna circuit wirelessly receives electric power for charging the power storage portion when the power receiving device is above the piezoelectric sensor.",0.8305401690501942,0.33891966189961154
8564929,"1. A stacked film capacitor comprising: a capacitor element including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of vapor-deposited metal film layers, each dielectric layer and each vapor-deposited metal film layer are stacked with each other so as to be arranged alternately, a pair of external electrodes provided on opposing side surfaces of the capacitor element, and at least one resin protective film provided on at least one side surface other than the side surfaces on which the pair of external electrodes are formed, wherein the at least one resin protective film is provided by deposition polymerization.",0.6695245406045237,0.6609509187909526
8807115,"1. A compression ignition engine, comprising: a cylinder; a piston reciprocally displaceable within the cylinder, wherein the piston comprises a recess in a top wall of the piston wherein the recess forms a combustion chamber, wherein the area on the top wall of the cylinder between the recess and the circumference of the top of the cylinder forms a squish area and the squish area is at least approximately 75% of the cross-sectional area of the cylinder; a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the cylinder, wherein the fuel injector comprises one or more ports forming a stream of fuel directed into the cylinder so that a majority of the stream is directed outside the recess; a controller for controlling the timing of the fuel injection so that during the fuel injection the fuel injector sprays a majority of the fuel stream outside the recess in the piston; wherein during operation, the fuel injector injects fuel into the cylinder which mixes with air in the cylinder and the piston compresses the fuel and air mixture until the mixture ignites.",0.7776888717336354,0.44462225653272913
9783423,"1. A method for producing a vapor-phase-grown nanocarbon material, which comprises: preparing a filler pre-baked to an extent of containing remaining hydrogen, which carries a catalyst thereon, charging the filler in a closed vessel made of heat resistant material, and subjecting the filler together with the vessel to hot isostatic pressing treatment using a compressed gas atmosphere, wherein: a pre-baking temperature is from 400 to 1000° C., an amount of the catalyst carried on the pre-baked filler is not less than 1000 ppm to the amount of the pre-baked filler, the filler is a powdery and/or particulate material, the gas is an inert gas, at the HIP treatment, the maximum ultimate temperature is from 850 to 1800° C., the maximum ultimate pressure is not less than 10 MPa, and the maximum ultimate temperature is higher than pre-baking temperature.",0.8776409557626332,0.24471808847473353
8712777,"1. A method of directing a user to an organization or entity, the organization or entity being disposed within a building or structure, the method comprising: receiving a digitized speech input generated via a speech digitization apparatus, the input relating to an organization or entity which the user wishes to locate; based at least in part on the input, causing recognition of at least one word therein relating to the organization or entity, and causing identification of a location associated with the organization or entity based at least in part on the at least one recognized word, the location being inside of the building or structure; and causing provision of a graphical or visual representation of the location on a touch-screen input and display device accessible to the user in order to aid the user in finding the organization or entity, the graphical or visual representation of the location also comprising a graphical or visual representation of at least the immediate surroundings of the organization or entity, the immediate surroundings being inside the building or structure.",0.0717917204019873,0.14358344080397456
8839848,"1. An underground temperature control apparatus, comprising: an air discharging chamber; and an air introducing chamber, wherein the air discharging chamber and the air introducing chamber are in communication with each other inside the underground temperature control apparatus, wherein the air discharging chamber is in communication with an air introducing chamber of an external equipment, and the air introducing chamber is in communication with an air discharging chamber of the external equipment such that an air circulating circuit is formed between the underground temperature control apparatus and the external equipment, wherein an air transporting device is installed in the air circulating circuit, wherein the underground temperature control apparatus further comprises a radiator and an underground base to which the radiator is connected in a sealed connection, wherein one end of the radiator is positioned in the air circulating circuit inside the underground base and another end of the radiator penetrates the underground base and extends into the soil around the underground base, wherein the underground temperature control apparatus further comprises a ground source system fan, an internal circulating fan, and a control module, wherein the ground source system fan is positioned between the air discharging chamber of the external equipment and the air introducing chamber of the underground temperature control apparatus, and when in operation, it forces air into the underground temperature control apparatus from the external equipment, wherein the internal circulating fan is positioned between the air discharging chamber of the external equipment and the air introducing chamber of the external equipment, and when in operation, it forces air into the air introducing chamber of the external equipment from the air discharging chamber of the external equipment, wherein the control module is configured to control operations of the ground source system fan and the internal circulating fan according to a controlling strategy, and wherein the controlling strategy of the ground source system fan and the internal circulating fan comprises: when Ta>T0, the ground source system fan starts and runs while the internal circulating fan stops, and if Te<Tmax, the rotational speed of the ground source system fan is controlled according to a rotational speed adjusting strategy, wherein Ta is an environmental air temperature, T0 is a reference temperature, Te is a temperature of the equipment inside the external equipment, and Tmax is the maximum temperature allowable for the equipment inside the external equipment.",0.7853765539161447,0.4292468921677106
9347430,"1. An adaptive pitch control system for a wind generator, the wind generator being a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) having blade pitch servos for adjusting blade pitch of the DFIG wind generator, the system comprising: means for determining a theoretically maximum reference power of the wind generator based on rotor speed and a plurality of given pitch angles; a proportional-integral (PI) pitch controller having an input, a proportional gain constant K a back propagation neural network (BPNN) having a plurality of signal paths and a corresponding plurality of weights applied to said plurality of signal paths, said back propagation neural network being in communication with said PI controller; means for feeding back system states of the wind generator to said PI pitch controller; means for tuning said plurality of weights based on said feedback of said system states, wherein said means for tuning said plurality of weights comprises means for generating a training dataset applied to said BPNN; means for determining actual power output of the wind generator; means for determining the difference between the actual power output of the wind generator and the theoretically maximum reference power, the difference resulting in an error power signal; means for applying said error power signal to the PI pitch controller input; means for additively combining the K means for adaptively adjusting the K means for generating a random number having values of said wind speeds between a first predetermined wind speed and a second predetermined wind speed to define a randomly generated wind speed; means for saving the randomly generated wind speed in an input vector; means for picking a wind speed from the input vector; means for generating said K means for saving said K means for collecting a predetermined number of values in the input vector and the output vector, the input vector and the output vector forming said neural network training dataset used to train said back propagation neural network.",0.7493491341122642,0.5013017317754715
9851874,"1. A method comprising: determining that a device is accessing a webpage including a plurality of webpage features; determining that the device is associated with a user, based on the device transmitting identification information to a remote web server; in response to the device accessing the webpage and determining the device is associated with the user, calculating, using one or more processors, a plurality of personalized experience scores for the user corresponding to the plurality of webpage features, each of the personalized experience scores indicating an inferred current experience level of the user with the corresponding webpage feature and being determined based in part on an association of the corresponding webpage feature to a user profile attribute of the user, the user profile attribute independent of usage of the webpage; in response to calculating the plurality of personalized experience scores, comparing the plurality of personalized experience scores associated with the plurality of webpage features to determine a set of lowest personalized experience scores for the user; in response to determining the set of lowest personalized experience scores, identifying, based on the set of lowest personalized experience scores, a specific one of the webpage features, the personalized experience scores indicating that the user has a relatively low current experience level with the specific webpage feature; and in response to identifying the specific one of the webpage features, displaying, via a user interface in the device, the webpage and a user-selectable tour entry user interface element including a link to an interactive tour describing the specific webpage feature.",0.014244173535185674,0.0284883470703714
9803204,1. A double-stranded ribonucleic acid (dsRNA) molecule comprising: a first polyribonucleotide comprising at least 19 contiguous nucleotides of the reference polyribonucleotide encoded by a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:5 and SEQ ID NO:6; and a second polyribonucleotide hybridized to the first polyribonucleotide.,0.4090173528732007,0.8180347057464014
9450236,"1. An electricity-storing device, comprising: a first electrode comprising: a second electrode of opposite polarity as the first electrode; and a separator, wherein a concentration of an element in the mixed phase decreases in a direction that is perpendicular to the interface and toward the current collector foil, and wherein the electrical resistance layer comprises inorganic particles in a binder, the inorganic particles having a primary particle diameter median value in a range from 1 nm to 2000 nm.",0.7420409803632462,0.5159180392735077
8568098,"1. A pitch drive apparatus for a wind generator, the pitch drive apparatus for moving a wind turbine blade having a blade root mounted so as to be turnable around a blade longitudinal direction with respect to a rotor head, the pitch drive apparatus comprising: an electric drive member positioned so that an output shaft extends in the blade longitudinal direction; a lever fixed to the output shaft and extending in a direction intersecting with the output shaft; and a coupling rod positioned to extend in a direction intersecting with the output shaft and rotatably mounted around the blade longitudinal direction to connect drive positions of the lever and the wind turbine blade with each other, wherein an axis center of the output shaft is disposed at a location separated from an axis center of the wind turbine blade.",0.9363936132127009,0.12721277357459826
9457802,"1. A regenerative braking system for a vehicle, comprising: a) a drivetrain resistance load for providing regenerative braking, for recapturing vehicle forward motion kinetic energy; b) a driver's turn signal interface switch assembly configured to send a turn activation signal upon activation of a driver's turn signal switch; c) a computer configured with programming for performing an algorithm to modulate a magnitude of regenerative braking of the drivetrain resistance load in response to a dynamic status of the vehicle, and to increase the magnitude of regenerative braking in response to a combination of the driver's turn activation signal and a driver's throttle pedal input position at zero.",0.818086898865561,0.3638262022688781
8524181,"1. A device for the qualitative and/or quantitative determination of at least one component of a chemically reducible gas mixture, comprising: a) a reduction layer for the chemical reduction of at least one component of the gas mixture; b) an oxidation layer for the partial or complete back oxidation of the component(s) chemically reduced by the reduction layer; and c) a selective gas sensor electrode for the qualitative and/or quantitative determination of at least one of the back-oxidized components.",0.8723285838620392,0.2553428322759217
8620500,"1. A method for operating a hybrid drive system of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a second drive unit, comprising: dragging, by the second drive unit, the internal combustion engine in a specified operating state; and ascertaining at least one learned value in the specified operating state.",0.9508397488906346,0.09832050221873079
9114110,"1. A method of treating psoriasis, Netherton's syndrome or dermatitis comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a topical pharmaceutical composition comprising a cyclic depsipeptide of formula (II) a hydrophobic matrix and a consistency agent.",0.43001964346777427,0.8600392869355485
9108884,"1. A method of producing metakaolin, comprising the step of heating kaolinite clay with a hot industrial mineral, wherein said kaolinite clay is added to the hot industrial mineral after said industrial mineral has been heated to a temperature of between 750° F. to 1400° F. and discharged from a furnace or calciner, and the kaolinite clay is heated solely using the heat from the hot industrial mineral for a time sufficient to create metakaolin, wherein said kaolinite clay is about at least 90% pure and the temperature of the kaolinite clay does not vary by more than 50° F. during the heating for a time sufficient to create metakaolin.",0.44424758885188714,0.8884951777037743
9598824,"1. A system for controlling the production of an asphalt mix, said system comprising: a. an asphaltic material source, said asphaltic material source being adapted to provide an amount of asphaltic material to the asphalt mix; b. an asphaltic material sensor, said asphaltic material sensor being adapted to determine an amount of asphaltic material liquid asphalt cement contained in the amount of asphaltic material provided by the asphaltic material source and an amount of asphaltic material moisture contained in the amount of asphaltic material provided by the asphaltic material source; c. a liquid asphalt cement source, said liquid asphalt cement source being adapted to provide an amount of liquid asphalt cement to the asphalt mix; d. a liquid asphalt cement meter, said liquid asphalt cement meter being adapted to determine the amount of liquid asphalt cement provided by the liquid asphalt cement source; e. a controller, said controller being adapted to communicate with the asphaltic material source, the asphaltic material sensor, the liquid asphalt cement source, and the liquid asphalt cement meter; wherein the asphaltic material sensor communicates the amount of asphaltic material liquid asphalt cement contained in the amount of asphaltic material and the amount of asphaltic material moisture contained in the amount of asphaltic material to the controller; and wherein the liquid asphalt cement meter communicates the amount of liquid asphalt cement provided by the liquid asphalt cement source to the controller; and wherein the controller controls the amount of asphaltic material provided by the asphaltic material source and the amount of the liquid asphalt cement provided by the liquid asphalt cement source.",0.9401052504312469,0.11978949913750614
8518738,"1. A method for forming a semiconductor body, the method comprising: forming a mixture of an organic semiconducting material and a binder material; causing the semiconducting material to at least partially solidify; and causing the binder material to crystallize in such a way as to cause the semiconducting material to at least partially segregate from the binder material, wherein the step of causing the semiconducting material to at least partially solidify is performed prior to the step of causing the binder to crystallize.",0.29026827848990766,0.5805365569798153
9750257,"1. A coated seed comprising a seed and a coating material comprising an inorganic mineral powder and a thermosetting resin powder, wherein the amount of the coating material is 3 to 200 kg based on 1 kg of the seed, the thermosetting resin powder has an average particle diameter of 10 to 200 μm and is obtained by aggregating a powdery pesticide with a thermosetting resin, and the powdery pesticide comprises an amount of pesticidally active component that is effective to protect a crop germinated from the seed against a disease or pest without causing significant chemical injury to the crop.",0.26847517285660616,0.5369503457132123
8938239,"1. A wireless communication device, comprising: a memory module that stores information of nearby base stations, the nearby base stations including both intra-frequency and inter-frequency base stations; and a handoff decision module configured to receive measurement data of an intra-frequency base station, and to determine whether a handoff should be initiated to one of the nearby base stations based only on the measurement data and the stored information, wherein the stored information includes locations and transmit powers of the nearby base stations, wherein the measurement data is received from an external device and includes receive powers of a plurality of measured base stations, and wherein the handoff decision module is configured to determine an estimated location of the external device based on the receive powers of the plurality of measured base stations.",0.4776502085636543,0.9553004171273086
9599584,"1. A device for monitoring a condition of an electrochemical cell, the device comprising an integrated circuit comprising: a voltage monitoring circuit for measuring a plurality of open circuit voltages of said electrochemical cell, said plurality of open circuit voltages generated upon charging or discharging said electrochemical cell or stopping charging or discharging said electrochemical cell; a temperature monitoring circuit for measuring a plurality of temperatures of said electrochemical cell, said plurality of temperatures generated upon charging or discharging said electrochemical cell or stopping charging or discharging said electrochemical cell; a current monitoring circuit for measuring a charging current of said electrochemical cell or a discharging current of said electrochemical cell; and a circuit for determining a thermodynamic parameter of said electrochemical cell, wherein said thermodynamic parameter is one or more of a change in entropy of said electrochemical cell, a change in enthalpy of said electrochemical cell and a change in free energy of said electrochemical cell, said circuit for determining a thermodynamic parameter positioned in electrical or data communication with said temperature monitoring circuit to receive temperature measurements from said temperature monitoring circuit, positioned in electrical or data communication with said voltage monitoring circuit to receive open circuit voltage measurements from said voltage monitoring circuit and positioned in electrical or data communication with said current monitoring circuit to receive current measurements from said current monitoring circuit or to provide thermodynamics parameters to said current monitoring circuit; wherein said device does not comprise a temperature controller or a means for controlling or establishing said plurality of temperatures generated upon charging or discharging said electrochemical cell or stopping charging or discharging said electrochemical cell.",0.7969199832282514,0.40616003354349717
8822977,"1. A photodetector which includes, on an InP substrate, an absorption layer of a type II multiple quantum well (MQW) structure comprising a repeated structure of In x Ga 1-x As (0.38≦x≦0.68) and GaAs 1-y Sb y (0.36≦y≦0.62), and has sensitivity in a near-infrared region including wavelengths of 1.3 μm and 2.0 μm, wherein a ratio of the sensitivity at the wavelength of 1.3 μm to the sensitivity at the wavelength of 2.0 μm is not smaller than 0.5 but not larger than 1.6, wherein InP-based epitaxial layers including the MQW structure are located on the InP substrate, an InP window layer is provided at a front surface of the InP-based epitaxial layers, and an oxygen concentration and a carbon concentration are both lower than 1×10",0.5142538292907571,0.9714923414184857
9386104,"1. A device, comprising: a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors, at least partially implemented in hardware, to execute the instructions to:",0.30769818480135747,0.6153963696027149
8443279,"1. A method comprising: receiving a video stream generated by an endoscopic video camera; receiving and automatically recognizing, by a voice-responsive control system, a spoken utterance of a user while the video stream is being received, wherein the spoken utterance includes a predefined command and additional speech, the voice-responsive control system looks up a non-text annotation corresponding to the additional speech and in response to recognizing the predefined command; sending, from the voice-responsive control system to an image capture device, a control packet including an indication that the annotation is a non-text visual object, an index of the annotation, and display coordinates for the annotation; providing, by the image capture device, the video stream and the annotation to a display device for display, such that the annotation is overlaid on a frame of the video stream displayed on the display device at the display coordinates specified by the control packet to point to or outline an anatomical feature; and associating, by the image capture device, the annotation with the video stream.",0.015585968639684618,0.03117193727936929
9741884,"1. A solar cell apparatus comprising: a plurality of back electrodes spaced apart from each other on a substrate; a light absorption layer including division gaps to divide cells into a plurality of unit cells on the substrate formed with the back electrodes; top electrodes spaced apart from each other by the entire division gaps on the light absorption layer; a buffer layer interposed between the light absorption layer and the top electrodes and having a first buffer layer and a second buffer layer; an insulator comprising insulating patterns of insulating material, aligned among the back electrodes, and formed by partially removing the substrate; and a transparent resin formed in the division gaps; wherein each division gap passes from the light absorption layer to the top electrodes; wherein the light absorption layer further includes a plurality of contact gaps; wherein the top electrodes are filled in the contact gaps and electrically connected to the back electrodes; wherein an upper surface of the insulator is lower than an upper surface of the light absorption layer; wherein the upper surface of the insulator is the surface of the insulator farthest away from the substrate, and the upper surface of the light absorption layer is the surface of the light absorption layer farthest away from the substrate; wherein the first buffer layer forms a P/N junction with the light absorption layer; wherein the first buffer layer has an energy bandgap lower than an energy bandgap of the second buffer layer; wherein each division gap has a width smaller than or equal to a width of each insulating pattern; and wherein the insulator comprises the same material as the substrate.",0.9312035155450201,0.13759296890995976
9099843,"1. An optical device comprising: a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member having a semipolar crystalline surface region, the substrate member having a thickness of less than 750 microns and characterized by a surface dislocation density of less than 10 an offcut orientation characterizing the surface region; a gallium and nitrogen containing n-type cladding layer overlying the surface region, the n-type cladding layer having a thickness and an n-type doping level of 5E16 cm an n-side separate confining heterostructure (SCH) waveguide layer overlying the n-type cladding layer, the n-side SCH waveguide layer comprising at least gallium, indium, and nitrogen with a molar fraction of In of greater than 1% and having a thickness greater than 15 nm; a multiple quantum well active region overlying the n-side SCH waveguide layer, the multiple quantum well active region comprising one or more, 1.5 nm to 8.5 nm thick InGaN quantum wells separated by gallium and nitrogen containing barrier layers; a p-type gallium and nitrogen containing cladding layer overlying the multiple quantum well active region, the p-type cladding layer having a thickness from 200 nm to 1500 nm with a p-type doping level of 5E16 cm a p++ gallium and nitrogen containing contact layer overlying the p-type cladding layer, the p++ gallium and nitrogen containing contact layer having a thickness greater than 5 nm with a p-type doping level of 1E19 cm at least one waveguide member overlying the p-type gallium and nitrogen containing cladding layer, the at least one waveguide member being aligned substantially in a projection of the c-direction and comprising a first end and a second end; a first facet formed on the first end; and a second facet formed on the second end.",0.3625929662740793,0.7251859325481586
9505812,"1. An immunogenic composition comprising a nucleic acid sequence expressed by a suitable expression system, wherein said nucleic acid sequence expresses an isolated protein expressed by Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites encoded by the locus PFD0485, wherein the isolated protein has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 8 and wherein said isolated protein is expressed from a nucleotide sequence inserted into a suitable expression vector capable of protein expression in a mammal, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID No. 7, wherein said suitable expression vector is a DNA plasmid or replicating or nonreplicating viral vector.",0.6169581965834215,0.7660836068331569
8466669,"1. A buck circuit having a fast transient response mechanism comprising: a high side MOS to receive an input voltage; a low side MOS connected between the high side MOS and a ground potential, wherein the high side MOS and the low side MOS are connected at a connection point for generating an output voltage to an external load according to the input voltage; a transient control module comprising: a transient control comparator to compare a first comparison result with at least one transient reference voltage to generate a second comparison result; and a transient control logic connected to a gate of the low side MOS; and an operation control module comprising: an operation comparator for receiving an operation reference voltage and a feedback voltage to generate the first comparison result accordingly, in which the feedback voltage is a divided voltage of the output voltage; a pulse width modulator for receiving an oscillating signal and the first comparison result to generate a control signal; and an operation control logic connected to the gate of the low side MOS through the transient control logic and connected to the gate of the high side MOS; wherein when the external load does not turn from a heavy load state to a light load state, a function of the transient control logic of the transient control module is disabled according to the second comparison result, and the operation control logic controls the operation of the high side MOS and the low side MOS according to the control signal; wherein when the external load turns from the heavy load state to a light load state such that the output voltage raises over a predetermined level, the function of the transient control logic of the transient control module is enabled according to the second comparison result to turn on the low side MOS for discharging to pull down the output voltage.",0.5632960790183137,0.8734078419633726
9800049,"1. A power harmonics correction hardware unit comprising a first node; a second node; a first current path extending from the first node to the second node, wherein the first current path is electrically connected to a load that is external to the power harmonics correction hardware unit; a second current extending from the first node to ground; a third current path extending from the first node to the second node; a sense resistor electrically connected to the second node and to ground, wherein the voltage across the sense resistor has a waveform whose shape and phase represent the shape and phase of the waveform of a current on the first current path; a differential circuit comprising a first input, a second input, and an output, wherein the first input is electrically connected to the second current path and the second input is electrically connected to the sense resistor; and a transistor comprising a gate that is electrically connected to the output of the differential circuit, a drain that is electrically connected to the third current path, and a source that is electrically connected along the third current path so that transistor provides feedback to the second input of the differential circuit; wherein, during operation of the power harmonics correction hardware unit,",0.2030610433841846,0.40612208676836925
9556088,"1. An adsorbent catalytic nanoparticle comprising: at least one adsorbent functional group selected from the group consisting of an amino(C at least one catalytic material in pores of the mesoporous silica nanoparticle, the at least one catalytic material comprising nickel, nickel phosphide, elemental iron, rhodium, ruthenium, gold, cobalt, cobalt oxide, palladium, platinum, molybdenum, or a combination thereof.",0.9643384310974683,0.07132313780506339
8482538,"1. Apparatus for detecting proximity of an object, the apparatus comprising: an input panel comprising at least one detection element; and at least one circuit configured to: wherein the at least one circuit is configured to determine whether proximity of the object to the input panel is detected for the second input frame at least in part by:",0.20266841090524126,0.4053368218104825
8471223,"1. A sample stage ( 100 , 300 , 400 , 500 , 600 ) for processing a sample ( 104 ) in an ion beam etching apparatus, the sample stage comprising: a switching stage having at least two positioning arrangements ( a mechanism ( at least one protective divider (",0.1693865853241074,0.3387731706482149
9017022,"1. A shell for a stator of an aircraft turbo-engine module, comprising: a plurality of through openings each configured to house a stator blade, each stator blade having a trailing edge and a leading edge, each opening forming a skeleton extending between a first end configured to house the trailing edge of the blade and a second end configured to house the leading edge of the blade, a mechanical load transfer slit passing through the shell, said slit being associated with one of said openings and arranged facing and at a distance from the first end of the opening along the direction of the skeleton, wherein the slit has a generally horseshoe shape with a bottom portion and two branches extending from said bottom portion, wherein the first end of the opening is located between said branches of said slit, and wherein the slit is separated from said opening by a portion of said shell.",0.7322246032157963,0.5355507935684074
8502081,"1. An assembly substrate which contains a plurality of individual substrates in a surface direction of the assembly substrate, comprising: a base substrate, the base substrate having product areas and non-product areas, the individual substrates being formed in the product areas, the non-product areas surrounding and dividing the product areas in plan view; wiring layers formed in correspondence to the individual substrates respectively; and a frame body which is arranged, with respect to a plurality of assembly bodies each containing at least one or more of the individual substrates, so as to surround an outer periphery of the respective assembly bodies, and which has an inner periphery and a plurality of concave portions arranged in parallel along the inner periphery, the frame body being embedded between two insulating layers and being arranged only in the non-product areas, wherein the frame body is a lattice frame having a plurality of windows each having an inner periphery, and the plurality of concave portions are provided at the inner periphery of each of the windows, and the frame body has holes, each hole being between two neighboring concave portions and being on a straight line connecting the two neighboring concave portions.",0.2239382075110947,0.44787641502218944
9409746,"1. A flat cable winding device for winding one end side of a flat cable and leading out another end side of the flat cable, the flat cable winding device comprising: a case having an insertion hole through which the flat cable is inserted; a central shaft provided in the case and retaining the one end side of the flat cable; a rotating body configured to rotate about the central shaft; and a biasing element configured to bias the rotating body in a winding direction of the flat cable, wherein the rotating body includes a plurality of rollers arranged along a circumferential direction of the rotating body and configured to slide in a radial direction of the rotating body, wherein at least one of the plurality of rollers is a reversing roller configured to reverse the flat cable entered from the insertion hole of the case toward the central shaft, and wherein, when the rotating body which is biased by the biasing element is rotated in the winding direction and the flat cable is wound up so as to form an inner winding portion formed by the flat cable wound around the central shaft and an outer winding portion formed by the flat cable wound around outer circumferences of the plurality of rollers, the plurality of rollers is pushed toward the inner winding portion by the outer winding portion.",0.05052502278410043,0.10105004556820085
9032920,"1. An axial piston engine, comprising: a main shaft; a main gear in connection with the main shaft; a plurality of connecting rods, each connecting rod having a proximal end and a distal T-shaped end; a plurality of pistons within cylinders, each piston connected to the proximal end of a connecting rod, and each connecting rod, piston and cylinder parallel to and axially arranged around a center of the main shaft; a plurality of connecting rod bushings for preventing rotation of the connecting rods with T-shaped ends and the pistons, each connecting rod bushing around the proximal end of the each connecting rod; a plurality of sine wave barrels, each sine wave barrel in connection with the distal T-shaped end of a connecting rod; a plurality of cylinder gears, each cylinder gear in connection with a sine wave barrel and the main gear; a two piece cylinder head, each cylinder head having a plurality of slide valve gears to actuate intake and exhaust timing events of the engine, wherein motion of the pistons and the distal T-shaped end of the connecting rods rotate the sine wave barrels, wherein each piston travels a shorter distance during an intake and compression stroke and a longer distance during an expansion and exhaust stroke of a combustion cycle, and wherein the plurality of sine wave barrels rotate the main gear which rotates the main shaft.",0.48125870722108705,0.9625174144421741
8355172,"1. A color printer system comprising: an image data generating apparatus; and a printing apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus includes: the printing control unit and the image data generating apparatus are connected to each other by a first transmission path through which control information is transmitted and received, the plurality of data transmitting units and the image data generating apparatus are connected to each other by a plurality of second transmission paths, which is allocated to each color that can be printed by the engine and through which the image data is transmitted, and the image data generating apparatus includes:",0.0672610462017488,0.13452209240349755
8658684,"1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising 3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one and borneol, wherein the composition has synergistic effect in the treatment of cerebrovascular diseases and has reduced toxicity, and wherein the weight ratio of 3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one to borneol is from 4:1 to 1:1.",0.35382212552430087,0.7076442510486017
9364187,"1. A CT system comprising: a gantry having an opening for receiving an object to be scanned; an x-ray tube attached to the gantry; and a detector assembly positioned to receive x-rays that pass through the object, the detector assembly comprising:",0.0412599859827986,0.08251997196559724
8913363,"1. An overcurrent protection circuit comprising: a switching element configured to adjust electric power by switching control, the electric power being supplied to a load; a current detector configured to detect a switch current flowing through the switching element; and a controller configured to perform the switching control of the switching element based on the switch current detected by the current detector, wherein: the controller includes: a determiner configured to determine whether or not the switch current exceeds a predetermined threshold, that is, the switch current is an overcurrent state when the switching element is turned ON; an OFF period setting counter configured to increase or decrease a counter output depending on a determination result of the determiner; and a drive signal generator configured to generate a drive signal of the switching element such that a length of an ON timing interval of the switching element corresponds to the counter output of the OFF period setting counter, the OFF period setting counter is configured to count up the counter output when the determiner determines that the switch current is the overcurrent state and count down the counter output when the determiner determines that the switch current is not the overcurrent state, and counting down the counter output per determination that the switch current is not the overcurrent state includes two or more steps of counting down from a current value to a base value.",0.42116405355704134,0.8423281071140827
8889398,"1. A composition for inactivating an enveloped virus comprising at least one non-phospholipid Lipid Vesicle (nPLV) able to interact with said enveloped virus and β-cyclodextrin or 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin that enhances the lipid exchange between said nPLV and the membrane of said enveloped virus, wherein the nPLV is cholesterol-free and the concentration of said β-cyclodextrin or 2-hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin in the composition is between 0.01 mM and 10 mM.",0.7389343018126846,0.5221313963746308
9208581,"1. A computer implemented method of determining measurements for designing a part, said method comprising: obtaining a digital image on a computer, said digital image containing at least a primary object constraint dimension to which said part is to conform and a standard reference object having one or more readily identified known linear dimensions viewable in said digital image; detecting, on a computer, said reference object in said digital image utilizing at least one of color, edge and shape detection; determining, on a computer, pixel dimensions of said standard reference object based on said one or more known reference object dimensions and calculating a calibration factor therefrom using said one or more known linear dimensions; receiving at least one of a reference object feature identification and a primary object feature identification from an end user after capture of said digital image for aiding in detection of a reference object and/or primary object dimension end points; calculating, on a computer, a planar constraint dimension from said digital image in accordance with said calibration factor; and wherein said digital image is obtained substantially within a projection of said primary object.",0.021872515633718833,0.04374503126743767
8519638,"1. An electronic ballast for a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp comprising: a power factor corrector having an input side adapted to be coupled across a voltage source for receiving an AC input voltage from the voltage source, and an output side, said power factor corrector including first and second power switches connected in series across said output side, each of said first and second power switches having a control input end for receiving a corresponding one of first and second control signals, and operable based on the corresponding one of the first and second control signals in one of an ON-state and an OFF-state, said power factor corrector being operable to output at said output side a boosted DC voltage output corresponding to the AC input voltage in response to operation of said first and second power switches; and a buck circuit having an input side coupled to said output side of said power factor corrector for receiving the boosted DC voltage output, and an output side adapted to be coupled across the HID lamp, said buck circuit being operable based on the boosted DC voltage output to output an AC voltage output in the form of an AC square wave signal to the HID lamp.",0.6601123686592358,0.6797752626815283
8806030,"1. A computer-implemented method for initiating a session between a client and a server, the method comprising: receiving, from an application, a first request to initiate a Server Message Block (SMB) session between the client and the server; selecting a first transport for sending commands between the client and server; initiating the first connection between the client and the server via the first transport, wherein the first connection is bound to the SMB session; determining, using the first connection, at least one additional available transport; and selecting a second transport from the at least one additional available transport for initiating a second connection between the client and the server, wherein the second transport is selected from the at least one additional available transport based, at least in part, on one or more characteristics associated with the server, wherein initiating the second connection comprises sending a second request to establish the second connection, the second request comprising a binding flag that indicates that the second connection is attached to the SMB session.",0.06506806458247544,0.13013612916495088
8855012,"1. A method for maintaining telecommunications between a mobile communication unit and a central communication unit, comprising: initiating communications between said mobile communication unit and a first telecommunication network; initiating communications between said mobile communication unit and a second telecommunication network, wherein said second telecommunication network is different than said first telecommunication network; creating a first VPN between said mobile communication unit and said central communication unit, wherein said first VPN is created through said first telecommunication network; creating a second VPN between said mobile communication unit and said central communication unit, wherein said second VPN is created through said second telecommunication network; and monitoring a status of said first VPN and a status of said second VPN; and transmitting data from said mobile communication unit to said central communication unit via either said first VPN, said second VPN, or both VPNs.",0.47612790497670393,0.9522558099534079
9142858,"1. A negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, comprising: as an active material, a Si—O—Al composite consisting of silicon in a form of silicon crystallites, silicon oxide in a form of SiO a binder, wherein said Si—O—Al composite exhibits on powder X-ray diffractometry a spectrum including a signal(s) in a range of 15° to 25° and a signal assigned to silicon at 28.3°, and an intensity of the signal at 28.3° is 1 to 9 times a maximum intensity of the signal(s) in the range of 15° to 25°, said Si—O—Al composite has a structure that the silicon crystallites of the silicon are dispersed in said Si—O—Al composite, said Si—O—Al composite exhibits on solid NMR ( said binder is a polyimide resin.",0.8872492920571465,0.22550141588570694
8925558,"1. A method for applying first and second makeup materials to a skin surface of a user, the method comprising: providing a device for applying makeup, the device including a template body and an absorbent backing attached to a rear side of the template body, the template body having an upper edge, the absorbent backing substantially constructed from an absorbent and compressible material, the absorbent backing having a makeup application edge spaced from the rear side of the template body; absorbing the second makeup material into the absorbent backing; pressing the absorbent backing against an area of the skin surface, the absorbent backing thereby compressing in order to conform to the area of the skin surface and apply the second makeup material onto the area of the skin surface; contacting the upper edge of the template body with the skin surface thereby screening the area of the skin surface from an adjacent area of the skin surface; applying a first makeup material proximate to the adjacent area of the skin surface, the upper edge of the template body operating to prevent the first makeup material from being applied to the area of the skin surface; and removing the device.",0.0501673396797475,0.10033467935949503
8845297,"1. An assembly for mounting wind turbine blades to a wind turbine hub, the assembly comprising: a frame; and a blade retaining arrangement comprising a plurality of cage shaped blade retaining elements each pivotally connected to the frame by a hinge, each blade retaining element further comprises a clamp, wherein at least two blade retaining elements cooperate to repositionably hold a turbine blade during the mounting process.",0.9674305463343296,0.06513890733134087
9358723,"1. A method for manufacturing a housing including a main portion comprising at least one wall defining an opening having a perimeter, the at least one wall having a rib and an inner wall extending therefrom about the perimeter of the opening, and a cover having an edge defining a perimeter, the cover comprising a rib extending from the edge about the perimeter of the cover, the method comprising: abutting the main portion and the cover such that the inner wall of the main portion contacts an inner surface of the cover; and vibrating the cover relative to the main portion to at least partially melt the inner wall and/or the inner surface of the cover to attach the cover to the main portion; wherein the cover rib and inner wall define an air chamber therebetween, and the air chamber facilitates vibration of the cover relative to the inner wall to attach the cover to the inner wall by friction welding.",0.5018853014627417,0.9962293970745166
8513977,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first transistor; a second transistor; a third transistor; a capacitor; and a buffer, wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to an input terminal, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor and one of a source and a drain of the third transistor at a first node, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor and an input of the buffer at a second node, wherein the other electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to a reference voltage terminal, wherein an output of the buffer is electrically connected to an output terminal and the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor, and wherein the first node has a lower capacitance than the capacitor.",0.1527316276891365,0.305463255378273
9452587,"1. A fiber reinforced elastic composite material comprising: a multiplicity of fiber ply layers, each fiber of each layer being rotated along the longitudinal axis at a desired angle relative to the next adjacent layer, each extending longitudinally over the composite, wherein the fiber ply layers are substantially left-handed helicoidal, substantially right-handed helicoidal, or where a portion are substantially left-handed helicoidal while another portion are substantially right-handed helicoidal; and a matrix comprising an elastic material having a modulus of elasticity that is lower than that of the fiber that substantially fills the interstitial spaces between the fibers.",0.2552342100919488,0.5104684201838976
8656775,"1. A vibratory gyro-sensor comprising: a vibratory section; a synchronous detector which synchronously detects a detected signal from said vibratory section in timed relation to a timing signal for synchronous detection; and a timing signal output section which outputs said timing signal for synchronous detection, said timing signal output section including (a) a low-pass filter which extracts a low-frequency component of a vibration monitor signal representative of a vibrating state of said vibrating section, (b) a comparator which converts said vibration monitor signal into a binary signal using the low-frequency component of the vibration monitor signal which is extracted by said low-pass filter as a threshold value, and (c) a first phase shifter which shifts the phase of said vibration monitor signal, wherein,",0.2783467836670521,0.5566935673341042
9772764,"1. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of automatically alternating between input modes based on a usage pattern, the method comprising: initiating a sensor-based mode for interacting with a displayed image; detecting a touch input on the displayed image; in response to detecting the touch input on the displayed image, automatically transitioning from the sensor-based mode to a touch-based mode, wherein the touch-based mode and the sensor-based mode utilize at least one different sensor; in response to detecting a termination of the touch input on the displayed image, storing a sensor state of the computing device associated with a first view of the displayed image, wherein the stored sensor state is an angle of tilt of the computing device at the termination of the touch input; determining that a current sensor state is different from the stored sensor state; and in response to determining that the current sensor state is different from the stored sensor state, gradually transitioning from the touch-based mode to the sensor-based mode based on the stored sensor state and the current sensor state of the computing device, wherein gradually transitioning from the touch-based mode to the sensor-based mode comprises animating the displayed image from the first view associated with the stored sensor state to an expected view associated with the current sensor state based on an image index, wherein the image index includes a plurality of views of the displayed image indexed to a plurality of sensor states.",0.17386999473431408,0.34773998946862816
9711255,1. An ultraviolet-emitting material with a quantum well structure comprising: a well layer and a barrier layer that are formed of a Be,0.36157600065937323,0.7231520013187465
9325659,"1. A method for adding friends comprising: scanning to acquire a two-dimension code shared by a two-dimension code sharing user; parsing the two-dimension code to obtain a user identifier of the two-dimension code sharing user; judging a relationship between a user identifier of a two-dimension code scanning user and the user identifier of the two-dimension code sharing user; if the relationship between the user identifier of the two-dimension code scanning user and the user identifier of the two-dimension code sharing user is not a friend relationship, entering a friend adding interface and adding the two-dimension code sharing user as a friend; wherein after the entering a friend adding interface and adding the two-dimension code sharing user as a friend, the method further comprises: sending a message to the two-dimension code sharing user to notify the two-dimension code sharing user of being added as a friend by other user, so that the two-dimension code sharing user makes a corresponding operation for this friend adding; wherein the method further comprises: displaying a personal page of the two-dimension code sharing user, if the relationship between the user identifier of the two-dimension code scanning user and the user identifier of the two-dimension code sharing user is a friend relationship.",0.023030026810329323,0.04606005362065868
9300792,"1. A verification and notification method implemented by a computing system, the method comprising: receiving, from a user, information via a computing interface presented to the user as a result of an attempt by the user to access a service, the received information including a telephone number associated with the user; verifying the telephone number by: completing a registration of the user based on the received information and verified telephone number, wherein the completed registration enables the user to access the service; maintaining a record of one or more notification events associated with actions that require acknowledgement by the user; upon receiving an indication of an occurrence of an established notification event, transmitting a message addressed to the verified telephone number indicating the occurrence of the notification event; and receiving, from the user, an acknowledgement of an action associated with the established notification event.",0.0903469861603586,0.18069397232071727
8851381,1. A motor drive system comprising: a motor drive configured to provide signals to an electric motor to drive the motor in operation; a barcode disposed on the motor drive and configured to be scanned by a user device to provide the user device with information relating to the motor drive or operation of the motor drive.,0.7246906885047285,0.550618622990543
8836308,"1. A regulator circuit, comprising: a first transistor, a drain of the first transistor coupled to a power supply line to which an input voltage is supplied, a source of the first transistor coupled to one end of an inductor, the other end of the inductor coupled to one end of a load to which an output voltage is supplied; a second transistor, a drain of the second transistor coupled to the source of the first transistor, a source of the second transistor coupled to the other end of the load and a reference voltage line; and a control circuit configured to supply a rectangular wave to a gate of the second transistor, voltage of the rectangular wave at low level being in a range of 0.9 V to 0.99 V, V being a threshold voltage of the second transistor, a compensation circuit configured to compensate a gate voltage supplied to the gate of the second transistor, wherein the voltage of the low level of the rectangular wave is supplied to the gate of the second transistor during a period when the first transistor is controlled to be in off state, and wherein the compensation circuit includes a fifth transistor and a drive circuit coupled to the reference voltage line via the fifth transistor, the drive circuit configured to drive the second transistor, wherein a drain of the fifth transistor is coupled to the drive circuit, a gate of the fifth transistor coupled to the drain of the fifth transistor and a source of the fifth transistor coupled to the reference voltage line.",0.5429303944304371,0.9141392111391258
9381489,"1. A device for treatment of material transported through the device comprising at least one porous element which allows cross-flow of material through the device, wherein the at least one porous element consists of a solid metallic structure which is coated by a non-acidic metal oxide layer impregnated with Pd-nanoparticles having an average particle size of between 0.5 and 20 nm, and wherein the at least one porous element is formed of a metal alloy comprising: (i) 60 wt-%-80 wt-%, based on total weight of the metal alloy, of Fe, (ii) 1 wt-%-30 wt-%, based on total weight of the metal alloy, of Cr, and (iii) 0.5 wt-%-10 wt-%, based on total weight of the metal alloy, of Ni.",0.780006009755765,0.4399879804884701
9731252,"1. A method for removing aeration nozzle blockages wherein blockages are removed in a state in which an aeration nozzle is installed within a waste water processing tank, wherein said aeration nozzle has, on one end, an air supply port connected to an air supply source and a waste water suction port for suctioning waste water in a processing tank, and has a micro-bubble generation unit, provided facing the air supply port, for mixing air supplied by the air supply port and waste water suctioned from the waste water suction port and generating micro-bubbles, wherein the micro-bubble generation unit is configured to have a cylindrical body arranged in a position through which air fed by the air suction port passes, said cylindrical body comprising of a cylindrical main body and a plurality of blades projecting from said main body toward a center; and the blades of said cylindrical body are characterized by being configured such that base ends of the blades are fixed on the inner surface of the cylindrical body and each tip end is formed so as to face one another around the center of said cylindrical body; and by being formed from an elastic member, tip ends of the blades are configured so as to bend with the base ends as starting points, said method being characterized by having a step for widening a clearance between the blades by elastically bending the blades, which are formed from said elastic member, using a maintenance jig having one or a plurality of tip ends and inserting between the blades and twisting the tip ends of said maintenance jig.",0.363471818211717,0.726943636423434
9136052,"1. A Divergent Flux Path Magnetic Actuator with reciprocating and rotatable shaft comprising: An outer magnetic housing with pole end closures containing a radially poled ring or toroidal shaped permanent magnet, two control coils with one on either side of the said permanent magnet, and a magnetic armature movable between said pole end closures; the said magnetic armature contains a firmly fixed bearing to allow firm placement and rotation of a shaft through the center of said bearing; the said pole end closures have holes to allow extension of the said shaft outward in both directions, and free linear and rotational movement; the said two control coils act as a single control coil to produce same direction magnetic field when a current is applied, to attract the said armature to the said pole end closures in an alternating fashion with the direction dependent on the direction of the current through said control coil; wherein the alternate switching of the current to the said coil control coils allow linear reciprocating movement of the said rotatable shaft for a variety of applications.",0.2908983348196061,0.5817966696392122
9517705,"1. A method of providing range optimization aid to a driver of an electric vehicle, wherein said electric vehicle is comprised of a battery pack coupled to an electric drive train, said method comprising: monitoring a current battery pack charge level; determining a current driving range based on said current battery pack charge level and a predefined set of battery drainage rules; determining a first battery pack drain due to operation of said electric drive train; determining a second battery pack drain due to operation of at least one user controllable auxiliary system, wherein said at least one user controllable auxiliary system is electrically coupled to said battery pack; modifying said current driving range to yield a modified driving range, wherein said modifying step is based on said first battery pack drain and said second battery pack drain; displaying said modified driving range on a display, wherein said display is mounted within said electric vehicle; setting a preset minimum driving range; determining a recommendation for adjusting a current vehicle condition to obtain an increased driving range, wherein said step of determining said recommendation is performed automatically by a system controller of said electric vehicle when said modified driving range falls below said preset minimum driving range; and communicating said recommendation to said driver of said electric vehicle, wherein said step of communicating said recommendation is performed automatically by said system controller when said modified driving range falls below said preset minimum driving range.",0.9085500774562097,0.1828998450875805
9505627,"1. In a process for separating gases using a membrane containing a molecular sieve, the improvement comprising using as the molecular sieve a molecular sieve having in its calcined form, an X-ray diffraction pattern including the lines listed in the following table:",0.7414185803696518,0.5171628392606964
8595457,"1. A method for replicating information from a source storage volume to another storage volume, comprising: generating a transfer request for replicating information stored at the source storage volume; determining a transfer size for replicating the information in response to the transfer request and assigning at least one memory buffer front among a plurality of memory buffers for storing the information during a copy mode before the information is transferred, wherein an operating system of a storage system assigns the at least one memory buffer exclusively to an application that determines the transfer size and interfaces with the operating system for replicating the information from the source storage volume; determining by the application if another request to transfer information from the same source storage volume is already active; the application notifying the operating system to use a swap mode for transferring information stored at the source storage volume when another request to transfer the information from the same source storage volume is not active and there is no conflict with another process using the source storage volume, the application notifying the operating system to use the copy mode for transferring information stored at the source storage volume when another request to transfer the information from the same source storage volume is already active,",0.180855492066337,0.361710984132674
8557344,"1. A method for making a transparent carbon nanotube composite film comprising the following steps: (a) providing a transparent carbon nanotube film structure comprising a part of carbon nanotubes protruding from a surface of the transparent carbon nanotube film structure; (b) placing the transparent carbon nanotube film structure on a supporting body; (c) immersing the transparent carbon nanotube film structure with the supporting body into a transparent polymer solution having a surface, and pressing down the part of carbon nanotubes protruding from the surface of the transparent carbon nanotube film structure by a pressure from the transparent polymer solution to make the part of carbon nanotubes substantially in a same planar surface, wherein the supporting body is substantially vertical to the surface of the transparent polymer solution; and (d) removing the transparent carbon nanotube film structure with the supporting body thereon from the transparent polymer solution, to form the transparent carbon nanotube composite film structure, a light transmittance of the transparent carbon nanotube composite film structure is higher than a light transmittance of the transparent carbon nanotube film structure.",0.5516323227445677,0.8967353545108645
9080671,"1. A continuously-variable transmission which uses a secondary pulley pressure as a line pressure, and which adjusts the line pressure to a primary pulley pressure, the continuously-variable transmission comprising: a first determining unit configured to determine whether an indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure has become the line pressure during an up shift; a second determining unit configured to determine whether a target shift rate of the continuously-variable transmission has achieved a predetermined shift rate; an indicated pressure control unit configured to make the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure alone higher than the line pressure when the target shift rate is determined to be equal to or lower than the predetermined shift rate by the second determining unit, and, upon deciding whether a speed ratio of the continuously-variable transmission has become a target speed ratio, the speed ratio is determined not to have become the target speed ratio; and an estimated time detecting unit configured to detect a predetermined time it takes until the primary pulley pressure can be regarded as being equal to the line pressure after the target shift rate is determined to be equal to or lower than the predetermined shift rate by the second determining unit, and the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure is made higher than the line pressure by the indicated pressure control unit, wherein the indicated pressure control unit is configured to calculate a deviation between the indicated pressure of the primary pulley pressure and indicated pressure of the line pressure after the predetermined time detected by the estimated time detecting unit is over, and control transmission of the continuously-variable transmission while maintaining the deviation after the predetermined time is over.",0.6956798103618844,0.6086403792762312
8685903,"1. A method of servicing a well bore comprising: introducing a lost circulation composition into a lost circulation zone, the lost circulation composition comprising: allowing the lost circulation composition to set in the lost circulation zone, wherein the lost circulation composition seals the lost circulation zone and reduces loss of fluid into the lost circulation zone from subsequently introduced fluids; and preventing loss of fluid into the lost circulation zone from subsequently introduced fluids with the lost circulation composition, wherein the lost circulation composition is shear sensitive, has a 10-second static gel strength of at least about 15 lbf/100 ft",0.14561044403321768,0.2912208880664353
8583084,"1. An electronic device comprising: a processor configured to receive a ping control message from a second electronic device paired to the electronic device, the ping control message including instructions from which the processor may selectively activate at least one of a plurality of indicators associated with the electronic device, none of the plurality of indicators being dedicated for use as an indicator for identification of the electronic device, to enable identification of the electronic device responsive to the selectively activated indicator.",0.7116028408933137,0.5767943182133726
9627668,"1. A battery separator, comprising: a middle fiber region; a first peripheral fiber region; and a second peripheral fiber region; wherein the middle fiber region comprises fibers having an average diameter from 2 to about 50 μm; and wherein each of the first and second peripheral fiber regions independently comprises glass fibers having an average diameter from about 0.1 to about 2 μm; provided that the average diameter of the fibers of the middle fiber region is larger than the average diameter of the fibers of each of the first and second peripheral fiber regions; wherein the middle fiber region is disposed between the first peripheral fiber region and the second peripheral fiber region; wherein the thickness of the middle fiber region constitutes 1-49% of the total fiber region thickness; and wherein the separator exhibits an acid filling time of about 17 to about 155 seconds.",0.8714391976794024,0.25712160464119527
9376537,"1. A method of preparing a delaminated graphene oxide/rubber nanocomposite, the method comprising: (1) preparing a graphene oxide/water sol comprising dispersing graphene oxide in deionized water, and treating by ultrasonic waves at a power of 10-2000 W, and at a frequency of 10-20000 Hz, for 10 min-6 h at a temperature of 0-100° C., to obtain the graphene oxide/water sol; (2) pretreating the graphene oxide/water sol comprising adding a surfactant to the graphene oxide/water sol, treating by ultrasonic waves for 5 min-5 h or stirring for 5 min-5 h at a stirring speed of 50-10000 r/min to obtain a pretreated graphene oxide/water dispersion; (3) preparing a graphene oxide/rubber compounding emulsion comprising treating the graphene oxide/water sol or the graphene oxide/water dispersion in addition to a rubber latex by ultrasonic waves for 10 min-6 h, or stirring the graphene oxide/water sol or the graphene oxide/water dispersion in addition to the rubber latex for 10 min-6 h at a stirring speed of 50-10000 r/min, to obtain a stabilized graphene oxide/rubber compounding emulsion; (4) preparing the graphene oxide/rubber nanocomposite comprising selecting one of the following processes to prepare the graphene oxide/rubber nanocomposite:",0.17603296170015706,0.35206592340031406
9646722,"1. A method of adding a fret resistant layer to a reactor component comprising: entraining fret resistant particles in an applied material; melting a surface layer of the reactor component; forming the fret resistant layer by,",0.3638164346623494,0.7276328693246988
9637225,"1. An aircraft winglet, comprising: a wing tip extension projecting outward from an end of a wing and curving upward from the wing, the winglet having an inner portion with a first radius of curvature near the wing, a middle portion having a second radius of curvature forming a bend, and an outer portion having a third radius of curvature extending to a tip of the winglet; wherein the first and third radius of curvature are each larger than the second radius of curvature and the third radius of curvature is larger than the first radius of curvature.",0.33901233941636616,0.6780246788327323
8400091,"1. A method, comprising: measuring a temperature; determining whether the measured temperature is higher than a first threshold; when the measured temperature is higher than the first threshold, determining whether a speed of a cooling fan is less than a maximum speed of the cooling fan; when the speed of the cooling fan is less than the maximum speed of the cooling fan, when the speed of the cooling fan is equal to the maximum speed of the cooling fan, when the voltage generated by the voltage regulator can be decreased, decreasing the voltage generated by the voltage regulator.",0.9383227017084637,0.12335459658307268
8349275,"1. A microfluidic device with microstructure, comprising: a base having a channel for accommodating a solution therein, the channel including a sensing section, and the sensing section having at least one microstructure, which is consisting of a plastic material without surface electric charge, arranged therein, wherein a plurality of ions migrate to a surface of the at least one microstructure to form a field-induced electrical double layer when the surface of the microstructure has been polarized by an electric field, wherein the base comprises an upper substrate and a lower substrate, one of the upper substrate and the lower substrate being formed with a band-like groove, such that the band-like groove forms the channel when the upper substrate and the lower substrate are assembled together, wherein the upper and the lower substrate are made of the plastic material; a sensing element being arranged in the sensing section, the sensing element being provided on an outer surface thereof with a noble metal nanoparticle layer; and two electrodes being electrically and respectively connected to two ends of the sensing section and receiving a high-frequency alternating-current (AC) signal to make a plurality of induced charges not neutralized and the field-induced electrical double layer maintained.",0.535543708160352,0.928912583679296
8586292,"1. A method of identifying a compound useful in the treatment of a thrombotic condition, comprising screening a library of candidate compounds to identify those compounds which sustain constitutive endothelial nitric oxide synthase activity during platelet aggregation.",0.44924560551473397,0.8984912110294679
9267491,"1. A rotor blade for a wind turbine, the rotor blade comprising: a shell having a pressure side and a suction side, said shell defining an outer surface along said pressure and suction sides over which an airflow travels; and, a spoiler comprising a fixed end and a free end, said fixed end connected to said outer surface so as to enable a hinge action, said free end comprising a top flange and a bottom flange configured to engage opposite sides of said shell, wherein said free end is pivotal relative to said fixed end between a recessed position and an elevated position, wherein said free end has a range of motion limited by contact of said top flange and said bottom flange with said shell, and wherein said free end is configured to separate the airflow from said outer surface when in said elevated position.",0.7035059806109242,0.5929880387781516
8741565,"1. A method for detecting a target nucleic acid of two or more different pathogens in a biological sample from a patient, said method comprising: amplifying the target nucleic acids in the sample utilizing at least first and second primer pairs that bind conserved regions in two or more different pathogens, wherein the first and second primer pairs are SEQ ID NOS: 1-2, corresponding to gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, respectively, and SEQ ID NOS: 7-8, corresponding to enteroviruses; contacting the amplified target nucleic acids with an oligonucleotide microarray, said microarray including two or more probes or sets of probes comprising polynucleotide sequences complementary to two or more different pathogens, wherein the probes comprise polynucleotide sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 13-21, corresponding to detecting binding of amplified target nucleic acids to the probes, wherein binding to a probe indicates the presence of the polynucleotide sequence to which the probe is complementary in the sample.",0.5121677792307183,0.9756644415385634
8601791,1. An annular inner wall for a bypass turbojet engine with a nose for separating a primary flow and a secondary flow and an intermediate casing for supporting a rotor; said inner wall being intended to be disposed between a leading edge of the nose and the intermediate casing and comprising: at least one surface air-oil heat exchanger forming an annular segment of the wall; and at least one support arm fixed to the intermediate casing and extending from the intermediate casing toward the leading edge; said support arm comprising:,0.9010597851360632,0.19788042972787356
9033950,"1. A method for delivering permeant substances through a biological membrane of an animal comprising forming a plurality of delivery openings in the membrane, wherein an opening depth of the majority of said delivery openings falls within the range between 40 and 90 microns, and delivering a permeant through the plurality of delivery openings by placing a patch comprising the permeant over the plurality of delivery openings, wherein the plurality of delivery openings are formed by microporation conducted with positive pressure being present between a microporator and said membrane, wherein said positive pressure results from a vacuum of about 0.25 to about 0.80 bar being applied between said microporator and said membrane.",0.3894960210601272,0.7789920421202544
8945767,"1. A water-based coating formulation for an electrode plate of an electricity storage device, said water-based coating formulation being adapted to form a coating film layer on the electrode plate, comprising: in a water-based medium comprising at least water as a polar solvent, (1) a resin binder, which is at least one resin having a saponification degree of 40% or higher and is selected from the group consisting of unmodified polyvinyl alcohol, modified polyvinyl alcohols, unmodified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, and modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers; (2) an electrically conductive material; (3) at least one polybasic acid selected from the group consisting of 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid, pyromellitic acid, citric acid, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, 1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, 1,2,4-cyclohexanetricarboxylic acid, 1,2,4,5-cyclohexanetetracarboxylic acid, trimellitic acid, 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid, and 1,2,3,4,5,6-cyclohexanehexacarboxylic acid, or an acid anhydride thereof; and (4) at least one additive resin selected from the group consisting of a copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone, which have the vinylpyrrolidone as an essential constituent monomer and chitosan derivatives, wherein a ratio of the components of (1), (2), and (3) in the coating formulation is the resin binder (1) in an amount from 0.1 to 3 parts by mass and the polybasic acid or the acid anhydride thereof (3) in an amount from 0.01 to 6 parts by mass, both, relative to 1 part by mass of the electrically conductive material (2), and the coating formulation has a solid content from 0.02 mass % to 40 mass %.",0.6271677426574718,0.7456645146850565
8356616,"1. An aircraft water drain valve, the valve comprising a passageway for communicating fluid between the interior and exterior of a fuel tank, a shaft, a first sealing member and a second sealing member, wherein the first and second sealing members are mounted on the shaft and the shaft is moveable between an open position in which the first and second sealing members are arranged to allow free passage of fluid through the passageway, and a closed position in which both the first and second sealing members are arranged to prevent free passage of fluid through the passageway thereby preventing ingress of fluid into the region between the first and second sealing members.",0.8917899954456503,0.2164200091086994
8793989,"1. A method comprising: providing an energy storage system comprising a gas storage tank in selective fluid communication with a chamber having a rotatable moveable screw element disposed therein; bubbling air through liquid in the chamber to facilitate heat exchange; in a compression cycle, storing energy by placing the rotatable moveable screw element in communication with an energy source through a mechanical linkage to compress the air within the chamber, and then transferring the compressed air from the chamber; and then in an expansion cycle, releasing energy by transferring air from the gas storage tank into the chamber while allowing the rotatable moveable screw element to drive the mechanical linkage in response to expansion of air inside the chamber, such that the mechanical linkage transmits out of the chamber, a power of expanding air; monitoring a sensed value of the compression cycle and/or the expansion cycle; and controlling an operational parameter based upon the sensed value to maintain a temperature of air in the chamber within a range.",0.795103856965493,0.40979228606901397
8633550,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first chip mounting part having electric conductivity; a first semiconductor chip having a first main surface and a first back surface on the side opposite to the first main surface, the first back surface being joined to the first chip mounting part via an electrically conductive joining material; and a sealing part configured to seal at least a part of the first semiconductor chip and the first chip mounting part, wherein in the first semiconductor chip, a first MOSFET and a second MOSFET, the drains of which are electrically connected to each other and the gates of which are electrically connected to each other are formed, the first MOSFET is formed in a first region of the first main surface of the first semiconductor chip, the second MOSFET is an element configured to detect an electric current flowing through the first MOSFET and formed in a second region of the first main surface of the first semiconductor chip, a first gate pad electrically connected to the gates of the first and second MOSFETs, a first source pad electrically connected to the source of the first MOSFET, and a second source pad electrically connected to the source of the second MOSFET are formed on the first main surface of the first semiconductor chip, a drain electrode electrically connected to the drains of the first and second MOSFETs is formed on the first back surface of the first semiconductor chip, and in the first main surface of the first semiconductor chip, the area of the second region is smaller than that of the first region, and the second region is located more internally than the second source pad.",0.33699469036707524,0.6739893807341505
9376847,"1. A hinge for mounting a door on a piece of furniture provided with a front frame, the hinge comprising: a base plate fixable to the front frame of the piece of furniture, said base plate extending according to a longitudinal plane; an intermediate plate slidably connected to the base plate and movable, by an adjusting cam, along a longitudinal direction of said longitudinal plane; a hinge arm; hinging means between said hinge arm and said intermediate plate according to an axis transverse to said longitudinal direction of said longitudinal plane; adjusting means for adjusting an angle between said hinge arm and said intermediate plate, the adjusting means comprising at least an adjusting screw; and a box fixable to a door of the piece of furniture, the box being swingably connected to a front end of said hinge arm by an articulation pin; wherein said hinging means are provided by a rear end of said hinge arm and by side wings of a rear end of said intermediate plate, wherein one of said rear end of said hinge arm and said side wings of said intermediate plate comprises holes, and the other of said rear end of said hinge arm and said side wings of said intermediate plate comprises projections protruding according to said transverse axis for rotatably engaging said holes.",0.18358479041240203,0.3671695808248041
8984525,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, by one or more computers, submission of a job from a user; selecting a virtual cluster of a plurality of communicatively coupled nodes included in a computing environment, the virtual cluster associated with a group of users that submit similar jobs, and comprising a logical grouping of nodes configured to process related jobs, wherein the computing environment is configured to accommodate multiple virtual clusters therein; retrieving a policy with one or more of the job and the user, and determining dimensions of the job to determine a job space within the selected virtual cluster, the job space comprising a set of nodes within the virtual cluster dynamically allocated to complete the job, wherein the virtual cluster is configured to accommodate multiple job spaces, with each job space being configured to concurrently execute a separate job; determining whether there are a sufficient number of nodes available within the virtual cluster to allocate to the job space, and in the event sufficient nodes are not available within the virtual cluster, determining an earliest available subset of nodes in the virtual cluster on which to execute the job and adding the job to a job queue until the earliest available subset is available within the virtual cluster; and upon a determination that a sufficient number of nodes are available within the virtual cluster, dynamically determining an optimum subset of nodes of the virtual cluster, allocating the subset for the job, and executing the job.",0.14950226518785834,0.2990045303757167
9163716,"1. A cooled gear assembly including a plurality of engaged gears located within a gear casing having an aperture extending through an outer wall of the casing, and a heat exchanger extending partially into an interior volume of the gear casing through the aperture, the heat exchanger comprising: a heat exchange section located within the interior volume of the gear casing and including a plurality of fluid conduits; a manifold section located external to the gear casing and including an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold; a header to fluidly seal the aperture, inlet ends of the fluid conduits being fluidly connected to the inlet manifold, and outlet ends of the fluid conduits being fluidly connected to the outlet manifold, through the header; a bracket arranged at an end of the heat exchange section opposite the header; a locator post connected to the bracket; and a recess in the gear casing to receive the locator post.",0.42527123405116407,0.8505424681023281
9692057,"1. A copper-covered steel foil for carrying a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which has a steel sheet as a core material thereof and has, on both surfaces thereof, a copper covering layer having a mean thickness t Cu of from 0.02 to 1.0 μm on each surface, and of which the total mean thickness, t, including the copper covering layer is from 3 to 100 μm with t Cu /t of at most 0.3.",0.9416330932274385,0.11673381354512302
9746062,"1. A power transmission device for vehicles comprising: a casing that is mounted on a vehicle; a transmission that is provided in said casing to change rotational speeds of an engine; a torque converter that is mounted in said casing to transmit the rotation of said engine through fluid to said transmission; and a lockup device that is mounted in said torque converter to transmit the rotation of said engine directly to said transmission, wherein said torque converter includes a rotating body that is rotatably supported in said casing and is rotated by said engine, and a hollow cylindrical transmission shaft that is rotatably supported in said casing to transmit the rotation of said rotating body through fluid or said lockup device to said transmission, and said lockup device includes a lockup clutch for establishing connection between said rotating body and said transmission shaft by pressurized oil delivered from a hydraulic pump, a lockup control valve that controls supply/discharge of the pressurized oil to/from said lockup clutch, and a lockup oil passage that introduces the pressurized oil from said lockup control valve to said lockup clutch, wherein said lockup control valve is positioned on an outer side face of said casing and is arranged in a position of overlapping said transmission shaft in a radial direction of said transmission shaft; said lockup oil passage includes a casing side oil passage that is provided in said casing to be connected to said lockup control valve, a transmission shaft side oil passage that is provided in said transmission shaft and an inlet side of which is connected to said casing side oil passage, and a rotating body side oil passage that is provided in said rotating body for establishing connection between an outlet side of said transmission shaft side oil passage and said lockup clutch; said casing side oil passage is formed as a linear oil passage that linearly extends in the radial direction of said transmission shaft between said lockup control valve and said transmission shaft side oil passage; a surface of said outer side surface in said casing, on which said lockup control valve is mounted, is formed as a concave valve mounting surface formed by recessing said outer side surface in said casing toward said transmission shaft; said casing side oil passage is opened to said concave valve mounting surface; a flat mounting plate is provided between said concave valve mounting surface and said lockup control valve; and a communicating passage is provided in said mounting plate for communication between said lockup control valve and said casing side oil passage.",0.6870857022431098,0.6258285955137803
8820445,"1. A charge/discharge control device for a power storage device mounted on an electric-powered vehicle, comprising: first limitation setting means for controlling charge and discharge of said power storage device to limit a charge/discharge power within a limit range from a discharge electric power permissible value to a charge electric power permissible value which are set based on a state of said power storage device; and second limitation setting means for temporarily permitting a charge/discharge power beyond said limit range of said first limitation setting means, (i) in response to a manipulation of a brake pedal to or beyond a prescribed degree, or (ii) in response to a manipulation of an accelerator pedal to or beyond a prescribed degree, said second limitation setting means including control means for controlling charge and discharge of said power storage device such that an output voltage of said power storage device is maintained within a voltage range from a lower limit voltage to an upper limit voltage.",0.9333286861425568,0.13334262771488636
9219994,"1. A method for receiving a downlink signal from a base station (BS) in a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe which carries a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) in only a control region, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising: receiving information indicating an MBSFN subframe configured as an almost blank subframe (ABS) (ABS MBSFN subframe) of which a data region is allocated a reduced transmission power lower than a transmission power in a data region of a normal subframe, among MBSFN subframes; receiving information for matching between a channel through which the CRS is received and a channel through which the downlink signal is received in the data region of the ABS MBSFN subframe; and demodulating the downlink signal using the CRS received in the control region of the ABS MBSFN subframe according to the information indicating the ABS MBSFN subframe.",0.18141894673929523,0.3628378934785905
8809126,"1. A composition comprising: a plurality of diodes, each diode of the plurality of diodes comprising: a first solvent; and a viscosity modifier.",0.6635159395510692,0.6729681208978615
8361036,"1. An injection device comprising: a housing, a dose setting member being operable to set a dose by rotating said dose setting member relatively to the housing, about a rotational axis, a piston rod adapted to cause a set dose to be injected from the injection device, an injection button adapted to perform an axial movement, and operable to cooperate with the piston rod in injecting the set dose in such a manner that when the injection button is operated the set dose is caused to be injected by the piston rod, a gearing arrangement comprising at least one gear wheel, the gearing arrangement providing a gearing ratio between an axial movement of the injection button and an axial movement of the piston rod, wherein the gearing arrangement, during setting of a dose, is prevented from rotating along with the dose setting member about the rotational axis, and moves along the rotational axis relatively to the piston rod as the dose setting member is rotated wherein at least one of the gear wheel(s) has a rotational axis which is non-parallel to the rotational axis of the dose setting member, and during injection of the set dose, the piston rod is caused to move along with the gearing arrangement thereby maintaining its position relatively to the gearing arrangement.",0.19129653207223982,0.3825930641444797
9384818,"1. A memory module, comprising: a controller configured to initiate an autorefresh operation and to provide a clock signal and a clock control; and a plurality of volatile dynamic random access memory (DRAM) circuits, each DRAM circuit having: a clock control comprising a state of enabled or disabled and the clock control is set to enabled during performance of a write operation, or a read operation,",0.677121400437388,0.645757199125224
9596782,"1. A power converter comprising: a housing having a storage space formed in an interior thereof; a capacitor module placed in the storage space; a DC terminal provided in the housing connected to the capacitor module; a power module electrically connected to the capacitor module; an AC terminal connected to the power module and provided in the housing; an AC connection bus bar configured to connect the AC terminal and the power module; and a cooling board which includes a cooling panel formed of a metal and embedded in a synthetic resin, wherein the cooling panel thermally connects capacitor terminals of the capacitor module and the housing and/or the AC connection bus bar and the housing.",0.9024580456159766,0.1950839087680467
8568305,"1. A minimally-invasive portal system for performing a medical or surgical procedure, comprising: an access tube comprising a selectively adjustable cross-sectional area, wherein the cross-sectional area is adjustable in a first direction via at least one first adjustment mechanism and in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction via at least one second adjustment mechanism, and wherein the access tube defines a depth; a retractor device comprising a first portion and a second portion aligned at a predetermined angle relative to the first portion, wherein the first portion of the retractor device is configured to be disposed substantially concentrically within the access tube such that the access tube depth extends along substantially the entire length of the first portion of the retractor device, and wherein the second portion of the retractor device protrudes substantially beyond a bottom edge of the access tube, wherein the retractor device further comprises a third portion fixedly attached to a top region of the first portion, the third portion protruding outward beyond a top edge of the access tube, wherein the retractor device further comprises a handle portion attached to the third portion; and one or more retaining clips configured to secure the retractor device to the access tube in a fixed position relative to one another, wherein each of the one or more retaining clips comprises a body portion and a tongue portion, wherein the body portion is substantially U-shaped and configured to simultaneously engage, within a region defined by the U-shaped body portion and in direct physical contact, the top edge of the access tube and the top region of the first portion of the retractor device during securement of the retractor device and the access tube, wherein the tongue portion at least partially defines an opening through which the handle portion of the retractor device protrudes during securement of the retractor device and the access tube by the U-shaped body portion of the clip.",0.058305912896062094,0.11661182579212415
8916184,"1. An implant system, comprising: (a) a sensor having an outer surface including an analyte permeable coating, (b) a biological matrix comprising a cell culture derived basement membrane exterior to the sensor and in contact with the analyte permeable coating on the outer surface of the sensor and with biological tissue, and (c) a plurality of cells supported by the biological matrix, the plurality of cells comprising cells expressing vascular endothelial growth factor and extending sensor functionality by promoting a biological interaction between the sensor and the biological tissue.",0.2762648215309502,0.5525296430619004
9751978,"1. A polyurethane or polyurethane/polyisocyanurate made from a polyester polyol comprising recurring units from: (a) a digested thermoplastic polyester; (b) a glycol; and (c) a lignin, a tannin, or a mixture thereof; wherein the molar ratio of glycol to thermoplastic polyester recurring units is at least 0.8, the amount of lignin, tannin, or mixture thereof incorporated into the polyol is within the range of 0.1 to 35 wt. %, and the polyol has a hydroxyl number within the range of 25 to 800 mg KOH/g.",0.5485444133540296,0.9029111732919408
8807947,"1. A wind power generator comprising: a frame; an axle extending horizontally and rotatably mounted relative to said frame; a plurality of arms extending radially outwardly of said axle; a plurality of panels respectively connected to said plurality of arms; a Faraday generator affixed to a surface of at least one of said plurality of panels, said Faraday generator suitable for producing electrical energy as said plurality of panels move relative to said frame; a plurality of rollers respectively affixed adjacent said edge of said plurality of panels; and a line received by said plurality of rollers.",0.975125360828461,0.04974927834307796
9689079,"1. A composite electrode for electrolytically producing alkaline water, comprising: an electrode core made of steel, a filler densely packed around the electrode core, said filler capable of creating a mildly aqueous and alkaline environment when energized to motivate formation of a layer of magnetite over a surface of the electrode core, and a housing enclosing the filler, said housing having a pore size such that a reduced permeation of gas and liquid takes place.",0.8782357742846904,0.2435284514306193
9158491,1. A method for open systems printing comprising: routing prints jobs automatically from different types of source computers to different types of printers without the source computers selecting printers for each print job; wherein routing includes: sending the print jobs from the source computers to a print server; sending the print jobs from the print server to output managers connected to the printers; and printing the print jobs on the printers.,0.2779133416669779,0.5558266833339558
9333133,"1. A method of adjusting a seat of a wheelchair, comprising: transitioning an auxiliary portion of a seat member of the seat of the wheelchair from a storage position, wherein the auxiliary portion is stored underneath the seat member, to a use position, wherein the auxiliary portion extends forwardly from the seat member; extending a seat frame of the seat of the wheelchair from a first position defining a first length to second position defining a second length greater than the first length, wherein the auxiliary portion is transitioned from the storage position to the use position before extending the seat frame from the first position to the second position; and attaching the auxiliary portion to the extended seat frame.",0.08354269012839996,0.16708538025679998
9296319,"1. A portable arm support, comprising: a mount configured to be attachable to a structure, the mount having a raised mount portion extending from a support surface of the mount, the raised mount portion comprising an arcuate portion and a raised stop having first and second stop surfaces; and a support member having an upper surface configured to accept a user's arm rested thereupon, the support member having a front side and a back side, a connector being provided on the back side, the connector configured to engage the raised mount portion so that the support member is supported by the raised mount portion; wherein the connector engages the raised mount portion so that the support member is rotatable relative to the raised mount portion between a first position in which the connector engages the first stop surface and a second position in which the connector engages the second stop surface; wherein the support member comprises an upper part and a lower part, and the connector is attached to the lower part so that a vertical space is disposed between the upper part and the connector; and wherein the support member is configured to deflect upon application of a force to the upper part so that the space between the upper part and the connector decreases upon application of the force.",0.06547894393005031,0.13095788786010065
8882804,"1. A method of treating facet joint dysfunction, comprising: accessing a facet joint comprising a first articular process and a second articular process; preparing an articular surface of at least one of the first and second articular processes; drilling a hole through both the first articular process and second articular process; inserting an elongate retaining member comprising a first end and a second end through the hole in the first articular process and the hole in the second articular process; securing the elongate retaining member to the articular processes, wherein securing the elongate retaining member comprises placing a first retaining ring on the first end of the elongate retaining member.",0.07767573508894503,0.15535147017789008
9330228,"1. One or more processor-readable storage devices storing computer-executable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising: A: constructing a guiding pattern for a via-type feature group based on seeding positions, wherein the via-type feature group comprises two or more via-type features in a layout design and the seeding positions are initially derived from targeted locations of the two or more via-type features; B: determining a potential energy function for the guiding pattern, wherein the potential energy function is at least a two-dimensional function and comprises a first portion representing interactions between via-type features in the via-type feature group and a second portion representing wall effects of the guiding pattern; C: computing simulated locations of the two or more via-type features based on the potential energy function; D: changing the seeding positions based on differences between the simulated locations and the targeted locations; and F: repeating operations A through D until one of one or more termination conditions is met.",0.261018091691632,0.522036183383264
9615258,"1. A method comprising: establishing, based on a security policy database, an Internet Key Exchange (IKE) security association between a gateway node and an access node in a wireless communication systems; creating multiple child security associations comprising at least one or more security associations to use exclusively for a packet-based two-way message exchange protocol for synchronizing clocks between the gateway node and the access node; collecting the one or more exclusive security associations in a security associations database; embedding, in Internet Protocol (IP) packets at wireless communication nodes, timing information with one of the one or more exclusive security associations from the security association database; creating one or more Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) tunnels between the gateway node and the access node based on the one or more security associations; encrypting the packets; exchanging the packets between the gateway node and the access node; and authenticating the packets with a security parameter index.",0.12597552347264718,0.25195104694529435
9813018,"1. A solar cell apparatus comprising: a solar cell panel; a junction box on the solar cell panel; a third substrate provided below the solar cell panel; and a frame surrounding the solar cell panel and the third substrate, wherein the solar cell panel comprises: a first substrate including a first region and a second region adjacent to the first region; a plurality of solar cells in the first region; and a second substrate disposed in the first region to expose the second region and disposed on the solar cells, wherein the junction box is disposed in the second region and disposed on a lateral surface of the second substrate; wherein the frame surrounds a lateral side of the solar cell panel, a lateral side of the third substrate, and a lateral side of the junction box, wherein the junction box is surrounded by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the frame, wherein the junction box is in direct contact with a top surface of the second region of the first substract, wherein the junction box is in direct contact with an inner surface of the frame, wherein the junction box is in direct contact with the lateral surface of the second substrate, wherein the solar cells and the junction box are disposed on a same surface of the first substrate, wherein the solar cells and the junction box are in direct contact with the same surface of the first substrate, wherein inert gas is filled in space between the first substrate and the third substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a soda lime glass, wherein the second substrate includes a tempered glass, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are transparent, wherein an area of a top surface of the second substrate is smaller an area of a top surface of the first substrate, and wherein the plurality of solar cells is spaced apart from the inert gas.",0.9647255549925643,0.07054889001487141
8922185,"1. A method for an inverter configured to convert a direct current (DC) received from a DC power source to an alternating current (AC), the method comprising: executing a maximum power point tracking algorithm to extract a substantially maximum power from the DC power source; monitoring an output power of the DC power source while executing the maximum power point tracking algorithm; and in response to the output power of the DC power source being less than a first reference output power, adjusting a command signal to modify a power point of the DC source until the output power of the DC power source is above a second reference output power greater than the first reference output power.",0.96691075265079,0.06617849469842008
8636254,"1. A cross flow instability inhibiting assembly for generating a streamwise voracity with periodic spacing along the surface on a swept wing, said cross flow instability inhibiting assembly comprising: a base of dielectric material having an inner surface and an outer surface; a plurality of electrodes fixedly secured to said inner surface, said plurality of electrodes electrically connected to a source of electrical current; a ground layer covering said outer surface of said dielectric layer, said ground layer defining a continuous uninterrupted outer surface and an interior surface; a plurality of regions formed out of said interior surface of said ground layer maintaining said outer surface continuous and uninterrupted, wherein each of said plurality of regions is aligned with each of said plurality of electrodes and generates a plasma roughness area disposed adjacent each of said plurality of regions such that each of the plasma roughness areas prevents/inhibits cross flows instabilities across the swept wing.",0.3822432791469053,0.7644865582938106
8816058,"1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence which encodes an antibody heavy chain variable region (VH) polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 9; wherein an antibody comprising said VH polypeptide and a VL polypeptide comprising VL-CDR1, VL-CDR2, and VL-CDR3 amino acid sequences consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 14, 15, and 16, respectively, can specifically bind to CD100.",0.6210677283142146,0.7578645433715707
9127255,1. An in vitro method for differentiating human pluripotent stem (hPS) cells into hepatocyte-like cells or mature hepatocytes comprising: i) Seeding and differentiating hPS cells into definitive endoderm (DE) cells on a 2-dimensional surface; and ii) Transferring the DE cells of step i) after 4 to 7 days to a 3-dimensional (3D) scaffold and further differentiating the DE cells seeded onto the 3D scaffold into hepatocyte-like cells or mature hepatocytes.,0.45598208013217395,0.9119641602643479
8728054,"1. A syringe-carpule assembly comprising a housing, first and second carpules arranged inside said housing with said first carpule in front of said second carpule, an outer hollow plunger rod that passes through and is slidable in a rearward end of said housing, a first member connected to said outer hollow plunger rod and disposed outside said housing to the rear of said rearward end of said housing, an inner hollow rod comprising first and second openings disposed at different longitudinal positions, said inner hollow rod being slidably arranged inside said outer hollow plunger rod, and a second member connected to said inner hollow rod and disposed outside said housing to the rear of said rearward end of said housing, wherein said outer hollow plunger rod is slidable between a first extended position whereat said first member is disposed a first distance from said rearward end of said housing and a first retracted position whereat said first member is disposed a second distance from said rearward end of said housing, said second distance being greater than said first distance, and said inner hollow rod is slidable between a second extended position whereat said second member is disposed a third distance from said rearward end of said housing and a second retracted position whereat said second member is disposed a fourth distance from said rearward end of said housing, said fourth distance being greater than said third distance, and further wherein respective portions of said inner hollow rod are disposed inside said first and second carpules when said inner hollow rod is in said first extended position and outside said first and second carpules when said inner hollow rod is in said first retracted position.",0.0379975718432871,0.07599514368657423
9466844,"1. A blended rubber gasket for fuel cells, comprising: a base including 95 to 99 parts per hundred rubber (phr) of ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber and 1 to 5 phr of FKM rubber; and 0.1 to 5 phr of a peroxide crosslinking agent, based on 100 phr of the base, wherein the EPDM rubber and FKM rubber are co-crosslinked by the peroxide crosslinking agent, wherein a compression set of co-crosslinked EPDM rubber and FKM rubber heat-treated at 100° C. for 72 hours is 4.2% or less, heat-treated at 150° C. for 72 hours is 18.1% or less, as measured according to ASTM D395 (Method B, 25% Deflection).",0.5376795520067711,0.9246408959864578
9360211,"1. A coal fired boiler plant, comprising: a coal dryer that dries coal; a boiler in which the coal that was dried in the coal dryer is mixed with air for combustion and burned; an air heater that heats the air for combustion supplied to the boiler using combustion exhaust gas discharged from the boiler; a precipitator that collects dust included in the combustion exhaust gas; a desulfurization plant that performs a desulfurization process on the combustion exhaust gas; heat recovery equipment that is provided on the downstream side of the air heater in the direction of flow of the combustion exhaust gas, and that heats a heating medium with the combustion exhaust gas, a sensor that is provided on the downstream side of the heat recovery equipment in the direction of flow of the combustion exhaust gas, and that measures a temperature of the combustion exhaust gas on the outlet side of the heat recovery equipment, a second air heater that heats carrier air supplied from the outside into the coal dryer using the heating medium that was heated in the heat recovery equipment, and a third air heater that extracts a portion of steam which is generated by heating water with a heat energy obtained by burning the coal in the boiler and that further heats the carrier air using the portion of steam, wherein the heat recovery equipment is connected to a first line through which the heating medium is fed into and a second line through which the heating medium is sent out, wherein a bypass line is provided between the first line and the second line, wherein control valves are provided on the bypass line and the first line, respectively, wherein the sensor and the control valves are connected via a temperature controller, wherein the coal dryer dries the coal using the heat energy of the heating medium that was heated in the heat recovery equipment, wherein the carrier air heated by the second air heater and the third air heater dries the coal within the coal dryer, wherein the temperature controller adjusts opening and closing and a degree of opening of the control valves, controls a quantity of the heating medium, and controls the temperature of the combustion exhaust gas from the heat recovery equipment, on the basis of the measurement results of the sensor; and wherein the heating medium is water.",0.9728924226590289,0.05421515468194227
8872426,"1. An apparatus for powering and TRIAC dimming of a gas discharge lamp comprising: an electronic ballast for powering a gas discharge lamp from a TRIAC based dimmer connected to an AC line; an EMI filter for protecting the AC line from EMI generated by the ballast and the lamp; a DC bus without a smoothing electrolytic capacitor; a resonant DC-to-AC inverter connected to the DC bus for powering the gas discharge lamp with a high frequency current, wherein an auxiliary DC-to-DC power supply input is connected to the DC bus; and a first resonant tank having in series a first resonant inductor and a first resonant capacitor, wherein the gas discharge lamp is connected in parallel to the resonant capacitor.",0.8287068608970217,0.34258627820595655
8372409,"1. An isolated peptide which specifically targets and binds to a dendritic cell, said peptide consisting of 12 amino acid residues and selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-37.",0.3556563430476141,0.7113126860952282
9114277,"1. An exercise device, comprising: an exercise brace having: a first strap that couples to the first frame member about an end portion thereof to temporarily attach the exercise device to a user; a second strap that couples to the second frame member about an end portion thereof to temporarily attach the exercise device to the user; a first band engaging member that extends from the first frame member; a second band engaging member that extends from the first frame member spaced apart from the first band engaging member; and a resistance band having: wherein: when the resistance band is brought into contact with at least one of the first band engaging member and the second band engaging member, the resistance band creates a resistance to pivoting movement between the first frame member and the second frame member.",0.023161365744198765,0.046322731488397495
8900020,"1. A crimping terminal, comprising: an electrical connection portion for connecting to a counterpart terminal at a front portion of the crimping terminal; and an electric wire connection portion that is crimped is connected to an end portion of an electric wire at a back portion of the crimping terminal; wherein the electric wire connection portion includes a lower surface panel which is continuous with a base plate portion of the electrical connection portion and an upper surface panel which extends from a back end of the lower surface panel and is positioned above the lower surface panel by being folded upwards and forwards at a junction with the lower surface panel; wherein the upper surface panel and the lower surface panel are formed in such a cross-sectional shape that when placed and joined together, an internal space is formed therein to house the end portion of the electric wire and such that when the interior is compressed and sealed by receiving crimping force from the vertical direction, thereby crimping the end portion of the electric wire, and wherein an electric wire insertion aperture is provided in a folded portion from the lower surface panel to the upper surface panel to allow the end portion of the electric wire to be inserted between the lower surface panel and the upper surface panel.",0.33122141370518543,0.6624428274103709
9276523,"1. A system for cleaning solar panels comprising: an energy chain configured to move in a linear path; a plurality of rows of solar panels, wherein each row of solar panels includes a different number of solar panels, the plurality of rows including a first row and a second row, wherein the first row extends past the second row; a first washing device configured to couple with the energy chain to clean the solar panels associated with the first row, the first washing device including a first water feed tube extending across a width of the first row; a second washing device configured to couple with the first washing device to clean the solar panels associated with the second row, the second washing device including a second water feed tube extending across a width of the first second row, wherein the first water feed tube and the second water feed tube have a first diameter; a rail configured to be positioned between the first row and the second row; a connection shaft having a first end and a second end, the first end of the connection shaft being fixedly positioned within the first water feed tube and the second end of the connection shaft being removably positioned within the second water feed tube, wherein the second end of the connection feed tube is configured to be inserted into the second water feed tube when the first water feed tube is aligned with the second water feed tube, the first washing device and the second washing device being aligned when the first washing device is positioned at a location along the linear path having solar panels on the first row and the second row.",0.9910971393579641,0.017805721284071874
8718828,"1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor configured to control operations of: an area environment load calculation module configured to calculate an amount of electricity consumed by devices in an area in a room; a user environment load calculation module configured to calculate an amount of electricity consumed by a user in the area based on the amount of electricity consumed by the devices in the area in the room calculated by the area environment load calculation module; a user improvement environment load calculation module configured to calculate a reduced amount of electricity consumed by the user based on a policy; a comparison module configured to determine a difference between the amount of electricity consumed by the user calculated by the user environment load calculation module with the reduced amount of electricity consumed by the user calculated by the user improvement environment load calculation module, and configured to determine whether the difference is greater than an improvement effect threshold; and an output module that outputs the policy as a proposal to reduce an environment load in response to the comparison of the comparison module determining that the difference is greater than the improvement effect threshold.",0.9288441940775454,0.14231161184490926
9851773,"1. A method comprising: operating two or more applications on a computer device; identifying adjustable settings; tracking historical usage data, including: measuring power consumption of each application; compiling historical usage data; assessing an optimal configuration setting for each application; and conveying the optimal configuration setting to one or more application settings.",0.6985021428311929,0.6029957143376141
9155045,"1. A method in a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving an instruction; determining from the instruction whether to operate in a first operation mode or a second operation mode; wherein when operating with discontinuous reception (DRX) in the first operation mode, the UE transmits a sounding reference signal (SRS) during DRX active time; and wherein when operating with DRX in the second operation mode, the UE transmits a SRS irrespective of DRX active time; and maintaining an SRS resource configuration for the user equipment when not in the DRX active time.",0.40657522609263463,0.8131504521852693
8483464,"1. A method of correcting registration misalignment in magnetic resonance perfusion images, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a time series of magnetic resonance images of an anatomical organ, each said image comprising a plurality of intensities defined on an N-dimensional domain of points; performing a first group-wise registration of all images in the time series of images, using a pair-wise registration as an initialization; detecting a misaligned image from said group-wise registration by analyzing a total variation of intensity differences between consecutive images; and correcting said misaligned image by optimizing a second group-wise energy function over registration parameters of said misaligned image, wherein correcting said misaligned image comprises finding a set of rigid registration parameters P i =[p ik ], k=1, . . . , 6, of said misaligned transformation T i that minimizes {E(P(P i ))|P n , n≠i} wherein P=[P 1 , P 2 , . . . , P N ] is the set of registration parameters for all the images from said first group-wise registration wherein Nis a total number of images, E(P(P i )) is said second group-wise energy function calculated for P with varying P i and fixing P n , with n≠i.",0.027469595774037542,0.05493919154807503
8805676,"1. A computer method of representing in a computer memory a natural language sentence in a language-independent format, the method comprising: receiving one or more ratings generated based on analysis of sentences from a corpus of texts comprising parallel texts, wherein the parallel texts comprising texts in two or more languages in which each fragment in one language having a corresponding fragment in another language; performing by a computer processor a syntactic analysis of a natural language sentence including selecting a syntactic structure for the natural language sentence based on the one or more ratings; performing a semantic analysis on the natural language sentence; storing in the computer memory the selected syntactic structure in a language-independent semantic structure; and selecting a semantic structure based on the one or more ratings.",0.03660936322149279,0.07321872644298555
8614848,"1. An electrochromic element comprising: a pair of transparent electrodes; and an electrolyte layer and an electrochromic layer disposed between the pair of transparent electrodes, wherein the electrolyte layer is disposed between the electrochromic layer and one of the transparent electrodes, wherein transmittance of light is changed by a voltage applied to the pair of transparent electrodes, wherein the electrochromic layer includes a first electrochromic layer and a second electrochromic layer stacked upon each other, wherein both the first and second electrochromic layers are made of titanium oxide, wherein the first electrochromic layer is in contact with the one of the pair of transparent electrodes, wherein the second electrochromic layer is in contact with an electrolyte-layer side of the first electrochromic layer, and wherein, when n0 represents a refractive index of the transparent electrode in contact with the first electrochromic layer, n1 represents a refractive index of the first electrochromic layer, and n2 represents a refractive index of the second electrochromic layer, a relationship n0<n1<n2 is satisfied.",0.45175306297274054,0.9035061259454811
9579622,"1. A method, comprising the steps of: introducing a continuous flow of a first aqueous stream and a continuous flow of a second aqueous stream into a channel via a first inlet and a second inlet, respectively, wherein the first aqueous stream comprises a first reagent and flows at a first rate and the second aqueous stream flows at a second rate; coflowing the continuous flow of the first aqueous stream and the continuous flow of the second aqueous stream in the channel and intersecting the coflowing first and second aqueous streams in the channel with a continuous flow of an immiscible fluid in a second channel to form a set of plugs, wherein a plurality of the plugs have different concentrations of the first reagent.",0.6330919228741917,0.7338161542516166
8864455,"1. An impulse wind machine comprising: a turbine housing configured with an inlet to receive air and configured to direct the air in an inward spiral path to an outlet at an eye of the turbine housing, a plurality of directional vanes configured along the longitudinal periphery of the eye; and a cylindrical rotor comprising; a shaft; a plurality of impulse blades configured longitudinally along the cylindrical perimeter of the rotor and configured to rotate on a shaft within the eye of the turbine housing; the plurality of impulse blades connected at each end of the rotor to a rim; a plurality of spokes extending between each rim to a hub on the rotor shaft; and an exhaust deflector positioned around the shaft and between the hubs, wherein the air passes through the directional vanes, impinges the impulse blades and causes the rotor to rotate, after impinging the impulse blades, the air is redirected by the exhaust deflector to leave the turbine housing outlet through the ends of the cylindrical rotor.",0.7501392046931548,0.4997215906136905
8371578,"1. A sheet processing system including a first sheet processing apparatus and a second sheet processing apparatus connected to the first sheet processing apparatus downstream of the first sheet processing apparatus in a sheet conveying direction, wherein the first sheet processing apparatus comprises: a first detection unit configured to detect a first positional error of a first sheet conveyed into the first sheet processing apparatus; and a correction unit configured to correct a position of the first sheet, and wherein the second sheet processing apparatus comprises: a second detection unit configured to detect a second positional error of the first sheet that is conveyed into the second sheet processing apparatus after the first positional error has been corrected by said correction unit; and a transmission unit configured to send the second positional error detected by said second detection unit to the first sheet processing apparatus, and wherein the first sheet processing apparatus further comprises: a reception unit configured to receive the second positional error sent from said transmission unit of the second sheet processing apparatus, and wherein said correction unit is further configured to correct a position of a second sheet following the first sheet based on both a first positional error of the second sheet detected by said first detection unit and the second positional error of the first sheet received by said reception unit.",0.1091909114451103,0.21838182289022057
9797626,"1. A solar collection system comprising: a solar collector apparatus; a collector support frame assembly; a sun position tracking apparatus; a fluid transfer pump; a fluid storage tank; an insulated pipe for connecting the fluid transfer pump to the fluid storage tank and the solar collector apparatus; and a differential temperature controller, wherein, the solar collector apparatus comprising:",0.9373820926651185,0.12523581466976297
9743834,"1. A device comprising: a first circuit board including: a microprocessor; a wireless communication subsystem that is operably coupled to the microprocessor and that is operable to transmit a representation of a temperature; a battery operably coupled to the microprocessor; a display device operably coupled to the microprocessor; a single button operably coupled to the microprocessor; and a first digital interface operably coupled to the microprocessor; a second circuit board including: a second digital interface, the second digital interface being operably coupled to the first digital interface; and a digital infrared sensor operably coupled to the second digital interface, the digital infrared sensor having ports that provide only digital readout signals, the digital infrared sensor comprising a low noise amplifier, an analog-to-digital converter, a digital signal processor, and a pulse width modulator (PWM) in a single industry standard package; wherein the digital infrared sensor is configured with no need for recalibration after an initial factory calibration with an emissivity range from 0.1 to 1.0; wherein the microprocessor is operable to receive from the ports of the digital infrared sensor the digital readout signals that are representative of an infrared signal, the infrared signal acquired from a forehead of a user and generated by the digital infrared sensor, and the microprocessor is further operable to determine the temperature from the received digital readout signals by using the PWM, and wherein no analog-to-digital converter is operably coupled between the digital infrared sensor and the microprocessor, wherein a connection is established by the wireless communication subsystem to an external apparatus and data is pushed from the device through the wireless communication subsystem, thereafter the external apparatus controls flow of the data between the device and the external apparatus, wherein the connection further comprises an authenticated communication channel.",0.48556801352144907,0.9711360270428981
8492042,"1. A method of providing power and cooling to an energy-consuming device with a fuel cell system containing a hydrogen storage device, the method comprising: desorbing hydrogen gas from a volume of hydrogen storage material of a hydride bed of the hydrogen storage device, wherein the desorbing includes delivering a heated air stream heated by the energy-consuming device to the hydrogen storage device to heat the hydrogen storage material; utilizing the endothermic process of the desorbing hydrogen gas from the volume of hydrogen storage material to cool the energy-consuming device, wherein the utilizing includes delivering a cooled air stream from the hydrogen storage device to the energy-consuming device, wherein the heated air stream and the cooled air stream form a closed loop heat exchange system between the hydrogen storage device and the energy-consuming device; wherein the energy-consuming device includes a telecommunications installation, wherein the telecommunications installation includes an enclosure, and wherein the delivering the cooled air stream includes delivering the cooled air stream to an interior of the enclosure; delivering desorbed hydrogen gas from the hydrogen storage device to a fuel cell stack; producing, by the fuel cell stack, an electrical output from the desorbed hydrogen gas and an oxidant; powering the energy-consuming device with the electrical output from the fuel cell stack; and wherein the method further comprises: initiating production of hydrogen gas by a fuel processor responsive to detecting unavailability of a primary power source, wherein initiating occurs for a fuel processor start-up period of time; generating, by the fuel processor, hydrogen gas from a feed stream containing at least a carbon-containing feedstock; and after the fuel processor start-up period of time, delivering hydrogen gas from the fuel processor to the fuel cell stack for producing the electrical output.",0.9739426316223714,0.05211473675525724
9629125,"1. A method in a network node for allocating uplink (UL) radio resources to a pair of Device to Device (D2D) devices comprising a first wireless device and a second wireless device, wherein the network node and the D2D pair are comprised in a wireless communications network, and wherein the method comprises: assigning a common downlink (DL) control signalling message, for the pair of D2D devices; and allocating UL radio resources to the first wireless device and the second wireless device, so that the UL radio resources allocated to the first wireless device are separated from the UL radio resources allocated to the second wireless device, by applying one or more of a time offset, a frequency offset, and a code-division multiplexing offset between the UL radio resources allocated to the first wireless device and the UL radio resources allocated to the second wireless device, wherein the allocating UL radio resources is based on the common DL control signalling message, wherein the wireless communications network comprises DL radio resources, wherein the DL radio resources comprise a number of DL radio resource units, wherein the UL radio resources comprise a number of UL radio resource units; allocating DL radio resources to the D2D devices for the common DL control signalling message, wherein the allocating UL radio resources is based on the allocating DL radio resources; and disallowing allocation of each unallocated radio resource unit or additional DL radio resource unit, such that:",0.427538584110313,0.855077168220626
9748588,1. A cathode pressure reduction method the method comprising: placing a reverse flow relief valve having a non-return valve in a main fluid passage between;,0.7650202579830195,0.46995948403396093
9748415,"1. An apparatus comprising: a substrate having defined thereon a device layer on which a plurality of device cells are formed; a first dielectric layer disposed directly on the device layer so as to overlie and encase the device cells; a plurality of metal interconnects, each of which is electrically connected to at least two of the device cells and lies across a boundary between at least two of the electrically connected device cells; and a second dielectric layer disposed over the first dielectric layer and over the interconnects, wherein the second dielectric layer is patterned in a positive or negative planar spring pattern.",0.4390306362813529,0.8780612725627058
9701302,"1. A vehicle energy management device used in a vehicle including a plurality of vehicle devices driven by different energy sources, the vehicle energy management device comprising: a travel route calculator configured to calculate a travel route of the vehicle; an energy consumption-related information obtainer configured to obtain energy consumption-related information which is information related to energy consumption of the vehicle along the travel route, the energy consumption-related information including a road attribute and a road slope angle; an energy consumption amount computer configured to calculate an estimated value of an energy consumption amount per unit time, by the plurality of vehicle devices when the vehicle travels along the travel route, based on a first force applied to the vehicle due to the road slop angle, a second force applied to the vehicle due to rolling resistance of tires of the vehicle, a third force applied to the vehicle due to air resistance, and a fourth force applied to the vehicle due to acceleration resistance; a control plan preparer configured to divide the travel route into a plurality of sections based on the road attribute, the road slope angle, and the estimated value of the energy consumption amount per unit time, and prepare a control plan for the plurality of vehicle devices based on the estimated value of the energy consumption amount per unit time; a vehicle device controller configured to control at least a motor and an engine included in the plurality of vehicle devices to drive the vehicle by using at least one of the different energy sources which is selected according to the control plan; and a feedback controller configured to perform feedback control of the plurality of vehicle devices to reduce a difference between the estimated value and an actual measured value of the energy consumption amount by the plurality of vehicle devices, wherein the vehicle energy management device comprises at least one hardware computing device configured to implement the travel route calculator, the energy consumption-related information obtainer, the energy consumption amount computer, the control plan preparer, the vehicle device controller, and the feedback controller, and wherein the control plan preparer switches an operation mode of the vehicle back and forth at least among an electric vehicle mode, an engine mode, a hybrid electric vehicle mode, based on the estimated value of the energy consumption amount per unit time that is calculated using the first to fourth forces.",0.9877611065175139,0.02447778696497216
9671580,"1. A package structure for a photonic transceiver comprising: a case, comprising a top shell member, a bottom shell member, and a pull handle attached with two partial side members being connected to the top shell member and bottom shell member, providing a spatial volume with a first open end and a second open end; a PCB installed inside the spatial volume on the bottom shell member for mounting the photonic transceiver, the PCB including a pluggable electrical interface connector near the second open end, the photonics transceiver comprising a silicon photonics chip, a PAM-ASIC chip, and two TOSA laser assemblies, each TOSA laser assembly being disposed in an upside-down configuration with a TEC module being in thermal contact with the top shell member and having a laser output port aiming toward the second open end; a cap structure disposed over the silicon photonics chip, the cap structure comprising fiber routing mechanism for routing a first optical fiber coming out of each laser output port of the two TOSA laser assemblies before the first optical fiber being guided to couple with the silicon photonics chip; an optical input port and an optical output port disposed on the bottom shell member near the first open end and respectively tailed with a pair of second optical fibers, each second optical fiber being routed by the cap structure before being guided to couple with the silicon photonics chip.",0.15189283352207383,0.30378566704414767
9155388,"1. A lift-recliner chair comprising: a floor standing base section, movable seat and backrest section and actuator means for moving the seat and backrest sections, the seat section being pivotally mounted with respect to the base section and the backrest being pivotally mounted with respect to the seat section; wherein said actuator means includes a single actuator for operative co-ordinated movement of both the seat and backrest sections; wherein an operative movement of the backrest with respect to the seat section is unfettered in a first range of movement and prevented in a second range of movement by an engagement of respective engagement parts of the backrest and seat sections, said engagement parts including a first engagement part fixed in relation to the seat section; and wherein said engagement parts include a second engagement part fixed in relation to the backrest section, wherein at least part of the seat section is provided with a slot which accommodates an engagement part of the backrest, which engagement part moves freely in the slot through the said first range of movement and engages an abutment end of the slot at a transition between said first and second ranges of movement.",0.06256670401512132,0.12513340803024264
9214306,"1. A gas insulated switchgear comprising: a vacuum interrupter having a movable contact and a fixed contact in vacuum, said movable contact being provided on one side of a movable conductor that passes through a bellows, and said fixed contact being provided on a fixed conductor; an insulating rod coupled to the other side of said movable conductor that passes through said bellows of said vacuum interrupter; an insulator in which said insulating rod and the other side of said movable conductor are placed, and by which said vacuum interrupter is electrically insulated and supported; a movable side shield which intervenes between said vacuum interrupter and said insulator, and surrounds the outer circumference of at least a part of the bellows along a direction connecting said vacuum interrupter and said insulator to achieve electric field relaxation; a gas tank in which said vacuum interrupter, said insulating rod, said insulator, and said movable side shield are disposed; an operating mechanism which is disposed on a movable side end portion of said gas tank and is connected to said insulating rod; and an operating box in which said operating mechanism is placed, said gas insulated switchgear being configured such that: an inner circumferential side space of said bellows of said vacuum interrupter, an internal space of said movable side shield, an internal space of said insulator, and an internal space of said operating box are communicated with each other; and pressure in these spaces is lower than pressure in said gas tank.",0.41094526288741595,0.8218905257748319
9331584,"1. A switching power-supply device comprising: a transformer comprising a primary winding and a secondary winding magnetically coupled to the primary winding; a rectifying-and-smoothing circuit connected to the secondary winding; a series circuit of a first switching element and a second switching element, which are connected to both ends of a DC power supply; a series resonance circuit comprising: a capacitor connected to one end of the second switching element; and the primary winding connected to a portion between the capacitor and the other end of the second switching element; a control unit configured to perform a switching control in which the first switching element and the second switching element are alternately turned on-and-off with providing a dead time, in which the first switching element and the second switching element are turned off respectively; and a resonance current detection unit configured to detect a resonance current flowing through the series resonance circuit, wherein, in a case where an absolute value level of the resonance current exceeds a second threshold greater than a first threshold, the control unit inverts a turn on-and-off state of the first switching element or the second switching element at a time when the absolute value level reaches a third threshold between the first threshold and the second threshold, and wherein, in a case where the absolute value level of the resonance current exceeds the first threshold and does not exceed the second threshold, the control unit inverts the turn on-and-off state of the first switching element or the second switching element at a time when the absolute value level reaches the first threshold.",0.8126321862825643,0.37473562743487143
9416745,"1. An internal combustion engine control apparatus comprising: a variable compression ratio mechanism configured to vary a mechanical compression ratio by varying a positional relationship between a piston and a cylinder; a fuel cut section configured to perform a fuel cut in a predetermined decelerating state; a failure detecting section configured to detect a failure in the variable compression ratio mechanism; and a failed-state control section configured to perform at least one of first and second operations, while the fuel cut is being carried out by the fuel cut section under condition that the variable compression ratio mechanism is failed, wherein the first operation is to set lower an in-cylinder negative pressure during suction stroke than while the fuel cut is being performed under condition that the variable compression ratio mechanism is normal, and wherein the second operation is to set higher an in-cylinder positive pressure during compression stroke to expansion stroke than while the fuel cut is being performed under condition that the variable compression ratio mechanism is normal.",0.9399900795042163,0.12001984099156737
8649653,"1. A playback device, comprising: a platform on which applications are executed; an I/O module operable to provide an application loaded from a first recording medium with a function of accessing recording media; a player operable to play back data; a playback controller operable to read data from the first recording medium and supply the read data to the player, in response to a playback request issued by the application through the I/O module; and a copier operable to read data from the first recording medium, and copy the read data into the second recording medium without passing through the I/O module, in response to a copy request issued by the application, wherein when the application issues the copy request for commencing copying of the read data into the second recording medium while playback of the read data is performed, the playback controller and the I/O module both transition to a rejecting state of rejecting a request for data of the first recording medium from the application before copying of the read data is commenced, and while copying of the read data is performed, the application performs processing that is executable without using the first recording medium.",0.15652947553297133,0.3130589510659427
8839615,"1. A wind energy converter comprising a horizontal axis wind turbine including a plurality of blade members rotatable about a generally horizontal axis, some or all of the blade members having at least one mass member movable relative thereto under the action of radial forces induced by rotation of the blade members and under the action of gravitational force, wherein: movement of the or each mass member relative to an associated blade member or associated blade members is arranged to provide for conversion of the wind energy into a form of energy chosen from hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical, magnetic, and mechanical energy to be more transmissible than wind energy, the or each mass member is arranged on an associated blade member or associated blade members such that the centrifugal force associated with rotation of the blade members and the action of gravitational forces tend to move the center of mass of the or each mass member radially as the blade member rotates, between a maximum radially outer position of the center of mass and a maximum radially inner position of the center of mass, providing a conversion cycle driven by centrifugal and gravitational forces.",0.9877205133888404,0.024558973222319258
9221950,"1. A polyamide resin composition comprising: (a) a polyamide composed mainly of a polyamide backbone composed of diamine units composed mainly of 1,5-pentanediamine and dicarboxylic acid units; and (b) a compound having a sterically hindered N atom which is N,N′-bis(formyl)-N,N′-bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidyl)-1,6-hexanediamine.",0.518018819896028,0.9639623602079439
9488112,"1. A variable valve timing control apparatus comprising: a variable valve timing device that controls valve timing of an intake valve or exhaust valve by changing a rotation phase of a camshaft with respect to a crankshaft in an engine, the rotation phase of the camshaft with respect to the crankshaft being defined as a VCT phase; a plurality of restricting pins to limit the VCT phase, wherein at least one of the plurality of restricting pins is a lock pin to lock the VCT phase at a predetermined lock phase positioned in a controllable range of the VCT phase, and wherein the predetermined lock phase is a middle lock phase located between a most retard phase and a most advance phase in the controllable range of the VCT phase; an oil pressure control valve to control an oil pressure that drives the variable valve timing device and each of the plurality of the restricting pins; and a control circuit configured to include: and a valve controller configured to control a control amount of the oil pressure control valve so as to drive the lock pin in a locking direction to lock the VCT phase regardless of the VCT phase when the abnormality determining portion determines that there is an abnormality in the system of the VCT phase control, wherein the valve controller controls the control amount of the oil pressure control valve so as to drive the plurality of restricting pins in a projecting direction to lock the VCT phase when the abnormality determining portion determines that there is an abnormality in the system of the VCT phase control.",0.8632760135721201,0.2734479728557597
9066327,"1. A method of pairing devices comprising: causing a Bluetooth-enabled host device and a Bluetooth-enabled peripheral device to be located proximate to each other, the Bluetooth-enabled host device comprising at least a processor, a memory and an antenna; in the Bluetooth-enabled host device, detecting advertising packets broadcast by the Bluetooth-enabled peripheral device on one or more of a plurality of advertising channels; saving a numeric indicator of each of multiple detected advertising packets; determining an average numeric indicator from the saved numeric indicators of each of the separately detected advertising packets; if the average numeric indicator exceeds a proximity threshold, determining whether a set of conditions are met by: initiating a Bluetooth device pairing sequence between the Bluetooth-enabled host device and the Bluetooth-enabled peripheral device if the set of conditions are met.",0.18962509814057257,0.3792501962811452
9618546,"1. A method for determining a power output by a respective one photovoltaic installation of a plurality of photovoltaic installations, the method comprising: providing to a processor unit associated with the respective one photovoltaic installation shading information by at least one adjacent photovoltaic installation being adjacent to the respective one photovoltaic installation, establishing by the processor unit a temporal and spatial forecast in relation to an imminent shading on the basis of the shading information from the at least one adjacent photovoltaic installation, determining by the processor unit the expected power output by the respective one photovoltaic installation on the basis of the imminent shading in relation to cloud drift, wherein a speed of a shading, in particular of the cloud drift, is established by maximizing a cross-correlation R where a, b denote two photovoltaic installations, T denotes a considered time interval, P denotes a feed-in power, d ν activating a substitute energy source depending on the expected power output by the respective one photovoltaic installation.",0.9419992940166737,0.11600141196665259
9695049,"1. An Ultra High Purity (UHP) carbon dioxide purification system having an inlet and an outlet, wherein its upper portion proximate to said inlet is at least partially filled with supported nickel oxide and its lower portion proximate to said outlet is at least partially filled with supported palladium oxide, and wherein said upper and lower portions of the purification system have a physical separation but are in fluid communication.",0.9290587816114567,0.14188243677708656
8507790,"1. A solar element having at least one solar cell which has a band gap frequency v BG , at least one luminescent element which absorbs electromagnetic radiation with frequencies between two frequencies v at least one upconverter which absorbs electromagnetic radiation with frequencies between two frequencies v a first selectively reflecting structure which reflects a part of the incident electromagnetic radiation and transmits a part of the incident radiation, wherein v there applies for at least one of the at least one frequencies V there applies for at least one of the at least one frequencies v wherein the at least one luminescent element is disposed adjacent to respectively the first selectively reflecting structure and the first selectively reflecting structure is disposed adjacent to respectively at least one of the at least one upconverters and the at least one upconverter is disposed adjacent to the solar cell, and wherein the at least one luminescent element has a top surface having a total surface area that faces the solar cell and the at least one upconverter has a top surface having a total surface area that faces the solar cell and wherein the portion of the total surface area of the top surface of the at least one luminescent element that faces the solar cell is greater than the total surface area of the top surface of the at least one upconverter that faces the solar cell.",0.9836254813512153,0.032749037297569394
8494671,"1. A grinding machine for grinding a workpiece, which has been set on a chuck top surface, by moving a rotating grinding wheel in relation to the workpiece, the grinding machine comprising: a microscope configured to be vertically moveable; a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera configured to take an image viewed through the microscope; and an image processor configured to process the image taken by the CCD camera to measure a vertical distance between a reference plane of the microscope and an object of the microscope; wherein the image processor is adapted to measure the vertical distance between the reference plane of the microscope and the object of the microscope based on sharpness of the image, which corresponds to how clear the microscope is focused, the image processor is connected to a numerical control (NC) device, the image processor is adapted to receive, from the NC device, coordinates of the reference plane of the microscope positioned at a point at which the vertical distance is being measured, to determine coordinates of the object of the microscope based on the coordinates of the reference plane of the microscope and the vertical distance that has been measured, and to send the coordinates of the object of the microscope to the NC device, the NC device is connected to a drive controller for controlling vertical movement of the microscope and is adapted to control the drive controller, the NC device causes the microscope to move vertically at least once via the drive controller, the image processor is adapted to continuously receive at predetermined time intervals a plurality of images viewed through the vertically moving microscope and to specify an image having a highest degree of sharpness based on the sharpness of each image it received, thereby extracting a vertical region including a vertical position corresponding to the image with the highest degree of sharpness, the NC device next causes the microscope to move vertically at least once in the extracted vertical region via the drive controller, and the image processor is adapted to continuously receive at predetermined time intervals a plurality of images viewed through the microscope moving vertically in the extracted vertical region and to specify an image having a highest degree of sharpness based on the sharpness of each image it received, thereby measuring the vertical distance between the reference plane of the microscope and the object of the microscope.",0.22080646763837578,0.4416129352767515
9198129,"1. A method for transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information in a communication system in which two carriers are configured, the method comprising: encoding, by a user equipment, a codeword of the two carriers; and transmitting, by the user equipment, the encoded codeword of the two carriers to a base station; wherein the codeword represents encoded HARQ-ACK information of a first carrier and a second carrier according to an encoding scheme of dual-carrier configured with Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (DC-MIMO), wherein the encoding scheme of DC-MIMO is as follows: and wherein D represents discontinuous transmission (DTX), A represents Acknowledgement (ACK), N represents Negative Acknowledgement (NACK), AA represents ACK_ACK, AN represents ACK_NACK, NA represents NACK_ACK, and NN represents NACK_NACK.",0.16270073052081807,0.32540146104163614
9678505,"1. Software comprising processor-executable instructions stored in one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media that when executed perform a method of providing a production metric about a physical production line comprising an arrangement of physical entities at a plurality of line positions in the physical production line, said method comprising: (a) presenting one or more interactive entity configuration views on a display of a workstation; (b) receiving user inputs to said one or more interactive entity configuration views, said user inputs including entity data representing one of said physical entities; (c) generating an entity data model from said entity data; (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) to generate an entity data model for each of the physical entities in the physical production line; (e) presenting one or more interactive line configuration views on said display of the workstation, at least one of said one or more interactive line configuration views having a work area and a palette of entity configuration objects, at least a plurality of said entity configuration objects representing said entity data models generated in steps (c) and (d); (f) receiving user inputs selecting said plurality of said entity configuration objects and placing them on the work area at displayed locations on the work area representative of the line positions of the respective physical entities in the physical production line to create a graphical object model representing the physical production line; (g) generating a line data model based on said user inputs, said step of generating the line data model comprising including in the line data model a line definition model for the physical production line and an entity link model for each of the physical entities, the entity link model comprising a record including a line identification field identifying the line definition model, an entity identification field identifying a respective one of the entity data models, and a line position field describing the line positon of the respective one of the physical entities; (h) receiving production data about the physical entities; (i) determining a production metric of the physical production line using the production data and the line data model; and (j) displaying the production metric on said display.",0.03329409197727495,0.0665881839545499
9622166,"1. A wireless communications system, comprising: a base station; a plurality of intermediate devices; and a terminal device; wherein the base station is configured to wirelessly transmit downlink signals to the terminal device, the downlink signals comprising terminal control signals identifying a first intermediate device as a target device to which the terminal device is to direct uplink signals intended for the base station, wherein the terminal device is configured to wirelessly transmit the uplink signals to the base station via the first intermediate device identified by the terminal control signals, wherein, when the uplink signals from the terminal device to the base station are to be routed via more than one intermediate device, the base station is configured to wirelessly transmit intermediate control signals to the first intermediate device via which the uplink signals are to be routed from the terminal device to the base station, the intermediate control signals indicating a second intermediate device as a target device to which the first intermediate device is to direct the uplink signals, and wherein the first intermediate device is configured to wirelessly transmit the uplink signals received from the terminal device to the second intermediate device identified by the intermediate control signals.",0.4620370394778752,0.9240740789557504
9276388,"1. An electrical power distribution device connectable to one or more electrical loads in an electrical equipment rack, the electrical power distribution device comprising in combination: a. a vertical power distribution device enclosure vertically mountable in the electrical equipment rack; b. a power input penetrating the electrical power distribution device enclosure; c. a plurality of power outputs disposed along the electrical power distribution device enclosure, each among the plurality of power outputs being connectable to a corresponding one of said one or more electrical loads; d. a plurality of power control relays disposed in the electrical power distribution device enclosure, each among said plurality of power control relays being connected to said power input and in independent power controlling communication with one or more corresponding power outputs among said plurality of power outputs; e. a numerical current display disposed on the electrical power distribution device enclosure in current-related information determining communication with at least one among said power input and said plurality of power outputs; and f. a numerical current-related information reporting system associated with the electrical power distribution device enclosure and being (i) in current-related information determining communication with at least one among said power input and said plurality of power outputs, and (ii) connectable in current-related information transfer communication with a separate communications network distal from the electrical power distribution device.",0.6193997101048182,0.7612005797903636
9505290,"1. A method for assisting the daytime driving of a motor vehicle, including the steps of: placing at least one variable-transmission screen between a driver of a motor vehicle and a road scene (SR) in front of said vehicle; measuring, by means of at least one sensor, a brightness of said road scene (SR) in front of said vehicle; processing a brightness measurement signal (S wherein the method includes the further step of transmitting said control signal (S",0.5898027493994994,0.8203945012010012
9162578,"1. A hybrid type motor vehicle comprising a powertrain with a speed variation transmission device, the transmission device comprising an epicyclic gear train, the epicyclic gear train comprising a first sun gear and a first crown, the first sun gear and the first crown being connected to an engine shaft of a thermal engine of the vehicle, the epicyclic gear train further comprising a planet gear carrier connected by a motion transmission track to a drive axe of the vehicle, characterized in that the first sun gear is connected to the engine shaft by a first controlled coupling and to a first fixed part of the vehicle by a first one-way coupling, the first crown is connected to the engine shaft by a second controlled coupling and to a second fixed part of the vehicle by a second one-way coupling, and a second sun gear and a second crown are not connected between the first sun gear and the first controlled coupling or the first crown and the second controlled coupling, characterized in that the vehicle further comprises an electric machine electrically connected to electric accumulators, and a rotor of the electric machine is connected to the motion transmission track, and characterized in that the transmission track comprises a sliding pinion, and the sliding pinion is configured to connect a toothed wheel to the epicyclic gear train and/or to the drive axle.",0.9823341976021693,0.03533160479566133
9304120,"1. A method of analyzing a liquid sample containing particles of solid matter, the method including the steps of: providing a sample from a stream of liquid; adding a dye to said sample to stain the particles contained therein; conducting the sample to a first flow chamber which includes a disintegration channel having one or more depressions; applying a liquid flow having a non-constant temporal velocity profile through said first flow chamber causing said sample to be divided into particle populations according to their size or mass; causing at least one particle population to flow into a second flow chamber; measuring by optical measurement at least one of said particle populations to produce at least one measurement signal representative of the amount and/or properties of the particles; processing said measurement signal for each measured particle population to extract key variables of each particle population; and presenting said key variables as an analysis of particle populations or the whole sample in terms of a count and size of particles and/or their hydrophobicity.",0.2779056393082334,0.5558112786164668
9038592,"1. An engine, comprising: an engine block comprising a cylinder; a cylinder head mounted to the engine block, the cylinder head comprising an intake valve seat and a shroud and a block mounting face, the shroud comprising an edge; a combustion chamber formed at least partially by the cylinder and the cylinder head, the intake valve seat configured to allow an intake flow into the combustion chamber; and an intake valve, the intake valve configured to travel between a fully closed position seated against the intake valve seat and an opened position displaced from the intake valve seat allowing the intake flow through the intake valve seat and into the combustion chamber; wherein the shroud only partially surrounds the intake valve and extends along at least a portion of the travel of the intake valve so as to restrict the intake flow along only a portion of the intake valve, and the edge intersects the block mounting face.",0.6992468044324496,0.6015063911351008
8758071,"1. An arrangement for the maneuver control of a twin-engine boat ( 1 ), comprising an extendible rod ( 6 ) having ends connected to the engines ( 8 ) for changing the boat thrust direction of the engines ( 8 ), said extendible rod including a central section that can change length; and a mechanism for moving the extendible rod ( 6 ) relative to the boat ( 1 ) in a longitudinal axis of the boat thereof, wherein the mechanism for moving the extendible rod ( 6 ) comprises threaded shafts ( 17 ) connected to a connection element ( 11 ) providing connection between the extendible rod ( 6 ) and engines ( 8 ); and moving blocks ( 16 ) each comprising a threaded hole through which a respective threaded shaft ( 17 ) is placed, each moving block ( 16 ) being movable on the respective threaded shaft ( 17 ) and said extendible rod being connected to said moving blocks.",0.4676706519869383,0.9353413039738766
8428870,"1. A transportation logistics system for supplying modules to a hydrocarbon processing plant site comprising: a server connected to a network, said server comprising executable route engineering software; a database accessible by said server, said database comprising transportation logistics information and department of transportation regulations information regarding movement on public road of assembled, large-sized modules, said assembled, large-sized modules measuring between about 22 ft to about 24 ft wide×about 22 ft to about 25½ ft high×about 85 ft to about 120 ft long, said transportation logistics information comprising shipping envelope information for the assembled, large-sized modules; and a mobile first client computer capable of communication with said server via said network, said mobile first client computer being adapted to provide a graphical user interface configured to allow updating of said transportation logistics information with real-time information pertaining to land routes complying with the department of transportation regulations; wherein said route engineering software application is configured to accept the shipping envelope information, a route start point and a route end point, and, utilizing said updated transportation logistics information, to calculate travel route options complying with the department of transportation regulations; wherein said route engineering software application is further configured to compare the calculated travel route options to determine at least one of: which of the calculated travel route options will result in the shortest travel time, which of the calculated travel route options will result in the least fuel usage, which of the calculated travel route options will result in the fewest traffic disruptions, and which of the calculated travel route options has the least number of traffic signals; and",0.8999940275033572,0.20001194499328556
9435570,"1. A magnetocaloric thermal appliance ( 10 , 20 , 30 , 40 ) comprising: at least one thermal module ( at least one magnetic arrangement ( the gap ( the gap having at least one opening ( the first magnetocaloric element ( the second magnetocaloric element ( the outside of the gap ( wherein the magnetocaloric thermal appliance ( an additional body ( the magnetic field deflector comprises at least one plate ( the magnetic field deflector capturing a flux which appears outside of the gap ( the magnetic field deflector redirecting the flux back toward the magnetic arrangement (",0.7610862856509782,0.4778274286980435
9021104,"1. A method for proxy server operations, the method comprising: determining that a communications device is attaching to a communications system; updating binding information with a binding information managing unit, wherein the binding information is for the communications device at a server, and wherein the binding information comprises a host identifier for the communications device; configuring an addressing identifier for the communications device using an addressing unit; determining if the communications device is host identity protocol (HIP) enabled or non-HIP enabled; when the communications device is HIP enabled, converting non-HIP packets sent to the communications device to HIP packets for forwarding to the communications device; and when the communications device is non-HIP enabled, converting non-HIP packets received from the communications device to HIP packets for forwarding to a correspondent device.",0.13618349023435555,0.2723669804687111
8718040,"1. An integrated circuit device for use in a line card of a network node of a digital networking system, wherein the integrated circuit device is configured: to intercept one or more control messages originating from at least one customer premises equipment (CPE) device, the one or more control messages corresponding to at least an updated operational status of a first one of a plurality of terminal equipment (TE) devices associated with the at least one CPE device; and to generate one or more rate control messages for transmission to a network processor of the network node to adapt bandwidth utilization of at least a second one of the plurality of TE devices in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices and provide adapted data traffic flow to the at least one CPE device in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices.",0.6283168487196124,0.7433663025607753
8528493,"1. A rat guard for stopping vermin from boarding or disembarking a ship, comprising: a shield for installation on a mooring line, said shield defining a central opening, and a radial slot sized to receive said mooring line therein, said central opening in communication with said radial slot, an electric grid, said electric grid completely exposed on an outer surface and encircling said mooring line, said shield attached to said electric grid, an electrical connector affixed to said shield at a location spaced away from said central opening and said radial slot, and an acoustical generator, said acoustical generator in communication with said shield, whereby a rat contacting the electric grid receives an electrical shock to deter progress along said mooring line.",0.30845792818659634,0.6169158563731927
9790443,"1. A vertical pyrolysis reactor with precise control, including a reactor shell ( 1 ), a feeding device ( 2 ), a biomass gas outlet ( 4 ) on the top of the reactor, an ash discharging device ( 5 ) on the bottom of the reactor, and a grate ( 6 ) inside the reactor, wherein the feeding device ( 2 ) is located on the bottom of the reactor, and an outlet ( 7 ) of the feeding device is located in a central region of the bottom in the reactor, wherein slag breaking devices ( 8 ) are symmetrically mounted on an inner wall of the reactor shell ( 1 ), and the slag breaking device ( 8 ) has a cutting portion ( 9 ) protruding from the inner wall of the reactor shell ( 1 ); and an arch breaking device ( 12 ) is fixedly mounted on the reactor shell ( 1 ) and above the grate ( 6 ).",0.8431913938342207,0.3136172123315586
8505238,"1. An aeroponic plant growing system comprising: (a) a housing including front-facing and back-facing vertical walls, opposed vertical side walls, and top and bottom end walls which are interconnected to form an enclosure; (b) at least one of the front-facing or back-facing vertical walls defining a plant-supporting frame, the frame including a plurality of horizontally extending, outwardly-facing grooves, each groove including an outwardly-facing, contiguous pair of upper and lower surface members, the lower surface member being disposed perpendicularly to the upper surface member and forming a horizontally extending, inwardly-projecting ridge therewith, each inwardly-projecting ridge so formed which is situated beneath another such inwardly projecting ridge being disposed virtually plumb with it; (c) the plant-supporting frame defining a plurality of horizontally spaced apart orifices formed in each of the lower surface members; (d) a plurality of plant-holding containers, each of which, between its distal ends, decreases in transverse cross-sectional area; each container's narrow end defining at least opening for receiving a plant's taproot as it grows from within the container; (e) means, including the frame, for supporting each of the containers at only its wider end, with most of the container, when it is so supported, being individually received within one of the orifices, so that the container extends into the enclosure; a substantial portion of the container's transverse cross-section most distal from its wider end being cantilevered, in use, over each of the inwardly-projecting ridges formed by the grooves and situated downwardly of the lower surface member in which the orifice receiving the container is formed; and (f) a fluid dispenser located within the enclosure.",0.7005913608000658,0.5988172783998684
9392230,"1. An endoscopic apparatus comprising: an image generation unit configured to generate an image including one or more subject images; a display unit configured to display the image; and a control unit configured to control measurement of a size of a subject based on the image, wherein the control unit is configured to perform:",0.0468879580724519,0.09377591614490377
9324455,"1. A tester for measuring skew between signals from an asynchronous integrated flash memory controller (IFC) having a plurality of input/output (I/O) pins, the tester comprising: a test pattern generator for providing a cyclical pattern of test signals as input drive to the I/O pins; a delay measurement module for measuring the earliest delay time relative to the test cycle at which output signals from all the plurality of I/O pins first correspond with expected results and the latest delay time relative to the test cycle at which the output signals from all the plurality of I/O pins still correspond with the expected results; and a comparison module for comparing with a limit value the difference between the latest and the earliest delay times and generating a report of the comparison, wherein the delay measurement module measuring the latest delay time includes:",0.07333824991175987,0.1466764998235197
9748851,"1. A switching power supply apparatus comprising: a transformer including a primary winding and a secondary winding; a primary side circuit that is connected to the primary winding and that includes a switching device intermittently applying a DC voltage to the primary winding; a secondary side circuit that includes an inductor connected in series with a current path between a positive output terminal or a negative output terminal and the secondary winding and a first rectifier device and a second rectifier device that rectify a current flowing through the secondary winding and the inductor; a first series circuit including a third rectifier device and a fourth rectifier device and that is connected between the positive output terminal and the negative output terminal; and a first capacitor a first end of which is connected to a connection node between the third rectifier device and the fourth rectifier device and a second end of which is connected to a connection node between the first rectifier device and the secondary winding; wherein the first series circuit and the first capacitor define a snubber circuit; and the first rectifier device is connected in series with the secondary winding, and the second rectifier device is connected in parallel with the secondary winding.",0.890073762401144,0.219852475197712
8390775,"1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: first and second substrates; a seal pattern disposed between the first and second substrates and surrounding a display area; gate and data pads disposed on the first substrate in a non-display area outside the seal pattern, wherein the gate pad includes a gate pad electrode and a gate pad electrode terminal, and the data pad includes a data pad electrode and a data pad electrode terminal; a connection part at an end of a TCP film including a driving circuit thereon, the connection part directly on and contacting one of the gate pad electrode terminal and the data pad electrode terminal of the gate and data pads to connect the one of the gate and data pads and the driving circuit; and a protection film directly on the connection part and covering a contact region of the connection part and the one of the gate and data pads in the non-display region outside the seal pattern, wherein the protection film is made of one of frit glass and glass paste, wherein the connection part is between the one of the gate pad electrode terminal and the data pad electrode terminal of the gate and data pads and the protection film, and the connection part has a same shape as the gate and data pad electrode terminals in the contact region, wherein the protection film has an adhesion such that detachment of the TCP film and the one of the gate and data pads on the first substrate is prevented and has a hardness such that the contact region in the non-display region outside the seal pattern is protected, and wherein the protection film is spaced apart from the seal pattern.",0.13961098204135694,0.2792219640827138
8520265,"1. An engraving processing apparatus comprising: a laser engraving unit configured to perform an engraving processing operation for forming a recessed portion on a sheet by irradiating a laser beam onto the sheet; and a controller configured to control the laser engraving unit to perform the engraving processing and to control the recessed portion to be formed on a side of the sheet opposite to a side onto which an image has been formed based on a thickness of the sheet, wherein the recessed portion does not overlap with the image.",0.05020693567125704,0.10041387134251412
9845835,"1. A split type cage, in which a plurality of pockets each accommodating an engagement element between an inner ring and an outer ring of a one-way clutch are formed along a circumferential direction, and a spring provided in each pocket urges the engagement element toward one side in the circumferential direction to thereby cause a reaction toward an other side in the circumferential direction to act, said split type cage comprising: a pair of annular portions which are provided between the inner ring and the outer ring so as to face in an axial direction, and which comprise a plurality of recess portions formed on an inner periphery side at intervals in the circumferential direction; and a pillar portion which is a separate member from the pair of annular portions, which comprises pillar end portions on both end sides in the axial direction and fitted in the recess portions, and on which the reaction acts, wherein the recess portion comprises a wedge-shaped surface which forms a wedge-shaped space between the wedge-shaped surface and an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring, the wedge-shaped space becoming narrower in a radial direction toward the other side in the circumferential direction, and wherein the pillar end portion has a wedge shape in which a radial dimension decreases toward the other side in the circumferential direction, and comprises a radial outside surface which contacts the wedge-shaped surface and a radial inside surface which contacts the outer peripheral surface of the inner ring.",0.20184839751162542,0.40369679502325084
8705041,"1. An optical probe comprising: an optical axis; at least one optical source for illuminating light along the optical axis and providing an input light beam; a first beam splitter intersecting with the optical axis and configured to split the input light beam from the at least one optical source into a first beam and a second beam, the first beam being directed in a first direction along the optical axis to a reference surface intersecting the optical axis and the second beam being directed in a second direction along the optical axis to a specimen that intersects the optical axis, wherein the first direction and the second direction are different; a first lens interposed between the reference surface and the first beam splitter and intersecting the optical axis, wherein the first lens provides a reference path for the first beam: and a second lens interposed between the first beam splitter and the specimen and intersecting the optical axis, wherein the second lens provides a test path for the second beam; and wherein the first lens and the second lens are attached to the first beam splitter.",0.03682476380802256,0.07364952761604515
9815257,"1. An assembly comprising: a substrate defining a finished surface and an unfinished surface; a trim member defining an outwardly-facing finished surface and an inwardly-facing attachment surface, wherein the inwardly-facing attachment surface of the trim member is arranged over and trims the unfinished surface of the substrate, wherein the finished surface of the substrate and the outwardly-facing surface of the trim member form a cooperating finished surface; and a heat-activated adhesive member having a first attachment surface and a second attachment surface, wherein the heat-activated adhesive member joins the unfinished surface of the substrate to the inwardly-facing surface of the trim member, wherein the heat-activated adhesive member transitions from an un-adhered state to an adhered state for joining the unfinished surface of the substrate to the inwardly-facing attachment surface of the trim member, wherein the un-adhered state of the heat-activated adhesive member respectively defines the first attachment surface and the second attachment surface of the heat-activated adhesive member to have: wherein the adhered state of the heat-activated adhesive member respectively defines the first attachment surface and the second attachment surface of the heat-activated adhesive member to have:",0.3373208876035435,0.674641775207087
9429145,"1. A submersible marine hydroelectric power plant comprising: an evaporating heat exchanger assembly at more than one hundred meters below the ocean surface to evaporate a working fluid using a warm water extracted from the ocean surface by conventional heat exchange methods comprising a vapor riser having a condensing heat exchanger assembly at or near the ocean surface to condense said working fluid, as liquid potential energy used to drive said hydroelectric turbine in a conventional manner, using the cold water extracted from the deep ocean by conventional heat exchange methods comprising a liquid line having wherein the submersible marine hydroelectric power plant is located at an offshore location where the ocean thermal gradient is greater than eighteen degrees Celsius and the ocean depth is greater than five hundred meters to provide hydroelectric power by utilizing a natural thermocline of an ocean.",0.9895758125625024,0.020848374874995246
8660510,"1. An apparatus for receiving an analog baseband signal, the apparatus comprising: an electrode for receiving an electric-field signal; a first gain adjuster for gain adjustment by amplifying the received electric-field signal; a channel selection filter for selecting a signal corresponding to a receive channel bandwidth from the gain-adjusted signal; a second gain adjuster for gain adjustment by amplifying the selected signal; a comparator for converting a signal output from the second gain adjuster into a digital signal; an oversampler for oversampling the digital signal at a frequency higher than a receive channel frequency; a demodulator for demodulating the oversampled signal; and a clock generator for providing a clock signal to the oversampler and the demodulator.",0.1587379047977107,0.3174758095954213
8364500,"1. A Publisher system providing healthcare data configured to communicate with an Internet-based data sharing system, the Publisher system having a processor and executable program code stored in a memory, the Publisher system comprising: a Publisher gateway configured to receive clinical data from a plurality of data input sources electronically, automatically electronically correlate data from the plurality of input sources associated with respective patients into respective electronic clinical data records in a Publisher database, and automatically store certain patient-specific data in a temporary storage cache for a set interval of time to correlate later arriving patient-specific related data with current or previously received patient-specific data and thereby compile all related patient specific data arriving during the set interval into respective clinical data records prior to storing the related patient-specific data in the Publisher database; wherein the Publisher Gateway is configured to communicate with an Administrative Server and a Message Flow Server, the Message Flow Server being in communication with the Administrative Server and a plurality of Subscribers, wherein the Publisher system is configured to electronically receive and approve or deny a publication request from a Subscriber selected from topics in a topic catalog from the Publisher system.",0.03338412929983319,0.0667682585996664
9157387,"1. A fuel combustion enhancement apparatus of an internal combustion engine comprising a power source terminal, a conductor plate ( 10 ) for gas activation, and an amplifier ( 30 ), the fuel combustion enhancement apparatus comprising: a gas activation enhancement device (",0.8913218815952214,0.21735623680955718
9690302,"1. A fluid resistance device comprising: a fluid resistance element having a resistance flow passage; a first member and a second member configured to hold the fluid resistance element to be fixed between the first and second members; a pressing member configured to press the first member against the second member; a thin plate-shaped seal member interposed between the first member and the fluid resistance element; an internal space into which a fluid flows is formed inside of the fluid resistance element; and an external space into which the fluid flows is formed adjacent to an exterior radial surface of the fluid resistance element and adjacent to a surrounding surface which surrounds the fluid resistance element, wherein the fluid resistance element comprises: a first end part of the slit is communicated with the internal space, and a second end part of the slit is communicated with the external space.",0.11417845434531106,0.22835690869062208
8810841,"1. A print data processing system comprising: a plurality of main interpretation devices that interpret print data described in a page description language and generate print image data to be supplied to a printer; auxiliary interpretation devices that interpret the print data, generate print image data to be supplied to the printer, and are not powered on when the plurality of main interpretation devices are powered on; and an allocation device that divides the print data in prescribed units and allocates interpretation processing of divided print data of the respective units to the plurality of main interpretation devices, wherein the allocation device includes a load evaluation unit that evaluates the loads of the plurality of main interpretation devices, and a power-on unit that, when the loads of the plurality of main interpretation devices evaluated by the load evaluation unit exceed a prescribed on threshold value, and an amount of a portion of the print data not allocated to the plurality of main interpretation devices exceeds a prescribed first residual amount threshold value, the power-on unit powers on the auxiliary interpretation devices, and processing of divided print data of the respective units is allocated to the auxiliary interpretation devices after power-on, wherein the first residual amount threshold value is a value on the basis of a number of pages processed by the main interpretation devices for a necessary time required until the auxiliary interpretation devices are available to process the print data after having been powered on.",0.4217423798698098,0.8434847597396196
9803510,"1. An autonomous self-powered system for cooling radioactive materials, the system comprising: a pool of liquid including radioactive materials comprised of spent nuclear fuel immersed in the pool of liquid; a closed-loop fluid circuit comprising a working fluid having a boiling temperature that is less than a boiling temperature of the liquid of the pool, the closed-loop fluid circuit comprising, in operable fluid coupling, a hydraulic pump, an evaporative heat exchanger having a tube bundle comprising a plurality of heat exchange tubes at least partially immersed in the liquid of the pool in which an outside of the heat exchange tubes is in direct contact with the liquid of the pool, a turbogenerator, and a condenser in which the working fluid flows therebetween; the closed-loop fluid circuit converting thermal energy extracted from the liquid of the pool into electrical energy in accordance with the Rankine Cycle, the electrical energy powering the pump; wherein the working fluid flows through the tubeside of the plurality heat exchange tubes inside the heat exchange tubes and operates to absorb heat from the pool of liquid, the working fluid inside the tubes being fluidly isolated from the liquid in the pool; wherein the condenser is an induced-flow air-cooled condenser that comprises a housing defining a bottom cool air inlet, a top warmed air outlet at a top, and a blower disposed in the warm air outlet, the blower operably coupled to the air-cooled condenser to draw cool air vertically upwards through the housing from the bottom cool air inlet, over heat exchange tubes disposed in the housing below the blower, and discharge heated air through the top warmed air outlet of the housing, the working fluid being a tube-side fluid flowing vertically downwards through the heat exchange tubes of the air-cooled condenser, wherein the air flows in a first vertical direction from the bottom cool air inlet to the top warmed air outlet and the working fluid flows in a second vertical direction through the heat exchange tubes, the second vertical direction being opposite to the first vertical direction; wherein the air-cooled condenser includes a horizontal working fluid inlet header comprising a first plurality of concentrically arranged toroidal tubes and a horizontal working fluid outlet header comprising a second plurality of concentrically arranged toroidal tubes, the inlet and outlet headers spaced vertically apart in the housing and fluidly coupled to the closed-loop fluid circuit; wherein the heat exchange tubes of the air-cooled condenser are straight tubes each having a first end coupled to the toroidal tubes of the horizontal working fluid inlet header and an opposite second end coupled to the toroidal tubes of the horizontal working fluid outlet header, the heat exchange tubes each being vertically oriented and extending in a vertical direction between the horizontal working fluid inlet and outlet headers, and wherein the vapor phase of the working fluid enters the air-cooled condenser at an inlet and the liquid phase of the working fluid exits the air-cooled condenser at an outlet, wherein the inlet of the air-cooled condenser is located at a greater elevation than the outlet of the air-cooled condenser.",0.9411163973560389,0.11776720528792217
9759636,"1. A system for monitoring a machine, comprising: a first mobile unit comprising a head configured to be mechanically or magnetically coupled to the machine during monitoring of the machine by the first mobile unit, the first mobile unit further comprising: a second mobile unit comprising a head configured to be mechanically or magnetically coupled to the machine during monitoring of the machine by the second mobile unit, the second mobile unit further comprising: wherein:",0.25336807989775867,0.5067361597955173
9752422,"1. A method of downhole steam generation, the method comprising the steps of: determining a desired level of electrical conductivity for water to be converted to steam in a downhole location; acquiring a main feedwater supply, wherein water of the main feedwater supply has an electrical conductivity lower than the desired level; mixing water of the main feedwater supply with water from one or more sidestreams having an electrical conductivity higher than the desired level to generate a resultant stream with an electrical conductivity of about the desired level; pumping the resultant stream to the downhole location; and passing an electrical current through the resultant stream in the downhole location to generate steam.",0.8620210728015866,0.27595785439682685
8637201,"1. A cooling system comprising: a fuel cell; a cooling circuit configured to circulate a coolant medium to cool the fuel cell; an air conditioning circuit configured to circulate the coolant medium, the air conditioning circuit having a heat exchanger to execute heat exchange between the coolant medium and air to be sent to a room; a switching unit configured to switch between a connected state and a disconnected state, wherein in the connected state the coolant medium flows from the cooling circuit to the air conditioning circuit, and then the coolant medium having passed through the heat exchanger flows to the cooling circuit, and in the disconnected state a flow of a coolant medium between the cooling circuit and the air conditioning circuit is blocked; and a controller programmed to control operation of the cooling system, wherein when the controller switches a state of the cooling system from the disconnected state to the connected state, irrespective of conditions in the cooling system, the controller executes operation of the cooling system in a flow rate control mode whereby a ratio (L",0.9694839744882399,0.06103205102352027
8349996,"1. A compound represented by the following general formula (2), wherein, in the general formula (2), M",0.4878596697535023,0.9757193395070046
9000723,"1. A wireless power receiver comprising: a power receiver for receiving transmission power from a wireless power transmitter; a communication unit for transmitting a Charge Status (CS) packet to the wireless power transmitter when a battery of the wireless power receiver is fully charged from the received transmission power, wherein the CS packet comprises a full charge status indicator; a Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) for charging the battery with the received transmission power, and, when the battery is fully charged, providing a full charge message and performing an auxiliary charge of the battery with strength-reduced transmission power; and a controller for controlling the communication unit to transmit the CS packet upon receiving the full charge message from the PMIC.",0.9757143812449113,0.048571237510177445
8981165,"1. A process for producing at least one alcohol having three carbon atoms, from a carbonaceous material, comprising: (a) gasifying said carbonaceous material to provide a crude synthesis gas; (b) purifying said crude synthesis gas to provide a purified synthesis gas; (c) reacting at least a portion of the carbon monoxide with a portion of the hydrogen from said purified synthesis gas to provide methanol and wherein said carbon monoxide and said hydrogen are reacted in a reactor in the presence of a catalyst suspended in an inert oil having a boiling point; (d) reacting said methanol to produce a product comprising dimethyl ether; (e) purifying the product of step (d) to provide purified dimethyl ether; (f) reacting said dimethyl ether in the presence of a catalyst in a fixed bed catalytic reactor to provide at least one olefin comprising ethylene; (g) reacting said ethylene with synthesis gas in a hydroformylation reactor containing a fixed bed of catalyst to provide a product comprising n-propanol, isopropanol, and propionaldehyde; (h) separating said n-propanol and said isopropanol as separate streams from said propionaldehyde; (i) hydrogenating said propionaldehyde in a hydrogenation reactor to provide a product comprising n-propanol and unreacted propionaldehyde; (j) separating said unreacted propionaldehyde from said n-propanol produced in step (i) to provide a product comprising n-propanol; and (k) recycling said unreacted propionaldehyde to step (i).",0.9278624285538442,0.1442751428923117
9370753,"1. Apparatus for use in the separation and/or processing of a feed material, the apparatus including a cylindrical cyclone tube having, at one end thereof, a feed material inlet for receiving feed material; and at an opposite end thereof, a first outlet for removing the feed material(s) and/or the remaining separated fractions of the feed material(s); a means for imparting tangential velocity to the feed material that is introduced through the inlet and for initiating a vortex spiral within the cyclone tube and where the means for imparting tangential velocity determines a direction of rotation within the vortex spiral; one or more steps, axially oriented within the cyclone tube, each step having an upstream surface, a launch edge and an approximately radial face, wherein the radial face is angled at 100° to 45° to the upstream surface of the cyclone tube; a corner located between the face of the one or more steps and a wall of the cyclone tube creates a space immediately behind the one or more steps; and a row of holes or slots uniformly spaced along the whole or most of the length of the one or more steps for delivering an externally supplied substance(s), into the space immediately behind the one or more steps; wherein the vortex spiral creates an annulus whereby higher density material(s) migrate towards the perimeter of the cyclone tube and less dense material(s) migrate towards the core such that separation and/or processing of the feed material is achieved.",0.6398737285092921,0.7202525429814157
8999522,"1. A 6H-indolo[2,3-b]quinoxaline derivative comprising a chemical formula represented by Formula (II), DPINQ, TPINQ or FINQ: wherein each of R at least one of R",0.4798145855932335,0.959629171186467
9174444,"1. A liquid ejecting head comprising: a pressure chamber-forming member provided with a plurality of spaces each of which communicates with a nozzle and forms a pressure chamber; and a piezoelectric element in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode are stacked in order from a side relatively near to a displacement portion that tightly closes an opening of at least one of the spaces formed in the pressure chamber-forming member and that defines a portion of the pressure chamber, wherein the piezoelectric element is driven to displace the displacement portion so that pressure change is caused in a liquid within the pressure chamber and is utilized to eject the liquid from the nozzle, and wherein a ratio of a length of the opening in a direction orthogonal to a pressure chamber space juxtaposition direction in which the spaces are juxtaposed to a width of the opening in the pressure chamber space juxtaposition direction is greater than or equal to 4.3 and less than or equal to 6.0.",0.12745338145500426,0.2549067629100086
9446964,"1. A method for producing a target lithium titanate Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 comprising heating materials consisting essentially of the following three materials under an oxidizing atmosphere: (1) a titanium compound which is selected from the group consisting of metatitanic acid, orthotitanic acid, and titanium oxide; (2) a lithium compound having a volume average particle diameter of 5 μm or less measured by a laser diffraction method, wherein the lithium compound is selected from the group consisting of lithium hydroxide, lithium carbonate, lithium nitrate, lithium sulfate, and lithium oxide; and (3) a lithium titanate compound having a same crystal structure as that of a target lithium titanate, wherein the materials (1), (2), and (3) are dry-mixed prior to heating.",0.6646504463640416,0.6706991072719168
8933284,1. A process for the production of butadiene comprising: (a) feeding a first feed stream comprising a mixture of C (b) feeding a second feed stream comprising n-butanes to a first dehydrogenation unit to convert n-butanes to n-butenes; (c) feeding at least a portion of the effluent from the first dehydrogenation unit and at least a portion of the bottoms stream to an oxydehydrogenation unit to convert 2-butenes to butadiene; (d) feeding at least a portion of the effluent from at least one of the first dehydrogenation unit and the oxydehydrogenation unit to the combination butenes isomerization reaction and distillation tower; and (e) separating the butadiene in at least a portion of the effluent of the oxydehydrogenation unit from unreacted compounds and by-products.,0.9478933556062938,0.10421328878741232
9816448,"1. A method for propulsion of a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises: a combustion engine, a gearbox adjustable to a number of gear ratios for transfer of a force between the combustion engine and at least one driving wheel, wherein the combustion engine comprises at least one combustion chamber with at least one inlet for supply of combustion gas and at least one outlet for evacuation of an exhaust gas flow that has resulted from combustion in the combustion chamber, and a turbocharger unit for pressurisation of the combustion gas, the turbocharger unit comprising a turbine with adjustable guide rails and a compressor; the method comprising, during a change of gear from a first higher gear ratio to a second lower gear ratio, a rate of revolution of the combustion engine being reduced from a first rate of revolution to a second rate of revolution during the change of gear, the steps of: controlling, by an electronic control unit, the turbine and the compressor by the adjustable guide rails such that inlet pressure of the combustion gas at the inlet to the combustion chamber is reduced; increasing, by the electronic control unit, the outlet pressure of the exhaust gas at the outlet from the combustion chamber through at least a throttle valve in the outlet, which constricts the exhaust gas flow; and controlling, by the electronic control unit, the adjustable guide rails such that the turbine and the compressor are caused to rotate at a higher rate of revolution, which causes an increase of the inlet pressure at the inlet to the combustion chamber, when the rate of revolution of the combustion engine has at least partially fallen towards the second rate of revolution.",0.9779587442191271,0.04408251156174581
8667754,"1. A method of producing a composite tie rod, comprising: forming an open lattice composite body, including interlacing continuous filaments held in a matrix; securing a cap on an end of the open lattice composite body by fastening certain of the continuous filaments to the cap, wherein securing the cap includes one of: weaving the certain continuous filaments into the cap or wrapping the certain continuous filaments around the cap; and attaching a connector to the cap, wherein the connector is removably attached to the cap.",0.6084899016398028,0.7830201967203945
9735990,"1. An apparatus comprising: a hard decision value calculator to calculate hard decision values from coordinates of a received symbol having been subjected to multilevel modulation; an approximate value calculator to calculate, from the coordinates of the received symbol, approximate values of log-likelihood ratios to be used for soft decision decoding; and an approximate value corrector to determine whether there is a conflict between a sign bit of an approximate value calculated by the approximate value calculator and a hard decision value calculated by the hard decision value calculator, invert the sign bit of the approximate value in a case where it is determined that there is the conflict between the sign bit of the approximate value and the hard decision value, and output the sign-bit-inverted approximate value as a soft decision value.",0.08722753084010326,0.17445506168020652
9664729,"1. A monitoring apparatus comprising: a transistor that has an emitter, a collector and a gate, wherein a potential applied to the gate controls a conduction path between the emitter and the collector; a capacitor having a first terminal connected to the collector and a second terminal connected to an input node of the apparatus; a processing circuit, coupled to the input node, including a first current mirror with a first polarity and a second current mirror with a second polarity opposite the first polarity, the processing circuit configured to detect current flowing through the capacitor and generate a first signal indicating whether voltage level at the collector is increasing and a second signal indicating whether voltage level at the collector is decreasing.",0.30227818541753654,0.6045563708350731
9153281,"1. A storage system comprising: a magazine comprising a plurality of slots, each slot configured to receive cartridges and each slot having a drop-out region; a cartridge installed in a respective slot of the magazine; and a robotic hand assembly comprising a gripper mechanism configured to engage with the installed cartridge, the robotic hand assembly configured to: direct the gripper mechanism to perform a cartridge disengagement function with respect to the installed cartridge while the gripper mechanism is engaged with the installed cartridge; detect a disengagement error preventing performance of the cartridge disengagement function; and drop at least the gripper mechanism out of engagement with the installed cartridge through the drop-out region of the respective slot of the magazine in response to detecting the disengagement error, thereby disengaging the gripper mechanism from the installed cartridge without removing the installed cartridge from the respective slot.",0.02866275764082395,0.057325515281647865
8568494,"1. A fuel processor for a fuel cell arrangement comprising: means to supply a safe gas to the fuel cell arrangement in a first mode of operation, means to supply a synthesis gas to the fuel cell arrangement in a second mode of operation, means to supply a processed hydrocarbon fuel to the fuel cell arrangement in a third mode of operation, wherein: the fuel processor comprises a desulphurisation reactor, and the means to supply the synthesis gas comprises a catalytic partial oxidation reactor, the fuel processor further comprises a combustor and a pre-reformer, means to supply a hydrocarbon fuel to the desulphurisation reactor, means to supply the hydrocarbon fuel to the catalytic partial oxidation reactor, means to supply air to the catalytic partial oxidation reactor, and means to supply air to the combustor, the desulphurisation reactor is connected to a first duct arranged to supply desulphurised hydrocarbon fuel directly to the combustor and a second duct arranged to supply the desulphurised hydrocarbon fuel directly to the pre-reformer, the combustor is connected to a third duct arranged to supply oxygen depleted air and steam to the pre-reformer, the catalytic partial oxidation reactor is connected to a fourth duct arranged to supply hydrogen to the desulphurisation reactor, and the pre-reformer is connected to a duct arranged to supply product gases to the fuel cell arrangement.",0.9724786796892191,0.055042640621561834
8807308,"1. A power supply device embedded in a road for transferring power, by electromagnetic induction, to a power acquisition device of an electric vehicle, comprising: a power supply core unit extending along a longitudinal direction of the road and having a substantially E-shaped cross section normal to the longitudinal direction of the road, the power supply core unit including a central core portion disposed at a center portion of the power supply core unit along the longitudinal direction of the road, two side core portions disposed at two opposite sides of the power supply core unit along the longitudinal direction of the road, each of the side core portions being spaced apart from the central core portion with a first space therebetween, and a base core portion disposed at a lower portion of the power supply core unit to magnetically connect the central core portion with the side core portions; and a magnetic field generating unit disposed in the first spaces between the central core portion and the side core portions, wherein each of the side core portions has segmented core portions and second spaces therebetween disposed along the longitudinal direction of the road and the lengths of each segmented core portion and each second space along the longitudinal direction of the road are substantially identical to each other.",0.8277040656635765,0.3445918686728471
9027364,"1. A method of manufacturing a glass substrate, comprising: forming a glass ribbon by heating and softening a glass plate preform and drawing the glass plate preform to a predetermined thickness in a heating furnace; and performing coring on the glass ribbon formed by drawing the glass plate preform in order to form annular substrates only in a single straight line along a longitudinal direction of the glass ribbon so that a center of the drawn glass ribbon in a width direction coincides with a center of each of the formed annular substrates in the width direction.",0.3231193486747975,0.646238697349595
9274760,"1. A method, comprising determining an experience level of a developer for an application development environment (ADE); configuring one or more development tools for generating executable code in the ADE based on the experience level, wherein two or more development tools are combined into a single tool if the experience level is novice, and wherein the two or more tools remain as individual uncombined tools if the experience level is expert; generating a project view corresponding to the experience level, wherein the project view includes an arrangement of the configured development tools; receiving an adjustment to the project view, wherein the adjustment indicates that the single tool is to be separated into two or more tools if the experience level is novice; separating the single tool into a first tool and a second tool based on the adjustment, wherein the first tool comprises a first portion of functionality of the single tool, and the second tool comprises any remaining functionality of the single tool not separated into the first tool; and providing the project view comprising the selected one or more development tools, over a network, and accessible to the developer.",0.07631232201935133,0.15262464403870268
9222423,"1. A method for starting an internal combustion engine having direct fuel injection, comprising: deactivating one or more engine cylinders during an idle condition; and when an increase in engine output is requested, restarting the one or more deactivated engine cylinders; variably adjusting engine cam timing; injecting fuel as an intake stroke injection and a compression stroke injection during a combustion cycle for a first combustion event of an engine start from the deactivation; reducing a pulse width of one or more of the intake stroke injection and the compression stroke injection after the first combustion event of the engine start; continuing intake stroke injection and compression stroke injection for a plurality of subsequent combustion events during engine cranking operation; and continuing intake stroke injection and compression stroke injection through a catalyst warm-up operation including retarded ignition timing during idle speed control to increase exhaust gas heat at an elevated engine idle speed, wherein a timing of the injections is varied based on an operating condition.",0.8529574924114434,0.2940850151771133
8881472,"1. A solar panel mounting anchor adapted for mounting a solar panel on a flat roof, the anchor comprising integral ballast, edges comprising a resilient material and at least one engagement feature adapted to receive a solar panel and to space the panel from said roof, and a base adapted to inhibit slipping of the anchor on said roof, wherein the ballast comprises an inclined support surface and carries the engagement feature, the engagement feature comprising a rigid member having a groove adapted to receive a fixture for securing a solar panel to the ballast, and the rigid member is substantially embedded in the ballast.",0.9728277126751742,0.05434457464965159
9128479,"1. An automation control and monitoring system, comprising: an operating system, configured to: receive a request for instantiation of an object representing an attribute of the automation control and monitoring system; and generate an object identifier when the request for instantiation is received, wherein the object identifier is unique from any other object identifiers employed by the operating system; a plurality of components, wherein the plurality of components are configured to facilitate one or more functions of the automation control and monitoring system; and a data model distributed to the plurality of components, the data model comprising an association of the object with the generated object identifier such that any component of the plurality of components of the automation control and monitoring system may access the object by referencing the object identifier in a respective local copy of the data model.",0.23601623982742304,0.47203247965484607
8758624,"1. A multistage process for treating water comprising: purifying a water stream in a membrane separation stage and a downstream deionization unit having at least one concentrate chamber and at least one diluate chamber; separating the water stream in the membrane separation stage with at least two spirally wound membrane modules arranged in a tubular pressure vessel, one behind the other, in an axial direction and successively subjected to incoming flow of the water to be treated into a concentrate stream and at least two permeate streams of different electrical conductivity; and feeding a) at least the permeate stream having the highest electrical conductivity at least partially into the at least one concentrate chamber and b) at least the permeate stream having the lowest electrical conductivity at least partially into the at least one diluate chamber of the downstream deionization unit.",0.7659759965453508,0.4680480069092985
8712822,"1. A method of predicting future sales rate of a product comprising: (a) electronically storing a first, historical sales rate curve of historical sales of a product; (b) electronically determining for a time t a second sales rate curve for sales of the product up to a time t−1, wherein the second sales rate curve is determined for a window of time W that includes time t, the window of time W has a duration less than the first sales rate curve, and the first and second sales rate curves are determined from actual sales data acquired during mutually exclusive periods of time; (c) electronically comparing the second sales rate curve to one or more portions of the first sales rate curve that have the same duration as window of time W; (d) electronically identifying a section of the first sales rate curve based on a best fit for the electronic comparison in step (c); and (e) electronically predicting future sales rate of the product based on integration of the following equation from time t to a time t+w; where: wherein each sale rate curve is a discrete time series approximation of a first order derivative of sales.",0.04776213433996472,0.09552426867992947
8758649,"1. A process of preparing an organic electronic device, comprising a) depositing a composition onto a substrate by flexographic printing or gravure printing, wherein the composition comprises an organic semiconducting compound and a solvent or a solvent blend comprising two or more solvents, wherein the partition ratio c log P of the solvent, or the weighted average of the partition ratio (c log P) wherein the viscosity of the solvent or the solvent blend, without any additives, is >10 cP at 25° C., and wherein the boiling point of the solvent or the solvent blend, without any additives, is <400° C. at 1 Torr, and b) removing the solvent or solvent blend.",0.2961973301761646,0.5923946603523292
9231279,"1. An electrode assembly comprising a combination of two or more electrode units having the same length and different widths, wherein the electrode units are stacked so that a stepped portion is formed between the electrode units, a positive electrode and a negative electrode face each other at an interface between the electrode units, and the electrode assembly satisfies Formula 1-1: where n denotes an integer equal to or greater than 1, N P P",0.586192663180436,0.8276146736391281
9513613,"1. A method of controlling a first component for a network system, which is communicable with a second component, the method comprising: receiving by a communication unit, energy information; displaying by a display unit, a plurality of selection parts for selecting one of a plurality of recommended ranges; determining by a controller, recommended information related to operation of the first component within a selected recommended range within the plurality of recommended ranges on a basis of a selection of the plurality of selection parts and the received energy information; and displaying by the display unit, the recommended information, wherein one of the plurality of recommended ranges comprises a first time range and another of plurality of recommended ranges comprises a second time range different from the first time range; wherein the first time range includes a range from current time to a first reference time, and the second time range includes a range from the current time to a second reference time, wherein the first and the second reference times are different from each other, wherein the selected recommended range is automatically or manually changeable, wherein the plurality of recommended ranges are stored in a memory, and wherein the operation of the first component is performed on a basis of the selected recommended range, wherein if the selected recommended range comprises one of the first and the second time ranges, the recommended information comprises an operation start time within one of the first and the second time ranges.",0.41945833049311315,0.8389166609862263
9497950,"1. A beacon light for a free floating fishing device, said beacon light comprising: a upper housing slidably engaged and friction fit with a lower base, said upper housing comprising a lighting assembly cavity; said lower base configured to be removably or permanently attached to said free floating fishing device, and said lower base comprising a base cavity having a medial protuberance therein; a lighting assembly housed within said upper housing, said lighting assembly comprising a power source in electrical communication with a light source; said light source having a negative lead and a positive lead; said negative lead of said light source in electrical contact with a negative side of said power source; and a conductive biasing linkage housed within said upper housing, said biasing linkage in electrical contact with said positive lead of said light source, said biasing linkage configured to be in electrical contact with a positive side of said power source; wherein said upper housing, said lighting assembly, and said lower base are in coaxial and concentric alignment, and wherein said medial protuberance of said lower base is configured to contact said biasing linkage to complete the path of an electrical circuit between said positive side of said power supply, said biasing linkage and said positive lead of said light source in order to selectively energize said light source.",0.552465054757873,0.895069890484254
9420442,"1. A method comprising: by a computing device, receiving a location update corresponding to a user, wherein: by the computing device, determining that the location update is associated with a visit to a particular place; by the computing device, determining a total number of visits to the particular place within a period of time for a particular demographic category; by the computing device, calculating a ping compensation factor based at least in part on: by the computing device, storing the ping compensation factor on a data store of a social-networking system, wherein the ping compensation factor is associated with the particular place, the particular demographic category, and the period of time.",0.12021911189265812,0.2404382237853162
9159042,"1. An apparatus for determining a suggested operating schedule over a time period T for at least one data center operated by an energy customer of an electricity supplier, so as to generate energy-related revenue, over a time period T, associated with operation of the at least one data center according to the operating schedule, wherein the energy-related revenue available to the energy customer over the time period T is based at least in part on a wholesale electricity market, the apparatus comprising: at least one communication interface; at least one memory to store processor-executable instructions and a mathematical model for the at least one data center comprising a plurality of energy assets, wherein the mathematical model specifies at least one function that calculates an energy profile for the at least one data center and the plurality of energy assets based at least in part on an operating schedule for the at least one data center applied to the mathematical model, wherein the operating schedule relates to a CPU utilization or a computing load of at least one energy asset of the plurality of energy assets of the at least one data center; and at least one processing unit, communicatively coupled to the at least one communication interface, and the at least one memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions, the at least one processing unit:",0.9340867899614397,0.13182642007712064
8676131,"1. A wireless subscriber unit comprising: circuitry configured to transmit packet data in soft handover to a plurality of base stations; wherein the packet data is transmitted using at least one orthogonal code and a pseudo noise (PN) code; wherein the circuitry is further configured to receive a power control command from each of at least two of the base stations such that each power control command from a respective base station is a plurality of bits that indicates one of a plurality of power levels; wherein the circuitry is further configured in response to the received power control commands, to adjust a power level associated with the transmission of the packet data; wherein the power level is a lowest power level indicated by one of the power control commands.",0.6696580910937339,0.6606838178125323
9546567,"1. A system, comprising: a turbine exhaust section, comprising:",0.9708577861816502,0.05828442763669961
9074571,"1. A method of controlling a vehicle having an engine, a manual transmission with a clutch, a collision mitigation system, and a user interface, the method comprising: decelerating the vehicle in response to a first signal indicative of a potential collision event; reducing a load on the engine by a controlled torque reduction; auto-stopping the engine when the clutch is engaged when the engine reaches a speed at an offset above an engine stall threshold; commanding the user interface to provide a message with directions for a user input to restart the engine in response to a second signal indicative of the potential collision event ending, the user input including shifting the transmission to neutral and activating a clutch pedal; and auto-starting the engine in response to a third signal indicative of the user input.",0.6958750142753712,0.6082499714492575
9556789,"1. An assembly for supplying electrical energy to electrical traction motors in a rail vehicle, wherein the assembly comprises: at least one internal combustion engine, a generator allocated to the at least one internal combustion engine in order to generate electrical energy, wherein the generator is mechanically coupled to the internal combustion engine such that it is driven by the internal combustion engine upon generator mode of the generator, a rectifier for rectifying an electrical alternating current generated by the generator, a direct voltage intermediate circuit, which is electrically connected to the generator via the rectifier, wherein the assembly further comprises a generator inverter, which is present in addition to the rectifier or which is the rectifier operated in the inverter mode, wherein the generator inverter connects the direct voltage intermediate circuit to the generator in order to operate the generator in a motor mode as a motor, and the assembly further comprises a control for controlling the motor mode of the generator, wherein the control has a signal input for receiving a signal which signals that no drive power is demanded from the internal combustion engine, wherein an idle speed or a range of idle speeds of the internal combustion engine is pre-specified and the control is configured, upon reception of the signal, to control the motor mode of the generator such that the internal combustion engine is driven by the generator at the pre-specified idle speed or at an idle speed in the range of pre-specified idle speeds, wherein electrical energy from the direct voltage intermediate circuit is supplied to the generator via the inverter, wherein the assembly further comprises a plurality of internal combustion engines, wherein an allocated generator is coupled to each of the internal combustion engines, which generator is driven in generator mode by the internal combustion engine in order to generate electrical energy, and which in motor mode of the generator drives the allocated internal combustion engine, wherein the assembly is configured to operate a portion of the generators in the motor mode of the generator if the assembly of several internal combustion engines is operated only in the partial load mode such that only a portion of the internal combustion engines generates mechanical energy and the other internal combustion engines are driven at idle speed by the allocated generator.",0.9876466690670155,0.024706661865969037
9742602,"1. An integrated circuit, comprising: an integrated circuit (IC) chip, the IC chip including",0.43400003770059636,0.8680000754011927
9423859,"1. A computer implemented method comprising: applying a power savings technique to at least a subset of a processor; monitoring pending work items scheduled to be executed by the processor; grouping the pending work items based on the power savings technique, the grouping including delaying a scheduled execution time of at least one of the pending work items to increase an overall number of clock cycles that the power savings technique is applied to the processor; determining that an execution criteria has been met; and executing the pending work items based on the execution criteria being met and the grouping, wherein: the power savings technique is power gating, the pending work items are ready instructions located in an issue queue, the executing is by an execution unit on the processor, the power savings technique is applied to the execution unit, and the execution criteria includes at least one of:",0.949009936818492,0.10198012636301601
9818988,"1. An isolation device for electrically isolating from one another a plurality of power-storage assemblies arranged side by side in a power-storage module, the device including a sheet made of an electrically insulating flexible material and lying in a main plane, the device also including at least one tongue integral with the sheet for electrically isolating two adjoining storage assemblies, said tongue being made of an insulating material and being intended to protrude from the main plane so as to be positioned between two adjoining storage assemblies, wherein at least one of the tongues is movable in rotation relative to the rest of the sheet about a fold axis such that the sheet has a manufacturing configuration wherein the sheet lies in the main plane and a folded configuration wherein the sheet is placed in a plane perpendicular to the main plane wherein the sheet and the tongues have a thickness of less than 1 mm and wherein the sheet is cut out along a portion of a contour to form the tongue, a segment connecting the two ends of the contour portion coinciding with the fold axis of the tongue.",0.6198192026359812,0.7603615947280375
8703622,"1. A flat panel display device, comprising: a substrate having a display unit on a surface thereof; a metal sealing substrate on the substrate, the metal sealing substrate including a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and an insulating layer interposed between the first and second metal layers, the first metal layer, the insulating layer, and the second metal layer being sequentially stacked on the substrate; a sealing member between the substrate and the metal sealing substrate, the sealing member being configured to attach the substrate to the metal sealing substrate; and a power supply device including a magnet, the power supply being positioned on the metal sealing substrate and further including:",0.22616568038216012,0.45233136076432023
9671197,"1. A remotely operated target-processing system, comprising: a shooting robot having a stand supporting a firing part, the shooting robot further comprising: a central unit that receives instructions and signals from the sensors and that generates command signals for the actuators and the firing part; a control screen that displays the image of the target provided by the optoelectronic device and embeds aiming data in the image; and a manual control member to direct the trajectory line of the firing part and to control settings of the firing part and shooting of the firing part; wherein the central unit executes a gap correction function comprising the steps of:",0.18831598218886908,0.37663196437773816
9850052,"1. A press-through pack (PTP) package, comprising: a base material; and a covering material, wherein the covering material is composed of a stretched film including at least one layer which comprises a styrene-based resin having a styrene-based monomer component of 70-97 wt % and an ester component of 2-20 wt %, and an inorganic filler at less than 5 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the styrene-based resin, and wherein the styrene-based resin is at least one terpolymer resin selected from the group consisting of a terpolymer resin consisting of monomer components of styrene-acrylic acid copolymer resins and an ester component, a terpolymer resin consisting of monomer components of styrene-methacrylic acid copolymer resins and an ester component, and a terpolymer resin consisting of monomer components of styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer resins and an ester component.",0.27979347452195014,0.5595869490439003
8923988,"1. A method for treating a patient suffering from a medical ailment using at least one electrode adjacent an efferent neural structure and at least another electrode adjacent an afferent neural structure, the method comprising: applying electrical stimulation energy by the at least one electrode to the efferent neural structure, thereby increasing the activation threshold of the efferent neural structure relative the afferent neural structure; and applying electrical stimulation energy by the at least other electrode to the afferent neural structure while the activation threshold of the efferent neural structure is increased, thereby modulating activity of the afferent neural structure to treat the medical ailment, wherein the increasing of the activation threshold of the efferent neural structure minimizes any stimulation of the efferent neural structure inadvertently caused by the electrical stimulation energy applied by the at least one other electrode to the efferent neural structure.",0.28244953872409745,0.5648990774481949
9196142,"1. A method for managing consumption of heterogeneous resources, the method to be implemented by a management system, the method comprising: receiving, using a transmission module of the management system, resource consumption information of a target, wherein the resource consumption information includes a plurality of data sets, each of the data sets including consumption amount data and consumption time data that are associated with a corresponding resource that is distinct from other ones of the data sets; calculating, using a processing unit of the management system, a total energy consumption value that is associated with the target based on the resource consumption information of the target; generating, by the management system, a high consumption alert when the total energy consumption value calculated by the processing unit is higher than a first predetermined threshold value; and generating, by the management system, a low consumption alert when the total energy consumption value calculated by the processing unit is not higher than a second predetermined threshold value that is lower than the first predetermined threshold value.",0.9432998643620761,0.11340027127584773
8458262,"1. A spam filter component comprising: a first decoy module for receiving a message from a decoy subscriber number, the decoy subscriber number comprising a phone number of a previously active account, wherein: the previously active account is not presently assigned to a subscriber and is to be re-assigned to a subscriber after a predetermined period of time; and the previously active account comprises at least one of a transferred account, a cancelled account, or an unassigned account; a spam library module for storing information for determining whether the message is spam, wherein the spam library module comprises one or more rules; a spam processor component comprising a processor, in operative communication with the first decoy module and the spam library module, for; comparing information in the message received from the decoy subscriber number by the first decoy module with the rules in the spam library module, wherein the rules comprises determining whether a message is spam based at least in part on an age of the decoy subscriber number; and when the message includes information corresponding to the rules, outputs the message as spam, and provides the message received at the decoy subscriber number to a network provider when, based on the comparing, the message is not spam.",0.08465443522638155,0.1693088704527631
8784862,"1. A metal stent, wherein the surface of the stent is coated directly and covalently with a hemocompatible layer, comprising at least one oligosaccharide and/or polysaccharide according to formulas (Ia) or (Ib): wherein n is an integer between 4 and 1050, Y and Z, independently of each other, represent the groups —CHO, —COCH",0.4365835032754692,0.8731670065509384
9146216,"1. A method for preparation of a gaseous sample while being drawn through a hollow needle into a syringe for extraction and enrichment of a volatile component from the gaseous sample for subsequent introduction into an analytical device, whereby for extraction of an analyte of interest the sample is flushed through a packing of an extraction material between two hoops contained in an extraction tube, the extraction tube comprising a heating jacket, being located between the hollow needle and the syringe, and having an increased volume compared to the interior of the needle, wherein extraction and enrichment of the volatile component from the sample comprises:",0.27174723326861727,0.5434944665372345
8900891,"1. A method of manufacturing interdigitated back contact photovoltaic cells, the method comprising: providing on a rear surface of a semiconductor substrate a first doped layer comprising a first dopant type; providing a dielectric masking layer overlaying the first doped layer; forming a plurality of grooves through the dielectric masking layer and the first doped layer, the plurality of grooves extending into the semiconductor substrate in a direction substantially orthogonal to the rear surface and extending in a lateral direction underneath the first doped layer at sides of the plurality of grooves; performing a directional doping process in a direction substantially orthogonal to the rear surface, thereby providing doped regions with dopants of a second dopant type different from the first dopant type at a bottom of the plurality of grooves; and performing a dopant diffusion process, thereby forming regions of the first dopant type in the semiconductor substrate at the rear side of the substrate and between the plurality of grooves, and further forming regions of the second dopant type in the semiconductor substrate at the bottom of the plurality of grooves.",0.41305923844286574,0.8261184768857315
8904205,"1. A processor comprising: a plurality of cores each including at least one execution unit; and a power controller including a plurality of turbo mode counters each associated with a thread executing on the processor, each of the turbo mode counters to be updated in a first direction when a combined state of a performance state and a core power state requested by the corresponding thread is of a first combined state and to be updated in a second direction when the combined state is of any other combined state, wherein the power controller includes circuitry configured to control entry into a turbo mode based at least in part on a comparison of a value of at least one of the plurality of turbo mode counters to a trigger threshold.",0.9767664740994553,0.046467051801089454
9050813,"1. A negative-pressure ink cartridge refilling device for refilling ink into an ink cartridge to be refilled, comprising an ink container used for storing ink for refilling; an ink injection channel communicated with said ink container and used for conveying said ink in said ink container to said ink cartridge to be refilled; an air inlet channel communicated with said ink container and used for replenishing air into said ink container; an aspirator used for sucking air in said ink cartridge to be refilled; and a cover component, wherein said cover component is provided with a first sealing section for sealing said ink cartridge to be refilled and a second sealing section for sealing said air inlet channel.",0.12234027133665261,0.2446805426733052
9083256,"1. A capacitor charger system for a capacitor to be charged and discharged in cycles, wherein the capacitor charger system comprises a resonant power converter for connection to said capacitor via an output rectifier, said resonant power converter comprises a switch-based bridge network, an internal transformer, a resonant circuit, and an amplitude stabilization circuit, said switch-based bridge network comprises at least one pair of controlled switches, said resonant circuit includes a series-resonant branch comprising at least one capacitive component and at least one inductive component, and said resonant circuit is connected in the circuit path to a midpoint between a pair of controlled switches of the switch-based bridge network, and the capacitive part of said resonant circuit is connected in a series path with a primary winding of said internal transformer, said amplitude stabilization circuit is configured to provide stabilization of a resonant amplitude of the resonant circuit, and said amplitude stabilization circuit includes one-way conducting circuitry connected between: said resonant power converter is configured for connection to said output rectifier via the secondary winding of said internal transformer.",0.9015466077334475,0.19690678453310495
9338854,"1. A safety switch apparatus for ensuring safely transmitting a power from a power conversion apparatus to a LED light bar, the power conversion apparatus configured to convert an external power source to provide the required power for driving the LED light bar; the safety switch apparatus comprising: a switch module having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a trigger terminal; a full-bridge conversion unit having a first power source terminal, a second power source terminal, a first output terminal, and a second output terminal; wherein the first output terminal is connected to the second terminal of the switch module, the second output terminal is connected to the first terminal of the switch module, and the first power source terminal is connected to the LED light bar; a trigger circuit at least comprising: a start capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal; wherein the first terminal is connected to the first power source terminal of the full-bridge conversion unit, and the second terminal is connected to the second power source terminal of the full-bridge conversion unit and the first primary terminal of the transformer to form a first branch; and a branch diode having an anode terminal and a cathode terminal; wherein the anode terminal is connected to the second output terminal of the full-bridge conversion unit, and the cathode terminal is connected to the first terminal of the switch module to form a second branch; wherein the trigger hold-on unit is configured to generate the required power to drive the switch module to ensure that the external power source supplies to the LED light bar after the switch module is turned on when the external power source is configured to supply power to the LED light bar.",0.7583335479939683,0.4833329040120633
8894956,"1. A SO 2 and/or SO 2 .H 2 O absorbent comprising a quaternary amine-based hydrophobic ionic liquid having a tertiary amine group and expressed by Formula 1: Wherein, in Formula 1, Y",0.3985795939627119,0.7971591879254238
9319603,"1. An image sensor system, comprising: an image sensor having a power input terminal, a data terminal, a clock input terminal, and a ground terminal; a host controller coupled to: logic configured to perform operations comprising:",0.3160405930749136,0.6320811861498272
8996680,"1. A non-transitory computer readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to optimize a network having a plurality of nodes, the processor comprising: determining an order in which the plurality of nodes perform a bitloading operation to determine a proper bitloading on the paths between the nodes of the network; receiving a request from a first node, wherein the request identifies a next node to perform the bitloading operation; and changing the order so that the next node performs the bitloading operation after a current node that is performing the bitloading operation.",0.19760589170820464,0.3952117834164093
8626251,"1. A method comprising: providing a home audio-visual system that includes an energy savings mode; providing an intermittently powered mesh network node in association with the home audio-visual system, wherein the intermittently powered mesh network node comprises a plurality of receive demodulators, and further comprising allowing a first demodulator that detects a valid signal to take control of receiving a subsequent transmission; adapting the intermittently powered mesh network node to periodically wake up, listen for a wake up call and initiate a full power mode in the home audio-visual system when the intermittently powered mesh network node is awakened and receives a subsequent full power instruction; and further comprising acknowledging the wake up call with a silent acknowledgement, in which the wake up call from a source node is sent to a node of the home audio-visual system by an intermediate node, and the source node detects transmission of the wake up call by the intermediate node to the home audio visual system without a specific acknowledgement message to the source node.",0.916018616393187,0.1679627672136259
8502251,"1. An LED module, having: at least one LED chip, which emits monochromatic light in a first spectrum, a platform, to which the LED chip is applied, a reflective wall, which is separate from or integrated with the platform and surrounds the LED chip on all sides of the LED chip, and a dispensed layer applied over the LED chip, wherein the dispensed layer extends in the form of a dome beyond the reflective wall such that the following equation is satisfied: where: h b",0.37517329876151106,0.7503465975230221
8891798,"1. A set of headphones, comprising: a first earpiece having a first back surface, the first back surface comprising a first shape; a second earpiece having a second back surface, the second back surface comprising a second shape that is asymmetrical and complementary with respect to the first shape of the first back surface; a pair of audio drivers each located respectively within the first earpiece and the second earpiece; a pair of magnets each respectively located within the first earpiece and the second earpiece, the pair of magnets arranged to form a magnetic connection between the first back surface and the second back surface when the first back surface and the second back surface are coupled; and a pair of speaker cords each respectively connected to the pair of audio drivers at one end and each respectively connected together at another end, wherein the pair of speaker cords form a loop when the first back surface and the second back surface are coupled.",0.02010232278355016,0.04020464556710035
9359937,"1. A two-cycle engine comprising: a cylinder block having a cylinder having a top side and a bottom side between which a piston moves, said cylinder having a axial line; an exhaust opening, a scavenging opening formed on an inner peripheral wall of said cylinder, and an intake opening through which air-fuel mixture is introduced to said cylinder, the said cylinder defining an imaginary plane containing the axial line and passing through the exhaust opening and the intake opening; a scavenging passage extending in a direction of the axial line of said cylinder and connecting said scavenging opening and a crank chamber communicating with said cylinder, the air-fuel mixture flowing from the crank chamber to the scavenging opening through the scavenging passage, and flowing into the cylinder from of the scavenging opening; and an outflow direction change device provided in said scavenging passage for creating first and second outflows of the air-fuel mixture flowing out from the scavenging opening into the cylinder, the first outflow of the air-fuel mixture being created on the top side of the cylinder in the scavenging opening and the second outflow of the air-fuel mixture being created on the bottom side of the cylinder in the scavenging opening, the first outflow and the second outflow being in different directions from each other, wherein: the scavenging passage includes the outflow direction change device is configured to connect the upper scavenging passage to the lower scavenging passage in a manner that the former is shifted with respect to the latter in a direction to an inside of the lower scavenging passage and away from the exhaust opening in the circumferential direction of the cylinder, the upper scavenging passage having a center line shifted to the intake opening with respect to a center line of the lower scavenging passage when seen in a direction perpendicular to the imaginary plane, the outflow direction change device forming a step in the upper portion of the lower scavenging passage on a side close to the exhaust opening where an interior of said scavenging passages is changed stepwise.",0.8906569739529866,0.2186860520940268
9041295,"1. A retrofit light emitting diode (LED) module comprising: a carrier with at least one LED; a retrofit connection for mechanical and electrical contact-connection to lamp holders; and an electronic system for driving the at least one LED, at least one part of the electronic system being integrated into the carrier, and the electronic system including",0.9211804450497759,0.15763910990044816
9712011,"1. A stator for an electrical machine, the stator comprising: a stator core comprising a plurality of stator teeth and stator slots, and a stator winding comprising a plurality of stator coils, wherein width of each stator coil is one stator slot pitch, and the stator teeth are shaped to allow each stator coil to be installed by pushing the stator coil to surround one of the stator teeth without changing the shape of the stator coil, and wherein the stator coils comprise cooling tubes made of different material than electrical conductors of the stator coils and attached to the electrical conductors of the stator coils, the cooling tubes forming tubular cooling channels for conducting cooling liquid in the stator slots in the longitudinal direction of the electrical conductors of the stator coils and among the electrical conductors of each of the stator coils, and wherein each electrical conductor comprises electrically conductive material which constitutes, together with one and only one of the cooling tubes, at least a part of a cable with a cooling channel so that a cross-section of the cooling tube is in a center of a cross-section of the cable.",0.6755365449377584,0.6489269101244832
9242308,"1. A mandrel for use in friction stir welding of a tubular object made from high melting temperature materials, said mandrel comprising: an expansion shell formed as a hollow cylinder having an outer diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of a tubular object, wherein the expansion shell has a gap therein that is perpendicular to a top edge and a bottom edge thereof, and wherein the expansion shell that is disposed directly underneath a friction stir welding tool path is in continuous contact with an inner diameter of a tubular object; an expansion wedge disposed within the mandrel shell for causing expansion or contraction of the expansion shell by moving into and out of the gap; a first wedge disposed within the expansion shell; a second wedge disposed within the expansion shell and slidingly engaged with the first wedge on a diagonal edge and disposed underneath the expansion wedge, wherein movement of the first wedge against the second wedge causes the second wedge to apply a force against the expansion wedge, causing the expansion shell to expand.",0.07701363648993106,0.15402727297986218
9071661,"1. A method comprising: establishing, by a server, a valid command window comprising at least one sequence number; granting the client a maximum number of one or more blocking operation credits; receiving, at the server, a file system command that consumes at least one server resource, the file system command including an associated first sequence number and an operation context value indicating that the file system command is a blocking operation; determining whether the associated first sequence number is within the valid command window and whether the client has exceeded the maximum number of one or more blocking operation credits; processing the file system command when it is determined that the associated sequence number is within the valid command window and the client has not exceeded the maximum number of one or more blocking operation credits; and adjusting the valid command window to include an additional unused sequence number.",0.10205236726751905,0.20410473453503808
9494626,"1. A constant period signal monitoring circuit for monitoring a constant period signal that is output periodically when a control processor operating according to a program is normal from the outside of the control processor, the monitoring circuit comprising: a signal input terminal that receives the constant period signal; an edge detection section that detects a change of the constant period signal appearing at the signal input terminal from a low level to a high level or from a high level to a low level as an edge of the constant period signal; and a time measuring section that measures a length of the time during which a state of not detecting the edge continues on the basis of an output of the edge detection section and outputs an abnormality detection signal in a case that the measured time exceeds a threshold value.",0.5555796056048103,0.8888407887903793
9465553,"1. A method of managing power in a non-volatile memory system which includes a non-volatile memory and a controller controlling the non-volatile memory, the method comprising: storing a first mapping table, the first mapping table including a list of logical addresses and physical addresses corresponding to the logical addresses with respect to a code region; storing a second mapping table, the second mapping table including a list of logical addresses and physical addresses corresponding to the logical addresses with respect to a general purpose (GP) region in the non-volatile memory; powering up the non-volatile memory and the controller; loading the first mapping table from the non-volatile memory to a first memory at the power-up; loading the second mapping table from the non-volatile memory to a second memory; and powering down the second memory based on the loading the second mapping table.",0.8283905686470954,0.34321886270580926
8861761,"1. A hearing assistance system for a user having an ear canal, the system comprising: a housing; electronics disposed in the housing; a receiver adapted to be placed in the ear canal, the receiver including a receiver connector; a cable electrically connected to the receiver, the cable including a cable connector adapted to electrically connect with the receiver connector; and",0.025866357141057377,0.05173271428211479
8986388,"1. An implant comprising: a first side of a loop comprising a sequence of segments extending between a proximal end and a distal end, said sequence comprising at least three segments, said at least three segments being interconnected at effective hinges, said sequence assuming a straightened or low curvature insertion state in which said sequence exhibits a first length from said proximal end to said distal end for insertion into the body, said sequence being deflectable to a deflected state in which said sequence exhibits a second length from said proximal end to said distal end, smaller than said first length; and a second side of a loop comprising at least one segment and having a direction of elongation, said first and second sides being hingedly interconnected at at least one of said distal end and said proximal end to form at least part of a loop assuming a low profile folded state in which said first side and said second side are brought together and said sequence is in said insertion state, and assuming an open state in which said sequence is deflected towards said deflected state and said loop at least partially defines an enclosed volume, wherein at least one of a proximal extremity and a distal extremity of said implant is formed by a hinge joint between a segment of said first side and a segment of said second side, and wherein said second side of said loop is formed without internal hinges such that a transformation of said loop from said low profile folded state to said open state occurs without internal deflection of said second side of said loop, and wherein transformation of said loop from said low profile folded state to said open state effects expansion of the implant as a whole transverse to said direction of elongation and in a single plane containing said direction of elongation.",0.036574215937146465,0.07314843187429299
9011814,"1. A process for the production of syngas comprising carbon monoxide and molecular hydrogen, said process comprising: exothermically reacting hydrocarbon-containing fuel with an oxidant gas comprising molecular oxygen in a first reactor to produce an exothermically-generated syngas product, the exothermically-generated syngas product having a first concentration of carbon monoxide; combining an effluent stream of the exothermically-generated syngas product with reactive diluent fluid to produce a mixture comprising cooled exothermically-generated syngas product and reactive diluent fluid, the mixture including carbon dioxide, molecular hydrogen and solid carbon particles; reacting the carbon dioxide and the molecular hydrogen in the mixture over a catalyst in a second reactor to produce reacted syngas product having a second concentration of carbon monoxide greater than the first concentration; and gasifying solid carbon particles in the mixture with at least one other component in the mixture to produce reacted syngas product.",0.9480372381330808,0.10392552373383834
9371238,"1. A method for preparing a titanium-silicalite molecular sieve, comprising the steps of: preparing a mixture of a titanium source, a silicon source, a transition metal source, a template agent and water, wherein the template agent is dissolved in an alcohol solvent; heating the mixture to form a gel mixture; heating the gel mixture in a water bath; and calcining the gel mixture after the gel mixture in the water bath to form the titanium-silicalite molecular sieve.",0.41143852973650663,0.8228770594730133
9768262,"1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a functional gate structure located on a topmost surface of a germanium substrate and in an nFET device region of said germanium substrate; a source-side carbon-doped germanium stressor region located on one side of said functional gate structure, said source-side carbon-doped stressor region consisting of Ge and C atoms; and a drain-side carbon-doped germanium stressor region located on another side of said functional gate structure, said drain source-side carbon-doped stressor region consisting of Ge and C atoms.",0.46132589362251064,0.9226517872450213
9668128,"1. A method for authentication of a remote station using a secure element, comprising: receiving, by the remote station, an identity request from the secure element, the identity request including a first challenge provided to the secure element by a management station; and forwarding, by the remote station, an identity response to the secure element, wherein the identity response includes a response to the first challenge that is signed by a key of the remote station, and wherein the signed response to the first challenge is for use by the management station to authenticate the remote station.",0.027192050038691788,0.05438410007738359
8973198,"1. A vehicle for cleaning collector mirrors in installations for collecting solar thermal energy, in which the collector mirrors are held to the ground by a set of supports arranged at normally regular distances, which hold a shaft around which said mirrors are adapted to turn, said mirrors being aligned in rows normally facing north-south and having a collecting surface with a concave section, said collector mirrors being adapted to face east to west during the day, said concave section of the collecting surface having a parabolic section reflecting solar radiation onto a collector tube which covers a focus of a parabola formed by said mirrors, and said vehicle comprising: an operating cab; a body for housing and holding different items for cleaning said collector mirrors; a rolling system for moving the vehicle; a clean water tank; an assembly for discharging clean water; at least one body for spraying clean water onto the surfaces of the mirrors; a set of lifting columns; and supports for providing at least one of: able to slide along said lifting columns; at least one said cleaning assembly formed of a rigid structure which in a cleaning zone thereof comprises a bar with a curved concave shape of at least one said mirror which is to be cleaned, said bar being rigid and fixed on the rigid structure and said rigid bar being covered with a rotating body which rotates around said rigid bar; and the rotating body comprises a rotating head fitted with a motor with a drive pulley, a transmission which includes one of a belt and a chain, and a driven pulley wheel which rotates around one end of the bar, an opposite end of the bar including a free pulley wheel, such that the rotating body being movable by said driven pulley wheel and resting at least on the free pulley wheel, wherein the lifting columns comprise a body rotating in respect of a vertical axis by means of which the lifting columns are adapted to move between a retracted position and an operating position.",0.9136145089072828,0.1727709821854344
9139877,"1. An in vitro method for diagnosing severity of or screening for severity of rheumatoid arthritis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, comprising: a) amplifying CATT repeat units that begin at nucleotide position 259 of the human MIF gene (SEQ ID NO: 12) with a PCR primer amplification set, b) analyzing the size of the amplified product to determine how many CATT repeats are present, and c) detecting the presence or absence of homozygous 5,5 CATT repeat units that begin at nucleotide position 259 of SEQ ID NO: 12, wherein the primer amplification set comprises a set of primers selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2, SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 9, and SEQ ID NO: 10 and SEQ ID NO: 11, and wherein the presence of a homozygous 5,5 CATT genotype indicates diagnosis of, or is associated with, a lower risk of severe arthritis, and wherein the absence of a homozygous 5,5, CATT genotype indicates diagnosis of, or is associated with, a higher risk of severe arthritis.",0.38276130686873056,0.7655226137374611
8579135,"1. An electrical box comprising: at least four walls extending forward from a back wall to an open front, at least two opposing walls of the four walls each comprising a rear mounting tab and a front mounting tab; and, wherein each of the rear mounting tabs are rigidly mounted to its respective wall of the at least two opposing walls and each of the front mounting tabs are pivotably mounted to the electrical box.",0.4891458427949185,0.978291685589837
9755167,"1. A light-emitting device comprising: a framework; a flexible first light-emitting panel supported by the framework; and a flexible second light-emitting panel supported by the framework, wherein the framework comprises a curved portion supporting the first light-emitting panel and the second light-emitting panel, a first straight portion supporting the first light-emitting panel so that a first developable surface is formed between the curved portion and the first straight portion, and a second straight portion supporting the second light-emitting panel so that a second developable surface which is different from the first developable surface is formed between the curved portion and the second straight portion, wherein the first light-emitting panel comprises a first light-emitting element and a first terminal portion electrically connected to the first light-emitting element, and wherein the second light-emitting panel comprises a second light-emitting element and a second terminal portion electrically connected to the second light-emitting element.",0.6522274102760159,0.6955451794479681
8583138,"1. A method for channel selection comprising: scanning a shared frequency band shared between a first wireless communications protocol and a second wireless communications protocol, the first wireless communications protocol utilized by a mobile communications device, the scanning comprising: removing from a list of selectable channels one or more first wireless communications protocol channels corresponding to the active second wireless communications protocol channel; and selecting for usage a first wireless communications protocol channel from the list of selectable channels.",0.2567837620051838,0.5135675240103676
8725275,"1. A method that decreases power consumption in an electronic device during user defined power conservation periods, the method comprising: presenting a power conservation period (PCP) electronic program guide (EPG) on a display controlled by the electronic device, identifying an occurrence of the start of the user defined power conservation period; maintaining power to a first group of components residing in the electronic device; and shutting off a second group of components residing in the electronic device in response to the occurrence of the start of the user defined power conservation period, wherein the electronic device is at least one of a set top box, a television, a surround-sound receiver, a digital video disc player, and a game playing device, wherein members of the second group of components that are shut off in response to the occurrence of the start of the user defined power conservation period include a remote control interface configured to receive wireless signals from a remote control.",0.9836201247411273,0.03275975051774549
8967831,"1. An LED light device, comprising: a light device body and means for electrically connecting the LED light device to a power source upon insertion of the LED light device into a light socket; an extendable module arranged to extend from and to be retracted into said light device body, wherein said extendable module includes circuitry and an electronic unit for wireless electromagnetic communication comprising at least one of a sensor, a remote control, an integrated circuit, and a digital data recording and storage device; at least one LED arranged in the light device body outside said extendable module; a blocking means included in said light device body that interferes with transmission and reception of wireless electromagnetic signals to and from said electronic unit when said extendable module is retracted into the light device body, thus interfering with operation of the electronic unit; wherein when said extendable module is extended from said light device body, said blocking means no longer interferes with transmission and reception of wireless electromagnetic signals to and from said electronic unit, thus allowing operation of the electronic unit without interference by the blocking means; wherein said blocking means is one of a lamp cover, lamp shade, lamp glass, and light fixture; and wherein the LED light device is an LED bulb.",0.6911229503851549,0.6177540992296902
9178756,"1. A method for sending location information of a fault point, comprising: receiving, by an ingress node of a Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Label Switch Path (LSP), first location information of a fault point on a link traversed by the LDP LSP sent by an upstream node of the fault point using at least one node, wherein the at least one node is connected between the ingress node and the upstream node of the fault point and the first location information of the fault point comprises the identifier of an upstream node of the fault point and an identifier of an interface that is connected to the fault point and located on the upstream node of the fault point, wherein the upstream node of the fault point connects to the fault point directly and locates in an upstream direction of the fault point; and wherein before receiving the first location information of the fault point sent by a downstream node of each of the at least one node, the each of the at least one node stores a local label forwarding entry corresponding to the LDP LSP, and stores source and destination information of a label corresponding to the local label forwarding entry corresponding to the LDP LSP so that each of the at least one node sends the first location information of the fault point to an upstream node of the each of the at least one node according to the stored label forwarding entry corresponding to the LDP LSP and the stored source and destination information of the label corresponding to the label forwarding entry corresponding to the LDP LSP; providing, by the ingress node, the first location information of the fault point to a network management device so that the user determines the location of the fault point corresponding to the LDP LSP fault using the network management device.",0.1135564823676908,0.22711296473538156
9506096,"1. A method for preparing sugar by using sweet potato residue, characterized in that the method comprises the following steps: (a) taking sweet potato residue, pulverizing or grinding the wet residue, adding the waste water of sweet potato starch to formulate a slurry; adjusting the slurry to pH 4.0˜6.0, adding cellulase and adding β-glucanase to hydrolyze for 2˜10 h at 20˜70° C.; then (b) adding xylanase and pectinase to hydrolyze for 2˜10 h at 25˜60° C. and pH 3.5˜6.0; adding acid protease to hydrolyze for 1˜8 h at a temperature of 30˜50° C. and pH 2.5˜6.0; heating at 110˜120° C. for 30 min to inactivate the enzymes; adjusting to pH 5.5˜8.0, adding thermostable α-amylase or mesophilic α-amylase to hydrolyze for 1˜2 h; cooling to 40˜65° C., adjusting to pH 3.0˜5.5, and adding glucoamylase to hydrolyze for 10˜20 h; and then (c)performing solid-liquid separation on the slurry material and concentrating the liquid to obtain glucose.",0.43342733547418005,0.8668546709483601
8508067,"1. A motor drive system for a hybrid vehicle, the system comprising: first and second motors that drive the vehicle; first and second inverters connected to the first and second motors, respectively, to drive the first and second motors, respectively; a DC battery outputting a DC voltage; a voltage converter selectively boosting or lowering the DC voltage from the DC battery and supplying the resulting voltage to the first and second inverters, selectively boosting or lowering the DC voltage from the first and second inverters, and supplying the resulting voltage to the DC battery; relay(s) connected between the DC battery and the voltage converter; a DC-DC converter connected between the first and second inverters to discharge a high voltage of a DC-link capacitor that is connected between the voltage converter and the first and second inverters; and an electrical load connected directly to the DC-DC converter, the electrical load being driven by a 12V auxiliary battery.",0.99234052236933,0.015318955261339973
9143095,"1. A DC-DC converter comprising: a first capacitor configured to be charged by a power-supply voltage, a second capacitor configured to provide an output voltage, the output voltage being caused by electric charge previously discharged by the first capacitor; a comparator configured to compare the output voltage with a first reference voltage, and to output a first comparison signal indicative of whether the output voltage is greater or less than the first reference voltage; a switch configured to allow the first capacitor to be charged, and also configured to allow the first capacitor to discharge to the second capacitor; and a controller configured to control switch timing of the switch, the controlling being based on the first comparison signal; the controller further being configured to randomize the times of a cycle at which the first capacitor is charged; wherein the controller comprises a duty selector configured to randomly select a clock signal from amongst multiple clock signals of a same frequency, the multiple clock signals being of different duty ratios; wherein the switch is further configured to switch based on the clock signal randomly selected by the duty selector; and wherein the duty selector is further configured to randomly select a clock signal by sending a first random bit stream to a first multiplexer associated with clock signals having different duty ratios.",0.8309734110187661,0.3380531779624678
9270105,"1. A semiconductor apparatus, comprising: a first high-voltage transistor having a first gate and a first electrode, the first electrode being connected to a pad; and a clamping circuit comprising: a first transistor having a second gate and being connected to the first gate; and a triggering circuit configured to receive a first voltage and to generate and provide a triggering voltage to the first transistor, the triggering circuit being connected to the first gate, wherein the clamping circuit is configured to detect a change in a level of a voltage of the first gate due to electrostatic discharge (ESD) and to clamp the voltage of the first gate according to a result of the detection.",0.23667194156848292,0.47334388313696585
9235852,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a request for content, the request including a search query and search results that are responsive to the search query; identifying previous search queries whose search results included one or more of the search results; identifying, by the one or more processors, keywords that are (i) included in the previous search queries and (ii) different than terms in the search query; selecting, by the one or more processors, the content based at least in part on the keywords; and providing, by the one or more processors and in response to the request for content, the selected content.",0.06203749178708298,0.12407498357416591
9051219,"1. A semiconductor processing apparatus component which is resistant to erosion by halogen containing plasmas used in semiconductor processing, said apparatus component comprising: a substrate having a ceramic coating on at least one surface, said ceramic coating comprising a solid solution which is formed from a combination of yttrium oxide, zirconium oxide, and aluminum oxide, wherein said coating is formed from yttrium oxide at a concentration ranging from about 71.4% by weight to about 76.9% by weight, a concentration of zirconium oxide ranging from about 14.3% by weight to about 15.4% by weight, and a concentration of aluminum oxide ranging from about 7.7% by weight to about 14.3% by weight.",0.560109159449014,0.8797816811019721
8946062,"1. A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline film comprising silicon on a substrate, the method comprising: depositing a catalyst layer comprising nickel, and depositing nanoparticles, on the substrate; exposing the catalyst layer and the nanoparticles to silane gas; and heat treating the substrate coated with the catalyst layer and the nanoparticles during at least part of said exposing to silane gas, in growing a film comprising silicon on the substrate.",0.6499530169589544,0.7000939660820913
9611080,"1. A dropper comprising: a tube; a screw cap connected to the tube; a bulb, having a top and a bottom, the bottom of the bulb connected to the screw cap; and a housing, having a top and a bottom, the bottom of the housing connected to the top of the bulb, the housing having a button on the top of the housing, the housing containing the housing a spring, a switch, a battery, and an illumination device, the spring being connected to the button and the switch, and the battery being connected to the switch and the illumination device.",0.2752278541698132,0.5504557083396264
9346541,"1. A power plant having a main gearbox and a turbine engine, the main gearbox having a substantially vertical rotor mast suitable for rotating a hub of a rotor, the turbine engine having an outlet shaft for driving said main gearbox, said power plant having a heat exchanger fastened on said turbine engine, wherein: said main gearbox has at least one rotary speed reduction stage arranged in a flat casing and a pylon standing on a top face of said flat casing, said pylon having said rotor mast passing therethrough; said turbine engine includes an engine casing, said outlet shaft projecting from said engine casing, said outlet shaft penetrating into said flat casing when said engine casing is arranged on said top face, said outlet shaft being substantially parallel to the rotor mast, said engine casing being offset longitudinally relative to the pylon and not being in contact with the pylon; and said heat exchanger extends longitudinally behind said turbine engine, said rotor mast being situated on the contrary longitudinally in front of said turbine engine.",0.9818784538191984,0.03624309236160328
9110009,"1. A transmission-geometry, optical absorbance spectroscopy apparatus, comprising: a confocal spectrometer; and a transmitted light detection path comprising a gradient index (GRIN)-based optical waveguide having an input end to receive transmitted sample excitation light and an output end optically coupled to an entrance aperture of the spectrometer, wherein the GRIN-based optical waveguide further comprises a GRIN lens at the input end and an optical fiber having an input end optically coupled to the GRIN lens and an output end optically coupled to the entrance aperture of the spectrometer, wherein the GRIN-based optical waveguide further comprises an optical coupler disposed between the output end of the GRIN lens and the input end of the optical fiber, and wherein the optical coupler is a GRIN lens.",0.06146416904385534,0.12292833808771064
8771317,"1. A device, comprising: a first retention member having a central portion defining a longitudinal axis and an upper wing extending outward from the central portion transverse to the longitudinal axis, a lower wing extending outward from the central portion in a direction opposite to the upper wing and transverse to the longitudinal axis wherein the upper wing of the first retention member and the lower wing of the first retention member are configured to be disposed along a first side of a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process; and a main body portion extending along the longitudinal axis and having a second retention member including an upper wing extending outward from the main body portion transverse to the longitudinal axis a lower wing extending outward from the main body portion in a direction opposite to the upper wing and transverse to the longitudinal axis wherein the upper wing of the second retention member and the lower wing of the second retention member are configured to be disposed along a second side of a superior spinous process and an inferior spinous process opposite the first side and being rotatable with respect to the first retention member between a first position such that upper and lower wings of the main body are disposed perpendicular to the upper and lower wings of the first retention member and a second position such that upper and lower wings of the main body are disposed parallel to the upper and lower wings of the first retention member, wherein the main body portion is rotatable between the first position and the second position.",0.3550078348033305,0.710015669606661
8923847,"1. A network interface comprising: a radio frequency system comprising a component, wherein the component is configured for communication with an access point; a first client module communicates with the access point in accordance with a first wireless communication standard; a second client module communicates with the access point in accordance with a second wireless communication standard; a third client module communicates with the access point in accordance with a third wireless communication standard; and a control module in communication with the second client module and the third client module, wherein",0.5951597871233038,0.8096804257533925
8879280,"1. A system comprising: a switching power supply operable to be fed a zero crossing voltage and to generate an output voltage, said output voltage having a voltage level set using a modulated gate signal; a circuit to set a ringing suppression time of the modulated gate signal to a first time period when the zero crossing voltage is below a predetermined voltage threshold and to a second time period when the zero crossing voltage is above the predetermined voltage threshold, the ringing suppression time corresponding to an initial oscillation of the zero crossing voltage caused by the modulated gate signal switching the switching power supply; and a pulse generation circuit that is operable to generate a pulse signal and feed to a counter a pulse train comprising generated pulse signals, wherein the ringing suppression time is operable of being set using an output of the counter or the pulse signal, wherein the output of the counter is selected as the ringing suppression time when input supply voltage falls to a level below the predetermined voltage threshold, and wherein a duration of the pulse generation circuit is selected as the ringing suppression time when the input supply voltage rises to a level above the predetermined voltage threshold, the input supply voltage being the zero crossing voltage.",0.5053736288440369,0.9892527423119262
9229330,"1. A method for patterning a lithography material, comprising: bringing at least one plasmonic structure within a few tens of nanometers of a lithography material; moving the lithography material relative to the plasmonic structure; illuminating a portion of the lithography material using photons of a first wavelength, such that the first wavelength photon illumination intensity is affected by the plasmonic structure; and illuminating said portion of the lithography material with photons of a second wavelength; and detecting a portion of the photons of a second wavelength that are reflected after passing through said portion of the lithography material.",0.19663502347584674,0.39327004695169343
8740745,"1. A vehicle drive device including a transmission mechanism that selectively establishes one of a low range and a high range, a range changing mechanism that changes the ranges of the transmission mechanism, a motor generator that inputs drive force to the transmission mechanism, and a control device that controls the changing of the ranges, wherein the range changing mechanism includes a low gear piece and a high gear piece that are arranged and spaced apart in an axial direction, a clutch sleeve that is slidably arranged in the axial direction so as to be engaged with one of the two gear pieces, and a shift actuator that slides the clutch sleeve either forward or backward in the axial direction to be connected to one of the gear pieces, and when the clutch sleeve is connected to the low gear piece, a low-range power transfer path is established, and when the clutch sleeve is connected to the high gear piece, a high-range power transfer path is established, the control device includes",0.6794332943834693,0.6411334112330613
8929069,"1. An electric vehicle supply equipment comprising: a first cover element comprising a well portion to accommodate a first circuitry; a chimney stack disposed on the first circuitry that corresponds to a venting hole, the chimney stack facilitates a flow of gasses; a second cover element comprising a recess portion to accommodate a second circuitry; a charcoal filter disposed on the second circuitry that corresponds to the chimney stack, the charcoal filter absorbs impurities generated by the first circuitry and the second circuitry; and a universal/serial connection port configured to couple to peripheral devices, wherein the universal/serial connection port is an optical coupled connection, wherein the first or second circuitry includes a voltage regulator having a first low voltage and a second higher voltage to move a relay.",0.9065486857811552,0.18690262843768957
8636091,"1. A hybrid drive device, comprising a drive device input shaft coupled to an engine, a rotary electrical machine, a transmission, which shifts and outputs rotary drive force transferred from at least one of the rotary electrical machine and the drive device input, a transmission case accommodating the transmission, a rotary electrical machine case having a joint surface joined to the transmission case, a step portion having a reduced diameter as compared to a portion of the rotary electric machine case located closer to an input end side of the drive device input shaft when seen from the input end side, is provided in an inner peripheral portion of the rotary electrical machine case, a partition wall through which the drive device input shaft penetrates and which supports the rotary electrical machine from the input shaft input end side, a differential gear having an axis that is different from an axis of the rotary electrical machine, and a stator of the rotary electrical machine is fixed to the partition wall, wherein a partition wall/rotary electric machine structure, in which the partition wall and the rotary electrical machine are substantially combined into a unit, is fixed to the step portion, wherein the partition wall comprises a cylindrical portion covering the stator from an outer peripheral side and engaging with an inner surface of the rotary electrical machine case and the cylindrical portion of the partition wall has a part which is shorter in a circumferential direction than in an axial direction, and wherein a length of the cylindrical portion in the axial direction is shortened in a portion of the cylindrical portion adjacent the differential gear.",0.5347100529180326,0.9305798941639347
8551332,"1. Affinity particles capable of bonding with ligands comprising: (a) inorganic particles comprised of one or more of silica, titanium oxide, zinc flower, alumina, iron oxide, talc, mica, sericite, and gold colloid particles; (b) reactive or adsorptive groups bound to the surface of the inorganic particles, said reactive or adsorptive groups capable of bonding with ligands; and (c) phosphorylcholine groups represented by the following formula (1): covalently bonded onto the surface of the inorganic particles, wherein said ligands are selected from the group consisting of antibodies, antigens, enzymes, substrates, receptors, lectin, peptides, DNA, RNA, aptamers, protein A, protein G, avidin, biotin, chelating compounds, and metal ions.",0.8264997954924165,0.34700040901516704
8561575,"1. A dulling assembly comprised of a corrugated bundle, the dulling assembly comprising: a base surface; a plurality of planar paperboard sheets arranged in generally parallel, spaced-apart relationship, each planar paperboard sheet being oriented to extend generally perpendicularly away from the base surface such that a lengthwise edge is exposed; a plurality of fluted paperboard sheets, each fluted paperboard sheet being positioned between and adhered to two adjacent ones of the plurality of planar paperboard sheets and being oriented to extend generally perpendicularly away from the base surface such that a lengthwise edge is exposed, the exposed lengthwise edges of each of the plurality of planar paperboard sheets and the plurality of fluted paperboard sheets together defining a bundle top surface oriented generally perpendicularly to the planar paperboard sheets and the fluted paperboard sheets and spaced apart from the base surface; a separate outer abrasive film placed over and adhered to the bundle top surface.",0.1586546376328188,0.3173092752656377
8752388,"1. A premix burner of a combustion chamber of a gas turbine, comprising: at least one annular duct for supplying air and fuel; a radially outer and a radially inner combustion chamber wall relative to a burner central axis; at least one swirler arranged in the duct, said swirler including a plurality of flow-guiding elements distributed around a circumference of the duct cross-section; at least one radially inner duct wall provided in an area of the flow-guiding elements; an inner concave recess positioned in the radially inner duct wall and shaped as an annular groove, a concavity of the inner concave recess positioned toward the flow-guiding elements, each flow-guiding element having flow profile that is provided between an inflow-side leading edge and an outflow-side trailing edge, with the inflow-side leading edge and the outflow side trailing edge each being arranged on a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to the burner central axis, a depth of the concavity of the inner concave recess being greater at a first position intermediate the plane of the leading edge to the plane of the trailing edge than at both of the plane of the leading edge and the plane of the trailing edge.",0.7879204896334092,0.42415902073318157
9117266,"1. A method of dynamically visualizing a collection of images in the form of a collage, the method comprising: setting parameters of dynamic visualization relating to a collage including a decorative element; receiving an image from the collection of the images; analyzing a distribution of colors in the received image and the collage; changing the decorative element according to the distribution of colors in the received image and the collage; and generating a sequence of frames including the changed decorative element within the collage, wherein the decorative element is separated from the received image.",0.042464990948033667,0.08492998189606737
9181278,"1. A method of preparing a carbon nanotube composite, comprising: treating a surface of a carbon nanotube composite with an acid; introducing an acylhalide group to the acid-treated surface to cause a reaction of the acid-treated surface and the acylhalide group, wherein the acylhalide group is selected from the group consisting of thionyl chloride and phosphorus chloride; introducing a polysiloxane having amine end groups and at least one other functional group to the acylhalide group on the carbon nanotube composite to allow one of the amide end groups of the polysiloxane to bond to the acylhalide group on the surface of the carbon nanotube composite; curing the carbon nanotube composite at a temperature of 260 to 300° C.; and introducing a precursor solution of metal nanoparticles to the surface to cause a reaction between the metal nanoparticles and the at least one other functional group of the polysiloxane, thereby bonding the metal nanoparticles to the surface of the carbon nanotube composite via the at least one other functional group, wherein the precursor solution of metal nanoparticles is a silver nitrate solution, and wherein the polysiloxane includes a compound of the following Chemical Formula: wherein, n is an integer of 1 to 10, R R",0.5987884256053203,0.8024231487893594
9730341,"1. A battery system comprising: a battery cover; an access panel removably connected to the battery cover; and a service disconnect switch configured to be slid from a first position to a second position to disconnect a battery retained by the battery cover from terminals covered by the access panel, and rotated from the second position to a third position to release the access panel from the battery cover.",0.8982114572083906,0.20357708558321885
8418687,"1. A solar trough field system (A), which is used to concentrate the sunlight on a focus and convert it into another energy forms such as heat and electricity, comprising multiple parabolic reflectors ( 1 ); support circles ( 3 ) of which the center coincides with the focus of the parabolic reflector ( 1 ) and which are used in order to support the reflector ( 1 ) and located between the parabolic reflectors ( 1 ) following one another; core mechanisms ( 2 ) which are located on the center of the circles ( 3 ); guy wires ( 4 ) which connect the circle ( 3 ) and the core mechanism ( 2 ) to each other; side support units ( 5 , 5 ′) which bear the support circles ( 3 ) from their outer surfaces; lightweight filling materials ( 6 ) which support the reflectors ( 1 ) from their lower parts; thermal receiver tubes ( 11 ) which pass through the center axis of the circles ( 3 ); and where said system is rotated around the center axis of the circles ( 3 ) and in this way; the parabolic reflectors ( 1 ) are also directed towards the sun by rotating in this rotation axis which is their focus, thus the beams coming parallel from the sun are concentrated on the thermal receiver tubes ( 11 ) which are located on the focus of the reflectors ( 1 ), characterized in that in order to ensure that the circles ( 3 ) rotate around their centers while contacting the side support units ( 5 , 5 ′) and thus the reflectors ( 1 ) integrated with the circles ( 3 ) are directed towards the sun, multiple motors running synchronously with each other, reducer units using the movement, which it takes from this motor, for torque increment, and movement mechanisms turning the parabolic reflectors ( 1 ) with these reducer units are used and these said movement mechanisms are positioned near the support circles ( 3 ).",0.9792763789729515,0.041447242054097
9801432,"1. A buckle comprising: a plug comprising a guide bar that extends in an insertion direction; and a socket provided with an insertion opening configured to receive the plug, the socket comprising: a pair of front pieces disposed side by side in a width direction intersecting with the insertion direction of the plug; a back piece disposed to face each of the front pieces; and a bottom piece disposed opposite to the insertion opening to connect the front pieces and the back piece, wherein a slit is defined between the pair of front pieces, the slit extends in the insertion direction from the insertion opening to the bottom piece, the front pieces each have a peripheral portion that faces the slit, wherein the peripheral portions abut against the guide bar when the plug is inserted into the socket, and the guide bar comprises a front surface configured to be continuous with an exterior surface of each of the front pieces when the guide bar is inserted into the slit and an end face configured to be continuous with an end face of the bottom piece when the guide bar is inserted into the slit.",0.02122735875478483,0.04245471750956964
9835807,"1. An optical fiber connector adapted to be connected to an optical fiber cable, the optical fiber cable including an optical fiber core, and two strengthening cores respectively disposed on two lateral sides of the optical fiber core, said optical fiber connector comprising: a shell; a hollow guiding device connected to said shell; and a socket device including a hollow socket unit that is formed as one piece and that is detachably connected to an end of said shell opposite to said guiding device such that the optical fiber cable extends through said guiding device and said shell into said socket unit, and a ferrule that is adapted to be connected to one end of the optical fiber cable and that is disposed in said socket unit, wherein said socket device further includes: a strengthening unit disposed in said shell, connected to said socket unit, and adapted to be connected to the optical fiber cable, and a resilient member having two ends that respectively abut against said strengthening unit and said ferrule; wherein said socket unit has an inner surrounding wall that defines a socket open end and a connecting open end opposite to said socket open end, and that has an internal shoulder part formed between said socket open end and said connecting open end, said ferrule abutting against said internal shoulder part of said inner surrounding wall and having a portion that extends outwardly of said socket open end; wherein said strengthening unit includes a strengthening mechanism having a base body that abuts against said connecting open end of said socket unit, a connecting member that extends from said base body and that is disposed in said shell, a coupling seat that extends from said base body into said socket unit, and a through hole that extends through said connecting member, said base body and said coupling seat and that is adapted for extension of the optical fiber cable therethrough; wherein said connecting member, said base body and said coupling seat are formed as one piece; wherein said resilient member is adapted to be sleeved on the optical fiber cable, said two ends of said resilient member respectively abut against said coupling seat and said ferrule; wherein said strengthening mechanism further has two engaging hooks spaced apart from each other and extending from said coupling seat toward said socket open end; wherein said inner surrounding wall of said socket unit further has two engaging grooves respectively engaged with said engaging hooks; wherein said connecting member of said strengthening mechanism is formed with a plurality of spaced-apart locking grooves extending parallel to said through hole; and wherein said strengthening unit further has a plurality of strengthening rings respectively disposed in said locking grooves, each of said strengthening rings surrounding a respective one of the strengthening cores of the optical fiber cable.",0.04734462922819837,0.09468925845639675
9073535,"1. A utility vehicle comprising: a first pair of wheels; a second pair of wheels located opposite the first pair of wheels; a first motor that is selected from the group consisting of a first electric motor and a first internal combustion engine; wherein the first motor selectively moves the second pair of wheels; a pusher cart selectively attachable to the utility vehicle, wherein the pusher cart includes:",0.9129625685609447,0.17407486287811058
8914515,"1. A computer usable program product comprising a computer usable storage device including computer usable code for cloud optimization using workload analysis, the computer usable code comprising: computer usable code for identifying, using a processor and a memory, an architecture of a workload received for execution in a cloud computing environment, the cloud computing environment including a set of cloud computing resources; computer usable code for identifying and marking a section of the workload for static analysis; computer usable code for performing static analysis on the section to determine a characteristic of instructions in the workload, wherein the characteristic of the instructions is discernible from the workload without executing the workload, wherein the characteristic of the instructions is indicative of a certain type of resource that should be used for executing the instructions, wherein the characteristic of the instructions in the workload comprises one of (i) an instruction set architecture (ISA) used in the workload, (ii) a level of complexity of branch prediction in the instructions in the workload, (iii) a type of the instructions in a binary code of the workload, (iv) an indication of cache intensive nature of the workload, and (v) an indication of floating point intensive operations being present in the workload; computer usable code for selecting a subset of the set of cloud computing resources, such that a cloud computing resource in the subset is available for allocating to the workload and has a characteristic that matches the characteristic of the instructions in the workload as determined from the static analysis; and computer usable code for suggesting the subset of cloud computing resources to a job scheduler for scheduling the workload for execution.",0.5318693521253912,0.9362612957492176
8400336,"1. A method for encoding of an input sequence of bits, the method comprising: reordering, with a processor, the input sequence into groups of input bits in accordance with a predetermined reordering schedule; for each group of input bits, entropy encoding, with the processor, the input bits to generate an encoded subsequence.",0.46991348991898696,0.9398269798379739
9784138,"1. A waste heat power generation device comprising: an evaporator configured to recover waste heat energy to evaporate a working medium; a turbine generator configured to generate electric power with the working medium being supplied from the evaporator; an AC-DC converter and a DC-AC converter configured to convert a three-phase alternating current power generated by the turbine generator to a three-phase alternating current power conforming to a specification of commercial power; a condenser configured to condense the working medium discharged from the turbine generator; a pump configured to feed the working medium condensed in the condenser toward the evaporator; a measuring device configured to measure the amount of power generated by the turbine generator per unit time; and a controller configured to be connected to the measuring device and to control the driving of the pump based on the measurement result of the measuring device, wherein the measuring device is configured to be connected to the AC-DC converter or the DC-AC converter, and output the measurement result to the controller, and the controller is configured to control the driving of the pump based on the slope of the change in the amount of power generated.",0.9936835931317887,0.012632813736422666
8955073,"1. A method of authenticating a first party to a second party, comprising: an authenticating party receiving, from an electronic device of a first party, a request to generate authenticating indicia to authenticate the first party to a second party; at least one of a plurality of authenticating party computer processors generating the authenticating indicia; the authenticating party transmitting, over a network, the authenticating indicia to the electronic device of a first party; the authenticating party receiving, from an electronic device of the second party, received authenticating indicia; at least one of the plurality of authenticating party computer processors determining that the received authenticating indicia is the same as the authenticating indicia; and the authenticating party notifying at least one of the first party and the second party that the parties have been authenticated.",0.022396877238419755,0.04479375447683953
9438357,"1. Calibration device for a signal processing device comprising an input stage, a signal processing stage and an output stage, comprising: an output stage calibrator comprising a test signal source adapted to be coupled to the output stage, a feedback channel connectable between output of the output stage and input of the input stage, and a signal analyzer adapted to be coupled to the input stage, wherein the test signal source is implemented to provide a test signal to the output stage, which can be supplied to the input stage via the feedback channel after processing by the output stage, wherein the signal analyzer is implemented to analyze the test signal after processing by the input stage and to determine, based on the analysis, deviations of an actual output amplification of the output stage at a set output amplification of the output stage and/or deviations of an actual input amplification of the input stage at a set input amplification of the input stage, wherein the calibration device comprises an input stage calibrator, which comprises a calibration signal source adapted to be coupled to the input of the input stage and the signal analyzer adapted to be coupled to the input stage, wherein the calibration signal source is implemented to provide a calibration signal to the input stage, wherein the signal analyzer is implemented to analyze the calibration signal after processing by the input stage and determine, based on the analysis, deviations of an actual input amplification of the input stage at a set input amplification of the input stage.",0.04851542590358967,0.0970308518071793
9746051,"1. A vibration reducing apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle having a running power source generating rotational power for causing the vehicle to run, a driving wheel, and a power transmission device transmitting the rotational power to the driving wheel via a damper from the running power source, the vibration reducing apparatus comprising: an inertial mass body that is connected to the running power source or the power transmission device; a first engagement device configured to switch between a state where the running power source engages with the damper of the power transmission device so as to enable power transmission between the running power source and the damper and a state where the engagement of the running power source and the damper is released; a second engagement device configured to switch between a state where the power transmission device engages with the inertial mass body so as to enable power transmission between the power transmission device and the inertial mass body in a power transmission path different from that of the first engagement device and a state where the engagement of the power transmission device and the inertial mass body is released; and a third engagement device configured to switch between a state where the running power source engages with the inertial mass body so as to enable power transmission between the running power source and the inertial mass body in a power transmission path different from those of the first engagement device and the second engagement device and a state where the engagement of the running power source and the inertial mass body is released.",0.8304423688258552,0.3391152623482896
8642530,"1. A solid rinse aid composition consisting essentially of: (a) a sheeting agent, wherein the sheeting agent comprises at least one compound having the structure represented by formula I: R—O—(CH (b) a defoaming agent; (c) an association disruption agent of an alcohol alkoxylate EO/BO surfactant, and/or a C (d) a hardening agent.",0.12109437559868762,0.24218875119737526
8865073,"1. An air purifier comprising: an air purifying unit with at least one soda lime tube comprising a container that has an inlet port and an outlet port and that is filled with contents consisting essentially of granular soda lime, and at least one activated carbon tube comprising a container that has an inlet port and an outlet port and that is filled with contents consisting essentially of granular activated carbon; wherein the at least one soda lime tube and the at least one activated carbon tube are connected in series with a connecting tube; wherein the air purifier purifies air by passing the air through the soda lime tube and the activated carbon tube of the air purifying unit, wherein the air purifying unit comprises two or more of the soda lime tubes and the activated carbon tubes, respectively, and the soda lime tubes and the activated carbon tubes are connected in an alternating manner.",0.8472121219370444,0.30557575612591115
8428013,"1. A method of performing random access by user equipment which is in an idle mode in a wireless communication system using multiple carriers, the method comprising: transmitting a preamble for random access to a network to establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with the network; receiving a random access response message from the network in response to the preamble, the random access response message comprising uplink resource allocation information and a temporary identifier of the user equipment; transmitting an RRC connection setup request message to the network through uplink resources allocated according to the uplink resource allocation information after receiving the random access response message, the RRC connection setup request message requesting connection establishment with the network, wherein the RRC connection setup request message comprises a first user equipment identifier; receiving control information from the network on a control channel, the control information comprising a second user equipment identifier and associated with receiving a contention resolution message; receiving the contention resolution message from the network using the control information when the second user equipment identifier is equal to the temporary identifier of the user equipment; and receiving an RRC connection setup message from the network in response to the RRC connection setup request message, wherein when the contention resolution message comprises the first user equipment identifier sent by the user equipment through the RRC connection setup request message, the user equipment considers the random access procedure to be successful and uses the temporary identifier of the user equipment as a private user equipment identifier (C-RNTI) for performing communications with the network.",0.44786064044796614,0.8957212808959323
9138761,"1. An intermixing assembly for coupling with a heat exchanger of an evaporative air conditioner, the intermixing assembly comprising: an elongated housing with an inlet for receiving ambient air from a source thereof and an outlet for coupling with the heat exchanger; a plurality of spiral vanes positioned within the housing for creating turbulence in the ambient air as it passes through the housing; and a nozzle positioned adjacent the housing outlet, the nozzle having—",0.7139880954055272,0.5720238091889456
8521049,"1. A heater controller that performs on/off control of a plurality of heaters, the heater controller comprising: a storage unit that stores therein a plurality of pattern sets, wherein each of the pattern sets includes a plurality of heater-on/off patterns for respectively controlling the heaters, and each of the heater-on/off patterns is set in terms of a predetermined pattern control period; a reference-value calculating unit that calculates a reference value representing an average of values of electric power supplied to an image forming apparatus over a predetermined period of time corresponding to electric power which is supplied; an output-value calculating unit that calculates, for each of the pattern sets, an output power value to be supplied to the heaters when the heaters are turned-on according to the heater-on/off patterns included in the pattern set; a difference calculating unit that calculates, for each of the pattern sets, a difference between the reference value and the output power value; a selecting unit that selects, from the pattern sets, one pattern set having a smallest difference; and an on/off control unit that performs on/off control of the heaters according to the heater-on/off patterns included in the pattern set selected by the selecting unit, respectively, wherein: each of the heater-on/off patterns is made up of a plurality of half-waves, each of which is a half of a cycle of an alternating current supply voltage to be supplied to the heaters, the output-value calculating unit calculates the output power value for each of the half-waves within one control period, and the difference calculating unit calculates a total of differences between the reference value and each output power value calculated for each of the half-waves in the one control period.",0.9645237576111196,0.07095248477776073
8502004,"1. A process for evaluating the effect of a refinery feedstock on a refinery process, said process for evaluating comprising: (i) providing a refinery feedstock; (ii) treating said refinery feedstock to produce a plurality of fractions each representative of a feedstock for the refinery process, said plurality of fractions comprising at least two fractions with different properties, wherein the treating of said refinery feedstock is performed using a microdistillation column or microfractionator to obtain fractions with defined boiling point ranges; (iii) treating each of the plurality of fractions under experimental conditions representative of those in the refinery process, said treatments being carried out in an essentially parallel manner; and (iv) determining one or more performance criteria for each fraction for the refinery process by analysing at least partially in parallel the respective product streams produced from each fraction.",0.800020399724238,0.399959200551524
8740724,"1. A golf ball consisting essentially of: (a) a center having a diameter of from 0.50 inches to 1.30 inches, a center hardness of 50 Shore C or greater, and formed from a low modulus HNP composition, the low modulus HNP composition comprising a highly neutralized ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer having a modulus of from 1,000 psi to 50,000 psi, wherein at least 80% of the acid groups of the acid copolymer are neutralized; (b) an outer core layer having a surface hardness of 75 Shore C or greater and formed from a high modulus HNP composition, the high modulus HNP composition comprising a highly neutralized ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid copolymer having a modulus of from 25,000 psi to 150,000 psi, wherein 40% to 100% of the acid groups present in the high modulus HNP composition are neutralized; (c) an inner cover layer formed from a thermoplastic composition and having a material hardness less than the surface hardness of the outer core layer; and (d) an outer cover layer formed from a polyurethane or polyurea composition; wherein the modulus of the highly neutralized copolymer of the low modulus HNP composition is at least 10% less than the modulus of the highly neutralized copolymer of the high modulus HNP composition.",0.11290047202643798,0.22580094405287598
8702701,"1. A treatment device for electrosurgery comprising: a sheath which has a distal end portion and a proximal end portion; a treatment portion which has a distal end and a proximal end, the treatment portion being inserted into the sheath such that a direction toward the distal end from the proximal end becomes a direction toward the distal end portion from the proximal end portion, wherein the treatment portion is configured to treat a target site by at least a portion of the distal end, and is capable of advancing and the treatment portion retracting inside the sheath; a first electrode which is provided to the distal end of the treatment portion and exposed to the outside; a second electrode of which the relative positional relationship with respect to the first electrode is fixed at a position separated from the first electrode toward the proximal end of the treatment portion; an insulator which insulates the first electrode from the second electrode by being interposed between the first and second electrodes; a first conductive portion which applies a high-frequency current to the first electrode; a second conductive portion which applies a high-frequency current to the second electrode; and a contact member which is fixed to the distal end portion of the sheath, which is electrically connected to the second conductive portion, and which is capable of being electrically connected to the second electrode, wherein when the treatment portion protrudes from the sheath by a predetermined length, the second electrode is electrically connected to the second conductive portion via the contact member, and the second electrode is not electrically connected to the second conductive portion via the contact member when the treatment portion protrudes from the sheath at a length that is less than the predetermined length.",0.08049843277274511,0.1609968655454902
8455643,"1. A white-light organic electroluminescent material represented by the following Formula (I): wherein, M represents a divalent metal ion; A represents a group containing a 8-hydroxyquinolinyl group, in which the 8-hydroxyquinolinyl group can be substituted by an alkyl, alkoxyl or amino group at 2- or 7-position; B represents a carbazolyl group; C represents a group containing a 3,3-dicyanomethylene-1-cyclohexenyl group, in which the 3,3-dicyanomethylene-1-cyclohexenyl group can be substituted by an alkyl or aromatic group at 5-position; and each of L",0.6418899452022211,0.7162201095955578
9090923,"1. A process for producing a saccharide composition comprising branched α-glucan, comprising the steps of: allowing an α-glucosyltransferase and cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase to act on maltose and/or α-1,4 glucan having a glucose polymerization degree of 3 or higher; and collecting the formed saccharide composition comprising branched α-glucan; said saccharide composition is characterized in that the content of water-soluble dietary fiber of the saccharide composition, obtained by applying a high performance liquid chromatography method (Enzyme-HPLC method), is 40% (w/w) or higher.",0.25632406924898,0.51264813849796
8375653,"1. A photovoltaic roofing element comprising: an encapsulated photovoltaic element having a top surface and a bottom surface, a top layer material at its top surface and a bottom layer material at its bottom surface, the bottom layer material at the bottom surface of the encapsulated photovoltaic element having a surface tension no greater than 35 dyne/cm; a roofing substrate having a top surface; and a tie layer system disposed between the encapsulated photovoltaic element and the roofing substrate and joining the bottom surface of the encapsulated photovoltaic element to the top surface of the roofing substrate.",0.9719513460595791,0.056097307880841774
8613586,"1. A vortical wind energy apparatus that translates wind gusts to vertical air streams, comprising: an upper half-spheroid part; said upper half-spheroid part has a toroidal structure that is formed by external spheroid surface of it and hyperbolic axial-symmetric inner surface of it; conjunction of said two surfaces creates a toroidal shaped axial-symmetric hole inside said upper half-spheroid part; a lower half-spheroid part; said lower half-spheroid and said upper half-spheroid are placed by their convexities towards each other in a spaced apart manner thereby allowing passage of air therebetween; and a core with blades attached and capable to rotate around the vertical axis of symmetry within said toroidal shaped axial-symmetric hole.",0.7204056523206158,0.5591886953587684
9569250,"1. A method of operating an expert integrated system comprising: providing an expert operating system including a plurality of deployments and an analytics platform, with: collect, by the analytics platform, analytics input data from the set of management nodes of each deployment of the plurality of deployments; performing, by the analytics platform, analytics processing on the analytics input data to provide analytics output data that relates to operational performance of each deployment; providing a subnet that is at least substantially limited to providing communication between the analytics platform and the sets of management nodes of the deployments of the plurality of deployments, wherein the subnet extends across a plurality of clouds; performing analytics, under a pipe analytics module, on the analytics input data to provide analytics output data that relates to operational performance of each pattern within a deployment, wherein the pipe analytic model provides an architecture that defines and executes a pipe with a sequential search, modification/cleansing of searched data, and visualization of the data using a single thread request/response paradigm; and presenting at least a portion of the analytics output data in human understandable form and format.",0.5667315747277346,0.8665368505445308
8527732,"1. A storage system comprising: a virtual volume to which real storage areas are allocated depending on data amount to be stored therein and which stores a plurality of mainframe data managed in units of tracks, each of the plurality of mainframe data including control information and one or more records storing user data; and a controller, wherein: the virtual volume is managed by a first real storage area storing the records in the plurality of mainframe data and a second real storage area storing the control information in the plurality of mainframe data; the controller determines not to allocate the first real storage area to the virtual volume in a case that user data in the records in the plurality of mainframe data are initial values; and the control information in the plurality of mainframe data is stored in the second real storage area allocated to the virtual volume.",0.29253219282270704,0.5850643856454141
9275037,"1. A method for managing textual content of phrases, the method comprising the steps of: determining, by one or more processors, if a phrase is entered into a first field in a display, wherein the phrase contains textual content; determining, by one or more processors, a user name associated with the phrase entered into the first field of the display; querying, by one or more processors, a directory for information associated with the determined user name, wherein the information includes at least a list of titles and associated responsibilities of the determined user name; determining, by one or more processors, if a portion of the textual content of the phrase is present in a phrase dictionary, wherein the phrase dictionary contains textual content of one or more topics; and responsive to determining that the portion of the textual content of the phrase is not present in the phrase dictionary, determining, by or more processors, to not enter the portion of the textual content of the phrase in a second field of the display.",0.05319438193540217,0.10638876387080431
9444060,"1. A compound having the following structure: wherein: one of X one of X R where R R R and R M L Z X is F, Cl or Br, and z is an integer from 0 to 6; and n is an integer from 0 to 5.",0.5638517406769988,0.8722965186460023
8887875,"1. A caliper body for a disc brake, comprising: an elongated attachment side portion suitable for facing a first braking surface of a disc; said disc defining an axial direction parallel to a rotation axis thereof, a circumferential direction parallel to one of its braking surfaces, a disc inlet portion corresponding to the section of the caliper the disc enters when travelling, and a radial direction perpendicular to the axial direction and to the circumferential direction, the radial direction defining an outward radial direction when facing away from the rotation axis of the disc; said elongated attachment side portion comprising at least two attachment portions suitable for coupling the body of the caliper with a support thereof; said attachment portions comprising an attachment portion facing the disc inlet portion of the body of the caliper, and an attachment portion arranged at the end of the disc outlet portion of the body of the caliper where the disk exits when rotating; said caliper body comprising an elongated non-attachment side portion suitable for facing a second braking surface opposite the first braking surface of the disc; each elongated portion having at least one cylinder suitable for receiving a piston for exerting a pressure on pads housed between said elongated portions of the caliper and said braking surfaces of the disc; said caliper body also comprising at least one connection bridge arranged straddling the disc connecting the elongated attachment side portion with the elongated non-attachment side portion; wherein said elongated portions have an outer surface opposite the disc substantially inclined and rounded towards the disc in the radially outward direction so that the caliper body observed in the circumferential direction has a bulk with a rounded outer surface, and wherein at least one end bridge located on the disc outlet portion, extends from the elongated attachment side portion near to an attachment portion towards the elongated non-attachment side portion, so that at least one attachment portion is arranged at a circumferential end of the elongated attachment side portion.",0.1693901346623546,0.3387802693247093
8866340,"1. A supercapacitor-based grid fault ride-through system, comprising: a voltage source converter (VSC) including a DC-link input electrical circuit for receiving input electrical power from a power source, a voltage pulse width modulation (PWM) modulation index control input, a phase control input, and an output electrical circuit adapted for connection to a power grid for providing output electrical power to the power grid; a voltage controller connected to the voltage PWM modulation index control input; a current controller connected to the phase control input, said voltage controller and said current controller each being a proportional-integral (PI) controller; means for detecting a fault from the power grid, the means for fault detecting being connected to the voltage and current controllers, wherein said means for detecting a fault from said power grid comprises means for sensing deviation of voltage magnitude at a local bus connected to the power grid and means for sensing deviation of voltage phase angle at the local bus connected to the power grid; a supercapacitor having an electrical connection to the DC-link input electrical circuit of the voltage source converter, said supercapacitor providing storage of electrical energy for real and reactive power exchange; a bidirectional DC-DC converter including a pair of switches connected between the electrical connection of the supercapacitor and the input electrical circuit of the voltage source converter, the DC-DC bidirectional converter, via the switch pair, selectively switching the electrical connection of the supercapacitor to the voltage source converter, wherein when a fault is detected by the means for detection, responsively, the voltage and current controllers regulate the voltage source converter during a time period of the fault using the electrical energy stored in the supercapacitor, thereby enabling the voltage source converter to independently provide compensating real power and reactive power to the power grid during the fault, wherein each said proportional-integral (PI) controller comprises: means for generating a summation of a VSC output quadrature reference current and an actual VSC output quadrature current, the VSC output quadrature reference current being based on a summation of a pre-fault reference voltage and a during fault actual voltage at the local bus; means for generating a summation of a VSC output direct reference current and an actual VSC output direct current at the local bus, the VSC output direct reference current being based on a summation of a pre-fault reference phase angle and a during fault actual phase angle at the local bus; means for generating a quadrature error signal e means for generating voltage PWM modulation index and phase angle control signals based on the quadrature error signal e where m is the voltage PWM modulation control signal and Ψ is the phase angle control signal; and means for routing the m and Ψ control signals to the VSC, thereby controlling modulation index and phase angle defined by pulse width modulation of the VSC.",0.8910096229480418,0.21798075410391649
9043575,"1. A system for managing a logical partition, the system comprising: a secondary shared processor pool supplying a quantity of processing units, each processing unit representing the processing capacity of one processor core; and a partition manager operable to:",0.540970515469306,0.9180589690613881
8392378,"1. A data processing system comprising: one or more processors; one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors; at least one input/output (I/O) adapter that enables connection to an external network with a shared storage repository; and a virtualization management component executing within the data processing system to generate a plurality of operating system (OS) partitions including a first virtual I/O server (VIOS) partition, which performs the functions of: configuration backup and to return a respective second XML configuration file to a single collating storage location;",0.5174080442659732,0.9651839114680536
9765148,"1. A monoclonal antibody, or a fragment thereof, which specifically binds to an epitope of human CD70, wherein the epitope is within the amino acid sequence HIQVTLAICSS (SEQ ID NO:342), and which, when tested as a Fab fragment, has an off-rate (k off ) as measured by surface plasmon resonance for human CD70 of less than 7×10 −4 s −1 .",0.24481807127236296,0.489636142544726
9597878,"1. An inkjet recording apparatus comprising: a recording head having an ink discharge surface and configured to discharge ink onto a recording medium; a wiper blade configured to clean the ink discharge surface of the recording head; and a controller configured to cause the wiper blade to wipe ink off the ink discharge surface by causing the wiper blade to be pushed against the ink discharge surface and move in a predetermined movement direction, wherein the wiper blade includes a protrusion protruding in the predetermined movement direction, the protrusion has an ink retaining surface that faces the ink discharge surface while the wiper blade wipes ink off the ink discharge surface, the ink retaining surface is the front surface of the wiper blade moves the ink on the ink discharge surface while the wiper blade moves in the movement direction, and the protrusion has a groove extending in a direction perpendicular to a short direction of the ink discharge surface.",0.02731299461898003,0.054625989237960026
9014084,"1. A transceiver system comprising: a physical-layer transceiver; and a logical-layer media access controller, wherein the physical-layer transceiver can execute transmitted and received data communications with a plurality of terminal devices, wherein the logical-layer media access controller can control memory transfer of transmitted and received data, wherein the transceiver system can be set in one operation mode selected from among an intermittent-operation mode and an uninterrupted-operation mode, wherein, in the intermittent-operation mode, an operation of the physical-layer transceiver and an operation of the logical-layer media access controller are executed alternately, and wherein, in the uninterrupted-operation mode, an operation of the physical-layer transceiver and an operation of the logical-layer media access controller are executed in parallel.",0.6072795390624784,0.7854409218750431
9098378,"1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and executable by the at least one processor, the computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code configured to store virtual appliance image templates at a caching location, based on a historical request pattern; computer readable program code configured to receive a request for a virtual appliance image; and computer readable program code configured to provide, to a second location, a return virtual appliance image responsive to the received request via: computer readable program code configured to apply a cost function for caching at the caching location, wherein the cost function is determined by variables comprising:",0.42558423028205644,0.8511684605641129
8636175,"1. A system for dispensing fluid, the system comprising; a first fluid circuit, the first fluid circuit comprising, a second fluid circuit configured to provide pressure for dispensing the first fluid, the second fluid circuit comprising, wherein the second fluid circuit is a closed-loop circuit, wherein the first variable volume chamber and the second variable volume chamber are associated with one another, such that as the volume of the second variable volume chamber increases, the volume of the first variable volume chamber decreases, thereby dispensing the first fluid from the first fluid circuit, and wherein the fluid passages of the second fluid circuit are associated with the first fluid circuit, such that flow of the second fluid in the second fluid circuit facilitates control of a temperature of the first fluid in the first fluid circuit.",0.45994530912206966,0.9198906182441393
9561733,"1. An on-vehicle travel distance output apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle including: a battery and a travel motor that generate, based on electric power of the battery, a drive force for the travel of the vehicle, wherein the battery is chargeable based on electric power from a first charge source as well as electric power from a second charge source, the on-vehicle travel distance output apparatus comprising: a processing device that calculates a first travel distance of the vehicle over which the vehicle travels based on the electric power of the battery obtained from the first charge source and a second travel distance of the vehicle over which the vehicle travels based on the electric power of the battery obtained from the second charge source to output the calculated first and second travel distances.",0.9154399480421692,0.16912010391566157
8563184,"1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell generating electric current during operation from anode gas and cathode gas; a residual gas burner reacting anode waste gas with cathode waste gas during the operation; a fuel cell air line; an air delivery device feeding air as a cathode gas to the fuel cell during the operation via said fuel cell air line; a waste gas line removing burner waste gas from the residual gas burner; a first heat exchanger coupling the waste gas line with the fuel cell air line in a heat-transferring manner; an auxiliary burner reacting air with a fuel into auxiliary burner waste gas during the operation; a bypass air line connected to the fuel cell air line on an inlet side between the air delivery device and the first heat exchanger and connected to the fuel cell air line on an outlet side between the first heat exchanger and the fuel cell; an auxiliary waste gas line, removing auxiliary burner waste gas from the auxiliary burner; and a second heat exchanger coupling the auxiliary waste gas line with the bypass air line in a heat-transferring manner.",0.9748178189153709,0.050364362169258214
9311630,"1. A secure payment method, comprising: receiving, by a merchant, a purchase request from a purchaser in a transaction; requesting, by the merchant, a payment that is in a specified form and that is uniquely identified by a unique identification; receiving, at a merchant computer controlled by the merchant, the payment that is in the specified form, wherein the payment is uniquely identified by the unique identification; and authorizing, by the merchant, the transaction in response to receiving the payment that is in the specified form and that is uniquely identified by the unique identification, wherein the specified form is issued by a private third party.",0.03770452964436589,0.07540905928873176
9824763,"1. A memory system comprising: a memory device comprising a plurality of memory dies, each memory die including a plurality of planes, each plane including a plurality of memory blocks, each memory block including a plurality of pages, each page including a plurality of memory cells in which data is stored; and a controller suitable for, after a first time when the memory system in a power-on state performs a program operation corresponding to a write command received from a host, on first pages of the memory blocks, and records program information on the program operation in a list stored in a memory of the controller, in the case where power off occurs at a second time while the memory system performs a program operation on second pages of the memory blocks, checking the program information recorded in the list after the memory system is changed from a power-off state to the power-on state at a third time, and performing a recovery operation for the memory blocks based on the list for which a program operation was not completed due do the power off.",0.7448827448680566,0.5102345102638868
8906448,"1. A method of making an article, comprising the steps of: forming the article of a material comprising graphite particles having basal surfaces, at least a portion of the article being porous, coating at least the basal surfaces of the graphite particles of at least the porous portion of the article with a non-metallic oxygenated element comprising a silicate; controlling a rate of a breakdown of the oxygenated element to leave a corresponding elemental oxide on the basal surfaces of the graphite particles of the porous portion; and wherein the article comprises a fuel cell transport plate or a fuel cell gas diffusion layer.",0.7480863998173652,0.5038272003652695
8940722,"1. A compound represented by Formula (1) or an enantiomer, diastereomer or tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R wherein the alkyl, the alkenyl, the alkynyl, the cycloalkyl and the heterocyclic groups are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, oxo, halogen, cyano, halo-C and wherein the heteroaromatic and the aromatic ring systems are independently from each other unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, oxo, halogen, cyano, C wherein the ring systems, the alkyl and the cycloalkyl groups are independently from each other unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, oxo, halogen, cyano, C or wherein the heteroaromatic and the aromatic ring systems are fused with a saturated 5-8 membered heterocycle containing 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S; wherein the fused ring system is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, oxo, halogen, cyano, C R wherein the alkyl, the cycloalkyl and the heterocycle groups are unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, oxo, halogen, cyano, halo-C and wherein the heteroaromatic and the aromatic ring systems are independently from each other unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, oxo, halogen, cyano, C wherein the heteroaromatic and the aromatic ring systems are independently from each other unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, oxo, halogen, cyano, C or wherein the heteroaromatic and the aromatic ring systems are fused with a saturated 5-8 membered heterocycle containing 1, 2, or 3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O and S; wherein the fused ring system is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, oxo, halogen, cyano, C L is —(CR R R R R x is independently 1, 2, 3 or 4; Ar is phenyl unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, halogen, cyano, halo-C wherein the heteroaromatic and aromatic ring system is unsubstituted or substituted by 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, oxo, halogen, cyano, halo-C X is CH Y is O; Z is CH wherein combinations of X, Y and Z where O is directly connected to CO are excluded.",0.3343096451821985,0.668619290364397
9490481,"1. A metal oxide for a cathode active material of a lithium secondary battery, the metal oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, M is any one selected from aluminum, magnesium, titanium, gallium and indium, and a, x, y and z satisfy 1.01≦a≦1.05, 0.7≦x≦0.9, 0≦y≦0.17, 0.02≦z≦0.16, and x+y+z=1, respectively, and wherein a concentration of M has a gradient at which the concentration is decreased from a surface of the metal oxide to a center thereof.",0.9521077671019706,0.0957844657960587
9647758,"1. A method of testing a system having a plurality of components, each component having at least one radio frequency (RF) port, and a plurality of cables connected to the at least one RF port of the plurality of components, the method comprising: applying a first voltage indicating a first logic state to a first RF port of a first component of the plurality of components, wherein the first RF port is configured to carry RF signals, and the first component comprising a direct current (DC) blocking circuit causing the first voltage applied to the first RF port to not impact the RF signals carried by the first RF port by providing a high impedance higher than an impedance of the RF signals to the first RF port and blocking the high impedance from the RF signals and circuits related to the RF signals; automatically scanning multiple input ports of the plurality of components by a controller; and automatically recording by the controller an RF link between the first RF port and an input port among the scanned multiple input ports corresponding to the applied first logic state at the first RF port of the first component.",0.17313866132388334,0.34627732264776667
9558803,"1. An apparatus comprising: a ferroelectric memory cell coupled to a data line; a reference capacitance coupled to a reference line; a common node coupled between the data line and the reference capacitance, wherein the common node is coupled to the data line through a first precharge transistor and to the reference line through a second precharge transistor, the first and second precharge transistors having control gates coupled to a precharge signal; and a current mirror circuit coupled to the data line and to the reference capacitance, the current mirror circuit separate from the first and second precharge transistors, and comprising first and second transistors having respective control gates connected to the reference line, wherein the common node is configured to be at a fixed voltage for sensing the memory cell and the current mirror circuit is configured to mirror displacement current from the reference capacitance to the ferroelectric memory cell.",0.23628116189208598,0.47256232378417196
9440551,"1. A method for controlling a connection of a high voltage source of a motor vehicle to a high-voltage network of the motor vehicle, comprising: receiving with a control device of the motor vehicle a connection command; determining with the control device at least one test value for an electrical operating parameter of the high-voltage network by conducting a test current from the high-voltage source via a first pre-charge resistor to the connection, said first pre-charge resistor having a first resistance value, said at least one test value comprising a voltage value or a current strength value, said electrical operating parameter depending on a capacitance of the high-voltage network actually effective on a connection of the high-voltage source to the high-voltage network, said test current causing a first pre-charging of the actually effective capacitance, said first pre-charging being monitored by the at least first test value; when the at least one test value satisfies a predetermined safety condition, conducting a pre-charge current of the high-voltage source via a second pre-charge resistor, which limits the pre-charge current, to the connection and into the high-voltage network to charge the capacitance of the high-voltage network, said second pre-charge resistor having a second resistance value which is lower than the first resistance value; and blocking the pre-charging when the at least one test value does not satisfy the predetermined safety condition.",0.7035890595620483,0.5928218808759034
8877763,"1. A compound represented by Formula (I): wherein: R R X is F, Cl, Br, I, CH Y is chloro, bromo, iodo, —C R R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.",0.4046601297871774,0.8093202595743548
8349280,"1. A multi water-gas shift membrane reactor for reacting a synthetic gas containing 50-70% carbon monoxide with a catalyst in a reactor to convert the synthetic gas into hydrogen, the multi water-gas shift membrane reactor comprising: a multi reactor wherein a porous barrier rib to support the catalyst is provided in a upper region of the multi reactor, and a separation membrane to separate hydrogen is provided in a lower region of the multi reactor, the separation membrane partitioning an inner region of the multi reactor into a lower reaction chamber and a discharge chamber; a first catalyst layer and a second catalyst layer laminated on the barrier rib and the separation membrane, respectively; a synthetic gas supply pipe connected to the first catalyst layer of an upper reaction chamber, to supply a synthetic gas containing 50-70% carbon monoxide; a steam supply pipe to supply steam, connected to an upper region of the first catalyst layer of the upper reaction chamber; a first outlet connected to the discharge chamber, to discharge hydrogen passing through the separation membrane; and a second outlet connected to the second catalyst layer, to discharge synthetic gas not passing through the separation membrane, wherein the first catalyst layer is composed of an HTS catalyst to allow a catalyst reaction of a high-temperature synthetic gas; and the second catalyst layer is composed of an LTS catalyst to allow a catalyst reaction of a low-temperature synthetic gas, wherein the steam supply pipe is laid in a middle of the lower reaction chamber to collect high-temperature reaction heat, phase-transfer moisture into stream in the pipe and thus supply the steam to the upper reaction chamber.",0.9888775547039508,0.022244890592098443
9334381,"1. A crosslinked organic porous particle comprising a crosslinked organic polymer that provides a crosslinked organic solid phase including an external particle surface and first and second discrete pores that are isolated from each other and dispersed and enclosed entirely within the crosslinked organic solid phase, the first and second discrete pores having an average size greater than or equal to 0.1 μm, and the mode particle size of the crosslinked organic porous particles is at least 3 μm and up to and including 100 μm, and the crosslinked organic solid phase further comprises a low HLB emulsifier that is selected from the group consisting of sorbitan esters of fatty acids, polyethylene oxide esters of fatty acids, tetrafunctional block copolymer with terminal secondary hydroxyl groups, and polyglycerol polyricinoleate, wherein the crosslinked organic porous particle further comprises a first marker material that is present within only the volume of the first discrete pores, and the volume of the second discrete pores is either empty of marker materials or is at least partially occupied by a second marker material, which first and second marker materials are detectably different, and the crosslinked organic porous particles has a porosity of at least 1% and up to and including 80% of total crosslinked organic porous particle volume.",0.4123620640709822,0.8247241281419644
9773694,"1. A method for manufacturing a bonded wafer, comprising: ion-implanting at least one gas ion selected from a hydrogen ion and a rare gas ion from a surface of a bond wafer, thereby forming an ion-implanted layer into the inside of the wafer; bonding the ion-implanted surface of the bond wafer and a surface of a base wafer directly or through an insulating film; followed by producing a bonded wafer having a thin-film on the base wafer by delaminating the bond wafer along the ion-implanted layer; and flattening the surface of the thin-film by performing an RTA treatment while supplying hydrogen gas, which is a single wafer processing, on the bonded wafer in a hydrogen gas-containing atmosphere; wherein",0.6103150549212445,0.779369890157511
8909914,"1. A method of booting a computer, including a processor and a controller, comprising: transferring, by the controller, a boot image from a non-volatile memory to a first volatile memory, the first volatile memory comprising a static random access memory (SRAM); initializing, by the processor, a volatile memory interface between the processor and a second volatile memory, the second volatile memory comprising a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM); transferring, by the controller, the boot image from the first volatile memory to the second volatile memory; and booting the computer based upon the boot image stored in the second volatile memory.",0.48497217427405226,0.9699443485481045
8823348,"1. A buck converter configured for converting a voltage output from a power supply to a load, the buck converter comprising: a first switch and a second switch connected in series between two ends of the power supply; an inductor, a first end of the inductor connected to a node, a second end of the inductor served as an output terminal and connected to the load, the node being between the first switch and the second switch; three compensators corresponding to the first switch, the second switch, and the inductor, the three compensators respectively connected to the first switch, the second switch and the inductor in series; a control microchip connected to the first switch, the second switch, and the node, the control microchip controlling the first switch and the second switch to turn on or off, and executing a current protective process when output current of the output terminal exceeds a current protective threshold of the load; and wherein the first switch, the second switch, and the inductor have reversible temperature coefficients and the compensators have negative temperature coefficients.",0.7734518429103486,0.45309631417930274
9297594,1. A collector plate ( 10 ) for a heat exchanger comprising: a web ( a U-shaped groove ( the outer flange ( the inner flange ( whereby each disjointed portion ( wherein the web ( wherein the base (,0.6796627015775374,0.6406745968449252
8648507,"1. An electric machine comprising: a housing including an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an interior portion, the housing including a connection zone having a first end portion that extends from the outer surface to a second end portion that is exposed to the interior portion, the connection zone including a connection passage; and a stator assembly arranged within the interior portion of the housing, the stator assembly including at least one connector lead, and a terminal block extending through the connection passage, the terminal block comprising:",0.33905850186960984,0.6781170037392197
9838605,"1. A camera system that includes a lens unit and a camera body that the lens unit is freely attached to or detached from, wherein the camera body includes: when the determiner determines that the lens unit mounted onto the camera body is the lens unit that performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions, the camera body drives the blur corrector so as to perform the blur correction in the plurality of directions at a camera body side blur correction ratio based on information relating to a blur correction range that the lens unit has, a correction sensitivity, and the blur correction range included in the camera body, and the lens unit performs the blur correction at a lens unit side blur correction ratio based on the information relating to the blur correction range that the lens unit has, the correction sensitivity, and the blur correction range included in the camera body, and when L_b represents the blur correction range included in the camera body, L_l represents the blur correction range that the lens unit has, and K represents the correction sensitivity, the camera body side blur correction ratio is a value obtained by performing an operation of L_b/(L_b+L_l×K), and the lens unit side blur correction ratio is a value obtained by performing an operation of L_l×K/(L_b+L_l×K).",0.09320289770502414,0.1864057954100483
9152804,"1. A media resource access control method, comprising: receiving, by a universal plug and play (UPnP) media server and from a control point, a media resource identifier comprising a media resource content identifier; acquiring, by the UPnP media server, a preset verification information corresponding to the media resource identifier; receiving, by the UPnP media server, a media resource acquisition request sent by an UPnP media player, wherein the media resource acquisition request contains a to-be-verified information; verifying, by the UPnP media server, the to-be-verified information using the preset verification information by: sending a media resource corresponding to the media resource identifier to the UPnP media player when the to-be-verified information is verified.",0.07040670756997304,0.14081341513994605
8551568,"1. A substrate independent method for the layer-by-layer assembly of a multifunctional film comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a substrate with a first catechol-functionalized poly(ethyleneimine) polymer to form a first layer; (b) rinsing the substrate with neat solvent; (c) contacting the substrate with a second catechol-functionalized polymer to form a second layer; (d) rinsing the substrate with neat solvent, wherein steps (a) through (d) are repeated until a multifunctional multilayer film is formed.",0.2519066325286383,0.5038132650572766
9091111,"1. A system for concealing and accessing objects behind a wall of a room, said system comprising: an opening defined by the wall; a mount in which a firearm is secured and positioned in a cavity behind the wall of the room; a picture within a stationary frame mounted to the wall at the opening; and an actuator assembly positioned in the cavity and operatively coupled to the mount and picture to move the picture from the opening and to move the mount to the opening to access the firearm, said actuator assembly comprising:",0.03348136466039015,0.06696272932078029
8704086,"1. An H-pattern solar cell structure, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; at least one busbar disposed in a first direction on an upper surface of the substrate; and a plurality of parallel gridlines formed on the upper surface such that each of the plurality of gridlines extends in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal to the first direction such that all of the plurality of parallel gridlines contact the at least one busbar, wherein each of the plurality of gridlines comprises a central gridline portion and at least one endpoint structure disposed on at least one of the two opposite ends of the central gridline portion, wherein said at least one endpoint structure has a nominal width that is at least 1.5 times as wide as a second nominal width of said central gridline portion, and wherein the at least one endpoint structure does not terminate at the at least one busbar.",0.9642840031786422,0.07143199364271569
8634870,"1. A portable communication terminal comprising: a first amplifier configured to amplify a transmission signal of a first communication system; a second amplifier configured to amplify a transmission signal of a second communication system; and a control unit configured to perform a first control, in which the first amplifier is controlled to perform amplification within a range equal to or less than a first upper limit power value, and in which the second amplifier is controlled to perform amplification within a range equal to or less than a second upper limit power value, in accordance with a communication situation, wherein, when transmission by the first communication system and transmission by the second communication system are performed in parallel, the control unit performs a second control of performing at least one of a first amplification and a second amplification, wherein, in the first amplification, the first amplifier performs amplification within a range equal to or less than a third upper limit power value that is less than the first upper limit power value; and wherein, in the second amplification, the second amplifier performs amplification within a range equal to or less than a fourth upper limit power value that is less than the second upper limit power value.",0.4511148842500935,0.902229768500187
8533081,"1. A computer-implemented active portfolio performance attribution method for performing a portfolio performance attribution analysis across a plurality of time periods of an active portfolio, comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor, weight and return measures between a plurality of assets of the active portfolio relative to a given portfolio benchmark, the active portfolio of said plurality of assets managed by at least one active portfolio manager based upon observed performance of said plurality of assets, wherein said weight and return measures of the active portfolio and said given portfolio benchmark are determined over the plurality of the time periods; storing, by the at least one processor, said weight and return measures and a corresponding of the plurality of the time periods; and at least one of: determining, by the at least one computer processor, at least one allocation measure (AM) of the plurality of assets, decomposing, by the at least one computer processor, the at least one allocation measure (AM) respectively into: attributing, by the at least one computer processor, performance of the active portfolio of the at least one active portfolio manager across said at least one of said at least one static allocation (SA) measure, and said at least one dynamic allocation (DA) measure of said at least one allocation measure (AM), or said at least one static volatility (SV) measure, and said at least one dynamic volatility (DV) measure of said at least one volatility measure (VM), to obtain a portfolio performance attribution analysis result for the active portfolio of the at least one active portfolio manager, and said attributing comprising at least one of: attributing performance of a plurality of investment categories of the active portfolio selected by the at least one active portfolio manager, or attributing investment skill of the at least one manager; and providing, by the at least one computer processor, said portfolio performance attribution analysis result for the active portfolio of the at least one active portfolio manager to at least one of: at least one storage device, at least one investor, or at least one output device.",0.1508773799386832,0.30175475987736644
9497520,"1. A system comprising: an optical line termination (OLT) transmitter laser of a plurality of OLT transmitter lasers configured to transmit at a particular wavelength, the OLT transmitter laser further configured to transmit a control channel on the O band (1260 nm-1360 nm) and a part-time control channel in the C band (1530 nm-1565 nm) and/or the L band (1565 nm-1625 nm); and a wavelength router configured to couple a downstream optical signal from the OLT transmitter laser onto a single fiber optical distribution network for reception by a passive optical power splitter, the wavelength router further configured to receive an upstream optical signal from the single fiber optical distribution network and route the upstream data signal to an appropriate receiver.",0.24601645451639823,0.4920329090327964
8386826,"1. A method for managing power of a portable device, the portable device having a plurality of device components, including a processor and a memory, each device component having a controllable power setting, the method comprising: creating a plurality of power profiles in the memory, each power profile referencing the plurality of device components; configuring the controllable power setting of each device component referenced in each power profile; creating a rule having a criterion for executing the plurality of power profiles, the criterion based on a device parameter; configuring the rule for executing the plurality of power profiles; monitoring the device parameter to determine if the criterion in the rule used to manage power of the portable device is matched; and executing on the processor the plurality of power profiles if the criterion in the rule is matched; wherein the creating of the plurality of power profiles, the configuring of the controllable power settings, the creating of the rule and the configuring of the rule are controllable, through an external interface, by an external entity.",0.9271890999756569,0.1456218000486862
9693428,"1. A lighting fixture control system, comprising: a control station configured to communicate with a plurality of fixture control devices located remotely from the control station; and a node including a lighting fixture and a fixture control device that is associated with the lighting fixture, located remotely from the control station, and configured to perform an automatic activation operation, wherein, the automatic activation operation includes the fixture control device determining at least four of: wherein, the fixture control device is configured to send results of the automatic activation operation to the control station; and wherein, the control station is configured to store a file associated with the node, the file including the received results of the automatic activation operation.",0.8837014027909781,0.23259719441804383
8366629,"1. An analysis system for processing physiometry for use in remote automated congestive heart failure patient management, comprising: a database storing: an interface periodically receiving the collected device measures; and a processing module, comprising:",0.15985422184861464,0.3197084436972293
8969037,"1. A recombinant gram-negative bacterial cell comprising a mutant spr gene encoding a mutant spr protein containing a mutation that is an amino acid substitution at one or more amino acids within the spr protein, wherein the cell comprises a non-recombinant wild-type chromosomal Tsp gene, wherein expression of said mutant spr gene causes the cell to exhibit increased yield of a recombinant protein of interest or reduced lysis as compared to wild-type bacterial cells expressing a protein of interest and the genome of the cell is isogenic to the wild-type bacterial cell except for the mutated spr gene and, optionally, one or more of: a) a mutated DegP gene encoding a DegP protein having chaperone activity and reduced protease activity; b) a mutated ptr gene, wherein the mutated ptr gene encodes a Protease III protein having reduced protease activity or is a knockout mutated ptr gene; c) a mutated OmpT gene, wherein the mutated OmpT gene encodes an OmpT protein having reduced protease activity or is a knockout mutated OmpT gene; d) a recombinant polynucleotide encoding DsbC; and e) a polynucleotide encoding a protein of interest.",0.7843264956892315,0.43134700862153696
9722565,"1. A filter component comprising: a housing body; a first busbar having a first end section and a second end section, and a center section between the first end section and the second end section; and a second busbar having a first end section and a second end section, and a center section between the first end section and the second end section, wherein the first busbar has a first connection for connecting to a first potential and a second connection for connecting to a first load, wherein the second busbar has a first connection for connecting to a second potential, which is different from the first potential, and a second connection for connecting to a second load, which is different from the first load, or for connecting to a reference potential, wherein the first connection of the first busbar is arranged in the first end section of the first busbar and the second connection of the first busbar is arranged in the second end section of the first busbar, wherein the first connection of the second busbar is arranged in the first end section of the second busbar and the second connection of the second busbar is arranged in the second end section of the second busbar, wherein the first end section of the first busbar projects out of the housing body on a first side of the housing body, the second end section of the first busbar projects out of the housing body on a second side of the housing body, and the center section of the first busbar is arranged in the housing body, the second side being different than the first side, wherein the first end section of the second busbar projects out of the housing body on the first side of the housing body, the second end section of the second busbar projects out of the housing body on the second side of the housing body, and the center section of the second busbar is arranged in the housing body, wherein the first end section, the second end section and the center section of the first busbar are arranged in a first plane, wherein the first end section, the second end section and the center section of the second busbar are arranged in a second plane, which is different than the first plane, wherein the first end sections of the first and second busbars are located with respect to one another such that the first connection of the first busbar and the first connection of the second busbar are not oriented so as to align with one another, and wherein the second end sections of the first and second busbars are located with respect to one another such that the second connection of the first busbar and the second connection of the second busbar are not oriented so as to align with one another.",0.5964537674457594,0.8070924651084812
8463121,"1. A method for receiving an optical signal, including: coherently detecting an optical signal, including: decoding data stored in the optical signal.",0.11381871810747178,0.2276374362149436
8962754,"1. A nonaqueous electrolyte comprising a mixed solution obtained by dissolving a lithium salt in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein: the mixed solution contains allylboronate ester and siloxane; the content of the allylboronate ester is 1 wt % or less; and the content of the siloxane is 2 wt % or less.",0.8914344395391574,0.2171311209216853
9177274,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a queue implemented in hardware to be configured to have a queue data structure to support a plurality of entries to add task elements; and a queue management module implemented in hardware to:",0.44033815773954504,0.8806763154790901
8793029,"1. A system for the control and reporting of energy consumption, the system comprising: a communication network; a plurality of power meters, the power meters including: a plurality of power switches, the plurality of power switches including a first power switch connected to the HVAC unit; and a demand response system, the demand response system being connected to the plurality of power meters through the communication network, the demand response system operable to send control signals to the plurality of power switches based on predetermined parameters, wherein:",0.9487330833980225,0.10253383320395493
8411076,"1. A display device, which is operational in normal operation mode, and in standby mode and active standby mode, wherein it consumes low energy, the display device comprising a main microprocessor controlling a circuit and its elements, a standby mode microprocessor, a receiver that receives infrared (IR) signals sent by a remote control and transmits them to the standby mode microprocessor, a battery used as a power supply in standby mode, a DC-DC converter by which standby mode voltage (Vstby) is obtained from the battery voltage (Vbat); characterized by the standby mode microprocessor which, in standby mode, constantly measures a value of the battery voltage (Vbat) and a value of current drawn from the battery, and according to changes in these values, carries out control of supply to the receiver and an adjustment of a gain value of the DC-DC converter.",0.9514360859864499,0.09712782802710018
8588689,"1. A method for operating a wireless network including a plurality of wireless subscriber systems, the method comprising: receiving a request from one or more wireless subscriber systems; receiving information regarding a state of the wireless network; and responsive to the request and based on the information regarding the state of the wireless network, modifying at least one lobe pool of the wireless network such that the lobe pool includes one or more wireless subscriber systems outside of the lobe pool.",0.28364184409645116,0.5672836881929023
8658728,"1. A natural rubber containing 200 ppm or less of phosphorus, based upon the solid content.",0.7128509303311291,0.5742981393377418
9614469,"1. An apparatus for controlling an electric vehicle, comprising: a battery configured to charge electrical energy; a motor configured to generate a driving torque from electrical energy charged in the battery; and a controller configured to determine a driving range of the vehicle, perform maximum efficiency control in which efficiency of the motor is maximized when the driving range of the vehicle is a main driving range, and perform minimum torque ripple control in which torque ripple of the motor is minimized when the driving range of the vehicle is a supplementary driving range, wherein the controller is configured to divide the driving range of the vehicle into a main driving range and a supplementary driving range from a motor speed and a required torque of a driver.",0.9868727827217529,0.02625443455649412
9090098,"1. An image recording apparatus comprising: a first upper-position guide member and a first lower-position guide member opposed to each other and defining a first feeding path; a first feeding portion configured to feed a sheet in a feeding direction along the first feeding path; a recording portion located downstream of the first feeding portion in the feeding direction and configured to record an image on the sheet fed in the first feeding path; a second upper-position guide member and a second lower-position guide member opposed to each other and defining a second feeding path which is connected to the first feeding path at a downstream position of the recording portion in the feeding direction and extends obliquely downward from a connecting position where the second feeding path connects to the first feeding path so as to pass below the recording portion; and a second feeding portion comprising at least one pair of rollers each consisting of an upper-position roller and a lower-position roller which is located downstream of the connecting position in the feeding direction, wherein the second feeding portion is configured to feed the sheet along the second feeding path, and a first axis of the upper-position roller is located upstream of a second axis of the lower-position roller in the feeding direction; wherein the at least one pair of rollers is disposed such that, among four angles made by a first imaginary plane including the first axis and the second axis and a second imaginary plane extending along the second feeding path when viewed in a direction in which the first axis extends, one angle made by one of opposite faces of the first imaginary plane closer to the recording portion and one of opposite faces of the second imaginary plane closer to the recording portion is equal to or smaller than 90 degrees.",0.019051712524380874,0.03810342504876174
8968668,"1. A microplasma device, comprising: a microcavity ( electrodes (",0.5663715015027087,0.8672569969945827
9723571,"1. A method for reporting power headroom (PH) by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: identifying a power headroom report (PHR) triggering event; determining a maximum transmission power (P determining first power headroom (PH) of the terminal based on the P transmitting, to the base station, a PHR including P wherein second PH is further included in the PHR if simultaneous physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission is configured, and wherein the P",0.5456906644756077,0.9086186710487847
8455557,"1. A membrane comprising an ionomer crosslinked through aryl-aryl (—Ar—Ar—), aryl-ether-aryl (—Ar—O—Ar—), aryl-sulfide-aryl (—Ar—S—Ar—) bonds or a combination thereof, wherein said ionomer comprises at least one ionic group selected from the group consisting of sulfonic, carboxylic, phosphoric, quaternary ammonium group and any combinations thereof.",0.8395714582074417,0.32085708358511655
8513617,"1. A two dimensional radiation detector array comprising: a plurality of detector cards, each of the detector cards comprising: a separator between first and second detector cards of the plurality of detector cards.",0.12959643204654978,0.2591928640930996
9757903,"1. A method comprising: electronically scanning at least a first exposed surface of at least a first electronic component; deriving first measurement data associated with at least the first exposed surface based on the electronic scanning, wherein the first measurement data comprises first surface topography data; creating a thermal interface object having thermal interface properties based on the first measurement data, including translating the first surface topography data to customize a first surface of the thermal interface object; and mating the first surface of the thermal interface object with the first exposed surface of the first component.",0.6598271501029258,0.6803456997941484
8580434,"1. A cathode active material comprising: a lithium metal phosphate represented by Formula 1; and an additive comprising a metal oxynitride and a metal oxide, wherein the metal of the metal oxynitride is selected from the group consisting of Ti, Mo and Ta and the metal of the metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of Ti, Mo and Ta: where M is selected from the group consisting of Fe, V, Cr, Co and Ni, wherein the cathode active material comprises a core and a coating layer formed on a surface of the core, wherein the core comprises the lithium metal phosphate, and the coating layer comprises the metal oxynitride and the metal oxide, wherein a mole ratio of the metal of the coating layer to the metal of the lithium metal phosphate is from 1:100 to 5:100.",0.8811736549919569,0.23765269001608624
8597523,"1. A method for treating a liquid comprising the steps of: providing an apparatus comprising: (a) a pump volute or hydrocyclone head having an inlet, and a throat having an outlet and a central axis, (b) a tank connected to the outlet of the throat, wherein the tank has a maximum inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the outlet of the throat, and (c) a wave energy source comprising a first electrode within the pump volute or hydrocyclone head that extends through the outlet of the throat along the central axis, and a second electrode within the tank that is spaced apart and axially aligned with first electrode along the central axis; supplying the liquid to the inlet of the pump volute or hydrocyclone head; and irradiating the liquid with one or more wave energies produced by the wave energy source.",0.4092502464545944,0.8185004929091888
8604670,"1. A piezoelectric switch comprising: a first cantilever beam actuator which includes a first conductive layer which moves with said first cantilever beam actuator; a second cantilever beam actuator having a projection that overlaps the first cantilever beam actuator in a contact region, said projection mechanically separated from the first cantilever beam actuator by a nanogap such that the first and second cantilever beam actuators are electrically isolated from each other, said projection includes a second conductive layer; wherein each of said first and second cantilever beam actuators includes a respective piezoelectric actuation layer, and wherein electrical current flowing through each piezoelectric actuation layer causes said first conductive layer and said second conductive layer to become electrically conductive with each other.",0.611495026645708,0.777009946708584
8649571,"1. A vessel pattern imaging apparatus comprising: a case having a guide member to set a finger, a light source irradiating light to the finger, an opening formed on the guide member to pass the light through the finger, and an imaging unit imaging the light passed to the opening, wherein a part of the case has a projected form so that the upper part of the guide member is open, the light source is set at a slant upper position of a projected part of the case, and a surface of the projected part exposed outside prevents invasion of extraneous light.",0.013111034679249517,0.026222069358499023
8417900,"1. A storage controller, comprising: a memory controller configured to i) receive a first clock, ii) interface with memory configured to store data being transferred between a host and a storage device, and iii) control transfer of the data between the host and the storage device; a first receive logic interface configured to i) receive a second clock, and ii) provide a first interface to the host; a second receive logic interface configured to i) receive a third clock, and ii) provide a second interface to the host, wherein the first receive logic interface is connected between the memory controller and the second receive logic interface, and the second receive logic interface is connected between the first receive logic interface and the host; and a power save module that has a power save mode in which i) at least the first clock of the memory controller is turned off while ii) the second clock and the third clock are kept on to enable each of the first receive logic interface and the second receive logic interface to process unsolicited frames received from the host at the second receive logic interface during the power save mode.",0.8564461919420947,0.2871076161158106
9811077,"1. A computer program product, encoded on one or more non-transitory computer storage media, comprising instructions that when executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising: storing a base spectrum, the base spectrum being a spectrum of light reflected from a substrate after deposition of a plurality of deposited dielectric layers overlying a metallic layer or semiconductor wafer and before deposition of a non-metallic layer over the plurality of deposited dielectric layers; after deposition of the non-metallic layer over the plurality of deposited dielectric layers and during polishing of the non-metallic layer on the substrate, receiving from an in-situ optical monitoring system measurements of a sequence of raw spectra of light reflected from the substrate during polishing; normalizing each raw spectrum in the sequence of raw spectra to generate a sequence of normalized spectra using the raw spectrum and the base spectrum; and determining at least one of a polishing endpoint or an adjustment for a polishing rate based on at least one normalized predetermined spectrum from the sequence of normalized spectra.",0.13345933180872582,0.26691866361745165
9120442,"1. An internal combustion engine comprising: an engine body having an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) pipe extending therefrom; an acoustic and thermal cover assembly positioned adjacent to the engine body, the acoustic and thermal cover assembly having a first section and a second section extending from one end of the first section, the first section and second section extending along the engine body, the assembly comprising: an insulating layer positioned between the cover and the engine body, the insulating layer extending across the first section and the second section; and wherein the acoustic and thermal shield is made from three layers disposed in a laminar arrangement with the insulating layer, the outer layers being made from aluminized steel and the inner layer being made from ceramic fiber.",0.8787485648512384,0.24250287029752315
9030054,"1. A method of controlling a hybrid switch, the method comprising: providing a controllable hybrid switch comprising a first semiconductor switch operably coupled in parallel to a second semiconductor switch, each respective semiconductor switch being individually controllable and having a respective switching speed and a respective power-processing capability, wherein the first semiconductor switch has a faster switching speed than that of the second semiconductor switch and wherein the second semiconductor switch has a higher power-processing capability than that of the first semiconductor switch; accessing first device data for the controllable hybrid switch, the device data comprising a first reference value V enabling the controllable hybrid switch and controlling the operation of the controllable hybrid switch so that it operates in accordance with the first device data; and dynamically adjusting the duration of the default ΔT",0.779140650210917,0.4417186995781659
9625975,"1. An information processing apparatus that communicates with an external apparatus via a relay apparatus, comprising: a response unit configured to respond, when the information processing apparatus operates in a power-saving mode, to a reception packet received by the information processing apparatus while maintaining the power-saving mode according to a response condition; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the relay apparatus has a response function of responding to a reception packet, on behalf of the information processing apparatus, received by the relay apparatus; and a changing unit configured to change the response condition when the determination unit determines that the relay apparatus has the response function, wherein the response condition indicates a plurality of packet patterns, the response unit is configured to respond to the reception packet received by the information processing apparatus while maintaining the power-saving mode, when the reception packet received by the information processing apparatus matches any one of the plurality of reception patterns, and the changing unit is configured to delete the packet pattern corresponding to the response function of the relay apparatus, out of the plurality of packet patterns.",0.7148406983954462,0.5703186032091077
8621853,"1. An exhaust gas-treating device for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas-treating device comprising: a housing with a jacket extending circumferentially on a side of said housing and with a first end bottom and a second end bottom; at least one mounting tube passing through said first end bottom, said mounting tube having an outlet end into which a particle filter is plugged axially from an outside of said housing; a deflecting housing containing a deflecting chamber, said deflecting housing having an inlet communicating with said deflecting chamber and an outlet communicating with said deflecting chamber; and a fastening means for detachably fastening said inlet of said deflecting housing to said outlet end of said mounting tube.",0.8298493313764655,0.3403013372470689
8609057,"1. A method for recovering silicon (Si) from a mixture of Si and sodium fluoride (NaF), the method comprising: treating 50 grams (g) of the Si and NaF crushed to a particle size of 1 millimeter (mm) and smaller with a volume of sulfuric acid (H removing the Si from an aqueous solution that results after the treating.",0.8252810372750614,0.3494379254498772
9814775,"1. A method for making a composition comprising: combining a tetrahydrocannabinol, a solvent and an acid to provide a product; and evaporating a portion of the solvent from the product, wherein the solvent is an oil or a C1-C4 alcohol and wherein the acid is present in an amount effective to improve the stability of the composition.",0.3653364988949342,0.7306729977898684
8816842,"1. A Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled relay controller comprising: a housing defined by a base plate having a lower surface and an upper surface, said lower surface including an electrical interface for coupling to an electrical source and lighting element; a GPS receiver secured to said upper surface of said base plate and electrically coupled to said electrical source, said GPS receiver receiving a time signal and a latitude and longitudinal position; a microprocessor coupled to said GPS receiver, said microprocessor including an algorithm being a product of quantification of refractive photon diffusion, stored within a memory mathematically calculating a desired time by regression as a function of latitude, longitude and date of a desired naturally occurring ambient light magnitude based upon the received signal data and latitude and longitude position of said GPS receiver; a relay controller attached to said microprocessor, said relay controller decoupling said electrical source to said lighting element when said microprocessor indicates said desired time based upon the magnitude of the predicted naturally occurring ambient light level greater than a magnitude produced by said lighting element at the latitude and longitudinal position of said GPS receiver; and a non-metallic cover sealing said GPS receiver, said relay and microprocessor to said base plate, wherein said lighting element is turned on or off relative to the GPS receiver global position; calculate whether said date is within a range of dates when freezing temperatures are known to exist at said latitude and said longitude; and wherein calculation of said freezing temperatures known to exist at said latitude and said longitude locks said relay controller to prevent damage to said GPS enabled relay controller.",0.794866920831417,0.41026615833716606
9129300,"1. A computer-implemented method for selecting an advertisement, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a search query; identifying, by a processor, a landing page that is related to one or more documents returned in response to the search query, the landing page comprising content relevant to an advertisement; determining that one or more words in the landing page also appear in an ad vector representing the advertisement; constructing a text span window as a candidate region for each of the said one or more words, of the one or more text span windows comprises a text span window vector; determining, by a processor, a vector similarity between each of the plurality of text span window vectors and the ad vector; and when the similarity in a candidate region and the ad vector is above a predetermined threshold:",0.04489105955856065,0.0897821191171213
9461641,"1. A method for management of an electrical power-up of at least one sector of an electronic circuit, the electrical power-up using a first chain of switches respectively coupled between a first power supply line coupled to a first voltage and a second power supply line coupled to the sector, the switches being controllable by a control signal so as to close the switches, the method comprising: propagating the control signal in a forward direction from a first end of the first chain towards a second end of the first chain without controlling the switches; then propagating the control signal in a reverse direction from the second end towards the first end, wherein the switches are controlled while propagating in the reverse direction starting from a switch located at the second end; detecting arrival of the control signal at the first end of the first chain at the end after propagating the control signal in the reverse direction; and delivering a state signal upon attaining a delivery condition, the delivery condition including detection of the arrival of the control signal.",0.8281077968763202,0.3437844062473596
8747668,"1. Separation media for separating water from a water and hydrocarbon emulsion comprising: a fibrous nonwoven coalescence layer for receiving the water and hydrocarbon emulsion, the coalescence layer being formed of a mixture comprised of glass staple fibers and fibrillated cellulose fibers in an amount sufficient to coalesce the water present in the emulsion to achieve coalesced water droplets having a size of 1 mm or greater as a discontinuous phase within a continuous hydrocarbon phase; and a fibrous nonwoven drop retention layer downstream of the coalescence layer having at least 65 wt. % of natural fibers selected from the group consisting of cellulosic fibers, cotton fibers, wool fibers, silk fibers and rayon fibers, wherein the fibrous drop retention layer exhibits a high BET surface area as measured by water vapor adsorption of at least 90 m",0.8756476621206177,0.24870467575876454
8859319,"1. A method of forming a photo detector, the method comprising: forming a semiconductor layer over a substrate; forming a trench in a first portion of the semiconductor layer such that a portion of the semiconductor layer remains under the trench; injecting dopants of a first conductivity type into the portion of the semiconductor layer remaining under the trench to form a doping region; forming a first single crystalline layer and a second single crystalline layer using a selective single crystalline growth process in the trench; patterning the first and second single crystalline layers and a second portion of the semiconductor layer to form first and second single crystalline patterns and an optical waveguide, respectively, the second portion being adjacent to the first portion, the optical waveguide including a part of the semiconductor layer; forming an interlayer dielectric layer over the substrate including the first single crystalline pattern, the second single crystalline pattern, and the optical waveguide; and forming a first metal pad and a second metal pad that penetrate the interlayer dielectric layer, wherein the first metal pad is formed to contact the doping region and the second metal pad is formed to contact the second single crystalline pattern.",0.16930956483536072,0.3386191296707215
8479741,"1. A patient interface comprising: a mask body comprising a substantially flexible plastics material, the mask body comprising a first nasal pillow and a second nasal pillow, the first nasal pillow and the second nasal pillow being angled toward one another, the first nasal pillow comprising a first generally conical portion and a first generally cylindrical portion, the second nasal pillow comprising a second generally conical portion and a second generally cylindrical portion, the first nasal pillow comprising a first outlet opening and the second nasal pillow comprising a second outlet opening; the mask body also comprising a mask body inlet opening, the mask body inlet opening being spaced apart form the first outlet opening and the second outlet opening, the mask body inlet opening defined within a generally tubular portion of the mask body; a mask base comprising a plastics material that is less flexible than the substantially flexible plastics material of the mask body, the mask base comprising a housing that defines a through passage, a proximal portion of the through passage being surrounded by a recess, the recess of the mask base receiving the generally tubular portion of the mask body that defines the mask body inlet opening; a first side arm removably connected to the mask base and a second side arm removably connected to the mask base, the first side arm being three dimensionally molded and having a varying cross-sectional thickness and the second side arm being three dimensionally molded and having a varying cross-sectional thickness; and headgear comprising a first side strap and a second side strap, the first side strap and the second side strap comprising a composite foam material, the first side arm overlapping with and secured to the first side strap, the second side arm overlapping with and secured to the second side strap, the first side strap extending only partially along the first side arm, the second side strap extending only partially along the second side arm.",0.04232135492230502,0.08464270984461009
8709856,"1. A method, comprising: depositing a conductive contact layer over a substrate suitable for use in a photovoltaic device; depositing a salt solution over the surface of the conductive contact layer, the solution comprising: a volatile solvent, and an alkali metal salt solute; and depositing a semiconducting absorber layer over the solution, wherein substantially all of the volatile solvent is evaporated before depositing the absorber layer thereby leaving a substantially uniform coating of the alkali metal salt over the surface of the conductive contact layer prior to depositing the absorber layer, wherein the volatile solvent evaporates in less than approximately 10 seconds thereby leaving a substantially uniform coating of the alkali metal salt over the surface of the conductive contact layer.",0.7566056337616133,0.48678873247677346
9628603,"1. An apparatus comprising: a communication device comprising: a processor; a memory storing code executable by the processor to: detect a request to leave a voicemail message from a voicemail system to the communication device; determine whether voice training data is available at the communication device; in response to determining the voice training data is not available, request the voice training data and receive the voice training data; detect an audio signal associated with audio from the communication device to the voicemail system after detecting the request to leave the voicemail message from the voicemail system; transcribe text message data from the audio signal; request a transcription verification; receive corrections to the text message data; and transmit data to the voicemail system in response to detecting communicating the audio signal to the voicemail system, wherein the data is selected from a group consisting of the corrected text message data generated from the audio signal and the voice training data.",0.12888013619299396,0.257760272385988
9057395,"1. A bolt for use with a hydraulic disc brake caliper, the bolt comprising: a head, and a shaft extending outwardly from the head and defining a longitudinal axis, wherein the shaft includes",0.050632340125518725,0.10126468025103741
9594481,"1. A computer-implemented method for displaying a plurality of digital representative objects on a user interface screen of an electronic system, each of the plurality of digital representative objects representing a digital item, the method comprising steps of: displaying initially at least two of the plurality of digital representative objects on the user interface screen; displaying an operable user interface element at a first initial position adjacent to a selected digital representative object on the user interface screen in a non-overlapping way with the selected digital representative object, said operable user interface element representing a function to be applied on the digital item corresponding to the selected digital representative object when the operable user interface element is operated; selecting a digital representative object of the displayed at least two of the plurality of digital representative objects at a second initial position on the user interface screen, the second initial position being different from the first initial position; in response to selecting the digital representative object of the displayed at least two of the plurality of digital representative objects, automatically adding the selected digital representative object to the operable user interface element at the first initial position in a non-overlapping way with at least non-selected digital representative objects of the plurality of digital representative objects; and wherein the step of automatically adding the selected digital representative object to the operable user interface element further comprises the step of automatically hiding the selected digital representative object at the second initial position of the selected digital representative object and displaying the selected digital representative object by automatically adding the selected digital representative object to the operable user interface element at the first initial position of the operable user interface element on the user interface screen.",0.09281185553026303,0.1856237110605261
8529757,"1. An apparatus for the continuous simulated countercurrent adsorptive separation of hydrocarbons comprising plural sieve chambers fluidly connected with plural bedlines A 1 through An+j, wherein n>2 and n+j is the total number of bedlines, which in turn are fluidly connected with a matrix of fluid communication conduits to distribute plural input streams, including desorbent, a primary flush input and a secondary flush input, and at least two multicomponent feeds differing in the concentration of paraxylene, to said plural bedlines, and plural output streams, including a primary flush output and a secondary flush output, an extract comprising a paraxylene-enriched product, and raffinate, from said plural sieve chambers, the improvement comprising: when bedline An contains extract, bedline An+9 contains a first multicomponent feed, bedline An+7 contains a second multicomponent feed, then said secondary flush input is contained in a bedline between bedlines An+2 and bedline An+7.",0.7532237753228164,0.49355244935436726
9797604,"1. A tube fastening structure for fastening a tube in a radiant floor heating system, the tube fastening structure comprising: a bottom layer fixed on ground, the bottom layer having a surface of loop members; and at least one fastening element having a plurality of hook members on a first surface thereof, and loop members on a second surface thereof that is opposite to the first surface, wherein the fastening element includes a connecting body portion and two wing portions on two opposite sides of the connecting body portion, the connecting body portion is configured to be mechanically fastened to the surface of the loop members of the bottom layer by the plurality of hook members, the two wing portions are configured to surround on an outer circumference surface of the tube; and wherein each of the two wing portions has a fixed end and a free end; wherein said two wing portions are symmetric about a central axis of the tube fastening structure, the fixed end is connected to the connecting body portion, the free end is detachable from the connecting body portion, the two free ends of the two wing portions are configured to be mechanically fastened to each other by the plurality of hook members on the first surface of the free end of one of the two wing portions and the loop members on the second surface of the free end of another wing portion of the two wing portions so as to fasten the tube.",0.41951397932185774,0.8390279586437155
9517696,"1. A method, comprising: coupling one or more contactors to a contactor drive device to form a contactor system; coupling a vehicle control unit to the contactor drive device via a first connection and a second connection; coupling one or more secondary control units to the contactor drive device via the second connection; configuring a fault diagnostic system to monitor a fault status of the first connection and the second connection; configuring the vehicle control unit to provide a controlling signal to the contactor system through at least one of the first connection and the second connection according to the fault status; and configuring the secondary control units to provide a controlling signal to the contactor system through the second connection according to the fault status.",0.6679268232886119,0.6641463534227763
9243370,"1. A superstructure device as a switching device for a set of points comprising a switch support with a slide plate for supporting a tongue blade in a movable manner, a stock rail, and a guide or side rail, spaced apart and delimiting said slide plate, wherein the switch support, the stock rail, and the guide or side rail are parts of a block made from high-tensile steel, wherein the block is connected with a metallurgical bond, to a lower part of the same material, or of a material different than a high-tensile steel, wherein the block extends along the length of the switch support and at least beyond one side of the switch support, wherein the lower part is an elevated support of the block in the form of at least two spaced apart supports, and wherein said superstructure device comprises a box-like body which delimits an interior space, and is delimited on the head side by the slide plate supporting the tongue blade of the set of points, and is delimited on the bottom side by the base or mounting plate, and in which a heater is arranged, which heater extends at a distance to the base or mounting plate, wherein the interior space is thermally insulated, at least towards the base or mounting plate, by insulation introduced into the interior space, wherein the heater is arranged between the insulation and the lower side of the slide plate.",0.32011783334704963,0.6402356666940993
8608433,"1. A turbine for a turbocharger, comprising: a turbine wheel having an annular hub, a plurality of first turbine blades and a plurality of second turbine blades; a turbine housing accommodating the turbine wheel and forming a passage for guiding a fluid flow to the turbine wheel; and an annular member surrounding the turbine wheel and being movable in the axial direction to define a variable throat area through which the fluid flow passes from the passage to the turbine wheel; wherein the plurality of first turbine blades each has a first length extending axially across the throat area, the plurality of second turbine blades each has a second length extending axially across the throat area, and the first length is shorter than the second length; and wherein the annular member in a reduced-throat position forms a reduced throat area having an axial dimension smaller than the first length, and the annular member in an enlarged-throat position forms an enlarged throat area having an axial dimension greater than the first length, but smaller than the second length.",0.9359160837210045,0.1281678325579909
9566976,"1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising: a rechargeable battery which supplies electric power to a motor that is a drive source of the hybrid vehicle; an internal combustion engine; a generator which supplies electric power generated by means of power from the internal combustion engine to the motor or the battery; the motor which is driven by electric power from at least one of the battery and the generator; and a control unit which controls a drive of the hybrid vehicle that is driven by power from at least one of the motor and the internal combustion engine, wherein the control unit comprises: a utilization mode determination portion which determines a utilization mode of regenerated energy in the hybrid vehicle, according to a charged ratio of the battery and a braking force of the hybrid vehicle, from among a first mode in which the regenerated energy is charged in the battery, a second mode in which the regenerated energy is consumed to drive the generator with the internal combustion engine as a load, and a third mode in which a part of the regenerated energy is charged in the battery and the remainder is consumed to drive the generator; and a utilization ratio control portion which controls a utilization ratio of the regenerated energy in order that a portion of the regenerated energy that is used to drive the generator increases gradually as the charged ratio of the battery increases, when the utilization mode of the regenerated energy is the third mode, wherein the utilization mode determination portion determines the utilization mode of the regenerated energy to be the third mode in a case, when the charged ratio of the battery is equal to or larger than a first threshold, where a braking force of a naturally decelerating hybrid vehicle is higher than a limit of a braking force of the decelerating hybrid vehicle that is realized in the second mode.",0.9963025625332409,0.007394874933518203
9674007,"1. A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) test receiver, comprising: a plurality of receive processors for receiving MIMO signals transmitted over radio frequency (RF) cables and for converting the signals to a corresponding plurality of baseband signals; a plurality of fast Fourier transform (FFT) units for converting the corresponding plurality of baseband signals into frequency domain symbols carried on frequency domain subcarriers; and a signal order detection and reordering function for determining an order at which the MIMO signals were transmitted over the RF cables and for automatically reordering the frequency domain subcarriers according to an expected transmission order.",0.06453331341794621,0.12906662683589243
8403529,"1. An LED based illumination device, comprising: a color conversion cavity comprising a first interior surface and a second interior surface; a first LED mounted to a mounting board, wherein light emitted from the first LED enters the color conversion cavity; a second LED mounted to the mounting board, wherein light emitted from the second LED enters the color conversion cavity; and a shaped reflector disposed above the mounting board, the shaped reflector including a first plurality of reflective surfaces that direct light emitted from the first LED to the first interior surface and a second plurality of reflective surfaces that direct light emitted from the second LED to the second interior surface.",0.1925774606050203,0.3851549212100406
9806334,"1. A method for forming an electrode, comprising the steps of: forming a first mixture including a binder and an active material and a solvent, the binder including a carboxyl group; forming a second mixture by adding polysilazane to the first mixture; providing the second mixture over a current collector; drying the second mixture over the current collector to evaporate the solvent in a first environment having a dew point of −20° C. or less, after drying the second mixture, baking the second mixture to form a spongy film around the active material in a second environment having moisture more than the first environment, and wherein the spongy film has a plurality of pores.",0.8003884151760354,0.39922316964792914
9639261,1. A device comprising: a proximity sensor configured to detect when an object is within a predetermined proximity range of the device; and circuitry configured to,0.3383162050918022,0.6766324101836044
8835052,"1. A negative electrode active material for an electric device, comprising an alloy having a composition formula Si x Ti y Zn z where each of x, y, and z represents a mass percent value, satisfying (1) x+y+z=100, (2) 38≦x≦72, (3) 8≦y≦42, and (4) 12≦z≦39.",0.8739738920049771,0.2520522159900458
8874312,"1. An automotive headlamp control apparatus comprising: an image capture unit configured to capture an image of an area in front of a traveling direction of a subject vehicle; a position determination unit configured to determine, based on the captured image, a position of a vehicle or positions of vehicles in front of the subject vehicle; a headlamp unit that is configured to be rotated and includes a light source and a light blocking unit for blocking at least a part of a light emitted from the light source, wherein the light blocking unit is movable relative to the light source; and a control unit configured to control the illumination pattern of the headlamp unit to form a shadow zone by: (a) performing one of (i) rotating the headlamp unit and (ii) blocking at least a portion of a light emitted from the light source, if the position of a vehicle in front of the subject vehicle is within a predetermined angular range with respect to the longitudinal centerline of the subject vehicle: (b) performing the other of (i) rotating the headlamp unit and (ii) blocking at least a portion of a light emitted from the light source, if the position of a vehicle in front of the subject vehicle is outside the predetermined angular range with respect to the longitudinal centerline of the subject vehicle; and (c) performing both (i) rotating the headlamp unit and (ii) blocking at least a portion of a light emitted from the light source, if there are multiple vehicles in front of the subject vehicle, at least one of the multiple vehicles is within the predetermined angular range, and at least one of the multiple vehicles is outside the predetermined angular range and/or adjusting a light blocking region of the headlamp unit based on the determined position of the front vehicle.",0.4556119553489956,0.9112239106979912
9616540,"1. A cutting fluid dispensing system, comprising: a fluid reservoir; a fluid transport control system hydraulically linked to said fluid reservoir, said fluid transport control system configured to retrieve a fluid from said fluid reservoir; an air source; an air transport control system pneumatically linked to said air source, said air transport control system configured to receive air from said air source; and a processing component communicatively linked to said fluid transport control system and said air transport control system, wherein said processing component is configured to dynamically control at least one of one or more air flow conditions using said air transport control system or one or more fluid flow conditions using said fluid transport control system during a machining operation.",0.4390915238969074,0.8781830477938148
8895598,"1. A pharmaceutical composition for treating a host having a viral infection for a virus from the Flaviviridae family of viruses, comprising an inhibiting agent, wherein the inhibiting agent has the following structure:",0.404623489589891,0.809246979179782
9090519,"1. a bipropellant comprising, an ionic liquid comprising an anion and a cation, the anion including a metalohydride; and an oxidizer.",0.7657517393142176,0.46849652137156483
8921625,"1. A method comprising: providing an alkyl halide stream comprising alkyl halides; contacting at least some of the alkyl halides with a coupling catalyst to form a product stream comprising at least some higher hydrocarbons and hydrogen halide; separating the hydrogen halide from the product stream using temperature swing absorption; reacting the hydrogen halide with a source of oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst to generate a corresponding halogen; providing an aqueous hydrogen halide stream; providing an absorption vessel; providing a separation vessel; contacting the product stream with the aqueous hydrogen halide stream in the absorption vessel to absorb at least some of the hydrogen halide in the product stream in the aqueous hydro en halide stream; transferring the aqueous hydrogen halide stream containing at least some of the hydrogen halide to the separation vessel, wherein at least a portion of the hydrogen halide in the aqueous hydrogen halide stream is removed through heating; and recycling the aqueous hydrogen halide stream directly to the absorption vessel.",0.7043695650262678,0.5912608699474644
9063710,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: in a design time environment, in a run time environment, causing the parallelization engine to embed the instantiation into a parallel execution plan for execution of SQL operations in parallel on data of the in-memory database.",0.2882694781393805,0.576538956278761
9842900,"1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a graded buffer layer material stack located on a surface of a semiconductor substrate, wherein a lattice matched epitaxial oxide interlayer is disposed between each semiconductor layer of said graded buffer layer material stack and wherein a bottommost semiconductor layer of said graded buffer layer material stack is located directly on said surface of said semiconductor substrate and wherein each semiconductor layer of said graded buffer layer material stack is relaxed and a topmost semiconductor layer of said graded buffer layer material stack contains a lower defect density than other semiconductor layers of said graded buffer layer stack, and wherein threading dislocation defects are present in each semiconductor layer of said graded buffer layer material stack beneath said topmost semiconductor layer, and said threading dislocation defects that are present in each semiconductor layer of said graded buffer layer material stack beneath said topmost semiconductor layer terminate at a bottommost surface of one of said lattice matched oxide interlayers.",0.08374273480122157,0.16748546960244315
9410216,"1. A de-acidified and de-salted sugar mixture, the de-acidified and de-salted sugar mixture comprising monosaccharide hydrolysates; (i) higher oligosaccharide hydrolysates comprising three or more sugar units; (ii) a ratio of disaccharide hydrolysates to total saccharides of ≧0.05 on a weight by weight basis; (iii) a ratio of pentose to total saccharides of ≧0.05 on a weight by weight basis; (iv) at least one alpha-bonded di-glucose; (v) at least one beta-bonded di-glucose; and (vi) a mineral acid to carbohydrate ratio of less than 0.01 on a weight by weight basis.",0.8092603569440273,0.38147928611194537
9444930,"1. A method of providing services comprising: providing a service delivery platform (SDP) for creating and deploying services, the service delivery platform including a plurality of service adaptors for interacting with the created and deployed services; supporting, by the service delivery platform, the delivery of telecommunications services to customers; accounting for and charging customers for the delivery of telecommunications services to customers, by the service delivery platform; creating, by at least one of the plurality of service adaptors, an environment configured to provide a user interface to the services; creating, by the service delivery platform, a telecommunications product comprising a suite of telecommunications services, the telecommunications services in the suite of telecommunications services being selected to meet the telecommunications service requirements of a business customer in a targeted industry; configuring, by the service delivery platform, at least one software integration adaptor and interface associated with each service to integrate each service with the SDP, wherein each service is configured to meet standardized interface criteria that conform to service delivery platform requirements; and configuring, by the service delivery platform, at least one other software adaptor and interface to integrate the operational support systems, the business support systems, and the service integration and management environment with the SDP.",0.13980610300998395,0.27961220601996795
9790497,"1. A morpholino nucleotide represented by formula (I): wherein m is any integer of not less than 0; each of m+1 Base is independently an optionally protected nucleic acid base; P each of m X is independently a C each of m W is independently an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; S L is a single bond, or a group represented by the formula (a1): wherein * indicates the bonding position to Y; ** indicates the bonding position to S L L Y is a single bond, an oxygen atom or NR, wherein R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aralkyl group; and Z is a group represented by formula (a2): wherein * indicates the bonding position to Y; R each of k Q is independently a single bond, or —O—, —S—, —OC(═O)—, —NHC(═O)— or —NH—; each of k R k is an integer of 1 to 4; ring A optionally further has, in addition to k of QR R R wherein * indicates a bonding position; j is an integer of 0 to 4; each of j Q is as defined above; each of j R R ring B optionally further has, in addition to j of QR R",0.27523089396935874,0.5504617879387175
8518151,"1. A method of removing hydrogen in situ from a reactor or catalyst system producing hydrogen, the method comprising the steps of: contacting a hollow fiber membrane with a reaction gas mixture, the membrane comprising a porous stainless steel support having an inner diameter of approximately 30 microns to approximately 1500 microns, an outer diameter of approximately 100 microns to approximately 2000 microns, an intermediate layer of ceramic coated on the stainless steel support, and a hydrogen selective dense layer coated on the outer diameter, the reaction gas mixture comprising either methane and steam or carbon monoxide and steam; recovering a high purity hydrogen stream from a permeate side of the membrane; and recovering a hydrogen-lean stream from a non-permeate side of the membrane.",0.9134399252786921,0.17312014944261578
8902202,"1. A subsystem for sensing an input object relative to a sensing region of a sensor device, the subsystem comprising: a first circuit comprising: a first switch coupled to the output of the first circuit; and a first integrating capacitor coupled to the output of the first circuit, to a substantially constant voltage source and to the first switch, wherein the second transistor network and the first transistor network provide a first portion of a first rectified signal to the first integrating capacitor based on the positive polarities of the resulting signal.",0.2810552409545226,0.5621104819090452
9728756,"1. A battery separator, comprising: a middle fiber region; a first peripheral fiber region; and a second peripheral fiber region; wherein the middle fiber region comprises fibers having an average diameter of greater than or equal to about 2 μm; and wherein each of the first and second peripheral fiber regions independently comprises glass fibers having an average diameter from about 0.1 to about 2 μm; provided that the average diameter of the fibers of the middle fiber region is larger than the average diameter of the fibers of each of the first and second peripheral fiber regions; wherein the middle fiber region is disposed between the first peripheral fiber region and the second peripheral fiber region; wherein the thickness of the middle fiber region constitutes 1-49% of the total fiber region thickness; and wherein the separator exhibits an acid filling time of about 17 to about 155 seconds.",0.8897727448897803,0.22045451022043938
9763303,"1. A control device for use in a load control system having a first load control device and a second load control device configured to control power delivered to a first electrical load and a second electrical load, respectively, the control device comprising: a programming user interface having a programming button configured to be actuated by a user; a communication circuit configured to transmit digital messages to the first load control device and the second load control device via a digital communication link; and a control circuit responsive to actuations of the programming button, the control circuit configured to select at least one of the first load control device and the second load control device in response to successive actuations of the programming button; wherein the control circuit is configured to cause the communication circuit to transmit programming information to the at least one of the first load control device and the second load control device selected in response to the successive actuations of the programming button, wherein the programming information indicates the at least one of the first load control device and the second load control device that are responsive to a digital message transmitted on the digital communication link.",0.8267242908089733,0.3465514183820535
8579434,"1. A powered contact lens, comprising a transparent substrate having a plurality of recesses shaped to be worn directly over a user's eye, a photovoltaic component disposed in one of the plurality of recesses, and an electronic component disposed in another of the plurality of recesses, wherein the photovoltaic component is in electronic communication with the electronic component, and wherein the photovoltaic component has a p contact and an n contact on only a first side of the photovoltaic component.",0.6255123892071952,0.7489752215856096
8359004,"1. An intelligent charging triggering method, comprising: disposing a service control point (SCP) between a billing system of a billing and operation support system (BOSS) system and a switching center at a core network side; receiving a subscriber location data update request sent by a serving mobile switching center (MSC); determining, by a home location register (HLR), whether subscriber data delivered to the serving MSC needs to carry intelligent subscription data of a subscriber according to a preset intelligent charging triggering policy; delivering the subscriber data carrying the intelligent subscription data to the serving MSC when the subscriber data delivered to the serving MSC needs to carry the intelligent subscription data of the subscriber; setting a locally stored BOSS subscriber property to an intelligent subscription subscriber; and triggering a calling service of a BOSS subscriber in a non-home charging region of a home country to a corresponding SCP, so that the corresponding SCP monitors the calling service of the BOSS subscriber in real time, thereby realizing the real-time charging.",0.8326110897845298,0.3347778204309404
8447132,"1. A method comprising: determining whether a first portion of digital image data represents a physical object of a predetermined type; determining a correction to apply to the first portion of the digital image data, based on a determination that the first portion of the digital image data represents a physical object of the predetermined type, wherein the determined correction is matched to the predetermined type; applying the determined correction to the first portion of the digital image data to enhance a visual characteristic of the first portion of the digital image data, by applying a first amount of the correction to the first portion of the digital image data; and applying a second amount of the correction to a second portion of the digital image data, wherein the first amount differs from the second amount, and wherein the first amount corresponds to a physical object of the predetermined type.",0.028187735256100417,0.05637547051220082
9558887,"1. A method comprising: providing an insulating material, wherein the insulating material includes carbon and at least one other constituent; and forming a conductive portion in the insulating material by exposing the insulating material to ions of a beam to preferentially remove the other constituent.",0.5870459144523803,0.8259081710952394
9196358,"1. A nonvolatile memory device comprising: a resistance memory cell; a first sensing node; a first clamping unit connected between the resistance memory cell and the first sensing node to provide a first clamping bias to the resistance memory cell, wherein the first clamping bias increases over time; a first compensation unit providing a compensation current to the first sensing node; and a first sense amplifier connected to the first sensing node to sense a level change of the first sensing node, wherein in response to first data stored in the resistance memory cell, an output value of the first sense amplifier transitions to a different state after a first amount of time from a time point from where the first clamping bias starts, and wherein in response to second data that is different from the first data stored in the resistance memory cell, the output value of the first sense amplifier transitions to the different state after a second amount of time that is different from the first amount of time from the time point from where the first clamping bias starts, and an enable signal generation unit that generates an enable signal, wherein the enable signal generation unit includes: a reference resistor; a second sensing node; a second clamping unit connected between the reference resistor and the second sensing node to provide a second clamping bias to the reference resistor; a second compensation unit providing second compensation current to the second sensing node; and a second sense amplifier connected to the second sensing node to sense a level change of the second sensing node, wherein during the read period, the second clamping bias is changed over time.",0.16091177865564465,0.3218235573112893
8533840,"1. A computerized method, operating on target data, of quantifying the risk of releasing security sensitive content in target data processed by a computer system, said security sensitive words consisting essentially of content understood by humans identifying personal names, addresses, geographic terms, conceptual words and abbreviations derived from original security sensitive words, words in dictionaries and lists, personal identifying information, names associated with business entities, societal groups or associations related to heritage, demographics, religion, race, ethnicity, or political beliefs, comprising: categorizing each one of said sensitive content words into one of a plurality of categories which includes the use of a semantic check for synonyms and antonyms with a thesaurus and a dictionary for categorizing each one of said sensitive content words into one of a plurality of categories; obtaining and compiling preexisting data for each category; ranking said categories by risk and assigning a risk rank quantifier to each respective category and preexisting data subsumed therein; comparing said target data to said preexisting data and generating a security risk score output representative of all rank quantifiers associated with preexisting data found in said target data to quantify the risk of releasing security sensitive content; and processing said target data through a security program based upon said security risk score prior to release of said sensitive content, the security program including at least one of extracting word data, encrypting word data or extracting and securely distributing word data in said computer system; and establishing an indeterminable category for unknown or undefined words which are not present in said preexisting data in the plurality of ranked categories; ranking and assigning a respective risk rank quantifier to said indeterminable category; modifying said risk score output with rank quantifiers representing said indeterminable words in said target data.",0.005626417205076512,0.011252834410153012
9235436,"1. A device comprising: memory including at least a virtual storage unit; one or more processors coupled to the memory; an access request process module, stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors, that: a data transfer proxy module, stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors, that:",0.38148312615050894,0.7629662523010179
9315440,"1. A continuous process for the production of acrolein by catalytic dehydration of glycerol or glycerin in the presence of an acid catalyst in a fluidized bed reactor, said reactor comprising a lower region, for regeneration of the catalyst and an upper region for reaction of the glycerol or glycerin comprising the steps of introducing the glycerol or the glycerin into said upper region wherein the glycerol or glycerin is converted into acrolein by catalytic dehydration in the presence of the acid catalyst, and introducing an oxygen-comprising fluidized gas into said lower region, said oxygen-comprising fluidized gas being consumed in said lower region.",0.9563041593741103,0.08739168125177943
8645549,"1. A signal relay method of a relay server for performing a relay operation between a plurality of first terminals and a second terminal via a network, the relay server including a storage section to store relay data from the second terminal, the relay server performing operations comprising: (a) receiving a request to receive data of the second terminal from a first one of the first terminals; (b) searching whether or not a second one of the first terminals previously accessed to the second terminal with a result that relay data is currently stored in the storage section; (c) in step (b), in a case that relay data is not currently stored in the storage section, relaying the request to the second terminal and transmitting data, received from the second terminal relating to the request, to the first one of the first terminals; and (d) in step (b), in a case that relay data is currently stored in the storage section, transmitting the stored relay data to the first one of the first terminals as a response to the request, (e) searching whether the second one of the first terminals is accessing to the second terminal when receiving a cut-off request with respect to the second terminal from the first one of the first terminals, (f) in step (e), in a case that the second one of the first terminals is not accessing to the second terminal, stopping the transmission of the relay data to the first one of the first terminals and transmitting the cut-off request to the second terminal, and (g) in step (e), in a case that the second one of the first terminals is accessing to the second terminal, stopping the transmission of the relay data to the first one of the first terminals without transmitting the cut-off request to the second terminal.",0.26994688965362085,0.5398937793072417
9129464,"1. A computer implemented method for staging a transaction, wherein payments are accepted from a consumer for a good or service provided by a merchant, where the goods or services are ordered on behalf of a consumer by a third party, the method comprising: a payment service provider receiving, in response to transactions in which goods or services are ordered by one or more third parties rather than the consumer, transaction requests from the merchant, the transaction requests comprising a set of transaction identifiers, the set of identifiers associated with consumer purchases; storing the transaction requests in a consumer database accessible by the payment service provider; receiving a payment at the payment service provider from the consumer, including receiving a transaction identifier from the consumer that corresponds to the transaction request; using a computer to associate the payment with the transaction request and transaction identifier and to establish a payment account with the payment service provider that reflects the payment; and sending at least a portion of the payment in the payment account to the merchant.",0.07054629008483919,0.1410925801696784
9627629,"1. A compound for an organic optoelectronic device represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, A is a C6 to C40 aryl group comprising 1 to 4 aromatic rings, wherein the 1 to 4 aromatic rings include at least one nitrogen, Y X m is an integer ranging from 0 to 2, R L n1 to n3 are each independently integers ranging from 0 to 3, Ar Ar",0.6910166029656576,0.6179667940686848
9606353,"1. A variable transparency glass, comprising: a first transparent plate that includes a first electrode part formed on an inner surface thereof; a second transparent plate that includes a second electrode part formed on an inner surface thereof; a variable transmission layer disposed between the first and second transparent plates and having light transmissivity that is dependent on a change in electric field formed between the first and second electrode parts, wherein at least one of the first and second electrode parts includes a plurality of sub-electrodes that have an individual voltage applied thereto; at least one variable transparency area operable for adjusting independent transparency; and a variable voltage that generates a voltage difference applied to sub-electrodes overlapped with the variable transparency area among the plurality of sub-electrodes, wherein a first variable voltage is applied to sub-electrodes of the first electrode, overlapped with the variable transparency area, and a second variable voltage is applied to sub-electrodes of the second electrode part, overlapped with the variable transparency area, to adjust transparency based on a difference between the first and second voltages.",0.46635501277153246,0.9327100255430649
8730859,"1. A sleep mode operation method in a terminal, the method comprising: transmitting a sleep request message for requesting sleep mode switching to a base station; receiving a sleep operating parameter including a sleep cycle and a listening window from the base station; switching to a sleep mode by referring to the sleep operating parameter; receiving a traffic indication message indicating that traffic is generated from the base station; starting a timer after receiving traffic from the base station during the listening window; and early terminating the listening window to enter into a sleep window before the listening window ends if the timer expires without receiving traffic from the base station during the listening window.",0.9279080443649776,0.1441839112700447
9702685,"1. A broadband wavelength-swept light source system comprising: a plurality of gain mediums configured to output a corresponding plurality of lights having different center wavelengths from each other by using stimulated emission and amplification of light; a first light source configured to connect the plurality of gain mediums to each other in parallel and emit the plurality of lights output by the plurality of gain mediums; a wavelength-swept filter configured to sweep wavelengths of the plurality of lights output by the plurality of gain mediums and compensate for spectroscopic optical paths of the plurality of lights; a second light source configured to connect the first light source to the wavelength-swept filter in series and feed the wavelength-swept lights from the wavelength-swept filter back to the plurality of gain mediums; a combiner configured to combine the wavelength-swept lights fed back to the respective plurality of gain mediums and output a combined wavelength-swept light; and a controller configured to control an output magnitude and a wavelength region of the wavelength-swept lights fed back to the respective plurality of gain mediums by controlling at least one of a magnitude of currents respectively applied to the plurality of gain mediums and time points when the currents are respectively applied to the plurality of gain mediums, wherein the controller is configured to control the currents respectively applied to the plurality of gain mediums such that the wavelengths of the plurality of lights are swept in sequence through the plurality of gain mediums, the sequence being a sequence in which a first wavelength-swept light output from a first gain medium among the plurality of gain mediums is only output during a first time period and a second wavelength-swept light output from a second gain medium among the plurality of gain mediums is only output during a second time period adjacent to the first time period.",0.6164720354786446,0.7670559290427108
9518120,"1. An anti-CXCR4 antibody, or a CXCR4-binding fragment thereof, comprising i) a heavy chain comprising the following three CDRs, respectively CDR-H1 having the sequence SEQ ID No. 1, CDR-H2 having the sequence SEQ ID No. 2, and CDR-H3 having the sequence SEQ ID No. 3; and ii) a light chain comprising the following three CDRs, respectively CDR-L1 having the sequence SEQ ID No. 4, CDR-L2 having the sequence SEQ ID No. 5, and CDR-L3 having the sequence SEQ ID No. 6.",0.23904168846112392,0.4780833769222479
8689819,1. A rainwater catchment apparatus comprising: a rainwater inlet for introducing rainwater; a flange portion engaged with a peripheral portion of a rainwater outlet serving as a leading end of a drainage canal formed in a building framework for introducing rainwater into the rainwater inlet; a drain portion for discharging excessive water exceeding a predetermined level to the drainage canal; a reservoir freely fitted into the drainage canal through the rainwater outlet; and a pumping mechanism for pumping water stored in the reservoir to the outside through the rainwater inlet.,0.8279954412625506,0.3440091174748987
8779149,1. A compound comprising a compound from formula (2): wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein M wherein R wherein R wherein n is 1; and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.,0.35075990607063035,0.7015198121412607
9009964,"1. A wind turbine blade lifting system for lifting a wind turbine blade of a wind turbine, comprising: a crane, the crane having: a lifting device suspended from the bearing wire, the lifting device having: a winch arrangement which is located at the lifting device; a control wire which runs to the winch arrangement for controlling a blade orientation horizontal when lifting the wind turbine blade off a ground; and one or more ropes extending from a top end of the crane boom to a bottom end of the crane boom and connected to the control wire by pulleys, the winch arrangement comprises a first winch and a second winch, the control wire comprises a free length comprising a first branch and a second branch, the first branch comprises a first fraction of the control wire, the second branch comprises a second fraction of the control wire, the first and the second branches are connected directly or indirectly to the crane boom, the first winch controls the free length of the control wire, the second winch controls a distribution of the free length of the control wire to the first fraction and the second fraction, and the control wire comprises an end connected to the first winch and an intermediate section wrapped around the second winch.",0.9491886671652284,0.10162266566954314
9290908,"1. A hybrid construction machine comprising: a prime mover; a hydraulic pump driven by the prime mover; a swing structure; an electric motor for driving the swing structure; a hydraulic motor for driving the swing structure, and the hydraulic motor being driven by the hydraulic pump; an electricity storage device connected to the electric motor; a swing control lever device which outputs a command regarding the driving of the swing structure; a first control device which switches a swing mode regarding the driving of the swing structure between: a second control device which controls transfer of electric power between the electricity storage device and the electric motor; and a swing hydraulic system which includes a swing spool for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid supplied from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic motor and the flow of the hydraulic fluid returned from the hydraulic motor to a tank, wherein the swing hydraulic system is switchable between a first mode in which a maximum output torque of the hydraulic motor equals a first torque and a second mode in which the maximum output torque of the hydraulic motor equals a second torque that is higher than the first torque, and wherein the first control device includes:",0.8957912098004182,0.2084175803991637
9194615,"1. A CO 2 cooling system comprising: a compression stage in which CO 2 refrigerant is compressed; a cooling stage in which the CO 2 refrigerant releases heat; an evaporation stage in which the CO 2 refrigerant, having released heat in the cooling stage, absorbs heat; and a plurality of pipes connecting the compression stage, the cooling stage, and the evaporation stage in which circulates the CO 2 refrigerant and being configured to define a normal operation closed-loop circuit in which the CO 2 refrigerant exiting the evaporation stage is directed to the compression stage before being directed to the cooling stage and a thermosyphon free cooling (TFC) operation closed-loop circuit in which the CO 2 refrigerant exiting the evaporation stage is directed to the cooling stage by at least one of gravity and natural convection; and a controller operatively connected to at least one compressor of the compression stage, the controller selectively turning off the at least one compressor to direct the CO",0.7901926715111017,0.41961465697779654
8545835,"1. A method of increasing PSA doubling times (PSADT) in prostate cancer comprising: I) providing an allogeneic immunotherapeutic composition comprising II) administering an effective amount of the allogeneic immunotherapeutic composition to a prostate cancer patient, wherein the prostate cancer has metastasized to a tissue selected from the group consisting of bone, lymph node, brain and liver.",0.386776652206251,0.773553304412502
8763150,"1. One or more computer storage media having a system embodied thereon including computer-executable instructions that, when executed, leverage a private affinity in order to facilitate or enrich relationships in a social network, the system comprising: a cryptography component that receives a social network user profile associated with a user who is a member of a social network, the social network user profile including a set of private affinities that are cryptographically protected from public inspection, each private affinity in the set of private affinities describing at least one of a like, preference, behavior, activity, or habit of the user, wherein protected from public inspection is defined by a degree of authorization that exceeds a level of authorization required to access the underlying social network user profile; a matching component that compares a private affinity from the set to a disparate affinity included in a disparate social network user profile associated with a disparate user in order to identify a matching affinity that correlates with the private affinity, the private affinity from the set being unknown to the disparate user; and a notification component that generates a message that indicates the matching affinity has been identified, the message including a request to publish to the disparate user revealed information included in the social network user profile.",0.018470059470429883,0.0369401189408598
8682616,"1. A method of identifying failures in an aeroengine, the method comprising: using sensors to collect time-series measurements from said aeroengine and its environment; using a processor means to calculate from said time-series measurements indicators that are specific to elements of said aeroengine; using the processor means to define from said specific indicators a set of standardized indicators that are representative of an operation of said aeroengine; using the processor means to construct an anomaly vector representative of a behavior of said engine as a function of said set of standardized indicators; using the processor means, in an event of an abnormality being revealed by said anomaly vector, to select a subset of reference vectors having directions belonging to a determined neighborhood of a direction of said anomaly vector, said subset of reference vectors being selected from a set of reference vectors associated with failures of said aeroengine and determined using criteria established by experts; and using the processor means to identify the failures associated with said subset of reference vectors; and wherein the selecting said subset of reference vectors comprises:",0.5873219312416292,0.8253561375167415
9365103,"1. A vehicle powertrain comprising: an engine; a torsion damper connected to the engine; a torque converter having an impeller shroud; a housing enclosing a clutch, a motor and gearing; a drive shell surrounding the impeller shroud, including an input connected to the damper, an output connected to the clutch, the clutch and the motor located between the torque converter and the gearing, the damper located between the engine and the torque converter; wherein the drive shell is rotatable independently from the torque converter when the clutch is disengaged, and the drive shell is rotationally coupled to the torque converter when the clutch is engaged.",0.8742016593377329,0.2515966813245343
9132636,"1. A liquid ejection head comprising a substrate and a flow path forming member on the substrate, the flow path forming member forming an ejection orifice from which a liquid is ejected and a liquid flow path, wherein the flow path forming member is formed of an inorganic material and includes at least a flow path side wall portion forming a side of the liquid flow path, and wherein at least a substrate side end part of an inner wall of the flow path side wall portion is covered with a member, the inner wall being a wall of the flow path side wall portion on the side of the liquid flow path.",0.09092877572553415,0.1818575514510683
8822849,"1. A vehicle seat, comprising: right and left movable members, the right movable member comprising a right upper rail and a right side frame and the left movable member comprising a left upper rail and a left side frame, provided on corresponding right and left lower rails that are fixable to a vehicle floor, so as to be movable in a rear-and-front direction; at least one load sensor attached at an inner side of one of the right and left movable members above the upper rail of the one movable member; and at least one load sensor attachment portion that is provided at the inner side of the one movable member, the at least one load sensor attachment portion a plurality of flanges, and an outer end portion of the at least one load sensor attachment portion being fixed to the side frame of the one movable member so as to contact an inner side of the side frame of the one movable member, wherein the at least one load sensor is disposed more toward an outside of the vehicle seat than a said flange of the at least one load sensor attachment portion, and wherein a said load sensor attachment portion and a rod of a said load sensor are disposed in a space bounded by a spring, a pan frame, the side frame of the one movable member, and a first connecting member.",0.11957278220626724,0.23914556441253443
9577310,"1. A semiconductor package mounting structure comprising: a substrate in which an opening connected to a cavity of a waveguide is formed; and a semiconductor package mounted on the substrate, wherein: wherein:",0.09928124433607005,0.1985624886721401
8725425,"1. A method for sequencing a plurality of nucleic acids, comprising: (a) performing a cycle of a sequencing procedure for an array comprising a plurality of nucleic acids at sites of interest on the array; (b) imaging the array to generate image data; (c) analyzing the image data to identify locations of the sites of interest on the array; (d) generating a mask based upon the locations of the sites of interest on the array, wherein the mask corresponds to a plurality of sites of interest for which image data acquired during subsequent cycles of the sequencing procedure is filtered; and (e) processing the image data based upon the mask to derive sequence data from the image data, the sequence data indicative of nucleotide species present at the sites of interest on the array; wherein steps (a), (b) and (e) are repeated, and wherein in subsequent repetitions of step (e), image data corresponding to locations of the sites of interest is processed differently from image data corresponding to other locations as defined by the mask.",0.1591202344484134,0.3182404688968268
9461485,"1. A method for determining a battery cell state-of-charge (SOC), said method comprising: applying an external magnetic field to a battery cell; measuring a magnetic field in the battery cell using a magnetic sensor; providing a current output signal from the magnetic sensor, where the current output signal corresponds to a measurement of the magnetic field in the battery cell; providing an offset correction to the current output signal that calibrates the current output signal to a known magnetic field strength, including removing the external magnetic field from the battery cell, determining a remaining magnetic field in the battery cell and using the remaining magnetic field as an offset correction; providing a temperature correction to the current output signal that corrects the current output signal based on a temperature of the magnetic sensor; providing a current correction to the current output signal that removes portions of the magnetic field caused by other battery cells, including identifying a current flow induced by other battery cells that adds to the magnetic field in the battery cell in a look-up table and using the look-up table to provide the current correction; calculating, using a controller including a processor and a memory, a corrected current output signal by adiusting the current output signal using the offset correction, the temperature correction and the current correction; and converting the corrected current output signal to the battery cell SOC of the battery cell using a known relationship between magnetic properties of the battery cell and the battery cell SOC.",0.7500167574472264,0.4999664851055472
9695914,"1. A toroidal continuously variable transmission, comprising: a casing; a rotating shaft rotatably supported inside the casing; a pair of outside disks supported by both end sections of the rotating shaft so that one side surfaces thereof respectively having an arc shaped cross section, face each other, to rotate in synchronization with the rotating shaft; an inside disk supported around the middle section of the rotating shaft so that both side surfaces in the axial direction thereof respectively having an arc shaped cross section, face the one side surfaces in the axial direction of the pair of outside disks, to rotate freely with respect to the rotating shaft; support members comprising rolling shafts provided on both end sections in skewed positions with respect to the rotating shaft, with plural support members being provided in the axial direction between the both side surfaces in the axial direction of the inside disk and the one side surfaces in the axial direction of the pair of outside disk so as to be able to oscillating move around the center axes of the rolling shafts; a pair of support plates supporting the rolling shafts; power rollers rotatably supported by the support members, and so that the circumferential surfaces thereof, which are spherical convex surfaces, come in contact with the both sides side surfaces in the axial direction of the inside disk and the one side surfaces in the axial direction of the pair of outside disks; plural actuators for causing the support members to displace in the axial direction of the rolling shafts; an actuator body housing the main-unit sections of the actuators; and a pair of support columns respectively comprising: a support-ring section having a circular through hole through which the rotating shaft is inserted, and supporting the end sections in the axial direction of the inside disk; and a pair of support-post sections concentrically provided in portions on both sides in the radial direction of the through holes of the support-ring section, and supporting the pair of support plates, the support columns arranged between the both side surfaces in the axial direction of the inside disk and the one side surface in the axial direction of the outside disks in the state that the rotating shaft is inserted through the through holes in the support-ring sections; and one end sections of the pair of support columns supported with respect to the actuator body by installation members arranged in the axial direction of the pair of outside disks and the inside disk, and the other end sections supported with respect to the casing or a member fastened to the casing by an installation members arranged in the axial direction of the pair of outside disks and the inside disk.",0.2893344363112682,0.5786688726225364
8808459,"1. A method for cleaning a post-sputter flat media disk, comprising: loading the disk onto a spindle of a spindle system; rotating the disk; engaging the disk on both sides with a pair of rollers such that the disk is wiped on both sides at a disk-roller interface due to the motion of the spindle system; and dispensing a slurry only at the disk-roller interface, wherein the slurry comprises diamond particles suspended in a water and coolant mixture comprising about 5%-20% synthetic coolant and about 80%-95% water.",0.08400173804188907,0.16800347608377808
9446448,"1. A powder-layer three-dimensional printer comprising a recoater, wherein the recoater is movable and includes a bridge, first and second supports, a powder reservoir which is adapted to contain and selectively dispense a build powder, and a substantially rectangular plate extending between the first and second supports, wherein the plate has a length to minimum width ratio of no more than about 7.0 and a length to maximum width ratio of no more than about 5.0, the plate being adapted to brace the bridge into a perpendicular relationship with the first and second ends when the recoater is being moved and the powder reservoir is dispensing powder to form a powder layer, the plate having an opening adapted to permit the build powder to be loaded therethrough into the powder reservoir or for the powder reservoir to extend into or through the opening, and the first and second supports are located, respectively, at first and second ends of the bridge.",0.17822785378567801,0.35645570757135603
9688648,"1. A process for preparing propylene oxide, comprising: (i) preparing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, water, and dissolved potassium dihydrogen phosphate; (ii) feeding the liquid feed stream into an epoxidation reactor comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite of framework structure MWW; (iii) subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation reactor to obtain a reaction mixture comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, and potassium dihydrogen phosphate; (iv) removing the reaction mixture as an effluent stream from the epoxidation reactor; and (v) separating the propylene oxide from the effluent stream; wherein operations (i) to (v) are conducted as a continuous method, and in the liquid feed stream: a concentration of the dissolved potassium dihydrogen phosphate is at least 10% of a solubility limit of potassium dihydrogen phosphate in the liquid feed stream.",0.7636111390657789,0.47277772186844214
9794072,"1. A method of exchanging encryption certificates in a wireless network, the method comprising: transmitting by a sector controller to a plurality of mobile subscriber stations, a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a control field, the control field comprising a portion of an encryption certificate associated with the sector controller, wherein the portions of an encryption certificate contained in the plurality of frames comprise a complete encryption certificate; a first of the plurality of mobile subscriber stations receiving the plurality of frames and responding by transmitting a first subscriber encryption certificate to the sector controller; a second of the plurality of mobile subscriber stations receiving the plurality of frames, the second of the plurality of mobile subscriber stations comprising a second memory, and the second of the plurality of mobile subscriber stations extracting from the plurality of frames the portion of the encryption certificate and storing the portion of the encryption certificate in the second memory, combining by the second of the plurality of mobile subscriber stations, the portions of an encryption certificate stored in the second memory, verifying that a complete encryption certificate has been received, and responding by transmitting a second subscriber encryption certificate to the sector controller; wherein the plurality of mobile subscriber stations are preregistered with the sector controller, the sector controller ceasing to transmit the portions of the encryption certificate associated with the sector controller once a subscriber encryption certificate has been received from all of the plurality of mobile subscriber stations.",0.1052366125446354,0.2104732250892708
9030966,"1. A method for supporting a session routing in a High Definition Base transmission (HDBaseT) network, the method comprising: receiving, by a HDbaseT device from a Routing Processor Entity (RPE) through the HDBaseT network, a Link Status Request message requesting Link status information; configuring a Link Status Notify message for supporting the session routing, the Link Status Notify message including Link status information of the HDbaseT device; and transmitting the Link Status Notify message to the RPE through the HDbaseT network, wherein the Link status information of the Link Status Notify message is used to update a Link Status table, the Link Status table is used to compute routing path information from a source device to a sink device in the HDbaseT network, the HDbaseT device provides a simultaneous transmission of multiple streams, a transmission of uncompressed data, and a power transmission through a single link, and the multiple streams are transmitted uncompressed.",0.3150878546735721,0.6301757093471442
9142986,"1. A coil unit comprising: a second self-resonant coil formed of a conducting wire, the coil includes a plurality of unit coils that are disposed not to overlap each other when viewed along an axial direction of each unit coil, and a number of turns of each of the unit coils is set to one, and the coil performs at least one of transmission and reception of electric power to and from a first self-resonant coil spaced apart from the second self-resonant coil via electromagnetic resonance with the first self-resonant coil, wherein directions of magnetic fields formed by the unit coils are the same.",0.47205044648799027,0.9441008929759805
8909912,1. A method comprising: capturing an operational state of a physical computing device comprising: configuring a target computing device and a target peripheral with said captured operational state comprising the static machine profile and dynamic machine state to continue operations of said physical computing device and said peripheral coupled to the physical computing device on said target computing device and said target peripheral.,0.46743225942789185,0.9348645188557837
9358974,"1. A method for controlling hybrid engine torque output, comprising: during a transient torque increase responsive to a change in desired powertrain output torque, adjusting engine output torque for an engine output torque error in response to adjustments of motor output torque.",0.9359203959125622,0.1281592081748757
8893942,"1. An apparatus for correcting a belt-meandering of a jelly roll wound at a high speed in a winding operation for a secondary battery, the apparatus comprising: upper and lower rollers configured to receive a base material therebetween, wherein the base material comprises positive and negative electrode materials and an insulating material interposed between the electrode materials; a driver portion configured to rotate the upper and lower rollers such that the base material is transferred in a first direction during the rotation; a support portion configured to support shafts of the driver portion and the upper and lower rollers; a transverse moving mechanism configured to move the support portion in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; an air pressure cylinder configured to control pressure applied to the base material by the upper and lower rollers; at least one wrinkle sensor configured to detect a wrinkle on the base material during the rotation; and a control portion configured to control the pressure cylinder based on the detected wrinkle for a certain period of time so as to decrease the pressure applied to the base material by the upper and lower rollers.",0.2333605221186222,0.4667210442372445
8895671,"1. A vulcanizable composition comprising a hydrogenated carboxylated nitrile rubber (HXNBR) having a Mooney Viscosity (ML 1+4 @ 100° C.) in the range from 65-85, at least one cross-linking agent and 1 to 10 parts by weight of carbon nanotubes, based on 100 parts by weight of HXNBR.",0.408553323686115,0.81710664737223
9207202,"1. A gas sensor element comprising: a solid electrolyte with an oxygen ion conductivity; a target gas electrode formed on one surface of the solid electrolyte, and a reference gas electrode formed on the other surface of the solid electrolyte; a porous diffusion resistance layer surrounding the target gas electrode, through which the target gas passes and reach the target gas electrode; and a catalyst layer formed on an outer surface of the porous diffusion resistance layer, through which the target gas is introduced into the inside of the gas sensor element, the catalyst layer containing noble metal catalysts, the noble metal catalysts consisting of rhodium, palladium, and platinum, when an entirety of the noble metal catalysts is 100 mass %, a content of rhodium being within a range of 10 to 15 mass % to the entire of the noble metal catalysts, a content of palladium is being within a range of 20 to 55 mass % to the entire of the noble metal catalysts, a content of platinum is within a range of 35 to 70 mass % to the entire of the noble metal catalysts, and the content of the noble metal catalysts in the catalyst layer is not less than 50 mass % to the entire of the catalyst layer.",0.8602652936246346,0.2794694127507309
9477177,"1. A toner cartridge, comprising: a body having a reservoir for storing toner, the body having an outlet port in fluid communication with the reservoir for exiting toner from the reservoir; a shutter positioned at the outlet port that is slidable between a closed position blocking the outlet port and an open position unblocking the outlet port; and a lock sandwiched between a portion of the shutter that faces the outlet port and a portion of the body that the shutter slides along, the lock is movable between a locked position blocking the shutter from moving from the closed position to the open position and an unlocked position permitting the shutter to move from the closed position to the open position.",0.047627305209983,0.09525461041996597
9523180,"1. A method, comprising: sensing on a conveying vehicle, a position signal that indicates an actual position of a movable receiving vehicle, that receives material, relative to a loading device, operably coupled to the conveying vehicle; automatically positioning the loading device, based on the actual position of the movable receiving vehicle relative to the loading device; generating an operator interface output indicative of the actual position of the movable receiving vehicle relative to the loading device; receiving an operator unloading input; and automatically unloading material from the loading device at the movable receiving vehicle in response to receiving the operator unloading input.",0.2159051885537311,0.4318103771074622
8826720,"1. A method of identifying a substance comprising: operating a detection system in a first configuration; operating the detection system in a second configuration when the substance is not identified during operation in the first configuration, wherein either: removing at least one of the first dopant and the second dopant from the detection system using a dopant removal device.",0.13548768801092126,0.2709753760218425
9627896,"1. A battery system comprising: plural battery cells; a voltage detecting circuit detecting voltage of each of the battery cells; and plural voltage detecting lines connecting an electrode terminal of each of the battery cells to input side of the voltage detecting circuit, wherein the voltage detecting circuit detects the voltage of each of the battery cells through the voltage detecting lines, wherein each of the voltage detecting lines have different lengths, wherein the voltage detecting lines include a first voltage detecting line and a second voltage detecting line, and a length of the first voltage detecting line is longer than a length of the second voltage detecting line, and wherein at least one of the voltage detecting lines has a resistance adjusting portion which equalizes electrical resistances of the first voltage detecting line and the second voltage detecting line, and through the plural voltage detecting lines of which electrical resistances are equalized by the resistance adjusting portion, the voltage detecting circuit detects the voltage of each of the battery cells.",0.8711975086892509,0.2576049826214981
9847720,"1. A single-inductor dual-output (SIDO) power converter operable in a discontinuous conduction mode (DCM), comprising: an output circuit comprising a first output terminal and a second output terminal for outputting a first output voltage and a second output voltage, respectively, an inductor, a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor, wherein said first switching transistor and said second switching transistor are controlled by a first control signal and a second control signal, respectively, to determine whether said first switching transistor and said second switching transistor are turned on or off so as to generate said first output voltage and said second output voltage; an error amplifier circuit, being coupled to said first output terminal and said second output terminal for comparing said first output voltage and said second output voltage, respectively, with a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage so as to generate a first load value and a second load value; a current sensing circuit, being coupled to said output circuit for acquiring an inductor current as a sensed value when said first switching transistor and said second switching transistor are both turned on; a constant-frequency clock generator circuit for generating a first reference clock signal and a second reference clock signal with a constant phase difference of 180 degrees therebetween; a clock adjustment circuit, being coupled to said error amplifier circuit and said constant-frequency clock generator circuit, for determining whether said first reference clock signal and said second reference clock signal are to be adjusted according to a difference value between said first load value and said second load value so as to generate a first output clock signal and a second output clock signal; and a PWM logic control circuit, being coupled to said output circuit, said error amplifier circuit, said clock adjustment circuit and said current sensing circuit, for generating said first control signal and said second control signal, respectively, according to said first load value, said second load value, said first output clock signal, said second output clock signal and said sensed value so as to control said first switching transistor and said second switching transistor to be turned on or off; wherein said PWM logic control circuit comprises: a comparison circuit, being coupled to said error amplifier circuit and said current sensing circuit, for generating a first compared signal and a second compared signal, respectively, according to said first load value, said second load value and said sensed value; and a control circuit, being coupled to said comparison circuit, said clock adjustment circuit and said output circuit, for generating said first control signal and said second control signal, respectively, according to said first output clock signal, said second output clock signal, said first compared signal and said second compared signal; wherein said control circuit comprises: a first RS flip-flop, for receiving said first output clock signal and said second output clock signal at a set terminal and a reset terminal thereof, respectively; a first OR gate, for generating a first set signal according to said first output clock signal and said second output clock signal; a first AND gate, for generating a first reset signal according to said first compared signal and a signal outputted by a non-inverting output terminal of said first RS flip-flop; a second RS flip-flop, for receiving said first set signal and said first reset signal at a set terminal and a reset terminal thereof, respectively, and outputting said first control signal at a non-inverting output terminal thereof; a second OR gate, for generating a second set signal according to said first output clock signal and said second output clock signal; a second AND gate, for generating a second reset signal according to said second compared signal and a signal outputted by an inverting output terminal of said first RS flip-flop; and a third RS flip-flop, for receiving said second set signal and said second reset signal at a set terminal and a reset terminal thereof, respectively, and outputting said second control signal at a non-inverting output terminal thereof.",0.8429218360379388,0.3141563279241224
8795415,"1. A process for removing carbon dioxide from a fluid comprising the steps of: (a) treating the fluid by bringing it into countercurrent contact with a liquid absorbent in a first absorption zone and thereafter in a second absorption zone to absorb at least part of the carbon dioxide contained in the fluid into the absorbent; (b) depressurizing the loaded absorbent to release a first stream of carbon dioxide and yield a partially regenerated absorbent; (c) recycling a first stream of the partially regenerated absorbent into the first absorption zone; (d) heating a second stream of the partially regenerated absorbent to release a second stream of carbon dioxide and yield a regenerated absorbent; (e) recycling the regenerated absorbent into the second absorption zone; (f) condensing water vapour entrained in the second stream of carbon dioxide by cooling the second stream of carbon dioxide and transferring at least part of the heat recovered to the partially regenerated absorbent by indirect heat exchange, wherein the cooling of the second stream of carbon dioxide occurs in at least two successive stages.",0.8857471308022458,0.22850573839550847
9422570,"1. A method for increasing seed yield in a plant, the method comprising disruption of an endogenous AHP6 gene in cells of the plant, wherein said disruption inhibits expression and/or activity of a product of said endogenous AHP6 gene compared to a corresponding control plant lacking such a disruption, wherein the endogenous AHP6 gene encodes for an AHP6 protein which is a member of the structural family of histidine phosphotransfer kinase/transferase proteins; lacks a histidine at a position corresponding to the position Asn83 of SEQ ID No. 1; and exhibits essentially the same function as AHP6 protein with SEQ ID No. 1 or 12; and wherein the method further comprises the step of introducing into the plant genome the disruption of at least one endogenous CKX gene, wherein the at least one CKX gene is selected from: an endogenous CKX3 gene encoding for a CKX protein comprising an amino acid sequence being identical to or having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID No. 7; and an endogenous CKX5 gene encoding for a CKX protein comprising an amino acid sequence being identical to or having at least 90% identity with SEQ ID No. 9.",0.680975272068524,0.6380494558629519
8852349,"1. An apparatus for supporting a substrate above a susceptor plate comprising: a wafer processing structure for supporting a substrate; wherein the substrate comprises a front side and a backside; wherein the wafer processing structure comprises: a spacer in contact with the wafer support ring and positioned on top of a susceptor plate, wherein the spacer positions the wafer support ring above the susceptor plate to provide a wafer gap region between the susceptor plate and the backside of the substrate and wherein the spacer is adjustable to adjust the thickness of the wafer gap region.",0.26561597118457364,0.5312319423691473
8982903,"1. A device for non-wired coupling of a non-wired data unit to a wired digital data signal and for wired coupling of a service unit to a service signal, for use with a service wire pair installed in walls of a building, the service wire pair concurrently carrying bi-directional wired digital data and service signals using frequency division multiplexing, wherein the wired digital data signal is carried over a frequency band distinct from the service signal frequency band, wherein said device comprises: a wiring connector for connecting to the service wire pair, a first filter coupled to the wiring connector for passing only the service signal, a service connector coupled to the first filter and connectable to a service unit for coupling the service unit to the service signal, a second filter coupled to the wiring connector for passing only the wired digital data signal, a service wiring modem coupled to the second filter for coupling the second filter to the bi-directional wired digital data signal, a non-wired modem for coupling packet-based bi-directional non-wired digital data to the non-wired data unit, a multiport device consisting of one of a bridge, a router and a gateway coupled to said service wiring modem and said non-wired modem for coupling the non-wired digital data signal and the wired digital data signal, a single enclosure containing said wiring connector, said first and second filters, said service connector, said service wiring modem, said non-wired modem and said multiport device, wherein the service is one of telephony, AC power and CATV.",0.4566930043689951,0.9133860087379903
9110664,"1. A secondary graphics processor control system, comprising: a secondary graphics processor; and a controller coupled to the secondary graphics processor, wherein the controller is configured to:",0.5845484382651832,0.8309031234696336
9520978,"1. A method of signaling a quantity of antenna ports of a transmitting apparatus in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, by the transmitting apparatus, a first type information on a physical broadcast channel (PBCH), wherein the first type information indicates a first number of an antenna port of the transmitting apparatus corresponding to a cell-specific reference signal (CRS); and transmitting, by the transmitting apparatus, a second type information on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), wherein the second type information indicates a second number of an antenna port of the transmitting apparatus corresponding to a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS), wherein the PDSCH is transmitted on an antenna port indicated by the first type information.",0.19905031591288433,0.3981006318257687
8927049,"1. A method of coating an intraluminal scaffold having a plurality of openings therein, the method comprising: applying a mask to interior surfaces of the plurality of non-interconnected openings in the intraluminal scaffold; applying a coating to unmasked surfaces of the intraluminal scaffold and to the mask, the coating comprising an anti-thrombotic material; removing the mask and any coating adhered to the mask from the interior surfaces of the plurality of openings in the intraluminal scaffold while leaving the coating applied to the unmasked surfaces of the intraluminal scaffold; and filling the plurality of openings with one or more therapeutic agents, wherein the step of applying a mask comprises contacting the interior surfaces of the plurality of openings with a solution of a polymer and a first solvent for at least one time without affecting an interior structure of the intraluminal scaffold.",0.22671227024381016,0.45342454048762026
9183303,"1. A personal content item searching system comprising one or more hardware processors configured to: generate a base index of content items hosted by an online content management service, the content items associated with a particular user account, of a plurality of user accounts, held with the service; transmit, over a network, to a user computer associated with the particular user account, the generated base index; detect a change to at least one of the content items, the change resulting in a new version of the at least one content item; determine an identifier of a particular content item namespace to which the at least one content item belongs, the particular content item namespace being one of a plurality of content item namespaces containing content items hosted by the online content management service, the particular content item namespace associated with the particular user account; generate an index mutation reflecting the change to the at least one content item, the index mutation comprising one or more tokens to use to index the at least one content item and/or one or more tokens to not use to index the at least one content item, and comprising the identifier of the particular content item namespace; store the index mutation in an index mutation journal; identify the index mutation in the index mutation journal as being for the user computer, based, at least in part, on the identifier of the particular content item namespace of the index mutation; and transmit to the user computer, over the network, the one or more tokens to use to index the at least one content item and/or the one or more tokens to not use to index the at least one content item of the generated index mutation.",0.0691406506797927,0.13828130135958538
8375446,"1. An intrusion masquerade detection method, comprising: a computer applying a compression algorithm to user data to build user grammars associated with a user; forming at least one model by storing the user grammars in a database; applying the compression algorithm to at least one target block to calculate an estimated algorithmic minimum sufficient statistic; searching a string of data from the at least one target block for phrases matching user grammars contained in the at least one model; sorting the user grammars so that longest phrases among the user grammars are applied first to an unclassified string; converting each matching phrase to a variable-length code value by replacing each matching phrase with a corresponding variable-length code value; attributing a cost for phrases that are not found in the at least one model by quantifying a cost of explicitly representing symbols associated with those phrases; determining a degree of fit between the at least one target block and the at least one model based on the cost; and detecting an intrusion masquerade based on the degree of fit.",0.026679005853882738,0.05335801170776544
8890348,"1. A nacelle for a wind turbine comprising: a load-carrying structure comprising a yaw system and a control system; a generator comprising a rotating part interoperable with a stationary part, the stationary part is connectable to the load-carrying structure; a support structure comprising an electrical system, the support structure is connectable to the load-carrying structure; a segmented housing is connectable to at least the load-carrying structure, wherein the generator, the load-carrying structure and the support structure are separate modules, wherein the separate modules and the segmented housing are connectable at an erection site of the wind turbine to build the nacelle, wherein the generator comprises a hydraulic unit which comprises a pump mounted to the stationary part of the generator, and wherein a hydraulic connection leads from the hydraulic pump to brakes of the generator.",0.9012204333551004,0.19755913328979924
9749778,"1. A data communication device, comprising: a computation unit and data unit which comprises a first radio communication module for wireless data exchange with an external radio device or is connected to the first radio communication module, a second radio communication module which communicates wirelessly with the external radio device, and a memory that stores identification data of the first radio communication module, wherein the first radio communication module is operated in a receiving mode in which it is not detectable by the external radio device, but upon receiving its identification data from the external radio device is ready to establish a connection and ready for a subsequent data exchange with the external radio device, the second radio communication module is operated in a standby mode in which it waits for a communication query from the external radio device, when the second radio communication module receives a communication query from the external radio device, the second radio communication module reads the identification data of the first radio communication module from the memory after the establishment of a radio communication connection to the external radio device and sends said identification data to the external radio device, the data communication device further comprising: a supply voltage input, a switch-on unit which is coupled to the supply voltage input and comprises a voltage output connected to the computation unit and data unit, wherein the switch-on unit comprises the second radio communication module, when the second radio communication module receives a communication query from the external radio device, the second radio communication module causes the switch-on unit to deliver a supply voltage to the computation unit and data unit via the voltage output in order to activate the computation unit and data unit and to activate the first radio communication module and switch it to the receiving mode, when the data exchange with the external radio device is completed, the second radio communication module changes to the standby mode.",0.7386799100895948,0.5226401798208105
9306207,"1. A method of fabricating sulfur-infiltrated mesoporous conductive nanocomposites for a cathode of a lithium-sulfur secondary battery comprising: a) performing thermal treatment on sulfur particles in a reactor at a high temperature so as to melt the sulfur particles; b) adding a mesoporous conductive material in macroscale to a sulfur solution in the reactor; c) pressurizing the mesoporous conductive material in macroscale in the reactor at an upper portion of the reactor so that the mesoporous conductive material in macroscale is completely immersed in the sulfur solution, and then maintaining the pressurized and molten state, wherein the mesporous conductive material in macroscale is pressurized in a range of about 1 to 100 bar of pressure and maintained in a pressurized state for about 5 to 48 hours; d) cooling the sulfur solution and the mesoporous conductive material in macroscale so that sulfur within pores of the mesoporous conductive material in macroscale is crystallized to form sulfur-infiltrated mesoporous conductive composites; and e) grinding the sulfur-infiltrated mesoporous conductive composites after cooling so as to fabricate sulfur-infiltrated mesoporous conductive nanocomposites, wherein the sulfur-infiltrated mesoporous conductive composites are mixed with a zirconia ball by using a planetary miller and then ground at about 100 to 1000 rpm for about 1 to 48 hours, wherein a temperature of the sulfur solution in the reactor in which the sulfur particles are melted in a) through c) is maintained at about 120° C. to about 180° C.; and wherein the mesoporous conductive material in macroscale comprises a porous conductive material having a bulk diameter in a range of micrometer (μm) to millimeter (mm), and having about 10 to 90% porosity or air porosity.",0.9793526428449876,0.04129471431002485
8979804,"1. A needleless connector ( 10 ), comprising: a hollow connector ( a spring ( a switch assembly ( wherein the spring ( wherein the first annular portion (",0.20906694409482782,0.4181338881896557
9361955,"1. A memory, comprising: a row address register to store a row address corresponding to a row in a memory array; a row decoder in circuit with the row address register to assert a signal on a wordline of the row after the memory receives a column address; and a column decoder to selectively activate a portion of the row based on the column address and the signal asserted on the wordline.",0.191573002496649,0.383146004993298
8531329,"1. A method for determining the thickness of material by penetrating the material, in particular a method for measuring the thickness of walls, ceilings and floors, with which a measurement signal ( 28 ) in the gigahertz frequency range emitted using a single high-frequency transmitter ( 24 ) penetrates the material ( 10 ) to be investigated at least once and is detected by a single high-frequency receiver ( 38 ), wherein the thickness (d) of the material (",0.3081670068284316,0.6163340136568632
9602021,"1. A method for controlling a hybrid high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter system, the hybrid HVDC converter system including at least one direct current (DC) bus, at least one capacitor commutated converter (CCC), at least one self-commutated converter (SCC), the at least one CCC and the at least one SCC coupled in series to the at least one DC bus, the at least one CCC configured to induce a first DC voltage on the at least one DC bus, the at least one SCC configured to induce a second DC voltage on the at least one DC bus, the first DC voltage and the second DC voltage summed to define a total DC voltage induced on the at least one DC bus, said method comprising at least one of: regulating the total DC voltage induced on the at least one DC bus comprising regulating the first DC voltage through the at least one CCC and regulating the second DC voltage through the at least one SCC substantially simultaneously; regulating the total DC voltage induced on the at least one DC bus comprising regulating the second DC voltage through the at least one SCC; and regulating the total DC voltage induced on the at least one DC bus comprising regulating the first DC voltage through the at least one CCC; wherein the at least one CCC and the at least one SCC are coupled in series.",0.9248463677912245,0.15030726441755093
9555523,"1. An interchangeable socket for a socket wrench, torque wrench, nut driver, breaker bar or impact driver, comprising: a socket having a fastener-receiving end dimensioned to receive and fit a specified fastener and a post-receiving end dimensioned to receive and fit a square cross-section drive post, the post-receiving end having:",0.17102180721872046,0.3420436144374409
9419306,"1. A nonaqueous electrolyte for secondary batteries comprising an electrolyte salt, a compound represented by general formula (1): wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and a compound represented by general formula (2): wherein R 3 and R 4 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, dissolved in an organic solvent, the ratio of the compound represented by general formula (2) to the sum of the compound represented by general formula (1) and the compound represented by general formula (2) being 0.1 to 8% by mass.",0.9133178669838425,0.17336426603231492
8942640,"1. A method for implementing a protection scheme in a telecommunications network comprising a working telecommunications device and a back-up telecommunications device connected to a same communication medium of the telecommunications network, the method implemented by the working telecommunication device comprises steps of: supplying a plurality of consecutive keep-alive from a controller to a transceiving unit, where the working telecommunication device comprises the controller and the transceiving unit; disabling the transceivinq unit if no keep-alive signal from said controller is received after a predetermined time, wherein the transceiving unit is connected to the same communication medium of the telecommunications network; after disabling the transceiving unit, enabling the back-up telecommunications device, so as to switch traffic for the working telecommunications device to the back-up telecommunications device.",0.22934945474137766,0.4586989094827554
9055083,"1. A method for implementing simulation services of a Public Switched Telephone Network/Integrated Service Digital Network (PSTN/ISDN) in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, the method comprising: determining, by an interworking control unit that interconnects the IMS network and a Circuit Switched (CS) domain network, that a received call signaling message from the CS domain network does not carry a CS domain network user identifier; based on the determination, obtaining, by the interworking control unit, the CS domain network user identifier without involving a request from an Application Server (AS); sending, by the interworking control unit, the obtained CS domain network user identifier to the IMS network; and processing, by the IMS network, PSTN/ISDN simulation services according to the obtained user identifier.",0.1367108914879771,0.2734217829759542
9785920,"1. A method for a transaction in a vehicle, comprising: determining that a first mobile computing device and a second mobile computing device have connected to a same access point, the first mobile computing device being associated with a driver of a vehicle and the second mobile computing device being associated with a passenger; based at least in part on determining that the first mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device have connected to the same access point, registering, by a payment processing server, an association between the first mobile computing device and the second mobile computing device for processing of a payment transaction; receiving, by the first mobile computing device, input from the driver regarding a start of a trip with the passenger; at least partly before determining that the trip with the passenger has ended and at least partly before determining an amount of a fare for the trip: after determining that the trip with the passenger has ended:",0.507380208104325,0.9852395837913499
8697024,"1. A method of producing a boron-11 silicon carbide material, comprising: vaporizing at least one of a liquid state of boron-11 oxide and a solid state of boron-11 oxide to form a gaseous state of boron-11 oxide; and converting a ceramic material to the boron-11 silicon carbide material in the presence of a boron oxide consisting of the gaseous state of boron-11 oxide.",0.8392782840506977,0.3214434318986046
8513227,"1. A method of treating a mammal at risk for or having sepsis, septicemia, and/or endotoxic shock, the method comprising administering to the mammal a purified tanshinone in a manner effective to reduce or prevent a physiologic effect of the sepsis, septicemia, and/or endotoxic shock, wherein the purified tanshinone is tanshinone IIA sodium sulfonate.",0.5212023186377084,0.9575953627245832
9312990,"1. A method for processing a packet on a wireless segment of an end-to-end network connection, comprising: obtaining said packet from a link layer; determining whether said packet comprises one or more of a lost packet and a malformed packet; inspecting said packet in a transport layer to retrieve application semantic information from said packet used to determine if an application associated with said packet is substantially tolerant to one or more of lost and malformed data based on one or more of information from said link layer and information from a deep packet inspection; and generating one or more of a non-original packet and a corrected packet for said application associated with said packet to replace one or more of said lost packet and said malformed packet if said application is substantially tolerant to one or more of lost and malformed data, wherein said non-original packet is generated using application semantic information from a deep packet inspection and conforms to semantic requirements of one or more of a network layer, a transmission layer and an application layer and wherein said link layer provides said non-original packet to a transmission layer with a lost packet notification for a particular end-to-end flow, and wherein said corrected packet corrects one or more bits in said malformed packet to conform to application layer semantic requirements and wherein said link layer provides said corrected packet for a particular end-to-end flow to a higher layer.",0.3065944823676333,0.6131889647352666
9061961,"1. A process for direct amination of a hydrocarbon to an aminohydrocarbon, the process comprising: a) reacting a feed stream E comprising a hydrocarbon and an aminating reagent to obtain a reaction mixture R comprising an aminohydrocarbon and hydrogen and b) electrochemically separating at least part of the hydrogen from the reaction mixture R with a gastight membrane-electrode assembly, leaving a product stream P, wherein the membrane-electrode assembly comprises a selectively proton-conducting membrane having a retentate side and a permeate side, an anode catalyst on the retentate side of the membrane, and a cathode catalyst on the permeate side of the membrane, electrochemically separating at least part of the hydrogen b) comprises oxidizing at least part of the hydrogen to protons over the anode catalyst and passing the protons through the membrane, electrochemically separating at least part of the hydrogen b) further comprises either reducing the protons over the cathode catalyst to obtain hydrogen, or reacting the protons with oxygen from an oxygen-comprising stream O over the cathode catalyst to obtain water.",0.9310389244798237,0.13792215104035255
8727291,"1. An apparatus for securing a panel to a substrate, comprising: a base member comprising a clamp; an attachment member for securing the substrate within an opening of the base member; a clip member comprising a U-shaped member and an angle-sided member, wherein the U-shaped member includes a central portion and first and second walls defining a generally U-shaped access region for accepting the angle-sided member, wherein at least one of the first and second walls includes a longitudinal flange extending laterally outwardly from an upper end thereof, wherein each of the U-shaped member and the angle-sided member includes a corresponding hole for accepting the attachment member therethrough, and wherein an angle of the angle-sided member is selected to match an incline angle at which the panel is secured to the substrate; and a securing member for pressing the longitudinal flange against a top edge portion of the panel, thereby securing the panel to the substrate, wherein the securing member is positioned between the angle-sided member and a top end of the attachment member.",0.2837410114870244,0.5674820229740488
9257851,"1. An inductive power supply for providing power wirelessly to a remote device, said inductive power supply comprising: a primary circuit for controlling power transfer to the remote device according to at least one operating parameter, said primary circuit configured to adjust a duty cycle of a signal to allow variation in an amount of power transferred to the remote device; a wireless receiver configured to receive information communicated from the remote device; a tank circuit in electrical communication with said primary circuit, said tank circuit configured to inductively couple with the remote device; wherein said primary circuit controls said at least one operating parameter to transfer power substantially near resonance; wherein said primary circuit controls said duty cycle of said signal to control said amount of power transferred while controlling said at least one operating parameter to transfer power substantially near resonance; and wherein, based on said information communicated from the remote device, said primary circuit adjusts at least one of said duty cycle to control said amount of power transferred and said at least one operating parameter to transfer power substantially near resonance.",0.7929982658906676,0.41400346821866485
8403239,"1. A liquid lead-out control method comprising: irradiating a photocatalytic film with light to cause lead-out of liquid contained in a liquid container by capillary action at an outlet, wherein the outlet is provided in a manner such that the liquid is led outside from the liquid container via the outlet, and wherein the photocatalytic film is provided on a surface of the outlet in a manner such as to be hydrophilic during the irradiating; and controlling the lead-out of the liquid from the container via the outlet by selectively modifying the irradiating of the photocatalytic film.",0.5660768808459326,0.8678462383081349
9103354,"1. An electric brake control apparatus, comprising: a motor that includes a housing made of a conductive member; a control unit that performs drive control of the motor; a hydraulic unit that comprises a housing made of a conductive member; and a pin-shaped conductive connection member that electrically connects a ground line of the control unit, the housing of the motor and the housing of the hydraulic unit to each other; wherein the connection member is fixedly fitted into a hole provided in the hydraulic unit; and wherein a distal end of the connection member that is fitted into the hole of the hydraulic unit is made of a deformable member, and a maximum diameter of the distal end is larger than a diameter of the hole in the hydraulic unit.",0.3784837511109683,0.7569675022219367
8769086,"1. A computer-implemented method performed by one or more processors for centralized monitoring of business processes, the method comprising: identifying, by a computer system executing monitoring application, a process integration (PI) domain, where the PI domain includes a plurality of systems, each executing an application, and at least one PI component to monitor each system included in the PI domain; identifying, by the computer system, a PI monitoring use scenario associated with the at least one PI component, wherein the PI monitoring use scenario identifies a type of local monitoring information retrievable from the at least one PI component; accessing, by the computer system, at least one PI component included in the identified PI domain; accessing, by the computer system, local PI monitoring settings included in the at least one PI component, the local PI monitoring settings including types of local monitoring information stored in the at least one PI component; identifying, by the computer system and at the at least one PI component, a set of local monitoring information stored in the at least one PI component having the type of local monitoring information identified by the PI monitoring use scenario; in response to identifying the set of local monitoring information at the at least one PI component, retrieving, by the computer system, a set of local monitoring information having the determined type from the accessed at least one PI component; persisting the retrieved set of local monitoring information in a centralized repository; and presenting at least a portion of the persisted set of local monitoring information to a client in response to a request from the client.",0.21673521221017314,0.4334704244203462
9419308,"1. A production method of an all-solid state lithium-ion secondary battery comprising: (1) a primary sintered body forming step of forming (2) a laminate forming step of (3) a firing step of firing the laminate to obtain a sintered body comprising wherein at least one of a particle size of the first intermediate layer and a particle size of the second intermediate layer is smaller than those of the anode, the cathode, and the solid electrolyte layer.",0.9652746154544654,0.06945076909106929
9503057,"1. A switch box for interconnecting clock-type signals in an integrated circuit, the switch box comprising: a dedicated clock-type signal line, connected to a clock distribution spine on said integrated circuit, said dedicated clock-type signal line for conducting a selectable one of a first clock-type signal in a first direction and a second clock-type signal in a second direction; a selection circuitry for selecting as a selection output, one of the first clock signal in the first direction and the second clock signal in the second direction; and a distributed deskewing object having a first input corresponding to the selection output of the selection circuitry and a second input corresponding to a clocking signal from the clock distribution spine, and an output coupled to the clock distribution spine.",0.11274080464841836,0.2254816092968367
8864318,"1. A projector which switches and alternately outputs a first image and a second image at a predetermined timing, comprising: a discharge lamp; a discharge lamp drive section that supplies an electric power for driving the discharge lamp to the discharge lamp; and a control section that controls the discharge lamp drive section, wherein a period interposed between the switching timings which are temporally adjacent to each other starts in a first period and ends in a second period, wherein the control section controls, on the basis of a correlation pattern which is a pattern indicating the correlation between a first electric power and a second electric power, the discharge lamp drive section to supply the first electric power to the discharge lamp in the first period and to supply the second electric power to the discharge lamp in the second period, and wherein the correlation pattern includes a pattern in which as the second electric power is decreased, the ratio of the first electric power to the second electric power is increased.",0.7323048800467143,0.5353902399065713
8946156,"1. A fusion protein comprising: a serum cholinesterase polypeptide fused to an albumin polypeptide, wherein said serum cholinesterase polypeptide comprises a variant of serum cholinesterase, wherein the variant comprises a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to amino acids 29 to 602 of SEQ ID NO:52; and wherein said albumin polypeptide comprises: i) a full-length albumin; ii) a fragment of albumin; iii) a polypeptide consisting of an amino acid sequence at least 95% identical to the sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO:18; iv) amino acids 1 to 585 of SEQ ID NO:18; v) amino acids 1 to 387 of SEQ ID NO:18; vi) amino acids 1 to 194 of SEQ ID NO:18; vii) amino acids 195 to 387 of SEQ ID NO:18; viii) amino acids 388 to 585 of SEQ ID NO:18; ix) amino acids 195 to 585 of SEQ ID NO:18; or x) amino acids 1 to 194 of SEQ ID NO:18 combined with amino acids 388 to 585 of SEQ ID NO:18 wherein said fusion protein has serum cholinesterase activity and a prolonged serum half-life compared to the unfused serum cholinesterase polypeptide.",0.16077161015342978,0.32154322030685956
8799695,1. An information handling system comprising: a chipset including:,0.22318334600307535,0.44636669200615064
8403023,"1. A self resetting cover system comprising: a. two oppositely positioned guide rails each with a chamber wherein said chamber has a first chamber connected with a second chamber, wherein the first chamber is smaller than the second chamber, and wherein said first chamber includes an opening smaller than said first chamber; b. a movable cover with a first end, a second end, a first edge and a second edge wherein said movable cover extends through said opening of said first chamber in each guide rail and wherein the first edge is connected with the chambers of one of the two oppositely positioned guide rails and the second edge is connected with the chambers of another of the two oppositely positioned guide rails and wherein said first edge and the second edge include at least some portion that is enlarged and wherein the enlarged portion of the first edge and the second edge is very nearly the same size as the first chamber and wherein said enlarged portion is a deformable, resilient edge material and wherein said opening in said first chamber is smaller than the enlarged portion of said first edge and said second edge such that said enlarged portion can not pass through said opening and wherein, upon impact to the movable cover, said enlarged portion catches on said first chamber near said opening and deforms such that said first edge and said second edge contact said first chamber and are not movable and are retained within said first chamber and wherein, after impact to the movable cover, said enlarged portion resets to an original form such that said first edge and said second edge are again movable within said chamber; and c. a cover roll connected with the first end.",0.0668495423219957,0.13369908464399138
9730153,"1. A method performed by a network component for cell switch-off in a wireless network, the method comprising: determining, for each one of a plurality of traffic profiles, a set of Pareto-efficient solutions based on a number of active cells from a plurality of cells in the wireless network and on an aggregate network capacity, wherein the set of Pareto-efficient solutions for each one of the traffic profiles has a number of Pareto-efficient solutions proportional to a total number of the cells in the wireless network; matching a given traffic profile to one of the plurality of traffic profiles; evaluating performances of the set of Pareto-efficient solutions corresponding to the one of the plurality of traffic profiles; selecting a Pareto-efficient solution from the set of Pareto-efficient solutions in accordance with the evaluation, wherein the selected Pareto-efficient solution indicates which of a plurality of cells in the wireless network to be switched off; and switching off one or more cells of the plurality of cells in accordance with the selected Pareto-efficient solution.",0.8993066037347414,0.20138679253051728
8842893,"1. A method of performing a procedure, comprising: acquiring first image data of the subject prior to performing a selected procedure; acquiring second image data of the subject subsequent to performing the selected procedure including implanting a member in the subject; operating a processor system for: comparing the first acquired image data and the second acquired image data by at least subtracting the first acquired image data from the second acquired image data based at least on a tracked location of the member within the subject; generating an augmented image based on the subtracted first acquired image data from the second acquired image data and superimposing a pre-formed model of the implanted member as a graphical overlay including at least exterior dimensions of the implanted member on the generated augmented image, and a recalled a priori interactions of the implanted member with an anatomy of the subject at the location of the implanted member in the anatomy of the subject, and determining a real time true position of the member positioned in the subject during the selected procedure in the second acquired image data based at least on the augmented image to compensate at least for distortion of the acquired second image data subsequent to implanting the member in the subject; and superimposing the pre-formed model of the member on the second acquired image data at the determined true position.",0.01922948344897496,0.03845896689794992
9103958,"1. A back light module, comprising: a bezel comprising a plurality of frame strips surrounding an accommodating space, each frame strip has a bottom surface, a carrier surface and a lateral surface, the bottom surface being opposite to the carrier surface, the lateral surface connecting between the bottom surface and the carrier surface and facing to the accommodating space, the lateral surface of at least one of the frame strips has at least one first cave, the at least one first cave extended from the carrier surface to the bottom surface; a light-guide plate configured in the accommodating space; at least one optical film configured in the accommodating space and above the light-guide plate, a side of the optical film has at least one first protrusion located within the at least one first cave; a fixing element configured on the carrier surfaces and a portion of the optical film and corresponding to a boundary between the at least one first protrusion and the at least one first cave; and a light source unit configured in the accommodating space and located beside the light-guide plate to provide a light, wherein the light is reflected by an inner wall of the first cave after the light enters into the first cave, and then the light emits out of the accommodating space from a place where the fixing element is not disposed.",0.0994710999964106,0.19894219999282114
8650601,"1. A method of managing content for a video on demand (VOD) system, the VOD system comprising a plurality of VOD servers, the plurality of VOD servers containing a plurality of content files, some VOD servers being located nearer to a customer than more remote VOD servers, the method comprising: automatically monitoring the demand for the content files; determining whether the demand for a content file on a VOD server of the plurality VOD serves has a predetermined quality by determining whether an advertising campaign is associated with the content file; and where there is the advertising campaign separate from and associated with the content file, performing:",0.0859378265866103,0.17187565317322062
9843978,"1. An electronic device for an anchor node in a communication system comprising the anchor node, a source node, a target node and a user equipment, the electronic device comprising circuitry, configured to initiate a change procedure by requesting the target node to admit radio bearers of the user equipment in case that a predetermined condition of changing the source node which serves the user equipment together with the anchor node over different carriers to the target node is satisfied; acquire an acknowledgment from the target node which includes a result of radio bearers admission; and indicate configuration information of the target node towards the user equipment for releasing the source node and accessing to the target node, wherein the anchor node is kept in connection with the user equipment to jointly serve the user equipment with the source node or the target node, wherein the circuitry is further configured to forward data of the user equipment to the target node.",0.39854411736917833,0.7970882347383567
9559162,"1. A thermoresistance sensor structure for an integrated circuit comprising: a first layer of material of an integrated circuit; first and second front-end-of-line (FEOL) resistors made from a first resistor material including a first material of the first layer, the first resistor material having a first thermal coefficient of resistance (TCR), the first and second resistors having respective first and second resistance values at a reference temperature; third and fourth resistors made from a second resistor material including one of the first material of the first layer or a second material of a second layer of the integrated circuit, the second resistor material having a second TCR that differs from the first TCR by a predetermined TCR difference, the third and fourth resistors having respective second and fourth resistance values at the reference temperature; and metal wires from a 1× back-end-of-line (BEOL) metallization (Mn) layer of the integrated circuit that form a Wheatstone bridge by connecting the first FEOL resistor and the fourth resistor in series as part of a first leg of the Wheatstone bridge, and connecting the second FEOL resistor and the third resistor in series as part of a second leg of the Wheatstone bridge, wherein the first and second FEOL resistors are opposed relative to each other within the Wheatstone bridge, the third and fourth resistors are opposed relative to each other within the Wheatstone bridge, an output voltage of the Wheatstone bridge is a predefined value at the reference temperature, and the output voltage is indicative of a difference in temperature between a current temperature of the bridge and the reference temperature according to a predefined relationship between at least the first TCR, the second TCR, the first, second, third, and fourth resistance values, and the difference in temperature.",0.33617028086139505,0.6723405617227901
8614152,"1. A method for forming a gate structure, comprising: providing a substrate; forming a silicon oxide layer on the substrate; applying a decoupled plasma-nitridation process to the silicon oxide layer so as to form a silicon oxynitride layer; forming a first polysilicon layer on the silicon oxynitride layer; applying a thermal process to the silicon oxynitride layer having the first polysilicon layer formed thereon, wherein the thermal process comprises: forming a second polysilicon layer on the first polysilicon layer after the thermal process.",0.6876939241202649,0.6246121517594703
8568931,"1. A non-aqueous electrolyte solution for secondary batteries, which comprises a lithium salt (a1) represented by formula (a1), an inorganic lithium salt (a2), and a solvent, wherein the proportion of the lithium salt (a1) based on the total amount of the lithium salt (a1) and the inorganic lithium salt (a2) is from 5.0 to 20.0 mol %: and wherein in the formula (a1), each of R",0.9316671646495555,0.13666567070088909
8735507,"1. A crosslinkable composition comprising: an aqueous dispersion comprising; water; a polycarbamate comprising at least an average of 2.0 carbamate functional groups; a polyaldehyde comprising at least two aldehyde groups; and an acid catalyst; and optionally one or more surfactants; wherein said aqueous dispersion has a pH in the range of less than 7; and wherein the polyaldehyde has greater than 20 carbon atoms, with the proviso that a polyaldehyde having greater than 20 carbon atoms has at least one aldehyde group for every 30 carbon atoms.",0.7320945220115465,0.5358109559769071
8439202,"1. A method of treating coal ash comprising the steps of: receiving coal ash at a cement manufacturing facility; separating the received coal ash into ash and unburned carbon; utilizing the separated ash in the cement manufacturing facility as a cement raw material; feeding the separated unburned carbon into the cement manufacturing facility, wherein the separated unburned carbon is used in the cement manufacturing facility as a fuel; determining the mercury level in the cement kiln exhaust gas; adjusting the feed rate of the unburned carbon used as a fuel to the cement manufacturing facility in accordance with the mercury level in the cement kiln exhaust gas, wherein the feed rate of unburned carbon is increased as the mercury level decreases and the feed rate of unburned carbon is decreased as the mercury level increases.",0.9780416210618652,0.043916757876269585
9677330,"1. An arrangement for a component for use on a rail of a window covering, comprising:",0.3885744468433874,0.7771488936867748
9198243,"1. An LED driver circuit for supplying a TRIAC holding current by using a controllable current source, being a single-stage power factor correction circuit architecture, comprising: a dimming module; a rectification module; a conversion module; and a control module, comprising a control chip, wherein the dimming module comprises a TRIAC element, and the rectification module is electrically coupled to the dimming module and the conversion module, and the conversion module is electrically coupled to the control module and a plurality of LED light sources wherein, the conversion module receives an input voltage outputted by the rectification module to form a stable operating current via a controllable current source, an end of the controllable current source is couple to the rectification module, an another end of the controllable current source is directly couple to a terminal of the control module and a terminal of a regulating switch; wherein a gate of the regulating switch is connected to the control chip, the control module includes a peak detection unit, a cut-off timing unit and a switch unit, and the peak detection unit is electrically coupled to the controllable current source, for detecting the peak value of the input voltage to analyze and form a detection signal; the cut-off timing unit is electrically coupled to the peak detection unit and the switch unit, for sensing a cut-off time of the switch unit, and when the cut-off time reaches a maximum tolerance, a control signal is outputted, and the switch unit enters into a cut-off state according to the received detection signal and enters into a conducting state according to the switching signal, so that the controllable current source supplies the constant operating current to the LED light sources, while maintaining the operating current always greater than a holding current required by an operation of the TRIAC element when the TRIAC element is conducted.",0.7199856238628562,0.5600287522742875
9181892,1. An engine method comprising: delaying combustion timing in a first cylinder; sensing engine block vibrations in a first window during an open exhaust valve of the first cylinder; and performing a pre-ignition mitigating action in a second cylinder based on an amplitude of the sensed engine block vibrations at a first frequency range in the first window being higher than a first threshold.,0.8675719228768778,0.2648561542462444
9683373,"1. A cladding panel building system comprising: a cavity batten which in use is secured to a building frame; a cladding panel including: at least one support extrusion configured to fix adjacent panels to the cavity batten via at least one fixing element; wherein said cavity batten provides a cavity, between said cladding panel, and said building frame.",0.676839161885886,0.646321676228228
8577660,"1. A method comprising: receiving a first dataset indicative of seismic data acquired by at least one sensor in a seismic survey of a field of wells; receiving a second dataset indicative of wellbore data acquired by at least one sensor in a wellbore survey conducted in at least one of the wells, wherein the first and second datasets are stored in at least one memory; determining a mechanical earth model for the field using a processor based at least in part on the seismic data and the wellbore data, including using the seismic data and the wellbore data to spatially distribute at least one rock property over a region of the field in the model where wellbore data is sparse or non-existent; and predicting a stability of at least one of the wellbores based on the mechanical earth model.",0.2223240359682665,0.444648071936533
9584971,"1. A computer program product for determining a status of a user of an electronic device, the computer program product comprising: one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to determine the status for the first user based, at least in part, on the calculated first safe-threshold value for the electronic device, wherein determining the status of the first user further comprises:",0.11191539451053686,0.22383078902107378
9344016,"1. An operating machine comprising: a lower traveling body; an upper revolving body that is placed, in a revolvable manner, on the lower traveling body; a slewing motor that revolves the upper revolving body; and a storage device that supplies power to the slewing motor, wherein the storage device includes wherein the plurality of voltage equalization circuits are mounted, in a distributed manner, on the plurality of mounting substrates.",0.49137133704763575,0.9827426740952715
9511688,"1. A vehicle seat comprising a seat member, having a seat face and two lateral members, wherein the seat face is provided between the lateral members in an integral manner; wherein the vehicle seat further comprises a height adjuster for adjusting a height of the seat face, wherein the height adjuster is integrated in the lateral members; wherein each of the lateral members has a recess, a shape of which changes during the height adjustment; wherein the height adjuster has a drive element; wherein the drive element comprises a rotor with helical slots; and wherein on the lateral members projections are provided which cooperate in a positive-locking manner with the helical slots, whereby during rotation of the rotor the projections are moved away from each other or towards each other, and whereby the height adjustment of the seat face is carried out.",0.36090240779244787,0.7218048155848957
9206203,"1. A process for the preparation of thiocarboxylate silane comprising reacting an aqueous solution of a salt of a thiocarboxylic acid with a haloalkyl silane in the presence of a solid inorganic oxide-supported phrase transfer catalyst, wherein the solid inorganic support is a metal oxide or a metalloid oxide and wherein the solid inorganic oxide-supported phase transfer catalyst comprises at least one group of the structure of formula (III): wherein each occurrence of Y is independently a quaternary ammonium halide-containing group having the structure of the formula (II): wherein each occurrence of R 1 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and phenyl; each R 3 , R 4 and R 5 is independently an alkyl containing from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, phenyl or benzyl; each R 6 is an alkylene group containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms; X − is a halide selected from the group consisting of F − , Cl − , Br − and I − ; and a is an integer 0, 1 or 2, and wherein the weight percent of the [YSi(R 1 ) a O (3-a)/2 ] group is from 1 to 50 weight percent, based upon the weight of the total solid support; and wherein the solid inorganic oxide-supported phase transfer catalyst formula (III) further optionally comprises an organic group having the structure of formula (IV): wherein each occurrence of R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and phenyl; each occurrence of Q is independently an organic group selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and a heterocarbon group containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and at least one heteroatom selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur and nitrogen, with the proviso that the heterocarbon group is bonded to the silicon atom through a C—Si bond; and the subscript b is an integer 0, 1 or 2, wherein the weight percent of the [QSi(R 2 ) b O (3-b)/2 ] is from 0 to 20 weight percent, where the weight percents are based upon the total weight of the solid inorganic oxide-supported quaternary ammonium halide phase transfer catalyst, to provide a thiocarboxylate silane.",0.7049507150944198,0.5900985698111605
8431227,"1. A ceramic product, comprising an oxygen separation membrane made of an oxide ceramic with a perovskite structure which is an oxygen ion conductor, at least one ceramic connecting member bonded to the oxygen separation membrane, and a bond part between the oxygen separation membrane and the connecting member, wherein both the oxygen separation membrane and the connecting member are formed of perovskite structured oxide ceramic having a perovskite structure of a composition represented by the general formula: (wherein Ln is at least one selected from lanthanoids, Ae is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca and Ba, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Mn, Ga, Ti, Co, Ni, Al, Fe, Cu, In, Sn, Zr, V, Cr, Zn, Ge, Sc and Y, and 0≦x≦1), the bond part is formed from a crystalline-amorphous composite material, wherein the crystalline-amorphous composite material is composed of a glass matrix and leucite crystals precipitated in a dispersed state in the glass matrix, and the bond part is formed of the following oxide components in the following mass ratios as oxides: SiO Al Na K MgO 3 mass % or less; and CaO 3 mass % or less, and wherein a thermal expansion coefficient of the bond part is 10 to 14×10",0.6524910319172224,0.6950179361655553
9605333,"1. An aluminum alloy forged material, manufactured by a process comprising extrusion having an extrusion direction and forging, the aluminum alloy forged material comprising: Si: 0.7-1.5 mass %; Fe: 0.5 mass % or less; Cu: 0.1-0.6 mass %; Mg: 0.6-1.2 mass %; Ti: 0.01-0.1 mass %; and Mn: 0.25-1.0 mass %; at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cr: 0.1-0.4 mass % and Zr: 0.01-0.2 mass %; Zn: 0.05 mass % or less; a hydrogen amount: 0.25 ml/100 g-Al or less; and the remainder being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein the area ratio of <111> texture is 60% or more in a cross section parallel to the extrusion direction, the aluminum alloy forged material having a tensile strength of 400 MPa or more, and an elongation of 10.0% or more.",0.5465348013213903,0.9069303973572194
8506166,"1. A linear motion guide unit, comprising: an elongated guide rail having two sides, each side having a pair of first raceway surfaces extending lengthwise of the guide rail, and a slider that fits over or conforms to the elongated rail for movement in a sliding manner relative to the elongated guide rail; wherein the slider has a carriage, end caps, end seals, and a plurality of rolling elements, the carriage having a pair of second raceway surfaces extending in opposition to the pair of first raceway surfaces on the guide rail to provide a pair of load-carrying races between the pair of first raceway surfaces and the pair of second raceway surfaces, and a pair of return passages extending along the pair of load-carrying races, the end caps being fastened on forward and aft end surfaces of the carriage, one to each end surface, and provided therein with turnaround passages to join together the pair of load-carrying races and the pair of return passages, the end seals being attached on outward end surfaces of the end caps, and rollers selected as the rolling elements which are allowed to roll through circulating circuits made up of the pair of load-carrying races, the pair of return passages and the turnaround passages; wherein each of the end caps has an inward end surface facing directly towards the end surface of the carriage, and having a concavity which extends into the inward end surface and a pair of openings communicating with each of the turnaround passages, and a porous compact impregnated with lubricant and fitted into the concavity in a fashion exposed in part to the turnaround passages through the openings so that the rolling element rolling through the turnaround passages, as coming into rolling-contact with at least one of the parts of the porous compact exposed out of the openings, are applied with the lubricant; and wherein the end cap has a pair of spacer parts to form inside curved surfaces of the turnaround passages, and an end cap major body to form outside curved surfaces of the turnaround passages, the pair of spacer parts being made up of first spacer parts fitted into the end cap major body and second spacer parts nested in the first spacer parts, the first spacer parts and the second spacer parts being in combination with each other to provide curved zones to change running direction of the rolling elements and straight zones integral with opposite ends of the curved zones and merged into the pair of return passages, and the straight zones having slots at ends each of which fits over a part of the porous compact, and the slots terminating in the openings through which the porous compact is exposed at the straight zones to the inside curved surfaces of the turnaround passages.",0.16613539341374362,0.33227078682748723
8623106,"1. A fluid reforming apparatus, comprising: a flow channel in which a catalyst is fixed to an inner wall of the flow channel; a fluid heating device which heats a fluid to be reformed by the catalyst and heats the catalyst in the flow channel; two catalyst temperature measuring devices which measure temperatures of the catalyst and are disposed in the flow channel, one of the catalyst temperature measuring devices being arranged on an upstream side of the flow channel in a flow direction of the fluid, and the other being arranged on a downstream side of the flow channel in the flow direction; and a pressure control device which controls a pressure of the fluid in the flow channel so that the fluid can have a target pressure, wherein the pressure control device is programmed to increase the target pressure when a difference between the temperatures of the catalyst measured by the two catalyst temperature measuring devices exceeds a predetermined value during a period while the fluid in the flow channel is being heated up to a target temperature by the fluid heating device.",0.6965887692614086,0.6068224614771829
8349333,1. A therapeutic composition for inhibiting an allergic response against a flea allergenic protein comprising: a) an eukaryotic cell expression vector comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes an amino acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO. 2; and b) a protein or polypeptide encoded by said nucleotide sequence.,0.581010288844245,0.83797942231151
9077183,"1. A method implemented by a remote data acquisition platform in a distributed wireless monitoring system, the method comprising: receiving over a wireless internet link from a cloud server a difference threshold for event triggering, a sampling interval, a sensor baseline value, a reporting schedule, sensor calibration information, and current time and date information; sampling by comparators at the sampling interval a sensor value; activating a data logger if the comparators sense a differential change in the sensor value exceeding the difference threshold for event triggering; logging the sensor value together with a timestamp as stored data while the data logger is activated; deactivating the data logger and entering a sleep mode if the sensor value returns to the sensor baseline; compression encoding the stored data; periodically transmitting during wireless reporting sessions the compression encoded stored data over the wireless internet link to the cloud server according to the reporting schedule, and receiving during the wireless reporting sessions adjusted configuration parameters from the cloud server, wherein the adjusted configuration parameters comprise difference thresholds for event triggering, data sampling intervals, sensor baseline values, sensor calibration values, reporting schedule intervals, and comparator threshold trip points; receiving over the wireless internet link from the cloud server a device control parameter; sending a control signal to a device actuator based on the received device control parameter.",0.5239656975676144,0.9520686048647713
9784729,"1. A canceration information providing method for providing information related to canceration of cells, the method comprising: detecting a signal reflecting a size of each cell in a specimen collected from an epidermal tissue: acquiring, based on the signal, first information related to a first number of cells that are contained in the specimen and have a size corresponding to at least a size of a surface layer cell in the epidermal tissue and a size of a middle layer cell in the epidermal tissue; determining, based on the first information related to the first number of cells contained in the specimen, an amount of the specimen used to prepare a measurement specimen so that the measurement specimen contains a predetermined number of cells that have the size corresponding to at least the size of the surface layer cell and the size of the middle layer cell; preparing the measurement specimen by using the determined amount of the specimen; flowing the prepared measurement specimen through a flow cell; irradiating the measurement specimen flowing through the flow cell with light; detecting fluorescence light from each cell of the measurement specimen as a result of the irradiating the measurement specimen and generating a fluorescence light signal representative of the fluorescence light; acquiring, for each of the cells of the measurement specimen, data related to an amount of DNA of a cell from the fluorescence light signal; acquiring, based on the data, a second number of cells, each of which has an amount of DNA exceeding an amount of DNA of a normal cell in which a cell cycle is in a G0 period, defined to be a resting period in which a proliferation of a cell is resting, or a G1 period, defined to be timing of preparation and inspection from an end of the G0 period to a time to enter the DNA synthetic period of the cell; and outputting second information related to canceration of the cells in the measurement specimen based on the acquired second number of cells.",0.20992523642629662,0.41985047285259325
9451424,"1. A method comprising: evaluating one or more rules for receiving a message by a mobile device, wherein at least one of the one or more rules specifies a delayed automatic download after a period of time; requesting an initial portion of the message from the computing device according to the one or more rules, wherein the message comprises a remaining portion to be requested at a later time; and storing at least the initial portion of the message.",0.21297188450721233,0.42594376901442466
8748018,"1. A patterned perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising: a substrate having a substantially planar surface; a soft underlayer (SUL) of soft magnetically permeable material on the substrate surface and having a planar surface; an exchange break layer (EBL) of nonmagnetic material comprising a base layer of EBL material covering the entire planar surface of the SUL and a plurality of pillars of EBL material extending from the base layer of EBL material; and a plurality of discrete islands, each island located on a pillar of EBL material and comprising a flux channeling layer (FCL) on the EBL material of the pillar and prevented from exchange coupling with the SUL by the EBL material, a perpendicular magnetic recording layer (RL), and a nonmagnetic separation layer (SL) on the FCL between the FCL and the RL for preventing magnetic exchange coupling between the FCL and the RL, the FCL formed of a soft magnetic material having an anisotropy field lower than the anisotropy field of the RL and a magnetization higher than the magnetization of the material of the RL, the RL and FCL having parallel magnetizations perpendicular to the substrate surface.",0.13331070676857457,0.2666214135371492
9559713,"1. A system comprising: analog-to-digital sample-and-hold circuitry comprising: a late clock input coupled to the bottom plate transistor and operable to carry a late clock; an early clock input coupled to the top plate transistor, where the early clock input is operable to carry an early clock, with respect to the late clock; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) following the sampling capacitor, the ADC configured to:",0.28173870965321707,0.5634774193064341
8861833,"1. A system for simultaneous real-time three-dimensional geometry and color texture acquisition of an object, comprising: a system processor for generating at least three phase shifted black and white fringe patterns by a three-step phase shifting algorithm; a light projector adapted to project the at least three phase shifted black and white fringe patterns onto the object, the light projector being electrically connected with the system processor; and a color camera for capturing the at least three phase shifted black and white fringe patterns reflected from the object to generate at least three raw fringe images; wherein the raw fringe images generated by the color camera calculate a wrapped phase map to generate a continuous unwrapped phase map by employing a phase unwrapping algorithm and converting the continuous unwrapped phase map to co-ordinates using calibrated system parameters for point by point three-dimensional shape measurement; producing a black and white texture image by using the raw fringe images; and converting the black and white texture image to a color image by employing a demosaicing algorithm for simultaneous real-time three-dimensional geometry and color texture acquisition.",0.2666519016222144,0.5333038032444288
8547563,"1. A printing device comprising: a processor; a graphic user interface operatively connected to said processor, said graphic user interface providing a user an option for scanning a self-illuminated display of a portable device; a transparent scanning surface positioned on an exterior of said printing device; an illumination source adjacent said transparent scanning surface, said illumination source being operatively connected to said processor; and a light sensor adjacent said transparent scanning surface, said light sensor being operatively connected to said processor, said processor deactivating said illumination source and increasing a responsiveness of said light sensor in response to said user selecting said option for scanning a self-illuminated display of a portable device, said increasing of said responsiveness of said light sensor comprising changing said responsiveness to an increased level above a base level used when said illumination source is active, and said light sensor scanning said self-illuminated display of said portable device while said illumination source is deactivated and while said responsiveness of said light sensor is at said increased level to acquire an image displayed on said self-illuminated display of said portable device.",0.33832066662508753,0.6766413332501751
8544206,"1. A method of making a growing medium, comprising: providing a dehydrated bulking agent, including coir; and compressing said dehydrated bulking agent, including coir, at a volume-to-volume ratio greater than about 3:1; wherein said compressed growing medium is not hydrophobic and maintains a compressed shape without a water soluble binder until hydrated.",0.5091721906186085,0.981655618762783
9243604,"1. An in-pipe hydraulic turbine system comprising: a pipeline for fluid transport, said pipeline comprising an inlet, an outlet, and a pressure-reducing valve; and a turbine disposed within said pipeline between said inlet and said outlet and upstream of said pressure-reducing valve, the turbine comprising: the output shaft being substantially aligned with the direction of fluid flow through the system; a fixed, non-rotatable nozzle disposed within said pipeline between said inlet and said turbine, the nozzle configured to accelerate the flow of a fluid moving through said pipeline and to convert said fluid flow to a substantially tangential flow, wherein said turbine is actuated by a fluid moving through said pipeline, and further wherein said turbine leaves a fluid pressure downstream of said turbine that exceeds a set control pressure of the pressure-reducing valve.",0.8603484272863567,0.2793031454272865
9195136,"1. A resist underlayer composition, comprising: a solvent; and a compound including a moiety represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, A B R wherein, in Group 1, M",0.39347954476245794,0.7869590895249159
9051389,"1. A cell culture media for growing transformant pGDF-5-Trc-transformed cells, the cell culture media comprising a transformant pGDF-5-Trc-transformed cells, wherein the pH of the cell culture media is from about 6.8 to about 7, and the GDF-5-Trc-transformed cells comprise a polynucleotide sequence that encodes the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.",0.589901972192885,0.82019605561423
8696913,"1. A method of assessing biofilm thickness in a membrane supported biofilm reactor (MSBR) of the type comprising a lumen containing a gas phase, a liquid phase, and a gas permeable membrane providing an interface between the gas and liquid phases, the method comprising the steps of: charging the lumen with an inert gas; closing the lumen to establish an initial elevated pressure in the lumen; measuring the rate of change of pressure within the lumen; and correlating the rate of change of pressure (dP/dt) with biofilm thickness.",0.8820609434292068,0.23587811314158635
9035917,"1. A programmable state machine for controlling a light-based sensor comprising: a chip package coupled with a plurality of photo-emitters mounted in a device outside of the chip package, with a plurality of photo-detectors mounted in the device outside of the chip package, and with a host processor, the chip package comprising: a first plurality of signal conducting pins for connecting the emitters to said emitter driver; a second plurality of signal conducting pins for connecting the detectors to said detector driver and to said signal processor; and at least one input/output pin for receiving parameters from the host processor to be loaded into said dedicated emitter and detector registers, for outputting an interrupt signal to the host processor after the automated sequence is terminated, and for outputting the stored detection signals in said dedicated results registers to the host processor after outputting the interrupt signal, for the host processor to identify therefrom location coordinates of an object near or touching the device.",0.43592184823448193,0.8718436964689639
9149003,"1. A web wrap apparatus for providing a web from a roll to a bale and separating the web, the web wrap apparatus comprising a feeder having an extended position to provide web to the bale and a retracted position, a brake device which exerts pressure on the roll creating tension in the web as it wrapped onto the bale, a separator with a separating edge and a block, the block and the roll operable to place the web under tension as it is separated, the web wrap apparatus further comprising a counter member, wherein at least in lateral end areas of the counter member, retainers are provided to resist movement of the web towards a center area of the counter member, the feeder located forward of the separator in the extended position and behind the separator in the retracted position.",0.03988776604383077,0.07977553208766153
8747251,"1. A hollow golf club head having a volume equal to or greater than 400 cubic centimeters and comprising: a crown; a sole; and a continuously extending rib (X) having a mean value of a width, BR, equal to or less than 2 millimeters and a weight equal to or less than 5.0 grams, wherein the rib (X) is provided on an inner surface of the head; the rib (X) is substantially parallel to a toe-heel direction; and when a maximum amplitude of vibration in a first-order mode in a state where the rib (X) is removed is defined as Ma (a) the rib (X) crosses at least one of high Rh regions having the amplitude ratio Rh of equal to or greater than 80%; (b) no region having the amplitude ratio Rh of equal to or greater than 60% exists on a toe side than the rib (X); and (c) no region having the amplitude ratio Rh of equal to or greater than 60% exists on a heel side than the rib (X); and wherein the plurality of high Rh regions exist and the rib (X) crosses all of the high Rh regions.",0.047619229145682784,0.09523845829136557
9099664,"1. A photovoltaic device, comprising: an adhesion layer; a first transparent conductor layer formed on the adhesion layer; an organic photovoltaic material formed on a second transparent conductor layer; and the organic photovoltaic material being bonded to the adhesion layer during a transfer process such that the organic photovoltaic material remains undamaged by formation processes of the adhesion layer and the first and second transparent conductor layers.",0.9151201324958067,0.1697597350083866
9371261,"1. A process for the manufacture of bioresourced acrylic acid from glycerol, comprising the following stages: gas-phase catalytic dehydration of glycerol to give acrolein, (1) partial condensation by cooling and extraction of water and heavy impurities present in the reaction medium of (1), (1′) gas-phase catalytic oxidation of a gas stream from (1′) comprising water and acrolein in a molar ratio water/acrolein of 1.5/1 to 7/1 to give acrylic acid, (2) extraction of the acrylic acid present in the effluent stream from the oxidation by water absorption with cooling, (3) drying of a solution of the acrylic acid by distillation in the presence of a solvent that is immiscible with water, (4) distillation of a solution thus obtained in order to remove light compounds, (5) distillation of a heavy fraction resulting from (5) in order to remove heavy compounds, (6) a final extraction of the bioresourced acrylic acid by fractional crystallization applied to one of the following effluent streams: a heavy fraction from (4), the heavy fraction from (5) or a light fraction from (6).",0.7015218787388705,0.596956242522259
8380683,"1. A data conversion device having at least one processor, comprising: a stirring processing section performing a data stirring process on input data; and a compression processing section performing a data compression process on input data including data segments which are divisions of message data, the message data being a target of data conversion, wherein the compression processing section is configured of multi-stage compression subsections which are capable of receiving all of the data segments in the message data, part of the multi-stage compression subsections is configured to perform the data compression process based on both of output of the stirring processing section and the data segments in the message data, part of the multi-stage compression subsections is configured to perform the data compression process based on both of output of a previous-stage compression subsection and the data segments in the message data, and a compression subsection located in a final stage of the multi-stage compression subsections is configured to output a hash value of the message data.",0.17730693145562867,0.3546138629112574
8804854,"1. A network receiver, comprising: a first delay unit, coupled to a first transmission line, for receiving a first signal from the first transmission line, and delaying the first signal to generate a delayed first signal; a second delay unit, coupled to a second transmission line, for receiving a second signal from the second transmission line, and delaying the second signal to generate a delayed second signal; a first processing unit, coupled to the first delay unit and the second delay unit, for calculating a difference between the delayed first signal and the delayed second signal, and processing the difference to generate first data; a second processing unit, coupled to the first delay unit and the second delay unit, for calculating a summation of the delayed first signal and the delayed second signal, and processing the summation to generate second data, wherein the second data is Audio Return Channel (ARC) data; and an adjusting circuit, coupled to the first processing unit, for adjusting delay amount of the first delay unit and the second delay unit to make the first delay unit and the second delay unit use delay amount adjusted by the adjusting unit to generate the delayed first signal and the delayed second signal, respectively, to the first processing unit; wherein the adjusting circuit adjusts the first delay unit and the second delay unit to make the first delay unit and the second delay unit have a plurality of delay amount combinations, the first processing unit generates a plurality of first data respectively corresponding to the plurality of delay amount combinations, and the adjusting circuit adjusts the delay amount of the first delay unit and the second delay unit according to the plurality of first data and the first processing unit comprises:",0.2622078775108814,0.5244157550217629
9082164,"1. A method of detecting and segmenting clusters of cells in an image, comprising: inputting image data I at a plurality of location (x,y) values, generating a variation map V(x,y) by performing a structure tensor analysis for calculating variations for one or more I(x,y) values, corresponding to an amount of change of said I(x,y) values relative to values at neighboring locations, along one or more directions, performing a multiscale decomposition of the variation map V(x,y) resulting in subband images at each scale, smoothing the variation map V(x,y) by combining subband images, and segmenting the smoothed variation map.",0.026870006868980806,0.053740013737961556
9804910,"1. A method of detecting loss of data connection in a plurality of links between an exchange and one or more of a plurality of network terminals arising during presence of a user at an intervention point node on the links between the exchange and the network terminals, comprising: receiving connection information about a loss of data connection on any one of the links; receiving duration information about a duration of the user presence at the intervention point node; determining in real-time or near real-time, using a computer hardware processor, if the loss of data connection occurred within the user presence duration; causing line tests to be conducted on each of the links for which loss of data connection is determined to have occurred within the user presence duration; receiving results of the line tests including a number of links being determined, by the line test, to exhibit a fault; and determining if the number of links determined to exhibit a fault exceeds a predetermined threshold number.",0.35403478837143615,0.7080695767428723
9394601,"1. A hard film formed on a surface of a base material, comprising: a nano multi-layered structure formed by stacking a thin layer A, a thin layer B, and a thin layer C in order of thin layers A-B-A-C from the base material, wherein the A-B-A-C layered structure is repeatedly stacked at least twice, wherein the thin layer A is comprised of Ti",0.23119346628899667,0.46238693257799335
8982029,"1. A pixel circuitry of a display device, comprising: a scan switch, coupled to a data line and configured to be asserted according to a scan signal; a storage element, coupled to the scan switch and configured to store a pixel voltage from the data line; and a sampling circuitry, coupled to the storage element and configured to sample the stored pixel voltage of the storage element for generating a reference voltage for calibrating a common voltage provided to a plurality of pixels in the display device, wherein the sampling circuitry comprises: a first sample-and-hold unit, sampling the stored pixel voltage of the storage element and sequentially obtaining a first sampled signal having a first polarity and a second sampled signal having a second polarity; a first filtering unit, performing a low pass filtering process on the first sampled signal and the second sampled signal, and the reference voltage is obtained in the first filtering unit; and a voltage follower, coupled to the storage element and the first sample-and-hold unit for buffering the stored pixel voltage of the storage element, wherein the voltage follower comprises an operational amplifier having a first input terminal coupled to the storage element, and both of a second input terminal and an output terminal coupled to the first sample-and-hold unit, wherein the reference voltage is equal to an average voltage of the first sampled signal and the second sampled signal.",0.04574684997023614,0.0914936999404723
9109441,"1. An injection apparatus for use in a wellbore, the apparatus comprising: a tubular housing having at least one second passage through a wall thereof axially offset, longitudinally, from the at least one first passage; a piston disposed between the shield housing and the tubular housing, the piston being biased by a biasing member; and a sleeve movably disposed within the tubular housing, a chamber being defined between the tubular housing, the shield housing the piston and the sleeve such that the chamber is initially fluidically isolated from an inside of the tubular housing and from the wellbore, movement of the sleeve allowing fluidic communication between the inside of the tubular housing and the chamber such that pressure at the inside of the tubular housing urges the piston against the bias of the biasing member and movement of the piston allows fluidic communication between the chamber and the wellbore.",0.049368568224409964,0.09873713644881987
8420460,"1. A method, comprising: forming a high-leakage dielectric on an active region of a device; forming a resist completely over and in physical contact with a portion of a top surface of the high-leakage dielectric to protect it during etching; forming a low-leakage dielectric on and in physical contact with a portion of the active region of the device, and on and in physical contact with an entire top surface of the portion of the high-leakage dielectric that was not etched; removing the low-leakage dielectric from the entire top surface of the portion of the high-leakage dielectric; and forming a gate electrode over the non-etched high-leakage dielectric and the low-leakage dielectric, after the forming of the low-leakage dielectric, wherein the low-leakage dielectric is formed thicker than the high-leakage dielectric.",0.28976535239810286,0.5795307047962057
9751410,"1. A controller for controlling a drive device that executes drive control of a motor, comprising: a processing device; and a memory having program instructions stored thereon, execution of which by the processing device causes the controller",0.6866843067936952,0.6266313864126096
9437864,"1. An electrochemical cell, comprising: a semi-solid cathode including a suspension of an active material and a conductive material in a non-aqueous liquid electrolyte, the semi-solid cathode having a capacity of about 150 mAh/g to about 200 mAh/g and a thickness in the range of about 250 μm to about 2,000 μm; an anode having a capacity in the range of about 700 mAh/g to about 1,200 mAh/g and a thickness in the range of about 30 μm to about 600 μm; and a separator disposed between the anode and the semi-solid cathode.",0.8406104666535257,0.31877906669294864
8481029,"1. An in vivo method of treating cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an agonistic anti-human CD27 antibody, or an agonistic antigen binding fragment thereof, wherein (i) said anti-human CD27 agonistic antibody or agonistic anti-human CD27 antibody fragment elicits an antitumor immune response in vivo by promoting the proliferation of tumor-associated antigen-specific T cells, and ii) said agonistic anti-human CD27 antibody or agonistic anti-human CD27 antibody fragment is capable of eliciting anti-tumor immunity when administered in the absence of another anti-cancer agent.",0.6543481189762436,0.6913037620475129
9131642,"1. A system for managing agricultural irrigation of crops in a field or one or more regions thereof, the system comprising: at least one irrigation sprinkler located on the field or the one or more regions thereof; at least one irrigation controller configured to adjust water delivery by the at least one irrigation sprinkler to the crops, the at least one irrigation controller being located on or near the field or the one or more regions thereof; at least one instrument package configured to yield soil water data, irrigation data, solar radiation data and rainfall data, the at least one instrument package being located on or near the field or the one or more regions thereof and being configured to communicate with the at least one irrigation controller; a computer system located remotely from the field or the one or more regions thereof, the computer system:",0.5897336524590875,0.820532695081825
9384912,"1. A circuit breaker comprising: a plurality of fixed contacts; a plurality of corresponding movable contacts; an actuating shaft which is operatively connected to and actuates the plurality of movable contacts between a first position in which each of the movable contacts are coupled with a corresponding fixed contact, and a second position in which each of the plurality of movable contacts are separated from the corresponding fixed contact; a supporting device for the actuating shaft, wherein the supporting device is movably connected to a wall of the circuit breaker, and wherein the actuating shaft is operatively coupled to the supporting device so as to rotate around a rotation axis relative to the wall and the supporting device; and an adjustment means for adjusting a position of the actuating shaft relative to the wall.",0.5451833370979052,0.9096333258041895
8722140,"1. A process for forming bituminous roofing products with high solar heat reflectance, the process comprising: (a) providing a ceramic-forming material comprising at least one aluminosilicate, the ceramic-forming material having a crystalline content of less than ten percent as determined by x-ray diffraction; (b) forming the ceramic-forming material into green granules; (c) sintering the green granules at a temperature of at least 900 degrees Celsius until the crystalline content of the sintered granules is at least ten percent as determined by x-ray diffraction; (d) providing a bituminous roofing sheet material having an upper surface; and (e) applying the sintered granules to the upper surface of a bituminous roofing sheet material.",0.9843500829686967,0.0312998340626065
8345398,"1. A power control circuit for providing protection to an active load device, the power control circuit being housed within a power coupler module, said power control circuit comprising: a) a first transistor for receiving a power supply and for selectively providing a power output, said transistor turning on to provide said output in response to a source to gate voltage in excess of a predetermined threshold; b) a zener diode, said zener diode having a breakdown voltage level which is higher than said predetermined threshold voltage level of said first transistor, said zener diode further operatively coupled for receiving said power supply; and c) a second transistor operatively connected to said zener diode and receiving current from said power source only when said power source exceeds said breakdown voltage of said zener diode, said receipt of current from said power source thereby reducing the source to gate voltage to said first transistor so as to turn said first transistor off, thereby removing the power output from said first transistor when said power source maintains a power supply voltage above said zener diode breakdown voltage level, wherein said first transistor automatically reverts to providing power output upon said power source reverting below the breakdown voltage of the zener diode.",0.7491229023163867,0.5017541953672267
8687328,"1. A method of regulating voltage output of an inverter coupled between a photovoltaic source and a power grid to perform a low voltage ride through (LVRT) operation, the method comprising: sensing an occurrence of low voltage on the power grid; monitoring an operating voltage of the photovoltaic source; identifying the operating voltage of the photovoltaic source just prior to the occurrence of low voltage on the power grid; controlling a crowbar circuit with a switching device in parallel with the photovoltaic source to close in response to sensing the operating voltage of the photovoltaic source at a predetermined threshold level above the operating voltage of the photovoltaic source just prior to the occurrence of low voltage on the power grid, the closed crowbar circuit dissipating power from the photovoltaic source; and operating the switching device, during a low voltage ride through period, to open and close the crowbar circuit to fluctuate the operating voltage of the photovoltaic source between the operating voltage of the photovoltaic source just prior to the occurrence of low voltage on the power grid and the predetermined threshold level, to maintain a current output of the inverter substantially identical to the current output of the inverter just prior to the occurrence of low voltage on the power grid.",0.7605449887710221,0.4789100224579559
8524407,"1. A gas supply device for use in a fuel cell system, comprising: a plurality of first-type injectors configured to have a first maximum valve-openable pressure; a second-type injector arranged in parallel with the first-type injectors and configured to have a lower flow rate than the first-type injectors and a greater second maximum valve-openable pressure than the first maximum valve-openable pressure; wherein one of the first-type injectors is located nearest to the second-type injector than the other of the first-type injectors; a first pressure sensor located upstream of the first-type and second-type injectors; and a controller configured to control open/close operation of the first-type and second-type injectors, wherein at a start of the fuel cell system, (i) when pressure in the upstream of the first-type and second-type injectors is greater than the first maximum valve-openable pressure but is less than or equal to the second maximum valve-openable pressure, the controller opens the second-type injector, and when the pressure in the upstream of the first-type and second-type injectors is dropped to or below the first maximum valve-openable pressure after opening of the second-type injector, the controller first opens the first-type injector that is nearest to the second-type injector, and (ii) when the pressure in the upstream of the first-type and second-type injectors is less than or equal to the first maximum valve-openable pressure, the controller opens the first-type injectors.",0.888841388438285,0.22231722312343005
8400527,1. An apparatus comprising: an image capture unit to capture an object image; an acquisition unit to acquire a developing parameter for image data captured by said image capture unit; an analysis unit to analyze RAW image data generated by said image capture unit; a first composition unit to compose a plurality of RAW image data generated by said image capture unit and generate composite RAW image data; a determination unit to determine a composition ratio for a plurality of developing parameters respectively for development of said plurality of RAW image data acquired by said acquisition unit in accordance with a result obtained from said analysis unit or a user's setting; a second composition unit to compose the plurality of developing parameters acquired by said acquisition unit based on said composition ratio for the plurality of developing parameters determined by said determination unit and generate one composite developing parameter; and a development unit to develop the composite RAW image data composed by said first composition unit using the composite developing parameter generated by said second composition unit.,0.11768515599744955,0.2353703119948991
9204543,"1. An Integrated Circuit (IC) package, comprising: a substrate; a package core comprising a first set of pads formed on the substrate, the first set of pads having a pinout that is compatible with a chip core of a product family; and a second set of pads formed on the substrate and located on substantially the same plane as the first set of pads formed on the substrate and outside the package core, the second set of pads being configured to accommodate a circuit located outside the chip core, wherein a geometric center of the package core is different from a geometric center of the substrate.",0.2988831923004913,0.5977663846009826
8734727,"1. Gas apparatus for the production of product gas, the apparatus comprising: a gaseous supply of a plasmolysable reactant gas; electrodes, with a space between them of less than 1 mm; a first conduit to lead the reactant gas from the gaseous supply through the space between the electrodes; a power source to apply a voltage across the electrodes to dissociate the reactant gas to an intermediate ion; a second conduit to supply product gas resulting from recombination of intermediate ions to an outlet, wherein a fluidic oscillator in one of said first and second conduits to oscillate at least the flow of product gas from said outlet; a liquid into which said outlet opens whereby micro bubbles of said product gas are formed in said liquid; wherein said product gas is arranged so that a majority of the product gas dissolves before said micro bubbles reach the surface of said liquid and the outlet comprises a plurality of orifices to be submerged in the liquid for the purpose of forming micro bubbles of the product gas.",0.8255267406127986,0.34894651877440275
8852778,"1. A battery module, comprising: a battery cell having a generally rectangular-shaped body portion, the generally rectangular-shaped body portion having a first flat side and a second flat side; a first graphite sheet having a first flat panel portion and a first extension portion, the first flat panel portion disposed on the first flat side of the battery cell that conducts heat energy from the battery cell into the first graphite sheet to cool the battery cell, the first extension portion extending from a first end of the first flat panel portion; a first cooling manifold thermally coupled to the first graphite sheet that conducts heat energy from the first graphite sheet into the first cooling manifold, the first cooling manifold having a groove extending therein configured to receive the first extension portion therein, the first flat panel portion of the first graphite sheet being disposed perpendicular to the first cooling manifold, the first flat side of the battery cell being disposed perpendicular to the first cooling manifold, the first cooling manifold further configured to receive a fluid that flows therethrough to conduct heat energy from the first cooling manifold into the fluid; and a second graphite sheet having a second flat panel portion and a second extension portion, the second flat panel portion disposed on the second flat side of the battery cell that conducts heat energy from the battery cell into the second graphite sheet to cool the battery cell, the second extension portion extending from a first end of the second flat panel portion; and a second cooling manifold thermally coupled to the second graphite sheet that conducts heat energy from the second graphite sheet into the second cooling manifold, the battery cell and the first and second graphite sheets being disposed between the first and second cooling manifolds, the second cooling manifold having a groove extending therein configured to receive the second extension portion therein, the second flat panel portion being disposed perpendicular to the second cooling manifold, the first flat side of the battery cell being disposed perpendicular to the second cooling manifold, the second cooling manifold further configured to receive the fluid that flows therethrough to conduct heat energy from the second cooling manifold into the fluid.",0.9434610259224394,0.11307794815512118
9095032,"1. A laser sealing device comprising: a laser beam generation device for irradiating a laser beam; a shutter positioned on a beam path of the laser beam and for blocking a portion of the laser beam; and a substrate supporter for supporting a substrate on which a frit is formed, the fit being configured to be irradiated with the laser beam passing through the shutter, wherein the shutter has a circular aperture for transmitting the laser beam, and comprises a blocking portion having a convex edge blocking a portion of the aperture.",0.04961920243995224,0.09923840487990443
9506388,"1. A vehicle system, comprising: an engine with a longitudinal axis, where a crankshaft of the engine is parallel to the longitudinal axis, the engine including an engine block and a plurality of cylinder heads mounted to the engine block, each cylinder head of the plurality of cylinder heads being a single cylinder head separately mounted to the engine block; an exhaust gas treatment device mounted on the engine, vertically above the engine such that a longitudinal axis of the exhaust gas treatment device is aligned in parallel with the longitudinal axis of the engine, the exhaust gas treatment device configured to receive exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold of the engine; and further comprising a support structure configured to support the exhaust gas treatment device, the support structure including a plurality of support legs, a first end of each support leg of the plurality of support legs removably coupled to a respective cylinder head of the plurality of cylinder heads and positioned between adjacent cylinder heads.",0.836638113872673,0.3267237722546541
8652703,"1. Method for manufacturing a metal-oxide-based ceramic solid electrolyte, comprising the following steps: (a) inserting, into a flash sintering device, a nanocrystalline powder comprising crystallites and crystallite agglomerates of a ceramic of formula: Zr Ce said powder having: an average crystallite size, measured by X-ray diffraction, of between 5 and 50 nm (nanometers), an average crystallite agglomerate size, measured using a scanning electron microscope (SEM), of between 0.5 and 20 μm (microns), a specific surface area, measured using the BET method, of between 20 and 100 m (b) flash sintering said powder by applying a pressure of between 50 and 150 MPa, at a temperature of between 850° C. and 1400° C., for a period between 5 and 30 minutes.",0.5279279465917511,0.9441441068164977
9694499,"1. An article pickup apparatus configured to detect randomly piled articles by a visual sensor and pick up the articles by a robot one by one based on visual information acquired by the visual sensor, the article pickup apparatus comprising: a robot including: a robot controller including:",0.0728723557333222,0.14574471146664436
9147529,1. A hybrid ultracapacitor ( 1 ) comprising: a) a substrate-integrated-lead-dioxide electrode ( b) a pure carbon-based double layer capacitor electrode ( c) a separator (,0.8616809783211712,0.2766380433576576
8667749,"1. A building closure for mounting in an opening in a building wall structure, said closure including: a frame for mounting within the wall structure, said frame including an extruded top rail having an integral nailing flange for securement of the frame to the building wall structure, said flange having an inner surface with a coextruded flexible resilient seal wall to retard passage of moisture, said top rail also having an exterior surface with a coextruded flexible resilient barrier wall to retard passage of moisture; and at least one closure unit mounted within said frame, wherein said weep opening is in communication with an interior chamber of said frame that extends around said frame.",0.2565528779925549,0.5131057559851098
9101422,"1. A spinal plate assembly having a longitudinal axis comprising: a first plate; a second plate; and a removable spacer positioned longitudinally between the second plate and the first plate, wherein the spinal plate assembly has an adjustable length along the longitudinal axis, wherein the spacer has a first end and a second end and a length therebetween, the length extending along the longitudinal axis of the plate assembly, wherein the first end includes a point of contact with the first plate and the second end includes a point of contact with the second plate; wherein a length of the spinal plate assembly is changed by sliding the second plate relative to the first plate, wherein the removable spacer provides a predetermined initial distance between the first plate and the second plate to provide translation of the first plate relative to the second plate along the longitudinal axis once the spinal plate assembly is inserted and the spacer is removed, wherein the second plate is configured to slidably and directly engage the first plate along the longitudinal axis when the spacer is coupled to the first and second plates.",0.014049966099291582,0.0280999321985832
9197218,"1. An electronic device comprising: a support member including a first terminal, a second terminal, and a support portion extending from the first terminal and coupling the first terminal with the second terminal; an electronic component; and a bonding member connecting the first terminal with the electronic component, wherein in a plan view along a direction in which the first terminal and the electronic component overlap each other, a portion of the first terminal is adjacent to the support portion with a notch portion therebetween and protrudes toward the extending direction side of the support portion, the support portion is bent at a portion adjacent to the protruding portion of the first Terminal, and the bent portion of the support portion overlaps the electronic component in the plan view.",0.34503014669626225,0.6900602933925245
8603433,"1. A zeolite X having a) a Si/Al framework mole ratio in a range from 1.0 to 1.5; b) a mean diameter not greater than 2.7 microns, as determined by sedigraph analysis; and c) a relative LTA intensity not greater than 0.35, as determined by a x-ray diffraction (XRD) method using a source of CuKα radiation to obtain XRD intensities in a range from 5° to 25° 2θ, wherein,",0.4595639607098838,0.9191279214197676
9850919,"1. A counterbalance valve, comprising: a valve body having:",0.5774996126770502,0.8450007746458996
9698690,"1. A method of controlling a converter having an inductor and first, second, third, and fourth switches, the method comprising: a) when said first and fourth switches are on, and said second and third switches are off, generating an on time signal according to an input voltage and a stable output voltage of said converter, wherein said first switch is coupled between said input voltage and a first terminal of said inductor, said second switch is coupled between said first terminal of said inductor and a ground, said third switch is coupled between a second terminal of said inductor and said ground, and said fourth switch is coupled between said second terminal of said inductor and said stable output voltage; b) generating an off time signal according to said input voltage and said stable output voltage of said converter; c) generating a reference time voltage by comparing a reference current signal as a voltage across a charging capacitor against a reference voltage signal; d) turning off said first switch and turning on said second switch when said on time signal is activated to indicate that said converter is operating in a buck mode, wherein said first switch is turned on and said second switch is turned off when an inductor current reaches a predetermined valley value; e) turning on said third switch and turning off said fourth switch when said off time signal is activated to indicate that said converter is operating in a boost mode, wherein said third switch is turned off and said fourth switch is turned on when said inductor current reaches a predetermined peak value; and f) turning off said first switch and turning on said second switch when said reference time signal is activated to indicate that said converter is operating in a buck-boost mode, wherein said first and third switches are turned on and said second and fourth switches are turned off when said inductor current reaches said predetermined valley value, and wherein said third switch is turned off and said fourth switch is turned on when said inductor current reaches said predetermined peak value.",0.6998560860531617,0.6002878278936765
9169965,"1. A support arm comprising: a thermoplastic material; and a filler; wherein a cross-section of the support arm taken along a line from an inner edge to an outer edge of the support arm comprises a modified I-shaped, a I/U-shaped, or a U-shaped cross-section.",0.28643052692602855,0.5728610538520571
9438331,"1. A self-sustaining, autonomous, monitoring, reporting, and control system, comprising: a processor; a memory; a communications bus operationally coupled to the processor and the memory; a first radio transceiver, operationally coupled to the processor and operating according to a first telecommunications standard; a second radio transceiver, different from the first radio transceiver, operationally coupled to the processor and operating according to a second telecommunications standard, different from the first telecommunications standard; a plurality of wired ports, each of the plurality of wired ports defining one of a first plurality of data channels, each one of the first plurality of data channels coupled to the communications bus via a respective telecommunications adapter; a plurality of wireless ports, each of the plurality of wireless ports defining one of a second plurality of data channels, each of the second plurality of data channels coupled to the communications bus via the second radio transceiver; a power system configured to convert energy into respective operating voltages for at least the processor, the memory, and the first and second radio transceivers and store excess energy; and electrical circuits, configured as surge protectors, coupled to each of the plurality of wired ports, an antenna of the first radio transceiver, an antenna of the second radio transceiver, and a power distribution network of the power system, to protect electrical components of the self-sustaining, autonomous, monitoring, reporting, and control system from an overvoltage, wherein the processor receives unencrypted data from the first and second pluralities of data channels, packages the unencrypted data into predefined unencrypted data structures, and forwards the packaged unencrypted data to the second radio transceiver, where the packaged unencrypted data is transmitted according to the second telecommunications standard.",0.7093083992208515,0.5813832015582969
9219701,"1. A method for implementing Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) standard state machines in a distributed system which is divided as a Management Processor (MP), a Routing Processor (RP) and a Network Processor (NP) according to functions, comprising: after receiving a message at a physical port on a NP of a plurality of NPs, directly transmitting the message to a receive state machine without delivering to an RP - active on which a selection state machine operates; triggering the receive state machine, a periodic state machine, a multiplexer (MUX) state machine, and a sending state machine to operate in turn, wherein all of the receive state machine, the periodic state machine, the MUX state machine, and the sending state machine operate on the NP, these four state machines operate taking each physical link as a unit and they only need to operate on the NP at which the physical link is located; if there is a change in state machine data of at least one of the four state machines on the NP before and after the state machine operates, then synchronizing the changed state machine data of the state machine to the RP—active on which the selection state machine operates, and then triggering the selection state machine on the RP—active to operate and completing processing of the message according to a physical link selection state of the selection state machine on the RP—active; so as to reduce the number of the message deliveries between the NP and the RP—active since the five state machines are distributed in a way that the receive state machine, the periodic state machine, the MUX state machine and the sending state machine operate on the NP and the selection state machine operates on the RP—active.",0.5045530019347956,0.9908939961304088
8408177,"1. A control method for an internal combustion engine system for a vehicle, which includes an internal combustion engine, an electric drive unit adapted to start up the internal combustion engine, a starter battery for use as an electric power source for activating the electric drive unit, an electric load that is activated in a stopped-state of the internal combustion engine, and a general-purpose battery for supplying electric power to the electric load, the control method comprising: automatically stopping the internal combustion engine being running upon satisfaction of a given automatic stop condition; supplying electric power from the starter battery to the electric drive unit to automatically restart the internal combustion engine upon satisfaction of a given restart condition after the internal combustion engine is automatically stopped; detecting the presence or absence of a post-attached load to be supplied with electric power from the starter battery in a post-attached load detection, wherein the post-attached load is provided in addition to electric loads in conformity with specifications of the vehicle and connected to the starter battery, based on a discharging status of the starter battery due to the post-attached load in the automatically stopped state of the internal combustion engine; and restarting the internal combustion engine irrespective of the satisfaction or non-satisfaction of the restart condition when the post-attached load is detected as a result of the post-attached load detection.",0.9895288925267489,0.02094221494650217
9529326,"1. Light modulator device comprising a spatial light modulator, a structured polarizer, a controllable polarizer and a light wave multiplexer, where the spatial light modulator comprises discretely addressable modulator cells, where two modulator cells each are combined to form a modulation element, where the modulator cells modulate light waves which are capable of generating interference of a propagating light wave field with holographic information in a spatially structured way such that a specifiable spatial distribution of object light points of a three-dimensional scene is holographically reconstructed, where the modulator cells of each modulation element are adjacently arranged regarding the direction of propagation of the light wave field, where the light which is modulated by adjacently arranged modulator cells are given different polarization states by the structured polariser, where the light wave multiplexer is disposed and designed such that the different light wave portions—after having been modulated by the modulator cells and having different polarisation states—are combined on the exit side to form a modulated complex-valued light wave multiplex such that the modulated light wave multiplex leaves the light wave multiplexer substantially through a common point and substantially in the same direction of propagation, wherein in a first operational situation of the controllable polarizer light wave portions of two adjacent modulator cells are combined by the light wave multiplexer, whereas in a second operational situation of the controllable polarizer light wave portions of two other adjacent modulator cells are combined by the light wave multiplexer, where said two other adjacent modulator cells are offset by one modulator cell from the two adjacent modulator cells.",0.27565874901208476,0.5513174980241695
9661658,"1. A user equipment (UE) device, comprising: a processing circuitry connected to a radio transceiver to provide an air interface for communicating with an eNB (evolved node B) and for D2D (device-to-device) communications; wherein the processing circuitry is to receive allocations of time-frequency resources for D2D communications from the eNB, wherein D2D communications are organized into D2D slots with each D2D slot beginning with a preamble and containing a plurality of OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) or SC-FDM (single-carrier frequency division multiplexing) symbols; wherein, in order to initiate a D2D communications session with a second UE, the processing circuitry is to: sense a current D2D slot to determine if it is busy as indicated by presence of transmission activity; if the current D2D slot is not busy, start a countdown with a selected number; if the countdown has not reached zero, continue to sense successive D2D slots where the countdown is decremented after each non-busy D2D slot is detected and suspended after a busy D2D slot is detected; send a D2D transmission to the second UE at the start of the next D2D slot after the countdown reaches zero; and, wherein, after establishment of the D2D communications session with the second UE, the processing circuitry is to perform automatic gain control (AGC) using the preambles of received D2D slots and transmit D2D slots with an indication of a transmission power level.",0.6326121773339698,0.7347756453320604
9506958,"1. A welding system, comprising: a welding power supply configured to supply power for a welding operation; a welding torch coupled to the welding power supply via a torch cable; a fixture configured to secure a workpiece in a welding location; a ground cable coupled to the welding power supply and at least one of the fixture and the workpiece; and control circuitry that in operation monitors a measured voltage; periodically determines, throughout the welding operation, whether to increment, decrement, or maintain an inductance compensation estimation value corresponding to an estimated inductance present in one or more secondary components associated with the welding operation; and utilizes the inductance compensation estimation value to periodically determine, throughout the welding operation, a compensated voltage.",0.517836488514887,0.9643270229702261
8691780,"1. A method of administering a taxane to a subject in need thereof, said method comprising: administering to said subject said taxane in conjunction with an effective amount of a nucleic acid TXR1 antagonist, wherein the nucleic acid TXR1 antagonist selectively inhibits expression of a TXR1 nucleic acid that encodes human TXR1 having the sequence of accession number NP",0.14937860167912972,0.2987572033582595
9329729,"1. A capacitive-type touch panel comprising: a first transparent substrate; a first conductive layer positioned on the first transparent substrate, the first conductive layer being transparent; a sensor layer having a second conductive layer spaced from the first conductive layer by a spacer, the second conductive layer being transparent; a second, flexible transparent substrate positioned on the sensor layer; and a capacitance between the first and second conductive layers that is configured to vary in accordance with a variance in distance between the first and second conductive layers,",0.43613581619295383,0.8722716323859077
9338224,"1. A programmable logic controller (PLC) having a central processing unit and non-transitory computer readable medium to allow a remote host to interface with a plurality of remote subsystems to thereby define an integrated node, the integrated node comprising: a subsystems restorer configured to retrieve time-stamped data from any of a plurality of remote subsystems defining a plurality of remote time-synchronized subsystems responsive to communications failure between the integrated node and any of the plurality of remote time-synchronized subsystems, the subsystems restorer comprising a computer program being stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer program comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the central processing unit of the integrated node, causes the integrated node to perform the following operations: a host restorer configured to retrieve archived time-stamped process data responsive to a communication failure between the integrated node and the remote host, the host restorer comprising a computer program being stored on the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer program comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the central processing unit of the integrated node, causes the integrated node to perform the following operations:",0.5907045150704145,0.8185909698591709
9750808,"1. A stable liquid aqueous pharmaceutical formulation comprising: a human anti-human Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFα) IgG1 antibody at a concentration of 45 to 105 mg/ml, wherein the antibody is D2E7, and a buffer system; wherein the formulation is isotonic, suitable for single-use subcutaneous injection, and has a pH of 4 to 8.",0.25344771221591944,0.5068954244318389
8783709,"1. An apparatus for assisting the moving of individuals with mobility difficulties, the apparatus comprising: a supporting frame structure, wherein said supporting frame structure transfers weight of patient to supporting surface, and wherein said supporting frame structure comprises: a pivotal seat assembly, said pivotal seat assembly comprising: a plurality of wheels connected to said supporting frame, wherein said wheels permit transient movement of said apparatus across the supporting surface; a rear handle removably coupled to said frame, wherein said rear handle is a u-bar handle; at least one forward handle removably coupled to said frame, wherein said at least one front handle is a bar handle; a hydraulic cylinder accommodated within said at least one telescopic vertical member; a hydraulic system for controlling the height of the base plate relative to the supporting surface, wherein said hydraulic system comprises: a hydraulic pump; at least one feeder tube connected to said hydraulic pump and said hydraulic cylinder located in at least one telescopic vertical member, wherein said at least one feeder tube accommodates the flow of pressurized fluid from said hydraulic pump to said hydraulic cylinder; a hydraulic pump handle connected to said hydraulic pump, wherein actuation of said hydraulic pump actuates the flow of pressurized fluid into said hydraulic cylinder; whereby said at least one telescopic vertical members extend in length, a bleed valve coupled to said return tube, said valve having a release, and a non-release stage; a return tube connected to said hydraulic cylinder and said hydraulic pump, wherein activation of said release stage of said valve permit the outflow of fluid from hydraulic cylinder, whereby said at least one telescopic vertical member reduces in length.",0.056966044229538305,0.11393208845907665
9854516,"1. A method for operating a device in a time slot based communication network, the method comprising: receiving a timing beacon packet that is broadcast in a time slot of the communication system at a periodic rate, in which the network uses a time slotted channel hopping protocol of sequential frames each having a plurality of time slots; synchronizing the device to the timing beacon; calculating a sleep time until an awake mode scheduled by the device; placing the device in a sleep mode for the sleep time; waking the device at the expiration of the sleep time and operating the device in the awake mode during the next time slot; and repeating the steps of calculating a sleep time, going into sleep mode, and waking the device for operation in awake mode after the expiration of each sleep time.",0.9146715594980414,0.1706568810039173
9693336,"1. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor circuit; a configuration component for execution by the processor circuit to establish a connectionless small data transmission (CSDT) mode; and a communication component for execution by the processor circuit to:",0.3432491132237081,0.6864982264474162
8806373,"1. A display control apparatus, comprising: an input unit configured to be operated to change a display state of a plurality of content items displayed on a display screen; a circling detector configured to detect whether or not a user operation is a circling operation from a trail from a start point to an end point of a user operation with respect to the input unit such that an arbitrary position on the display screen is enclosed, such that if the detection result indicates a circling operation, the circling detector detects whether a circling direction is a first direction or a second direction which is opposite to the first direction and detects a number of revolutions in the circling operation, and also determines the area on the display screen enclosed by the trail to be a selection area; a content item search unit configured to search the plurality of content items for relevant content items that correspond to position information included inside the selection area; and a content display quantity adjuster configured to display or hide the relevant content items according to the circling direction, and in the case of a plurality of relevant content items, determine the number of relevant content items to display or hide from among the relevant content items on the basis of the number of revolutions, such that when the circling direction is detected to be the first direction the determined number of relevant content items are displayed and when the circling direction is detected to be the second direction the determined number of relevant content items are hidden.",0.07553017851571618,0.1510603570314324
9657684,"1. A waste-heat reuse container disposed adjacent to a power generation container that contains a radiator, an engine, and a power generator, the waste-heat reuse container collecting waste heat of the engine and generating steam or hot water, a length of the waste-heat reuse container being smaller than that of the power generation container, the waste-heat reuse container containing: a muffler that muffles exhaust gas of the engine; a boiler that transfers heat of the exhaust gas to water and generates steam; and a heat exchanger that transfers heat of cooling water heated by the engine to water and generates hot water.",0.9933603205963865,0.013279358807227082
8682942,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: using one or more nodes to implement an unstructured storage service including a service interface configured to service data storage requests and data retrieval requests from remote clients, wherein the unstructured storage service is configured to isolate access to each of multiple storage domains of the service to respective clients; receiving from a given remote client, a request to store a data object to a storage domain of the service or retrieve a data object from a storage domain of the service, the request further specifying a command to modify data of the object prior to storing or subsequent to retrieving the object in accordance with the request; determining whether a measure of computational intensity of the command exceeds a threshold value of computational intensity for the unstructured storage service; if the measure of computational intensity does not exceed the threshold value, performing the command within the unstructured storage service without exporting the data object from the unstructured storage service to the given remote client prior to completion of the command; and if the measure of computational intensity exceeds the threshold value, using one or more components external to the unstructured storage service to perform the command on the data object without exporting the data object from the unstructured storage service to the given remote client prior to completion of the command.",0.29173996312274925,0.5834799262454985
8779884,"1. A multilayered inductor comprising: an inductor body; a coil part having a conductive circuit and a conductive via formed on the inductor body; and external electrodes formed on both end surfaces of the inductor body, wherein: the inductor body including 65 to 95 wt % of a metallic magnetic material and 5 to 35 wt % of an organic material, the metallic magnetic material includes an Fe-based alloy and an Fe-based amorphous material, and the Fe-based alloy and the Fe-based amorphous material have 100 to 250 emu/g of a saturation magnetization value.",0.570153357951058,0.8596932840978839
8774457,"1. A method for calculating a Time To Go, TTG, value between a vehicle and an intruding object, said method comprising: retrieving a first image of said intruding object at a first point of time, T filtering said first image and said second image so that said first image and said second image become independent of absolute signal energy and so that edges become enhanced; setting an X fractional pixel position, X scaling said second image with said scale factor, S calculating correlation values, C finding a maximum correlation value at subpixel level, C setting j=j+1 and scaling of the second image, calculation of correlation values, finding the maximum correlation value and setting of j to j=j+1 are repeated a first predetermined number of times; setting i=i+1 and selecting the scale factor, scaling of the second image, calculation of correlation values, finding the maximum correlation value, setting of j to j=j+1, and setting of i to i=i+1 are repeated a second predetermined number of times; finding a largest maximum correlation value, C calculating the Time To Go, TTG, based on said scale factor S",0.3579985248876155,0.715997049775231
9021919,"1. A strain wave gear apparatus, comprising: an annular rigid internal gear; an annular flexible external gear arranged on an inside of the annular rigid internal gear; and a wave generator for partially meshing the annular flexible external gear with the annular rigid internal gear at two meshing positions by deflecting the annular flexible external gear, and moving the two meshing positions of the annular rigid internal gear and the annular flexible external gear in a circumferential direction, the wave generator being arranged on an inside of the annular flexible external gear, wherein the wave generator comprises: wherein the center axis of the first eccentric cam and the center axis of the second eccentric cam are each inclined with respect to the input rotation axis at an inclination angle at which at least a part of the first contact region and at least a part of the second contact region overlap with each other in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the input rotation axis.",0.25303071420839157,0.5060614284167831
8358430,"1. A method of displaying hyperlinked information using a handheld display device, said method comprising the steps of: imaging an area of a printed substrate and generating image data using an image sensor of the handheld display device, the imaged area of the printed substrate containing printed content; determining interaction data using said image data, said interaction data identifying a page description corresponding to at least part of the printed substrate; retrieving display data using the page description, said display data including a hyperlink associated with the printed content; displaying, on an opaque touch-sensitive display screen of the handheld display device, display information at least partially based on said display data, said display information including the hyperlink, wherein the opaque touch-sensitive display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content; interacting with the displayed hyperlink via said touch-sensitive display screen; retrieving hyperlinked information corresponding to said hyperlink; and displaying said hyperlinked information on said screen.",0.031322517211823775,0.06264503442364755
8670362,"1. A wireless device, comprising: a first wireless transceiver configured to access a first wireless network; a second wireless transceiver configured to access a second wireless network; a power state controller configured to switch the first wireless transceiver between an active state and a sleep state wherein power consumed by the first wireless transceiver while in the sleep state is reduced relative to the active state and configured to coordinate sleep state entry and duration timings for the first wireless transceiver with wireless medium access timings for the second wireless transceiver; and an medium access controller configured to alternately allocate a wireless medium to the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver; wherein the power state controller and the medium access controller are configured to coordinate power state switching of the first wireless transceiver and wireless medium access by the second wireless transceiver.",0.8898757530773723,0.22024849384525536
8938788,"1. A peer-to-peer network system, comprising: two or more computing devices connected to a peer-to-peer network and residing behind a routing device; and a common set of credentials, the common set of credentials stored with the two or more computing devices, the common set of credentials allowing a first computing device of the two or more computing devices to share a resource of a second computing device of the two or more computing devices with a third computing device of the two or more computing devices, wherein the second computing device includes one or more resources, further including a first resource shareable with the first computing device and the third computing device and a second resource that is sharable with the first computing device and is explicitly selected as non-shareable to the third computing device.",0.13351543057819626,0.2670308611563925
8952576,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first power supply line; a second power supply line coupled by way of a first switch to the first power supply line; a macro cell containing a macro cell core coupled to the second power supply line; a third power supply line coupled by way of a second switch to the first power line; and a circuit block coupled to the third power supply line, and coupled to at least either of the input or the output of the macro cell core, wherein the second power supply line is coupled to the third power supply line.",0.3554843909299527,0.7109687818599054
9128912,"1. A method of reducing the size of a simpleType element in an Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) schema document, the method comprising: modifying each simpleType element in an XML Schema Definition (XSD) document by eliminating one or more validation-specific facets from each simpleType element; and encoding the XSD document into an EXI schema document by transforming each modified simpleType element in the XSD document from an XSD simpleType element with start and end tags to an encoded EXI simpleType element expressed as a sequence of bits, wherein each of the one or more validation-specific facets includes a facet employed to validate whether a document conforms to the XSD.",0.21411766964879447,0.42823533929758895
9051887,"1. A method of operating an internal combustion engine configured to utilize fuels having two different reactivities from a single fuel source, the method comprising: storing a first fuel in a first fuel reservoir, the first fuel having a first reactivity; converting a portion of the first fuel to a second fuel having a second reactivity; introducing the first fuel to a variable volume defined by a piston moving in a cylinder at a first time when the piston is relatively closer to a bottom dead center (BDC) position; introducing the second fuel having a second reactivity into the variable volume at a second time when the piston is relatively further from the BDC position; sensing by a sensor operatively associated with internal combustion engine one or more operating parameters, communicating the one or more operating parameters to a controller operatively associated with the internal combustion engine adjusting by the controller the step of converting based on the one or more operating parameters reflective of operation of the internal combustion engine.",0.9751825660355006,0.04963486792899885
9129514,"1. A metrology device for use with an advanced metering system mesh network having adaptive neighborhood management of communications links, and having a central facility, a plurality of node devices, with at least some of such node devices comprising such metrology devices, and at least some of such node devices comprising father node devices providing synchronized communications links for others of the node devices defining son node devices of a given respective father node device, with each node device configured for bi-directional communications with such central facility via associations with respective of the father node devices, said metrology device comprising: a metrology portion configured to measure consumption of a utility commodity; a transmitter portion configured to transmit consumption information from its associated metrology portion and other data; and a receiver portion configured to receive information from other network devices in an associated network; wherein said metrology device portion is configured for providing to its respective father node device on an associated network information about alternative father communications links available to such metrology device in such associated network, so that such respective father node device may make determinations about removing such metrology device as a son thereof in lieu of other node devices on such associated network.",0.40099995625168067,0.8019999125033613
9452680,"1. A vehicle control device in a vehicle having at least one driven body, a rotating electrical machine, and an engaging/disengaging mechanism having a function to permit and cut off torque transmission between the rotating electrical machine and the at least one driven body, the vehicle control device comprising: a smoothing capacitor; a first drive circuit; a second drive circuit; a control circuit; and a switch, wherein the smoothing capacitor smooths electric power that is applied from a power supply mounted on the vehicle, wherein the first drive circuit drives the rotating electrical machine with the electric power smoothed by the smoothing capacitor, wherein the second drive circuit drives the engaging/disengaging mechanism with the electric power smoothed by the smoothing capacitor, wherein the control circuit controls the first drive circuit and the second drive circuit, wherein the switch has a function to connect and disconnect the first drive circuit and the second drive circuit to and from the power supply, and is provided closer to the power supply such that the smoothing capacitor is interposed between the switch and the first and second drive circuits, wherein if an abnormal condition of the vehicle is detected in a state where the drive circuits are connected to the power supply, the control circuit",0.825641639962919,0.3487167200741621
9250674,"1. A system for use in restoring power to a power distribution network, said system comprising: a forecast system configured to generate forecast information about the power distribution network; and a fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) system coupled to the power distribution network, said FDIR system including a processor in communication with a memory, said FDIR system configured to: generate fault information about at least one zone in the power distribution network; receive forecast information from said forecast system; identify at least one alternate source of power for the at least one zone; and generate a restoration plan based on the fault information and the forecast information, wherein the restoration plan includes a listing of a collection of switches for powering up the at least one zone by the at least one alternate source of power, a first safety margin based on a maximum demand for the at least one zone, a second safety margin based on a maximum demand for the at least one alternate source of power, and a third safety margin based on a maximum current power transfer capacity for the collection of switches; and determine whether the at least one zone can be powered up as a result of applying the first safety margin, the second safety margin, and the third safety margin to the restoration plan.",0.8757366337490265,0.2485267325019469
9802060,"1. A method for monitoring visible-light exposure, comprising: positioning a light monitor including a visible-light detector and at least one of (a) an output device and (b) a communication device; receiving and recording visible-light exposure received from at least one light source with the visible-light detector of the light monitor; integrating the recorded visible-light exposure from each light source to produce a cumulative visible-light exposure value; comparing the cumulative visible-light exposure value with an established cumulative visible-light exposure target for a user to achieve a health benefit; and providing active and direct feedback from at least one of: (a) the output device and (b) a mobile device transported by the user and in communication with the communication device to the user, wherein the feedback is indicative of the cumulative visible-light exposure value in comparison with the established visible-light exposure target to empower the user to change behavior to achieve the benefit that is a consequence of reaching the established cumulative visible-light exposure target.",0.1744952801569198,0.3489905603138397
9775820,"1. A solid solution pharmaceutical composition comprising: a) one or more propionic acid derivative non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in an amount of about 20% to about 40% by weight of the pharmaceutical composition; b) one or more pharmaceutically-acceptable hard fats comprising one or more glycerolipids in an amount of at least 30% by weight of the pharmaceutical composition; c) one or more pharmaceutically-acceptable monoglycerides in an amount of less than 30% by weight of the pharmaceutical composition, and d) one or more liquid glycol polymers in an amount of about 5% to about 18% by weight of the pharmaceutical composition wherein the solid solution pharmaceutical composition is formulated to be a solid at a temperature of about 15° C. or lower.",0.6011577303645441,0.7976845392709118
8651061,"1. A method of cultivating and harvesting bird's nests, said method comprising: providing a production facility within a residential location, the production facility comprising at least one man made cave structure configured to provide a shelter and nesting habitat in an environment emulative and simulative of natural cave conditions in which cave dwelling swiftlets thrive; said production facility comprising: at least one enclosure; at least one vertical nesting apparatus selected from a group consisting of: a steep vertical wall; and an overhead vertical nesting apparatus; at least one humidifying means operable to maintain the humidity of the enclosure at about 80%; and at least one means for maintaining the temperature within the enclosure in the range of about 26° C. to 28° C.; populating the production facility with at least one breeding swiftlet; maintaining the environment within the at least one enclosure at approximately 80% humidity and 26° C. to 28° C.; maintaining the at least one enclosure in stygian darkness; providing at least one electronic audio system to emit swiftlet sounds.",0.6410136109368638,0.7179727781262724
8931090,1. A computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed perform a method comprising: wrapping a data file in a protective file based at least in part upon at least one of: the wrapping at least one of:,0.1034097794454657,0.2068195588909314
9228176,"1. A reaction solution comprising water, sucrose and a glucosyltransferase enzyme that synthesizes poly alpha-1,3-glucan, wherein said glucosyltransferase enzyme consists of an amino acid sequence that is at least 93% identical to SEQ ID NO:14.",0.8339117538205871,0.33217649235882574
9623327,"1. A method for generating a trigger for a trigger event in an emulated video game, comprising: a) delivering a set of one or more game inputs to an emulator computing device; b) receiving a set of data generated by the emulator computing device during emulation of a legacy game, wherein the legacy game is not originally configured to generate a haptic response, wherein the haptic response is feedback corresponding to the sense of touch, the data comprising at least a set of emulated data from a first state and a set of emulated data from a second state; c) identifying a change between the emulated data from the first state and the emulated data from the second state that corresponds to an occurrence of the trigger event, wherein the trigger event signals generation of a haptic response that is not generated by execution of the original code of the legacy game upon occurrence of the trigger event.",0.06305037967945035,0.12610075935890075
9600785,"1. A manufacturing process management system comprising: a manufacturing production facility; and a client device, coupled to a server, the server coupled to a database storing data relating to the manufacturing production facility, wherein the client device comprises a display and a user input tool, and wherein the client device is configured to render on the display:",0.07906423733694601,0.15812847467389202
8678602,"1. An information display device comprising: a gauge defining an outer periphery; and at least one cantilevered light guide extending from the outer periphery, wherein the at least one light guide is illuminable for communicating information indicative of vehicle operation.",0.25809202525046454,0.5161840505009291
9572214,"1. A light emitting diode lamp string driving system comprising: a plurality of light emitting diode lamp strings, each of the light emitting diode lamp strings having a plurality of light emitting diodes connected to each other in series, each of the light emitting diodes having an addressing code; and a plurality of light emitting diode driving apparatuses electrically connected to the light emitting diode lamp strings, wherein the light emitting diode driving apparatus comprises: a switch unit electrically connected to the light emitting diode lamp string; a control unit having a plurality of lighting patterns and electrically connected to the switch unit; a voltage level generating unit electrically connected to an output side of the light emitting diode driving apparatus and the light emitting diode lamp string; and a first signal transmission line, one side of the first signal transmission line electrically connected to an anode of one of the light emitting diodes of the light emitting diode lamp string connected to a first of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses, the other side of the first signal transmission line electrically connected to the control unit of a second of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses, wherein according to a selected lighting pattern selected from the lighting patterns, the control unit of the first of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses controls on-off actions of the switch unit, so that the voltage level generating unit generates a plurality of voltages with a specific level, so that the first of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses outputs a first control command to the light emitting diode lamp string connected to the first of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses; the light emitting diode interpreting the first control command lightens diversely; wherein the control unit of the first of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses sends the first control command to the control unit of the second of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses through the first signal transmission line electrically connected to the first of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses; when the control unit of the second of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses interprets the first control command received by the second of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses, the second of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses accordingly generates a second control command and sends the second control command to the light emitting diode lamp string electrically connected to the second of the light emitting diode driving apparatuses; the light emitting diode interpreting the second control command lightens diversely.",0.721065259051474,0.557869481897052
9174568,"1. A thermoplastic, energy absorbing headlamp mounting bracket, comprising: a frame having a proximal end and a distal end; and an energy absorbing member having a proximal end affixed to the proximal end of the frame, a distal end, and an arcuate central portion extending between the distal end and the proximal end of the energy absorbing member; wherein the proximal end of the energy absorbing member is configured to operably couple to a portion of the headlamp and the distal end of the energy absorbing member is configured to operably couple to a vehicle support component; and wherein the frame is frictionally slidable in relation to the distal end of the energy absorbing member's distal end and the support component of the vehicle.",0.41808686132394446,0.8361737226478889
8640136,"1. An object management computer system comprising: a storage device; a first computer system comprising a first processor configured to create partitions within a first file; store the partitions on the storage device; and store on the storage device, in a first data object, information about the stored partitions; and a second computer system comprising a second processor configured to: read directly from the first data object as stored on the storage device by the first computer system the information about the stored partitions as stored on the storage device by the first computer system, the read information including a file size attribute associated with the first file, create on the second computer system a second file based on the information in the first data object and corresponding to the first file as described in the first data object, including by using the file size attribute as read from the first data object to create the second file on the second computer system without first transferring to the second computer system any stored partitions comprising the first file, including by setting a size of the second file on the second computer system to be the same as the file size attribute as read from the first data object, free on the second computer system space allocated to the second file to create a stub file on the second computer system, store in a second data object stored on the second computer system information about whether each of said partitions of said first file is present in the second computer system, and retrieve a selected stored partition from the storage device if the selected stored partition is absent from the second computer system and the selected partition is required to respond to a data access request associated with the second file.",0.10797189892759905,0.21594379785519813
9130130,"1. A light emitting device comprising: a mount, a plurality of light emitting chips mounted on said mount in a recess formed in said mount, a transparent material directly covering said light emitting chips, a phosphor contained in said transparent material and absorbing a part of light emitted by said light emitting chips and emitting light of wavelength different from that of the absorbed light, and a conductive wire connected to electrodes of said light emitting chips, wherein said transparent material includes wherein said transparent material comprising said phosphor, is not homogeneous in the transition region where the coating material meets the molding material, and wherein said conductive wire crosses said transition region, and wherein the main emission peak of said light emitting chips is within the range from 400 nm to 530 nm, and wherein said mount comprises a material which is one of iron, copper, copper-clad iron, copper-clad tin and metalized ceramic.",0.2772043851910539,0.5544087703821078
9707825,"1. A controller configured to control an inverter that drives an in-vehicle three-phase motor, wherein the in-vehicle three-phase motor includes a u-phase coil, a v-phase coil, a w-phase coil, and a rotor incorporating a permanent magnet, the controller comprising: a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage having a predetermined pulse width to each of the phase coils in a positive direction and a negative direction; a current obtaining unit configured to obtain a u-phase current in the positive direction, a u-phase current in the negative direction, a v-phase current in the positive direction, a v-phase current in the negative direction, a w-phase current in the positive direction, and a w-phase current in the negative direction that flow when the voltage application unit applies a voltage; an addition unit configured to calculate a u-phase addition value by adding the u-phase current in the positive direction and the u-phase current in the negative direction, a v-phase addition value by adding the v-phase current in the positive direction and the v-phase current in the negative direction, and a w-phase addition value by adding the w-phase current in the positive direction and the w-phase current in the negative direction; an addition conversion unit configured to perform a three-phase to two-phase conversion on the three addition values, which are the calculation results of the addition unit; and a derivation unit configured to derive a magnetic pole position of the rotor, when the rotor is stopped, based on the conversion result of the addition conversion unit.",0.9625104324354574,0.07497913512908516
9318713,"1. A fused polycyclic heteroaromatic compound represented by the following Chemical Formulae 1A to 1B: wherein, in the Chemical Formulae 1A and 1B, each of X each of R R wherein the fused polycyclic heteroaromatic compound has an asymmetric structure.",0.6193094561614666,0.7613810876770668
9092115,"1. A visual clipboard method, comprising: simultaneously displaying content pages on adjoining display screens; in response to a first drag-and-release operation that is applied to a displayed object and that terminates in a predefined clipboard area of the adjoining display screens, creating a visually-modified version of the displayed object and positioning the visually-modified version in the predefined clipboard area, the visually-modified version of the displayed object retaining one or more aspects of an original appearance of the displayed object, the predefined clipboard area being a predefined margin area defined on two opposing sides of a divider interposed between two display screens of a computing device having a notebook form factor; in response to user navigation commands, stepping through a sequence of displayable content pages and causing display of a selected content page on the adjoining display screens; maintaining the visually-modified version of the displayed object in the predefined clipboard area in a visible state during said stepping through the sequence of displayable content pages to flip through the content pages; and in response to a second drag-and-release operation that is applied to the visually-modified version of the displayed object and that terminates on the selected content page outside of the predefined clipboard area, restoring the original appearance of the displayed object and positioning said restoration in a location on the selected content page.",0.051489415703750464,0.10297883140750097
8431096,"1. A high temperature solution polymerization process comprising: (a) polymerizing ethylene and optionally an alpha olefin in a solvent within a reactor system to produce a single phase polymer solution; (b) quenching the polymerization reaction downstream of the reactor system with a catalyst deactivator; (c) reducing the pressure of the single phase polymer solution downstream of the reactor system to a pressure which induces the single phase polymer solution to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation into a two phase polymer solution; (d) feeding the two phase polymer solution through a heat exchanger system comprising at least one heat exchanger, wherein the heat transfer coefficient U, of at least one heat exchanger is increased by adding at least one surface active agent to the polymer solution downstream of the reactor system and upstream of the heat exchanger system; and (e) feeding the polymer solution effluent from the heat exchanger system directly to a devolatilization system.",0.8276859104767647,0.3446281790464707
9181758,"1. A latch assembly, comprising: a cylindrical main body having a main body interior, an outer wall, a main body end and a latch end; a ball hole defined through said main body; an inner shaft ball lock contained within said main body underlying said ball hole; a roll pin secured to said main body and within said main body interior positioned transaxially and bisecting said main body, said roll pin positioned downstream of said inner shaft ball lock and abutted by an outer end of said inner shaft ball lock to limit axial movement of said inner shaft ball lock; a spring having a first end and a second end, said spring disposed on a medial portion of said inner shaft ball lock; a main body top attached to said main body end having a circular outer portion and a threaded inward portion axially aligned therewith configured to be connected within said main body near said main body end to contain said inner shaft ball lock within said main body and limit upstream movement of said inner shaft ball lock; a ball captured between said inner shaft ball lock and said outer wall of said main body such that upon axial movement of said inner shaft ball lock said ball penetrates up through said outer wall to extend past said main body to thereby latch onto an outer tube assembly; and, a ring-shaped ball flange, said ball flange encircling said inner shaft ball lock and defined towards a proximal end of said inner shaft ball lock and integral thereto, said ball flange having a flange diameter greater than both said proximal end and said medial portion of said inner shaft ball lock, wherein axial movement of said ball is limited by one side of said ball flange and axial translation of said spring is limited by an opposing side of said ball flange.",0.04747633537510222,0.09495267075020442
9458201,"1. A cyclic heptapeptide of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Z is H or an N-terminal group; Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Y is a C-terminal group; but excluding cyclic peptides wherein Z is Ac, Xaa",0.6345447177678621,0.7309105644642757
9383593,"1. A method of forming a biocompatible energization element, the method comprising: receiving a first substrate film of a first insulating material; receiving a second substrate film of a second insulating material; cutting a cavity in the second substrate film to form a gap spacer layer; cutting a cavity in the first substrate film to form a cathode spacer layer, wherein an edge of the cavity defines a sidewall of the cavity; laminating a first surface of the gap spacer layer to a first surface of the cathode spacer layer; placing a separator into the biocompatible energization element through the cavity in the gap spacer layer; receiving an anode film; adhering a second surface of the gap spacer layer to a first surface of the anode film; receiving a cathode slurry; and placing the cathode slurry into the cavity in the cathode spacer layer, wherein the sidewall of the cavity in the cathode spacer layer and a surface of the placed separator form a cavity to contain the cathode slurry.",0.6881168026193328,0.6237663947613343
9492554,"1. A method of inhibiting a viral life cycle, comprising incubating a virus with a composition wherein said composition comprises a compound comprising the structure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or acid form thereof, wherein each (L wherein each (L1) is the same or different, and",0.6843675059529143,0.6312649880941714
9847130,"1. A method of operating a crossbar memory array comprising a plurality of two-terminal memory devices and a plurality of selector devices, wherein each of the plurality of two-terminal memory devices is associated in series with one selector device from the plurality of selector devices, wherein each selector device is associated with a first electrical characteristic in response to an applied voltage less than a threshold voltage, and associated with a second electrical characteristic in response to an applied voltage greater or equal to the threshold voltage, the method comprising: applying a first voltage greater than the threshold voltage to a first memory structure comprising a first two-terminal memory device in series with a first selector device; applying a second voltage, concurrently with applying the first voltage, that is less than the threshold voltage to a second memory structure comprising a second two-terminal memory device in series with a second selector device; and determining a current in response to applying the first voltage concurrent with applying the second voltage, wherein:",0.3981380804853477,0.7962761609706954
8577035,"1. An electronic circuit for securing data interchanges between a computer station and a network, said circuit comprising a first network interface connected to said network, said circuit comprising: a second network interface connected to a network interface of said computer station, a unit for processing data passing between the first network interface and the second network interface, an interface for connection to an internal bus of the computer station suitable for electrically connecting an electrical power supply, said electronic circuit not comprising any other means for transferring data to said station, said electronic securing circuit being mounted in a casing of the computer station so that only the network interfaces of said circuit are physically accessible from outside the computer station, an external network interface of the computer station being able to be linked to said second network interface of said circuit by a network cable connected to an outside of the casing of the computer station.",0.32768521127801126,0.6553704225560225
9579986,"1. A supporting structure configured to support a traction battery of a vehicle including an electric traction system during conveyance, comprising: a frame; and a tray installed on a top face of the frame to retain a traction battery, the tray including at least three first connecting elements installed on a top face of the tray and configured to perform a geometric reference positioning of the traction battery relative to the supporting structure, the at least three first connecting elements including two fingers extending up from the top face of the tray and an element that is axially adjustable, wherein at least one of the connecting elements is configured to allow a correction of the reference positioning of the battery.",0.5672945917108381,0.8654108165783239
9496713,"1. A power electronics and control system for powering an AC load from multiple DC power sources each through a respective single conversion stage, the system comprising: a plurality of controllable DC-to-AC inverters each comprising a control signal input, a DC input, and an AC output; a plurality of DC power sources each comprising a DC electrical output operable to provide DC electrical power to the DC input of a respective one of the plurality of controllable DC-to-AC inverters; a plurality of DC sensors each operable to measure at least one characteristic of the DC electrical power output by a respective one of the plurality of DC power sources; an AC power bus coupling the AC outputs to each other to provide a combined AC electrical power to the AC load; an AC sensor operable to measure at least one characteristic of the combined AC electrical power provided by the AC power bus to the AC load; and a processor configured to generate a respective control signal for the control signal input of each of the controllable DC-to-AC inverters based on the measured at least one characteristic of the respective DC electrical power output by each of the DC power sources and the measured at least one characteristic of the combined AC electrical power.",0.866605995968735,0.26678800806253
8538457,"1. A method of identifying a WiFi access point that is suspected to have moved relative to location information associated with the WiFi access point which is recorded in a reference database, the method comprising: at least one of a mobile WiFi-enabled device and a server system in communication with the mobile WiFi-enabled device receiving information identifying at least one WiFi access point in range of the mobile WiFi-enabled device; at least one of the mobile WiFi-enabled device and the server system in communication with the mobile WiFi-enabled device retrieving location information specifying at least one location estimate of the mobile WiFi-enabled device out of a set of location estimates determined over a period of time; at least one of the mobile WiFi-enabled device and the server system in communication with the mobile WiFi-enabled device accessing a reference database to retrieve location information that is associated with the identified WiFi access point recorded in the reference database, the location information specifying a previously-determined approximate location of the identified WiFi access point; and at least one of the mobile WiFi-enabled device and the server system in communication with the mobile WiFi-enabled device comparing the location information specifying the at least one location estimate of the mobile WiFi-enabled device to the recorded location information associated with the identified WiFi access point to infer whether the identified WiFi access point has moved from its previously-determined approximate location that is recorded in the reference database, the inferring including determining whether the recorded location information associated with the identified WiFi access point is more than a threshold distance from the location information specifying the at least one location estimate of the mobile WiFi-enabled device.",0.1823030660044788,0.36460613200895753
9544264,"1. A computer program product for augmenting social media posts with location information, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to: generate, by the processor, a social media message without location information marking; scan, by the processor, for one or more electronic devices within vicinity of the processor; determine, by the processor, location of the one or more electronic devices based on at least one of: mark, by the processor, the social media message with the location information.",0.04010250043264997,0.08020500086529991
9052347,"1. Method of testing an electrical junction between a first metallic element and a second metallic element in an aircraft current return network, said network comprising a plurality of metallic elements, each of which is connected to at least two other elements, said aircraft comprising at least one element made of a composite material connected to said network, said method comprising the following steps: a) use a current transformer to inject an alternating current into said network through a conductor a first end of which is connected to said first element and a second end of which is connected to said second element, said transformer being electromagnetically coupled to said conductor and sized to supply a current with a minimum value to a load with a predetermined impedance called the nominal impedance; b) measure the value of said current circulating in said conductor; the junction between said first metallic element and said second metallic element being identified as defective when the value of said current thus measured is less than said minimum value.",0.7526044092989047,0.4947911814021906
8962481,"1. A method comprising: bonding a plurality of dies onto chips of a wafer; forming trenches in scribe lines of the wafer, wherein the trenches extend from a front surface of the wafer into a semiconductor substrate of the wafer; molding the plurality of dies with a first dielectric material, wherein the first dielectric material is filled into the trenches; thinning the substrate from a backside of the wafer, wherein through-vias in the semiconductor substrate are exposed after the thinning; and forming conductive features on the backside of the wafer, wherein the conductive features are electrically coupled to the through-vias.",0.24531394120038333,0.4906278824007666
9259576,"1. A method for treating a subject afflicted with a depressive disorder associated with a mood or an emotional state, comprising: applying functional electrical stimulation to at least one facial muscle associated with said mood or emotional state to activate one or more neural tracts of at least one of the extrapyramidal or pyramidal motor systems of said subject, thereby improving a mood parameter or emotional state of the subject, thereby to treat the subject, wherein the functional electrical stimulation further comprises: a) placing electrode pairs on the face of the subject to establish an electric circuit along at least one orbicularis oculi muscle and along at least one zygomatic major muscle using a plurality of biphasic pulses, wherein each biphasic pulse is delivered for a duration of from about 25 μsec to about 1000 μsec; b) delivering said biphasic pulses to stimulate said at least one orbicularis oculi muscle; c) delivering said biphasic pulses to stimulate said at least one zygomatic major muscle; d) discontinuing said biphasic pulses to allow said muscles to relax; and e) repeating steps b), c) and d) at least once.",0.14181266220180302,0.283625324403606
8865453,"1. A method for removing biodegradable gaseous pollutants from contaminated gases, the method comprising: permeating said contaminated gases into a 1000 ton or more tonnage landfill waste mass, wherein said gaseous pollutants comprise nitrogen oxides, including one or more of nitrous oxide (N20), nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2); and maintaining said waste mass such that microorganisms present in said waste mass biodegrade said gaseous pollutants to substantially reduce said nitrogen oxides to N2; wherein the contaminated gases are exhaust gases from combustion of landfill gas, in which zones, rates and percentages of contaminant reduction by bioremediation are assessed and thence controlled by means relying on localization, at points in or above the waste, of gas contaminant concentrations relative to known inert gas or inert gas tracer inputs.",0.9571766677949618,0.0856466644100764
9095903,"1. A method comprising: providing a first composition that does not comprise polyvinylpyrrolidone, the first composition comprising at least one bromide ion; introducing into the first composition at least one first reducible metal ion and at least one first protecting agent; and reducing the at least one first reducible metal ion to at least one first metal nanowire ring.",0.4928193319802857,0.9856386639605714
9360925,"1. A method of power management in an enclosure capable of housing storage devices comprising: receiving, at the enclosure, a network connection and power via a data connection port to which a network cable detachably connects; identifying, at the enclosure, a target data storage device within the enclosure to activate based at least partly on a data access request received via the data connection port; powering off one or more components within the enclosure other than the target data storage device; and when the target data storage device is not yet powered, activating the target data storage device by:",0.9223056666234173,0.15538866675316543
8992078,"1. Apparatus for the contactless transmission of energy for charging a battery of a motor vehicle, said apparatus comprising: a transmitter for transmitting energy; a receiver receiving energy from the transmitter; and a measuring device measuring a temperature in a region between the transmitter and the receiver, said measuring device including a plurality of sensors arranged on an underbody of the motor vehicle, two of the sensors being arranged outside an intermediate space which is defined between the receiver and the transmitter during a charging process and exposed to an electromagnetic field, said two of the sensors being arranged at opposite sides of the intermediate space and having measuring directions pointing towards the intermediate space.",0.8601353878560666,0.27972922428786684
8561944,1. A method of controlling an aircraft having a natural airframe stability comprising: (a) exerting a torque onto the aircraft with a control moment gyroscope; (b) gimbaling the control moment gyroscope to put the aircraft in an orientation that generates an aerodynamic moment onto the aircraft from a flow stream interacting with the natural airframe stability of the aircraft; (c) de-saturating the control moment gyroscope by gimbaling the control moment gyroscope in a direction that offsets the aerodynamic moment.,0.5486107263255435,0.9027785473489129
8383281,"1. A fuel cell system having a flooding elimination mode as one of available operation modes of fuel cells, the fuel cell system comprising: a drive controller programmed to, when ambient temperature of the fuel cell system is equal or lower than a preset first temperature, cause the fuel cells to be driven in the flooding elimination mode and to, when the ambient temperature of the fuel cell system is equal or higher than a preset second temperature that is higher than the first temperature, prohibit the fuel cells from being driven in the flooding elimination mode, on an occasion of input of a checkup instruction of the fuel cells, the drive controller causes the fuel cells to be driven in the flooding elimination mode, independently of the ambient temperature; wherein the flooding elimination mode performs operating the fuel cells not to cause a flooding.",0.9812967339982563,0.037406532003487314
8596691,"1. A fitting connectable to an end portion of a pipe, the fitting comprising: a housing formed of a rigid plastic material and configured for receiving at least part of the end portion of the pipe into the housing; an insert member formed of a rigid plastic material and being fixedly secured to and disposed at least partly within the housing, the insert member being configured to be received at least partly within the end portion of the pipe when at least part of the end portion of the pipe is received into the housing; the housing and insert member cooperatively defining a passageway therebetween for receiving at least part of the end portion of the pipe between the insert member and the housing when at least part of the end portion of the pipe is received into the housing; a retention member formed of a rigid plastic material and movable relative to the housing for connecting the fitting to the end portion of the pipe, the retention member being selectively moved into the passageway between the housing and the insert member to engage at least part of the end portion of the pipe when the end portion of the pipe is received into the housing; and the insert member and the retention member having sufficient rigidity to retain the pipe within the housing by compressing a wall of the pipe radially therebetween.",0.20846925500815516,0.4169385100163103
8665229,"1. A settlement terminal comprising: a touch panel-type display section which displays at least one image pattern; a display control section which generates an operation screen containing at least one image pattern that is necessary for settlement of article sales and displays the generated operation screen on the display section; a change control section which, when the display section is touched, changes a display of an image pattern situated at the touch position to a display of the image pattern in a different display form; a determination section which determines whether or not a display zone of the image pattern situated at an initial position of the touch when the display section is touched is the same as a display zone of an image pattern situated at a final position of the touch when the touch is released from the display section; and a processing section which uses information of the image pattern displayed at the final position of the touch as an input when a result of the determination by the determination section is positive when the touch is released from the display section, and executes processing based on the input information, wherein the display control section generates a ten-key operation screen, a card designation screen and a payment condition selection screen in order as the operation screen including the at least one image pattern that is necessary for settlement of article sales, and displays the ten-key operation screen, the card designation screen and the payment condition selection screen that are generated, in order on the display section; and wherein the ten-key operation screen has: a first information display area including a display of a paper feed key image pattern and a help key image pattern; a second information display area including a display of at least an amount of money; a display information input area including a display of a ten-key image pattern made up of plural numeric key image patterns; and a set key display area including at least a set key image pattern.",0.0915071109363826,0.18301422187276517
8491497,"1. An apparatus for morcellating soft tissue specimens obtained from a patient, the apparatus comprising: (a) a housing having a morcellating chamber extending axially from a first end of the housing to a second end of the housing, the housing being configured to allow soft tissue specimens to be urged axially through the morcellating chamber; (b) a first tissue cutting screen comprising a plurality of elongate cutting members arranged such that tissue passageways are provided between adjacent cutting members, wherein the plurality of elongate cutting members are configured in a grid pattern such as to form a wire mesh, the first tissue cutting screen being mounted within the housing such that the elongate cutting members extend transversely across at least a portion of the morcellating chamber; wherein the first tissue cutting screen is rotatable within the housing; wherein the first tissue cutting screen is mounted within the housing such that soft tissue specimens urged axially through the morcellating chamber pass through the first tissue cutting screen such that the tissue specimens are cut into smaller pieces by the cutting members; and (c) a second tissue cutting screen comprising a plurality of elongate cutting members arranged such that tissue passageways are provided between adjacent cutting members of the second tissue cutting screen, wherein the second tissue cutting screen is fixedly mounted within the housing in a spaced-apart relationship to the first cutting screen with the elongate cutting members of the second screen extending transversely across at least a portion of the morcellating chamber.",0.035875485612914086,0.07175097122582819
8537536,"1. A data center with a low power heat removal system, wherein the data center comprises: a. a plurality of walls, an outside top engaging each of the walls, an inside ceiling in parallel and separated from the outside top forming an air flow space, a base engaging each of the walls opposite the inside ceiling forming a chamber, and a closable opening formed in one of the walls; b. a plurality of heat generating electronics disposed within the chamber separating the chamber into a first segment comprising inner heated air with a first BTU content and a second segment comprising cooler chamber air with a second BTU content, wherein the first BTU content is larger than the second BTU content; c. a first interior fan connected to a power supply for blowing interior air from within the air flow space through a first opening in the inside ceiling towards the base creating a first air flow; d. a second interior fan connected to the power supply to assist in providing a general circulation of air in the chamber around the walls, the base, and the inside ceiling, and for blowing the inner heated air through a second opening in the inside ceiling; e. at least one heat sink, wherein each heat sink comprises: f. at least one outer heat pipe assembly, wherein each outer heat pipe assembly is in thermal communication with at least one of the finless heat collecting portions, and wherein each outer heat pipe assembly comprises: g. a first external fan connected to the power supply for blowing external air over the outer fins and transferring heat from the outer fins, forming heated air, the external air from outside of the data center; h. a second external fan connected to the power supply for exhausting the heated air away from the outer fins to outside of the data center i. a first powered transducer located within the chamber for determining a first temperature of the cooler chamber air in the second segment; j. at least one second powered transducer, wherein each second powered transducer is secured to one of the outer heat pipe assemblies for determining a second temperature of at least one of the outer fins containing the heated fluid; k. a third powered transducer secured proximate to the fins for determining a third temperature of the inner heated air in the data center; and l. a controller connected to the first powered transducer, the second powered transducer, the third powered transducer, the first interior fan, the second interior fan, the first external fan, the second external fan, and the power supply, wherein the controller comprises:",0.8922240247161901,0.21555195056761978
9306233,"1. A method of preparing an anion binder for a solid alkaline fuel cell, the method comprising: (A) mixing an electrolytic monomer of quaternary ammonium salts having a cation group, a bisacrylicamide crosslinking agent having a tertiary amino group, and water together by stirring; (B) mixing the mixture with a photoinitiator; (C) interposing the solution between polyethylene terephthalate films and irradiating the solution with ultraviolet light for crosslinking and polymerization; and (D) pulverizing crosslinked polymerized resin to a nano size, wherein (D) comprises:",0.853731719007932,0.292536561984136
9786077,"1. A method comprising: accessing a plurality of images synchronously captured by a multi-camera array; combining the plurality of images to form a combined image; determining a first plurality of zones for the combined image, each zone of the first plurality of zones encompassing a portion of the combined image, wherein no two zones of the first plurality of zones overlap; projecting one of the first plurality of zones onto at least two of the plurality of images to determine two or more projected zones in respective images of the plurality of images; performing an image processing operation with a first set of one or more parameters in the two or more projected zones of the plurality of images; and performing the image processing operation with a second set of one or more parameters in a different zone of the plurality of images, wherein the second set of one or more parameters is different from the first set of one or more parameters.",0.15107846891525617,0.30215693783051234
8341942,"1. A device for providing ammonia for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the device comprising: a device for determining at least one of the following variables: a control device configured for calculating a possible nitrogen oxide emission of the internal combustion engine on a basis of an evaluation of at least one measured variable taking into consideration at least one previous value of at least one of the at least one measured variables and for calculating an ammonia quantity corresponding to a possible nitrogen oxide emission; said control device configured to extrapolate to a future nitrogen oxide emission, calculate a change in the state of the internal combustion engine on a basis of a change in the at least one actuating variable and take a probability of different possible changes in the state of the internal combustion engine, from an actual state to possible nominal states, into consideration; and a device for providing an ammonia quantity, said device for providing an ammonia quantity including an evaporator disposed outside the exhaust gas for evaporating a urea-water solution, a hydrolysis catalytic converter disposed outside the exhaust gas, and a device for supplying the urea-water solution to said evaporator.",0.9588076580398972,0.08238468392020559
8790496,"1. A process for concentrating wastewater with a heated gas comprising oxides of sulfur (SOx) and reducing SO x therein, the process comprising: (a) combining the heated gas and a liquid flow of wastewater under pressure to form a mixture thereof at a first location upstream of a narrowed portion of a mixing corridor; (b) drawing the mixture through the mixing corridor, and reducing the static pressure of the mixture in the narrowed portion to vaporize a portion of the liquid in the mixture yielding a partially vaporized mixture comprising entrained concentrated liquid; (c) contacting with the partially vaporized mixture an alkaline agent to reduce the oxides of sulfur in the partially vaporized mixture; (d) removing a portion of the entrained concentrated liquid and reduced oxides of sulfur from the vaporized mixture to provide a demisted gas, and (e) returning a portion of the concentrated liquid to the mixing corridor at a second location, downstream of the first location.",0.8520784333161698,0.2958431333676603
8656701,"1. A control device applied to a system having an engine configured such that a compression ratio can be changed and a catalyst positioned in a passage for an exhaust gas discharged from said engine, comprising: a compression ratio acquisition part configured to acquire the compression ratio; a temperature estimation part configured to estimate a temperature of said catalyst on the basis of the compression ratio acquired by said compression ratio acquisition part; a compression ratio control part configured to control the compression ratio; and a deterioration determination part configured to determine a deterioration state of said catalyst on the basis of the catalyst temperature of said catalyst estimated by said temperature estimation part; wherein said compression ratio control part is configured to control the compression ratio to a constant ratio during a determination of the deterioration state of said catalyst performed by said deterioration determination part.",0.9060867433499186,0.18782651330016287
9485049,"1. An optical system comprising: a plurality of optical transmitters configured to provide a respective plurality of optical signals, a control system configured to: where each of the plurality of optical transmitters includes a digital signal processor (DSP) configured to provide a plurality of predetermined symbols to the first and second carriers, the control system being further configured to: where when determining the frequency error, the control system is further to determine the frequency error based on detecting the plurality of predetermined symbols.",0.11530625245830442,0.23061250491660878
8895606,"1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound (S)-1-(4-Methoxy-benzenesulfonyl)-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid (3,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-amide.",0.37799107571670915,0.7559821514334183
8694618,"1. A computer-implemented method for utilizing multiple physical network devices within a logical connection to improve bandwidth of data transfer between a first and a second computer which communicate with each other over a network, comprising: receiving at a first computer a request from a second computer for data, the first computer comprising a physical network device for providing communication over a network to other computers; in response to the request, generating at the first computer a response that includes the requested data to be sent to the second computer; determining at the first computer that the second computer includes at least two physical network devices that are included in a logical connection between the physical network device of the first computer and the at least two physical network devices of the second computer; dividing at the first computer the data of the response generated by the first computer into packets, at least some of which are a part of one or more sets of packets, and at least some of the packets not being part of any set; at the first computer assigning a sequential identifier to each packet in a set and a flag to each set of packets to indicate a proper order for assembling each set of packets at the second computer; at the first computer assigning to a first physical network device of the second computer the packets not contained within any set of packets and sending those assigned packets using the assigned first physical network device of the second computer in the logical connection; and at the first computer assigning to a second physical network device of the second computer the packets contained in the one or more sets of packets and sending those assigned sets of packets using the assigned second physical network device of the second computer in the logical connection.",0.3701345270379729,0.7402690540759458
9260773,"1. A titanium alloy having a composition that is classified as a titanium alloy of a near α titanium or an α+β titanium consisting of 4 to 9 mass % of Al, 2 to 10 mass % of V, and the balance of Ti and inevitable impurities, the titanium alloy consisting of a uniform fine structure in which equiaxed crystals with an average grain size of less than 1000 nm are uniformly dispersed, wherein the equiaxed crystals have a β phase at more than 0% and not more than 1.0% by area ratio, which is measured by an Electron BackScattered Diffraction (EBSD) method using a phase map.",0.3658353062392862,0.7316706124785723
8871061,"1. An apparatus for producing bio-products from biomass material, said apparatus comprising an in-feed apparatus and a reactor, the in-feed apparatus being for feeding a biomass material contained in a liquid into said reactor, said in-feed apparatus comprising: a pressurisable external housing defining an interior; a container housed within the external housing, comprising a material inlet to receive said biomass material into the container and a material outlet connected to feed said biomass material into said reactor; pressurisation means for pressurising the interior of said housing and for pressurising the biomass material so that said biomass material when inside the container is pressurized; a transportation means transporting the biomass material from the material inlet to the material outlet to feed said biomass material into said reactor; inside said container means for dewatering the biomass material prior to feeding into said reactor a liquid outlet discharging from said container liquid removed from the biomass by said dewatering means.",0.931176341727589,0.13764731654482198
9828441,"1. A method of making a pregelatinized, partially hydrolyzed starch comprising: (a) mixing at least water, non-pregelatinized starch, and an acid having a pKa value from 3 to 6 that substantially avoids chelating calcium ions to make a wet starch precursor having a moisture content of from about 8 wt. % to about 25 wt. %; (b) feeding the wet starch precursor into an extruder; and (c) pregelatinizing and acid-modifying the wet starch precursor in the extruder at a die temperature of about 150° C. to about 210° C., wherein the pregelatinized, partially hydrolyzed starch is at least about 70% gelatinized, and wherein the pregelatinized, partially hydrolyzed starch has a cold water viscosity of from about 10 Brabender Unit (BU) to about 120 BU, wherein the cold water viscosity is determined for a 10% by weight solution of the starch at 25° C.",0.8333192803655828,0.33336143926883444
9069482,"1. A method comprising: receiving an indication that a first backup or recovery operation should be performed for at least one storage location; retrieving a resource configuration value in response to receiving the indication that the first backup or recovery operation should be performed for the at least one storage location; identifying a plurality of resources based on the retrieved resource configuration value, the plurality of resources being a pool of resources configured to store a backup of one or more data values stored in the at least one storage location; and selecting a first resource of the plurality of resources as a target of the backup or recovery operation, wherein the selecting is based on at least one performance capability of at least one resource of the plurality of resources.",0.4547054175905295,0.909410835181059
8647503,"1. A wash flow filter assembly for use in an associated aircraft engine, the assembly comprising: a housing having an inlet and first and second outlets in fluid communication with one another; a filter disposed along a fluid path between the inlet and the first outlet whereby filtered material separated by the filter is washed therefrom and carried by throughflow fluid to the first outlet; the second outlet located downstream of the filter from the inlet and receiving filtered fluid flow therefrom; a movable poppet disposed along the fluid path for varying the amount of flow along the fluid path; and a recirculating passage in the movable poppet for redirecting at least a portion of throughflow from a location downstream of the poppet toward an upstream end of the poppet along the fluid path.",0.4741058373043204,0.9482116746086408
9477262,"1. A computing device, comprising: a base portion including a keyboard and a base coupling mechanism fixedly coupled to the base portion, the base coupling mechanism including a rotating receiver configured to rotate with respect to the base portion; and a display portion having a display coupling mechanism configured to be removably coupled to the rotating receiver of the base coupling mechanism and including a slot on a side of the display portion, the base coupling mechanism configured to be disposed within the slot on the side of the display portion, the display coupling mechanism of the display portion having at least a portion disposed within the slot on the side of the display portion and configured to be coupled to the rotating receiver of the base coupling mechanism in response to the display portion being slidably moved in a first direction with respect to the base portion via the slot such that a distal end of the display portion extends beyond a distal end of the base portion when: the display coupling mechanism configured to be decoupled from the rotating receiver of the base coupling mechanism in response to the display portion being slidably moved in a second direction with respect to the base portion via the slot when: the display coupling mechanism of the display portion configured to be coupled to the rotating receiver of the base coupling mechanism in response to the display portion being slidably moved with respect to the base portion via the slot in the second direction opposite the first direction such that the distal end of the display portion extends beyond a proximal end of the base portion when the viewable surface on the one side of the display portion is facing toward the base portion and when the plane along which the viewable surface and the slot are aligned is substantially parallel to the plane along which the keyboard of the base portion is aligned, the display coupling mechanism of the display portion configured to be decoupled from the rotating receiver of the base coupling mechanism in response to the display portion being slidably moved with respect to the base portion via the slot in the first direction when the viewable surface on the one side of the display portion is facing toward the base portion and when the plane along which the viewable surface and the slot are aligned is substantially parallel to the plane along which the keyboard of the base portion is aligned, the display portion configured to rotate via the rotating receiver when the display coupling mechanism is coupled to the rotating receiver of the base coupling mechanism.",0.20416511363222092,0.4083302272644418
8393846,"1. A gondola carriage assembly for a gondola having at least two substantially parallel walls extending in a longitudinal direction, said two substantially parallel walls each having an upper edge, comprising: a carriage defined by a frame, said frame formed of a plurality of structures forming a support for a track-driven loading machine having an end-less track for self-propulsion of said loading machine; said carriage further comprising a plurality of axle assemblies rotatably connected to said frame; said axle assemblies each having an axle and a gondola wheel at ends of said axle, said gondola wheels positioned to engage said upper edges of said gondola and allow movement of said carriage and said loading machine along said gondola; said axle assemblies further having engagement portions to interface with tracks of said track-driven loading machine and to cause rotation of said gondola wheels along said upper edges of said gondola.",0.5482402095495945,0.903519580900811
9831273,"1. A method of fabricating semiconductors comprising: disposing, using chemical vapor deposition, a first layer in contact with a first substrate; disposing, using chemical vapor deposition or pressure vapor deposition, a plurality of mask sections of a mask in contact with a plurality of regions of the first layer, wherein the mask has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is in contact with the first layer, wherein the second side is opposite the first side, and wherein each pair of adjacent mask sections forms an opening, growing, by lateral epitaxial overgrowth through at least some openings formed by the pairs of adjacent mask sections at an angle normal to the mask and on the second side of the mask, a second layer, and wherein at least a portion of the second layer comprises a single crystalline structure of a plurality of single crystals; removing, via chemical etching, at least a portion of the second layer, wherein the removed portion is part of the second layer that grew through an least one opening of the plurality of openings; bonding, via direct or indirect bonding, a second substrate to the second layer, wherein the second substrate is a flexible substrate, wherein the direct bonding comprises heat and pressure and the indirect bonding is via at least one metallic material, or at least one insulating material, or a combination of at least one metallic material and one insulating material; removing, via chemical etching, the mask and the first layer; and removing, via chemical etching, the first substrate.",0.26512236690799207,0.5302447338159841
9463706,"1. A vehicle comprising: a first emitter configured to generate a first infrared signal; a second emitter configured to generate a second infrared signal; a vehicle wireless communications device configured to communicate with a charging station wireless communications device; an in-vehicle display; and at least one controller configured to present positional information via the display, the positional information corresponding to a vehicle position detected in response to the first infrared signal and the second infrared signal being received by a charging station infrared receiver; wherein the controller is to determine an angle of entry of the vehicle using a difference in size of the first infrared signal and the second infrared signal at the charging station infrared receiver.",0.8460797494657658,0.3078405010684684
9745796,"1. A method of providing access to at least one battery of a motorized window treatment, the motorized window treatment adapted to be mounted to a surface and having a covering material adapted to hang from a headrail to cover at least a portion of an opening, the method comprising: coupling the headrail to the surface; holding the headrail of the motorized window treatment in a locked position in which the covering material is adjustable between a fully-open position and a fully-closed position; and rotating the headrail from the locked position into a service position in which access is provided to a top side of the headrail to provide access through the top side to the at least one battery located inside of the headrail, the headrail remaining coupled to the surface when the motorized window treatment is in the service position.",0.5429186311544185,0.914162737691163
9851308,"1. A method of determining whether a sample comprises a microorganism, comprising: A) contacting the sample with a linker, wherein the linker comprises a first functionality and a plurality of second functionalities, wherein the first functionality is capable of binding to the surface of the microorganism, wherein each of the plurality of second functionalities is capable of binding to a third functionality, and B) contacting the sample of step (a) with a plurality of nanoparticles, wherein each of the plurality of nanoparticles comprises a third functionality that is capable of binding to the second functionality; and C) detecting nanoparticle aggregation or lack thereof in the sample from (b), wherein",0.5876525156000362,0.8246949687999277
8354762,"1. A spring plate, used for a voice coil motor, comprising: a connecting portion comprising, a first end and a second end opposite to the first end: an engaging portion comprising a first edge, a second edge substantially parallel to the first edge, a third edge connecting the first edge and the second edge, and a fourth edge perpendicularly connecting the first edge and the second edge, the third edge and the connecting portion positioned at opposite sides of the fourth edge, the third edge protruding toward the fourth edge and defining a recess, the engaging portion defining a substantially U-shaped hole surrounded by the four edges; a first elastic portion, one end of the first elastic portion connected to the first edge, and the other end of the first elastic portion connected to the first end; a second elastic portion, one end of the second elastic portion connected to the second edge, and the other end of the second elastic portion connected to the second end; a first fixing portion extending from the first end and apart from the first elastic portion; and a second fixing portion extending from the second end and apart from the second elastic portion.",0.19683081278307837,0.3936616255661567
8855195,"1. A method of processing an image representation, comprising: a. either receiving a first group of a second plurality of pixels, or extracting said first group of said second plurality of pixels from a first image representation, wherein said first group of said second plurality of pixels comprises a fourth two-dimensional array of pixels representative of a digitized image at a first resolution thereof, a width of said digitized image is along a first dimension of said fourth two-dimensional array of pixels, a height of said digitized image is along a second dimension of said fourth two-dimensional array of pixels, and b. displaying a first two-dimensional array of pixels, wherein said first two-dimensional array of pixels is representative of said digitized image at a second resolution thereof, said second resolution is relatively higher than said first resolution, and the operation of displaying said first two-dimensional array of pixels comprises determining at least one pixel of said first two-dimensional array of pixels responsive to an algebraic combination of at least one corresponding pixel of said first group of said second plurality of pixels and at least one pixel selected from the group consisting of a corresponding pixel of a second group of a third plurality of pixels, and an estimate of a corresponding at least one pixel of said first two-dimensional array of pixels, wherein, if used, said corresponding pixel of said second group of said third plurality of pixels is either received or extracted from either said first image representation or a second image representation, and if used, said estimate of said corresponding at least one pixel of said first two-dimensional array of pixels is responsive to a corresponding pixel of said first group of said second plurality of pixels and responsive to a difference between different corresponding pixels of said first group of said second plurality of pixels.",0.028172771546424627,0.056345543092849226
8879529,"1. A user equipment for voice and data communications of a user, who is subscriber of a home network that includes a GSM/GPRS domain, the user equipment having: first attaching means for selecting a first visited network to attach thereto through a GSM/GPRS access network; means for collecting from visible WLAN access networks a list of visited networks accessible through each visible WLAN access network; means for submitting through the GSM/GPRS access network to the home network a list of visited networks accessible through each indicated WLAN access network; means for receiving from the home network through the GSM/GPRS access network a list of allowed visited networks accessible through each indicated WLAN access network, as selection criteria for selecting a visited network; and second attaching means for attaching to a second visited network through a WLAN access network selected from those in the list of visited networks per WLAN access network basis received from the home network.",0.24389083200580744,0.4877816640116148
8398468,"1. An air conditioning device in which the temperature and amount of air flow may be controlled for a car interior comprising: cooling and evaporator means in fluid communication with a door structure for controlling air flow, said door structure comprising an inner door and an outer door, said outer door having an inner space in which the inner door rotates, and the circumference of which comes into facial contact with the inner door, wherein the facial contact prevents air from leaking, and further wherein the inner and outer doors are configured such that the inner door is adjustably rotated by a second link and a second lever, the second link being provided with a second coupling hole to which a first facetted face is coupled, and the outer door is rotated by a second connector, a first link, and a first lever, the second connector being provided with a fourth semi-circular section into which a circular receptacle of the outer door is inserted, so that the inner and outer doors respectively adjustably rotate thus controlling the amount of air to flow and thereby, the temperature of the car interior.",0.8251784341080807,0.34964313178383866
8387715,"1. A row unit for an implement comprising: a frame with a threaded hole therein; a depth control member; a pivot arm having one end coupled to the depth control member and a bushing block at the other end for pivotally mounting the pivot arm to the frame, the bushing block having a bore therethrough, a portion of the bore being threaded and at least one portion of the bore being smooth; a bushing having a cylindrical body with a head at one end and a through bore, the cylindrical body further having a cylindrical surface with threads on a portion thereof for engagement with the threads in the bore of the bushing block and at least one portion of the cylindrical surface being smooth for engagement with the smooth portion of the bore in the mounting block; and a mounting bolt having a head at one end, the bolt extending through the bore in the bushing with the bolt head adjacent to the head of the bushing and extending beyond a distal end of the bushing opposite the bushing head for insertion into the threaded hole in the frame to mount the bushing to the frame and prevent rotation of the bushing about the mounting bolt, with the bushing block and pivot arm being rotatably supported on the bushing.",0.0896992575472645,0.17939851509452898
9640684,"1. A method comprising: forming a waveguide structure bounded by one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) structure(s); and forming a photodetector fully landed on the waveguide structure, the forming the photodetector comprising:",0.613354627343942,0.7732907453121161
9716430,"1. Circuitry for sampling a signal, the circuitry comprising: a node for coupling the circuitry to the signal being sampled; a plurality of capacitors, each capacitor selectively coupled to the node by a switch; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the node for measuring the voltages of individual ones of the plurality of capacitors and converting the voltages to digital signals; and delay circuitry coupled to each of the switches, the delay circuitry for closing one switch at a time for a predetermined period.",0.19321770871711966,0.38643541743423926
9637113,1. A vehicle comprising: an engine arranged so as to transmit power to a drive wheel; a motor generator arranged so as to transmit power to the drive wheel; and an electronic control unit configured to,0.8895994356800278,0.2208011286399445
9640521,"1. A package comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a first bond pad; a silicon bridge layer having one or more redistribution layers therein, the silicon bridge layer having a second bond pad, the silicon bridge layer being attached to the semiconductor substrate by an adhesive layer; a first die coupled to the semiconductor substrate and the silicon bridge layer, the first die overlying a sidewall of the silicon bridge layer; a second die coupled to the silicon bridge layer, wherein the first die and the second die communicate with one another by way of the one or more redistribution layers; and power and/or ground connectors coupled to the first bond pad and the second bond pad for enabling grounding and/or transferring power from the semiconductor substrate to the second die, wherein the first bond pad is positioned on the semiconductor substrate so it is outside of a lateral extent of the silicon bridge layer.",0.27812012972489325,0.5562402594497865
9018077,"1. A method for bonding substrates comprising contacting a first bonding surface of a first substrate with a second bonding surface of a second substrate to form an assembly, wherein the first substrate is a Si wafer and the second substrate is a silicate wafer; and compressing the assembly in the presence of an oxidizing atmosphere under suitable conditions to form a bonding layer between the first and second surfaces, wherein the first bonding surface consists of O",0.6820994671300097,0.6358010657399806
8956777,"1. A solid oxide fuel cell power plant for generating an electrical current, the power plant comprising: a. a solid oxide fuel cell having a cathode inlet line and an anode exhaust line; b. a multi-section cathode air heat exchanger secured in fluid communication with the cathode inlet line and the anode exhaust line, the heat exchanger including:",0.9947922969749671,0.010415406050065856
8363928,"1. A method for determining an absolute orientation in a global coordinate system comprising: (A) reconstructing a scale model of a scene including an image capturing device by using point, line and/or region correspondences in multiple views of said scene obtained by said image capturing device placed in at least three grid positions; wherein said image capturing device in each said grid position is directed to a selected object located in said scene; (B) obtaining location coordinates of said grid positions in said global coordinate system; and (C) determining a similarity transform from a photogrammetric coordinate system to said global coordinate system by determining rotation, translation and scale for each said grid position; wherein orientation of said image capturing device in said global coordinate system in each said grid position is obtained.",0.1274885340956788,0.2549770681913577
9597001,"1. A method for detecting clinically relevant sources of electrical activity in an ECG signal record, comprising: i) providing said ECG signal record consisting of 12 or less lead signals which were produced by the heart of a human subject and noninvasively measured at a plurality of points on the skin of said subject during a predetermined time interval; ii) removing noise, using a filter, from said ECG signal record outside a frequency range of 0.5 to 49.5 Hertz (Hz); iii) identifying, in said ECG signal record, electrical activity associated with fetal QRS complex or with atrial electrical activity (AEA), creating a synthetic signal and using a modified linear combiner; iv) determining at least parameters α and β, wherein α is R-R regularity, β is HR in said ECG signal record, and wherein said parameters are determined automatically from said ECG signal record; and v) assigning to a combination of said parameters of step iv) a clinical state according to a clinically oriented set of rules.",0.17623013708233443,0.35246027416466885
8779101,"1. A binding protein comprising first and second polypeptide chains, wherein said first polypeptide chain comprises a first VD1-(X1)n-VD2-C-(X2)n, wherein VD1 is a first heavy chain variable domain; VD2 is a second heavy chain variable domain; C is a heavy chain constant domain; X1 is a linker with the proviso that it is not CH1; X2 is an Fc region; n is 0 or 1; and wherein said second polypeptide chain comprises a second VD1-(X1)n-VD2-C-(X2)n, wherein VD1 is a first light chain variable domain; VD2 is a second light chain variable domain; C is a light chain constant domain; X1 is a linker with the proviso that it is not CH1; X2 does not comprise an Fc region; n is 0 or 1; and wherein the binding protein is capable of binding human IL-17 and TNF-α; wherein, in the first polypeptide chain, said VD1 or VD2 heavy chain variable domain comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 565, 670, 720, 740, 845, and 875; and wherein, in the second polypeptide chain, said VD1 or VD2 light chain variable domain comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 570, 675, 725, 745, 850, and 880.",0.48263087972964597,0.9652617594592919
9687188,"1. A method comprising: detecting a presence of a mobile telephone proximate a vehicle; establishing communication between the mobile telephone and the vehicle; determining an operating status of the vehicle; changing the mobile telephone to or from a restricted mode of operation based upon the determined operating status of the vehicle; determining on the mobile telephone if an override condition exists and if so, overriding the restricted mode of operation, wherein a call placed using the mobile telephone while in an overridden restricted mode of operation includes transmitting an automated communication indicating the existence of the override condition; and employing the mobile telephone to monitor a wakefulness state of a user of the mobile telephone during operation of the vehicle.",0.5828845425580131,0.8342309148839737
9567866,"1. A data center, comprising: a plurality of computing devices; a fluid-moving system, comprising an elevated reservoir configured to collect liquid from a subsystem of the fluid-moving system at an elevated location in the data center; a turbine system at a lower elevation in the data center than the elevated location; and one or more conduits connecting the elevated reservoir and the turbine system, wherein the turbine system comprises:",0.8821828563789361,0.23563428724212776
8725980,"1. A method of identifying storage system resources to be added to a storage system, wherein the method is performed by a computing system having a processor and memory, the method comprising: storing primary data created by a plurality of software applications on a plurality of primary storage devices in a primary storage system, wherein the primary data is stored in native formats associated with the plurality of software applications; storing at least one or more secondary copies of the primary data on one or more secondary storage devices in a secondary storage system, wherein the one or more secondary copies are stored in one or more different formats than the native formats of the primary data; managing with a storage manager, one or more secondary copy storage operations that copy at least a portion of the primary data to create the one or more secondary copies using a plurality of data agents associated with the plurality of software applications and a plurality of media management components associated with the one or more secondary storage devices, said managing secondary copy storage operations further comprising: identifying one or more secondary storage system resources to be added to the second storage system based on the forecasting.",0.5463385976176668,0.9073228047646664
9174637,"1. A method for a boosted engine, comprising: via an electronic controller of the engine, responsive to an indication of turbocharger surge, applying negative torque from an electric machine coupled to the engine while providing an airflow to the engine greater than a demanded airflow, the demanded airflow determined based on an operator torque demand, wherein applying negative torque from the electric machine includes increasing a load applied on the engine from one or more of an alternator, an electric motor, and a starter-generator, and wherein providing the airflow greater than the demanded airflow includes providing a greater than demanded throttle flow to the engine.",0.980772662583463,0.038454674833074076
9552854,"1. An apparatus comprising: a first node to receive a supply voltage; a second node; a switching circuit to couple the first node to the second node and to decouple the first node from the second node; circuit blocks coupled between the second node and the switching circuit, each of the circuit blocks including a capacitor having a plate coupled to the second node; and drivers coupled to the second node, each of the drivers associated with a conductive line, the conductive line associated with memory cells.",0.3953141388483705,0.790628277696741
9141577,1. An apparatus comprising: a converged protocol stack having hardware and including:,0.4946551354567483,0.9893102709134965
9664380,"1. A gas cutting tip for preventing backfire, comprising: flow path connector which is coupled to an outlet side of a cutter head and which has an oxygen flow path for delivering the oxygen centrally formed in the connector and a gas flow path for delivering the gas formed in a rim around the oxygen flow path; an oxygen nozzle which is coupled to a center of a lower end of the flow path connector and in which an oxygen discharge hole is formed so as to discharge the oxygen fed from the oxygen flow path and around a lower end part of which gas guide groove are formed at a constant interval; and a gas nozzle which is coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the lower end of the flow path connector with the oxygen nozzle housed inside the gas nozzle and in which a gas discharge hole is formed so as to discharge the gas fed from the gas flow path along the gas guide grooves, wherein a first front end part of the oxygen nozzle protrudes outward farther than a second front end part of the gas nozzle and has a semispherical shape, a semispherical recess is formed at the second front end part of the gas nozzle so as to smoothly discharge the gas, a waterproof protrusion is formed at an upper end of the gas nozzle, a waterproof groove fit-coupled with the waterproof protrusion is formed at a lower end of the flow path connector, the waterproof protrusion is held in the waterproof groove when the gas nozzle is coupled to the flow path connector by a cap nut, a first threaded part is formed along an upper periphery of the flow path connector, a coupling nut is screwed with the first threaded part, an insertion groove is formed at a center of an upper surface of the coupling nut, and a sealing pad is inserted in the insertion groove and is brought into close contact with a lower end surface of the cutter head.",0.09894902929922862,0.19789805859845722
9147905,"1. A lithium mixed metal oxide, shown by the following formula (A): wherein M is one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ti, Ca, or Cu; x is 0.9 or more and 1.3 or less; y is 0.3 or more and 0.7 or less; z is 0.02 or more and 0.07 or less, and d is 0.001 or more and 0.08 or less, and the BET specific surface area of the lithium mixed metal oxide is in the range of 3 m",0.8235223924461315,0.3529552151077371
8578776,"1. An acceleration and angular velocity detection device comprising: a first oscillation element and a second oscillation element that are movable in a direction along a first axis and a direction along a second axis, the first axis being perpendicular to the second axis; an oscillating portion oscillating the first oscillation element and the second oscillation element in opposite directions along the first axis; a first detection capacitance element and a second detection capacitance element whose capacitances change in a complementary way in accordance with a displacement of the first oscillation element in the direction along the second axis; a third detection capacitance element and a fourth detection capacitance element whose capacitances change in a complementary way in accordance with a displacement of the second oscillation element in the direction along the second axis; a charge amplifier having a fully differential structure, the charge amplifier converting a capacitance change in the first detection capacitance element, the second detection capacitance element, the third detection capacitance element and the fourth detection capacitance element to a voltage signal and outputting the voltage signal as an output signal; and a detecting portion detecting an acceleration in the direction along the second axis and an angular velocity of a rotation around a third axis that is perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis according to the output signal of the charge amplifier, wherein the charge amplifier includes an operational amplifier, an input switching portion, a first integration capacitance group, a second integration capacitance group, an integration capacitance element switching portion, and a reset switching portion, the input switching portion switches over an input signal to the operational amplifier, the integration capacitance element switching portion controls a switchover of coupling states of the first integration capacitance group and the second integration capacitance group so that at least one of the first integration capacitance group and the second integration capacitance group is coupled to the operational amplifier to work as a feedback capacitance, and the reset switching portion short-circuits two terminals of each of the first integration capacitance group and the second integration capacitance group, wherein the detecting portion includes a switch controlling portion controlling the input switching portion, the integration capacitance element switching portion and the reset switching portion, wherein, in a first detecting state, the switch controlling portion controls the input switching portion in such a manner that the capacitance change in the first detection capacitance element and the capacitance change in the third detection capacitance element are added and are input to one input terminal of the operational amplifier, and the capacitance change in the second detection capacitance element and the capacitance change in the fourth detection capacitance element are added and are input to the other input terminal of the operational amplifier, and the switch controlling portion controls the integration capacitance element switching portion in such a manner that the first integration capacitance group works as the feedback capacitance, wherein, in a second detecting state, the switch controlling portion controls the input switching portion in such a manner that the capacitance change in the first detection capacitance element and the capacitance change in the fourth detection capacitance element are added and are input to one input terminal of the operational amplifier, and the capacitance change in the second detection capacitance element and the capacitance change in the third detection capacitance element are added and are input to the other input terminal of the operational amplifier, and the switch controlling portion controls the integration capacitance element switching portion in such a manner that the second integration capacitance group works as the feedback capacitance, wherein the switch controlling portion controls the reset switching portion to short-circuit the two terminals of one of the first integration capacitance group and the second integration capacitance group after a switchover between the first detecting state and the second detecting state, and wherein the detecting portion detects the acceleration in the direction along the second axis according to the output signal of the charge amplifier in the first detecting state, and detects the angular velocity of the rotation around the third axis according to the output signal of the charge amplifier in the second detecting state.",0.11661655952659221,0.23323311905318445
9751562,"1. A park exit assist system comprising: an electronic control unit configured to: detect a situation around a host vehicle parked or stopped in a parking/stopping area on a roadside; calculate, on the basis of a detected result of the situation around the host vehicle, a park exit guidance path along which the host vehicle is moved out of the parking/stopping area to a traffic road and in which a steering angle becomes neutral at a time of completion of park exit guidance when a roadside front end of the host vehicle advances into the traffic road; and guide the host vehicle from the parking/stopping area toward the traffic road by at least executing steering control along the park exit guidance path.",0.2079655470645962,0.4159310941291924
9566551,"1. A process for removing mercury from a mercury-containing flue gases, the process comprising: injecting hydrobromic acid and particulate carbon into a flue gas at a point where the flue gas has a temperature less than 800° F., the particulate carbon having been removed as dregs from a pulp mill green liquor clarifier; oxidizing mercury present in the flue gas and adsorbing the mercury on the particulate carbon; and removing the particulate carbon with mercury adsorbed from the flue gas.",0.7740461484289436,0.4519077031421128
8821612,"1. A stepwise method of producing titanium-aluminium compounds or alloys, comprising a first step of: reducing an amount of titanium chloride (TiCl and then a second step of: mixing said products, with the addition of more aluminium if required, and heating the mixture in a second reaction zone to a temperature above 900° C. to form AlCl",0.8038278547103868,0.3923442905792265
9571226,"1. A wireless transmission device comprising: a transceiver employing an adaptive modulation scheme that sends a first frame to an opposing device through a first wireless transmission path for transmission from the wireless transmission device to the opposing device, and receives a second frame from the opposing device through a second wireless transmission path for transmission from the opposing device to the wireless transmission device, the second wireless transmission path having a frequency different from the first wireless transmission path; and a multiplexer that multiplexes a plurality of first data signals and a second data signal to generate the first frame, the first data signals being input in parallel at a fixed rate, and the second data signal being input at a variable rate; and a signal separator that separates, from the second frame, a plurality of third data signals, a fourth data signal, and information relating to a number of multiplexed third data signals, the third data signals being input in parallel to the opposing device at a fixed rate, and the fourth data signal being input to the opposing device at a variable rate, wherein the multiplexer includes, in the first frame, information relating to a number of multiplexed first data signals, wherein the multiplexer determines the number of multiplexed first data signals according to the number of multiplexed third data signals, wherein when the multiplexer determines to reduce the number of multiplexed first data signals, the multiplexer allocates a vacant region in the first frame generated by reduction to multiplexing of the second data signal.",0.30933458654361756,0.6186691730872351
8477249,"1. A television receiver comprising: a housing configured to house at least part of a display device; a support portion configured to support the housing; a first movable portion comprising a second movable portion configured to rotate in a first rotation direction together with the first movable portion, the second movable portion comprising",0.13066111732242663,0.26132223464485327
8731747,"1. A communication system for a vehicle comprising: one or more processors configured to receive data parameters associated with one or more conditions of the vehicle; the one or more processors configured to select a subset of the data parameters; and the one or more processors configured to communicate the data parameters in the subset to one or more applications of the vehicle that use the data parameters to perform one or more operations; wherein the one or more processors also are configured to dynamically modify which of the data parameters are included in the subset; wherein the one or more processors also are configured to apply one or more filters to determine which of the data parameters are included in the subset; wherein the filters include at least one of a category filter that includes the data parameters in the subset based on a type of the data parameters, a frequency filter that includes the data parameters in the subset based on frequencies at which the applications request the data parameters, a use filter that includes the data parameters in the subset based on how the data parameters are used by the applications, or a priority filter that includes the data parameters in the subset based on priority values assigned to the data parameters.",0.5655154345630455,0.8689691308739089
9133091,"1. An aromatic polycarboxylic acid manufacturing process comprising: a) separating an oxidation reactor vent gas stream into an acetic acid rich stream and a water rich vapor stream, wherein the water rich vapor stream comprises volatile compounds and non-condensable gases, and said separating is performed in a distillation device; b) condensing said water rich vapor stream into a condensate stream and a vapor stream; c) feeding a first portion of said condensate stream to said distillation device and feeding a second portion of said condensate stream to an extraction column; and d) removing at least one aromatic monocarboxylic acid from said second portion of said condensate to form an aromatic monocarboxylic acid stream and a aqueous product stream.",0.8334093445718394,0.3331813108563213
8833256,"1. A pad comprising: a layer of elastomeric material having a first flat bottom from which there protrude n successive levels of embossed patterns, classified in descending order of height h a first pattern level, said first pattern level being a conformation level, enabling the first flat bottom to be coarsely parallelized with a face of a substrate, said pattern being formed by several protrusions of a height h an n wherein for each pattern of height h wherein the printing pattern is made out of an elastomeric material having a Young's modulus between 0.10 and 100 MPa.",0.13796480064069244,0.2759296012813849
9359062,"1. An aircraft elevator system comprising: a cabin; a primary frame; a secondary frame having upper and lower ends; a first coupling system arranged to moveably couple the primary frame to the secondary frame, the first coupling system configured to move the secondary frame relative to the primary frame; and a second coupling system arranged to moveably couple the cabin to the secondary frame, the second coupling system configured to move the cabin relative to the secondary frame between upper and lower positions and operable simultaneously with the first coupling system such that in the upper position the cabin is situated toward the upper end of the secondary frame and in the lower position the cabin is situated toward or below the lower end of the secondary frame.",0.3229885062553313,0.6459770125106626
8570387,"1. An apparatus for processing a digital image comprising: a body; a voice coil motor (VCM) installed to the body that is configured to generate motion signals according to motion of the body; an operation recognition interface configured to process the motion signals and to generate motion data of a digital signal; and a controller configured to recognize motion of the body from the motion data and to recognize user input according to the motion, wherein user input is recognized while the apparatus is in a reproduction mode, wherein motion patterns of the motion data are recognized, each of the motion patterns has pre-set functionality and the pre-set functionality is performed, while the apparatus is in a reproduction mode, according to the recognized motion pattern.",0.030502840618054423,0.06100568123610883
9233172,"1. A method for treating autoimmune disease, comprising administering to a subject with an autoimmune disease a conjugate having a structural formula MAb-CL2A-SN-38 , with a structure represented by: wherein said MAb binds to CD20 antigen.",0.13445853550769207,0.2689170710153841
8544800,"1. An aircraft system comprising: a baseline aircraft main wing having a trailing edge control surface and a distal tip portion spaced apart from a root portion, the distal tip portion being configured to be attached to a first winglet; and a unitary wingtip extension comprising:",0.6545697820400332,0.6908604359199335
9647608,"1. An oscillator circuit, comprising: a Wien bridge oscillator circuit; a full-wave rectifier circuit, coupled to an output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit; an integrator circuit, coupled to an output of the full-wave rectifier circuit; and a multiplier circuit, comprising a first input coupled to the output of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit, and a second input coupled to an output of the integrator, the multiplier circuit being configured to provide a signal to an input of the Wien bridge oscillator circuit; wherein the multiplier circuit comprises an XY multiplier and is configured to execute a transfer function (V where V(n",0.5606258955704841,0.8787482088590317
8839359,"1. A data processing device for connection between a storage device and a controlling device, the data processing device comprising: an encryption unit configured to encrypt data which is received from the controlling device and is to be transmitted to the storage device; a decryption unit configured to decrypt data which is encrypted, is received from the storage device and is to be transmitted to the controlling device; a receiving unit configured to receive commands including a first command for reading data which is encrypted by the encryption unit and is stored in the storage device and a second command for reading data which is not encrypted by the encryption unit and is stored in the storage device from the controlling device; a storing unit configured to store reference data for determining whether a command is to be transmitted to the storage device; a determining unit configured to determine whether to transmit a command received by the receiving unit to the storage device, based on the reference data stored in the storing unit; a transmitting unit configured to transmit to the storage device the command determined to be transmitted to the storage device, wherein the transmitting unit does not transmit to the storage device the command which is not determined to be transmitted to the storage device; and a controlling unit configured to, when the command which is determined to be transmitted and is transmitted to the storage device is the first command, control the decryption unit to perform a decryption process on the data which is encrypted and is received from the storage device, wherein, when the command which is determined to be transmitted and is transmitted to the storage device is the second command, the controlling unit does not control the decryption unit to perform the decryption process on the data which is not encrypted and is received from the storage device.",0.2434648664950583,0.48692973299011655
9297127,"1. A barricade assembly comprising a pair of laterally spaced uprights, each of the uprights having front and back sides, inner and outer sides, and upper and lower ends, at least one barricade board attached to the front sides of the uprights intermediate the upper and lower ends of the uprights, and a foldable leg assembly for selectively supporting the uprights in a generally upright position, the leg assembly comprising two pairs of legs, the legs of each pair having upper and lower ends, the upper ends of the legs of one of the pairs having a sliding connection with the respective uprights, and the upper ends of the legs of the other pair having a first pivotal connection with the respective legs of the one pair in axial spaced relation from the upper ends of the respective legs of the one pair, and the legs of the other pair having a second pivotal connection with the respective uprights in axial spaced relation from the first pivotal connection and in longitudinal spaced relation below a lower end of the sliding connection of the upper ends of the legs of the one pair with the respective uprights, whereby the legs of each pair are movable between an unfolded position in which the lower ends of the legs of the one pair extend rearwardly of the respective uprights and the lower ends of the legs of the other pair extend forwardly of the respective uprights, and a folded position in which the respective legs of both pairs are nested within one another in line with the inner sides of the respective uprights to provide a substantially flat barricade assembly for ease of stacking of a plurality of such barricade assemblies one on top of another during storage or transit.",0.12508909483200117,0.2501781896640023
9625273,"1. A thickness measurement apparatus comprising: at least one ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device that receives and transmits an ultrasonic wave to/from a wall of a pipe to be inspected, covered with a heat insulation material; at least one ultrasonic wave transmission device respectively inserted in a gap between the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device and an outer surface of the pipe to be inspected, and configured by soft metal transmitting the ultrasonic wave; a support device that supports the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception devices from the outer surface of the pipe to be inspected and contacts the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception devices with the pipe to be inspected in a circumferential direction and an axial direction of the pipe to be inspected; a thickness calculation device that measures a propagation time of the ultrasonic wave received and transmitted by the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device, and calculates a thickness of the pipe to be inspected; a calibration board of which a thickness is predetermined, the calibration board is set in the gap between the electromagnetic ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device and the outer surface of the pipe when calibrating measurement accuracy of the at least one ultrasonic transmission/reception device and more than a thickness of a dead zone of the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device; and a calibration board adjustment device that moves the calibration board toward and away from the gap between the ultrasonic wave transmission/reception device and the outer surface of the pipe to be inspected.",0.04994134740972026,0.09988269481944057
8476270,"1. A compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: L R Z is H, halogen, or alkyl, in which alkyl is optionally substituted by halo; X D is carbocyclyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, or heteroaryl; L R m is 1 or 2; R n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; R R R R",0.4322704757798489,0.8645409515596978
9112221,"1. A composite anode active material comprising: a composite core, wherein said composite core comprises a carbonaceous substrate and a nanostructure having a cross-sectional diameter of from about 1 nm to about 500 nm on the carbonaceous substrate, wherein the nanostructure is nanowires, nanotubes, nanobelts, nanorods, a nanoporous body, or nanotemplates; and a coating layer formed on the composite core, wherein said coating layer comprises a metal oxide, wherein the coating layer on the nanostructure is thicker than that on the carbonaceous substrate.",0.9472969913855226,0.10540601722895482
8894232,"1. A light-emitting diode (LED) system to retrofit a light fixture comprising: a frame to be installed under a light fixture installed in a ceiling suspension system, the frame having a perimeter and defining an interior opening, the frame comprising; a plurality of rails, each of the rails having: a LED lighting assembly detachably couplable to the frame such that at least a portion of the LED lighting assembly is received by the light seal surface of the frame.",0.7046031386327297,0.5907937227345406
8762105,"1. A maintenance inspection support apparatus for a maintenance inspection of plant facility devices performed on the basis of a guideline selected from a plurality of maintenance inspection guidelines, the maintenance inspection support apparatus comprising: a device layout data management unit for managing layout data of the devices obtained from input device layout plan data; a device attribute value acquisition unit for acquiring a device attribute value of a specified problem device, which acts as a designated device to be subjected to maintenance inspection, using an identification symbol read from an ID tag attached to the problem device while referencing the device layout data that is managed by the device layout data management unit; a device test data acquisition unit for acquiring device test data for the problem device; a device evaluation data generator for combining, for each of the devices, the device attribute value acquired using the device attribute value acquisition unit and the device test data acquired using the device test data acquisition unit, and for generating device evaluation data; a database management unit for appending a history code that allows the device evaluation data to be managed as a history, storing the device evaluation data in a database, and extracting device evaluation data that conforms to a search condition; a classification processor for accessing the database through the database management unit and classifying the device evaluation data while making reference to a classification criteria table; a device analysis processor for making a historical evaluation of device evaluation data extracted from the database or of device evaluation data classified in the classification processor, and analyzing an operational state of the devices; a performance computation unit for computing an economic effect of the selected maintenance inspection guidelines on the basis of the analysis results of the device analysis processor; and an assistance information generator for generating assistance information for selecting the maintenance inspection guidelines, the assistance information being generated on the basis of the economic effect computed by the performance computation unit, wherein the assistance information is generated with an algorithm that is constructed through the adoption of a decision theory system comprising a neural network, wherein the maintenance inspection guidelines include: a complete overhaul strategy in which a complete overhaul is performed to replace the entire number of devices to be subjected to maintenance inspections with recommended devices, and a complete test involving the entire number of the managed devices is then periodically repeated; and a partial overhaul strategy in which a partial overhaul is performed to repair only those of the devices to be subjected to maintenance inspections that have a malfunction, or to replace the malfunctioning devices with recommended devices, and a complete test involving the entire number of the managed devices is then periodically repeated.",0.7047540142201256,0.5904919715597488
9668236,"1. A method for monitoring User Equipment (UE) reachability in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving, by a Mobility Management Entity (MME), a monitoring request message for UE reachability including a maximum response time from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS); detecting, by the MME, the UE reachability when the UE will become reachable for paging in case that extended Discontinuous Reception (DRX) is applied to the UE; and sending, by the MME, a UE reachability notification to a Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) before a next paging occasion of the UE, wherein the maximum response time indicates a time during which the UE maintains a reachable state so that downlink data is reliably delivered to the UE, and wherein an occasion when the UE reachability notification is transmitted is determined by taking into consideration the maximum response time.",0.5077306623102874,0.9845386753794252
9518160,"1. A composite material comprising carbon reinforcement fibers and a matrix material, the matrix material comprising 0.1% to 100% by weight functionalized graphene nanoplatelets having benzoxazine groups formed on a surface of the graphene nanoplatelets and epoxide groups formed on at least one edge of the graphene nanoplatelets.",0.5749585008664587,0.8500829982670826
9368839,"1. A battery having a cathode, an anode, and a separating component interposed therebetween, the battery comprising: a housing configured to receive the cathode, anode, and separating component of said battery and to contain electrolyte; at least one electrolyte contained within the housing; and at least one means configured to introduce at least one replenishing electrolyte into the battery, the at least one replenishing electrolyte separate from the at least one electrolyte, wherein: the at least one means includes at least one supply container for the at least one replenishing electrolyte and at least one dispenser configured to introduce the at least one replenishing electrolyte from the at least one supply container into the battery, the at least one dispenser including at least one membrane, and the at least one dispenser is configured to introduce the at least one replenishing electrolyte from the at least one supply container into the battery by tearing the at least one membrane.",0.9405454847685234,0.1189090304629532
8806967,"1. An immersible probe for molten metals comprising: a first gas permeable body having an immersion end and a support end adapted for being supported by a lance; at least one molten metal testing device supported by said body, the device including a test device adjacent to said immersion end for monitoring a characteristic of said metal; an unobstructed gas flow passageway from said immersion end through said permeable body to said support end whereby gases released from a molten metal or contained in said permeable body during immersion of said immersion end can flow from within said probe into the atmosphere, the support end having connecting means for transmitting data from said testing device to remote electronic monitoring equipment; and wherein the test device is exposed on the immersion end and is covered by an ungalvanized and uncoated steel cap having an irregular scalloped end surface that avoids formation of metal rings when melted during immersion of the probe.",0.19645334912054965,0.39290669824109936
9475568,"1. A composite structure, comprising: a holed structural member that is a composite material made of fiber reinforced plastic, the holed structural member extending in one direction, wherein holes are formed in the holed structural member, the holes being arranged along an axial line extending in the one direction, wherein the holed structural member is composed of a peripheral area that is positioned around the holes and an other area that surrounds the peripheral area, wherein the holed structural member is formed of an integrated composite member which is not divided and which includes oriented carbon fiber reinforced plastic as a main component, wherein a ratio of an orientation of carbon fiber of the peripheral area is different from a ratio of an orientation of carbon fiber of the other area, wherein the holed structural member has a first lateral side extending in a direction in which the composite structure is shortest and a second lateral side extending in the direction in which the composite structure is shortest, wherein a length of the peripheral area extends from the first lateral side of the holed structural member to the second lateral side of the holed structural member, wherein a centerline of the peripheral area extends along the axial line extending in the one direction, wherein the peripheral area adjoins at least a portion of a perimeter of each of the holes, wherein the holed structural member is configured to receive a tensile load and/or a compressive load applied to the composite structure in the one direction, wherein tensile stiffness and/or compression stiffness of the peripheral area of the holes in the one direction is lower than tensile stiffness and/or compression stiffness of the other area in the one direction, wherein a width of the peripheral area in a direction orthogonal to the one direction is set to a range of 0.54 to 1.0 times a diameter of one of the holes in the direction orthogonal to the one direction, and wherein the holes are access holes that are formed at a lower outer plate of a wing of an aircraft.",0.5831889761461525,0.833622047707695
9516864,"1. A pet feces collection bag, comprising: a carrier plate; a handle portion, coupled to two specific positions respectively located at two corresponding sides of a periphery of the carrier plate so as to define the carrier plate into a front part having a first predetermined length and a rear part having a second predetermined length along a specific direction, the handle portion formed as a frame structure extending outward from the two corresponding positions, wherein the first predetermined length is smaller than the second predetermined length; a grip portion which is a frame structure extending outward from an inner rim of the handle portion; a bag, configured to have an opening connected to the handle portion and the rear part of the carrier plate along peripheries of the handle portion and the rear part of the carrier plate by a predetermined connection manner, and the predetermined connection manner is selected from a group consisting of a sticking connection manner, a tying connection manner, a nail connection, a clip connection, and a combination thereof; wherein, the handle portion is operated through a predetermined action which makes the handle portion to rotate about a specific axis so that the handle portion is rotated around the carrier plate within 360 degrees whereby the opening of the bag is selectively to be opened or closed in response to the predetermined action of the handle portion, and the grip portion is rotated within 360 degrees about an axis parallel to the specific axis.",0.15915633790157807,0.31831267580315614
8624222,"1. An electrical device comprising: (A) a substrate having a surface; (B) a first semiconductor nanohole superlattice superimposed on a first portion of the surface, the first semiconductor nanohole superlattice comprising a first plurality of sheets having a first array of structural nanoholes defined therein, wherein the first array of structural nanoholes in the first plurality of sheets is characterized by a first band gap or a first band gap range and wherein the first plurality of sheets forms a first edge and a second edge; (C) a first lead comprising a first electrically conductive material, the first lead forming a first junction with the first edge, wherein the first junction is a first Schottky barrier with respect to a carrier; (D) a second lead comprising a second electrically conductive material, the second lead forming a second junction with the second edge; (F) a first optically transparent insulator overlaying the first semiconductor nanohole superlattice; and (G) a second semiconductor nanohole superlattice superimposed on the first optically transparent insulator, the second semiconductor nanohole superlattice comprising a second plurality of sheets having a second array of structural nanoholes defined therein, wherein the second array of structural nanoholes in the second plurality of sheets is characterized by a second band gap or a second band gap range and wherein the second plurality of sheets forms a third edge and a fourth edge; wherein the first lead forms a third junction with the third edge, the second lead forms a fourth junction with the fourth edge, the third junction is a second Schottky barrier with respect to the carrier, the second junction is a third Schottky barrier with respect to the carrier, and the third Schottky barrier is less than the first Schottky barrier.",0.4129130718716088,0.8258261437432176
9394835,"1. An engine method, comprising: turning off a second cylinder group in response to engine load falling below a first threshold, the second cylinder group including a first outer most cylinder and its immediately adjacent cylinder; turning on the second cylinder group in response to engine load raising above a second threshold; and operating a first cylinder group constantly throughout engine operation; the first cylinder group including a second outer most cylinder and its immediately adjacent cylinder.",0.963917372453957,0.07216525509208593
8470585,"1. A method for purifying adenovirus particles from a host cell suspension having a cell density between 5×10 6 and 150×10 6 cells/mL, wherein the method comprises: (a) infecting a host cell suspension having a cell density between 5×10 (b) lysing with a detergent, cells within the host cell suspension having a cell density between 5×10 (c) selectively precipitating host cell DNA within the lysed suspension by adding a selective precipitation agent to the lysed suspension, wherein the selective precipitation agent is selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium compounds, amine copolymers and mixtures thereof; and then (d) subjecting the suspension of step (c) to tangential flow filtration, to obtain a purified adenovirus suspension, wherein steps (b), (c) and (d) are performed consecutively.",0.7315017607979741,0.5369964784040517
8746784,"1. A vehicle front body structure comprising: a pair of damper housings forming right and left side walls of a power unit room of a vehicle, each of the pair of damper housings containing a damper; right and left damper bases, each disposed on an upper portion of corresponding one of the pair of damper housings for fixing the damper thereto; and a dashboard upper forming an upper portion of a dashboard separating the power unit room from a vehicle compartment, the dashboard upper including a dash-upper front portion extending, in a front direction of the vehicle, up to at least a position immediately above the right and left damper bases, each of right and left end portions of the dash-upper front portion in the vehicle width direction being fixed to a corresponding one of the right and left damper bases, wherein each of the right and left damper bases includes a damper base upper wall for attaching the damper thereto, a side wall portion, three damper fixing portions disposed on the damper base upper wall to fix the damper to the damper base upper wall, three dash upper fixing portions disposed on the damper base upper wall to fix the dash-upper front portion to the damper base upper wall, wherein the damper base upper wall is connected to the side wall portion so as to have a ridge line portion at a boundary between the damper base upper wall and the side wall portion such that the ridge line portion extends along a circumference of the damper base upper wall, wherein the three damper fixing portions and the three dash upper fixing portions are alternately positioned on a single imaginary circular line superimposed on an upper surface of the damper base upper wall such that imaginary lines extending between every pair of the three damper fixing portions form a first substantially regular triangle, and imaginary lines extending between every pair of the three dash upper fixing portions form a second substantially regular triangle, and wherein the damper base upper wall has a substantially wave shape having a trough of the wave shape located between one of the three damper fixing portions and an adjacent dash upper fixing portion such that a section of the ridge line portion between the one of the three damper fixing portions and the adjacent dash upper fixing portion is recessed inward to intersect the single imaginary circular line and a section of the ridge line portion surrounding the damper fixing portions and a section of the ridge line portion surrounding the dash upper fixing portions are located outside the single imaginary circular line.",0.8066181001796515,0.38676379964069696
8578930,"1. A vacuum solar thermal panel, comprising: a vacuum envelope defining a sealed volume that is able to withstand atmospheric pressure when evacuated; at least one heat absorber disposed inside the vacuum envelope; and a pipe entering and exiting the envelope and in contact with the heat absorber, the vacuum envelope comprising a first plate made of glass, a second plate facing the first plate, both plates being delimited by edges, a perimeter frame disposed between the first and second plate close to their edges, a metallic perimeter belt joining the perimeter frame to the first plate, a bearing body disposed at the edges of the first and second plate, and traction rods joining said body with said perimeter frame, wherein the bearing body includes a plurality of spaced apart bearing elements, each provided with at least one of said traction rods, the bearing elements limit deformation of the perimeter frame under the atmospheric pressure when the envelope is evacuated, and end portions of the bearing elements are in direct contact with and pressed against the edges of the first and second plates to oppose an action of the atmospheric pressure, when the envelope is evacuated, that is transferred to the edges of the first and second plates, to limit the deformation of the perimeter frame under the atmospheric pressure.",0.9001973138444207,0.1996053723111586
8541245,"1. A method for assessing oocyte maturation in a female, comprising detecting pregnancy-associated plasma protein (PAPP-A) level in a bodily fluid from the female, wherein the PAPP-A level of the female is detected daily for a least three consecutive days; comparing the PAPP-A level with a control to assess oocyte maturation in the female, the control comprising a previously established baseline PAPP-A level for the bodily fluid of the same female or an average PAPP-A level for the bodily fluid from a healthy fertile non-pregnant female, wherein an increase in the PAPP-A level compared to the control indicates a more advanced state of oocyte maturation and a decrease in the PAPP-A level compared to the control indicates a lesser state of oocyte maturation; and administering a hormone which induces oocyte maturation to the female within 36 hours after the PAPP-A level in the female exhibits a decrease after continuous increase for at least two consecutive days, the hormone being administered to the female in an amount sufficient to induce final maturation of oocytes in the female.",0.05370123633457371,0.10740247266914738
9592059,"1. A tourniquet comprising: a buckle having a first and second notch formed in a first side, said first notch comprising a channel that extends upward from the first side to terminate in an opening, said channel including a sloped edge terminating in a rounded corner that extends to a straight edge that is substantially parallel to the first side, an upward extension forming a generally J-hook at an end of the straight edge opposite said rounded corner, said second notch formed by a straight edge that is perpendicular to the first side and terminating in a rounded corner that extends into a sloped edge, an elongated opening formed substantially near a second side and extending in a lengthwise manner from a top towards a bottom of the buckle, a first bulbous region provided at the top of the buckle, a second bulbous region formed in the bottom of the buckle, said first and second bulbous regions aiding in gripping the buckle when the tourniquet is applied to an injured limb; and, a strip of webbing having a first end and a second end, said second end comprising a permanent loop attached to the elongated opening in the buckle; wherein said elongated opening of the buckle receives an end of the strip of webbing such that an end of the strap is fed through the elongated opening and folded back across itself and stitched to secure the strap to the buckle, wherein said strip of webbing is inserted into the channel to be seated between the J-hook and the rounded corner of the channel.",0.015475359166889038,0.03095071833377805
8983368,"1. A wireless bridge device, for communicating between a telephone of a public switched telephone network and a wireless transceiver, comprising: a first connecting port, coupled to a console base of the telephone; a second connecting port, coupled to a telephonic handset of the telephone; a first wireless communication module, for wirelessly transmitting an incoming signal transmitted from the console base to the wireless transceiver, and for wirelessly receiving an outgoing signal transmitted from the wireless transceiver to the first connecting port; a first audio conversion module, coupled between the first wireless communication module and the first connecting port, wherein the first audio conversion module determines whether the incoming signal is received correctly; if so, the first audio conversion module establishes a connection between the first wireless communication module and the wireless transceiver, for converting sound signals transmitted between the telephone and the wireless transceiver.",0.20817574704167482,0.4163514940833497
9511770,"1. An information processing method, comprising: generating, from a state of a mobile vehicle in each position obtained by discretizing a traveling route along which the mobile vehicle travels, a state of the mobile vehicle in a next position for each use state of drive means contained in the mobile vehicle; optimizing the use state of the drive means in each position based on at least one of states of the mobile vehicle in each position generated in the generation step; acquiring state constraints of the mobile vehicle in each position obtained by discretizing the traveling route along which the mobile vehicle travels; and wherein the generation section generates a state of the mobile vehicle in the next position from the state of the mobile vehicle in each position under the constraints.",0.6246512529456375,0.750697494108725
8538178,"1. An image processing device comprising: a plurality of encoding units that encode image data; a shared memory that stores reference image data which is used for encoding performed by each of the plurality of encoding units; and a control unit that secures an encoding unit from the plurality of encoding units, which is made to encode an intra-frame prediction encoded image and a forward prediction encoded image by priority, and that makes an encoding unit, which is not used to encode the intra-frame prediction encoded image or the forward prediction encoded image, encode a bidirectional prediction encoded image, using reference image data stored in the shared memory during a period where the secured encoding unit does not perform the encoding.",0.11260953181367918,0.22521906362735833
8586583,"1. A compound which is selected from the group consisting of: N-[5-[4-(5-{[4-(1-methylethyl)-1-piperazinyl]methyl})-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl]-2-(methyloxy)-3-pyridinyl]methanesulfonamide; N-[5-[4-(5-{[(2R,6S)-2,6-dimethyl-4-morpholinyl]methyl}-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl]-2-(methyloxy)-3-pyridinyl]-2,4-difluorobenzenesulfonamide; 2,4-difluoro-N-[5-[4-(5-{[4-(1-methylethyl)-1-piperazinyl]methyl}-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)-1H-indazol-6-yl]-2-(methyloxy)-3-pyridinyl]benzenesulfonamide; 4-(5-{[(2R,6S)-2,6-dimethyl-4-morpholinyl]methyl}-1,3-oxazol-2-yl)-6-(1H-indol-4-yl)-1H-indazole; 6-(1H-indol-4-yl)-4-[5-(4-morpholinylmethyl)-1,3-oxazol-2-yl]-1H-indazole; 6-(1H-indol-4-yl)-4-[5-(1-piperazinylmethyl)-1,3-oxazol-2-yl]-1H-indazole; and a salt thereof.",0.5239143011721825,0.952171397655635
9267117,1. A composition comprising a reducing agent capable of converting 5-formylcytosine or 5-carboxycytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine; T4 β-glucosyltransferase (BGT) and a UDP derivative selected from the group consisting of UDP-glucose and UDP-azidoglucose.,0.5036928666400445,0.9926142667199109
8607583,"1. A system, comprising: (a) a housing; (b) a heat exchanger mounted in the housing, wherein the heat exchanger includes a condenser; (c) an ambient air intake mounted in the housing and configured to draw ambient air across the condenser, wherein the ambient air is converted to dry air; (d) a reservoir configured to collect water condensed out of the ambient air by the condenser; (e) a dispenser configured to dispense water from the reservoir; (f) a sterilizing UV lamp located in the reservoir; (g) a tube that wraps around the sterilizing UV lamp and is configured to circulate water close to the sterilizing UV lamp and then within the reservoir; (h) a bypass valve that alternately allows water from the reservoir to flow to the dispenser or to a second, external reservoir.",0.6878788992580357,0.6242422014839286
9086122,"1. A method for dismantling a multi-stage gear mechanism ( 22 ) of a wind power plant ( 10 ), the gear mechanism ( 22 ) being arranged in a nacelle ( 15 ) arranged on a tower ( 11 ) of a wind power plant ( 10 ), the gear mechanism ( 22 ) having at least one planetary stage ( 24 . 1 , 24 . 2 ) that has a planet gear carrier ( 41 , 61 ) and a plurality of planet gears ( 45 , 65 ) held in the planet gear carrier ( 41 , 61 ) using planetary bolts ( 47 , 67 ), the planet gears ( 45 , 65 ) being in connection with a ring gear ( 49 , 69 ) of the planetary stage ( 24 . 1 , 24 . 2 ) surrounding the planet gears ( 45 , 65 ), the method comprising the steps of: axially distancing the ring gear ( releasing a retaining connection between the planet gear ( releasing the planetary bolt ( removing the planet gear (",0.9044269263290101,0.19114614734197977
8871706,"1. A method of inhibiting the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and stimulating the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines in a subject in need thereof, wherein said cytokine secretion is associated with an inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract, which comprises administering to said subject an effective amount of the peptidyl analogue of ghrelin, H-Inp-D-Bal-D-Trp-Phe-Apc-NH 2 (SEQ ID: 2), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein said pro-inflammatory cytokine is IL-6, and wherein said anti-inflammatory cytokine is IL-10.",0.4191002800252914,0.8382005600505829
9712387,"1. A method for networking, the method comprising: in a broadband gateway that enables communication with a plurality of devices, wherein said broadband gateway is configured to handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider: identifying a first user profile associated with a first device of said plurality of devices for a service requested by said first device, wherein said identified first user profile associated with the first device comprises at least one of device power usage information and user selections; receiving content from said at least one network access service provider for the requested service according to a service profile negotiated with said at least one network access service provider, wherein said service profile comprises type of service, type of content, service providers, network connections or corresponding quality of service (QoS) for said requested service; storing, by the broadband gateway, the content received from said at least one network access service provider for said requested service; communicating, by the broadband gateway, said content to the first device; converting, by the broadband gateway, the content stored by the broadband gateway to match a second user profile associated with another device of said plurality of devices; and relaying, by the broadband gateway, said converted content to said another device of said plurality of devices.",0.18186953720701823,0.3637390744140365
9233620,"1. An information providing device comprising: an information acquiring part for acquiring, from each vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, a current location of the vehicle, an amount of power stored in a power storage unit of the vehicle that stores power for driving the vehicle, and a destination of the vehicle; a vehicle selecting part for selecting as an available vehicle for power supply from the plurality of vehicles based on the respective current locations and the amounts of stored power of the plurality of vehicles, the available vehicle to be selected being capable of supplying charging power to a target vehicle requiring charge of a power storage unit thereof; a notifying part for notifying of the available vehicle for power supply selected by the vehicle; and a power amount specifying part for specifying an amount of available power to be supplied to the target vehicle based on the respective destinations, the current locations, and the amounts of stored power of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the vehicle selecting part selects, as the available vehicle for power supply, a vehicle from the plurality of vehicles having available power to be supplied in an amount greater than an amount of power to be charged to the power storage unit of the target vehicle requiring charge.",0.6866906588410165,0.6266186823179669
9332463,"1. A method of determining a geographic location of a mobile station, the method comprising: querying, by the mobile station, a serving mobile location center (SMLC) to determine a reference macro-base transceiver station (macro-BTS) and a neighbor macro-BTS of the reference macro-BTS; receiving a plurality of beacons at the mobile station including a first beacon transmitted by the reference macro-BTS and a second beacon transmitted by the neighbor macro-BTS; determining, by the mobile station, a set of measurement data that includes, for each of the plurality of beacons received at the mobile station, a corresponding measurement data; and performing, by the mobile station, location based calculations using the set of measurement data to determine the geographic location of the mobile station.",0.2875226965043993,0.5750453930087986
8371107,"1. A device for regeneration, temperature loading, and/or thermal management of a component associated with an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the device comprising: at least one injection valve which injects fluid into the exhaust system in a chattering mode as a function of a pressure of supplied fluid for the regeneration, temperature loading, and/or thermal management of the component, wherein the at least one injection valve has a valve head and a valve seat, and wherein the valve head has a valve head cut edge that expands from an inner head diameter to an outer head diameter with a flattened ball-shaped external curvature, which has a predetermined valve head radius, and the valve seat, between an inner seat diameter and an outer seat diameter, has a straight valve seat cut edge that has a predetermined angle in relation to a vertical, so that a flow force of the supplied fluid acting on the at least one injection valve decreases continuously over a stroke of the valve head to enlarge a pressure range of the chattering mode.",0.8354107189667647,0.32917856206647067
8766227,"1. A memory cell comprising: a substrate comprising one or more dielectric materials; disposed within the substrate, a current-steering element; and disposed within the substrate and above and in contact with the current steering-element, an information storage element, the information storage element comprising a programmable data-storage material shaped to define (i) a first end region, (ii) a center region disposed over the first end region, and (iii) a second end region disposed over the center region, wherein (i) a cross-sectional area of the center region is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first end region, (ii) the cross-sectional area of the center region is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the second end region, (iii) the data-storage material comprises a phase-change material or a resistive-change material, and (iv) the data-storage material is configured for programmability via the current-steering element such that (a) a current density within the center region is larger than a current density within the first end region and (b) the current density within the center region is larger than a current density within the second end region.",0.3558740498835183,0.7117480997670366
8948749,"1. A method of performing system selection and acquisition in a communication device, comprising: receiving a system selection file from a network entity, the file comprising preference parameters and acquisition parameters for a plurality of communication systems, the systems further comprising at least one femto base station, wherein each of the preference parameters comprises a local flag for a given one or a subset of the plurality of communication systems, wherein the local flag is set to indicate that the communication device operates only on the subset of the plurality of communication systems which are specified in the system selection file as being systems on which the communication device is allowed to operate; and in response to a given one of the preference parameters being set to identify a femto base station as a preferred system, utilizing a corresponding acquisition parameter to attempt acquisition of the femto base station.",0.3149207369837431,0.6298414739674862
9269975,1. A thermolysis hydrogen fuel cartridge comprising: a gas-tight enclosure with a first external surface ( a canister ( a fuel ( vacuum insulation ( a plurality of separately controllable heating elements ( wherein the heating elements are configured to heat said fuel and cause decomposition of said fuel to produce hydrogen gas.,0.7948309200353745,0.41033815992925105
9750066,"1. A method for establishing connectivity between each of at least two devices and a radio access network, wherein the at least two devices are members of a group of devices within a wireless local network capable of establishing direct connections with one another, the method comprising: establishing a connection directly between a first device of the at least two devices and the radio access network, wherein the connection directly between the first device and the radio access network utilizes connection information provided by the radio access network to the first device; and establishing a connection directly between a second device of the at least two devices and the radio access network using the connection information provided by the radio access network to the first device.",0.4838140798244752,0.9676281596489504
9471125,"1. A processing device, comprising: a microprocessor comprising a control unit and a datapath unit, said control unit directing said datapath unit; said control unit comprising: a control store having therein a microprogram which comprises fully decoded microinstructions; a look behind control store register cache comprising a plurality of registers configured to receive and store data from a predetermined number of previously accessed memory locations in said control store and a clock transition isolating gate which provides clock enable signals for power reduction, the plurality of registers including latches or flip flops; and a controller for controlling access to data stored in said look behind control store register cache and said control store, wherein the look behind control store register cache is written and stores a copy of a microinstruction accessed from the control store, wherein the look behind control store register cache is accessed when a requested microinstruction is present within the look behind control store register cache and access to the control store is avoided.",0.38350586536101394,0.7670117307220279
9512620,"1. A wind deflector assembly for a photovoltaic solar system installed on a rooftop, the wind deflector assembly comprising: a planar portion oriented at an angle to a slope of the rooftop; a support portion beneath the planar portion; and a compression portion coupled between the planar portion and the support portion, the compression portion retained in a strain-loaded position, the compression portion disposed between the planar portion and the support portion, the compression portion comprising a plurality of openings.",0.9637199143924907,0.07256017121501857
9461649,"1. An electronic device having a programmable logic circuit architecture, comprising: a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) comprised of one or more logic blocks (LBs) that provide customizable logic functions, wherein the logic blocks are connected to routing channels through one or more connection blocks (CBs) and the routing channels are connected with each other through one or more switching blocks (SBs); wherein the connection blocks, routing channels, and switching blocks comprise programmable interconnects that are programmed using one or more resistive memory elements, the resistive memory elements are arranged in the same layer, and the programmable interconnects are fabricated over the logic blocks.",0.14086439032462786,0.28172878064925566
9742733,"1. A communication device for connection via a network to a communication control device that performs session establishing processing for establishing a session between the communication device and a communication partner, the communication device comprising: a communication section configured to transmit a communication request to the communication control device for communication with a specified device specified as the communication partner by a user of the communication device and to transmit data to the communication partner with which a session is established through the session establishing processing; an encrypting section configured to encrypt the data to be transmitted by the communication section; and a storage section configured to store information therein, wherein when the communication section receives from the communication control device alternative address information indicating an address of an alternative device registered as a transfer destination after the communication request for communication with the specified device is transmitted to the communication control device, the communication section determines the alternative device as the communication partner and transmits the to-be-transmitted data that is encrypted by the encrypting section to the alternative device, the transfer destination indicates a transfer destination of the data to be transmitted to the specified device, when the alternative device successfully decrypts the to-be-transmitted data that is encrypted, the communication section receives decryption-success notification indicating that data decryption is successfully done from the alternative device, when the communication section receives the decryption-success notification from the alternative device, the alternative device is recorded in the storage section as a device having performed decryption successfully, when the communication section does not receive the decryption-success notification from the alternative device, the alternative device is not recorded in the storage section as a device having performed decryption successfully, when the alternative device is the communication partner for the communication device in a subsequent session once the alternative device is recorded as a device having performed decryption successfully, the communication section transmits the to-be-transmitted data in unencrypted form to the alternative device, and when the alternative device is not recorded in the storage section as a device having performed decryption successfully, the communication section transmits to the alternative device as the communication partner the to-be-transmitted data encrypted by the encryption section.",0.21555214109897053,0.43110428219794106
8994168,"1. A semiconductor package comprising: a wiring board; a semiconductor chip mounted on the wiring board; an adhesion layer formed on the semiconductor chip; and a radiation plate mounted on the semiconductor chip via the adhesion layer, including",0.17760223020283677,0.35520446040567355
9705382,"1. An electricity generation system comprising an electricity generation device and a source of waste heat from at least one process outside the electricity generation device; wherein the electricity generation device comprises: a storage tank for storing a cryogenic fluid, wherein the cryogenic fluid is liquid nitrogen or liquid air, a fluid pump for compressing cryogenic fluid taken from the storage tank to provide a high pressure cryogenic fluid, an evaporator for evaporating the high pressure cryogenic fluid, to provide a high pressure gas, a superheater for heating the high pressure gas to a high temperature, to provide a superheated high pressure gas; an expansion turbine for expanding and extracting work from the superheated high pressure gas and generating a low pressure exhaust; and an electric generator configured to be driven by rotational energy produced by the expansion turbine to produce electricity; wherein the evaporator is configured for evaporating the high pressure cryogenic fluid using the low pressure exhaust from the expansion turbine; and further comprising a main heater, wherein the main heater and the superheater are configured and arranged for using the source of waste heat from at least one process outside the electricity generation device to heat the high pressure gas from the evaporator to a high temperature in two stages, wherein a first heat transfer media is arranged to transfer heat from the source of waste heat from at least one process outside the electricity generation device to the main heater, and a second heat transfer media different from the first heat transfer media is arranged to transfer heat from the source of waste heat from at least one process outside the electricity generation device to the superheater, and wherein the source of waste heat from at least one process outside the electricity generation device comprises at least one process in a thermal power station, industrial process, waste incinerator, gas turbine, gas engine or diesel engine that is outside the electricity generation device; and wherein a final exhaust emitted from the evaporator, including the low pressure exhaust from the expansion turbine, is emitted from the electricity generation device.",0.9926200273207834,0.01475994535843328
9620454,"1. An integrated circuit (IC) comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising active elements; a middle-of-line (MOL) layer disposed above the semiconductor substrate; a metal interconnect layer disposed over the MOL layer, the metal interconnect layer comprising a first metal conductive element and a second metal conductive element; and an elongated via disposed between the metal interconnect layer and the MOL layer, the elongated via disposed in contact with the first metal conductive element and the second metal conductive element to interconnect the first metal conductive element and the second metal conductive element.",0.4201410289275827,0.8402820578551654
9075652,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: accessing a processor schedule to determine whether applications scheduled to be executed by a processor of a device are background applications; determining that processing on the device is in an idle state based on determining that all applications that are scheduled to be executed by a processor of the device are background applications; and responsive to determining that processing on the device is in an idle state, extending an execution duration of the background applications that are scheduled to be executed by a processor of the device to reduce power consumption by the device.",0.8740966287248386,0.25180674255032276
8899025,"1. A system for reducing the amount of one or more undesirable substances in a flow of a fluid from the discharge of an emission source, the system comprising: a. an emission reduction device capable of reducing a quantity of the undesirable substance, wherein the undesirable substance includes an undesirable chemical, an undesirable particle, or both; b. a heat storage device including a thermal energy storage material; c. one or more valves for controlling the flow of the fluid; and d. one or more exit points; wherein the system includes a sufficient number of valves, of said one or more valves, that are positioned with respect to the emission reduction device, the heat storage device and the one or more exit points so that the system is capable of operating in at least two modes including: i) a warm-up mode, wherein the emission reduction device, the heat storage device, and at least one of the one or more valves are in fluid communication with each other and at least some of the flow of the fluid passes through the heat storage device prior to passing through the emission reduction device, wherein thermal energy is removed from the heat storage device; and ii) a charging mode wherein the emission source, the emission reduction device, the heat storage device, at least one of the one or more exit points, and at least one of the one or more valves are in fluid communication with each other; and the heat storage device receives heat from the flow of the fluid from the discharge of the emission source, and at least some of the flow of the fluid passes through the emission reduction device and then said flow of fluid passes through the heat storage device, and then being discharged from the one or more exit points.",0.9678289982146383,0.0643420035707234
9295841,"1. A method of relieving post-amputation pain in an amputee patient, the method comprising providing a device for administering a frequency between 5 kHz to 50 kHz to a nerve at a site proximal to a neuroma by a plurality of contact surfaces with the nerve to block conduction of an action potential in the nerve and not stimulate and not generate an action potential in the nerve, at a voltage between 4 V peak-to-peak (Vpp) to 20 Vpp or at a current between 4 mA peak-to-peak (mApp) to 26 mApp for an interval sufficient to relieve pain.",0.20738068712036842,0.4147613742407368
8929262,"1. A network device, comprising: at least one interface to at least one Ethernet port; and negotiation logic, when operational, to:",0.3701531982654297,0.7403063965308594
8410306,"1. A process for preparing a polycarboxylic acid ester via reactive distillation comprising (1) esterifying an ammonium salt of at least one polycarboxylic acid by contacting an initial charge comprising an aqueous solution of said ammonium salt of at least one polycarboxylic acid with at least one alkanol in a distillation column to form a polycarboxylic acid ester and (2) removing ammonia and water obtained from said esterification by distillation, wherein said aqueous solution of an ammonium salt of at least one polycarboxylic acid and said at least one alkanol are fed to said distillation column in at least two separate reactant streams such that said at least one alkanol is fed in at least one theoretical plate or at least one tray below the feed of said aqueous solution of an ammonium salt of at least one polycarboxylic acid.",0.6922757616103119,0.6154484767793762
8572289,"1. An offload method, comprising: communicating data over a network utilizing a plurality of protocols associated with a plurality of protocol layers, the protocol layers including a network layer; and offloading, at least in part, processing associated with the communicating, where the offloaded processing involves at least one protocol associated with at least one of the protocol layers situated at or above the network layer; wherein the offloading is stateless, the stateless offloading avoiding use of state information regarding previous interactions during the course of at least a portion of the offloading of processing, wherein the state information is further associated with a memory descriptor list (MDL); wherein the offloaded processing includes an insertion of markers into a data stream including the communicated data; wherein the markers are distinct from cyclical redundancy checking (CRC) values and are inserted as the communicated data is being transmitted, after the CRC values are calculated, such that a framing mechanism is provided which may be utilized to identify a subsequent data unit in the data stream; wherein each of the markers is 8 bytes in length and includes two pointers, each of the two pointers indicating a 32 bit offset to a header section of a next protocol data unit (PDU), and wherein each of the two 32 bit offsets include a copy of the other offset and indicates how many bytes to skip in the data stream in order to find the header section of the next PDU; and wherein each of the markers uses the two copies of the pointers so that each of the markers spanning a TCP segment boundary would have at least one valid copy of the pointer in one TCP segment.",0.14028723785620442,0.2805744757124089
8689678,"1. A wine aging container for the passive, enhanced aging of wine comprising: a polyhedron shaped vessel of a volume greater than 30 gallons formed of walls each of which is semi-permeable, and has straight edges and flat faces which define an interior surface area and an exterior surface area; wherein the relationship (ratio) of the interior surface area of the vessel to the volume of the vessel is from 0.33 square inches to 1.0 cubic inch, to 4.0 square inches to 1.0 cubic inch; and, wherein each of said walls are disposed between the wine within the vessel and the atmosphere surrounding the vessel such that the wine is in contact with the interior surface area of each wall and the atmosphere is in contact with the outer surface area of each wall such that oxygen from the atmosphere infuses through the semi-permeable walls to interact with and passively enhance the aging of the wine within the container.",0.4815135603125214,0.9630271206250428
8347647,"1. An Environmental Control System comprising: an air cycle machine housing assembly; a housing assembly having a first turbine housing portion, a second turbine housing portion, and a compressor housing portion; a shaft mounted for rotation about an axis of rotation; a hydrodynamic foil bearing which rotationally supports said shaft; a first turbine mounted to said shaft, said first turbine communicating with a first turbine outlet along said axis of rotation, said first turbine outlet define by said first turbine housing portion; a second turbine mounted to said shaft, said second turbine communicating with a second turbine outlet along said axis of rotation, said second turbine outlet axially opposite said first turbine, said first turbine outlet define by said first turbine housing portion; a compressor upstream of said first turbine and said second turbine, said compressor mounted to said shaft between said first turbine and said second turbine, said compressor in communication with a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet located between said first turbine outlet and said second turbine outlet, said compressor inlet and said compressor outlet directed in a radial direction an annular compressor shim between said first turbine housing portion and said compressor housing portion to provide a desired clearance for said compressor; an annular first turbine outlet shim between said first turbine housing portion and said first turbine outlet to provide a desired clearance for said first turbine; and an annular second turbine outlet shim between second turbine housing portion and said second turbine outlet to provide a desired clearance for said second turbine.",0.9388331648432228,0.12233367031355447
9553302,"1. An electrode assemblage comprising: a first electrode assembly with a plurality of first electrodes, each first electrode having a porous first electrode current collector with a plurality of pores and first electrode active material layers attached to the porous first electrode current collector, wherein two first electrode active material layers are interposed between two adjacent first electrode current collectors such that one of the two first electrode active material layers contacts one of the two adjacent first electrode current collectors, the other one of the two first electrode active material layers contacts the other one of the two adjacent first electrode current collectors, and the two first electrode active material layers contact each other; a second electrode having a second electrode current collector and second electrode active material layers attached to the second electrode current collector, at least two of the first electrodes being at a same side of the second electrode; and a separator disposed between the first electrode assembly and the second electrode, wherein when the number of first electrode current collectors contained in the first electrode assembly is indicated by a letter N, the number of first electrode active material layers contained in the first electrode assembly is established to be 2N.",0.4146043834489029,0.8292087668978058
8954761,"1. An information processing device comprising: a first voltage converter; and a processor that executes a procedure including: obtaining total load information for the information processing device including output currents obtained for at least one device in the information processing device; deciding a voltage value to be output by a second converter, based on an average calculated for the output currents associated with the total load information, the second converter outputting an output voltage, the first voltage converter receiving and converting a voltage based on the output voltage of the second voltage converter; and outputting a signal to the second voltage converter and corresponding to the voltage value decided by the deciding; the at least one device in the information processing device includes a plurality of devices, and the deciding utilizes the average calculated from the total load information with respect to the plurality of devices in an expression to decide the voltage value to be output, wherein the deciding includes: referring to a conversion table which stores voltage values in accordance with the average calculated for the total load information regarding the plurality of devices, and deciding the output value based on the referring.",0.6559770726464719,0.6880458547070563
9630326,"1. A controlled relative motion system comprising: a base support; a plurality of lower link members each having a first end pivotally coupled to the base support and each having a second end that includes a spherical section capture opening; a plurality of upper link members each having a first end rotatably coupled to a respective one of the plurality of lower link members via a spherical joint formed by a ball and socket received in the spherical section capture opening, and each having a second end; a manipulable support pivotally coupled to the second end of each of the plurality of upper link members; and a tiltable and rotatable column structure supporting the manipulable support, wherein the tiltable and rotatable column structure supporting the manipulable support is coupled to the base support via a first end spherical joint and is coupled to the manipulable support via a second end spherical joint.",0.13300126063326287,0.2660025212665258
9378984,"1. A method for fabricating a packaged semiconductor device comprising: loading the heated cavity of a mold with an assembly including a semiconductor chip attached to a substrate and wires spanning from the chip to the substrate, the wire surfaces coated with an adsorbed layer of molecules of a heterocyclic compound; loading the heated pressure chamber of the mold with a solid pellet of a packaging material including a polymerizable resin, the chamber being connected to the cavity; and prior to loading the cavity, the step of dispensing a solution of a heterocyclic compound dissolved in ethanol onto the wires spanned from a semiconductor chip to the substrate, wherein a layer of molecules of the heterocyclic compound is adsorbed on the wire surfaces allowing the vapor of resin molecules to spread and be pushed from the chamber to the assembly inside the cavity during the time interval needed to heat the solid pellet for rendering it semi-liquid and to pressurize it through the mold runners before filling the mold cavity, wherein the resin molecules arriving in the cavity are cross-linked by the adsorbed heterocyclic compound molecules into at least a monolayer of polymeric structure on the wire surfaces.",0.31039054980781,0.62078109961562
8855375,"1. A method for processing a digital image comprising a digital representation of a document, the method comprising: capturing one or more of image data containing the digital representation of the document and audio data relating to the digital representation of the document; using a processor, defining a plurality of candidate edge points, wherein defining each candidate edge point comprises: defining one or more large analysis windows within a digital image; defining a plurality of small analysis windows within the digital image; estimating one or more distributions of statistics for each large analysis window; calculating one or more statistics for each small analysis window; determining whether a statistically significant difference exists between one or more of the statistics calculated for each of the small analysis windows and a corresponding distribution of statistics estimated for the one or more large analysis windows; designating a point in each small analysis window for which the statistically significant difference exists as a candidate edge point upon determining the statistically significant difference exists; and defining four sides of a tetragon based on the plurality of candidate edge points; and outputting the digital representation of the document and the tetragon to a display of a mobile device.",0.017393077780935504,0.034786155561871035
8745164,"1. A system comprising: a memory; one or more processors coupled to the memory; a cookie generator to: a cookie distributor to provide the code to a client system as a cookie code, in response to a request for web content from the client system, a value of the cookie code to be updated at the client system in response to the client system initiating a request for the web content; a cookie evaluator to compare the value of the cookie code to the default value; cached status detector to use a result of the comparing to determine, using the one or more processors, a cached status of the web content that was loaded at the client system in response to the request, the cached status to indicate whether the loaded web content has been cached by the client system; a web content request detector to receive, from the client system, a request for the web content; and a response generator to provide the requested web content to the client system together with a request to set the cookie code at the client system to an updated value.",0.11813292577286293,0.23626585154572588
9638105,"1. A front-fan turbojet engine comprising: at least one fluid circuit and an air/fluid heat exchanger by which fluid is cooled by air external to the turbojet engine; and a splitter splitting a flow downstream of a fan between a primary flow and a secondary flow, the splitter presenting a substantially triangular cross section and including an upstream annular edge line forming a leading edge, an outer wall portion extending downstream from the leading edge which radially internally delimits an upstream portion of a flow path of the secondary flow, and an inner wall portion extending downstream from the leading edge which radially externally delimits an upstream portion of a flow path of the primary flow, the outer and inner wall portions delimiting a space in which the heat exchanger is housed, and outlet guide vanes being provided on the outer wall portion, the outlet guide vanes extending radially between the outer wall portion and a casing surrounding blades of the fan, wherein the heat exchanger includes an enclosure through which the fluid to be cooled flows, the enclosure being arranged between two mutually parallel walls along an internal surface of the outer wall portion and an internal surface of the inner wall portion, wherein the heat exchanger is associated with a thermoelectric generator comprising a first thermal exchange surface and a second thermal exchange surface, of which the first thermal exchange surface is in thermal contact with the secondary flow and the second thermal exchange surface is in thermal contact with one of the walls of the enclosure of the heat exchanger, the first thermal exchange surface forming a wall element of the splitter at an external surface of the outer wall portion of the splitter.",0.9443424088782323,0.11131518224353543
9810204,"1. A floating, semi-submersible wind turbine platform comprising: three elongate stabilizing columns, each of the three stabilizing columns having a top end, a keel end, and an outer shell containing an inner shaft, each of the three stabilizing columns having a water entrapment plate at its keel end, each water entrapment plate being cantilevered in a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the stabilizing column; three truss members, each truss member including two horizontal main tubular members and two diagonal tubular members, each of the horizontal main tubular members having a first end for connecting to the inner shaft of one of the three stabilizing columns and a second end for connecting to the inner shaft of a different one of the three stabilizing columns such that the interconnected three stabilizing columns and three truss members form a triangular cross-section in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the three stabilizing columns, where the three sides of the triangular cross-section are the three truss members and the three vertices of the triangular cross-section are the three stabilizing columns, and for each truss member, the two diagonal tubular members each having a first end and a second end where the first end of each diagonal tubular member is connected to the inner shaft of one stabilizing column and the second end of each diagonal tubular member is connected to one of the horizontal tubular members in the same truss member; and an elongate wind turbine tower disposed over the top end of one of the three stabilizing columns such that the longitudinal axis of the tower is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stabilizing column.",0.9228058729496861,0.15438825410062784
8615939,1. A photovoltaic module mounting system comprising: a first rail bracket connected to a first set of two feet; a second rail bracket connected to a second set of two feet; a first rail connected to the first and second rail brackets; a second rail connected to the first and second rail brackets; and a plurality of clamps attaching at least one photovoltaic module to the first and second rails; wherein each first and second rail bracket comprises:,0.8258471966872198,0.3483056066255603
9499995,1. A method performed by a Machine-Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE) comprising:,0.46840367560360463,0.9368073512072093
9062297,"1. A recombinant Yersinia pestis bacterium, wherein the bacterium comprises the plasmid pCD1, and comprises a araC P BAD crp mutation such that the bacterium has regulated delayed attenuation.",0.8680675386925493,0.26386492261490146
9770145,"1. A hinge for use in a mobile toilet, comprising: a toilet bowl, a toilet seat and a toilet lid, wherein the toilet seat has a toilet seat hinge member and the toilet lid has a toilet lid hinge member, each of which are swivel-mounted relative to a toilet bowl hinge member on the toilet bowl, said hinge members having hollow receptions and a common pivot axis, the hollow receptions configured to receive at least one damping device to damp the swivel motion of the toilet seat or the toilet lid about the pivot axis, said hinge being selectively dampable and interchangeable wherein in a first mode of operation said toilet lid hinge member and said toilet seat hinge member operably engage said toilet bowl hinge member by way of integrated grooves and projections to swivel relative to said toilet bowl hinge member without said damping device, and said hollow receptions remain unobstructed in said first mode of operation, and in a second mode of operation wherein said hollow receptions receive said damping device to provide said damped swiveling of said toilet seat or said toilet lid.",0.06215859634227894,0.12431719268455788
9807398,"1. A method performed at a coding device, the method comprising: determining, at a selection circuitry, a coding mode from among available coding modes for performing a coding task on a coding input, the coding mode indicating a block size for the coding task; responsive to determining the coding mode, determining a coding strategy, wherein the coding strategy indicates a bit depth to be used for a cost metric calculation, the bit depth selected based at least in part on the block size; sending an indication of the coding mode and the coding strategy to a coding circuitry; initiating the cost metric calculation, at the coding circuitry, using the block size indicated by the coding mode and using the bit depth indicated by the coding strategy; and performing, by the coding circuitry, the coding task using the coding mode and the coding strategy based at least in part on the cost metric calculation.",0.31000860022349175,0.6200172004469835
9331047,"1. A semiconductor package component mounting method comprising: mounting a semiconductor package component on a substrate in such a manner that an electrode of the substrate and an electrode of the semiconductor package component are brought into contact with each other through a solidified joining metal; applying a reinforcing adhesive between a periphery of an area on the substrate where the semiconductor package component is mounted and an outer surface of the semiconductor package component in such a manner that the reinforcing adhesive does not contact the joining metal; and performing reflow by successively heating to pass a curing start temperature of the reinforcing adhesive, melting the joining metal after passing a curing peak temperature of the reinforcing adhesive, raising the temperature of the reinforcing adhesive until the reinforcing adhesive is cured with the joining metal being in a molten state when the curing of the reinforcing adhesive is completed, and lowering the temperature to solidify the joining metal.",0.1896395329014786,0.3792790658029572
8525303,"1. A photovoltaic device comprising: a first charge transporting layer including a first inorganic material in contact with a first electrode arranged to introduce charge in the first charge transporting layer; a second charge transporting layer in contact with a second electrode, wherein the second electrode is arranged to introduce charge in the second charge transporting layer; and a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals disposed between the first charge transporting layer and the second charge transporting layer, wherein the plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals is a substantially monodisperse population of semiconductor nanocrystals, and wherein the first inorganic material is amorphous or polycrystalline.",0.8404212822990269,0.3191574354019462
8660155,"1. A laser system comprising: a resonator formed by a first mirror and a second mirror; an active gain medium contained within said resonator, wherein said active gain medium is collectively formed by a plurality of gain medium segments, wherein the diameter of one of said gain medium segments is at least three times longer than the length of said one gain medium segment; and a plurality of heat-absorbing discs interleavedly disposed among said plurality of gain medium segments and only contacting said plurality of gain media segments to provide face cooling for said plurality of gain medium segments during an, operation of said laser system, wherein all of said plurality of gain medium segments are in face contact across all of their cross-sectional areas with surfaces of said heat-absorbing discs at all temperatures, wherein said face cooling is performed without using additional conductors.",0.12108962385465027,0.24217924770930055
8376213,"1. A one-piece wrap-around carton for carrying a plurality of articles, the one-piece wrap-around carton comprising: a top panel; a first side panel foldably connected to the top panel; a second side panel foldably connected to the top panel; a first bottom panel foldably connected to the first side panel, the first bottom panel comprising a plurality of female locking openings and having a plurality of opening flaps, a respective one of the opening flaps is adjacent a respective one of the female locking openings and is respectively foldably connected to the first bottom panel at a respective first arcuate fold line; and a second bottom panel foldably connected to the second side panel, the second bottom panel comprising a plurality of male locking projections, each of the male locking projections is respectively foldably connected to the second bottom panel at a respective second arcuate fold line, wherein the first bottom panel is foldably connected to the first side panel at a fold line, each respective first arcuate fold line comprises a first distal end, a second distal end, and a medial portion between the first distal end and the second distal end, and wherein each respective first arcuate fold line has a radius of curvature such that the medial portion is positioned to be a first distance from the fold line and the first distal end and the second distal end are arranged to be a second distance from the fold line, the first distance being greater than the second distance.",0.15620199844664964,0.31240399689329923
8971080,"1. A circuit arrangement comprising a rectifier circuit, the rectifier circuit comprising: a first and a second load terminal; a first semiconductor device having a load path and a control terminal; a plurality of n, with n>1, second semiconductor devices with n>1, each having a load path between a first load terminal and a second load terminal and a control terminal; wherein the second semiconductor devices have their load paths connected in series and connected in series to the load path of the first semiconductor device, the series circuit with the first semiconductor device and the second semiconductor devices connected between the load terminals of the rectifier circuit; wherein each of the second semiconductor devices has its control terminal connected to the load terminal of one of the other second semiconductor devices; and wherein one of the second semiconductor devices has its control terminal connected to one of the load terminals of the first semiconductor device, such that one of the second semiconductor devices is controlled by a load path voltage of the first semiconductor device and the other second semiconductor devices are each controlled by a load path voltage of at least one of the second semiconductor devices.",0.8932414180996463,0.2135171638007074
8664514,"1. A light chamber comprising: a housing having an upper end, a lower end, and an inner surface; a plurality of planar photovoltaic panels disposed in registration within the housing, wherein each photovoltaic panel comprises an upper face and a lower face; a plurality of wedge-shaped reflectors mounted in pairs to the inner surface of the housing, a first pair of wedge-shaped reflectors mounted proximate to the an upper end of the housing and a second pair of wedge-shaped reflectors mounted proximate to the lower end housing, wherein each wedge-shaped reflector is rotatable along one or two axes for direct alignment with incoming light and is configured to reflect light entering the housing onto the lower face of at least one of the photovoltaic panels; an integrated circuit controller configured to rotate the wedge-shaped reflectors; a dome lens affixed to the upper end of the housing; a Fresnel lens disposed between the dome lens and the photovoltaic panels; a first reflector disposed around all or substantially all of the inner surface of the housing; and a second reflector disposed at or near the lower end of the housing and configured to reflect light entering the housing onto the lower face of at least one of the photovoltaic panels.",0.7779586522246456,0.4440826955507089
9505613,"1. A method of forming an electronic microstructure comprising: depositing a plurality of layers over a substrate, wherein the layers comprise one or more of a metal material, a sacrificial photoresist material, and a dielectric material, thereby forming an electronic microstructure above the substrate, the microstructure comprising:",0.5833850441319886,0.8332299117360229
9546088,"1. An arrangement for filling watering cans, comprising a container for receiving liquid, wherein the container comprises a closable outlet and a closable inlet, wherein: the outlet comprises an opening in a bottom wall of the container with the opening being in an upright container plane and in the region of a lowest point of the container; the outlet comprises an outflow nozzle connected to the opening in the bottom wall of the container at a first end and having a free nozzle opening at a second end; the outflow nozzle is configured in a curved manner wherein the free nozzle opening is not located in the upright container plane under the container but is located at a distance in front of the upright container plane; and the outlet further comprises a manually operable closure manually actuatable only for the purpose of opening and closes again automatically, wherein the container functions and is constructed according to the principle of a toilet cistern, wherein the opening is manually opened by a means selected from the group consisting of a pull lever arranged in the upright container plane and a push button arranged in front of the upright container plane, the opening automatically closes, and the inlet is float-controlled.",0.5996180013414609,0.8007639973170781
8557040,"1. A method for preparing a thick crystalline film, comprising: providing a film for crystallization on a substrate, wherein at least a portion of the substrate is substantially transparent to laser irradiation, said film comprising: (a) a seed layer having a predominant surface crystallographic orientation; and (b) a top layer disposed above the seed layer; heating the film from the top surface of the film; irradiating the film from the back side of the substrate using a pulsed laser to melt a first portion of the top layer at an interface with the seed layer while a second portion of the top layer remains solid; and re-solidifying the first portion of the top layer to form a crystalline layer epitaxial with the seed layer thereby releasing heat to melt an adjacent portion of the top layer.",0.19635515075937351,0.392710301518747
9103259,"1. An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprising: an engine exhaust passage; a hydrocarbon feed valve for feeding hydrocarbons; an exhaust purification catalyst for causing NO precious metal catalysts carried on an exhaust gas flow surface of the exhaust purification catalyst; a basic exhaust gas flow surface part formed around the precious metal catalysts; and an electronic control unit, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control a vibration of a concentration of hydrocarbons flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst within a predetermined range of amplitude and within a predetermined range of period, and is configured to control the vibration period of the hydrocarbon concentration longer than the predetermined range of period, wherein when the electronic control unit controls the vibration of the concentration of hydrocarbons flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst within the predetermined range of amplitude and within the predetermined range of period, a reducing intermediate containing nitrogen and hydrocarbons is produced on the precious metal catalysts and held on the basic exhaust gas flow surface part, the NO when the electronic control unit controls the vibration period of the hydrocarbon concentration longer than the predetermined range of period, the exhaust purification catalyst has a property of being increased in a storage amount of NO the electronic control unit is further figured to control an injection amount of hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve such that the amplitude of a change of concentration of hydrocarbons that flow into the exhaust purification catalyst becomes within the predetermined range of amplitude, and is further configured to control a feed interval of hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve such that the concentration of hydrocarbons that flow into the exhaust purification catalyst vibrates within the predetermined range of period, and when the electronic control unit is controlling the injection amount and the feed interval of hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon feed valve such that the amount of hydrocarbons is within the predetermined range of amplitude and within the predetermined range of period, the electronic control unit is further configured to estimate an amount of hydrocarbons adsorbed in the exhaust purification catalyst based on an operating state of the engine, and, if the estimated amount of adsorbed hydrocarbons exceeds a predetermined value, the electronic control unit is configured to control the feed amount of hydrocarbons such that feed amount of hydrocarbons is reduced, and is configured to control the feed interval of hydrocarbons such that the feed interval is lengthened.",0.9873559725095238,0.025288054980952435
8916655,1. A composition comprising: a curing catalyst comprising a phosphazene blocked azole compound; an epoxy resin; and an epoxy hardener.,0.3262066794644369,0.6524133589288738
9291903,"1. A method of forming a detection mark from a line pattern formed on a substrate, comprising: a first step of deciding a first region for forming the detection mark on the substrate, and a second region which surrounds the first region and in which formation of the detection mark is forbidden; and a second step of projecting, onto the substrate by a projection optical system, patterns including a first cut pattern for partially cutting the line pattern in the first region to form a plurality of mark elements, and a removal pattern for removing the line pattern in the second region, and forming the detection mark including the plurality of mark elements.",0.043346092461986854,0.08669218492397368
9076206,"1. A method for correcting distortions in a multimedia content comprising a set of temporal images, the method comprising: decomposing each image of the set of temporal images into one or more patches and creating one or more sets of temporal patches wherein each set of temporal patches comprise of patches present at similar location in each image of the set of temporal images; hierarchically parsing each set of temporal patches, wherein the hierarchically parsing comprises: aggregating the set of background components and the one or more moving objects to reconstruct the multimedia content.",0.014027394424311541,0.028054788848623113
9021728,"1. A firearm recoil return assembly for attaching a firearm to a firearm support, comprising: an assembly housing adapted for attachment to the firearm; an accessory attachment rail carried by the assembly housing and adapted for attachment to the firearm support, the assembly housing configured to move from a first position to a second position on the accessory attachment rail as the firearm moves from a pre-recoil position to a recoil position during firing of the firearm; and a housing return mechanism carried by the assembly housing and engaging the accessory attachment rail, the housing return mechanism normally biasing the assembly housing in the first position.",0.03513557185019618,0.07027114370039234
8448065,"1. A tag editor system for object linking and embedding for process control network comprising: a plurality of field devices, each field device generating input/output data and associated with a physical address and a text-based tag; a process control server configured to monitor the plurality of field devices and to store the physical address and the text-based tag associated with each of the plurality of field devices, the process control server further configured to associate plurality of field devices with a PID loop and to associate the PID loop with a name; a client computer configured to transmit a request to the process control server, the request comprising a request string, the client computer further configured to receive the input/output data associated with each of the plurality of field devices associated with the PID loop from the process control server in response to the process control server receiving the request string and to display the received input/output data; a tag database comprising data that encapsulates the physical address and the text-based tag associated with each of the plurality of field devices, the tag database accessible for editing by the client computer; and the request string comprising the name associated with the PID loop and independent of the text-based tag associated with each of the plurality of field devices.",0.1948849091367248,0.3897698182734496
9247212,"1. A motion capture element comprising: a memory; a sensor configured to capture at least one value associated with an orientation, position, velocity, acceleration, proximity, pressure or strain of said at least one motion capture element; an optional radio; a microcontroller coupled with said memory, said sensor and said radio wherein said microcontroller is configured to",0.11200422931647802,0.22400845863295604
8920971,"1. A composite material in the form of a continuous structure and comprising a continuous intrinsically conducting polymer (ICP) coating layer polymerized on a substrate formed of a plurality of cellulose nanofibers, wherein the composite material is porous and has a surface area of at least 10 m 2 /g, and the coating layer has a thickness less than 250 nm.",0.8294169660732144,0.3411660678535713
9084721,"1. A liquid composition comprising racecadotril and a sulfobutyl ether derivative of β-cyclodextrin; wherein the racecadotril is present in an amount of from about 0.10 grams to about 0.30 grams per 100 ml of the liquid composition; wherein the cyclodextrin is present in an amount of from about 5 grams to about 50 grams per 100 ml of the liquid composition; further comprising a buffer selected from the group consisting of a citrate, an acetate, a phosphate, and mixtures thereof; wherein chemical degradant products of racecadotril in the liquid composition are less than about 10% when stored at 3 months and 40° C.",0.2022403288818351,0.40448065776367015
8918102,"1. A method comprising: identifying, at a wireless access point, a particular client device in communication with the wireless access point based on a signal quality indicator associated with the particular client device, wherein the wireless access point is in communication with the particular client device via a first channel of a plurality of channels within a plurality of frequency bands; determining, at the wireless access point, a threshold power level that enables communication between the wireless access point and the particular client device; selecting, at the wireless access point, a set of candidate frequency bands from the plurality of frequency bands, wherein each candidate frequency band included in the set of candidate frequency bands supports the threshold power level, and wherein each frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands excluded from the set of candidate frequency bands does not support the threshold power level; storing, at a memory of the wireless access point, first data indicating the selected set of candidate frequency bands, wherein each frequency band included in the set of candidate frequency bands is an available frequency band for use in a channel change operation; and in response to a channel change request:",0.4823961205050137,0.9647922410100274
9755557,"1. A field-winding rotating electrical machine comprising: a motor generator having a field winding; a field current detecting section for detecting field current flowing in the field winding; a field current control section for controlling the field current; a field current limiting section including a field current limitation determining section for calculating a determination value based on the field current detected by the field current detecting section and determining whether or not the determination value has reached a predetermined determination threshold value, and a field current limitation instructing section for, in response to the field current limitation determining section determining that the determination value has reached the predetermined determination threshold value, generating a field current limiting instruction and transmitting the field current limiting instruction to the field current control section so as to limit the field current to be equal to or smaller than a predetermined permissible value during a predetermined field current limitation time; and a field current limitation releasing section for outputting a field current limitation releasing instruction to the field current limiting section, the field current limitation releasing instruction comprising an explicit instruction to release limitation of the field current during a predetermined field current limitation release time that is a time period falling within the predetermined field current limitation time, wherein the field current limiting section, in response to having received the field current limitation releasing instruction from the field current limitation releasing section, releases limitation of the field current during the predetermined field current limitation release time and resumes limiting of the field current in response to expiration of the predetermined field current limitation release time.",0.5850939340647686,0.8298121318704628
9286218,"1. A method for accessing a selected memory cell in a magnetic memory, comprising: driving a word line to a first word line voltage, wherein the word line is coupled to a set of selection transistors, wherein each selection transistor of the set of selection transistors is coupled between a first electrode of a corresponding memory cell of a set of memory cells and a source line shared by the set of memory cells, wherein the selected memory cell is included in the set of memory cells; isolating the word line from circuitry used to drive the word line to the first word line voltage to produce an isolated word line; and driving a plurality of bit lines to a first bit line voltage, wherein each bit line of the plurality of bit lines is coupled to a second electrode of a corresponding memory cell of the set of memory cells, wherein the first bit line voltage is different than the first word line voltage, and wherein driving the plurality of bit lines to the first bit line voltage adjusts voltage on the isolated word line to a second word line voltage.",0.13480207335570246,0.269604146711405
8542151,"1. An antenna unit, comprising: a first substrate, comprising a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is opposite to the second surface; a first conductive layer, disposed on the first surface; and a second conductive layer, disposed on the second surface, wherein an opening is formed on the second conductive layer, and the opening has an opening edge; a plurality of conductive vias, formed in the first substrate and connecting the first conductive layer to the second conductive layer, wherein the conductive vias surround the opening to define a cavity; a feed conductor, extending above the opening to feed a wireless signal to the antenna unit; and a patch, disposed above the opening and separated from the feed conductor; wherein the feed conductor and the patch do not overlap.",0.1660877917218563,0.33217558344371256
8996884,"1. A synchronization system client for synchronizing files and providing sharing capabilities, comprising: at least one not-shared-key folder for storing items to be encrypted with a not-shared key and to be synchronized with a remote datastore, wherein the not-shared key is not shared with the remote datastore; at least one shared-key folder for storing items to be encrypted with a shared key and to be synchronized with the remote datastore, wherein at least the client system and the remote datastore have access to the shared key; a folder encryption map that associates the not-shared key with the at least one not-shared-key folder and associates the shared key with the at least one shared-key folder; and a differential encryption component that, responsive to an item changing within at least one of the at least one not-shared-key folder and the at least one shared-key folder, interfaces with the folder encryption map to access and encrypt the item to be transmitted to and stored at the remote datastore.",0.024420991394141344,0.04884198278828267
8495280,"1. A method of designing a flash translation layer, the method comprising: receiving a logical address according to an external request; and mapping a physical address that corresponds to the logical address, wherein the mapping manages continuous logical addresses and physical addresses corresponding to the logical addresses as one mapping unit, the mapping includes managing bit map information through the a μ tree, and each of a plurality of bit map entries of the bit map information include a first tree key storing a physical block number and a first tree record storing information indicating whether pages corresponding to the physical block number are valid or invalid.",0.037885520936435414,0.07577104187287087
9672215,"1. A computer program product for a database storage reclaiming program, the computer program product comprising: one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to retrieve a list of one or more data elements contained in a database; program instructions to detect utilization of a first data element on the list of one or more data elements in a static Structured Query Language (SQL) statement, wherein static SQL statements are persistent and being created before runtime; based on the detecting utilization of the first data element on the list of one or more data elements in the static SQL statement, program instructions to create a record associated with the first data element detailing a time at which the first data element was utilized in the static SQL statement; program instructions to detect utilization of a second data element on the list of one or more data elements in a dynamic SQL statement, wherein dynamic SQL statements are non-persistent and being created at the runtime; based on the detecting utilization of the second data element on the list of one or more data elements in the dynamic SQL statement, program instructions to create a capture file associated with the second data element detailing a time at which the second data element was utilized in the dynamic SQL statement; program instructions to receive a retroactive time period from a user, wherein the retroactive time period comprises a starting point of time in the past;",0.22904941370424317,0.4580988274084863
8846377,"1. A process for capturing CO 2 from a CO 2 -containing gas comprising contacting the CO 2 -containing gas with an absorption mixture within a packed reactor, the absorption mixture comprising a liquid solution and micro-particles, the micro-particles comprising a support material and biocatalysts supported by the support material and being sized and provided in a concentration such that the absorption mixture flows through the packed reactor and that the micro-particles are carried with the liquid solution to promote dissolution and transformation of CO 2 into bicarbonate and hydrogen ions, thereby producing a CO 2 -depleted gas and an ion-rich mixture comprising the micro-particles.",0.95828742400586,0.08342515198828004
8637181,"1. A terminal of a rechargeable battery comprising: a collector terminal electrically coupled to an electrode assembly located within a case, wherein the collector terminal protrudes from the case; a terminal plate located outside of the case and coupled to the collector terminal; and a coupling terminal coupled to the terminal plate, wherein the terminal plate comprises: a terminal body having a throughhole through which the collector terminal extends and a coupling groove in which the coupling terminal is seated; and at least one coupling protrusion protruding from the coupling groove and coupled to the coupling terminal.",0.8303576058779016,0.3392847882441967
9624808,"1. An abnormality diagnosis system of an air-fuel ratio sensor provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine can perform fuel cut control, which stops or reduces feed of fuel to a combustion chamber, and the air-fuel ratio sensor detects an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing through said exhaust passage, the abnormality diagnosis system comprising: an electronic control unit operatively connected to the internal combustion engine and the air-fuel ratio sensor, the electronic control unit configured to: calculate a response parameter which shows a response of the air-fuel ratio sensor, based on an output value of said air-fuel ratio sensor in a time period during which the output value of said air-fuel ratio sensor changes along with the start of performance or end of performance of said fuel cut control; compare a calculated value of said response parameter and a predetermined threshold value to diagnose an abnormality relating to response of said air-fuel ratio sensor; detect a converged value when an output value of said air-fuel ratio sensor converges to a value corresponding to a lean air-fuel ratio which is leaner than a stoichiometric air-fuel ratio during said fuel cut control; correct at least one of a value of said response parameter, a value of a parameter which is used for calculation of said response parameter, and said threshold value so that the smaller the lean degree of the air-fuel ratio which corresponds to said detected converged value becomes, the faster the response of said air-fuel ratio sensor is treated as compared with the response which corresponds to the value of the calculated response parameter; and diagnose abnormality of the response of said air-fuel ratio sensor based on the value of the response parameter calculated after the correction and said threshold value.",0.9208073522434134,0.15838529551317326
9528095,"1. A non-naturally occurring polypeptide having cyclohexanone monooxygenase (CHMO) activity wherein the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide has at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2 and one or more amino acid substitutions at one or more positions in SEQ ID NO: 2 selected from the group consisting of 277, 281, 326, 433, or 435.",0.6939825730273909,0.6120348539452183
9627728,"1. A rechargeable battery cell comprising: an air electrode; a metal electrode; a molten salt electrolyte disposed between the air electrode and metal electrode and including a porous retaining material structured for accommodating a carbonate ion in a molten salt state, wherein at the air electrode a reduction-oxidation reaction between oxygen and the carbonate ion takes place, and wherein at the metal electrode, the carbonate ion interacts with metal for releasing/capturing oxygen during discharging/charging operation, respectively.",0.9729211207470828,0.054157758505834375
9181915,"1. A method for performing automatic engine stop of a hybrid vehicle having a battery, the method comprising steps of: determining whether the engine is in test mode; determining whether the engine is in high idle; determining whether automatic shutdown authorization is asserted; determining whether a state of charge of the battery is above a predetermined charge limit; determining whether the vehicle speed is less than a predetermined speed limit; determining whether the vehicle speed has exceeded a predetermined minimum moving speed limit since the last automatic engine shutdown; determining whether the engine has been running for at least a predetermined minimum engine run time limit; determining whether engine coolant temperature is within a predetermined range; determining whether generator power demand is less than a predetermined generator power demand limit; determining whether the vehicle has been in drive for at least a predetermined minimum drive time since one of key on and engine start; and performing the automatic engine stop when the engine is not in the test mode, the automatic shutdown authorization is asserted, and the state of charge of the battery is above the predetermined charge limit, unless at least one of: (1) the engine is in high idle, (2) the vehicle speed is greater than the predetermined speed limit, (3) the engine coolant temperature is not within the predetermined range, (4) the generator power demand is greater than a predetermined generator power demand limit, (5) the vehicle has not been in drive for at least the predetermined minimum drive time since one of key on and engine start, and (6) either: (a) the engine has not been running for at least the predetermined minimum engine run time limit, or (b) the vehicle speed has not exceeded the predetermined minimum moving speed limit since the last automatic engine shutdown.",0.9960209497639915,0.00795810047201706
8960542,"1. An aiming system for indicating a point of impact of a projectile fired from a gun having a first barrel configured to file a first projectile and a second barrel configured to fire a second projectile, the aiming system comprising: a dynamic aiming device mounted to at least one of the first and second barrels, the dynamic aiming device including a camera, having a front lens which has a center point and a range finder configured to be pointed at a target, wherein a lens surface of the front lens of the camera is positioned at a first camera to barrel distance from an end of the first and second barrels, and a center point of the lens is positioned at a second and a third camera to barrel distance from a center opening of the first and second barrels, respectively; a display device coupled to the camera for displaying an image of the target; and processing circuitry for superimposing first and second crosshair images on the displayed image of the target corresponding to respective points of impact of the projectiles fired from the first and second barrels, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine a distance from the dynamic aiming device to the target using the range finder and to adjust respective positions of the first and second crosshair images, the position of the crosshair images being adjusted relative to the determined distance and to the first, second and third camera to barrel distances for indicating the point of impact of the respective projectiles fired from the first and second barrels.",0.03620692987228843,0.07241385974457681
9357799,"1. Apparatus for the separation of vegetable products, especially cherries, and comprising: a fixed and supporting structure with a frame and two parallel horizontal bars which define an inner substantially plane and preferably rectangular surface, a plurality of cutting modules, successively arranged over said rectangular surface, each module being provided with a respective rotating shaft having a plurality of rotating blades arranged on a fixed position along its length, said shafts being parallel and mounted above a conveyor configured to carry the products, placed on them, towards said rotating blades, a plurality of positioning ramps mounted in correspondence of a respective rotating blade, said ramps showing a prolonged shape into the motion direction of said conveyor, and remarkably flattened and vertically oriented, whose respective prolonged upper edge is oriented downwards and towards said conveyor, with such an inclination that the height of said edges is increasing in the progression motion of said conveyor, so that a product cluster placed on said conveyor are carried towards said ramps whose respective upper edge determines the intersection point between the respective blade and the stalk of each cluster moved under the respective blade, wherein: a movable frame is arranged, which includes two substantially parallel bars, formed with a like geometry of said supporting structure, overlying it, said movable frame being connected to said fixed structure through a plurality of movable arms each of them being connected, on an end, to a position in said fixed structure, and on its opposite end, to a respective position of said movable frame, wherein said ends related to the same arm are arranged on different vertical straight lines, so in that said movable frame becomes able of being shifted with respect to said fixed structure through a translation motion according to a rotating path, like a parallelogram motion, and in that the axis of said rotating shafts are made firm to said movable frame through a support, and wherein said movable frame is able of simultaneously removing/approaching the position of said rotating shafts and of related ramps with respect to said fixed structure by impressing to them a translation motion according to a rotating path wherein said conveyor comprises a levelled member formed by a plurality of parallel grooves which are substantially orthogonal to said rotating shafts, said grooves being separated to each other by respective relief portions, wherein said levelled member moves in parallel direction to said grooves and so orthogonal to said rotating shafts, and said ramps are placed in correspondence of respective said groves, and the projection of each of said ramps with respect to one of said grooves is aligned to the same groove.",0.36450799279777735,0.7290159855955547
9783563,"1. A process for making a Te or Se precursor, comprising: forming a first product by reacting an elemental Group IA metal with a material comprising Te or Se; and subsequently adding a second reactant comprising a silicon atom bound to a halogen atom, wherein the second reactant is selected from the group consisting of Et wherein R",0.5965743283538063,0.8068513432923874
9581328,"1. A feedwater heater system for a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) which said HRSG has a casing having an inlet and an outlet and an internal gas exhaust flow path there between, comprising: a water-to-water heat exchanger positioned to be external to the internal gas exhaust flow path of the HRSG, the external water-to-water heat exchanger having a first inlet for receiving feedwater, a second inlet, a first outlet and a second outlet; a deaerator located to be external to the internal gas exhaust flow path of the HRSG, the deaerator having at least one outlet and having a first inlet, and a second inlet; a first conduit path configured for flow connection there through, extending from flow connection with the first outlet of the external water-to-water heat exchanger to flow connection with the first inlet of the deaerator; a second conduit path configured for flow connection there through, extending from the at least one deaerator outlet to flow connection with the second inlet of the external water-to-water heat exchanger; a first feedwater heater located within the internal gas exhaust flow path of the HRSG at a position upstream of the outlet of the HRSG, the first heater having an outlet and having an inlet; a feedwater evaporator comprising coils of heat exchanger tubes which are located within the internal gas exhaust flow path of the HRSG at a position upstream of the first feedwater heater, the feedwater evaporator coils having an outlet; a third conduit path configured for flow connection there through, extending from flow connection with the feedwater evaporator coils outlet to flow connection with the second deaerator inlet for communicating steam to the deaerator; a fourth conduit path configured for flow connection there through, extending from flow connection with the second outlet of the external water-to-water heat exchanger to flow connection with the inlet of the first heater; a second feedwater heater located within the internal gas exhaust flow path of the HRSG at a position upstream of the feedwater evaporator, the second heater having an outlet and having an inlet; and a fifth conduit path configured for flow connection there through, extending from flow connection with the outlet of the first heater to flow connection with the second heater inlet.",0.8455196513063901,0.3089606973872199
9764743,"1. A method for measuring a driving output characterizing an engine load of a drive motor of a vehicle, comprising: ascertaining, using a clutch sensor, if the drive motor is coupled to a drive train of the vehicle; incrementing continuously a driving distance in a driving distance counter, the incremented driving distance being precisely the driving distance of the vehicle during which the drive motor is coupled to the drive train of the vehicle and during which the vehicle is moving; wherein the driving distance in the driving distance counter is incremented only when both (i) it is ascertained that the drive motor is coupled to the drive train of the vehicle, and (ii) the vehicle is moving.",0.552414235313914,0.895171529372172
8778858,"1. A method for lubricating a transmission, comprising supplying thereto a lubricant comprising: an oil of lubricating viscosity; and a hydrocarbyl amine, the hydrocarbyl group thereof having about 12 to about 22 carbon atoms, said amine having one or two groups in addition to said hydrocarbyl group, on one or more amine nitrogen atoms thereof, such additional group or groups independently being of the structure —R wherein the amine comprises two groups of the structure —R",0.4828602141423725,0.965720428284745
9013461,"1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising: a substrate main body; a gate insulation layer on the substrate main body; an interlayer insulation layer on the substrate main body; a driving circuit on the substrate main body, the driving circuit including a switching thin film transistor, a storage capacitor, a driving thin film transistor, and a wire; an organic light emitting element on the driving circuit; and a front substrate covering the organic light emitting element and coupled to the substrate main body, wherein: the wire includes a planar portion parallel to a surface of the substrate main body and a connection portion connected to the planar portion, the connection portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the substrate main body, the storage capacitor includes capacitor plates that are insulated from one another by the interlayer insulation layer, the storage capacitor being connected to the switching thin film transistor, the driving thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, the gate electrode being insulated by the gate insulator layer in a thickness direction thereof, the driving thin film transistor being connected to the switching thin film transistor, the storage capacitor, and the organic light emitting element, and the interlayer insulation layer includes at least one first corresponding portion, the at least one first corresponding portion forming a first groove and being formed on an inner surface of a second groove in the gate insulator layer, the connection portion being on an inner side surface of at least the first groove in the interlayer insulation layer.",0.4412986097786586,0.8825972195573172
9151850,"1. A radiation detector, comprising: a scintillator for generating electromagnetic radiation in response to an action of incident radiation, wherein the scintillator has two mutually opposite end faces and a lateral wall between the end faces; a conversion device arranged on the lateral wall of the scintillator and having a plurality of channels, wherein each channel has a photocathode section for generating electrons in response to an action of the electromagnetic radiation generated by the scintillator, which electrons are multipliable by impact processes in the channels, and wherein the plurality of channels of the conversion device run parallel to a longitudinal axis of the scintillator, the longitudinal axis extending between the end faces; and a detection device for detecting electrons multiplied in the channels of the conversion device, wherein the lateral wall of the scintillator has depressions through which the channels of the conversion device are formed.",0.29167778404772227,0.5833555680954445
9354666,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a first body, having a positioning structure; an input module, slidably disposed on the first body and positioned at a first position by the positioning structure; and a second body, pivoted with the first body, wherein when the second body is expanded relative to the first body to obtain a first included angle between the first body and the second body, the second body drives the positioning structure to release the input module, so that the input module is capable of sliding from the first position to a second position relative to the first body and separating from the positioning structure, wherein when the second body is expanded relative to the first body, the positioning structure is adapted to position the input module by stopping the input module from moving away from the positioning structure.",0.11172763419369755,0.22345526838739516
9221910,"1. An isolated antibody binding to human macrophage colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF-1R), or an antibody fragment thereof, wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain variable domain comprising a CDR3 region of SEQ ID NO: 1, a CDR2 region of SEQ ID NO: 2, and a CDR1 region of SEQ ID NO:3, and a light chain variable domain comprising a CDR3 region of SEQ ID NO: 4, a CDR2 region of SEQ ID NO:5, and a CDR1 region of SEQ ID NO:6.",0.33728565856667936,0.6745713171333587
9539260,"1. A compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein Y is selected from O or NH; V is selected from CR W is selected from CH U is selected from N or CH; Q is selected from N or CR wherein U and Q are not both N; R —X—R wherein X is selected from C(O), S(O) and R wherein C wherein C wherein ‘heterocyclyl’ is a 3 to 7 membered saturated or partially unsaturated monocyclic ring system containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O or S, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1-5 substituents selected from oxo, halogen, C wherein ‘heteroaryl’ is a 3 to 7 membered fully unsaturated monocyclic ring system containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from N, O or S, or pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine or imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole, each of which is unsubstituted or substituted by 1-5 substituents selected from halogen, C R R or R wherein R R R",0.592236347409462,0.8155273051810761
9692684,"1. A method in a first network device operating as a Software Defined Networking (SDN) switch in a forwarding plane of an SDN network for maintaining a shared forwarding table based on forwarding table precedence information received from a second network device operating as an SDN controller in a control plane of the SDN network, the method comprising: receiving information associated with a first forwarding table from the second network device, the information including a plurality of entries and precedence information, the precedence information indicating a priority of the plurality of entries of the first forwarding table; for each entry of the first forwarding table, determining whether the entry should be inserted in the shared forwarding table based on the precedence information of the first forwarding table and precedence information contained in the shared forwarding table, wherein the first network device stores the shared forwarding table, wherein the shared forwarding table implements a plurality of forwarding tables, wherein the precedence information contained in the shared forwarding table indicates a priority of each corresponding entry stored in the shared forwarding table; and in response to determining precedence information of a first entry of the first forwarding table indicating it has higher priority than a first entry stored in a first candidate location in the shared forwarding table, evicting the first entry stored in the shared forwarding table from the first candidate location, inserting the first entry of the first forwarding table in the first candidate location, and determining a second candidate location in the shared forwarding table for the evicted first entry that was stored in the first candidate location.",0.19391608032208413,0.38783216064416826
8829856,"1. A heating circuit for a battery comprising a first battery and a second battery, the heating circuit comprising a first switch unit, a second switch unit, a first damping component, a second damping component, a first current storage component, a second current storage component, a switching control module and a first energy storage component, wherein: the first battery, the first damping component, the first current storage component, the first energy storage component and the first switch unit are connected in a first loop to constitute a first charging/discharging circuit; the second battery, the second damping component, the second current storage component, the first energy storage component and the second switch unit are connected in a second loop to constitute a second charging/discharging circuit; when the first energy storage component is charged or discharges, a direction of a charging/discharging current in the second charging/discharging circuit is reverse to a direction of a charging/discharging current in the first charging/discharging circuit; and the switching control module is electrically connected with the first switch unit and the second switch unit, and the switching control module is configured to control the first switch unit and the second switch unit to switch on in alternate, so as to control electric energy to flow among the first battery, the first energy storage component and the second battery.",0.9748846801226926,0.050230639754614836
8496561,"1. A hybrid powertrain system, comprising: an internal combustion engine; an electric machine coupled to a transmission, a fluid coupling including an impeller and a turbine, the impeller mechanically coupled to a rotatable member of the electric machine, the turbine mechanically coupled to a rotatable member of the internal combustion engine; said fluid coupling effective to fluidically couple torque from the electric machine to the internal combustion engine when the impeller and turbine are not mechanically locked.",0.9751929244816766,0.04961415103664679
9019112,1. An alarm apparatus comprising: a battery configured to provide at least one of power or backup power to the alarm apparatus; a timing component; a sound producing component; and circuitry containing instructions causing the apparatus to perform operations comprising:,0.5763211053203356,0.8473577893593287
8793918,1. A firearm bore cleaning device for use in cleaning firearm bores without using cloth patches or pads comprising: a flanged cleaning head including:,0.02632664109265395,0.05265328218530785
8619311,"1. An image reading apparatus, comprising: a reading unit configured to input image data by reading a document, the image data being input on a page-by-page basis; a storage unit configured to store image data input by the reading unit; a layout processing unit configured to perform layout processing for printing image data of a plurality of pages input by the reading unit on one sheet; a determining unit configured to determine whether image data of the number of pages required for performing the layout processing has been stored in the storage unit; and a control unit configured to control the reading unit to read a document until the storage unit reaches a memory full state and to stop the reading of the document in response to the storage unit reaching the memory full state in a case where the determining unit determines that the image data of the number of pages required for performing the layout processing has not been stored in the storage unit, and to control the reading unit to read a document until a data amount of image data having been stored in the storage unit reaches a predetermined data amount which is smaller than a data amount corresponding to the memory full state and to stop the reading of the document in response to the image data having been stored in the storage unit becoming larger than the predetermined data amount in a case where the image data of the number of pages required for performing the layout processing has been stored in the storage unit.",0.08988452977786035,0.17976905955572064
9677246,"1. A work vehicle, comprising: an engine; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine; a work implement driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump; a power transmission device having an electric motor; a travel device that causes the vehicle to travel due to driving power outputted from the power transmission device; an accelerator operating member; and a control unit configured to control the power transmission device; the control unit including",0.8091737004925202,0.3816525990149595
9247367,"1. A method of measuring acoustics in a defined space, comprising: defining an array of concealed locations throughout the defined space; concealing a plurality of acoustic devices in the defined concealed locations by disposing the acoustic devices above and at a distance from an upper surface of a ceiling having material through which acoustics pass to reach the acoustic devices; receiving, at an acoustic data unit, acoustic data from the plurality of acoustic devices; converting the acoustic data by back-propagating the acoustic data to a level associated with a different point in space from where the corresponding acoustic device is located and digitizing the back-propagated acoustic data; and outputting, from the acoustic data unit, the converted acoustic data in a serialized format that is compatible with a network protocol.",0.14297667520597032,0.2859533504119407
8423431,"1. A system, comprising: one or more laser-based display devices located in a materials handling facility; and a control system configured to communicate with the one or more laser-based display devices; wherein the control system is further configured to provide data to at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices, wherein the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices is distinct from the control system, wherein the at least one of the one or more laser-based display devices is configured to utilize the data to project visual guidance onto a surface of the materials handling facility, the visual guidance comprising path information directing the movement of an agent in the materials handling facility toward a targeted location within the materials handling facility along a particular path through the materials handling facility to the targeted location, the path information including an indication of at least a portion of the path to the targeted location, and wherein the surface onto which the visual guidance is projected is visible to the agent and is not at the targeted location.",0.43645100355128263,0.8729020071025653
8532247,"1. A system comprising a clock divider, wherein the clock divider comprises: a divide factor register configured to store a divide factor value F representative of a divide ratio N; a fractional indicator register configured to store a fractional indicator value, wherein the fractional indicator indicates the divide ratio is N.5 when the fractional indicator is a first value and indicates the divide ratio is N when the fractional indicator is a second value; a counter coupled to the divide factor register, wherein the counter is operable to receive an input clock signal having a clock cycle frequency and to repeatedly count N/2 input clock cycles and assert a count indicator when N is even, and to alternately count N/2 input clock cycles and assert the count indicator and then count a clock synthesizer module coupled to receive the count indicator and the input clock signal, wherein the clock synthesizer module is configured to synthesize one period of an output clock signal in response to each assertion of the count indicator when the fractional indicator is the first value, and wherein the clock synthesizer module is configured to synthesize one period of the output clock signal in response to two assertions of the count indicator when the fractional indicator is the second value, such that the output clock signal can have a period that is N and N.5 times a period of the input clock signal depending on the fractional indicator value.",0.2787576277675084,0.5575152555350168
9348389,"1. A power measurement system for multiple power sources calculating output powers of different power sources, comprising: a plurality of measurement apparatuses, each of the measurement apparatuses having: a multiplexer having a plurality of data input terminals, a data output terminal, and at least one data selection terminal, the data input terminals receiving the amplified sense voltages outputted from the measurement apparatuses, respectively; and a processing module configured to output at least one selection signal to the at least one data selection terminal to control the multiplexer selecting one of the amplified sense voltages outputted from the data output terminal of the multiplexer, and receive the selected amplified sense voltage; wherein the processing module is configured to calculate an output power of the power source according to the received amplified sense voltage.",0.5677938493419366,0.8644123013161269
9170260,1. A method for administering a lipid lowering agent to a human patient based on elevated levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) mass and/or activity comprising: (a) performing an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) comprising contacting a serum or plasma sample with an anti-MPO antibody and a peroxidase activity assay to determine MPO activity in the serum or plasma sample; (b) selecting a patient who has elevated levels of MPO mass and/or activity compared to levels of MPO mass and/or activity in apparently healthy control subjects; and (c) administering a lipid lowering agent to the selected human patient.,0.571589484969966,0.856821030060068
8687415,"1. A method, comprising: providing a magnetic wire that acts as a track for the motion of a domain wall, the wire including: applying current to the wire, thereby moving a domain wall along the wire, wherein the domain wall extends (i) across the first magnetic region, the coupling layer, and the second magnetic region and (ii) into at least a portion of the underlayer and/or a portion of the overlayer.",0.16889860959726438,0.33779721919452876
9139113,"1. A round recliner for vehicle seat comprising a holder; a sector gear coupled to the holder to be rotatable with respect to the holder around an operating shaft, which is inserted into the holder and the sector gear together, and having a gear rim which has inner teeth along an inner round surface thereof; N lock gears respectively having outer teeth at an outer round surface thereof which have the same circular pitch as the inner teeth and moving between a locking position where the outer teeth interlock with the inner teeth to prevent the sector gear from rotating with respect to the holder and an unlocking position where the outer teeth retreat from the inner teeth to allow the sector gear to rotate with respect to the holder; and an operating means for moving the N lock gears to the locking position or the unlocking position according to rotating operation through the operating shaft, wherein the holder has N lock gear guides which protrude from a surface to face the sector gear and guide each lock gear to slide along a guide round surface having a predetermined rotation center thus sliding between the locking position and the unlocking position with a predetermined operating clearance, and among the N lock gear guides, N−1 lock gear guides have the guide round surface which has its rotation center for the lock gear guided by the guide round surface to make its outer teeth fully interlock with the inner teeth of the sector gear when the lock gear has slid to the locking position, and 1 lock gear guide has its guide round surface which has a displaced rotation center for the lock gear guided by the guide round surface to make only one side tooth surfaces of its outer teeth interlock with the inner teeth of the sector gear when the lock gear has slid to the locking position.",0.131810375537678,0.263620751075356
9753513,"1. An electric actuating drive ( 1 ), by means of which valves in processing plants are operable in at least one of an automatized or remotely controlled manner comprising an electronic controller ( 2 ) configured to process or change at least one of: parameters, state variables; or parameters and state variables of the actuating drive ( 1 ), wherein parameters are at least one of: end positions of the valve, adjustment travel, adjustment speeds, torques at the end positions, variables of a switched state or a switching behavior of the connected valve, the electronic controller ( 2 ) is supplied with electrical energy during operation via a power supply connection ( 4 ) of the actuating drive ( 1 ), a data bus interface ( 5 ) is connected to the electronic controller ( 2 ), and the electronic controller ( 2 ) is additionally supplied with electrical energy via the data bus interface ( 5 ) and wherein at least one of: the electronic controller ( 2 ) is supplied via a data bus interface ( 8 ) of a further actuating drive ( 14 ) having its own electronic controller ( 15 ): or a data bus interface ( 8 ) is supplied with electrical energy by a portable computer ( 7 ); or the electronic controller ( 2 ) is removed from the actuating drive ( 1 ) before at least one servicing step and wherein the servicing step comprises at least one of reading out or describing a parameter value or a state variable of the actuating drive ( 1 ), and at least one of installing software or carrying out an activation process of an activator of the actuating drive ( 1 ), in each case via the data bus interface ( 5 ).",0.9514591726952322,0.09708165460953566
8909573,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: scoring an alteration candidate for a query, the alteration candidate comprising multiple alteration terms, the query comprising multiple query terms, and the scoring comprising: determining whether to select the candidate to expand the query, the determination using the candidate score.",0.04625148823602454,0.09250297647204908
9270150,"1. A generator comprising: a rotor ring having a peripheral channel with respective left and right sidewall portions and a central web portion arranged between the left and right sidewall portions, opposite faces of the central web portion carrying respective first and second sets of magnetic elements; a stator ring with a peripheral portion that is sized and adapted to be at least partially received in the peripheral channel of the rotor ring between the left and right sidewalls, the peripheral portion having left and right inner faces carrying respective first and second sets of stator teeth, respectively, each of the stator teeth having windings or coils, the rotor ring being constructed and arranged to rotate relative to the stator ring, the positioning of the stator ring relative to the rotor ring establishing first and second axial air gaps between the first and second sets of magnetic elements and the first and second sets of stator teeth; and one or more sets of rolling gap supports bearing between the stator ring and the rotor ring so as to maintain first and second axial air gaps.",0.5006813579767775,0.998637284046445
9835325,"1. An evaporative gas generating device comprising: a container provided with a liquid accommodating part that accommodates a liquid, and an evaporative gas accommodating part that is continuously provided above the liquid accommodating part and introduces evaporative gas formed by the liquid within the liquid accommodating part being evaporated; and a heating unit that heats both the liquid accommodating part and the evaporative gas accommodating part to evaporate the liquid within the liquid accommodating part and raises the temperature of the evaporative gas within the evaporative gas accommodating part, wherein the container has a double structure including two bottomed tubular members, a lower part of a space formed between the inside bottomed tubular member and the outside bottomed tubular member forms the liquid accommodating part, and the upper part of the space forms the evaporative gas accommodating part.",0.7764419622165257,0.44711607556694855
9076708,"1. A method comprising: forming a first implantation mask comprising a first opening; implanting a first portion of a semiconductor substrate through the first opening to form a first doped region; forming a second implantation mask comprising a second opening; implanting a second portion of the semiconductor substrate to form a second doped region, wherein the first portion of the semiconductor substrate is encircled by the second portion of the semiconductor substrate; and implanting a surface layer of the semiconductor substrate to form a third doped region of an opposite conductivity type than the first and the second doped regions, wherein the third doped region forms a diode with the first and the second doped regions.",0.24067284927741306,0.4813456985548261
9133257,"1. An antimicrobial peptide composition comprising: a peptide of no more than 20 amino acid residues, wherein said peptide comprises an amino acid core sequence of aa 1 -aa 2 -aa 3 -aa 4 -aa 5 -aa 6 -aa 7 -aa 8 -aa 9 -aa 10 -aa 11 -aa 12 -aa 13 -aa 14 -aa 15 -aa 16 -aa 17 , wherein aa 1 is the amino-terminus of the peptide and is alanine; aa 2 is threonine; aa 3 and aa 4 are lysine; aa 5 is asparagine; aa 6 is glycine; aa 7 is arginine; aa 8 is lysine; aa 9 , aa 11 , aa 13 , and aa 17 are leucine; aa 14 is glutamine, aa 15 and aa 16 are alanine; and aa 10 and aa 12 are independently: (i) an amino acid selected from the group consisting of asparagine, cysteine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid and methionine, or (ii) an amino acid having a modified amino acid group selected from the group consisting of N-",0.704450971657756,0.5910980566844879
9444643,"1. A computer-implemented method in which a computer system performs operations comprising: defining, at a first network device, an access tunnel (AT) as an IP multicast interface, said AT capable of communicating with a second network device that is an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast receiver, wherein a local Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) on said first network device serves said second network device's mobility VLAN, wherein Protocol Independent Multicasting (PIM) is enabled on said local VLAN; sending, by said first network device, a query to said second network device over said AT; receiving, in response to said sending said query, a report including multicast group membership; building a data structure defining a multicast group membership from said report; wherein an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snoop version is adjusted to match a current version of PIM running on said first network device; and wherein said first network device comprises a Wireless Switching Point (WSP) that does not have wireless LAN control functionality and wherein said second network device comprises a mobility client.",0.14147583344862907,0.28295166689725815
9571539,"1. A method comprising an electronic device including a display unit and a wireless communication unit to display information including user information related to a sender and message information desired by the sender to be transmitted to a correspondence party which are sent and received via the wireless communication unit, wherein the user information includes identification information of the sender and attribute information of the sender, wherein the attribute information of the sender is group information indicating a group to which the sender belongs based on a vehicle ridden by the sender, a family of the sender, or a destination associated with the sender, wherein the attribute information of the sender is set upon the sender departing by riding in the vehicle, a display mode control step of the electronic device providing a first display position associated with the attribute information to the display unit, and displaying the identification information and the attribute information simultaneously, on one screen, by arranging at the first display position, wherein the display mode control step includes: wherein the display unit or the wireless communication unit are implemented via a processor.",0.17344813843810167,0.3468962768762034
9583778,"1. A method for producing solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) electrodes on a substrate, the method comprising: providing the substrate, the substrate including a solid oxide electrolyte or a support structure attached to and supporting the solid oxide electrolyte; in a first layer step, applying a first layer of individual, unconnected particles to the substrate, wherein the first layer includes a plurality of individual particles composed of oxygen ionically conductive material; in a second layer step, separate from the first layer step, applying liquid to the first layer, wherein the liquid includes an ionically conductive inorganic component, an electrically conductive inorganic component, and a solvent so that the ionically conductive inorganic component and the electrically conductive inorganic component substantially cover at least a portion of each particle on the substrate, wherein the another layer step applies a different material composition than the first layer step; and in a third layer step, heating the liquid to a temperature of less than about 1000 degrees Celsius, so as to evaporate the solvent and produce a coating on the particles to form an ionically and electrically conductive layer; wherein the first layer includes a plurality of the individual, unconnected particles.",0.7429985282092195,0.514002943581561
9759771,"1. An integrated circuit comprising: (a) a serial instruction register having a serial data input coupled to a test data input, a serial data output, an instruction register control bus output, and a control bus input; (b) a serial data register having a serial data input coupled to the test data input, a serial data output, and a control input coupled to the instruction register control bus output; (c) first multiplexer circuitry coupling the serial data output of the instruction register and the serial data output of the data register to a test data output, and having a control input; (d) TAP control circuitry having a test clock input, a test mode select input, and a TAP control bus output coupled to the control bus input of the instruction register and the control input of the first multiplexer circuitry; (e) auxiliary circuitry coupled to the serial instruction register, the TAP control circuitry, the test data input, the test data output, and having a first control output, a first auxiliary input and a first auxiliary output; (f) second multiplexer circuitry having an input coupled with the control output of the auxiliary circuitry, an input coupled with the TAP control bus, a control input coupled with the instruction register control bus output, and an output; (g) an input buffer having an input coupled to an auxiliary input and output lead and an output coupled with the first auxiliary input; and (h) a tristate output buffer having an input coupled with the first auxiliary output, an output coupled with the auxiliary input and output lead, and a control input coupled with the output of the second multiplexer.",0.2017178527137923,0.40343570542758456
8808654,"1. A process for the removal of sulfur compounds comprising hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) and organic sulfur compounds from a refinery off gas feed stream containing hydrogen and a low concentration of olefins, the process comprising: a) removing at least a portion of the H b) feeding a first portion of the H c) feeding a second portion of the H d) converting a majority of the organic sulfur compounds to hydrogen sulfide in the hydrotreater; e) cooling the product gas stream exiting the hydrotreater; and f) feeding the cooled product gas stream to an amine sulfur removal system to remove the H",0.8926288174744602,0.21474236505107958
9131508,"1. A method of dynamically adjusting mobile communication device resources for maintaining an active call, comprising: receiving at a mobile communication device an activation input from a remote server; activating a call extender daemon on the mobile communication device in response to receiving the activation input, wherein the call extender daemon is not subject to being deactivated by a user of the mobile communication device; determining a state of onboard resources of the mobile communication device; determining a first resource adjustment based on the state of onboard resources; and adjusting an operating state of a first onboard resource of the mobile communication device by the call extender daemon based on the activation input to increase a likelihood of maintaining the active call on the mobile communication device and without alerting the user of the mobile communication device, wherein adjusting the operating state of the first onboard resource of the mobile communication device by the call extender daemon comprises implementing the determined first resource adjustment.",0.5489939367648955,0.902012126470209
9853341,"1. A shell of an electronic device, comprising: a base comprising four sides, an upper lateral surface and a lower lateral surface, with the upper lateral surface and the lower lateral surface opposite to each other; two sidewalls disposed at the upper lateral surface and located respectively at two opposite sides of the four sides of the base, with the two sidewalls opposite to each other, with each sidewall having a surface that faces away from the base; and a plurality of terminals arranged in order at another two opposite sides of the four sides of the base and embedded in the base, with each terminal including an upper section and a lower section, with the upper section vertically extending upwards from the upper lateral surface, with the lower section horizontally extending outwards from the lower lateral surface, and with at least a portion of the lower section affixed flatly to the lower lateral surface.",0.2538151492952975,0.507630298590595
8928239,"1. A system comprising: a first voltage input, second voltage input, and third voltage input; a first voltage generator circuit, coupled to the first voltage input and generating a first voltage output, wherein the first voltage output is at a higher voltage level than the first voltage input; a first current source block comprising a first current source node, coupled to a first plurality of light emitting diodes; a second current source block comprising a second current source node, coupled to a second plurality of light emitting diodes; a first multiplexing block coupled to the second and third voltage inputs, and a first multiplexing block output is coupled to the first current source block; and a second multiplexing block coupled to the second and third voltage inputs, and a second multiplexing block output is coupled to the second current source block, wherein the first voltage output and the first current source node are configured to be coupled to the first plurality of light emitting diodes, and the first voltage output and the second current source node are configured to be coupled to the second plurality of light emitting diodes.",0.6618088428741234,0.6763823142517531
8733771,"1. A suspension system for supporting a vehicle body comprising: an axle having a longitudinal axis; a mounting member that extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the axle and is attached to the axle at a first location along a length of the axle by a first coupling member at a first end of the mounting member and is attached to the axle at a second location along the length of the axle by a second coupling member at a second end of the mounting member, at least one of the first and second coupling members including a mount damper that dampens loads transferred between the mounting member and the axle; and a track bar that is coupled by a third coupling member to the vehicle body and by a fourth coupling member to the mounting member.",0.3055887842970834,0.6111775685941668
8838186,"1. A method for reducing power consumption in a remote network device, the remote network device comprising a cable modem device, a media terminal adaptor, or an embedded media terminal adapter, and the remote network device being connected to a central network device, the method comprising: detecting a station maintenance period, wherein the station maintenance period comprises a station maintenance opportunity and a quiet interval, the station maintenance opportunity providing an opportunity for the remote network device to maintain a synchronization with the central network device; determining at the remote network device, a period associated with a quiet interval, wherein the period associated with a quiet interval is between station maintenance opportunities; and unilaterally turning off radio frequency circuitry, without input from the central network device, in the remote network device during the period associated with the quiet interval.",0.9614975574624037,0.07700488507519254
8560942,"1. A computer-implemented method for determining document layout between views, the method comprising: obtaining a document having displayed content including an object formatted for a first view within a window that is one of a type of view comprising: a one-page view of the displayed content that spans the display of the object across two columns, a two-page view of the displayed content that spans the display of the object across one page, and a scroll view of the displayed content that spans the display of the object across a width of the scroll view; causing a computer processor to determine an anchor point that is based in part on the type of the view and a language of the content of the document and a zoom magnification for the displayed content of the first view, wherein the anchor point anchors a beginning portion of the displayed content that is being displayed in the first view; reformatting the displayed content of the first view of the document for a second view within the window that is a different type of view from the first view and is one of a type of view comprising: the one-page view of the displayed content that spans the display of the object across two columns, the two-page view of the displayed content that spans the display of the object across one page, and the scroll view of the displayed content that spans the display of the object across the width of the scroll view; identifying the determined anchor point of the displayed content to determine the beginning portion of the displayed content; and displaying the reformatted displayed content in the second view in place of the first view within the window, wherein the anchored beginning portion of the displayed content is displayed at the beginning portion of the second view, and wherein the zoom magnification selected for the displayed content of the first view is persisted to the displayed content of the second view.",0.040669565467146784,0.08133913093429357
8567859,"1. A sliding roof system, for motor vehicles, with at least one guide rail, a carriage which is shiftable in the guide rail, a guide element located at the front, which can cooperate with a cover of the sliding roof, and a swing-out lever located at the rear, which likewise can cooperate with the cover and can be moved by the carriage from a starting position into a position swung out, wherein the swing-out lever is mounted on the guide rail with a fixed swivel axis and that at least in the starting position the end of the swing-out lever associated to the cover lies on the side of the swivel axis facing the carriage, wherein a swing-out rod is provided, which can be actuated by the carriage, in order to move the swing-out lever from the starting position into the position swung out, and that the swing-out rod is guided in the guide rail with its end associated to the swing-out lever and wherein the swing-out rod engages in a coulisse which is provided in the swing-out lever.",0.2996481117703944,0.5992962235407888
9243003,"1. A process comprising contacting a compound of formula 6: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; with a deprotecting reagent that is a reducing reagent, wherein the reducing agent is provided in the presence of HCI to form the hydrochloride salt of a compound of formula A: and —where R is OR 1 ; R 1 and each R 1 are each independently benzyl groups; R 1 is H or OH; and n is 1.",0.2359095379369924,0.47181907587398486
8434195,"1. A door attachment system of a rail car, comprising: sliding doors; an upper guide carrier attached to a car body of the rail car and running along a horizontal upper edge of a door opening of the sliding doors, the upper guide carrier being a one-piece body defining an upper guide rail carrier and an upper cover extending outwardly therefrom; an upper guide rail attached to the upper guide rail carrier, the upper guide rail slidably supporting upper retaining elements provided at an upper edge of the sliding doors; wherein the upper cover is oriented to cover the upper guide rail, the upper retaining elements, and the upper edge of the sliding doors; seals attached to the upper cover which engage the car body and the sliding doors to protect the upper guide rail and the upper retaining elements against contamination from the outside; a lower guide carrier attached to the car body of the rail car and running along a horizontal lower edge of the door opening of the sliding doors, the lower guide carrier being a one-piece body defining a lower guide rail carrier and a lower cover extending outwardly therefrom; a lower guide rail attached to the lower guide rail carrier, the lower guide rail slidably supporting lower retaining elements provided at a bottom edge of the sliding doors; and wherein the lower cover is oriented to cover the lower guide rail and the lower retaining elements.",0.1366816291300806,0.2733632582601613
9061910,"1. A fuel cartridge comprising: a housing; a plurality of fuel compartments having porous walls disposed within said housing; at least one exothermic hydrogen generation composition disposed within at least one fuel compartment, wherein said exothermic hydrogen generation composition comprises at least one chemical hydride and at least one water surrogate source; and at least one endothermic gas generation composition disposed within at least one fuel compartment; and at least one initiation element in thermal communication with the at least one exothermic hydrogen generation composition; wherein heat released from the initiation element is sufficient to initiate an exothermic reaction within the exothermic hydrogen generation composition without the use of additional material; and wherein heat released from the exothermic reaction initiates the endothermic gas generation composition to undergo an endothermic reaction.",0.7953948786574954,0.4092102426850093
9433145,"1. A harvester for potatoes, beets and other root crops, the harvester comprising: a transfer bunker provided with a receiving space in which harvested root crop is received in a filling phase, wherein the receiving space is delimited by a bottom, two opposed end walls, and at least one longitudinal wall connected to the two end walls; a conveying device oriented substantially transversely to a travel direction of the harvester and operative in a first conveying direction in a discharge phase and in a second opposite conveying direction in a return phase; wherein the conveying device comprises a floor conveyer arranged in the transfer bunker and forming the bottom of the receiving space; wherein the conveying device further comprises a lateral transfer module connected to a first end of the floor conveyor and comprising a discharge end remote from the floor conveyor; wherein the conveying device further comprises a wall-type moveable support structure that is connected to a second end of the floor conveyer and forms the at least one longitudinal wall of the receiving space opposite the lateral transfer module; wherein the wall-type movable support structure, the floor conveyor, and the lateral transfer module together form a compact transport unit comprising a continuous belt conveyor extending across the wall-type movable support structure, the floor conveyor, and the lateral transfer module to the discharge end and from the discharge end back to the wall-type moveable support structure; wherein, in the discharge phase, the continuous belt conveyor directly moves the harvested root crop out of the receiving space across the lateral transfer module to the discharge end and directly discharges the harvested root crop via the lateral transfer module and the discharge end into a transport vehicle in the first conveying direction; wherein the wall-type movable support structure is provided with moveable parts that, at least when the conveying device is active, assist in moving the harvested root crop in the first conveying direction out of the receiving space or in the second opposite conveying direction back into the receiving space; wherein the wall-type movable support structure forms a curved guiding contour for the harvested root crop in the receiving space and wherein the receiving space comprises a collecting zone immediately adjacent to the curved guiding contour of the wall-type moveable support structure such that, in the return phase following the discharge phase, residual quantities of the harvested root crop positioned on the continuous belt conveyor are moved in the second opposite conveying direction against the curved guiding contour and the curved guiding contour subjects the harvested root crop to a rolling movement in a direction away from the wall-type moveable support structure into the collecting zone of the receiving space.",0.35927418487171053,0.7185483697434211
9279209,"1. A washing machine comprising: a main body defining an outer appearance; a tub disposed within the main body; a main drum rotatably mounted in the tub; a sub drum mounted in the main drum to be relatively rotatable with respect to the main drum; an outer shaft for rotating the main drum; an inner shaft for rotating the sub drum upon, being disposed inside the outer shaft; and a driving motor having a stator, an outer rotor connected to the inner shaft and rotatable outside the stator, and an inner rotor connected to the outer shaft and rotatable inside the stator, wherein the stator of the driving motor comprises stator teeth, and stator slots, which are fixedly-installed as a coil wound on the stator teeth, wherein the outer rotor and the inner rotor comprise rotor teeth, a permanent magnet and a bushing, spaced from an inner circumference of the stator and rotates centering around a rotor shaft by magnetic force, and wherein the rotor teeth comprises:",0.22328248539915696,0.4465649707983139
8367315,1. A compound having the formula of formula (I): wherein R,0.5649001865701085,0.8701996268597829
9738196,"1. A base net covered by a surface layer cushion in the seat back portion or seat cushion portion of a seat structure and supported by being stretched across a back frame or a cushion frame, wherein the base net comprises a three-dimensionally knitted fabric formed by joining a pair of grand knitted fabrics placed separately apart from each other with a connecting yarn; and two or more sets of two substantially parallel sewn seams, which seams bring the pair of grand knitted fabrics sandwiching said connecting yarn closer to each other in a thickness direction, wherein a certain pre-compression is applied in the thickness direction due to said seams, to generate residual stress in the direction in which the base net is stretched across, and wherein the two or more sets of two substantially parallel sewn seams intersect in at least one point, which one point is surrounded on four sides by the seams.",0.1360268499655293,0.27205369993105855
9128714,"1. A device comprising: a transmitter configured to emit a signal for presence detection in a first designated time slot separate from a second designated time slot for data transmission, the data transmission including control signals from the device to a computing device; an in-phase divider coupled to the transmitter and configured to receive the signal and split the signal into two transmission signals; a reference transmission line operable to transmit a first transmission signal; a transmitting antenna coupled to the reference transmission line; a receiving antenna operable to receive a second transmission signal broadcast from the transmitting antenna; a combiner operable to receive: a receiver operable to compare the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal and generate a compared signal.",0.2733697931358453,0.5467395862716906
8343661,"1. A cathode composition, comprising: (i) particles comprising a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Ni, Fe, Cr, Mn, Co, V, and combinations thereof; (ii) alkali halometallate; (iii) alkali halide; (iv) source of Zn; and (v) source of chalcogenide; wherein the cathode composition comprises chalcogenide in an amount of from about 0.01 wt % to 10 wt % and wherein the cathode composition comprises Zn in an amount of from about 0.01 wt % to about 10 wt %.",0.4099140582226759,0.8198281164453518
8531983,"1. A communications system, comprising: a signaling interface configured to receive an identifier unique to a given length of a multi-channel cable, the given length being selected from among multiple predefined lengths, the received identifier being one of a plurality of identifiers, and each of the plurality of identifiers being unique to one of the multiple predefined lengths; a determination module configured to make a determination regarding whether the received identifier unique to the given length of the multi-channel cable received by the signaling interface matches an expected identifier expected to be received by the signaling interface; and a reporting module configured to report the determination regarding whether the received identifier received matches the expected identifier expected to be received.",0.0821093520860471,0.16421870417209417
8803512,"1. A method for using a band sensor ( 1 ) according to the measuring band principle with a measuring band ( 4 ) to be wound up on a winding drum in a radial plane ( 11 ) for defining a position of a component in an interior of a housing and with a preloading unit preloading a winding drum ( 2 ) in windup direction, whereby the component is coupled with the free end of the measuring band, comprising: at least one magnet ( the band sensor ( a magnetic field sensitive sensor ( numerically compensating for the measuring band length varying with the percentage of windup by processing electronics.",0.13631512003673094,0.2726302400734619
8357223,"1. A waste treatment method, comprising: generating a molten metal bed, which moves in a forward direction, such as to define a closed circuit in a cyclical and continuous manner, the surface of said bed comprising at least one essentially-slag-free segment; loading waste comprising a metal fraction that is soluble in the molten metal bed at the temperature of the molten metal bed, onto the aforementioned essentially-slag-free segment, the waste being dragged by the molten metal bed such that it floats in the mentioned forward direction; retaining the waste on the surface of the molten metal bed as it moves in the forward direction; treating the waste under the effect of constant and continuous heat exchange generated by movement of the molten metal bed beneath the waste retained thereon, the waste treatment being carried out substantially on the molten metal surface, without need to immerse the waste in the molten metal, such that the treatment of the waste begins after the loading of the waste and is completed while retained, the treatment comprising the incorporation of the metal fraction of the waste that is soluble at the temperature of the molten metal bed to the molten metal bed; further heating near the retaining of the waste in order to accelerate treatment thereof; and extracting the slag carried out in a zone of said circuit located after the zone of retaining and treating the waste and before the loading zone of the waste corresponding to the next cycle.",0.9218415692993571,0.15631686140128576
9757712,"1. A catalyst for removing carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon from the exhaust gas of lean-operated internal combustion engines on a supporting body, comprising (i) platinum, or platinum and palladium, on one or more refractory carrier material; and (ii) cerium oxide present in an amount of 50 to 150 g/L relative to the volume of the supporting body, wherein, after reductive treatment at 250° C. and after CO adsorption, the catalyst shows peaks at wavenumbers 2906 cm wherein a ratio of peak heights at wavenumber 2879 cm",0.9699047460386033,0.060190507922793346
8967974,"1. A composite blade assembly for mounting in a slot provided on a turbine wheel, the composite blade assembly comprising: a ceramic airfoil formed with an airfoil portion, an airfoil shank portion and an airfoil dovetail tang, wherein the airfoil dovetail tang includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a radially inward surface extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge; and a metal platform having a platform shank, a platform shank cavity and a radially inner platform dovetail, wherein a length of the radially inner platform dovetail is radially inward of and borders the radially inward surface of the dovetail tang; said ceramic airfoil dovetail tang captured within said metal platform shank cavity, such that in use, said ceramic airfoil is held within the slot in the turbine wheel independent of said metal platform.",0.8371000111086706,0.3257999777826588
9175347,"1. A method of treating Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) or Turner Syndrome (TS) in an individual in need thereof, the method comprising the steps of: a) determining in a DNA sample of the individual whether in GRB10 rs933360 either of the TT, CC or TC genotype is present; b) predicting from the presence of the CC or TC genotype in GRB10 rs933360 an intermediate or low change in height in cm from baseline or predicting from the presence of the TT genotype in GRB10 rs933360 a high change in height in cm from baseline; and c) administering a standard dose of growth hormone to an individual having the TT genotype in GRB10 rs933360, or administering an increased dose of growth hormone, as compared to a standard dose, or a long acting analog of growth hormone to an individual having in GRB10 rs933360 either the CC or TC genotype.",0.19249936179051672,0.3849987235810335
8517392,"1. An electrostatic chuck having a stack structure, comprising: a metal layer interposed between insulating layers, wherein a groove is formed at a peripheral portion of the electrostatic chuck and includes a groove portion extending outwardly beyond an end of the metal layer, wherein the groove portion has a thickness increasing toward an outside of the groove, the groove being covered with a thermally sprayed insulating film, wherein upper and lower walls of the groove include upper and lower surfaces of the insulating layers respectively above and below the metal layer, and wherein at least one of the upper and lower surfaces of the insulating layers includes at least one of: (a) a curved surface which is curved relative to a top surface of the metal layer, (b) an inclined surface which is inclined relative to the top surface of the metal layer, and wherein the thermally sprayed insulating film covers at least a portion of each of the upper and lower surfaces of the insulating layers in the groove.",0.1141302858809087,0.22826057176181735
8595582,"1. An encoder, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a stream of bits; a sorter configured to determine a unique sequence of bits that is not present in the stream of bits; and a combiner configured to combine the unique sequence of bits with the stream of bits.",0.11400162440669204,0.22800324881338407
9139077,"1. A vehicle control system comprising: an internal combustion engine and an electric rotating machine configured to be running driving sources of a vehicle; a first clutch configured to be able to connect the internal combustion engine and the electric rotating machine; a fluid transmission device connected to the electric rotating machine configured to output power from the internal combustion engine or the electric rotating machine through a lock-up clutch at the time the lock-up clutch is in an engagement state, and output the power from the internal combustion engine or the electric rotating machine through a working fluid at the time the lock-up clutch is in a non-engagement state; a transmission configured to include a second clutch capable of connecting the fluid transmission device to a driving wheel of the vehicle, and transmit the power from the fluid transmission device to output to the driving wheel side; and a controller configured to control the internal combustion engine, the first clutch, the electric rotating machine, and the second clutch so that a slip control can be performed in a manner such that the internal combustion engine becomes a non-operation state by setting the first clutch to a release state and the electric rotating machine is driven by setting the second clutch to a slip state, wherein in a case where the vehicle starts to run by starting up the internal combustion engine during the slip control is performed, the controller performs a first engagement control in which the second clutch becomes an engagement state and then the first clutch becomes an engagement state at the time the lock-up clutch is in a non-engagement state, and performs a second engagement control in which the first clutch becomes an engagement state and then the second clutch becomes an engagement state at the time the lock-up clutch is an engagement state.",0.8978444220875857,0.2043111558248285
8654428,"1. An electrowetting display unit, comprising: a fluid chamber comprising a polar fluid, a non-polar fluid that is colored, and separation walls for confining the polar fluid and the non-polar fluid; a medium layer located below the fluid chamber and in contact with the non-polar fluid or polar fluid in the fluid chamber; and an electrode located below the medium layer, wherein spaces are provided on the separation walls, have openings toward the medium layer, and function to completely or partially store the non-polar fluid when a voltage is applied between the polar fluid and the electrode.",0.2192761390583448,0.4385522781166896
8809780,"1. A process for layer manufacturing a three-dimensional work piece comprising the steps of: (a) feeding raw material in a solid state to a first predetermined location; (b) exposing the raw material to an electron beam to liquefy the raw material; (c) depositing the raw material onto a substrate as a molten pool deposit, the deposit having a forward edge region and a trailing edge region, under at least one first processing condition; (d) monitoring the molten pool deposit for at least one preselected condition using detecting of scatter from a scanning electron beam contemporaneously with the depositing step, optionally using a detector that is in a housing configured so that the detector detects electrons of a preselected characteristic; (e) consecutively switching the scanning electron beam back and forth between the electron beam for melting and the scanning electron beam at a rate of at least 5 times per second; (f) solidifying the molten pool deposit; (g) automatically altering the first processing condition to a different processing condition based upon information obtained from the monitoring step (d); and (h) repeating steps (a) through (g) at one or more second locations for building up layer by layer, generally along a z-axis that is orthogonal to an x-y plane, a three-dimensional work piece; wherein the electron beam is employed for both exposing and monitoring so that the scanning electron beam is a beam emitted from an electron beam generating device that also emits the electron beam to liquefy the raw material.",0.4103565502311151,0.8207131004622302
9042063,"1. A switching arrangement comprising: a control circuit; a latching relay controlled by the control circuit for connecting an AC source to an AC load; and a relief circuit in parallel with the relay and controlled by the control circuit, wherein the relief circuit has two modes of operation: an inactive mode in which the relief circuit is non-conductive and an active mode in which the relief circuit is at least partially conductive, wherein the relief circuit is partially conductive when spending both a time period in a conductive state and a time period in a non-conductive state during a half-cycle of the AC, wherein the control circuit is configured to switch the relief circuit from inactive mode to active mode, and upon switching to active mode, to set the relief circuit as partially conductive for at least two half-cycles, wherein the proportion of time the relief circuit is conductive compared to non-conductive is increased for successive ones of the at least two half-cycles.",0.9169233102607119,0.1661533794785761
9581420,"1. A projectile system comprising: a reusable projectile mount having a central helical bore with a bore diameter; and a projectile including: wherein minimal spacing provides functional engaging of the projectile and projectile mount portions which are relatively sized to allow a build-up of pressure behind the projectile and gaseous leakage flow between the projectile and projectile mount portions to form a gaseous bearing; wherein by functional engaging, the projectile and projectile mount portions are connected in a loose fit sufficient so that the rotational formations form a retaining hold of the projectile within the projectile mount but allow propulsion gas to leave the propulsion chamber between the rotational formation portions to provide the gaseous bearing; wherein the interaction of the rotational formation portions of the projectile and projectile mount and the propulsion of the projectile along the axis of rotation engage so as to provide rotational motion around the axis of rotation to the projectile by initiating a vortex rotational motion; wherein the interaction of the rotational formation portions of the projectile and projectile mount include at least partial overlapping with gaseous spacing between the projectile and projectile mount; and wherein the rotational formations form a vortex outlet for explosive energy in the projectile mount behind the projectile to form a gaseous bearing between the projectile and the projectile mount and to impart vortex rotational drive on the projectile to enact explosive expulsion.",0.28342958405848145,0.5668591681169629
9212610,"1. A method comprising: operating a engine in a skip fire manner to deliver a desired engine output; identifying a time period during skip fire operation that is suitable for initiating or performing a selected engine diagnosis, wherein the selected engine diagnosis utilizes a sensor that is associated with a group of cylinders and the identified time period is one selected from the group consisting of (i) a time period in which a single first cylinder in the group of cylinders is fired a plurality of times in isolation relative to the sensor used in the diagnosis, and (ii) a time period in which no cylinder in a first bank of cylinders associated with the sensor used in the diagnosis is fired over the course of at least one engine cycle while at least one other cylinder not associated with the first bank of cylinder is fired; and conducting or initiating the selected engine diagnosis during the identified time period while the engine is operated in a skip fire manner to deliver the desired engine output.",0.8160503800787078,0.36789923984258444
9219275,"1. An active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the active material comprising a lithium transition metal composite oxide which has an α-NaFeO 2 -type crystal structure, is represented by a compositional formula Li 1+α Me 1−α O 2 where Me is a transition metal element containing Mn, Ni and Co, 0<α<1,and α satisfies a requirement of 1.250≦(1+α)/(1−α)≦1.425, wherein a half-width of a diffraction peak at 2θ=18.6°±1° is 0.20° to 0.27° and a half-width of a diffraction peak at 2θ=44.1°±1° is 0.26° to 0.39° on X-ray diffraction patterns using a CuKα radiation, and the lithium transition metal composite oxide is observed as a single phase indexed a hexagonal crystal and space group R3-m on the X-ray diffraction patterns when electrochemically oxidized to a potential of 5.0 V vs. Li/Li",0.9485884472374018,0.10282310552519647
9679711,"1. A programmable display and control module serving as a light switch that remains fixed at an electrical box of a building and powered through electrical connection to the electrical circuitry of the building during normal operations and which is removable and portable during a power failure at the building, comprising: a housing having an outer perimeter serving as a frame; a lighted touch screen disposed within the outer perimeter; a microprocessor disposed within the housing, said lighted touch screen in communication with the microprocessor; an internal battery back-up system disposed within the housing; wherein said housing adapted for securement to an electrical box of a building in place of a conventional light switch assembly such that the microprocessor is powered by power from the building during normal operations and during a power failure at the building the housing is adapted for removal from its securement to the electrical box and the internal battery back-up system is electrically connected to the microprocessor to power the microprocessor during the power failure to allow the display and control module to serve as a flashlight; wherein during normal operations with the microprocessor in electrical communication with the electrical circuitry of the building the microprocessor is programmed to act as a light switch for any lighting associated with the electrical box that the housing is secured to, wherein the microprocessor is programmed to turn on or off the lighting associated with the electrical box based on a user input through touching the lighting touch screen or through wireless commands received by the microprocessor from another electronic device through a wireless protocol.",0.5659437315554509,0.8681125368890983
9685679,"1. An electrode assembly comprising: a first electrode stair including at least one first electrode unit; and a second electrode stair including at least one second electrode unit having an area different from that of the first electrode unit, wherein the first electrode stair and the second electrode stair are stacked to be adjacent, separated by at least one separator as a boundary therebetween and including one or more electrode laminates having steps formed by a difference between the areas of the first electrode stair and the second electrode stair, wherein an electrode of the at least one first electrode units includes:",0.5013621530961202,0.9972756938077596
8361426,1. An absorption medium for acid gases which comprises (A) an oligoamine of the general formula (I) (B) a piperazine derivative of the general formula (II) wherein the weight ratio of oligoamine (A) to the piperazine derivative (B) is 0.2 to 4.,0.7290990311960718,0.5418019376078564
8752520,"1. A piston for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a body laterally delimited by a skirt configured to collaborate with walls of a cylinder of axis of revolution (C) in which the piston can slide along the axis (C), the piston comprising a transverse face that comprises a central pip, a peripheral crown ring extending laterally from the skirt, and a bowl of axis of revolution (B) that extends from the central pip toward the peripheral crown ring to which it is connected at a lip of the peripheral crown ring, the bowl comprising, substantially in vertical alignment with the lip, a torus in profile, or of half-dome shaped, configured to guide a fuel injected under the lip in a re-entrance zone (R) toward the central pip, wherein the top of the pip situated on the axis of revolution (B) of the bowl rises up to a height that is a distance (Dt) of between 5.4 mm and 8 mm below the height of a top of the peripheral crown ring, and wherein the lip is situated a distance (De)/2 from the axis of revolution (B) of the bowl, wherein the torus is situated a distance (Db)/2 from the axis of revolution (B) of the bowl, and the distance (Db)/2 of the torus from the axis of revolution (B) of the bowl is greater by substantially 2 mm than the distance (De)/2 of the lip from the axis of revolution (B) of the bowl whereby the lip overhangs the torus, and wherein the maximum depth (P) of the bowl is between 14.8 mm and 16.2 mm.",0.7764732476010928,0.44705350479781436
9261093,"1. A system comprising: a battery pack; a supply of heat transfer fluid; a heater; a pump that circulates the fluid to the battery pack through the heater; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the fluid; and a controller in communication with the temperature sensor, the pump, the battery pack, and the heater, wherein the controller includes a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for diagnosing the performance of the heater and the pump; wherein the controller, via the processor, receives and processes temperature signals from the temperature sensor, and is configured to:",0.9325969136386589,0.13480617272268214
9188331,"1. A dual fluidized bed gasification system comprising: a dual fluidized bed gasifier comprising a pyrolyzer and a combustor external thereto, and fluidly connected therewith via a combustor seal pot and a first heat transfer line fluidly connected with a pyrolyzer heat transfer material outlet located at or near a top of the pyrolyzer and a combustor heat transfer material inlet located at or near a bottom of the combustor, and a second heat transfer line fluidly connected therewith via a pyrolyzer seal pot and a combustor heat transfer material outlet located at or near a top of the combustor and a pyrolyzer heat transfer material inlet located at or near a bottom of the pyrolyzer, whereby a circulation stream comprising a heat transfer material can be continuously circulated between the pyrolyzer and the combustor, wherein the seal pot is configured such that minimum fluidization velocity therein is greater than about 0.2 ft/s; wherein the combustor is a fluidized bed combustor configured for heating a particulate heat transfer material via combustion of char introduced with the circulation stream via the combustor heat transfer material inlet and at least one supplemental fuel, thus producing a combustor flue gas; and wherein the pyrolyzer is a fluidized bed pyrolyzer configured to receive the heated particulate heat transfer material via the pyrolyzer heat transfer material inlet and to receive a carbonaceous feedstock via a carbonaceous feedstock inlet located at or near a bottom of the pyrolyzer, and located substantially opposite the pyrolyzer heat transfer material inlet, whereby the heated particulate heat transfer material provides heat for endothermic gasification of the carbonaceous feedstock, thus producing a gasifier product gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide.",0.9046804985956989,0.19063900280860224
9611774,"1. An emission treatment system comprising: a catalyst including a catalyst composition comprising ceria-alumina particles having a ceria phase present in a weight percent of the particles in the range of about 20% to about 80% on an oxide basis, an alkaline earth metal component supported on the ceria-alumina particles, wherein the CeO",0.9661182470082457,0.06776350598350867
8755251,"1. A ground rodent repeller, comprising: a main rod having an opening and a first screw thread disposed on one end thereof; a cover having a first locking part and a second screw thread threadedly coupled to the first screw thread; a battery base disposed within the main rod, having a second locking part disposed on one end thereof wherein the first locking part of the cover and the second locking part of the battery base are mutually engaged; and a control circuit board disposed on the battery base.",0.43062324424564,0.86124648849128
8413609,"1. A device for colonizing and harvesting marine hardground animals in an underwater region of a ground-based offshore edifice, the device comprising: at least one rail device configured to extend vertically on the offshore edifice along a height of the underwater region to above a waterline; a netting array including a habitat carriage having a habitat and trapping basket adapted to contain the hardground animals; a lifting device configured to move the netting array along the at least one rail device; and a scavenging carriage including a basic unit and a running unit configured to detachably couple the scavenging carriage with the at least one rail device so as to be movable thereon, the scavenging carriage being movable along the at least one rail device separately from the habitat carriage and being configured to detachably couple with the habitat carriage and the lifting device such that the habitat carriage is retrievable from the underwater region by the scavenging carriage using the lifting device.",0.4993572404578462,0.9987144809156924
9160046,"1. A transmission circuit comprising: a transmission line electrically coupling a first conductive via and a second conductive via, the first conductive via having a first via stub, wherein the transmission line configured to transmit a signal is coupled to the first conductive via towards a first end of the transmission line, and wherein the first via stub extends beyond the transmission line, the second conductive via having a second via stub, wherein the transmission line configured to transmit a signal is coupled to the second conductive via towards a second end of the transmission line, and wherein the second via stub extends beyond the transmission line; a transmitter chip electrically coupled towards a first end of the first conductive via, the transmitter chip having at least one transmitter lane; a connector electrically coupled towards a first end of the second conductive via; and a transmission line stub electrically coupled towards a second end of one of the first and second via stubs, wherein a combined length of the transmission line stub and the one of the first and second via stubs is configured to suppress a preselected frequency, wherein the first and second via stubs are unterminated via stubs.",0.19452996751138263,0.38905993502276526
8692110,"1. A solar cell comprising: a substrate having an upper surface; one or more bus bars that extend in a first direction across the upper surface of the substrate; and a plurality of parallel gridlines that extend in a second direction across the upper surface of the substrate, the second direction defining an angle with the first direction such that each gridline of the plurality of parallel gridlines intersects the one or more bus bars, whereby one or more first gridline portions of each said gridline is disposed directly on the upper surface of the substrate, and one or more second gridline portions is disposed on the one or more bus bars, wherein said one or more bus bars consist essentially of a first silver-germanium alloy ink having a first melting point temperature, wherein each said gridline of said plurality of parallel gridlines consists essentially of a second silver alloy ink having a higher silver content than that of the first ink and having a second melting point temperature, and wherein the first and second inks are selected such that contact between said second gridline portions and said one or more bus bars produces a third chemical composition having a third melting point temperature that is lower that said first and second melting point temperatures.",0.9788613421888992,0.042277315622201606
9664104,"1. A method for controlling a fan of an engine-driven vehicle, comprising: with an engine controller,",0.9416828331476472,0.11663433370470555
8710581,"1. A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, comprising: wiring conductive films and inter-line insulating films that are stacked in plurality alternately; a memory hole extending in a stacking direction of the wiring conductive films and the inter-line insulating films, and penetrating the wiring conductive films and the inter-line insulating films; a block insulating film, a charge storage film, and a tunnel insulating film that are formed sequentially on an inner wall of the memory hole; and a memory columnar semiconductor film formed on an inner wall of the tunnel insulating film, the charge storage film comprising: a charge film facing the wiring conductive film via the block insulating film; and a degraded charge film facing the inter-line insulating film via the block insulating film and having a charge trapping characteristic inferior to that of the charge film, and the degraded charge film having a length of a boundary between the degraded charge film and the tunnel insulating film being shorter than a length of a boundary between the degraded charge film and the block insulating film in a cross-section along the stacking direction.",0.055429340682393365,0.11085868136478672
9023496,"1. A fuel cell membrane electrode assembly comprising: a) a polymer electrolyte membrane comprising a first polymer electrolyte and at least one manganese cation, wherein the distribution of manganese cations across the thickness of the polymer electrolyte membrane is uniform, and wherein the distribution of manganese cations throughout the polymer electrolyte membrane is uniform; and b) one or more electrode layers comprising a catalyst and at least one compound containing cerium and oxygen, wherein a total amount of compounds containing cerium and oxygen is between 0.01 and 5 percent by weight relative to the weight of catalyst present.",0.9801420997007116,0.03971580059857671
9626847,"1. A system disposed within a structure suitable for human occupants, the system comprising: a network of individually addressed devices, wherein each device comprises: a microcontroller comprising a central processing unit and memory; a communication module electrically connected to the microcontroller; one or more output modules electrically connected to the microcontroller; and one or more sensor modules configured to sense a particular environmental condition in the structure and electrically connected to the microcontroller, wherein the one or more sensor modules produces data corresponding to the sensed environmental condition and transmits a signal to the microcontroller based on the data, wherein the microcontroller is configured to receive and process the signal from the one or more sensor modules to identify the particular sensed environmental condition and:",0.6548816357801167,0.6902367284397666
9433804,"1. A lipstick composition for making up lips, producing a change in color upon application on the lips, comprising: a lipstick base; 0.3 to 1.5% by weight of black iron oxide as one colored inorganic pigment [A]; and 3 to 10% by weight of at least one colored organic dye lake pigment [B] selected from the group consisting of red, orange, green, yellow, blue lakes and mixtures thereof, wherein the ratio by weight for pigment [B]/pigment [A] in the composition is between 2 and 15, wherein said composition having a thickness of between 5 and 20 mm exhibits a black first color, the composition having a thickness of less than 1 mm exhibits a second color, and the ΔE* colorimetric difference between the first color and the second color is at least 30 units, said ΔE* colorimetric difference being defined by the formula in which L 1 , a 1 and b 1 are the coordinates in the CIE Lab colorimetric space of the first color and L 2 , a 2 and b 2 are those of the second color and wherein the lipstick composition comprises less than 1% by weight in total of opacifying filler(s) selected from the group consisting of talc; starch, kaolin, zinc and titanium oxides, calcium carbonate, silica, metal soaps derived from organic carboxylic acids, synthetic polymer powders and their mixtures.",0.08036872446620737,0.1607374489324147
9006473,"1. A method for producing a nitrated lipid, comprising (a) reacting an unsaturated lipid with a mercuric salt, a selenium compound, and a nitrating compound to produce a first intermediate, and (b) reacting the first intermediate with an oxidant.",0.21024214303161146,0.42048428606322297
9558129,"1. A circuit for enabling access to data, the circuit comprising: a memory device storing data blocks having a first predetermined size; a direct memory access circuit coupled to the memory device, the direct memory circuit accessing a data payload having a second predetermined size which is greater than the first predetermined size. wherein the second predetermined size of the payload data comprises a multiple N of the first predetermined size of the data blocks; wherein the direct memory access circuit accesses the data payload in response to a descriptor having a plurality of addresses corresponding to a predetermined number of the data blocks stored in the memory device; and wherein the plurality of addresses comprises N+1 addresses and each data block other than a first data block and a last data block of the plurality of data blocks are boundary restricted.",0.4791731369411912,0.9583462738823824
9640771,"1. A photovoltaic device, comprising: a nanofiber layer, comprising one or more nanofibers, wherein the nanofiber comprising a core, which extends along an axis of the nanofiber and is composed of Ag nanoparticles and a shell, which extends along the axis of the nanofiber and wraps the core and composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of PVP, PMAA, PFBT PFTP, and PFQ, wherein one or more nanofibers has fused joints with each other; an ITO layer, which is set under the nanofiber layer; a PEDOT: PSS layer, which is set above the nanofiber layer; a P3HT: PC a Ca/Al layer, which is set above the P3HT: PC",0.8434700593304939,0.3130598813390122
8851959,"1. A polishing apparatus used in a chemical mechanical polishing device, comprising: a plurality of polishing plates for holding a wafer to be polished; a plurality of polishing pad arms each having one end being fixed, and having another end holding a polishing pad, and configured such that the polishing pad arm moves the polishing pad relatively to the wafer, and the polishing pad arm ensuring the polishing pad contacting the wafer during movement; a slurry supply route for supplying polishing slurry between the polishing pad and the wafer during polishing; and a polishing pad replacing component positioned between adjacent polishing plates of the plurality of polishing plates, and also between adjacent polishing pad arms of the plurality of polishing pad arms.",0.33983913948908856,0.6796782789781771
9591693,"1. A communication device having a low-power mode and a higher-power mode for implementing a control or access function, comprising: a short range wireless communication interface; a long range wireless communication interface; a local identifier stored therein; wherein in the low-power mode the communication device is configured to receive a mobile identifier from a mobile device over the short range wireless communication interface and upon receiving the mobile identifier the higher-power mode is enabled; in the higher-power mode the communication device is configured to communicate over the long range wireless communication interface with a remote device having a controller; wherein the communication device is configured to send the local identifier and the received mobile identifier to the remote device; and wherein the controller of the remote device is configured to perform at least one control or access action in response to receiving the local identifier and the mobile identifier.",0.8974477152630034,0.20510456947399325
9475038,"1. In a process for separating gases using a membrane containing a molecular sieve, the improvement comprising using as the molecular sieve a molecular sieve having a mole ratio of from 5 to 50 of (1) at least one oxide of at least one tetravalent element to (2) one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of trivalent elements, pentavalent elements, and mixtures thereof, and having, in its calcined form, an X-ray diffraction substantially as shown in the following Table:",0.7573155544598165,0.48536889108036707
8898295,"1. One or more computer-readable storage devices having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method for fairly sharing bandwidth of a network between tenants to achieve isolation of the tenants, the method comprising: monitoring the bandwidth consumed by endpoints of the network; dynamically classifying the network endpoints using the monitored bandwidth, wherein classifying comprises: identifying the network overall is experiencing a high level of load based on, in part, an aggregation of the bandwidth consumed across the network endpoints; and randomly dropping data packets being sent to or transmitted from the second one or more endpoints based the second one or more endpoints being designated as the large entities, while leaving data packets being sent to or transmitted from the second one or more endpoints unrestrained, each in response to the identifying the network overall is experiencing the high level of load.",0.45901224334787216,0.9180244866957443
9736223,"1. An image transmitting apparatus which is able to transmit image data by at least a first transmission protocol and a second transmission protocol, comprising: a scanning unit configured to scan a document; an execution unit configured to execute a transmission job for transmitting image data generated by scanning the document by the scanning unit; a storage configured to store transmission history information of transmission jobs executed by the execution unit; a control unit configured to read out setting information included in the transmission history information which has been stored in the storage and use the setting information as setting information of a new transmission job; a first setting unit configured to set, based on a user instruction, whether to permit a use of the first transmission protocol; and a second setting unit configured to set, based on a user instruction, whether to permit a use of the second transmission protocol, wherein use of setting information included in transmission history information of transmission job of the first transmission protocol is permitted based on the use of the first transmission protocol being set to be permitted by the first setting unit, wherein use of setting information included in transmission history information of transmission job of the second transmission protocol is permitted based on the use of the second transmission protocol being set to be permitted by the second setting unit, and wherein the execution unit, the control unit, the first setting unit, and the second setting unit are implemented by a processor and a memory.",0.060262649426227256,0.12052529885245455
8379795,"1. A method for archiving x-ray fluoroscopic images, the method comprising: receiving fluoroscopic images from a fluoroscopic imaging system; storing all of the received fluoroscopic images during an entire image acquisition scan by the fluoroscopic imaging system to a persistent store memory, the received fluoroscopic images being displayed during the image acquisition scan; and storing at least some of the fluoroscopic images stored in the persistent store memory to a permanent store memory based on a received user selection input.",0.12553675037484094,0.2510735007496818
9034498,"1. A secondary battery comprising: an electrode assembly; a case for accommodating the electrode assembly and an electrolytic solution; and an identifying tape disposed in the case and that discolors when reacted with the electrolytic solution, wherein the identifying tape comprises: a base film; an adhesive material disposed on one surface of the base film; and a discoloration material disposed on one surface of the base film wherein the case comprises a first case and a second case, and the identifying tape is disposed to correspond to a sealing portion for sealing the first case and the second case and wherein the identifying tape is disposed on both the first and second case wherein the adhesive material and the discoloration material are disposed between the base film and the case and are arranged so as to be planar with each other.",0.35909296064303536,0.7181859212860707
9192830,"1. A golf club head comprising: a body portion having a body height, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and a front portion having a face portion with a front surface, a back surface, a plurality of grooves on the front surface extending between the toe portion and the heel portion, a substantially uniform first thickness of less than 1.5 millimeters (0.06 inch) in the face portion between the grooves and extending between the front and back surfaces, and a reinforcement section of a plurality of reinforcement sections projecting out of the back surface, the reinforcement section being aligned with at least one of the grooves of the plurality of grooves and having a length extending in the same direction as a length of the at least one groove, a second thickness in the face portion defined by a distance between a bottom surface of at least one of the grooves and an outer surface of the reinforcement section being less than 1.5 millimeters (0.06 inch); and an interior cavity extending between the top and sole portions and between the face and back portions, the interior cavity having a cavity height, wherein the interior cavity is at least 50% filled with an elastic polymer material configured to provide structural integrity to the face portion.",0.014387189295681727,0.028774378591363448
8970750,"1. An image outputting apparatus, comprising: an imaging circuit; a header production circuit that produces a header including header information and an error detection code, the header information formed from a packet production circuit that produces a packet which includes, in the payload thereof, pixel data for one line which configure an image obtained by imaging by said imaging circuit and to which the header is added; an addition circuit that adds, to the front of the packet produced by said packet production circuit, a start code that indicates a start position of the packet and adds, to the tail end of the packet, an end code that indicates an end position of the packet; and an outputting circuit that outputs the packet produced by said packet production circuit to an image processing apparatus.",0.13563981371525952,0.27127962743051903
8463645,"1. An anonymous loyalty program system comprising: a plurality of mobile phones, each of the plurality of mobile phones associated with an anonymous patron and each mobile phone comprising a mobile resident software application that uses an identification code to allow participation by the anonymous patron in an anonymous loyalty program without additional information from the anonymous patron, the identification code based on an unique device identifier number for the mobile phone and a number associated with the mobile resident software application; a loyalty program server comprising a database with a plurality of participant accounts, each of the plurality of participant accounts identified only by the identification code associated with each mobile phone of the plurality of phones; a plurality of loyalty sites, each of the plurality of loyalty sites comprising a scan code comprising an identifier code for the loyalty site, each mobile phone of the plurality of mobile phones configured to scan the scan code when an anonymous patron purchases a good or service from a loyalty site to generate a rewards message comprising the identifier code for the mobile phone and purchase amount for the good or service; and a rewards server in communication with the plurality of loyalty sites, the loyalty program server and the plurality of mobile phones, the rewards server configured to transmit a plurality of reward messages to the loyalty program server for rewarding of loyalty points to each of the plurality of participant accounts and for transmission of reward communications to each of the plurality of mobile phones; wherein the loyalty points of each of the plurality participant accounts are used at a loyalty site of the plurality of loyalty sites by an anonymous patron utilizing only the identification code.",0.05939885223285876,0.11879770446571758
8861236,"1. A switching power supply comprising: input terminals that receive an input power; output terminals that provide an output power; a circuit disposed between the input and output terminals that transforms the input power to the output power, wherein the circuit includes: a first instrument that measures an input current intensity; a second instrument that measures an input voltage; a third instrument that measures an output current intensity; a fourth instrument that measures an output voltage; and a control unit connected to the first, second, third and fourth instruments, that monitors an efficiency via the first, second, third and fourth instruments and controls the efficiency by controlling, in a first control loop, the first controllable switch, the second controllable switch and the third controllable switch, by at least one pulse-width modulation signal having a variable frequency and a variable duty cycle.",0.7995269540575769,0.4009460918848462
9295246,"1. A dual action container for killing insects and their larvae, comprising: a generally pyramid shaped housing having a closed bottom and closed sidewalls with and a narrow upper end with an inclined substantially narrower open top with a grate thereon; a single side extended opening in the housing substantially at least midway between the closed bottom and the open top; and an adulticidal coating layer on an inner surface of the housing; a larvicidal coating layer on an inner surface of the housing, wherein the adulticidal coating layer and the larvicidal coating layer kills both adult insects and their larvae over time.",0.41811287737102537,0.8362257547420507
8971823,"1. A wireless communication apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to decode signals that are received over two or more subcarriers of a segment of subcarriers, which is one of a plurality of segments of subcarriers available for communication, and to provide precoding information for at least one segment of the plurality of segments based on the received signal, wherein the precoding information is applied to at least one symbol of at least one data stream based upon at least one channel response information of a user and wherein the at least one segment is a subband which comprises a predetermined bandwidth; and a transmitter configured to transmit an index indicative of the precoding information, wherein each segment of subcarriers of the plurality of segments of subcarriers has its own feedback channel, and wherein the transmitter is configured to feedback to a receiver the index indicative of the precoding information for each of the at least one segment on the segment's own feedback channel.",0.3658712516125783,0.7317425032251565
8871578,"1. A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor, the method comprising: forming a semiconductor layer made of an IGZO-based oxide, a wiring layer and a patterned mask layer in sequence on a substrate on which a gate electrode and a gate insulating layer are formed; etching the wiring layer and the semiconductor layer while irradiating external light, based on the patterned mask layer; removing at least a part of the mask layer to expose the wiring layer below the mask layer; and forming a channel portion by etching the exposed wiring layer while controlling or blocking irradiation of the external light to prevent over-etching of the semiconductor layer.",0.41798176068479564,0.8359635213695913
9069553,"1. A method comprising: determining that a task being executed by a first core of a processor can be executed by a second core of the processor, the first core executing a first operating system that is different from a second operating system executed by the second core, the first core implementing a 64-bit or 32-bit instruction set and being configured to operate at a frequency of at least 100 MHz, the second core implementing a 16-bit or 8-bit instruction set and being configured to operate at a frequency of less than 100 MHz; switching execution of the task from the first core to the second core effective to decrease an amount of energy consumed by the processor, the switching execution comprising:",0.7536508210043763,0.4926983579912474
9680123,"1. A light emitting device, comprising: a substrate; a first electrode layer disposed on the substrate, the first electrode layer further including: an organic light emitting layer, disposed on the substrate; and a second electrode layer, disposed on the substrate, and the organic light emitting layer is between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer in the thickness direction of the substrate.",0.4923143478396813,0.9846286956793626
8800388,"1. A torque sensor apparatus comprising: first and second shafts; a torsion bar, which has first and second end portions, wherein the first and second end portions are fixed to the first and second shafts, respectively, to coaxially connect between the first and second shafts, and the torsion bar is torsionally deformable when a torque is exerted between the first and second shafts; a multipolar magnet that is fixed to one of the first shaft and the first end portion of the torsion bar; first and second magnetic yokes that are located on a radially outer side of the multipolar magnet and are fixed to one of the second shaft and the second end portion of the torsion bar, wherein the first and second magnetic yokes are opposed to each other in an axial direction of the torsion bar such that a gap is interposed between the first and second magnetic yokes in the axial direction, and the first and second magnetic yokes form a magnetic circuit in a magnetic field generated from the multipolar magnet; first and second magnetic flux collecting bodies, which are formed separately from the first and second magnetic yokes, wherein each of the first and second magnetic flux collecting bodies includes: a magnetic sensor that is held between the magnetic flux collecting portions of the first and second magnetic flux collecting bodies and includes a magnetic sensing device, which senses a strength of a magnetic field generated between the magnetic flux collecting portions of the first and second magnetic flux collecting bodies, wherein: the magnetic flux collecting portion of each of the first and second magnetic flux collecting bodies includes: the connecting section and the mounting section of each of the first and second magnetic flux collecting bodies are configured such that a width of the connecting section, which is measured in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction in the imaginary plane, is smaller than a width of the mounting section measured in the second direction; and the single main body portion extends continuously throughout an entire extent of the single main body portion on a radially inner side of the connecting section in each of the first and second magnetic flux collecting bodies.",0.09633225492282611,0.1926645098456522
9503360,"1. A method of diverting packets of information in a communications network between a first node and a second node from a first shortest path to a second path, the second path different from the first shortest path, the method comprising: associating a first virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (VID) with the second path in a first direction from the first node toward the second node; associating a second VID with the second path in a second direction from the second node toward the first node, the second VID being different from the first VID; diverting packets from the first shortest path to a link being a first hop on the second path when the packets have a Media Access Control (MAC) destination address of a location reachable via the first shortest path between the first node and the second node by reducing a cost of the second path to be less than or equal to a cost of the first shortest path by setting the cost of the second path based on the cost of the first shortest path for a shortest path calculation at the first node; assigning the first VID to all packets transiting a link being a first hop in the first direction on the second path, and assigning the second VID to all packets transiting a link being a first hop in the second direction on the second path, wherein a routing protocol of the first shortest path and a routing protocol of the second path are a same routing protocol; and establishing a first forwarding table at the first node that directs packets having a first MAC address to transit the second path, wherein the first MAC address addresses a location reachable by the first shortest path in the absence of packet diversion.",0.44365372237229156,0.8873074447445831
9246160,"1. An anode, comprising: an anode current collector having a projection formed on a substrate; and an anode active material layer being formed on and covering the anode current collector and projection through at least one method selected from the group consisting of a vapor deposition method, a liquid-phase deposition method and a sintering method, and including at least one material selected from the group consisting of silicon (Si) and silicon compounds, wherein an average diameter of the projection ranges from about 3 μm to about 10 μm, and wherein the projection includes an element capable of being alloyed with the anode active material layer.",0.8197936687469141,0.3604126625061719
8787715,"1. An optical coupling lens, comprising: a light incident surface; a light output surface perpendicular to the light incident surface; a reflection surface obliquely interconnected between the light incident surface and the light output surface, an included angle between the reflection surface and the light incident surface being 45 degrees, and an included angle between the reflection surface and the light output surface being 45 degrees; a first converging lens and a second converging lens formed on the light incident surface, optical axes of the first converging lens and the second converging lens being perpendicular to the light incident surface and located on a common imaginary plane; a third converging lens formed on the light output surface and has a semi-cylindrical shape, a central axial plane of the third converging lens being perpendicular to the light output surface, an intersecting line between the central axial plane and the common imaginary plane being located on the reflection surface, a width of the third converging lens being equal to a diameter of each of the first converging lens and the second converging lens.",0.06438055951812022,0.12876111903624043
9656505,"1. A card with built-in electronic components, comprising: an electrical substrate on which electronic components are disposed; an upper layer laminated above the electrical substrate; and an adhesion layer which bonds the electrical substrate and the upper layer together; and a dome switch which is disposed on the electrical substrate and has an electrical contact facing the electrical substrate, the dome switch being configured to cause the card to be in operation when a top surface of the card depressed by a user causes a movable switch portion to deform toward the electrical substrate, such that the electrical contact comes into contact with the electrical substrate, wherein the electrical substrate on which the dome switch is disposed is built in the adhesion layer, and the movable switch portion is not bonded to the e adhesion layer.",0.31270261855905007,0.6254052371181001
8885694,1. A method of changing an operating performance point of an integrated circuit comprising: detecting a need to change the operating performance point of the integrated circuit to a new operating performance point; changing a voltage of the integrated circuit to correspond with the new operating performance point; changing a maximal receiver clock frequency value to correspond with the new operating performance point; exporting the maximal receiver clock frequency value to another integrated circuit; and receiving an acknowledgement of the changed maximal receiver clock frequency value from the other integrated circuit.,0.5188023018161929,0.9623953963676142
8712869,"1. An electronic product registration method for use with non-serialized products, comprising: receiving product information at a computerized electronic registration (ER) system including a database for registration, the product information identifying at least one non-serialized product type that has been sold; associating a registration date with the at least one non-serialized product type via the ER system; determining, via a computer system of the ER system and based on the product information and applicable return criteria, a last date on which a non-serialized product belonging to the at least one non-serialized product type can be accepted for return under the applicable return criteria, said last date being determined in relation to the registration date associated with the non-serialized product type; and providing, via the computer system and in response to an inquiry to the electronic registration system, an indication as to whether a non-serialized product belonging to at least one of the non-serialized product types might qualify for return under the applicable return criteria when the inquiry is made.",0.12849390113340275,0.2569878022668055
8787188,"1. A method for tracking wireless access points from a computing device, the method comprising: scanning in a first scan to identify wireless access points that are within wireless communication of the computing device; scanning in a subsequent scan to identify wireless access points that are within wireless communication of the computing device; creating a group of wireless access points that includes a combination of displaying a list of user-selectable items that correspond to particular wireless access points from the group of wireless access points that have been identified in a period of multiple scans for wireless access points, the displayed list indicating that one or more of the particular wireless access points were identified in a prior scan and not identified in a most recent scan for wireless access points, wherein a time between the first scan and the subsequent scan is lengthened or shortened according to a distance traveled by the computing device.",0.4422202162949013,0.8844404325898026
8567240,"1. A tire force detection apparatus for detecting a force exerted on a tire at a contact point of the tire, comprising: a tire/wheel assembly that has a wheel having a disc portion that extends perpendicularly to a rotation axis of the tire/wheel assembly and a tire that is held on an outer circumferential portion of the wheel; a wheel support member for supporting the wheel via a wheel support portion so that the wheel can rotate about the rotation axis, the wheel support portion being supported by a vehicle body so as to be able to rotate about the rotation axis and extending perpendicularly to the rotation axis; a connecting member that connects the disc portion of the wheel and the wheel support portion of the wheel support member; an elastic body disposed between the disc portion and the wheel support portion, the elastic body including a column portion that extends in parallel with the rotation axis and that abuts, at opposite ends faces thereof, the disc portion and the wheel support portion and a plate-shaped portion that is integrated with the column portion between the opposite ends faces thereof and extends around the column portion, the plate-shaped portion being located apart from the disc portion and the wheel support portion; a stress detector that detects stress applied to the elastic body by detecting a strain of the plate-shaped portion; and a calculation unit that calculates the force exerted on the tire, based on the stress detected.",0.06936769934188286,0.13873539868376572
9252471,1. A continuously variable microwave attenuator comprising a parallel plate airline (slabline) having an input and an output port and a center conductor between said ports and a narrow axial slot cut into one of the ground walls of said slabline; the axis of said slot being parallel to the center conductor and close to or at the same level as the axis of the center conductor of said slabline; and a dielectric sliver insertable into said slot and movable to various depths inside said slot in the wall of said slabline; the depth of said sliver inside the said slot and the distance from said center conductor being adjustable.,0.08342994847168192,0.1668598969433639
9337748,"1. An inverter circuit comprising: a direct current (DC), DC-to-DC power converter configured to receive an input energy from a DC device via a first, positive input terminal and a second, negative input terminal and to convert a first portion of the input energy to a higher voltage DC energy; a first inverter stage wherein: a second inverter stage wherein:",0.9630785506559519,0.07384289868809613
8450298,"1. A compound of formula: wherein: p is an integer between 1 and 3, inclusive; m is an integer between 1 and 3, inclusive; R A is and R",0.43799566758044073,0.8759913351608815
9432578,"1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a camera body; and an interchangeable lens, wherein the camera body includes: wherein the interchangeable lens includes:",0.060821852686026245,0.12164370537205249
9310867,"1. An apparatus for an integrated circuit, comprising: a power manager including a hardware logic portion to control a power consumption of two or more domains in an integrated circuit, where the integrated circuit has one or more interconnects to communicate transactions between two or more initiator Intellectual Property (IP) cores and one or more target IP cores coupled to the interconnect, where the two or more domains include the one or more interconnects, the two or more initiator IP cores, and the one or more target IP cores; wherein the hardware logic portion of the power manager at least includes 1) a dedicated CPU, 2) dedicated state machine, or 3) any combination of the two to execute power management instructions; and wherein the power manager controls the power consumption of two or more domains, where the power manager uses two or more domain controllers to separately control power in the two or more domains and operates transparently to an Operating System of the integrated circuit in order to transition components in the power domains into and out of a desired power consuming mode.",0.9774861096426498,0.04502778071470037
9391326,"1. A positive electrode active material comprising: a solid solution lithium-containing transition metal oxide (A) represented by a compositional formula (1) wherein in the compositional formula (1), Li is lithium, Ni is nickel, Co is cobalt, Mn is manganese and O is oxygen, and a, b, c and d satisfy the relations of 0<a<1.4, 0<b<1.4, 0<c<1.4, 0.1≦d≦0.4, a+b+c+d=1.5, and 1.1≦a+b+c≦1.4; and a lithium-containing transition metal oxide (B) represented by a compositional formula (2) wherein in the compositional formula (2), Li is lithium, Ni is nickel, Co is cobalt, Mn is manganese and O is oxygen, and a′, b′ and c′ satisfy the relations of 0<a′<1.0, 0<b′<1.0, 0<c′<1.0, and a′+b′+c′=1.0.",0.8644719591127848,0.2710560817744303
9446839,"1. A method of controlling a magnitude of a sonic boom caused by operation of a supersonic aircraft at supersonic speeds, the method comprising the steps of: monitoring, with a processor, a weight of the supersonic aircraft and a distribution of fuel onboard the supersonic aircraft; determining, with the processor, that there is a deviation of the weight of the supersonic aircraft from a design-condition weight; controlling, with the processor, a redistribution of the fuel onboard the supersonic aircraft to adjust an amount of fuel stored within a wing to minimize a twist in the wing caused by the deviation, the fuel being redistributed to the wing when the supersonic aircraft is above a design-condition weight and the fuel being redistributed from the wing when the supersonic aircraft is below the design weight.",0.759209165199046,0.48158166960190796
9183281,"1. A method for locating information in a document relevant to an interest of a user, the method comprising: collecting information associated with a previous browsing behavior of the user of a document browser; generating a context model using the collected information, wherein the context model comprises a data structure defined by a set of nodes and a set of edges wherein each node corresponds to a data unit collected as part of the collected information associated with the previous browsing behavior of the user and each edge corresponds to a user-created association between nodes; obtaining a document selected by the user via the document browser in a current browsing behavior; dividing the selected document associated with the current browsing behavior into one or more segments; computing a relevance value for each of the one or more segments of the selected document associated with the current browsing behavior by comparing each of the one or more segments to the context model generated from the collected information associated with the previous browsing behavior, wherein the relevance value represents a relationship to an interest of the user and wherein the comparison comprises evaluating a similarity function between one or more of the nodes of the context model and the one or more segments of the selected document; and presenting each of the one or more segments with the computed relevance value in a defined organizational area of a display, wherein the one or more segments presented on the display are linked to a corresponding one or more segments in the selected document and assist the user in a resolution of a connection discovery task associated with the previous and current browsing behaviors.",0.031331388907401544,0.06266277781480312
9509133,"1. A distributed antenna apparatus, comprising: at least one downlink radio frequency (RF) interface configured to receive downlink RF signals and distribute the downlink RF signals over at least one downlink communications medium to one or more remote antenna units (RAUs); at least one protection circuit communicatively coupled to the at least one downlink RF interface, the at least one protection circuit being configured for wherein the at least one protection circuit comprises: at least one coupler operatively associated with both the at least one power detector and the at least one RF switch, wherein:",0.4708324299143037,0.9416648598286074
8619383,"1. A disk drive comprising: a first disk surface comprising a plurality of zones, each zone comprising a plurality of tracks; a first head actuated radially over the first disk surface to write data to the first disk surface and read data from the first disk surface; and control circuitry coupled to the first head, the control circuitry operable to:",0.31323418429273925,0.6264683685854785
9767931,"1. A chimney structure comprising: a guide structure defining an opening having a plurality of gaps; and a plurality of chimney partitions including 1 to N chimney partitions concentrically arranged between the plurality of gaps and spaced apart from each other on the guide structure, the 1 to N chimney partitions each defining a curved opening over the opening of the guide structure for providing a fluid flow path therethrough, and N being an integer greater than 1.",0.8589808221552909,0.28203835568941815
9431663,"1. Process for the direct oxidation and/or internal reforming of ethanol fuel cells using solid oxide, comprising use of a fuel cell including a multifunctional electrocatalytic solid oxide anode having a chemical composition based on and cerium aluminate (Ce 1-x M x Al 1-y N y O 3 ), where M represents a chemical element selected from Sr and Ca; x represents a content in the range of approximately 0 to 50 mol %, N represents a chemical element selected from Mn, Cr, and Co, and y represents a content in the range of approximately 0 to 50 mol %, the multifunctional electrocatalytic anode having a perovskite-type structure with a functional layer that is 100% Ce 1-x M x Al 1-y N y O 3 and a functional layer having a composition in the range of approximately 5-50% by weight of Ce 1-x M x Al 1-y N y O 3 and 95-50% by weight of yttria stabilized zirconia, and the fuel cell is fed with complex fuels, to produce electricity, heat, water and/or ethylene through direct oxidation and/or internal reforming.",0.9892153416583607,0.02156931668327866
9203248,"1. A battery system, comprising: a battery module comprising a plurality of cell groups connected in series, each comprising a plurality of cells connected in series; a plurality of integrated circuits provided to corresponding each cell group of the battery module, that perform detection of terminal voltages of the cells in the corresponding each cell group, and that also perform diagnosis; and a battery controller that, along with issuing commands to the plurality of integrated circuits, also receives results of detection and results of diagnosis by the plurality of integrated circuits; wherein the battery system comprises a writable non-volatile memory, and data is stored in the writable non-volatile memory specifying usage environment of the battery module, including a maximum voltage or a maximum current of the battery module and history data based upon operation history of the battery module; at least a first storage block and a second storage block are set as a storage block for storing the data specifying the usage environment and the history data in a storage region of the non-volatile memory; data stored in a storage block, among the first and the second storage blocks in the non-volatile memory, in which writing of data is performed later is read out; and as a result of being decided whether or not the data that has been read out is normal, if it has been decided that the data that has been read out is normal, then, among the first and the second storage blocks, writing of next data in the non-volatile memory is performed into a storage block that is different from the storage block from which the data that it was decided was normal was read out; and wherein, if it has been decided that the data that has been read out is anomalous, then the writing of next data to the non-volatile memory is performed to the storage block that is the same as the storage block from which the data that it was decided was anomalous was read out.",0.9345834895787177,0.13083302084256454
8397719,"1. A pressure support system, comprising: a humidifier adapted to increase the amount of water vapor entrained in a supply of breathing gas and output a first flow of humidified breathing gas, the first flow of humidified breathing gas having a first temperature and a first relative humidity; a positive air pressure device fluidly coupled downstream of the humidifier, wherein the positive air pressure device has a gas intake for receiving the first flow of humidified breathing gas, wherein the positive air pressure device is structured to generate a positive pressure flow of humidified breathing gas from the first flow of humidified breathing gas, the positive pressure flow of humidified breathing gas having a second temperature and a second relative humidity at a gas discharge of the positive air pressure device; and a patient circuit having a first end coupled to the gas discharge of the positive air pressure device for receiving the positive pressure flow of humidified breathing gas and a patient end opposite the first end, wherein the positive air pressure device and the patient circuit are structured to cause the positive pressure flow of humidified breathing gas at the patient end of the patient circuit to have a third temperature and a third relative humidity, wherein the first temperature is less than the second temperature and the first relative humidity is greater than the second relative humidity, and wherein the first temperature is substantially the same as the third temperature and the first relative humidity is substantially the same as the third relative humidity.",0.5316780733119909,0.9366438533760182
9636362,1. A composition for wound healing comprising: a pullulan-collagen hydrogel film with controlled porosity which is cross-linked to form a reticular scaffold wherein pullulan and collagen are organized around salt crystals in an interconnected network such that the reticular scaffold is formed to define pores following salt dissolution and wherein said hydrogel comprises collagen at a concentration of from about 1 to about 12.5%; and regenerative cells within the pores.,0.24597657102716694,0.49195314205433394
9307507,"1. A method of wireless communication by a leaf device in a first ad-hoc communications network, comprising: determining a discovery interval and a paging interval for the first ad-hoc communications network; receiving, by a device, a message from the first ad-hoc communications network identifying a number of times the message has been forwarded; remaining awake and processing messages outside the discovery interval and paging interval in response to the number of times the message has been forwarded exceeding a threshold, wherein processing messages outside the discovery window and paging interval comprises: scanning, by the device, for other ad-hoc networks, and joining a second ad-hoc network based on the scanning; and entering a sleep state outside the discovery interval and the paging interval in response to the number of times the message has been forwarded being below the threshold.",0.7479166270360466,0.5041667459279069
8481787,"1. A method for producing a tertiary amine, comp sing reacting a secondary amine with an alcohol in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is previously used in a reaction of a primary amine with an alcohol to obtain a tertiary amine.",0.7969685033787737,0.40606299324245265
9671877,"1. A passive stylus comprising: a thin annular body configured to be hand-held and comprising a first end and a second end; a chisel shaped tip disposed at said first end of said body, said chisel shaped tip comprising a deformable material, wherein said chisel shaped tip is operable to interface with a touch a sensitive surface with a first detectable surface area when a first pressure is exerted on said body and translated to said chisel shaped tip and wherein said chisel shaped tip is operable to interface with said touch sensitive surface with a second detectable surface area, different from said first detectable surface area, when a second pressure is exerted on said body and translated to said chisel shaped tip; and a second tip disposed on said second end of said body, wherein said second tip comprises a contact surface, said contact surface comprising: a first conductive rubberized material; and a second rubber material that is non-conductive, wherein said first conductive rubberized material and second rubber material are operable for directly interfacing with said touch sensitive surface when said contact surface of said second tip is positioned thereon forming a detection pattern for detection by said touch sensitive surface for identifying said second tip and for implementing a function associated therewith.",0.04521454371259429,0.09042908742518863
8964415,"1. A switch mode power supply (SMPS) system, comprising: a rectifying device configured for converting a periodically varying input AC (alternating current) voltage into a DC (direct current) voltage; a transformer including a primary winding, a secondary winding, and an auxiliary winding, the primary winding being coupled to the rectifying device; an input capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal coupled to the rectifying device and the primary winding of the transformer; a first power switch coupled to the second terminal of the input capacitor and a primary side ground; and a control circuit coupled to the first power switch and the input AC voltage, the control circuit being configured to control the first power switch based on a phase or amplitude of the input AC voltage, wherein the control circuit is configured to: turn on the first power switch when the AC input voltage is near a zero crossing of its waveform to cause the input capacitor to discharge to the primary winding; and turn off the first power switch to prevent the input capacitor from discharging when the input AC voltage is near a peak or a valley of its waveform; whereby power is provided to the primary winding during a longer portion of the AC input voltage cycle, allowing the rectifier device to have a larger conduction angle to increase a power factor (PF).",0.9446338524412,0.11073229511759997
8586352,"1. A reactor system for processing a process fluid and adapted for use with a cooling fluid source and a cooling fluid return, comprising: a tank defining an interior space and adapted to receive the process fluid; a light assembly disposed in the tank interior space and adapted to be submerged in the process fluid, the light assembly comprising:",0.857012519380832,0.285974961238336
9048498,"1. A substrate-supported anode for a high-temperature fuel cell, comprising at least a three layer anode laminate applied on a metallic substrate; the three layers of the at least three layer anode laminate comprising yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) particles and nickel-containing particles; the layers of the anode laminate having a decreasing mean particle size of the nickel-containing particles as the distance from the substrate increases, wherein at least in a first layer and a second layer of the anode laminate, the mean particle size of the nickel-containing particles with respect to the mean particle size of the YSZ particles is bimodal, the first layer of the anode laminate being closest to the metallic substrate; and the mean surface roughness of the last layer of the anode laminate, which is intended for contact with an electrolyte, is less than 4 μm.",0.9354467942924604,0.12910641141507928
9637701,"1. A method for preparing a ketone group-containing estolide compound, comprising: converting biomass fat into a fatty acid; separating the fatty acid into a C16 saturated fatty acid and a C18 unsaturated fatty acid; increasing an amount of oleic acid through partial hydrogenation of the C synthesizing a C35 ketone through ketonization of the oleic acid; and performing estolide bonding by capping the C16 saturated fatty acid onto the C35 ketone.",0.664612606966571,0.670774786066858
9448935,"1. A method for performing memory access operations, the method comprising: retrieving a first hash value associated with a first texture header in a plurality of texture headers, wherein the first texture header is related to a first view in a plurality of views; retrieving a second hash value associated with a second texture header in the plurality of texture headers, wherein the second texture header is related to a second view in the plurality of views; determining whether at least a portion of the first view is potentially aliased with at least a portion of the second view, based on the first hash value and the second hash value;",0.08760357035089637,0.17520714070179277
8843727,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a direct memory access (DMA) remapping block from an I/O device, a guest physical address in a request to access memory; and translating the guest physical address to a translated host physical address by walking through a plurality of multi-level page tables, each of the page tables having page table entries, each of the page table entries having at least one entry specifier corresponding to a hardware capability indicated by capability indicators stored in a capability register indicating the hardware capability supported by the DMA remapping block for the translation; wherein at least one page table entry in the plurality of multi-level page tables comprises a super-page field, and the translated host physical address is formed by combining a page base address in the at least one page table entry with unused guest physical address bits of the guest physical address when the super-page field is asserted in the at least one page table entry; wherein the DMA remapping block is configured to enable a device driver in a virtual machine to interact directly with the I/O device without trapping to a virtual machine monitor based at least in part on the translation.",0.45609402565821594,0.9121880513164319
8666458,"1. An electronic device comprising: a plurality of zones, the zones being capable of being selected by a user; a display, wherein the display demarcates the plurality of zones; a housing enclosing the display; a memory; wherein a first mode in the device performs a first function in respect of a subject entity; the display displays an indicator associated with at least one of the zones at a time proximate to performing the first function in respect of the subject entity; and in response to selection by the user to indicate the at least one zone the device stores the subject entity in the memory in association with the at least one zone; the device having a second mode in which in response to selection of the at least one zone the device performs a second function in respect of the subject entity stored in association with the selected zone.",0.2161914153536089,0.4323828307072177
8707949,"1. A solar panel mount that uses solar thermal energy to orient a solar panel, the solar panel mount comprising: a rectangular panel frame and a supporting rectangular pivot frame articulated to each-other by at least one pivot mechanism; the rectangular panel frame comprising: a panel frame right edge and a panel frame left edge; the rectangular pivot frame comprising: a pivot frame left edge and a pivot frame right edge; wherein the panel frame right edge and the pivot frame right edge are correspondingly positioned with respect to each other, and a first pivot mechanism comprising: a right tilt axis along the panel frame right edge that pivotally articulates the panel frame right edge with respect to the pivot frame right edge; and a solar thermal lifter of variable length having an upper articulation to the panel frame left edge, a lower articulation to the pivot frame left edge, and a lift engine comprising: a radiant energy capture paddle having a front surface configured to absorb direct incident solar energy as heat and a thermal mechanical device that lengthens the solar thermal lifter in response to temperature increases, increasing a distance between the upper and lower articulations and pivoting the solar panel about the right tilt axis.",0.9668265898253657,0.06634682034926853
8671911,"1. A dual fuel engine system operable on a gaseous fuel and a liquid fuel, the system comprising: (a) a plurality of combustion chambers; (b) a supply of gaseous fuel controllable by a first valve; (c) a supply of compression ignitable liquid fuel supply controllable by a second valve; (d) a knock sensor capable of detecting knock in each of said combustion chambers and transmitting an output signal proportional to said detected level of knock; (e) a control unit capable of receiving said knock sensor output signal, comparing said output signal to at least a first threshold value, and controlling said supplies of gaseous fuel and liquid fuel to each of said combustion chambers, wherein said control unit:",0.8828365080766655,0.23432698384666906
9199570,"1. A system for supporting a blade for a wind turbine, in particular a wind turbine blade having a curved portion, the system comprising: a first support arrangement comprising:",0.9447953321978175,0.11040933560436494
9183051,"1. A processing system, comprising: a plurality of processors, each of the plurality of processors being configured to execute tasks, and at least some of the plurality of processors having a thermal attribute associated therewith; a memory controller coupled to the plurality of processors; and a scheduler in operative communication with the plurality of processors and the memory controller, the scheduler being configured to choose different tasks to be assigned to a plurality of queues for execution by selected ones of the plurality of processors; wherein: the tasks in the plurality of queues are chosen for execution by the selected processors based on at least one of the thermal attribute of each selected processor and a priority of each task; each of the plurality of processors has a thermal threshold associated therewith, and the tasks are chosen for execution by the selected processors so that the thermal threshold is not exceeded; different tasks are dynamically chosen from the plurality of queues so that the thermal threshold of each selected processor is not exceeded; and a given one of the tasks initially assigned for execption by a first one of the selected processors is reassigned to a second one of the selected processors based at least on the thermal threshold of the first selected processor.",0.7490852133937105,0.501829573212579
9178732,"1. A method that facilitates transmitting a beacon message in wireless communications as a plurality of beacon symbols, comprising: encoding a beacon message as a plurality of beacon symbols such that a number of symbols, less than the total number for the beacon message, is utilized to determine remaining symbols of the beacon message; and transmitting the plurality of beacon symbols less than the total for the beacon message over respective subcarriers at assigned symbol periods; wherein the encoding of the beacon message enables decoding with less than the total number of beacon symbols in the plurality of beacon symbols to obtain more efficient decoding and resolution in wireless communications.",0.471344774742164,0.942689549484328
9126893,"1. An electrochemical fuel cell comprising a substantially solvent-free, ionic liquid electrolyte contained within an electrolyte compartment, cathode and anode electrode elements in contact with the ionic liquid electrolyte, and fuel and oxidant passages, wherein the ionic liquid electrolyte is weight-stable after remaining 5 days at a temperature of 80° C. and wherein the substantially solvent-free, ionic liquid electrolyte is substantially free of additives.",0.9444629611567609,0.11107407768647826
9630672,"1. A roll angle estimation device that estimates a roll angle of a movable object, the roll angle estimation device comprising: a roll angular velocity detector that detects a roll angular velocity; a yaw angular velocity detector that detects a yaw angular velocity; first, second, and third acceleration detectors that detect first, second, and third accelerations, respectively, in at least three directions different from one another; a speed information detector that detects information regarding a moving speed in a traveling direction of the movable object; and an estimator that estimates the roll angle of the movable object and also estimates at least an offset error of the roll angular velocity detector and an offset error of the yaw angular velocity detector; wherein the estimator estimates the roll angle of the movable object, the offset error of the roll angular velocity detector, and the offset error of the yaw angular velocity detector in a current estimation operation on the basis of a detected value of the roll angular velocity detector, a detected value of the yaw angular velocity detector, detected values of the first, second, and third acceleration detectors, a detected value of the speed information detector, an estimated value of the roll angle obtained in a previous estimation operation, an estimated value of the offset error of the roll angular velocity detector obtained in the previous estimation operation, and an estimated value of the offset error of the yaw angular velocity detector obtained in the previous estimation operation.",0.02946827699667431,0.05893655399334863
8862292,"1. A method comprising: obtaining motive outputs demanded by a trip plan for a vehicle system, the vehicle system including plural interconnected propulsion-generating vehicles, the trip plan designating operational settings for the vehicle system to operate during travel of the vehicle system along one or more routes for a trip; determining motive output capabilities of the propulsion-generating vehicles of the vehicle system; identifying one or more segments of the trip where the motive output capabilities of the propulsion-generating vehicles exceed the motive outputs demanded by the trip plan over the one or more segments; and selecting one or more of the propulsion-generating vehicles for at least one of turning off or for turning to idle during travel in the one or more segments that are identified while one or more remaining propulsion-generating vehicles in the vehicle system remain on to propel the vehicle system through the one or more segments, wherein the one or more propulsion-generating vehicles for turning off or for turning to idle are selected such that a total motive output capability of the one or more remaining propulsion-generating vehicles remains at least as great as the motive outputs demanded by the trip plan over the one or more segments that are identified, wherein the one or more segments are identified responsive to the motive output capabilities of the propulsion-generating vehicles exceeding the motive outputs demanded by the trip plan by at least a designated, non-zero threshold.",0.9654945988045983,0.06901080239080337
9795906,"1. A nonwoven filtration medium comprising: a loading layer having an average pore size of 5 to 30 micrometers, wherein the loading layer comprises bicomponent fibers and glass fibers, wherein the bicomponent fibers have a concentric sheath-core structure; and an efficiency layer having an average pore size of 0.5 to 3 micrometers.",0.8302715007460771,0.3394569985078457
9766872,"1. An information processing device, comprising: a communication interface configured to communicate with a transfer server, a content server that stores a print/scan application, and an external device; a storage; a processor coupled to the communication interface; and a memory storing computer-readable instructions, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the information processing device to perform:",0.24835133477043958,0.49670266954087916
8968515,"1. A method for treating biomass comprising: adding gaseous ammonia at an elevated temperature to a reaction vessel containing biomass, wherein the reaction vessel is operated under a pressure of about 100 psi to about 1000 psi; allowing the gaseous ammonia to condense on the biomass and react with water present in the biomass, to produce a pretreated biomass, wherein the reaction vessel pressure is released over a period of greater than two minutes; and removing residual ammonia present in the reaction vessel.",0.9941775288811059,0.011644942237788225
9476359,"1. An acoustic liner comprising: a panel; a permeable panel spaced from the panel; a plurality of serpentine walls spaced from one-another; a plurality of walls spaced from one another; wherein each respective one of the plurality of walls span through the plurality of serpentine walls and extends between the panel and the permeable panel; wherein each respective one of the plurality of serpentine walls extend between the panel and the permeable panel; wherein the panel is non-permeable; wherein a cell is defined between first and second adjacent walls of the plurality of walls, between adjacent first and second serpentine walls of the plurality of serpentine walls, and between a first region of the panel and a second region of the permeable panel; wherein the second region includes a perforation; wherein the cell has a first portion defined in-part by the first region, a second portion defined in-part by the second region, and a constricted portion in fluid communication between the first and second portions and defined in-part between the first and second serpentine walls.",0.19248683475878162,0.3849736695175632
9310831,"1. A method comprising: placing, by a computing device, a clock tree in a circuit design, wherein the clock tree is configured to distribute a clock signal to sink pins in the circuit design; measuring, by the computing device, multiple clock skew values in the circuit design, wherein each clock skew value is measured with the clock tree having a different respective set of clock tree timing variation parameters; and performing, by the computing device, an adjustment of the clock tree in the circuit design based, at least in part, on the multiple clock skew values with the clock tree having different respective sets of clock tree timing parameters, wherein the adjustment of the clock tree alters placement of at least one clock tree node in the clock tree.",0.18976718293730813,0.3795343658746162
9552359,"1. A method comprising: entering, in a content history index associated with a first user account, a new entry including at least a first invitational content item identifier identifying a first invitational content item that was presented on a first client device associated with the user account, the content history index identifying content items presented to the user account during playback of a media station, wherein a first version the first invitational content item was presented on the first client device; receiving, from a second client device associated with the user account, a content history request for a content history of the first user account, wherein the second client device is different than the first client device; transmitting, to the second client device, content history data, that when rendered: in response to receiving a content request from the second client device as a result of a user selection of the first selectable portion, transmitting a second version of the first invitational content item to the second client device, causing the second version of the first invitational content item to be presented on the second client device, wherein the second version of the first invitational content item is different than the first version of the invitational content item and, the second version is selected based on a client device type of the second client device.",0.006002977163189235,0.01200595432637852
9434788,"1. A process for the preparation of bio-based fiber gums comprising: (a) mixing agricultural materials with a heated alkaline solution at temperatures in the range of about 75° to about 150° C. to form a slurry; (b) separating out the insoluble components from said slurry to yield a solution having a pH of about 9 to about 14 wherein said solution contains about 0.1 to about 10 wt % solids wherein said solids are alkaline soluble fractions; and one of the following: (c) evaporating said solution to about 16 to about 23 wt % solids and drying to a powder; (d) adjusting the pH of said solution to a pH of about 2 to about 12, evaporating said solution to about 16 to about 23 wt % solids and drying to a powder; (e) evaporating said solution to about 16 to about 23 wt % solids, adjusting the pH of said solution to a pH of about 2 to about 12 and drying to a powder; (f) evaporating said solution to about 16 to about 23 wt % solids and precipitating out said soluble components with about two to about five volumes of solvent to form a precipitate and a supernatant, and separately drying said precipitate and said supernatant; (g) evaporating said solution to about 16 to about 23 wt % solids, adjusting the pH of said solution to a pH of about 2 to about 12 and precipitating out said soluble components with one to five volumes of organic solvent to form a precipitate and a supernatant, and separately drying said precipitate and said supernatant; (h) adjusting the pH of said solution to a pH of about 2 to about 12, evaporating said solution to about 16 to about 23 wt % solids and precipitating out said soluble components with about one to five volumes of organic solvent to form a precipitate and a supernatant, and separately drying said precipitate and said supernatant; or (i) adjusting the pH of said solution to a pH of about 2 to about 5 to precipitate Hemicellulose A and the remaining solution is treated with about 2 volumes of solvent to form a precipitate and a supernatant, and separately drying said precipitate and said supernatant; and optionally the solution is pretreated with at least one of the following: (1) de-salting said solution and the de-salted solution becomes the solution; (2) processing said solution through at least one nano-filtration membrane or ultra-filtration membrane or diafiltration membrane and the permeate becomes the solution; or (3) processing said solution through at least one nano-filtration membrane or ultra-filtration membrane or diafiltration membrane and the retentate becomes the solution wherein said process does not utilize oxidizing agents and wherein said product contains feruloyl-arabinoxylans.",0.7248388193755055,0.5503223612489889
8813662,"1. A vertical floating row cleaner comprising: a. a mounting bracket configured for engagement with a row unit frame, wherein a receiver is engaged with said mounting bracket, wherein said receiver is formed with an opening therein, wherein said opening is generally vertically oriented; b. an extension member configured to engage said receiver, wherein said extension member is formed with an adjustor interface at one end thereof, wherein a portion of said extension member is positioned within said receiver, and wherein said adjustor interface extends outward from said receiver above a top surface of said receiver; c. at least one row cleaner wheel pivotally mounted to said extension member at an end thereof opposite said adjustor interface; and, d. an adjustor configured to selectively engage said extension member at said adjustor interface and simultaneously engage said top surface of said receiver, wherein a weight of said extension member and said at least one row cleaner wheel urge said at least one row cleaner wheel downward, and wherein said receiver, said extension member, and said adjustor allow said at least one row cleaner wheel to move upward in a direction along a length of said extension member via relative linear movement between said extension member and said receiver.",0.07800728317436717,0.15601456634873434
8377382,"1. A recycling furnace for processing potentially explosive precious metal-containing materials having organic fractions that combust with great energy, the furnace comprising: at least two combustion chambers, each of the at least two combustion chambers being provided with indirect heating, a protective furnace gas supply and an air or oxygen gas supply and being attached to a single waste gas treatment facility, a switching facility for alternating operation of the at least two combustion chambers between (A) pyrolysis or carbonization in an atmosphere comprising maximally 6 weight-% oxygen with gas from the protective furnace gas supply and (B) oxidative combustion of the organic fractions including carbon with oxygen from the air or oxygen gas supply, and a sensor for determining an end of the pyrolysis or carbonization in one of the at least two combustion chambers, wherein the sensor controls the switching facility to supply the air or oxygen to an interior of the one of the at least two combustion chambers in which the pyrolysis or carbonization is ending.",0.9773065700159117,0.045386859968176596
9627836,"1. A small form-factor pluggable (SFP) tool comprising: a tool body; an installer key slidingly engaged with the tool body, the installer key comprising, at a first distal end, a port engager to engage with a corresponding port of a SFP during installation of the SFP into a networking device; and an extractor key slidingly engaged with the tool body, the extractor key comprising a bail engager to engage with a bail of a SFP during removal of the SFP from a networking device, the bail engager pivotally coupled to at about a first distal end of the extractor key.",0.1403054329389822,0.28061086587796447
9704081,"1. A method of producing an information code by an information code producing apparatus, the method comprising: arranging, in a code region of the information code formed on a medium, i) a specification pattern region in which predetermined-shape specification patterns are arranged, the specification patterns including patterns indicating a position of the code region, and ii) a data recording region in which information is recorded based on a plurality of types of cells, each of the cells functioning as a unit of information; and configuring, in the code region, an image region to which a recognition process is applied by an information code reader, the recognition process being independent of a decoding process applied by the information code reader to the cells of the data recording region.",0.14748659617089915,0.2949731923417983
9798612,"1. A method of correcting a corrupted data sample using a trained deep neural network, wherein the trained deep neural network includes a plurality of neural network layers and has been trained to receive a feature representation of an input data sample and to process the feature representation to generate a corruption score for the input data sample that represents a likelihood that the input data sample is corrupted, the method comprising:",0.039759145904285476,0.07951829180857095
9714026,"1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle wherein the hybrid vehicle includes a power supply including an internal combustion engine, a transmission, and a rotary electric machine; a power storing device configured to perform charging by regeneration on the rotary electric machine; and a gear shifting device configured to change a transmission ratio of the transmission, said control apparatus comprising: a first charge controlling device configured to maintain output of the internal combustion engine at at least a predetermined value when there is an output reduction request for the internal combustion engine, and to charge the power storing device with an output excess of the predetermined value with respect to an output request for the internal combustion engine; a second charge controlling device configured to charge the power storing device with an output increment caused by upshift of the gear shifting device when there is an upshift request for the gear shifting device; and a transmission time changing device configured to at least one of extend an execution time of the upshift and delay start timing of the upshift, in order to prevent charge power for the power storing device from exceeding an input limit value for the power storing device, in comparison with a case where a control time of the output reduction request does not overlap a control time of the upshift request, when the control time of the output reduction request overlaps the control time of the upshift request.",0.9895694490957321,0.020861101808535842
8859221,"1. A dry analytical element for high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) detection which consists of a water-impermeable support, an adhesive layer which is composed of gelatin, and a porous developing layer which is composed of polyester or polysulfone, wherein the porous developing layer comprises cholesterol esterase derived from Schizophyllum commune , cholesterol oxidase derived from Pseudomonas sp., a surfactant that preferentially dissolves high density lipoprotein (HDL), peroxidase and chromogens, wherein the surfactant that preferentially dissolves HDL is polyoxyethylene alkylene phenyl ether or polyoxyethylene alkylene tribenzyl phenyl ether, and wherein the chromogens are 4-aminoantipyrine or a derivative thereof and a Trinder reagent that couples with the 4-aminoantipyrine or the derivative thereof.",0.2683099058960566,0.5366198117921132
9027741,"1. A transport system for a sheet material, the system comprising: a conveyor belt being permeable to air by bores extending through the conveyor belt; a vacuum chamber provided on a first side of the conveyor belt, the vacuum chamber being configured to provide a suction force in a first direction, the suction force adhering the sheet material to a second side of the conveyor belt, the first side of the conveyor belt being opposite from the second side of the conveyor belt and the first direction being transverse to a transport direction of the conveyor belt; and air nozzles arranged at a deflection position inside the vacuum chamber, the air nozzles being configured to supply pressurized air through the bores of the conveyor belt in a second direction, the second direction being opposite the first direction.",0.3862813747017835,0.772562749403567
8930737,"1. A method for controlling operations of a Central Processing Unit, CPU, associated with a nominal clock frequency, the CPU being coupled to an input/output, I/O, range and configured to deliver input to an application, the method comprising controlling the CPU to poll the I/O range for input to the application, wherein the polling is repeated until a poll results in input to the application, the method characterized by: monitoring whether or not each poll results in input to the application; and adjusting a clock frequency at which the CPU operates, to a predetermined first clock frequency lower than the nominal clock frequency, if a pre-defined number of polls resulting in no input is detected.",0.6614784073191359,0.6770431853617283
9531033,"1. A lithium secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; and a current interruption mechanism operated by a rise in internal pressure; wherein the positive electrode has a positive electrode mixture layer containing lithium carbonate, a conductive material and a positive electrode active material consisting primarily of a lithium-transition metal oxide, the conductive material and the positive electrode active material being present in a particulate form with particles consisting of positive electrode active material and lithium carbonate, the particles consisting of positive electrode active material and lithium carbonate being present separately from conductive material-containing particles, the specific surface area of the conductive material is 100 to 500 m the conductive material comprises at least one kind of carbon powder selected from the group consisting of acetylene black and furnace black, the average particle size of each of the conductive material-containing particles is in the range of 10 nm to 200 nm, a portion of the lithium carbonate in the positive electrode is disposed on the surface of each of the conductive material-containing particles, the amount of lithium carbonate within or on the surface of the particles consisting of positive electrode active material and lithium carbonate is 25 mass % or less of the lithium carbonate in the positive electrode, the amount of lithium carbonate per 1 m the percentage content of the lithium carbonate in the positive electrode mixture layer is 3.8 mass% to 10 mass%.",0.9683705578000645,0.06325888439987093
8931338,"1. A flow sensor, comprising: a main flow body having a first main flow port, a second main flow port, and a main flow channel between the first main flow port and the second main flow port; a laminar flow element disposed within the main flow channel between the first main flow port and the second main flow port and having a first end, a second end, and an outer surface, the first end facing the first main flow port, the second end facing the second main flow port; a bypass element disposed adjacent to the main flow body and including a bypass flow channel; a first bypass tap extending through the outer surface of the laminar flow element and disposed between the first end and the second end of the laminar flow element, the first bypass tap fluidly communicating the main flow channel with the bypass flow channel; and a second bypass tap extending through the outer surface of the laminar flow element and disposed between the first end and the second end of the laminar flow element, the second bypass tap fluidly communicating the main flow channel with the bypass flow channel, wherein:",0.29443740088281767,0.5888748017656353
9770991,"1. A charging system for charging a battery, comprising: a first interface configured to receive a voltage from an alternative current (AC) voltage source; a matrix conversion module comprising a plurality of switches electrically connected to the first interface and configured to provide a charging voltage to the battery; and a controller communicatively connected to the matrix conversion module, wherein the controller is configured to:",0.9051712636916612,0.18965747261667754
9011010,"1. A wind turbine blade pitch bearing device adapted for rotational support of a turbine blade, comprising: a shaft configured to rotate the turbine blade and configured to support the turbine blade collinearly therewith, the shaft further comprising a flange disposed radially therefrom, a first bearing unit comprising a first elastomeric bearing and a second elastomeric bearing located over the shaft and axially spaced apart thereon, a second bearing unit comprising a first slide bearing and a second slide bearing located on the shaft and axially spaced apart thereon, the first bearing unit being mounted coaxially around the second bearing unit such that the first elastomeric bearing is fixed to the first slide bearing and the second elastomeric bearing is fixed to the second slide bearing, and wherein a locking device configured to clamp the flange of the shaft to secure the first and second bearing units to the shaft and prevent rotation between part of the first bearing unit and the shaft and prevent rotation between the second bearing unit and the shaft, the wind turbine blade pitch bearing device having first and second modes of operation, the first mode of operation is configured to rotate the pitch of the turbine blade by rotation of the shaft during which time the second bearing unit can slide on the shaft, during the second mode of operation the locking device prevents the first and second bearing units from sliding over the shaft such that rotation of the pitch of the turbine blade is accomplished by elastic deformation in an angular direction between the first and second elastomeric bearings to facilitate fine pitch adjustment of the turbine blade relative to that obtained when the wind turbine blade pitch bearing device is operating in the first mode of operation.",0.8557597486181735,0.288480502763653
9234072,"1. An amorphous polyester resin obtained by reaction between: a polyester resin (A), obtained by reaction between a polyhydric alcohol component and a first poly-carboxylic acid component, either or both including a 3 or higher hydric polyhydric alcohol component and/or a 3 or higher carboxylic poly-carboxylic acid component, and having a weight-average molecular weight of 6,000 to 40,000 and a hydroxyl value of 15 to 70 mgKOH/g, and a second poly-carboxylic acid component (a), under conditions satisfying the following equations (1), (2) and (3), and the amorphous polyester resin satisfying the following equation (4), [In the equations, AV",0.4820541240592762,0.9641082481185524
9352976,"1. A method for preparing trimanganese tetroxide, comprising: (1) a process for purifying air comprising purifying air by spraying dilute aqueous ammonia; (2) a pretreatment of removing impurities from MnSO (3) a process for preparing seed crystal comprising cooling the MnSO (4) a process for obtaining the final product by controlling oxidization comprising adding the MnSO",0.6845901903854105,0.6308196192291791
8663046,"1. Hybrid transmission for a motor vehicle, comprising a main gearbox and a single electric machine, wherein the main gearbox is a mechanical gearbox with a plurality of gears and comprises at least one primary shaft adapted to be connected to a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle, and at least one secondary shaft adapted to be connected to vehicle wheels; wherein the electric machine is releasably connected both to said at least one primary shaft and to said at least one secondary shaft by a connection gear set, which includes a first gearwheel idly mounted on said at least one primary shaft and a second gearwheel idly mounted on said at least one secondary shaft and directly or indirectly meshing with said first gearwheel, so as to allow the transmission of the torque between the electric machine and said at least one primary shaft and said at least one secondary shaft; a first coupling device interposed between the electric machine and said at least one primary shaft to control connection between the electric machine and said at least one primary shaft, and a second coupling device interposed between the electric machine and said at least one secondary shaft to control connection between the electric machine and said at least one secondary shaft, wherein said first coupling device is shiftable into an engaged position, in which said first coupling device connects said first gearwheel for rotation with the respective primary shaft, and into a disengaged position, in which said first coupling device disconnects said first gearwheel from the respective primary shaft, and said second coupling device is shiftable at least into an engaged position, in which said second coupling device connects said second gearwheel for rotation with the respective secondary shaft, and into a disengaged position, in which said second coupling device disconnects said second gearwheel from the respective secondary shaft, in such a manner that with said first coupling device in the engaged position the electric machine is able to transmit torque to the primary shaft on which said first gearwheel is mounted, while said second coupling device is in the engaged position the electric machine is able to transmit torque to the secondary shaft on which said second gearwheel is mounted; a secondary gearbox with two or more gears interposed between the electric machine and said first gearwheel or said second gearwheel.",0.9417005534278612,0.11659889314427763
9375766,"1. A near-surface wellhead for extracting sub-surface gas from beneath a geomembrane covering at least a portion of a waste field, the wellhead comprising: a plenum for drawing in the sub-surface gas, the plenum comprising an enclosure with an upper portion, defining an interior volume, and including a plurality of perforations for admitting the sub-surface gas into the interior volume, with the perforations formed in the enclosure below the upper portion; a conduit rigidly connected to and extending upwardly from the upper portion of the plenum, the conduit communicating with the interior volume of the plenum, the conduit being adapted and provided for extending through an aperture in the geomembrane for withdrawing the drawn sub-surface gas from the interior volume of the plenum and through the geomembrane; a gasket having an opening formed therein that receives the conduit therethrough with the gasket positioned above and abutting against the geomembrane so that the geomembrane is sandwiched between the gasket and the upper portion of the plenum, wherein the plenum contacts the geomembrane along substantially an entire length of the upper portion of the plenum with the perforations positioned below the geomembrane; and a coupling for securing the gasket against the geomembrane to seal the geomembrane to the upper portion of the plenum along substantially the entire length of the upper portion of the plenum.",0.3396837588027979,0.6793675176055958
8376137,"1. A packaging item for packaging a toy and an ultraviolet light accessory, comprising: a transparent packaging shell, the transparent packaging shell forming a cavity and having an opening through the transparent packaging shell for access to the cavity therein; a toy positioning packaging positioned within the transparent packaging shell, the toy positioning packaging having a toy packing portion and an ultraviolet light accessory portion, the toy packing portion formed to hold a toy that is a separate and distinct item from the transparent packaging shell within the cavity of the transparent packaging shell and the ultraviolet light accessory portion formed to hold an ultraviolet light accessory such the ultraviolet light accessory can be accessed and activated by a user through the opening, such that upon activation, ultraviolet light is directed from the ultraviolet light accessory directly onto the toy that is held within the cavity of the transparent packaging shell; a toy held by the toy packing portion, the toy having a reveal pigment applied thereto, the reveal pigment being transparent when in a first state and visible when in a second state, such that when the reveal pigment is exposed to ultraviolet light, the reveal pigment becomes visible in the second state; and an ultraviolet light accessory held by the ultraviolet light accessory portion, the ultraviolet light accessory having an ultraviolet LED housed therein and a switch for selectively activating the ultraviolet LED, with the ultraviolet light accessory held by the ultraviolet light accessory portion and positioned within the transparent packaging shell such that light from the ultraviolet LED is directed toward the reveal pigment when the ultraviolet LED is activated.",0.14459609473536525,0.28919218947073055
8694723,"1. An apparatus comprising: a drive controller interface configured to connect to a host computer through a bus; a first port configured to connect to a first set of storage devices using a SAS protocol; and a second port configured to connect to a second set of storage devices using a iSCSI protocol, wherein (i) said apparatus provides support for said SAS protocol and said iSCSI protocol to allow communication using both said SAS protocol and said iSCSI protocol through said drive controller interface, (ii) said communication is provided through a single drive controller interface, (iii) said apparatus implements support for both said SAS protocol and said iSCSI protocol by implementing (a) a mapping table to provide an equivalent SAS address of an iSCSI target, (b) a SAS to iSCSI frame translation module and (c) an iSCSI to SAS frame translation module.",0.11082227607251778,0.22164455214503553
8402021,1. A system comprising: one or more computers; and a computer-readable medium tangibly encoding a computer program operable when executed to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:,0.3181922506052707,0.6363845012105414
9460907,"1. An induction RF fluorescent lamp, comprising: a lamp envelope filled with a ionizable gas mixture at less than typical atmospheric pressure; a power coupler comprising at least one winding of an electrical conductor; an electronic ballast providing appropriate voltage and current to the power coupler; and a dimming device load control facility enabling the induction RF fluorescent lamp to provide for electrical loads required for the proper operation of an external control dimming device, the dimming device load control facility controlling a switched electrical load switched in and out of connectivity with the electronic ballast to provide a load for the external dimming device; wherein the switched electrical load is switched out of the circuit during on-time intervals of the external dimming device and switched into the circuit during off-time intervals of the external dimming device.",0.6106709852897961,0.7786580294204077
9432313,"1. A method of transmitting a message from a sender to a recipient and providing an indication that the message was opened by the recipient, comprising: receiving the message at a server from the sender, the server being displaced from the recipient, associating a link with the message by the server, the link configured to execute when the link is activated at the recipient to provide an indication that the message has been opened by a recipient, transmitting the message and the link from the server to the recipient, executing the link when the link is activated at the recipient to control the server to provide an indication that the message has been delivered to the recipient or opened by the recipient, to cause information to be displayed to the recipient, to transmit an indication that the information was displayed to the recipient, and to control the server to make a record of the information displayed to the recipient when the link was activated at the recipient, providing, at the server, an authenticatible information related to the message, and transmitting, from the server to the sender, the authenticatible information, the indication of the delivery of the message at the recipient and the indication that the information displayed was displayed to the recipient.",0.025361508629830075,0.05072301725966011
9048167,"1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a strained channel region over a relaxed region of a substrate, the relaxed region comprising a first material and a second material; a gate contact over the strained channel region, the gate contact having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the distal portion being distal from the strained channel region, the proximal portion being proximate the strained channel region, the distal portion comprising the first material and the second material, a content of the first material and the second material in the distal portion being different from a content of the first material and the second material in the proximal portion; and a reacted conductive region on the distal portion, the reacted conductive region comprising the first material and the second material.",0.2876464042159145,0.575292808431829
9197524,"1. A network device recognition method, comprising following steps: receiving a Continuity Check Message (CCM) by a local Maintenance Association End Point (MEP); determining whether the CCM is transmitted from an unknown remote MEP; setting the unknown remote MEP as a dynamic MEP if the CCM is transmitted from the unknown remote MEP; recording the dynamic MEP and a receiving count of the CCM corresponding to the dynamic MEP in a storage unit; and activating a first timing mechanism with a first time interval for determining whether the CCM transmitted by the dynamic MEP is received during the first time interval, wherein if the CCM of the dynamic MEP is not received during the first time interval, a record of the dynamic MEP and the receiving count of the CCM corresponding to the dynamic MEP is deleted; if the CCM of the dynamic MEP is received during the first time interval, the receiving count of the CCM is updated.",0.4583016560220245,0.916603312044049
8797478,1. A liquid crystal display module comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a mold frame which is below the liquid crystal panel and supports the liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate below the mold frame; and a light source assembly comprising:,0.22884030574647748,0.457680611492955
9379154,"1. A solid-state image pickup apparatus, comprising: a monolithic substrate including an opening portion; a solid-state image pickup device that is mounted as a flip chip on a lower surface of the monolithic substrate on a circumference of the opening portion, the solid-state image pickup device being configured to receive and photo-electrically convert light that enters from the opening portion and a lens; a seal member affixed to the opening portion of the monolithic substrate; and a light shield member that is provided on one of a surface of the seal member opposite the solid-state image pickup device and a surface closest to the solid-state image pickup device and that shields a part of light that enters the solid-state image pickup device through the lens, wherein the circumference of the opening portion of the monolithic substrate being thinner than any other portions of the monolithic substrate in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the solid-state image pickup device, a cross-sectional surface of the circumference of the opening portion of the monolithic substrate has an L shape, and an angle of an edge surface of the light shield member with respect to an axis perpendicular to an upper surface of the solid-state image pickup device is larger than an incident angle of light that enters an edge portion of the light shield member.",0.14218869945473325,0.28437739890946645
9498068,"1. An article comprising: a foam layer with an outer surface, wherein a cavity in the foam layer has walls that are perpendicular to the outer surface, wherein the walls of the cavity form a shape, and wherein the cavity opens through a hole in the outer surface that has the shape; and a massage module that occupies the cavity in the foam layer, wherein the massage module includes a massage motor encased in molded foam, and wherein a first side of the massage module has the shape.",0.05281712135503753,0.10563424271007504
8550882,"1. A game ball surface treatment apparatus for abrading, cleaning or polishing game balls, comprising: an outer housing having a base portion, a side wall portion and a cover openably attached to an upper end of the side wall portion; an inner housing arranged within the outer housing, the inner housing having a bottom portion and a circumferential wall portion extending upwards from the bottom portion; a damper arranged to interconnect the outer housing and the inner housing; an electric motor fixed to the bottom portion of the inner housing and provided with an output shaft extending upwards; a rotary disc arranged within the inner housing and fixed to the output shaft of the electric motor to support the game balls, the rotary disc provided with an abrading fabric making contact with the game balls; an impeller arranged within the inner housing and above the rotary disc to accommodate the game balls in a mutually isolated state; and a ring-shaped lining attached to the circumferential wall portion of the inner housing in such a manner as to make contact with the game balls.",0.043694464501491996,0.087388929002984
9680042,"1. A plating method for manufacturing of electrical contacts on a solar module, the method comprising, in this order, the steps of (i) providing an array of silicon solar cells mounted onto a support substrate, the silicon solar cells separated from each other by a horizontal spacing, and having an exposed surface comprising at least one contact area on each silicon solar cell, (ii) depositing a plating resist onto the exposed surface of the array of silicon solar cells and the horizontal spacing between the solar cells, (iii) forming openings in the plating resist and thereby expose the at least one contact area on each silicon solar cell and at least one portion of the horizontal spacing between the silicon solar cells, (iv) forming a conductive seed layer on top of the plating resist and the openings formed in step (iii), (v) forming a copper or copper alloy layer on top of the conductive seed layer, and (vi) etching back those portions of the copper or copper alloy layer and the conductive seed layer sufficient to remove both the copper or copper alloy layer and the conductive seed layer from the plating resist leaving a copper or copper alloy layer in the openings formed in step (iii) and thereby forming a wiring between silicon solar cells and wiring reinforcement pillars.",0.9292573819440594,0.14148523611188124
8548822,"1. A method performed by a computer navigation system of determining and displaying a consequent step of a procedure comprising a first sequence of steps, the method comprising: identifying a current step of the procedure; identifying a component usable in at least one step of the procedure; identifying a location of the component within a field of tracking of the computer navigation system using the computer navigation system; analyzing, using the computer navigation system, whether the component is acceptable for use in steps of the surgical procedure including a step other than the current step or an immediately subsequent step in the first sequence; determining, using the computer navigation system, the consequent step based on the location, the identity of the component, and the identity of the current step; and based on the determination of the consequent step, displaying a representation related to the consequent step on a display unit.",0.05920579940615895,0.11841159881231789
9802720,"1. An apparatus comprising: a universal surface conveyor; and a universal surface for maintaining a pattern of non-rigid objects in a desired position and orientation, wherein the universal surface comprises: wherein the first surface is oriented at a compound angle to a bottom plane running through the bottom, wherein the bottom plane is oriented parallel to the bottom, and wherein, when the bottom is oriented horizontally, the bottom plane is parallel to a horizontal plane and the first surface is at the compound angle to the horizontal plane; wherein the first surface, second surface, and third surface are mutually orthogonal and meet at a point to form the lowest corner; wherein the second and third surfaces are supported by, attached to and extend at least somewhat vertically from the universal surface; wherein, when the bottom is oriented horizontally, the orientation of the first surface at the compound angle provides the lowest corner; wherein the compound angle comprises two angles, wherein a first angle of the two angles is measured from the bottom plane to a first placement vector, wherein the first placement vector extends from the lowest corner and is parallel to the first surface and the second surface, wherein a second angle of the two angles is measured from the bottom plane to a second placement vector, wherein the second placement vector extends from the lowest corner and is parallel to the first surface and the third surface, and wherein the first surface is configured to provide a static coefficient of friction between the first surface and the objects, wherein the static coefficient of friction is sufficient to prevent the objects from sliding against the first surface under forces experienced by the objects as a result of transportation of the objects by the universal surface conveyor.",0.1263159590779632,0.25263191815592645
9580496,"1. A method of treating a canine to neutralize a target antigen without inducing complement dependent cytotoxicity, comprising administering to a canine subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody, fusion protein or antigen-binding fragment of an antibody that specifically binds the target antigen, wherein said antibody, fusion protein, or antigen-binding fragment comprises a heavy chain constant domain comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 11; SEQ ID NO: 13, wherein the heavy chain constant domain does not bind C1q when the antibody, fusion protein, or antigen-binding fragment is bound to the target antigen.",0.46292914032440163,0.9258582806488033
9060354,"1. A method for data communication, the method comprising: in a handheld wireless communication device, discovering available networks and resources available via said available networks; establishing a route between said handheld wireless communication device and a selected one or more of said available resources via a selected one or more of said available networks based on user preference criteria stored in said handheld wireless communication device and based on a required format of data to be transmitted through the route for reproduction; and transmitting the data via said established route such that the data is transcoded into the required format and reproduced by at least one of the available resources other than the handheld wireless communication device.",0.27521988207342735,0.5504397641468547
8607567,"1. A solar receiver for a solar power generation system; said solar receiver comprising: a vertical panel of tubes receiving a fluid therethrough whereby solar energy is directed directly onto said vertical panel of tubes receiving the fluid for heating the fluid, each of said tubes having a rifled internal surface; and the fluid has a mass flow greater than 0.2×10",0.9704227938510892,0.05915441229782159
9666793,"1. A method of manufacturing a magnetoresistive memory element comprising making a substrate; making a digital line; making a dielectric functional layer; making a magnetic soft adjacent layer; making a conductive layer; making a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) stack; making a bit line; making a photoresist hard mask layer; and performing a self-aligned patterning process to make the MTJ stack overlaid on the magnetic soft adjacent layer having a similar oval-like shape in a film plane, wherein the self-aligned patterning process comprises",0.17706551456184064,0.3541310291236812
8553679,"1. A method for enabling multiple service profiles in a session initiation protocol based network, comprising: authenticating a device with an access network, wherein the access network is coupled with the session initiation protocol based network that is external to the access network, wherein the authenticating verifies a credential of a user; registering the device with a first service profile in the session initiation protocol based network to yield a device registration, wherein the authenticating of the device is independent of the registering of the device; and switching the device registration to a second service profile in the session initiation protocol based network, wherein the first service profile is associated with a first set of services and the second service profile is associated with a second set of services, further wherein the device remains authenticated while the device registration is switched to the second service profile, wherein a service provided by the session initiation protocol based network is accessible by the device through the access network, wherein the switching to the second service profile is based on a policy, governing the switching, wherein the policy governing the switching comprises canceling the first profile when a designated time for the first profile expires.",0.16143555375233962,0.3228711075046793
9785699,"1. A system implemented at least partially in hardware and operative in a digital medium environment to organize photographs into person-based groups using facial recognition technology and redundant analysis to reduce duplicative groupings, the system comprising: a face detection module implemented at least partially in hardware of a computing device to detect faces in multiple photographs; a face characterization module implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device to calculate facial representations of the faces detected in the multiple photographs; a face grouping module implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device to a group merging module implemented at least partially in hardware of the computing device to perform at least one merging operation to conditionally merge the first group with the second group based on the group relationship indicator.",0.11235104668433965,0.2247020933686793
8510125,"1. A nursing learning support system comprising: a first database that stores information obtained by combining each of a plurality of disease name elements with one or more symptom elements, each of said plurality of disease name elements is a first word or first phrase indicating a disease name, and each of said one or more symptom elements is a second word or second phrase indicating a symptom; a second database that stores information obtained by combining each of said plurality of disease name elements with a plurality of care elements, each of said plurality of care elements is a third word or third phrase indicating a care, wherein said second database includes detailed element combination information that includes first information obtained by combining each of said plurality of care elements with one or more detailed elements each is a fourth word or fourth phrase indicative of information of a caring method, wherein said detailed element combination information includes second information obtained by combining each of said plurality of care elements with one or more personal information elements indicative of personal information and one or more detailed elements, each of which is a fourth word or fourth phrase indicative of information of a caring method;",0.05401408658762638,0.10802817317525282
9811265,"1. A memory module, comprising: a substrate; a control signal line on and/or in the substrate and having a proximal end configured to be coupled to a controller; and at least two rows of memory device packages on the substrate and individually coupled to the control signal line at respective connection points spaced along the control signal line such that the control signal line runs from memory device package to memory device package, wherein a first memory device package in a first row is connected to the control signal line at a first connection point closest to the proximal end of the control signal line and a second memory device package in a second row is connected to the control signal line at a second connection point next closest to the first connection point.",0.554136641653576,0.891726716692848
9748979,"1. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, for providing software defined radio on a device, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute modules comprising: an in-phase and quadrature-phase (I/Q) acquisition module configured to receive a digitized radio frequency (RF) signal and acquire in-phase and quadrature-phase components of the digitized RF signal; a modem module to demodulate an output of the I/Q acquisition module; a codec module to decode the output of the I/Q acquisition module; and a data interpretation module to interpret the output of the I/Q acquisition module; wherein the I/Q acquisition module, modem module, codec module and data interpretation module comprise independent, modular software modules; wherein the I/Q acquisition module captures a state of an electromagnetic (EM) wave in polar coordinates, where an amplitude corresponds to a distance of a sample from an origin, a phase corresponds to an angle of a line from the origin to the sample from an axis, and the frequency is derived as a first derivative of a phase angle; wherein the amplitude and the phase represented on an (X,Y) coordinate system provides the in-phase and quadrature-phase components; wherein the codec module performs transforms on the in-phase and quadrature-phase components to emulate an analog circuit; wherein the codec module determines the amplitude of each sample, creates a waveform, and converts the waveform to provide fluctuations in an output signal; wherein the modem module comprises a virtual demodulator to measure a phase angle from sample-to-sample, create a waveform from variations between samples and generate an output signal; wherein the data interpretation module comprises a lookup table to translate the output of the I/Q acquisition module into a useable form for other software applications; wherein the instructions cause the processor to generate a tuning page, the tuning page providing an interface for one or more of tuning, seeking, signal strength, preset frequencies, bandwidth, Beat Frequency Offset (BFO), one-touch recording of RF signals and transmitting of RF signals; wherein the instructions cause the processor to store recordings of RF signals as captured between low and high ends of a defined spectrum at the time of recording, regardless of a specific tuned frequency at capture time.",0.26381273663390925,0.5276254732678185
8381919,"1. Mat device adapted to be arranged in a basket ( 17 ) of a dishwashing machine, the mat device comprising a base structure ( 3 ), the base structure comprising a plurality of rigid supporting structures, which partially form a base of the mat device, linked together by flexible connection elements to provide the rigid supporting structures of the base structure ( 3 ) with a degree of flexibility relative to each other that allows the rigid supporting structures to be adjusted relative to each other during installation so the rigid supporting structures of the base structure can at least partially conform to a bottom of the basket ( 17 ), wherein the base structure ( 3 ) supports a plurality of flexible supporting elements ( 11 ) for receiving dishes ( 15 ) or cutlery to be supported on the base structure ( 3 ), the mat device further comprising at least one mounting element for mounting the mat device ( 1 ) in a manner that laterally fixes a position of the mat device on the bottom of the basket ( 17 ) of the dishwashing machine.",0.26857140929620166,0.5371428185924033
8577150,"1. An automated, computerized method for processing an image, comprising the steps of: providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory; processing the image to generate intrinsic images including a material image and an illumination image, the processing of the image being carried out by executing a spatio-spectral operator/constraint/solver model for image segregation such that the material image comprises a representation of material expressed as a separate, multi-band representation for the material, independent of illumination, each band of the multi-band representation for the material corresponding to a segment of the electro-magnetic spectrum, and such that the illumination image comprises a representation of the illumination expressed as a separate, multi-band representation for the illumination, independent of the material, each band multi-band representation for the illumination corresponding to a segment of the electro-magnetic spectrum; and detecting and removing specularity as a function of the intrinsic images, the detecting specularity including analyzing at least one of the material image and the illumination image.",0.09254648539808323,0.1850929707961665
9647368,"1. A terminal for an electrical connector, the terminal comprising: a left sidewall, a right sidewall opposing the left sidewall, a bottom wall, and a top wall opposing the bottom wall, wherein the left sidewall, the right sidewall, the bottom wall, and the top wall form a socket with an opening for receiving a male terminal, the socket being disposed along a distal end of the terminal; a first pair of contacts, wherein a first one of the first pair of contacts is disposed along the left sidewall and provides a first contact surface along the left sidewall and a second one of the first pair of contacts is disposed along the right sidewall and provides a second contact surface along the right sidewall; and a second pair of contacts, wherein a first one of the second pair of contacts is disposed along the left sidewall and provides a third contact surface along the left sidewall and a second one of the second pair of contacts is disposed the right sidewall and provides a fourth contact surface is disposed along the right sidewall; wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth contact surfaces are configured to apply a normal force to a male terminal that is receivable by the socket, with the normal force to be applied by each of the first, second, third, and fourth contact surfaces being substantially the same, and wherein the first pair of contacts is positioned in front of the second pair of contacts in an insertion direction of the male terminal.",0.21819457997124067,0.4363891599424814
9656573,"1. A hybrid construction machine in which an electric motor is operated by at least one of an electric generator that is driven by an engine and an energy storage system that stores regenerative energy, the hybrid construction machine comprising: a motor drive configured to drive the electric motor; an acceleration sensor configured to sense an acceleration pedal command; and a controller configured to map the acceleration pedal command to a speed command and to control a traveling unit through the motor drive during a low speed traveling operation of the machine, wherein the controller controls acceleration/deceleration of the electric motor based on the mapped speed command, and generates the regenerative energy in response to the deceleration of the electric motor.",0.9834449331767589,0.0331101336464823
9198224,"1. An integrated circuit for a cellular mobile station, the cellular mobile station communicating as per a cellular communication protocol, the integrated circuit comprising: a cellular modem processor, the cellular modem processor to execute instructions to perform a layer a second processor; at least one memory; wherein the second processor performs untrusted processor operations, wherein untrusted processor operations are not performed by the cellular modem processor.",0.8194677012620115,0.36106459747597697
9211244,"1. A method for anti-skin aging in a subject, comprising administering to the subject in need thereof an effective amount of an active component selected from the group consisting of the following compounds:",0.2887431473904951,0.5774862947809902
9228487,"1. A method for operating a supercharger together with an internal combustion engine, the supercharger having a turbocompressor with at least one compressor impeller and with a suction side and a pressure side, an auxiliary motor for driving the compressor impeller, a flywheel mass for storing drive energy, and a first shut-off element which is arranged on the suction side of the turbocompressor, the region between the first shut-off element and the compressor impeller of the turbocompressor forming a suction-side compressor air space; the method comprising: constant driving of the at least one compressor impeller of the turbocompressor and the flywheel mass by the auxiliary motor; closing of the first shut-off element and substantially evacuating the suction-side compressor air space by an inherent compressor capacity of the turbocompressor, thereby performing a standby operation of the supercharger; and opening of the first shut-off element only when the internal combustion engine cannot provide a predefined torque, the auxiliary motor being assisted, during driving of the compressor impeller of the turbocompressor, by the drive energy which is stored in the flywheel mass, thereby performing a supercharging operation of the supercharger; wherein the auxiliary motor is an electric motor and is supplied with an electric current during both the standby operation and the supercharging operation by an on-board electrical system of a vehicle which comprises the internal combustion engine, and wherein the electric current which is drawn by the electric motor is limited.",0.9784459904319469,0.04310801913610618
9346766,"1. A method for the synthesis of N-protected 3,6-bis[4-aminoalkyl]-2,5-diketopiperazine comprising heating a solution comprising N-benzyloxycarbonyl-lysine and phosphorus pentoxide.",0.4146316433820227,0.8292632867640454
9465396,"1. An integrated circuit (IC), comprising: an input interface configured to receive an input signal providing information for controlling a supply voltage based on a performance characteristic of another IC; and a controller configured to generate an output signal for controlling the supply voltage based on a combination of the input signal and a performance characteristic of the IC, the controller including a feedback voltage generator configured to generate a feedback voltage signal by combining an offset voltage with the supply voltage to control a voltage regulator to regulate the supply voltage to the IC and to the other IC.",0.4923041386015329,0.9846082772030658
9311528,"1. A method for teaching gestures performable on a multi touch interface, the method comprising: presenting a display on a touch sensing touch screen, the display comprising a first display area and a second display area, the second display area comprising a touch monitor window graphically distinct from and in an area of the touch screen non-overlapping with the first display area; detecting a practice gesture currently being performed on the touch sensing touch screen in the first display area; and presenting in the touch monitor window an interactive feedback mechanism that indicates an accuracy of the practice gesture currently being performed.",0.013263216128751329,0.02652643225750262
8459328,"1. A covering for an architectural opening, comprising: an extendable material movable from an extended position for covering the opening to a retracted position for uncovering the opening; a drive spool mounted for rotation and operatively connected to said extendable material, wherein said drive spool rotates in a first direction to extend said extendable material and said drive spool rotates in a second direction to retract said extendable material; a drive cord having first and second ends, said first end of said drive cord being attached to said drive spool; and first and second brakes operatively connected in series to said drive cord, with said drive cord extending from said drive spool to said first brake and then to said second brake, wherein braking engagement of said second brake with said drive cord provides tension on said drive cord which increases the braking force of the first brake on the drive cord; and wherein said second brake includes a pivoting locking dog including a pinching edge, wherein the pivoting locking dog is pivotable from a braking position in which the pinching edge selectively pinches the drive cord to a disengaged position in which the drive cord is released.",0.07887971508189953,0.157759430163799
9027025,"1. A method for monitoring a particular node of a first cluster database system that comprises a database, a database server that executes on a plurality of nodes that includes the particular node, wherein each node of the plurality of nodes executes one or more database instances, wherein the database of the first cluster database system is shared by multiple database instances of the database server, the method comprising: establishing, on the particular node of the plurality of nodes of the first cluster database system, a monitoring process; the monitoring process collecting a plurality of values, wherein each value of the plurality of values indicates a measure of utilization or responsiveness of a first resource of the particular node at a different instant; determining that a database instance that was executing on a node of a second cluster database system was evicted from the second cluster database system; in response to determining that the database instance was evicted from the second cluster database system, storing eviction data that indicates a measure of utilization or responsiveness of a second resource of the node of the second cluster database system; wherein the eviction data reflects the utilization or responsiveness that the second resource was experiencing when the database instance was evicted from the second cluster database system; determining, based on (a) one or more values of the plurality of values and (b) the eviction data, a probability that the utilization or responsiveness of the first resource indicated by the one or more values will lead to performance problems for the particular node; and based on the probability, performing one or more specified actions; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.",0.3769390459169976,0.7538780918339952
9123458,"1. An electrical power cable comprising: a ground conductor; a first insulating material layer disposed about the ground conductor; a plurality of line conductors arranged in a plurality of discrete groups, each line conductor covered with a second layer of insulation material, each line conductor circumferentially disposed about the first insulating material layer; a plurality of neutral conductors arranged in a plurality of discrete groups, each neutral conductor covered by a third layer of insulating material, each neutral conductor circumferentially disposed about the first insulating material layer; the plurality of groups of line conductors and the plurality of groups of neutral conductors disposed in an alternating side-by-side arrangement about the first insulating material layer; a fourth layer of insulating material surrounding the plurality of groups of line conductors and the plurality of groups of neutral conductors; an outer conductive shield disposed about the fourth insulating material layer; and an outer insulating layer disposed about the outer shield.",0.4033711153529481,0.8067422307058962
9656245,"1. A method for preparing a ceramic body, said method comprising the steps of: providing a batch composition comprising at least one zirconium source, at least one tin source, at least one titanium source, at least one aluminum source, and at least one magnesium source; and firing the batch composition under conditions suitable to form a ceramic body comprising at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate; wherein the ceramic body comprises about 30 wt % to about 90 wt % of the at least one phase comprising a pseudobrookite-type crystal structure and about 10 wt % to about 45 wt % of the at least one phase comprising zirconium tin titanate.",0.4459832845650717,0.8919665691301434
9279417,"1. A solar power system for converting solar radiation from the sun into electrical energy comprising: a pre-heater including a first tube to hold a first hear transfer fluid and a second tube to hold a second heat transfer fluid, said first tube and said second tube have side walls allowing solar radiation to flow inwardly through said side walls and preheat said first heat transfer fluid and second heat transfer fluid but limiting flow of radiation outwardly through said side walls; a collector concentrator having aparabolic dish with an outer surface receded from a pure parabola shape for producing a ringed focal area,the dish includes a vacuum chamber which has an internal heat sink with a circuitous passage, said collector concentrator collecting solar radiation and concentrating energy via said vacuum chamber into said heat sink: a first heat transfer fluid conduit extending to and between said first tube and said heat sink routing said first heat, transfer fluid through said circuitous passage of said heat sink to allow heat in said heat sink to be absorbed by said first heat transfer fluid in said first conduit; a boiler having a steam output for steam to flow outwardly there from; a second heat transfer fluid conduit extending to and between said second tube and said boiler routing said second heat transfer fluid in said second tube into said boiler; a turbine operable to convert energy into a mechanical output; a steam conduit extending to and between said output of said boiler and an input of said steam turbine routing steam from said output of said boiler into said turbine; and an alternator operable to convert said mechanical output into electrical energy.",0.9985451875111684,0.0029096249776632277
8833863,"1. A wheel assembly configured for suspending a wheel of a motor vehicle on one side, the wheel assembly comprising: a brake disc, which is part of a disc brake and which is fixed, when viewed in a radial direction; a brake disc holder arranged to receive and support the brake disc in the radial direction and in an axial direction; a wheel disc extending radially outward from a wheel hub toward an outer circumference of said wheel assembly; and a wheel rim having an extruded hollow profile chamber radially outboard of the wheel disc and an integrally-formed radially-inward projecting connecting collar arranged to be fixed to radially-outer peripheral regions of the wheel disc and the brake disc holder, wherein the wheel hub is connected to a drive shaft on a side of the wheel bearing that lies inside the wheel via a Voith Hirth coupling, and the brake disc holder is elastically flexible in the radial direction and the rim carrier ring of the brake holder is located at the radially-outer peripheral regions of the wheel disc without contact with the wheel hub.",0.3907557248241587,0.7815114496483174
9527503,"1. An active vibration reduction control apparatus of a vehicle in which a first motor, a torsional damper, an engine, a connector, and a second motor are sequentially connected, the apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store program instructions; and a processor configured to execute the program instructions, the program instructions when executed configured to: extract a vibration signal from the second motor; generate a reference signal and a phase based on a rotation angle of the first motor; determine a filter coefficient for minimizing a phase difference between the generated reference signal and the extracted vibration signal; detect the phase difference between the reference signal and the vibration signal using a velocity signal of the first motor and the determined filter coefficient; adjust a phase for compensating for delay; generate an antiphase signal using the generated phase, the detected phase, and the adjusted phase; and multiply the antiphase signal by a reference torque to generate antiphase torque and to combine the antiphase torque and command torque.",0.6480880959257432,0.7038238081485135
8681740,"1. A method for monitoring a Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile telecommunications network during user equipment mobility, the LTE mobile telecommunications network having User Equipment in radio communication with an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) having a first mobility management entity (MME) in communication with a Home Subscriber Service (HSS) by a S6a interface, the EPC interfacing with an evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN) having a plurality of enhanced NodeBs interconnected by X2 interfaces and a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) communicating with the MME via a S3 interface, and the EPC having a second MME communicating with the first MME via a S10 interface, the method comprising the steps of: providing a network monitoring system for capturing and analyzing Packet Data Units (PDUs) from a subset of network interfaces in the LTE mobile telecommunications network; identifying, at the network monitoring system, first context data associated with a first user on S1-MME interfaces between the MMEs and a first enhanced NodeB in the E-UTRAN and S6a interfaces between the MMEs and the HSS, wherein the network monitoring system is connected to the S1-MME interfaces, the S6a interfaces, the S10 interface, the S3 interface, and the X2 interface; identifying a source identifier, a destination identifier, a Key Access Security Management Entries (K deriving, at the network monitoring system, one or more next hop parameters for first user equipment from the K creating a first context entry for the first user in a table, the first context entry comprising the source identifier, destination identifier, K",0.3319447327247858,0.6638894654495716
8368372,"1. A switch mode regulator comprising: an output inductor; a first switch for controlling a current supply to the output inductor of the regulator, the first switch having an output; a second switch for selectively providing a conductive path to ground for current flowing through the output inductor, the second switch having a control input; an inverting amplifier having an input connected to the output of the first switch and an output connected to the control input of the second switch; wherein the regulator is configured so that: i) when the first switch is turned off, a back-EMF is developed across the output inductor, forcing the input of the inverting amplifier to a low voltage such that its output is driven high causing the second switch to switch on; ii) if the output voltage of the inverting amplifier drops while positive current is flowing in the output inductor, the on-resistance of the second switch increases, causing the voltage at the input of the inverting amplifier to decrease, leading to a stable operating state; and iii) if the output voltage of the inverting amplifier drops while negative current is flowing in the inductor, the on-resistance of the second switch increases, causing the voltage at the input of the inverting amplifier to increase, leading to an unstable operating state resulting in the second switch being switched off.",0.6015236654191692,0.7969526691616615
8914036,"1. A communication terminal capable of utilizing a plurality of wireless communication functions, said communication terminal comprising: a power save unit that performs a power save operation by inactivating at least one of the plurality of wireless communication functions; a location information obtaining unit that obtains location information for the communication terminal; a target information obtaining unit that obtains location information for an access target which is accessible by using the wireless communication function inactivated by the power save unit; a determining unit that determines whether the communication terminal is within a communication range of the access target based on the location information obtained by the location information obtaining unit and the location information obtained by the target information obtaining unit; and a notification unit that gives notification of signal strength for the inactivated wireless communication function based on determination results of the determining unit without activating the inactivated wireless communication function; wherein the target information obtaining unit utilizes a wireless communication function other than the inactivated wireless communication function to request an external apparatus to provide location information for the access target while informing the external apparatus of the location information for the communication terminal obtained by the location information obtaining unit such that the location information for the access target is obtained.",0.8858033164212176,0.22839336715756486
8945032,"1. An orthosis support comprising: a belt having a connector to close the belt; a belt attachment member receiving the belt; and a strap extending from the belt attachment member, the strap having a first end and a second end; wherein the belt attachment member is movable along the belt; wherein the strap, when connected to an orthosis device, is closed as a single, generally continuous loop with at least one of the first and second ends releasably connected to an inside of the strap and the other end releasably connected to the outside of the strap; wherein the first end and the second end of the strap both include releasable attachment members and a segment therebetween that includes first and second mating releasable attachment members positionable to mate with the first end and the second end, respectively; wherein, when the strap is lying open, the releasable attachment member of the first end faces a first direction opposite a second direction, which the releasable attachment member of the second end is facing; wherein the segment between the first and second ends includes two sections each having similar first and second major surfaces; wherein the two sections are connected together such that, when the strap is lying open, the first major surface of section one faces the opposite direction as the second major surface of section two; and wherein the open strap has the first releasable attachment member of the first end facing the same direction as the second mating releasable attachment member of section one and the second releasable attachment member of the second end facing the same direction as the first mating releasable attachment member of section two.",0.026738576770380496,0.05347715354076099
9278514,"1. An intaglio printing press system for recto-verso printing of sheets for the production of banknotes and securities, wherein the intaglio printing press system comprises first and second intaglio printing units each comprising an impression cylinder cooperating with a plate cylinder carrying at least one intaglio printing plate which is inked by an inking system and wiped by a wiping system, said first and second intaglio printing units being operatively-coupled to one another directly by a sheet transporting system for transporting the sheets from the first intaglio printing unit where recto printing is performed to the second intaglio printing unit where verso printing is performed, said first and second intaglio printing units being disposed vertically, one on top of the other.",0.1778456098632671,0.3556912197265343
9168262,"1. A method of treating a human exhibiting at least one clinical sign or symptom of multiple sclerosis, comprising administering estriol orally at about 4 milligrams to about 16 milligrams per day to ameliorate at least one sign or symptom of multiple sclerosis.",0.3675832646336279,0.7351665292672558
9701215,"1. A method of controlling a temperature of a battery module in a battery cooling system for a vehicle comprising an air-conditioner that is connected by a refrigerant line to circulate a refrigerant and comprising a first expansion valve, a cooler connected by a cooling line to circulate coolant to an electrical equipment, a battery module in which the cooling line and the battery cooling line are connected through a first valve having ports {circle around (a)}, {circle around (b)} and {circle around (c)} to circulate coolant, and a chiller connected with the refrigerant line by a first connection line through a second expansion valve to supply coolant that selectively exchanges heat with a refrigerant to the battery module and that is connected with the battery cooling line by a second connection line through a second valve having ports {circle around (d)}, {circle around (e)} and {circle around (f)}, the method comprising: driving the vehicle by starting; setting, by a controller, an electrical equipment cooling start temperature A′, a coolant cooling start temperature B′ of the battery module, and a refrigerant cooling start temperature B″ of the battery module; detecting, by the controller, an electrical equipment temperature A and a battery module temperature B; determining, by the controller, whether the coolant cooling start temperature B′ of the battery module is higher than the battery module temperature B and is lower than the refrigerant cooling start temperature B″ of the battery module and whether the electrical equipment temperature A is lower than the electrical equipment cooling start temperature A′; and closing, by the controller, when the coolant cooling start temperature B′ of the battery module is higher than the battery module temperature B and is lower than the refrigerant cooling start temperature B″ of the battery module and the electrical equipment temperature A is lower than the electrical equipment cooling start temperature A′, each port of the first valve and the second valve, turning off operation of the second expansion valve, and terminating the control to prevent coolant from circulating to the cooler and the battery module.",0.9631126561828419,0.07377468763431616
9061548,"1. A pneumatic tire comprising a breaker topping, a base tread, a sidewall, a clinch, a tie gum, a bead apex, or a sidewall-reinforcing layer formed from a rubber composition for a tire, said rubber composition comprising: a rubber component containing an isoprene-based rubber; sulfur; carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N a coumarone-indene resin having a softening point of −20° C. to 45° C., wherein the coumarone-indene resin is contained in an amount of 0.5 to 6 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.",0.38066448273599707,0.7613289654719941
9322573,"1. A solar receiver, particularly of the type for parabolic linear solar concentrators and the like, comprising; a receiver tube configured to circulate a heat transfer fluid, said receiver tube being supported in a longitudinally adaptable manner in a shell, said shell comprising: an annular chamber located between said receiver tube and said shell, said annular chamber containing a preselected thermally insulating gas at an operating pressure substantially comprised between 1 mbar and 31 mbar, said preselected gas having a thermal conductivity of substantially less than 0.01 W/mK at the operating temperature at said operating pressure, wherein said annular chamber is not fluidly connected to said receiver tube, and at least one radiation shield interposed between said receiver tube and said shielding body of said shell, wherein said preselected thermally insulating gas is xenon or krypton.",0.8885664033115809,0.22286719337683825
9070820,"1. A process for treating a silicon substrate for manufacturing photovottaic cells, comprising the following steps: a) providing a silicon substrate obtained from a metallurgically purified feedstock; b) annealing this substrate by heating it to a temperature of between 880° C. and 930° C. for a time of between one and four hours, in which the substrate provided in step a) has a total carbon content of between 2×10",0.8752489224987297,0.2495021550025407
8715697,1. An isolated or purified Leishmania major protein having protein disulfide-isomerase activity LmPDI involved in the virulence of Leishmania comprising (a) two conserved Cys-Gly-His-Cys (SEQ ID NO: 11) active sites; (b) a C-terminal KDEL sequence; (c) a polypeptide sequence that is at least 27 to 36% conserved to protein disulfide iso erases by amino acid sequence alignment; (d) a polypeptide sequence that has at least 80% identity with SEQ ID NO:2 by amino acid sequence alignment; and (e) oxide-reductase activity.,0.8610435867311517,0.27791282653769667
8705649,"1. Method for estimating symbols transmitted in a time and frequency asynchronous OFDM radio communication system, said system comprising a plurality M R of base stations, each base station equipped with a plurality N R of receive antennas, comprising the steps of",0.19151134514268656,0.38302269028537306
9068557,"1. A directed flow wind turbine, configured to utilize a laminar flow of an entering wind through the directed flow wind turbine; the directed flow wind turbine comprising: a plurality of rotor vanes mechanically coupled to an upper rotor ring and a lower rotor ring; wherein the upper rotor ring and the lower rotor ring have a diameter; wherein a center line travels through a center of the upper rotor ring and the lower rotor ring; a shaft, mechanically coupled to the upper rotor ring and the lower rotor ring and configured to receive torque from the plurality of rotor vanes; an upper housing plate, attached to the shaft with an upper bearing; a lower housing plate, attached to the shaft with a lower bearing; an upwind flow shield, attached to the upper housing plate and the lower housing plate; such that a gap exists between the upwind flow shield and the plurality of rotor vanes which enables some wind to escape the directed flow wind turbine without turning the plurality of rotor blades and ensures laminar flow of wind in the plurality of rotor blades; wherein the upwind flow shield is arranged at an incline angle from a line perpendicular to the entering wind to the upwind flow shield; wherein an offset length is measured from the center line to a distal point on the upwind flow shield; a downwind flow shield, attached to the upper housing plate and the lower housing plate; wherein the downwind flow shield is arranged at the incline angle from the line perpendicular to the entering wind to the downwind flow shield; wherein an air entrance between the downwind flow shield and the upwind flow shield is unobstructed; a rotor protector shield, attached to the upper housing plate and the lower housing plate; a wind exit between the upwind flow shield and the rotor protector shield such that wind exit is free of a downwind obstruction; wherein the offset length is between 1.6 and 1.8 times the diameter in order to maintain the laminar flow of the entering wind.",0.8658635613049563,0.2682728773900873
9025317,"1. A protective case for a handheld electronic device, said handheld electronic device comprising a front portion that slides away from a back portion of the handheld electronic device to expose a keyboard, the protective case comprising: a hard plastic front shell that is configured to attach to said front portion of said handheld electronic device with a plurality of front shell hooks that engage said front portion of said handheld electronic device, wherein the front shell hooks do not interfere with a sliding motion of the front portion of the handheld electronic device relative to the back portion of the handheld electronic device when transitioning the handheld electronic device between a closed position and an open position; a hard plastic back shell that is configured to attach to said back portion of said handheld electronic device with a plurality of back shell hooks that are recessed from an outer edge of said hard plastic back shell, said hard plastic back shell having a plurality of back shell openings formed along the outer edge of said hard plastic back shell that provide access to electronic device operational features of said handheld electronic device, wherein the back shell hooks do not interfere with a sliding motion of the front portion of the handheld electronic device relative to the back portion of the handheld electronic device when transitioning the handheld electronic device between said closed position and said open position; and a flexible silicone layer that is disposed in, and substantially conforms to, said hard plastic back shell, said flexible silicone layer having a plurality of silicone layer openings that engage said plurality of back shell hooks so that said back shell hooks extend through said silicone layer openings in said flexible silicone layer, said flexible silicone layer disposed in said hard plastic back shell so that silicone layer operational features are disposed in said plurality of back shell openings that provide interaction with said electronic device operational features, when said protective case is installed on said handheld electronic device.",0.057237706048386267,0.11447541209677259
8394551,"1. Membrane-electrode assembly for electrochemical devices, comprising an ion-conducting membrane having a front side and rear side, a first catalyst layer and a first gas diffusion layer on the front side and a second catalyst layer and a second gas diffusion layer on the rear side, wherein the first gas diffusion layer has smaller planar dimensions than the ion-conducting membrane and the second gas diffusion layer has essentially the same planar dimensions as the ion-conducting membrane; wherein the ion-conducting membrane has a surface that is not supported by the gas diffusion layer on the front side; wherein peripheral edges of the gas diffusion layers, peripheral edges of the ion-conducting membrane, and the surface of the ion-conducting membrane that is not supported by the gas diffusion layer on the front side are enclosed by a sealing material which comprises a thermoplastic polymer and is reinforced by an electrically insulating inorganic material comprising glass fibers or glass spheres and which is incorporated into the sealing material as a filler during compounding in the range from 10 to 30 weight %.",0.7720498251472092,0.4559003497055816
9410435,"1. A component for a gas turbine engine, the component comprising: a gas path wall having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is exposed to hot gas flow; and a cooling hole extending through the gas path wall, the cooling hole comprising: a ridge nexus spaced along the cooling hole between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the first and second longitudinal ridges meet at the ridge nexus, wherein the second lobe is positioned between the first and third lobes, and wherein the second lobe truncates at the ridge nexus; and wherein the cooling hole diverges through the gas path wall, such that cross-sectional area of the cooling hole increases continuously from the inlet through the cooling hole to the outlet.",0.9288041996721184,0.14239160065576328
9785209,"1. A method for thermal management in a portable computing device, the method comprising: monitoring a plurality of temperature sensors including at least one first temperature sensor on an integrated circuit die and at least one second temperature sensor not on the integrated circuit die but within a housing of the portable computing device, wherein a time constant of the first temperature sensor is less than a time constant of the second temperature sensor; detecting a temperature change in response to monitoring the plurality of temperature sensors; in response to detecting a temperature change, computing a difference between a first temperature value responsive to the at least one first temperature sensor and a second temperature value responsive to the at least one second temperature sensor; comparing the difference with a threshold value to determine a workload; selecting one of a first thermal management configuration and a second thermal management configuration in response to a result of comparing the difference with the threshold value; and applying a selected one of the first thermal management configuration and the second thermal management configuration to the portable computing device.",0.7626732932407763,0.4746534135184475
9540582,"1. A method of lubricating a driveline device comprising supplying to the driveline device a lubricating composition comprising: (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity and (b) 0.01 wt % to 3 wt % of a compound having 2 to 20 repeat units of a residue of a hydroxy-carboxylic acid, wherein the compound is obtained/obtainable by a reacting a hydroxy-carboxylic acid with a hydrogen bonding donor capable of forming an ester or amide group with a carboxylic acid group of the hydroxy-carboxylic acid, wherein the hydrogen bonding donor is selected from at least one member of the group consisting of an alcohol, a primary mono-amine and a secondary mono-amine, wherein the hydroxy-carboxylic acid is a hydroxy-substituted carboxylic acid having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein, when the hydrogen bonding donor is a mono-ol, the mole ratio of mono-ol to the hydroxy-carboxylic acid ranges from 1:1.1 to 1:10, and wherein the driveline device is an axle, a gearbox or a manual transmission.",0.34601327881014815,0.6920265576202963
8544142,"1. A dust container, detachably disposed in a dust collector comprising a pair of buckle slots, the dust container comprising: a receiving body, comprising a lid and a case; and a first fastening device, disposed in the lid, the first fastening device comprising a pair of movable first operating members and a first elastic member between the first operating members, the pair of first operating members each comprising a first fastening member; wherein the pair of first operating members have a fixing position normally butted by the first elastic member and a releasing position for relatively compressing the first elastic member; at the releasing position, the pair of first fastening members retract into the lid, and at the fixing position, the pair of first fastening members protrude out of the lid; and when the receiving body is assembled to the dust collector, the pair of first fastening members extend into the pair of buckle slots.",0.05446551776445069,0.10893103552890138
8626162,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, by at least one mobile device, an advertised Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) Identifier (ID) that identifies a CSG corresponding to a base station broadcast by a base station; receiving, by the at least one mobile device, an advertised CSG indication that distinguishes between the base station permitting access to members of the CSG and permitting access to the members and non-members of the CSG broadcast by a base station; identifying whether the advertised CSG ID matches one or more CSG IDs included in an allowed CSG list, stored in a memory of the at least one mobile device; and generating a preference for selecting the base station as compared to a disparate base station when the advertised CSG indication specifies that the base station permits access to the members and the non-members of the CSG and the advertised CSG ID matches at least one of the one or more CSG IDs included in the allowed CSG list.",0.25925357126815124,0.5185071425363025
9514745,"1. A method, comprising: using, with a processor of a computer, voice recognition to identify one or more pre-determined triggers from each voice of multiple speakers addressing a listener nearly simultaneously; and in response to identifying the one or more pre-determined triggers,",0.0811988215168248,0.16239764303364956
9127943,"1. A spring structure, comprising: at least two masses coupled in a first direction as opposite phase oscillators using springs connected to the masses, via a u-shaped member between said springs and connected to coupling points of the springs, wherein oblique springs are connected from said coupling points to anchors of base such that longitudinal motion of the u-shaped member is configured to occur perpendicularly to or substantially perpendicularly to said first direction, to thus attenuate in-phase oscillation and enable opposite phase oscillation of the masses, wherein the oblique springs are oblique with respect to both the springs and the u-shaped member.",0.5718053479701533,0.8563893040596935
9650540,"1. A radiation curable coating comprising a reaction product of: a) a natural oil derived polyol containing hydroxyl groups introduced through modification of a naturally occurring carbon-carbon double bond in a natural oil; b) a lactide; and c) a compound comprising a radiation curable moiety, wherein the radiation curable moiety is on the terminus of the reaction product and not within the backbone of the reaction product.",0.5260854218167026,0.9478291563665948
8651999,"1. A drive device comprising: an internal combustion engine; and a first electrical machine and a second electrical machine, the first electrical machine being at least indirectly connectable to the internal combustion engine and is connected to an output shaft; wherein a single switching device is provided by which, in a first state, the internal combustion engine or the first electrical machine which is connected to the internal combustion engine is connected to the output shaft and the second electrical machine is decoupled from the output shaft; and wherein in a second state, the second electrical machine is connected to the output shaft and the internal combustion engine or the first electrical machine which is connected to the internal combustion engine is decoupled from the output shaft.",0.8483599102046933,0.3032801795906135
8385163,"1. A system for data storage comprising: a housing; a plurality of memory disc storage racks positioned horizontally and parallel to each other within the housing, said racks configured to hold a plurality of memory discs substantially upright, each of memory discs being aligned horizontally and longitudinally within the rack; a track arranged between the storage racks; a bank of optical disc read/write drives positioned at one end of at least one of the racks, each of said disc read/write drives being arranged substantially upright and aligned horizontally; a power unit positioned under the bank of optical disc read/write drives, said power unit configured to provide power to said bank of optical disc read/write drives; and a shuttle mounted on said track, said shuttle configured to allow transfer of a plurality of discs from said plurality of disc storage racks to said read write drives through a space between the racks said space being wider than a disc diameter, wherein multiple discs may be transferred in a single transfer operation of the shuttle.",0.16035193072514003,0.32070386145028007
9065738,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to analyze configuration information collected from a plurality of devices in a computer network, and further configured to: wherein the representation of device configuration changes, operational issues, and policy compliance information for the group of devices in the computer network facilitates causal analysis between configuration changes, operational issues, or policy compliance information, or any combination thereof.",0.6364327909310568,0.7271344181378865
9138438,"1. A method for treating an eye disease selected from the group consisting of abnormal visual field, retinal vascular occlusion, diabetic retinopathy, ischemic optic neuropathy, macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and Leber's disease, the method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, wherein the patient does not have glaucoma, a therapeutically effective amount of a 15,15-difluoroprostaglandin F2α derivative is a compound represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein R represents a hydroxyalkyl group, a formyl group, a carboxy group, an isopropoxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an aminocarbonyl group, an alkylaminocarbonyl group or an arylaminocarbonyl group, and when R is an aryloxycarbonyl group or an arylaminocarbonyl group, the aryl moiety thereof may have a substituent.",0.25177214803631504,0.5035442960726301
9200036,"1. A composition which induces a CD8 + T cell or CD4 + T cell response, comprising: a polypeptide consisting of 9 to 25 contiguous amino acid residues of mesothelin, said polypeptide comprising VLPLTVAEV (SEQ ID NO: 2), wherein said polypeptide induces a CD8 a carrier for stimulating a CD8",0.5814250832252544,0.8371498335494911
9499234,"1. A bicycle component control apparatus for controlling a plurality of bicycle components, the bicycle component control apparatus comprising: a user operating device that is a single device; an electric actuating unit controlled in response to operation of the user operating device to selectively control the plurality of bicycle components; an electric control unit configured to be operable by the user independently from the user operating device; an electrically controlled valve configured to be connected to the electric control unit and controlled by user operation of the electric control unit, the electrically controlled valve further being configured to be attached to the plurality of bicycle components, the electrically controlled valve having a plurality of component operating positions each corresponding to one of the plurality of bicycle components to alternatively select one of the plurality of bicycle components to be operated, the component operating positions of the valve being set by the electric control unit in response to user operation of the electric control unit; and a hydraulic unit configured to be simultaneously attached to the plurality bicycle components by the electrically controlled valve and fluidly connected to the plurality of bicycle components based on a selected one of the plurality of component operating positions, the hydraulic unit fluidly controlling one of the plurality of bicycle components corresponding to the selected one of the plurality of operating positions in response to actuation of the electric actuating unit by the user operating device.",0.5419167337060617,0.9161665325878765
9328736,"1. A motor pump comprising: a pump housing; a motor housing; a ceramic pump shaft carrying an impeller; said ceramic pump shaft supported in the motor housing with the impeller extending into the pump housing; a rotor-stator structure disposed in the motor housing and operated to drive the ceramic shaft; a front bearing and a rear bearing for supporting the ceramic pump shaft and spacedly disposed along the ceramic pump shaft on respective opposed sides of the rotor-stator structure; an annular bearing support member in which the front bearing is mounted; a tubular sleeve into which the annular bearing support member is inserted; said tubular sleeve including a rear annular portion for supporting the rear bearing and a front annular portion for matingly receiving the annular bearing support member; said front annular portion of the tubular sleeve having a diameter greater than a diameter of the rear annular portion of the tubular sleeve; said front annular portion of the tubular sleeve transitioning at a step to the rear annular portion of the tubular sleeve; said annular bearing support member including an inner annular portion for supporting the front bearing and an outer annular portion received in the front annular portion of said tubular sleeve; said outer annular portion of the annular bearing support member having a diameter greater than a diameter of the inner annular portion of the tubular sleeve; said annular bearing support member being constructed with a reverse bend that inter-couples the inner annular portion and the outer annular portion of the annular bearing support member so that the inner annular portion is disposed coaxial with and within the outer annular portion of the annular bearing support member; said inner annular portion of the annular bearing support member having an inner annular surface for support of the front bearing; said reverse bend formed by a first transition portion disposed between and contiguous with the inner and outer annular portions of the annular bearing support member and that extends substantially orthogonal to the inner and outer annular portions of the annular bearing support member; said annular bearing support member further including a second transition portion that extends inwardly from and contiguous with the inner annular portion of the annular bearing support member, substantially orthogonal to the inner annular portion of the annular bearing support member and directed at the ceramic pump shaft.",0.16158244072163128,0.3231648814432626
9033285,"1. A non-freight carrying intermodal container comprising: a non-freight carrying body configured for stacking with another intermodal container, the body having an intermodal container compatible configuration comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, end walls, and side walls connected together to form a box with corners at each junction of three of the walls and having corner fittings at each corner, the corner fittings comprising a plurality of connection openings each configured to receive a part of a mounting device; a distributed power control system contained within the body comprising at least a controller for controlling application of a brake system, the controller configured to communicate with and receive instructions and/or commands from a command system of a lead distributed power locomotive within a train, and one or more connection hoses configured to connect the distributed power control system within the body to a non-distributed powered locomotive positioned adjacent to the non-freight carrying intermodal container to control application of at least the brake system of the non-distributed powered locomotive.",0.5205929712923728,0.9588140574152544
8969808,"1. A non-dispersive infrared gas sensor, comprising: an infrared source; an infrared detector; and a waveguide extending about the infrared source and the infrared detector; the waveguide comprising a reflective diffuser thereon, wherein the reflective diffuser comprises a printed circuit board reflective surface.",0.37940964953314893,0.7588192990662979
9298243,"1. A method, comprising: modifying an operating point of at least one of a memory physical layer interface or a memory controller in response to changes in bandwidth utilization of the memory physical layer interface, wherein the memory physical layer interface and the memory controller share a power budget with at least one processing unit, and wherein the operating point of the at least one of the memory physical layer interface or the memory controller is modified independently of an operating point of the at least one processing unit.",0.8991167259031703,0.20176654819365947
9175412,"1. A method of manufacturing a barcode nanowire having a superior biocompatibility, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a nanotemplate having a pore and representing insulating property; disposing the nanotemplate in an electrolytic solution including a first precursor for generating an iron ion and a second precursor for generating a gold ion; and performing an electro-deposition to alternately and repeatedly form an iron layer and a gold layer in the pore, wherein the electro-deposition step galvanostaticaly controls how iron ions and gold ions deposit into the pore, the electro-deposition step including a first step of forming the iron layer by applying a first current and a second step of forming the gold layer by applying a second current, the second has a current density lower than a current density of the first current, and the first and second steps are alternately and repeatedly performed until the nanowire has a required length, wherein the density of the first current is in a range of from 10 mA/cm wherein a molarity ratio of an iron to a gold ion is within a range of 4:1 to 40:1 in the electrolytic solution.",0.5087361356345009,0.9825277287309981
9063974,"1. A machine-implemented method for processing a query, comprising: determining, by a microprocessor, that execution of the query involves a scan operation; in response to determining that execution of the query involves a scan operation, wherein the microprocessor is separate from the coprocessor; causing, by the microprocessor, the scan operation command to be stored in memory; processing, by the coprocessor, the scan operation command by:",0.14630941515266585,0.29261883030533165
9797447,"1. A method of manufacturing a, bearing for a vertical axis windmill, the bearing comprising a bail rolling on a rolling contact groove and being configured to rotatably support a vertical axis of a vertical axis windmill, the method comprising: defining a ratio of a diameter of the ball with respect to a diameter of the vertical axis as a ratio; defining a numerical value that is obtained by dividing a rolling contact groove radius by the diameter of the ball as a numerical value; using a graph which represents the ratio as a vertical axis and represents the numerical value as a horizontal axis, and which includes an area surround by a first relation curve, a second relation curve, and a third relation curve, the first relation curve showing a relation between the ratio and the numerical value and showing a starting torque obtained from working conditions of the vertical axis windmill, the second relation curve showing a relation between the ratio and the numerical value and showing a dynamic load rating obtained from working conditions of the vertical axis windmill, the third relation curve showing a relation between the ratio and the numerical value and showing a static load rating obtained from working conditions of the vertical axis windmill; determining the ratio within the area as a specified ratio; determining the numerical value within the area as a specified numerical value; and manufacturing the bearing by use of the specified ratio and the specified numerical value.",0.32696339524074364,0.6539267904814873
9260990,"1. A method for an engine, comprising: measuring pressure in a crankcase vent tube with a pressure sensor arranged therein; and with a controller, determining whether an intake air filter is degraded based on the measured crankcase vent tube pressure and setting a diagnostic code if the intake air filter is degraded.",0.656365234387269,0.687269531225462
8660486,"1. A system having WUSB (wireless universal serial bus) and Bluetooth audio/video interfaces within a single device body, comprising: a UWB (ultra wide band) subsystem coupled within a device body and configured to communicate with an external UWB subsystem; one or more USB ports coupled to the UWB subsystem within the device body and configured to be coupled to external USB devices; and a Bluetooth subsystem coupled within the device body and configured to communicate with an external Bluetooth subsystem to receive audio/video data; wherein the UWB subsystem and the Bluetooth subsystem are configured to communicate with each other to share one or more operational parameters, the one or more operational parameters including device pairing information provided by a user with respect to either the external UWB subsystem or the external Bluetooth subsystem; wherein the UWB device pairing information, if provided by the user, is configured to be used to establish a first wireless link between the UWB subsystem and the external UWB subsystem and is also configured to be used to automatically establish a second wireless link between the Bluetooth subsystem and the external Bluetooth subsystem without requiring additional Bluetooth device pairing information to be provided by the user; and wherein the Bluetooth device pairing information, if provided by the user, is configured to be used to establish a first wireless link between the Bluetooth subsystem and the external Bluetooth subsystem and is also configured to be used to automatically establish a second wireless link between the UWB subsystem and the external UWB subsystem without requiring additional UWB device pairing information to be provided by the user.",0.24990522802965207,0.4998104560593042
8765429,"1. A method of making a sugar-based product wherein a lignocellulosic or grain-based biomass is pretreated and sugars are extracted, comprising: pretreating the biomass by a process comprising: transferring the shocked biomass from the chamber; converting at least a portion of the shocked biomass into sugars; extracting sugars from the shocked, converted biomass; and converting at least a portion of the extracted sugars into a sugar-based product.",0.8383695690503418,0.32326086189931647
9247506,"1. A method in a wireless terminal comprising: determining a first power value for a first set of time periods of a subcarrier frequency based on at least one first transmission power control parameter; determining a second power value for a second set of time periods of the subcarrier frequency based on at least one second transmission power control parameter; determining whether a particular time period belongs to the first set of time periods or the second set of time periods; if the particular time period belongs to the first set of time periods, transmitting on the subcarrier frequency in the particular time period with a transmission power based on the first power value; and if the particular time period belongs to the second set of time periods, transmitting on the subcarrier frequency in the particular time period with a transmission power based on the second power value.",0.7780879483446269,0.4438241033107462
8642326,"1. A photobioreactor comprising a vessel inoculated with algae capable of sequestering carbon dioxide by photosynthesis, said vessel having a bottom, sidewalls, a cover, an inlet for fresh media and an outlet for a harvestable algae slurry formed in the vessel, a plurality of vertical baffles sealed to the sidewalls and arranged such that alternating high and low baffles are sealed to the bottom and spaced from the bottom, a light source associated with each baffle, said light sources suspended between or attached to the baffles and being capable of stimulating photosynthesis in the algae, and a source of a gas containing at least some carbon dioxide, whereby said baffles provide a serpentine flow path between the inlet and outlet increasing the residence time of the algae in the presence of the light sources, said photobioreactor further having a clamp-on gutter system attached to each low baffle with a low gutter on the inlet side and a high gutter on the outlet side of the vessel, said low gutter attached by a conduit to a manifold for harvesting some of algae slurry formed in the vessel and said high gutter attached to a conduit for supplying make up water or media.",0.8589198737428727,0.2821602525142546
8751381,"1. A method for processing demand deposit account (“DDA”) payment transactions for an account holder comprising: generating a private virtual identifier by a payment network transaction server including a processor and memory, the private virtual identifier being unknown to an account holder; the payment network transaction server associating the private virtual identifier with a DDA number of the account holder; generating by the payment network transaction server a public virtual identifier associated with the private virtual identifier; distributing the public virtual identifier to the account holder; receiving a DDA payment request from a billing entity, wherein the DDA payment request includes the public virtual identifier; in response to the step of receiving the public virtual identifier in the DDA payment request, the payment network transaction server retrieving the private virtual identifier; transmitting the private virtual identifier to a financial institution maintaining the DDA; restricting access to the private virtual identifier to a payment network and the financial institution maintaining the DDA; and processing the DDA payment request using the private virtual identifier and facilitating payment to the billing entity on behalf of the account holder.",0.040596255395590676,0.0811925107911814
8783976,"1. A method of working on a piece of material, said method comprising: a. mounting an enclosure device to an arm, wherein said arm is configured to perform work on said piece of material, wherein a camera is positioned in said enclosure device adjacent a plate frame of said enclosure device; b. opening a flap on said enclosure device so as to allow said camera to record at least one image of said piece of material, wherein said flap is pivotally engaged with a distal end of a shutter mounting arm extending from said plate frame; c. closing said flap on said enclosure device so as to protect a lens mounted in said enclosure device; and d. instructing said arm to perform work on said piece of material.",0.2736604194645103,0.5473208389290206
9781691,"1. A wireless communication device that transmits a frame group including one or two or more types of frame at reception timing of a facing wireless communication device in response to a frame transmission request from an upper layer processing unit, and that operates according to a coordinated sampled listening (CSL) standard, the wireless communication device comprising: a processor, and a non-transitory storage medium containing program instructions, execution of which by the processor causes the wireless communication device to provide functions of",0.3696932601181027,0.7393865202362054
8908253,"1. A passive variable emittance device comprising: a substrate having a receiving surface adapted to reflect radiations having a given wavelength; an intermediary layer deposited on the receiving surface of the substrate and being substantially transparent to the radiations having the given wavelength; and a thermochromic layer deposited on top of the intermediary layer, the thermochromic layer being substantially transparent to the radiations having the given wavelength for a first temperature below a given transition temperature, and presenting both reflection and absorption for the radiations for a second temperature above the given transition temperature, a total optical thickness for the intermediary and thermochromic layers being substantially equal to one quarter of the given wavelength so that radiations reflected by the thermochromic layer at the second temperature destructively interfere with radiations transmitted by the thermochromic and intermediary layers and reflected by the substrate in order to obtain a first emittance for the passive variable emittance device at the second temperature being greater than a second emittance for the passive variable emittance device at the first temperature.",0.3329896170321783,0.6659792340643566
9657538,"1. A method of pulling a rod out of a well hole, comprising: lifting a rod string through a disengaged rod clamp and rod positioner assembly with a traveling block system and remotely controlled rod elevator until a junction between a first rod of the rod string and a second rod of the rod string is above the rod positioner; engaging the rod positioner onto the second rod, wherein the rod positioner holds the second rod in a stationary position; suspending the rod string in the rod positioner; engaging a tong assembly onto the first rod, wherein the tong assembly twists the first rod and unthreads the first rod from the second rod; disengaging the tong assembly from the first rod; raising the first rod above the tong assembly and moving the first rod towards a carriage, wherein the carriage is raised and extended at an angle; lowering the first rod onto the carriage and releasing the first rod from the rod elevator; lowering and retracting the carriage into a horizontal position; and tilting the carriage and discharging the rod from the carriage onto a rod racking system.",0.0952397647707845,0.190479529541569
8753243,"1. A gear support assembly for a turbine engine, comprising: an epicyclic gear arrangement; a first tapered bearing and a second tapered bearing spaced apart from the first tapered bearing, the first tapered bearing and the second tapered bearing being arranged axially forward of the epicyclic gear arrangement and supporting the epicyclic gear arrangement, wherein the first tapered bearing includes a first roller element defining a first rotational axis and the second tapered bearing includes a second roller element defining a second rotational axis such that the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis intersect at a position that is radially inwards from the first roller element and the second roller element.",0.7476049161317082,0.5047901677365836
8580879,"1. A resin composition having properties of a high thermal conductivity ranged from 5.7 W/m·K to 14.2 W/m·K as well as a high glass transition temperature ranged from 169° C. to 235° C. measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), comprising: (1) solid brominated epoxy resin of 20-70 wt % based on the resin composition, wherein the brominated epoxy resin comprises tetrabromobisphenol-A and at least one resin selected from the group consisting of multifunctional phenol-benzaldehyde epoxy resin, difunctional epoxy resin and difunctional bromine-containing epoxy resin; (2) a hardener of 1-10 wt % based on the resin composition; (3) a promoter of 0.1-10 wt % based on the resin composition; (4) an inorganic powder of 0.01-20 wt % based on the resin composition to increase rigidity of the resin composition after cured, wherein the inorganic powder having a diameter of 0.01-20 micron is at least one selected from the group consisting of SiO (5) different sizes of high thermal conductivity powders having a diameter of 0.1-10 micron that are closest packed in form of highest density model by Horsfield packing model and present in the resin composition in an amount of 5-85 wt % based on the resin composition, wherein the high thermal conductivity powder is at least one selected from the group consisting of metal nitrides, metal oxides, carbides and corundum; and (6) a processing aid of 0.02-10 wt % if necessary added, based on the resin composition.",0.6714899735101921,0.6570200529796157
8475133,"1. A wind turbine system, comprising: a wind turbine blade having an overall length, a radially inner region and a radially outer region, wherein:",0.9137578990857282,0.17248420182854352
8877540,"1. A manufacturing method of a solar cell module, wherein in lamination process, in which a structure in which a back surface material, a back-surface-side sealing resin, a solar cell, a light-receiving-surface-side sealing resin, and a front surface material are laminated in sequential order is integrated by applying pressure while heating the structure, temperature of the light-receiving-surface-side sealing resin and the back-surface-side sealing resin is controlled to be higher than a melting point of a portion, which is in contact with the solar cell, of at least one of the light-receiving-surface-side sealing resin and the back-surface-side sealing resin and lower than a melting point of a portion, which is in contact with the back surface material, of the back-surface-side sealing resin, the temperature of the manufacturing method being controlled to not be equal to or higher than the melting point of the portion of the back-surface-side-sealing resin in contact with the back surface material so that deformation of the back surface material is suppressed.",0.9862825656900963,0.027434868619807373
8783744,"1. An actuator controlled strike for operating in conjunction with a spring latch and a dead latch of a lockset, said strike comprising: a) a housing having a latch receiving cavity therein; b) a keeper having a first axis of rotation relative to said housing and rotatably disposed in said cavity for movement between a first position and a second position, said keeper configured for making contact with said spring latch during at least a portion of said keeper rotation; and c) a kicker rotatably disposed in said cavity and having a second axis of rotation relative to said housing and offset from said first axis of rotation, said kicker being configured for making contact with said keeper, and said kicker configured for making contact with said spring latch during at least a portion of said kicker's rotation.",0.15572336445361712,0.31144672890723424
8899154,"1. A rock breaking non-detonation type cartridge comprising: an elongate tubular body having a front end and a rear end, an end closure at each end of the body, the end closure at the rear end of the body having a blind bore terminating in a rear membrane; a charge of non-detonation type combustible material in the body, and an igniter configured to ignite the charge, wherein the rear membrane permits flame entering the blind bore to flash through the rear membrane; wherein the cartridge directs flame from combustion of the combustible material out the front end.",0.1280623816232173,0.2561247632464345
9349015,"1. A method, comprising: with a processor, evaluating inter-application data flows associated with at least two applications based on a predetermined security policy; with the processor, indicating whether or not the at least two applications satisfy the predetermined security policy based on the evaluation; and establishing application signatures for the at least two applications, and storing the application signatures, wherein the evaluation of inter-application data flows is based on the stored application signatures and one or more inter-application flow maps associated with the at least two applications; wherein the one or more inter-application flow maps associated with the at least two applications are based on bytecodes associated with the at least two applications.",0.08902372937618282,0.1780474587523656
9574890,"1. A method for improving user experience when using a mobile navigation device to navigate along familiar routes, comprising: determining a current position associated with the mobile navigation device; determining whether a road segment corresponding to the current position associated with the mobile navigation device is familiar based at least in part on historical travel data; and reducing presentation of media playing in an environment surrounding the mobile navigation device in response to determining that the road segment corresponding to the current position associated with the mobile navigation device is not familiar, wherein reducing the presentation further comprises:",0.06497709863811527,0.1299541972762306
9792153,"1. A computer-implemented method of managing computing resources of a computing system comprising: storing, at a data store of a computing device, (i) a computing resource list that indicates each computing resource of a computing system which comprises one or more computing resources and (ii) computing resource information which describes individual computing resources of the one or more computing resources; updating, by the computing device, the computing resource list responsive to one or more of (i) an addition of a new computing resource being added to the computing system or (ii) a removal of one of the one or more computing resources from the computing system; performing, by the computing device, one or more evaluation tasks for one of the one or more computing resources; and generating, by the computing device, a resource evaluation report for the computing resource based on performance of the one or more evaluation tasks; wherein a first evaluation task of the one or more evaluation tasks comprises",0.687570797759819,0.624858404480362
9421254,"1. An immunostimulatory composition for inducing high functional avidity T cells comprising a combination of three or more Toll Like Receptor (TLR) agonists, said composition comprising an effective amount of MALP-2, a TLR2 agonist, polyl:C, a TLR3 agonist, and CpG, a TLR9 agonist, wherein the triple combination of TLR agonists synergistically activates IL-15 and IL-12 production of dendritic cells as compared to a double combination of TLR agonists thereby inducing high functional avidity T cells.",0.5597827056390027,0.8804345887219946
9523850,"1. Scanning apparatus, comprising: a scanner, which is configured to scan over a field of view falling within a predefined angular range; an interference filter, which is positioned between the scanner and the field of view and is configured to pass light within a predefined wavelength range that is incident on the interference filter at angles within the predefined angular range, while reflecting the light within the predefined wavelength range that is incident on the interference filter at an angle that is outside the predefined angular range; a transmitter, which outputs a beam of light at an emission wavelength of the transmitter, which is within the predefined wavelength range, via a beam path that is angled from the transmitter to the interference filter so as to be incident on and reflect from the interference filter at the angle that is outside the predefined angular range, wherein the interference filter is oriented so as to reflect the incident beam toward the scanner, which receives and scans the reflected beam over the field of view so that the scanned beam is transmitted through the interference filter; and a receiver, which receives a further beam of light along the beam path that is transmitted through and then reflected from the interference filter.",0.07735256154440985,0.15470512308881967
9366201,"1. A thrust reverser for a nacelle of a turbojet engine comprising: at least one external cowl translating from a closure position to an opening position; actuating means comprising a set of control cylinders, at least one control cylinder of said set of control cylinders being attached to each of the external cowl; thrust reversal means comprising deflecting cascades supported at an upstream end and a downstream end of said deflecting cascades by a front frame and a rear frame respectively, and said deflecting cascades being enclosed in an envelope formed by a fan housing and by a fan cowl; and a lock assembly configured to be locked or unlocked so as to attach said deflecting cascades on the external cowl or to separate said deflecting cascades from the external cowl, wherein an activation of the actuating means lead to the opening or closing positions of the external cowl, allowing a displacement of the external cowl and said deflecting cascades together when the locking assembly are locked, and a displacement of the external cowl alone when the locking assembly are unlocked.",0.8045281571727834,0.39094368565443327
9683063,"1. A process for the polymerisation of olefins in a polymerisation reactor system, the polymerisation reactor system comprising a reactor and further comprising at least first and second introduction points by which the same reaction component may be introduced directly at different locations on the reactor system, the process comprising: (i) at a first time introducing the reaction component through at least the first introduction point and such that a proportion X of the reaction component which is introduced through said first and second introduction points is introduced through the first introduction point, and (ii) at a second, later, time introducing the same reaction component through at least the second introduction point and such that a proportion Y of the reaction component which is introduced through said first and second introduction points is introduced through the first introduction point, wherein Y is less than X, and further wherein at least one of the first and second introduction points is located on the reactor system at a location not on the reactor.",0.7382050417872076,0.5235899164255848
8609674,"1. A compound of formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein",0.3261395342845231,0.6522790685690462
9008656,"1. A method of searching for an operator network in a multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) environment, the method comprising: calculating a length of a sleep interval to perform background Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) searching; comparing the length of the sleep interval with a predetermined reference parameter; if the length of the sleep interval is larger than the reference parameter, performing background PLMN searching in a passive RAT during the sleep interval; and if the length of the sleep interval is equal to or smaller than the reference parameter, performing background PLMN searching in an active RAT during the sleep interval.",0.7372738739512734,0.5254522520974532
9825305,"1. An ink for a printed film, the ink comprising: a solution; and frustules comprising manganese-containing nanostructures dispersed in the solution, wherein the ink is configured to be printed to form the printed film, a membrane of an energy storage device comprising the printed film.",0.43555256313050933,0.8711051262610187
8809638,"1. A seed of soybean variety BY0912931, wherein a representative sample of seed of said soybean variety BY0912931 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12550.",0.11843213524286002,0.23686427048572
9625883,"1. A system comprising: an industrial controller comprising a first processor configured to: execute a substantially deterministic control process; and communicate with a second processor included in a communications interface system and communicatively coupled to the first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to communicate an asynchronous data to the second processor via an industrial communications protocol during the execution of the control process, and the second processor is configured to retrieve external data from an external system based on an asynchronous signal, and to communicate the external data to a control system via an Ethernet-based communications protocol, wherein the processor provides for a Purdue Reference Model (PRM) level",0.8341175836694996,0.33176483266100076
8391915,1. A network comprising: a network backbone capable of two-way communications; a plurality of radio transceivers attached to said network backbone that:,0.3927258132322719,0.7854516264645438
8583864,"1. A computer system comprising: a first storage apparatus including a first processor configured to provide at least a first virtual volume and a second virtual volume to a computer, a second storage apparatus coupled to the first storage apparatus and including a second processor configured to be capable of controlling start and stop of rotation of a plurality of first disk drives and to provide a first logical volume being configured with the plurality of first disk drives to the first storage apparatus, and a third storage apparatus coupled to the first storage apparatus and including a third processor configured to be incapable of controlling start and stop of rotation of a plurality of second disk drives and to provide a second logical volume being configured with the plurality of second disk drives to the first storage apparatus, wherein the first processor is configured to make the first logical volume in the second storage apparatus correspond to the first virtual volume and to make the second logical volume in the third storage apparatus correspond to the second virtual volume depending on attributes or a purpose of the first and second virtual volumes, wherein the first processor is configured to allocate a first storage region in the first logical volume to the first virtual volume or a second storage region in the second logical volume to the second virtual volume in response to receiving a write request to the first virtual volume or the second virtual volume from the computer for storing data corresponding to the write request, wherein the first processor is configured to stop the second virtual volume in response to receiving an external request to stop the second virtual volume and to migrate data in a plurality of second storage regions held as data in the second virtual volume to one or more first storage regions which are in a plurality of first storage regions in the first logical volume and have not been allocated to the first virtual volume, wherein the first processor determines whether the first virtual volume corresponding to the first logical volume has been stopped and, in a case of a determination that the first virtual volume has been stopped, instructs the second storage apparatus to stop the first logical volume, and wherein the second processor stops the first logical volume and stops rotation of the plurality of first disk drives composing the first logical volume in response to receiving the instruction from the first storage apparatus.",0.33254173108434487,0.6650834621686897
9606544,"1. A system, comprising: a plurality of unmanned vehicles; a computing device for connection to the plurality of unmanned vehicles via a network, the computing device storing, in a memory, (i) a dynamic attribute respective to each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles, the dynamic attribute defining an operational capability of the respective vehicle that is variable during vehicle operation and (ii) a static attribute respective to each of the plurality of unmanned vehicles, the static attribute defining an operational capability of the respective vehicle that is invariable during vehicle operation; the computing device configured to:",0.6307206803303053,0.7385586393393895
9186579,"1. A method of operating an Internet based pictorial game with a game computing system comprising: providing a database of game images related to associated topics coupled to the game computing system; associating said game images with one or more concepts with the game computing system; providing a rule set for a user to use to give a prediction of an identity of said one or more concepts; automatically selecting a first game image in response to a user request presented to the game computing system, which first game image is associated with a selected concept of said one or more concepts; generating different degraded versions of said first game image automatically for the user with the game computing system by performing image processing on said first game image, including at least one of altering a pixelation, noise, or resolution of such first game image such that such first one or more concepts are less detectable in said different degraded versions of such first game image; presenting said first game image with the game computing system in a visual sequence that varies using said different degraded versions of said first game image so that content is gradually revealed for said first game image to a user over a first time period; and automatically processing responses from the user in compliance with said rule set with the game computing system to determine if said user has accurately determined an identity of the selected concept associated with said first game image; wherein said first game image is presented to the user during at least a portion of said first time period substantially without explicit textual information describing said selected concept.",0.004371868430417512,0.008743736860835072
9642250,"1. An insulating colloidal material, comprising: a resin; selected from the group consisting of organometallic particles and ionic compounds, wherein a ratio of the trigger particles to the insulating colloidal material is between 0.1 wt % and 10 wt %, and an organic solvent, wherein",0.5402112163073762,0.9195775673852475
8971445,"1. A field device in a Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) network, comprising: an input to receive a command, wherein the command is a HART sequence; a channel estimation device, to compare the received HART sequence with a stored HART sequence of a same type as the received HART sequence, and based on the comparison, to detect channel impairments; a signal processing device, to divide a data stream into symbols, each symbol including a group of three consecutive bits and to generate an outgoing signal; a channel predistorter, to pre-distort the outgoing signal with the channel impairments; and an output to transmit the pre-distorted outgoing signal in response to the command.",0.05522487719169032,0.11044975438338067
9115100,1. A compound of formula IVa: or a salt thereof.,0.4155789564927361,0.8311579129854721
9153785,"1. A semiconducting polymer of formula (V): where X R each of Y Z is selected from the group consisting of an ester, ketone, amide, cyano, alkyl, polyfluoroalkyl, polychloroalkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl; W is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, cyano, dicyanovinyl, and tricyanovinyl; and n is an integer greater than 0.",0.5913057620604012,0.8173884758791976
8974813,"1. A controlled-release composition, comprising: a water-swellable linear polymer together with an active agent, the water-swellable linear polymer obtained by reacting together: (a) a polyethylene oxide of number average molecular weight less than or equal to 4000 g/mol; (b) a C (c) a difunctional isocyanate, wherein the ratio of components (a) to (b) to (c) is in the range of 0.01-0.1 to 1 to 1.01-1.1 in terms of equivalent weights, the amount of the polyethylene oxide is less than 50 wt % of the polymer, the polymer has a water swelling percentage of 20-100%, and the composition is in a solid dosage form.",0.2856306184023791,0.5712612368047582
9759300,"1. A transmission for a walk-behind wheeled vehicle, the transmission comprising: at least one casing at least partially housing a driver member, equipped with rotary drive motor means, a rotary driven member in the form of a toothed wheel, continuously engaging with the motor driver member, wheel drive means for driving both wheels of a single pair of wheels of the vehicle, said wheel drive means having wheel drive shaft made in one piece or made up of at least two wheel drive shaft segments in alignment, each of which is suitable for driving a respective wheel of the single pair of wheels of the vehicle, and a clutch mechanism disposed between the wheel drive shaft or each of the wheel drive shaft segments and the driven member, the clutch mechanism or mechanisms being activated by the driven member being driven in rotation in a forwards first rotary drive direction, and deactivatable by the wheel drive shaft or the wheel drive shaft segment with which it co-operates being driven in rotation forwards, when the speed of rotation of the wheel drive shaft or of the wheel drive shaft segment is greater than the speed of rotation of the driven member, the wheel drive shaft or each wheel drive shaft segment being free to turn in either of its directions of rotation when the corresponding clutch mechanism is in the deactivated state, wherein the rotary drive motor means for driving the driver member in rotation, and therefore for driving the driven member in rotation, are motor means that can be controlled to rotate in two directions of rotation and that are suitable not only for driving the driven member in rotation in the forwards direction, but also for driving the driven member in rotation in a backwards second direction that is opposite to said first direction of rotation, and in that the or each clutch mechanism is of the type that is deactivatable solely by the driven member being driven in rotation in the backwards direction.",0.5278270484293871,0.9443459031412258
8840447,"1. An abrasive article for polishing a surface of a workpiece, the abrasive article comprising: a plurality of polishing surfaces comprising first surfaces arranged to interact with a workpiece to maintain a substantially constant contact area, wherein the plurality of polishing surfaces are pads arranged at an oblique angle with respect to the workpiece; a resilient substrate attached to second surfaces of the polishing surfaces, the resilient substrate configured to permit displacement of the polishing surfaces relative to the workpiece in at least three degrees of freedom; and abrasive features associated with at least some of the plurality of polishing surfaces, the abrasive features applying cutting forces to the work-piece during motion of the abrasive article relative to the workpiece.",0.21656204805882961,0.43312409611765923
9306183,"1. An organic photovoltaic device comprising at least one light absorption material with a chemical structure of Structure I: wherein, wherein R",0.7867260308766334,0.4265479382467332
8348550,"1. A system for altering water properties, comprising: a water capture structure configured to capture wave water lapping over at least one wall of the water capture structure, the at least one wall extending at least above a nominal surface water level, the captured wave water providing a pressure head to force the water downward; and at least one conduit extending downward from the water capture structure, the at least one conduit having a length extending to a depth at which at least one property of water at the depth differs substantially from that of water at the surface, the at least one conduit being configured to provide thermal energy to water outside of the at least one conduit, the at least one conduit having at least one conduit wall.",0.6370358832933484,0.7259282334133033
8847511,"1. A light emitting diode (LED) driving circuit, suitable for driving an LED load, comprising: an AC voltage source, providing an AC voltage; a bridge rectifier, coupled to the AC voltage source and configured to rectify the AC voltage so as to generate a corresponding DC voltage between a first output terminal and a second output terminal of the bridge rectifier; a first and a second diodes, wherein a cathode terminal of the first diode and an anode terminal of the second diode are jointly coupled to the first output terminal of the bridge rectifier; a first, a second and a third inductors, wherein a first terminal of the first inductor and a second terminal of the second inductor are jointly coupled to the second output terminal of the bridge rectifier, a second terminal of the first inductor is coupled to a cathode terminal of the LED load, a first terminal of the second inductor is coupled to an anode terminal of the first diode, a first terminal of the third inductor is coupled to a cathode terminal of the second diode, and a second terminal of the third inductor is coupled to an anode terminal of the LED load; a first and a second transistors, wherein a gate of the first transistor and a gate of the second transistor respectively receive a first control signal and a second control signal, a second source/drain of the first transistor and a first source/drain of the second transistor are jointly coupled to the first output terminal of the bridge rectifier, and a second source/drain of the second transistor is coupled to the cathode terminal of the LED load; and a first and a second capacitors, wherein a first terminal of the first capacitor is coupled to a first source/drain of the first transistor, a first terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to the anode terminal of the LED load, and a second terminal of the first capacitor and a second terminal of the second capacitor are jointly coupled to the cathode terminal of the LED load.",0.8130959521472618,0.37380809570547635
8802181,"1. A method of making a modified chloride salt composition, the method comprising: a. contacting chloride salt with a food grade acidulant in a first aqueous solution to form a liquid chloride salt product, wherein the chloride salt is not sodium chloride; b. adding a carrier to the liquid chloride salt product to form a liquid modified chloride salt product, wherein the liquid modified chloride salt product is a homogenous amalgamation of chloride salt, food grade acidulant, and carrier; c. drying the liquid modified chloride salt product to form a granular modified chloride salt product; d. contacting the granular modified chloride salt product with a second aqueous solution to form a wet granular modified chloride product; and e. drying the wet granular modified chloride salt product to form an enhanced modified chloride salt product.",0.4624758171777432,0.9249516343554864
8543174,"1. A method in a mobile device configured for communications in a wireless network with use of a wireless receiver, the method comprising: sending a message to the wireless network, the message indicating a plurality of different protocol types of broadcast messages to be processed as broadcast-to-unicast messages in a low power mode of operation of the mobile device, the protocol type of a given broadcast message being identifiable in a protocol identifier field of the broadcast message; maintaining at least a portion of the wireless receiver in a powered down state during the low power mode of operation while broadcast messages are broadcasted from the wireless network; and for each broadcast message of each said indicated protocol type provided in the message sent to the wireless network, monitoring to receive via the wireless receiver a unicast message from the wireless network and identifying broadcast message information of the broadcast message within the unicast message.",0.7471872843971632,0.5056254312056736
8683378,"1. A system comprising: a processor; a display in communication with the processor; and memory coupled to the processor, the memory encoded with program instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to execute a method for navigating through a list, the method comprising: determining a list of descriptive entry listings; determining a plurality of sublists within the list, wherein a sublist includes a number of listings; receiving input for navigating through the list, the input being associated with an attribute, wherein the attribute has a corresponding threshold value; setting a scrolling mode to be an elemental scrolling mode when the attribute associated with the input is below the corresponding threshold value, wherein the elemental scrolling mode includes:",0.18115138047470022,0.3623027609494005
9288606,"1. A network comprising: a network management system, said network management system comprising: a plurality of mobile routers, each said mobile router of said plurality of mobile routers disposed in a corresponding one vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, each said mobile router operable to selectively communicate with said network management system; said network management system operable to selectively communicate with each said mobile router, said network management system being operable to monitor, administer and manage acquired data from an operation of each said mobile router of said plurality of mobile routers; each said mobile router comprising: each said mobile router is operable to control uploading said predetermined data having a predetermined one assigned priority at a first data rate; and each said mobile router is operable to control uploading said predetermined data having a predetermined second assigned priority at a second predetermined data rate, said second predetermined data rate being slower than said first predetermined data rate.",0.526553663156658,0.9468926736866841
9198466,"1. A soft absorption stem for an electronic cigarette, comprising a sleeve with a hollow cavity, a cigar liquid tank disposed inside the sleeve for storing cigar liquid, an atomization device for transforming cigar liquid into smoke, and a liquid guiding component for guiding cigar liquid contained in the tank to the atomization device, wherein the sleeve is made of soft material; a plurality of venting slots is extended axially from one end of the sleeve to the other end thereof and disposed on an inner wall of the sleeve; the sleeve includes a mouthpiece end and a connection end; a suction hole communicating with the venting slots is provided on the mouthpiece end; smoke produced by atomization of the atomization device flows out of the sleeve from the venting slots across the suction hole; a connection component is provided on the connection end of the sleeve for connecting with an external power source in order to provide power to the atomization device and thus make the device work; the connection component is inserted into the sleeve so as to secure the atomization device, liquid guiding component and cigar liquid tank inside the sleeve; the connection component includes a connection member which functions as a first electrode of the atomization device and of which one end is inserted into the sleeve for securing the atomization device inside the sleeve, an upper electrode member working as a second electrode of the atomization device, and an insulation ring located between the upper electrode and connection member; and the upper electrode member is tightly fastened inside the connection member through the insulation ring; the connection member is substantially of a hollow cylinder and includes a cylindrical main body with a larger diameter and a cylindrical connection portion with a smaller diameter; a locating rim is disposed between the main body and connection portion and extends radially outwardly from the main body for matching the connection end of the sleeve; the main body is inserted and secured into the sleeve; an externally threaded connector for connecting with an external power source and an intake hole for air entrance are disposed on the connection portion; a holding groove is defined in the inner wall of the connection member for mounting the upper electrode member therein; the upper electrode member is inserted into the holding groove by the insulation member; an upper portion of an outer wall of the main body is recessed so as to form a circular locating step for engaging the inner wall of the connection end of the sleeve and being pressed against the end of the connection end of the sleeve; and the cavity of the main body is used for receiving the atomization device.",0.14251621397099087,0.2850324279419818
9383096,"1. A liquid fuel oxygen transport reactor, comprising: an outer oxygen transport membrane in the form of a cylinder having an upstream end and a downstream end, an inner porous membrane in the form of a cylinder having an upstream end and a closed downstream end, a liquid fuel injector, and a gas-assisted fuel atomizer; wherein the inner porous membrane is positioned inside the outer oxygen transport membrane to form an annulus between the outer oxygen transport membrane and the inner porous membrane, wherein the upstream end of the inner porous membrane is positioned at the downstream end of the outer oxygen transport membrane, wherein the liquid fuel injector and the gas-assisted fuel atomizer are located at the upstream end of the inner porous membrane, wherein the inner porous membrane is configured to pass a gaseous fuel and the outer oxygen transport membrane is configured to separate oxygen from a feed gas and pass the oxygen into the annulus, and wherein the annulus defines a combustion chamber in which the oxygen passed through the outer oxygen transport membrane and the gaseous fuel passed through the inner porous membrane react.",0.9325688603531249,0.13486227929375016
8972440,"1. A method for constructing a semantic query over a corpus of data, the method comprising: using a graphical user interface to create an aggregation of graphical representations of annotations associated with a plurality of data elements contained within the corpus of data and graphical representations of search terms contained within the plurality of data elements, wherein the aggregation comprises at least one annotation and at least one search term; manipulating relative positions of the graphical representations of the annotations and the search terms within the aggregation within the graphical user interface to express relationships among the annotations and search terms, the annotations, search terms and expressed relationships defining the semantic query; and searching the corpus of data using the defined semantic query.",0.036691501258331094,0.07338300251666219
9204066,"1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of photoelectric conversion signal output pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and each configured to output a photoelectric conversion signal based on a charge generated through photoelectric conversion of incident light; a plurality of reference signal output pixels arranged in corresponding one of the plurality of columns, and each configured to output a reference signal not based on incident light, the plurality of reference signal output pixels including a first reference signal output pixel and a second reference signal output pixel each arranged in a different row of the plurality of rows; a plurality of differential signal output units arranged in correspondence with the plurality of columns, and each configured to generate a difference by performing difference processing between the photoelectric conversion signal and the reference signal, and output an amplified differential signal by amplifying the difference; and a reference selection unit configured to cause either of the first reference signal output pixel and the second reference signal output pixel to be connectable to a corresponding one of the plurality of differential signal output units during a period of time when each of a plurality of photoelectric conversion signal output pixels arranged in a row outputs the photoelectric conversion signal to the corresponding one of the plurality of differential signal output units.",0.19461631183870778,0.3892326236774155
9183367,"1. A computer-implemented method for authenticating a user, wherein the computer includes: a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; and a user authentication module coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the user authentication module is configured to perform the steps of a method comprising: transmitting to the user a question prompt requiring the user to speak out a voice segment part and an answer to a dynamic question part, wherein the voice segment part has a corresponding text dependent speaker verification model enrolled before an authentication, and wherein the question prompt requires the user to speak out the voice segment part and the answer to a dynamic question part in a preset order; segmenting, in response to receiving a voice answer, the voice segment part and the answer to a dynamic question part out from the voice answer; and verifying a boundary smoothness between the voice segment part and the answer to a dynamic question part within the voice answer.",0.027368111539754086,0.054736223079508206
9351217,"1. A method of performing traffic steering in a wireless network system having a base station of a first network and a user equipment camping on the first network, comprising: the user equipment receiving a probability value within a predetermined range, and at least one radio access network (RAN) rule from the base station; the user equipment receiving an update amount and a timer length from the base station; the user equipment generating a first random value within the predetermined range and starting a timer; the user equipment determining if the at least one RAN rule is satisfied and if a first probability condition associated with the first random value and the probability value is fulfilled; the user equipment steering traffic from the first network to a second network or from the second network to the first network when the at least one RAN rule is satisfied and the first probability condition is fulfilled; the user equipment adjusting the probability value by the update amount from a first value to a second value after the timer expires according to the timer length when the at least one RAN rule is satisfied but the first probability condition is not fulfilled; the user equipment generating a second random value within the predetermined range; and the user equipment steering traffic from the first network to the second network or from the second network to the first network when the first RAN rule is satisfied and a second probability condition associated with the second random value and the adjusted probability value is fulfilled.",0.3837614494277369,0.7675228988554738
9096519,"1. A method comprising contacting an organic substrate, having an initial internal olefin, with a mixture of (a) a biscationic palladium salt; and (b) an oxidizing agent; dissolved or dispersed in a solvent system to form a reaction mixture, said solvent system comprising at least one C 2-6 carbon nitrile and optionally at least one secondary alkyl amide, said method conducted under conditions sufficient to convert at least 50 mol % of the initial internal olefin to a ketone, said ketone positioned on a carbon of the initial internal olefin.",0.40720180097504544,0.8144036019500909
9283999,"1. A motor vehicle, comprising: an underbody extending rearward from a position in proximity to a rear axle of the vehicle in a substantially horizontal plane; and a diffuser extending rearward from the underbody and including:",0.6417905384570228,0.7164189230859543
9506425,"1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a supercharger provided in an intake passage; an oil tank communicating with a crankcase via a collecting passage; a scavenging pump provided in the collecting passage and configured to transport a fluid in the crankcase to the oil tank; a first passage allowing an upper space in the oil tank that is above a liquid surface and a portion of the intake passage that is on a downstream side with respect to the supercharger to communicate with each other; a second passage allowing the upper space and a portion of the intake passage that is on an upstream side with respect to the supercharger to communicate with each other; and a one-way valve provided in the first passage and allowing the fluid to flow only from the upper space toward the intake passage, the second passage allows the fluid to flow from the intake passage to the upper space and from the upper space to the intake passage.",0.9708514396429606,0.058297120714078776
8418462,"1. A method for controlling the variable turbine geometry (VTG) of a turbocharger turbine having a variable area inlet and produces a pressure ratio for an operator controlled, air breathing, fuel consuming, compression ignition, internal combustion engine, having an operator controlled fuel rate and a maximum permitted fueling rate, to produce maximum transience response, said method comprising the steps of: determining if operator controlled fueling rate exceeds the maximum permitted fueling rate; calculating the pressure ratio of said turbine as a function of the inlet area of said VTG, calculating turbine efficiency as a function of the inlet area of said VTG, determining the balance condition between pressure ratio and efficiency and commanding the VTG inlet area as a direct function of said balance condition.",0.9845648225720754,0.030870354855849103
9579256,"1. A device for automatically positioning a syringe in an orientation suitable for withdrawing medication from a container, the device comprising: a syringe conveyor configured to receive the syringe in an initial orientation, and to bring the syringe to a target orientation by being translated and rotated while holding the syringe in a steady orientation relative to the syringe conveyor, wherein the target orientation, which is suitable for withdrawing medication from the container, is one of an upward orientation and a downward orientation, and the initial orientation is different from the target orientation, and wherein in the upward orientation a tip of the syringe is pointing downward and in the downward orientations the tip is pointing upward; and a supporting module configured to support the syringe conveyor while allowing a translation and a rotation thereof; wherein the supporting module and the syringe conveyor are jointly configured to mechanically derive the rotation from the translation.",0.06295308386318194,0.12590616772636387
9040728,"1. A compound having the formula in crystalline form, and named (20R)-19-nor-24-difluoro-1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D 3 , wherein the crystalline form has a molecular packing arrangement defined by space group C2 and unit cell dimensions a=23.88 Å, b=6.16 Å, c=19.63 Å, α=90°, β=121.83° and γ=90°.",0.6670091685425524,0.6659816629148951
9331233,"1. A manufacturing method of at least one semiconducting micro- or nano-wire used for formation of an optoelectric structure, the manufacturing method comprising: providing a semiconducting substrate including a first face and a second face; forming a crystalline layer as a buffer layer, on the first face of the substrate, the buffer layer including a first zone in contact with the first face over at least part of a thickness of the buffer layer, the first zone being composed mainly of magnesium nitride in a form Mg forming at least one semiconducting micro- or nano-wire on the buffer layer, at least one part of the micro- or nano-wire, as a contact part, composed mainly of a direct band gap semiconducting nitride, the contact part being a part of the micro- or nano-wire in contact with the buffer layer.",0.6928034732829002,0.6143930534341997
9537154,"1. An anode for a secondary battery, comprising: a wire-type current collector; a metallic anode active material layer formed on the surface of the wire-type current collector and comprising a metallic anode active material; and an inert metal layer formed on the surface of the metallic anode active material layer and having no reactivity with lithium; and a conductive layer formed to surround the outer surface of the inert metal layer and comprising a mixture of a first conductive material and a polymer binder.",0.9421411883718455,0.11571762325630908
9116430,"1. A method for plasmonic printing using a transparent mask, comprising: coating a metal layer on a substrate with a photoresist; placing a transparent mask having a pattern of mask features is placed against the photoresist, where in the transparent mask is not made of metal or other material that supports surface plasmons; exposing the metal layer to radiation of a characteristic vacuum wavelength through the mask and the photoresist or through the substrate, wherein the mask features and the vacuum wavelength of the radiation are configured so that the radiation excites surface plasmons at the interface between the metal and the photoresist.",0.23927940865653985,0.4785588173130797
8747959,"1. A method of making a coated article comprising a multi-layer thin-film coating supported by a substrate, the method comprising: disposing a conductive layer on the substrate; disposing a sub-oxidized buffer layer on the conductive layer; disposing an over-oxidized layer on the sub-oxidized buffer layer; selectively applying energy causing oxygen in the over-oxidized layer to migrate downward into the conductive layer to increase the resistivity of the conductive layer at one or more portions, wherein, after selectively applying the energy, the multi-layer thin-film coating is substantially planar and patterned with respect to conductivity and/or resistivity.",0.6179301545555478,0.7641396908889044
9090862,"1. An algae cultivation system, comprising: a conduit system for cultivating a first type of algae, having a portion exposed to illumination and a second portion occluded from illumination; a flow mechanism for causing movement of a first type of algae, in an aqueous medium through said conduit system; a heat exchanger for cultivating a second type of algae, in thermal contact with said second portion of said conduit system, said second portion passing the first type of algae, in the aqueous medium; a source of algae nutrients; a first flow regulating system that regulates flow of algae nutrients from said source of algae nutrients into said first portion of said conduit system; a source of carbon dioxide; a second flow regulating system that regulates carbon dioxide flow from said source of carbon dioxide into said first portion of said conduit system; a vertical conduit connected to said first portion of said conduit system and extending vertically upward from said first portion of said conduit system to introduce hydrostatic pressure to said first portion of said conduit system; a collection chamber communicating with an upper end region a said vertical conduit, said second flow regulating system being controlled based on characteristics of gas in said collection chamber; and an algae processing unit which processes algae from said first portion of said conduit system, wherein the algae is collected via the vertical conduit and the collection chamber, to extract sugar, water and algae nutrients and directing the extracted sugar, water and algae nutrients into said heat exchanger to interact with the second type of algae therein; wherein the first portion of said conduit system is partially or entirely transparent to the illumination.",0.9333733683719273,0.1332532632561454
9663114,"1. A method for estimating a residual energy of an electric energy accumulator that supplies an electric assistance traction drive of a motor vehicle with electrical energy, the method comprising: estimating a future operating intensity of the assistance traction drive based on an input that characterizes a driving style of a section of route lying ahead; determining a reserved energy component of the total amount of energy available from the energy accumulator based on the determined future operating intensity and a prescribed consumption parameter that characterizes a drive-specific consumption of electrical energy by the electric assistance traction drive; reserving the determined energy component; and estimating the residual energy by reducing the total amount of energy available by the reserved energy component; wherein the input that characterizes the driving style of a section of route lying ahead comprises at least one of: navigation data of a navigation system of the motor vehicle that characterizes at least one of a gradient above a predefined limit, a radius of a bend below a predefined limit, a degree of unevenness above a predefined limit, or a traffic regulation prescription for the use of traction assistance measures on the section of route lying ahead; current or general roadway state information, including at least one of coefficients of friction of the section of route lying ahead or current weather conditions, or current traffic conditions of the section of route lying ahead that are output by a traffic service; vehicle state information output by a vehicle traveling ahead, including at least one of information about the operation of all-wheel drive of the vehicle traveling ahead, information about an active operation of a driving safety system of the vehicle traveling ahead, information about an inclination of the vehicle traveling ahead, information about an operation of a flashing hazard warning system of the vehicle traveling ahead, information about an active operation of an ice warning system of the vehicle traveling ahead, or ambient temperature information of the vehicle traveling ahead; vehicle state information that originates from a system or sensor of the motor vehicle, including at least one of information about the active operation of a driving safety system of the motor vehicle, information about an inclination of the motor vehicle, information about the operation of a flashing hazard warning system of the motor vehicle, information about an active operation of an ice warning system of the motor vehicle, or ambient temperature information of the motor vehicle; stored information regarding the operation of the assistance traction drive of the motor vehicle on the section of route lying ahead when this section of route has previously been traveled along; or a combination of the above.",0.8675790253683572,0.26484194926328564
9552042,"1. A method of controlling a portable electronic device including a processor coupled to a touch-sensing controller, the method comprising: determining, by the processor of the portable electronic device, a first output voltage value of a battery of the portable electronic device; in response to determining the first output voltage value of the battery, identifying, by the processor, a first configuration file based on the first output voltage value of the battery, the first configuration file including an identification of a first number of pulses to be applied to drive electrodes that are driven by the touch-sensing controller to detect touches, a first drive voltage to drive the drive electrodes, and a first threshold capacitance value that is utilized to compare to signals received from sense electrodes coupled to the touch-sensing controller to detect touches, and loading, by the processor, into the touch-sensing controller coupled to the processor of the portable electronic device, the first configuration file identified by the processor such that the touch-sensing controller utilizes parameters including the first number of pulses and the first threshold capacitance value from the first configuration file to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display; determining, by the processor of the portable electronic device, a second output voltage value of a battery of the portable electronic device wherein the second output voltage is lower than the first output voltage; in response to determining the second output voltage value of the battery, identifying, by the processor, a second configuration file based on the second output voltage value of the battery, the second configuration file including an identification of a second number of pulses to be applied to the drive electrodes that are driven by the touch-sensing controller to detect touches, a second drive voltage to drive the drive electrodes, and a second threshold capacitance value that is utilized to compare to signals received from sense electrodes coupled to the touch-sensing controller to detect touches, and loading, by the processor, into the touch-sensing controller coupled to the processor of the portable electronic device, the second configuration file identified by the processor such that the touch-sensing controller utilizes parameters including the second number of pulses and the second threshold capacitance value from the second configuration file to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second number of pulses includes more pulses than the first number of pulses and the second drive voltage is lower than the first drive voltage; determining, by the processor of the portable electronic device, a third output voltage value of the battery of the portable electronic device, wherein the third output voltage is lower than the second output voltage; in response to determining the third output voltage value of the battery, identifying, by the processor, a third configuration file based on the third output voltage value of the battery, the third configuration file including an identification of a third number of pulses to be applied to the drive electrodes that are driven by the touch-sensing controller to detect touches, a third drive voltage to drive the drive electrodes, and a third threshold capacitance value that is utilized to compare to signals received from sense electrodes coupled to the touch-sensing controller to detect touches, and loading, by the processor, into the touch-sensing controller coupled to the processor of the portable electronic device, the third configuration file identified by the processor such that the touch-sensing controller utilizes parameters including the third number of pulses and the third threshold capacitance value from the third configuration file to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the third number of pulses includes more pulses than the second number of pulses and the third drive voltage is lower than the second drive voltage; wherein the first configuration file differs from the second configuration file and the third configuration file, and wherein the second configuration file differs from the third configuration file.",0.5050492102318482,0.9899015795363035
8992225,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a recipe selection from a user; retrieving, from a data store, a plurality of preparation steps corresponding to the selected recipe; sequentially displaying each of the plurality of retrieved preparation steps to the user on a display device included in an interactive cooking preparation device; monitoring, using one or more sensors, a current preparation step, selected from the plurality of retrieved preparation steps, the current preparation step being performed by the user; and generating an alert in response to the monitoring revealing that the user's performance varies from a threshold corresponding to the current preparation step.",0.28225843499160486,0.5645168699832097
8897184,"1. A wireless backplane network comprising: a first antenna system partially located in a first network device cabinet including at least one first network device; a first millimeter wave antenna of the first antenna system located external to the first device cabinet and configured to communicate with the first network device, the first millimeter wave antenna configured to wirelessly transmit a data message from the first network device over a high speed wireless backplane using emitted millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation; a second antenna system partially located in a second network device cabinet including at least one second network device, wherein the first and second device cabinets are positioned spatially apart from one another; and a second millimeter wave antenna of the antenna system coupled to the second antenna system and located external to the second device cabinet, the second millimeter wave antenna configured to wirelessly receive the data message over the high speed wireless backplane using millimeter wave electromagnetic radiation emitted from the first millimeter wave antenna, wherein the received data message is handled by the second network device.",0.6131925985980953,0.7736148028038095
9659656,"1. A memory structure, comprising: a plurality of serially-connected drain select transistors each having a control gate; a plurality of memory transistors coupled to the plurality of serially-connected drain select transistors; and one or more source select transistors coupled to the plurality of memory transistors, wherein the plurality of serially-connected drain select transistors comprises a first drain select transistor coupled to a bit line and two or more second drain select transistors coupled to the bit line via the first drain select transistor, the second drain select transistors having programmable threshold voltages, and wherein the control gate of the first drain select transistor is coupled to a first control line and the control gates of the second drain select transistors are coupled to a second control line for concurrent programming of the second drain select transistors.",0.14253922492603902,0.285078449852078
9773622,"1. A process for producing a supercapacitor electrode, said process comprising (a) subjecting multiple particles of meso-carbon micro-beads, MCMBs, to a chemical activation with an activating agent selected from an acid, a base, or a salt at an activation temperature from 100° C. to 1,200° C. for a period of 0.5 to 24 hours sufficient to produce multiple porous particles, wherein said MCMBs include carbonized or graphitized MCMBs that have been previously heat-treated at a temperature from 500° C. to 3,200° C.; (b) producing a suspension containing said multiple porous particles, an optional conductive additive, and an optional resin binder in a liquid medium; and (c) depositing said suspension onto at least a primary surface of a current collector to form a wet layer and removing said liquid medium from said wet layer to form said supercapacitor electrode, which is composed of said multiple porous particles each of a monolithic 3D graphene structure comprising multiple pores having a pore size in the range of 1 nm and 50 nm and a continuous 3D network of graphene pore walls comprising continuous or naturally interconnected graphene ligaments of from 1 to 20 graphene planes of carbon atoms.",0.9342502967769546,0.13149940644609082
8883325,"1. A composition comprising a compound of the formula wherein R R R Ar is monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic aryl or heteroaryl which is optionally substituted with one or more C and another organic semiconductor material or a metal.",0.5480078455719137,0.9039843088561725
8890342,"1. An air powered electrical generator, consisting of: a portable modular frame having a support surface on one side and a plurality of wheels on an opposite side; said portable modular frame having a handle attached to one end thereof; an electric motor; an air compressor operably connected to said electric motor and supported on a support member on said support surface; a compressed air storage tank supported on said support surface and connected to said air compressor with a pipe; a battery disposed on said support frame and operably connected to said electric motor; a turbo fan operably connected to said compressed air storage tank with a second pipe; a first electrical generator and a second electrical generator supported on said support frame; a first gear rotatable by said turbo fan; a second gear rotatable by said first generator; and a third gear rotatable by said second generator; a belt drive for operably connecting and rotating said first, second, and third gears; a battery charger and power output operably connected to said second electrical generator for charging said battery; an electrical power outlet connected to said first electrical generator; and, a master switch for turning the air powered electrical generator on and off.",0.8704596640736797,0.2590806718526406
8363081,"1. An image forming apparatus configured to form a latent image on a photoconductor by irradiating light beams from a plurality of light sources onto the photoconductor, the image forming apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect a time difference between timings of start writing on said photoconductor by the light beams generated by different laser diodes in a main scanning direction; a calculation unit configured to calculate a shift of each of the light beams in a sub-scanning direction based on the time difference detected by said detection unit and a rotation speed of said photoconductor; and a correction unit configured to correct irradiated positions on said photoconductor by the light beams in the sub-scanning direction based on the shift calculated by said calculation unit.",0.28709003068619393,0.5741800613723879
9594777,"1. A method of analyzing genetic data using a distributed parallel framework, comprising: receiving row-wise data, each row of the row-wise data storing an identifier of a respective individual and characteristics of the respective individual under respective column names; converting the row-wise data into entry-wise tables each organized in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, wherein the converting comprises: distributing the first and second entry-wise tables across a plurality of database segments of a parallel distributed database; and running database queries in parallel on the distributed first and second entry-wise tables by joining the first and second entry-wise tables by the identifier of the individual.",0.12948672562521932,0.2589734512504387
9025069,"1. A focus detection sensor comprising: a line sensor comprised of a pair of sensor arrays, each sensor array comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a line and each of the plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion device, wherein the plurality of pixels arranged in the pair of sensor arrays include: a pixel of a first type having an arrangement for transferring charges generated by the photoelectric conversion device to a corresponding memory device and causing the memory device to integrate the charges during a charge accumulation period, and a pixel of a second type having an arrangement for integrating, in the pixel, the charges generated by the photoelectric conversion device during the charge accumulation period without transferring the charges to the memory device until an end of the charge accumulation period, and transferring the charges to the corresponding memory device when the charge accumulation period has ended; a detection unit configured to detect whether an integrated value in the memory device of the pixel of the first type has reached a predetermined value or not; and a control unit configured to control an operation of said line sensor, wherein said control unit ends the charge accumulation period and causes the charges integrated by the pixel of the second type to be transferred to the corresponding memory device when said detection unit detects that the integrated value in the memory device of the pixel of the first type has reached the predetermined value after a start of the charge accumulation period in the sensor array.",0.17200266636947206,0.34400533273894407
8852637,"1. A method of inhibiting cancer cell growth or proliferation in vivo, comprising contacting a cancer cell with an extracellular matrix (ECM) composition produced by culturing human fibroblast cells on microcarrier beads under hypoxic conditions of 1-5% oxygen to produce a hypoxic extracelluar matrix and collecting the hypoxic ECM, thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth or proliferation.",0.4513219573197568,0.9026439146395135
8966298,"1. An electronic apparatus with power saving functionality, comprising: a first signal processing circuit, comprising: a second signal processing circuit, coupled to the first signal processing circuit, comprising:",0.8815099438373859,0.2369801123252282
9090839,"1. Apparatus for treating a feed gas, comprising CO 2 , H 2 S and H 2 , to produce an H 2 -enriched product gas and an H 2 S-lean, CO 2 product gas, the apparatus comprising: a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system for separating the feed gas to form a stream of H an H conduit means for transferring a part of said sour gas into the H a valve system for adjustably controlling the division of said sour gas between being sent to the H conduit means for withdrawing one or more streams of sweetened gas from the H",0.8920574513287876,0.2158850973424249
8726381,"1. A method of protecting against clickjacking in an electronic system, comprising: receiving from a consumer machine a request for networked content; and transmitting in response to the received request a networked communication that includes a command that enables clickjack protection that allows cross-domain accesses when a click position clicks on an obscured element rendered from the transmitted networked communication when the clickjack protection is enabled.",0.018369084245005243,0.03673816849001044
9230866,"1. A fabricating method of a customized mask, the fabricating method comprising: forming first patterns in a mold structure; forming second patterns in the mold structure using initial masks, the mold structure having the first patterns formed therein, such that side surfaces of the first patterns are surrounded by the second patterns; measuring overlap failure between the first patterns and the second patterns; and fabricating customized masks by compensating for pattern positions of the initial masks based on the measuring results, wherein compensating for the pattern positions of the initial masks includes shifting positions of at least some patterns of the initial masks according to shift directions and sizes of at least some of the first patterns.",0.15060009314589437,0.3012001862917888
8489227,"1. A method of transporting a plurality of layered substrates held by at least one substrate holder, the method comprising: judging whether a misalignment between the plurality of layered substrates has occurred when the at least one substrate holder is being transported from an aligning section to a pressure applying section; and transporting the at least one substrate holder to a region other than the pressure applying section when the misalignment has occurred.",0.3555542953626957,0.7111085907253915
9149997,"1. A fabric preform for a composite component, the fabric preform comprising: a preform body section including a plurality of axial tows aligned along an axial direction of the preform, the axial tows braided with at least a plurality of first bias tows and a plurality of second bias tows; and a preform flange section including a first braided flange layer and a second braided flange layer, the first braided flange layer defined by the first and second bias tows of the preform body section extending into the preform flange section, neither the first nor second braided flange layers having axial tows; wherein the second braided flange layer comprises biaxially braided fabric with a plurality of third bias tows and a plurality of fourth bias tows; and wherein the plurality of third bias tows are oriented at an angle measuring about 30° relative to an axial direction of the preform, and the plurality of fourth bias tows are oriented at an angle measuring about −30° relative to the axial direction of the preform sheet.",0.20563597518915633,0.41127195037831266
9132736,"1. A method of operating a first motor/generator and a second motor/generator in a vehicle drive, the first motor/generator electrically coupled to the second motor/generator by a DC bus and the vehicle drive configured to propel a vehicle, the method comprising: operating the vehicle drive in a first operating mode by: operating the vehicle drive in a second operating mode by:",0.9335062641323101,0.13298747173537984
8841592,"1. A method, comprising: receiving first location data that is indicative of a first geographic location of a potential source of solar glare; receiving a value that is indicative of reflectivity of the potential source of the solar glare; receiving second location data that is indicative of a second geographic location of a hypothetical observer of the solar glare; determining that the hypothetical observer will perceive the solar glare at the second geographic location at a particular point in time, wherein the determining is based at least in part upon the first location data, the second location data, and a position of the Sun relative to the first geographic location at the particular point in time; responsive to the determining that the hypothetical observer will perceive the solar glare at the second geographic location, computing a value that is indicative of a potential level of ocular hazard that will be experienced by the hypothetical observer at the particular point in time, wherein the value is computed based at least in part upon the value that is indicative of the reflectivity of the potential source of solar glare; and displaying graphical data on a display screen of a computing device that visually depicts the potential level of ocular hazard that will be experienced by the hypothetical observer at the particular point in time.",0.46972281471132304,0.9394456294226461
9275643,"1. A computer-implemented method performed by at least one computer processor, the method comprising: (A) applying automatic speech recognition to an audio signal to produce a structured document representing contents of the audio signal; (B) determining whether the structured document includes an indication of compliance for each of a plurality of best practices to produce a conclusion, the plurality of best practices related to at least one action required to be taken before completion of the structured document; and (C) inserting content into the structured document, based on the conclusion, to produce a modified structured document, wherein inserting further comprises:",0.03947029079040218,0.07894058158080441
8487605,"1. A Schumann frequency band-based, lightning strike detector system, comprising: first and second sensor systems, each sensor system comprising: wherein the first and second sensor systems are separated from each other by at least four hundred miles, and wherein each sensor system upon detection of a Schumann wave from a lightning strike provides a respective orientation angle, wherein an intersection of the angles of orientation in a great circle path indicates a location of the lightning strike.",0.35074080094366095,0.7014816018873219
9080516,"1. A system, comprising: a timing control module that controls engine valve timing by sending fluid to an advancing chamber of a cam phaser to adjust the cam phaser to an advanced position and by sending fluid to a retarding chamber of the cam phaser to adjust the cam phaser to a retarded position; and a diagnostic module that identifies a fault in a variable valve lift (VVL) mechanism based on a first difference between an advancing pressure of the advancing chamber and a retarding pressure of the retarding chamber.",0.9268128434742599,0.1463743130514803
9574955,"1. A pressure sensing element comprising: a support substrate; a sensor electrode supported by the support substrate; a pressure sensing film functionalized to be electro-conductive, at least in a portion thereof faced to the sensor electrode; and an insulating layer which keeps the sensor electrode and the pressure sensing film apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and has formed therein an opening in which the sensor electrode is exposed to the pressure sensing film, the insulating layer having an aperture wall which partitions the opening, and an aperture end faced to the pressure sensing film, and the insulating layer being increased in height, measured from the support substrate, continuously towards the opening.",0.2038860016805758,0.4077720033611516
9158235,"1. A developing apparatus which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member, comprising: a developing tank having a wall part, the wall part defining an internal space for containing developer; a plurality of developer conveying sections which are provided inside the developing tank and respectively have a rotation shaft member and a spiral blade fixed to the rotation shaft member which are made of a resin, the plurality of developer conveying sections respectively conveying developer contained inside the developing tank by rotating about an axis of the rotation shaft member; a plurality of bearings which are provided in the wall part and respectively correspond to the plurality of developer conveying sections; a plurality of temperature rise suppression sections which have a higher thermal conductivity than those of the rotation shaft members and the bearings, and respectively correspond to the plurality of developer conveying sections and the plurality of bearings, the plurality of temperature rise suppression sections being configured in a cylindrical shape, the respective rotation shaft members being inserted in the plurality of temperature rise suppression sections corresponding thereto, one part of each of the plurality of temperature rise suppression sections being interposed between the rotation shaft member corresponding thereto and the bearing corresponding thereto, and another part of each of the plurality of temperature rise suppression sections being disposed in a space outside the developing tank; and a deflection suppression belt being stretched out by the another part of each of the plurality of temperature rise suppression sections.",0.23546446013021688,0.47092892026043376
9063637,"1. A method that alters a view of a document comprising: providing on a display of a computer processing device an editing view of a document at a zoom level such that input from a user can be received to edit content of the document; receiving a first input from the user requesting to zoom-out the editing view of the document from the zoom level; testing whether a resulting zoom level of the document is less than a threshold zoom level; altering the view of the document to provide a semantic zoom view of the document in response to determining the resulting zoom level is less than the threshold zoom level, wherein the semantic view of the document provides a plurality of thumbnails pages on the display and a heading pane comprising a plurality of headings contained in one or more pages of the document; receiving a second input from the user indicating a selection of one of the plurality of headings in the heading pane; and providing on the display of the computer processing device a subset of the plurality of thumbnail pages in the thumbnail pane in response to receiving the second input, wherein the subset of the plurality of thumbnail pages comprises a thumbnail page corresponding to the selection of one of the plurality of headings in the heading pane and a plurality of and preceeding and succeeding thumbnail pages to the thumbnail page.",0.009934530112658362,0.01986906022531676
8892287,"1. A control unit for a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor as drive sources, the hybrid vehicle including: a transmission including: a first transmission mechanism in which mechanical power from an engine output shaft of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor is borne by a first input shaft that engages with the electric motor and any one of a plurality of change-speed gears is engaged via a first synchronizing unit so that the first input shaft is brought into engagement with driven wheels of the hybrid vehicle; a second transmission mechanism in which mechanical power from the engine output shaft is borne by a second input shaft and any of a plurality of change-speed gears is engaged via a second synchronizing unit so that the second input shaft is brought into engagement with the driven wheels; a first engaging and disengaging mechanism that is provided so as to correspond to the first transmission mechanism for engaging the engine output shaft with the first input shaft; and a second engaging and disengaging mechanism that is provided so as to correspond to the second transmission mechanism for engaging the engine output shaft with the second input shaft; and an air conditioner compressor that is connected to the first input shaft via an air conditioner clutch, wherein the control unit controls the transmission so that with the hybrid vehicle driven at extremely low speeds only by power from the electric motor, when a state-of-charge of a battery that supplies electric power to the electric motor becomes equal to or smaller than a first charged level or when a rotational speed required on the air conditioner compressor is less than a desired rotational speed, power from the internal combustion engine is transmitted to an output shaft to drive the hybrid vehicle with the internal combustion engine by engaging the first engaging and disengaging mechanism, starting the internal combustion engine by power from the electric motor, and thereafter, engaging the first engaging and disengaging mechanism or the second engaging and disengaging mechanism between a fully applied state and a fully released state.",0.9883222517142631,0.023355496571473733
8950180,"1. A hybrid construction machine comprising: a lower travel structure; an upper swing structure which is mounted on the lower travel structure to be capable of swinging; a hydraulic circuit system which includes a swing hydraulic motor for driving and swinging the upper swing structure, a hydraulic pump supplying hydraulic fluid to the swing hydraulic motor, a tank receiving the hydraulic fluid returning from the swing hydraulic motor and serving as the source of supply of the hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic pump, and a directional control valve arranged in a line connecting the hydraulic pump and the swing hydraulic motor and controlling the direction and the flow rate of the hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump and supplied to the swing hydraulic motor; a prime mover which drives the hydraulic pump; a swing electric motor which drives and swings the upper swing structure in an auxiliary manner, the swing electric motor functioning as an electric generator when the swinging of the upper swing structure is decelerating; an electricity storage device which receives and supplies electric energy from/to the swing electric motor; and a control device which controls the operation of the swing electric motor, wherein: the directional control valve includes a meter-in restrictor placed between the hydraulic pump and the swing hydraulic motor and a meter-out restrictor placed between the swing hydraulic motor and the tank, and an opening area characteristic of the meter-out restrictor is set so that the opening area of the meter-out restrictor becomes larger than a prescribed opening area that is set to construction machines driving the upper swing structure with the swing hydraulic motor alone, and the control device controls torque of the swing electric motor so that the total sum of actual braking torque occurring in the swing hydraulic motor and braking torque of the swing electric motor in deceleration of the swing hydraulic motor equals braking torque occurring when the opening area of the meter-out restrictor is set at the prescribed opening area.",0.9082699398133391,0.1834601203733217
8566358,"1. A method for generating topic maps for a business, the method comprising the steps of: storing in a database, at a first layer of abstraction, a plurality of model assets for a business conducting commerce in an industry, wherein the plurality of model assets are specific to the business and specify infrastructure computing resources and related design and documentation files; storing in a database one or more industry models for the industry, wherein each of the industry models are independent of the business, wherein each of the industry models defines relationships among assets commonly utilized in the industry; and one or more computing devices automatically generating a plurality of topic maps for the business, each of the topic maps representing information utilizing topics, associations, and occurrences, wherein said topics, associations, and occurrences together define characteristics and relationships existing among the model assets based at least in part on the relationships defined in the industry model and based at least in part on the stored model assets of the business.",0.18111454011524852,0.36222908023049705
8408006,"1. A method for operating a combined cycle power plant comprising at least one gas turbine and a heat recovery steam generator with a CO 2 capture system and flue gas recirculation system comprising a flue gas duct, which directs a first partial flow of flue gases from the heat recovery steam generator to an inlet gas flow of the at least one gas turbine, at least one control body to control a recirculation ratio, a re-cooler with temperature control to cool recirculation flue gases, at least one CO2 and/or oxygen concentration measurement device, wherein the first partial flow, which is recirculated, is cooled by a recirculation flue gas re-cooler before mixing with ambient air for reintroduction into a compressor of the gas turbine, and a second partial flow is directed via the CO2 capture system to a stack for release to the environment, the method comprising: controlling a flue gas recirculation rate and a re-cooling temperature of the recirculated flue gases, depending on load, to optimize the overall plant efficiency including the CO",0.9959950039038222,0.008009992192355542
8750513,"1. A method for providing networked communication in a surveillance system, comprising the steps of: providing a base surveillance system comprising: the ICD(s) automatically establishing and self-configuring the network; the DIR(s) or ICD(s) recording input; the ICD(s) analyzing and generating input data based upon rules; the ICD(s) communicating over the network with the DIR(s) or the other ICD(s) for exchange, data management, and settings management; the ICD(s) deciding if an event rule has been triggered and if specific data is to be sent to the DIR(s) or the RSC(s) or other ICD(s); the DIR locking the at least one ICD to send data exclusively between the DIR and the at least one ICD, wherein the exclusive communication further comprises digital signing or encrypting the transmission, and wherein the exclusive communication further comprises the DIR not accepting signals from any other ICD(s); and providing user access to the input via at least one remote server computer (RSC).",0.10842797316088015,0.2168559463217603
9201127,"1. An apparatus for automatically testing and tuning a RF coil, the apparatus comprising: a digital frequency generator for generating a stimulus, the stimulus comprising a range of radio frequency signals having different frequencies, the range of frequency signals comprising a first limit and a second limit, the first limit being above a Larmor frequency for the RF coil and the second limit being below the Larmor frequency; a radio frequency coupler configured for applying the stimulus to the RF coil so as to enable the RF coil to generate a reflected signal in response to the stimulus applied; a radio frequency detector for detecting the reflected signal; and a signal processing unit for processing the reflected signal, so as to identify the tuned resonant frequency of the RF coil and further configured for calculating return loss at the RF coil based on the reflected signal, the tuned resonant frequency corresponding to the frequency at which the reflected signal is at a minimum.",0.23508369535677964,0.4701673907135593
9338407,"1. A set-top box, comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations comprising:",0.2706159333144703,0.5412318666289406
9533135,"1. A method for opening a heat-bonded connection formed between two hollow, flexible, thermoplastic conduits, which connection includes a frangible portion of thermoplastic material formed during the heat bonding and at least partially blocking internal communication between the conduits, the method including: creating a pressure difference between the inside of at least one of the conduits and the ambient atmosphere sufficient to cause expansion of a wall of the tubing conduit in the vicinity of the frangible portion of thermoplastic material to disrupt the frangible portion and reduce the blocking.",0.7876602166914942,0.42467956661701156
9797650,"1. A thermally insulated door assembly comprising: an outer first pane of light transmissive material having an outwardly facing surface and an opposite inwardly facing surface; a second pane of light transmissive material having an outwardly facing surface and an opposite inwardly facing surface, the outwardly facing surface of the second pane facing the inwardly facing surface of the first pane, the first pane and the second pane spaced apart from each other by a separation gap to define an interior chamber; a third pane of light transmissive material having an inwardly surface and an opposite outwardly facing surface, the outwardly facing surface of the third pane facing and spaced apart from the inwardly facing surface of the second pane such that another interior chamber is defined between the second pane and the third pane; a light assembly disposed within the interior chamber between the first pane and the second pane, the light assembly configured to generate light within the interior chamber; and a heat sink disposed within the interior chamber and coupled with the light assembly and the inwardly facing surface of the first pane, wherein the heat sink is configured to conduct thermal energy generated by the light assembly onto the inwardly facing surface of the first pane and into the interior chamber such that the inwardly facing surface of the first pane and the interior chamber are heated by the light assembly.",0.4893084897189925,0.978616979437985
8481306,"1. A method for assembling a DNA construct of DNA molecules with a substantially identical DNA segment in an inverted repeat of said substantially identical DNA segment, said method comprising: a) providing at least two double-stranded DNA molecules, wherein each molecule has terminal, single-stranded, DNA segments in a length of from 10 to 30 nucleotides extending from the 3′ termini; wherein terminal, single-stranded DNA segments on each double-stranded DNA molecule do not hybridize to each other; wherein a terminal, single-stranded DNA segments on a first double-stranded DNA molecule and a terminal, single-stranded DNA segments extending from a second double-stranded DNA molecule hybridize to each other to allow for specific annealing and linkage of the first and second DNA molecules in a predetermined order; and wherein said first and second double-stranded DNA molecules comprise a substantially identical DNA segment; in reverse complement order and wherein one of said double-stranded DNA molecules comprises a spacer region of DNA that is not substantially identical with DNA in the other molecule; b) incubating said DNA molecules under conditions suitable to promote the specific annealing and assembling of the DNA molecules to provide a construct of said molecules wherein said substantially identical DNA elements are arranged as inverted repeat segments; and c) wherein the spacer region is between the first and second double-stranded DNA molecules and comprises restriction endonuclease sites permitting the digestion of inverted repeat segments to facilitate DNA sequencing of said inverted repeat segments.",0.30513579669694874,0.6102715933938975
9818946,"1. A film comprising a polymer compound and a low molecular weight compound having carrier transportability, wherein the content of the low molecular weight compound is 5 to 40 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the sum of the polymer compound and the low molecular weight compound, the diffraction intensity A specified by the following measuring method A is 3 to 50, and the intensity ratio (A/B) of the diffraction intensity A specified by the following measuring method A to the diffraction intensity B specified by the following measuring method B is 30 or less: (Measuring method A) the diffraction intensity A is the maximum diffraction intensity in a range of scattering vector of 1 nm (Measuring method B) the diffraction intensity B is the maximum diffraction intensity in a range of scattering vector of 10 nm",0.23074375674250008,0.46148751348500017
8771124,"1. A planetary gear system comprising: a sun gear rotatable about an axis; planetary gears circumferentially arranged about and intermeshing with the sun gear, each of the planetary gears supported by a journal bearing; a carrier supporting the journal bearings and configured to rotate about the axis and carry the planetary gears, the carrier including a first wall supporting the journal bearings and having spaced apart interior lateral surfaces, and a scupper arranged between the lateral surfaces and providing an inlet in one of the lateral surfaces facing the sun gear, the inlet having a first circumferential dimension, and a passage fluidly interconnecting the scupper to one of the journal bearings, the passage having a second circumferential dimension less than the first circumferential dimension; a bushing arranged in the bore between the first wall and the journal bearing, the bushing and journal bearing respectively including first and second passageways fluidly connecting the passage in the carrier and the feed passage to one another; and an alignment feature rotationally fixing the journal bearing and the bushing relative to the carrier.",0.4441187325376351,0.8882374650752702
9333851,"1. A fuel cutoff valve that opens and closes a connection conduit connecting a fuel tank and the outside, the fuel cutoff valve comprising: a casing that includes a primary valve chamber connected to the connection conduit, and a secondary valve chamber disposed under the primary valve chamber; a primary valve mechanism that is housed in the primary valve chamber, that rises and falls according to a fuel level in the primary valve chamber, and that is configured to rise when the fuel level inside the primary valve chamber reaches a first predetermined level; and a secondary valve mechanism that is housed in the secondary valve chamber and rises and falls according to a fuel level in the secondary valve chamber, wherein the casing includes a first communication path connecting the fuel tank and the primary valve chamber, and a second communication path connecting the primary valve chamber and the secondary valve chamber, wherein the first communication path is an elongated tube, the casing and the primary valve mechanism are configured such that the primary valve mechanism closes the connection conduit by the fuel in the fuel tank entering the primary valve chamber through the first communication path due to a differential pressure between an internal pressure of the tank and a pressure of the primary valve chamber when the fuel level in the fuel tank reaches a first fuel level, and the casing and the secondary valve mechanism are configured such that the secondary valve mechanism closes the second communication path when the fuel level in the fuel tank reaches a second fuel level as same as the first fuel level or higher than the first fuel level.",0.9485886064235076,0.10282278715298476
8713348,"1. An apparatus for performing timer management regarding a system timer scheduler service, comprising: a processor arranged to control operations of the apparatus; an ordinary timer arranged to provide the processor with time ticks, for use of timing control; and a hardware-based Operating System (OS) timer arranged to provide the processor with at least one scheduler timer, for use of the system timer scheduler service, wherein the hardware-based OS timer comprises two counters for counting an alignment frame number (AFN) and an un-alignment frame number (UFN), respectively.",0.45878229228991113,0.9175645845798223
9175662,"1. A Francis-type runner for a hydraulic machine, comprising: a band with symmetry of revolution about a central axis of the runner, a crown with symmetry of revolution about the axis, and a plurality of blades extending between the crown and the band, at least two elements at least partially defining the band and at least two elements at least partially defining the crown, and wherein a first edge of each blade is arranged between two adjacent band elements and a second edge of each blade is arranged between two adjacent crown elements wherein the first edge and the second edge of each blade lies flush with exterior surfaces of the respective adjacent band elements and adjacent crown elements, wherein each band element and each crown element being fixed between two adjacent blades by welding, edges of each of the band elements and edges of each of the crown elements fixed to respective blades being beveled to define chamfers for welding.",0.5598749947265317,0.8802500105469366
9360397,"1. An anchor testing device configured to operate with a load cell sensor to test installed anchors, the anchor testing device comprising: a top support having a generally centrally located sensor attachment location; three stanchions, each stanchion extending from the top support and spaced from the adjacent stanchions, the stanchions configured in a generally triangular shape; a bottom support, each stanchion being connected to the bottom support, the bottom support and top support positioned to maintain the spacing between adjacent stanchions; and a load cell sensor support positioned below the top support and operatively attached to the top support or the bottom support, the load cell sensor support shaped and positioned to engage the load cell sensor and restrict rotational movement of the load cell sensor when the load cell sensor is used with the anchor testing device.",0.05841751551913476,0.11683503103826953
8840524,"1. A fuel saving system for a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine and equipped with a hydraulically activated automatic transmission, the fuel saving system comprising: a transmission fluid pump able to supply pressurized transmission fluid to the automatic transmission; an energy storage device; at least one motor powered by the energy storage device, the at least one motor including a motor that is mechanically connected to the transmission fluid pump and a motor that is coupled to the engine; a controller responsive to one or more operating conditions to turn off the engine when the vehicle is stopped and to use the motor that is mechanically connected to the transmission fluid pump so as to activate the transmission fluid pump to supply sufficient power to the transmission to maintain engagement of the transmission in a driving gear, the controller also being responsive to one or more operating conditions to activate the motor that is coupled to the engine so as to restart the engine with the transmission engaged in a driving gear;",0.9901381928494791,0.019723614301041748
8829367,"1. A force plate comprising a plate-shaped carrier which, when arranged vertically, comprises: an upper carrier section at the top in the vertical direction and configured to be fastened to a balance platform chassis arranged horizontally, a lower carrier section at the bottom in the vertical direction and configured to be fastened to a base body arranged horizontally, a first end carrier section connected at one side thereof to the upper carrier section by a vertical rod and at another side thereof to the lower carrier section via a horizontally arranged spring element that has strain gauges, wherein the lower carrier section is connected at an end thereof facing away from the first end carrier section via a horizontal rod to the upper carrier section, and a second end carrier section, by which the horizontal rod is connected to the lower carrier section via a vertically arranged spring element that has strain gauges, wherein the horizontally arranged spring element is configured with a first planar exterior surface extending along a peripheral portion of the plate-shaped carrier and opposing the vertical rod, and extends into the first end carrier section, wherein the vertically arranged spring element is configured with a second planar exterior surface extending along a peripheral portion of the plate-shaped carrier and opposing the horizontal rod, and extends into the second end carrier section, and wherein the strain gauges are provided on the respective exterior surfaces of each of the spring elements.",0.1635215092762813,0.32704301855256257
9601775,"1. A binder composition for the secondary battery positive electrode comprising a binder including a polymer unit having nitrile group, (meth)acrylate polymer unit, a polymer unit having hydrophilic group, and a polymer unit of linear alkylene wherein the linear alkylene has carbon atoms of 4 or more; wherein, a swelling degree of said binder in an electrolytic solution dissolved with LiPF",0.8340039203632796,0.3319921592734407
9748806,"1. A permanent magnet rotating electrical machine comprising: a stator including armature windings in a plurality of slots formed in a stator core; and a rotor including a rotor core and permanent magnets buried in a plurality of permanent magnet insertion holes provided in the rotor core, the rotor being rotatably supported by a rotary shaft via a gap on an inner circumferential side of the stator, wherein when an axis of magnetic flux for the permanent magnet is set as a d-axis, and a position deviated from the d-axis by an electric angle of 90 degrees is set as a q-axis, one of the permanent magnet insertion holes is located on the q-axis, and a first permanent magnet magnetized in a direction orthogonal to the q-axis is buried in the permanent magnet insertion hole, one of the permanent magnets insertion hole is also located on the d-axis, and a second permanent magnet magnetized in a direction parallel to the d-axis is buried in the permanent magnet insertion hole, and at least one third permanent magnet buried in one of the permanent magnet insertion holes is provided between the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet.",0.270780203561079,0.541560407122158
8777310,"1. A seat back assembly comprising: (a) a seat back comprising a recess formed by a back surface surrounded on at least three sides by a lip; (b) a shroud coupled to the recess within the seat back, wherein the shroud covers at least an inner surface of the lip of the recess; (c) a bezel pivotally coupled to the back surface of the recess, wherein the bezel comprises an aperture; (d) an in flight entertainment display comprising a screen mounted to a surrounding unit having edges that form an outer perimeter shape, wherein the edges of the surrounding unit contact and are fixedly coupled to an inner surface of the bezel proximate the aperture so that the edges of the surrounding unit are not accessible through the aperture; and (e) a shelf positioned below the bezel; (f) wherein the shroud and the shelf collectively surround upper, lower, and lateral surfaces of the bezel so that a gap located between the bezel and the back surface of the recess is not accessible when the bezel pivots between a stowed position and a fully tilted position.",0.09930911989555888,0.1986182397911178
9832157,"1. A method for providing a notification of events, comprising: receiving product data about a product, the product data comprising one or more of: a release date, an availability of the product, past sales numbers of the product, and a forecasted number of sales of the product; tracking the product data to determine whether the product data triggers at least one trigger parameter from a set of trigger parameters defined by a provider of the product; when it is determined that the product data triggers at least one trigger parameter, automatically generating a dynamic message that includes information about the product and information corresponding to the product data that triggered the at least one trigger parameter; and automatically transmitting the dynamic message to a set of recipients that have an existing relationship with the provider of the product over a social networking medium.",0.11326135497398779,0.22652270994797563
8380989,"1. A method for providing enhanced transaction security, comprising: receiving a request message from a third party at a gateway, wherein the request message comprises a plurality of data fields indicative of a transaction involving the third party and a mobile subscriber; processing the received request message by: saving results of the processing, including saving at least the generated SFA token; generating a mobile subscriber notification message comprising at least the generated SFA token; and generating a third party notification message comprising at least the generated SFA token.",0.045268357064181676,0.0905367141283634
9000615,"1. A solar power module, comprising: a pair of power output terminals; a plurality of bypass circuits serially connected between the two power output terminals, each bypass circuit comprising: a main controller for controlling the second switch in each bypass circuit and determining when all the first switches are closed concurrently; a plurality of photovoltaic segments for converting light into electricity, each photovoltaic segment having a plurality of photovoltaic cells connected in series, the photovoltaic segments serially coupled to at least one of the power output terminals and the third terminal in each bypass circuit; and a main power supply for receiving power from at least one of the photovoltaic segments and providing power to at least the bypass circuits.",0.9765599387951742,0.04688012240965156
8907259,"1. A microwave irradiation device comprising: a chamber configured to accommodate an object to be processed; a plurality of magnetrons configured to generate and irradiate microwaves to the object to be processed in the chamber; and a power supply unit configured to supply voltage pulses to the magnetrons, wherein the power supply unit supplies the voltage pulses to the magnetrons while preventing the voltage pulses supplied to the magnetrons from temporally overlapping with each other, wherein the plurality of magnetrons include at least a first magnetron, a second magnetron, a third magnetron, and a fourth magnetron, wherein the power supply unit at least includes, wherein a first voltage pulse from the first voltage supply circuit is firstly supplied to the first magnetron by a part of the switching transistors of the first switching circuit; and then a second voltage pulse from the second voltage supply circuit is supplied to the third magnetron by a part of the switching transistors of the second switching circuit; and then a third voltage pulse from the first voltage supply circuit is supplied to the second magnetron by the remaining part of the switching transistors of the first switching circuit; and then a fourth voltage pulse from the second voltage supply circuit is supplied to the fourth magnetron by the remaining part of the switching transistors of the second switching circuit.",0.3466977490130878,0.6933954980261756
9054242,"1. A process for the production of a metal wrap through silicon solar cell comprising the steps: (1) providing an n-type silicon wafer for the production of the metal wrap through silicon solar cell, wherein the n-type silicon wafer has (i) holes forming vias between the front-side and the back-side of the wafer and (ii) a p-type emitter extending over the entire front-side and the inside of the holes, (2) applying a conductive metal paste to the holes of the silicon wafer to provide at least the inside of the holes with a metallization, (3) drying the applied conductive metal paste, and (4) firing the dried conductive metal paste, whereby the wafer reaches a peak temperature of 700 to 900° C., wherein the conductive metal paste has no or only poor fire-through capability and comprises (a) at least one particulate electrically conductive metal selected from the group consisting of silver, copper and nickel, (b) at least one particulate p-type dopant, and (c) an organic vehicle, wherein the at least one particulate p-type dopant is selected from the group consisting of boron, aluminum and p-type silicon alloys selected from the group consisting of alloys comprising silicon and boron, alloys comprising silicon and aluminum and alloys comprising silicon, boron and aluminum.",0.9903316405039275,0.019336718992144952
8940516,"1. A method for the synthesis of chiral cyanohydrins from at least one carbonyl compound and hydrocyanic acid comprising: providing said at least one carbonyl compound and said hydrocyanic acid and carrying out a reaction in presence of at least one isolated polypeptide that has hydroxynitrile lyase activity, wherein the polypeptide comprises (a) the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) an amino acid sequence comprising all of SEQ ID NO: 1 except for one or more amino acid replacements, wherein said replacements are selected from the group consisting of: (c) an amino acid sequence which",0.6159249688181581,0.7681500623636839
8963481,"1. A service vehicle comprising: a vehicle; electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment transported by the vehicle; two or more battery modules removably mounted to the vehicle, the battery modules electrically connected to the EV charging equipment as a source of electrical energy for the EV charging equipment, wherein the EV charging equipment is configured to provide charge to an EV from the battery modules; wherein the EV charging equipment is configured to sequentially draw energy from each of the two or more battery modules, wherein energy is drawn from battery modules having a lower state of charge before energy is drawn from battery modules having a higher state of charge.",0.9531223219458059,0.09375535610838814
9380588,"1. A base station comprising: a receiver configured to receive from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) an indication of a number of beams, from which a beam having a determined quality is selected, wherein the number of the beams is variable, wherein the determined quality of the selected beam is derived from a quality factor measured in at least one of a plurality of time slots; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the WTRU an assignment, wherein the assignment is based on the selected beam and the quality factor power associated with measured time slots.",0.4215142492902633,0.8430284985805266
9795005,"1. An apparatus for controlling an electrical load for the environmental control of a room, comprising: an occupancy sensor including a thermopile array and an occupancy detection field, the occupancy sensor is adapted to detect the presence of a person within the occupancy detection field; a movement sensor including a movement detection field, the movement sensor is adapted to detect a movement of the person within the movement detection field; and a controller adapted to receive respective detection signals from the occupancy and movement sensors and generate a control signal for the electrical load in response to the received detection signals, wherein the controller is adapted to generate a first control signal in response to detection of the person by the movement sensor and modify the first control signal to a second control signal in response to detection of the person by the occupancy sensor.",0.7886191540682199,0.42276169186356016
9194949,"1. A method for determining a location of a vehicle, comprising: acquiring a plurality of sensor data traces from a radar sensor associated with the vehicle; obtaining velocity information from the plurality of sensor data traces; using the velocity information, identifying a portion of the plurality of sensor data traces corresponding to a moving object; removing the portion of the plurality of sensor data traces corresponding to the moving object from the plurality of sensor data traces; obtaining an approximate location of the vehicle using a GPS unit; comparing the sensor data traces to a database of geo-referenced sensor data traces; and based on the comparison, determining the location of the vehicle.",0.29547989498507565,0.5909597899701513
8631658,"1. A system for enhancing the power output of a renewable heat source Rankine cycle power plant with little or no increase in emissions, the renewable heat source Rankine cycle power plant having a working fluid including water, the water being heated by a renewable source of heat within the Rankine cycle power plant, the system comprising in combination: a reheater having a fuel inlet, an oxygen inlet and a steam inlet; a source of fuel upstream of said fuel inlet, said source of fuel including a fuel combustible with oxygen to produce products of combustion including steam and/or carbon dioxide; a source of oxygen upstream of said oxygen inlet, said source of oxygen including an oxidizer that is primarily oxygen; said steam inlet located downstream from the renewable source of heat of said Rankine cycle power plant to receive steam after the steam has been heated by the renewable source of heat of the Rankine cycle power plant; said reheater adapted to combust at least a portion of the fuel from said fuel inlet with at least a portion of the oxygen from said oxygen inlet to produce products of combustion including steam and/or carbon dioxide; said reheater adapted to combine the products of combustion generated within said reheater with the steam from said steam inlet to generate a working fluid including steam; said reheater including an outlet for the working fluid; a turbine downstream of said outlet of said reheater, said turbine adapted to output power from the power plant; wherein a condenser is provided downstream from said turbine, said condenser adapted to receive steam from said turbine and condense said steam into liquid water, said condenser including an outlet for the liquid water; wherein said source of fuel includes a fuel containing carbon therein, with the products of combustion within said reheater including steam and carbon dioxide, the carbon dioxide within the products of combustion causing carbon dioxide to be contained within the working fluid leaving said outlet of said reheater, said condenser adapted to separate carbon dioxide in the working fluid from water within the working fluid, with the carbon dioxide being in a gaseous state when leaving said condenser and the water being in a liquid state when leaving said condenser; and wherein said water outlet of said condenser, including water previously routed from the renewable heat source and water originally generated in said reheater by combustion of the fuel with the oxygen, is recycled to the renewable heat source of the Rankine cycle power plant at least partially.",0.9981119104265221,0.003776179146955716
8371109,"1. An exhaust emission control device having a particulate filter incorporated in an exhaust pipe for capturing particulates in exhaust gas and a selective reduction catalyst downstream of said particulate filter and capable of selectively reacting NO x with ammonia even in the presence of oxygen, urea water as reducing agent being addable between said selective reduction catalyst and said particulate filter, the exhaust emission control device comprising: the particulate filter arranged along a frame of a vehicle and in a forward-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and the particulate filter is arranged laterally inward of the vehicle relative to the frame, the selective reduction catalyst arranged in a vicinity of an inlet end of said particulate filter and directed laterally outward of the vehicle, and the selective reduction catalyst is arranged laterally outward of the vehicle relative to the frame, a communication passage arranged to guide the exhaust gas from an outlet end of the particulate filter to an inlet end of the selective reduction catalyst in a forward fold-back manner, the communication passage connecting the outlet end of the particulate filter with the inlet end of the selective reduction catalyst and including a urea water adding device provided at a midway of the communication passage to add urea water, the gas collection chamber including the urea water adding device, and the urea water adding device being arranged upstream of the mixing pipe.",0.9280269270402123,0.14394614591957544
8872431,"1. A device comprising: an open configuration and a closed configuration, the device configured to alternate between the open configuration and the closed configuration; a selector configured to: receive a first input indicative of the device being in the open configuration and a second input indicative of the device being in the closed configuration; select a light sensor signal from one of a primary light sensor and a secondary light sensor as a function of whether the device is in the open configuration or the closed configuration; and, output the light sensor signal.",0.5636904327294858,0.8726191345410284
8702101,"1. A card infeed module for a card shuffler, the card infeed module comprising: a card infeed tray having a lower surface and at least two substantially upright walls for supporting cards; and a card gate pivotally mounted above the lower surface and positionable to apply a downward force in a lower position and to separate cards located under the card gate and being fed into a shuffler from cards being returned to the infeed tray after use.",0.14211215121316564,0.28422430242633134
9103094,"1. A hybrid work machine, comprising: an engine; a water temperature meter that detects a water temperature of the engine; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine; a boom attached to an upper-part turning body of the hybrid working machine, an arm attached to the boom, and an attachment attached to the arm, the boom, the arm, and the attachment being driven with hydraulic fluid discharged by the hydraulic pump; a motor generator connected to the engine; an electric energy storage unit configured to store electric power generated by the motor generator; and a control part configured to perform control on driving of the motor generator so as to start to increase an assist output of the motor generator so that the assist output of the motor generator increases as the water temperature of the engine increases, so as to compensate for a decrease in an output of the engine, when the water temperature of the engine detected by the water temperature meter exceeds a first predetermined temperature at which the output of the engine starts to decrease, and start to decrease the assist output of the motor generator when the water temperature of the engine detected by the water temperature meter becomes lower than a second predetermined temperature at which the output of the engine starts to increase, after the water temperature of the engine stops increasing and starts to decrease.",0.8873613101671944,0.22527737966561112
8959816,"1. A system comprising: a faceplate comprising: first and second magnets that protrude from the recessed back surface of the faceplate; a lens comprising: a backing plate having ferromagnetic properties, the backing plate comprising:",0.11475914442611912,0.22951828885223824
9509489,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: capturing intermediate data samples for transmission by a wireless communications transmitter; applying signal processing to the intermediate data samples; capturing output data samples after applying the signal processing; determining quadrature correction coefficients from the intermediate data samples and the output data samples, wherein the quadrature correction coefficients remove quadrature errors caused by the signal processing, wherein the determining quadrature correction coefficients comprises determining matrix values from at least the intermediate data samples and a frequency difference ratio; and applying the quadrature correction coefficients to a series of input data samples, wherein the intermediate data samples comprise the input data samples with the quadrature correction coefficients applied to the input data samples, wherein the capturing the intermediate data samples, the applying the signal processing, the capturing the output data samples, the determining the quadrature correction coefficients, and the applying the quadrature correction coefficients are performed by at least one processor.",0.09781636327075163,0.1956327265415032
9518287,"1. An engine method, comprising: during engine running, flowing exhaust through each of a first, second, and third close-coupled three-way catalyst to store exhaust ammonia on the first catalyst, the second catalyst located downstream of, and the third catalyst located upstream of, the first catalyst; selectively deactivating the engine during an idle-stop; and during an engine restart from idle-stop, adjusting regeneration of the third catalyst based on an ammonia content of the first catalyst.",0.9863272850699674,0.027345429860065273
9156713,1. A manually operated continuous flow drinking water disinfector assembly using solar radiation comprising: i. a slant solar pre-heating chamber ( ii. a water heating coil being placed inside the slant solar pre-heating chamber ( iii. a skirt ( iv. a fiber reinforced board or glass plate with multiple parallel etched grooves ( v. a perforated feed water tube ( vi. an output channel ( vii. at least two inclined mirrors fixed on left and right sides of said slant solar preheating chamber ( viii. at least two inclined mirrors on left and right sides of the water stream flow in the disinfector section (,0.8886252076530712,0.22274958469385764
8377201,"1. A cement-SCM composition, comprising: a narrow PSD hydraulic cement fraction comprising: one more types of supplementary cementitious material (SCM) particles selected from the group consisting of pozzolans, fly ash, slag, ground granulated blast-furnace slag, natural pozzolans, artificial pozzolans, limestone, ground limestone, ground quartz, ground filler materials, and pulverized fuel ash, the one or more types of SCM particles comprising:",0.8939543542566003,0.2120912914867994
8909618,"1. A system, comprising: an at least one computer system; a services database; and an application that, when executed on the at least one computer system,",0.17112029111096747,0.342240582221935
8511044,"1. A tower section for a wind turbine tower structure comprising: at least two shell segments defining, in an assembled condition, a substantially hollow structure, and including a first connecting means for mutually joining two adjacent shell segments along a joint, wherein the first connecting means comprise a column of concrete arranged overlapping at least part of the joint between the adjacent shell segments, the first connecting means further comprising a formwork shaped to define an inner volume to be filled with concrete to form the column of concrete joining the adjacent shell segments, the formwork comprises a first plate associated with a first shell segment and a second plate associated with a second adjacent shell segment, the first and second plates of the formwork are secured by a bolt fitted in a common hole of both plates, and the first and second plates are bent and the first plate is attached through one edge thereof to the first respective shell segment and the second plate is attached through one edge thereof to the second respective shell segment, while another edge of the first plate substantially overlaps the corresponding other edge of the second plate.",0.9184267007682677,0.16314659846346458
8586401,"1. A solar cell manufacturing method, comprising: forming a first electrode on a substrate; forming a mixed metal layer on the first electrode; forming a light absorbing layer by injecting hydrogen selenide on an entire surface of the mixed metal layer, using a gas injection device; and forming a second electrode on the light absorbing layer, wherein the gas injection device comprises:",0.9839039151358475,0.032192169728304965
9048337,"1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a pillar of semiconductor material extending from a substrate and including a body region over the substrate and a second source/drain region over the body region; a bit line formed in the substrate and at least partially offset from the pillar in a direction lateral to the bit line; and a first source/drain region coupled to the bit line and at least partially under the body region, wherein the first source/drain region, the body region and the second source/drain region comprise elements of an access transistor.",0.07118445129730935,0.14236890259461865
8426237,"1. A method for forming an array of solar cells, the method comprising: providing a plurality of solar cells, wherein a solar cell includes a semiconductor layer formed on top of a backmetal layer leaving a portion of a top surface of the backmetal layer exposed; applying an adhesive to a film layer; placing the plurality of solar cells onto the film layer; interconnecting the plurality of solar cells using one or more interconnect tabs by coupling the exposed top surface of the backmetal layer of a first solar cell to a top surface of an adjacent second solar cell; applying adhesive on the plurality of interconnected solar cells; and laminating a top film to the plurality of interconnected solar cells to form an array of solar cells.",0.9521034092026529,0.09579318159469419
8637199,"1. A fuel cell using a liquid organic compound for fuel, comprising: a membrane-electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane which ions pass through, a fuel electrode being bonded to one surface of the electrolyte membrane, and an oxidant electrode being bonded to another surface of the electrolyte membrane; a passage configured to allow fuel to flow; a passage configured to allow oxidant to flow; a fuel mixing tank configured to store fuel supplied to the fuel cell; a fuel circulation line configured to circulate the fuel in the fuel mixing tank and supply the fuel to the fuel cell; a liquid injection line connected to a mixing point located in the fuel circulation line; a concentration controller configured to intermittently or periodically supply the fuel or water to the mixing point through the liquid injection line; and a controller programmed to measure a signal of a voltage or an output of the fuel cell, wherein the controller is programmed to obtain a difference between the voltage or the output when the fuel supplied to the fuel cell has a same concentration as a concentration of the fuel in the fuel mixing tank, and the voltage or the output when the fuel supplied to the fuel cell has a changed concentration with the fuel or water intermittently or periodically supplied from the concentration controller to the fuel circulation line, wherein the controller is programmed to increase a supply rate of the fuel supplied from the concentration controller through the liquid injection line or decrease a supply rate of the water supplied from the concentration controller through the liquid injection line when the difference between the voltage or output exceeds a prescribed range, and wherein the controller is programmed to decrease a supply rate of the fuel supplied from the concentration controller through the liquid injection line or increase a supply rate of the water supplied from the concentration controller through the liquid injection line when the difference between the voltage or output is smaller than a prescribed value.",0.965274204671406,0.06945159065718798
8934268,"1. A power electronic converter for use in high voltage direct current power transmission and reactive power compensation comprising at least one converter limb including first and second DC terminals for connection in use to a DC network, the or each converter limb including at least one first converter block and at least one second converter block connected between the first and second DC terminals; the or each first converter block including a plurality of line-commutated thyristors and at least one first AC terminal for connection in use to an AC network, the or each second converter block including at least one auxiliary converter, the or each auxiliary converter being a chain-link converter, the or each chain-link converter including a chain of modules connected in series, each module including two pairs of switching elements connected in parallel with an energy storage device in a full-bridge arrangement to define a 2-quadrant bipolar module that can provide positive or negative voltage and can conduct current in one direction, each pair of switching elements including one self-commutated switching element and one diode connected in series, wherein the self-commutated switching elements are controllable in use such that the or each chain of modules connected in series provides a continuously variable voltage source to modify a DC voltage presented to the DC side of the converter limb and/or modify an AC voltage and an AC current on the AC side of the converter.",0.8311187356862718,0.33776252862745637
8911519,"1. An apparatus of hydrogen production and carbon dioxide recovery for producing hydrogen and recovering carbon dioxide from a carbon-containing fuel, the apparatus comprising: a reformer provided with a hydrogen-permeable membrane for reforming the carbon-containing fuel and simultaneously separating hydrogen to obtain a hydrogen-permeable membrane permeated gas which is a gas having permeated the hydrogen-permeable membrane and a reformer off-gas which is a gas not having permeated the hydrogen-permeable membrane, wherein said hydrogen-permeable membrane is arranged in the reformer; a carbon dioxide separation membrane, for separating the reformer off-gas into a carbon dioxide-enriched gas which is a gas enriched in carbon dioxide and a carbon dioxide separation membrane off-gas which is a gas enriched in components other than carbon dioxide, wherein said carbon dioxide separation membrane is arranged downstream of the reformer; a hydrogen separation membrane for separating the carbon dioxide separation membrane off-gas into a hydrogen-enriched gas which is a gas enriched in hydrogen and a hydrogen separation membrane off-gas which is a gas enriched in components other than hydrogen, wherein said hydrogen separation membrane is arranged downstream of the carbon dioxide separation membrane; and a recycle line for recycling the hydrogen-enriched gas upstream of the hydrogen-permeable membrane in the reformer.",0.9600220414111801,0.07995591717763983
9545789,"1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a modulator that generates a modulated signal which is obtained by pulse-modulating an original signal; a gate driver that generates a control signal, based on the modulated signal; a transistor that generates an amplified and modulated signal obtained by amplifying the modulated signal based on the control signal from the gate driver, wherein the gate driver operates the transistor by way of the control signal to control the transistor in an OFF-state or an ON-state for amplifying the modulated signal; a low pass filter that generates a drive signal by demodulating the amplified and modulated signal; a piezoelectric element that is displaced by the drive signal which is applied; a first power supply that applies a signal to a terminal of the piezoelectric element, other than a terminal to which the drive signal is applied; a cavity which is filled with a liquid therein, and whose internal volume is changed by displacement of the piezoelectric element; and a nozzle that communicates with the cavity, and ejects the liquid in the cavity as droplets in accordance with change of the internal volume of the cavity, wherein the gate driver and the first power supply are connected to a common ground terminal.",0.12852971622557877,0.2570594324511575
8721998,"1. A method of extractive separation and purification of metals, comprising the following steps: (1) an acidic organic extractant as an organic phase and a magnesium bicarbonate and/or calcium bicarbonate aqueous solution as an aqueous phase are added into an extraction tank simultaneously, and then an extraction is realized in a single or multiple stage concurrent and/or countercurrent way, thereby magnesium ions and/or calcium ions from the magnesium bicarbonate and/or calcium bicarbonate are exchanged with hydrogen ions in the organic phase, an equilibrium pH value of the aqueous phase is 3-5, after clarification and phase separation, a magnesium and/or calcium ions-containing organic phase and a wastewater solution are obtained; then the magnesium and/or calcium ions-contained organic phase is mixed with a solution containing the metals to be separated and purified to obtain a mixture, the mixture is pre-extracted in a single stage or multiple stage concurrent and/or countercurrent way, thereby metal ions from the metals are extracted into an organic phase, after clarification and phase separation, an organic phase loaded with metal ions as well as an aqueous raffinate containing magnesium and/or calcium ions are obtained, an equilibrium pH value of the aqueous phase is 2.5-4.5; (2) the organic phase loaded with metal ions obtained by step (1) is used for the extractive separation and purification of a metal solution containing two or more species of metal ions which includes the metal ions contained in the organic phase, after multi-stage extraction, scrubbing and stripping process, then a raffinate, a scrubbing liquor and a stripping liquor with metal ions are obtained, wherein the metal ions in the raffinate, the scrubbing liquor and the stripping liquor are different from each other; alternatively, the obtained organic phase loaded with metal ions is stripped directly by acid or alkali solution to obtain a purified metal solution or slurry; then the purified metal solution is used to produce metal compounds product by concentrating crystallization or precipitation, or to produce single metal compound product by further extractive separation and purification, while the slurry is filtrated to produce compound product.",0.8750101247775597,0.24997975044488063
9654418,"1. A method of supporting operator commands in a link aggregation group at a network device, wherein the network device is communicatively coupled with aggregation ports through links of the link aggregation group to a remote network device, wherein the network device processes conversations, the method comprising: receiving a local operator command for changing aggregation port priority of the link aggregation group, wherein the local operator command is one of a set of commands including at least one of manual switch, forced switch, clear, lockout, freeze, or exercise, wherein the local operator command contains operator command attributes including an operator command aggregation port prioritized list for the link aggregation group, wherein the operator command aggregation port prioritized list indicates desired priorities of ports for conversations carried in the link aggregation group, and wherein each conversation contains an ordered sequence of frames; determining that the operator command aggregation port prioritized list is different from a remote aggregation port prioritized list used at the remote network device; transmitting a set of operator command attributes associated with the local operator command to the remote network device, the set of operator command attributes including at least the operator command aggregation port prioritized list; and performing the local operator command by setting a local aggregation port prioritized list to be consistent with the operator command aggregation port prioritized list for the link aggregation group, wherein the local aggregation port prioritized list indicates priorities of ports for conversations carried in the link aggregation group.",0.44602175784858544,0.8920435156971709
9752419,"1. A hydraulic fluid delivery tool for morphing a tubular downhole, the hydraulic fluid delivery tool comprising: a substantially cylindrical body having an inner bore therethrough; first and second seal assemblies arranged upon the cylindrical body at a pair of spaced apart locations in order to isolate an internal portion of a tubular between the seal assemblies at a desired location; each seal assembly comprising an annular elastomer and an annular piston, the piston arranged to compress the elastomer to create a seal between the cylindrical body and the tubular; a second fluid delivery line through a wall of the cylindrical body, the second fluid delivery line having at least one second input at a first end of the cylindrical body and at least one second output to an outer surface of the cylindrical body at the desired location to deliver fluid at a second pressure to perform a morph at the location; and wherein the first pressure is greater than the second pressure and each piston includes a second face, the second face being exposed to the internal portion during compression of the elastomer so that fluid at the second pressure acts on the second face and assists in maintaining the seal.",0.029136688988588493,0.05827337797717702
9097233,"1. An apparatus for extracting energy from fluid flow comprising: an inlet duct having an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion, the inlet duct having an annular inner surface tapering in a direction from the inlet end portion to the outlet end portion, the inlet duct defining a central flow axis; an elongated body aligned along the central flow axis and extending rearwardly past the outlet end portion of the inlet duct, the elongated body having a forward end portion and rearward end portion; a rotor coupled to the elongated body, the rotor comprising a plurality of rotatable blades that are rotatable about the central flow axis; and a nozzle positioned concentrically about the elongated body, the nozzle having a forward end portion and a rearward end portion, the forward end portion being disposed adjacent the outlet end portion of the inlet duct to define an annular flow channel between the forward end portion of the nozzle and the outlet end portion of the inlet duct for channeling fluid inwardly onto the outer surface of the elongated body; wherein the nozzle has an inner surface configured to channel fluid outside of the inlet duct to flow inwardly through the flow channel and contact the outer surface of the elongated body, thereby creating a suction that enhances fluid flow through the inlet duct and the blades of the rotor; wherein a cross-sectional profile of the nozzle in a plane extending through the nozzle and along the central flow axis comprises an outer surface in the shape of a hydrofoil; wherein the cross-sectional profile of the nozzle has an inner surface comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the inner surface tapering from a forward end of the nozzle to an intermediate location, the second portion of the inner surface diverging from the intermediate location to a rearward end of the nozzle, wherein the first and second portions of the inner surface are flat in the cross-sectional profile.",0.8567024875380682,0.2865950249238636
9214222,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of first word lines; a plurality of second word lines; a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell being coupled to a corresponding one of the first word lines and a corresponding one of the second word lines, said each memory cell becoming accessible when at least one of the corresponding first word line and the corresponding second word line is activated; and a first word line selection circuit that activates a selected one of the first word lines during a read operation; and a second word line selection circuit that activates a selected one of the second word lines during a write operation, wherein each of the plurality of memory cells having a first inverter including a first N-channel MOS transistor and a first P-channel MOS transistor, a second inverter including a second N-channel MOS transistor and a second P-channel MOS transistor with an input terminal of the second inverter being coupled to an output terminal of the first inverter and with an output terminal of the second inverter being coupled to an input terminal of the first inverter; and wherein the selected second word line is activated after the selected first word line is activated, in a single operation cycle performing both the read operation and the write operation.",0.32398397496982584,0.6479679499396517
8674963,"1. A waveguide structure for an input device, the waveguide structure comprising: an input surface defining a plane; at least one optical waveguide adapted to carry a signal for the input device; and an optical element having a connect portion for optically connecting to said at least one optical waveguide, wherein the waveguide structure is configured such that, in use, the at least one optical waveguide extends entirely below the plane, and wherein the optical element extends above the plane and the connect portion extends entirely below the plane beyond an end of the at least one optical waveguide.",0.19037635094759287,0.38075270189518573
9336958,"1. A nanoporous metal core/ceramic deposit layer composite, wherein the nanoporous metal core/ceramic composite is characterized in that the composite has an electrolytic or electroless deposited ceramic layer formed of MnO 2 or SnO 2 , on the metal core; wherein the metal core is formed of a nanoporous metal having interior pores; the ceramic deposit layer is deposited or adhered on a surface of the nanoporous metal core including interpore walls of the nanoporous metal core; and the composite has a specific capacitance of from greater than 427 F/g to 601 F/g or less.",0.7733646509100806,0.4532706981798389
8762279,"1. A method of authenticating a consumer conducting a transaction with a merchant, the method comprising: receiving, by a merchant computer, a transaction request from the consumer including information associated with an account being used to conduct the transaction; sending, by the merchant computer, an enrollment request message to a server computer, wherein the server computer identifies a type of authentication available, and wherein the type of authentication available includes at least one of a password-based authentication or a challenge-response authentication; redirecting, by the merchant computer, the consumer to the server computer, wherein the server computer generates an authentication challenge and compares a response received from the consumer to an expected response when challenge-response authentication of the consumer is available; receiving, by the merchant computer, a result of the consumer authentication; and if the consumer is authenticated, submitting the transaction for processing.",0.01526074335493087,0.030521486709861767
9769703,"1. A method, comprising: dynamically determining, at a network interface, a fragmentation threshold based on a current transmission rate; receiving a medium access control (MAC) service data unit (MSDU); determining, at the network interface, that a length of the MSDU exceeds the fragmentation threshold; fragmenting, at the network interface, the MSDU into at least a first MAC protocol data unit (MPDU), a second MPDU, and a third MPDU; aggregating, at the network interface, at least the first MPDU and the second MPDU into a first aggregate MPDU (A-MPDU); generating, at the network interface, a first physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) that includes the first A-MPDU, the first PPDU for transmission via a communication channel; including, at the network interface, at least the third MPDU in a second A-MPDU; and generating, at the network interface, a second PPDU that includes the second A-MPDU, the second PPDU for transmission via the communication channel.",0.4635284118410324,0.9270568236820648
9376602,"1. A process for preparing a thixotropic agent based on a urea derivative, wherein the components α) comprising at least one amine and β) comprising at least one isocyanate, are supplied separately to a mixer and are mixed with one another, wherein components α) and β) are introduced with a pressure of at least 40 to 200 bar into the mixer, the reaction mixture being discharged by spraying or squirting from the mixer.",0.37071236235627353,0.7414247247125471
8999589,"1. A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode plate formed with a positive electrode mixture layer having a lithium composite oxide as a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode plate; a separator; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, the positive electrode active material having an average particle diameter of 4.5 to 15.5 μm and a specific surface area of 0.13 to 0.80 m the positive electrode mixture layer containing a silane coupling agent, a coupling agent represented by General Formula (I), or a silane coupling agent and a coupling agent represented by General Formula (I), at a content of 0.003% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less with respect to the mass of the positive electrode active material, (where M is one atom selected from Al, Ti, and Zr, each of R1 and R2 is an alkyl group or an alkoxy group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 4), and the nonaqueous electrolyte containing a fluorinated cyclic carbonate ester represented by General Formula (II) at a content of 0.3% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte: (where each of X1 to X4 is a fluorine group, an alkyl group, or a fluorinated alkyl group, X1 to X4 are optionally the same as or different from each other, at least one of which is a fluorine group or a fluorinated alkyl group).",0.9801668097749734,0.03966638045005322
9281525,"1. A solid oxide fuel cell containing a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte comprising: a nanostructured or non-nanostructured anode with a chemical composition based on lanthanum aluminate (LaAl",0.9655242688330445,0.06895146233391092
9276634,"1. A method for providing configuration data while conserving bandwidth of communications over power distribution lines carrying alternating current (AC) power, where bandwidth is shared between a plurality of endpoint devices that are configured to provide utility usage data over the power distribution lines, the method comprising: identifying a group of endpoint devices, each including circuitry, from the plurality of endpoint devices, that are targeted for changes to stored configuration data; developing a communication plan by selecting between group identifications (IDs) for subsets of the plurality of endpoint devices, the subsets of the plurality of endpoint devices including less than all the plurality of endpoint devices; communicating, over the power distribution lines, a configuration request according to the communication plan and by broadcasting the request to the selected group ID(s); communicating, over power distribution lines, configuration commands to endpoint devices of one of the subsets using broadcast messages that reduce the data bandwidth over power distribution lines; communicating, over power distribution lines, utility usage data interspersed with confirmation data indicating that the configuration commands were received by the endpoint devices of said one of the subsets; and for another of the subsets, adjusting the communication plan in response to the confirmation data and in response, communicating over power distribution lines configuration commands to the endpoint devices of the other of the subsets using broadcast messages, wherein at least some of the configuration commands are broadcast based upon an indication of available bandwidth on the power distribution lines.",0.8934141301170189,0.21317173976596226
8393705,"1. An apparatus comprising: a line type recording head including a plurality of nozzle chips arranged along a width direction of a sheet, each of the nozzle chips having a plurality of recording elements; a holding unit configured to hold a sheet; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the sheet held by the holding unit to a recording position of the recording head; a shift mechanism capable of relatively changing a positional relation in the width direction between the recording head and the sheet fed from the holding unit at the recording position in order to change a region to be used for recording of the recording head; and a control unit configured to control the conveyance mechanism and the shift mechanism, wherein the control unit controls the shift mechanism to change the region on a nozzle-chip-by-nozzle-chip basis.",0.07521293016484487,0.15042586032968974
8535794,"1. A device, comprising: a) a base made of foamed plastic material; b) a laminate coating being provided on the base, the laminate coating including a fabric layer and an underlay compound; c) an intermediate layer being provided between the base and the fabric layer; d) the intermediate layer including the underlay compound of the laminate coating; and e) the base being provided with indentations, and the underlay compound of the laminate coating being in the indentations of the base, and the foamed plastic material including a foamed plastic having an open cell structure.",0.2017380485768719,0.4034760971537438
8763975,"1. A set of slides for vehicle seats, including two parallel slides, each slide including: first and second structural sections mounted to slide relative to each other in a longitudinal direction, the second structural section of each slide including a bearing of circular general shape, a lock adapted selectively to prevent or allow relative sliding between the first and second structural sections, the set of slides further including a cross-bar assembly having two circular-section bearing surfaces that is pivotally mounted in the respective bearings to pivot about a transverse pivot axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, said cross-bar assembly extending beyond said bearings as far as two ends, the cross-bar assembly being urged toward a rest position in which it does not interfere with the locks of the slides and said cross-bar assembly being adapted to be moved manually to an actuating position to unlock the locks of the slides, wherein each end of the cross-bar assembly includes at least one tooth projecting radially outward and the corresponding bearing includes at least one indentation of substantially complementary shape to said tooth enabling nesting of the cross-bar assembly in the bearing parallel to the pivot axis and in that the tooth at the end of the cross-bar assembly is disposed so as not to face the corresponding indentation at least when the cross-bar assembly is in the rest position.",0.031833347803353236,0.06366669560670646
9010245,"1. A method for the transfer of image-forming layers from a transfer foil to printing sheets provided with an image-specific coating of an adhesive on one side by means of a coating unit of a printing press that includes an impression cylinder and a press roller that form a common transfer gap through which the transfer foil can be guided from a foil supply roller in contact with the press roller with the coated side in contact with the printing sheet guided on the impression cylinder and under pressure for transferring the image forming layers comprising the steps of: operating the printing press with a foil cycle timing such that the transfer foil is selectively stopped and advanced through the transfer gap, said foil cycle timing being selectively changeable such that it is adjustable in its frequency and period of operation with respect to one press cylinder revolution, controlling by means of a controller the foil cycle timing as a function of a printing press speed, a length of an application, a cost of the transfer foil, and a time requirement for an application, such that: (a) the foil cycle timing is decelerated when the printing press speed is increased, the length of an application surface is increased, wherein said application surface extends on a sheet in a peripheral direction of a machine cylinder, the cost of the transfer foil is lower, or the time requirement for an application of foil on a sheet is decreased; and (b) the foil cycle timing is accelerated when the printing press speed is decreased, the length of the application surface is decreased, the cost of the transfer foil is higher, or the time requirement for an application of foil on a sheet is increased; wherein the printing press speed, the length of the application surface, the cost of the transfer foil, and the time requirement for an application of foil are parameters that are input to the controller by a user and are used as a basis for determining an appropriate foil cycle timing based on predetermined relationships in the controller.",0.15639696234044875,0.3127939246808975
9011640,"1. A method for obtaining raw pulp by removal of lignin from a lignocellulosic biomass in the form of plants and/or plant parts, and wherein the lignocellulosic biomass does not originate from wood, comprising the steps of: digesting the lignocellulosic biomass in a digester at a digestion temperature of less than about 170° C. in a digestion medium to thereby dissolve lignin from said lignocellulosic biomass and generate raw pulp, wherein said digestion medium comprises alkanolamine and water having an alkanolamine to water weight ratio ranging from 60:40 to 30:70; removing the dissolved lignin from the raw pulp; and separating the raw pulp from a waste digester liquor by solid/liquid separation.",0.8027029298458476,0.39459414030830486
9707853,"1. An electrical charging system to electrically charge an battery of a vehicle, comprising: a primary charging system having a power transmitter configured to provide energy, an off-vehicle inductive coil in electrical communication with the power transmitter and disposed external to the vehicle, an on-vehicle inductive coil disposed on the vehicle, and configured to receive a portion of the energy wirelessly transmitted from the off-vehicle inductive coil, an electrical signal shaping device in electrical communication with the on-vehicle inductive coil to electrically shape the portion of the received energy and electrically transmit electrically-shaped energy to electrically charge the battery, and an alignment means for positioning the vehicle relative to the off-vehicle inductive coil of the energy coupling arrangement such that the on-vehicle inductive coil is aligned with the off-vehicle inductive coil such that the portion of the wirelessly energy received by on-vehicle inductive coil is at least 75% of the wirelessly energy transmitted by the off on-vehicle inductive coil; and a secondary charging system distinct from the primary charging system in communication with the electrical signal shaping device, wherein the electrical charging system prevents the primary system from electrically charging the battery when the secondary system is electrically charging the battery.",0.9826759956765021,0.0346480086469958
8757557,"1. A gurney flap assembly, said flap assembly comprising: an actuator, and a flexible body, said body having a downwardly depending flap for moving into and out of an airstream in a pressure side of a wing, wherein said flexible body is configured to flex in reaction to motion of said actuator into a deployed position generally flush with a pressure side of a wing.",0.45240952952095387,0.9048190590419077
8963398,"1. A system comprising: a current control brush assembly, comprising:",0.6790483726871491,0.6419032546257017
9303531,"1. A quick engine change assembly, comprising: a first circular frame member; fillets extending radially outward from radially outer portions of said first circular frame member; and a plurality of doublet supports delimited by said fillets and spaced about said first circular frame member, said doublet supports being contoured along the axial direction; a flow surface defined between said plurality of doublet supports; and, a plurality of cradles, each of said cradles including said doublet supports; said doublet supports extending from a lower portion of said cradle to said flow surface; and further comprising a platform bolted through a doublet at said cradle.",0.7132712204696885,0.573457559060623
8557005,"1. A polishing pad made of a polyurethane foam obtained by reacting a blend composition consisting of (A) a polyisocyanate, (B) a polyol, (C) a polyvalent alcohol-based chain extender with a molecular weight of equal to or smaller than 400, and (D) water, and optionally one or more additives, wherein in the blend composition, component (A), the polyisocyanate, consists of diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and the MDI is 45 to 70 parts by weight when a total weight of components (A), (B), and (C) is taken as 100 parts by weight, and wherein component (B), the polyol, consists of a first polypropylene glycol having a number average molecular weight of equal to or greater than 2500, having an average number of functional groups of equal to or greater than 3 and having ethylene oxide added to a terminal, or component (B), the polyol, consists of said first polypropylene glycol and a second polypropylene glycol having no ethylene oxide added to a terminal.",0.37066855908058577,0.7413371181611715
9157631,"1. A method for burning a burner in a heating furnace including a step of: periodically changing at least one of a flow rate of a fuel fluid and a flow rate of an oxidizing agent fluid which are supplied to the burner while periodically changing an oxygen concentration in the oxidizing agent fluid, thereby an oxygen ratio which is calculated by dividing an amount of oxygen supplied by a theoretical necessary amount of oxygen is periodically changed, and the periodical change of the oxygen ratio is made different from the periodical change of the oxygen concentration to cause combustion in periodically vibrational conditions.",0.8963735376258548,0.20725292474829038
9425785,"1. A driver circuit for driving a switching transistor having a control terminal responsive to a switching control signal, comprising: a plurality of driver stages, each having a control input responsive to a respective driver control signal having an on time during which the driver stage is on and an off time during which the driver stage is off and having an output coupled to the output of the other ones of the plurality of driver stages and to the control terminal of the switching transistor, wherein at least one of the plurality of driver control signals has an on time that is delayed with respect to an on time of another one of the plurality of driver control signals, wherein the switching transistor has a slew time interval that commences when a Miller plateau of the switching transistor is reached and terminates when a source to drain voltage of the switching transistor reaches a final voltage level and wherein at least two of the driver stages are on during the slew time interval; and a driver control signal generator configured to generate the plurality of driver control signals, wherein each of the driver control signals is responsive to a slew time interval indication signal indicative of commencement of the slew time interval.",0.6387546591600758,0.7224906816798484
9436306,"1. A portable terminal device including a power switching section for carrying out switching between a normal power state in which power supply is not limited and a power conservation state in which the power supply is limited to reduce power consumption, the portable terminal device further comprising: a first state detection section for detecting vibrations applied to the portable terminal device as a first state; a second state detection section for detecting a surface state of the portable terminal device or a peripheral state thereof as a second state, which comprises detecting a surrounding environment of the portable terminal device; and a power control section which, in the case when a power supply to a predetermined peripheral device is limited, with switching being made by the power switching section to the power conservation state, removes the limit on the supply of power to the predetermined peripheral device based upon the first state detected by the first state detection section and the second state detected by the second state detection section, wherein the predetermined peripheral device is a touch input section of the portable terminal device's touch screen for inputting data in response to a touch operation, and the power control section removes the limit on the supply of power to the touch input section based upon the first state detected by the first state detection section and the second state detected by the second state detection section, and brings the touch input section to an inputtable state for accepting a touch operation, wherein the portable terminal device further comprises a touch operation judging section for judging whether or not a touch operation to the touch input section has been carried out within a predetermined period of time after the limit on the supply of power to the touch input section was removed by the power control section in the power conservation state, wherein upon judging that no touch operation has been carried out within the predetermined period of time by the touch operation judging section, the power control section again limits the power supply to the touch input section and upon judging that a touch operation has been carried out within the predetermined period of time by the touch operation judging section, the power control section removes the limits on the power supply to the touch input section, wherein the portable terminal device further comprises a display section of the portable terminal device's touch screen for displaying data, and wherein in the case when the power supply to the display section is limited, with switching being made by the power switching section to the power conservation state, upon judging that no touch operation has been carried out within the predetermined period of time by the operation judging section, the power control section again limits the supply of power to the display section and upon judging that a touch operation has been carried out within the predetermined period of time by the touch operation judging section, the power control section removes the limit on the supply of power to the display section.",0.8781013816764635,0.2437972366470731
8760017,"1. An electric machine which comprises: a motor support, a stator fixed to the motor support, a rotor mounted for rotation relative to the stator, the stator and rotor together forming an electric motor, a fan arranged in proximity to the motor support at one face end of said motor, and an electronics casing directly joined to and disposed adjacent to the motor support for housing electronic components for operating and controlling the electric motor, wherein a face-end wall (",0.7871412671058547,0.4257174657882905
8703666,"1. A method for stabilizing a dispersion of a carbon nanomaterial in a lubricating oil, said method comprising: providing a lubricating oil basestock wherein the lubricating oil basestock comprises a poly alpha olefin (PAO) or gas-to-liquid (GTL) oil base stock; dispersing a carbon nanomaterial in said lubricating oil basestock; and adding a least one block copolymer thereto, said at least one block copolymer having two or more blocks comprising at least one alkenylbenzene block and at least one linear alpha olefin block; wherein said at least one block copolymer is present in an amount sufficient to stabilize the dispersion of said carbon nanomaterial in said lubricating oil basestock; wherein the alkenylbenzene block is selected from the group consisting of styrene, para-methyl styrene, and a benzene ring containing vinyl monomers, having a molecular weight from 500 to 22,000; wherein the linear alpha olefin block results from homo or copolymerization of linear alpha olefins from ethylene to octadecene having molecular weight from 500 to 35,000, and wherein the lubricating oil basestock is present in an amount of from 70 weight percent to 95 weight percent, the carbon nanomaterial present in an amount of from 0.005 weight percent to 10 weight percent, and the block copolymer is present in an amount of from 0.005 weight percent to 10 weight percent, based on the total weight of the lubricating oil.",0.5246352457921548,0.9507295084156904
9570495,"1. A solid-state imaging device, comprising: a substrate having a charge accumulation region, wherein the charge accumulation region is formed within the substrate; a transparent electrode; and a photoelectric conversion region configured to generate signal charges to be accumulated in the charge accumulation region, wherein the photoelectric conversion region is provided on and is in contact with the charge accumulation region and with the substrate, wherein the photoelectric conversion region comprises a material that is not transparent and that blocks light from entering the charge accumulation region, wherein about 1.8×10",0.4972313955543015,0.994462791108603
9084789,"1. A method of improving vision by stimulating proliferation, migration or both proliferation and migration of endogenous mammalian retinal stem cells in a mammal in need thereof, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a pyrimidine derivative of formula (1) or (2), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for an effective period to the mammal, wherein R1 to R8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, CH 3 OCH 2 CH 2 —, CH 2 CONH 2 , —COCH 3 , —COC 2 H 5 or —CH 2 OCOC 2 H 5 , and X represents NH, N—CH 3 , N—C 2 H 5 , N-ph, N—COOC 2 H 5 , N—SO 2 CH 3 , CH 2 , CHCH 3 , CHC 2 H 5 , —O— or —S— in which ph stands for a phenyl group.",0.48982876864245856,0.9796575372849171
9848620,"1. A frozen food dispensing machine comprising: a refrigerated first zone including a product storage chamber; a second zone operably connected to the first zone for flowing product from the first zone; and a third zone configured to: the second zone including: wherein the first zone, the second zone and the third zone are isolatable from each other.",0.18370425859774636,0.3674085171954927
8856446,"1. A data processing system comprising: a central processing unit executing program instructions to manipulate data; a data cache connected to said central processing unit temporarily storing in a plurality of cache lines data for manipulation by said central processing unit; a direct memory access unit connected to said central processing unit controlling data transfer, said direct memory access unit operating under control of said central processing unit to control data transfers; a cache controller connected to said data cache capable controlling data transfers into and out of said data cache including",0.4140663520373754,0.8281327040747508
8777989,"1. A method for closing an open wound in a skin surface of a subject, the wound having a first side and a second side, each of the first and second sides comprising a wound face and a wound edge, the wound edge located between the wound face and adjacent skin surface, the method comprising: (a) receiving a wound-closure device including a suture having a first suture section, a first needle secured to the first suture section and a first plurality of barbs projecting from the first suture section, the first plurality of barbs being adapted to permit movement of the first suture section through tissue in a direction of the first needle and resist movement in an opposite direction; (b) deploying the first suture section along a continuous sinusoidal path which crosses the wound from a wound face on the first side to a wound face on the second side of the wound and then back from the second side to the first side of the wound; and (c) approximating the wound face on the first side of the wound to the wound face on the second side of the wound.",0.04464758641127983,0.08929517282255972
9246903,"1. A method of authenticating a user to a transaction at a terminal, comprising the steps of: transmitting a user identification from the terminal to a transaction partner via a first communication channel, providing an authentication step in which an authentication device uses a second communication channel for checking an authentication function that is implemented in a mobile device of the user, as a criterion for deciding whether the authentication to the transaction shall be granted or denied, having the authentication device check whether a predetermined time relation exists between the transmission of the user identification and a response from the second communication channel, ensuring that the authentication function is normally inactive and is activated by the user only preliminarily for the transaction, ensuring that said response from the second communication channel includes information that the authentication function is active, and thereafter ensuring that the authentication function is automatically deactivated.",0.0684457097686728,0.13689141953734563
8951601,"1. A method of forming a component of an electrochemical cell, comprising: forming a first electrode on a substrate; forming a polymer layer on the first electrode; stamping the polymer layer to form a first embossed polymer layer using an embossing tool, the embossing tool having a pattern; removing the embossing tool from the polymer layer; and removing a part of the first embossed polymer layer to form a second embossed polymer layer, a part of the first electrode being exposed; and forming a metal oxide and a dye on an exposed electrode by an ink jet process, including depositing a metal oxide colloidal suspension and a dye solution into a cavity of the second embossed polymer layer by the ink jet process.",0.4493830930604178,0.8987661861208356
9135870,"1. A source driver, comprising: a controller configured to: a shift register configured to: a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) configured to: an output buffer configured to:",0.16615153526273885,0.3323030705254777
9677926,"1. A liquid-level detection device for detecting a level of a surface of liquid stored in a container, comprising: a float that floats on the surface of liquid; a rotatable body that rotates due to an upward or downward displacement of the float and includes a rotation contact part; a supporting body that rotatably supports the rotatable body and includes a supporting contact part which is located on a rotational track of the rotation contact part to restrict the rotation of the rotatable body in a specified direction by contact between the supporting contact part and the rotation contact part; and an attachment member that is attached to the supporting body and includes an attachment contact part which makes contact with the rotatable body rotating in the specified direction to prevent the contact of the rotation contact part with the supporting contact part, wherein: a position of the rotation contact part of the rotatable body is capable of being chosen between a first position, and a second position that is shifted from the first position in a radial direction of the rotatable body; the supporting body includes: when the second supporting contact part is damaged, the rotation contact part arranged at the second position is displaced beyond the damaged second supporting contact part in the specified direction, so that the attachment contact part makes contact with the rotatable body.",0.05654582095749603,0.1130916419149921
9455726,"1. A method for a linear control circuit, comprising: generating a digital N-bit linear count; routing the least significant M bits [(M−1):0] for linear control for fine delay mixing of a phase compensation loop; routing the most significant (N−M) bits [(N−1):M] for linear control for coarse control of a delay chain for the phase compensation loop; and performing a bitwise XOR (exclusive OR) of bit M with each of bits [(M−1):0] to generate M linear control bits as the linear control for fine delay mixing, the M linear control bits to generate a linear control count having a triangular contour, where the linear control count repeatedly, continuously counts from 0 to (2",0.5553288314435786,0.8893423371128428
9528593,"1. A structure for lubricating a transmission having an one end and an opposite end along an axial direction thereof, the structure comprising an oil-feeding member arranged in a transmission case, and configured to catch oil picked up by a gear, wherein the oil feeding member is provided with a gutter and is configured to guide the oil through the gutter from said one end to the opposite end of the transmission in the axial direction and to feed the oil to a part to be lubricated located closer to the opposite end in the transmission case, the gutter of the oil feeding member is comprised of a first gutter and a second gutter, a portion of the oil feeding member closer to the one end is provided with a catching wall standing between the first and second gutters, the catching wall being configured to catch the oil picked up by a speed change gear and guide the oil into the first gutter, and the speed change gear being arranged beside the oil feeding member closer to the first gutter and serving as the gear, the transmission case includes a guiding portion configured to guide, into the second gutter, the oil that the speed change gear has picked up which has been deposited on a ceiling surface of the transmission case and, the ceiling surface of the transmission case is sloped downward from close to the first gutter towards the second gutter, and is provided with the guiding portion, the ceiling surface having the oil deposited thereon, wherein said guiding portion includes a rib formed on the ceiling surface of the transmission case.",0.24587617805142314,0.4917523561028463
8831848,"1. An electro-hydraulic clutch system for a motor vehicle comprising: a clutch mechanism that selectively engages an engine of the motor vehicle with a gear box; an actuator that pumps and retrieves hydraulic fluid to and from the clutch mechanism to activate the clutch mechanism; a solenoid with a valve, the solenoid being disposed in the path of the hydraulic fluid between the actuator and the clutch mechanism a controller that provides instructions to the solenoid, the controller having a software algorithm stored in a non-transitory computer readable mechanism, the instructions to the solenoid being associated with the algorithm, and wherein the algorithm is executed to determine if there has been a fault, if a clutch pedal is actuated, and if the clutch mechanism is fully opened, and wherein the solenoid has a normally closed position to prevent flow of the hydraulic fluid back to the actuator in the event of a fault in the electro-hydraulic clutch system.",0.6078436298285289,0.7843127403429422
8757474,"1. A bonding structure manufacturing method for manufacturing a bonding structure by bonding a plurality of bonded members with a heat-melting material interposed therebetween, the bonding structure manufacturing method comprising: a step of preparing the bonded members with the heat-melting material being formed on at least one of the plurality of bonded members; a temporary bonding step for applying a temporary bonding agent onto surfaces of the plurality of bonded members facing each other, thereby temporarily bonding the plurality of bonded members with the temporary bonding agent interposed therebetween; a bonding step for melting the heat-melting material without flux by performing heat treatment in an atmosphere including carboxylic acid vapor in a chamber, thereby bonding the plurality of bonded members with the heat-melting material interposed therebetween; and an evaporation step for evaporating the temporary bonding agent by heat application, which is performed before or after the bonding step or over the bonding step, wherein in the evaporation step, a vacuum degree in the chamber is temporarily enhanced so that the temporary bonding agent is easily evaporated.",0.7256643025422933,0.5486713949154134
9330437,"1. A computer-implemented method of generating a presentation comprising an arrangement of elements including a digital image comprising a plurality of pixels, the method comprising: analysing a variation of a property of the pixels in the digital image; when said variation satisfies a predetermined criterion: when said variation in the digital image does not satisfy the predetermined criterion and has a high saliency relative to other regions in the presentation: when said variation in the digital image does not satisfy the predetermined criterion and has a low saliency relative to other regions in the presentation:",0.052245364929190886,0.10449072985838181
9578376,"1. A method, comprising: (a) receiving, at a web-based content management system comprising one or more computers, from one of a plurality of content provider devices via the Internet, at least the following digital content: (b) encoding, at the one or more computers of the web-based content management system, the received video content to an encoded video-on-demand content file in a format capable of playback on the video-on-demand application; (c) generating, at the one or more computers of the web-based content management system, video-on-demand application-readable metadata for the encoded video-on-demand content file by converting at least a portion of the content classifying data into a format readable by the video-on-demand application so that the application-readable metadata can be used with the encoded video-on-demand content file to specify the location of the respective title information in the interactive user interface of the video-on-demand application presenting the respective title information based at least in part on the respective content provider designated hierarchically arranged category information and subcategory information so that the received video content is locatable by a subscriber when using the video-on-demand application; (d) storing the encoded video-on-demand content file on at least one video server that is operably connected to the video-on-demand application and that is configured to supply the encoded video-on-demand content file to respective subscriber equipment of a respective service subscriber upon request, wherein the at least one video server comprises computer-readable memory operatively connected to one or more computers of the at least one video server; (e) providing the respective subscriber equipment of the respective service subscriber with access to the interactive user interface to navigate through titles, at least some of which, including the respective title of the received video content, are located in the interactive user interface based on the content provider designated hierarchically arranged category information and subcategory information in order to locate a particular one of the titles whose associated video content is desired for viewing on the respective subscriber equipment; (f) determining, at the video-on-demand application, which titles are available for selection from the interactive user interface of the video-on-demand application at a respective time based at least in part on respective time information during which respective video content can be accessed through the video-on-demand application; and (g) in response to the respective service subscriber selecting, via a control unit in communication with the respective subscriber equipment, the respective title associated with the received video content from the interactive user interface of the video-on-demand application, retrieving the encoded video-on-demand content file associated with the respective title from the at least one video server, and transmitting the encoded video-on-demand content file to the respective subscriber equipment for display.",0.0055091330884324006,0.011018266176864855
8697762,"1. A method comprising: mixing a filler including silica and a bio-based oil including a soy polyol to form a filler mixture, the weight ratio of silica to the soy polyol being 1.5 to 2.5; and mixing the filler mixture with an elastomer to form an elastomeric composition, the elastomer being present in an amount less than 25 weight percent of the elastomeric composition.",0.3741593425906783,0.7483186851813566
8761178,"1. A method for creating a stream forwarding entry, comprising: receiving, by a data communication device, a packet; making statistics, by the data communication device, on the received packet to obtain a statistical value of a stream corresponding to the packet, wherein the statistical value comprises number of packets or number of bytes; judging whether the statistical value of the stream corresponding to the packet exceeds a preset threshold value; and if a judging result is that the statistical value exceeds the preset threshold value, creating, by the data communication device, a stream forwarding entry for the stream corresponding to the packet, and performing stream forwarding for subsequent packets of the stream corresponding to the packet according to the stream forwarding entry; wherein before the making statistics on the received packet to obtain the statistical value of the stream corresponding to the packet, the method further comprises:",0.15128051470116477,0.30256102940232954
9736885,"1. A packet processing method, executable by a processor of a server, the method comprising: setting a first default value of a transmission time interval, a second default value of a packet size value, a first threshold value of data transmission speed for Aggregate-MAC Service Data Unit (A-MSDU) packets and a second threshold value of data transmission speed for A-MSDU packets, wherein the first threshold value is less than the second threshold value; setting a first preset value for adjustment of the transmission time interval and a second preset value for adjustment of the packet size value; receiving transmission control protocol (TCP) packets from a wireless access point; creating an A-MSDU packet by aggregating TCP acknowledgement character (ACK) frames generated by the received TCP packets; comparing the current data transmission speed with the first threshold value and the second threshold value; when the current data transmission speed is less than or equal to the first threshold value and timeout for the A-MSDU packet sent to the wireless access point continuously occurs over a first predefined time, reducing the transmission time interval by the first preset value and re-calculating the packet size value according to the adjusted transmission time interval; and when the current data transmission speed is greater than or equal to the second threshold value and the size of the created A-MSDU packet that achieves the packet size value occurs over a second predefined time, increasing the packet size value by the second preset value.",0.3568072005362767,0.7136144010725534
8592680,"1. A device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a photoactive region comprising a first donor layer and a first acceptor layer, wherein each of the first donor layer and the first acceptor layer is an organic material, disposed between and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode; and a plurality of nanoparticles consisting of a core and an insulating encapsulation layer, wherein the core is comprised of a metal, doped degenerative semiconductor or semiconductive material, said encapsulated nanoparticles dispersed within said photoactive region wherein the nanoparticles have a plasmon resonance and said photoactive region generates excitons by absorbing electromagnetic radiation when said device is exposed to electromagnetic radiation, wherein said insulating material encapsulating the nanoparticles prevents quenching of the excitons at the nanoparticles.",0.5909948619973511,0.8180102760052979
8702283,"1. A light fixture, comprising a hood; one or more reflectors; one or more light sources; a front covering; wherein said hood is comprised of a plurality of openings and an interior surface; wherein said plurality of hood openings is comprised of a front opening and one or more duct openings; wherein said one or more reflectors are positioned between said interior surface of said hood and said one or more light sources such that a light emitted by said one or more light sources is substantially prevented from reaching an in interior surface of said hood and wherein said light is substantially reflected by said one or more reflectors out of said front opening; wherein said one or more positioned reflectors creates a front light area and a back dark area in said hood; wherein said one or more reflectors have a plurality of concealed openings that allow the passage of air between said back dark area and said front light area; wherein said one or more duct openings are connected to an air flow system that causes air to flow into and out of said hood; wherein said front covering is transparent; wherein said front covering creates an air flow chamber within said hood; wherein said one or more reflectors have a curved concave shape.",0.4856291477167782,0.9712582954335564
8812167,"1. A power distribution system of a utility, said power distribution system comprising: at least two power distribution devices; and a computer coupled to said at least two power distribution devices, said computer comprising a memory area, said computer configured to:",0.8372240653543941,0.3255518692912118
9255506,"1. A locomotive underframe CNG fuel storage system comprising: an enclosure including a removable side panel and a permanent side panel welded into place; and at least one CNG cylinder module, wherein each CNG cylinder module includes at least one CNG cylinder secured to a first vertical wall, wherein, in an initial condition, the at least one CNG cylinder does not contact a second vertical wall, further wherein, in a second condition in which vertical axial weight causes the second vertical wall to deflect towards the CNG cylinder, the CNG cylinder prevents the second vertical wall from moving further out of plane.",0.8618551093886426,0.27628978122271475
8723464,"1. A sensorless electric motor system, comprising: a power supply circuit configured to provide a first DC voltage and a second DC voltage; an electric motor, powered by the first DC voltage, including a permanent magnet rotor and a plurality of coils, each coil positioned in a series-type arrangement with a corresponding low-side switch, wherein a back EMF generated by the permanent magnet rotor changes a magnitude of the first DC voltage; and a control circuit powered by the second DC voltage and configured to control movement of the electric motor by",0.8185461104027915,0.3629077791944171
9121378,"1. A method for determining a force acting on a nozzle needle of a directly driven piezo injector, using a charging process to build up an electrical voltage at the piezo actuator for driving the nozzle needle, taking measurements of a voltage present at the piezo actuator at the end of the charging process, determining a voltage gradient from consecutive voltage measurements, determining the force acting on the nozzle needle based on the voltage gradient, and determining a stroke of the nozzle needle based on the determined force.",0.681431190201518,0.637137619596964
8419967,"1. A perovskite oxide represented by a general expression (P) below, wherein conditions of reference symbols are as follows: A: an A-site element, A=Bi, 0<a, B: one or more types of A-site elements, 0≦b<1.0, C: a B-site element, C=Fe, 0<c<1.0, D: one or more types of B-site elements, 0<d<1.0, 0<b+d, X: one or more types of B-site elements, the average valence of which is greater than the average valence of C and D in chemical formula, 0<x<1.0, wherein (average valence of A-site in chemical formula)+(average valence of B-site in chemical formula)>6.0, O: oxygen, and standard molar ratio among A-site elements, B-site elements, and oxygen is 1:1:3, but the molar ratio may deviate from the standard within a range in which a perovskite structure is possible, and wherein: D includes at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Al, Co, Sc, Ga, Y, In, Mn, Zn, Cr, and Ni; and X includes at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ti, Mn, Zr, Ge, Nb, W, Mo, Ta, Hf, and Sn.",0.3785597570960539,0.7571195141921078
8550820,"1. A method for use with a computer comprising the computer implemented steps of: determining a workstation environment of a user, the workstation environment determined based on a plurality of factors including one or more of privacy, available space, and comfortability; providing a first reminder to the user to perform a first set of exercises after a first interval of work; instructing the user to perform the first set of exercises after a first acceptance, by the user, of the reminder to perform the first set of exercises, the first set of exercises tailored to the workstation environment of the user; providing a second reminder to the user to perform a second set of exercises after a second interval of work; instructing the user to perform the second set of exercises after a second acceptance, by the user, to perform the second set of exercises, the second set of exercises tailored to the workstation environment of the user; wherein the instructions associated with the first set of exercises and the second set of exercises include a demonstration to the user to ensure the proper execution of the exercises by the user to help reduce the probability of a workstation injury.",0.12918614697720604,0.2583722939544121
8589735,"1. A method for verifying order of entities being processed by a device under test, the method comprising: arranging the entities into a temporal order; encoding the entities in which the encoding maintains the temporal order of the entities and produces encoded entities with each being a random value, the encoded entities each have a one-to-one mapping to their corresponding one of the entities in the temporal order; inputting the encoded entities into the device under test to verify an output of the device under test; responsive to detecting an error in the output corresponding to one encoded entity, decoding the one encoded entity into a current decoded error entity; determining which is lower in the temporal order between the current decoded error entity and a previous decoded error entity; and responsive to the current decoded error entity being lower than the previous decoded error entity, storing the current decoded error entity.",0.03915229164897429,0.07830458329794854
9242530,"1. A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system comprising: a control module including a housing forming an air flow conduit and having an inlet section and a mixing section; an evaporator core, a heat exchanger, and a heater core, all of which are disposed within the air flow conduit; a blend door disposed between the evaporator core and the heat exchanger; a thermal energy exchanger comprising: a source of cooled fluid in fluid communication with the evaporator core and the thermal energy exchanger, wherein the first tubes receive the first fluid from the source of cooled fluid, wherein the thermal energy exchanger is in fluid communication with the heat exchanger and heat exchange between the first fluid from the source of cooled fluid and the second fluid from the heat exchanger occurs in the thermal energy exchanger.",0.8652728978453663,0.26945420430926736
9826971,"1. An anchor for placement in or against tissue, the anchor comprising: a fibrous construct, and at least a first filament, each filament comprising an intermediate portion passing through said construct in at least three passing locations comprising a first passing location nearest a first end of said construct, a last passing location nearest a second end of said construct, and at least one intermediate passing location between said first passing location and said last passing location, a first free end extending from said first passing location and away from said construct to form a first standing end that is unknotted between said first passing location and said first standing end, and a second free end extending from said last passing location and away from said construct to form a second standing end that is unknotted between said last passing location and said second standing end; wherein in an undeployed state, the fibrous construct has a first fibrous construct width or thickness and a first fibrous construct length, and each filament extends a first filament length between said first passing location and said last passing location, and wherein in a deployed state, the fibrous construct has a second fibrous construct width or thickness and a second fibrous construct length, and each filament extends a second filament length between said first passing location and said last passing location, the second fibrous construct width or thickness being greater than the first fibrous construct width or thickness, the second fibrous construct length being shorter than the first fibrous construct length, and the second filament length being shorter than said first filament length.",0.3770334206059695,0.754066841211939
8835459,"1. A sublingual formulation comprising from about 0.001% to about 15% by weight fentanyl, a free base, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, from about 20% to about 60% by weight ethanol, and from about 4% to about 6% by weight propylene glycol, the formulation providing a mean T max of about 1.28+/−0.60 hours when a dose is administered sublingually to humans.",0.11277375358797513,0.2255475071759503
9377778,"1. A manufacturing control system, comprising: quality control, safety control, logistics, and automation control functions for controlling aircraft manufacturing operations within a manufacturing area, wherein the logistics function monitors a position and a status of aircraft components, to track the aircraft components against an expected location and time within the manufacturing area, wherein the safety function predicts a collision between vehicles within the manufacturing area, and wherein the aircraft components comprise components for assembly of aircraft; a vision system for viewing the aircraft components within the manufacturing area and for producing images of the viewed aircraft components, wherein the vision system includes digital cameras each having pan, tilt and zoom functions, wherein the digital cameras are directed to view the aircraft components through use of one of the pan, tilt, and zoom functions to point and zoom the digital cameras at aircraft components that are subject of the logistics function not within a field of view of the digital cameras when used to perform the safety function; and a systems control for extracting vision data from the images and for providing the extracted vision data to the quality control, safety control, logistics, and automation control functions.",0.6498131778208038,0.7003736443583923
9617424,"1. An asphalt comprising: a first component comprising a petroleum asphalt; and, a second component comprising particles formed from a melted mixture of a resin and a binder; wherein, the second component is dispersed within the first component; wherein the resin is polypropylene homopolymer; and, wherein the binder comprises a terpolymer comprising at least one of glycidyl functionality, glycidyl acrylate functionality, or epoxide functionality.",0.623759138085269,0.7524817238294621
8733778,"1. A vehicle for transporting wind turbine components, comprising: a first wheelset and a second wheelset; a first end frame connected to the first wheelset; a second end frame connected to the second wheelset; a support structure comprising a supporting plate for carrying a wind turbine component; and a bedding plate detachably connected to the supporting plate of the support structure for facilitating a positioning of the wind turbine component, wherein the support structure is connected to the first end frame and/or to the second end frame in a fixed but detachable manner, and wherein the wind turbine component is connected solely to the support structure in a fixed but detachable manner, wherein at least one of the wheelsets comprises a positioning device for lifting and/or lowering and/or turning the wind turbine component during transport, wherein at least one of the end frames is connected to the positioning device.",0.9756245817442254,0.04875083651154921
8984505,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processing device, from a user a request for access to resources, which are local to the user, in a pool of resources available for use in a cloud computing environment, wherein the resources are under control of the user, and are not included in the cloud computing environment, wherein the request comprises an amount of the resources and a process to be performed on the resources; identifying a set of resources among the resources that are available to the cloud computing environment; selecting, by the processing device, from the identified set of the resources a set of allowed resources for integrating with and for use by the cloud computing environment, wherein the set of allowed resources comprise the resources allowed to be accessed by the cloud computing environment; providing access of the set of allowed resources to the cloud computing environment; instantiating the process on the set of allowed resources; and upon receipt of instructions from the user, modifying, by the processing device, the set of allowed resources to the cloud computing environment.",0.5331087603709446,0.9337824792581109
9225199,"1. A single-chip system for harvesting energy from a variable output energy harvesting apparatus comprising: energy harvesting apparatus for providing energy input; a switched mode power supply operably coupled to receive the input of the ene harvesting apparatus, and for providing a system output power signal; and a control loop having control logic for dynamically adjusting energy harvesting apparatus input to the switched mode power supply, thereby regulating the system output power signal, wherein the control loop further comprises a battery temperature sensor apparatus having components that are contained in the single chip system, the battery temperature sensing apparatus having a plurality of temperature sensing ranges selectable as a function of a battery temperature, and the control loop configured to select a regulation voltage across the battery as a function of the battery temperature sensing ranges.",0.9354827536188792,0.12903449276224155
9540480,"1. A method for controlling pot life of polyurethane-based systems having a polyol and a polyisocyanate that when mixed together have a defined polymerization pot life, the method comprising: extending the pot life of the polyurethane-based system by separately mixing at least one of the polyol and the polyisocyanate with at least one carbodimide of the formula (I) controlling the polymerization pot life by mixing the polyol, the polyisocyanate, and the at least one carbodiimide to begin polymerization and polymerizing the components over the extended pot life of at least 420 seconds.",0.40598503155416926,0.8119700631083385
8397350,"1. A fastening device comprising: a tube defining a first axis, a tube first end, a tube second end, and a through hole, the through hole defining a first opening and a second opening, a second axis of the through hole being substantially perpendicular to the first axis of the tube, the tube second end of the tube securing rigidly to an attaching device, and a cord inserted through the through hole, the cord defining a cord first end and a cord second end, the cord first end disposed on a side of the through hole corresponding to the first opening, the cord second end disposed on a side of the through hole corresponding to the second opening; wherein the cord first end is looped over the tube first end of the tube; wherein, when pulling from the cord second end, a first segment of the cord first end is constructed and arranged to pinch a second segment of the cord first end against the tube to lock the cord in place; wherein, when pulling from the cord first end, the cord is constructed and arranged to move through the through hole in a direction from the second opening to the first opening.",0.022203151323563382,0.04440630264712675
9356523,"1. A DC-to-DC converter comprising: a first input/output terminal; a first ground terminal; a first switching element connected in series between the first input/output terminal and the first ground terminal; a second switching element connected between the first input/output terminal and the first ground terminal, the second switching element being connected in series to the first switching element at a first connection point; a third switching element connected in series between the first input/output terminal and the first ground terminal; a fourth switching element connected between the first input/output terminal and the first ground terminal, the fourth switching element being connected in series to the third switching element at a second connection point; a resonant capacitor connected in series between the first connection point and the second connection point; a resonant inductor connected between the first connection point and the second connection point, the resonant inductor being connected in series to the resonant capacitor; a second input/output terminal; a second ground terminal; a fifth switching element connected in series between the second input/output terminal and the second ground terminal; a sixth switching element connected between the second input/output terminal and the second ground terminal, the sixth switching element being connected in series to the fifth switching element at a third connection point; a seventh switching element connected in series between the second input/output terminal and the second ground terminal; an eighth switching element connected between the second input/output terminal and the second ground terminal, the eighth switching element being connected in series to the seventh switching element at a fourth connection point; a control circuit electrically connected to the first switching element, the second switching element, the third switching element, the fourth switching element, the fifth switching element, the sixth switching element, the seventh switching element, and the eighth switching element, wherein the control circuit is operable to:",0.6740049802219206,0.6519900395561589
8479501,"1. A method of regenerating a NOx absorber-catalyst in an exhaust aftertreatment system comprising the NOx absorber-catalyst, an ammonia-SCR reactor, and a conduit channeling the exhaust from the NOx absorber-catalyst to the ammonia-SCR reactor, comprising: injecting diesel fuel into a lean exhaust stream at a rate that keeps the exhaust lean; passing the exhaust stream and fuel through a fuel reformer that catalyzes combustion of the injected fuel and thereby heats; after the reformer has heated by the combustion to a temperature of at least 450° C., using at least one measure selected from the group consisting of increasing the fuel injection rate, reducing the exhaust oxygen concentration, and reducing the exhaust flow rate, causing the fuel injection to make the exhaust rich; continuing to pass the exhaust stream and fuel through the heated fuel reformer, which catalyzes partial oxidation and reformation of the injected fuel to form a rich exhaust stream comprising reformate; regenerating the NOx absorber-catalyst with the rich exhaust stream comprising reformate and in the process producing ammonia that is carried away by the exhaust stream; drawing ambient air into the rich ammonia-containing exhaust stream downstream from the LNT using a Venturi formed in the conduit by the Venturi effect to produce an overall lean ammonia-containing exhaust-air stream; and passing the lean ammonia-containing exhaust-air stream through the ammonia-SCR reactor, which catalyzes reduction of NOx by reaction with the ammonia; wherein the ambient air is drawn into the exhaust stream through an air inlet conduit having a first opening within the exhaust stream and a second opening outside the exhaust stream and in communication with the ambient air; there is a difference between the velocity of air adjacent the second opening and the velocity of exhaust adjacent the first opening; the difference in velocity is sufficient to provide a pressure differential great enough to draw ambient air into the exhaust through the inlet conduit at a rate sufficient to dilute the exhaust by at least 5%; and the conduit channeling the exhaust from the NOx adsorber-catalyst to the ammonia-SCR reactor generating a pressure at least 5 kPa below ambient.",0.9597536233044023,0.08049275339119544
9393524,"1. An engine exhaust treatment device for generating a combustible gas, the device comprising; a combustible gas generator; a combustible gas emission port for emitting the combustible gas to an exhaust passage; a combustion catalyst for catalyst-combusting the combustible gas; and a diesel particulate filter arranged on a downstream side of the combustion catalyst, wherein a temperature of an exhaust increases by heat of the catalyst combustion of the combustion catalyst, particulate matter accumulated in the diesel particulate filter are combusted and removed, a combustible gas supply passage communicates with the exhaust passage on an upstream side of the combustion catalyst, and an air supply unit and an ignition unit are provided in the combustible gas supply passage, the air supply unit and the ignition unit being interlocked with a control unit, such that in a case where the temperature of the exhaust is lower than a predetermined temperature, the control unit supplies air to the combustible gas by the air supply unit and causes ignition of the combustible gas by the ignition unit, so as to cause flame combustion of the combustible gas, and such that the temperature of the exhaust in the exhaust passage is increased by heat of the flame combustion, and wherein a mixing chamber for mixing the combustible gas and the air is formed along the combustible gas supply passage on an upstream of the ignition unit, a combustible gas nozzle and an air supply tube being provided in the mixing chamber, the combustible gas nozzle being arranged in a center part of the mixing chamber along a forming direction of the mixing chamber, a plurality of combustible gas outlets being formed on a circumferential surface of the combustible gas nozzle, the air supply tube being arranged in an inner circumferential surface part of the mixing chamber along a circumferential direction of an inner circumferential surface of the mixing chamber, the air supplied from the air supply tube being whirled around the combustible gas nozzle along the inner circumferential surface of the mixing chamber, and the combustible gas supplied in a radial direction of the mixing chamber from the combustible gas outlets being mixed with the whirled air.",0.9193490585407196,0.16130188291856085
9854639,"1. A power supply circuit for LED lighting, comprising: an LED power prime circuit ( a load ( a short circuit protection switch module ( a circuit detecting module ( a controlling switch module (",0.7244292272011732,0.5511415455976536
8769935,"1. A method of operating a system having an engine and engine fuel system, and a separate reductant delivery and storage system for an SCR catalyst, comprising: correlating a change in a monitored operating condition with a reductant storage refill event to determine a dilution of ammonia concentration from addition of a reductant-diluting substance to the reductant storage system, the correlation based on whether the change occurred within a time range from the refill event; and performing default action based on the correlation, said refill event identified based on factors comprising at least one of an angle of inclination of the reductant storage system or a road condition.",0.9119589613687015,0.17608207726259706
9057537,"1. A solar concentrator, comprising: a reflecting surface with a parabolic cross section; a heat collection element (HCE) assembly for use in a solar thermal power plant, the HCE assembly comprising: a glass tubular HCE for carrying thermal fluid for heating by concentrated solar radiation there within; a plurality of HCE support posts configured for maintaining the HCE at a predetermined position; and a plurality of HCE support elements, configured for supporting the HCE on the HCE support posts; wherein each of the HCE support elements comprises: the HCE assembly arranged along the focus of the reflecting surface.",0.9738054680224542,0.052389063955091686
9116589,"1. A projected capacitive touch panel, comprising: a glass cover having an operating surface and a circuit surface; a touch sensing circuit layer formed on the circuit surface; an insulating ink layer partially covering the touch sensing circuit layer, wherein the covered area of the touch sensing circuit layer is defined as multiple edge zones, the uncovered area of the touch sensing circuit layer is defined as a touch sensing zone, wherein the insulating ink layer has multiple through slots on the edge zones such that the through slots correspond to and expose the touch sensing circuit layer, wherein each through slot has an electric conductor therein; and a conductive wire layer formed on the insulating ink layer and electrically connecting the touch sensing circuit layer via the electric conductors.",0.2006913199393732,0.40138263987874634
8716012,"1. A method for vaccinating a subject, comprising, administering a vaccine to the subject, and administering thymosin peptide to the subject at a dose and regimen effective for providing higher antibody titers, speeding the development of antibody titers, and/or enhancing the duration of the antibody titers, with respect to administering the vaccine alone, wherein the thymosin peptide is administered from one to four times, with at least one dose administered prior to vaccine administration.",0.2610080627024335,0.522016125404867
9156611,"1. A front loading garbage truck comprising: a chassis; a cab attached to said chassis; four or more wheels attached to said chassis; a movable arm attached to said chassis rests in the front of said cab and that can be moved to reach over said cab and terminates in a gripping means to grip a garbage receptacle; a large hollow body attached to said chassis and behind said cab for placement therein of garbage through movement of said arm; a horizontal channel that runs along both sides of said hollow body; a horizontal member that fits inside of said horizontal channel that is movable along said horizontal channel along said hollow body; a top blade that is attached to said horizontal member that is in a fixed vertical position; and a bottom blade that is attached to said horizontal member that is movable between a first vertical position and a second horizontal position; wherein a cab shield rests above said cab, said cab shield having a wedge shape with a first triangular shaped side portion, a second triangular shaped side portion wherein said first triangular portion and said second triangular portion form an angle, a back portion and a sloping top face portion extending from the top of said back portion along said angle of said first and second triangular shaped portions to said bottom portion and wherein said first and second triangular shaped portions contain a plurality of apertures for ventilation and wherein said sloping top face portion includes one or more rows containing a plurality of apertures for further ventilation.",0.4532761296786469,0.9065522593572938
9221943,"1. A polymer comprising one or more (repeating) unit(s) of the formula or a polymer of formula wherein x=0.995 to 0.005, y=0.005 to 0.995, and wherein x+y=1, r=0.985 to 0.005, s=0.005 to 0.985, t=0.985 to 0.005, u=0.005 to 0.985, and wherein r+s+t+u=1, A is a group of formula wherein R R R B, D and E are independently of each other a group of formula wherein r is 0, or 1, z is 0, or 1, a is an integer of 1 to 5, g is an integer of 1, or 2, h is an integer of 1, or 2, i is 0, or an integer of 1, or 2, j is 0, or an integer of 1, or 2, k is 0, or an integer of 1, or 2, l is 0, or an integer of 1, or 2, R Ar Ar or have the meaning of Ar 1 , Ar wherein one of X R R R R R R R R R D′ is —CO—, —COO—, —S—, —O—, or —NR E′ is C G is E′, or C R Ar wherein one of X 5 and X 6 is N and the other is CR 14 , Ar R R R R R R R X X R R R R R R R R R R R R wherein the polymer of formula I, formula II, or formula III has a polydispersibility of 1.1 to 3.0.",0.3447087049344939,0.6894174098689878
9708543,"1. An integrated system for the production of hydrocarbons, comprising: a POX in which hydrocarbon fuel gas is partially oxidized in the presence of oxygen gas to produce a first intermediate synthesis gas product; a GHR in combination with the POX in which hydrocarbon fuel gas is reformed with steam to produce a second intermediate synthesis gas product which is combined with the first intermediate synthesis gas product to form a synthesis gas product stream; a gas turbine in which an oxidant gas is compressed to produce compressed oxidant gas, a combustion fuel gas is combusted in the presence of at least a portion of said compressed oxidant gas to produce combustion product gas and said combustion product gas is expanded to produce power and expanded combustion product gas; heat exchanger for heating a first steam stream against a stream of expanded combustion product gas to produce a heated first steam stream; a first conduit for supplying the stream of expanded combustion product gas from the expanding means to the heat exchanger; a second conduit for supplying at least a portion of the heated first steam stream from the heat exchanger for heating the first steam stream to the synthesis gas generation system; an air separation unit (“ASU”); a first circuit for transferring at least a portion of the power produced by the gas turbine to the ASU; an electric generator; a second circuit for transferring at least a second portion of the power produced by the gas turbine to the electric generator; and a Fisher-Tropsch catalytic reactor process with more than one stage of reaction and product liquid hydrocarbon separation including the removal of at least a portion of the CO",0.9789404792828398,0.04211904143432044
8812425,"1. A method for rule-based context acquisition, comprising: accepting a request for a target context from an application at a context acquisition system; identifying context rules relating to the target context using a rule-based inference cache; determining an inferred value of the target context based on previously-acquired contexts and the context rules without initializing sensor procedures as a result of the request; and if the inferred value of the target context cannot be determined based on the previously-acquired contexts and the context rules, executing a first step of a sensing plan for acquiring the inferred value of the target context using a rule-based acquisition planner, wherein the first step is determined based on the context rules or a cost, or any combination thereof; and executing any of a plurality of subsequent steps of the sensing plan until the inferred value of the target context is obtained, wherein each of the plurality of subsequent steps is individually determined based on the context rules, the cost, or a result of a previous step of the sensing plan, or any combinations thereof.",0.15099829145556948,0.30199658291113896
9454949,"1. An information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to detect whether a portable apparatus is mounted to the information processing apparatus, the portable apparatus configured to reproduce content when not mounted to the information processing apparatus using a battery disposed within the portable apparatus; an interface configured to transmit request information to a server apparatus in communication with the information processing apparatus; and a memory controller configured to control transfer of information retrieved from the server apparatus to a memory of the portable apparatus when the circuitry detects that the portable apparatus is mounted to the information processing apparatus, wherein the circuitry is further configured to charge the battery of the portable apparatus when the portable apparatus is mounted to the information processing apparatus.",0.755392872637254,0.48921425472549207
9590270,"1. A nonaqueous electrolyte composition, comprising: an electrolyte; and a nonaqueous solvent comprising from 0.01% to 10% by mass of a cyclic carbonate having a halogen atom, based on the mass of the nonaqueous solvent; from 0.01 to 70% by mass of a carbonate having an unsaturated bond and optionally a halogen atom, based on the mass of the composition; and from 0.001 to 5% by mass of a monofluorophosphate and/or a difluorophosphate, based on the mass of the composition.",0.9115184753603794,0.1769630492792411
9703324,1. A playback device comprising: a wireless communications interface that includes an RF antenna; a capacitive proximity sensor comprising a grounding plane that is coupled to the RF antenna; one or more processors; and a data storage having stored therein instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the playback device to perform operations comprising: detecting that an object is in proximity to the capacitive proximity sensor; and responsively preparing the playback device to play back audio.,0.1991301685846182,0.39826033716923637
9667411,"1. A method, comprising: determining, by a processor of a mobile device, that a wrapped application requests to play encrypted media content using a native media player application, wherein the wrapped application is subject to control by an enterprise management system that restricts data transmission to and from the wrapped application based on a set of one or more policy files stored on the mobile device independent of the wrapped application; transmitting, by the processor and to the native media player application, a server path to a loopback web server within the wrapped application to elicit a request from the native media player application to the loopback web server for the media content; receiving, by the processor and from the native media player application, a request to retrieve the media content from the loopback web server; and responsive to determining that the request to retrieve the media content comprises the server path, sending the request to the loopback web server requesting the loopback web server to transmit an unencrypted version of the media content to the native media player.",0.040602888679534335,0.08120577735906864
9817406,"1. A spherical modular autonomous robotic traveler (SMART) for rolling along a surface from a first position to a second position, said SMART comprising: an outer spherical shell for rolling along the surface; an inner spherical chamber disposed within said outer shell, said chamber maintaining its orientation relative to the surface by a gyroscopically homing stabilizer (GHoSt); a plurality of weight-shifters arranged within said inner chamber, each weight-shifter including a mass disposed in a default position, and locatable to an active position in response to activation; and a controller within said inner chamber for selectively activating a weight-shifter among said plurality to shift said mass from said default position to said active position, wherein said outer shell rolls in a direction that corresponds to said weight-shifter activated by said controller.",0.3730988492935213,0.7461976985870425
8364441,"1. A surface texture measuring device, comprising: a contact piece having a tip capable of contacting with an actual measuring target; first pseudo measurement point sequence obtaining means operative to drive the contact piece such that the contact piece traces a surface of a reference workpiece having a reference shape, and obtain a locus of a certain position of the contact piece as a first pseudo measurement point sequence; contact piece model calculating means operative to calculate, based on the first pseudo measurement point sequence and a design surface specifying the surface of the reference workpiece, a contact piece model representing a surface shape of the contact piece and placed in a pseudo space; second pseudo measurement point sequence obtaining means operative to place the contact piece model such that a surface of the contact piece model contacts a reference surface specifying a surface of the actual measuring target and that the contact piece model takes a same posture as that taken by the contact piece during a measurement, and calculate a reference position of the contact piece model as a second pseudo measurement point sequence; and replacement determination means operative to determine whether or not to replace the contact piece based on the second pseudo measurement point sequence.",0.15615849213652272,0.31231698427304544
9204384,"1. A method for operating a mobile terminal as an access point, said access point composing a network together with one or more associated client stations, the method comprising: alternating awake and sleep periods of an operational mode of said access point; and broadcasting, from said access point, beacon frames including communication parameters at regular intervals to said one or more associated client stations, the communication parameters including at least one of a contention window, a data rate, or a number of retransmissions, wherein said access point, based on a level of activity in said network, adjusts one or more of said communication parameters in order to slow down or accelerate the access of said associated client stations to said network, and wherein one or more of the communication parameters is adjusted by the access point such that a probability that a retransmission of the associated client stations occurs is increased, when the access point is in the awake state.",0.863583082481332,0.27283383503733605
9301253,"1. A method of automatically powering on and off one or more radios in a mobile device, the method comprising: storing a schedule in memory for each of the one or more radios based recorded information in memory specifying previously learned availability of network coverage for each of the one or more radios, the schedule indicating at least one of a detected availability and a detected unavailability of network coverage for each of the one or more radios; retrieving from memory the schedule for each of the one or more radios; and powering on and off each of the one or more radios according to the schedule.",0.9638893198575882,0.07222136028482362
9245464,"1. A display module comprising: a base assembly including a pair of spaced-apart side frame members having distal ends and proximal ends, a front frame member connecting the distal ends of the side frame members; a display hook receiving plate positioned so as to extend between the spaced-apart side frame members and located proximate to the proximal ends of the spaced-apart side frame members; and at least one display hook mounted to the display hook receiving plate, the at least one display hook including a base coupled to the display hook receiving plate and a hook extending from the base to a distal end, the distal end of the hook terminating at a location between the display hook receiving plate and the front frame member.",0.1003010505771865,0.20060210115437305
9188712,"1. A light diffuser panel for coupling to an optical element, comprising: a plurality of first type layers comprising a first type of material with a refractive index n a plurality of second type layers comprising a second type of material with a refractive index n a polarization rotator plate; wherein each of the plurality of the first type layers and each of the plurality of the second type layers are arranged, such that each of the plurality of the first type layers is between two second type layers, to form a plurality of interface surfaces between alternating ones of the first type layers and the second type layers, the plurality of the interface surfaces are tilted at a plurality of angles respectively with a plurality of tilt axes that are parallel to a plane of the light diffuser panel, wherein visible light from the optical element is transmitted through the light diffuser panel and each of the plurality of the interface surfaces, and portions of the visible light from the optical element are reflected out of the light diffuser panel at each of the plurality of the interface surfaces and wherein the polarization rotator plate is configured to rotate light polarization of the visible light that has transmitted through at least one of the plurality of the interface surfaces.",0.22882054610633934,0.4576410922126787
9188544,"1. An optical component comprising: a substrate; and a fluorine-doped silicon oxide film formed on the substrate, the fluorine-doped silicon oxide film having a thickness of approximately 1-4 nm and having a fluorine concentration of 0.1% to 5%, wherein the thickness and the fluorine concentration of the fluorine-doped silicon oxide film are configured to minimize absorption of energy from radiation having a wavelength below 245 nm.",0.3989628837938231,0.7979257675876462
8820053,"1. A method for operating a delivery device for a reducing agent, the method comprising the following steps: providing the delivery device with a tank for a liquid reducing agent, an injector for supplying the liquid reducing agent to an exhaust gas treatment device of an internal combustion engine, and a reducing agent line running from the tank to the injector and having at least one pump for delivering reducing agent in a delivery direction from the tank to the injector and at least one pressure sensor; a) determining and providing an adequate and achievable supply pressure for the injector in the delivery device with the pump; b) calculating an injector opening time from a defined injection quantity and the achievable supply pressure; c) opening the injector for the calculated injector opening time; and carrying out, at a predefined point in time, an air removal procedure including at least the following steps: i) determining an actual slope of a pressure/delivery volume characteristic in the delivery device; ii) calculating an air bubble volume by comparing the determined slope to a target slope; and iii) delivering a delivery volume through the injector if the air bubble volume calculated in step ii) is greater than a maximum permissible air bubble volume.",0.8517581751459512,0.2964836497080976
9238801,1. A recombinant mutant ketol-acid reductoisomerase enzyme having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29.,0.6163104522367869,0.7673790955264261
8580440,"1. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution for a lithium-ion cell containing a nonaqueous solvent and a lithium salt dissolved therein, serving as a solvent for a fluorine resin used as an adhesive of positive and negative electrodes, the electrolytic solution comprising an additive containing a 2-pyrrolidinone compound represented by the following formula (I), wherein R wherein said additive is added in an amount such that the compound is present in an amount of 0.1 to 10.0% (by weight) based on the amount of said nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium salt dissolved therein, and further wherein said nonaqueous solvent comprises a carbonate-based compound.",0.9380301636226777,0.12393967275464468
8658036,"1. A filtration and demineralization system for filtering and demineralizing condensate from a thermal power plant or nuclear power plant, comprising: a cylindrical vessel coaxially arranged about a vertical axis, the vessel having an upper end that is closed and a lower end having an inlet port and an outlet port spaced radially outwardly from the inlet port; a cylindrical wall located within the vessel, the cylindrical wall having an open upper end that is spaced apart from the closed upper end of the vessel and a lower end that is sealed to the lower end of the vessel, wherein the cylindrical wall coaxially surrounds the inlet port of the vessel and is spaced radially inwardly from the outlet port of the vessel; a partition plate closing the upper open end of the cylindrical wall, wherein a space bound by the cylindrical wall, partition plate, and lower end of the vessel define a filtration chamber, and wherein the partition plate includes a plurality of filtrate outlet ports; a plurality of filter elements disposed within the filtration chamber, wherein a said filter element is connected to a respective said partition plate outlet port; an upper annular perforated distribution plate extending radially inwardly from an inner surface of the vessel to an outer surface of the cylindrical wall proximate the upper end of the cylindrical wall; a lower annular perforated support plate extending radially inwardly from an inner surface of the vessel to an outer surface of the cylindrical wall positioned below the upper annular perforated distribution plate and adjacent the outlet port of the vessel; wherein an annular space bound by the inner surface of the vessel wall, the outer surface of the cylindrical wall, the upper annular perforated distribution plate, and the lower annular perforated support plate define a demineralization chamber; ion exchange material disposed within the demineralization chamber for demineralizing said condensate; wherein a communication space bound by the closed upper end of the vessel, the partition plate, and the upper annular perforated distribution plate provides a flow path from the filtration chamber to the demineralization chamber; and whereby condensate flows upwardly into the filtration chamber through the vessel inlet port, flows through the filter elements in the filtration chamber to be filtered, flows upwardly through the filtration outlet ports in the partition plate and into the communication space, flows radially outwardly through the communication space and downwardly into the demineralization chamber through the upper annular perforated distribution plate, flows downwardly through the ion exchange material in the demineralization chamber to be demineralized, flows downwardly out of the demineralization chamber through the lower annular support plate, and flows downwardly out of the vessel through the vessel outlet port.",0.7570011678889468,0.48599766422210644
9425463,"1. A method of fabricating electrodes of high power-density flow cell, comprising steps of: (a) pre-treatment: processing a first high-temperature treatment at a first elevated temperature to a conductive carbon material, then cooling the conductive carbon material to room temperature, then exposing the conductive carbon material to a second high-temperature treatment at a second, more elevated temperature; (b) seed settlement: distributing a plurality of seeds on a surface of said conductive carbon material; (c) etching: etching each of said seeds on said surface of said conductive carbon material into a plurality of nanoparticles; and (d) microwave molding: forming a plurality of carbon nanotube (CNT) electrodes on said surface of said conductive carbon material by introducing CH wherein, in step (a), said first high-temperature treatment comprises exposing the carbon-based conductive material to a temperature of 140 Celsius degrees (° C.)±20% for at least 10 hours in a furnace with oxygen introduced.",0.8669429101787882,0.26611417964242357
8795862,"1. A battery pack for accommodating a battery, the battery pack comprising: a case, which is formed from a conductive material and grounded, for accommodating the battery; a terminal base which is formed from a non-conductive material and attached to the case; a terminal cover which is formed from a conductive material and attached to the terminal base without contacting the case, with the terminal base including a first attachment which is receivable of a first bolt for fastening the terminal base to the case, and a second attachment which is receivable of a second bolt for fastening the terminal cover to the terminal base; and a first bus bar which is formed from a conductive material and electrically connects the terminal cover to the case and ground the terminal cover, wherein the first bus bar includes a first end, which is held between the first attachment and a bolt head of the first bolt so that the first bus bar is electrically connected to the case, and a second end, which is held between the second attachment and the terminal cover so that the first bus bar is electrically connected to the terminal cover.",0.7628891763656599,0.4742216472686802
8401710,"1. A wide-area real-time performance monitoring system for monitoring events on an interconnected electric power grid in real time over a wide area and automatically analyzing the events on the interconnected electric power grid, the system comprising: a monitor computer including an interface for receiving a plurality of data streams, each of the data streams comprising sub-second, time stamped synchronized phasor measurements wherein the measurements in each stream are collected in real time at geographically distinct points over the wide area of the interconnected electric power grid, the wide area comprising at least two elements from among control areas, transmission companies, utilities, regional reliability coordinators, and reliability jurisdictions; a plurality of interfaces to other power system data sources, the other power system data sources comprising at least one of transmission maps, power plant locations, EMS/SCADA systems; and a plurality of interfaces to non-grid data sources, wherein the monitor computer is configured to monitor metrics, the metrics comprising at least one of reliability metrics, power grid operations metrics, generation metrics, transmission metrics, suppliers metrics, grid infrastructure security metrics, and market metrics over the wide area of the interconnected electric power grid, wherein the monitor computer is configured to detect the events in real-time from the plurality of data streams from the wide area, wherein the monitor computer is configured to execute event detection logic, the event detection logic being configured to detect and analyze an event based on at least one of limits, sensitivities and rates of change for one or more measurements from the data streams and dynamic stability metrics derived from analysis of the measurements from the data streams including at least one of frequency instability, voltages, power flows, phase angles, damping, and oscillation modes, derived from the phasor measurements and the other power system data sources in which the metrics are indicative of events, grid stress, and/or grid instability, over the wide area, wherein the monitor computer is configured to automatically present event analysis results and diagnoses of events via a graphical user interface coupled to the monitor computer for concurrently displaying the event analysis results and diagnoses of events and associated metrics from different categories of data and the derived metrics in visuals, tables, charts, or combinations thereof, wherein the data comprises at least one of monitoring data, tracking data, historical data, prediction data, and summary data, wherein the graphical user interface is configured to display concurrent visualization of the measurements from the data streams and the dynamic stability metrics directed to the wide area of the interconnected electric power grid, wherein the monitor computer is configured to accumulate and to update the measurements from the data streams, the dynamic stability metrics, grid data, and non-grid data in real time as to wide area and local area portions of the interconnected electric power grid, and wherein the monitor computer is configured to derive a composite indicator of reliability that is an indicator of power grid vulnerability and is derived from a combination of one or more real time measurements or computations of measurements from the data streams and the dynamic stability metrics covering the wide area as well as non-power grid data received from the non-grid data source.",0.916001728539875,0.1679965429202499
8475206,1. A coaxial connector comprising: a housing; an inner contact secured to the housing; a conductor mounting portion of the inner contact having an integrally formed conductor holding arm with a lock; a barb protruding at a side edge of the lock; an outer contact secured to the housing; and a holding portion disposed on the housing or the conductor mounting portion for inserting the lock therein.,0.1565438304187211,0.3130876608374422
9719434,"1. A control system for a machine having an engine, a first alternator, a second alternator, and an aftertreatment system, the control system comprising: a sensor associated with the aftertreatment system and configured to determine a temperature of exhaust passing through the aftertreatment system; and a controller in communication with the sensor and connectable to the first and second alternators, the controller being configured to:",0.9473042853287396,0.10539142934252088
9708324,"1. A compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Ring A is a 5-membered heterocylic ring having 1-4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, or a 5-membered monocyclic heteroaryl ring having 1-4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur; each of which is optionally substituted; Ring B is a 6-membered aryl, or a 6 membered monocyclic heteroaryl ring having 1-4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur; each of which is optionally substituted; Ring C is a 5-membered heterocylic ring having 1-4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, or a 5-membered monocyclic heteroaryl ring having 1-4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur; each of which is optionally substituted; X is absent, —CH═CH—, —C≡C—, —O—, —S—, —SO Y is absent, a divalent C each R is independently hydrogen, C each R is independently —OR two R groups on the same atom are taken together with the atom to which they are attached to form a C R R each R n is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; p is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; and r is 0, 1, or 2.",0.43464871042854963,0.8692974208570993
9532285,"1. A method for handing off a terminal among a plurality of wireless access points (APs), wherein the plurality of wireless APs is connected to a central management AP, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, a network condition information of a terminal communicatively connected to a first wireless AP in the plurality of wireless APs; determining, by the one or more processors, the network condition between the second wireless AP and the terminal, wherein the network condition between the second wireless AP and the terminal describes at least one piece of information associated with the connection between the second wireless AP and the terminal;",0.6784153812256847,0.6431692375486306
9309592,"1. A crystallographically textured device comprising: a crystallographically textured metallic substrate comprising a connection surface and a surface intended to receive a thin layer deposit; a thin polycrystalline silicon-based layer deposited on said surface intended to receive a thin layer deposit, the thin polycrystalline silicon based layer having a crystallographic orientation (100) and (111), the crystallographically textured metallic substrate being made up of an alloy having a cubic crystalline system with centred faces and a predominantly cubic crystallographic texture (100) <001>, the surface intended to receive a thin layer deposit of the crystallographically textured metallic substrate including grains mainly presenting crystallographic planes (100) parallel to the surface intended to receive a thin layer deposit, and having a roughness of R wherein the alloy is an iron-nickel alloy that comprises, as a % of weight relative to the total weight of the alloy: Ni ≧30%, Cu ≦15%, Cr ≦15%, Co ≦12%, Mn ≦5%, S <0.0007%, P <0.003%, B <0.0005%, Pb <0.0001%, the percentages in nickel, chromium, copper, cobalt and manganese are such that the alloy satisfies the following condition: up to 1% of at least one deoxidizing element elected from the group consisting of silicon, magnesium, aluminium and calcium, the balance being iron and impurities, wherein the impurities ≦1% , and the average expansion coefficient of the alloy, α",0.29092202239467774,0.5818440447893555
9274118,"1. A set of reagents to measure the levels of biomarkers in a specimen, wherein the biomarkers are selected from the group consisting of the following panels of biomarkers or measurable fragments thereof: (a) myoglobin, CRP, FGF basic protein and CA 19-9; (b) Hepatitis C NS4, Ribosomal P Antibody and CRP; (c) CA 19-9, TGF alpha, EN-RAGE, EGF and HSP 90 alpha antibody, (d) EN-RAGE, EGF, CA 125, Fibrinogen, Apolipoprotein CIII, Cholera Toxin and CA 19-9; (e) Proteinase 3 (cANCA) antibody, Fibrinogen, CA 125, EGF, CD40, TSH, Leptin, CA 19-9 and lymphotactin; (f) CA125, EGFR, CRP, IL-18, Apolipoprotein CIII, Tenascin C and Apolipoprotein A1; (g) CA125, Beta-2 Microglobulin, CRP, Ferritin, TIMP-1, Creatine Kinase-MB and IL-8; (h) CA125, EGFR, IL-10, Haptoglobin, CRP, Insulin, TIMP-1, Ferritin, Alpha-2 Macroglobulin, Leptin, IL-8, CTGF, EN-RAGE, Lymphotactin, TNF-alpha, IGF-1, TNF RII, von Willebrand Factor and MDC; (i) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, MIP-1, IL-18 and VCAM-1; j) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, MIP-1, vWF and VCAM-1; (k) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, Serum Amyloid P, IL-6 and MIP-1; (1) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, IL-6, MIP-1 and vWF; (m) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, Serum Amyloid P, ApoCIII and IL-18; (n) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, Apo A1, MIP-1 and vWF; (o) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, Serum Amyloid P, Apo A1, and MIP-1; (p) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, IL-6, myoglobin, MIP-1 and myeloperoxidase; (q) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, myoglobin MIP-1 and Growth Hormone; (r) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, MIP-1, Growth Hormone and myeloperoxidase; (s) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, MIP-1, Growth Hormone and IL-18; (t) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, myoglobin, Growth Hormone and VCAM-1; (u) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, myoglobin, MIP-1 and Leptin; (v) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, myoglobin, Leptin and Growth Hormone; (w) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, IL-6, myoglobin and Growth Hormone; (x) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, myoglobin, Leptin and myeloperoxidase; (y) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, myoglobin, MIP-1 and insulin; (z) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, myoglobin, MIP-1 and ferritin; (aa) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, myoglobin, MIP-1 and myeloperoxidase; (bb) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, Serum Amyloid P, myoglobin, and MIP-1; (cc) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, myoglobin, MIP-1 and haptoglobulin; (dd) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, ApoA1, myoglobin, MIP-1 and leptin; (ee) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, IL-6, vWF and ApoCIII; (ff) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, Serum Amyloid P, IL-6, MIP-1 and ferritin; (gg) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, vWF, ApoCIII and ferritin; (hh) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, IL-6, MIP-1 and ferritin; (ii) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, MIP-1, vWF and ApoCIII; (jj) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, Serum Amyloid P, ApoCIII and ferritin; (kk) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, IL-6, CK-MB and vWF; and (ll) CA-125, CRP, EGF-R, CA-19-9, MIP-1, IL-10 and ferritin.",0.3056181516731521,0.6112363033463042
8888886,1. A solution for use in reducing nitrogen volatilization comprising N-(n-butyl)-thiophosphoric triamide (NBPT) dissolved in one or more N-substituted morpholines having a morpholine heterocyclic ring with an N-atom to which a carbon chain including an oxygen atom is attached.,0.28676994684552215,0.5735398936910443
9377321,"1. A method of operation of a navigation system comprising: extracting a feature from a sample field with a manual label associated with a point of interest, wherein the feature is for locating the sample field in a document; generating a rule for parsing a high volume of points of interest with a control unit, based on the feature extracted to assign the manual label to a target field; extracting the target field from the document with the manual label assigned by applying the rule based on the feature extracted from the sample field for training, to the document; and inserting the target field associated with the point of interest to a location-based guide operated by a device for displaying the inserted target field on the device.",0.035883795927943864,0.07176759185588777
9451743,"1. A rotating induction growth light system, comprising: a mounting bracket assembly; a light source assembly rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket assembly, the light source assembly comprising a ballast mount rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket assembly and positioned between a first side subassembly and a second side subassembly, the first side subassembly having a reflector plate coupled to the ballast mount and a plurality of induction light bulbs coupled to the reflector plate, and the second side sub assembly opposite the first side subassembly having a reflector plate coupled to the ballast mount and a plurality of induction light bulbs coupled to the reflector plate, wherein the light source assembly is configured to rotate between a first position wherein the first side subassembly is facing away from the mounting bracket assembly and at least a second position wherein the second subassembly is facing away from the mounting bracket assembly.",0.34367627962210795,0.6873525592442159
8395711,"1. A viewpoint synthesizer for embedding into a video production of a first scene an object captured in a second scene, video streams capturing said first scene being provided by one or more image providers, each image provider being associated with a viewpoint configuration, video streams capturing said second scene being provided by one or more video cameras, the synthesizer adapted for: (a) receiving one or more parameters associated with the viewpoint configuration of an image provider capturing the first scene; and (b) converting video streams of said second scene as captured by at least one of the video cameras to video streams fitting the viewpoint configuration of said image provider in accordance with the received one or more parameters.",0.06554643627489637,0.13109287254979274
8627643,"1. A system comprising: a radiation detector array configured to direct a field of view toward a plurality of conduits within a fluid flow path from a turbine into a heat exchanger, wherein the radiation detector array comprises a plurality of thermopile elements, each thermopile element is directed toward a different region of the plurality of conduits, and the radiation detector array is configured to output a signal indicative of a multi-dimensional temperature profile of the fluid flow path based on thermal radiation emitted by the plurality of conduits; and a controller communicatively coupled to the radiation detector array, wherein the controller is configured to determine a temperature variation across the fluid flow path based on the signal, and to compare the temperature variation to a threshold value.",0.8127043969725211,0.3745912060549579
9310428,"1. A method of assembling a probe retention assembly comprising: providing at least one guide plate having holes; disposing above the at least one guide plate, a first anti-wicking template having holes; aligning the holes of the at least one guide plate and the anti-wicking template; pressing one or more probes into the holes of the at least one guide plate and the anti-wicking template; and aligning the probes in the probe retention assembly; the first anti-wicking template preventing a potting agent from wicking up and/or down a shaft of each of the one or more probes.",0.4661974787529463,0.9323949575058926
9102929,"1. An enzymatic composition comprising: a BGL6 polypeptide having at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2, an endoglucanase (EG), and a cellobiohydrolase (CBH), wherein the BGL6 polypeptide is from a different species than the EG and/or the CBH.",0.6742170845132585,0.6515658309734831
9479078,"1. A method for controlling an inverter ( 10 ) by space vector modulation, wherein the inverter ( 10 ) has a plurality of controllable switches (S) and is configured to provide a polyphase electric current (IU, IV, IW), wherein a nominal current space vector (I 1 *) having a nominal phase angle (alpha 1 ) and a nominal amplitude (I 1 ) is predefined, wherein the inverter ( 10 ) is controlled such that a plurality of different consecutive switching states (V 1 -V 7 ) of the switches (S) are set in order to provide the electric current (IU, IV, IW) in the form of a current space vector (I 2 *), characterized in that the inverter (",0.7429997755996438,0.5140004488007124
8658098,"1. A portable detection system for allergic diseases including a filtration-based inspection module including: a liquid sample filtration apparatus including an injection opening, a passage module, a filtering membrane and a gathering aperture in communication with the injection opening; and a flexural plate wave (FPW) sensor comprising: a reader module having a guiding slot, wherein the connection terminals of the filtration-based inspection module are inserted into the guiding slot and wherein the opening is in communication with the accommodating slot and the gathering aperture.",0.17293407159499555,0.34586814318999104
9573860,"1. A process of making light olefins comprising: selecting a molecular sieve having pores of 10- or more-membered rings, wherein the molecular sieve is a zeolite; contacting the molecular sieve with a metal silicate, different from said molecular sieve, comprising at least one alkaline earth metal to form a catalyst composite, wherein the catalyst composite comprises at least 10 wt % of the zeolite and at least 0.1 wt % of silicate based on a total weight of the catalyst composite; providing an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing, or sulphur-containing organic feedstock; providing an oxygenate to olefin (XTO) reaction zone, an olefin cracking (OC) reaction zone, and a catalyst regeneration zone, wherein one or more catalysts are in the XTO reaction zone and the same one or more catalysts are in the OC reaction zone, wherein at least one of the one or more catalysts is the catalyst composite; wherein the one or more catalysts circulate in the three zones, such that at least a portion of regenerated one or more catalysts is passed to the OC reaction zone, at least a portion of the one or more catalysts in the OC reaction zone is passed to the XTO reaction zone and at least a portion of the one or more catalysts in the XTO reaction zone is passed to the catalyst regeneration zone; contacting the oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reaction zone with the one or more catalysts at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form an XTO reaction zone effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; separating the light olefins from the heavy hydrocarbon fraction; and contacting the heavy hydrocarbon fraction in the OC reaction zone with the one or more catalysts at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon fraction to light olefins.",0.8448855140518312,0.3102289718963376
8605627,"1. A method of computing forwarding state in a link state protocol controlled network, the method comprising: a node of the network computing a spanning tree from a first node to every other node in the network using a shortest path algorithm; the node dividing the network into partitions, each partition encompassing an immediate neighbor node of the first node on the computed spanning tree and any other nodes on any branches extending from that immediate neighbor node on the computed spanning tree; and the node examining nodes within all but a selected partition to identify node pairs for which a respective shortest path traverses the first node.",0.26539948286498394,0.5307989657299679
9299605,"1. A method for forming passivation protection on a metal line in an interconnection structure for semiconductor devices, comprising: selectively forming a metal capping layer on a metal line bounded by a dielectric bulk insulating layer in an interconnection structure formed on a substrate in a processing chamber incorporated in a multi-chamber processing system; in-situ forming a barrier layer on the substrate in the processing chamber; wherein the barrier layer is a metal dielectric layer; and forming a dielectric capping layer on the barrier layer in the multi-chamber processing system, wherein the dielectric capping layer is a low dielectric constant material having a dielectric constant less than 4.",0.3536602700714253,0.7073205401428506
9572105,"1. A method for performing power management in a mobile device that is a member of a first multicast group, the method comprising: by the mobile device:",0.957832368685811,0.08433526262837798
8430018,"1. A device for coupling a piston to an annular disk, comprising a piston bridge assigned to the piston and sliding shoes assigned to the annular disk, the piston bridge at least partially embracing, respectively overlapping the annular disk and engaging slidingly via the sliding shoes with the annular disk, wherein the piston bridge has at least two layers at least on the side facing the piston.",0.18201439862826996,0.3640287972565399
9331329,"1. Lithium iron phosphate having an olivine crystal structure suitable for lithium secondary battery, wherein the lithium iron phosphate has a composition represented by the following Formula 1 and carbon (C) is coated on the surface of the lithium iron phosphate by chemical bonding via sulfur (S) in form of ‘oxygen-sulfur-carbon’, and wherein the sulfur (S) is contained in the lithium iron phosphate in an amount of 0.005 to 1% by weight, based on the total weight of the lithium iron phosphate: wherein M is at least one selected from Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Mn, Ti, Ga, Cu, V, Nb, Zr, Ce, In, Zn and Y, X is at least one selected from F, S and N,",0.9415142968905199,0.11697140621896018
8384533,"1. A hostless automobile reverse radar warning system, installed to an automobile, and comprising: a reverse signal light power module, for supplying an electric power required by the system; a plurality of distance sensing modules, installed to an external periphery of the automobile by a parallel connection of circuits, for receiving the electric power, performing a distance detection to detect external environment conditions of the automobile and produce a distance detection result, wherein each of the distance sensing modules outputs the distance detection result produced thereby to the distance sensing module subsequent thereto to activate distance detection by the subsequent sensing module until a last one of the distance sensing modules produces the distance detection result thereof, and generating a warning signal based on the distance detection results integrated from all the distance sensing modules; and a warning module, for receiving the warning signal, and producing a sound to alert a driver based on the warning signal.",0.7514287664677219,0.4971424670645561
8921374,"1. An oral pharmaceutical composition comprising about 65 mg of itraconazole and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable polymers in a matrix system, wherein the composition exhibits an AUC 0-t which is 80% to 125% of about 650 h*ng/ml to about 1200 h*ng/ml following administration of the composition to a subject under fed conditions, and the composition under fed conditions is therapeutically similar to a composition containing about 100 mg of itraconazole, sugar spheres, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, and polyethylene glycol in a capsule shell, under fed conditions.",0.37112545782615036,0.7422509156523007
8433490,"1. A control device for a vehicle brake system having: a master cylinder for building up a brake hydraulic pressure depending on the manipulation of a brake manipulation member; a vacuum booster for boosting the manipulation force of the brake manipulation member by utilizing a pressure difference between a vacuum pressure chamber supplied with a vacuum pressure and a variable pressure chamber adjoining the vacuum pressure chamber through a diaphragm, to output the boosted manipulation force to the master cylinder; wheel cylinders for applying a brake force to respective wheels of a vehicle upon receipt of the brake hydraulic pressure supplied from the master cylinder; a hydraulic pump connected to fluid passages connecting the master cylinder to the wheel cylinders for building up a brake hydraulic pressure by being driven by an output of an electric motor and for supplying the wheel cylinders with the brake hydraulic pressure independently of the master cylinder; a vacuum pressure sensor for detecting the vacuum pressure in the vacuum pressure chamber of the vacuum booster; and a master cylinder pressure sensor for detecting the pressure in the master cylinder; wherein the control device comprises: vacuum pressure acquisition means for acquiring the vacuum pressure in the vacuum pressure chamber of the vacuum booster from the vacuum pressure sensor; master cylinder pressure acquisition means for acquiring the pressure in the master cylinder from the master cylinder pressure sensor; first storage means for storing a vacuum-boosting limit pressure map representing a relation between various vacuum pressures in the vacuum pressure chamber of the vacuum booster and various boosting limit pressures being pressures in the master cylinder which respectively correspond to various boosting limits of the vacuum booster at the various vacuum pressures; boosting limit judgment pressure calculation means for calculating as the boosting limit judgment pressure a boosting limit pressure which is calculated from a vacuum pressure acquired by the vacuum pressure acquisition means and the vacuum-boosting limit pressure map stored in the first storage means; boost control means for executing a boost control that if the master cylinder pressure acquired by the master cylinder pressure acquisition means is equal to or higher than the boosting limit judgment pressure calculated by the boosting limit judgment pressure calculation means, the boost control means drives the hydraulic pump to build up a brake hydraulic pressure and supplies the wheel cylinders with a resultant hydraulic pressure which is made by adding the pump-built hydraulic pressure to a master cylinder pressure built up in dependence on the manipulation of the brake manipulation member and that if the master cylinder pressure is lower than the boosting limit judgment pressure, the boost control means stops the driving of the hydraulic pump; first judgment value derivation and storage means for deriving and storing as first judgment value a boosting limit judgment pressure which, if a predetermined condition is satisfied during the driving of the hydraulic pump by the boost control means, the boosting limit judgment pressure calculation means calculates at the time when the predetermined conditions is satisfied; and returning start judgment means for judging whether the returning of the brake manipulation member is started or not; wherein the boost control means executes the boost control using as the boosting limit judgment pressure the first judgment value stored in the first judgment value derivation and storage means when the returning start judgment means judges during the driving of the pump that the returning of the brake manipulation member is started.",0.42088637713798943,0.8417727542759789
8776879,"1. A method for production of purified distillate from produced water used in heavy oil production, comprising: (a) providing a produced water stream extracted from a heavy oil production well; (b) deoiling said produced water stream to provide a water stream; (c) concentrating said water stream in a first evaporation stage in an evaporator vessel including a recirculating brine by generating a water vapor stream and a concentrated brine stream; (d) demisting said water vapor stream in a mist eliminator to reduce solids content prior to condensation thereby creating the high purity distillate stream, wherein the demisting step comprises the stages of treating a brine-containing water vapor in at least one coarse removal chevron, treating said brine-containing water vapor with at least one mesh agglomerator pad, and treating said brine-containing water vapor in at least one polishing chevron; (e) sending the high purity distillate to a high pressure boiler or steam generator for the production of steam and subsequent injection to a reservoir via an injection well.",0.8374708609778557,0.32505827804428855
8846936,"1. A compound of the formula (I) wherein: R R R R R each R R R L is a bond, —C(O)—, —C(O)—NH— or —SO wherein any carbon atom on the formula (I) or any R substituent listed above is optionally partially or fully halogenated where possible; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.",0.6627825803781624,0.6744348392436752
9343681,"1. A light-emitting element comprising a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein the light-emitting layer comprises a bipolar material as a host material and at least two kinds of pyrene-based compounds having different HOMO levels but having substantially the same LUMO levels as guest materials, wherein one of the two kinds of pyrene-based compounds is represented by a formula (G1): wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein α represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene group, wherein R wherein R wherein n is 0 or 1.",0.8496242005071922,0.30075159898561554
8633518,"1. A structure that is part of an enhancement mode high electron mobility transistor device, comprising: a GaN buffer layer; on the buffer layer, a heterostructure region and 2DEG, the heterostructure region comprising a layer of AlGaN with an aluminum composition between 0 and 1 or equal to 1 and a GaN channel layer; a cap on the layers that form the heterostructure region; wherein the cap is a p-type cap; wherein the cap is a combination of a p-type AlGaN layer and an AlN layer; a dielectric layer contacting the layers that form the heterostructure region and adjacent to the cap; and a gate on the cap; wherein the device is an N-face enhancement mode high electron mobility transistor device.",0.7847133659973689,0.4305732680052623
8583389,"1. A battery control device, comprising: a voltage measurement unit that measures a voltage of a assembled battery in which a plurality of battery cells are connected together; a current measurement unit that measures a current flowing in the assembled battery and a change pattern of that current; a temperature measurement unit that measures a temperature of the assembled battery; a SOC detection unit that detects a state of charge (SOC) of the assembled battery; a storage unit that stores a plurality of resistance value tables of the assembled battery with respect to the temperature and the SOC of the assembled battery, measured in advance when currents of different change patterns flow in the assembled battery; a calculation unit that calculates a resistance value for the assembled battery, based upon the voltage and the current of the assembled battery; a search unit that selects, from among the plurality of resistance value tables stored in the storage unit, a resistance value table that corresponds to a change pattern of the current flowing in the assembled battery when the voltage and the current of the assembled battery were measured, and finds a resistance value from that resistance value table corresponding to the temperature and the SOC of the assembled battery when the voltage and the current of the assembled battery were measured; and a determination unit that compares together the resistance value calculated by the calculation unit and the resistance value found by the search unit, and determines a life for the assembled battery.",0.8950278328606311,0.2099443342787377
9172418,"1. A mobile communication device, comprising: a first processor configured to set an operational mode of a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) to an ISO 7816-12 USB UICC transmission protocol mode (USB mode); and a second processor configured to, in response to a user input, enable the UICC to fallback from the USB mode to an ISO 7816-3 T=0/T=1 transmission protocol mode (ISO mode).",0.8051529700952152,0.3896940598095695
8988807,"1. A magnetic recording disk comprising: a substrate; a magnetic recording layer on the substrate, the recording layer having a plurality of radially-spaced data tracks; a plurality of data sectors in each track for the recording of data bits, each data sector having a nondata preamble bit sequence without a bit synchronization field and without a start-of-data indication field for its associated data sector, each preamble bit sequence being decodable to provide bit synchronization and start-of-data indication for its associated data sector; and wherein the preamble bit sequences are the same for all the data sectors in a track and the preamble bit sequences in each track are unique from the preamble bit sequences in radially adjacent tracks.",0.11797958092612698,0.23595916185225396
8457462,"1. A multi-core optical fiber, comprising: a plurality of core portions; and a cladding portion positioned around the plurality of core portions and including, in a cross section of the cladding portion, a flat portion in at least a part of an outer periphery of the cladding portion and a remaining portion of the outer periphery that is circular, the cross section being perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cladding portion, wherein the flat portion of the cladding portion is not parallel to any axis of symmetry formed with respect to the arrangement of the plurality of core portions in the cross section.",0.3941274775757505,0.788254955151501
9327970,"1. A synthesis gas and nanocarbon production method, comprising: a lower hydrocarbon decomposition step of directly decomposing lower hydrocarbon using a catalyst to produce hydrogen and nanocarbon; a carbon dioxide reduction step of reacting a part of the nanocarbon produced in the lower hydrocarbon decomposition step with carbon dioxide to produce carbon monoxide; and a mixing step of mixing the hydrogen produced in the lower hydrocarbon decomposition step and the carbon monoxide produced in the carbon dioxide reduction step in a predetermined ratio to obtain a synthesis gas.",0.9017509817113355,0.196498036577329
9689740,"1. A diagnostic unit for use in evaluating an alignment and a focus for a laser source that generates laser energy at a particular wavelength in a spectral beam combining (SBC) laser having a plurality of laser sources at a respective plurality of different wavelengths, the diagnostic unit comprising: a spectral filter array arranged to accept laser output of the SBC laser, the spectral filter array including a respective spectral filter for two or more of the plurality of different wavelengths, the spectral filter array being substantially perpendicular to the output of the SBC laser; a microlens array including a respective microlens for each of the two or more of the plurality of different wavelengths, the microlens array being substantially parallel to the spectral filter array; and a sensor aligned with the microlens array and the spectral filter array, the sensor being substantially parallel to the spectral filter array so that laser energy of the two or more of the plurality of different wavelengths simultaneously impinges on the filters of the spectral filter array and the output of each filter impinges a respective microlens, which activates a respective portion of the sensor, wherein an output associated with each portion of the sensor provides an indication of the alignment and the focus of the corresponding wavelength of the SBC laser.",0.24456892128546961,0.4891378425709392
9600924,"1. A method for reconstructing an image dataset of an object from projection data, the projection data being acquired from the object via an x-ray computed tomography system, the method comprising: reconstructing an initial image dataset from the projection data via a back-projection method; dividing the initial image dataset into blocks of voxels, each of the blocks having at least approximately the same size; defining groups of voxels within the image dataset, each of the groups being defined by selecting one voxel from each of the blocks, each voxel within one of the groups having a same position relative to other voxels within the corresponding block, wherein the voxels within one of the groups define a subspace; updating values of the voxels for all voxels within the one of the groups by minimizing a function including a weighted sum of a first term representing at least a geometry of a data acquisition process and a second term, to thereby generate an intermediate image dataset, the first term of the weighted sum including information on data statistics, data redundancy and hardware fillers inserted in front of an x-ray source of the x-ray computed tomography system; and repeating the updating of the voxel values for all voxels within the one of the groups, using the intermediate image dataset as input, until all groups of voxels have been updated at least once, whereby a final image dataset is obtained.",0.059090275676349835,0.11818055135269967
8618928,"1. A method for wireless health monitoring of a locator beacon mechanically attached to a housing of a data recorder provided to record specific performance parameters of a vehicle, comprising: coupling a first Transponder and Sensor Module (TSM) directly to or adjacent to said locator beacon such that at least one condition of said locator beacon or a battery of said locator beacon can be remotely monitored with assistance of the first TSM, wherein the first TSM comprises a first electronic circuit with a power source separate from the battery of the locator beacon and wherein said coupling is provided by at least one of periodically detecting said condition by said first TSM; wirelessly transmitting, from said first TSM to a wireless device electrically coupled to a second electronic circuit of the data recorder and located in proximity to said first TSM, a signal including information describing said condition detected by said first TSM; communicating the information from the wireless device to the second electronic circuit via a wired connection; using the information by the second electronic circuit to detect a data recorder failure.",0.4756352570029062,0.9512705140058124
9214810,"1. A method for operating an energy installation comprising multiple photovoltaic modules linked to at least one inverter, the method comprising: (a) providing switching means to electrically arrange the photovoltaic modules in at least two configurable series of photovoltaic modules parallel to each other, so that each module can be individually connected to or disconnected from any of the series of photovoltaic modules, (b) measuring current values and voltage values supplied individually by each photovoltaic module; (c) calculating or choosing intermediate electrical powers corresponding respectively to a plurality of configurations of the series of photovoltaic modules; (d) comparing the intermediate electrical powers with each other or with a reference electrical power; and (e) selecting a configuration of each series of photovoltaic modules corresponding to the highest power supplied by the energy installation according to the result of the comparison.",0.9717355966074588,0.05652880678508243
9706178,"1. A method for monitoring an entrance comprising: (a) transmitting streaming video data wirelessly from an exterior device comprising a camera, a microphone, a speaker, a proximity detector, and a keypad having one or more buttons, wherein the transmitting is after one or more buttons on the keypad of the exterior device is pressed; (b) receiving the streaming video data wirelessly using a software application running on at least one peripheral device, which is a cell phone; (c) displaying the streaming video data transmitted wirelessly by the exterior device using the software application running on the at least one peripheral device; (d) receiving audio data from the entrance from the at least one peripheral device running the software application, the audio data transmitted wirelessly by the exterior device; (e) sending a message to the software application running on the at least one peripheral device after one or more buttons on the keypad of the exterior device is pressed or a person is detected by the proximity detector; administering user access on the software application; and defining a hierarchy of storage that is wirelessly accessible.",0.19196823856045625,0.3839364771209125
8478918,"1. A communication interface apparatus comprising: a signal transmitter and receiver configured to transmit a signal to a counterpart device, to receive a signal from the counterpart device, and to change a substantially maximum amplitude of a transmission signal to the counterpart device; a connection establishment module configured to control the signal transmitter and receiver in order to establish a connection to the counterpart device; a signal transmission controller configured to control the signal transmitter and receiver in order to transmit a connection maintenance signal from the signal transmitter and receiver to the counterpart device when a connection between the signal transmitter and receiver and the counterpart device is established; and an amplitude controller configured to control the signal transmitter and receiver in order to decrease the substantially maximum amplitude of the connection maintenance signal from the signal transmitter and receiver from a first amplitude value, in order to establish a connection to the counterpart device again by the connection establishment module when communication between the signal transmitter and receiver and the counterpart device is disabled, and in order to set the substantially maximum amplitude of the connection maintenance signal from the signal transmitter and receiver to a second amplitude larger than the substantially maximum amplitude of the connection maintenance signal when the communication is disabled by a predetermined value, wherein the connection maintenance signal is transmitted from the signal transmitter and receiver when a connection between the signal transmitter and receiver module and the counterpart device is established while waiting for transmission and reception of control information, and the first amplitude is set to the substantially maximum amplitude or less of the transmission signal when the control information is transmitted from the signal transmitter and receiver to the counterpart device.",0.40942949798636447,0.8188589959727289
8979104,"1. A front body structure in a body which has a front compartment which is arranged at a front side of a passenger compartment, comprising: a pair of front side members which are positioned at an inside of said front chamber and extend in a front-rear direction of said body; a pair of strut towers which are arranged inside of said front compartment at both sides of a width direction of said front compartment, and at an inside of the strut towers suspensions for front wheel are arranged; and a reinforcing member which is directly connected to a top part of said strut tower and to a front side member of the pair of front side members which faces said strut tower, and which reinforcing member extends in a straight line between the top part and the front side member, wherein said reinforcing member comprises a first reinforcing member which is directly connected to a top part of a strut tower of one side in the width direction and a front side member of the other side in the width direction and extends in a straight line between these top part and front side member and a second reinforcing member which is directly connected to a top part of a strut tower of the other side in the width direction and a front side member of the one side in the width direction and extends in a straight line between these top part and front side member.",0.50896209025524,0.98207581948952
8914219,"1. A method for operating an internal combustion engine, wherein the internal combustion engine comprises a combustion chamber, a piston that delimits the combustion chamber and drives in rotation a crankshaft, a device for supplying fuel, a device for supplying combustion air, and a device for detecting a rotary speed of the crankshaft, wherein the rotary speed is determined in accordance with an operating curve based on a composition of a fuel/air mixture, wherein operating points of the internal combustion engine are lying on the operating curve and the operating curve has an ascending branch, a maximum, and a descending branch, wherein a lambda value in the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine is smaller than 1 in the range of the descending branch, wherein, for adjusting a desired fuel/air mixture composition, the method comprises: in a first method step, determining by a statistic evaluation whether an operating point of the internal combustion engine is on the ascending branch or the descending branch; in a second method step, when the operating point is not positioned on a desired branch of the operating curve that is desired as a starting point for a third method step, changing at least one operating parameter until the operating point is positioned on the desired branch of the operating curve by adjusting the at least one operating parameter in adjusting steps and, after a change of the at least one operating parameter, checking based on the statistic evaluation whether the operating point is on the desired branch; in a third method step, determining a position of the maximum of the operating curve by adjusting the at least one operating parameter in adjusting steps in a direction toward the maximum of the operating curve and determining a resulting rotary speed change, wherein in the second method step the adjusting steps for adjusting the at least one operating parameter are multiple times greater than the adjusting steps for adjusting the at least one operating parameter in the third method step; and in a fourth method step, based on the determined maximum of the operating curve, adjusting the desired operating point of the internal combustion engine.",0.9084050420793677,0.18318991584126465
8744658,"1. A method for controlling a vehicle that has a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS), the method comprising: storing with a control module a chosen outside air temperature (OAT) that is based on data from an OAT sensor and a cooling cycle of the RESS; and controlling the vehicle with the chosen OAT when a cooling cycle of the RESS is indicated.",0.984911794874272,0.0301764102514559
9267704,"1. A portable forced air heating unit comprising: an elongated outer housing having an inlet end and an opposing outlet end; a fan positioned within said housing between said inlet end and said outlet end; a fuel source within said housing and downstream of said fan; a heat shield positioned within said housing and downstream of said fan, wherein said heat shield includes an inlet end adjacent said fan and an outlet end adjacent said housing outlet end; a combustion chamber in fluid communication with said fuel source and positioned within said heat shield downstream of said fan, wherein said combustion chamber includes an inlet end adjacent said fan and an outlet end adjacent said housing outlet end; an expansion area adjacent said fuel source and between said housing and said heat shield; a converging area downstream of said expansion area and between said housing and said heat shield; and wherein said fan forces air downstream into said expansion area and said converging area before exiting said outlet end of said housing.",0.7881427307606506,0.4237145384786989
8916214,"1. A process for preparing a free-flowing powder containing, on a dry weight basis, per 100 parts by weight of the powder, at least 85 parts by weight of at least one deliquescent quaternary ammonium compound selected from the group consisting of choline chloride, choline bromide, choline hydroxide, choline carboxylate, choline carbonate, glycine betaine, and D,L-carnitine, wherein said process comprises drying an aqueous solution of said quaternary ammonium compound to achieve a solid product and by admixing at least one powdery salt of a medium to long chain fatty acid with a multivalent counter ion to said solid product in an amount of at least 0.1 part by weight per 100 parts by weight of said quaternary ammonium compound, and wherein, before drying said aqueous solution, at least one water-soluble salt of a medium to long chain fatty acid with a univalent counter ion is introduced into said aqueous solution, and at least 0.1 part by weight of said water-soluble salt is dissolved in said aqueous solution, per 100 parts by weight of said quaternary ammonium compound.",0.3005241142692484,0.6010482285384968
9774045,"1. An exhaust-air guide of a fuel cell stack, comprising: a cooler structure through which ambient air flows, the cooler structure being a part of a functional environment of the fuel cell stack, wherein at least a part of exhaust air of the fuel cell stack is conducted into, or downstream of, the cooler structure viewed in a throughflow direction of the ambient air through the cooler structure, and wherein the conducted exhaust air is configured such that a flow of the exhaust air gives rise, at the cooler structure, to an increase of mass flow of the ambient air through the cooler structure by generating a pressure gradient which at least partially delivers the ambient air through the cooler structure.",0.9117008744575347,0.17659825108493066
9578355,"1. A service manager apparatus for use in a content delivery network, said service manager apparatus configured to: receive a plurality of on demand (OD) session requests for at least first and second levels of service; evaluate existing bandwidth allocation on multiple quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) channels to identify one or more of said multiple QAM channels having at least a portion of a total bandwidth associated therewith being consumed, yet being able to accommodate a portion of said plurality of OD session requests; assign bandwidth within said multiple QAM channels to said plurality of OD session requests such that maximum opportunity is given to grant OD requests for said second level of service among OD requests for said first level of service and said second level of service; spread sessions associated with said plurality of OD session requests over said multiple QAM channels so as to minimize service disruption; and limit a maximum number of active OD sessions associated with both said first and second levels of service.",0.09650416959095831,0.19300833918191662
8527000,1. A passenger management communication system comprising: a networked communication server for communicating with a passenger through a passenger's wireless communication device by sending an estimated check-in time to the passenger in an airport depending an arrival time of the passenger to the airport whereby the passenger is not required to wait-in-line to check in a flight before the estimated check-in time.,0.6241641046365044,0.7516717907269912
8550998,"1. A method for suppression of pulse reverberation noise with measurement or imaging of a region of an object with elastic waves, the method comprising: a) at least two elastic wave pulse complexes are transmitted towards the region, where said pulse complexes are composed of a high frequency (HF) pulse in an HF hand and a low frequency (LF) pulse in an LF band, where the HF pulse is spatially so close to or overlaps the LF pulse so that the HF pulse observes a modification of the object by the LF pulse along at least a part of a propagation of the HF pulse, and where at least the transmitted LF pulse varies for each of the at least two transmitted pulse complexes where the LF pulse also can be zero in order to manipulate an object elasticity observed by the HF pulse, b) received HF signals are picked up by transducers from at least one of scattered and transmitted HF wave components from the at least two transmitted pulse complexes, where said received HF signals are subjected to a process to suppress pulse reverberation noise and to form measurement or image signals for display, and c) in the process to suppress the pulse reverberation noise and to form said measurement or image signals, at least one of said received HF signals is at least one of to form at least one corrected HF signal, said at least one corrected HF signal being further processed to form at least one noise suppressed HF signal with suppression of pulse reverberation noise.",0.05451509009574911,0.10903018019149824
9030849,"1. A semiconductor device which controls a switching power supply that causes a switching element to intermittently execute a switching operation to alternately supply and cut an input direct current (DC) voltage so as to convert the input DC voltage into a regulated output DC voltage, the semiconductor device comprising: an intermittent oscillation control circuit which selectively gives one of an instruction for execution of the switching operation and an instruction for suspension of the switching operation, according to a level of the regulated output DC voltage; a bottom detecting circuit which detects, when the switching element is OFF, a bottom indicating a local minimum point of a ringing voltage that develops in the switching element; a bottom-monitoring time period timing circuit which times a bottom-monitoring time period for which the bottom of the ringing voltage is to be monitored, the bottom-monitoring time period starting as soon as the intermittent oscillation control circuit gives the instruction for the execution of the switching operation; and a turn-on control circuit which turns ON, while the bottom-monitoring time period is being timed, the switching element only when the bottom detecting circuit detects the bottom of the ringing voltage.",0.584603472570295,0.83079305485941
8875685,"1. A method of igniting and combusting glycerol, the method comprising injecting said glycerol into a combustion cylinder of a heterogeneous-charge compression-ignition engine, and supplying to the cylinder inlet port combustion air at a temperature in the range 60-250° C. for substantially the entire time that the engine is running.",0.8240602927028063,0.3518794145943873
9080708,"1. An autonomous self propelled internal buckle arresting pipeline isolation tool comprising; a robotic unit coupled to an internal buckle arresting pipeline isolation tool, wherein the robotic unit operates without an umbilical or tether for controlling or communicating with the robotic unit from a remote location, the robotic unit comprising a control pod, a first end and a second end, the first and second ends being separable from each other; a hydraulic system comprising two hydraulic ram systems, wherein the control pod is disposed between the two hydraulic ram systems and wherein each of the two hydraulic ram systems comprises at least one hydraulic piston and means for operating the at least one hydraulic piston, each of the two hydraulic ram systems of the hydraulic system being independently operable to returnably separate the first and second ends of the robotic unit whereby the hydraulic system further comprising a plurality of pipeline engaging means positioned along an exterior surface of the robotic unit, the plurality of pipeline engaging means being operable by the hydraulic system to be engagable with an interior surface of a pipeline; and a control unit in the control pod, the control unit being in communication with the hydraulic system to control the movement of the plurality of pipeline engaging means and the first and second ends; the internal buckle arresting pipeline isolation tool comprising a module having gripping and sealing members encircling the module in communication with a second hydraulic system comprising at least one internal buckle arresting pipeline isolation tool hydraulic piston; an internal buckle arresting pipeline isolation tool control unit in communication with one or more sensors and an actuator positioned within the isolation tool, the gripping and sealing members being movable between an unset position in which the gripping and sealing members are in an unexpanded configuration and a set position in which the gripping and sealing members are in an expanded configuration whereby the internal buckle arresting pipeline isolation tool control unit operates the actuator to move the at least one internal buckle arresting pipeline isolation tool hydraulic piston such that the gripping and sealing members are moved between an unset position and a set position, the robotic unit being coupled to the internal buckle arresting pipeline isolation tool such that the robotic unit propels the internal buckle arresting pipeline isolation tool inside the pipeline.",0.15519463747484388,0.3103892749496877
9185662,"1. A wireless communication device comprising: a communication transceiver configured to wirelessly transmit and/or receive communication to and/or from at least one other wireless communication device via an antenna during a communication mode; a radiative power harvester configured to: a switching unit configured to selectively connect the antenna to one of the communication transceiver and the radiative power harvester, wherein the switching unit connects the antenna to the communication transceiver during the communication mode and connects the antenna to the radiative power harvester during the WPT mode; and a controller configured to:",0.8490339703621373,0.3019320592757253
8739677,"1. A boresight verification device for aligning an internal bore of a barrel muzzle for a mortar to an external aim sight, said device comprising: a cylindrical housing including a front portion to extend beyond the muzzle and a rear portion for insertion into the bore, wherein said portions connect together in tandem along a symmetrical axis of said housing, said rear portion has a smaller diameter than the bore and also said front portion, and said front portion has a recess opposite said rear portion; at least one level secured transverse to said symmetrical axis within said recess in said front portion of said housing, said level presenting visual verification of orientation perpendicular to vertical direction of acceleration; a plurality of securing components symmetrically disposed around said rear portion, said securing components engaging the bore; and at least one indicator extending radially beyond the muzzle from said front portion to present a visual reference to the external sight in alignment with said rear portion.",0.014309841625339995,0.028619683250679984
9482455,"1. An icemaker apparatus comprising: a gear having at least one slot, wherein the gear is connected to an icetray so that when the gear rotates, the icetray twists; an optical sensor that detects when the gear has rotated the slot over the optical sensor; and a control circuit that:",0.36696079706541773,0.7339215941308355
8619854,"1. A method for encoding a video bitstream, the method comprises: receiving an original image; compressing the original image; outputting the received and compressed original image as at least one of a high quality bitstream and a low quality bitstream, wherein the high quality bitstream comprises an enhancement layer bitstream, and wherein the low quality bitstream comprises a base layer bitstream; using scalable video coding technology to generate the base layer bitstream and the enhancement layer bitstream from the received and compressed original image, wherein an enhancement layer picture of the enhancement layer bitstream is encoded into switching picture and non-switching picture, wherein a switching picture, which represents the same decoded image as the non-switching picture, is encoded by interlayer prediction, wherein, during reproduction of the base layer picture of the base layer bitstream, the enhancement layer picture is configured to be able to be reproduced consecutively after anyone of the reproduced base layer pictures, wherein each of the base layer bitstream and the enhancement layer bitstream only comprises at least one of I frames, which is an intra-coded picture, and P frames, wherein the I frame is the first frame of each of the base layer bitstream and the enhancement layer bitstream, wherein the P frame follows the I frame, and wherein the P frame holds only changes from the previous frame, wherein each of the base layer bitstream and the enhancement layer bitstream have at least two or more P frames, wherein after reproduction of each and everyone one of the P frames of the base layer bitstream, a user is able to watch what would be a next P frame of the base layer bitstream as the P frame of the enhancement layer bitstream without having to reproduce any previous P frames of the enhancement layer bitstream, wherein the user selects what would be the next P frame of the base layer bitstream as the P frame of the enhancement layer bitstream, and wherein a next P frame of the enhancement layer bitstream is decoded with reference to the switching picture.",0.08087793117294358,0.16175586234588712
9316904,"1. An imprint method, comprising a transfer material layer formation step of interposing a material or material layer to be transferred between a surface of a mold having an concavo-convex structure region and an imprinting substrate to form a transfer material layer having a concavo-convex structure pattern, and a peeling step of peeling said mold off said material layer to be transferred, wherein: said peeling step comprises a region-of-contact recognition operation of recognizing and determining a region of contact of said mold with said material layer to be transferred, a center-of-gravity locating operation of determining a center of gravity of a morphology of the thus recognized region of contact on the basis of said morphology, and a peeling operation of determining a point of force for applying peeling force to said mold or said imprinting substrate in relation to the center of gravity determined by said center-of-gravity locating operation, thereby acting the peeling force on said point of force.",0.09668230197292828,0.19336460394585653
8473853,"1. A computer system comprising: a data processing apparatus including a first display screen, a first user input device, and a processor configured to be coupled to the first display screen and the first user input device, the processor configured to provide a graphics user interface including one or more operation selection icons on the first display screen; and a first display device configured to communicate with the data processing apparatus, the first display device including a second display screen,",0.15512213700646146,0.310244274012923
8793303,"1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a media server over a home network via a media channel, media content to a media receiver, wherein: generating, by the media server, a remote user interface to be combined with the local user interface provided by the media receiver, wherein the remote user interface includes: receiving, by the media server over the home network via a separate backchannel, compositing information from the media receiver, wherein the compositing information includes the default positions of the local user interface components for controlling playback of the media content; determining, by the media server based on the compositing information, whether positions of the remote user interface components within the remote user interface conflict with the default positions of the local user interface components for controlling playback of the media server content; adjusting, by the media server based on the compositing information, the positions of one or more remote user interface components within the remote user interface when a conflict is determined to accommodate the local user interface components for controlling playback of the media content; and transmitting, by the media server over the home network via a user interface channel, the remote user interface to the media receiver for creation of a composite presentation to be presented on the screen of the presentation device, wherein:",0.07515257038949189,0.15030514077898371
9175614,"1. A gas fuel admission system for a gas fired engine having at least one combustion chamber supplied with intake air having an intake air pressure, the gas fuel admission system comprising: a gas pressure regulating unit including a gas pressure regulating unit inlet and a gas pressure regulating unit outlet, the gas pressure regulating unit being configured to receive gas at a supply pressure at the gas pressure regulating inlet and to discharge the gas at an injection pressure at the gas pressure regulating unit outlet; a gas supply conduit; an engine gas inlet configured to direct gas into the at least one combustion chamber; a gas admission valve having a valve inlet and a valve outlet, the valve inlet being fluidly connected to the gas pressure regulating unit outlet via the gas supply conduit and the valve outlet being fluidly connected to the engine gas inlet, the gas admission valve being configured to admit the gas having the injection pressure at a predetermined time for a predetermined duration into the engine gas inlet; a gas pressure relief device fluidly connected to the gas conduit, the gas pressure relief device being configured to relieve overpressure of the gas in the gas supply conduit, if a pressure differential between the injection gas pressure and the intake air pressure is above a predetermined threshold; an engine control module configured to control the gas admission valve so that gas to be burnt in the at least one combustion chamber of the gas fired engine is admitted into the at least one combustion chamber; a first sensing device configured to sense the injection gas pressure; and a second sensing device configured to sense the intake air pressure; wherein the engine control module is further configured to communicate with both the first sensing device and the second sensing device; wherein the engine control module is further configured to check whether or not the engine speed of the gas fired engine is above a predetermined blowoff threshold, and/or whether or not an engine speed increase is equal to or greater than a predetermined speed increase threshold, and/or whether or not a pressure differential increase of the pressure differential between the injection gas pressure and the intake air pressure is above a predetermined pressure differential increase threshold; wherein the engine control module is further configured to control the gas pressure relief device so that the gas pressure relief device relieves overpressure of the gas in the gas conduit only, if:",0.8022981311271464,0.39540373774570714
9161304,"1. A device, comprising: a storage device configured to store a set of parameters associated with a user equipment (UE) of a mobile communication system, a set of traffic states associated with data traffic between a base station device and the UE, and transition probability data associated with the set of traffic states; and a processor, communicatively coupled to the storage device, that executes or facilitates execution of executable instructions to at least:",0.5467963282546646,0.9064073434906708
8610155,"1. A method for manufacturing a light-emitting device, comprising: forming a first separation layer, a first insulating film, a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode with a projecting portion over a first substrate; separating the first insulating film, the first electrode, the light-emitting layer, and the second electrode from the first substrate by using the first separation layer; forming a first adhesive layer over a first flexible substrate; attaching the first insulating film, the first electrode, the light-emitting layer, and the second electrode to the first flexible substrate with the first adhesive layer; forming a second separation layer, a second insulating film, a semiconductor circuit, and a third electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor circuit over a second substrate; separating the second insulating film, the semiconductor circuit, and the third electrode from the second substrate by using the second separation layer; forming a second adhesive layer over a second flexible substrate; attaching the second insulating film, the semiconductor circuit, and the third electrode to the second flexible substrate with the second adhesive layer; and electrically connecting the projecting portion of the second electrode and the third electrode to each other.",0.38849292654154116,0.7769858530830823
9121038,"1. Recombinant cells capable of increased production of isoprene wherein said cells comprise: (i) a modulation of the activity of three or more enzymes from the group consisting of: (a) decreasing the activity of citrate synthase, (b) increasing the activity of malate dehydrogenase, (c) increasing the activity of pyruvate dehydrogenase, (d) attenuating the activity of phosphogluconolactonase (PGL), and (e) attenuating the activity of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, resulting in increased carbon flux toward isoprene production; (ii) one or more nucleic acids encoding one or more mevalonate (MVA) pathway polypeptides; and (iii) one or more heterologous nucleic acids encoding an isoprene synthase polypeptide; and wherein said cells produce increased amounts of isoprene compared to isoprene-producing cells that do not comprise (i).",0.9359921308089771,0.12801573838204572
8800267,"1. A control system for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an exhaust gas conduit in fluid communication with, and configured to receive an exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine; an oxidization catalyst (“OC”) device in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit, wherein the OC device has an OC light-off temperature, and wherein the OC device is selectively activated to the light-off temperature to induce oxidization of the exhaust gas; a temperature sensor situated in the exhaust gas conduit upstream of the OC device, the temperature sensor monitoring an exhaust gas temperature; an intake mass air flow sensor for measuring an air mass entering the internal combustion engine; an engine air intake mechanism that is selectively activated to modulate the air mass entering the internal combustion engine; and a control module in communication with the temperature sensor, the intake mass air flow sensor, and the engine air intake mechanism, the control module having a memory for storing a threshold exhaust flow rate, comprising:",0.9791204330579131,0.04175913388417385
8602718,"1. A turbine, for rotating responsive to a fluid flowing relative to the turbine wherein in use the turbine is oriented with its axis of rotation transverse to the fluid flow, the turbine comprising: at least two foils extending along the axis of rotation, wherein: a) each foil has a mount end at one end of its span and a non-mount end at the other end of its span; b) each foil has a twist about the axis of rotation of no less than about 180° along its span; c) one side of the foil section of each foil is generally concave and the other side of the foil section of the foil has an outer convex section, an intermediate concave section and an inner convex section; and d) the length of the chord of the foil in the vicinity of the mount end is greater than the length of the chord of the foil in the vicinity of the non-mount end, whereby the profile of the turbine is generally tapered.",0.9392626974446456,0.12147460511070873
8944109,"1. A diaphragm pressure expansion vessel ( 1 ) for connection to a piping network, comprising two vessel parts ( 2 , 3 ) which are connected to each other in a circumferential connecting region ( 4 ) in a pressure-tight and fluid-tight manner, wherein the closed vessel interior ( 10 ) which is formed by the two vessel parts ( 2 , 3 ) is separated by a diaphragm ( 5 ) into a water chamber ( 6 ) and a gas chamber, wherein the water chamber ( 6 ) is connectable via a connecting pipe ( 7 ) to the piping network, wherein the diaphragm ( 5 ) is formed from an at least single-layered plastic and is of bubble-shaped design, wherein the gas chamber is formed by the diaphragm interior ( 9 ) and by the vessel interior ( 10 ) between that side of the diaphragm ( 5 ) which faces away from the water chamber ( 6 ) and the adjacent vessel part ( 2 ), wherein that side of the diaphragm ( 5 ) which faces away from the water chamber ( 6 ) is provided with perforations ( 8 ).",0.5010003800897007,0.9979992398205986
9511668,"1. A method for controlling a speed of a vehicle based on at least one reference value, the method comprising: acquiring a set speed for the vehicle; determining a horizon for an itinerary of the vehicle by reference to map data and location data, which horizon comprises one or more route segments, each route segment having at least one route characteristic; performing, by a module comprising an automated processor, a number of simulation cycles s",0.673591108059091,0.6528177838818181
9828905,"1. An engine, comprising: a main combustion chamber; an intake duct configured to provide a lean fuel-oxidizer mixture to the main combustion chamber; a pre-chamber in fluid communication with the main combustion chamber, the pre-chamber including a controller operatively coupled to the ignition energy source and the heating element, the controller being configured to initiate combustion of the lean fuel-oxidizer mixture in the main combustion chamber by activating the ignition energy source, and heat fuel and oxidizer in the pre-chamber via the heating element to a temperature sufficient to produce hydrogen peroxide (H",0.96501842850689,0.06996314298621997
8524396,"1. A method of manufacturing an active material, the method comprising: a step of polymerizing a mixture containing an Fe ion, an Li ion, a PO a step of heating the polymer, so as to yield an active material containing an active material particle and carbon, the active material particle being mainly composed of LiFePO",0.9164277909523051,0.16714441809538982
8686745,"1. An apparatus for measuring water content and salt concentration in a multiphase fluid flow in a subsea installation for petroleum production, the apparatus comprising: a capacitive sensor located in a pipe section through which the multiphase fluid flow passes; a signal generator connected to the capacitive sensor; a first measuring transducer for measuring a voltage across the capacitive sensor; a second measuring transducer for measuring a current through the capacitive sensor; and an output circuit for generating first and second output signals indicative of the salt concentration and water content, respectively, in the multiphase fluid flow based on signals emitted by the first and second measuring transducers; wherein the output circuit is configured to determine a phase difference between the signals emitted by the first and second measuring transducers and generate the first output signal based on said phase difference.",0.504732844988299,0.9905343100234021
9542986,"1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a chip enable device configured to receive and use a clock input signal to toggle a control input of memory based on a chip enable signal; a latch device configured to latch the control input of the memory; and a latch enable device coupled between the chip enable device and the latch device, wherein the latch enable device is configured to receive the clock input signal from the chip enable device and use the clock input signal to gate the latch device based on a latch enable signal so as to selectively cutoff toggling of the clock input signal to the control input of the memory, wherein the chip enable device comprises a first logic device coupled to a clock input path, and wherein the first logic device is configured to receive the clock input signal via the clock input path.",0.39279109080196856,0.7855821816039371
8551607,"1. An armor system comprising: a core material; and a coating material comprising a metal matrix composite material including a ceramic material, the coating material at least substantially encapsulating the core material, the coating material comprising:",0.19867152444724498,0.39734304889449
9060128,"1. A portable handheld device, comprising: a memory that stores images including a first stored image; a motion sensor that generates motion data based on detecting motion of the portable handheld device relative to an external environment in at least two dimensions, the motion data corresponding to a time when the first stored image was captured; a processor; and a light source that illuminates an image representative of a manipulation to the first stored image, wherein the image representative of a manipulation is converted to an electrical signal communicated to the processor; wherein the processor:",0.2980376751134894,0.5960753502269788
8617086,"1. A method for obtaining a full thickness biopsy of the wall of a stomach of a patient, comprising: obtaining an apparatus comprising: creating an incision through the skin of the patient; inserting the apparatus into the incision; advancing the apparatus through the abdominal wall and the stomach wall of the patient; withdrawing the cannula relative to the needle; locking the cannula with the releasable lock; aligning the notch portion such that the notch portion straddles the stomach wall; releasing the releasable lock such that the cutting edge of the cannula passes completely through the stomach wall creating a full-thickness biopsy; and withdrawing the apparatus from the patient.",0.11512702865486382,0.2302540573097276
9734929,"1. A composition for forming a solar cell electrode, the composition comprising: a silver powder, a glass frit, and an organic vehicle, wherein: the glass frit includes silver, tellurium, and one or more of lithium, sodium, or potassium, a molar ratio of silver:tellurium in the glass frit is about 1:0.1 to about 1:50, and a molar ratio of silver:lithium, sodium, or potassium in the glass frit is about 1:0.01 to about 1:10, wherein silver in the glass frit is formed from one or more of silver cyanide, silver nitrate, a silver halide, silver carbonate, silver acetate, or silver sulfate, and wherein the glass frit generates silver crystals in response to baking the composition for forming a solar cell electrode.",0.9578208489459388,0.08435830210812245
8986548,"1. An oil containment recovery dome for use in conjunction with an oil or gas well, wherein the oil containment recovery dome comprises: an upper containment portion having an enclosure defined therein that is adapted to receive equipment used in conjunction with the oil or gas well and to retain therein oil or gas that escapes from the well, wherein at least part of the upper containment portion has a geodesic shape, wherein the upper containment portion comprises an inner dome section and an outer dome section, wherein the inner dome section is attached to the outer dome section and wherein the inner dome section and the outer dome section each have a frame assembly that comprises: an inner cover material that extends over at least a portion of the upper containment portion, wherein the inner cover material is substantially impermeable to at least one of oil and gas; at least one conduit attached to the upper containment portion for removing oil or gas from the enclosure; and at least one bladder attached to the upper containment portion.",0.44613063427913124,0.8922612685582625
9683537,"1. A turbine for a hydroelectric power plant comprising: a hub; a plurality of turbine blades coupled to the hub; a pitch angle adjusting unit coupled to the turbine blades for adjusting the pitch angle of the turbine blades; a double-acting hydraulic cylinder; a piston rod coupled to the pitch angle adjusting unit so that the pitch angle adjusting unit performs a rotational movement when the piston rod is moved in a longitudinal direction, the piston rod including first and second hydraulic lines; and a hydraulic chamber coupled by way of the first and second hydraulic lines so that the double-acting hydraulic cylinder is displaceable by providing hydraulic fluid through the first or second hydraulic lines and to cause adjustments to the pitch angle of the turbine blades due to coupling between the piston rod and the pitch angle adjusting unit, wherein the turbine is located in the hydroelectric power plant including:",0.969988438251931,0.06002312349613792
8663418,"1. A method of forming a roofing product comprising: providing a ceramic base material having an open structure; filling the open structure of the ceramic base material with a bituminous material, wherein the bituminous material has no greater than approximately 5 weight % of abrasive particles; applying a first layer of a first recycled roofing material along a first principal surface of the ceramic base material after filling the open structure of the ceramic base material with the bituminous material.",0.8112039887330295,0.3775920225339411
9679130,"1. A system comprising: a memory; and one or more processors; at least one of the one or more processors is configured to perform actions including: obtaining, at a computing device for an application installed on the computing device from a package, a package identifier for the package, the package identifier including an identifier of an architecture of devices on which the application is designed to operate, the application having been installed only if a publisher of the package included in the package identifier was verified as being the same as the publisher included in a digital certificate associated with the package; maintaining the package identifier in a protected manner such that the package identifier is accessible to an operating system of the computing device but not accessible to other applications of the computing device; assigning the package identifier to each of one or more processes created for the application, wherein each process created for the application includes a process token generated by the operating system of the computing device, the process incapable of modifying the process token; and determining, based at least in part on the package identifier, for each of the one or more processes whether the process is permitted to access a resource of the computing device.",0.4729001602476081,0.9458003204952162
9077272,"1. A slewing-type working machine comprising: a lower propelling body; a upper slewing body rotatably provided on the lower propelling body; an electric slewing motor causing the upper slewing body to slew, and generating regenerative braking force and regenerative electric power during slewing braking of the upper slewing body; a electric storage device functioning as an electric power source for the electric slewing motor, and capable of being charged with the regenerative electric power to regenerate slewing energy of the upper slewing body; electric storage device condition detecting means detecting whether the electric storage device is under a normal condition with sufficient capacity to regenerate the slewing energy or under an abnormal condition without sufficient capacity; and control means controlling a velocity of the electric slewing motor based on a result of detection by the electric storage device condition detecting means, wherein the control means performs a velocity limiting control for limiting a maximum velocity of the electric slewing motor when the electric storage device is under the abnormal condition.",0.7166423060403431,0.5667153879193139
8835947,"1. A display apparatus comprising: an organic EL element including a first electrode, a luminescent layer, and a second electrode, the organic EL element radiating light through the second electrode; a protective layer disposed on the second electrode; and a lens disposed on the protective layer, wherein an optical distance L between a reflective surface provided by the first electrode and the luminescent layer satisfies a relationship of: with respect to a maximum peak wavelength λ a light intensity distribution with respect to a radiation angle of the light radiated from the organic EL element into the protective layer has a local minimum value, and a diameter of the lens, a film thickness of the protective layer, and a width of a luminance region are set such that, of the light radiated into the protective layer, light radiated at a larger angle than an angle, at which the light intensity distribution takes the local minimum value, is not output to an outside of the display apparatus.",0.1883153212732483,0.3766306425464966
9692713,"1. A network system for improving network communication performance between at least a first client site and a second client site, wherein the first client site and the second client site are at a distance from one another that is such that would usually require long haul network communication, the system comprising: at least one client site network component implemented at least at the first client site, the client site network component bonding or aggregating one or more diverse network connections so as to configure a bonded/aggregated connection that has increased throughput; at least one network server component configured to connect to the client site network component using the bonded/aggregated connection, the network server component including at least one concentrator element implemented at a network access point to at least one network, the network server component automatically terminating the bonded/aggregated connection and passing data traffic to the network access point to the at least one network; a virtual edge connection providing at least one of transparent lower-link encryption and lower-link encapsulation using a common access protocol for the bonded/aggregated connection between the client site network component and the network server component; and a cloud network controller configured to manage the data traffic so as to provide a managed network overlay that incorporates the virtual edge connection and at least one long haul network path carried over the at least one network.",0.3620408808895105,0.724081761779021
9590234,"1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode plate containing a lithium-cobalt composite oxide (LiCoO a negative electrode plate containing graphite and containing silicon oxide (SiO a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode active material contains 5% to 40% by mass of the lithium-nickel-cobalt-manganese composite oxide, wherein the negative electrode active material contains 0.1% to 12% by mass of silicon oxide (SiO",0.9703144318150473,0.05937113636990543
8715866,"1. An electrolyte, comprising an eutectic mixture comprising: (a) a hetero cyclic compound selected from the group consisting of pyrimidine, ethoxypyridine and a compound expressed by the following chemistry (b) an ionizable lithium salt, where R1 is hydrogen or any one selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkylamine group, alkenyl group, aryl group and alaryl group, which has 1 to 10 carbons, where R2 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbons, where A, B and D are independently carbon or nitrogen, and where n is an integer of 1 to 5.",0.9361036694889926,0.1277926610220148
8805822,"1. A method, comprising: providing a customer graphical user interface for use by a customer; and providing an agent graphical user interface for use by a customer service agent, performing a first search in response to receiving customer search parameters through said customer graphical user interface, wherein performing a second search to return a satisfactory reference in response to initiation of a communication session, wherein displaying second results of said second search through said agent graphical user interface, wherein",0.11486117651171854,0.22972235302343713
9067228,"1. A fluid ejection apparatus comprising: a substrate having a plurality of fluid passages for fluid flow and a plurality of nozzles fluidically connected to the fluid passages; a plurality of actuators positioned on top of the substrate to cause fluid in the plurality of fluid passages to be ejected from the plurality of nozzles; the plurality of actuators comprising traces, electrodes and a piezoelectric material; a first protective layer of a first material formed over the traces, and a second protective layer of a second material formed only over the electrodes and the piezoelectric material, the second material having an intrinsic permeability to moisture that is less than that of the first material.",0.13926870833602592,0.2785374166720518
9847115,1. An electronic device comprising a semiconductor memory which comprises:,0.2854134757527929,0.5708269515055858
9466913,"1. A plug-in connector, comprising a contact support having an enclosed circumferentially extending wall, said contact support supporting at least one contact element, said at least one contact element connected to a conductor of a connected cable, wherein said contact support has a circumferential collar extending around the circumferentially extending wall to separate the contact support into a connection area (AB) and a plug-in area (SB), and wherein said connected cable protrudes into a housing of the plug-in connector, said plug-in connector including a circumferentially extending hose-shape seal having a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the seal is clamped between the circumferential collar of the contact support and the housing, and the second end of the seal is pressed and sealed onto the part of the cable that protrudes into the housing, whereby said seal encloses and seals at the same time the connection area (AB) of the contact support and a section of the cable that protrudes into the housing.",0.117144796739761,0.23428959347952194
8720271,"1. A device to balance a disc, comprising: (a) a rotor (b ) a shaft extending solely from one side of the rotor and having one end adapted to coaxially receive the disc: a stator axially spaced from another side of the rotor and shaft to magnetically drive the rotor, shaft and disc about the axis; and (d) means for determining imbalance in the disc.",0.4425084825508837,0.8850169651017674
8996652,"1. A method of using a cluster-based actor identifier in link aggregation control protocol communications between an actor comprising an intermediary device of a cluster of intermediary devices and a non-cluster-aware device, the method comprising: (a) establishing a cluster of a plurality of intermediary devices, the cluster in communication with a network device that is unaware of the cluster, the network device is link aggregation control protocol enabled; (b) generating, by a first intermediary device of the cluster, an actor identifier for each of the intermediary devices of the cluster to use as a system identifier for link aggregation control protocol communications, the actor identifier based on a unique Media Access Control (MAC) address with an embedded cluster identifier that identifies the cluster; (c) transmitting, by one or more intermediary devices to the network device, a link aggregation control protocol data unit that advertises the actor identifier as the system identifier for establishing a link aggregation between the cluster and the network device; (d) establishing the link aggregation between the cluster and the network device; and (e) adding, to the established link aggregation, a second intermediary device that uses the actor identifier as the second intermediary device's system identifier.",0.08630098055696993,0.17260196111393988
9308975,"1. A spar buoy comprising: a vertically oriented main member, wherein the main member is configured to support an airborne wind turbine system platform positioned on an upper end of the main member; a ballast at a lower end of the main member; wherein a second end of an electrically conductive tether is attachable to the platform; wherein an aerial vehicle is attachable to a first end of the tether; and wherein an offset arm downwardly extends at an angle from an upper portion of the main member; and a pulling force of the aerial vehicle causes a tension load to extend axially through the offset arm and the mooring line, when a mooring line is attached to a lower end of the offset arm.",0.8141610393620752,0.37167792127584964
9769893,"1. A light-emitting device for a memory module, the light-emitting device comprising: at least one memory module board connected with a host; at least one light-emitting board, wherein the light-emitting board comprises plural light-emitting units and a control unit, wherein the control unit controls a lighting mode of the plural light-emitting units, and the control unit is electrically connected with the host through the corresponding memory module board; and an application program unit generating a control signal, wherein the control signal is generated according to a result of detecting a data flow of the memory module and is transmitted to the control unit of the light-emitting board through the host, and the control unit controls the corresponding light-emitting units according to the control signal, thereby displaying the lighting mode corresponding to the data flow of the memory module.",0.6463570977743334,0.7072858044513333
9763779,"1. A system for implanting a heart valve, comprising: a radially self-expandable tubular body having an inflow end and an outflow end, a decorrelation portion, and a preformed groove disposed at an outer surface of the tubular body between the decorrelation portion and the outflow end, the preformed groove extending at least partially around the tubular body and having a circumferential opening facing radially outward of the tubular body; an elongate outer member; and a trapping member that is geometrically configured to trap a patient's tissue between the tubular body and the trapping member when the system is implanted in the patient, the trapping member being configured to be guided over and along the elongate outer member such that the elongate outer member is disposed within a lumen of the trapping member, the lumen extending the entire length of the trapping member, wherein",0.03968795837441582,0.0793759167488316
8452818,"1. A computer-implemented method of visualizing data on a display device, comprising: pre-defining, via a user interface, multiple relation dimensions, wherein each relation dimension represents a property about a relation between documents and is associated with a set of attributes; extracting dimension metadata from multiple documents; populating one or more of the pre-defined relation dimensions with the extracted dimension metadata; determining, based on the extracted dimension metadata, one or more relations between the documents along the one or more relation dimensions; presenting, on the display device, a relation graph that represents the documents interconnected by the one or more relations; and wherein the determining the one or more relations between the documents comprises",0.025844484299705362,0.051688968599410745
8857442,"1. A high lip-line smile corrective surgical method, comprising the steps of: A) making a first incision with a laser device above a mucogingival junction to define a first edge, said first incision is made by tracing over markings on an upper alveolar ridge at approximately a 45-degree angle from said upper alveolar ridge angle, and approximately at a 2 mm distance above attached gingiva, said first incision is further made at a maxillary bone without touching periosteum of said upper alveolar ridge; B) making a second incision with said laser device on said attached gingiva to define a second edge, said second incision is made approximately at a 90-degree angle from said upper alveolar ridge angle against bone without touching said periosteum of said upper alveolar ridge, and approximately at 4-5 mm above a gum line of said upper alveolar ridge, said first edge and said second edge together form a section, said laser device utilizes water to perform cutting procedures, whereby laser energy is passed through a mist of water spray, water-particles shoot forward and hit target tissue as a laser energizes them, said water-particles hit cells and evaporate cells water contents and said cells collapse, for said second incision said laser device is in a soft-mode setting of approximately 20% water and 20% air; C) lifting said section and removing with a micro scalp or a flexible blade without affecting or contacting said periosteum, whereby said section is grabbed and connective tissue between said first and second incisions is removed while membrane is preserved that covers said periosteum; D) separating elevator muscles of upper lip attached to said upper alveolar ridge with angulated gingevectomy scissors in reverse motion with release of tension so that said first and second edges meet; E) sealing said first and second edges with suture, individual stitches, or polypropylene, whereby said first edge is loose and falls freely over the second edge so that said suture, individual stitches, or polypropylene is placed individually at a papilla level of each tooth; and F) cauterizing said sealed first and second edges with said laser device to promote healing of said sealed first and second edges.",0.11007622309697496,0.2201524461939499
9350415,"1. A method, performed by a wireless communication device, of limiting finger assignment in a rake receiver to fewer than the number of multi-path signals received by the device, comprising: detecting a first pilot signal; comparing the energy of the first pilot signal to a first threshold value; detecting, on the basis of the first threshold value, a first significant path for a wireless signal; assigning the first significant path to a first finger of the rake receiver; determining only a single observation window that is fixed around the first significant path, wherein the observation window has a predetermined length and starts at a predetermined duration prior to the first significant path; within the observation window, applying a second threshold value, distinct from and lower than the first threshold value, to detect secondary paths of the first pilot signal; and assigning any detected secondary paths of the first pilot signal that are within the observation window and at least the second threshold value to fingers of the rake receiver; and determining to not detect any secondary paths of the first pilot signal that fall outside the observation window.",0.2329888378144836,0.4659776756289672
9171170,"1. A computing system, comprising: a first central processing unit (CPU); and a second CPU coupled with the first CPU and with a host processor, where the second CPU and the host processor both request the first CPU to generate keys that have access rights to regions of memory to access specific data, and where the first CPU is configured to, in response to a request from the second CPU, generate a unique key with a unique access right to a region of memory, the unique key usable only by the second CPU, not the host processor, where the first CPU further comprises a variant module configured to provide a variant for the generation of the unique key, and where the first CPU further comprises a filter module configured to filter requests coming from the host processor and the second CPU and to deny the host processor access to the variant module of the first CPU.",0.3859469877364905,0.771893975472981
9016440,"1. An elevator system operation method, comprising: determining, based on a detected energy consumption and a detected at least one traffic situation, at least one energy consumption value for each of two or more possible elevator trips for a given elevator destination; displaying the two or more possible elevator trips; displaying the respective energy consumption values for the two or more possible elevator trips; receiving a selection of one of the respective energy consumption values or a selection of one of the two or more possible elevator trips; and operating at least one elevator car of an elevator system based on the selection of the one of the respective energy consumption values or the selection of the one of the two or more possible elevator trips.",0.8703767882066574,0.25924642358668515
9804184,"1. An automated analyzer comprising: a container for storing liquid, a rod-like member having a tip portion for being inserted into and removed from the container where a liquid is stored, a driving portion that lifts and lowers the rod-like member in a direction of the tip portion being inserted into and removed from the container, and a control mechanism for controlling the motion of lifting and lowering the rod-like member with respect to the container, wherein the control mechanism has a stored program that controls the driving portion so that the rod-like member is lifted after being lowered so that a tip portion of the rod-like member reaches a first position below the surface of the liquid, and at a time when the rod-like member reaches a second higher position but where the tip portion is not separated from the liquid, upward motion of the rod-like member is stopped for a stop time to permit the surface tension of the liquid to draw down liquid adhering to the surface of the rod-like member to reduce liquid film on the rod-like member, and then, after elapsing the given period of time, the rod-like member is lifted to a position where the tip portion is separated from the liquid.",0.17135876474636244,0.34271752949272494
9696788,"1. An apparatus comprising: a first sensor; a second sensor having a consumption current lower than that of the first sensor with respect to a predetermined voltage; and a circuitry configured to change an operating state of the first sensor from a first operating state to a second operating state in response to a first signal from the second sensor larger than a predetermined value, wherein power supplied to the first sensor in the second operating state is higher than power supplied to the first sensor in the first operating state, and wherein enough power to cause the second sensor to send the first signal is supplied to the second sensor while the first sensor is in the first operating state.",0.8738527738145921,0.2522944523708157
9334471,"1. Device (i) for mixing a content of a tank ( 2 ) with at least a tank cone ( 2 a ), the tank cone ( 2 a ) having a bottom end and a connection flange ( 4 ), the device ( 1 ) comprising: a. a mixing member (m) arranged in the tank cone ( b. an inlet ( c. a circulation pump ( d. a first circulation pipe ( e. a second circulation pipe ( f. the mixing member comprising a drive head ( g. wherein the mixing member comprises an outlet opening in the tank for ejecting the mixture into the fluid content of the tank.",0.29916347718789854,0.5983269543757971
9276285,"1. A fuel cell assembly, comprising: a shaped fuel source formed into a desired shape, the shaped fuel source having an outer surface; and a flexible fuel cell including an anode electrode, the anode electrode wrapped around and directly engaging the outer surface of the shaped fuel source, wherein the flexible fuel cell and anode electrode conform to the shape of the shaped fuel source.",0.9698349536013535,0.060330092797292956
9562444,"1. An engine-waste-heat utilization device, comprising: a Rankine cycle which includes: a cooling water passage in which the cooling water coming out from the engine flows; a thermostat valve configured to open to allow the cooling water to flow to a radiator at a temperature higher than a predetermined temperature, and to close not to allow the cooling water to flow to the radiator; and an engine controller configured to switch the predetermined temperature among at least two temperature setting values in accordance with whether the Rankine cycle is operated or not, wherein the engine controller is further configured to switch the predetermined temperature to a higher temperature setting value in a case where the Rankine cycle is operated compared with a temperature setting value in a case where the Rankine cycle is not operated.",0.9711241382819232,0.057751723436153535
8918665,"1. A method for reducing power consumption of an input device having an auxiliary sensor and a main sensor, the method comprising: calibrating the auxiliary sensor in accordance with a comparison between an input of the auxiliary sensor and an input of the main sensor; entering, by a processor, the input device into a sleep mode in which the auxiliary sensor is in an active mode and the main sensor is in the sleep mode; detecting, by the auxiliary sensor, a user input received by the input device from a user; waking, by the processor, the main sensor; and placing the main sensor in the sleep mode in response to the auxiliary sensor and the main sensor detecting no user input over a predetermined time period.",0.9243160809711244,0.15136783805775123
8439915,"1. A body member repulsion device, comprising: a. a jackscrew capable of being implanted to a body, wherein said jackscrew comprises a first attachment point capable of attaching to a first member and a second attachment point capable of attaching to a second member; b. a biasing member configured to absorb loading between said first member and said second member; c. an internal rotary magnet coupler capable of being implanted to said body; d. a work conduit, wherein said work conduit is disposed between said internal rotary magnet coupler and said jackscrew; e. an external rotary magnet coupler capable of being disposed outside said body and proximal to said internal rotary magnet coupler, wherein said external magnetic coupler is magnetically coupled to said internal magnetic coupler, wherein when work is applied to said external rotary magnet coupler said internal rotary magnet coupler receives said work and conveys said work to said jackscrew through said work conduit, wherein said work applied to said jackscrew moves said first attachment point and said second attachment point, or wherein said work applied to said jackscrew moves said first attachment point or said second attachment point; and f. a gear reduction unit coupled between said internal rotary magnet coupler and said jackscrew to allow a smaller input force on said internal rotary magnet to drive a large output force between said first and second attachments points of said jackscrew.",0.09878355250063064,0.1975671050012613
9033201,"1. A device for attaching a sheet-like implant to a target tissue, comprising: a fastener push rod including a first portion, a second portion and a force limiting mechanism operably coupled between the first portion and the second portion; a fastener carried by the second portion of the fastener push rod; an actuator assembly coupled to the first portion of the fastener push rod and capable of creating longitudinal movement of the first portion; the force limiting mechanism transmitting longitudinal movement of the first portion to the second portion while the forces applied to the fastener by the fastener push rod are less than a predetermined value such that longitudinal movement of the first portion of the fastener push rod causes substantially equivalent longitudinal movement of the second portion; and the force limiting mechanism allowing relative longitudinal motion between the first portion and the second portion while the forces applied to the fastener are equal to or greater than the predetermined value such that the application of undue forces to the fastener is prevented.",0.058090520513714834,0.11618104102742965
8613272,"1. A method for controlling a spark-ignited gas engine having a plurality of cylinders, a spark ignition device in each cylinder, a separate fuel feed line to each cylinder, and a separate mechanical fuel feed valve which can open and close each respective fuel feed line, the method including the steps of: positioning a controlled valve in each fuel feed line upstream of the respective mechanical fuel feed valve so that in each fuel feed line a respective defined intermediate volume is created between the controlled valve and the mechanical fuel feed valve, fuel to be fed to the respective cylinder flowing into and through a respective defined intermediate volume, closing each mechanical fuel feed valve to prevent flow of fuel into the respective cylinder, opening each controlled valve to deliver fuel to the respective defined intermediate volume, opening each mechanical fuel feed valve to supply fuel from the associated defined intermediate volume to the respective cylinder, closing each controlled valve and mechanical fuel feed valve, and activating the spark ignition device in each respective cylinder to ignite the fuel that has been supplied thereto.",0.7916940441574339,0.4166119116851321
8824876,"1. An exhaust apparatus of an air-cooled fuel cell vehicle in which an air-cooled fuel cell stack supplied with air serving as a reaction gas and a cooling medium is arranged in a front compartment under a front hood, and hydrogen and air that are discharged without being consumed in the air-cooled fuel cell stack are guided to the outside of the vehicle through an exhaust duct connected to a rear portion of the air-cooled fuel cell stack, wherein: the exhaust duct is composed of a lower side exhaust duct and an upper side exhaust duct which are branched vertically; the lower side exhaust duct is extended toward the lower side of the vehicle from an exhaust outlet portion of the air-cooled fuel cell stack, and the downstream end portion of the lower side exhaust duct is opened at a lower portion of the front compartment; and the upper side exhaust duct is extended toward the upper side of the vehicle from an upper portion of an outer wall of the lower side exhaust duct, the outer wall extending toward the lower side of the vehicle, and the downstream end portion of the upper side exhaust duct is opened between the rear end portion of the front hood and the front end portion of a front window.",0.9887683339792815,0.022463332041436912
9339278,"1. A method for reaming and preparing an acetabulum of a patient for an acetabular implant, the method comprising: engaging an acetabular area of the patient with a complementary surface of a patient-specific acetabular guide, the acetabular guide designed during a preoperative plan from a reconstructed three-dimensional image of the patient's anatomy; drilling a pilot hole in the acetabulum through a bore of a guiding element of the acetabular guide along a patient-specific alignment axis determined by the guiding bore; inserting first and second marker pins into an area outside the acetabulum of the patient through corresponding first and second marker elements of the acetabular guide; removing the acetabular guide; without removing the marker pins; reaming the acetabulum; sliding a secondary guide over the first and second marker pins; and inserting an acetabular cup in the reamed acetabulum.",0.01115090676615043,0.022301813532300874
8724130,"1. A printing apparatus comprising: at least one processor; at least one printing engine operatively connected to said processor; and at least one graphic user interface operatively connected to said processor; and at least one power supply connected to said processor, said printing engine, and said graphic user interface, said processor controlling whether said power supply is connected to and supplies power to said graphic user interface when said printing apparatus is in power saving mode, said graphical user interface comprising a bistable display that continues to show a most recently provided screenshot after said power supply is disconnected from said graphic user interface, and said processor causing said graphic user interface to display power saving mode information of said printing apparatus immediately prior to said processor disconnecting said power supply from said graphic user interface such that said graphic user interface displays said power saving mode information after being disconnected from said power supply, and said processor delaying disconnection of said power supply from said graphic user interface until said power saving mode information is displayed on said graphic user interface.",0.7622177245429299,0.4755645509141402
9630974,"1. A process for producing an isohexide from a starting material of one or both of a hexitol and a monoanhydrohexitol, comprising contacting the starting material with from 0.005 mol percent to 0.1 mol percent of a homogeneous Lewis acid catalyst selected from the group consisting of bismuth (III) triflate, gallium (III) triflate, scandium (III) triflate, aluminum triflate, indium (III) triflate, tin (II) triflate and combinations of two or more of these, at a temperature of from 140 degrees to 160 degrees and over a period of from 1 hour to 3 hours, under reduced pressure and with continuous removal of water from the product mixture in the course of the dehydration.",0.757404692394821,0.485190615210358
9644551,"1. A method for supplying fuel to a dual-fueled internal combustion engine or a gaseous-fueled internal combustion engine, the method comprising: regulating a gas admission valve disposed between a gaseous fuel line and an intake port of a cylinder of the engine to reduce flow of gaseous fuel to the cylinder; closing a shut-off valve disposed between a gaseous fuel reservoir and the gaseous fuel line to restrict flow of gaseous fuel from the gaseous fuel reservoir to the gaseous fuel line; actuating an inert gas inlet valve disposed between an inert gas reservoir and the gaseous fuel line to supply inert gas to the gaseous fuel line and to flush gaseous fuel remaining in the gaseous fuel line into the cylinder via the gas admission valve; and closing the inert gas inlet valve to restrict supply of inert gas to the gaseous fuel line.",0.947079980010726,0.10584003997854796
9457790,"1. A power transmission device comprising: a planetary gear mechanism; a first rotary machine connected to a sun gear of the planetary gear mechanism; an engine and a one-way clutch that are connected to a carrier of the planetary gear mechanism; a second rotary machine and a drive wheel that are connected to a ring gear of the planetary gear mechanism; and a parking device connected to the ring gear, wherein the power transmission device is configured to positively rotate the first rotary machine at a time a command to disengage the parking device is received and thereafter disengage the parking device, and a direction of the positive rotation is a rotational direction of the carrier rotary-driven by the engine.",0.912283460809873,0.17543307838025402
9408385,1. A composition comprising: a) N-{2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-pyridinyl]ethyl}-2-trifluoromethylbenzamide; and b) an insecticide selected from the group consisting of rynaxypyr and ethiprole; wherein the (a)/(b) weight ratio is from 1/125 to 125/1.,0.5071062929524781,0.9857874140950438
8425274,"1. A system for forming sectional straps and bands for a bra, the system comprising: a plurality of flexible chain segments, each chain segment having at each of two ends a first type coupling element; a plurality of two-way rigid connector segments, each two-way connector segment having at each of two opposing ends a second type coupling element configured for interconnection with a first type coupling element to form a substantially inflexible interconnection that substantially hides the interconnection; and a plurality of fastener segments, each fastener segment including a fastener configured to attach to a bra and further including one of (1) a first type coupling element permitting interconnection with a connector segment or (2) a second type coupling element permitting interconnection with a chain segment, wherein segments are couplable to form at least one of a bra strap or a bra band having a chain portion with at least one fastener segment coupled to at least one end of the chain portion, the chain portion including a plurality of chain segments alternatingly interconnected by two-way connector segments.",0.2730666449894675,0.546133289978935
9258675,"1. A method of providing an enhanced location based service via a mobile device, comprising: receiving, in a processor of the mobile device via an antenna of the mobile device, a first set of externally determined location information and a second set of externally determined location information from one or more external location tracking systems; generating by the processor a best stride length estimate based on the first set of externally determined location information, the second set of externally determined location information and output of an accelerometer of the mobile device; generating, by the processor, a best altitude estimate based on output of a barometer of the mobile device, and at least one of the first set of externally determined location information and the second set of externally determined location information; generating, by the processor, a best compass heading estimate based on output of a magnetometer of the mobile device, output of the accelerometer of the mobile device, and at least one of the first set of externally determined location information and the second set of externally determined location information; generating, by the processor, dead reckoning location information based on the best stride length estimate, the best altitude estimate, and the best compass heading estimate; calculating, by the processor, a best location estimate based on the dead reckoning location information and a set of externally determined location information; and using the best location estimate to provide a location based service in the mobile device.",0.25701445277849394,0.5140289055569879
8485803,"1. A scroll compressor with an oil separating drive shaft comprising: a housing; a fixed scroll fixed within the housing; an orbiting scroll configured to orbit about the fixed scroll; a drive shaft configured to drive and orbit the orbiting scroll; a main bearing supporting the front part of the drive shaft; and a rotation support supporting the rear part of the drive shaft, wherein a discharge opening is formed in the orbiting scroll, a discharge passage passes through the interior of the drive shaft lengthwise to circulate the coolant discharged from the discharge opening, at least one section of the discharge passage is inclined from the axis of the drive shaft to the outside as it goes from the rear side to the front side, and wherein an oil storage is formed at an end of the inclined section of the discharge passage, which is close to the orbiting scroll and has a lubrication hole extending from the discharge passage to the outer surface of the drive shaft and communicating with the main bearing, and an auxiliary oil storage has an auxiliary lubrication hole, formed in the vicinity of the rotation support of the drive shaft, extending from the discharge passage to the outer surface of the drive shaft, and communicating with the rotation support, such that the oil separated in the inclined section of the discharge passage by the centrifugal force flows backward to the oil storage to be discharged through the lubrication hole while the oil separated from the rear end of the drive shaft gathers in the auxiliary oil storage and after that is discharged through the auxiliary lubrication hole.",0.27218609431024615,0.5443721886204923
8619877,"1. A method for managing a cache, comprising: providing current graphical frame data for a current frame to a client by a server over a network; identifying a new frame by the server to be rendered at the client; determining that dirty rectangles associated with changes between the new frame and the current frame exceed a first threshold to determine that the changes are associated with a full frame update; determining whether the new frame is similar to the current frame in response to determining that the changes are associated with a full frame update, including determining whether the difference in pixel data values between the new frame and the current frame is greater than a second threshold; performing motion encoding logic in response to determining that the new frame is similar to the current frame; and performing caching logic in response to determining that the new frame is not similar to the current frame, wherein performing the caching logic comprising:",0.07229115868159387,0.14458231736318772
9278751,"1. A high lift system for an aircraft, the high lift system comprising: a fully electric drive including an electric motor which drives a landing flap of the high lift system, wherein the electric motor has internal redundancy due to redundant windings, wherein the internal redundancy is configured as an m×n phase topology, wherein n phases of the electric motor are combined into a phase group in each case, resulting in m submotors, wherein the electric motor is configured in such a way that all m submotors are connected, without a gear unit, to a single shaft of the electric motor, wherein the drive further comprises control electronics of the electric motor, and the control electronics are configured in such a way that if at least one of the submotors and the phase groups fail, they bring about an increase in current within the remaining intact submotors and phase groups, and wherein the control electronics are configured to carry out the current increase in such a way that it does not cause the torque to fall below a nominal torque.",0.9781543098362057,0.04369138032758868
8893471,"1. An exhaust apparatus for a utility vehicle which discharges exhaust gas from a plurality of exhaust pipes connected to exhaust ports of cylinders, the apparatus comprising: an exhaust gathering pipe having an exhaust gathering pipe portion connected to the exhaust pipes and a catalyst pipe portion located on a downstream side of the exhaust gathering pipe portion to purify the exhaust gas; a sensor attaching pipe provided on the exhaust gathering pipe between the exhaust gathering pipe portion and the catalyst pipe portion, said sensor attaching pipe has a base end attached to the exhaust gathering pipe, and a remote end opposite the base end disposed remotely from the exhaust gathering pipe; an exhaust gas sensor detachably attached to the remote end of the sensor attaching pipe, said exhaust gas sensor having a sensing portion located at a distal end thereof nearest to the exhaust gathering pipe, wherein the sensor attaching pipe is tilted relative to said exhaust gathering pipe such that the remote end of the sensor attaching pipe is located above the base end of the sensor attaching pipe and away from a surrounding heat source, and the sensor attaching pipe has a height so that the sensing portion at the distal end of the exhaust gas sensor is located within the sensor attaching pipe.",0.7980616210318787,0.40387675793624256
8737244,"1. A method for measuring and analyzing radio frequency (RF) interference proximate and within a wireless field device network, the method comprising: coordinating RF channel assignments and coordinating and synchronizing times of measurement; wherein a network manager coordinates RF channel assignments and coordinates and synchronizes times of measurement throughout the wireless field device network; measuring received RF power on an assigned RF channel with at least one of a plurality of wireless devices comprising the wireless field device network; storing the measurement of received RF power measured on the assigned RF channel and a corresponding time of measurement within the at least one of the plurality of wireless devices if the measurement of RF power on the assigned RF channel was not during reception of a signal resulting in transmission by the at least one of the plurality of wireless devices of one of an acknowledgement signal and a non-acknowledgement signal; determining within the at least one of the plurality of wireless devices values representing the received RF power measurements on the assigned RF channel and values representing the corresponding times of measurement from the stored measurements of RF power and the stored corresponding times of measurement; discarding the measurements of received RF power and the corresponding times of measurement stored within the at least one of the plurality of wireless devices after determining the values representing the received RF power measurements on the assigned RF channel and values representing the corresponding times of measurement from the stored measurements of received RF power and the stored corresponding times of measurement; reporting from the at least one of the plurality of wireless devices the values representing the received RF power measurements on the assigned RF channel and the values representing the corresponding times of measurement to a centralized software module (CSWM); receiving at the at least one of the plurality of wireless devices a signal acknowledging successful reporting of the values representing the received RF power measurements on the assigned RF channel and the values representing the corresponding times of measurement; and discarding the values representing the received RF power measurements on the assigned RF channel and the values representing the corresponding times of measurement within the at least one of the plurality of wireless devices upon receipt of the signal acknowledging successful reporting of the values representing the received RF power measurements on the assigned RF channel and the values representing the corresponding times of measurement.",0.24633923316912473,0.4926784663382495
8353842,"1. A portable patient monitoring device including navigation by feel functionality, the device comprising: electronic circuitry capable of receiving a signal output from a light sensitive detector capable of detecting light attenuated by body tissue carrying pulsing blood, wherein the electronic circuitry is also capable of outputting audio or visual indicia indicative of one or more physiological parameters of the body tissue; a housing including a top side; a plurality of user input keys arranged on the top side of the housing along the periphery of at least two substantially parallel curves; a protective cover comprising a pliable material; at least one alignment edge substantially parallel to the two curves, a portion of said at least one alignment edge being raised substantially above a substantially planar surface of said top side of said housing, said edge locatable by feel of the user to guide the user to the plurality of user input keys.",0.0427692837353752,0.08553856747075039
9025933,"1. An information processing device comprising: first encoding means for encoding an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye by H.264 AVC/MVC placing strip-shaped areas in the upper and lower sides over an entire horizontal direction for each frame; second encoding means for encoding at least one of: data of a first subtitle stream displayed in a third area formed by adding at least a part of one area of a second area which is the strip-shaped area in the lower side to at least a part of one area of a first area which is the strip-shaped area in the upper side, or data of a second subtitle stream displayed in a fourth area formed by adding at least a part of one area of the first area to at least a part of one area of the second area; generating means for generating a playlist file including play items indicating audio visual (AV) streams, including an extension data area configured to have private data inserted therein, and designated by an extension data start address,",0.058135210802380745,0.11627042160476153
8454178,"1. A mirror adapter mounting device, comprising: a substantially rigid mounting base portion, wherein one surface of the base portion further comprises a wedge-shaped coupler structured for being received into a mating wedge-shaped receiver slot that is adapted for receiving a rearview mirror, and a different surface of the base portion further comprises a wedge-shaped receiver slot that is adapted for receiving thereinto a mating wedge-shaped coupler of the rearview mirror for mounting of the same; a part-spherical ball coupler; and an arm projected from the mounting base portion and presenting the ball coupler adjacent to an end of the arm distal from the mounting base portion.",0.08657055204433653,0.173141104088673
8953303,"1. A cathode active material for a lithium ion capacitor, comprising a lithium composite metal oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a carbon-based material: wherein x, y, and z are 0<x≦2, 0<y≦3, and 0<z≦4, respectively, and M is one or more selected from the group consisting of Mo, Ir, and Pt.",0.9571341907723091,0.0857316184553818
9810780,"1. An apparatus comprising circuitry configured to cause a responding station to: receive an initial time of flight (ToF) measurement request from an initiating station, the initial ToF measurement request comprising a measurement request bit indicating a request to perform a ToF measurement; transmit a first acknowledgment (ACK) to the initiating station; transmit a first responder ToF frame after the first ACK, the first responder ToF frame comprising a status field to indicate if the request to perform the ToF measurement is accepted or not accepted, the first responder ToF frame comprising an indication of a time period during which a subsequent ToF measurement request is to be transmitted; receive the subsequent ToF measurement request from the initiating station, the subsequent ToF measurement request comprising an indication of a request for ToF measurements; transmit a third ACK to the initiating station; and transmit to the initiating station another responder ToF frame comprising ToF measurements in a time of arrival (ToA) field and time of departure (ToD) field.",0.39964409110109594,0.7992881822021919
9080227,"1. A copper alloy sheet, comprising: 28.0 mass % to 35.0 mass % of Zn, 0.15 mass % to 0.75 mass % of Sn, 0.005 mass % to 0.05 mass % of P, and a balance consisting of Cu and unavoidable impurities, wherein an average grain size of the copper alloy sheet is 2.0 μm to 7.0 μm, a sum of an area ratio of a β phase and an area ratio of a γ phase in a metallographic structure of the copper alloy sheet is 0% to 0.9%, a Zn content [Zn] (mass %) and a Sn content [Sn] (mass %) satisfy relationships of 44≧[Zn]+20×[Sn]≧37 and 32≦[Zn]+9×([Sn]−0.25) wherein the copper alloy sheet is manufactured by a manufacturing process including a finish cold-rolling process of cold-rolling a copper alloy material.",0.5072461367364586,0.9855077265270829
9783584,"1. A method of producing a functional class XIV myosin polypeptide, the method comprising: co-expressing three or more polynucleotides in a heterologous expression-system cell, wherein the three or more polynucleotides comprise a class XIV heavy chain polypeptide-encoding polynucleotide, a myosin light chain polypeptide-encoding polynucleotide, and a parasite co-chaperone polypeptide-encoding polynucleotide, wherein the three or more polynucleotides are co-expressed in the cell under conditions suitable to produce a functional class XIV myosin polypeptide comprising the class XIV heavy chain polypeptide and the myosin light chain polypeptide, and wherein the encoded parasite co-chaperone polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 4 or a functional variant thereof that has an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 12 or a functional fragment thereof that has an amino acid sequence with at least 75% sequence similarity to SEQ ID NO: 12.",0.6474365749894286,0.7051268500211427
9413928,"1. A dust removal apparatus comprising: a vibrating plate; at least one piezoelectric element provided on a surface of the vibrating plate; a power supply that applies the piezoelectric element with an alternating voltage; and a control circuit that changes a frequency of the alternating voltage, wherein the piezoelectric element includes at least a first electrode, a piezoelectric material, and a second electrode, wherein a phase transition temperature T from a first crystal phase to a second crystal phase of the piezoelectric material is in a range of −40° C.≦T≦85° C., wherein the change of the frequency is a change for repeating a frequency sweep operation from a first frequency to a second frequency, and wherein, when a frequency at which an audible vibration is generated during the sweep operation is set as fns, a frequency at which the audible vibration is ended is set as fne, and a changing time from the frequency fns to the frequency fne during the sweep operation is set as Δtn, a relationship of Δtn≦10 ms is satisfied.",0.4508953509475562,0.9017907018951123
8484972,"1. A closed cycle OTEC (Ocean thermal Energy Conversion) electricity generating plant comprising: a surface portion with positive buoyancy and a passage way connection to a submerged main portion, and a submerged power generation and energy storage portion (main portion) that includes a submerged warm water heat exchanger near the surface for vaporizing an enclosed working fluid, a cold water heat exchanger at depth for condensing the enclosed working fluid into liquid, an electricity generating turbine/inductor near the surface to convert energy within working fluid vapor exiting the warm water heat exchanger into electricity, and a pump at depth to move liquefied working fluid up toward the warm water heat exchanger; wherein the working fluid circulates through the warm water heat exchanger, the turbine/inductor, a vapor flow tube toward the bottom cold heat exchanger, the pump and a liquid flow tube back to the warm heat exchanger; wherein sea water is not caused to move with respect to either heat exchanger because the working fluid within either heat exchanger is sufficiently distributed in parallel flow and surround by the sea water, with thermal conduction across the heat exchanger sufficient to achieve a predetermined amount of heat energy transfer; wherein there are ballast tanks in both the surface and main portions to adjust the buoyancy by partially filling and emptying the ballast tanks; wherein there is a connection to an anchor at the bottom of the ocean where the anchor connection to keep the top of the submerge portion at a predetermined depth.",0.9930155947603293,0.013968810479341398
9093537,"1. A display device comprising: a substrate including a display region and a non-display region; a plurality of pixels on the display region, each pixel comprising an organic light emitting element and a thin film transistor including an etch stopper; a first metal line on the substrate in the non-display region; a gate insulating film on the first metal line and configured to insulate the first metal line; a second metal line on the gate insulating film in the non-display region; a passivation layer on the second metal line; and a protection film between the first metal line and the second metal line in the non-display region, and positioned at an area where the first metal line and the second metal line overlap each other, wherein the protection film is formed of the same material with the etch stopper, and has a particular thickness to prevent a short between the first metal line and the second metal line.",0.08669405788688435,0.17338811577376867
9170832,"1. A virtual machine control apparatus comprising: a processor configured to use a device settable in either a normal mode or a low power mode having lower electrical power consumption per unit time and lower processing ability than the normal mode; and a memory configured to store therein a program executable by the processor, the virtual machine control apparatus, through execution by the processor of the program stored in the memory, implementing: one or more first type virtual machines; one second type virtual machine; and a hypervisor configured to control execution of each of the first type virtual machines and the second type virtual machine, wherein each of the first type virtual machines includes its own operating system and tasks controlled by its respective operating system; the second type virtual machine includes its own operating system and tasks controlled by its operating system; each of the first type virtual machines includes: the second type virtual machine includes:",0.8541257187105746,0.29174856257885073
9482471,"1. A method for controlling an installation comprising: charging scrap metal into a melting furnace from a charging region above the melting furnace, the melting furnace being charged via a chute, the chute preheating the scrap metal, the chute having upper and lower closure elements, the upper closure element being at an upper end of the chute, away from the melting furnace, the upper closure element being opened for conveying the scrap metal into the chute and then closed, the lower closure element being at a lower end of the chute, toward the melting furnace, the lower closure element being opened for loading scrap metal from the chute into the melting furnace and then closed; using a charging element to move the scrap metal in a movement direction toward the charging region where the scrap metal can be emptied into the chute before the charging element is moved in a direction opposite to the movement direction, away from the charging region; using a hood to at least partially enclose the charging region, such that when charging element is in the charging region, the hood encloses a top end of the charging element opposite the melting furnace and sides of the charging element, the hood having at least one upper extraction opening; using an extraction system to extract waste gases and dust out of the hood via the upper extraction opening; and controlling the extraction system such that extraction is coordinated with opening and closing of the upper closure element and/or conveyance of the scrap metal to the chute.",0.9016108957015636,0.19677820859687278
8949281,"1. A method comprising: creating, based at least in part on a data object type definition, an instance of the data object that is associated with one or more traits; creating a hierarchical container that includes data comprising an instance of a hierarchical relationship that is defined at least in part by a hierarchical data trait definition, wherein the hierarchical data trait definition specifies the schema for the data comprising the instance of the hierarchical relationship included in the hierarchical container, and wherein the hierarchical relationship comprises one or more nodes; and storing the data comprising the instance of the hierarchical relationship as a trait associated with the instance of the data object, including by embedding the hierarchical container in the instance of the data object, wherein the embedded hierarchical container is stored with a reference to the hierarchical data trait definition.",0.12796028996029593,0.2559205799205919
9382529,"1. A fusion protein comprising a first heterologous polypeptide and a second heterologous polypeptide, wherein said first heterologous polypeptide is encoded by a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polynucleotide comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO 9; (b) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 10; and (c) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having at least 90% sequence identity to said polypeptide encoded by said polynucleotide of (a) or (b); wherein said first heterologous polypeptide has desaturase activity.",0.5145426993762773,0.9709146012474454
8863097,"1. A computer implemented method for providing code list extensibility, the method comprising: providing an external representation of a code data type, the external code data type representation having at least one external code value generated by a developer of at least one of a business object or a software suite for an existing business application and used by customers or software vendors; providing an internal representation of the code data type, the internal data type representation having a second code value representation for the at least one internal code value, the internal code value representation including a unique identifier for the developer and is used by a database for the business application; and mapping the external code data type representation and the internal code data type representation based at least in part on the unique identifier for the developer.",0.3563580874159809,0.7127161748319618
8685138,"1. A method of reclaiming aluminum from a charge of aluminum-containing material, comprising rotating a furnace vessel containing the charge of aluminum-containing material, the rotation of the furnace vessel causing rotation of a rotating portion of a door assembly; and firing a burner through a passage of a non-rotating portion of the door assembly, the rotating portion sealed against the furnace vessel so that the rotating part and the non-rotating portion of the door assembly combine to cover an inlet passage of the furnace vessel to control an atmospheric environment inside the furnace vessel, and heat from the burner melting the aluminum in the charge of aluminum-containing material without introduction of a charge of salt for retarding thermitting of the aluminum; and wherein matter is introduced into the furnace vessel through the non-rotating portion of the door assembly using a conveyor; and wherein the conveyor holds inert material in the conveyor during melting of the aluminum in the furnace vessel to limit air entry into the furnace vessel through the conveyor.",0.9168848684478857,0.1662302631042285
9732617,"1. An airfoil comprising: a leading edge; a trailing edge; a suction side and a pressure side, wherein a downstream edge of the pressure side lies upstream of a downstream edge of the suction side; at least one internal cooling channel defined between the suction side and the pressure side and configured to convey a cooling fluid; a plurality of land extensions extending only from the downstream edge of the pressure side to the downstream edge of the suction side; a plurality of trailing edge bleed slots defined therebetween the plurality of land extensions and in fluid communication with the at least one internal cooling channel, wherein the plurality of trailing edge bleed slots are exposed proximate to the trailing edge of the airfoil, the at least one cooling channel configured to supply the cooling fluid towards the plurality of trailing edge bleed slots; and one or more obstruction features disposed within the at least one internal cooling channel, wherein a furthest downstream edge of the one or more obstruction features is in a same plane as a most upstream edge of the plurality of land extensions, and the plane also coincides with the downstream edge of the pressure sidewall, the one or more obstruction features configured so that a flow of the cooling fluid impinges on an upstream portion of the one or more obstruction features to distribute the flow of the cooling fluid toward radially outer portions of each of the plurality of trailing edge bleed slots and provide distributed cooling to the plurality of trailing edge bleed slots.",0.8745999492659287,0.2508001014681427
8962984,"1. A solar cell apparatus comprising: a support substrate; a back electrode layer disposed on the support substrate, comprising a first back electrode, a second back electrode, and a first through groove formed between the first back electrode and the second back electrode; a light absorber part disposed on the first back electrode and extended into the first through groove; a buffer disposed on a top surface of the light absorber part; a barrier film extended from the buffer and disposed on a side surface of the light absorber part; a window disposed on the buffer; and a connector part extended from the window and in direct physical contact with a top surface of the second back electrode wherein the buffer comprises: a first buffer disposed on the top surface of the light absorber part, and a second buffer disposed on the first buffer, and wherein the barrier film comprises: a first barrier film extended from the first buffer; and a second barrier film extended from the second buffer.",0.8488098029903549,0.3023803940192902
9598567,"1. A propylene-ethylene copolymer resin composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of the sum of the following (D) and (B): 97 to 65 parts by weight of a propylene-ethylene copolymer (D) produced with a metallocene catalyst and having the following properties (D-i) to (D-ii); and 3 to 35 parts by weight of a propylene-ethylene copolymer (B) having the following properties (B-i) to (B-ii), wherein the propylene-ethylene copolymer (D) comprises: 30 to 99% by weight of a propylene polymer component (D1) having the following properties (D1-i) to (D1-ii); and 1 to 70% by weight of a propylene-ethylene copolymer component (D2) having the following property (D2-i), and the propylene-ethylene copolymer (B) comprises, based on 100% by weight of the sum of (B1) and (B2): 65 to 95% by weight of a propylene polymer component (B1) having the following property (B1-i); and 5 to 35% by weight of a propylene-ethylene copolymer component (B2) having the following properties (B2-i) and (B2-ii), (D-i) the copolymer (D) has a melt flow rate MFR(D) of from 0.1 to 100 g/10 min; (D-ii) the copolymer (D) shows a single peak at 0° C. or less in a temperature-loss tangent (tan δ) curve in Dynamic Mechanical Analysis that represents glass transition observed in the range from −60 to 20° C.; (B-i) the copolymer (B) has an ethylene content E(B) of from 0.4 to 13 wt %; (B-ii) the copolymer (B) has a melt flow rate MFR(B) of from 0.5 to 20 g/10 min;",0.8019667364843784,0.3960665270312431
8880210,"1. A method of controlling a process chamber having a processing volume, comprising: predetermining a relationship between pressure in the processing volume and a position of an exhaust valve disposed between the processing volume and an exhaust system as a function of a process parameter; setting the process chamber to a first state having a first pressure in the processing volume and a first value of the process parameter, wherein the exhaust valve is set to a first position based on the predetermined relationship to produce the first pressure in the processing volume at the first value; determining a pressure control profile to control the pressure in the processing volume as the process chamber is changed to a second state having a second pressure and a second value of the process parameter from the first state, wherein the pressure control profile is determined from a model based control algorithm that uses the first pressure, the second pressure, the first value, the second value, and the first position as input parameters; and applying the pressure control profile to control the pressure in the processing volume by varying the position of the exhaust valve while changing the process chamber to the second state from the first state.",0.8148341080403566,0.3703317839192868
8364202,"1. A communication device comprising: a microphone; a speaker; an input device; a camera; a display; a vibrator; an antenna; a voice communicating implementer, wherein voice communication is implemented with another device in a wireless fashion; a device vibration implementer, wherein said communication device is vibrated by said vibrator when a certain event is determined to be occurred; an image quality setting implementer, wherein the output of said camera is stored in said communication device with the quality identified by the user; and a multiple language mode implementer, wherein the language mode selected by the user is implemented, wherein said language mode selected is one of a plurality of language modes including a first language mode and a second language mode; wherein when said first language mode is selected by the user, a first command which is the command for the user to manipulate said communication device in a first manner and a second command which is the command for the user to manipulate said communication device in a second manner are displayed by utilizing a first language data; wherein when said second language mode is selected by the user, said first command which is the command for the user to manipulate said communication device in said first manner and said second command which is the command for the user to manipulate said communication device in said second manner are displayed by utilizing a second language data; wherein when said communication device is powered off under said first language mode and powered on thereafter, said first command and said second command after said communication device is powered on are automatically displayed by utilizing said first language data; and wherein when said communication device is powered off under said second language mode and powered on thereafter, said first command and said second command after said communication device is powered on are automatically displayed by utilizing said second language data.",0.20313707358026598,0.406274147160532
8630611,"1. An end-user device, comprising: one or more modems for enabling the end-user device to communicate at least over a first wireless access network and over a second wireless access network; and one or more agents configured to:",0.446082551139182,0.892165102278364
9090877,"1. A method of making an algae extract comprising the following steps: a) pretreating at least one algae; b) heating the at least one algae to a temperature of 25-150° C. in an autoclave reactor to form a product, c) subjecting the product that is obtained in step b) to a pressure that is greater than or equal to 1 bar to form a second product, d) subjecting the second product that is obtained in step c) to a pressure that is 0.01-100 mbar to provide instantaneous expansion to form a third product, and e) recovering the third product that is obtained in step d) in liquid, solid and/or gaseous form to yield the algae extract, wherein, under the combined effect of said heating and said instantaneous expansion to a pressure that is 0.01-100 mbar, water that is contained in the cells of the algae is vaporized causing breaking of these cells and wherein said algae is selected from the group consisting of",0.9187792664209524,0.16244146715809515
9401636,"1. A multi-function power regulator for prioritizing functions and allocating resources thereof, the multi-function regulator comprising: a plurality of resources each having a resource capacity limit; a shunt converter configured to perform one or more shunt converter functions while consuming one or more of the resources; a series converter configured to perform one or more series converter functions while consuming one or more of the resources; a control engine coupled to the shunt converter, the series converter, and a plurality of sensors, the control engine configured to monitor and control the one or more shunt converter functions and the one or more series converter functions; and a priority control engine coupled to the control engine, the priority control engine configured to set a priority order for performing the one or more shunt converter functions and/or the one or more series converter functions and configured to determine whether one or more resource capacity limits has been exceeded or not exceeded by the shunt converter functions and/or the series converter function and in response to one or more exceeded resource capacity limits adjust the operation of the shunt converter functions and/or the series converter based on the priority order such that the one or more resource capacity limits exceeded is no longer exceeded.",0.9266828204650821,0.1466343590698358
9302775,"1. A method to recover energy in an aircraft including a passenger cabin including an air flow regulated in terms of pressure and temperature using an environmental control and air conditioning system (ECS) powered by a load compressor, and auxiliary power generation, the method comprising: when the aircraft is in a ground mode, recovering thermal energy dissipated by the auxiliary power generation by heat exchange in an exhaust of the auxiliary power generation to power a cycle of a recovery turbocharger to produce mechanical energy in addition to the auxiliary power generation; and when the aircraft is in an altitude mode, in which cabin air is pressurized to a sufficient level, producing compression with the recovery turbocharger, driven at least partly by the cabin air recovered as the cabin air leaves the cabin and then heated by heat exchange in the exhaust, in addition to that of the load compressor, to provide compression rate required to power the ECS.",0.9894150403528081,0.02116991929438372
9243427,"1. A container having a housing and a lid with a planar portion, the container comprising: a latch carried by the lid and movable, relative to the lid, parallel to the planar portion of the lid, the latch comprising: a latch mechanism coupled to the housing, the latch mechanism comprising: wherein a gap between the first alignment feature and the engagement element in the first direction is less than a thickness of the retention feature of the latch in the first direction, such that the retention feature displaces the engagement element in the first direction toward the second position as the retention feature passes between the first alignment feature and the engagement element.",0.14363306001012527,0.28726612002025054
8598448,"1. An oligomeric or polymeric compound comprising a repeating unit M 1 and a repeating unit M 2 having the formula: wherein: x is a real number representing the mole fraction of M y is a real number representing the mole fraction of M wherein 0<x≦1, 0≦y<1, and the sum of x and y is about 1; M wherein: M",0.5799295972752594,0.8401408054494812
9316097,"1. A method of recovering bitumen from a bitumen reserve, the method comprising: recovering bitumen from an alternative pay region in the bitumen reserve via gravity drainage using an inclined horizontally drilled well drilled from an open drainage pit upwardly into the bitumen reserve; wherein the open drainage pit has been excavated into an area of an underlying formation that is, at least in part, adjacent to and underlying the bitumen reserve; and wherein the alternative pay region comprises a region neither suitable for recovering bitumen by surface mining nor suitable for recovering bitumen by in situ recovery using wells that produce bitumen to ground level above the alternative pay region.",0.5934484426301666,0.8131031147396668
9667257,"1. A method of manufacturing a programmable logic device having a plurality of logic blocks, comprising: grouping the logic blocks into two or more partitions; and inserting specific operating instructions into a logic unit of the programmable logic device to control external access to the two or more partitions, control programming of the two or more partitions and control operation of and interconnection between the two or more partitions during operation of the programmable logic device; wherein inserting specific operating instructions into the logic unit to control operation of and interconnection between the two or more partitions during operation of the programmable logic device comprises inserting specific operating instructions into the logic unit to control how the two or more partitions access a shared resource of the programmable logic device.",0.4987980860479149,0.9975961720958298
8454893,"1. A fluid sampling system for sampling the contents of a container of fluid, comprising: an elongate hollow sampling conduit extending between a first end for withdrawing the fluid from the container and a second end for returning the fluid to the container; a pump for circulating the fluid between the container and said sampling conduit; a sample probe having a tip extending into said sampling conduit so as to contact the fluid within the sampling conduit; a calibration fluid source comprising a first buffer supply source providing a first buffer of known properties in selectable fluid communication with said sampling conduit and a second buffer supply source providing a second buffer of known properties in selectable fluid communication with said sampling conduit; a wash fluid source comprising a first cleaning fluid supply source providing a first cleaning fluid in selectable fluid communication with said sampling conduit; and an additive source comprising a first additive supply source providing a first additive in selectable fluid communication with said sampling conduit and a second additive supply source providing a second additive in selectable fluid communication with said sampling conduit; and a controller unit for controlling flow of the fluid to and from the container as well as the flow of fluid from said at least one of said calibration fluid source, wash fluid source, and said additive source into the sampling conduit and monitoring the properties of interest of the fluid within the sampling conduit via signals received from said sample probe.",0.12865285031839163,0.25730570063678326
9729304,"1. A method performed in a network node for configuring a device for radio communication in uplink and downlink between the network node and the device, the method comprising: configuring the device with a primary cell on a first radio channel at a first carrier frequency with a first frequency bandwidth for time division duplexed communication in uplink and downlink; configuring the device with a secondary cell on a second radio channel at a second carrier frequency with a second frequency bandwidth, wherein the secondary cell is adjacent to the primary cell and configured for downlink communication only, wherein the secondary cell is deployed within a guard band between time division duplex frequency carriers or within a guard band between time division duplex frequency carrier and frequency division duplex band, and wherein the secondary cell comprises a secondary component carrier; and configuring the device to support and to monitor the second radio channel, the configuration comprising a priority list according to which the device is to perform the monitoring, wherein the configuring comprises transmitting, to the device, the priority list, and wherein the priority list comprises information indicating in which uplink sub-frames for the primary radio channel the device is to monitor a control channel on the secondary cell and in which uplink sub-frames for the primary radio channel the device is to perform an uplink transmission from the device to the network node on the primary cell.",0.4179622309712918,0.8359244619425836
9316212,"1. An overload and overheating protection device, comprising: an austenitic shape memory alloy protection element operable to undergo a solid state transformation from an austenitic phase having a first modulus to a de-twinned martensitic phase having a second modulus smaller than the first modulus when a transforming force is applied to the austenitic shape memory alloy protection element; wherein:",0.3317515512008641,0.6635031024017282
9389606,"1. A control and monitoring system, comprising: at least one automation controller, configured to control one or more aspects of a plurality of automation control components; a distributed data model, comprising a plurality of copies of a data model, stored on the at least one automation controller, at least a subset of the plurality of automation control components, or both; and a redundancy pool, comprising a set of pointers to the at least one automation controller, the at least subset of the plurality of automation control components, or both that are storing one of the plurality of copies of the data model; wherein changes to the distributed data model are compiled into delta scripts; wherein the delta scripts are distributed to the at least one automation controller, the at least subset of the plurality of automation control components, or both associated with the set of pointers, such that the changes may be applied to the plurality of copies of the data model; and wherein the at least one automation controller, the plurality of automation control components, or both that apply the changes based upon the delta scripts are configured to execute commands based upon an occurrence of trigger events determined by the automation controller, by at least one of the plurality of automation control components outside the at least one automation controller, or both; wherein the occurrence of the trigger events is caused by the changes being applied to at least one of the plurality of copies of the data model, based upon the delta scripts.",0.5116683633505404,0.9766632732989191
8968915,1. A flat plate electrode cell comprising: positive electrode plates each comprising: negative electrode plates each comprising:,0.6618828910288501,0.6762342179422998
9815482,"1. A train-information management device comprising a central device that manages train information transferred to a train, wherein a motorman's cab in the train is provided with a plurality of door operating switches the central device includes an information control unit that",0.5917234472234933,0.8165531055530133
9297441,"1. A motor vehicle transmission comprising: first and second partial transmissions, and each partial transmission having an input shaft arranged coaxially with one another, each of the input shafts being alternately connectable to a drive input ( the input shaft of the first partial transmission is a central transmission shaft ( the drive output ( a countershaft assembly ( rotational movement being transmittable from the drive input ( each of the gear ratios being obtained by directing the flow of force, via the countershaft assembly ( the hollow transmission shaft ( the hollow shaft (",0.24989027918574785,0.4997805583714957
9028363,"1. A control device of a hybrid vehicle including an engine, an electric motor outputting power for running and power necessary for starting the engine, a connecting/disconnecting clutch connecting/disconnecting a power transmission path between the engine and the electric motor, and an automatic transmission making up a portion of a power transmission path between the electric motor and drive wheels, the automatic transmission having a plurality of gear stages alternatively formed including a gear stage using a one-way clutch as an engaged engagement element, the control device of a hybrid vehicle engaging the connecting/disconnecting clutch to start the engine during motor running for running by using only the electric motor with the connecting/disconnecting clutch released, when a gear stage at the time of starting the engine uses the one-way clutch as an engaged engagement element, an increment of output of the electric motor at the engine start being made larger as compared to when the gear stage does not use the one-way clutch as an engaged engagement element.",0.9782157851996726,0.04356842960065488
8427076,"1. A lighting element for use in a lighting system, comprising: a light source; a processor; a detector for determining the coordinates of the lighting element; a transceiver; and said processor being programmable to selectively cause said light source to illuminate according to the distance of said lighting element from an other lighting element upon receipt of a transmission from said other lighting element.",0.5543450909709651,0.8913098180580699
9175567,"1. An airfoil with a platform, the platform comprising: a leading edge portion; and a trailing edge portion aft of a trailing edge of the airfoil, the trailing edge portion comprising:",0.8685622716754396,0.2628754566491207
8850802,"1. A system for removing particulate matter and NOx from exhaust gas from a diesel engine, the system comprising: an oxidation catalyst configured to receive the exhaust gas and convert NO in the exhaust gas to NO2 to create an adjusted gas stream; a particulate trap downstream of the oxidation catalyst configured to receive the adjusted gas stream and trap the particulate matter in the adjusted gas stream to create a further adjusted gas stream; a reductant fluid injector downstream of the particulate trap configured to inject reductant fluid comprising urea into the further adjusted gas stream to create a further adjusted gas stream mixed with reductant fluid; and an SCR catalyst downstream of the reductant fluid injector configured to receive the further adjusted gas stream mixed with reductant fluid to create a final gas stream with a reduced NOx content by volume relative to the NOx content by volume of the exhaust gas; wherein the oxidation catalyst is further configured to convert enough NO in the exhaust gas to NO2 such that the adjusted gas stream exiting the oxidation catalyst (1) causes a significant portion of particulate matter in the particulate trap to combust such that there is no significant accumulation of particulate matter in the particulate trap at a temperature lower than a temperature that the particulate matter in the particulate trap would combust in the presence of the exhaust gas in an identical system without an oxidation catalyst such that there is no significant accumulation of particulate matter in the particulate trap, and (2) has an NO to NO2 ratio adjusted for greater NOx reduction over the SCR catalyst taking into account the decrease in NO2 caused by combustion of particulate matter in the particulate trap, relative to a lower NOx reduction over an SCR catalyst in an identical system without an oxidation catalyst.",0.9767102240206402,0.046579551958719545
9633352,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a mobile device of a customer and during a first time period in which a first geolocation of the mobile device is outside of a geofence of a point-of-sale (POS) device of a first merchant, an input indicating customer permission for personal identifying information of the customer to be displayed at the merchant's POS device during a second time period in which a second geolocation of the mobile device is within the geofence of the POS device of the first merchant; sending, by the mobile device and to a payment processor, a first indication of a current geolocation of the mobile device, the mobile device including a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for determining the current geolocation of the mobile device; determining, by the payment processor, that the current geolocation of the mobile device is within the geofence of the POS device of the first merchant; sending, by the mobile device and to a payment processor, a second indication that represents a customer request to display a list on the mobile device of a plurality of merchants, wherein the list includes the first merchant, and wherein the plurality of merchants are associated with the payment processor computer system and are within a threshold distance of the mobile device; sending, by the mobile device and to a payment processor, a third indication that represents a customer selection of the first merchant from the list of the plurality of merchants; receiving, by the POS device of the first merchant and from the payment processor, a fourth indication that the mobile device is in proximity to the POS device of the first merchant, the fourth indication being received at least partly in response to the determining that the current geolocation is within the geofence of the POS device of the first merchant; after receiving the fourth indication that the mobile device is in proximity to the POS device of the first merchant, causing to display the personal identifying information of the customer on a display of the POS device of the first merchant without receiving further approval from the customer; and after displaying the personal identifying information of the customer, sending, by the POS device of the first merchant and to the payment processor, a request to authorize a transaction between the customer and the merchant.",0.07275835084396108,0.1455167016879222
9607768,"1. A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising: a ceramic body in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked in a thickness direction; first and second external electrodes disposed on end surfaces of the ceramic body; first and second internal electrodes connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, and disposed to face each other; and third and fourth internal electrodes connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, and disposed to face each other, a connection area of the third and fourth internal electrodes with the first and second external electrodes being different from that of the first and second internal electrodes with the first and second external electrodes, wherein the first and second external electrodes include first and second conductive layers disposed in inner portions thereof and first and second conductive resin layers disposed in outer portions thereof, respectively, wherein a plurality of the first and second internal electrodes are stacked to form a first and second internal electrode part, and a plurality of the third and fourth internal electrodes are stacked to form a third and fourth internal electrode part, which is disposed above and below the first and second internal electrode part, wherein the first and second external electrodes are extended to portions of side surfaces of the ceramic body, wherein the third internal electrode includes a lead part exposed to at least a side surface of the ceramic body and is exposed to one end surface of the ceramic body, wherein the fourth internal electrode includes a lead part exposed to at least a side surface of the ceramic body and is exposed to the other end surface of the ceramic body, wherein the lead parts of the third and fourth internal electrodes are connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively, which are extended to the portions of the side surfaces of the ceramic body.",0.7374611792247895,0.525077641550421
8871906,"1. An isolated, mutated Pseudomonas exotoxin A (PE), comprising an amino acid sequence lacking all of domain II except for a furin cleavage sequence, and comprising an amino acid sequence of Formula I: wherein: n=0 or 1, independently, for each of R R FCS=a furin cleavage sequence of 4 to 11 amino acid residues, which sequence is cleavable by furin and has an amino end and a carboxyl end, wherein the FCS: (a) comprises an amino acid sequence of P4-P3-P2-P1 (Formula II), wherein P4 is an amino acid residue at the amino end, P3 is an amino acid residue, P2 is an amino acid residue, P1 is an amino acid residue at the carboxyl end, P1 is an arginine or a lysine residue, and the amino acid sequence is cleavable at the carboxyl end of P1 by furin; or (b) is selected from SEQ ID NOs: 12-20; or (c) is SEQ ID NO: 10, or a truncated version thereof comprising RQPR (SEQ ID NO: 21); or (d) is SEQ ID NO: 11, or a truncated version thereof comprising RSKR (SEQ ID NO: 26); R R PE functional domain III=residues 395-613 of SEQ ID NO: 1, optionally comprising:",0.32110213504016094,0.6422042700803219
9553489,"1. An electrical machine ( 20 ) for submerged applications, comprising a stator ( 21 ) including a complete laminated core ( 32 ) and winding ( 33 ) providing a multiple-phase AC output voltage, and a rotor ( 22 ) consisting of rotor back iron ( 27 ) and permanent magnets ( 26 ), wherein the stator ( 21 ), including both laminated core ( 32 ) and windings ( 33 ), is separately encapsulated in composites ( 25 ) or a polymer and the rotor ( 22 ) is protected by encapsulation in either composites ( 25 ) or a polymer separate from the encapsulation of the stator ( 21 ), or magnets ( 26 ) of the rotor ( 22 ) are fixed on a back iron ( 27 ) and covered by a protective surface separate from the encapsulation of the stator ( 21 ), wherein a gap ( 23 ) between the stator ( 21 ) and the rotor ( 22 ) is open to surrounding fluid and the stator ( 21 ) is not enclosed in a housing.",0.7706632340497367,0.4586735319005266
9487673,"1. An interior sheet for vehicles, comprising a surface-treated layer formed by electron beam cross-linking of 100 parts by weight of a siloxane-modified urethane-based acrylate resin, 20 parts by weight to 35 parts by weight of a silicone acrylate, and 1 part by weight to 15 parts by weight of a polysiloxane.",0.8944178008570512,0.2111643982858975
9162686,"1. A drive support device that supports driving operation of a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle speed sensor that detects a current vehicle speed of the vehicle; and circuitry configured to:",0.4796569336746495,0.959313867349299
8894355,"1. A turbomolecular pump, comprising: a rotor formed with rotating blades in a plurality of stages, and rotating at high speed; a plurality of fixed blades arranged along axial direction of the pump so as to alternate with respect to the rotating blades; a pump housing containing the rotating blades and the fixed blades, and formed with an inlet opening; a circular disk, provided close to the rotor on the inlet opening side, and arranged so as to oppose a surface on the rotor more radially inward than a root portion of the rotating blades; a cylindrical mesh structure, disposed between the inlet opening and the rotor, and made by interlacing fine wires; and a plurality of plate shaped mesh structures disposed so as to extend radially with respect to the cylindrical mesh structure, and provided perpendicularly to a plane of the pump inlet opening, wherein particles that are struck by the rotor and bounce off it are captured internally in the cylindrical mesh structure.",0.7155233858520834,0.5689532282958332
9758411,"1. A combined bioreactor for wastewater treatment, through anaerobic, aerobic and anoxic processes of organic matter degradation with zone separator system and biogas, scum and sludge collection, wherein the combined bioreactor comprises a tank divided into an upper aerobic zone, a middle anoxic zone and a lower anaerobic zone wherein, said lower anaerobic zone contains a feed duct where the wastewater to be sanitized enters the tank, and where the action of anaerobic bacteria, contained in said anaerobic zone, degrade organic matter present in said wastewater to produce biogas (CH 4 and CO 2 ) and a small amount of sludge which settles to the bottom of the lower anaerobic zone and which then is extracted through a perforated pipe located on the bottom of the bioreactor; said anoxic zone, located between the lower anaerobic zone and upper aerobic zone, comprises water from the anaerobic zone together with a quantity of recirculation water from the aerobic zone, and contains a growth of denitrifying bacteria that convert nitrates from the recirculation stream to gaseous nitrogen in the presence of carbon compounds contained in the wastewater; and said upper aerobic zone comprises at least one biological contact rotor, wherein said rotor degrades organic matter remaining in the wastewater which passed through the bottom anaerobic and anoxic zones and further wherein-said rotor enables the growth of different types of nitrifying bacteria that convert ammonia nitrogen to nitrites and then to nitrates; wherein said combined bioreactor further comprises a plurality of substantially rhomboid shaped separators for biogas, sludge and scum collection which when said rhomboid shaped separators are joined together form an intermediate polyhedral separator panel attached and supported on a plurality of intermediate columns and beams implemented in the tank; and further when said rhomboid shaped separators are joined together said rhomboid shaped separators define a plurality of conical collectors with upper connecting nozzles of ducts forming a biogas and scum capture and conduction network and a plurality of collecting funnels with lower cylindrical connecting nozzles of ducts forming a sludge capture and conduction network.",0.9676301598743143,0.06473968025137133
9423128,"1. A control system configured to exhaust gas from a building of the type including ducting, a mixing plenum in fluid communication with the ducting, an exhaust fan on the mixing plenum configured to draw gas through the mixing plenum so as to discharge the gas through an outlet as exhaust gas, and a variable speed fan drive that operates the exhaust fan at variable speeds, the control system comprising: a first static pressure probe disposed in the ducting and a second static pressure probe disposed in the mixing plenum, the first and second static pressure probes disposed upstream of the variable speed fan and operable to measure a static pressure of the exhaust gas, wherein the control system receives inputs from the static pressure probes and controls the speed of the exhaust fan based on the inputs from the static pressure probes so as to maintain a discharge velocity of the exhaust gas at the outlet.",0.9591703063977046,0.08165938720459076
9795282,"1. A system for maneuvering an endoscope, comprising: at least one first pivoting support configured to be pivotally attached to said endoscope; said pivoting support configured to enable said endoscope to pivot around at least one first axis of rotation; at least one second pivoting support in communication with said at least one first pivoting support, said second pivoting support configured to rotate around at least one axis being substantially orthogonal to said first axis of rotation independently of said first pivoting support; thereby enabling said endoscope to rotate around an insertion point into a body of a subject in at least two orthogonal axes; at least one controller attached to either said first pivoting support or said second pivoting support, wherein said controller is configured to provide a constant dynamic equilibrium between said endoscope and at least one selected from a group consisting of said first pivoting support, said second pivoting support and any combination thereof; such that pressure on an insertion point into a patient is prevented; further wherein said at least one selected from a group consisting of said first pivoting support, said second pivoting support and any combination thereof enable said endoscope to pivot about said insertion point if a line of application of force to move said endoscope is not completely collinear with a main longitudinal axis thereof, without application of force on said pivoting point.",0.0462381333087732,0.09247626661754638
8780387,"1. A system comprising a printing apparatus which performs print processing on a printing medium, and an information processing apparatus which transmits a printing instruction to said printing apparatus, said information processing apparatus comprising: a first reception unit configured to receive status information of said printing apparatus from said printing apparatus; a display unit configured to display, based on the status information that has been received by said first reception unit, a screen for selecting one of a first printing mode in which said printing apparatus performs print processing corresponding to a received printing instruction even when a number of printing instructions stored in said printing apparatus does not exceed a predetermined number, and a second printing mode in which said printing apparatus performs print processing corresponding to a plurality of printing instructions stored in said printing apparatus when a number of the plurality of printing instructions stored in said printing processing apparatus exceeds the predetermined number; and a first transmission unit configured to transmit, to said printing apparatus, the printing instruction to which attribute information indicating a printing mode selected on the screen displayed by said display unit is added, and said printing apparatus comprising: a second transmission unit configured to transmit the status information of said printing apparatus to said information processing apparatus; a second reception unit configured to receive the printing instruction to which the attribute information is added from said information processing apparatus and store the received printing instruction in said printing apparatus; and a control unit configured to control to, in a case where the attribute information added to the printing instruction received by said second reception unit indicates the first printing mode, perform print processing corresponding to the printing instruction received by said second reception unit even when the number of the printing instructions stored in said printing apparatus does not exceed the predetermined number, and in a case where the attribute information added to the printing instruction received by said second reception unit indicates the second printing mode, perform print processing corresponding to the plurality of printing instructions stored in said printing apparatus when the number of the plurality of printing instructions stored in said printing apparatus exceeds the predetermined number.",0.13777890428869938,0.27555780857739876
8588449,"1. An audio driver comprising: a diaphragm for radiating sound, the diaphragm having a first side and a second side and being arranged such that a part of the diaphragm at least partly forms a cavity at the second side; a transducer element coupled to the diaphragm on the second side and arranged to convert an electrical input signal into movement of the diaphragm; and an air conduit coupled to the cavity and having a first opening into the cavity and a second opening outside the cavity; wherein the audio driver has a free air acoustic resonance frequency and the air conduit and cavity are configured to form a Helmholtz resonator having a resonance frequency which is less than half of the free air acoustic resonance frequency of the audio driver.",0.04188176247242309,0.08376352494484618
8449491,"1. An applicator for a feminine hygiene device comprising: an insertion member; the insertion member having an outer surface, an insertion end, a withdrawal end opposite the insertion end, and a barrel region adapted to house the feminine hygiene device, the insertion member having an indentation region extending inwardly from the outer surface and disposed between the barrel region and withdrawal end, the insertion member further having a shoulder region disposed between the barrel region and the indentation region; the indentation region comprising one or more gripping formations protruding from the indentation region, the one or more gripping formations extending from the indentation region over the shoulder region and onto a portion of the barrel region proximate the indentation region.",0.033544668683557405,0.06708933736711487
9179673,"1. An aqueous liquid herbicide composition comprising a solution of auxin herbicide in the form of the monomethylamine salt and auxin herbicide in the form of the dimethylamine salt, wherein the auxin herbicide is at least one of 2,4-D and dicamba, the molar ratio of monomethylamine to dimethylamine is in the range of from 1:20 to 4:6, and the concentration of auxin herbicide is at least 500 g/L based on herbicidal acid equivalent.",0.6212350650868489,0.7575298698263022
9451019,"1. A method of communicating electronically, the method comprising: acquiring, at a server, location information for a plurality of mobile devices; identifying, by the server, a particular mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; utilizing, by the server, conditional probability to assign a probability to a plurality of checkpoints around a current location of the particular mobile device; identifying, based on the assigned probabilities, a subset of the checkpoints corresponding to a plurality of potential future locations for said particular mobile device, the subset of the checkpoints being multiple checkpoints; and pre-caching digital content to the subset of the checkpoints.",0.09773934980218633,0.1954786996043727
9089051,"1. A method comprising: attaching a stiffening frame to a carrier with a compliant adhesive that absorbs thermally induced dimensional variations between the stiffening frame and the carrier, the stiffening frame comprising a plurality of openings configured to accept a plurality of semiconductor chips; electronically coupling the plurality of semiconductor chips to the carrier, each semiconductor chip being concentrically arranged within a particular opening, and; attaching a plurality of covers to the stiffening frame to enclose the plurality of openings.",0.21348176507261396,0.4269635301452279
9843958,"1. A user equipment (UE) operable to communicate a power preference indication (PPI), the UE having one or more processors and memory configured to: determine the power preference indication at the UE as one of a low power consumption or a normal power consumption; start a power preference indication timer at the UE only when the power preference indication is set for the normal power consumption and an additional power preference indication can be communicated by the UE to an eNB upon expiry of the power preference indication timer; set the power preference indication to a low power consumption, wherein the power preference indication timer is not started at the UE when the power preference indication is set to the low power consumption; and communicate the power preference indication in a UE assistance information message to an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN).",0.8679837596244849,0.26403248075103014
9669727,"1. An electrical source control apparatus for controlling a vehicle which travels by using an electrical source system including both of a first electrical source and a second electrical source whose capacity is smaller than that of the first electrical source and whose output is larger than that of the first electrical source, the electrical source control apparatus comprising a controller, the controller being programmed to: control the first and second electrical sources to set a residual power level of the first electrical source equal to a first target amount and to set a residual power level of the second electrical source equal to a second target amount; and set each of the first and second target amounts such that each of the first and second target amounts becomes smaller as a speed of the vehicle becomes larger, wherein the controller is programmed to set each of the first and second target amounts such that a rate of change of the second target amount to the speed of the vehicle is larger than a rate of change of the first target amount to the speed of the vehicle, and the controller is programmed to control the first and second electrical sources to prioritize a control of setting the residual power level of the second electrical source equal to the second target amount over a control of setting the residual power level of the first electrical source equal to the first target amount.",0.9630502173385685,0.0738995653228629
9742263,"1. A method for automatically equalizing a bus bar voltage of a Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuit, the method comprising: calculating a difference in voltages of a positive bus bar of the PFC circuit and a negative bus bar of the PFC circuit by determining a voltage of the positive bus bar and a voltage of the negative bus bar, respectively, and determining a difference between the voltage of the positive bus bar and an absolute value of the voltage of the negative bus bar; comparing the calculated difference in voltages of the positive bus bar and the negative bus bar to a preset voltage value; and increasing a rotation speed of a fan directly or indirectly connected across the positive bus bar and the negative bus bar in the PFC circuit according to the calculated difference in voltages of the positive bus bar and the negative bus bar to increase a load of the PFC circuit for enhancing adjustment of the bus bar voltages by a biased voltage loop of the PFC circuit, until the calculated difference in voltages of the positive and negative bus bars is below the preset voltage value.",0.9253440017355509,0.14931199652889826
9616860,"1. A method for imparting a rolling movement to a vehicle having at least one pair of steered wheels and at least one pair of fixed wheels during a vehicle service procedure, comprising: positioning the vehicle on a supporting surface; positioning a powered roller assembly in abutting engagement with an outer circumferential surface of one of said fixed wheels at a position which is vertically lower than an axis of rotation for said fixed wheel, on a side of the fixed wheel opposite from an intended direction of rolling movement; activating said powered roller assembly to rotationally drive only a primary roller to apply a motive force exclusively to said circumferential surface of the fixed wheel, said motive force generated only by rotational movement of the primary roller in engagement with said circumferential surface of the fixed wheel, said motive force sufficient to impart a rolling movement to said fixed wheel and vehicle in said intended direction; wherein said application of motive force to said circumferential surface of said fixed wheel draws said powered roller assembly in the intended direction of rolling movement; and acquiring data associated with said vehicle service procedure in conjunction with said rolling movement.",0.7103683802515549,0.5792632394968902
8629133,"1. A compound represented by general formula (1) or a salt thereof: wherein ring A represents a spiro-linked 4- to 6-membered saturated hydrocarbon ring optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from Group 1, or a spiro-linked 6-membered saturated heterocyclic ring optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from Group 1; ring B represents a benzene ring optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from Group 2, a pyridine ring optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from Group 2, or a pyrimidine ring optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from Group 2; R R R wherein in formula (2), R in formula (3), the broken line in the ring structure indicates that the bond may be a double bond, R wherein R′ and R″ each independently represent a C R R R Z represents CH and in formula (4), R wherein R′ and R″ each independently represent a C R R R wherein Group 1 represents a halogen atom, a C Group 2 represents a halogen atom, a C Group 3 represents a halogen atom, a C wherein R′ and R″ each independently represent a C Group 4 represents a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a carbamoyl group, a morpholino group, a C wherein R′ and R″ each independently represent a C Group 5 represents a C",0.21229159940100872,0.42458319880201745
9723837,"1. A method of reducing microbial growth on a substrate comprising the step of contacting a compound of Formula (I)(a)(i): wherein: R wherein one of D R R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, to said substrate in an amount effective to reduce said microbial growth.",0.7475783198344996,0.5048433603310007
8802768,"1. A polymer composition comprising: an ethylene homopolymer and/or a copolymer of ethylene and a C (i) a density of from 0.940 to 0.949 g/cm (ii) a high load melt index from 3 to 7 g/10 min, as measured according to DIN EN ISO 1133:2005, condition G at 190° C. and 21.6 kg, and (iii) a Hostalen Long Chain Branching Index (HLCBI) from 3 to 8.",0.5317581939335467,0.9364836121329065
8689764,1. A method of supplemental compression for a rotary engine comprising: communicating exhaust gases from a second stage rotor volume radially into a first stage rotor volume through a second transfer duct therebetween; and forcing compressed air within a first transfer duct between said first stage rotor volume and said second stage rotor volume radially into said second stage rotor volume with said exhaust gases; and communicating said exhaust gases from said second stage rotor volume through a port and forcing said compressed air between said first stage rotor volume and said second stage rotor volume through same port.,0.8125802434759036,0.37483951304819274
9667552,"1. A method for performing a real-time service level agreement (SLA) impact analysis, the method comprising the steps of: detecting by a processor of the computer an event arising from a specific resource from amongst the different resources within a first SLA; identifying the specific resource for the detected event; analyzing the first SLA to identify different resources within the first SLA; determining whether based upon said event said specific resource cannot perform adequately enough so as to meet a term within the first SLA that directly specifies said specific resource; on condition that it is determined that the first SLA specifies the specific resource and that the specific resource in consequence of the event cannot perform adequately enough to meet the term within the first SLA, generating a notification in the memory of the computer, but otherwise consulting a hierarchy of resources to determine whether other resources in the hierarchy depend upon the specific resource and if so, also generating the notification; analyzing each of several different SLAs to identify different resources within the several different SLAs and further determining whether based upon said event said specific resource inhibits another different resource from performing adequately enough so as to meet a different term within the several different SLAs; and, generating the notification in the memory of the computer on condition that based upon said event said specific resource inhibits another different resource from performing adequately enough so as to meet a different term within the different SLAs but otherwise consulting a hierarchy of resources to determine whether other resources in the hierarchy depend upon the specific resource and if so, also generating the notification.",0.5487084886164932,0.9025830227670135
9057136,"1. A process for electrochemical hydrogen production by use of an electrochemical cell, said electrochemical cell including an anode side having only one inlet comprising an anode, a cathode side comprising a cathode, and a membrane separating said anode side from said cathode side, said process comprising: feeding only molecules of gaseous SO delivering water to said cathode, at least a portion of said water being transported across said membrane to said anode side, one or more said molecules of said SO wherein no additional water is fed to the anode side such that the water transported across the membrane sustains the reaction at the anode; said protons passing through said membrane to said cathode; and said protons being reduced at said cathode to form hydrogen gas.",0.9611867575273589,0.07762648494528213
8410955,"1. A module comprising: a radio transceiver device; an actuator; and an activation device,",0.49762774498341306,0.9952554899668261
9702376,"1. A compression plant for compressing a gas stream comprising a gas stream comprising a wet CO 2 gas stream, the plant comprising a compressor having N compression stages, wherein: each compression stage comprises a compression means and an exchanger connected directly or indirectly to a cooling water circuit; at least a first exchanger and a second exchanger of a first and of a second consecutive or non-consecutive compression stages are connected in series to the cooling water circuit; and at least a third exchanger of a third compression stage, the third exchanger not being connected in series to the cooling water circuit, wherein the at least third exchanger comprises a device that is configured to create a pressure drop at a cooling water outlet of the at least third exchanger.",0.9513458321214667,0.09730833575706654
8962214,"1. An ion conductive membrane composite comprising: a) a shaped article in the form of a network of interconnected micropores, the shaped article comprising polyvinylidene fluoride or copolymers thereof; and b) a sufficient quantity of ionomer electrolyte filling at least 95% of the pore volume of the micropores of the shaped article to allow the membrane composite to function as an ion conductive membrane.",0.9303705751261877,0.1392588497476246
9727497,"1. An arbitration device, for resolving contention between data bursts in a data transfer system, the arbitration device being configured to resolve contention between the data bursts by: selecting a first one of the contending data bursts; determining a length of a critical section of the first selected data burst; processing the critical section of the selected data burst; selecting a second one of the contending data bursts; determining a length of a critical section of the second selected data burst; and processing the critical section of the second selected data burst before processing a non-critical section of the selected data burst, wherein the step of determining the length of the critical section of each selected data burst comprises: reading a tag included in the selected data burst, the tag indicating the length of the critical section of the selected data burst.",0.34906239824468605,0.6981247964893721
9750245,"1. A method of preventing or treating a hoof bacterial infection on at least one hoof of a live hoofed animal having a bacterial presence thereon, the method consisting of topically applying to said hoof an antibacterial formulation for a time sufficient to reduce said bacterial presence, said antibacterial formulation consisting of: a) one antibacterial isolated or synthetic phenolic compound of natural origin selected from the group consisting of thymol and carvacrol; b) at least one surfactant sufficient to form a solution or dispersion of said phenolic compound in water; c) a solvent for dissolving said phenolic compound; and d) a sufficient water quantity to make 100% (w/w).",0.4239135212761289,0.8478270425522578
9586590,"1. A control device for a drivetrain of a vehicle, the drivetrain comprising: a drive engine; a coupling element; and a starting element that comprises: wherein the control device actuates the coupling element such that the coupling element brakes the secondary side when the control device receives an input signal indicating a switching off of the drive engine; and an automatic transmission coupled via a transmission input shaft to the secondary side and comprises the reference component, wherein the coupling element comprises a shifting element that forms a frictionally engaging connection to the reference component, and wherein the reference component, is one of a shaft of the automatic transmission and a part of a housing of the automatic transmission.",0.595462619955965,0.8090747600880701
8905906,"1. An adaptor for converting a conventional office chair into a multifunctional office or fitness chair, said adaptor comprising: a) a seat connector comprising a rotatable pivoting component, a seat connecting plate, a reclining angle setting component, a pair of supporting rods, and a balancing leg; wherein said pivoting component is positioned at a joint between a backrest and a seat of a chair and is adapted to be able to rotate the backrest up to 120° away from the chair seat surface; said seat connecting plate is attached to a bottom of the pivoting component and the entire seat connector is mounted to a bottom side of the seat; a center of a back side of the pivoting component is connected to the reclining angle setting component; middle sections of the pair of supporting rods are mounted vertically to opposite ends on the back side of the pivoting component; upper sections of the pair of supporting rods are adapted to be mounted on a back side of the backrest; lower ends of supporting rods are configured to have coupling structures; an upper end of the balancing leg is attached to a lower face of the seat connecting plate at a rear end; and a lower end of the balancing leg extends towards a floor, and is terminated with a floor contacting component; b) a pair of longitudinal rowing shafts comprising front ends and rear ends; c) a seat post holder configured to securely fix a pair of tracks for the pair of longitudinal rowing shafts on opposite sides of a central seat post of the chair; and d) a foldable footrest attached to the front ends of the pair of longitudinal rowing shafts, said foldable footrest comprising a foldable middle section and a pair of shoe-like structures at a front section.",0.09848805556885531,0.19697611113771063
9121336,"1. A diesel engine piston having a combustion chamber comprising: a profile surface that protrudes toward a center axis of the combustion chamber from an inner wall thereof and includes a protrusion on the inner wall, the protrusion extending from the inner wall with a predetermined length; wherein the protrusion divides a spray fuel, which is sprayed and atomized onto the protrusion, into a fuel flow at an upper portion of the combustion chamber and a fuel flow at a lower portion of the combustion chamber, respectively; wherein the profile surface includes: wherein an end portion of the base is connected to the bowl rim; wherein the other end portion of the base is formed flat and connected a pip, wherein the pip is protruded inward from the base in the combustion chamber; and wherein the inclined portion is a flat straight inclined surface and the protrusion is a flat straight vertical surface opposite to the center axis of the combustion chamber.",0.7861236644332533,0.42775267113349336
8971932,"1. A method, using one or more processors, for collecting and encrypting location or position, time, and identifier information (LPTI Information) data comprising mobile unique identifier (UID) data, time data, and location or position data, the LPTI Information data representing or corresponding to a presence of a mobile device and associated person as a potential or suspected suspects, conspirators, participants, or witnesses in criminal, regulated, tort, or prohibited activity in a relative vicinity of determined one or more installation points, the method comprising: (a) assigning each of one or more ID or time information scanner a corresponding transmitter fixed identifier specific thereto; (b) assigning to the each of the ID or time information scanners a corresponding transmitter variable identifier which is specific to each ID or time information scanner and is a variable value, and (c) storing in a storage device: said LPTI information data represents or corresponds to the presence of the mobile device and associated person as a potential suspects, conspirators, participants, or witnesses in criminal, regulated, tort, or prohibited activity in the relative vicinity thereof, wherein the LPTI information data is encoded, encrypted, or secured using the transmitter variable identifiers, wherein either separate from, including, or associated with, a UID-Information management or connected server, the encoded, encrypted, or secured LPTI information data is decrypted and accessible by law enforcement or a court upon issuance of a warrant or upon legally accepted basis for access in the investigation, indictment, prosecution, conviction, or appeal of an alleged crime, tort, regulation violation, law violation, ordinance violation, or prohibited activity, and wherein the method further comprises one or more of steps of (a) to (f) following:",0.17418442480894555,0.34836884961789116
8904772,"1. An engine exhaust gas heat exchanger that is an exchanger of heat between engine exhaust gas and coolant and in which a plurality of apertures facing a coolant passage are provided in a circumferential direction and in an exhaust gas flow direction of an exhaust gas passage to allow the entire amount of exhaust gas to collide with the coolant passage, the engine exhaust gas heat exchanger being provided with multiple stages of a unit exhaust gas passage that is configured with a first exhaust gas passage in which a plane facing an inlet is blocked and that has a plurality of apertures in a circumferential direction and in a flow direction, and a second exhaust gas passage that has a dividing wall facing the apertures and also serving as the coolant passage and an outlet that also serves as an inlet of the first exhaust gas passage of a next stage or an outlet of the engine exhaust gas heat exchanger, wherein, a total area of the apertures in each unit exhaust gas passage is decreased in all stages as it goes toward the lower stage by reducing the number of the apertures or respective diameters of the apertures, or the total area of the apertures in each unit exhaust gas passage is decreased in some stages as it goes toward the lower stage by reducing the number of the apertures or the respective diameters of the apertures.",0.9607769411914524,0.07844611761709519
9590069,"1. A method of forming an asymmetric high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), the method comprising: depositing a sacrificial material over a substrate comprising a group III-N channel layer; etching at least one trench to form a mandrel of the sacrificial material spaced apart by a first length and a second length, different from the first, from peripheral regions of the sacrificial material; conformally depositing a dielectric liner into the at least one trench and over the mandrel; depositing a bulk dielectric over the dielectric liner to fill the at least one trench; etching through the bulk dielectric and dielectric liner to expose the peripheral regions of the sacrificial material; etching the peripheral regions of the sacrificial material selectively to the dielectric liner to expose a semiconductor channel layer disposed at the periphery of the at least one trench; forming semiconductor source and drain regions in contact with the exposed semiconductor channel layer; etching through the bulk dielectric and dielectric liner to expose the mandrel; and replacing the mandrel with a gate stack.",0.5786799114621924,0.8426401770756151
9127168,"1. A process for producing magnetic iron oxide fine particles, the magnetic iron oxide fine particles having a primary particle diameter of 5 to 15 nm and an average secondary particle diameter of 10 to 60 nm, a surface of the respective magnetic iron oxide fine particles being coated with a carboxyl group-containing polymer, the process comprising the steps of: heating an aqueous solution in which the carboxyl group-containing polymer is dissolved, to a temperature of 90 to 100° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere; adding a solution of a ferrous (II) salt and a ferric (III) salt and an alkali solution to the aqueous solution to react with each other at the same temperature; adding ethanol to the resulting solution to obtain a precipitate; removing a supernatant liquid from the solution, and then dispersing the precipitate in water and subjecting the resulting dispersion to dialysis to obtain a water dispersion comprising the magnetic iron oxide fine particles whose surface is coated with the carboxyl group-containing polymer; and freeze-drying the water dispersion to obtain the magnetic iron oxide fine particles.",0.5508691378512021,0.8982617242975959
8952564,"1. A power source system for an electric powered vehicle chargeable by an external power source outside of the vehicle, comprising: a rechargeable main power storage device and a rechargeable sub power storage device; a charger configured to convert electric power supplied from said external power source into electric power for charging said main power storage device at a time of external charging for charging said main power storage device by said external power source; a power control unit configured to control driving of an electric motor for generating vehicle driving power, by electric power conversion between a main power supply line and said electric motor; a first switch connected between said main power storage device and said main power supply line; a second switch connected parallel to said first switch, between said charger and said main power storage device; an auxiliary load configured to operate by supply of electric power for an auxiliary system from a power supply line connected to said sub power storage device; a first voltage converter connected between said main power supply line and said power supply line, and configured to convert an output voltage of said main power storage device into a level of an output voltage of said sub power storage device and output the output voltage to said power supply line; a second voltage converter configured to convert an output voltage of said charger into the level of the output voltage of said sub power storage device and output the output voltage to said power supply line; and a controller for controlling an operation of said electric powered vehicle, said controller including a first control unit operated by electric power supplied from said sub power storage device to control said first switch, said first voltage converter and said power control unit, and a second control unit operated by electric power supplied from said sub power storage device to control said second switch, said second voltage converter and said charger, at the time of said external charging, said first switch being opened while said second switch is closed, and at a time of vehicle running, said first switch being closed while said second switch is opened.",0.9716937954860353,0.05661240902792941
9511877,"1. A method for using a portable, computerized aircraft flight system, comprising: inputting commands and flight data into a portable device configured to display, organize, manage, manipulate, and output flight data and instruct aircraft control systems, wherein flight data comprises flight logs, flight operating manuals, airport procedures, weather information, aircraft crew scheduling information, aircraft maintenance information, aircraft load weight and balance information, navigational data and aircraft attributes, and wherein the portable device is a wearable computer comprising computing elements woven into wearable accoutrements, and is configured to be operably worn by a person when on-board the aircraft and when external to the aircraft, wherein the woven fabric further comprises an interweave of fullerenes, capacitors, integrated photovoltaics, logic devices, photo-optic lines, thermo-electrical sensors, micro-thin carbon fibers for distributing heat, luminescent threads forming soft displays, at least one of ultrathin crystal chips for converting pressure into electricity or movable gears for generating electricity from friction, and at least one active or passive motion sensor for capturing motion to be translated into commands; translating the commands via software programs on the portable device into instructions executable by the aircraft, wherein the software programs comprise three-dimensional logic based decision-making algorithms configured to account for the flight data; outputting the executable instruction to the aircraft via the portable device; allowing the aircraft to respond to the executable instructions; receiving, reading, and interpreting data from the aircraft via the portable device; and deciding based on the data whether to input new commands into the portable device.",0.8530052272331438,0.2939895455337125
8795617,"1. A catalyzed substrate having a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone comprises a platinum group metal loaded on a support and the second zone comprises copper or iron loaded on a zeolite, and the first zone or the second zone additionally comprises a base metal oxide or a base metal loaded on an inorganic oxide, and wherein the substrate is a filter substrate.",0.9378325675946807,0.1243348648106386
8361478,"1. A method for generating an immune response against a Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite (CS) antigen in a subject, the method comprising: a) administering to the subject a composition comprising a replication-defective adenovirus comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the protein of SEQ ID NO: 6, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is codon-optimized; and b) further administering to the subject a composition comprising RTS,S.",0.3571407553522568,0.7142815107045136
9305142,"1. A storage apparatus in communication with a host computing system and configured to enforce a security policy for data stored in a buffer of the storage apparatus, the storage apparatus comprising a housing that encloses a plurality of hardware elements, the plurality of hardware elements comprising: a buffer located within the storage apparatus, the buffer comprising addressable memory and configured to store data associated with commands received from a host computing system; at least one non-volatile memory device located within the storage apparatus; an encryption module comprising a plurality of gates, the encryption module in communication with the buffer and located between the buffer and the at least one non-volatile memory device in a hardware datapath within the storage apparatus, the encryption module configured to apply an encryption scheme to data received from the buffer so that encrypted data is stored in the at least one non-volatile memory device; a plurality of buffer clients in communication with the buffer and configured to request access to unencrypted data stored in the buffer, the plurality of buffer clients comprising a plurality of hardware processors located within the storage apparatus; and a buffer protection module within the storage apparatus and in communication with the plurality of buffer clients and the buffer and configured to manage access to the unencrypted data stored in the buffer by the plurality of buffer clients, the buffer protection module distinct from the plurality of buffer clients, the buffer protection module further configured to:",0.2233236039402295,0.446647207880459
9373882,"1. A near field communications (NFC) reader comprising: a series resonant circuit including an antenna; an amplifier configured to drive the antenna; a first variable capacitance connected in series between a first differential output of the amplifier and a first terminal of the antenna; a second variable capacitance connected in series between a second differential output of the amplifier and a second terminal of the antenna, the first and second variable capacitances configured to tune the resonant circuit to a desired resonant frequency to compensate for a change in an impedance of the antenna resulting from a change in coupling between the antenna and an antenna of a tag with which the NFC reader is communicating; a power supply including an output coupled to a power supply input of the amplifier, and a control circuit configured to control a voltage supplied by the power supply to the power supply input of the amplifier.",0.23916320349341347,0.47832640698682694
9189043,"1. A Power Source Equipment (PSE) controller comprising: a plurality of classification modules configured to provide a plurality of classification currents based on power requirements of a plurality of powered devices (PDs); and a plurality of drivers, each driver from among the plurality of driver being configured to provide power to one of the plurality of PDs, to determine a temperature of a power delivery component, to deliver the power via the power delivery component based on a classification current associated with the one of the plurality of PDs, and to cease power delivery to a corresponding PD from among the plurality of PDs when the temperature exceeds a predetermined temperature.",0.9252119592546995,0.1495760814906011
9649273,1. A method for cleaning and polishing teeth by brushing teeth with a dentifrice composition comprising an abrasive wherein the abrasive comprises from about 0.1% to about 40% polyorganosilsesquioxane particles.,0.2948944326745646,0.5897888653491292
9368967,"1. An apparatus for transferring electric power from a multiplicity of alternating current sources with variable voltage and frequency characteristics to a provider of alternating electric power with constant voltage and frequency characteristics comprising: a. multiple sources of ac power, where the individual sources of ac power are connected to their own separate ac to dc conversion means, such that ac to dc conversion means separate the positive and negative half waves being produced by said multiple sources of ac power into a number of positive pulses of dc power and a number of negative pulses of dc power; b. an autotransformer connecting to the provider of ac power of constant voltage and frequency for the purpose of providing a multiplicity of voltages using multiple taps, such that an improved match can be obtained between source voltages and the voltage of the provider of ac power with constant voltage and frequency; c. two sets of switching means, where the first set of switching means connects the ac to dc conversion means producing positive pulses of dc power to said set of autotransformer taps for the purpose of injecting the positive pulses of dc power into the positive half wave of said provider of ac power of constant voltage and frequency, and where the second set of switching means connects the dc conversion means producing negative pulses of dc power to the same set of autotransformer taps for the purpose of injecting the negative pulses of dc power into the negative half wave of said provider of ac power of constant voltage and frequency; d. within each of the two sets of switching means there are exactly as many switching means as there are taps on the autotransformer, such that exactly one switching means is dedicated to each autotransformer tap for the purpose of transferring positive pulses of dc power and one switching means is dedicated to each autotransformer tap for the purpose of transferring negative pulses of dc power; e. controlling means to monitor a number of parameters including the maximum voltage of said provider of electric power of constant voltage and frequency, the timing of the zero crossings of said provider of ac power of constant voltage and frequency, the maximum voltage of a representative sample of said multiple sources of ac power, the timing of the zero crossing of said representative sample, the values of the positive and negative currents transferred to the provider of ac power of constant voltage and frequency; f. said controlling means derives from said parameters timed signals controlling said switching means for the purpose of connecting said multiple sources of ac power to the provider of ac power of constant voltage and frequency; such that the conduction interval produced by said switching means is centered with respect to each half wave of ac power with constant voltage and frequency, and the centered conduction interval's width is controlled for the purpose of controlling the amount of electric power that is transferred to the provider of ac power with constant voltage and frequency; g. additionally, said controlling means derives from said parameters timed signals to ensure that exactly one switching means connects to one tap of the autotransformer for each half wave of ac power with constant voltage and frequency, such that a best match is achieved between the voltages of the ac sources and the voltage at that particular autotransformer tap, where best match is defined as the lowest source voltage that is still slightly higher than the maximum voltage at the tap; whereby electric power is transferred efficiently from multiple sources of ac power of variable voltage and frequency to said provider of ac electric power of constant voltage and frequency.",0.7258945661727606,0.5482108676544788
8531536,"1. An apparatus for facilitating delivery of information at an electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a delivery-type selector configured to select in which of a first manner and a second manner to deliver the information, selection dependent upon a detected facial demeanor characteristic; and a transducer configured to transduce the information into form for delivery in the first manner if the delivery-type selector selects the user delivery of the information in the first manner.",0.20359077331176295,0.4071815466235259
9599344,"1. A combustion chamber for a turbine engine, the combustion chamber comprising two coaxial annular walls, respectively an inner wall and an outer wall, that are connected together at their upstream ends by a chamber end wall having an annular row of openings for mounting fuel injection devices, the combustion chamber further comprising an annular metal sheet having an upstream portion positioned upstream from the end wall and including mounting orifices for receiving the fuel injection devices, the upstream portion of the annular metal sheet being substantially parallel to the end wall, wherein said upstream portion and said end wall together define an annular air flow cavity, wherein said annular metal sheet also having an inner annular rim and an outer annular rim that bear radially respectively against an inner annular rim and against an outer annular rim of the end wall, said sheet being mounted with radial prestress between the inner annular rim and outer annular rim of the end wall.",0.9399248552934909,0.1201502894130182
9265652,"1. A method for promoting contraception by placing a contraceptive device within a uterus without blocking openings of two fallopian tubes, the method comprising: advancing a tapered distal end of a delivery sheath through a cervix and into the uterus, with the contraceptive device preloaded into and completely contained within the delivery sheath; at least one of retracting the sheath or advancing a pusher member disposed within the sheath to advance the contraceptive device comprising an elongate shape memory member out of the tapered distal end of the delivery sheath and into the uterus, thus causing the contraceptive device to expand from a first, compressed shape within the delivery sheath to a second, expanded shape within the uterus, wherein two tissue contact surfaces at opposite ends of the shape memory member contact an inner wall of the uterus below and not within the openings of the two fallopian tubes when the contraceptive device is in the second shape, and wherein each of the tissue contact members, when the contraceptive device is delivered, is positioned near, but not within, an opening of one of the two fallopian tubes branching from the uterus, wherein the elongate shape memory member of the contraceptive device comprises: delivering copper from the contraceptive device into the uterus, wherein the contraceptive device further comprises:",0.012437994439910272,0.024875988879820565
8641655,"1. A continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) device comprising: a blood pump channel for providing a pulsed blood flow, said pulsed blood flow being periodic such that each period comprises a high blood pressure portion having a first duration and a low blood pressure portion having a second duration, said first duration and said second duration having a duration ratio between about 3:4 and 4:3; a dialysate pump channel for providing a pulsed dialysate flow; said pulsed dialysate flow being periodic such that each period comprises a high dialysate pressure portion having said second duration and a low dialysate pressure portion having said first duration; wherein said high blood pressure portion and said low dialysate pressure portion occur, at least in part, during a first periodic time frame; and a dialyzer comprising: a blood inlet for receiving said pulsed blood flow; a plurality of fibers, each fiber comprising a semi permeable membrane exterior and a lumen extending the length of the fiber, said lumen being for said pulsed blood flow to flow through; a blood outlet for said pulsed blood flow to exit said dialyzer; a dialysate inlet for receiving said pulsed dialysate flow; a dialysate chamber, about said plurality of fibers, for said pulsed dialysate flow to flow through, and semi permeable membranes of said plurality of fibers being between each said lumen and said dialysate chamber; and a dialysate outlet for said pulsed dialysate flow to exit said dialyzer; wherein said blood pump channel, said dialysate channel and said dialyzer are configured to establish a peak Trans Membrane Pressure (TMP) across said semi permeable membranes of said plurality of fibers and between said pulsed blood flow in said lumens and said pulsed dialysate flow in said dialysate chamber, said peak TMP occurring during said first periodic time frame, said peak TMP being between about 70 mmHg and 120 mmHg.",0.2826387591420018,0.5652775182840036
8975458,"1. A method for processing biomass wastes to produce a renewable fuel or a carbon byproduct or both, the method comprising: receiving a biomass waste that includes carbon, hydrogen and oxygen to be dissociated under an anaerobic reaction; recovering waste heat from an external heat source to heat the biomass waste, thereby removing air and moisture; compacting the biomass waste; advancing the compacted biomass waste in a dissociation zone; creating a seal from at least some of the advanced compacted biomass to seal off the dissociation zone; and applying heat to the advancing compacted biomass waste to create a pressure and temperature condition for dissociation of the biomass waste to produce the renewable fuel, the carbon byproduct, or both.",0.9971762781453513,0.005647443709297484
9755225,"1. A process for producing a graphene-silicon nanowire hybrid porous mat, said process comprising: (a) preparing a catalyst metal-containing mat comprising a composition selected from the group consisting of: and further comprising an optional binder and an optional conductive additive, wherein said silicon particles have a particle diameter from 0.2 μm to 20 μm; (b) optionally drying said catalyst metal-containing mat; (c) optionally exposing said catalyst metal-containing mat to a high temperature environment to convert said optional catalyst-metal-precursor to a catalyst metal; (d) exposing said catalyst metal-containing mat to a high temperature environment from 300° C. to 2,000° C. to enable a catalytic metal-catalyzed growth of multiple silicon nanowires from said silicon particles as a feed material to form said graphene-silicon nanowire hybrid porous mat; wherein said silicon nanowires have a diameter less than 100 nm and a length-to-diameter aspect ratio of at least 5.",0.712981210731402,0.5740375785371961
8567131,"1. A tower for a wind turbine, comprising: at least one tower section having an inner tower section surface and a pair of tower section flanges, a first of the pair of tower section flanges at an upper end of the tower section and a second of the pair of tower section flanges at a lower end of the tower section, each of the pair of tower section flanges configured to engage with corresponding flanges on a neighboring tower section; a platform positioned interior of the inner tower section surface and between the pair of tower section flanges, the platform creating a floor substantially extending, along a common plane, between two points at opposite locations along the inner tower section surface; and a suspension element that, at an upper portion of the suspension element, is connected to an attachment area on one of the pair of tower section flanges and that, at a lower portion of the suspension element, is connected to the platform thereby hanging the platform from the one of the pair of tower section flanges.",0.9436909374290818,0.11261812514183633
9039830,"1. A raw batch composition for concrete comprising: Portland cement; dune sand having a particle size of about 45 microns or less; limestone powder having a particle size of about 45 microns or less; aggregate other than dune sand; a sufficient amount of water to effect hydraulic setting of the cementitious compound; and wherein said Portland cement ranges from about 15 wgt. % to about 45 wgt. %, said dune sand is present in an amount of 40 wgt. % and said limestone powder ranges from about 15 wgt. % to about 45 wgt. % plus aggregate and water.",0.5702098768823569,0.8595802462352862
9093227,"1. A super capacitor comprising a gel electrolyte comprising a copolymer being one selected from a group consisting of a P(AN-EG-AN) copolymer, a P(AN-EG) copolymer, a P(EG-AN-EG) copolymer and a combination thereof.",0.8984271306674889,0.20314573866502217
8367261,"1. A fuel cell device comprising a fuel cell assembly with at least one polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, and a hydrogen delivery means for providing a hydrogen flow, wherein the device is provided with means for pre burning adapted to burn fuel in a fuel and oxygen mixture entering the fuel cell assembly on an anode side until at least one of the fuel flow is increased to a predetermined level and the oxygen concentration in said mixture is decreased to a predetermined level.",0.924586831568909,0.15082633686218205
8559754,"1. A grid foil shadow removing method for a radiographic apparatus having a synchronous grid with grid foil strips arranged at regular intervals so that grid foil shadows fall on middles of pixels which detect radiation, the grid foil shadow removing method comprising: an approximate fluoroscopic image calculating step for obtaining an approximate fluoroscopic image by extracting detection signal values of pixels free from influences of the grid foil shadows from a fluoroscopic image and carrying out an interpolation process thereon; a grid foil shadow image calculating step for obtaining a grid foil shadow image by determining a difference between the fluoroscopic image and the approximate fluoroscopic image; a foil shadow standard image calculating step for obtaining a foil shadow standard image by averaging the grid foil shadow image in a longitudinal direction of the grid foil shadows; and a foil shadow removing step for removing the grid foil shadows from the fluoroscopic image based on the foil shadow standard image.",0.17412334362964837,0.34824668725929675
9114709,"1. A vehicle comprising: a climate control system; a motor configured to provide drive torque; a battery for supplying power to the climate control system and the motor; and a controller configured to: receive input indicative of a battery state of charge (BSOC) and a state of charge (SOC) recalibration request, and disable the climate control system, override the request and reduce the power available to the motor, when the BSOC is less than a discharge limit.",0.9897320087507855,0.02053598249842903
9653140,"1. A memory device comprising: an active controller configured to output a row active signal in response to a refresh control signal and a row enable signal when an active signal is activated; a refresh controller configured to generate and store a flag bit for controlling a refresh operation in response to a refresh signal, a precharge signal, and a precharge stop signal, and output the row enable signal corresponding to the stored flag bit to the active controller; and a cell array circuit configured to perform a refresh operation in memory cell array areas in response to the row active signal.",0.7217788033952421,0.5564423932095157
8908031,"1. A system for estimating moisture content in a steam flow through a steam turbine, the system comprising: at least one laser assembly configured to illuminate at least a portion of the steam flow; at least one image sensor configured to obtain a plurality of digital images of the illuminated portion of the steam flow; and a computing device operatively coupled to the at least one image sensor, the computing device configured to:",0.8217590067945852,0.3564819864108295
8933443,"1. An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising: a substrate; a display portion formed on the substrate and including a light-emitting area and a non-light-emitting area surrounding the light-emitting area; an encapsulation member arranged to face the substrate with the display portion interposed therebetween; and a reflection member provided on the encapsulation member and including an opening portion aligned with the light-emitting area and a reflection portion surrounding the opening portion and extending to cover the non-light-emitting area, the opening portion comprising an opening, a size of the opening being smaller than that of the light-emitting area and thus an edge of the light-emitting area being covered by the reflection portion, the opening portion having an inverted taper shape, the size of the opening gradually increasing toward the display portion.",0.11211276634457365,0.22422553268914736
8927683,"1. A polymerization fluid for electropolymerization of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of 3,4-disubstituted thiophenes, the monomer being dispersed as oil drops in surfactant-free water, and the polymerization fluid being transparent, wherein 90% or more of the total number of oil drops of the monomer dispersed in the polymerization fluid have a diameter of 250 nm or less.",0.36442197794629977,0.7288439558925995
8981515,"1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions stacked at different depths within a semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the photoelectric conversion regions photoelectrically converts light of a different wavelength band; and a discharge region formed between adjacent photoelectric conversion regions from the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, the adjacent photoelectric conversion regions being adjacent to each other in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate, and at least a portion of the discharge region being positioned outside of the photoelectric conversion regions, wherein the discharge region discharges charges generated in the discharge region to a power supply terminal.",0.31735099130019934,0.6347019826003987
8740397,"1. An optical cover, comprising: a generally planar layer of optically transparent material having at least one broad corrugated surface, said corrugated surface including highly transparent optical windows distributed according to a predetermined pattern and configured for communicating light to or from said layer;",0.2086902748021722,0.41738054960434434
9460263,"1. A system for modeling a progression of a disease within a population, the system comprising: a plurality of point-of-care sample processing devices each comprising a programmable fluid transfer device, at least one optical detector, and a communications assembly; a central computing device operably in data communication with said plurality of point-of-care sample processing devices through the communications assembly on each of the sample processing devices, wherein the sample processing devices are positioned at distributed locations physically separate from the central computing device; a computer modeling component configured to generate a model of the progression of the disease within the population based on data received by the central computing device from the sample processing devices and data in (1) a static database component and (2) a dynamic database component and provide modeling results; wherein said central computing device electronically sends at least one protocol for running an assay based at least on said modeling results, to said plurality of sample processing devices without having to provide new sample processing devices to the distributed locations, wherein the protocol comprises at least one fluid transfer instruction to be performed by the programmable fluid transfer device.",0.18637626935325569,0.37275253870651137
9606864,"1. A nonvolatile memory device, comprising: a memory cell array comprising a selected page comprising multiple error correction code (ECC) units; and a voltage generation unit configured to generate read voltages to read data from the selected page, wherein read voltage levels of the read voltages are set individually for the respective ECC units according to data detection results for each of the ECC units upon powering up of the nonvolatile memory device, wherein during a read retry section performed with respect to selected ECC units of the selected page for which read errors have been detected, a re-read operation of the selected ECC units is performed according to the respective read voltage levels set for the selected ECC units, and wherein one read retry section for one page includes a plurality of cycles, a read voltage from among the read voltages having a different level is selected in each of the plurality of cycles.",0.5441507971455948,0.9116984057088104
9700515,"1. A unit dose formulation comprising: at least one active substance; at least one acid labile coat surrounding said at least one active substance; and at least one alkalinizing coat surrounding said at least one acid labile coat, wherein said at least one alkalinizing coat is present in an amount sufficient to raise the pH of the stomach, such that dissolution of said at least one acid labile coat and release of said at least one active substance is inhibited when the number of unit dosage forms ingested exceeds a predetermined number.",0.33887764423280664,0.6777552884656133
9310874,1. A method comprising: while an electronic device operates in a higher-power mode of operation: while the electronic device operates in the lower-power mode of operation: while the electronic device operates in the off-mode of operation:,0.9634504825896661,0.07309903482066771
8812097,"1. A method for determining glucose concentration in the blood of a user, the method comprising the steps of: collecting psychometric data for the user; using a light source to bleach retinal pigments in the eye of the user; after bleaching the retinal pigments, presenting a visual perceptual task on a display device to the user, the visual perception task based on the psychometric data; sensing neurophysiological brain activity of the user while presenting the visual perception task on the display device; and in a processor, correlating the sensed neurophysiological brain activity to the glucose concentration in the blood of the user.",0.5054201567354377,0.9891596865291246
9221937,"1. A method for olefin polymerization for increasing catalyst productivity, comprising: flowing a catalyst through an injection nozzle and into a fluidized bed disposed within a reactor; flowing a feed comprising one or more monomers, one or more inert fluids, or a combination thereof through the injection nozzle and into the fluidized bed, wherein the feed is at a temperature greater than ambient temperature, wherein the feed is at a temperature of at least 90° C.; and contacting one or more olefins with the catalyst within the fluidized bed at conditions sufficient to produce a polyolefin.",0.6155924780153529,0.7688150439692942
8827809,"1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a game program executable by a computer processor of a game apparatus, the program including instructions causing the computer processor to perform operations providing functionality comprising: operation data acquisition for acquiring operation data from an input device at least including a gyroscope, wherein the operation data includes at least angular rate data; reference setting for setting a predetermined reference position in a predetermined virtual plane upon detecting a predetermined input from the input device, the predetermined virtual plane being arranged in a virtual space relative to the input device at a predetermined distance from the input device such that a line segment continuing from a pointing direction of the input device in the virtual space is perpendicular to the predetermined virtual plane; coordinate calculation for calculating a two-dimensional coordinate point within the predetermined virtual plane and indicative of an orientation of the input device based on the angular rate data, wherein the two-dimensional coordinate point represents a position relative to the reference position in the predetermined virtual plane at an intersection of a line segment from the input device along a pointing direction of the input device in the virtual space; and performing a game process based on calculated coordinate values of the two-dimensional coordinate point.",0.07189331259120234,0.1437866251824047
9140137,"1. A gas turbine engine comprising: high and low pressure turbines; a mid turbine frame arranged axially between the high and low pressure turbines; a bearing operatively supported by a support structure; an inner case secured to the support structure and including a first conical member; and a bearing support to which the bearing is mounted, the bearing support including a second conical member that is secured to the first conical member at a joint, the first and second conical members arranged radially inward of the joint, the joint provided at a plane perpendicular to a rotational axis of the high and low pressure turbines, a first axial side on one side of the plane, and a second axial side on another side of the plane opposite the one side, the first and second conical members are arranged on the first axial side.",0.8930314691364196,0.21393706172716076
9713843,"1. A method of additively manufacturing a component with an internal cooling channel for conveying a fluid, the method comprising: selectively fusing powders in a powder bed to form a shaped layer of a body of the component; and repeating the fusing on a layer-by-layer basis to form the body of the component with the internal cooling channel extending within the body, wherein at a location within the component where the internal cooling channel is to be located the fusing is done in a manner that forms a peripheral wall of the internal cooling channel having a geometry in which each subsequent layer is buttressed by the peripheral wall of the internal cooling channel formed by an immediately preceding layer such that the internal cooling channel is self-supporting with the buttressing provided by the peripheral wall formed to be of a rate that is a function of a width of a bottom portion of the internal cooling channel.",0.635324876509819,0.7293502469803621
8934871,"1. A mobile computing device, comprising: a radio frequency transceiver to communicate over a wireless network with a remote server; a memory; a memory port to receive a removable memory card; a display; and a processing circuit to:",0.4780713581657531,0.9561427163315062
9512448,"1. A transformed yeast host cell comprising: a. a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and having β-glucosidase activity, wherein said polypeptide having β-glucosidase activity is retained in the cytoplasm of said transformed yeast host cell and is not targeted to a secretory pathway, and b. a heterologous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12 and having permease activity for transporting cellobiose into the cytoplasm of said transformed yeast host cell; wherein said transformed yeast host cell is able to grow on cellobiose as a sole carbon source.",0.784499606649941,0.431000786700118
8882976,"1. A magnetron unit moving apparatus to prevent magnetization of a planar target having a length and a width, comprising: a magnetron unit installed in a vacuum chamber comprising a first region and a second region and disposed adjacent to the target, the magnetron unit consisting of a magnet to generate a magnetic field and a fixing plate supporting the magnet and configured to rotate around an axis parallel with the length of the target; an isolation plate disposed in the vacuum chamber, surrounding the magnetron unit, to isolate the first region from the second region, the isolation plate being configured to absorb the magnetic field; and a movement unit comprising a rotation unit configured to rotate the fixing plate between a first position where sputtering occurs, and a second position where sputtering is prevented, such that the magnet is disposed between the fixing plate and the target, when the fixing plate is in the first position, and the fixing plate is disposed between the magnet and the target and a strength of a magnetic field generated over the target is within a reference strength range that prevents magnetization of the target, when the fixing plate is in the second position.",0.15564443090795765,0.3112888618159153
9373088,"1. Method of controlling a prosthetic device, comprising: a brain machine interface for controlling said prosthetic device based on neural brain signals, wherein said brain machine interface in said control executes in parallel a continuous decoder and a discrete action state decoder, wherein said continuous decoder controls kinematics of said prosthetic device based on said neural brain signals as input to said continuous decoder, wherein for said discrete action state decoder the neural brain signals are initially projected into a neural space of lower dimensionality compared to the dimensionality of the neural brain signals, wherein said discrete action state decoder controls discrete action states of said prosthetic device based on said projected neural brain signals as input to said discrete action state decoder, wherein said discrete action states comprise: wherein said discrete action state decoder is based on learning models, wherein said learning comprises:",0.16836702859411568,0.33673405718823135
9058569,"1. A system for failure prediction for equipment subject to periodically varying failure risk, comprising: a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory; a data center, which executes via the at least one processor and receives collected prior failure data of the equipment in connection with at least one of an environmental condition and an operating condition, wherein the collected prior failure data was collected during a time period excluding a portion of a failure history of the equipment; and a statistical modeling module, which executes via the at least one processor, is operatively coupled to the data center and comprises: a balance equation systems module, which executes via the at least one processor and constructs balance equations with respect to phase values of failure times, wherein: wherein the balance equations are constructed according to the following equation: and wherein, θ and φ denote a phase at failure time T",0.33192781456082027,0.6638556291216405
9126156,"1. A process for separating at least one gas from a mixture of gases comprising providing a self-cross-linked aromatic polyimide membrane of formula (II) comprising wherein X 1 is wherein X 2 is wherein X 3 is wherein Y 1 —CO— is ; Y 2 —O— is and mixtures thereof; Y 3 is selected from the group consisting of and mixtures thereof, and —R′— is selected from the group consisting of and mixtures thereof, and —R″— is selected from the group consisting of —H, COCH 3 , and mixtures thereof; n, m, and p are independent integers from 2 to 500; the molar ratio of (n+m)/p is in a range of 1:20 to 1:0; and the molar ratio of n/m is in a range of 1:10 to 10:1 and contacting the mixture of gases to one side of the self-cross-linked aromatic polyimide membrane of formula (II) to cause at least one gas to permeate said membrane; and removing from an opposite side of said self-cross-linked aromatic polyimide membrane of formula (II) a permeate gas composition comprising a portion of said at least one gas that permeated said membrane.",0.8117888274558401,0.37642234508831973
8799305,"1. A server for distributing data in a network having a plurality of network destinations, the server comprising: a memory having a database including data feed patterns, wherein each of the data feed patterns in the database is associated with one or more of a plurality of destinations; a processor configured to:",0.16873340613242616,0.3374668122648523
9552889,"1. A system comprising: a memory controller; and at least one non-volatile memory device communicatively coupled to the memory controller, the non-volatile memory device comprising: a non-volatile memory array; a mode selection circuit to put the non-volatile memory device in either a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation; a reference voltage input terminal configured to receive a reference voltage; a first clock terminal configured to receive a positive clock signal; a second clock terminal configured to receive a negative clock signal; a common address and data terminal configured to receive a data input signal that include write data to be programmed into the non-volatile memory array; a data input buffer including a first comparator circuit to receive the data input signal and the reference voltage, and a clock input buffer including a second comparator circuit to receive the positive clock signal and the negative clock signal, and",0.3958815677460291,0.7917631354920582
9404063,"1. A method for processing a hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) product mixture derived from an HTL feedstock, the method separating a biocrude from a water by-product present in a hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) product mixture and including: removing precipitated inorganic compounds and/or mineral solids present in the HTL product mixture at a first temperature and a first pressure; after removing the precipitated inorganic compounds and/or mineral solids, cooling the HTL product mixture to a second temperature selected below the first temperature to phase separate the biocrude from the water by-product in the HTL product mixture; and separating the biocrude and the water by-product phases in the absence of an extraction solvent into separate biocrude and water by-product fractions without a further change in temperature and pressure.",0.7702997563332569,0.45940048733348626
8458313,"1. A method for data exchange among computing systems, wherein at least first and second computing systems operate management systems that normally communicate given data to a target computing system in first and second disparate formats, comprising: instrumenting each of the first and second computing systems to respond to a trigger event from an ODBC-compliant data source to generate a WSDL object that encapsulates the given data; receiving WSDL objects at the target computing system that are generated as a result of the trigger events; and processing information in the WSDL objects at the target computing system.",0.4788758025239701,0.9577516050479402
9115174,"1. A method of treating an autoimmune disease or condition in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and a therapeutically effective amount of a substantially pure compound that selectively binds melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R), said compound comprising a polypeptide (SEQ ID NO:9) having the sequence: Xaa wherein Xaa wherein no more than one Xaa or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein said autoimmune disease or condition is selected from the group consisting of multiple sclerosis, diabetes type I, aplastic anemia, Grave's disease, celiac disese, Crohn's disease, lupus, arthritis, osteoarthritis, autoimmune uveitis and myasthenia gravis.",0.46406434083191,0.92812868166382
9051868,"1. A method for monitoring a nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter ( 60 ) in an exhaust gas duct ( 30 ) of an internal combustion engine ( 1 ) which is operated at least temporarily in a lean fashion, wherein during a lean mode of the internal combustion engine ( 1 ) nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas are stored by the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter ( 60 ), wherein during a regeneration phase of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter ( 60 ) the internal combustion engine ( 1 ) is operated in a rich fashion, and as a result the nitrogen oxides stored in the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter ( 60 ) are removed, and wherein an exhaust gas component or exhaust gas characteristic variable which is characteristic of a profile of regeneration is detected during the regeneration phase by means of an exhaust gas probe ( 70 ), characterized in that, with a change in a chronologically variable lambda profile ( 106 ) upstream of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter ( 60 ) in the range λ<1, changes in a lambda gradient profile ( 108 ) downstream of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter ( 60 ) or variables derived therefrom are evaluated as a feature for monitoring the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter ( 60 ) and on the basis of these values a diagnosis of the storage capability for nitrogen oxides of the nitrogen oxide storage catalytic converter ( 60 ) is carried out.",0.9887088690037943,0.022582261992411423
8673401,"1. A method for depositing gallium on a substrate, comprising: providing a substrate; providing a gallium ink, comprising, as initial components: applying the gallium ink on the substrate; heating the applied gallium ink to eliminate the additive and the liquid carrier, depositing gallium on the substrate; and, optionally, annealing the deposited gallium.",0.48512437692592875,0.9702487538518575
9359621,"1. A process of fermenting starch containing material or lignocellulose-containing material comprising fermenting the starch containing material or lignocellulose-containing material in a fermentation medium comprising a yeast fermenting organism, and one or more carbonic anhydrases, wherein the fermenting step results in an alcohol fermentation product.",0.6148827675162817,0.7702344649674366
9014790,"1. A method performed in response to a request to perform a sampling process, the method comprising: setting, by a controller, a gain of at least a first amplifier in at least a first sampling circuit; causing a light emitter to emit a light signal; operating said at least first sampling circuit to sample a detected incident light signal to produce an analog representation of said detected incident light signal; operating an analog to digital converter to convert said analog representation of said detected incident light signal into a digital representation for further processing by said controller; and disabling said light emitter and said at least first sampling circuit in response to said operating said analog to digital converter.",0.1888900059689188,0.3777800119378376
8406214,"1. A semiconductor integrated circuit including a CPU that executes firmware, the semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a construction unit configured to construct a single first physical frame including a plurality of MAC frames, the MAC frames each including a destination address and a duration field, the duration field indicating a period during which a communication medium is occupied; a setting unit configured to set a same address to destination addresses of the plurality of MAC frames and set a same value to duration fields of the plurality of MAC frames; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the first physical frame to a destination communication apparatus, wherein:",0.18792146312842822,0.37584292625685645
9377401,"1. A biological sensing structure, comprising: a mesa integrally connected a portion of a substrate, wherein the mesa has a top surface and a sidewall surface adjacent to the top surface; a first light reflecting layer disposed over the top surface and the sidewall surface of the mesa; a filling material surrounding the mesa, wherein the mesa protrudes from a top surface of the filling material; a stop layer disposed over the filling material and a portion of the first light reflecting layer; a sacrificial layer disposed over a first portion of the stop layer and exposing a second portion of the stop layer; a second light reflecting layer disposed over the second portion of the stop layer and a portion of the top surface of the mesa; and an opening disposed in the second light reflecting layer to partially expose the top surface of the mesa.",0.17732734471044626,0.3546546894208925
8732718,"1. A method, comprising: detecting, on one or more processors, a first process and a second process based on resources being used by both the first process and the second process; gathering, on the one or more processors and in response to detecting the first and second processes, metrics for resources used by the first process and the second process in a multicore processing architecture; collecting, on the one or more processors and in response to gathering the metrics, the metrics for each of the resources as a percentage of that resource being consumed by the first process and the second process; comparing, on the one or more processors and in response to the collecting of the metrics, each percentage against one or more threshold values that exclude the resources shared between the first and second processes from the resources for which the metrics are gathered to assist in determining whether to group the first and second processes together within the multicore architecture; grouping, on the one or more processors and in response to the comparing each percentage, the first process and the second process together based on the metrics evaluated for usage of the resources by the first and second processes within the multicore processing architecture when the metrics are above or equal to the one or more threshold values; and re-gathering, on the one or more processors, the metrics when a third process is detected as being forked off or spawned from either the first process or the second process in view of the one or more threshold values for purposes of determining whether the third process is to remain an independent process or is to be grouped with the first and second processes.",0.710027441833717,0.579945116332566
9582850,"1. An apparatus for mode detection for a display device, comprising: a front-end circuit, adapted to fetch an image signal according to a determined mode to generate a fetched image signal, and to adjust the determined mode according to a control signal, wherein the determined mode is based on a horizontal or vertical pixel resolution of a frame of the fetched image; and a back-end circuit, connected to the front-end circuit, adapted to process the fetched image signal according to the determined mode; wherein, the back-end circuit being adapted to generate an indication signal according to an abnormal status, wherein the back-end circuit comprises a buffer adapted to temporarily store the fetched image signal, and wherein the abnormal status comprises an underflow or overflow state of the buffer; and the back-end circuit includes a determining circuit, connected to the front-end circuit and the back-end circuit, adapted to generate the control signal according to the indication signal indicating the determined mode needs to adjust, the back-end circuit further comprising a scalar adapted to scale a horizontal or vertical resolution of the fetched image signal according to the determined mode.",0.10334619005306102,0.206692380106122
9142021,"1. A computer-implemented method of aligning a first image with a second image, the method comprising: obtaining, by one or more computing devices, a first image of a geographic area captured from a first perspective; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, second imagery of the geographic area, the second imagery captured from a second perspective different from the first perspective; transforming, by the one or more computing devices, the first image to a warped image by projecting an image plane of the first image to an image plane associated with the second imagery based at least in part on geometric data associated with the first image; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, one or more feature matches between the warped image and the second imagery; and aligning, by the one or more computing devices, the first image with the second imagery based at least in part on geometric data associated with the one or more feature matches.",0.039167863244218344,0.07833572648843667
9356979,"1. A device for a user equipment (UE), comprising: an RF transceiver for providing an LTE air interface for communicating with a base station operating as an enhanced/evolved Node B (eNB); processing circuitry configured to attach to the eNB via component carriers configured as primary and secondary cells (PCells and SCells), wherein the secondary cell carrier does not include cell-specific reference signals (CRSs); wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to receive channel state information reference signals (CSI reference signals) over the SCell carrier and further configured to use the CSI reference signals for time and frequency synchronization; and, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to estimate a timing offset by measuring a phase shift of the CSI reference signals across different subcarrier frequencies and configured to estimate a frequency offset by measuring the phase shift of the CSI reference signals at different times.",0.6696751131591661,0.6606497736816679
9553539,"1. A method of generating an output variable voltage, the method comprising: obtaining a selected mode of operation, the selected mode of operation being one of a voltage control mode and a frequency mode; determining an input voltage command based on the selected mode of operation; determining an input frequency command based on the selected mode of operation; adjusting at least one of the input frequency command and the input voltage command based on the selected mode of operation; generating a pulse width modulation reference based on the adjusted at least one of the input frequency command and the input voltage command; and generating the output variable voltage based on the pulse width modulation reference.",0.2737037163716011,0.5474074327432022
8662036,"1. A method for operating an internal combustion engine, the method which comprises: controlling a variable valve drive for at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve of at least one working cylinder of an internal combustion engine in dependence on an operating state of the internal combustion engine, wherein the variable valve drive is variable with regard to at least one of valve control times and a valve lift; precompressing combustion air with an exhaust-gas turbocharger; setting, in a first operating state of the internal combustion engine with a high load demand and a low rotational speed, a first valve operating state of the variable valve drive, wherein, in the first valve operating state, at least one intake valve is set such that there is an increase of a charge of a working cylinder assigned to the at least one intake valve; setting, in a second operating state of the internal combustion engine with a high load demand and a high rotational speed, a second valve operating state of the variable valve drive, wherein, in the second valve operating state, at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve of at least one working cylinder are set such that there is an overlap of opening times of the at least one intake valve and the at least one exhaust valve and such that there is a minimized fuel consumption; setting, in a third operating state of the internal combustion engine with one of no load demand and a small load demand below a given threshold value and at a low to medium part-load, a third valve operating state of the variable valve drive, wherein, in the third valve operating state, at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve of at least one working cylinder are set such that there is an overlap of opening times of the at least one intake valve and the at least one exhaust valve and such that there is a minimized fuel consumption; setting, in a fourth operating state of the internal combustion engine with one of no load demand and a small load demand below a given threshold value and at a high part-load, a fourth valve operating state of the variable valve drive, wherein, in the fourth valve operating state, at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve of at least one working cylinder are set such that there is an overlap of opening times of the at least one intake valve and the at least one exhaust valve and such that there is a minimized fuel consumption; setting, in a fifth operating state of the internal combustion engine with a high load demand above a given threshold value and at a high part-load, a fifth valve operating state of the variable valve drive, wherein, in the fifth valve operating state, at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve of at least one working cylinder are set such that a temporal overlap of opening times of the at least one intake valve and the at least one exhaust valve is greater than in case of a setting with a minimized fuel consumption; and setting, in a sixth operating state of the internal combustion engine with a maximum torque, a sixth valve operating state of the variable valve drive, wherein, in the sixth valve operating state, at least one intake valve is operated in one of an expansion mode and according to a Miller/Atkinson process.",0.940039624673805,0.11992075065239005
8733191,"1. A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle power take off (PTO) comprising a PTO shaft arranged and adapted for coupling to a power driven implement, an input shaft arranged and adapted for coupling to a rotary driver, and a continuously variable transmission coupled between the input and PTO shafts to transfer drive between them at a continuously variable drive ratio, wherein the continuously variable transmission comprises a ratio varying unit (“variator”) which has a rotary variator input and a rotary variator output and in that the drive arrangement further comprises a controller which serves to control variator input and output torques wherein the transmission automatically accommodates changes in speed at the PTO shaft by virtue of changes in its drive ratio such that in response to excessive load applied to the power take off shaft, variator input and output torques are limited by the controller and slowing of the power take off shaft due to the load applied to it is automatically accommodated by virtue of a change in variator ratio.",0.9614751456716961,0.07704970865660776
9629424,"1. A finding configured to be attached to a flesh tunnel inserted within an orifice, the orifice extending transversely in an earlobe from a front surface of the earlobe to a rear surface of the earlobe, the flesh tunnel including a center bore and two opposite open ends located adjacent to the front surface and the rear surface of the earlobe, the finding comprising: a spring-tempered wire made of stainless steel and bent into an upper flesh tunnel engaging section, an intermediate earlobe section, and a lower compression ring; and a dangle jewelry element attached to the lower compression ring; wherein the upper flesh tunnel engaging section includes a first post and a second post, each post configured to be inserted into one of the opposite open ends of the flesh tunnel and longitudinally aligned inside the center bore to vertically support the jewelry finding from the flesh tunnel; wherein the intermediate earlobe section includes a first leg and a second leg, the first leg being integrally formed with the first post and the second leg being integrally formed with the second post, each leg having a straight portion perpendicularly aligned with a respective post and adjacent to the front surface or the rear surface of the earlobe when the respective post is inserted into the flesh tunnel, and each leg being bent inward such that the first leg crosses the second leg; wherein the lower compression ring includes a first side element and second opposing side element, the first side element being integrally formed with the second leg and the second side element being integrally formed with the first leg, the first and second side elements being joined to form an enclosed structure; wherein the lower compression ring is configured to apply an inward biasing force to each leg thereby forcing each post inward through the opposite open ends of the flesh tunnel; and wherein the lower compression ring is configured so that when sufficient inward forces are applied to the first and second side elements, the first post and the second post are forced outward from the flesh tunnel, thereby enabling the finding to be removed from the flesh tunnel.",0.03970425669486392,0.07940851338972787
8895684,"1. A composition comprising a modified polymer comprising: at least one branched modified polymer macromolecule comprising at least one of structure (ib1), (ib2), (ib3), or (ib4); and at least one linear modified polymer macromolecule comprising at least one of structure (iib1) or (iib2); wherein the at least one branched modified polymer macromolecule and the at least one linear modified polymer macromolecule each, independently, further comprise at least one amine group selected from the group consisting of: and combinations thereof; where, N is a nitrogen atom; C is carbon atom; H is a hydrogen atom; E is at least divalent, comprises at least one heteroatom, and is selected from the group consisting of: a) a (C R R where (ib1) is a four valent silicon or tin atom selected from the group consisting of a (R (ib2) is a group according to Formula 2A: (ib3) is a group according to Formula 2B: (ib4) is a group according to Formula 2C: (iib1) is a sulfanylsilane moiety according to Formula 4A: (iib2) is a sulfanylsilane compound moiety according to Formula 4B: wherein, Si and Si′ are each a silicon atom; S is a sulfur atom; O is an oxygen atom; R R R R R R R R R R c is a number selected from 0, 1 and 2; d is a number selected from 0, 1, and 2; c+d=2; q is the number 0 or 1; r is the number 0 or 1; q+r is 0 or 1; s is the number 0 or 1; t is the number 0 or 1; s+t is 0 or 1; u is the number 0, 1 or 2; v is the number 0, 1 or 2; u+v is 2; and the remaining free valences of the four valent silicon atom are each linked to an alpha-modified polymer macromolecule.",0.5661281617764382,0.8677436764471236
8473037,"1. An optical coherence imaging diagnostic apparatus comprising: a scanner and pullback unit connectable to an optical component, the scanner and pullback unit including a linear drive motor which linearly drives the optical component and a radial scan motor which radially scans the optical component; an optical connector for external input and output which inputs and outputs sample light and a reference light which are produced in an optical coherence imaging diagnostic apparatus main body and which are used for optical coherence; and an optical cable connected to the scanner and pullback unit and positioned between the optical connector and the scanner and pullback unit to transmit the sample light from the optical connector for external input and output and to concurrently transmit and introduce reflected light to the optical connector for external input and output; the optical cable having a longitudinal extent from one end to an opposite end and comprising:",0.03103064970566811,0.0620612994113362
9525637,"1. A method, comprising: receiving a request for a first media stream from a mobile device, the request received through a base station on a reverse link channel; identifying a current location corresponding to the mobile device; referencing access control information corresponding to the media stream, the access control information including a default rule indicating whether the first media stream may be accessed, the access control information also including an access control list indicating one or more exceptions to the default rule, each exception indicating one or more geographic regions, the default rule and the access control list together indicating whether the first media stream may be accessed from the current location at a current time; identifying a plurality of packets associated with the first media stream, the plurality of packets including a first subset of packets encoded via a first video data encoding format at a first frame rate, the plurality of packets including a second subset of packets encoded via a second video data encoding format at a second frame rate; selecting the first subset of packets for delivery to the mobile device through the base station by using a forward link channel upon determining that the first media stream may be accessed from the current location at the current time, wherein the first subset of packets is selected based on a set of criteria including bandwidth availability and preferences.",0.15224226488705855,0.3044845297741171
8824378,"1. A method, comprising: sending, by a first station, an indication frame to a second station, when the first station has traffic buffered for the second station and when no service period has occurred between the first station and the second station for a period of time at least equal to an indication window, wherein a service period comprises a time period during which buffered data is delivered by the first station to the second station, wherein an end of the service period is indicated by an end of service period (EOSP) frame transmitted by the first station to the second station, the indication window comprising a requisite period of time to elapse before enabling transmission of an indication frame, the second station operating as a client node relative to the first station, the first and second stations comprising direct link peers that share an access point, the second station having entered a power save mode on the direct link, the indication frame sent as a unicast transmission from the first station to the second station through the access point; receiving, at the second station, the indication frame from the access point; and determining, at the second station, that the first station has traffic to send to the second station based on the indication frame, the indication frame indicating to the second station the presence of the traffic at the first station.",0.6162245893725289,0.7675508212549422
9790326,"1. A method for preparing a conjugated polymer, comprising providing at least one first monomer comprising a 3,4-dioxythiophene, 3,4-dioxyselenophene, 3,4-dioxytellurophene 3,4-dioxyfuran, or 3,4-dioxypyrrole; optionally providing at least one second monomer comprising a conjugated unit; providing a Pd or Ni comprising catalyst; providing an aprotic solvent; providing a carboxylic acid; combining the first monomer, second monomer, catalyst, solvent and carboxylic acid as a polymerization mixture; and heating the polymerization mixture in excess of 120° C. but below the boiling point of the aprotic solvent, wherein at least one of the first monomers or second monomers is substituted with hydrogen reactive functionalities and at least one of the first or second monomers is substituted with non-hydrogen reactive functionalities, wherein the non-hydrogen reactive functionalities are Cl, Br, I, OTs, OTf, CN, OCN, SCN, wherein the polymerization mixture is free of a phosphine ligand, and wherein the ratio of the hydrogen reactive functionalities and the non-hydrogen reactive functionalities permits a degree of polymerization in excess of four.",0.4631078598765388,0.9262157197530776
8439987,"1. A method of producing carbon composite briquettes, comprising: initialing setting an oil content for a powdery mixture to be formed, adding at least a carbonaceous material and a binder to at least one steel mill dust comprising oil, mixing the carbonaceous material, the binder and the steel mill dust and optionally, an iron oxide-containing material and a CaO-containing material to form the powdery mixture; compacting the powdery mixture by means of a pressure roll to produce briquettes; recognizing an increase or decrease in the initially set oil content of the powdery mixture; and adjusting a rotation speed of the pressure roll according to the recognized variation in the oil content so as to lower the rotation speed of the pressure roll along with an increase in the oil content, wherein the oil content of the powdery mixture is a value defined as a mass ratio of oil to a total mass of the steel mill dust, the carbonaceous material, an iron oxide-containing material and a CaO-containing material in the powdery mixture.",0.9389829160784323,0.12203416784313537
8791596,"1. A system, comprising: a charging station; a roadway electricity grid electrically connected to the charging station; and a ground-based wind energy generating system, electrically connected to the roadway electricity grid, positioned along a breakdown lane and median of a roadway, the ground-based wind energy generating system including: wherein a first concentration of the first plurality of wind turbines within a given area is less than a second concentration of the second plurality of wind turbines within the given area.",0.9912518798674548,0.017496240265090446
9198880,"1. A method for enhancing muscle mass growth and increasing muscle strength in a human in need thereof comprising administering to said human in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an isolated compound selected from the group consisting of Formula 1, Formula 2, and Formula 3 to effectively enhance muscle mass growth and increase muscle strength in said human in need thereof",0.26437347734459693,0.5287469546891939
9606941,"1. A processor, comprising: a front end including circuitry to receive an instruction and to dispatch the instruction to a binary translator; an execution pipeline; and a binary translator including circuitry to:",0.3511064354370951,0.7022128708741902
9662324,"1. A method of inducing γ globin production, comprising: contacting a cell with an effective amount of a compound of formula (I-a): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R R each instance of R each instance of R",0.6409135791654073,0.7181728416691855
9615091,1. A hybrid block motion compensation/adaptive overlapped block motion compensation (BMC/OBMC) apparatus comprising: a BMC/OBMC selector configured to perform a pixel-by-pixel selection of one of a block motion compensation (BMC) and an overlapped block motion compensation (OBMC) with respect to each pixel of a current block according to a preset criterion; an adaptive motion compensator configured to perform a motion compensation according to the selected one of the BMC and the OBMC; a scan mode setter configured to scan the current block in a plurality of scan modes and establish a scan mode causing a smallest number of transitions between the BMC and the OBMC with respective to each pixel of the current block in the course of the scanning with respect to the established scan mode; and an information recorder configured to record transition information at locations of pixels corresponding to the transitions between the BMC and the OBMC with respective to the established scan mode.,0.15647286220408982,0.3129457244081797
8560010,"1. A portable personal communication device comprising: a housing, a microphone having an opening disposed on a front surface of said housing in close proximity to one edge thereof, at least one receiver, at least one transmitter, at least one antennae, at least one microelectronic processor, at least one sensor having an opening disposed on said front surface of said housing in said close proximity to said one edge thereof and in a spaced relationship with said microphone, wherein said sensor and said microphone are further disposed adjacent opposite lateral edges of said housing and said at least one sensor configured to detect presence of ethanol, wherein a signal from said at least one sensor configured to detect ethanol is used by said portable personal communication device to calculate a blood alcohol content measurement, and whereby said portable personal communication device is configured to calculate said blood alcohol content measurement when a user of the portable personal communication device is speaking into said microphone.",0.6164725575035886,0.7670548849928227
8932117,"1. An apparatus for euthanizing poultry by rapidly impacting the spinal column of the bird, the apparatus comprising: a cylinder containing a helical compression spring and a biasing piston; a handle; at least two parallel rods extending along a longitudinal axis and terminating in a hook end; a cylindrical rod extending along said longitudinal axis and having a forked end whereby said rod is propelled by the release of said compression spring; and an activator for releasing said rod.",0.3153045284822734,0.6306090569645468
8449850,"1. A method for the extraction of molybdenum, the method comprising the steps of: transferring an acidic irradiated fuel solution to an extraction system, the acidic irradiated fuel solution comprising iodine and molybdenum and other fission products, the extraction system comprising at least one sorbent-containing extraction column; passing the acidic irradiated fuel solution through the at least one sorbent-containing extraction column to yield an acidic irradiated fuel solution remainder and at least one sorbent-containing extraction column having both molybdenum and iodine bound to the sorbent; directing the acidic irradiated fuel solution remainder towards a fuel management system by means of at least one discharge alignment valve; stripping the at least one sorbent-containing extraction column having both molybdenum and iodine bound to the sorbent with at least one base to yield a basic extraction solution column eluate containing molybdenum and iodine; directing the extraction column eluate towards an iodine removal system; removing the iodine from the extraction column eluate; purifying the extraction column eluate; and collecting the purified eluate.",0.8262596208907317,0.34748075821853663
9297349,"1. A hydropower module for use in a body of water, said module comprising: an axle; and a plurality of paddle fans rotatably coupled to said axle and having a paddle fan rotation, each paddle fan of said plurality of paddle fans comprising a plurality of blades configured to be driven by the body of water, wherein said plurality of paddle fans are oriented in an arc wherein said blades of adjacent paddle fans are closer together at a top of the paddle fan rotation than at a bottom of the paddle fan rotation.",0.9232887197045687,0.15342256059086257
8668889,1. An air pollution control system comprising: an electric dust collector for reducing particulates from flue gas from a boiler; SO a cooler which is provided on a downstream side of the SO CO dissolved salt spraying equipment for reducing a mist generation material which is a generation source of mist that is generated in the absorber of the CO,0.962255388404775,0.07548922319045004
8779688,"1. A light emitting diode driving circuit comprising a plurality of connected driving units, each of the driving units configured for driving multiple channels of light emitting diodes generating a feedback voltage, each of the driving units comprising: a first comparator comprising a first input to couple to the feedback voltage and a second input for selectively receiving an input voltage and a power voltage; a pull-up switch coupled between the second input of the first comparator and the power voltage and enabled such that the second input of the first comparator is pulled up to the power voltage; a second comparator comprising a third input to couple to a reference voltage and a fourth input to couple to the input voltage and generating a selection signal to enable the pull-up switch when the input voltage is smaller than the reference voltage; a first output switch for receiving the feedback voltage and enabled by an output of the first comparator when the voltage at the first input is smaller than the voltage at the second input, to output the feedback voltage to a next one of the driving units, as the input voltage for the next one of the driving units; and a second output switch for operatively receiving the input voltage and enabled by the output of the first comparator when the voltage at the first input is larger than the voltage at the second input, to output the input voltage to the next one of the driving units, as the input voltage for the next one of the driving units.",0.3594829554060527,0.7189659108121054
8393892,"1. A burner for production of inorganic spheroidized particles, comprising: a raw material powder supply path that supplies raw material powder by using oxygen or an oxygen-enriched air as a carrier gas; a powder diffusion plate having a plurality of fine holes, which is provided at a downstream end of the raw material powder supply path; a raw material diffusion chamber that is formed in a diffusion pipe provided at a downstream end of the powder diffusion plate; a fuel supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the raw material powder supply path; an oxygen supply path disposed around the outer circumference of the fuel supply path; and a combustion chamber disposed at a downstream side of the raw material diffusion chamber, which has an inside diameter increasing along the downstream direction and communicates with the fuel supply path and the oxygen supply path, wherein the oxygen supply path has a plurality of first oxygen ejection holes that eject oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in such a direction that forms rotational flow in the combustion chamber, and a plurality of second oxygen ejection holes that are disposed at a downstream side of the first oxygen ejection holes and ejects oxygen from the side wall of the combustion chamber in a direction parallel to a central axis of the burner.",0.6986960560513041,0.6026078878973917
9193398,"1. An apparatus adapted to reduce aerodynamic drag on a vehicle moving through a fluid, the apparatus comprising: (a) an apparatus housing including: (b) a flow generator within the housing, the flow generator adapted to generate at least one flow which controls an external flow at an edge of the vehicle on which the apparatus housing is mounted.",0.7165388334012492,0.5669223331975015
9034126,"1. In a pyrotechnic smoke kit for generating a smoke screen comprising a composition mixture of a light-metal powder as a metallic reduction agent, potassium nitrate and, optionally, potassium perchlorate as the main oxidation agent and at least one carbonate as an additional auxiliary oxidation agent, as well as substances splitting off nitrogen and at least one sublimable or evaporable non-toxic smoke-forming substance, the improvement wherein said composition includes dicarboxylic acids selected from the group consisting of aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids as a stabilizer, having a percent by weight share in the range of from 0.1 to 5%, for inhibiting the formation of gaseous ammonia.",0.5015619944149777,0.9968760111700445
9591507,"1. A UE for transmitting a periodic report of channel quality information to a receiving entity within a communication system, the UE comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit first channel quality information reports reporting an average of channel qualities for resource blocks at a first reporting frequency, and to transmit a second channel quality information report for a preferred subset of resource blocks, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the second channel quality information report between the first channel quality information reports, wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a plurality of second channel quality information reports for the preferred subset of resource blocks at a second reporting frequency, and wherein the first reporting frequency is different from the second reporting frequency.",0.2829231154542874,0.5658462309085748
8589847,"1. A programmable transistor array, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of basic transistor units (BTUs) arranged in rows and columns of uniformly spaced cells, the BTUs further comprising PMOS transistor units (PTUs), NMOS transistor units (NTUs) and dummy transistor units (DTUs) each BTU having conductors arranged in a single direction running through the BTUs and the conductors being uniformly spaced with respect to each other; wherein an arrangement of the BTUs is subject to restricted design rules such that the NTUs are adjacent to other NTUs and DTUs but not PTUs across the rows, and the PTUs are adjacent to other PTUs and DTUs but not DTUs across the rows.",0.25641707300043337,0.5128341460008667
8685137,"1. Process for producing an iron- and/or tungsten containing powder or powder agglomerate such as a powder cake, the process including the steps of: a) mixing at least a first powder fraction comprising a tungsten carbide containing powder, and at least a second powder fraction comprising an iron oxide powder and/or a tungsten oxide containing powder, the weight of the first fraction being in the range of 50-90% by weight of the mix and the weight of the second fraction being in the range of 10-50% by weight of the mix; and b) heating the mix derived from step a) to a temperature in the range of 400-1300° C.",0.781944141498251,0.43611171700349805
9600388,"1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a hardware processor including: a logic device that extracts a command from a command cache; a logic device that completes a process by the command utilizing a predetermined method; a logic device that inputs information, which indicates a final result of the process, onto a writing stage when the process by the command has been completed; a logic device that computes, when operation of information input onto an execution stage for execution of the process by the command has been completed, power consumption required to execute the command stored in the execution stage in accordance with a status of a CPU (central processing unit) or a status of pertained parts around the CPU; a logic device that adds, when operation of information input onto the writing stage has been completed, the computed power consumption to a current value of a power accumulating register that is a software visible register, so as to obtain accumulated power consumption; a logic device that determines in consideration of an internal state of the CPU, effectiveness of the information that was input onto the writing stage and indicates the final result of the process that is a pipe line process and inputs information that indicates a result of the determination into a predetermined internal register; and a logic device that determines effectiveness of the power consumption to be accumulated in the power accumulating register based on the information that indicates said result of the determination and has been input onto the predetermined internal register; and inputs, if it is determined that the power consumption is effective, the accumulated power consumption into the power accumulating register.",0.8817135353131098,0.23657292937378038
8684437,"1. A portable, mobile recycling center comprising: a) an enclosed storefront section mounted on a forward portion of a mobile frame comprising: b) said frame extending rearwardly from and beyond said storefront section and supported by wheels, a front end of said frame having a structure to allow said frame to be towed; and c) a bulk section on a rear portion of said frame above said wheels comprising;",0.7182176707042778,0.5635646585914444
9026193,"1. A system for acquiring and analyzing a hemodynamic waveform of a subject, the system comprising: an optical scanner, the scanner adapted to capture a signal corresponding to a hemodynamic waveform; and at least one computer processor connected to the scanner by a wired or wireless connection, wherein the computer processor is adapted to receive the signal for the hemodynamic waveform, determine a Dicrotic Notch using the signal, calculate first and second intrinsic frequencies (ω",0.21239213635649112,0.42478427271298225
9111057,"1. A method for simulating an arc flash event on an electrical power system, comprising: comparing a virtual system model of the electrical power system with a real-time of the electrical power system in real-time based on real-time data from the electrical power system; synchronizing a virtual system model with a real-time model when a difference between the real-time data and predicted data from the virtual system model exceeds a threshold; modifying a virtual system model of the electrical power system to introduce a short circuiting feature to an uninterrupted power supply bypass circuit branch; simulating the arc flash event utilizing the modified virtual system model; calculating a quantity of arc energy released by the arc flash event using results from the simulation; and communicating a report that forecasts an aspect of the arc flash event.",0.8786995491222761,0.2426009017554478
8421265,"1. A system for generating electricity, comprising: a building structure, the building structure being at least one of a commercial or residential building structure; a plurality of independent subsystems structurally integrated within the building structure, at least one of the plurality of independent subsystems integrated within the building structure at ground height, each subsystem comprising: one or more wind turbines that are operatively connected to the turbine blades of the one or more subsystems to generate electricity.",0.9935262987532668,0.012947402493466376
8807942,"1. A cooling arrangement for a turbine disc of a gas turbine engine, the turbine disc having a plurality of circumferentially spaced disc posts forming fixtures therebetween for a row of turbine blades, each turbine blade having an attachment formation which engages at a respective fixture, a platform radially outwardly of the attachment formation such that the adjacent platforms of the row form an inner endwall for a working gas annulus of the engine, and an aerofoil which extends radially outwardly from the platform, wherein a respective cavity is formed between an exposed radially outer surface of each disc post and the inner endwall; wherein the cooling arrangement comprises:",0.9714882446879678,0.05702351062406441
8489684,"1. A method of handling an enhanced electronic message, said method comprising: receiving an electronic message composed by a sending party, said electronic message specifying a destination address for a receiving party and including a message attachment specific to said sending party; determining that said message attachment specific to said sending party fails to meet criteria, said criteria including descriptions of a first set of fields of a contact record maintained by contact management software executed at a device in use by said receiving party; responsive to said determining, amending said message attachment specific to said sending party to meet said criteria thereby creating an amended electronic message; and transmitting said amended electronic message to said device in use by said receiving party, wherein said amending said message attachment specific to said sending party comprises remapping data in a second set of fields of said data specific to said sending party to said first set of fields.",0.047351412099343654,0.09470282419868736
9267066,"1. A composition comprising (E)-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene with at least one compound having a boiling point less than or equal to −12° C. at a pressure of 101.325 KPa selected from the group consisting of 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1-difluoroethane, difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane, propane and dimethyl ether, and mixtures thereof, wherein the difference between the liquid saturation pressure and the vapor saturation pressure at a temperature of −5° C. is less than or equal to 10% of the liquid saturation pressure.",0.6450698125036437,0.7098603749927126
9649996,"1. A Recreational Vehicle holding tank disposal system comprising: a duct assembly including a first pipe with inlet and outlet ends and a bore extending therethrough, a second pipe with an open first end, a second end, and a bore extending therethrough with the second pipe in operable communication with the first pipe, and a flexible hose with open first and second ends and a bore extending therethrough with the flexible hose fastened at the inlet end of the first pipe, wherein the first pipe has a perimetrical dimension smaller than that of the second pipe with the first pipe slidably disposed in and telescopingly extendable from the second pipe, wherein the first pipe is slidably disposed through the open first end of the second pipe with the inlet end of the first pipe exposed outside of the second pipe, wherein the duct assembly also includes an annular seal adhered to an inner side of a side wall of the second pipe and engagable to an outer side of a side wall of the first pipe to prevent sewage leakage between the first and second pipes; a holding tank connector assembly connected to the duct assembly and adapted to be removably connected to a recreational vehicle sewage holding tank; and a sewer adapter attachable to the duct assembly and adapted to be removably disposed in a sewer inlet.",0.34695873381736114,0.6939174676347223
8552935,"1. An electro-optical substrate comprising: a scanning line; a data line; a switching unit which is disposed at a first position corresponding to an intersection of the scanning line and the data line; a pixel electrode which is disposed at a second position corresponding to the first position; a driving circuit that includes a first circuit block having at least one of a clock control circuit, a clock generating circuit, a unit shift circuit, a logic circuit, and an inverter circuit and a second circuit block having at least one of a level shift circuit that amplifies a low-amplitude signal to a high-amplitude signal and a buffer circuit; and a common power wiring line that is electrically connected to the first circuit block and the second circuit block, the common power wiring line having a first part that has a first width and a second part that has a second width, the first part being positioned closer to the first circuit block than the second part, the second part being positioned closer to the second circuit block than the first part, the first width being different from the second width.",0.18313525992477,0.36627051984953996
9722753,"1. A method for operating a transmitting end in a broadcast system, the method comprising: generating each acknowledgement (ACK) information for each uplink packet data from each of a plurality of terminals; determining a first plurality of subcarriers in a symbol in a transmission frame, wherein each of the plurality of terminals is mapped to each of the first plurality of subcarriers according to a mapping relation; transmitting, to the plurality of terminals, information regarding the mapping relation; and transmitting, to the plurality of terminals, a response signal comprising the each ACK information via the first plurality of subcarriers in the symbol according to the information regarding the mapping relation, wherein the information regarding the mapping relation is used for each of the plurality of terminals to identify at least one subcarrier where ACK information corresponding to each of the plurality of terminals is transmitted among the first plurality of subcarriers in the response signal.",0.06001618051014556,0.12003236102029113
9595745,"1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery further comprising a porous heat-resistant layer that is disposed between the separator and at least one electrode from among the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and that is formed on a surface of the separator, wherein the porous heat-resistant layer includes hollow particles consisting of an inorganic material and also includes a binder, and the hollow particles have an average particle diameter of at least 0.50 μm and not more than 0.98 μm; and wherein the hollow particles have a hollowness of from 3% to 30%, where the hollowness of a hollow particle is the ratio of the volume of the hollow portion of the hollow particle to the volume of the hollow particle and is determined by observing a particle cross-section with a scanning electron microscope (SEM), measuring from this cross-sectional SEM image the cross-sectional surface area of the overall particle and the cross-sectional surface area of the hollow portion alone, then carrying out a calculation according to the following formula (1) where R is the radius of an ideal circle having the same surface area as the cross-sectional surface area of the overall particle being measured, and r is the radius of an ideal circle having the same surface area as the cross-sectional surface area of the hollow portion alone.",0.9423739207856263,0.11525215842874736
9393521,"1. A honeycomb body, comprising: a metal casing defining an inner periphery, an axial direction and a radial direction; a feedthrough passing through said metal casing; a plurality of alternately disposed coarsely structured sheet metal layers and finely structured or smooth metal sheets together forming a stack having an uppermost sheet metal layer, a lowermost sheet metal layer and channels between said sheet metal layers through which a gas can flow in said axial direction; a connecting pin guided and electrically insulated in said feedthrough in said radial direction and electrically metallically connected to at least two of said plurality of sheet metal layers by an electrically conductive connection in a connection region directly or through at least one intermediate piece; and said plurality of sheet metal layers together forming at least one central electrically conductive current path having an electrical resistance per unit length in said connection region being at most 10% greater than a central electrical resistance per unit length of said central current path in said stack.",0.6786792514550941,0.6426414970898118
8804974,"1. A headphone unit for portable consumer audio playback device use, the headphone unit comprising: an audio program source for providing audio program information; an audio output transducer for generating an acoustic output from an audio output signal containing the audio program information; a microphone for sensing ambient sounds external to the headphone unit and producing an ambient measuring audio signal; an audio processor that detects an event in the ambient sounds from the ambient measuring audio signal, determines a characteristic of the event, and in response, selects a type of program material provided from the audio program source for compatibility with the event to generate the audio output signal, wherein the audio processor selects the type of the program material for acoustic compatibility with the ambient sounds corresponding to the event to set a mood or more effectively mask the ambient sounds corresponding to the event; and a battery for supplying power to the audio processor.",0.10317383714389021,0.20634767428778045
9391348,"1. An electrochemical cell of a rechargeable battery having at least one sensor element, characterized in that the sensor element(s) is/are arranged within the cell, integrated therein, and a sensor element is configured as an electrically conductive layer-wise conductor track structure ( 2 ) on a surface of a dielectric laminate ( 1 ) which is configured in the form of a thin film, and the conductor track structure ( 2 ) is sealed in a fluid tight manner, except for regions provided at the outer margin for an electrical contact, by a further dielectric laminate ( 3 ) which is configured in the form of a film and is arranged on the conductor track structure ( 2 ).",0.8349155869063489,0.33016882618730214
9663612,"1. A process comprising: polymerizing wherein the stoichiometric ratio of (f+g)≈(h+i) and f, g, h and i are not equal to 0 wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups and combinations thereof and where the combination of R1, R2, R3 and R4 are not all identical; and X and Y are different from each other and independently selected from the group consisting of: alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups,  where y=1-3,  where y=0-12,  where R5 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups,  where R6 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups,  where R7 and R8 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups, —NR wherein T and Z are any functional groups used in the polymerization reaction; and wherein  is a di-Me3Sn substituted benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b′]dithiophene.",0.2691605067239235,0.538321013447847
9442469,"1. A household electrical appliance comprising: an input operation unit in communication with one or more buttons that facilitates entry, by a user, of a start indication to start an operation of household electrical appliance, and a timer preset time for specifying a time at which to start the operation of the household electrical appliance; a transmitter that communicates information to an apparatus control device to notify the apparatus control device that the user has indicated the start operation; a receiver that receives information from the apparatus control device that defines a time shift time at which an electricity cost is lowest in response to communication of the indication that the user has indicated the start operation, wherein the time shift time corresponds to a time in the future for starting the operation of household electrical appliance; an operation control unit in communication with the input operation unit, the transmitter, and the receiver, that, in response to receipt of the time shift time received from the apparatus control device or the timer preset time specified by the user, performs timer preset processing; and a display in communication with the operation control unit that indicates whether a start time for operating the household electrical appliance or an end time for completing the operation of the household electrical appliance is based on the timer preset time entered by the user or the time shift time received from the apparatus control device and to display an amount of time remaining between a current time and the start time or an amount of time remaining between the current time and the end time, wherein when the current time corresponds to the start time, the operation control unit controls the household electrical appliance to activate the operation selected by the user.",0.8268907157216283,0.3462185685567434
9666738,"1. A semifinished product of a multi-junction solar cell comprising: a first semiconductor body adapted as a first partial solar cell, the first semiconductor body has a first band gap; a second semiconductor body adapted as a second partial solar cell, the second semiconductor body has a second band gap, the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body form a material-to-material connection with a tunnel diode, the first band gap being different from the second band gap; a first substrate material implemented as a substrate layer; and a sacrificial layer formed between the first substrate material and the first partial solar cell, wherein the substrate layer is a GaAs or InP or Ge substrate, wherein the sacrificial layer has a third band gap, wherein the third band gap is smaller than the first band gap and smaller than the second band gap, wherein the third band gap is less than 1.2 eV, wherein a stack formed of the first semiconductor body and the second semiconductor body is transparent to incident electromagnetic radiation in an infrared wavelength region, wherein the stack is irradiated through the first and second semiconductor body and into the sacrificial layer towards the substrate layer, wherein the sacrificial layer has an absorption band in an infrared spectral region so that electromagnetic energy incident through the stack is absorbed only in the sacrificial layer in order to remove the first substrate material from the first semiconductor body with the destruction of the sacrificial layer, and wherein the sacrificial layer is attached directly to the first semiconductor body.",0.9730330332265478,0.053933933546904456
8778305,"1. A compound having the structure Wherein Z is tetrazole or CO (A) m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6; R is a pyridine ring selected from the group consisting of n is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; Y is O, S, N(R′), C(O), NR′C(O), C(O)N(R′), OC(O), C(O)O, NR′C(O)NR′, NR′C(S)NR′, NR′S(O) R R",0.4699705518324233,0.9399411036648466
8977239,"1. A method, comprising: issuing, by a base transceiver station within at least one femtocell to a Session Initiation Protocol to Internet Operating System adapter within the at least one femtocell, a location update request on behalf of a user equipment; conveying an authentication request by the Session Initiation Protocol to Internet Operating System adapter of the at least one femtocell to the base transceiver station; and transmitting an authentication challenge from the base transceiver station of the at least one femtocell to the user equipment.",0.08685591903157713,0.17371183806315427
9822679,"1. A breather device for a combustion engine comprising: a breather chamber having formed therein a labyrinth structure in which oil mist in the combustion engine is introduced and gas-liquid separation is performed; a breather passage configured to guide, into the breather chamber, the oil mist from a crank chamber in which a crank shaft is disposed; a blowby gas passage configured to guide, to an air intake passage, blowby gas having been subjected to the gas-liquid separation in the breather chamber; and a separator accommodated in a tubular passage, formed between the breather passage and the blowby gas passage, the separator forming a shield structure having air permeability; wherein the tubular passage is formed by a pipe body that is detachably connected to an engine body of the combustion engine; an elastic tube is connected to an outer periphery of the pipe of the pipe body; and the separator is accommodated within the pipe body.",0.5442470773106793,0.9115058453786413
8905166,"1. A hybrid vehicle drive system for use with a first prime mover and a first transmission driven by the first prime mover, the system comprising: a second prime mover coupled to a rechargeable energy source; and a PTO interface, wherein the first prime mover is configured to provide power through the PTO interface to the second prime mover to operate the second prime mover, and the second prime mover is configured to provide power to a drive shaft through the PTO interface, wherein an electrical control system monitors torque of the second prime mover and the first prime mover to ensure a turbine torque limit associated with the first transmission is not exceeded, and wherein the second prime mover is configured to provide additional power to the drive shaft when the first prime mover provides power to the drive shaft through the transmission.",0.8930262412796672,0.21394751744066554
9091250,"1. A low friction joint apparatus for chain links, comprising: a first link pin rigidly coupled to a first chain link; a second link pin rigidly coupled to a second chain link, the second link pin being coaxially and pivotally disposed about the first link pin; a sprocket roller coaxially and pivotally disposed about the second link pin, the sprocket roller being rotatable relative to each of the first and second chain links; a plurality of axial bearings disposed between the second link pin and each of the first link pin and the sprocket roller; a plurality of radial bearings disposed between the second link pin and the first chain link, and between the sprocket roller and the second chain link; and a grease seal disposed between the first chain link and the second chain link.",0.13846259697187835,0.2769251939437567
8611404,"1. An apparatus comprising a transceiver operable to: transmit, in a full power mode, a plurality of superframes, wherein the superframe comprises a plurality of data frames followed by a synchronization frame; transmit, in the full power mode, a synchronization signal; receive a message to enter into a low power mode; enter into the low power mode by reducing a power consumption of at least one portion of a transmitter; store, in the low power mode, at least one parameter associated with the full power mode operation wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least one of a fine gain parameter and a bit allocation parameter; transmit, in the low power mode, a synchronization signal; and exit from the low power and restore the full power mode by using the at least one parameter and without needing to reinitialize the transceiver.",0.8061340092261996,0.3877319815476008
9296655,"1. A construction material composition, comprising: a cross-linked starch derivative of a starch rich in amylopectin with an amylopectin content of greater than 85% and with a 5% aqueous Brookfield viscosity of a pure starch derivative of 2,000 to 7,000 mPas at 100 rpm and 20° C., wherein the starch has at least one further modification besides the cross-linking and is hydroxypropylated with a degree of substitution MS of between 0.1 and 0.6.",0.6384105390868703,0.7231789218262594
9604530,"1. A drive system for a hybrid vehicle, the drive system comprising: an engine; a rotary machine arranged coaxially with the engine; a differential unit connecting the engine and the rotary machine to a drive wheel side, the differential unit being arranged coaxially with the engine and the rotary machine, the differential unit being arranged between the engine and the rotary machine; a transmission unit changing rotation of the engine in speed and transmitting the rotation to the differential unit, the transmission unit being arranged coaxially with the engine, the rotary machine and the differential unit, and the rotary machine and the differential unit being arranged between the transmission unit and the engine, wherein the transmission unit includes a planetary gear unit which is configured to transmit rotation of the engine to the differential unit and a shift device which is configured to shift a speed ratio of the planetary gear unit, the planetary gear unit is of a double pinion type, and the shift device is arranged between the planetary gear unit and the rotary machine.",0.9508043923835461,0.09839121523290784
8716180,"1. A method of reducing mycotoxin contamination of a plant and/or harvested plant material, said method comprising: a) treating plant propagation material with a composition comprising fludioxonil, b) germinating or growing said plant propagation material to produce a plant, and c) harvesting plant material from said plant",0.7754447341620163,0.4491105316759674
8650628,"1. A method for providing automated user authentication identification for customized converged services, the method comprising: receiving an indication of powering on of a mobile computing device; validating a user of the computing device seeking access to a network through an authentication process; receiving an indication of a selection of an authentication-required application; obtaining validated user authentication identification data associated with an identification number of the mobile computing device; sending validated user authentication identification data to a service provider associated with selected authentication-required application; allowing access to functionalities associated with services associated with the validated user authentication identification data upon validated user authentication identification data being validated with the service provider; allowing a communication between billing systems of the service provider and a second service provider; obtaining service codes associated with services subscribed to by the user; and allowing access to functionalities associated with services subscribed to by the user.",0.13333790597071649,0.26667581194143297
8616587,"1. A cryo-rotary joint comprising: a housing; a refrigerant tube configured to be non-rotating, installed within the housing, connected at one end to an external refrigerant source, communicated at the other end with a target part in a rotating machine, and adapted to allow a refrigerant to pass inside; a rotating member installed within the housing, loosely fitted inside with the refrigerant tube, and configured to be rotatable together with a rotary part of the rotating machine by being fixed at one end to the rotary part; and a relatively rotating member configured to be cylindrical in shape and coaxial with the refrigerant tube and the rotating member and equipped with a fixed-side member fixed to an inner surface of the housing and a rotating-side member rotatably disposed inside the fixed-side member, the fixed-side member of the relatively rotating member being connected to the refrigerant tube via a refrigerant tube extension section, the rotating-side member of the relatively rotating member being connected to the rotating member via a rotating member extension section, a space between the refrigerant tube and the rotating member as well as a space between the refrigerant tube extension section and the rotating member extension section being communicated with a gap between the fixed-side member and rotating-side member of the relatively rotating member to form a refrigerant zone, a sealing member being positioned to seal between adjacent surfaces of the fixed-side member and the rotating-side member of the relatively rotating member, and a vacuum chamber and a pressure chamber being defined within the housing by a peripheral wall of the refrigerant tube, the refrigerant tube extension section, and the fixed-side member of the relatively rotating member with the refrigerant zone between the refrigerant tube extension section and the rotating member extension section being thermally insulated by the vacuum chamber.",0.25505243368180214,0.5101048673636043
8366804,1. An asymmetric hollow fiber membrane formed from a polyimide comprising a plurality of repeating units of formula (I) wherein X is selected from the group consisting of and mixtures thereof.,0.4740863767639184,0.9481727535278368
9502794,"1. A terminal block assembly, comprising: two or more blocks each formed from an electrically insulating material and having one or more terminal connectors disposed thereon and extending from a surface of the respective block, each block having at least one groove formed along an edge of the surface, each groove being configured to form a socket of a sliding dovetail joint when two or more blocks are joined together and when a groove of a first block is aligned with a groove of a second block; and one or more electrically insulating dividers each having a tenon formed thereon, the tenon being configured to be inserted into the socket such that the divider extends from the surface of the blocks.",0.30742472228109285,0.6148494445621857
9016559,"1. A mobile device for arranging shipment of a package, the mobile device comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the mobile device to at least: provide an interface for inputting shipping information associated with shipment of the package; receive login information related to a user profile; retrieve previously stored shipping information from the user profile, wherein the shipping information includes a destination address; populate the interface with the retrieved shipping information; receive input from a user relating to the shipping information; capture an indication of a smart code associated with the package; and transmit the shipping information and data associated with the smart code to a carrier server to be stored in association with each other.",0.3110582991169578,0.6221165982339156
9685567,"1. An apparatus comprising: a photodetector comprising: a first buffer layer disposed between the active layer and the anode; and a second buffer layer disposed between the active layer and the cathode, in which the first buffer layer blocks conduction of electrons and the second buffer layer blocks conduction of holes to reduce a dark current through the photodetector when the photodetector is not illuminated by light.",0.6251763045935238,0.7496473908129524
9173612,"1. A system for providing therapeutic biofeedback, comprising: a sensing device for monitoring a characteristic of a patient, and providing output signals indicative of the monitored characteristic wherein the sensing device comprises a plurality of force sensors spaced apart from one another and a retainer for holding the force sensors against or adjacent the patient for detecting forces caused by muscle contractions of the patient; a processor operable to receive the signals from the sensing device, wherein the processor can be programmed with predetermined values representative of a desired therapeutic activity, and wherein the processor is operable to compare the signals received from the sensing device with the predetermined values to provide feedback to the patient; a feedback element connected with the processor, wherein the feedback element receives signals from the processor and provides a human recognizable feedback based on the signals from the processor.",0.3180197162488399,0.6360394324976798
8659353,"1. A radio frequency (RF) circuit comprising: a plurality of power amplifiers, each having at least one input port and an RF output port, wherein each power amplifier is configured to selectively provide an output signal having one of a plurality of discrete output amplitudes and an adjustable phase at its output port, at least two of the output signal amplitudes from different power amplifiers capable of being different ones of the plurality of discrete output amplitudes; an RF power combiner circuit having a plurality of input ports coupled to RF output ports of the plurality of power amplifiers and an output port at which is provided an output signal of the RF circuit; a control system coupled to the at least one input port of each power amplifier and configured to control the output signal of the RF circuit by adjusting the phase and selecting the amplitudes of the output signals of said power amplifiers; wherein each of the power amplifiers has a power supply input port configured to receive a power supply input voltage, and comprising: a power supply circuit having a set of output ports coupled to the power supply input ports of the power amplifiers, and configured to selectively provide one of a plurality of supply voltages to each of the power supply input ports of the power amplifiers, wherein the discrete output amplitude provided by each power amplifier is controlled by selecting a particular power supply input voltage provided at the power supply input port of each power amplifier.",0.4390394730911795,0.878078946182359
9061951,"1. A naphtha boiling range hydrocarbon composition comprising: n-paraffins, iso-paraffins, aromatics, and naphthenes; wherein the composition",0.6971778082416861,0.6056443835166279
9246032,"1. A method comprising: obtaining a doped, p-type III-V base layer; depositing an n+ epitaxial crystalline silicon layer on the base layer, and annealing the base layer and the deposited n+ epitaxial crystalline silicon layer, thereby forming an emitter layer comprising an n+ region in the base layer and an n+ epitaxial layer adjoining the emitter layer.",0.6872217334013331,0.6255565331973338
9142863,"1. A composition comprising: a) a plurality of organic-hybrid silica nanoparticles, the individual nanoparticles comprising a silica core and an organic polymeric corona comprising amphiphilic polymer chains having at least one alkyl amino moiety, the alkyl moiety of the alkyl amino moiety having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, with a molecular weight of 100 g/mol to 50,000 g/mol, the individual amphiphilic polymer chains of the organic polymeric corona covalently bonded to the silica core; and b) a carrier selected from a hydrogenated organic poly(α-olefin) oligomer (PAO), a fatty acid, and combinations thereof, wherein the organic-hybrid silica nanoparticles are dispersed in the carrier and do not exhibit observable aggregation and/or phase separation.",0.7570422033615962,0.48591559327680756
9661914,"1. A portable lighting assembly comprising a light unit, the light unit comprising: a housing having a front end and an opposing rear end, and an interior space therebetween, the housing disposed at a front end of the light unit; a light attached to the housing; a power source operably coupled to the light and disposed within the housing interior space; a plate disposed at a rear end of the light unit, the plate coupled to the rear end of the housing to form an enclosure; and a first member of a first fastener disposed on the plate.",0.5342905189695282,0.9314189620609437
9512550,"1. A washing method of a washing machine, the washing machine including a casing, a tub for containing water disposed inside the casing, a rotatable drum for receiving laundry disposed inside the tub, and a gasket disposed between the tub and the drum, the washing method comprising: setting a turbo wash; a continuous water supply step of supplying water into a tub; measuring a time until a water level in the tub reaches a predetermined target water level; and performing a first washing, maintaining the setting of the turbo wash, when the water level reaches the target water level within a predetermined target time or performing a second washing, after canceling the setting of the turbo wash, when the water level does not reach the target water level within the predetermined target time, wherein the first washing includes spraying water through a gasket nozzle which is provided within the gasket, wherein the gasket nozzle is configured to circulate the water inside the tub and spray the circulated water into the drum, and wherein the second washing includes rotating the drum without spraying water through the gasket nozzle.",0.25882614398426934,0.5176522879685387
8691474,"1. A fuel cell stack, comprising: a plurality of fuel cells separated by a plurality of conductive interconnects; and at least one bypass electrical conductor located between two interconnects which is formed when a fuel cell between the two interconnects fails; wherein the at least one bypass electrical conductor is located outside of the fuel cell; and wherein the at least one bypass electrical conductor comprises a material which forms a conductive oxide upon oxidation.",0.9392274187239285,0.1215451625521431
8664284,"1. A method of reducing a polymer solid selected from the group consisting of tire crumb, compounded rubber, ethylene propylene diene M-class, thermoplastic elastomer polymers, synthetic butyl rubber, and polychloropene to a state wherein the polymer solid can be repolymerized with the addition of more monomer, the method comprising the steps of: placing the polymer solid and n-hexane in a reactor where the weight ratio of polymer solid to n-hexane is at least 4:1; heating the polymer solid in the presence of n-hexane below a pressure of 1000 psia and above the critical temperature of the n-hexane and maintaining pressure and temperature for a sufficient time to cause significant depolymerization of the polymer solid such that monomeric bonding can occur on the surface of depolymerized polymer when it is reused; reducing the temperature and pressure to below the supercritical conditions for the n-hexane; flashing the n-hexane and other by-products into a receiving vessel and at least partially condensing the solvent to collect the n-hexane in high yield for reuse; removing remainder of the n-hexane by evaporation wherein the n-hexane is collected for reuse or as fuel for heating process; and recovering the depolymerized polymer in a substantially solid or highly viscous liquid form for reuse in producing more polymer wherein the heating and maintaining steps are conducted with little or no agitation.",0.555558941611493,0.888882116777014
8880664,"1. A method, comprising the computer-implemented steps of: a computer receiving device identity information for a plurality of devices in one or more customer networks; the computer receiving device configuration information from each of the devices in the networks; the computer determining one or more technology names of technologies represented in the configuration of the plurality of devices based on reading and parsing the device configuration information through applying pattern-matching rules to a set of configuration commands that are in the configuration information; the computer transforming the device configuration information into device feature information; the computer creating and storing, based on the device identity information, device configuration information, and device feature information, a device profile that summarizes device details for all the devices; the computer creating and storing, based on the device identity information, device configuration information, the one or more technology names, and device feature information, a topology profile that summarizes the networking devices and technologies that are in use in the network, wherein the device profile includes summary information for each of a plurality of device details including interfaces, cards, and one or more neighboring nodes, wherein the transforming includes applying one or more feature rules to the device configuration information.",0.16530209166288534,0.3306041833257707
8990471,"1. A modular integrated circuit comprising: a plurality of spoke modules; and a hub module that is coupled to the plurality of spoke modules via a hub and spoke architecture to facilitate inter-spoke communications through the hub module via a corresponding plurality of hub interfaces, the hub module including:",0.42831068643716286,0.8566213728743257
9391344,"1. A polymer electrolyte having a multilayer structure comprising: a first polymer layer to provide mechanical strength against external force; and a second polymer layer to secure a conduction path for lithium ions, wherein the first polymer layer comprises a first polymer matrix and an ionic salt-containing organic electrolyte in an amount ranging from 0 wt % to 60 wt %, based on a weight of the first polymer matrix, and wherein the second polymer layer comprises a second polymer matrix and an ionic salt-containing organic electrolyte in an amount ranging from 60 wt % to 400 wt %, based on a weight of the second polymer matrix, wherein the first and second polymer matrix are selected from the group consisting of a linear polymer having affinity with the organic electrolyte, a crosslinked polymer having a three-dimensional network structure, and combinations thereof, and wherein the linear polymer is a polar non-crosslinked polymer.",0.7114082868562492,0.5771834262875015
9098438,"1. A method of scaling voltage in an integrated circuit, the method comprising: performing calibration of a functional module controlled by the integrated circuit periodically at a non-zero rate T1; monitoring at least one operating performance parameter on the integrated circuit to determine when a threshold is reached; initiating a change to an operating voltage for a portion of the integrated circuit in response to reaching the threshold; and increasing the rate of performing calibration to a rate T2 higher than rate T1 for a window of time W in response to initiating the change in operating voltage, after which the rate of performing calibration is returned to the rate T1.",0.40402228688845765,0.8080445737769153
8647300,"1. A device for connecting a suction tube, wherein the device has a connector piece which is designed in such a way that the suction tube can be pushed sealingly over an area of the connector piece, wherein the device further comprises a sleeve which can be pushed over said area of the connector piece and at least partially covers said area of the connector piece, leaving room for the suction tube between the sleeve and the connector piece, wherein the sleeve has a main body with an external diameter and has an outer flange formed integrally on the main body, the outer flange having a diameter greater than said external diameter when the sleeve is pushed over the connector piece, such that the outer flange has an outer surface configuration that prevents a second suction tube from bearing sealingly on the sleeve, and wherein the sleeve has a continuous inner circumference including a circumferential abutment edge, and the connector piece has a radially outwardly protruding first flange which bears against the circumferential abutment edge in the direction counter to a direction of pushing-on of the sleeve, the circumferential abutment edge and the radially outwardly protruding first flange both having a right-angled and/or sharp-edged design, such that the connection between the sleeve and the connector piece can be separated only by destroying at least one of the sleeve and the connector piece.",0.0951323156032026,0.19026463120640513
8989066,"1. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit reservation messages, each of the reservation messages being destined to a different apparatus of a plurality of apparatuses to reserve a medium for data communication; a circuit configured to select the different apparatus for transmitting a confirmation message based on that different apparatus being a destination for a first packet in a queue associated with a traffic belonging to a class of traffic that won contention to access the medium prior to transmission of the reservation messages; and a receiver configured to receive confirmation messages, wherein each of the confirmation messages was transmitted from the different apparatus in response to the reservation message transmitted to the different apparatus after a time period specified in that reservation message, wherein the transmitter is also configured to transmit, in response to the confirmation messages, data over the medium to the apparatuses.",0.5139633497011867,0.9720733005976265
9502745,"1. A flexible substrate comprising: an insulating substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the insulating substrate including resin; a first connection portion configured to be connected with an external conductor and having a first conductor, a first ground pattern, and a second ground pattern on the first surface, the first ground pattern and the second ground pattern being spaced apart from the first conductor and respectively located at opposite sides of the first conductor; a conductor pattern formed on the second surface, the conductor pattern being connected to the first conductor through a first via wire which passes through the insulating substrate; a third ground pattern formed on the second surface, the third ground pattern being connected to the first ground pattern through a second via wire which passes through the insulating substrate; and a microstrip line including a line conductor on the first surface of the insulating substrate and a fourth ground pattern on the second surface of the insulating substrate, wherein a distance between the conductor pattern and the third ground pattern is smaller than a distance between the first conductor and the first ground pattern, wherein the line conductor is connected to the first conductor, and wherein a width of the third ground pattern is wider than a width of the first ground pattern.",0.4158433480688825,0.831686696137765
9812358,"1. A method comprising: forming a recess exposing a plurality of semiconductor fins on a wafer; forming a dummy contact material in the recess, the dummy contact material containing carbon; curing the dummy contact material with one or more baking steps, the one or more baking steps hardening the dummy contact material; replacing a first portion of the dummy contact material with an inter-layer dielectric (ILD); and replacing a second portion of the dummy contact material with a plurality of contacts, the plurality of contacts electrically coupled to source/drain regions of the plurality of semiconductor fins.",0.3898271266627628,0.7796542533255256
8640247,"1. A method comprising: including a tripwire file into a protected set of files on a computing device that includes at least one normal file, wherein the tripwire file is identifiable by a process that includes dividing an account number by a digital representation of an account name; facilitating a communication via the computing device to a second party of at least a portion of the protected set of files, wherein the second party has authorized access to at least part of a content of the portion of the protected set of files; and receiving a signal indicating an occurrence of an activity related to the tripwire file; and generating an indication of a source of an occurrence of an unauthorized activity related to the protected set of files in response to the receiving the signal indicating the occurrence of the activity related to the tripwire file.",0.08433601303750951,0.16867202607501897
9490463,"1. A lithium secondary battery comprising: a cathode; an anode; an electrolyte; and a separator comprising: a porous substrate, which is not a cathode and/or an anode, and an organic/inorganic composite porous film coated directly on a surface of the porous substrate, the organic/inorganic composite porous film comprising: inorganic particles which have piezoelectricity; a binder polymer disposed on the inorganic particles and interconnecting the inorganic particles to each other; and interstitial volumes defined by the interconnected inorganic particles, wherein said interstitial volumes defined by the interconnected inorganic particles directly form a uniform pore structure 3-dimensionally throughout the organic/inorganic composite porous film, wherein the organic/inorganic composite porous film is obtained by coating the mixture of the inorganic particles and binder polymer on the surface of the porous substrate, wherein the organic/inorganic composite porous film is not formed by coating the mixture of the inorganic particles and binder polymer on the surface of a cathode or an anode, wherein the organic/inorganic composite porous film is applied to the lithium secondary battery by a lamination process or a folding process of the separator with the cathode and the anode, and wherein the inorganic particles are Pb(Mg",0.8842941108699113,0.23141177826017745
9683507,"1. A method, comprising: determining an a first oxygen content in an exhaust stream at a position downstream of a NO determining a second oxygen content in the exhaust stream at a position downstream of a diesel particulate filter and upstream of the NO operating a compression ignition internal combustion engine in response to the first oxygen content and the second oxygen content, wherein the operating is performed to provide stoichiometric conditions for the second oxygen content and excess oxygen at the first oxygen content; determining a third oxygen content at a position upstream of the particulate filter with one of a third oxygen sensor and a virtual calculation of an engine-out air-fuel ration; determining at least one of a soot oxidation rate and an amount of soot stored on the particulate filter according to the third oxygen content compared to the second oxygen content, wherein determining the at least one of the soot oxidation rate and the amount of soot stored on the particulate filter comprises determining an area between a curve of third oxygen content and a curve of the second oxygen content, and performing one of plotting and integrating the area against an independent variable; and performing an onboard diagnostic (OBD) check on the particulate filter, wherein the performing the OBD check comprises checking the particulate filter against performance criteria, wherein the performance criteria includes an ability of the particulate filter to trap and oxidize soot, and providing a diagnostic value in response to the performance criteria.",0.9160029417105812,0.16799411657883767
9000828,"1. A multiplexing circuit comprising: a converter that converts an input voltage signal to an input current signal; a plurality of first current mirrors, each producing an individual mirrored current that mirrors one of the input current signal and a summed current signal comprising a sum of the input current signal plus a bias current signal; a plurality of outputs corresponding to the plurality of first current mirrors, wherein the outputs are arranged in parallel; a switching unit that selectively switches each of the first current mirrors to one of the outputs; and a plurality of current-to-voltage converters, each connected to a corresponding one of the outputs.",0.3040558039300136,0.6081116078600272
9826539,"1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprising: processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to: memory, the memory coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to store the transmission probability factor.",0.38934877839897575,0.7786975567979515
9730145,"1. A method for detecting a motion state associated with a device, comprising: receiving information on WiFi connectivity of the device; determining a WiFi connectivity state based on the information on WiFi connectivity, wherein the WiFi connectivity state indicates whether the device is connected to a mobile WiFi access point, connected to a non-mobile WiFi access point, or not connected to a WiFi access point; processing the information on WiFi connectivity of the device to set a probability that the device is in a first motion state based on the WiFi connectivity state; receiving one or more sensor signals from one or more sensor devices, wherein characteristics of the one or more sensor signals reflect motion of the device; and processing by a motion classifier the one or more sensor signals aided by the probability that the device is in the first motion state to generate a final motion state for the device.",0.3913131622768703,0.7826263245537406
9272766,"1. A method of ballast water treatment, comprising the steps of: providing a vessel with a ballast water tank; pumping water from a local environment through a conduit coupled to the tank wherein the water contains aerobic micro-organisms from the local environment; introducing oxygen-containing gas into the water as it is pumped through the conduit wherein additional oxygen is available in the water as it is pumped through the conduit; adding living organisms into the water as it is pumped through the conduit with the oxygen-containing gas introduced therein, wherein the additional oxygen is utilized by the living organisms; filling the tank with a mixture of the water with the oxygen-containing gas introduced therein and the living organisms added thereto, and wherein a ullage space is defined in the tank above the mixture, the living organisms being selected to consume (i) the aerobic micro-organisms, (ii) oxygen dissolved in the water and the additional oxygen, and (iii) food sources for the aerobic micro-organisms contained in the water; and applying a vacuum to a vent defined in the vessel and in fluid communication with the ullage space at a point in time after the mixture is received in the tank, the vacuum being in the range of approximately −2 to −4 pounds per square inch.",0.8982847163278077,0.20343056734438458
8637901,"1. A gallium nitride semiconductor device comprising: a first gallium nitride layer comprising a plurality of gallium nitride columns and trenches etched into said first gallium nitride layer and a first dislocation density; a second gallium nitride layer that comprises of two regions, a first region that is adjacent to the side walls of the gallium nitride columns further comprising a second layer of regions with a low and a high dislocation density having a low dislocation density and a second region that extends over said gallium nitride columns and comprises a higher dislocation density than the dislocation density of the first region; wherein on top of the second gallium nitride layer that comprises a low defect density region over trenches there is a Schottky contact, said Schottky contact comprised of about 500 Å of nickel and about 1,500 Å of gold; the device further comprising vertically aligned active regions of a semiconductor lateral device with the low defect density regions of the second gallium nitride layer, wherein said semiconductor lateral device extends beyond a top of two or more columns ( wherein said semiconductor device active regions are between an edge of a Source (S) and an edge of a Drain (D), and further wherein the Source (S) edge and Drain (D) are positioned so that the current flows only in low defect density regions; wherein the current flows only in areas of low defect density and Source (S), Gate (G), and Drain (D) are on one plane, on a top of the device; and further wherein said gate (",0.24731136046142232,0.49462272092284465
9263351,1. A process for creating an inductive loop comprising: a) connecting a first set of measurement nodes in a short circuit method; b) forming a closed loop around a metal conductor to form an inductive element; c) forming mutual inductance with said inductive element being formed by said metal conductor.,0.3140372867455969,0.6280745734911938
9817671,"1. A method implemented on a computing device having at least one processor, the method comprising: obtaining at least one rule for setting a state of an activation context, the at least one rule including an expression having at least one operation applied to at least one term, the at least one term identifying at least one event to be monitored, a first state of the activation context used to signal that the at least one rule has been evaluated to activate a behavior when the expression evaluates to a first value, a second state of the activation context used to signal that the at least one rule has been evaluated to deactivate the behavior when the expression evaluates to a second value, the behavior associated with an operation to be applied to an extension to an extensible software application; executing the extensible software application; monitoring the at least one event for at least one of occurrence and non-occurrence of the at least one event; evaluating the expression; setting a state of the activation context based on the evaluation of the expression; and upon a change in the state of the activation context, performing one of activating and deactivating the behavior based on the changed state of the activation context.",0.4099118757525346,0.8198237515050693
9249208,1. A method for detecting the presence of ACPAs in a biological sample comprising: bringing said biological sample into contact with at least one peptide chosen from the group consisting of: an antigenic composition comprising said at least one peptide under conditions that allow the formation of an antigen/antibody complex with the ACPAs possibly present in said sample;,0.5203335283983459,0.9593329432033082
8408600,"1. A tank mounting mechanism configured to mount a long cylindrical tank on a vehicle, the tank mounting mechanism comprising: a tank contact seat that is a recess provided on a vehicle body to receive a cylindrical side face of the tank transversely arranged; a tank band structured to clamp the tank, which is received in the recess of the tank contact seat, against the recess; a tank end face contact structure configured to come into contact with an end face of a tank edge member provided on at least one edge of the tank; and a rotational positioning member provided on the tank end face contact structure to be aligned with a specific mark for tank rotational positioning formed on the end face of the tank edge member and thereby specifying a rotational position of the tank in contact with inclined surfaces facing each other of the tank contact seat, wherein the rotational positioning member has a shaft that is movable back and forth from the tank end face contact structure on the side of the tank received in the recess, and allows an end of the shaft to fit in a groove as the specific mark formed on the end face of the tank edge member.",0.32948313691137415,0.6589662738227483
9611844,"1. A piston pump comprising: a cylinder comprising an inlet and an outlet; a piston disposed within the cylinder between the inlet and the outlet and actuated by a motor to drive a fluid in a primary flow direction from the inlet to the outlet of the cylinder, wherein the piston has an outer surface that engages an inner surface of the cylinder to define a first chamber between the piston and the inlet of the cylinder and a second chamber between the piston and the outlet of the cylinder; a first check valve disposed between the piston and the inlet and configured to permit flow of the fluid in the primary flow direction from the inlet to the first chamber and to prevent flow of the fluid from the first chamber to the inlet; a second check valve disposed within the piston and configured to permit flow in the primary flow direction from the first chamber to the second chamber when the piston is actuated towards the inlet and to prevent flow from the second chamber into the first chamber when the piston is actuated towards the outlet; a first bypass passage extending through the first check valve; and a second bypass passage extending from the first check valve along the cylinder; wherein the first and second bypass passages form a return path fluidically connecting the outlet to the inlet of the cylinder such that fluid is permitted to flow in a direction opposite the primary flow direction during each stroke of the piston when the piston engages the second bypass passage.",0.1690095182598503,0.33801903651970067
9359482,"1. A process for reducing the content of residual organic substances in mixtures of plastics from durable goods comprising separating a feed stream into two or more mixtures of flakes, each mixture containing one or more plastic types and at least one organic substance absorbed into the one or more plastic types, wherein the flakes in the mixtures have an average particle diameter of less than 10 millimeters; and performing a cleaning process to remove a portion of one or more of the absorbed organic substances from one or more of the mixtures, the cleaning process comprising:",0.6725624035157168,0.6548751929685663
8839024,"1. A method for semiconductor storage device (SSD)-based data restoration, comprising: a host interface unit; sending a notification from a backup controller to a DMA controller indicating that data restoration is needed, the notification occurring in response to a powering on of a SSD memory disk unit; automatically restoring data from a backup storage unit coupled to the backup controller in response to the notification; and while automatically restoring the data, sending the data from the DMA controller to a host in response to a request received from the host.",0.6619406398865236,0.6761187202269527
9474862,"1. A wearable device for administering medication to a subject, comprising: a flexible tube comprising a medication administration end and an activation end, the flexible tube defining a lumen between the medication administration end and the activation end; a medication administration assembly attached to the medication administration end, an activation assembly attached to the activation end, a syringe disposed within the lumen, wherein the syringe contains the medication and comprises a first end and an opposite second end; a plunger disposed within the lumen and operatively connected to the first end of the syringe; and a rupturable seal provided to the second end of the syringe, the second end of the syringe being approximate to the medication administration end, wherein the activation assembly is configured to activate the plunger and break the rupturable seal, such that a fluid communication is established between the second end of the syringe and the medication administration assembly to allow transportation of the medication from the syringe to the medication administration assembly through the medication administration end.",0.06007150218006835,0.1201430043601367
8639828,"1. A network comprising: a first network device, wherein the plurality of network devices; and a network, wherein",0.47015939688007624,0.9403187937601525
9308323,"1. A system for medical tubing detection and management, comprising: an infusion manifold housing having at least one fluid channel therethrough; at least one fluid input port in said infusion manifold housing, said at least one fluid input port being configured to (i) connect fluidically to medical tubing illuminated external to the infusion manifold housing, and (ii) be in fluidic communication with said at least one fluid channel through said infusion manifold housing; a fluid output port in said infusion manifold housing, said fluid output port being configured to be in fluidic communication with said at least one fluid channel through said infusion manifold housing; at least one photosensor in said infusion manifold housing, wherein (i) said at least one photosensor is configured to receive light from the illuminated medical tubing that is connected to said at least one fluid input port and generate an output signal in response to the light received from the illuminated medical tubing, and (ii) said fluid output port is configured to connect fluidically to fluid output tubing; and at least one infusion pump that is fluidically connected to the illuminated medical tubing, the at least one infusion pump being configured to generate a light output that is conducted from the illuminated medical tubing to said at least one photosensor in said infusion manifold housing, wherein the light output from the at least one infusion pump is indicative of at least one characteristic of the at least one pump.",0.12243821810508267,0.2448764362101653
9819193,"1. A waste heat recovery system, comprising: a Rankine cycle in which a refrigerant circulates in a refrigerant pump, an evaporator, a first expander, and a first condenser in sequence; an electronic controller for controlling the Rankine cycle, wherein the waste heat recovery system uses waste heat from an internal combustion engine as a heating source for the evaporator; a first set including the first expander and the first condenser; at least one separate second set including a second expander and a second condenser connected in parallel with the first set; at least one device for stopping an operation of the second expander; a pressure sensor at an inlet of the evaporator that measures a value of the pressure of the refrigerant; and a temperature sensor at an outlet of the evaporator that measures a value of the temperature of the refrigerant, wherein the electronic controller is configured to—",0.9676781234948099,0.06464375301038028
8642756,"1. A process for preparing a compound represented by formula (4), or a phosphorous-based diastereomer thereof: wherein P* represents a chiral phosphorus atom, and wherein said phosphorous-based diastereomer is represented by formula (Rp-4) or (Sp-4): which comprises: a) reacting a mixture comprising an isopropyl-alanate (A), a di-X′-phenylphosphate (B), 2′-deoxy-2′-fluoro-2′-C-methyluridine (3), and a base to obtain a first mixture comprising (4), or the phosphorous-based diastereomer thereof: wherein X is a conjugate base of an acid, n is 0 or 1, and X′ is a halogen; b) reacting the first mixture with a protecting compound to obtain a second mixture comprising protected (4), or the phosphorous-based diastereomer thereof; and c) optionally subjecting the second mixture to crystallization, chromatography, or extraction in order to obtain (4), or the phosphorous-based diastereomer thereof.",0.3698499247149653,0.7396998494299306
8719771,"1. A method implemented with a processor, comprising: identifying an original test having one or more errors to analyze; creating a graph representation of the original test; identifying one or more portions of the graph to prune to create a reduced test; pruning the one or more identified portions of the graph to create the reduced test; executing the reduced test to verify that the reduced test represents the same one or more errors associated with the original test; undoing pruning of the one or more identified portions of the graph when the reduced test fails to represent the same one or more errors associated with the original test; analyzing the reduced test to generate analysis results; and displaying the analysis results on a display device or storing the analysis results on a computer readable medium.",0.22623256085366805,0.4524651217073361
9489221,"1. In a computing environment comprising at least one processor and one computer-readable storage media, a method for inferring formula patterns in an arbitrary formula using mixed second-order pattern matching, the method comprising: accessing the arbitrary formula; instantiating each first-order place-holder in the arbitrary formula by one or more sub-formulas or one or more sub-terms; checking that multiple instantiations of each sub-term or each sub-formula coincide when instantiating a same pattern variable; instantiating each second-order place-holder in the arbitrary formula by making one or more substitutions for one or more functions and for one or more relation symbols in the arbitrary formula, wherein: identifying a bound identifier in the arbitrary formula; and associating a first occurrence of the bound identifier in the arbitrary formula with a permutation, the permutation comprising a sub-term that resides on an index of the first register, the sub-term being in a scope of weak second-order variables or function symbols.",0.06785138845543572,0.1357027769108714
8608050,"1. An apparatus formed from a single piece of planar material as a continuous and contiguous structure, foldable into a re-usable, knock-down box, the apparatus comprising: a bottom panel to support contents placeable in the box and provided with bottom apertures; a front panel operating as a shear wall to support the bottom; a rear panel operating as a shear wall to support the bottom; end panels adjacent to and extending between the front panel, rear panel, and bottom panel; a plurality of hinge panels, each hinge panel thereof formed with a free portion, extending continuously from an edge of one of the end, front, and rear panels and flexibly connected therewith, and a fixed portion, fixed rigidly, permanently, and parallel to a surface of an adjacent one of the end, front, and rear panels to erect together, simultaneously, and fix the positions of the front, rear, and end panels with respect to each other and the bottom panel in an assembled configuration, the plurality of hinge panels being connected to fold closed in and draw the front and end panels down substantially co-planar with their respective end panels in a knocked down configuration; the plurality of hinge panels wherein the each hinge panel is further formed with a score region, between the free and fixed portions, bending therealong to form a hinge line; a front tuck panel extending downward from proximate the top of the front panel to proximate the bottom panel and provided with a front slot formed proximate a score between the front panel and the front tuck panel; end tuck panels extending from proximate the top of each respective end wall and extending downward to be fixed with respect to the bottom panel by tabs extending therefrom into the bottom apertures; a lid flexibly secured to the rear panel to selectively tilt with respect thereto between an open position away from the front panel and a closed position substantially in contact with the front panel, the lid having a front lock tab extending therefrom to fit within the front slot; and the front panel further comprising a registration panel extending above the front slot to receive the front lock tab therein, registering the front lock tab upon contact therewith and urging the front lock tab into the front slot.",0.2262595406658409,0.4525190813316817
9069410,"1. A method for analyzing two-dimension (2D) dual-differential sensing information, comprising: obtaining a 2D dual-differential sensing information including a plurality of dual differences, wherein each of the dual differences is a difference of a first difference for a first pair of signal values and a second difference for a second pair of signal values, wherein the first pair of signal values include a first signal and a second signal, the second pair of signal values include the second signal and a third signal, wherein the first signal, the second signal and the third signal are generated simultaneously from three sensors parallel to each other; and analyzing the 2D dual-differential sensing information to determine each partial sensing information with inner low values within outer high values in the 2D dual-differential sensing information.",0.13465571206224689,0.2693114241244938
9801010,"1. A ZIGBEE network-based data transmission method, comprising: acquiring, by a first routing node, interference energy intensities of remaining channels when the first routing node detects that a current working channel of the first routing node is interfered; determining that the channels, whose interference energy intensities are less than a first threshold, in the remaining channels are available switching channels of the first routing node; sending, by the first routing node, a first channel report message to a second routing node, wherein the first channel report message comprises the available switching channels of the first routing node, and wherein the second routing node is an upper-layer routing node of the first routing node; switching the current working channel of the first routing node to a first target switching channel when a first channel switching message is received from the second routing node, wherein the first channel switching message comprises the first target switching channel that is determined by the second routing node for the first routing node; receiving data using the first target switching channel; sending, by the first routing node, a search message using each channel when the first channel switching message is not received after preset duration, wherein the search message comprises a network address and a working channel of the first routing node; acquiring, by the first routing node, a current working channel of the second routing node from a search response message when the search response message is received from the second routing node; switching the current working channel of the first routing node to the current working channel of the second routing node; and sending the first channel report message to the second routing node again.",0.32670287255169517,0.6534057451033903
8509466,"1. A device for orienting an inductive field, the device comprising: a telecoil embedded in a rotatable element; an enclosure sized to fit the rotatable element; and an audio signal source coupled to the telecoil; wherein the rotatable element may be oriented to optimize an inductive field between the telecoil and a hearing aid device, and the telecoil transforms an audio signal from the audio signal source into an inductive signal and transmits the inductive signal.",0.04787579783375116,0.09575159566750235
8914340,"1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to: identify a first storage pool as a hot spot by determining a number of a first plurality of logical segments in the first storage pool with a current usage greater than a use threshold and identifying the first storage pool as the hot spot if the number exceeds an access threshold for a first storage pool, wherein the first plurality of logical segments are in the first storage pool of a plurality of storage pools; in response to the number of the first plurality of logical segments with current usage greater than the use threshold exceeding the access threshold, selecting a first logical segment of the first plurality of logical segments that has a greatest number of correctable errors and a highest latency from among the first plurality of logical segments, wherein each storage pool comprises logical segments from a plurality of storage devices, first data of the first logical segment is assigned to a single storage pool according to a storage policy, and each storage device of the first storage pool is of a nearline class; and dynamically migrate the first data of the first logical segment to a second storage pool, wherein the migration is transparent to a host, the first data of the first logical segment is continuously available to the host, and each storage device of the second storage pool is of an enterprise class.",0.27823040168553476,0.5564608033710695
9090242,"1. A method for coordinating at least one drive unit of a vehicle, said at least one drive unit being assigned at least one control unit which is designed as a drive unit control unit, a higher-level control unit being provided and information being exchanged between the control units, the method comprising: transmitting at least one operating parameter for an operating range of the at least one assigned drive unit to the higher-level control unit by at least one drive unit control unit; ascertaining a setpoint operating point for the at least one drive unit by using the higher-level control unit on the basis of the at least one received operating parameter; and transmitting the ascertained setpoint operating point to the at least one drive unit control unit together with the at least one operating parameter, wherein a first base torque is transmitted by the at least one drive unit control unit at a first point in time as the at least one operating parameter; the transmitted first base torque is delayed during transmission between the at least one drive unit control unit and the higher-level control unit, a delayed, a second base torque is derived from the transmitted, first base torque as the at least one operating parameter, which reaches the higher-level control unit at a second point in time; a first setpoint torque is ascertained from the second base torque as a setpoint operating point by the higher-level control unit; the first setpoint torque and the second base torque are transmitted together by the higher-level control unit; the first setpoint torque and the second base torque are delayed during transmission between the higher-level control unit and the at least one drive unit control unit; and a delayed, third base torque is derived from the second base torque as the at least one operating parameter, and a delayed, second setpoint torque is derived from the first setpoint torque as the setpoint operating point, which together reach the at least one drive unit control unit at a third point in time.",0.47163166861742706,0.9432633372348541
9133505,"1. A method of assessing mutagenic DNA-damaging potential of an agent, the method comprising: A. providing an enriched erythrocyte sample obtained from a mammal exposed to an agent that may induce mutagenic DNA damage, said sample comprising normochromatic erythrocytes and reticulocytes, and having a reduction in the frequency of platelets and leukocytes; B. contacting the enriched erythrocyte sample with a first fluorescent reagent that labels glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor-expressing erythrocytes, but not GPI anchor-deficient erythrocytes, and a second fluorescent reagent that specifically labels platelets; C. contacting the enriched erythrocyte sample with paramagnetic particles that bind specifically to the first fluorescent reagent of the labeled GPI anchor-expressing erythrocytes and, optionally, the second fluorescent reagent of the labeled platelets; D. magnetically separating the enriched erythrocyte sample into a first portion comprising platelets and GPI anchor-expressing erythrocytes and a second portion comprising GPI anchor-deficient erythrocytes; E. contacting the enriched erythrocyte sample or the second portion with a third fluorescent reagent that differentially labels normochromatic erythrocytes from reticulocytes and leukocytes; F. exciting the first, second, and third fluorescent reagents in the second portion with light of appropriate excitation wavelength, wherein the third fluorescent reagent has a fluorescent emission spectrum that does not substantially overlap with the fluorescent emission spectra of the first or second fluorescent reagents; and G. detecting the fluorescent emission and light scatter produced by the GPI anchor-deficient erythrocytes of the second portion labeled with the third fluorescent reagent, while excluding contaminating GPI anchor-expressing erythrocytes and reticulocytes, platelets, and leukocytes, and counting the number of GPI anchor-deficient erythrocytes and reticulocytes relative to the total number of erythrocytes and reticulocytes, respectively, in the enriched erythrocyte sample, wherein a statistically significant deviation in the frequency of GPI anchor-deficient erythrocytes or reticulocytes from a baseline frequency of GPI anchor-deficient erythrocytes or reticulocytes in a sample from an unexposed or vehicle control exposed mammal indicates the mutagenic DNA-damaging potential of the agent.",0.33078936565191525,0.6615787313038305
9597551,"1. A golf ball consisting essentially of: a multi-layer core having a diameter ranging from 1.50 inches to 1.60 inches, the multi-layer core having a deflection of at least 0.230 inch under a load of 220 pound, the core having a COR of at least 0.780; a mantle layer disposed over the multi-layer core, the mantle layer composed of a blend of ionomers, the mantle layer having a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch; and a cover disposed over the mantle layer, the cover composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane material having a Shore A hardness ranging from 70 to 95, the cover having a thickness ranging from 0.025 inch to 0.040 inch; wherein the cover has a specific gravity greater than the core; wherein the golf ball has a PGA compression no greater than 75; wherein the golf ball has an Aggregate Impact Ratio (AI wherein CT",0.09109153036227774,0.18218306072455548
9783445,"1. A system for glass material processing, comprising: glass material comprising glass-ceramic having crystals formed therein; a hot stage heated by heating elements at least partially surrounding the glass-ceramic; a light source that provides light at a wavelength λ that interacts with the crystals formed in the glass-ceramic; a wavelength separator that separates out a spectrum δ of light from the glass-ceramic that is within a range of (λ−20 nm) to (λ+20 nm); a detector that is set to receive light of the spectrum δ of light from the wavelength separator; optics that guide and/or focus light from the light source to the glass-ceramic in the hot stage, and that collect and/or guide light directed from the glass-ceramic in the hot stage and direct the light directed from the glass-ceramic to the wavelength separator, wherein the optics at least in part prevent the detector from receiving light at the wavelength λ; and a computerized controller, where the computerized controller is in electronic communication with the heating elements of the hot stage and facilitates a control loop between the heating elements and the detector where the computerized controller changes conditions in the hot stage as a function of information derived from the detector such that at least some of the glass-ceramic is at a temperature no more than 500° C. greater than a glass transition temperature of glass material in the hot stage.",0.6440368543507048,0.7119262912985904
8601153,"1. A method for optimizing media playback quality for a wireless handheld computing device, the method comprising: receiving a meta-object describing media to be downloaded to the wireless handheld computing device via a communications network, the media comprising a plurality of file segments with each file segment having a plurality of available file segment versions at different bit rate and resolution combinations, wherein the plurality of available file segment versions includes a plurality of file segment versions at different bit rates for a given resolution and a plurality of file segment versions at different resolutions for a given bit rate; reviewing options for the different bit rate and resolution combinations described in the meta-object; evaluating data from an application subsystem; evaluating data from a modem subsystem; for a first file segment, selecting a first file segment version for download that optimizes media playback on the wireless handheld computing device based on the different bit rate and resolution combinations and the data received from at least one of the application subsystem and modem subsystem; downloading the selected first file segment version; for a second file segment, selecting a second file segment version for download that optimizes media playback on the wireless handheld computing device based on the different bit rate and resolution combinations and the data received from at least one of the application subsystem and modem subsystem; downloading the selected second file segment version; determining if the wireless handheld computing device has received a phone call; and if a phone call has been received by the wireless handheld computing device, then determining if at least one of the first and second selected file segment versions is at a lowest quality.",0.07527140994500676,0.1505428198900135
9222163,"1. A layer system, comprising: a substrate, a first layer comprising two MCrX inner layers on the substrate, wherein said two MCrX inner layers comprise a second inner layer, the second inner layer being an MCrX″ layer, wherein X″ consists of Si and B, a second layer comprising a chromized layer on the first layer, and a third layer comprising an aluminized MCrX layer on the second layer, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of yttrium (Y), silicon (Si), boron (B), and combinations thereof, and wherein M is an element selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and a combination thereof.",0.40673763034925187,0.8134752606985037
9801241,"1. A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp, comprising: a plurality of LED printed circuit boards (LED PCBs); a light emission portion comprising at least one lighting tube, LED arrays disposed on the plurality of LED PCBs in the at least one lighting tube, and a heat sink disposed in a central area encircled by the at least one lighting tube; a lamp base portion connected to the light emission portion, the lamp base portion comprising at least two electrical connection terminals; two interface modules, each connected to a respective one of the at least two electrical connection terminals; at least one bridge rectifier coupled to the two interface modules, the at least one bridge rectifier configured to convert an alternating-current (AC) input voltage into a direct-current (DC) voltage; and an LED driving circuit coupled to receive the DC voltage from the at least one bridge rectifier, the LED driving circuit comprising a phase control module, a diac, a triac switch controlled by the phase control module through the diac, and an output module, the output module comprising a resistor and an output capacitor in parallel configured to build up an output voltage and to power the LED arrays; wherein each of the two interface modules has a high impedance at 60 Hz and low impedance at 45 kHz with a ratio higher than 13.",0.8658647815084962,0.26827043698300757
9187336,1. A process for the preparation of phase-pure doped or non-doped lithium titanate Li 4 Ti 5 O 12 comprising the steps of a) providing an aqueous solution of LiOH; b) reacting the aqueous LiOH solution by adding solid TiO c) sintering the composite oxide at a temperature of ≦750° C.,0.7210381111815772,0.5579237776368455
8606016,"1. An edge detection apparatus, for detecting edges of an image, comprising: a computing circuit, comprising: a first multiplier block, comprising n×m first multiplier units, wherein each of the first multiplier units has a first multiplication factor, the n×m first multiplier units respectively perform multiplications on a horizontal detecting template to generate n×m first product values based on the corresponding first multiplication factors, wherein the horizontal detecting template comprises an n×m matrix, the n×m pixels include a target pixel, and n is not equal to m; and a first adder unit, coupled to the first multiplier block, for generating a first computation result according to the n×m first product values; a determining circuit, coupled to the computing circuit, for determining if the target pixel is an edge pixel positioned in a horizontal direction according to at least the first computation result; a second multiplier block, comprising n×m second multiplier units, wherein each of the second multiplier unit has a second multiplication factor, the n×m second multiplier units respectively perform multiplications on n×m pixels which are arranged as an n×m matrix to generate n×m second product values based on the corresponding second multiplication factors; and a second adder unit, coupled to the second multiplier block, for generating a second computation result according to the n×m second product values; a third multiplier block, comprising k×k third multiplier units, wherein each of the third multiplier units has a third multiplication factor, the k×k third multiplier units respectively perform multiplications on k×k pixels which are arranged as a k×k matrix to generate k×k third product values based on the corresponding third multiplication factors, wherein the third multiplier block is a Sobel filter; and a third adder unit, coupled to the third multiplier block, for generating a third computation result according to the k×k third product values; and the determining circuit determines if the target pixel is an edge pixel according to the first computation result, the second computation result, and the third computation result.",0.052958678426490366,0.10591735685298076
9424600,"1. A method comprising: providing an interactive storefront, the interactive storefront including content associated with a product, a first user interface element and a second user interface element; generating a link to the interactive storefront; responsive to a first interaction with the first user interface element, copying the link to the interactive storefront to create a copy of the interactive storefront; providing simultaneous listing of the product on at least two interactive storefronts, the at least two interactive storefronts including the interactive storefront and the copy of the interactive storefront; tracking distribution of links for the at least two interactive storefronts; and responsive to a second interaction with the second user interface element, providing an interface for creating a new interactive storefront different from the interactive storefront.",0.03455673968582919,0.06911347937165835
9803528,"1. An assembly for treating the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, comprising: an exhaust line having an upstream side and a downstream side, and a catalytic converter disposed proximate the downstream side of said exhaust line; a static mixer disposed proximate the upstream side of said exhaust line between said engine and said converter, in the path of exhaust gases flowable therethrough; means disposed upstream of said static mixer for injecting a spray of a reducing agent into a segment of flow of said exhaust gases passing through said static mixer; and an intermediate conduit between said static mixer and said converter, wherein said intermediate conduit includes an inner pipe, an outer pipe surrounding the inner pipe, and an air gap between the inner pipe and the outer pipe along an axial direction of the intermediate conduit, wherein an end of the upstream side of said exhaust line is configured to be positively inserted into the inner pipe of the intermediate conduit, wherein the inner pipe has a constant diameter along the axial direction of the intermediate conduit, wherein a length of the air gap of the intermediate conduit along the axial direction is greater than the diameter of the inner pipe.",0.9552076443832956,0.08958471123340872
8894250,"1. An illuminating device comprising: a light source which comprises a light emitting element and a fluorescent material; and a lens sheet which comprises a plurality of prisms arranged symmetrically with respect to an optical axis of the light source, and which at least comprises a first lens group located adjacent to the optical axis of the light source and a second lens group located outside the first lens group, wherein the first lens group comprises a plurality of refracting prisms each having an inclined face facing toward the optical axis of the light source and an imaginary plane that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the light source, the inclined face and the imaginary plane defining an inclination angle there-between, wherein the plurality of prisms comprised in the first lens group are configured such that respective inclination angles of the inclined faces decrease with an increase in distance from the optical axis of the light source, wherein the second lens group comprises a plurality of reflecting prisms.",0.2390804107835642,0.47816082156712847
8776507,"1. A method for regenerating a particulate filter in a system for regenerating the particulate filter that comprises a gasoline engine, a three-way catalyst device to oxidize or reduce exhaust gas exhausted from the gasoline engine, and a particulate filter to trap particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas, comprising: comparing a pressure difference of the particulate filter to a predetermined pressure difference during operation of the gasoline engine; determining an amount of non-ignited fuel which is not ignited and flows to the three-way catalyst device among the fuel flowing into the plurality of cylinders if the pressure difference of the particulate filter is larger than or equal to the predetermined pressure difference; oxidizing the non-ignited fuel flowing out from the gasoline engine in the three-way catalyst device; regenerating the particulate filter using oxidation heat generated in the three-way catalyst device; comparing a temperature of the three-way catalyst device to a predetermined temperature for protecting the three-way catalyst device while regenerating the particulate filter; determining whether the particulate filter continues to be regenerated if the temperature of the three-way catalyst device is higher than or equal to the predetermined temperature for protecting the three-way catalyst device; and re-determining an amount of non-ignited fuel if continuation of the regeneration of the particulate filter is determined.",0.9774429601554303,0.045114079689139386
8500440,"1. A burner for a melter, comprising: a fuel nozzle having a fuel passage therein for a fuel stream and extending to a fuel nozzle tip having an elliptical cross section, the fuel nozzle constructed with the fuel nozzle tip transitioning to a circular cross section at a discharge orifice of said burner; and an oxidant passage surrounding the fuel passage and extending to an oxidant opening at the fuel nozzle tip, the oxidant opening having another elliptical cross section and being external to the fuel nozzle for transitioning from said another elliptical cross section to said circular cross section at said discharge orifice to provide a flat flame from the circular cross section for combustion in the melter.",0.6490603457030663,0.7018793085938675
9076994,"1. A method for making a lead-acid battery having an intermixing device, comprising: inserting two intermixing plates into a battery case at two sides of the battery case opposite to each other at angles to corresponding vertical planes with a horizontal distance between the inserted intermixing plates in a direction which is perpendicular to the vertical planes reducing downwardly, inserting a set of electrodes between the two intermixing plates positioned in the battery case and thereby straightening the intermixing plates so that they extend vertically; dimensioning the battery case, the set of electrodes, and the intermixing plates so that the set of electrodes is moved in a constructively predetermined position and thus, flow channels having a predetermined cross section are formed; and connecting the two intermixing plates straightened out vertically with a bridging plate having a drain surface inclined towards a center thereof and an opening provided approximately in the center thereof to enable electrolyte to flow back into the battery case.",0.8154563663659397,0.3690872672681207
9613410,"1. A method for gas detection in an infrared (IR) image depicting a scene, the method comprising: receiving a first IR image depicting the scene captured at a first time instance and a second IR image depicting the scene captured at a second time instance; performing image processing operations on image data derived from said first IR image and from said second IR image, to generate a collection of data representing the location of gas in one of the first or second IR image, wherein the image processing operations include: detecting gas within the scene by detecting gas representing pixels in the first or the second IR image based on thresholding the processed difference image to identify pixel coordinates of the gas representing pixels.",0.2535024095156352,0.5070048190312704
8680444,"1. A soldering apparatus for connecting solar cells including a heat source that operates on the induction principle and connects conducting tracks of the solar cells, that are provided with soldering medium, with electric conductors, comprising: a high-frequency electrical current generator; and an inductor loop connected to said generator for receiving a high-frequency electrical current, wherein said inductor loop is formed in a U-shape having at least one arm in a wave shape, wherein flowing of the high-frequency electrical current through said inductor loop generates a high-frequency magnetic field, said inductor loop being shaped to extend along a length of one of the conducting tracks, wherein said magnetic field induces in the one conducting track, in an electric conductor that is arranged along the one conducting track and in an associated soldering medium eddy currents that generate heat and perform a soldering operation connecting the one conducting track and the electrical conductor mechanically and electrically together, and wherein said inductor loop has another arm extending generally parallel to said at least one arm, said at least one arm having a plurality of alternating widenings and narrowings relative to said another arm, wherein the widenings are defined by a maximum distance between adjacent portions of said at least one arm and said another arm, and the narrowings are defined by a minimum distance between adjacent portions of said at least one arm and said another arm, wherein the widenings and narrowings are spaced apart consecutively and substantially linearly along a length of said at least one arm and energetically optimize the high-frequency magnetic field and provide energetically economical operation of said high-frequency generator, wherein each of the widenings has substantially a same size and is configured to receive an associated magnetic-field-neutral pressure foot.",0.9685587669606636,0.06288246607867287
8800445,"1. A printing plate cylinder for a printing machine, the cylinder comprising: a cylinder mandrel that is rotatable in the printing machine; a sleeve that is positionable in an axial direction (z) and in a peripheral direction (φ) over at least a portion of the cylinder mandrel; a block that terminates movement of the sleeve in the axial direction (z) at a set position; a male register element associated with the cylinder mandrel; and a female register element associated with the sleeve, a peripheral angular position of the cylinder mandrel and the sleeve with respect to each other being alignable through the male register element and the female register element, the male register element and the female register element being in working connection with each other if the cylinder mandrel and the sleeve are in a set alignment position relative to each other, and the male register element being located adjacent the block and (i) including a flat inclined surface having a uniform inclination configured to slidably engage the sleeve that is to be aligned as the sleeve is moved in the axial direction (z) and (ii) being controlled through the movement of the sleeve, the male register element being controllably movable by movement of the sleeve in the axial direction (z) of the printing plate cylinder, and, once the movement of the sleeve in the axial direction (z) has been terminated by the block at the set position, by movement of the sleeve in the peripheral direction (φ) of the printing plate cylinder.",0.043359863638863815,0.08671972727772759
9655050,"1. A method, performed by a network device, for determining a set of power state parameters at least partly defining when a wireless terminal is to be in an active state or a power saving state, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining traffic types for each one of a plurality of traffic flows to or from the wireless terminal, resulting in a present combination of traffic types selected from a group consisting of voice over Internet Protocol, video conference, video streaming, audio streaming, web browsing, peer-to-peer traffic, media downloads and software downloads; finding, in a power state parameter repository, a first match between the present combination of traffic types and a combination of traffic types associated with a first set of power state parameters, the power state repository comprising different sets of power state parameters, including the first set, where the different sets correspond to different combinations of traffic types; when the first match is found, transmitting the first set of power state parameters to the wireless terminal; when no first match is found, reading a configuration associated with the wireless terminal, the configuration specifying a prioritized single traffic type; when no first match is found, finding, in the power state parameter repository, a second match between the prioritized single traffic type and a single traffic type associated with a second set of power state parameters; and when the second match is found, transmitting the second set of power state parameters to the wireless terminal.",0.9360052431006628,0.1279895137986744
9844509,1. A method of preparing nanoparticles comprising: (a) providing: (b) combining a volume of said first stock solution and a volume of said second stock solution to form an emulsification solution; (c) emulsifying said emulsification solution; (d) combining the emulsion formed in step (c) with a volume of the third stock solution; and (e) adding a volume of the fourth stock solution to the solution formed in step (d); and separating beta-cyclodextrin and dissolved unencapsulated active agent from the resulting solution.,0.33552894315249493,0.6710578863049899
8531576,"1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an image obtaining unit for obtaining a captured image; a generating unit for generating a graphic image for prompting a subject within the captured image obtained by the image obtaining unit to change a state; and an emission control unit for controlling emission of the graphic image generated by the generating unit onto the subject, wherein the emission control unit controls the graphic image to be emitted onto the subject while the subject remains positioned in a state and location as shown in the captured image, and the graphic image is configured to visually instruct the subject as to how the subject should change the state or location of positioning.",0.4439843397379422,0.8879686794758844
9129139,"1. A method for protecting digital contents of a solid state memory, the method comprising: accessing the digital contents, upon request, including copying or reading requested files of the digital contents; inserting, via a microprocessor associated with the solid state memory, at least one interruption during the accessing of the digital contents after copying or reading a first portion of the requested files of the digital contents; and proceeding with the accessing, including copying or reading a second portion of the requested files of the digital contents, based upon a user authentication procedure including, during the at least one interruption, verification of a PIN generated by the microprocessor, wherein the PIN comprises a sequence of virtual files simulated by the microprocessor and associated with respective physical blocks of the solid state memory, and the verification of the PIN comprises a user selecting each virtual file in a sequence corresponding to the sequence of virtual files that forms the PIN.",0.08339164967174165,0.16678329934348324
8761218,"1. A method of using an Aluminum (Al) containing barrier layer in a quantum well structure of a device, comprising: determining one or more acceptable amounts of one or more defects selected from misfit dislocations, stacking faults, and triangular dark defects, and triangular non-luminescent defects; selecting one or more Al compositions to obtain the amounts of the one or more defects; depositing, in a quantum well structure of a device, one or more Al containing barrier layers having the one or more Al compositions to reduce or prevent formation of the one or more defects in the device; and measuring the one or more defects to confirm the one or more amounts were obtained.",0.41544864843838075,0.8308972968767615
9025709,1. A receiver front end circuit comprising a low-noise amplifier comprising: a first receiver path comprising: a second receiver path comprising an auxiliary receiver comprising:,0.09454969094427977,0.18909938188855957
9085506,"1. A process for preparing isophoronediamine, the process comprising: (i) reacting acetone via a catalyzed aldol condensation in a reactor, thereby obtaining a reaction product comprising isophorone, (ii) working-up the reaction product comprising isophorone, thereby obtaining a stream of value, (iii) hydrolyzing the stream of value in a hydrolysis apparatus, (iv) separating the stream of value into an organic fraction and an aqueous fraction, (v) recovering isophorone from the organic fraction, (vi) distilling the aqueous fraction in a distillative workup apparatus comprising a top and a bottom, (vii) passing vapors from the top of the distillative workup apparatus onward into the hydrolysis apparatus, (viii) subjecting water from the bottom of the distillative workup apparatus to a flash evaporation, thereby obtaining purified water which is recycled into the reactor for preparing isophorone, (ix) reacting isophorone with HCN via a base-catalyzed reaction, thereby obtaining isophoronenitrile, (x) reacting isophoronenitrile with ammonia optionally in the presence of at least one of an imination catalyst and a solvent to obtain a first product comprising isophoronenitrileimine with a conversion of isophoronenitrile to isophoronenitrileimine of greater than 80%, and (xi) subjecting a reaction mixture comprising the first product as obtained from said reacting (x) or after a further treatment to aminating hydrogenation over a hydrogenation catalyst in the presence of ammonia, hydrogen, and optionally an organic solvent at a temperature of from 20 to 150° C. and a pressure of from 0.3 to 50 MPa, thereby obtaining a second product comprising isophoronediamine, wherein a cyanide ion concentration in the reaction mixture subjected to the aminating hydrogenation is of from 200 ppmw to 5000 ppmw, based on the isophoronenitrile used.",0.6800812091265571,0.6398375817468858
8710702,"1. A regenerative power storage system for a Direct Current (DC) electric railway car, the regenerative power storage system comprising: an inverter converting a DC power supplied through a pantograph into an AC power in order to drive at least one motor; a first filter unit connected between the pantograph and the inverter in series with the inverter and removing high frequency components of the DC power, the first filter unit including an first inductor and a first capacitor; a charging unit connected between the first filter unit and the inverter in parallel with the inverter, and preventing an over current from passing therethrough; a second filter unit connected to the charging unit in series, and configured to remove high frequency components of the DC power supplied through the charging unit, the second filter unit including a second inductor and a second capacitor; a storage unit connected to the second filter unit and configured to store the DC power which passed through the second filter unit; a bidirectional DC/DC converter electrically connected between the second filter unit and the storage unit in series, and controlled such that the bidirectional DC/DC converter is open or closed in charging mode or electricity mode in response to a control signal; a DC/DC filter electrically connected between the bidirectional DC/DC converter and the storage unit in series, and configured to remove high frequency noise; a voltage detection unit configured to detect applied voltage of the second filter unit; and a control unit configured to determine the applied voltage detected by the voltage detection unit, and configured to perform control such that the bidirectional DC/DC converter is open or closed.",0.9906278660390779,0.018744267921844138
9279071,"1. A composition comprising an adhesive copolymer, wherein the adhesive copolymer is a reaction product of a first mixture and a monosaccharide monomer, wherein the first mixture is a reaction product of a diol monomer and a dicarboxylic monomer, wherein the dicarboxylic monomer and the diol monomer in the first mixture and the monosaccharide monomer are at a mole percent ratio of the dicarboxylic monomer to a total of the monosaccharide monomer and the diol monomer of about 85:15 to about 65:35, and wherein the adhesive copolymer comprises at least one dicarboxyl moiety including an epoxy group.",0.3511267310222062,0.7022534620444124
8489582,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving one or more query terms through a search engine interface; determining, by a first party, a first set of search results that are both (a) indexed in a first vertical and (b) relevant to the one or more query terms; based on a legal agreement entered into between (a) the first party that is associated with a search engine that determines the first set of search results and (b) a second party that owns a web site that comprises a set of listings submitted to the web site by various users other than the second party over the Internet, receiving, by the first party, the set of listings; determining, by the first party, a second set of search results at least in part by determining one or more listings, from the set of listings, that are relevant to the one or more query terms; wherein the determining a second set of search results includes ranking, by the first party, the one or more listings based on the one or more query terms; generating a search results page that contains both (1) one or more search results from the first set of search results and (2) one or more search results from the second set of search results; and storing the search results page on a volatile or non-volatile computer-readable storage medium; wherein the set of listings on the web site are user-searchable via user submission of queries through a user interface specifically for a second vertical of the search engine.",0.0359622218192301,0.07192444363846018
8347613,"1. A method for controlling operation of exhaust of an engine including a particulate filter, comprising: generating compressed air during engine operation; storing the compressed air during engine shutdown; maintaining the compressed air stored until a peak temperature is reached after engine shutdown, and then pushing the compressed air through the particulate filter using a pressure of the compressed air.",0.9534472244687806,0.09310555106243878
9188051,"1. An engine thermal management system for a vehicle having an exhaust gas system, a transmission, and an engine having a cylinder head and an integrated exhaust manifold (IEM), the engine thermal management system comprising: a coolant pump; an engine water jacket configured to receive coolant from the coolant pump and further configured to expel coolant from an IEM coolant outlet, wherein the IEM coolant outlet is cast into the integrated exhaust manifold, wherein the engine water jacket includes: a plurality of flow control valves configured to receive coolant from at least one of the coolant pump and the engine water jacket; a heater core configured to receive coolant from at least one of the plurality of flow control valves; a transmission heat exchanger configured to receive coolant from at least one of the coolant pump and the engine water jacket via at least one of the plurality of flow control valves; an engine oil heat exchanger configured to receive coolant from at least one of the coolant pump and the engine water jacket via at least one of the plurality of flow control valves; a radiator configured to receive coolant from at least one of the plurality of flow control valves, the transmission heat exchanger, and the engine oil heat exchanger; a controller configured to control at least the coolant pump and the plurality of flow control valves, the controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions, wherein executing the recorded instructions causes the processor to direct flow of coolant through the engine thermal management system; wherein the plurality of flow control valves includes: wherein the coolant flowing through the engine water jacket and expelled from the IEM coolant outlet is in heat exchange relation with the cylinder head of the engine, which is in heat exchange relation with a heated exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust gas system, such that the coolant flowing through the engine water jacket absorbs heat from the heated exhaust gas via the cylinder head resulting in a heated coolant which is expelled from the IEM coolant outlet and selectively routed by the controller to one of the heater core, the engine oil heat exchanger, the transmission heat exchanger, and the radiator via the plurality of flow control valves.",0.9580965953432261,0.08380680931354778
9768389,"1. A compound for an organic optoelectronic device represented by a combination of the following Chemical Formula 1 and Chemical Formula 2: wherein, in the above Chemical Formulae 1 and 2, X is —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, or —S(O) Ar L m1 and m2 are independently integers of 0 or 1, one of m1 and m2 is 1, n1 and n2 are independently integers ranging from 0 to 3, R the *s of Chemical Formula 2 correspond with two adjacent *s of Chemical Formula 1 to form a fused ring.",0.6764593129047394,0.6470813741905213
9780318,1. A film comprising: a display film comprising: first and second removable liners separated by the display film.,0.07119733506068807,0.14239467012137608
9182141,"1. A method of operating a fan coil system comprising a fan coil accommodating fluid flow therethrough and a fan configured to blow air across the fan coil, the method comprising: controlling fluid flow through the fan coil, regulating the fan speed, or controlling fluid flow through the fan coil and regulating the fan speed in accordance with an unoccupied temperature set point; accepting a temporary temperature set point by sensing activation of one or more temperature set point buttons by a user; in response to accepting the temporary temperature set point via sensing activation of one or more of the temperature set point buttons, performing the following:",0.779831752010093,0.44033649597981395
9770786,"1. A lead-free solder paste comprising: a solder alloy powder of a solder alloy consisting of 1.0-4.0 mass % of Ag, 0.4-1 mass % of Cu, 1-8 mass % of Sb, and a balance of Sn; and a flux which contains one or more rosins which collectively are the largest component of the flux in mass %, the flux containing 5-45 mass % of a maleated rosin.",0.4678589464303747,0.9357178928607494
9228939,"1. A refractive fuel concentration detector used primarily for the detection of fuel concentration in the fuel control device of a fuel cell system, the refractive fuel concentration detector comprising: a light source device; a light-sensing device comprising a plurality of light sensors spaced from each other, the light sensors, while under the state of illumination, respectively outputting a corresponding electrophysical quantity signal based on the dose of light received; wherein the light source device and the light-sensing device are correspondingly disposed on opposite sides of the fuel control device such that the incident light from light source device can pierce through the fuel with a first refraction on entering the fuel and a second refraction on leaving the fuel and sensed by the light sensors in light-sensing device, each light sensor respectively outputting a corresponding electrophysical quantity signal based on the state of illumination, and the electrophysical quantity signal being corresponding to the fuel concentration; a circuit device capturing the eleetrophysical quantity singnal output by each light sensor corresponding to the state of illumination and based on the location of the light sensors and the comparative electrophysical quantity intensitv between the sensors, computing corresponding fuel concentration information.",0.9154537720466859,0.16909245590662825
9820169,"1. An interference management method for a wireless communication system, wherein the wireless communication system has a plurality of base stations, and the interference management method comprises: receiving at least one base station information from one of the base stations, wherein the base stations communicate with at least one corresponding user equipment by using at least one uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration; finding at least one interference relationship between the base stations according to the base station information, and grouping the base stations into at least one cluster according to the at least one interference relationship, wherein each of the at least one cluster has at least one base station; deciding a selected group of UL-DL configurations related to one or more clusters of the at least one cluster, wherein the selected group of UL-DL configurations comprises at least one UL-DL configuration; and informing at least one base station in the one or more clusters of the at least one cluster to adjust the UL-DL configuration of the at least one base station according to the selected group of UL-DL configurations, wherein the base station information of a corresponding base station comprises a load information, and further comprises at least one of UL-DL configuration, a base station activation situation and a resource status report, wherein the load information comprising:",0.4162326833403165,0.832465366680633
8843654,"1. A data transfer device comprising: an access-network interface that allows the data transfer device to be connected to at least one first communication device via a first access network; and a wide-area-network interface that allows the data transfer device to be connected to a wide area network having a contracted bandwidth managed by a telecommunication carrier, wherein",0.5360783310437971,0.9278433379124058
9475400,"1. A charging device for use with an electric vehicle including a power storage device, said charging device comprising: a power conduit configured to electrically couple the power storage device to said charging device; a first protection device configured to electrically isolate said charging device from the power storage device if a current flowing through said power conduit exceeds a current limit; and a controller configured to control the current flowing through said power conduit if a temperature within said charging device exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein said controller is further configured to transmit, when the temperature exceeds the predetermined threshold, a signal from said charging device to the electric vehicle that causes the electric vehicle to adjust a current drawn from said charging device by the power storage device, wherein said charging device is external to and separate from the electric vehicle.",0.9638526559547269,0.07229468809054618
8962255,1. A composition comprising: (1) at least one recombinase; (2) at least one polymerase; (3) a target nucleic acid; (4) a crowding agent; and (5) a first nucleic acid primer and optionally a second nucleic acid primer.,0.30008791790010003,0.6001758358002001
8592874,"1. A solid state imaging device comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in an array pattern, wherein each of the pixels includes: an insulating isolation part electrically isolates the photoelectric conversion elements adjacent to each other, the insulating isolation part constitutes at least a first region between the photoelectric conversion elements where the amplifier transistor is not arranged, and a second region between the photoelectric conversion elements where the amplifier transistor is arranged, a second conductivity type isolation diffusion layer is formed below the insulating isolation part, the isolation diffusion layer formed below the insulating isolation part constituting the first region is formed with a first isolation diffusion layer having a first impurity concentration, the first isolation diffusion layer is formed between the photoelectric conversion elements, the isolation diffusion layer formed below the insulating isolation part constituting the second region is formed with a second isolation diffusion layer having a second impurity concentration, the second diffusion layer is formed between the photoelectric conversion elements, and the first isolation diffusion layer formed below the second isolation diffusion layer, the second impurity concentration being higher than the first impurity concentration, and the amplifier transistor is disposed in the second isolation diffusion layer.",0.19921676891101883,0.3984335378220376
9324238,"1. A method, comprising: monitoring for a triggering event with respect to at least one of geographic coordinates and a flight path of an aircraft; detecting the triggering event; and altering at least one characteristic of at least one of a traffic alerting system and a traffic advisory system based on detecting the triggering event; wherein altering the at least one characteristic of at least one of the traffic alerting system and the traffic advisory system comprises altering a sensitivity setting of at least one of the traffic alerting system and the traffic advisory system, the sensitivity setting affecting when an output is provided by at least one of the traffic alerting system and the traffic advisory system, wherein the output comprises at least one of a traffic advisory or a resolution advisory.",0.48774558416114033,0.9754911683222807
9806959,"1. A system, comprising: a management device communicatively connected to a computing device through a first communication link, the management device comprising a processor and a storage device storing computer executable code, wherein the computer executable code, when executed at the processor, is configured to: wherein the computing device comprises:",0.4782475206052274,0.9564950412104548
9578741,"1. A copper foil with a carrier comprising a carrier, an intermediate layer, and an ultra-thin copper layer laminated in this order, the ultra-thin copper layer having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the carrier, wherein the ultra-thin copper layer includes a roughened layer on a surface thereof, and the roughened layer comprises particles having an average diameter D 1 at the particle bottom being apart from the bottom of each particle by 10% of the particle length L 1 of 0.2 to 1.0 μm and having a ratio L 1 /D 1 of the particle length L 1 to the average diameter D 1 at the particle bottom of 15 or less.",0.48682486727233276,0.9736497345446655
9455954,"1. A method for either initiating a data transmission from a first computer, which is a control computer for a printing machine, to at least a second computer or approving access to data on a first computer by a second computer, the computers being connected to one another through a first network connection, with a firewall protecting the first computer against access through the first network connection and a second communication connection from the first computer not transmitting data from the first computer, the second communication being a phone connection, the method comprising: the second communication connection organizing a first step of initiating the data transmission from the first computer to at least the second computer by initiating access authorization to the first computer by the second computer, realized via the very first data transfer of an authorization request to the first computer, with the very first data transfer of an authorization request being a call from the second computer with a fixed phone number to the first computer; and subsequent to the first step, the first computer checking a phone number of an incoming phone call from the second communication connection; and including equipment selected from the group consisting of the second computer and another communication appliance provided for sending a call signal through the second communication connection for initiating on the first computer the access authorization or the data transmission from the first computer to at least the second computer.",0.22903069365368217,0.45806138730736434
9029481,"1. A method for producing a polymer, the method comprising: (i) continuously supplying and bringing at least a ring-opening polymerizable monomer and a compressive fluid into contact with each other, to thereby allow the ring-opening polymerizable monomer to carry out ring-opening polymerization to continuously generate a polymer, thereby continuously obtaining the polymer.",0.32500549386484034,0.6500109877296807
9267464,"1. A method for an engine, comprising: flowing intake air, heated upon passage through an interstitial space of a double wall exhaust manifold, through an aspirator coupled to an engine vacuum consumption device to reduce motive mass flow rate at the aspirator as exhaust temperature increases; comparing an actual temperature of an engine intake manifold aircharge to an expected temperature; and indicating plugging of the interstitial space based on the comparison.",0.9061452647311008,0.1877094705377984
9363548,"1. A method comprising: obtaining, at a first mobile terminal, a request from a second mobile terminal communicating with the first mobile terminal; selecting, at the first mobile terminal, content corresponding to the request from one or more content; rearranging, at the first mobile terminal, a plurality of packet data of the selected content, such that the content can be reproduced at the second mobile terminal; and transmitting the selected content including the rearranged plurality of packet data from the first mobile terminal to the second mobile terminal.",0.21785833944943997,0.43571667889888
9115656,"1. A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of said engine, comprising: rotational speed detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of said engine; intake pressure detecting means for detecting an intake pressure of said engine; wide-open intake air amount calculating means for calculating a wide-open intake air amount according to the engine rotational speed, the wide-open intake air amount being an intake air amount corresponding to a state where said throttle valve is fully opened; theoretical intake air amount calculating means for calculating a theoretical intake air amount according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure, the theoretical intake air amount being an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of said engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of said engine; intake air amount obtaining means for detecting or estimating an actual intake air amount of said engine; exhaust gas recirculation ratio calculating means for calculating an exhaust gas recirculation ratio using the theoretical intake air amount and the actual intake air amount; output torque calculating means for calculating an output torque of said engine using the actual intake air amount and the exhaust gas recirculation ratio; and control means for controlling said engine using the calculated output torque.",0.8126479475033679,0.37470410499326423
9376829,"1. A portable protection shelter comprising: a four quarter panel assembly, a front panel member, a rear patent member, wherein the four quarter panel assembly forms a cylindrical-shaped structure of said portable protection shelter when fastened, and wherein front panel member and said rear panel member are substantially circular-shaped; wherein the quarter panel assembly is securely fastened and rests upon at least one support base having a plurality of side panels and a plurality of horizontal support beams; a wind shield and an impact shield reversibly attached to the four quarter panel assembly; a plurality of anchors and at least two anchor straps, wherein the plurality of anchors are each comprised of a rigid metal rod having a wide helical external thread at a first end and an anchor strap attachment/lock assembly at a second end, wherein the at least two anchor straps secure said portable protection shelter to the anchors by passing the at least two anchor straps over the four quarter panel assembly with wind shield and impact shield, wherein the anchor strap attachment/lock assembly is comprised of a “U” shaped member having two square bolt holes, wherein the “U” shaped member receives an anchor disc lock, an anchor lock pin, a slotted bolt, and a matching nut; whereby the plurality of anchors and anchor straps secure the portable protection shelter to the ground allowing the shelter to maintain integrity in a 250 mph wind environment.",0.6815105244493043,0.6369789511013915
9147884,"1. A supported catalyst comprising: a plurality of support particles, the support particles each including a carbon support and a layer disposed around the carbon support, the layer being selected from a group consisting of metal carbide, metal oxycarbide, and combinations thereof, wherein a metal of the layer consists of nickel and molybdenum; and a catalytic material disposed on the layers of the support particles.",0.946784702362188,0.10643059527562393
9306208,"1. A manufacturing method of an electrode for an electrochemical element by compression forming a mixed powder including an alkaline metal powder or an alkaline earth metal powder, each having a coated surface, wherein the method comprises: (1A) a preparing step of composite particles (A) including an electrode active material and a water dispersible binding agent; (2A) a preparing step of a mixed powder by dry mixing the composite particles (A) and the alkaline metal powder or the alkaline earth metal powder, each having a coated surface; (3A) a foaming step of an electrode composition layer by compression forming the mixed powder; and (4A) an integration step of the electrode composition layer and a current collector.",0.8180287097172683,0.36394258056546347
9781203,"1. A method for synchronizing data, comprising: monitoring, by a system comprising a processor, a set of attributes at a plurality of devices of a user; selecting, by the system, a group of data objects for synchronization based on the monitored set of attributes, and based on previous user activity of the user across the plurality of devices; assigning, by the system, priority levels to the data objects of the group of data objects and to the plurality of devices; prioritizing, by the system, synchronization operations to be performed on the group of data objects based on the priority levels; and synchronizing, by the system, the group of data objects in accordance with the prioritization of the synchronization operations.",0.30187342098774694,0.6037468419754939
8367395,"1. An engineered Y. lipolytica strain that produces at least one sterol compound selected from the group consisting of: squalene, lanosterol, zymosterol, ergosterol or 7-dehydrocholesterol (provitamin D3), the strain containing one or more sterologenic modifications selected from the group consisting of: a. decreased expression or activity of a b. increased expression or activity of a truncated HMG CoA reductase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; c. increased expression or activity of an FPP synthase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; d. increased expression or activity of an IPP isomerase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; e increased expression or activity of an HMG-CoA synthase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; f. increased expression or activity of a mevalonate kinase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; g. increased expression or activity of a phosphomevalonate kinase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; h. increased expression or activity of a mevalonate pyrophosphate decarboxylate polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; i. increased expression or activity of a cytosolic malic enzyme polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; j. increased expression or activity of a malate dehydrogenase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; k. increased expression or activity of an AMP deaminase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; l. increased expression or activity of a glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; m. increased expression or activity of a malate dehydrogenase homolog 2 polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; n. increased expression or activity of a GND1-6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; o. increased expression or activity of a isocitrate dehydrogenase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; p. increased expression or activity of a IDH2-isocitrate dehydrogenase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; q. increased expression or activity of a fructose 1,6 bisphosphatase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; r. increased expression or activity of a Erg10-acetoacetyl CoA thiolase polypeptide compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification; s. increased expression or activity of a squalene synthase polypeptide; and combinations thereof compared to an otherwise comparable strain lacking the one or more sterologenic modification;",0.7147701177042906,0.5704597645914189
9052195,"1. An inertial sensor for detecting angular velocity comprising: a membrane; first and second driving units provided in a first axis direction so as to be symmetrical to each other based on a predetermined point of the membrane to thereby vibrate while being expanded and contracted in the first axis direction; and third and fourth driving units provided in a second axis direction perpendicular to the first axis direction so as to be symmetrical to each other based on a predetermined point of the membrane to thereby vibrate while being expanded and contracted in the second axis direction, wherein the first and second driving units have different vibration frequencies so that the first and second driving units vibrate while being expanded and contracted in the opposite manner and then vibrate while being expanded and contracted in the same manner, and wherein when the first and second driving units vibrate while being expanded and contracted in the opposite manner, the third and fourth driving units stop, and when the first and second driving units vibrate while being expanded and contracted in the same manner, the third and fourth driving units vibrate while being expanded and contracted in the same manner as that of the first and second driving units.",0.12369918457584057,0.24739836915168112
9602757,"1. A method, comprising: selecting a video for display on a display of a device; detecting a display mode for the video, wherein the display mode is based on an aspect ratio of the video, an aspect ratio of the display of the device, and a user preference; selecting one of a plurality of presentation formats for presenting subtitles, wherein the presentation format is selected in response to the detected display mode; and presenting subtitles in the selected presentation format; wherein the method is performed by one or more processors.",0.026741863050578726,0.05348372610115748
8855713,"1. A server operable to: store personal information associated with a user of a wireless communication device having a wireless radio frequency communications module and operable to wirelessly receive information to update the functionality of the wireless communication device, wherein the personal information includes the user's email address and delivery information; then receive from the wireless communication device an image of an item for sale and a price of the item; and create a web page that includes the image and the price, and the user's email address and the delivery information.",0.09667729933697487,0.19335459867394977
8753784,"1. A separator for a molten carbonate fuel cell, the separator including four steel sheets in which edges of the four steel sheets are joined to each other thereby providing three spaces therebetween, comprising: a cathode channel formed between two of the four steel sheets, serving as a flow path of oxidant gas to be reduced with a cathode in the cathode channel, and formed in a first space; an anode channel formed between two of the four steel sheets, serving as a flow path of fuel gas, and formed in a second space such that the anode channel is separated from the cathode channel; a fuel gas reforming channel formed between two of the four steel sheets, and formed in a third space located between the first space and the second space; an oxidant gas inlet manifold for introducing the oxidant gas into the cathode channel; an oxidant gas outlet manifold for discharging the oxidant gas from the cathode channel; a fuel gas inlet manifold for introducing the fuel gas into the fuel gas reforming channel; a fuel gas outlet manifold for discharging the fuel gas from the anode channel; and a reformed gas exchange manifold for carrying the fuel gas from the fuel gas reforming channel to the anode channel wherein the oxidant gas inlet manifold, the oxidant gas outlet manifold, the fuel gas inlet manifold, the fuel gas outlet manifold and the reformed gas exchange manifold are formed in a border of the separator, and the oxidant gas inlet manifold and the fuel gas outlet manifold are formed on one side of the border and disposed horizontally separated from each other so as not to vertically correspond to each other at the one side of the border.",0.9536291307525694,0.09274173849486123
8453150,"1. A computing device-implemented method, comprising: receiving, at the computing device, threads of a multithread application associated with a first group; receiving, at the computing device, a thread of a second application associated with a second group; identifying, by the computing device and based on receiving the threads of the multithread application, the multithread application; and adjusting, by the computing device, a memory scheduling scheme for the multithread application based on the identification of the multithread application.",0.4928570557149375,0.985714111429875
8602719,"1. A vertical axis wind turbine, comprising: a base plate disposed on a support surface and rotatable about a first axis; a drive plate rotatable about said first axis, said drive plate supporting a plurality of substantially upright vanes in a pivotal engagement and configured to act as airfoils; a drive shaft engaged to said drive plate, said drive shaft rotatable about said first axis; a control plate; means for rotatable engagement of said control plate upon said base plate; said control plate rotatable about a second axis substantially parallel and spaced apart from said first axis; means to synchronize rotation of said control plate around said second axis with concurrent rotations of said drive plate around said first axis; means for engagement of each respective vane to said control plate; means for rotatory positioning of said base plate about said first axis relative to wind direction; and wherein rotation of said control plate about said second axis in combination with said means for rotatory positioning during concurrent rotation with said drive plate pivots each of said vanes, thereby communicating a continuous pitch adjustment to said vanes, wherein said means for rotatable engagement of said control plate comprises: a plurality of idler gears projecting from a top surface of said base plate; an aperture formed in said control plate defined by a circumferential edge; and said edge toothed for an engagement with said idler gears.",0.7709168403322252,0.45816631933554963
9393632,"1. A method of adaptive flushing, the method comprising: a hood ( a tubular erosion electrode ( a fluid inlet ( a fluid outlet ( a pressure adjustment whereby at least pressure of said flushing fluid of at least one of the hollow electrode, at the recess, within the hood, or outside the erosion electrode is adjusted corresponding to a user profile.",0.7003066540894827,0.5993866918210347
8445253,1. A composition comprising a mixture of biologically pure bacteria deposited as NRRL deposit accession number no. NRRL B-50298.,0.40338994981681775,0.8067798996336355
8607605,"1. A manufacturing method for a coil spring, the method comprising a first shot peening process and a second shot peening process to be performed after the first shot peening process, wherein: the first shot peening process comprises causing a first shot to impinge on a surface of a spring wire at a first projectile speed and at a first treatment temperature, thereby producing a compressive residual stress within the spring wire, wherein the first shot peening process forms (i) a first peak in which a maximum absolute value of the compressive residual stress exists within the spring wire, (ii) a high stress part next to the first peak and nearer to the surface than the first peak, (iii) a stress-increase region near the surface in which an absolute value of the compressive residual stress increases from the surface toward the high stress part, and (iv) a residual-stress-reduction part in which an absolute value of the compressive residual stress decreases from the first peak in a depth direction of the spring wire; and the second shot peening process comprises causing a second shot to impinge on the surface of the spring wire at a second projectile speed lower than the first projectile speed, at a second treatment temperature that is lower than the first treatment temperature, and with a kinetic energy lower than that of the first shot, thereby increasing an absolute value of the compressive residual stress of the stress-increase region near the surface and forming, between the surface and the high stress part, (v) a second peak in which an absolute value of the compressive residual stress is greater than that of the high stress part, and (vi) a residual-stress-increase part in which an absolute value of the compressive residual stress increases from the surface toward the second peak.",0.3204821016522465,0.640964203304493
9110987,"1. A system for providing music comprising: a database including a plurality of cues, each of the plurality of cues having a plurality of tags associated therewith, the plurality of tags including both musical and non-musical tags, wherein the plurality of cues includes a plurality of songs, and wherein at least one non-musical tag is related to at least one of the plurality of cues having a similar feeling and includes at least one of film directors, movies, television shows, and popular culture references; and a computing device configured to receive an input corresponding to the at least one non-musical tag, the computing device further configured to search the database to locate at least one of the plurality of cues having at least one tag that corresponds to the input and is related to the similar feeling of the at least one non-musical tag, the computing device further configured to provide a cue having the at least one tag that corresponds to the input and is related to the similar feeling of the at least one non-musical tag to a client device.",0.004625091160874124,0.009250182321748235
9166718,"1. A user equipment (UE) configured for determining a common search space (CSS) from a physical resource block (PRB) indication for a stand-alone carrier type, comprising: a processing module to:",0.3037600238564101,0.6075200477128202
8403481,"1. A method of reducing motion artifacts in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), the method comprising: scanning a sample with a scan pattern to acquire OCT data at a plurality of data locations, the data locations being distributed in the scan pattern across the sample such that at least some spatially adjacent data locations are acquired non-sequentially in time; and estimating at least one spatial profile of the sample corresponding to a sample surface or an aspect of an internal structure of the sample responsive to the OCT data.",0.02393433946034515,0.047868678920690355
9514782,"1. A method for activating an optical article comprising: deriving an unlock code for the optical article with a cryptographic module of a detoggler by applying a cryptographic algorithm to data provided by a point of sale (POS) machine operatively coupled to the optical article and to data input from an encrypted medium; deriving a detoggling signal from the unlock code with a detoggler interface, wherein the detoggling signal comprises a set of values, wherein each value corresponds to a respective state of one of a plurality of marks disposed on a surface of the optical article, the plurality of marks comprising an optical-state change material in an initial state that prevents the optical article from being read by a player; applying the detoggling signal to the plurality of marks via connectors of the detoggler, wherein applying the detoggling signal comprises setting the optical state-change material of a portion of the plurality of marks to a final state, based on the corresponding values of the detoggling signal, such that the optical article can be read by the player; and removing a protective layer from the surface of the optical article, wherein the protective layer is initially disposed on the surface of the optical article to protect the optical state-change material of one or more of the plurality of marks from being set to a final state by an external stimulus, wherein the optical article is rendered readable by the player when the protective layer is removed after applying the detoggling signal, and wherein the optical article is rendered unreadable by the player when the protective layer is removed before applying the detoggling signal.",0.034594775713247095,0.06918955142649419
9544395,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a first device of devices of a network, and the first device comprising a processor, notification information of a presence of a second device among the devices of the network, wherein the devices are configured to communicate information about events associated with respective operations of the devices; generating, by the first device, first information indicative of an identity of the second device and a functional classification based on a function of the second device; and initiating, by the first device to a controller device within the network, a transmission of second information for association of third information indicative of the functional classification of the function of the second device with data generated by the second device.",0.35175439353713656,0.7035087870742731
8568793,"1. Solid sodium nitrite which contains no greater than about 0.02% by weight of sodium carbonate, contains no greater than about 10 ppm of an anti-caking agent, has a loss on drying of no greater than about 0.25% by weight, wherein the water content is no greater than about 0.5% by weight, wherein the heavy metal content is no greater than about 10 ppm, contains no greater than about 0.4% by weight of sodium nitrate, contains no greater than about 0.005% by weight of insoluble matter, contains no greater than about 0.005% by weight of chloride, contains no greater than about 0.01% by weight of sulfate, contains no greater than about 0.001% by weight of iron, contains no greater than about 0.01% by weight of calcium, contains no greater than about 0.005% by weight of potassium, contains no greater than about 0.05 ppm of mercury, contains no greater than about 2 ppm of aluminum, contains no greater than about 3 ppm of arsenic, contains no greater than about 0.003% by weight of selenium, contains no greater than about 5000 ppm of ethanol, contains no greater than about 3000 ppm methanol, wherein the total non-volatile organic carbon content is no greater than about 10 ppm, and contains no greater than about 0.25 EU/mg of bacterial endotoxins.",0.5366708096430669,0.9266583807138662
8956294,"1. A method for continuously monitoring a patient, comprising the following steps: detecting a first time-dependent physiological waveform indicative of one or more contractile properties of the patient's heart with a first sensor comprising a first detector configured to be worn on the patient's body; detecting a second time-dependent physiological waveform indicative of one or more contractile properties of the patient's heart with a second sensor comprising a second detector configured to be worn on the patient's body; detecting sets of time-dependent motion waveforms with at least two motion-detecting sensors positioned on locations selected from a forearm, upper arm, and a body location other than the forearm or upper arm of the patient, wherein each set of motion waveforms is indicative of motion of the location on the patient's body to which it is affixed; processing the first and second time-dependent physiological waveforms and the sets of time-dependent motion waveforms with one or more microprocessors, the microprocessor(s) configured to",0.020964118908025593,0.04192823781605115
9649507,"1. An apparatus for administration of biostimulatory phototherapy radiation to a bone of a subject, the apparatus comprising: a transparent output interface, which is configured to contact a skin surface overlying the bone or to contact the bone; and a source of coherent light, which is configured to emit the radiation through the output interface so as to irradiate marrow of the bone at a sufficient intensity to improve brain function when the source of coherent light avoids irradiating a brain of the subject.",0.12437656361748976,0.24875312723497955
9359060,"1. A laminated composite radius filler for a composite structure comprising: a stacked ply assembly comprising a plurality of stacks of laminate radius filler plies cut to a desired width and having a desired ply orientation; and, a separate, pre-formed geometric shaped filler element comprising a plurality of plies comprised of a plurality of unidirectional fibers, a unidirectional fiber tape, a prepreg unidirectional tape, a unidirectional composite tow, a slit unidirectional tape, a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) tape, a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) fabric, a prepreg fabric, a woven fabric including a woven carbon fiber fabric, or a combination thereof, the geometric shaped filler element positioned within the laminated composite radius filler at a desired location on a first portion of the stacked ply assembly, the geometric shaped filler element deforming a second portion of the stacked ply assembly stacked over the geometric shaped filler element, such that the laminate radius filler plies of the second portion of the stacked ply assembly change direction and have a component of direction comprising a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, the laminated composite radius filler having a shape substantially corresponding to a radius filler region of the composite structure and filling the radius filler region.",0.5454651046581178,0.9090697906837644
9599829,"1. A method for producing a birefringent lens for a stereoscopic image display using a birefringent material, the method comprising the steps of: providing the birefringent lens material; applying the birefringent lens material onto an alignment layer that has been subjected to an alignment treatment in a uniaxial direction to obtain a coating film; and forming the coating film into a lens shape by conducting curing with ultraviolet light, wherein the birefringent lens material for a stereoscopic image display comprises; wherein each of the first liquid crystal compound and the second liquid crystal compound is a compound represented by general formula (1): where P represents a polymerizable functional group; Sp represents a spacer group having 0 to 18 carbon atoms; m represents 0 or 1; MG represents a mesogenic group or a mesogenity supporting group; and R where P represents a polymerizable functional group, Sp represents a spacer group having 0 to 18 carbon atoms, and m represents 0 or 1 wherein the birefringent lens material has a transition temperature from a solid phase to a liquid-crystalline phase of −10° C. or lower and a transition temperature from a liquid-crystalline phase to a liquid phase of 50° C. or higher.",0.2408665280090326,0.48173305601806526
9382272,"1. A process for preparation of Lubiprostone comprising hydrogenation, in the presence of a suitable hydrogenation catalyst, of a compound of Formula 10: wherein R at least one of R R R at least one of R S/D is a single or a double bond; wherein",0.5272842137075092,0.9454315725849816
8450324,"1. A method for the treatment of a disease, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the crystalline base of Compound I having formula (I): wherein the disease is selected from the group consisting of a disease involving a psychotic symptom, schizophrenia, an anxiety disorder, an affective disorder and an abuse disorder.",0.45003599061287,0.90007198122574
9681421,"1. A method for transmitting broadcast signals, the method comprising: input formatting input streams into one or more PLP (Physical Layer Pipe) data, wherein the input formatting further includes: encoding the PLP data; mapping the encoded PLP data onto constellations: time interleaving the mapped PLP data; building at least one signal frame including the time interleaved PLP data; modulating data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme; and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data, wherein the input formatting further includes counting null packets and input packets in a TS packet group in an input stream by using a NP (Null Packet) counter and a TS (Transport Stream) counter, respectively, wherein a value of the NP counter is incremented for each counted null packet and a value of the TS counter is incremented for each counted input packet in the TS packet group, and wherein the NP counter is initialized before the counting.",0.20965750638237793,0.4193150127647558
8521386,"1. An automatic idling stop-and-start device for an engine, comprising: an engine control unit that automatically stops the engine when a predetermined stop condition is fulfilled and automatically starts the engine when a predetermined start condition is fulfilled; a brake device that imparts a brake force to a vehicle that carries the engine and holds a brake state by cutting off a compressed air flow by a brake control valve provided between an air tank and a brake actuator; and a brake control unit that holds the brake state produced by the brake device when a predetermined brake hold request condition is fulfilled and releases the brake state produced by the brake device when a predetermined brake release condition is fulfilled, wherein the brake hold request condition is fulfilled when a push-down amount of a foot brake is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, in order to restart the engine after the engine has stopped automatically, and the engine control unit determines whether the brake device holds the brake state by cutting off the compressed air flow, and automatically starts the engine when the determination is affirmed.",0.8946044411411814,0.21079111771763714
8377372,"1. A lance for injecting a jet of a first gas into an interior of a reaction space, said lance comprising: a main body having upstream and downstream ends and a plurality of conduits formed therein, each of the conduits extending between an associated inlet and an associated outlet, said plurality of conduits consisting of a primary conduit and 2-4 secondary conduits radially distributed around the primary conduit, each of the primary and secondary conduit outlets being disposed at the downstream end, the primary conduit inlet being adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a source of a first gas, the secondary conduit inlets are adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a source of vacuum or a source of a second gas, a terminal portion of the primary conduit at the downstream end extends along an axis; and a collar comprising a wall extending around the primary and secondary conduit outlets from the main body downstream end, an inner surface of the wall diverging away from the primary conduit axis to define a vectoring space adapted to allow expansion of a jet of the first gas exiting the primary conduit outlet, wherein:",0.8544941636660892,0.2910116726678216
8962182,"1. A separator/anode assembly for use in an electric current producing cell, wherein said assembly comprises an anode current collector layer interposed between a first anode layer and a second anode layer and a porous separator layer on a side of said first anode layer opposite to the side of said anode current collector layer, wherein there are no pores larger than 0.2 microns in diameter in the porous separator layer, said first anode layer is coated directly on said porous separator layer from a pigment dispersion comprising an organic solvent or water, and said porous separator layer comprises inorganic oxide particles.",0.737921727048649,0.524156545902702
9808363,"1. A frame structure adapted for use with a stent graft, the frame structure comprising: a scallop region having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a perimeter that defines an aperture; and a Z-form region extending from the scallop region and comprising a plurality of Z-shaped struts, each of which has a first end and a second end that is connected to the scallop region at different points so as to form a central frame structure lumen, wherein the scallop region includes a plurality of attachment members spaced apart from one another by one or more peak-shaped structures; wherein the second end portion of the scallop region includes a backstop that is deployable from a first flattened configuration to a second erect configuration; wherein the backstop, in the second erect configuration, is sized and dimensioned to extend into a lumen of an aortic branch vessel.",0.09358257617346862,0.1871651523469372
8415492,"1. A bridged metallocene having the general Formula 1 below, where M 1 is a metal of Group IVb of the Periodic Table of the Elements, R R R where R 40 and R 41 , even when bearing the same index, are identical or different and optionally contain heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of Si, B, Al, O, S, N, P, Cl and Br, and are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having from 1 to about 30 carbon atoms, an aryl group of from 6 to about 40 carbon atoms, a fluoroalkyl group of from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of from 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group of from 6 to about 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of from 2 to about 10 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group of from 7 to about 40 carbon atoms, an alkylaryl group of from 7 to about 40 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsilyl, an alkyl(aryl)silyl group, an arylsilyl group, and an arylalkenyl group of from 8 to about 40 carbon atoms, and wherein R 40 and R 41 together with the atoms connecting them optionally form one or more cyclic systems, x is an integer from 1 to 18, M R R R where R 301 is a linear, cyclic or branched hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group of from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group of from 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, an aryl group of from 6 to about 20 carbon atoms, an arylalkyl group of from 7 to about 40 carbon atoms, an alkylaryl group of from 7 to about 40 carbon atoms, or an arylalkenyl group of from 8 to about 40 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group of from 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, an aryloxy group of from 6 to about 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkylsilyl group, an alkyl(aryl)silyl group and an arylsilyl group, wherein each of the groups optionally contains one or more hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of Si, B, Al, O, S, N and P, and optionally contain halogen atoms selected from the group consisting of F, Cl and Br, and where R 302 is a hydrocarbon group selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group of from 2 to about 20 carbon atoms, and an substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group of from 3 to about 20 carbon atoms, and wherein those groups optionally contain one or more hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of Si, B, Al, O, S, N and P, and/or halogen atoms selected from the group consisting of F, Cl and Br, and further wherein R 302 forms a monocyclic ring with the β carbon atom, and R",0.7505441403642054,0.4989117192715893
9797297,"1. A compound engine assembly comprising: a compressor; an engine core including at least one internal combustion engine each having a rotor sealingly and rotationally received within a respective internal cavity to provide rotating chambers of variable volume in the respective internal cavity, the engine core having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the compressor; a turbine section having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the engine core, the turbine section configured to compound power with the engine core; a common air conduit having an inlet in fluid communication with ambient air around the compound engine assembly; and at least one heat exchanger in fluid communication with the common air conduit, each of the at least one heat exchanger configured to circulate a fluid of the engine assembly in heat exchange relationship with an airflow from the common air conduit circulating therethrough, the compressor having an inlet in fluid communication with the common air conduit upstream of the at least one heat exchanger.",0.9675694962781682,0.06486100744366352
8536769,"1. A prechamber spark plug comprising: a housing, having a prechamber with a plurality of openings, an isolator arranged in the housing, a middle electrode surrounded by the isolator, said middle electrode supporting an ignition electrode in the prechamber, said ignition electrode comprising several electrode arms made of sheet metal, having a rolling texture with a rolling direction, said electrode arms each having a rear section and a front section, said front section running along a prechamber wall and forming a spark gap between itself and the prechamber wall or between itself and a prechamber wall protrusion, the ignition electrode comprising iridium or an iridium-based alloy, and a rolling texture of each electrode arm having a rolling direction enclosing an angle of 50° or less with respect to a longitudinal direction of a corresponding electrode arm.",0.39660975158011297,0.7932195031602259
8581743,"1. A power meter data collection system for monitoring power information from a plurality of power meter devices configured on a meter bank, the system comprising: a collar housing member comprising a base region and an annular spacer member configured to the base region; an incoming power connector disposed on the base region, the incoming power connector being coupled to a pair of first power lines; an outgoing power connector disposed on the base region, the outgoing power connector being coupled to a pair of second power lines; a remote data concentrator device configured in the collar housing member, the remote data concentrator device comprising a power line communication device, a central processing device, and a first ZigBee transceiver, the first ZigBee transceiver being configured to communicate between anyone of the other plurality of power meter devices numbered from 1 through N, where N is an integer greater than 2, each of the other power meter devices comprising a second ZigBee transceiver device, and the remote data concentrator device being configured to exchange information between the remote data concentrator device and anyone of the other power meter devices and to aggregate information associated with each of the power meter devices; a memory device coupled to each ZigBee transceiver for storing ZigBee setup information for each ZigBee transceiver; whereupon the plurality of power meter devices including the remote data concentrator device are configured on the meter bank to communicate with the remote data concentrator device.",0.7819078503610993,0.43618429927780134
9516594,"1. A method of wireless communication of a very low duty cycle signal (LDCS) configuration for a low power node (LPN) from a second entity to a user equipment (LIE), the second entity being different than the LPN, comprising: identifying an LPN; transmitting, from the second entity to the LIE, an LDCS configuration of the LPN, wherein the LDCS configuration is different than a configuration of an active mode signal of the LPN; and transmitting a Random Access Channel (RACH) configuration relating to the LDCS for the LPN to the UE.",0.59120887604518,0.81758224790964
9841239,"1. A method for facilitating heat transfer, comprising the steps of: (a) positioning a length of an extruded, heat-conductive metal onto a pipe in covering relation to a tracer extending along an outer surface of the pipe, (b) including heat transfer cement between the length of the extruded, heat-conductive metal and the outer surface of the pipe such that, following said positioning, (c) strapping the length of the extruded, heat-conductive metal in place on the pipe, with the tracer located within the lengthwise channel such that the extruded, heat-conductive metal shields the tracer from the strapping to avoid compromise of integrity of the tracer.",0.29160849664515537,0.5832169932903107
9340098,1. A transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle comprising: an input shaft arranged to receive torque of an engine; a first motor/generator operable as a motor or a generator; a second motor/generator operable as a motor or a generator and directly connected to an output gear; and a planetary gear set including:,0.913166617696798,0.17366676460640407
9175135,"1. A process for preparing diaryl carbonate, which comprises the steps of: (a) preparing phosgene by reaction of chlorine with carbon monoxide; (b) reacting the phosgene formed in step (a) with at least one monophenol in the presence of a homogeneous metal catalyst to form at least one diaryl carbonate and hydrogen chloride; (c) isolating and working-up the diaryl carbonate formed in step (b); (d) isolating and optionally purifying the hydrogen chloride formed in step (b); (e) thermally oxidizing at least part of the hydrogen chloride from step (d) to chlorine by oxygen forming a gas mixture with formation of water; and (f) recirculating at least part of the chlorine prepared in step (e) to the preparation of phosgene in step (a); wherein the thermal oxidation by oxygen in step (e) is carried out using one or more catalyst, and wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of titanium chloride, zirconium chloride, aluminum chloride and titanium phenoxide.",0.8135551226931411,0.37288975461371776
8802571,"1. A method for etching features into a silicon based etch layer through a patterned hard mask in a plasma processing chamber, comprising: providing a silicon sputtering to sputter silicon from the silicon based etch layer onto sidewalls of the patterned hard mask to form sidewalls on the patterned hard mask, wherein the silicon is sputtered primarily in the direction from the silicon based etch layer onto the sidewalls of the patterned hard mask; and etching the etch layer through the patterned hard mask.",0.18361673536165893,0.3672334707233178
9051584,"1. A heat-resistant Newcastle disease virus (NDV) live vaccine vector system, comprising: a transcription plasmid, comprising a complete genomic cDNA sequence of a heat-resistant NDV strain, and an exogenous gene inserted between the phosphoprotein gene and the matrix protein gene of the heat-resistant NDV; a first helper plasmid, comprising a DNA sequence encoding the nucleoprotein (NP) of the heat-resistant NDV strain; a second helper plasmid, comprising a DNA sequence encoding the large polymerase protein of the heat-resistant NDV strain; a third helper plasmid, comprising a DNA sequence encoding the large polymerase protein of the heat-resistant NDV strain; and host cells allowing replication of the heat-resistant NDV strain, wherein the transcription plasmid comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.",0.5446156164012849,0.9107687671974303
9354816,"1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of memory dies; and a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of memory dies and configured to utilize multiple copies of a root record containing system data during a boot-up process, wherein the multiple copies of the root record are stored using at least two of the plurality of memory dies, during the boot-up process, the controller is enabled to decode root record data stored in a particular location in a particular memory die of the plurality of memory dies and if decoding the root record data fails, the controller is enabled to decode a copy of the root record data stored in a different location in the particular memory die or in a particular location in at least one other memory die of the plurality of memory dies.",0.45740759755505944,0.9148151951101189
9778234,"1. An instrument, comprising: samples located between a working electrode and a counter electrode assembly comprising a plurality of counter electrodes, the samples each including one or more analytes, each of the analytes including a semiconductor, a distance between the working electrode and the counter electrode assembly being less than 10 mm, and one or more light sources that each act as a source of one or more light beams that are each incident on one or more of the samples.",0.3379248468141595,0.675849693628319
8704402,"1. An apparatus for preventing theft of equipment having a prime mover, an prime mover controller that controls operation of the prime mover, a starter switch that allows the operator to connect/disconnect power from a power source to the prime mover; and an authenticator that acquires ID information from an electronic key through a receiver when the key is brought close thereto by the operator, determines whether the acquired ID information corresponds with authentication ID information, and permits the prime mover controller to start the prime mover when the acquired ID information is determined to correspond with the authentication ID information, characterized in that: the starter switch comprises electrode pair that is sensitive to electrostatic capacitance; and the electrode pair and the receiver are installed together on an electronic circuit board.",0.3902976688488065,0.780595337697613
8430791,"1. A control device for a vehicular power transmitting apparatus provided with a transmission disposed in a power transmitting path between an electric motor and drive wheels, the control device switching a synchronizing control method of the transmission in a kickdown shifting performed in the transmission to either one of a rotation-synchronization control by a hydraulic pressure control of the transmission and a rotation-synchronization control by the electric motor, depending on an input torque applied to the transmission at the beginning of the shifting.",0.868091136383631,0.263817727232738
9255732,"1. A method for drying clothes using a vacuum heat pump, the method comprising: placing the clothes in a sealed drum; reducing the internal atmospheric pressure of the drum until close to a vacuum state through a vacuum system; heating the surface of the drum by a heat pump system, through a liquid medium using heat which is produced by compressing a refrigerant by the heat pump system, so that the clothes reach evaporation temperature of moisture by contact of the clothes with the inner surface of the drum, and the water of the clothes evaporates to form water vapor which is extracted by the vacuum, exchanging heat between the refrigerant with low temperature and low pressure and damp-hot air, to cool and condense the damp-hot air into condensation water, collecting the condensation water, and heating a part of the condensation water into hot steam and send the part of the condensation water into the drum, immersing a lower part of the drum in the liquid medium, and maintaining the temperature of the liquid medium in a range of 35 to 60° C., the temperature of the drum surface in a range of 35-55° C., and the temperature within the drum in a range of 30-50° C., by heat generated during operating of the heat pump system.",0.542661007596,0.914677984808
8531211,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first signal delay block configured to delay a first edge of an input signal with varying delay amounts, maintain a second edge of the input signal, and output at least one first driving signal; a second signal delay block configured to delay the second edge of the input signal with the varying delay amounts, maintain the first edge of the input signal, and output at least one second driving signal; and an output pad driving block configured to drive a data output pad with a first voltage in response to the first driving signal and drive the data output pad with a second voltage in response to the second driving signal.",0.2570182988268798,0.5140365976537596
8987191,"1. A method of treating a fibrotic disorder or condition comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a peptide less than 35 amino acids in length, wherein said peptide comprises the amino acid sequence AYAAFSV (SEQ ID NO:2), and wherein the peptide is delivered for a time, frequency and amount effective to decrease the fibrotic disorder or condition in the subject.",0.2629569454942725,0.525913890988545
8883489,"1. Apparatus for use in performing an assay to detect the presence of an analyte or analytes in a test sample, the apparatus comprising: a housing defining a slot for receiving a sample collector, the sample collector comprising a swab for collecting a sample; the housing further defining an incubation chamber containing or configured to receive a reagent, and an aperture permitting liquid communication between said slot and said incubation chamber; a capsule containing a buffer liquid, the capsule being sealed by an openable lid, and the capsule being connected to the housing in such relation with said slot and said aperture that insertion of the sample collector into the slot causes the lid to open releasing the buffer liquid into the slot under pressure to communicate a portion of the sample to the incubation chamber via the aperture; the apparatus further comprising:",0.15651520705290523,0.31303041410581045
9067027,1. Extracorporeal medical device for reversing flow comprising: a housing ( a selector body (,0.23429831212395108,0.46859662424790216
8549857,"1. A method comprising: adsorbing a paramagnetic gas and/or magnetic gas on a magnetically susceptible adsorbent facilitated by application of a magnetic field; removing said magnetic field thereby desorbing at least a portion of said gas from said adsorbent into a limited void space of a pressure worthy vessel thereby pressurizing said desorbed gas; heating said pressurized gas by directing said pressurized gas into a heat exchanger, said heat exchanger receiving heat from a heat source; and driving a turbine generator with said heated and pressurized gas.",0.9037313973970386,0.19253720520592288
9077024,"1. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising: a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode having a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; an electrode assembly comprising the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the separator; and a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a solvent and lithium salt, the non-aqueous electrolyte being impregnated in the electrode assembly, characterized in that: the positive electrode active material contains at least cobalt or manganese; and a coating layer consisting of filler particles and a binder is formed on a surface of the negative electrode active material layer wherein the filler particles have an average particle size greater than an average pore size of the separator; wherein a product of x and y, where x (μm) is the thickness of the separator and y is the porosity (%) of the separator, is less than 800 (μm·%); and wherein the separator consists of polyethylene; wherein the battery is a liquid-type battery.",0.9388047202556004,0.12239055948879929
8962841,"1. A method of preparing a compound of Formula I: comprising reacting a compound of Formula II: in the presence of a metal catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises Cu, Ru, Rh, Ir, Pt, Os, Ag, Au and/or Pd, and a compound of Formula III: or when R wherein, R R R R R R R R R PG LG is a leaving group, wherein, when (a) R",0.8760554631070303,0.24788907378593938
8567597,"1. A container comprising: a base; a lid defining a first snus storage compartment within the base; a recess formed in an outer surface of the container; a removable rigid cover attached to the container over the recess to define a second snus storage compartment; and at least one of the following attachments: wherein the at least one attachment resealably closes at least one of said first snus storage compartment and second snus storage compartment; wherein the recess is formed in an outer surface of the lid and the second snus storage compartment is defined between the lid and the removable rigid cover; wherein the recess is encircled by a lip to which the removable rigid cover is releasably attached by the non-permanent reusable adhesive; and wherein the lip is recessed, having a depth less than that of said recess and configured to receive the removable rigid cover flush with a surface of the lid.",0.30611820985948024,0.6122364197189605
9128947,"1. A method comprising: receiving a request, at a computer, to locate a file saved at a remote server in a folder; displaying the folder containing the file on a display device; generating, using the computer, a machine readable encoded image, representing a link to the file; displaying, on the display device, the machine readable encoded image in the folder; and automatically saving changes to the file at the remote server in response to modifications made to the file on a device that accesses the file by scanning the machine readable encoded image.",0.012674821950571187,0.02534964390114236
9299295,"1. A method of driving a display element of an electrowetting display device, the method comprising: receiving data representing a display effect for display by the display element; selecting a driving scheme for driving the display element to display the display effect, in dependence on a characteristic of the data and from at least: driving the display element using the driving scheme selected in dependence on the characteristic of the data.",0.4265615113086412,0.8531230226172823
8435375,"1. A method for making a grid-stiffened sandwich structure comprising the steps of: applying an inner skin to a hard base tool; forming ribs by situating an uncured material on the inner skin so that a plurality of cavities are formed by the ribs and the inner skin; placing at least one expansion block in each of the cavities; holding each of the expansion blocks in contact with the inner skin; applying an outer skin over the ribs and the expansion blocks; curing an assembly including the inner skin, the ribs, the expansion blocks and the outer skin, so that the expansion blocks expand and laterally compress the ribs; separating the assembly from the hard base tool; removing the outer skin and the expansion blocks from the assembly; and then bonding the outer skin to the ribs.",0.26628954196645693,0.5325790839329139
8931365,"1. A bicycle control device comprising: a bracket configured to be mounted to a handlebar; a first lever for braking pivotally mounted to the bracket and defining a first pivot axis; a second lever for shifting pivotally mounted to the first lever to pivot about a second axis, wherein the second lever includes a first user contact part; a first electrical switch mounted to one of the first lever and the second lever and operated in response to pivotal movement of the second lever about the second axis, wherein the first pivot axis is positioned between the second axis and the first user contact part a third lever for shifting pivotally mounted to the first lever to pivot about a third axis, wherein the third lever includes a second user contact part; and a second electrical switch mounted to one of the first lever, second lever, and the third lever and operated in response to pivotal movement of the third lever about the third axis, wherein the first pivot axis is positioned between the second axis and the second user contact part.",0.16813916677040952,0.33627833354081904
9608375,"1. A LAN port lock device for selectively locking a LAN port connector having a flexible hook that is locked into a LAN port of an electronic device, when the LAN port connector is inserted in the LAN port, the LAN port lock comprising: a device body where the LAN port connector is inserted with a terminal exposed outside; a locking unit coupled to the device body and selectively preventing or allowing elastic deformation of a flexible hook of the LAN port connector coupled to the device body by interfering with or separating from the flexible hook configured to be inserted and retracted from the device body; and a release button configured to be inserted and retracted from the device body and elastically deform the flexible hook to separate the flexible hook from the locking unit and insert the flexible hook into the device body.",0.3039072348306667,0.6078144696613333
9101093,"1. A system for delivery of carbon to a photoautotroph comprising: (a) a stream containing CO (b) a solid adsorbent comprising materials suitable for CO (c) a carbonate-based stripping fluid; (d) a device for washing the sorbent, loaded with CO (e) a CO (f) a baffle disposed on a surface of the CO (g) a microfiltration membrane which prevents direct contact between the photoautotroph culture medium and the bicarbonate rich contacting solution, wherein the photoautotroph culture medium is enriched with bicarbonate providing carbon for growth of the photoautotroph.",0.8856460866353365,0.228707826729327
9185525,"1. A method for determining a speed of a wireless communication device, comprising: determining whether a number and/or identity of base stations in a wireless wide area network which are visible to the wireless communication device exceeds a first threshold; activating a speed sensor responsive to a change in a number and/or identity of the base stations in the wireless wide area network which are visible to the wireless communication device exceeding the first threshold; determining whether a speed of the wireless communication device sensed by the speed sensor exceeds the first threshold in responsive to the activating; and performing an action responsive to the speed of the wireless communication device sensed by the speed sensor exceeding the first threshold.",0.6198630626208621,0.7602738747582758
9539723,"1. A robot controllable by a portable device, the robot comprising: a support comprising an extendable member configured to automatically adjust a length of the support in response to height instructions received from the portable device, and thereby adjust a vertical position of a center of mass of the robot during operation; a base mounted to the support, the base comprising:",0.18406396349157414,0.36812792698314833
8390396,"1. A duplexer module comprising: a plurality of sets of a transmission line to transfer a transmission signal, a reception line to transfer a reception signal, and an antenna line to transfer the transmission signal and the reception signal, wherein the transmission line, the reception line, and the antenna line are connected to one another; a transmission filter inserted in the transmission line of each of the plurality of sets and allowing passage of the transmission signal; a reception filter inserted in the reception line of each of the plurality of sets and allowing passage of the reception signal; a module substrate including, in a first principal surface thereof, a plurality of transmission filter mount terminals to which the transmission filters of the plurality of sets are mounted and a plurality of reception filter mount terminals to which the reception filters of the plurality of sets are mounted; and a high-frequency switch arranged to select the antenna line in one of the plurality of sets and to connect the selected antenna line to an antenna port; wherein the transmission filters are arranged along a first side of the module substrate; and the reception filters are arranged along a second side of the module substrate, the second side being positioned opposite to the first side.",0.41370339249116456,0.8274067849823291
8693874,"1. A transmission system comprising: a transmission apparatus operative to output an ASE light from a transmission light amplifier; and a reception apparatus including: a tilt detection unit operative to detect the optical strength levels of at least two probe lights having different wavelengths from the received ASE light; an EDF operative to effect optical amplification; a pump LD operative to supply an excitation light to the EDF; a control unit operative to perform a first order tilt correction on light to be output form the EDF in a linear manner by adjusting an amplification amount of the pump LD so as to reduce the difference in the optical strength level of the two probe lights detected by the tilt detection unit, the transmission apparatus outputs an ASE light that corresponds to each of a plurality of channels for different wavelengths, the reception apparatus includes: a demultiplexer that splits the received ASE light into the plurality of channels; a plurality of monitor photo diodes that detects the optical strength level of the plurality of channels produced by splitting by the demultiplexer; an average value calculation unit that computes the average value of the optical strength levels detected by the plurality of monitor photo diodes; a difference calculation-per-channel unit that calculates for each channel the difference between the average value computed by the average value calculation unit and the optical strength level detected by each one of the plurality of monitor photo diodes; and a feedback transmission unit that transmits as feedback the difference calculated by the difference calculation-per-channel unit to the transmission apparatus, and wherein the transmission apparatus performs a second-order tilt correction by adjusting for each channel a Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA) of a wavelength multiplexer so as to reduce the difference transmitted as feedback by the feedback transmission unit.",0.10518389373526647,0.21036778747053297
9043037,"1. A method, comprising: synchronizing, by a computer processor, state information and context information associated with one or more electrical devices on an electrical grid with time information, notifying, by the computer processor, one or more subscribing devices of the synchronized state information and the synchronized context information such that the one or more subscribing devices monitors and controls the one or more electrical devices based on the synchronized state information and the synchronized context information; receiving one or more subscriptions from the one or more subscribing devices requesting to register the one or more subscribing devices with a Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF)/Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) registrar of a presence server, wherein the one or more subscriptions are one or more SIP register messages indicating that the one or more subscribing devices request to receive the state information and the context information when the state information and the context information is at least one of available and changed; storing the one or more SIP register messages in the presence server; and automatically notifying, by the presence server, the one or more subscribing devices of the synchronized state information and the synchronized context information based on the one or more subscriptions.",0.43768664804285146,0.8753732960857029
8868936,"1. A method comprising: at a chassis management controller device in a chassis unit comprising a plurality of blade servers, storing policy information for the chassis unit, wherein the policy information comprises: receiving, at the chassis unit, power at a power level substantially equal to the power budget for the chassis unit; at the chassis management controller device, distributing power to the plurality of blade servers based on the blade server priority class for each of the plurality of blade servers and the power budget for the chassis unit; at the chassis management controller device, determining an actual power consumption of each of the plurality of blade servers; and at the chassis management controller device, redistributing power to the plurality of blade servers based on the actual power consumption and the policy information.",0.9485519671462341,0.10289606570753174
8888962,"1. An apparatus for pyrolysing an organic feed material which comprises: (a) a pyrolysis reaction chamber having an upstream end, a downstream end, an inlet for organic feed material, an outlet for gas produced in the chamber, and separate outlets for (i) a liquid water product and (ii) a dried and pyrolysed product; (b) an assembly for moving organic material through the reaction chamber from the upstream end towards the downstream end of the chamber counter-current to the flow of gas generated in the chamber; and (c) an assembly for establishing a temperature profile in the reaction chamber that comprises the following temperature zones extending successively along the length of the reaction chamber from the upstream end of the chamber: a first temperature zone for water condensation (Zone wherein the assembly for establishing the temperature profile in the reaction chamber comprises a plurality of heat transfer members that extend within the chamber to contribute to establishing and maintaining the temperature profile in the chamber.",0.8204813231021036,0.3590373537957927
9290858,"1. A method of treating a substrate, comprising: identifying a first treatment zone; forming a molten area of the first treatment zone by exposing a surface of the first treatment zone to a first laser pulse, wherein the first laser pulse has a non-uniformity of less than about 5 percent; recrystallizing the molten area of the first treatment zone while exposing the first treatment zone to a first plurality of laser pulses; identifying a second treatment zone; forming a molten area of the second treatment zone by exposing a surface of the second treatment zone to a second laser pulse, wherein the second laser pulse has a non-uniformity of less than about 5 percent; and recrystallizing the molten area of the second treatment zone while exposing the second treatment zone to a second plurality of laser pulses.",0.5028388935622965,0.994322212875407
9786843,"1. A method for fabricating an optoelectronic device, comprising: directly applying a printing ink composition to a patterning process, wherein the printing ink composition consists of (1) at least one compound selected from the group of compounds represented by Chemical Formula 1, Chemical Formula 2, Chemical Formula 3, and mixtures thereof in an amount of 0.01-90 wt % based on the total weight of the composition, (2) at least one organic material for an optoelectronic device, and optionally a solvent: wherein, in Chemical Formulas 1, 2 and 3, R",0.6258340790183514,0.7483318419632972
9017145,"1. A polishing solution distribution apparatus, comprising: a branch body having a solution pan to store polishing solution and plural flow passages radially connected at a position to a side face of the solution pan, respectively, and having a delivery port to supply the polishing solution to a position lower than the connected position; and a support portion unitarily formed with the branch body as an integrated object, the branch body supported at a position higher than the gravity center of the branch body of the support portion by a universal joint mechanism, wherein the universal joint mechanism supports the integrated object by supporting the support portion, the integrated object is arranged at a position in which an upper platen of a polishing mechanism is placed between the integrated object and a lower platen of the polishing mechanism, the universal joint mechanism maintains the integrated object in a horizontal position and allows the integrated object to rotate to move in any direction with respect to the upper platen when polishing a wafer held by the polishing mechanism, wherein the solution pan is positioned on a central axis of the polishing solution distribution apparatus, and wherein the universal joint mechanism is provided at an outer periphery of the branch body with respect to a plan view of the polishing solution distribution apparatus.",0.29399063098244455,0.5879812619648891
8630990,"1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions that when executed cause a processor to: send a first signal configured to cause a client device to display an instruction, the instruction directing a user to perform an indicated task associated with a profile of the user, the profile of the user being associated with an online entity; produce a query formatted according to a predefined programming interface associated with the online entity, the query based at least in part on an identification of the user and the indicated task; send a second signal including the query to at least one of the client device or a server device associated with the online entity; receive a third signal including a datum associated with the indicated task, the third signal being formatted according to the predefined programming interface; update a status of the indicated task based at least in part on the datum; and send a fourth signal configured to cause the client device to produce an indication associated with the status of the indicated task.",0.15836611415977386,0.3167322283195477
9187862,"1. A continuous process for fractionation of sugarcane bagasse biomass, consisting of the steps of: a) subjecting the biomass to auto-hydrolysis treatment without the addition of acid or base to obtain a pre-hydrolyzed bagasse biomass by exposing the biomass to steam in a reaction vessel at a preselected temperature of between 170 and 220° C. and a preselected reaction pressure of between 100 and 322 psig, for a preselected exposure time of between 5 to 90 minutes, the process conditions being selected for the achievement of a severity index of 3.88 to 4.11, to remove a desired amount of a hemicellulose fraction from the bagasse biomass and to activate a cellulose fraction of the bagasse biomass and to obtain a pre-hydrolyzed bagasse biomass during the exposing step while continually purging liquid condensate and vapor formed during the exposure step to remove and collect a first liquid stream containing water soluble compounds and a first vapor stream containing volatile chemicals b) selectively extracting at the selected reaction pressure from the pre-hydrolysed bagasse biomass a second liquid stream containing hemicellulose hydrolysis and degradation components as a hemicellulose degradation stream; c) rapidly releasing the preselected reaction pressure after the extracting step for explosive decompression of the pre-hydrolyzed bagasse into pretreated fibrous solids, vapor and condensate; and d) collecting the vapor and condensate from the explosive decompression for separation and recovery of byproducts, e) optionally the bagasse biomass is adjusted to a moisture content of 50% to 70%, and is pre-heated to a temperature of about 100° C. for a minimum of about 10 minutes prior to pretreatment, f) optionally the pre-heated bagasse biomass is compressed prior to the exposure step to the selected pressure required for the exposure step for removing a third liquid stream containing extractives, g) optionally the first liquid stream from the pretreatment purge is blended with the second liquid stream extracted from the prehydrolysed bagasse biomass, h) optionally the bagasse biomass is washed and subsequently separated from dissolved hemicellulose and liqnin free xylo-oliqosaccharides and remaining inhibitory chemicals prior to the explosive decompression, i) optionally pretreated fibrous solids are washed with water, j) optionally wherein the washed fibrous solids are separated from the wash water by a separation process selected from the group consisting of compressing, filtering, centrifuging, and combinations thereof.",0.9058384745581406,0.1883230508837188
8600080,"1. A method for using an electronic device to which an accessory may be connected with a wired communications path, wherein the wired communications path includes an audio connector, and wherein the accessory includes at least one speaker and a user input interface that gathers user input from a user, comprising: providing signals to the accessory over the wired communications path for the electronic device that adjust settings in the accessory; and with the electronic device, receiving the user input from the accessory over the wired communications path and the audio connector in the wired communications path, wherein receiving the user input from the accessory comprises monitoring voltages on a microphone line in the wired communications path with a voltage detection circuit that includes a comparator in the electronic device.",0.17096317069557032,0.34192634139114064
9271369,"1. A Light Emitting Diode (LED) driving apparatus, comprising: an input unit configured to receive a dimming signal; an extension unit configured to extend an ON time of the dimming signal; an LED driving unit configured to drive an LED array using the extended dimming signal; and a detection unit configured to detect a degradation of the LED array by measuring a forward voltage between the LED array and the LED driving unit, wherein the detection unit is configured to detect the degradation by measuring the forward voltage at a time of a declining edge of the dimming signal.",0.5698643996626918,0.8602712006746165
8560102,"1. A method for determining an operational reliability factor for a drive provided for a load, the drive including a gear unit and a motor, comprising: obtaining an at least three-dimensional load collective for one of the drive and the gear unit; determining an operational reliability factor for one of the drive and the gear unit from the load collective, wherein the determining step includes determining an individual operational reliability factor for each component of at least the gear unit, and at least one of using, determining, outputting and displaying a minimum of all individual operational reliability factors as the operational reliability factor; and manufacturing the drive with the determined operational reliability factor.",0.6734369694172285,0.653126061165543
8669667,"1. A method comprising: placing a flexible magnetic field source between a first flexible plurality of conductors and a second flexible plurality of conductors in a flow of a material; holding the flexible magnetic field source, the first flexible plurality of conductors and the second flexible plurality of conductors at one end along a length while allowing opposite ends of the flexible magnetic field source, the first flexible plurality of conductors and the second flexible plurality of conductors to move relative to each other along the length; arranging the flexible magnetic field source, the first flexible plurality of conductors and the second flexible plurality of conductors so that forces provided by the fluid to cause the flexible magnetic field source, the first flexible plurality of conductors, and the second flexible plurality of conductors to bend along the length; and wherein the bending changes the radiuses of the flexible magnetic field source, the first flexible plurality of conductors and the second flexible plurality of conductors to move the first plurality of conductors and the second plurality of conductors relative to a magnetic field of the flexible magnetic field source that is different at different portions along the length and to induce a currents in the first plurality of conductors and in the second plurality of conductors.",0.23350723601130335,0.4670144720226067
8979003,"1. An infiltration irrigation apparatus, comprising: a water passing chamber having a water outlet and a water inlet, wherein a water stream along an axial direction of the water passing chamber is formed when water flows between the water inlet and the water outlet; one or more porous filter membranes disposed in the water passing chamber and formed with a filtration section for accommodating the water filtered by the one or more porous filter membranes, wherein the location of the one or more porous filter membranes is set so that at least a part of the water stream flows along a surface of the porous filter membrane to wash the surface when the axial water stream exists in the water passing chamber; and one or more flow restrictors each disposed on a sidewall of the water passing chamber corresponding to the porous filter membrane, wherein each of the one or more flow restrictors has one or more restricting orifices, an inlet communicated with the filtration section of the one or more porous filter membranes and an outlet outside the water passing chamber, a maximum pore diameter of the restricting orifice of the flow restrictor is larger than that of the porous filter membrane and a total water seepage capability of the one or more flow restrictors is smaller than that of the one or more porous filter membranes.",0.686025810067496,0.6279483798650081
9127789,"1. A fixing system for cables, comprising: a main body including a steel band extending between end sections of said steel band with attachment points anchorable to a supporting structure, said steel band extending as part of an arc of a circle;",0.1506839609209287,0.30136792184185746
9499402,"1. A method of preparing a ruthenium-containing catalyst on a non-conductive metal oxide support, comprising: dissolving one or more ruthenium precursor compounds in a liquid organic polyol to form solution, combining the thus obtained solution with nano-powder(s) of one or more metal oxides in a ratio of moles metal oxide(s) to moles ruthenium atoms in the one or more ruthenium precursor compounds of about 0:1 to about 6:1, the metal oxide nano-powder(s) having a surface area of from about 5 to about 300 m agitating the thus obtained mixture, adding pre-shaped alumina support pellets to the agitated mixture, heating the agitated mixture at a temperature of about 50° C. to the boiling point of the organic polyol, until the one or more ruthenium precursor compounds have fully reacted, cooling the agitated mixture and combining it with an aqueous solution of NaNO agitating the resultant mixture, separating solvent and solids from the agitated resultant mixture, and drying the agitated resultant mixture to obtain nano-powder(s) metal oxide(s) supported on the alumina support pellets, each of the nano-powder(s) metal oxide(s) is further coated with ruthenium and an additional amount of Na and/or K.",0.8516154652775831,0.2967690694448337
9251962,"1. A method of manufacturing a dye-sensitized solar cell module, the method comprising the steps of: stacking a transparent conductive material layer on a glass substrate to manufacture a transparent conductive substrate for a working electrode; stacking a transparent electrode material layer on a thin glass plate substrate thinner than the glass substrate of the transparent conductive substrate for the working electrode to manufacture a transparent conductive substrate for a counter electrode; stacking a collector and a photo-electrode on the transparent conductive substrate for the working electrode to finish the working electrode; stacking a collector and a catalytic electrode on the transparent conductive substrate for the counter electrode to finish the counter electrode; and bonding the working electrode and the counter electrode with a sealant, injecting an electrolyte through an electrolyte injection aperture into a space between the working electrode and the counter electrode sealed with the sealant, and sealing the electrolyte injection aperture, to finish the solar cell module, wherein the transparent electrode material layer is formed between the catalytic electrode and the thin glass plate substrate while being in direct contact with the thin glass plate substrate and the catalytic electrode, wherein the counter electrode consists essentially of the transparent electrode material layer, the thin glass plate substrate thinner than the glass substrate of the transparent conductive substrate for the working electrode, the catalytic electrode and the collector, and the thin glass plate substrate thinner than the glass substrate of the transparent conductive substrate for the working electrode is not flexible.",0.9760884479070535,0.04782310418589297
8679683,"1. An electrolytic solution comprising (a) one of a cyclic imide salt shown in Chemical Formula 4(2), and (b) a light metal salt selected from the group consisting of Chemical Formulae 1 and 6 shown below Chemical Formulae 4(2), (1) and (6) being:",0.7920285713696302,0.41594285726073954
9156629,1. A conveyor comprising: a diverting conveyor extending longitudinally in a conveying direction and laterally in width from a first side to a second side and including means for selectively diverting articles toward the first side; an exit conveyor positioned adjacent the first side to receive articles diverted by the diverting conveyor; a bidirectional roller disposed between the first side of the diverting conveyor and the exit conveyor and having an axis of rotation parallel to the conveying direction; wherein the bidirectional roller is rotated in a first direction to transfer articles diverted to the first side over the bidirectional roller and onto the exit conveyor and in an opposite second direction to prevent articles at the first side from transferring over the bidirectional roller to the exit conveyor wherein the conveyor further comprises an actuator raising and lowering the bidirectional roller between a lowered position when the bidirectional roller is rotated in the first direction and a raised position when the bidirectional roller is rotated in the second direction to block articles at the first side of the diverting conveyor from transferring onto the exit conveyor.,0.16415733404071353,0.32831466808142706
8845001,"1. A device for detecting opening/closing of a charger lid provided in the vicinity of a battery charging opening of a vehicle body, the device comprising: a first urging means for urging the charger lid in a closing direction; a push rod provided in the battery charging opening and capable of pushing up the charger lid; an illumination means provided in the battery charging opening and capable of illuminating an inside of the battery charging opening; a switch means for turning on or off the illumination means; a second urging means for urging the charger lid in an opening direction; and a push-push mechanism, wherein when the charger lid is located at a closed position for closing the battery charging opening, the push-push mechanism holds the push rod in a standby state when the charger lid located at the closed position is pressed and the standby state of the push rod is cancelled, the push-push mechanism opens the charger lid by pushing up the push rod by an urging force of the second urging means, when the switch means is turned off by the push rod in the standby state, the illumination means is turned off, and when the switch means is turned on by the push rod no longer in the standby state, the illumination means is turned on.",0.6488741369179059,0.7022517261641883
9492787,"1. A method for preventing the contamination by platinum of an SCR catalyst in an exhaust gas treatment system, comprising: passing an exhaust gas stream through the exhaust gas treatment system, the exhaust gas treatment system comprising an oxidation catalyst substrate positioned upstream of the SCR catalyst, wherein the oxidation catalyst substrate comprises an oxidation-catalytically active coating containing platinum, and the oxidation catalyst substrate further comprises, on an outflow side of the substrate, a material zone that removes traces of platinum contained in the exhaust gas stream.",0.9255164932029292,0.14896701359414166
8956628,"1. The A purified bacteriophage preparation comprising CPAS-7 (accession number PTA-8479), CPAS-15 (accession number PTA-8480), CPAS-16 (accession number PTA-8481) and CPLV-42 (accession number PTA-8483) wherein each bacteriophage has lytic activity against at least five C. perfringens strains which cause necrotic enteritis in poultry.",0.40532242735656243,0.8106448547131249
9178410,"1. A power conversion system comprising: a DC-DC power converter comprising at least two legs coupled in parallel, each leg comprising at least two sets of switches couplable at a midpoint to a DC power source, wherein each of the at least two sets of switches, comprises a plurality of switches electrically coupled in parallel to each other, and wherein each of the plurality of switches is enclosed in a blast shield to protect adjacent switches upon failure of one or more of the switches; and a controller for controlling operating time of the plurality of switches of the at least two legs to provide a combined DC output power and, wherein upon failure of at least one of the switches in one of the at least two legs, the controller adjusts the operating time of at least the switches of remainder of the at least two legs to provide a reduced combined DC output power.",0.9217227500761421,0.15655449984771574
9071712,"1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a sheet feed portion configured to feed a sheet; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet; a first conveying path configured to guide the sheet fed by the sheet feed portion to the image forming portion; a second conveying path configured to guide the sheet on which the image has been formed on one surface thereof by the image forming portion to the first conveying path again; a document feed portion configured to feed a document to the second conveying path; an image reading portion configured to read an image of the document fed by the document feed portion; and a control portion configured to control a conveyance operation of the sheet and the document, wherein the control portion is configured to control the conveyance operation of the sheet and the document such that at least part of the document and at least part of the sheet are existing on the second conveying path at the same time in a case where an operation of forming images respectively on both surfaces for a plurality of sheets and an operation of reading images for a plurality of documents are executed in series.",0.04149608113433678,0.08299216226867356
9171676,"1. Organic colorant corresponding to the following structure (I): in which eD represents an electron donor segment, L represents a covalent bond or a spacer segment, A represents an electron attractor segment able to form a covalent bond with a semi-conductor, wherein the pi-conjugated chromophore comprises at least two aromatic rings, wherein at least one is a thiophene ring, providing that, when one of the two aromatic rings comprised in the pi-conjugated chromophore is of thiophene type, said chromophore has at least one unit chosen from: in which the radicals R X X",0.1537286153829929,0.30745723076598575
9664957,"1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate separated from and opposing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; a first electrode between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and comprising a first slit; and a second electrode between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate and comprising a second slit, wherein the liquid crystal layer comprises a negative nematic liquid crystal, a positive nematic liquid crystal and a ferroelectric liquid crystal, wherein the liquid crystal layer includes a mixture of the positive nematic liquid crystal, the negative nematic liquid crystal, and the ferroelectric liquid crystal, the mixture being disposed throughout the entire liquid crystal layer.",0.09054674086069583,0.1810934817213916
9465756,"1. An interconnect system, comprising: a plurality of connectors having a first configuration; a plurality of point-to-point bus segments on a motherboard, the bus segments disposed such that each connector of the plurality of connectors is connected to an end of two or more bus segments; and a memory controller communicating with at least one bus segment; the interconnect system further comprising: a plurality of memory modules inserted in the connectors, wherein a number M of plurality of memory modules is less than or equal to the a number N of the connectors; at least some of the plurality of memory modules having a configurable switch for routing signals received on a first bus segment to one of a second bus segment, a third bus segment, or a memory circuit associated with the memory module, wherein the interconnect system is configured to provide connectivity between the memory controller and the plurality of memory modules in a first state where a memory module of the plurality of memory modules is either inoperative, or is removed from a respective connector.",0.290226053650021,0.580452107300042
9804998,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a hardware division overflow detection circuit, a size, sign, and value of a dividend x for a division operation as a part of an instruction; receiving, by the hardware division overflow detection circuit, a size, sign, and value of a divisor d for the division operation as a part of the instruction; and executing the instruction, by the hardware division overflow detection circuit, by:",0.0906598206600028,0.18131964132000555
9033081,"1. A work vehicle comprising: an engine compartment; a cooling compartment; a partition wall partitioning the engine compartment from the cooling compartment, the partition wall having a notch part in an upper end part; a cooling fan contained in the cooling compartment and exhausting air from the cooling compartment; a top plate configured to be openable and defining an upper surface of the engine compartment; and a first duct body part attached to the top plate and having a first end part and a second end part and extending between the engine compartment and the cooling compartment via the notch part, the first end part being positioned inside the engine compartment, the second end part being positioned inside the cooling compartment.",0.6553934211484075,0.689213157703185
8560752,"1. A method of operating a portable gaming unit, the method comprising: initializing an application on the portable gaming unit, the portable gaming unit including memory for storing instructions for the application and at least one processor for executing the instructions; determining whether a control docking apparatus is coupled to the portable gaming unit based on a set of information received from a broadcast signal, the control docking apparatus having a second plurality of controls differing in at least one of size, number, or orientation from a first plurality of controls of the portable gaming unit; executing a first version of the application configured for execution when the control docking apparatus is not coupled to the portable gaming unit, the first version of the application developed for execution on the portable gaming unit and operable to utilize a first control scheme for the first plurality of controls of the portable gaming unit; and based on the determination that whether the control docking apparatus is coupled to the portable gaming unit, executing a second version of the application configured for execution when the control docking apparatus is coupled to the portable gaming unit, the second version of the application developed for execution on a gaming console and operable to utilize a second control scheme for the second plurality of controls, the second control scheme substantially corresponding to a gaming console control scheme utilized by the second version of the application when executing on the gaming console.",0.38129006301233453,0.7625801260246691
8370816,"1. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium including a non-transitory computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to: receive a debugger script that comprises a first debugger breakpoint associated with a certain program line number; determine a validity of the first debugger breakpoint in response to a comparison between an expected content associated with the first debugger breakpoint and between an actual content of at least a portion of a certain program line group that comprises a certain program line identified by the certain program line number; and find a new program line that comprises at least a portion of the expected content, if the expected content differs from the actual content and to generate an indication, comprising applying a search technique selected from a group consisting of: longest substring search, parse based search and imperfect matching.",0.03247014216532247,0.06494028433064492
9666557,"1. A semiconductor package, comprising: a semiconductor die having opposing first and second main surfaces, an edge disposed perpendicular to the first and second main surfaces, a first electrode at the first main surface, and a second electrode at the second main surface; a first terminal attached to the first electrode; a second terminal attached to the second electrode; a mold compound enclosing at least part of the semiconductor die and the first and second terminals so that each of the first and second terminals has a side parallel with and facing away from the semiconductor die that remains at least partly uncovered by the mold compound; and a protrusion formed from the mold compound or protruding out of the mold compound, the protrusion disposed between the first and second terminals and extending outward further than the first and second terminals at the same side of the semiconductor package, wherein the protrusion comprises a different material than the first and second terminals.",0.17038596962595087,0.34077193925190175
9302669,"1. A control device for a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine and an electric motor for assisting the internal combustion engine with power, the control device comprising: a first changing unit, which prepares to change an assist amount of the electric motor in response to a first input from a user, and subsequently changes the assist amount of the electric motor in response to a second input from the user; a second changing unit, which prepares to change output power of the internal combustion engine in response to the first input from the user, and subsequently changes the output power of the internal combustion engine in response to the second input from the user; and a first selecting unit, which selects the first changing unit or the second changing unit, based on a number of revolutions of the internal combustion engine or a number of revolutions of the electric motor, wherein the first changing unit cancels the second input when a predetermined time has elapsed after receiving the first input.",0.9811826277093385,0.03763474458132299
9679237,"1. A method comprising: coating at least a portion of a first paper based composite material with a moisture resistant material, wherein the first paper based composite material comprises at least a portion of a first enclosed cavity storing a Radio Frequency Emitting Device (RFED); coating at least a portion of a second material with the moisture resistant material; after coating the first paper based composite material and coating the second material, affixing the first paper based composite material to the second material to create at least a portion of a first board embedded with a RFED, wherein the first paper based composite material is a first density and the second material is a second density, wherein the second density is greater than the first density; detachably coupling the first board to at least a first supporting leg of a pallet such that, after being coupled to the first supporting leg, the second material is positioned between the first paper based composite material and the first supporting leg of the pallet, and the board forms at least a portion of a shipping surface of the pallet; and detachably coupling a second board to the first supporting leg such that, after being coupled to the first supporting leg, the second board forms a second portion of the shipping surface of the pallet.",0.827824634264424,0.344350731471152
9212932,"1. A method for identifying at least one of energy consumers and energy producers in one of a pneumatic, hydraulic, or electrical network which has a control unit, the method comprising: storing comparative profiles of the energy consumers and the energy producers in one of the control unit or a database; detecting, by the control unit, at least one of connection and disconnection processes of the at least one of the energy consumers and the energy producers; comparing the at least one of detected connection and disconnection processes with the stored comparative profiles; and associating the at least one of detected connection and disconnection processes with a selected one of the energy consumers and the energy producers with at least a specified level of probability based on the comparison; wherein during the at least one of the connection and disconnection processes of the at least one of the energy consumers and the energy producers, a time curve of a measured value is detected, and wherein a recording unit is provided and a conclusion is drawn regarding a spatial distance of the at least one of the energy consumers and the energy producers to the recording unit based on the time curve of the measured value.",0.8950103693116448,0.2099792613767104
8843153,"1. A method for categorizing traffic in a wireless network, the method, comprising: determining whether to send new or changed data from a host server to a mobile device based on: whether an application on the mobile device to which the new or changed data is relevant, is running in a foreground; wherein the determining is performed by a proxy server coupled to the host server and able to wirelessly connect to the mobile device; wherein, the proxy server is remote from the mobile device and the host server; selecting a network configuration for use in sending the new or changed data; wherein, the network configuration includes a selection among, 3G, LTE, or 4G networks to send the new or changed data; wherein, the network configuration with a slower data rate is selected to send the new or changed data when the application is not interacting with a user; wherein, the application is characterized as fully, partially or not cached, wherein the new or changed data are characterized as fully or partially cached for non-time critical data.",0.5992908252513093,0.8014183494973814
8986368,"1. An implantable device having a generally cylindrical shape, configured to be disposed within a body lumen, the device comprising: a scaffolding of struts, comprising: a polymeric cover applied to and between the scaffolding of struts.",0.10397714977230119,0.20795429954460243
8390904,"1. A scanner device for scanning mailpieces, which scanner device comprises, disposed downstream from a set of conveyor rollers for conveying said mailpieces through a module of a franking system: a contact image sensor or “CIS” disposed in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction in which the mailpieces are conveyed through said module; and a support to which said sensor is fastened, said support being mounted to pivot at one end of at least one first drive lever, the other end of which is itself mounted to pivot about a first common hinge pin secured to a stationary portion of said module and disposed upstream from said set of conveyor rollers, so as to make it possible for said contact image sensor to move vertically; wherein said scanner device further comprises at least one second drive lever one end of which is mounted to pivot about a second common hinge pin secured to said stationary portion of said module and disposed downstream from said set of conveyor rollers, the other end of said second drive lever, by being moved synchronously with the vertical movement of said set of conveyor rollers, moving said contact image sensor via said first drive lever.",0.15285231723925324,0.3057046344785065
9558960,"1. A substrate processing method comprising: a coating step that applies a coating liquid to a substrate having a front surface on which a pattern is formed, thereby forming a coating film on the substrate; a film removing step that heats the substrate to gasify components of the coating film thereby to reduce a thickness of the film; and a film curing step that is performed after or simultaneously with the film removing step and that heats the substrate to cure the coating film through crosslinking reaction, wherein the film removing step is performed under conditions ensuring that an average thickness of the cured coating film is not greater than 80% of an average thickness of the coating film before being subjected to the film removing step.",0.49454550340089143,0.9890910068017829
8641886,"1. A method of treating a body of contaminated water to increase dissolved oxygen content and remove cationic impurities, the method comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the water with at least one cathode device having a cathode disposed inside a nonconductive housing that provides a conduit for the flow of water therethrough from an inlet to an outlet in the housing such that the water contacts and flows past the cathode; (b) providing at least one anode in electrical contact with the body of water but located outside the body of water in soil or a containment wall proximal to the body of water; (c) pumping air bubbles into the water in or near the inlet of the housing so that the water flowing past the cathode contains the air bubbles; and (d) passing an electrical current between the cathode and the anode so as to establish an electrical field at the cathode of sufficient strength and duration to effect an electrolytic dissociation of water to produce dissolved hydrogen species at the cathode and thereby to facilitate removal of the cationic impurities.",0.7811662541340302,0.43766749173193964
9081505,"1. A method of writing data from a host system to a storage device, said method comprising: receiving a request from said host system to write a host data block to said storage device; reading a storage device data block from a first location on said storage device to a buffer, said storage device data block corresponding to said host data block; modifying said storage device data block based on said host data block; restricting writing of data into said first location; storing said modified storage device data block to a second location, different from said restricted first location; acknowledging success of said storing; and after said acknowledging, lifting said restricting of writing data into said first location.",0.36976782828806515,0.7395356565761303
8520531,"1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which stores a program causing a computer to perform a process comprising: creating an isolation list, to which information of master/slave relation of isolation devices is added, by a manual operation upon an isolation operation for isolating particular devices in repair check or periodical check with respect to failure of plant devices in an initial stage, and saving the isolation list in a history file; displaying a system diagram of equipment on a screen; setting an isolation range based on a specifying operation with respect to the system diagram of equipment displayed on the screen; extracting the isolation device present in the set range and registering the device as a master device in an isolation list; displaying the isolation list on the screen; sequentially selecting the master device from the isolation list displayed on the screen, searching the isolation device which is in the relation of slave device with respect to the selected master device from the history file, and displaying a slave device list; and inserting and placing the slave device selected based on a selecting operation of the slave device list after the corresponding master device of the isolation list so as to complete the list; wherein, the isolation lists which are created in the past are utilized as virtual master data by accumulating a history of the isolation list; in saving the isolation list, executing maintenance processes of the list contents so as to maintain latest isolation list contents, when the contents of isolation lists created in the past and saved in the isolation list history file are to be changed upon list creation along with isolation operations thereafter; the isolation list includes, as display articles, device numbers, device category information indicating whether the device is the master device or the slave device, and related device information indicating master/slave relation; the isolation list further has relation deletion information which cancels setting of the slave device as a display article, and effectively sets the relation deletion information in accordance with needs by a maintenance process so as to cancel master/slave relation without changing the list contents.",0.39666453570291965,0.7933290714058393
9751567,"1. A rail assembly configured to limit a lateral deformation of an intermediate portion of the rail assembly to a predetermined lateral deformation when the rail assembly is subjected to an external force, comprising: an inner portion having an inner wall; an outer portion having an outer wall and attached to the inner portion, wherein the inner portion and the outer portion together form a hollow rail; and a web portion having a central portion, a first flange, and a second flange and configured with a deformation initiator, the web portion disposed inside of the hollow rail, and attached to the inner wall of the inner portion and the outer wall of the outer portion; wherein the deformation initiator is configured to limit the lateral deformation of the intermediate portion of the rail assembly to the predetermined lateral deformation when the rail assembly is subjected to the external force; and wherein the deformation initiator extends from the central portion of the web portion to at least one of the first and second flanges of the web portion.",0.08843499289562301,0.17686998579124602
8785766,"1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a photoelectric conversion element comprising: an energy conversion layer over the photoelectric conversion element, wherein the energy conversion layer comprises a plurality of first layers and a plurality of second layers alternately stacked, and wherein the second electrode passes through the energy conversion layer.",0.8997894489990222,0.2004211020019555
8593064,"1. A plasma source comprising an RF coupling system, magnets or coils that generate magnetic fields, a gas injection system, and a vacuum tight, an RF transparent gas containment tube, wherein said RF coupling system comprises an RF coupler and said plasma source further comprises a choke point wherein the ratio of the field strength at said choke point to the field strength at said RF coupler is greater than two.",0.1377814136070559,0.27556282721411174
9478753,"1. A compound for an organic optoelectronic device, the compound being represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, Ar is a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzofuranyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted dibenzothiophenyl group, X is N or P, L n and m are each independently integers of 0 to about 3, and R",0.6938585381527029,0.6122829236945941
9757627,"1. A golf club, comprising: a golf club head including a hosel that defines a hosel bore; an elongate shaft; a shaft sleeve assembly including a sleeve body, a fastener that releasably couples the sleeve body to the club head at least partially within the hosel bore, and a wedge member, disposed on the sleeve body and interposed between the sleeve body and the hosel, wherein the wedge member provides a wedge angle between the sleeve body and the hosel, wherein the hosel bore further comprises an upper hosel portion and a lower hosel portion, and wherein the upper hosel portion and the lower hosel portion form a disconnect from one another around at least a portion of the hosel bore.",0.051169342607732024,0.10233868521546408
8393457,"1. A handrail, comprising a plurality of aligned individual rigid grip elements, at least one of the grip elements having an outer shell, an individual lighting means arranged in an interior space bounded by the outer shell, and at least one window element associated with the lighting means, the window element being located laterally at the outer shell.",0.06379049515216635,0.12758099030433268
9322566,"1. A feedback controller for controlling power consumption by an HVAC system of a building during a demand limiting period, the controller comprising: a processing circuit configured to generate a value of a manipulated variable for adjusting the operation of an HVAC device, wherein the processing circuit comprises: an error analyzer configured to receive an energy use setpoint as a reference input and to receive a measured energy use as a measured input, wherein the error analyzer is further configured to compare the reference input and the measured input, and to use the comparison to determine an error value; an error corrector configured to receive the error value and to use the error value to generate the value of the manipulated variable during the demand limiting period; and an energy use setpoint generator configured to calculate the energy use setpoint using a demand limiting technique subject to a constraint defining a threshold value for a condition affected by the energy use setpoint.",0.9642019223737018,0.07159615525259633
8804223,"1. An optical scanning device, comprising: a substrate comprising: a torsion bar extending from each cantilever beam; a mirror supported by the torsion bars, the mirror being between the two cantilever beams; a drive source provided on a portion of the substrate main body, to vibrate the substrate; and a light source to project light onto the mirror, wherein the substrate, the torsion bars, and the mirror are formed of a metal sheet, and wherein a Si mirror is attached to and fixed on the metal sheet of the mirror.",0.05530012189213272,0.11060024378426547
8518408,"1. A hybridoma cell line deposited at the DSMZ on Jul. 29, 2008 under an Accession Number selected from the group consisting of DSM ACC2931, DSM ACC2932, DSM ACC2933, DSM ACC2934, DSM ACC2935, DSM ACC2936, DSM ACC2937, and DSM ACC2938.",0.43389920825956385,0.8677984165191277
9229587,"1. A capacitive sensor apparatus, comprising: a first member; a second member relatively movable in a first direction with respect to the first member; and a detection mechanism including",0.20301985565927602,0.4060397113185521
8689046,"1. A method for recovery of a server, the method comprising: sending transaction requests from clients to the server through a network; receiving the transaction requests at the server; logging a start transaction in an intention log at the start of each transaction request; logging a complete transaction in the intention log at completion of each transaction request; taking a checkpoint at predetermined times, the checkpoint defining a recovery state for the server; asynchronously mirroring the checkpoint to a recovery server; logging a checkpoint taken in the intention log at the start of each taking a checkpoint; logging a checkpoint mirroring complete at completion of the mirroring to the recovery server; and maintaining the intention log at the recovery server by asynchronously mirroring start transactions from the server to the recovery server and synchronously mirroring complete transactions from the server to the recovery server.",0.4930190257698463,0.9860380515396926
9064616,"1. A conductive paste comprising a conductive powder containing at least one of copper and nickel as a main component, a glass frit, and an organic vehicle, wherein the glass frit is a tellurium-based glass frit that essentially does not contain any lead component and contains tellurium as a network former in an amount of 35 to 70 mol % in terms of oxide, the tellurium-based glass frit containing silver as an essential component.",0.535639421280345,0.9287211574393099
9661600,"1. A method for measuring a location of a communication terminal by an access point, the method comprising: receiving, by the access point, information of nearby access points obtained by the communication terminal; selecting, by the access point, a predetermined number of nearby access points among the nearby access points based on the received information, the selected predetermined number of nearby access points including access points with actual location coordinates and remaining access points, other than the access points with actual location coordinates, having signal strength above a threshold; extracting, by the access point, location coordinates of the selected predetermined number of nearby access points from a data storage; calculating, by the access point, a barycentric coordinate using the extracted location coordinates; and determining, by the access point, the calculated barycentric coordinate as a final location of the communication terminal, wherein the selecting comprises giving a highest priority to a first access point, of which an installation location coordinate is identified, among the nearby access points, giving a priority lower than the highest priority to a second access point, of which an installation location coordinate is not identified, among the nearby access points, and selecting the first access point, and not selecting the second access point.",0.3786556645589239,0.7573113291178478
8478446,"1. A method for operating a combustion process comprising: providing a combustion system having a plurality of burner elements, a plurality of gas injection points and a controller; determining priority of one or more tasks for operation of the combustion system; determining a support gas flow available to the plurality of gas injection points; determining a composite ranking for each of the gas injection points based on the priority of the one or more tasks, wherein each of the gas injection points has a predetermined rank for each task; computing a support gas flow for each of the gas injection points based on the composite rankings; using the controller to allocate the support gas to the gas injection points in response to the composite ranking determined for each of the gas injecton points and the available support gas flow, wherein when the available support gas flow is less than a sum of the support gas flow computed for each of the gas injection points, the controller allocates the support gas to the gas injection points in order of composite ranking from highest to lowest; and delivering support gas to each of the injection points as allocated by the controller.",0.9360112701946963,0.12797745961060736
8462668,"1. A method performed by a network device for use in a first network, the method comprising: modifying, by the network device, a MAC address of a Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) to include a unique identifier that identifies a second network as a source network for the BPDU, wherein the first network is configured to implement a first instance of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), wherein the second network is configured to implement a second instance of STP that is separate from the first instance, and wherein the modifying causes the BPDU to be flooded through the first network in a tunnel and routed back to the second network from the first network based on the presence of the unique identifier in the BPDU, the BPDU being configured to facilitate convergence of the second instance of STP upon being routed back to the second network.",0.16540708836413398,0.33081417672826796
8371887,"1. A floating device for use in aquatic entertaining comprising a bottom semi spherical base member ( 3 ) and a superior semi spherical base member ( 6 ) having same of shorter diameter of said bottom semi spherical base member, both members being coaxially affixed to each other, the bottom member having: a plurality of foot grips( 5 ) horizontally placed in an annular surface in between said two semi spherical base members, an air valve ( 4 ) on a lower bottom part of its semi spherical surface, a plurality of rope hooks ( 1 ) affixed in sets of diametrically opposing pairs on its outside semi spherical surface, and a plurality of rope hooks ( 1 ) affixed in sets of diametrically opposing pairs on said annular surface in between said two semi spherical base members; the superior member having: at least one rope hook ( 1 ) on its top.",0.2145434787645292,0.42908695752905834
8685716,"1. A composting apparatus for composting soft and hard organic material, said apparatus comprising a cylindrical drum rotatably supported along a central longitudinal axis thereof, drive means for rotating said drum about said longitudinal axis, a hopper at a feed end of said drum for receiving said organic waste material, a material shredding and grinding mechanism is rotatably secured in said hopper for shredding and grinding said organic waste material and feeding same to an inlet opening of said drum, said material shredding and grinding mechanism having a toothed feeder assembly provided with a series of cutting teeth rotatbly secured about a feeder shaft and extending longitudinally therealong, and a chopper assembly rolatably secured to a chopper shaft, a plurality of cutting blades disposed spaced-apart along said chopper shaft and extending transversely thereof to intermesh between said teeth of said feeder shaft, pusher plates extending transversly between said cutting blades to discharge material into said inlet opening, two or more material mixing and conveying vane assemblies secured in spaced-apart relationship in said drum and rotatable therewith, said material mixing and conveying vane assemblies defining sub-composting compartments therebetween, one of said material mixing and conveying vane assemblies being positioned adjacent said inlet opening, each said material mixing and conveying vane assemblies having a cylindrical support securable to an inner face of said drum and a plurality of vanes secured in spaced-apart relationship to said cylindrical support and projecting interiorly towards said central longitudinal axis and oriented at a common angle to mix and continue to shred and displace shredded and ground material from said inlet opening towards a rear end of said drum, means to vent said enclosure, and discharge means to discharge said material from said drum.",0.743154873056109,0.5136902538877819
9614200,"1. A hermetically sealed battery including: a battery case having a through hole that communicates inside with outside of the battery case; an electrode body accommodated in the battery case; and a sealing member that hermetically seals the through hole from outside, wherein the sealing member includes: wherein the sealing member is formed in one of:",0.6732222578381358,0.6535554843237283
9273740,"1. A brake pad assembly for mounting on a caliper of a vehicle, the brake pad assembly comprising: a heat sink including: a backing plate including: a brake lining attached to the front side of the body of the backing plate.",0.18722763285489935,0.3744552657097987
9304606,"1. An image display system comprising: an image display unit that displays an image indicated by image data on a display surface; a trajectory data generation unit that specifies a position on the display surface indicated by a pointer and generates trajectory data indicating a trajectory of the pointer on the display surface, and transmits (i) data indicating a wavelength of light emitted from the pointer, which corresponds to a specific identity of the pointer, (ii) data indicating an emission pattern of light emitted from the pointer, which corresponds to the specific identity of the pointer, or (iii) data of an image of a physical feature of the pointer, which corresponds to the specific identity of the pointer; the image display unit displaying an image of the trajectory, which is indicated by the trajectory data generated by the trajectory data generation unit, on the display surface; a trajectory data processing unit that processes the trajectory data generated by the trajectory data generation unit in association with the image data according to an authorized processing mode of the pointer, the authorized processing mode corresponding to the specific identity of the pointer and being a processing that the pointer is authorized to execute among a plurality of processing modes; and a first storage unit, operating under control of a control unit, that stores a database that manages a mode data indicating a mode of processing regarding the trajectory data, which is assigned to the pointer.",0.19876700697552524,0.3975340139510505
8889979,"1. A thick-film paste composition for use in forming an electrical connection in a photovoltaic device comprising a semiconductor substrate having at least one insulating layer on a main surface thereof, the composition comprising: a) 85 to 99.5% by weight of an electrically conductive metal or derivative thereof, based on total solids in the composition; b) 0.5 to 15% by weight, based on total solids in the composition, of a lead-tellurium-lithium-titanium-oxide, wherein the lead-tellurium-lithium-titanium-oxide comprises 0.1-5 wt % Li c) an organic medium, wherein the thick-film paste, when fired, is capable of penetrating the at least one insulating layer.",0.8809350278739909,0.23812994425201817
9428778,"1. A method for producing a product having malonyl-CoA as a substrate in a microbial production pathway of the product, the method comprising combining a carbon source and a microorganism cell culture to produce said product, wherein",0.6428082996277881,0.7143834007444239
8706362,1. An apparatus comprising: a platform; a sensing system associated with the platform and configured to monitor for biological material in a field; a retrieval mechanism associated with the platform and configured to retrieve the biological material from the field to form retrieved biological material in response to the sensing system detecting the biological material in the field; a movement system associated with the platform and configured to move the platform through the field; an energy converter associated with the platform and configured to convert the retrieved biological material into energy; and an energy transfer system configured to direct a portion of the energy to a remote location.,0.515696527654674,0.968606944690652
9056082,"1. A sensing device, comprising: an array of sensing elements, and wherein said sensing elements operate based upon acoustic impediography principles; and wherein said sensing device is configured to measure an acoustic impedance associated with at least one of said sensing elements, said acoustic impedance being measured in proportion to a measured electrical impedance of one or more electrical signals that are passed through said at least one of said sensing elements; a first electrical signal having a first frequency, is passed by said sensor device through said at least one of said sensing elements, said first frequency being equal to a serial resonant frequency of a circuit including said at least one of said sensing elements, and a second electrical signal having a second frequency, is passed by said sensor device through said at least one of said sensing elements, said second frequency being equal to a parallel resonant frequency of a circuit including said at least one of said sensing elements, and where said sensing device is configured to measure an amount of current of said first electrical signal to determine a first electrical impedance, and is configured to measure an amount of current of said second electrical signal second electrical signal to determine a second electrical impedance, and where a said first impedance is lower for a finger valley than a finger ridge, and where said second impedance is lower for a finger ridge than a finger valley, in order to determine an acoustical impedance, and to detect a presence of a finger valley or finger ridge in association with said at least one of said sensing elements.",0.12334749775475516,0.24669499550951035
9650122,"1. A balloon comprising photovoltaic means exhibiting an active face configured to receive solar rays and comprising: an envelope having a first skin and a second skin, wherein: the first skin has a first zone transparent to solar rays, the second skin has a second zone reflecting said solar rays, and the first skin further has a third zone transparent to solar rays and positioned off-center of the first skin, the third zone supporting said photovoltaic means placed on an outside of the envelope, the active face of which is directed toward an inside of said envelope, and wherein: a shape of the first skin of the envelope and a shape of the second skin of the envelope having the second zone are different, the second and the third zones are positioned and cooperate to reflect and transmit the solar rays in a direction of the photovoltaic means, and the first zone, the second zone, and the third zone are disposed on outer walls of the balloon, the balloon being a buoyant body configured to float in an atmosphere.",0.903064728817443,0.19387054236511392
8461908,"1. A current compensating device is used for providing current compensation of an integrated circuit (IC) when operating in the high-voltage, the current compensating device comprising: a detecting unit electrically connected to an alternating current (AC) voltage; a rectifier electrically connected to the detecting unit; a filtering unit electrically connected to the rectifier; a switching unit electrically connected to the filtering unit; a synchronous unit electrically connected to the AC voltage and the switching unit; and a resistor electrically connected to the switching unit and the IC; wherein the switching unit is conducted and provides a current to the IC when the AC voltage is above a predetermined voltage.",0.7709482378706662,0.4581035242586675
9808300,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a catheter comprising a first electrode configured to be fed into a renal artery of a patient; a temperature sensor disposed adjacent to the first electrode; a power supply; and an electronic controller configured to couple the power supply to the first electrode; wherein the controller is configured to deliver a voltage waveform to the first electrode to perform a hypertension treatment; wherein the controller is configured to synchronize the voltage waveform with the patient's cardiac cycle; wherein the controller is configured to regulate the voltage waveform based on a temperature signal at a treatment location from the temperature sensor; and wherein the controller is configured to maintain a positive voltage during diastole and a zero or negative voltage at other times.",0.46066255024373914,0.9213251004874783
8431852,"1. A key switch device comprising: a switch panel; a key top positioned above the switch panel; a pair of link members positioned between the key top and the switch panel and adapted to support the key top so that the key top may be moved in a vertical direction while maintaining a horizontal posture; a membrane sheet positioned below the switch panel and adapted to close and open a contact of an electric circuit corresponding to the vertical motion of the key top; an actuating member positioned between the membrane sheet and the key top and adapted to close the contact corresponding to the downward motion of the key top; and an annular elastic wall member positioned between the switch panel and the membrane sheet, wherein the elastic wall member is formed on an upper side of the membrane sheet so as to be arranged along a contour of the key top, and is configured to contact a surface of the switch panel, the surface opposing the upper side of the membrane sheet.",0.15777935711770635,0.3155587142354127
9425896,"1. A method of transmitting information from an LED based illumination device, comprising: receiving an amount of digital data; and modulating a color of light emitted from the LED based illumination device based on the digital data such that a luminous flux of the light emitted from the LED based illumination device remains approximately constant while the color of light varies, wherein the modulating the color of light emitted from the LED based illumination device involves, wherein the first LED preferentially illuminates a first wavelength converting material, and wherein the second LED preferentially illuminates a second wavelength converting material that is different from the first wavelength converting material.",0.3562082896205529,0.7124165792411058
8880261,"1. An electrically driven vehicle equipped with drive wheels, idler wheels, electric motors for driving or braking said drive wheels, and electric motor controlling means for controlling said electric motors, said electrically driven vehicle comprising: wheel speed detecting means for detecting the wheel speed of said drive wheels and that of said idler wheels; computing means for computing the slip ratio of said drive wheels based on the wheel speed of said drive wheels and that of said idler wheels; determining means for determining that said drive wheels are slipping if said slip ratio exceeds a slip ratio determination value; and inclination detecting means for detecting the inclination angle of the road surface on which said electrically driven vehicle is traveling; wherein, if said inclination angle is larger than a first set angle and if the wheel speed of said idler wheels is lower than a first set speed during acceleration traveling, then said determining means changes said slip ratio determination value to a larger value than the value used when said inclination angle is smaller than said set first angle and when the wheel speed of said idler wheels is lower than said first set speed; and wherein under the condition that said inclination angle is smaller than said first set angle, if the wheel speed of said idler wheels is higher than a second set speed, then said slip ratio determination value used by said determining means during acceleration traveling is set to a first determination value, if the wheel speed of said idler wheels is lower than a third set speed set to be lower than said second set speed, then said slip ratio determination value is set to a second determination value larger than said first determination value, and if the wheel speed of said idler wheels is lower than said second set speed and higher than said third set speed, then said slip ratio determination value is set to rise monotonically from said first determination value to said second determination value as the wheel speed of said idler wheels falls.",0.9346961055824192,0.13060778883516155
9812682,"1. A battery pack comprising: a first battery module including a plurality of rechargeable batteries; a first electronic component configured to charge and discharge the rechargeable batteries; and an installation body made of metal and including: at least one of the first battery module and the first electronic component is installed on and thermally coupled to the extending portion and a surface of the at least one of the first battery module and the first electronic component that faces downward in the vertical direction is placed on and thermally coupled to a surface of the placing portion that faces upward in the vertical direction, at least one of a second battery module and a second electronic component is arranged at an underside in the vertical direction of the placing portion and is joined to the extending portion, the placing portion is vertically spaced from the at least one of the second battery module and the second electronic component, and the extending portion and the placing portion are integral.",0.9505006841415514,0.09899863171689716
9670394,"1. A method for drilling a well through a formation, the method comprising: providing a mixed metal-viscosified drilling fluid including a mixed metal viscosifier which is a mixed metal layered hydroxide compound of the following empirical formula: where M′ represents at least one divalent metal cation and m is an amount of from greater than zero to 8; where M″ represents at least one trivalent metal cation and n is an amount of from greater than zero to 6; where A is an anion or negative-valence radical, and a is an amount of A ions of valence q, provided that if A is monovalent, a is from greater than zero to 8, and if A is polyvalent, a is from greater than zero to 4; where B is a second anion or negative-valence radical, and where b is an amount of B ions of valence r and is from zero to 4; provided (m+n) is greater than or equal to 1; further provided qa+br cannot be greater than 2m+3n; provided that qa cannot equal 2m+3n; and still further provided that (2m+3n+qa+br) is less than 3; and where xH circulating the drilling fluid through the well while drilling into the formation; identifying a condition of drilling indicative of a problematic increase in the clay concentration of the drilling fluid; adding a potassium salt to the drilling fluid to bring the concentration to at least 1% w/v potassium salt; and adding an anionic thinner to the drilling fluid to adjust the viscosity of the drilling fluid, wherein a condition of drilling indicative of a problematic increase in the concentration of clay includes at least one of:",0.354783181149347,0.709566362298694
9726159,"1. An arrangement for throttling a fluid flow in a fluid duct, comprising: a throttle element arranged in the fluid duct to influence a flow cross section of and within the fluid duct, the throttle element including a resilient disk-shaped main body with an upper side and an underside, wherein:",0.8136906220345046,0.3726187559309908
9368006,"1. A wearable electronic device comprising: a wristband; a detachable electronic module adapted to fit into the wristband, the module including a controller, a control button, a tactile sensor that uses a combination of a capacitive sensor and an accelerometer, a wireless interface adapter, and a tactile event reproduction element, all connected to the controller that determines, based on signals from the combination, whether the device is stationary on a flat surface, and whether a user's hand is in proximity to the device, wherein the module is configured to transmit a touch or a tap on the tactile sensor to a second wearable device through the wireless interface adapter, including selecting of a tap or touch pattern to be transmitted depending on which wearable device, out of a group of wearable devices, is selected by the user as a recipient, including recognition of tap force for transmission to the second wearable device and accurate reproduction on the second wearable device, and including informing the user of the device of unavailability of the second wearable device, and wherein the module is configured to receive a notification of a tactile event on the second wearable device through the wireless interface adapter and to reproduce the tactile event using the reproduction element.",0.08265379554118213,0.16530759108236426
8357270,"1. An electrochemical system comprising: (a) a cathode compartment comprising a cathode electrolyte in contact with a cathode, wherein the cathode produces hydrogen gas, and wherein the cathode compartment is operatively connected to a system selected from an industrial waste gas system that delivers carbon dioxide derived from combusting fossil fuels or cement plants to the cathode compartment; a gas/liquid contactor operatively connected to the industrial waste gas system wherein the gas/liquid contactor contacts the cathode compartment with carbon dioxide from the industrial waste gas system; or combination thereof; (b) an anode compartment comprising an anode electrolyte in contact with an anode; (c) the cathode electrolyte comprising bicarbonate ions wherein the anode electrolyte and the cathode electrolyte have a pH differential of between 6-12; (d) a hydrogen gas delivery system configured to direct hydrogen gas from the cathode to the anode; and a Nernst cell voltage of less than 0.8V across the anode and the cathode.",0.9364779543127936,0.12704409137441286
8346530,"1. A reconfigurable interconnect network comprising: a plurality of simulation processors having a respective plurality of outputs and a respective plurality of inputs, the plurality of simulation processors configured to simulate a circuit model having a plurality of simulation events; a reconfigurable interconnect stage having a plurality of inputs configured to connect to the plurality of outputs from the simulation processors and further having a plurality of outputs configured to connect to the plurality of inputs of the simulation processors; and memory, wherein the reconfigurable interconnect network is configured to dynamically re-configure the reconfigurable interconnect stage to a plurality of configurations, each of the plurality of configurations being determined in accordance with respective content stored in the memory, each of the plurality of configurations representing a portion of the circuit model, and each re-configuring to each of the plurality of configurations being in response to one of the plurality of simulation events occurring during simulation of the circuit model, the occurrence of at least one of the simulation events being a simulated asynchronous event determined as a result of simulating the circuit model.",0.7467175886211228,0.5065648227577544
9276290,"1. A non-aqueous electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising: an organic solvent; a lithium salt; and a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein, R wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is included in an amount of 0.1 to 10 wt %.",0.9584185824977053,0.08316283500458943
9543754,"1. A method for protecting a superconducting coil made by winding superconducting wire, the method comprising: measuring a magnetic field in a direction of a thickness of the superconducting wire at a predetermined position; and decreasing electric current flowing through the superconducting wire based on a magnitude of a screening field, which is a difference between the measured magnetic field and another magnetic field in the direction of the thickness calculated disregarding an effect of a screening current flowing through the superconducting wire which is in a superconducting state.",0.27956006886331436,0.5591201377266287
8554789,"1. A method, comprising a database server registering a XML schema, wherein registering the XML schema includes:",0.09502887271752324,0.1900577454350465
8467835,"1. A mobile terminal comprising: a light-transmitting display configured to visually display information; a solar cell module having the light-transmitting display loaded therein; a selective transmission member provided between the light-transmitting display and the solar cell module, wherein the selective transmission member is configured to selectively transmit or cut off light according to a presence or non-presence of an application of power to the selective transmission member; and a controller configured to control the light-transmitting display and the selective transmission member.",0.9550317188654239,0.08993656226915214
9633765,"1. A jumper cable having an end prepared for connecting to a connector coupling assembly, the prepared end including an inner conductor, an outer conductor and a dielectric core disposed therebetween, the outer conductor having a helical outer surface contour, the prepared end comprising: a weld washer split along a radial line for threadably engaging the helical outer surface contour of the outer conductor, the weld washer defining an angle relative to the radial line, receiving a deformed edge of the outer conductor through an opening in the washer, and defining an anti-rotation surface, the deformed edge of the outer conductor being penetration welded to the weld washer, and an adaptor ring including a ferrule support ring and a ferrule cap; the ferrule support ring disposed on one side of the weld washer and defining a surface engaging the anti-rotation surface of the weld washer; the ferrule cap disposed on the other side of the weld washer, the conductive being press fit to a peripheral surface of the ferrule supporting to secure the weld washer therebetween; wherein the coaxial cable connector is affixed to a peripheral surface of the adaptor ring and a face surface of the weld washer augments the flow of electrical current to electrically ground the outer conductor to the coaxial cable connector.",0.18414319761314388,0.3682863952262878
8785772,"1. A terminal box comprising: a box body having a bottom portion and at least one sidewall, the bottom portion and the at least one sidewall defining an interior of the box body; a terminal portion fixed to the box body and disposed within the interior of the box body; a pressing portion disposed within the interior of the box body; a holding portion disposed within the interior of the box body; and a slide mechanism disposed within the interior of the box body; wherein the bottom portion of the box body has an opening portion capable of receiving a terminal inserted therein from the outside; the terminal portion is capable of establishing electric conduction between the terminal portion and the terminal upon contact therewith; the pressing portion is switchable between a contacting state in which the pressing portion clamps the terminal with the terminal portion for establishing electric conduction between the terminal portion and the terminal and a spaced state spaced apart from the terminal portion; the holding portion is integral with the pressing portion and the holding portion and pressing portion are slidable within the interior of the box body along a direction of movement of the pressing portion towards and away from the terminal portion; the slide mechanism is capable of forming the contacting state by causing the holding portion to slide and the slide mechanism includes a wedge-like member having an inclined wedge face defined on the wedge-like member and a pressure receiving face formed in the holding portion; the wedge-like member guides the holding portion to the contacting state by causing the inclined wedge face to slidably enter the holding portion while bearing against a portion of the box body; and the pressure receiving face receives the inclined wedge face through face-contact therewith.",0.13692215458296905,0.27384430916593816
8871667,"1. A zeolite structure comprising: a zeolite material containing a plurality of zeolite particles and an inorganic binding material which binds the zeolite particles to one another, wherein the plurality of zeolite particles exhibits a bimodal particle size distribution having a first peak due to fine zeolite particles and a second peak due to coarse zeolite particles, the average particle diameter of the first peak is from 0.1 to 30 μm, the average particle diameter of the second peak is from 3 to 1,000 times that of the first peak, and a ratio of a volume of coarse zeolite particles with respect to the whole volume of the plurality of zeolite particles is from 40 90 vol %, and in the zeolite material, a ratio of a volume of the inorganic binding material with respect to the whole volume of the zeolite material is from 5 to 50 vol %, wherein a zeolite raw material containing the plurality of zeolite particles and the inorganic binding material is extruded to form a zeolite formed body which is then fired to obtain the zeolite structure.",0.5057829028673428,0.9884341942653143
8359111,"1. A method for controlling a distributed automation system, which method comprises: determining global constraint rules in accordance with cooperative relationships between function blocks in the distributed automation system, and establishing a mathematical model based on Membrane Calculus; performing instantiation of the established mathematical model based on Membrane Calculus in accordance with an executor corresponding to each of the function blocks in the distributed automation system; generating control logics for output to the distributed automation system; and if disturbance information is received from the distributed automation system, altering parameters of the instantiation of the mathematical model based on the Membrane Calculus by using the disturbance information, and generating control logics for output to the distributed automation system.",0.6211929963190965,0.757614007361807
8573734,"1. A printer service station comprising: a frame including a reservoir portion and a stationary protrusion adjacent the reservoir portion; and a shuttle disposed vertically above the frame and slidably movable relative to the frame along a first orientation between a first shuttle position and a second shuttle position spaced apart, along a length of the frame, from the first shuttle position, wherein the shuttle comprises an end portion including a stationary element and a spittoon platform, the spittoon platform being slidably movable along the first orientation between a first platform position extending outwardly from the end portion and a second platform position retracted relative to the end portion, with the platform biased in the first platform position, wherein in the first shuttle position, the platform is spaced apart from the stationary protrusion and is in the first platform position and wherein upon movement of the shuttle into the second shuttle position, the platform releasably contacts the stationary protrusion to cause the platform to move from the first platform position into the second platform position to cause scraping movement of the platform relative to the stationary element of the shuttle.",0.14247987680174903,0.284959753603498
9714276,"1. A fusion protein comprising: (a) a GDF15 polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NOs: 12, 14 or a variant thereof, wherein the variant is a GDF15(H6D) variant comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 38, or a GDF15(N3Q) variant comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 42: and (b) a negatively charged Fc sequence comprising two lysine-to-aspartate mutations.",0.6812614072963075,0.6374771854073851
8440559,"1. A method, comprising: removing a placeholder material of a first gate electrode structure and a second gate electrode structure; forming a first work function adjusting material layer in said first and second gate electrode structures, said first work function adjusting material layer comprising a tantalum nitride layer; removing a portion of said first work function adjusting material layer from said second gate electrode structure by using said tantalum nitride layer as an etch stop layer; removing said tantalum nitride layer by performing a wet chemical etch process; and forming a second work function adjusting material layer in said second gate electrode structure and above a non-removed portion of said first work function adjusting material layer in said first gate electrode structure.",0.5276881075801585,0.944623784839683
8646846,"1. A method for forming a planar cavern, comprising: drilling a first bore, wherein the first bore extends from a first access point to a resource deposit, and wherein the first bore extends through at least a portion of the resource deposit; drilling a second bore, wherein the second bore extends from a second access point to the resource deposit, wherein the second bore intercepts the first bore to form a continuous bore with a first end at the first access point and a second end at the second access point, and wherein at least one of the first bore and the second bore includes a first curve; towing a sawing assembly through the continuous bore, wherein a first end of the sawing assembly extends from the first access point, and wherein a second end of the sawing assembly extends from the second access point; placing a solvent in contact with the resource deposit through the continuous bore; moving the sawing assembly relative to the continuous bore, wherein moving the sawing assembly relative to the continuous bore forms a planar cavern, and wherein moving the sawing assembly is performed at least partially while the solvent is in contact with the resource deposit.",0.6954553539987063,0.6090892920025874
9174947,"1. A process for preparing a compound of formula XXIb: comprising reaction of a compound of Formula XXIIb, with a compound of Formula XXIIIb: wherein: J is ═C(H)—; R each R two R each R two of R R P",0.85541401070655,0.2891719785869
9759153,"1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine configured such that vaporized fuel generated in a fuel tank flows, together with air, into an intake passage as purge gas through a vaporized fuel processing device, and the control apparatus configured to reflect a vapor concentration learned value learned as a concentration of fuel in the purge gas, in an injection amount command value used for fuel injection amount control for the internal combustion engine, the control apparatus comprising: a switching unit configured to switch an inlet through which the purge gas flows into the intake passage, between a first inlet and a second inlet, the second inlet being provided upstream of the first inlet in the intake passage; and an electronic control unit configured to change a reflection mode of reflecting the vapor concentration learned value in the injection amount command value depending on a pattern in which the inlet is switched by the switching unit, and the electronic control unit configured to reflect the vapor concentration learned value in the injection amount command value in the changed reflection mode, during a period from a start of an intake of gas into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine to completion of the intake of the gas into the cylinder of the internal combustion engine, the gas being gas present in a portion of the intake passage, the portion being between the first inlet and the second inlet, when switching of the inlet through which the purge gas flows into the intake passage is performed by the switching unit.",0.9192134827793014,0.16157303444139726
9758205,"1. A two-wheeled vehicle overturn prevention method, comprising presetting maximum allowable lean angles corresponding to vehicle body velocities in relation to lean angles of a vehicle body, estimating an estimated lean angle, which is a lean angle of the vehicle body after a predetermined amount of time, on the basis of a temporal change in an actual lean angle of the vehicle body, estimating an estimated vehicle body velocity, which is a vehicle body velocity of the vehicle body after the predetermined amount of time, on the basis of a temporal change in an actual vehicle body velocity of the vehicle body, and in a case where the estimated lean angle exceeds the maximum allowable lean angle corresponding to the estimated vehicle body velocity, accelerating the vehicle body or keep the vehicle.",0.32280217142748924,0.6456043428549785
9586170,"1. A metal complex, comprising: a multivalent carboxylic acid compound, at least one metal ion, which is an ion of a metal of Groups 2 to 13 of the periodic table, an organic ligand capable of multidentate binding to the metal ion, and a C wherein a composition ratio of the multivalent carboxylic acid compound to the monocarboxylic acid compound is from 10:1 to 5,000:1.",0.7496490529448822,0.5007018941102357
8359861,"1. A sunlight collecting reflector comprising: a plurality of first reflectors on which sunlight is reflected towards an upper light collecting point; and a reflector group constituted by a plurality of reflector segments on which the reflected sunlight on the plurality of first reflectors is reflected to a lower light collecting point in a heat collector, wherein each of the plurality of reflector segments has reflecting surfaces which make the sunlight converge on the lower light collecting point, and the reflecting surfaces of the reflector segments comprised in the reflector group are arranged along quadrics of revolution whose confocus is located at the lower light collecting point of the sunlight and whose curvature radiuses are different; the sunlight collecting reflector wherein the reflector group comprises a number n (n is an integer greater than or equal to 2) of the reflector segments which are arranged along a direction from the light collecting point to the heat collector, and wherein there is a relationship of R",0.8117603406324089,0.37647931873518226
8869425,"1. A method of processing waste matter containing heat softening material, the method comprising: providing an apparatus for pyrolysing material containing organic matter said apparatus having a heated chamber in which said material containing organic matter is heated and a treatment chamber connected to said heated chamber by feed and return conduits; providing a waste processing apparatus having rotating drum having gaps therein placing the waste matter containing heat softening material in said rotating drum; pyrolysing said material containing organic matter within said heated chamber to produce syngas; circulating said syngas through said treatment chamber; treating said circulated gas in said treatment chamber by heating it in a substantially oxygen free environment; recycling at least part of said syngas through said heated chamber; and passing at least some of said syngas through said waste processing apparatus to heat the waste matter therein to a temperature sufficient to heat soften the heat softening material contained therein but not sufficient to pyrolyse the waste matter; and rotating the drum so as to cause the heat softened material to centrifugally separate from the remainder of the waste matter by passing through the gaps in the drum; wherein said hot syngas contains substantially no oxygen.",0.8894738479994415,0.22105230400111697
8725369,"1. A method for driving a vehicle, wherein the vehicle comprises a combustion engine, a gearbox connected to the combustion engine and at least one driveshaft connected to the gearbox for propulsion of the vehicle, the vehicle and the gearbox being configured and operable for driving the vehicle in at least a first mode or a second mode, the gearbox being set to different transmission ratios to deliver motive force to the at least one driveshaft, comprising: determining that there is or will within a predetermined time be a reduced need for motive force for the vehicle; and determining whether the vehicle should be driven according to the first mode or the second mode, wherein in the first mode the gearbox is switched to a low transmission ratio and in the second mode the combustion engine is disconnected from the at least one driveshaft so that in the second mode no combustion engine torque is applied to the at least one driveshaft.",0.954993539451167,0.0900129210976659
9051209,"1. A glass-ceramic of the lithium aluminosilicate type, containing a β-quartz solid solution as the predominant crystalline phase and having for a thickness of 4 mm: an integrated optical transmission, T an optical transmission at 625 nm of more than 3.5%, an optical transmission at 950 nm between 40 and 70%, and an optical transmission at 1,600 nm between 50 and 75%, wherein its composition, expressed as percentages by weight of oxides, comprises:",0.4971996414257138,0.9943992828514276
8710790,"1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas and an oxidant gas, and a control portion that controls amount of electricity generation at a time of starting the fuel cell, wherein the control portion has a voltage drop control section that controls speed of dropping a starting voltage of the fuel cell from an open-circuit voltage to a high-potential-avoiding voltage according to an initial voltage of the fuel cell and to a pre-determined threshold voltage that is lower than the high-potential-avoiding voltage, when the starting voltage of the fuel cell is dropped from the open-circuit voltage to the high-potential-avoiding voltage.",0.9941289758031967,0.011742048393606597
8474187,"1. A shutter having a frame, and a plurality of louvres extending from side to side within the frame, the louvres being rotatable about parallel axes and having a control mechanism within at least one side of the frame for operating all louvres and comprising; a plurality of control drive assemblies in said control mechanism for engaging respective said louvres; a louvre drive coupling in each of said plurality of louvres, for interengagement with respective said control drive assemblies comprising a socket of rectangular interior shape mounted in respective said louvre drive couplings; a slot formed in a side of each said socket; a moveable drive connector member slidably received in each said socket for connecting between each said louvre drive coupling and a respective said control drive assembly; a manually engageable operating device coupled with each said drive connector member and extending outwardly from said slot in said socket and being manually operable to move said drive connector member between engaged and disengaged positions to release a respective said louvre from its respective said control drive assembly; a respective biassing device in each said respective louvre drive coupling urging a respective said drive connector member into said engaged position and being yieldable to permit movement of said drive connector member out of said engaged position; and, a locking pin member in said socket and engageable with said drive connector member and operable to hold said drive connector member is its disengaged position.",0.14031177529431013,0.2806235505886203
8976394,"1. A printing system including a printing apparatus and a sheet processing apparatus, comprising: a first user interface unit configured to be provided on the printing apparatus and configured to receive a request for (i) executing a first type of job for printing an image on a sheet by the printing apparatus, (ii) conveying the sheet to the sheet processing apparatus by a conveying unit, and (iii) controlling the sheet processing apparatus to execute a sheet process on the sheet by the sheet processing apparatus; and a second user interface unit configured to be provided on the sheet processing apparatus and configured to receive a request for executing a second type of job for executing a sheet process on a sheet by the sheet processing apparatus without printing an image on the sheet by the printing apparatus, wherein the second type of job can be executed according to the request received by the second user interface unit while the printing apparatus is in a sleep mode, and wherein a user operation via the first user interface unit is reflected on a touch panel display included in the first user interface unit, and a user operation via the second user interface unit, which is not provided with a touch panel display, is reflected on at least one of a plurality of indicators included in the second user interface unit.",0.11837379342122159,0.23674758684244313
9749954,"1. A method for radio-frequency identification (RFID)-based activation of one or more transceivers in a mobile device, the method comprising: transmitting, via a RFID reader of the mobile device, a signal to an RFID tag indicating a type of read of the RFID tag, the type of read being one of a secure read or a generic read; receiving a notification that one or more wireless networks are available based on communication with the RFID tag; receiving information from the RFID tag regarding at least one of the one or more wireless networks based on the type of read of the RFID tag, the at least one wireless network being a secure network or a guest network, the information comprising one of: in response to the secure read of the RFID tag, authentication information to allow the mobile device to connect to the secure network, or in response to the generic read of the RFID tag, guest information to allow the mobile device to connect to the guest network; and activating at least one transceiver in the mobile device for communication via the secure network or the guest network based on the type of read of the RFID tag performed by the RFID reader.",0.2780582126703967,0.5561164253407934
9698622,"1. An on-board assembly for producing and storing electricity, comprising: at least one hydrogenerator having an output line connected to at least one electrical accumulator having predetermined electrical charging parameters, the at least one hydrogenerator comprising: a carrying structure on which a generator and an impeller secured to a drive shaft of a rotor of the generator are mounted, wherein the generator is an excitation generator; a rectifier circuit connecting the generator to the output line; and at least one circuit for excitation of the generator, the at least one excitation circuit being connected to an excitation current regulator driven by a control unit arranged so that the generator supplies a charging current corresponding to the electrical charging parameters as a function of a predetermined resisting torque of the generator in order to limit drag of the impeller, wherein the rectifier circuit is produced directly on the generator; and a fan driven by the drive shaft in order to generate an air flow over the generator, wherein the rectifier circuit is positioned in order to be subjected to the air flow.",0.9456785053156291,0.10864298936874173
8494860,"1. A voice output device for outputting linguistic information, said linguistic information including a plurality of linguistic elements such as characters and phrases by voice, the voice output device comprising: an output information acquisition unit configured to acquire said linguistic information and attribute information, the attribute information including an attribute added to each of said plurality of linguistic elements included in said linguistic information; a tactile pattern storage unit configured to store a predetermined tactile pattern corresponding to each of attributes added to said linguistic elements; a tactile pattern acquisition unit configured to acquire said tactile pattern corresponding to an attribute added to said plurality of linguistic elements from said tactile pattern storage unit; a voice output unit configured to read aloud said plurality of linguistic elements included in said linguistic information; and a tactile pattern output unit configured to output, in parallel with reading aloud each of said linguistic elements, said tactile pattern corresponding to the attribute added to said linguistic element of interest to allow a user of the voice output device to sense the tactile pattern by the sense of touch; and wherein the attribute added to said linguistic element of interest includes information about how the linguistic elements are visual presented on a screen.",0.1371318985377804,0.2742637970755608
9845016,"1. A system, comprising: a processor, coupled to a memory, that executes or facilitates execution of executable components, comprising:",0.47026787330421643,0.9405357466084329
8899183,"1. An incubator used in aquaculture, comprising: a housing having an incubation space disposed within the housing; plural specimen substrate platforms vertically stacked in an alternating fashion within the incubation space, wherein the substrate platforms are staggered to alternate from a front side to a back side of the incubation space; a chamber disposed outside of the incubation space and within the housing, the chamber comprising: a liquid capable of being agitated by high frequency pressure sound waves; an ultrasonic disruption unit, wherein the ultrasonic disruption unit is immersed in the liquid and provides high frequency pressure sound waves; and a fan disposed within the chamber.",0.3926157807162006,0.7852315614324012
9198775,"1. An intervertebral endoprosthesis disc for surgical implantation between two vertebrae comprising: an endoprosthesis body comprising an anterior region and a posterior region designed to be positioned entirely between a first vertebra and a second vertebra; at least a first anterior cavity and a second anterior cavity positioned in the anterior region; a first movable insert having a first fastener aperture and positioned rotatably in the first anterior cavity, wherein the first movable insert is rotatable in the first anterior cavity; and a second movable insert having a second fastener aperture and positioned rotatably in the second anterior cavity, wherein the second movable insert is rotatable in the second anterior cavity independent of the first movable insert, wherein the first and second movable inserts rotate in an axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the endoprothesis body.",0.0833850922275422,0.1667701844550844
8766597,"1. A battery balancing system comprising: a plurality of cells connected in series, wherein the plurality of cells includes a Min Q cell and a Max Q cell; a balancer for each cell; a monitor configured to determine a state of charge (SOC) of each cell; a microprocessor configured to:",0.8489956069560981,0.3020087860878038
8871405,"1. A polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack, comprising: paired fastening members, each fastening member comprising a plate curved in a U-shape; a stacked product being obtained by stacking a plurality of unit cell modules in which paired electrode layers respectively formed on opposite surfaces of a polymer electrolyte membrane are clamped between paired separators, the stacked product being stored in the paired fastening members; and paired end plates respectively disposed at opposite ends of the stacked product, wherein each of the paired fastening members includes and wherein, in a state where the fastening members are arranged such that the side plates of one fastening member oppose the side plates of the other fastening member, respectively, and such that, for each pair of opposing side plates, the first and second coupling portions of one of the side plates and the first and second coupling portions of the other of the side plates are engaged with each other such that the first and second coupling portions of the one of the side plates are aligned with the first and second coupling portions of the other of the side plates in an alternating manner, the first and second coupling portions of the one of the side plates and the first and second coupling portions of the other of the side plates are all coupled to each other in the stacked direction of the stacked product by one pin member, so as to couple the paired fastening members to each other.",0.9066144609336803,0.1867710781326395
9337408,1. A light emitting diode device comprising: a first carrier; and a light-emitting diode chip arranged on the first carrier; wherein the first carrier has a first carrier part and a second carrier part; wherein the light emitting diode chip rests only on the first carrier part of the first carrier; wherein the first and second carrier parts each have a thermal conductivity; wherein the thermal conductivity of the first carrier part is at least 1.5 times the thermal conductivity of the second carrier part; wherein the first carrier part is surrounded laterally by the second carrier part; and wherein the light emitting diode device has a plurality of light emitting diode chips that are all arranged on the first carrier part.,0.47342200986055905,0.9468440197211181
8496834,1. A method of fractionating a mixture of polyisocyanates in the liquid phase by means of a selectively permeable membrane into a permeate stream and a retentate stream of polyisocyanate compositions different to each other and different to the mixture of polyisocyanates the original mixture wherein the method of fractionating the fractionation method does not include filtration of solid impurities from the mixture of polyisocyantes.,0.7251387232748461,0.5497225534503078
9753728,"1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a first controller circuit that is controlled by a first operating system and that outputs a waiting instruction waiting persistently until a response is transmitted from a control target; and a second controller circuit that is controlled by a second operating system different from the first operating system, that converts the waiting instruction outputted from the first controller circuit into a periodic instruction waiting periodically until a response is transmitted from the control target, and that outputs the periodic instruction to the control target.",0.5878681581695704,0.8242636836608592
9377453,"1. A method for detection of anti-oxidant activity of a test compound, the method comprising: introducing a labeled tRNA into a cell; detecting the subcellular localization of the tRNA over a predetermined period of time, wherein the detection is based on the signal emitted from the labeled tRNA; and detecting a change in the subcellular localization of the labeled tRNA in the cell after exposure of the cell to the test compound, wherein the change is indicative of anti-oxidant induced stress in the cell.",0.19556766874879025,0.39113533749758056
8781947,"1. A method comprising: receiving, via a trader workstation having an electronic processor, transaction information and order book information for a tradeable object, the transaction information including price and volume of executed trades of the tradeable object and the order book information identifying open orders for the tradeable object; identifying, via the trader workstation, whether executed trades of the tradeable object are seller-initiated or buyer-initiated according to the transaction information and the order book information, where an open buy order in the order book being sold comprises a seller-initiated trade and an open sell order in the order book being bought comprises a buyer-initiated trade; displaying, via the trader workstation, a seller-initiated indicator for an executed trade being identified as a seller-initiated trade according to the transaction information and the order book information; displaying, via the trader workstation, a buyer-initiated indicator for an executed trade being identified as a buyer-initiated trade according to the transaction information and the order book information; and displaying, via the trader workstation, at least a subset of the order book information relating to the tradeable object adjacent the seller-initiated indicator and the buyer-initiated indicator.",0.055047303230405256,0.11009460646081048
8360029,"1. A method of improving vaporization of a fuel injecting in an internal-combustion engine that can run at least a conventional mode during a high load and an at least partly homogeneous mode with an intake, compression, combustion and exhaust phase during the high load, said engine comprising at least one cylinder, a combustion chamber, intake means with at least one intake valve associated with an intake pipe, exhaust means with at least one exhaust valve and an exhaust pipe, control means for controlling opening-closing of the at least one valve and fuel injection means, said method comprising of: at an end of the exhaust phase, injecting at least one fuel injection into exhaust pipe so as produce a mixture of the injected fuel with an exhaust gas; at a start of the intake phase, feeding at least partly the mixture of the injected fuel with the exhaust gas thus formed into the combustion chamber; before an end of the intake phase, closing exhaust valve; and at the end of the intake phase, closing intake valve.",0.8985718673453479,0.20285626530930423
8507253,"1. A method comprising acts of: exposing a liquid medium comprising at least one species of photosynthetic organisms therein to a defined set of growth conditions, which are selected to simulate conditions to which the photosynthetic organisms will subsequently be exposed in a photobioreactor, to precondition the photosynthetic organisms to the defined set of growth conditions, the step of exposing being performed over a period sufficient for the photosynthetic organisms to undergo multiple generational natural selection and adaptation; harvesting photosynthetic organisms preconditioned in the exposing step; and inoculating a photobioreactor with at least a portion of the harvested photosynthetic organisms.",0.6219994608462462,0.7560010783075075
8628902,1. A polyester resin for a toner comprising: a repeating unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid component; and a repeating unit derived from a diol component represented by Formula (1): wherein each of R each of L L each of A,0.2273208330019491,0.4546416660038982
9608259,"1. A cathode for a secondary battery, comprising a combination of: one or more selected from compounds represented by Formula 1; and one or more selected from compounds represented by Formula 2, wherein M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Sn and Zr; M′ is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ni, Mn and Co; 0<x<1 and 0<u<0.1; and u denotes a weight ratio, wherein the compound represented by Formula 1 and the compound represented by Formula 2 are contained in a relative ratio by wight ranging from 7:3 to 9:1, wherein phosphouous (P) sites in the compound represented by Formula 2 are doped with a stable material for a tetrahedral structure, and wherein the stable material for a tetrahedral structure is one, two or more selected from the group consisting of Si, V and Ti.",0.9125535495502187,0.17489290089956255
9106105,"1. A control module for controlling a power converter configured to couple to a solar panel to provide an output voltage and an output current to a bus, the control module comprising: a plurality of input ports, each given input port of the plurality of input ports configured to receive a different one of a plurality of parameters comprising: a controller configured to regulate the input voltage, input current, output voltage, and output current of the power converter according to a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm and an output power control algorithm, using the first, second, third, and fourth parameters as input values; wherein according to the output power control algorithm, the controller is configured to:",0.9680185914060161,0.06396281718796781
9162597,1. A frame of an armrest comprising: a first portion comprising a shaft and a single plastic material lining overmolded around the shaft so that the lining covers an entire external surface of the shaft or the entire external surface of the shaft except axial ends of the shaft; and a second portion comprising at least one branch attached to the lining.,0.06956680579194127,0.1391336115838826
9730307,"1. A cutting electrode assembly, comprising: an electrode body having a cooling cavity and a second cavity positioned at a distal end of the electrode body; a thermally conductive shell inserted into said second cavity, where said thermally conductive shell has an outer wall surface and a shell cavity with an opening at a distal end of said thermally conductive shell, wherein said thermally conductive shell has a first portion and said outer wall surface corresponds to said first portion and a second portion which has a second outer wall surface having a smaller diameter than said first portion; and a thermionic emissive insert positioned in said shell cavity, wherein said outer wall surface has a plurality of grooves which engage with said second cavity of said electrode body, such that at least some of a material which makes up said electrode body is inserted into said plurality of grooves, wherein said distal end of said electrode body has a flat surface with a diameter D, and where the outer wall surface has a diameter d, such that d is in a range of 80 to 98% of the diameter D, and wherein said cooling cavity has a distal end surface and a distance between the distal end surface of the cooling cavity and said electrode body has a thickness T between said cooling cavity distal end surface and the distal end of said electrode body, and a thickness t of said first portion of said shell is in a range of 75 to 95% of said thickness T.",0.45305532753583516,0.9061106550716703
9300254,"1. A radio-frequency (RF) device comprising: at least one transistor; a package containing the at least one transistor, the package including at least one termination; and a surface-mountable capacitor, the surface-mountable capacitor coupled in a shunt configuration between the at least one transistor and a power supply terminal of the device to decouple the at least one transistor from a power supply, wherein a first node of the surface-mountable capacitor is coupled to a first pad on a die inside the package, the first pad comprising an RF cold point, and wherein a second node of the surface-mountable capacitor is coupled to a second pad on the die.",0.4055916135551399,0.8111832271102798
9101267,"1. A vision system for real-time tracking of moving and flexible surfaces, comprising: a) a stereo endoscope for acquiring images of a region of a moving flexible surface, and a light source for illuminating the region of moving flexible surface; b) a vision processor connected to said stereo endoscope and said light source, said visional processor programmed with instructions for analyzing images from said stereo endoscope and computing, in real time, a current location of the region of moving flexible surface based on a current image of the region of moving flexible surface and a previous location of the region of moving flexible surface; c) a computer controller connected to said vision processor, said computer controller including a visual display for displaying images of a region of the moving flexible surface; d) said computer controller being programmed to pass one or more designated positions on said moving flexible surface to said vision processor, and wherein the vision processor is programmed to continuously track the one or more designated surgical positions on the moving flexible surface to provide updated positions of said one or more designated positions.",0.31619092999036885,0.6323818599807377
8823324,"1. A battery charging method, comprising: generating a plurality of charge profiles, each for a different one of a plurality of batteries, wherein a charge profile indicates a charge current as a function of charge time, and at least two of the charge profiles have a different non-zero charge current at a same charge time such that the at least two charge profiles form a staggered charge profile; and concurrently charging each of the plurality of batteries by continually supplying charge current that fluctuates between at least two non-zero current levels based on the staggered charge profile.",0.9207993921292733,0.15840121574145338
9604354,"1. A power tool comprising: a housing; a motor received in the housing; an output spindle; and a transmission transmitting rotary power from the motor to the output spindle, the transmission comprising a planetary gearset having an input sun gear rotationally driven by the motor, at least one ring gear, an output planet carrier, and a first stage planet gear, a second stage planet gear, and a third stage planet gear each mounted for rotation on the planet carrier, wherein the planetary gearset is operable in a first mode in which the planetary gearset provides a first overall gear reduction from the input sun gear to the output planet carrier, and in a second mode in which the planetary gearset provides a second, lower overall gear reduction ratio from the input sun gear to the output planet carrier with the planet gears providing at least one intermediate gear reduction ratio within the planetary gearset.",0.8708770882323184,0.2582458235353633
8788148,"1. A driver assistance system comprising: at least one controller configured to provide a plurality of vehicle motion controls for controlling a vehicle based on a detected risk during driving the vehicle; a display device configured to present information, in visual form, regarding at least one of (i) the detected risk, and (ii) an operating state of at least one of the vehicle motion controls; a calculating unit configured to calculate a driver's contribution amount based at least on a first ratio of (i) motion of the vehicle depending on the driver's operation, to (ii) total motion of the vehicle; and an altering unit configured to alter the visual form in which the information is presented based at least on the driver's contribution amount calculated by the calculating unit.",0.3125055351987872,0.6250110703975744
9075066,"1. A method for diagnosing a gastric cancer in a subject, comprising the steps of measuring an expression level of a DCC1 gene in a biological sample from a patient with suspected gastric cancer by contacting the sample with primers having the nucleotide sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO:3 and SEQ ID NO:4; comparing the expression level of the DCC1 gene with a normal control sample expression level of the DCC1 gene; and diagnosing the patient with suspected gastric cancer as having gastric cancer when the expression level of the DCC1 gene in the biological sample from said patient is increased compared to the expression level of the DCC1 gene in the normal control sample.",0.2825972451879008,0.5651944903758016
8870188,"1. A system for sealing a spigot, the system comprising: a gasket, the gasket having a front end, a first section, and a second section, the gasket defining at least one groove in the first section; at least one substantially rigid member contacting the front end, the substantially rigid member made of a material that is more rigid than a material of the gasket; and a bell encircling the gasket, the bell defining a gasket seating area, the bell including an inner surface, wherein the inner surface includes a blended curve and contacts the at least one substantially rigid member, wherein the blended curve includes at least one paraboloid.",0.24140163324578612,0.48280326649157224
8821547,"1. An implant for attaching to spinous processes comprising: an elongated post with a first end, an opposing second end, and a shaft that extends between the first and second ends; a first plate attached to the first end of the post and sized to extend along a first lateral side of the spinous processes; a second plate sized to extend along a second lateral side of the spinous processes, the second plate having an inner side that faces towards the spinous processes, an outer side that faces away from the spinous processes, and a bore that extends through and is completely contained within the plate and receives the post with the second end of the post positioned outward beyond the outer side, the bore having a larger cross-sectional size than the shaft for the second plate to be movable along the shaft; a locking element to secure the second plate to the shaft; and a boss positioned at the second end of the post, the boss being larger than the cross-sectional size of the bore to prevent the second plate from moving beyond the second end; the second plate being positioned away from the boss with the shaft between the second plate and the boss being exposed when the second plate is secured to the shaft and prevented from moving along the shaft and further comprising a joint positioned along the shaft in proximity to the boss to remove the boss from the shaft.",0.06800298375254218,0.13600596750508442
9390092,"1. A calendar search results visualization method comprising: obtaining search results for a search against a data store of calendar events; selecting a sorting attribute for the search results; counting how often the sorting attribute can be found in an event among the search results; sorting the search results according to the count; rendering the sorted search results in a visualization user interface organized in tabular format of events by date, each event represented in the visualization user interface by an iconic representation; varying a color of at least a portion the iconic representation according to a completion status for tasks assigned during a corresponding event; and, varying a size of the iconic representation according to a number of participants to a corresponding event.",0.027292489897122046,0.05458497979424415
9112382,"1. An electric vehicle charging scheduling system, comprising: a charging prediction database configured to store information about electric vehicles including at least the number of electric vehicles expected to arrive for charging; a profile/charging information database comprising information regarding at least batter capacity, maximum charging voltage, maximum charging current, charging efficiency, or maximum number of charging and discharging cycles of the electric vehicles each of which have been waiting for charging or the one that are being charged; a power database configured to store information about a power source including at least a power grid and a stationary battery; an energy calculating unit configured to calculate electric energy that can be supplied to the waiting electric vehicles and that is available from the power source based on the power database; and a scheduling unit configured to calculate the dynamically changing charging amount that can be supplied to each of the waiting electric vehicles and schedule charging of the electric vehicles waiting for charging, wherein the scheduling unit:",0.9896219986789627,0.020756002642074556
9733535,"1. An array substrate comprising: a substrate; and a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines formed on the substrate, two adjacent gate lines and two adjacent data lines intersecting each other to form a pixel region, wherein each the pixel region comprises two pixel electrodes and two thin film transistors (TFTs), drains of the two thin film transistors are connected with the two pixel electrodes respectively, sources of the two thin film transistors are connected with the two data lines respectively, and gates of the two thin film transistors are connected with one of the two gate lines; each of the two pixel electrodes consists of two sub-electrodes parallel to the gate lines and two sub-electrodes parallel to the data lines, the two sub-electrodes parallel to the gate lines of the two pixel electrodes are disposed in an interleaving manner with each other, and the two sub-electrodes parallel to the data lines of the two pixel electrodes are disposed in an interleaving manner with each other, one of the two sub-electrodes parallel to the gate lines is disposed close to one of the two adjacent gate lines, other of the two sub-electrodes parallel to the gate lines is disposed close to other of the two adjacent gate lines, one of the two sub-electrodes parallel to the data lines is disposed close to one of the two adjacent data lines, other of the two sub-electrodes parallel to the data lines is disposed close to other of the two adjacent data lines.",0.24641629369546134,0.4928325873909227
9559185,"1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate including an active fin structure, the active fin structure extending in a first direction and including a plurality of active fins with adjacent active fins divided by a recess; a plurality of gate structures, each of the plurality of gate structures extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and covering the active fins; a first spacer on sidewalls of each of the gate structures, the first spacer including silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) and having a first carbon concentration; and a second spacer on sidewalls of the first spacer, the second spacer including SiOCN and having a second carbon concentration different from the first carbon concentration.",0.16502326628692596,0.33004653257385197
9026086,"1. A method comprising: allocating, in a memory of an electronic device, a plurality of application buffers and a combined message buffer, each of the plurality of application buffers being designated for storage of a different type of message, and the combined message buffer being designated for storage of links to messages stored in any one of the plurality of application buffers that are received at the electronic device from a registered entity; for each message received at the electronic device from the entity, storing the message in one of the plurality of application buffers that corresponds to a type of the message and linking the message to the combined message buffer; in response to a request for viewing messages received from the entity, generating a list of messages based on the combined message buffer and displaying the list on a display unit of the electronic device; and in response to a selection of a first message from the list, retrieving the first message from one of the plurality of application buffers where the first message is stored and displaying the first message.",0.21616385304852667,0.4323277060970534
9568036,"1. A push-lock pin for connecting a tile to a gas turbine engine wall comprising: a housing extending longitudinally along an axis; a shaft assembly within the housing, the shaft assembly including a push-down pop-up mechanism and a locking mechanism, the locking mechanism moveable to a locked position such that the locking mechanism limits movement of a tile away from a gas turbine engine wall; and a stop feature to limit movement of the tile toward the gas turbine engine wall.",0.712451063287037,0.575097873425926
8571167,"1. A metal fuel system comprising: particulate metal fuel for use in nuclear reactors, comprising particles of at least one enriched alloy and particles of crushed light water reactor (LWR) spent nuclear fuel; a cladding; a gas-filled plenum; and wherein the particles are compacted into a fuel column, and wherein the fuel column is in particulate form, not solid form, upon entry into a reactor.",0.9356106056186266,0.12877878876274673
8820030,"1. A method of mounting a holding and fastening device for at least one solar module in a predetermined alignment on a roof surface, the holding and fastening device having two carrier elements that are arranged parallel at a predetermined distance from each other, each of the two carrier elements having a receiving surface for receiving the solar module at a distance above a roof surface, the receiving surface of one of the two carrier elements being arranged at a different distance from the roof surface than the receiving surface of the other carrier element, both receiving surfaces having a lining of elastomeric vibration-damping material; at least two vertical stabilizing elements connecting the carrier elements at the predetermined distance from each other; and fastening means for fastening to the roof surface, the fastening means having at least one flat support section with a support surface for a plane-parallel support on the roof surface, wherein at least one of the carrier elements is provided with connector means for fastening to at least one further carrier element of a further holding and fastening device, the method comprising the steps of: preassembling the two carrier elements and the at least two vertical stabilizing elements with one another to form the holding and fastening device in absence of the solar module to form a preassembled holding and fastening device; placing the preassembled holding and fastening device on the roof surface with the planar support section in a plane-parallel manner; placing a fastening layer over the support section, the fastening layer extending beyond the support section; and creating an adhesive connection between the fastening layer and the roof surface in such a way that the support section of the preassembled holding and fastening device is pressed onto the roof surface and secured thereto by the fastening layer in absence of the solar module while the roof surface remains intact.",0.9459467855278288,0.1081064289443423
9458004,"1. A fueling nozzle for dispensing a gaseous fuel to a vehicle, comprising: a main body having a conduit formed therein and configured to permit the gaseous fuel to flow therethrough, the conduit terminating at a dispensing end of the main body, the dispensing end of the main body forming an interface with a fuel inlet of the vehicle during a fueling operation, the fuel inlet of the vehicle receiving the dispensing end, wherein a terminal surface of the dispensing end is oriented transverse to the conduit, the terminal surface is configured to contact the fuel inlet of the vehicle at the interface, and the terminal surface is located at a distal end of the main body; and a sensor disposed at the terminal surface of the dispensing end of the main body, the sensor configured to detect a leakage of the gaseous fuel during the fueling operation.",0.7550386240484794,0.48992275190304113
9258037,"1. A method of managing mobility of a user equipment, the method comprising: establishing by a first base station a communication between a controller and the user equipment; transmitting by the first base station a Coordinated Multiple Point (CoMP) addition request to a second base station; establishing by the first and second base stations a CoMP communication between the controller and the user equipment according to the CoMP addition request; transmitting by the first base station an anchor cell switch request to the second base station; and operating the second base station as an anchor cell of the CoMP communication according to the anchor cell switch request, wherein the first base station is configured to control a plurality of communication points, communicate with the user equipment through two or more communication points when a coordinated communication within a base station is established, and communicate with the user equipment through a communication point when the coordinated communication with the base station is not established, wherein the second base station is configured to transmit a path addition request to the controller in response to the CoMP addition request, wherein the second base station is configured to transmit a path switch request to the controller in response to the anchor cell switch request.",0.6850231046541464,0.6299537906917072
9663729,"1. A method for upgrading a pyrolysis oil stream and a hydrocarbon stream, the method comprising the steps of: separately introducing the pyrolysis oil stream and the hydrocarbon stream into a reaction zone to form a mixture of the pyrolysis oil stream and the hydrocarbon stream in the reaction zone, wherein the pyrolysis oil stream consists essentially of pyrolysis oil and up to 35 wt % water; catalytically cracking the mixture of the pyrolysis oil stream and the hydrocarbon stream in the presence of a particulate cracking catalyst in the reaction zone; and actively cooling and maintaining the pyrolysis oil stream at a temperature of less than or equal to about 80° C. substantially up to introduction into the reaction zone, wherein actively cooling and maintaining the pyrolysis oil stream comprises externally cooling the pyrolysis oil stream with an external cooling medium.",0.9134477342951491,0.17310453140970172
8930009,"1. A robot system, comprising: a transport device which transports an object; a first sensor which detects a three-dimensional shape of the object transported on a transport path by the transport device; a robot which performs a predetermined task on the object transported on the transport path by the transport device; and a controller configured to operate the robot, wherein the controller comprises the robot is configured to permit installation of a tool for performing a task of lifting and moving the object by a predetermined lifting method as the predetermined task; the controller comprises a mode determining portion which determines a processing mode of a lifting process by the tool for the object transported on the transport path, based on the detection result by the first sensor; the operation correcting portion corrects the operation command so that the object transported on the transport path is lifted and moved by the tool, in accordance with the processing mode of the lifting process determined by the mode determining portion; a plurality of the robots are installed; the robot of among the plurality of robots which is installed furthest upstream on the transport path is installed so that an area where the lifting process is to be performed by the tool is separated from a detection area of the object by the first sensor by a predetermined distance or longer along the transport path, on a downstream side of the transport path.",0.1933741080988853,0.38674821619777067
9835046,"1. A fan containment system for fitment around an array of radially extending fan blades mounted on a hub in an axial gas turbine engine, the fan containment system comprising: a fan case having an annular casing element for encircling an array of fan blades; an annular fan track liner lining a radially inner side of the casing element, the fan track liner comprising a first fan track liner panel positioned circumferentially adjacent a second fan track liner panel; and an engagement arrangement engaging the first fan track liner panel to the second fan track liner panel, the engagement arrangement extending for a first distance along at least a portion of adjacent sides of the first and second fan track liner panels, the first distance being in a direction parallel to the adjacent sides of the first and second fan track liner panels; wherein the engagement arrangement is configured, and the first and second fan track liner panels are shaped, such that movement of the first fan track liner panel along an axis of the first fan track liner panel by a second distance less than the first distance disengages the first fan track liner panel from the second fan track liner panel.",0.8017294857843866,0.39654102843122674
9273721,"1. A bearing device for a solar power plant unit, comprising: a support element, a first roller bearing unit movably supported on the support element, a first roller and a second roller disposed on the first roller bearing unit, the first roller bearing unit supporting the first and second rollers at two points along a circumference lying within a plane, the first roller comprising a first spherical plain bearing such that the first roller is attached to an outer ring of the first spherical plain bearing, an inner ring of the first spherical plain bearing being attached to the first roller bearing unit via a bolt which defines an axial direction that is planar perpendicular to the plane within which the circumference lies, the inner ring of the first spherical plain bearing having an outer surface which is convex, the outer ring of the first spherical plain bearing having an axis of rotation and an inner surface that is configured to slidingly contact the outer surface of the inner ring of the first spherical plain bearing such that the axis of rotation of the outer ring is tiltable relative to the axial direction of the bolt such that the bearing device is configured to have the outer ring that is axially tiltable relative to the support element.",0.9416255030732422,0.11674899385351556
9138293,1. A method for ameliorating vascular plaque in a vascular circulatory system comprising the steps of: introducing magnetic nanoparticles into said circulatory system in proximity to the vascular plaque; applying a localized magnetic field to vascular plaque to immobilize the magnetic nanoparticles at the vascular plaque; subjecting the vascular plaque to focused electromagnetic radiation to heat the immobilized magnetic particles so that the plaque is disrupted; and removing the localized magnetic field to release the magnetic particles.,0.09066670299235871,0.18133340598471737
8895029,"1. A method of providing protection against, reduction in the incidence, and/or lessening the severity of infection by Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo type hardjo - bovis in a mammal comprising administering to the mammal an immunogenic composition, wherein the immunogenic composition includes a killed Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo type hardjoprajitno bacterium but without including Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar hardjo type hardjo - bovis bacterium in said immunogenic compostion.",0.8230327106168105,0.353934578766379
9562514,"1. A wind turbine rotor, comprising: a hub, a plurality of blades, and at least one pitch system for rotating one of the blades along a longitudinal axis of the blade, the pitch system comprising one or more pitch brakes, wherein the pitch brake comprises at least a brake disc element, a first brake pad, and a second brake pad, the brake disc element and the first and second brake pads comprising elastomer pads, and wherein at least one of the hub or the blade comprises the brake disc element and the other one of the hub or the blade comprises the first brake pad, wherein the brake disc element does not form a complete 360° annular disc, and wherein the brake disc element and the first brake pad are arranged such that when the blade is in a predefined pitch position for wind speeds equal to and below nominal wind speed, the brake disc element and the first brake pad are in frictional contact with each other.",0.9435944667844934,0.11281106643101313
9032268,"1. A method for generating a signal based upon an error correction code, comprising: generate seven rows of quasi-orthogonal codes, each code of the seven rows of quasi-orthogonal codes based on a logic generated maximal sequence; add a common bit having a value of “0” to an end of each of the quasi-orthogonal codes; add an eighth code in an eighth row comprising either all “0” or all “1” values; for each of the eight codes, generate a code of opposite values to create a table of 16 orthogonal codes; for each of the 16 orthogonal codes, perform an XOR with an arbitrary code to create 16 modified orthogonal codes; assign each of the 16 modified orthogonal codes to one of 16 bit combinations for a 4-bit data word; and transmit an assigned modified orthogonal code representing an outgoing 4-bit data word.",0.08048288274877285,0.1609657654975457
8507464,"1. A compound of formula (I): wherein Y Y R L is selected from the group consisting of: —[C(Z —[C(Z —[C(Z —[C(Z —[C(Z —[C(Z —[C(Z —[C(Z —[C(Z —[C(Z —[C(Z wherein each z, v, q, u, and g independently is 0 or 1; Y Y each Z Z wherein each X X Z with the proviso that in formula (I): (a) NR (b) NR  or (c) NR an individual stereoisomer or a racemic or non-racemic mixture of stereoisomers, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, or hydrate, thereof.",0.24831256000213445,0.49662512000426884
9194405,"1. An electro-hydraulic actuator for a hydraulic circuit comprising: a master cylinder comprising a hydraulic cylinder and an actuation piston slidably received within the hydraulic cylinder to vary pressure within the hydraulic circuit; an electric motor adapted to drive the actuation piston into the hydraulic cylinder, the motor comprising a stator and a rotor; and an electro-mechanical brake arranged to selectively and releasably hold the rotor with respect to the stator to prevent relative rotational motion there between; the electro-mechanical brake comprising a brake disk fixed for rotation with the rotor and connected to the rotor by an elastic member that allows the brake disc to move axially of the rotor while fixing the brake disc to rotate with the rotor.",0.5642511168845042,0.8714977662309915
9761815,"1. A flexible substrate, comprising a bottom plate and a barrier layer arranged above the bottom plate, wherein the flexible substrate further comprises a crack detection layer, which is arranged adjacent to the barrier layer; the crack detection layer produces a crack when the barrier layer produces a crack; and the crack detection layer with a crack has a color different from that of the crack detection layer without a crack in a power-on state.",0.4171550184554344,0.8343100369108688
9803801,"1. A system for dispensing lubricant in a stream of cool air to a work piece and a machine tool, the system comprising: a lubricant reservoir fluidly coupled to a lubricant pump, the lubricant pump fluidly coupled to a stationary lubricant inlet of a stationary coupler, the stationary lubricant inlet fluidly coupled to a stationary lubricant passage that extends through the stationary coupler to a stationary lubricant outlet, a compressed air source fluidly coupled to a compressed air inlet of a vortex tube, the vortex tube including a cool air outlet and a hot air outlet, the cool air outlet of the vortex tube fluidly coupled to a stationary cool air inlet of the stationary coupler, the stationary cool air inlet fluidly coupled to a stationary cool air passage that extends through the stationary coupler to a stationary cool air outlet, a rotating coupler connected to a turret, the rotating coupler including a rotating lubricant inlet and a rotating cool air inlet, the rotating lubricant inlet fluidly coupled to a rotating lubricant passage that extends through the rotating coupler to a rotating lubricant outlet, the rotating cool air inlet fluidly coupled to a rotating cool air passage that extends through the rotating coupler to a rotating cool air outlet, the turret and rotating coupler being movable to a position where the rotating lubricant inlet is in matching registry with the stationary lubricant outlet with a lubricant seal sandwiched therebetween and where the rotating cool air inlet is in matching registry with the stationary cool air outlet with a cool air seal sandwiched therebetween, the rotating lubricant outlet and the rotating cool air outlet fluidly coupled to a nozzle directed at the work piece and machine tool.",0.37238564931553153,0.7447712986310631
9106315,"1. A distributed antenna system comprising: a master unit; a first remote unit communicatively coupled to the master unit; and a second remote unit communicatively coupled to the master unit; wherein the first remote unit is configured for: wherein the master unit is configured for transmitting the digital downlink signals received from the first remote unit to the second remote unit, wherein the master unit is further configured for instructing the first remote unit to establish a communication link with the base station in response to detecting a malfunction with respect to an additional communication link between the master unit and an additional base station.",0.3192029592646038,0.6384059185292076
9092701,"1. A computer-implemented method of controlling electronics, comprising: at an apparatus comprising one or more processors and a transmitter:",0.5627318036505203,0.8745363926989593
9755561,"1. A power supply device, comprising: a first electric power line connected to a load, the first electric power line including a first positive electrode line and a first negative electrode line; a second electric power line connected to a battery, the second electric power line including a second positive electrode line and a second negative electrode line, the second negative electrode line being connected with the first negative electrode line; a first boost converter connected to the first electric power line and the second electric power line, the first boost converter being configured to supply electric power of the second electric power line to the first electric power line while boosting a voltage of the electric power, the first boost converter including: a first switching element; a second switching element; a first diode; a second diode; and a first reactor, the first switching element and the second switching element being connected in series between the first positive electrode line and one of the first negative electrode line and the second negative electrode line, the first diode being connected in parallel to the first switching element in an opposite direction, the second diode being connected in parallel to the second switching element in the opposite direction, the first reactor being connected to a first center point that is a center point between the first switching element and the second switching element and to the second positive electrode line; a second boost converter connected to the first electric power line and the second electric power line in parallel with the first boost converter, the second boost converter being configured to supply the electric power of the second electric power line to the first electric power line while boosting the voltage of the electric power, the second boost converter including: a third switching element; a fourth switching element; a third diode; a fourth diode; and a second reactor, the third switching element and the fourth switching element being connected in series between the first positive electrode line and one of the first negative electrode line and the second negative electrode line, the third diode being connected in parallel to the third switching element in the opposite direction, the fourth diode being connected in parallel to the fourth switching element in the opposite direction, the second reactor being connected to a second center point that is a center point between the third switching element and the fourth switching element and to the second positive electrode line; a first current sensor configured to detect a battery current that charges and discharges the battery; a second current sensor configured to detect a first reactor current passing through the first reactor; a third current sensor configured to detect a second reactor current passing through the second reactor; and an electronic control unit configured to determine that the third switching element has an on-failure when the battery current is a value at a time of being discharged from the battery, the first reactor current is a value at a time of passing from a side of the second positive electrode line to a side of the first center point, and the second reactor current is a value at a time of passing from a side of the second center point to the side of the second positive electrode line, the electronic control unit being configured to determine that the first switching element has an on-failure when the battery current is a value at a time of being discharged from the battery, the second reactor current is a value at a time of passing from the side of the second positive electrode line to a side of the second center point, and the first reactor current is a value at a time of passing from the side of the first center point to the side of the second positive electrode line.",0.8889830123909014,0.22203397521819723
8674666,"1. A compensator for balancing an ac voltage network comprising a sequence of a first phase, a second phase and a third phase with an unsymmetrically connected load connected between the second phase and the third phase in the sequence of phases, the compensator comprising: a voltage-source converter; and a balancing device, wherein the balancing device comprises an inductance connected between the first phase and the second phase, and a capacitance connected between the third phase and the first phase, wherein the balancing device is configured to create a negative-sequence current with fixed amplitude and direction, wherein the compensator is configured to balance the load within a load range, wherein the balancing device is configured to provide about one-half of a current for an operating range of the voltage source converter, and wherein the voltage source converter is configured to provide a difference between a total current of the compensator and the current of the balancing device.",0.8954032647046776,0.20919347059064486
8761201,"1. An apparatus comprising: circuitry to facilitate, at least in part, assignment, at least in part, of at least one bandwidth reservation for at least one of at least one packet stream and at least one stream reservation class, the at least one bandwidth reservation, as requested by at least one requester of the at least one bandwidth reservation, being greater than an expected communication bandwidth of the at least one packet stream, the assignment of the at least one bandwidth reservation to be made prior to commencement of communication of the at least one packet stream, the at least one bandwidth reservation to be assigned to the at least one of the at least one packet stream and the at least one stream reservation class; wherein:",0.45741345334571615,0.9148269066914323
8462575,"1. A memory element, comprising: a first terminal coupled to an N-doped region of said memory element; a second terminal coupled to a P-doped region of said memory element, wherein said N-doped region and P-doped region provide a poly diode anti-fuse; and a silicide layer overlaying said N-doped region and P-doped region, wherein said silicide layer provides a poly fuse in parallel with said poly diode anti-fuse in an initial programming state of said memory element, wherein said memory element provides a first programming state, and wherein a first impedance of said memory element in said first programming state is higher than an initial impedance of said memory element in said initial programming state.",0.33394831575206163,0.6678966315041233
8812164,"1. A system for power generation having a plurality of energy sources, comprising: a power generation unit; a thermal energy generation unit coupled to the power generation unit, wherein the thermal energy generation unit converts heat energy from the power generation unit into electrical energy; at least one renewable energy conversion unit including a light sensing unit and a renewable energy conversion unit programmable control unit configured to calculate an amount of power available from the renewable energy conversion unit based at least in part on a signal from the light sensing unit; a power distribution unit configured to receive and distribute power from the power generation unit, the thermal energy generation unit and the renewable energy conversion unit; and a master programmable control unit configured to: the master programmable control unit is configured to subsequently:",0.9796050842854164,0.040789831429167256
9756693,"1. A method of reducing and reestablishing power to an array of LED lighting fixtures powered by one or more drivers comprising: a. detecting a first temperature at one LED lighting fixture of the array of LED lighting fixtures; b. reducing power to the array of LED lighting fixtures upon detection of said first temperature; c. reestablishing power to the array of LED lighting fixtures upon detection of a second temperature, wherein said second temperature is lower than said first temperature.",0.9716904475125744,0.05661910497485123
9752452,"1. A turbine manifold assembly comprising: a turbine; a first directional flow valve in fluid communication with the turbine; and a second directional flow valve in fluid communication with the turbine; wherein the first directional flow valve cooperates with the second directional flow valve to create: a first pathway for a fluid passed through the turbine in a first direction, and a second pathway for fluid passed through the turbine in an opposing second direction; wherein the turbine continuously rotates in a single direction as the fluid moves through the first pathway or the second pathway.",0.9192487444659057,0.1615025110681887
8434627,"1. A method for processing value documents comprising: singling value documents belonging to different accounting units including at least a first and second accounting unit, checking the value documents, transporting the value documents in dependence on results of the check, including transporting faulty value documents to a deposit device having several deposit sections, depositing the faulty value documents of the different accounting units on different deposit sections of the deposit device, removing the faulty value documents from the deposit device by removing the faulty value documents of the different accounting units from the deposit device according to a first in, first out principle.",0.06253883180299792,0.12507766360599581
9567699,"1. A swiveling tablet mount for use with a sewing machine head, the swiveling tablet mount comprising: a tablet holder for holding a tablet device; a mounting adapter selectively engageable with said tablet holder; a central shaft selectively engageable with said mounting adapter and selectively engageable with said sewing machine head; an attachment member selectively engageable with said mounting adapter; and wherein the swiveling tablet mount includes a spring, the attachment member extending through the spring.",0.05864342798574352,0.11728685597148703
9202789,"1. An integrated device package comprising: a package substrate comprising a first surface, a second surface, and an exterior side surface; a die coupled to the first surface of the package substrate; an encapsulation layer at least partially encapsulating the die, the encapsulation layer comprising a first exterior surface; and a first plurality of metal layers coupled to the first exterior surface of the encapsulation layer and the exterior side surface of the package substrate.",0.2952557205123571,0.5905114410247142
8683477,"1. A method comprising: constructing a respective model to determine respective performance of each computing application of a plurality of computing applications based on allocation of resources to the computing applications, where how the allocation of the resources to the computing applications affects the respective performances is unknown before the respective performances occur; allocating, by a processor of a computing device, the resources to the computing applications based at least on the respective models constructed, where the resources include at least one hardware resource; and, where the resources are overloaded as allocated to the computing applications, performing, by the processor of the computing device, performance degradation of each computing application based at least on priorities of the computing applications relative to one another and on the respective models constructed, to reduce usage of the resources by the computing applications so that the resources are no longer overloaded, wherein how the priorities of the computing applications affect the performance degradation in a relative manner to one another is known and predictable with respect to how much the respective performances of the computing applications degrade, before the performance degradation occurs, wherein constructing the respective model to determine the respective performance of each computing application comprises, for a given computing application, determining a modeling function receiving as input the allocation of the resources to the given computing application and providing as output the respective performance of the given computing application for the allocation of the resources.",0.5651869956674498,0.8696260086651004
8886735,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an indication of a selection of an electronic message template from a user, wherein the electronic message template is stored in a data structure and wherein the electronic message template comprises a predefined personalization symbol and a placeholder symbol for personalizing the electronic message template; obtaining the electronic message template from the data structure; generating content for inclusion in a personalized email body based on the electronic message template, the step of generating comprising replacing the predefined personalization symbol, based on a predefined rule, with a default value associated with the predefined personalization symbol; prompting the user to enter a custom message based on the placeholder symbol; receiving the custom message from the user; incorporating the custom message into the personalized email body; and providing a draft electronic message comprising the personalized electronic message body to the user, wherein the draft electronic message is prevented from being sent by the user until the custom message has been received and incorporated.",0.04492199902114535,0.08984399804229071
8915453,"1. A nozzle for processing a pressurized liquid, comprising: a first and second nozzle member, said first nozzle member being movable with respect to said second nozzle member to provide an orifice having a variable size therebetween for spraying the pressurized liquid therefrom during dynamic operation of said nozzle; at least one spring that biases said first and second nozzle members toward a closed position, said spring having a force counteracted by a force of the pressurized liquid during the dynamic operation of the nozzle to move the movable nozzle member and change the orifice size; electrical drive apparatus for continuously rotating said movable nozzle member with respect to the second nozzle member during the dynamic operation of said nozzle; and said electrical drive apparatus constructed to rotate said movable nozzle member without axially moving said movable nozzle member with respect to said second nozzle member to allow the pressurized fluid to flow through the orifice, whereby the size of said orifice is not required to change during rotation of said movable nozzle member.",0.35170960054898154,0.7034192010979631
9787095,"1. A method for managing the load profile of a low or medium voltage electric network, said electric network being supplied by at least an electric power source-and comprising one or more electric loads (L 10 , L 12 , L 23 , L 1 , . . . , L K ), which can be disconnected/connected from/with said electric power source, and one or more controllable switching devices (B 10 , B 12 , B 23 , B 1 , . . . , B K ) for disconnecting/connecting said electric loads from/with said electric power source, which comprises the steps of: measuring a time window (W determining at least a check instant (t executing a load profile control procedure at said check instant, said control procedure comprising the steps of:",0.9212859421363552,0.15742811572728965
9494587,"1. A formulation selected from the group consisting of a nutraceutical and/or a pharmaceutical composition, wherein the formulation comprises microorganisms and wherein essentially all of the microorganisms are (A) isolated Core-1 positive microorganisms and/or (B) a Core-1 positive fraction or lysate thereof, wherein the Core-1 positive microorganisms and/or the Core-1 positive fraction or lysate thereof carry surface Core-1 in unmasked form and are recognized by at least one Core-1 specific antibody.",0.49921118808408077,0.9984223761681615
9205839,"1. Energy management system for a hybrid electric vehicle that comprises an electrical machine for vehicle traction drive and recuperative braking, an electrical storage system ESS for storing recuperated energy, and at least one additional vehicle electrical auxiliary device different from the electrical machine, wherein an energy management controller is arranged to, upon establishing a potential for increased amount of recuperated energy during a predicted future downhill descent, direct electrical power from the ESS to the at least one additional electrical auxiliary device for the purpose of reducing the electrical charge level of the ESS, such that an increased amount of energy may be recuperated and stored in the ESS during the predicted future downhill descent, wherein the establishment of the potential for increased amount of recuperated energy also takes into account predicted future travel path altitude information up to a start of the predicted future downhill descent.",0.9955809114843313,0.00883817703133749
8829316,"1. A plant, plant part, seed, or cell of wheat variety W011031I1, representative seed of said variety having been deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-121197.",0.2632744958897654,0.5265489917795309
8853949,"1. An LED lighting device comprising: a DC/DC power converter having first and second converter output terminals and effective to supply an output voltage across the converter output terminals; first and second lighting device output terminals coupled to the first and second converter output terminals, respectively, and effective to receive an LED lamp; a current sensor coupled between one of the converter output terminals and a corresponding device output terminal, and effective to detect an output current; a voltage sensor coupled across the converter output terminals and effective to detect the output voltage; and a control circuit which",0.8995106366572896,0.20097872668542083
8615997,"1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an engine control program for causing a processor to execute a process, comprising: obtaining a setting value of an injection quantity to an engine having an Exhaust Gas Recirculator (EGR) and a Variable Nozzle Turbo (VNT), a setting value of an engine speed, a measurement value of a Manifold Air Pressure (MAP) of said engine and a measurement value of a Mass Air Flow (MAF) of said engine; first calculating, for a nozzle opening degree of said VNT and a valve opening degree of said EGR, dynamic feedforward amounts for realizing a predetermined transient response characteristic by compensating a transient response characteristic of said engine, wherein said transient response characteristic of said engine responds to either of said setting value of said injection quantity and target values of said MAF and said MAP, which correspond to said setting values of said injection quantity and said engine speed; and second calculating command values of said nozzle opening degree of said VNT and said valve opening degree of said EGR from control amounts of said valve opening degree of said EGR and said nozzle opening degree of said VNT, which are calculated from said target values of said MAP and said MAF and said measurement values of said MAP and said MAF, target values of said valve opening degree of said EGR and said nozzle opening degree of said VNT, which correspond to said setting values of said injection quantity and said engine speed, and said dynamic feedforward amounts for said nozzle opening degree of said VNT and said valve opening degree of said EGR, wherein said first calculating comprises: calculating first values of said nozzle opening degree of said VNT and said valve opening degree of said EGR based on a first model of said predetermined transient response characteristic, wherein an output of said first model varies to either of said setting value of said injection quantity and target values of said MAF and said MAP, which correspond to said setting values of said injection quantity and said engine speed; calculating second values of said nozzle opening degree of said VNT and said valve opening degree of said EGR based on a second model of said transient response characteristic of said engine, wherein an output of said second model varies to either of said setting value of said injection quantity and target values of said MAF and said MAP, which correspond to said setting values of said injection quantity and said engine speed; and calculating said dynamic feedforward amount for said nozzle opening degree of said VNT and said valve opening degree of said EGR based on a third model for removing influence of a steady-state characteristic of said engine for a difference between said first and second values.",0.893746252024517,0.21250749595096607
8566825,1. An article of manufacture comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable medium; means in the medium for:,0.11972281195045001,0.23944562390089996
9303325,"1. A system for distributing electric power from a wind farm generating medium voltage DC electricity to a plurality of electrolyser modules for producing hydrogen comprising: a. power determination and monitoring means for at least one of measuring, estimating and predicting the power of said DC electricity generated by said wind farm; b. transmission lines connected to said wind farm for transmitting said medium voltage DC electricity from said wind farm to the vicinity of said plurality of electrolyser modules; c. at least one step down converter located proximate to said plurality of electrolyser modules for receiving said medium voltage DC electricity from said transmission lines and converting it to non-regulated low voltage DC electricity; d. at least one DC bus connected to said at least one step down converter for receiving and distributing said low voltage DC electricity; e. at least one regulated DC-DC converter associated with each of said plurality of electrolyser modules and connected to at least one of said at least one DC bus, for receiving said non-regulated low voltage DC electricity from said at least one of said at least one DC bus and supplying current regulated DC electricity to each of said plurality of electrolyser modules; f. at least one electrolyser module controller connected to said plurality of electrolyser modules and said at least one regulated DC-DC converter associated with each of said plurality of electrolyser modules for monitoring and controlling said plurality of electrolyser modules and said at least one regulated DC-DC converter; g. at least one dispatch controller connected to said power determination and monitoring means and said at least one electrolyser module controller for, at appropriate time intervals during operation, estimating the real time available DC power from said wind farm, determining a target current set point for each of said plurality of electrolyser modules based on the estimated available DC power, the number of available electrolyser modules, and the voltage of each of said available electrolyser modules, and controlling the DC current supplied by said at least one regulated DC-DC power converter to each of said available electrolyser modules to bring said DC current to said target current set point; h. at least one alternative load connected to at least one of said transmission lines, the low voltage side of said at least one step down converter, and said at least one DC bus, for demanding any of said electric power from said wind farm that is not demanded by said plurality of electrolyser modules; i. at least one alternative power source connected to at least one of the medium voltage side and the low voltage side of said at least one step down converter, and said at least one DC bus, for supplying any of said electric power demanded by said plurality of electrolyser modules and not supplied by said wind farm.",0.9979927160620353,0.0040145678759293535
8950898,"1. An illumination device comprising: a discrete driver module comprising (i) circuitry for supplying power to and controlling at least one light-emitting diode, and (ii) a connector for electrically connecting to a source of power; a discrete lighting module configured for electrical connection to but otherwise physically separate from the driver module, the lighting module comprising (i) at least one light-emitting diode, (ii) a mechanism for mounting the lighting module within a recessed-can lighting fixture, and (iii) a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the at least one light-emitting diode, wherein the driver module and the lighting module are collectively sized to fit within the recessed-can lighting fixture.",0.4983282271217344,0.9966564542434688
8671166,"1. A method comprising: creating a module comprising hardware files, wherein the hardware files are represented as a set of nodes, each node including identification of a corresponding hardware file, a node component identification (ID), at least one deployment condition for determining whether to install the hardware file to a target computer, and an indication of when to install the hardware file to the target computer; installing a base system image to a computer; identifying at least one hardware device associated with the computer; analyzing the set of nodes from the module to identify a node having a node component ID that matches identification of the at least one hardware device associated with the computer; analyzing the at least one hardware device to determine whether the at least one hardware device complies with the at least one deployment condition of the identified node based on a hardware attribute of the at least one hardware device; and installing the at least one hardware file to the computer in the event the at least one hardware device complies with the at least one deployment condition, wherein the at least one installed hardware file is associated with the at least one identified hardware device, wherein the indication associated with the identified node indicates installing of the at least one hardware file after the installing of the base system image and before the initial boot of an operating system contained in the base system image.",0.2717922447704427,0.5435844895408855
9107103,"1. A method for enabling small data transmissions in a user equipment (UE) configured for machine type communication (MTC), the method comprising: receiving, by the UE from an evolved node (eNB), a system information block (SIB), the SIB including system information related to small data transmissions for MTC; reading a small data transmission indicator in the system information included in the SIB; executing, by the UE, a fast radio resource connection (RRC) with the eNB in response to the small data transmission indicator received from the eNB, wherein the fast RRC connection is executed without the establishment of bearers between the UE and the eNB; and performing the small data transmission, from the UE to the eNB, based on the system information included in the SIB.",0.7770928792034301,0.44581424159313987
9352979,"1. A gravity fed water treatment system comprising: a flocculation system including a flocculation system inlet for receiving water and a flocculation system outlet for dispensing flocculant-treated water, the flocculation system including a flocculation tank for use with a flocculant agent for encouraging coagulation and settling of particles suspended in the water in the flocculation tank; a foam filter system having a foam filter system inlet for receiving water and a foam filter system outlet for dispensing foam filtered water, the foam filter system including a foam filter element for filtering microbes and particles out of the water having a biological layer located on the foam filter element, the foam filter system having a restriction orifice for restricting water through the foam filter element to control a flow rate and face velocity of water; a chlorination system including a chlorinator inlet for receiving water, a chlorine source that provides a disinfecting level of chlorine operatively connected to the chlorination system, a chlorination chamber for use with the chlorine source for disinfecting the water, and a chlorinator outlet for dispensing chlorinated water; a carbon filter system having a carbon filter system inlet for receiving chlorinated water and a carbon filter system outlet for dispensing carbon filtered water, the carbon filter system having an activated carbon filter for removing chlorine from the chlorinated water; and a water treatment system outlet for dispensing treated water that has passed through the flocculation system, the foam filter system, the chlorinated system, and the carbon filter system.",0.7112287238511082,0.5775425522977835
9012079,"1. An electrode comprising an active component directly bonded to a current collector, wherein the active component comprises silicon-comprising fibres arranged in a felt-like structure in which the fibres cross over to provide multiple intersections, such that the fibres contact others of the fibres a plurality of times along their lengths and the direct bonding is via a compound formed from the active component and the current collector at contacting surfaces of the active component and the current collector.",0.874456917111168,0.25108616577766396
8729858,"1. A method of providing electricity from a power supply to an electric vehicle, said method comprising: receiving a request to deliver power from the power supply to the electric vehicle; transmitting, from a sensor to a controller, a first monitoring signal indicative of a combustible gas in ambient air exterior to the electric vehicle; and determining, by the controller, whether electrical power is to be delivered, from a charging device to the electric vehicle, based at least in part on the received first monitoring signal.",0.9841294812401938,0.031741037519612325
8420773,"1. A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by polymerizing a monomer solution or suspension comprising a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which bears an acid group and may be at least partly neutralized, b) at least one crosslinker, c) at least one initiator, d) optionally one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with the monomer mentioned under a), and e) optionally one or more water-soluble polymer, drying a resulting polymer gel, and grinding and classifying the dried polymer gel, wherein the grinding is performed using a multistage roll mill, a first milling gap having a gap width of 500 to 5000 μm, a product mass flow passing through the first milling gap is conducted through a magnetic separator to a second milling gap, and the second milling gap has a smaller gap width than the first milling gap.",0.588435880521133,0.8231282389577339
8685246,"1. A process for treating wastewater to simultaneously remove organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus with energy recovery, the process comprising: providing an ammonia-containing stream in a pretreatment tank that produces, at least, excess sludge, biogas, and a pretreated stream, wherein the pretreated stream has at least 45% less carbon than the ammonia-containing stream, and wherein the biogas comprises at least methane and carbon dioxide; flowing the pretreated stream and return activated sludge to an anoxic tank operating under anoxic conditions; mixing the pretreated stream and the return activated sludge in the anoxic tank to form a mixed liquor, thereby initiating phosphorus release and fermentation of particulate organic matter and dissolved organic matter; transferring the mixed liquor to an aerated tank operating under microaerophilic conditions, wherein a concentration of dissolved oxygen in the aerated tank is less than 1.0 mg/l of the mixed liquor, which is effective to promote simultaneous nitrification, denitrification, phosphorous release, and phosphorus uptake in the aerated tank; and transferring the mixed liquor to a membrane tank that separates treated effluent from activated sludge containing microorganisms, wherein a first portion of the activated sludge is returned to the anoxic tank as the return activated sludge.",0.9702564399229545,0.05948712015409097
9144159,"1. An electronic device comprising: a first member having a first surface; a second member placed on the first surface of the first member; a cavity formed between the first and second members; a functional element accommodated in the cavity; an external connection terminal disposed outside of the cavity on the first surface of the first member; a groove formed in the first surface of the first member, the groove extending from inside of the cavity to the external connection terminal; a wiring disposed within the groove and electrically connecting the functional element with the external connection terminal; a first through-hole disposed at a position of the second member, the position overlapping the groove in a plan view; and a filling member disposed within the first through-hole, wherein a depth of the groove is larger than a thickness of the wiring so that an aft gap is provided between the second member and a top surface of the wiring, and the filling member is formed in the air gap of the groove below the second member so that no air communication is permitted between the inside of the cavity and the external connection terminal via the groove.",0.1884437639288306,0.3768875278576612
8623171,"1. A plasma processing apparatus comprising: a process chamber; a platen positioned in the process chamber for supporting a workpiece; a source configured to generate a plasma in the process chamber having a plasma sheath adjacent to the front surface of the workpiece; an insulating modifier configured to control a shape of a boundary between the plasma and the plasma sheath so a portion of the shape of the boundary is not parallel. to a plane defined by a front surface of the workpiece facing the plasma, the insulating modifier comprising a pair of insulators defining a gap there between; a bias source configured to bias the wafer relative to the process chamber to attract ions from the plasma across the plasma sheath towards the workpiece, and a controller configured to control the source, the gap, and a vertical spacing between the pair of insulators and the plane, to define the shape of the boundary about the gap to be a convex shape bulging outward away from the plane when the ions are accelerated across the plasma sheath towards the workpiece.",0.18241112806321433,0.3648222561264287
9548675,"1. A control device for driving a semiconductor switch of an inverter, the control device comprising: a switching signal amplifier which is designed to amplify a switching signal generated by a control of the inverter and to generate a first switching control signal which drives the semiconductor switch in a switching mode; a current regulator which is coupled with a current sensor output of the semiconductor switch and which is designed to generate a second switching control signal which drives the semiconductor switch in a linear mode; and a selector which is coupled with the switching signal amplifier and the current regulator and which is designed to output either the first switching control signal or the second switching control signal as a function of at least one mode selection signal for driving a control terminal of the semiconductor switch, wherein the linear mode is achieved by the control terminal of the semiconductor switch being driven with an intermediate voltage value which lies between a first voltage value for switching on and a second voltage value for switching off the semiconductor switch, or wherein the linear mode is achieved by the control terminal of the semiconductor switch being raised for a predefined period to the first voltage value for switching on, and then being lowered again to the second voltage value for switching off the semiconductor switch, before the semiconductor switch has reached full conductivity.",0.7052573240799791,0.5894853518400418
9130978,"1. A method for processing network traffic data comprising: receiving a packet to initiate a new session associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) address; taking into account the received packet, determining a rate R at which a number of sessions initiation packets N associated with the IP address are received within a time period t, where R=N÷t; storing, on a data storage device, a representation of the rate R; comparing the rate R with a prescribed session rate threshold T; allowing the packet to pass when the session rate threshold R is less than the prescribed session rate threshold T (R<T); and classifying the packet as possibly associated with a flooding attack when the session rate threshold R is greater than or equal to the prescribed session rate threshold T (R≧T).",0.3015917012796112,0.6031834025592224
8960712,"1. A power-assisted wheel detachably mountable on a wheelchair, comprising: an axle to be supported on a frame of the wheelchair; a motor mounted on the axle; a hub including a wheel hub mounted on the axle and a handrim base section supported displaceably relative to the wheel hub; and a rotational displacement detection mechanism configured to detect a rotational displacement of the handrim base section relative to the wheel hub and having a center of rotation coinciding with an axle center of the motor, wherein the rotational displacement detection mechanism includes a magnetized section, a magnet and a detection element to detect magnetism generated by the magnetized section magnetized with an intensity corresponding to a displacement amount in a rotating direction relative to the magnet, and one of the magnetized section and the magnet is mounted on the wheel hub and the other is mounted on the handrim base section.",0.21740766692549668,0.43481533385099336
9145089,"1. A socket joint for mounting a mirror head to a support tube on a vehicle exterior, said socket joint comprising: a first concave portion disposed on a rear side of said socket joint and adapted for receiving the support tube that attaches to the vehicle; a pair of anchors disposed in said first concave portion for engaging an interior surface of the support tube; a fastener engaging each of said anchors through a front side of said socket joint and directing said anchors toward said first concave portion so that the support tube is clamped between said anchors and said first concave portion; a central connecting post extending outward from said front side for cooperating with the mirror head in interlocking engagement; and, a second concave portion disposed around said central connecting post for engaging a complementary convex portion of a housing of the mirror head so that the housing is pivotally carried on said second concave portion for adjusting the angle of the mirror head.",0.06590044851804099,0.131800897036082
8926494,"1. A method of positioning and implanting an expandable implantable device at a target site for controllable coaptation of a male patient's urethra using a biplanar ultrasonic probe inserted into a rectum of the patient, comprising: inserting a Foley catheter into the urethra; expanding a Foley balloon in the bladder neck; inserting the ultrasonic probe into the rectum of the patient; using the ultrasonic probe to image the urethra and Foley balloon at the bladder neck; placing a small puncture in the perineum; passing a delivery device through the puncture to the target site with concurrent delivery of a local anesthetic under guidance of the ultrasonic probe and positioning the delivery device at the target site, using radial and longitudinal views provided by the ultrasonic probe, wherein the target site is proximal to the apex of the prostate or an urethral vesical anastomosis; expanding the target site using fluid delivered from the delivery device; delivering the expandable implantable device to the expanded target site; and adjusting the expandable implantable device to improve coaptation of the urethra, wherein the amount of the expansion of the expandable implantable device controls the coaptation of the urethra.",0.024643719689125383,0.04928743937825075
8364424,"1. A wind turbine gearbox monitoring system, comprising: a plurality of sensors coupled to a wind turbine gearbox outputting at least one of vibration information and shaft speed information; and a controller coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to output operating information identifying potential and actual damage within the wind turbine gearbox based on the vibration information and the shaft speed information, the controller converting the shaft speed information and the vibration information into a cycle domain signal, and performing an order analysis on the cycle domain signal, the order analysis providing information that identifies potential and actual damage within the wind turbine gearbox, wherein to convert the equal time vibration information into an equal circumferential position cycle domain signal using a tachometer pulse train signal, the controller is further programmed to divide the tachometer signal into a plurality of segments, each segment representing a different rotational position of a gearbox shaft.",0.9076567307711746,0.18468653845765082
9769865,"1. A method, performed by an opportunistic data transfer (ODT) operator, the method comprising: establishing, by the ODT operator, an ODT connection between a first providing device that provides a first wireless network and a first consuming device that does not have direct access to the first wireless network, to permit the first consuming device to participate in an our with a destination on a second network via the first wireless network, including",0.5811635568669784,0.8376728862660432
8951931,"1. A noble metal fine particle supported catalyst comprising a substrate; and a porous membrane formed on the substrate, wherein the porous membrane comprises support particles, noble metal fine particles, and an inorganic binder, in the porous membrane, the noble metal fine particles are supported on surfaces of the support particles, and a plurality of the support particles on which the noble metal fine particles are supported form a secondary particle having a porous structure, and the porous membrane is formed by binding, with the inorganic binder, a plurality of the secondary particles formed of the support particles on which the noble metal fine particles are supported so that a gap is present at least partly between the secondary particles adjacent to each other.",0.8881158744264586,0.22376825114708288
9167223,"1. A stereoscopic video processing device, comprising: candidate coordinate range calculation circuitry configured to calculate a range of candidate coordinates of a display position of a reference point of a two-dimensional object in a screen based on a movable predetermined region for displaying the two-dimensional object on the screen of a stereoscopic video, and on a size of the two-dimensional object, the range of candidate coordinates including a plurality of display positions of the reference point; parallax total value calculation circuitry configured to calculate a total value of parallax values of pixels of a region overlapping the two-dimensional object in the stereoscopic video, for each of the plurality of display positions of the reference point, if the two-dimensional object is displayed using each of the candidate coordinates in the range as a reference point; display position determination circuitry configured to determine a candidate coordinate from among all of the plurality of display positions of the reference point having a smallest total value of the parallax values as a determined display position of the reference point of the two-dimensional object, the display position determination circuitry being further configured to select a candidate coordinate closest to a standard display position within the movable predetermined region and having the smallest total value of the parallax values as the determined display position, if more than one candidate coordinate has the smallest total value of the parallax values; maximum value specifying circuitry configured to specify a maximum value of the parallax values of the pixels of the region overlapping the two-dimensional object in the stereoscopic video, if the two-dimensional object is displayed using the determined display position as the reference point; and parallax setting circuitry configured to set parallax of the two-dimensional object displayed within the movable predetermined region in the stereoscopic video based on the specified maximum value, so that the set parallax of the two-dimensional object displayed within the movable predetermined region is equal to or less than the specified maximum value, wherein the circuitry is further configured to calculate the total value of parallax values for each of 10 display positions of the reference point, the 10 display positions being included in 5 different frames.",0.03273489294336509,0.06546978588673014
9328398,"1. A method for recycling noble metals from electronic waste materials containing noble metals, comprising the following steps: (1) taking electronic waste materials containing noble metals, mechanically breaking up and sieving to obtain electronic waste powders containing noble metals; (2) taking said electronic waste powders containing noble metals, removing rubber and plastic materials by electrostatic separation, collecting noble metal-rich part; (3) taking said noble metal-rich part, removing ferromagnetic metals by magnetic separation, collecting ferromagnetism-free metal-rich part; (4) taking and feeding said ferromagnetism-free metal-rich part into heating chamber from feed inlet of microwave reactor, shutting the feed inlet valve and valve that connects the channels, heating to pyrogenation temperature T (5) heating to melting temperature T (6) continue to heat said residues A to melting temperature T (7) taking said residues B, applying one or more methods of microwave-melting, acid-liquor filtration, electrolysis and extraction to separate one or more noble metals individually; all processes of heating by microwave are conducted in microwave reactor; said microwave reactor comprises microwave housing, microwave transmitter positioned on the inside wall of said microwave housing, a feed inlet positioned inside said microwave housing for feeding, a microwave chamber formed in the hollow microwave housing, a filtering screen positioned on the inside wall of the housing horizontally, one or more heating pipes used to heat electronic waste powders containing noble metals positioned over said filtering screen, said heating pipes whose internal spaces are heating chamber provided for electronic waste powders containing noble metals to pass by and to be placed in are vertically-arranged and open-ended, temperature detector positioned over said heating pipes, which is used to detect the temperature of said heating pipes, exhaust outlet positioned over said microwave housing, which is used to get rid of gases generated by pyrolysis, and sub-pipeline positioned at the bottom of said microwave housing, which is used to discharge materials; feed inlet, exhaust outlet and sub-pipeline all have valves; height of said heating pipes is in a range of 10˜100 cm, pipe diameter is in a range of 3˜10 cm.",0.9311654584641611,0.1376690830716778
9237984,"1. A method for nerve therapy comprising: advancing a shock wave device within a renal artery, wherein the shock wave device comprises an elongate body having a guide wire lumen, and a shock wave generator coupled to the elongate body; and initiating a shock wave from the shock wave generator at a first location in the renal artery adjacent to a renal plexus to impinge upon a wall of the renal artery to at least partially block activation of a renal plexus and wherein the shock wave device further comprises a balloon sealably enclosing a portion of the elongate body, and wherein the shock wave generator is located within the balloon, and wherein the method further comprises inflating the balloon with a liquid before initiating a shock wave from the shock wave generator.",0.0911804562178652,0.18236091243573038
8734485,"1. A suture comprising: an elongated body having a first end and a second end; a plurality of barbs projecting from said body, each barb facing a direction and being adapted to resist movement in tissue in a direction opposite to the direction that the barb faces; each of said barbs including an underside that is adjacent to the elongated body and a topside that is opposite to the underside; each of said underside of barbs including a plurality of projections that are adapted to engage tissue; each of said topside of barbs including a smooth surface devoid of projections; and wherein said barbs shield the projections from engagement in tissue when said barbs are disposed against said body of said suture.",0.11752051700269633,0.23504103400539267
8428337,"1. A method for wafer inspection comprising: directing light substantially along a first axis towards a first surface of a wafer to thereby obtain light emanating along the first axis from a second surface of the wafer, wherein the first and second surfaces of the wafer are substantially outwardly opposing and substantially extending parallel to a plane; and directing light substantially along a second axis towards the first surface of the wafer to thereby obtain light emanating along the second axis from the second surface of the wafer, the first axis being angled away from the second axis about a reference axis extending along the plane, wherein the orthographic projection of the first axis on the plane is substantially parallel to the orthographic projection of the second axis on the plane, and each of the orthographic projections of the first and second axes on the plane is substantially orthogonal to the reference axis.",0.08083735923881281,0.1616747184776256
8351170,"1. An apparatus for transmitting a signal and discharging an electrostatic discharge (ESD) event pulse associated with an ESD event to ground to protect a device under protection comprising: a printed circuit board (“PCB”) having a PCB trace line that transmits the signal, the PCB trace line being formed of first and second line portions that are electrically isolated from one another; and an electrostatic discharge protection device, separate from the device under protection, and mounted on the printed circuit board to protect the device under protection from the ESD event and for transmitting the signal from the first line portion to the second line portion, the electrostatic discharge protection device including predetermined device parasitics that have an inductance/capacitance ratio that match a PCB trace inductance/capacitance ratio, the electrostatic discharge protection device further including:",0.18721837236905534,0.3744367447381107
8943851,"1. An evaporative cooler, comprising: an evaporative cooler housing comprising a duct extending therethrough; a plurality of porous evaporative cooler pads; a plurality of cooler louvers arranged within the duct and rotatably connected to the cooler housing along respective louver axes, each of the plurality of cooler louvers comprising one of the cooler pads; and a working fluid source conduit that provides an evaporative cooler working fluid to the cooler pads during at least one mode of operation.",0.872226415559781,0.25554716888043805
9463791,"1. A vehicle capable of performing external discharging to supply electric power to an external electrical apparatus, comprising: an engine; a generator configured to generate electric power using motive power of said engine; and a control device configured to determine, using a malfunction determination condition, whether or not said engine has a malfunction, and to perform a fail-safe control when determining that said engine has a malfunction, said control device changing at least one of said malfunction determination condition and said fail-safe control, depending on whether or not said external discharging is being done.",0.9756514731930223,0.04869705361395549
8457708,"1. An analyte sensor assembly, the analyte sensor assembly comprising: a housing adapted for mounting on a skin of a host; an electronics unit configured to releasably mate with the housing; a sensor comprising a working electrode configured to measure a level of an analyte in the host; at least two non-planar electrical contacts aligned and longitudinally spaced along a single, central longitudinal axis of the sensor, wherein the at least two non-planar electrical contacts are configured to electrically connect the sensor with the electronics unit; and an applicator comprising a needle, wherein the applicator is configured to insert the sensor into the host by extending the needle and sensor through the housing and retracting the needle into the applicator, wherein upon retraction of the needle into the applicator, the sensor is released from the needle and the at least two non-planar electrical contacts are aligned for electrical connection to the electronics unit upon mating of the electronics unit to the housing.",0.39435112343945883,0.7887022468789177
9586074,"1. An exercise device, comprising: at least a first resistance module that is lengthwise adjustable and is comprised of a generally inelastic first strap; the first resistance module includes a first non-stationary, movable anchor mechanism comprised of a first longitudinally extending stitched loop of the first strap adapted to be associated with at least one upper extremity of a first user to independently control and continuously change resistance and resistance-vector during exercise; the first longitudinally extending stitched loop includes a middle loop strap that has a stitched cushion member for added comfort; a first distal end and a second distal end of the first longitudinally extending stitched loop pass through a first opening of a hollow handle member and egress a second opening of the hollow handle member, enabling the hollow handle member to be longitudinally mounted and moveably secured to the first strap; the first distal end and the second distal end of the first longitudinally extending stitched loop are stitched together at a first stitching and a second stitching, outside of and past the second opening of the hollow handle member; the first resistance module further includes a first transversally oriented, laterally positioned stitched loop, that is located between the first stitching and the second stitching; at least a first strengthening module that is detachably coupled with the first resistance module; the first strengthening module is comprised of a generally inelastic second strap; the first strengthening module includes a second non-stationary, movable anchor mechanism comprised of a second longitudinally extending stitched loop of the second strap adapted to be associated with a second user to independently control and continuously adaptively respond with counteracting force and counteracting-vector force to the independently controlled and continuously changing resistance and resistance vector during exercise; the first strengthening module further includes a second transversally oriented, laterally positioned stitched loop, located between the second longitudinally extending stitched loop and a distal end transversally oriented stitched loop; a detachable stabilizer that stabilizes motion of the first resistance module and the first strengthening module during exercise when: either the first resistance module detachably couples with a second resistance module by the detachable stabilizer via the first transversally oriented, laterally positioned stitched loop of the first resistance module and the second resistance module; or the first strengthening module detachably couples with a second strengthening module by the detachable stabilizer via the second transversally oriented, laterally positioned stitched loop of the first strengthening module and the second strengthening module; with a maximum range of resistance for the exercise device defined by body weights and body strengths of first and second users as a result of one of an application of the resistance and a responding application of the counteracting force to the resistance.",0.04384450759260434,0.08768901518520866
8381830,"1. A power tool, comprising: a housing; an electric motor disposed in the housing; a spindle drivingly attached to the electric motor, the spindle having a cavity adapted for receiving a bit therein and a window extending through the spindle in communication with the cavity; a retention device including a bit engaging member disposed within the housing and operable to extend through the window and retain a bit within the cavity; an actuator operable by a user externally of the housing to disengage the bit engaging member from retaining a bit received in the cavity; and a mechanical interconnection system operably coupled between the actuator and the retention device to actuate the retention device in response to the actuator, the mechanical interconnection being disposed within the housing; wherein when a bit is inserted into the cavity, the bit causes the retention device to move rearwardly relative to an axis of rotation of the spindle and the actuator need not be actuated in order to fully load the bit into the cavity and be retained by the bit engaging member.",0.4013381907638865,0.802676381527773
8836227,"1. A lighting device comprising: a first switching circuit which uses the power input from the external power source to generate predetermined output power when one or more switching elements are driven, a first driving circuit which outputs an on-off driving voltage to the switching elements of the first switching circuit, a second switching circuit which uses the output power of the first switching circuit to generate predetermined output power for lighting the light source when one or more switching elements are driven, a second driving circuit which outputs an on-off driving voltage to the switching elements of the second switching circuit, a driving-voltage supply circuit which supplies a driving voltage to the driving circuits, a detection means which detects the driving voltage supplied from the driving-voltage supply circuit, and a judging means which instructs the driving circuits to start outputting the on-off driving voltages in the order from the driving circuit close to the external power source to the driving circuit close to the light source when the driving voltage detected by the detection means reaches a predetermined value during the time when the driving voltage supplied from the driving-voltage supply circuit rises.",0.8117409524988037,0.3765180950023925
9129082,"1. A method for variation factor assignment, comprising: determining a first peripheral environment for a first device within a die, the first peripheral environment corresponding to a neighborhood around the first device and comprising at least one of a first layout structure or a first instance; and assigning a first variation factor to the first device, the first variation factor indicative of an expected variance in at least one electrical characteristic of the first device and determined based on the first peripheral environment, the assigning comprising at least one of:",0.09226743858284982,0.1845348771656996
8559930,"1. A method of providing a wireless device with occasional access to a wireless network, the method comprising: assigning an IMSI number to the wireless device, wherein the IMSI number falls within a pool of known IMSI numbers, and wherein the wireless device is not activated as a subscriber on the wireless network; providing, in the wireless network, a detection device configured to identify the wireless device; configuring the wireless network to identify the detection device as a quasi-home location register for the pool of known IMSI numbers; receiving, at a base station controller, a message from the wireless device, wherein the message comprises the IMSI number; identifying the IMSI number of the wireless device; based on the identification of the IMSI number, identifying the detection device as a quasi-home location register for the wireless device; receiving, at the detection device, a query from a mobile switching center (“MSC”) for data pertaining to the wireless device; selecting, from a pool of temporary mobile subscriber international ISDN numbers (“MSISDN”) maintained by the activation system, a temporary MSISDN for the wireless device; providing to the MSC, in response to the query, the temporary MSISDN assigned to the wireless device; receiving, at the detection device, a first location update request from a visited location register for a first subscriber profile for the wireless device; sending to the visited location register, in response to the first location update request, a message comprising the first subscriber profile for the wireless device; receiving, at the detection device, a second location update request from a service GPRS support node for a second subscriber profile for the wireless device; sending to the service GPRS support node, in response to the second location update request, a message comprising the second subscriber profile for the wireless device, the second subscriber profile to support one or more access point names; receiving data from the wireless device; and returning the temporary MSISDN to the pool of temporary MSISDNs, such that the temporary MSISDN can be selected for another wireless device.",0.36135091655418133,0.7227018331083627
8831423,"1. A switching architecture for a node of a ring fiber optic network having optical fibers carrying wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) signals to and from said node in two directions, said switching architecture comprising: a first network coupler for splitting WDM signals from an optical fiber of said fiber optic network; a first network wavelength router interconnected to at least one optical fiber carrying WDM signals in a direction other than said two directions, said first network wavelength router for receiving said split WDM signals from said first network coupler, and for passing said split WDM signals to said at least one optical fiber carrying WDM signals in a direction other than said two directions; a second network coupler for combining WDM signals to said optical fiber of said fiber optic network; a second network wavelength router interconnected to at least one optical fiber carrying WDM signals from a direction other than said two directions, said second network wavelength router for sending WDM signals from at least one optical fiber carrying WDM signals from a direction other than said two directions to said second network coupler, wherein said fiber optic network can be extended beyond said two directions; and a reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer connected to said optical fiber of said fiber optic network between said first network coupler and said second network coupler.",0.32600985830042145,0.6520197166008429
9394882,"1. A continuous web of multiple preform layers comprising: each preform layer of the multiple preform layers including multiple elongate strength rods arranged longitudinally relative to one another in a single layer, each strength rod being disposed adjacent to, co-planar with and spaced from at least one adjacent strength rod; each strength rod including multiple unidirectional, substantially straight collimated structural fibers fixed in a solidified matrix resin so that each strength rod is rigid and defines a finished geometry including a selected length and width and a selected profile; each preform layer including at least one carrier layer to which the multiple strength rods are joined by an adhesive applied to at least one of the carrier layer and the strength rods; wherein the carrier layer locates adjacent strength rods a fixed distance apart, further comprising each preform layer being adjacent to and connected with at least one other preform layer along a transverse width of the preform layers along the continuous web; a tapered end zone defined between two adjacent and connected preform layers, the tapered end zone including a tapering end portion extending from one end of each adjacent preform layer, wherein the tapering end portion extends from each adjacent preform layer at a certain rate of taper, wherein the tapered end zone has a reduced thickness along at least one point to facilitate separation of the two adjacent preform layers from one another.",0.13151327841121535,0.2630265568224307
9097412,"1. An apparatus comprising: a base configured to attach to a screw in light socket; a heat sink connected to said base; a plurality of thermal mounts projecting from said heat sink, wherein said thermal mounts are electrically connected to said base and thermally connected to said heat sink; and at least two LED elements connected to each of said thermal mounts, wherein (A) one of said LED elements comprises an inner LED element aimed in a first direction and one of said LED elements comprises an outer LED element aimed in a second direction, (B) said LED elements form a pattern about a central axis to project light evenly from said apparatus and (C) each of said inner LED elements projects light towards said central axis and each of said outer LED elements projects light away from said central axis.",0.5612982055951578,0.8774035888096845
9175667,"1. A fastening system comprising: a rotary shaft and a wind turbine pitch system of a three-blade variable pitch wind turbine, wherein said fastening system joins the rotary shaft and the wind turbine pitch system, said fastening system comprising a double flange formed by a front flange and a rear flange joined together, wherein the front flange is anchored to a pusher shaft of the pitch system which comprises a star-shaped part having arms that unite the blades of the wind turbine, a hollow rotary shaft goes through the rear flange, the hollow rotary shaft being frictionally engaged with the rear flange by a tapered collar on an inner part of the rear flange, both flanges, front and rear, are coupled together with at least three bushings wherein said at least three bushings are located between the arms of the star-shaped part and wherein the front and rear flanges sandwich the star-shaped part such that the front flange faces a front surface of the star-shaped part and the rear flange faces a rear surface of the star-shaped part.",0.878768631318353,0.24246273736329393
8500288,"1. A rear-projection type display device including a projection device that projects a light from a light source as an optical image, a transmission type screen to which said optical image is projected, a housing that accommodates said projection device and said transmission type screen, and input means to which a user operation is inputted, said rear-projection type display device comprising: a storage section that stores a distortion detection image to be displayed on said transmission type screen and a past correction amount which is a correction amount for correcting a past distortion amount which is a distortion amount detected at a certain time point; a distortion amount detection section that changes said distortion detection image in accordance with an operation inputted from said input means, and detects a distortion amount of the image based on operations inputted by said input means until said distortion detection image displayed on said transmission type screen is brought into a predetermined state; a correction amount calculation section that calculates a correction amount based on the distortion amount and calculates said correction amount by analyzing both the distortion amount detected by said distortion amount detection section and said past distortion amount; a correction section that corrects an image projected by said projection device, based on the calculated correction amount; a distortion amount back-calculation section that calculates a corresponding distortion amount based on the correction amount, wherein said distortion amount back-calculation section calculates said past distortion amount based on said past correction amount, said correction amount calculation section calculates said correction amount by analyzing both the distortion amount detected by said distortion amount detection section and said past distortion amount.",0.12217127871106478,0.24434255742212962
9502895,"1. A system for photovoltaic power generation comprising: a plurality of power-generating photovoltaic strings, wherein each of the power-generating photovoltaic strings comprise a plurality of power-generating photovoltaic modules; a plurality of direct current (DC)/DC micro-converters, wherein the DC/DC micro-converters are electrically coupled to the power-generating photovoltaic modules, to the power-generating photovoltaic string, or both; a plurality of active clamps electrically coupled to the DC/DC micro-converters, wherein the plurality of active claims are configured to limit the power-generating photovoltaic strings to less than or equal to pre-established threshold voltage by creating a short-circuit; a gating inverter electrically coupled to DC/DC micro-converters and to one or more electrical loads; and a central controller electrically coupled to the gating inverter.",0.9813233961059509,0.03735320778809825
9058691,"1. A method in a ray traversal unit comprising digital logic circuits, the method comprising the digital logic circuits: storing in a data store ray data representative of a plurality of rays traversed through a scene, the scene being partitioned into a hierarchy of cells, the ray data including, for each ray, a hierarchy of dirty cells intersected by said each ray, the ray data being grouped according to intersected dirty cells at a first level in the hierarchy (“first level dirty cells”); receiving from the data store ray data representative of a group of first rays which intersect a given first level dirty cell; sorting the received ray data according to dirty cells for at least a second level in the hierarchy (“second level dirty cells”); processing the sorted ray data for ray/object intersections, and when a given ray intersects an object then:",0.24327022670398118,0.48654045340796237
8896434,"1. An indication system for a vehicle chargeable by a power supply external to the vehicle, said vehicle including: said indication system comprising: said vehicle further includes a radio communication unit for communicating by radio with a radio communication device external to the vehicle, and said indication system further comprises an indication control unit for changing a manner of indication by said second indication unit depending on whether communication by said radio communication unit is possible or not.",0.7081221817352393,0.5837556365295213
8866593,"1. A method of communicating with an external device, using a processor installed on a battery pack, comprising: establishing an association between the processor installed on the battery pack and an electronic device both powered by the battery pack via communication between a first antenna attached to the processor installed on the battery pack and a second antenna attached to the electronic device, wherein the establishing an association comprises activating a push button attached to the processor installed on the battery pack to establish a radio link between the processor installed on the battery pack and the electronic device; and transmitting data to the external device via the first antenna based on instructions received, via the second antenna, from the electronic device.",0.8078527839924222,0.38429443201515556
8680459,"1. An maintenance method of a radiological image detection apparatus including: a phosphor containing a fluorescent material which emits fluorescent light when exposed to radiation and a thin-film type sensor portion which is disposed adjacent to the phosphor on a radiation incidence side and supported by the phosphor and detects fluorescent light generated in the phosphor, the maintenance method comprising: regularly performing at least one of a structural noise inspection and a dark current inspection, to detect deterioration of the phosphor, wherein: the structural noise inspection includes taking a radiation image and detecting a variation in a pattern unique to the radiological image detection apparatus between the radiation image taken and an image taken in the past; and the dark current inspection includes taking a black image without irradiation and detecting a dark current variation in the sensor portion on the basis of the black image taken; wherein an interval of the dark current inspection is shortened if differences between pixel values of the black image taken and an allowable value are smaller than a prescribed threshold value.",0.3326489508132698,0.6652979016265396
9462989,1. A radiation imaging apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape for converting x-ray radiation into an electric signal; a plurality of lines that are connected to the plurality of pixels and that extend in different directions to each other; a current monitor circuit that monitors currents flowing in the plurality of lines; and an arithmetic unit that calculates a two-dimensional distribution by performing back-projection processing with respect to the currents flowing in the plurality of lines monitored by the current monitor circuit.,0.08250045829201058,0.16500091658402116
9042560,"1. A method comprising: sampling received audio at a first rate to produce a first audio signal; transforming the first audio signal into a sparse domain to produce a sparse audio signal; re-sampling of the sparse audio signal to produce a re-sampled sparse audio signal; and providing the re-sampled sparse audio signal, wherein the transform into the sparse domain removes bandwidth required for accurate audio reproduction but bandwidth required for spatial audio encoding is retained.",0.07598873695910037,0.1519774739182007
8354336,"1. A method of forming an electrode comprising: forming a rack structure of alternating dielectric layers and conductive layers above a substrate; forming a nanopore through said substrate and said rack structure, wherein a wall defining the nanopore includes exposed surfaces corresponding to the alternating dielectric layers and conductive layers; forming an oxide layer on the exposed surfaces of the conductive layers; contacting said oxide layer with a solution of an organic surface active compound to form a protective layer on said oxide layer, thereby forming an electrode having reduced corrosion and water decomposition; wherein said protective layer has a thickness of from about 0.5 nm to about 5 nm and ranges therebetween; wherein said surface active compound has a structure that includes a polar end and a non-polar end.",0.5220166700320827,0.9559666599358345
9409821,"1. A method for adjusting the linear coefficient of thermal expansion of a cement sheath placed in a subterranean well having a wellbore, comprising: (i) determining mechanical properties of formations surrounding the wellbore, wherein the mechanical properties comprise Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio; (ii) acquiring well geometry and casing geometry data; (iii) selecting a candidate cement system comprising water and a base cement, the cement system having a known linear coefficient of thermal expansion after setting; (iv) employing stress analysis software that estimates downhole pressure, temperature and in-situ stresses, and calculates cement sheath integrity, cement/casing bonding and cement/formation bonding; (v) if cement sheath failure is indicated, modifying the candidate cement system by adding at least one particulate polymeric material having a thermal expansion coefficient that is higher than that of the candidate cement system; and (vi) repeating steps iv and v until cement sheath failure is not indicated, thereby determining a final design; wherein the polymeric particulate material comprises one or more members selected from the group consisting of isotactic polypropylenes, polystyrenes, cis-polyisoprenes, polyvinylchlorides, polytetrafluoroethylenes, polyaryletherketones, polyethylenes, polyvinylidene fluorides, polyethylene terephthalates, styrene-isoprene-styrene, styrene-ethylene/butyl ene-styrene, styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene and styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymers, acrylonitrile-butadiene, hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene, styrene-butadiene, ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM), fluoroelastomers (FKM) and perfluoro elastomers (FFKM), wherein the linear coefficient of thermal expansion of the cement sheath is between 18.0·10",0.28257168471932037,0.5651433694386407
9550129,"1. A method of moving a toy in a game comprising physical and virtual components, comprising the steps of: capturing an image of a game arena comprising at least one toy and a background; displaying said captured image; selecting a toy from said display; said selecting comprises touching said displayed toy, calculating the center of the touched area on said display and defining a window of predefined size and shape around said calculated center; identifying said toy and its current coordinates in the game arena; selecting a destination point on said display; calculating said destination point coordinates in the game arena; and automatically moving said selected toy towards said calculated destination point coordinates.",0.026578291957453478,0.05315658391490696
8497488,"1. Processing device comprising at least one treatment station for the sterilization of containers via electron beams, each said treatment station comprising sterilization means which comprise an electron-beam emitter provided with a tubular nozzle and supporting means for supporting a container under said emitter, said emitter able to emit an electron beam passing through an upper opening of a container supported by said supporting means in order to sterilize said container, and a protection system in order to stop radiation emitted by the emitter, wherein said protection system comprises, for each said treatment station, an upper portion assembled to the emitter, said upper portion having a shape of a bell formed from a first plate and from a tubular wall, said emitter being mounted on said first plate and said tubular nozzle extends substantially vertically under the first plate, a lower portion comprising a second plate, constituting said supporting means, and moving means able to carry out a relative movement of the upper portion in relation to the lower portion between a retracted position wherein the upper portion is separated from the lower portion, in order to position under the emitter of a container supported by the supporting means, and operative positions wherein the upper portion and the lower portion form a protective enclosure wherein are positioned the emitter and the container supported by the supporting means, the second plate being arranged in the bell when the upper portion is in an active position, said moving means able to move the upper portion between a first operative position wherein a distal end of the tubular nozzle is arranged above an upper opening of the container and an extreme operative position wherein said tubular nozzle extends in the container.",0.382886198033361,0.765772396066722
9751277,"1. A fiber reinforcement layer for use in a fiber-reinforced laminate plastic composite comprising a number of combined laminate layers, wherein each fiber reinforcement layer along a section of at least one rim is tapered through the thickness of the fiber reinforcement layer, the fiber reinforcement layer comprising: a layer of glass fibers or carbon fibers, wherein the fiber reinforcement layer is not-hardened, and wherein the fiber reinforcement layer comprises fibers which are laid primarily in one direction or the fibers are laid biaxially in two directions at some angle or other in relation to each other.",0.8137194964658305,0.37256100706833895
9637592,"1. A gel-forming block copolymer having a structure in accordance with formula (1): wherein d′ is a positive number having a value of about 100 to about 600, each K′ is an independent divalent linking group selected from the group consisting of O, NH, S, and combinations thereof, each P Z Z",0.2354521744214564,0.47090434884291277
8801836,"1. A method for recovery of carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide containing gas comprising the steps of: a. cooling a first gas stream G b. preparing the second gas stream G c. absorbing the third gas stream G d. optionally pressurising and heat exchanging the first carbon dioxide rich liquid (L e. separating the second carbon dioxide rich liquid (L f. reboiling the first carbon dioxide lean liquid (L wherein the method prior to step a comprises the step of feeding a combustion gas GO to a means for utilizing heat, in order to provide the gas stream G",0.9409181912121554,0.11816361757568927
9414318,"1. A mobile electronic device, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor and storing programming for execution by the processor; and a screen for displaying graphic information; the processor being configured to execute the programming to perform operations of: receiving an indication to enter a power saving mode; in response to receiving the indication to enter the power saving mode: switching from a first launcher running on the mobile electronic device to a second launcher different from the first launcher, wherein the first launcher and the second launcher are software programs that present links on a screen of the mobile electronic device for starting other software programs installed in the mobile electronic device, wherein the first launcher presents a first set of application icons, the second launcher presents a second set of application icons, and the application icons are for activating corresponding applications, wherein the second set contains fewer application icons as compared to the first set, and the second set includes a voice communication icon corresponding to a voice communication function and a text messaging icon corresponding to a text messaging function; degrading one or more display characteristics on the screen of the mobile electronic device; and disabling a plurality of notifications on the screen, wherein battery level status information, signal strength status information and clock status information remain on the screen.",0.9227625018525631,0.1544749962948737
8855381,"1. A fake-finger determination device, comprising: an imaging unit that images a reflected light image and a transmitted light image of an authentication object serving as a fingerprint authentication object; a classifying unit that classifies each of the reflected light image and the transmitted light image into a foreground portion having a feature of a skin image and a background portion having no feature of a skin image, based on a hue value or a brightness value of a pixel included in each of the images; a detecting unit that detects a portion that belongs to the foreground portion of one image of the reflected light image and the transmitted light image and belongs to the background portion of the other image, as an overlapping portion; and a determining unit that determines whether or not a foreign substance is present in the periphery of a finger using the overlapping portion.",0.038042266943998905,0.07608453388799785
9594581,"1. A method for delivering pre-packaged software solutions to an information handling system comprising: providing a virtual machine (VM) host comprising a plurality of VM resources operable to execute virtual machines; providing a virtual appliance memory device, the virtual appliance memory device comprising a virtual appliance stored on the virtual appliance memory device, the virtual appliance comprising an application, the application corresponding to a pre-packaged software solution; installing the virtual appliance onto the virtual machine host via the virtual appliance memory device; and hosting the application via the virtual appliance so as to facilitate delivery of pre-packaged software solutions to the information handling system; wherein, the pre-packaged software solutions provided via the virtual appliance memory device are preconfigured and ready to use without a customer having to install and configure to solution; the virtual appliance memory device comprises a virtual appliance universal serial bus (USB) key, the virtual appliance USB key comprising a data structure with resource requirements with the virtual appliance on the virtual appliance USB key.",0.48281363915651443,0.9656272783130289
8627658,"1. An energy storage and recovery system suitable for the efficient use and conservation of energy resources, the system comprising: a first cylinder for compressing gas to store energy and expanding gas to impart energy over a first pressure range; a spray mechanism operable to spray discrete droplets of heat-transfer liquid into gas during at least one of compression or expansion in the first cylinder; connected pneumatically in series with the first cylinder, a second cylinder for compressing gas to store energy and expanding gas to impart energy over a second pressure range higher than the first pressure range; a first piston disposed within the first cylinder; a first piston rod mechanically coupled to the first piston and extending from an end of the first cylinder; a second piston disposed within the second cylinder; a second piston rod mechanically coupled to the second piston and extending from an end of the second cylinder, the ends of the first and second piston rods extending from the first and second cylinders being mechanically coupled; and a control system for controlling operation of at least one of the first or second cylinder to enforce substantially isothermal expansion and compression of the gas therein to thereby increase efficiency of the expansion and compression, the control system (i) being responsive to at least one system parameter associated with operation of at least one of the first or second cylinder, (ii) comprising a computer configured to execute a stored control application, (iii) controlling at least one of compression or expansion of gas within the first cylinder and, thereduring, introduction of a spray of discrete droplets of heat-transfer liquid from the spray mechanism, and (iv) controlling at least one of compression or expansion of gas within the second cylinder without introduction of a spray of discrete droplets of heat-transfer liquid thereduring.",0.8595947228506917,0.28081055429861657
9260996,"1. An exhaust system comprising: a temperature sensor; a particulate filter downstream of the temperature sensor; and a controller coupled to the temperature sensor, the controller configured to perform a method, the method comprising:",0.8817849924896652,0.23643001502066952
9026348,"1. A method of providing feedback to an operator of a vehicle, comprising: detecting a release of an accelerator pedal of the vehicle; monitoring a distance traveled by the vehicle between the time the release of the accelerator pedal is detected and the vehicle reaches a stop; determining the distance traveled and a speed of the vehicle at the time the release of the accelerator pedal is detected to calculate a point score; and displaying the point score for review by the operator of the vehicle.",0.3244545919853913,0.6489091839707826
8346988,"1. A method of sharing a fabric to facilitate off-chip communication for on-chip units, comprising: dynamically assigning a first unit that implements a first communication protocol to a first portion of the fabric when private fabrics are indicated for the on-chip units; dynamically assigning a second unit that implements a second communication protocol to a second portion of the fabric when the private fabrics are indicated for the on-chip units, wherein the first and second units are integrated in a same chip and the first and second protocols are different; and dynamically assigning, based on off-chip traffic requirements of the first and second units, the first unit or the second unit to the first and second portions of the fabric when the private fabrics are not indicated for the on-chip units.",0.39045751212414676,0.7809150242482935
8456525,"1. A digital image display apparatus comprising: a tuner; a display part configured to display an image signal received by the tuner; a movement shooting unit configured to detect a movement of an object; an external input terminal configured to receive a movement image from the movement shooting unit, the movement image being transmitted from the movement shooting unit to the external input terminal only when a movement of an object is detected; a first switching part configured to switchably output the image signal input from the tuner or the movement image input from the external input terminal; a storage part configured to store the received movement image; a control part configured to control the first switching part so that the displaying of the image signal received by the tuner and the storing of the movement image received by the external input terminal are simultaneously performed when the digital image display apparatus is used for viewing the movement image; a key input part configured to receive a desired command from a user; a first image signal processing part configured to process the image signal output from the first switching part; a second switching part configured to switch image signals such that the image signals processed by the first image signal processing part are stored in the storage part or displayed in response to a control signal output from the control part; and a second image signal processing part configured to process images such that the image signals switched by the second switching part are displayable on the display part.",0.02554740010810483,0.05109480021620971
9824050,"1. A shared PCIe end point system comprising: a PCIe switch including a plurality of non-transparent (NT) ports, each of the plurality of NT ports having a secondary port configured as an end point; at least one server having a server address space associated therewith, the at least one server coupled to one of the plurality of NT ports, the server address space including a secondary port memory map; a microprocessor with an associated microprocessor address space; and a PCIe configuration register initialized as a PCIe bridge port, wherein an end point memory offset is used to redirect accesses that are directed to the secondary port memory map from the at least one server to an end point memory map within the microprocessor address space.",0.3411560818428515,0.682312163685703
8407504,"1. A chip, comprising: a port to communicate with a corresponding device, the port having a clock request node for the device to assert when entering a reduced power mode, wherein the clock request node is assertable by the port and the device.",0.7290170145129644,0.5419659709740712
9801735,"1. A modular surgical tool assembly, comprising: an elongate shaft assembly; a handle assembly coupled to a proximal end of the elongate shaft assembly; a tool end attachment assembly coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft assembly; and a tool end assembly coupled to the tool end attachment assembly; wherein the tool end attachment assembly comprises a boss that is disposed within a corresponding recess manufactured into the tool end assembly; and wherein the boss is a separate component that is pivotally attached within and pivots within the tool end attachment assembly and the tool end assembly pivots about the boss.",0.02582651892291176,0.051653037845823535
8728417,"1. A furnace for steam reforming a hydrocarbon cut containing 1 to 30 carbon atoms for the production of hydrogen, comprising a set of vertical bayonet type tubes suspended on an upper wall of said furnace, partially filled with nickel-based catalyst, said tubes having a length of 10-14 meters being distributed in the form of longilinear rows, and for producing heat necessary for the steam reforming reaction in the vertical bayonet type tubes, porous longilinear burners disposed in the form of rows interposed between the rows of bayonet tubes to be heated, the distance between two rows of bayonet tubes between which a row of burners is interposed being in the range of 650 mm to 1000 mm, and the distance between a row of bayonet tubes and the closest row of porous longilinear burners being in the range of 300 mm to 500 mm, and wherein a center-to-center distance between two consecutive bayonet tubes belonging to the same row is in the range of 300 mm to 400 mm, and wherein the distance between the outer wall of a distributor and a porous element of the porous longilinear burner is in the range of 0.5 cm to 10 cm.",0.902655698032086,0.194688603935828
9004090,"1. A sluice valve for operations in which a valve element that is freely movable in a direction orthogonal to a pipe axial center and valve operation means for movably operating the valve element between a closed valve position and an open valve position are provided to a valve case, which is provided with a coupling tube part that can be is externally mounted on a coupling flange of a connecting pipe from the pipe axial center direction; and pulling and securing means for pulling and securing the valve case to the coupling flange is disposed on the coupling tube part of the valve case; the sluice valve for operations having an operation recess formed on the coupling tube part of the valve case, and adapted for operating a fastener from a rear surface side of the coupling flange, the fastener being used for securing and coupling the coupling flange and a fluid device, which fluid device is joined to the coupling flange through a flow channel inside the valve case wherein a thickness of a first peripheral wall portion of the coupling tube part of the valve case is configured to be greater than a thickness of a second peripheral wall portion, the first peripheral wall portion being formed in the shape of a strip or substantially in the shape of a strip along the pipe axial center direction in a state that includes a location in which the pulling and securing means is attached, and the second peripheral wall portion being formed in the shape of a strip or substantially the shape of a strip along the pipe axial center direction in a state that includes a location in which the operation recess is formed.",0.10458570636182471,0.20917141272364947
9032960,"1. A male condom skin dressing, comprising: a generally conically-shaped shell having a base portion and a tip portion, the tip portion of the shell designed to cover at least a tip of the penis; and a composite dressing not attached to the shell prior to use, the composite dressing comprising a thin pliable film with top and bottom faces, wherein a pressure-sensitive adhesive is located on at least a portion of the bottom face of the film; wherein the composite dressing is circumferentially wrapped over and around at least a circumferential exterior surface of a portion of the base portion of the shell, and an adjacent portion of the penis, which may be erect or not, to aid in temporarily securing the shell to the penis while leaving a majority of the length of the penis uncovered.",0.024888374702314222,0.049776749404628395
9045945,"1. An attachment for a fluid-operated percussion drill tool, the drill tool having a backhead assembly for attachment to a drill rod, comprising: a shaft attachable to the backhead assembly, wherein the shaft comprises a central bore in fluid communication with a pressure bore of the drill rod; and a sleeve co-axially slidably mounted on the shaft, the sleeve comprising an outer shoulder at a rear end thereof; and at least one rearwardly-directed exhaust passage; such that pressurised air is supplied from the central bore of the shaft to urge the sleeve rearwards into a closed position in which air is prevented from exhausting through the exhaust passage; and when a restriction is encountered at the shoulder, the sleeve moves forward to an open position in which air is permitted to exhaust through the exhaust passage adjacent the restriction.",0.07796427656021704,0.15592855312043408
8512239,"1. A data communication system, comprising: a data network configured to facilitate transmission of data between at least two devices; a client unit operatively coupled to the data network to communicate data over the data network, the client unit comprising a glucose monitoring unit; and a household appliance operatively coupled to the data network and configured to communicate with the client unit over the data network to receive glucose data from the client unit;",0.451645305874669,0.903290611749338
8868402,"1. A method comprising: receiving a collection of candidate phrases for a given topic; filtering the received candidate phrases to remove erroneously included candidate phrases; assigning weights to the candidate phrases, wherein assigning weights includes: generating a linear classifier using the filtered and weighted candidate phrases; and adjusting the linear classifier depending on a length of a document being classified, wherein adjusting the linear classifier includes determining whether and to what degree the given topic is affected by document length based on a learning process using a set of labeled example documents, each example document including a score assigned by the linear classifier, the length of the example document, and a label assigned to the example document, wherein the learning process outputs a decision function that assigns a particular label to each pair of score and document length such that a probability that a particular document having a given score from the linear classifier belongs to the topic depends on the length of the document.",0.009636369701282734,0.019272739402565464
9063750,"1. A system for mapping a High Performance Computing (“HPC”) application to a platform, comprising: an HPC application characterization module to determine an HPC application signature representative of characteristics of the HPC application, the HPC application signature based on a problem size and a number of processors of the system; determining a plurality of HPC platform signatures representative of platform characteristics corresponding to a plurality of platforms; an HPC application mapping module to select a platform from a plurality of platforms to execute the HPC application based on the HPC application signature and a CO an HPC application monitoring module to monitor the execution of the HPC application on the selected platform, wherein the CO",0.45853716793493454,0.9170743358698691
9345369,"1. A method for operating a toilet, the method comprising: receiving waste through an opening of a body of the toilet and into a receiving portion of a continuous bag; pressurizing an interior of the body to compress the bag around the waste; twisting the bag to isolate the received waste from a portion of the bag thereabove; and expanding a new receiving portion of the bag above the twist, the expanding comprises depressurizing the interior around the bag below an ambient pressure.",0.32556501996406156,0.6511300399281231
9767355,"1. A computer-implemented method to compare extracted card data using continuous scanning, comprising: receiving, by one or more computing devices, a digital scan of a card from a camera; obtaining, by one or more computing devices, a plurality of images of the card from the digital scan of the physical card; creating, by one or more computing devices, a first three-dimensional model of the card that captures a hologram that is displayed on the card based upon a digital manipulation of the plurality of images; comparing, by the one or more computing devices, the first three-dimensional model of the card displaying the hologram to a standard three-dimensional model of the card depicting the hologram on the card; determining, by the one or more computing devices, that perspectives of the first three-dimensional model of the hologram match the standard model of the hologram; and verifying, by the one or more computing devices, the first three-dimensional model based on the determination that the perspectives of the first three-dimensional model of the hologram match the standard model of the hologram.",0.053077970173384635,0.10615594034676923
9816221,"1. A washing machine comprising: a bowl adapted to hold water in an interior portion, a pump coupled to the bowl and adapted to pump water from the bowl, and a recirculation conduit for recirculation of water from the pump to the interior portion of the bowl, wherein the pump comprises:",0.630577783861493,0.738844432277014
8858256,"1. A connector fixing structure which fastens and connects a power receiving side connector to which a feeder side connector can be fitted and connected to a connector attaching part of a vehicle body of an electric vehicle by a screw part, wherein the connector attaching part includes an electric wire insertion opening for inserting an electric wire extended from a back surface of the power receiving side connector and a screw insertion hole formed in the periphery of the electric wire insertion opening to screw the power receiving side connector, the power receiving side connector includes an outer tube wall part formed in a tubular structure which has a diameter smaller than that of the electric wire insertion opening and to which a front side tube part of a tubular housing of the feeder side connector is fitted and connected, a flange part protruding in an outer periphery of the outer tube wall part and overlapped on a peripheral edge part of the electric wire insertion opening and a metal collar as a tubular member fixed to a position of the flange part corresponding to the screw insertion hole so as to insert a screw member, a female screw which is provided in an inner peripheral surface of the metal collar and to which a male screw inserted into the screw insertion hole can be screwed, when the flange part is attached to the connector attaching part from an outer surface side of the vehicle body, a first male screw member whose screw diameter is smaller than that of the female screw is inserted into the metal collar and the screw insertion hole from the outer surface side of the vehicle body and a nut is screwed to the first male screw member inserted into the screw insertion hole to fix the power receiving side connector to the connector attaching part, and when the flange part is attached to the connector attaching part from an inner surface side of the vehicle body, a second male screw member having a male screw part screwed to the female screw part is inserted into the screw insertion hole from the outer surface side of the vehicle body and screwed to the female screw of the metal collar to fix the power receiving side connector to the connector attaching part.",0.4807127541131224,0.9614255082262448
8453869,"1. A pressure vessel comprising: an inner shell formed from a moldable material and forming a cavity therein; an intermediate shell formed over said inner shell; and an outer shell formed over said intermediate shell, said outer shell having windings defining a void space impregnated with a ceramifying material, the ceramifying material including a matrix, at least one refractory mineral, and a flux, the matrix configured to hold the ceramifying material within the void space during ordinary operating conditions of the pressure vessel and degrade when the outer shell reaches a first temperature associated with exposure of the pressure vessel to thermal energy different from the ordinary operation conditions, the at least one refractory mineral configured to ceramify by one of entering a liquid phase and sintering to form a ceramic layer around said outer shell when said outer shell reaches a second temperature associated with exposure of the pressure vessel to thermal energy different from the ordinary operation conditions, the flux configured to lower a melting point of the at least one refractory mineral to the second temperature, the at least one refractory material and the flux further selected to ensure that the at least one refractory material in the liquid phase has a viscosity that militates against a flowing of the at least one refractory material from the void space in the outer shell upon the outer shell reaching the second temperature.",0.34802552589872116,0.6960510517974423
8728730,"1. A method of predicting the response of a subject to a RA therapeutic agent comprising measuring in a biological sample obtained from the subject expression of one or a combination of genes, or expression of one or a combination of proteins encoded by the one or the combination of genes, wherein the one or the combination is selected from FcRH5 and sFcRH5, wherein elevated expression of the one or the combination of genes, or elevated expression of the one or the combination of proteins, is predictive of response of the subject to the RA therapeutic agent.",0.41428319907804106,0.8285663981560821
9470183,"1. A method comprising: supplying compressed air through a throttle to an engine from a compressor driven by a turbine coupled to an exhaust of the engine; and during tip-in of the throttle, reducing turbo-lag by delivering ambient air to the turbine during a first mode of operation and during a second mode of operation providing blow-through of a portion of the compressed air through the engine, without combustion, to the turbine.",0.9729878710992521,0.05402425780149578
9669090,"1. A composition comprising: (a) at least one fusion protein comprising, from N-terminal to C-terminal, (i) a cytokine, wherein the cytokine is interferon-β (IFN-β); (ii) optionally an enterokinase linking moiety, wherein the enterokinase linking moiety is (1) an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, (2) an amino acid sequence having at least 80% identity or homology with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, (3) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence encoding an enterokinase recognition site, or (4) an amino acid sequence encoded by a nucleic acid sequence that hybridizes with the complement of the nucleic acid sequence of (3) under stringent conditions as represented by hybridization conditions of 0.5M NaHPO (b) a cytokine, wherein the cytokine is IFN-β; and (c) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent.",0.611176355039499,0.7776472899210021
9790849,"1. A method for operating engine compressors, comprising: receiving sensor data to a controller; activating a second compressor in an engine intake via the controller in response to a first compressor being within a threshold air flow of a surge condition based on the sensor data, where the second compressor is activated from a deactivated state; and adjusting a speed of the second compressor to provide a pressure at an output of the second compressor that is 180 degrees out of phase of a pressure at an output of the first compressor.",0.9390533792301999,0.12189324153960013
8932000,"1. A method for positioning a load into a transport position, comprising: placing the load upon a frame structure with a substantially horizontal extension; placing a raising device on a transport plane underneath the frame structure; extending the raising device in a vertical extension reaching between the transport plane and the frame structure so that the frame structure and the load are raised above the transport plane and are held in position by the raising device; and decreasing the vertical extension of the raising device into the transport position, wherein the transport plane is divided into at least a first plane part and a second plane part, the first plane part being disposed on a first transport vehicle and the second plane part being disposed on a second transport vehicle, the first and second plane parts being joined together underneath the frame structure; wherein at least a portion of the raising device is carried on each of the first and second transport plane parts, wherein at least a portion of the load is carried on the frame structure by each of the first and second transport plane parts.",0.44556987935465986,0.8911397587093197
9688373,"1. A wave-powered apparatus configured for deployment on a body of water, comprising: (a) a mechanically powered propulsion system comprising a surface component that is buoyant, a separate underwater component configured and weighted to be suspended underwater, and one or more tethers that connect the underwater component to the surface component; wherein the propulsion system is configured to produce locomotive thrust that propels the apparatus horizontally through the water by harvesting energy caused by waves lifting and lowering the surface component in relation to the underwater component, and mechanically converting the harvested energy into the locomotive thrust; (b) a generating system configured to generate electrical power from movement of the apparatus in the water; and (c) a control system configured to adjust the proportion of force used by the propulsion system to produce locomotive thrust in relation to the proportion of force used by the generating system to generate electrical power.",0.8944180783765358,0.2111638432469285
9116388,"1. A backlight module, comprising an optical film, a reflection member and two light-emitting units, each of the two light-emitting units including a light source and a reflection cover, the light source being long bar-shaped, the reflection member being located under the optical film and being parallel to the optical film, the reflection member including a reflection body and a reflection surface on the top of the reflection body, the reflection surface including multiple side edges, wherein the two light-emitting units are separately disposed on intersection positions of the side edges of the reflection surface, the light-emitting directions of the two light-emitting units face the reflection surface; wherein the reflection surface is designed to be a free curved surface having a default track, the lights emitted from the two light-emitting units is capable of arriving at the reflection surface and then uniformly entering into the optical film after being reflected by the reflection surface; wherein the light source includes a light-emitting surface, the light-emitting surface of the light source is perpendicular to a vertical plane being perpendicular to a planar bottom surface on the bottom of the reflection member; and wherein there forms a vertical distance from any point on the reflection surface to the vertical plane, and any point on the reflection surface has a height, relative to the planar bottom surface of the reflection member, wherein the height of any point on the reflection surface decreases with the increase of the vertical distance from it to the vertical plane, the downward trend of the height is greater on the position near the light source, and the downward trend of the height is slower on the position far from the light source.",0.1942611902773211,0.3885223805546423
8376739,"1. An orthodontic bracket, comprising: a body having a front and a back, the back for facing a tooth when the bracket is operably attached thereto, and the front having at least one archwire slot therein, the at least one archwire slot having a length with at least a bottom, opposing sides, and an opening for providing an archwire therein, wherein the opening extends the length; a rotatable member for rotating relative to the body from an open position wherein the opening provides archwire access to operably position the archwire within the at least one archwire slot, to at least one closed position wherein for each of the at least one closed position, at least a portion of the rotatable member inhibits the archwire from moving through the opening; wherein a first portion of the rotatable member is secured within a recess of the body, and rotates therein when the rotatable member rotates between the open position and the at least one closed position; wherein the first portion includes at least one tab and the recess includes a wall therein having a ledge, wherein the ledge and the at least one tab interact for preventing the first portion from detaching from the recess; wherein upon rotation of the rotatable member, the first portion contacts predetermined discrete notches within the recess for positioning the rotatable member at corresponding predetermined angular orientations about an axis of rotation through the body; wherein the rotatable member includes a slot cover external to the body so that in the open position the slot cover provides archwire access for positioning the archwire within the at least one archwire slot, and in the at least one closed position the cover inhibits the archwire from moving through the opening, and wherein said slot cover comprises two slot coverable extensions that are substantially straight and bar shaped and wherein, in said open position, said two slot coverable extensions are aligned parallel to each other and parallel to the opposing sides of the at least one archwire slot, with a gap between the two slot coverable extensions to allow an archwire to be passed therethrough, said rotatable member having an axis of rotation extending substantially directly beneath the at least one archwire slot such that the axis of rotation of the rotatable member extends directly below and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the archwire when the archwire is positioned within the at least one archwire slot, the archwire being positioned between the two slot coverable extensions when in the open position, and being restrained by the two slot coverable extensions when in the at least one closed position.",0.014197143663936103,0.028394287327872192
9327177,"1. A tennis swing analyzing apparatus comprising: a three-axis acceleration sensor attached to a tennis racket including a grip and a head, for measuring accelerations in directions of three axes when a swing for hitting a tennis ball is taken with the tennis racket; a three-axis gyro sensor attached to the tennis racket, for measuring angular speeds about the three axes when the swing for hitting is taken; and an analyzing device, wherein: the three-axis acceleration sensor and the three-axis gyro sensor are both attached to the grip of the tennis racket, the analyzing device has:",0.016259893813332902,0.03251978762666585
8902648,"1. A method for determining a program window in a memory device, the method comprising: determining the program window after performing a portion of a particular programing operation performed on the memory device and before performing a subsequent portion of the particular programing operation performed on the memory device, wherein determining the program window is responsive to an amount of program disturb experienced by a particular state of a memory cell; and performing the subsequent portion of the particular programing operation performed on the memory device using the determined program window.",0.26141468959209113,0.5228293791841823
9507652,"1. A computer implemented method of a first thread communicating with a second thread through a shared memory, the method comprising: storing a first message into the shared memory; changing a transmit index to point to a first register of a buffer containing an address, the address identifying a location of the first message within the shared memory; purging a first memory pipeline for the first thread after changing the transmit index to force write operations of the transmit index to occur and to ensure that a wait object read is up to date; reading the wait object to determine that the second thread is in a polling mode; purging a second memory pipeline for the second thread to ensure that a value for the transmit index is the latest value prior to polling the transmit index and prior to the wait object being read again, wherein the transmit index is settable by the first thread; using the polling mode to access the first message from the shared memory; subsequent to accessing the first message, determining that no new messages are available, wherein determining that no new messages are available comprises comparing the transmit index to a receive index; entering a notification mode in the second thread; setting the wait object to indicate that the second thread is not polling for messages; purging the second memory pipeline for the second thread again; storing a second message into the shared memory; changing the transmit index to point to a second register of the buffer containing a second address, the second address identifying a location of the second message within the shared memory; reading the wait object again to determine that the second thread is not polling for messages; and actuating an awake object to cause the second thread to resume polling to access the messages from the shared memory.",0.44454129436208084,0.8890825887241617
9305717,"1. An electrochemical device comprising: a lid; a case having a via hole and forming a solution chamber between the case and the lid; an electric storage element accommodated in the solution chamber; an electrolyte accommodated in the solution chamber; a wiring having a via hole part which is provided in the via hole and connects an interior and exterior of the solution chamber; and a conductive bonding material layer fixing the electric storage element onto the case and electrically connecting the electric storage element and the via hole part, where the conductive bonding material layer has a contact area that contacts the case and a non-contact area that does not contact the case, wherein the contact area contacts the case in a via hole-surrounding area defined around the via hole, and the non-contact area is formed within a parameter of the contact area in a manner surrounding the via hole-surrounding area and away from the via hole as viewed from above, wherein the conductive bonding material layer extends over the contact area and the non-contact area.",0.24398415192006667,0.48796830384013334
8862495,"1. A method for recycling a product comprising: recording, by a RFID reader of a collection point comprising at least one container that accepts material being deposited for recycling, an EPC code stored by a RFID tag individually marking the product to identify the product to be recycled and identify a deposit value associated with recycling of the product; transmitting information to a mobile device possessed by a user to be recorded by the mobile device and indicate that the product to be recycled has been brought to the collection point, receiving a positive or negative confirmation signal transmitted from the mobile terminal in response to the user inputting the response to the mobile terminal, the positive confirmation signal indicating that the displayed information associated with recycling the product is accurate, and the negative confirmation signal indicating that the displayed information associated with recycling the product is not accurate; in response to receiving the positive confirmation signal indicating that the displayed information associated with the product is accurate, opening the container during recycling of the product to receive the product; and not opening the container to receive the product if the information associated with the product is not confirmed to be accurate by the user.",0.7962400045530283,0.4075199908939433
9694320,"1. A method for the reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of a combustion process of lean-mixture-combustion engines by reaction with ammonia across an exhaust gas catalytic converter, the exhaust gas being guided across an exhaust gas catalytic converter in the presence of ammonia and the exhaust gas catalytic converter having one or several supporting bodies comprising one or several storage materials for ammonia, in which a material with ammonia storage capacity is distributed on the supporting body/bodies in such a way that, when viewed in the flow direction, an area with lower ammonia storage capacity is followed by an area of higher ammonia storage capacity, wherein the material determining the catalytic activity of the contemplated reaction is made of a material which has ammonia storage capacity and, as the latter, compounds selected from the group comprising zeolites, zeolite-like materials, or mixtures thereof are used, wherein a particulate filter as a supporting body in itself is not to have an increase in the catalytically active material.",0.9859935703595885,0.028012859280823088
8404388,"1. An electrochemical cell structure, comprising: an alkali metal anode sealed within a hermetic anode compartment exclusive of a cathode, the anode compartment comprising a protective membrane architecture conductive to ions of the alkali metal in ionic continuity with the anode, wherein the protective membrane architecture comprises one or more materials configured to provide a first membrane surface chemically compatible with the alkali metal of the anode in contact with the anode, and a second membrane surface substantially impervious to and chemically compatible with an environment exterior to the anode compartment; a cathode structure external to the anode compartment; a catholyte in a region between the cathode structure and the protected anode architecture external to the anode compartment and in contact with the anode compartment and the cathode structure; and a catholyte reservoir container spatially removed from the region between the cathode structure and the protected anode architecture.",0.7845296589315254,0.43094068213694925
9125545,"1. A rotary dinnerware washing apparatus, comprising: a housing defining therein a washing chamber with peripheral walls; a washing mechanism mounted in said washing chamber of said housing; a rotating mechanism rotatably mounted in said washing chamber of said housing, said rotating mechanism comprising a plurality of partitions radially suspending in said washing chamber, each partition having an upper surface, a side surface and a lower surface, at least the upper surface and the side surface being entirely covered by a water seal strip such that the water seal strip on the upper surface and the water seal strip on the side surface respectively continuously kept in contact with the peripheral walls of said washing chamber, thereby dividing said washing chamber into at least one cleaning zone, two buffer zones and one dinnerware access zone, said two buffer zones being respectively disposed at two opposite lateral sides relative to said cleaning zone, said dinnerware access zone being disposed between said two buffer zones; and a power drive, a clutch set between said power drive and said rotating mechanism, said clutch comprising a transmission shaft, a first tooth block, a second tooth block, a sleeve and a spring member, said transmission shaft being coaxially connected to an output shaft of said power drive, said first tooth block being fixedly mounted at a bottom end of a spindle of said rotating mechanism, said second tooth block being coupled to and movable along a top end of said transmission shaft and detachably engageable with said first tooth block, said sleeve being fastened to a bottom end of said transmission shaft, said spring member being set between said second tooth block and said sleeve and adapted to force said second tooth block into engagement with said first tooth block, the clutch being disengageable during rotation if the rotating mechanism stops while the output shaft of the power drive continues to apply torque.",0.20600515989511547,0.41201031979023095
8795893,"1. A nonaqueous secondary battery electrode containing, as an electrode active material, a layered composition including organic backbone layers containing an aromatic compound that is a dicarboxylic acid anion having two or more aromatic ring structures and alkali metal element layers containing an alkali metal element coordinated to oxygen contained in the carboxylic acid anion to form a backbone.",0.9527347097969596,0.09453058040608076
9545377,"1. A method for promoting growth of bone, ligament, or cartilage of a mammal comprising administering to the mammal an implant material consisting of: (i) platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) at a concentration in a range of about 0.1 mg/mL to about 1.0 mg/mL in a solution, and (ii) a pharmaceutically acceptable solid carrier, wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable solid carrier is (a) calcium phosphate or (b) calcium phosphate and collagen; wherein said carrier is capable of absorbing an amount of the PDGF solution that is equal to at least about 25% of its own weight; wherein the calcium phosphate is bioresorbable, comprises interconnected pores, and consists of particles with a particle size range of about 100 to about 5000 μm; and wherein the implant material promotes the growth of the bone, ligament, or cartilage.",0.14839694438360393,0.2967938887672079
8371309,"1. A removable, tissue-borne intraoral apparatus for relieving upper airway disorders, the apparatus comprising, in combination: a) supports comprising: b) reinforcement members anchored in the supports for interconnecting and reinforcing the supports, wherein wearing of the apparatus alters the position, configuration and freedom of movement of the tongue, the muscles of mastication, and the pharyngeal and facial muscles to reduce airflow resistance and alleviate upper airway disorders.",0.1020456964705304,0.20409139294106082
8535008,"1. A rotating machine comprising: at least one magneto-electric device; a drive train coupled to said magneto-electric device; and a plurality of rotor blades coupled to said drive train, each rotor blade having a continuous shaped leading edge extending generally the length of said rotor blade, said leading edge comprising a series of spaced tubercles formed therealong, said tubercles being configured to enhance lift, provide improved stall characteristics, reduce drag and reduce span-wise pumping.",0.530427926916561,0.9391441461668779
8597385,"1. A system, comprising: a gasification cooling system comprising: a heat exchanger comprising a coolant circuit and a gas passage, wherein the gas passage comprises an inlet, an outlet, and an expanded portion between the inlet and the outlet in an axial direction of the heat exchanger, and the coolant circuit comprises coolant tubes disposed along the gas passage between the inlet and the outlet; a first header fluidly coupled to the coolant tubes, wherein the header is disposed in the gas passage between the inlet and the expanded portion in a radial direction of the heat exchanger; and a heat shield disposed at the inlet of the gas passage between a central gas flow region of the gas passage and the inner wall of the coolant circuit, wherein the heat shield extends partially along a length of the coolant tubes in the axial direction and the heat shield is coupled to the header in the radial direction.",0.6670733049719867,0.6658533900560266
8945422,"1. A method of operating a ruthenium catalyst reactor comprising steps of: supplying hydrocarbon gas, steam and oxygen-containing gas to a reaction container having a ruthenium catalyst therein; allowing a partial oxidation reaction to proceed in the presence of the ruthenium catalyst; and producing synthetic gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide, the method further comprising steps of: monitoring a molar ratio (C/O stopping the supply of the oxygen-containing gas to the reaction container before the molar ratio (C/O a different molar ratio (C/O",0.9801033409727348,0.03979331805453046
9654176,"1. An apparatus including a system for enabling communications via a power line conveying DC power from multiple DC power sources, comprising: first and second power line electrodes for connecting to first and second ends of a power line conveying DC power from a plurality of serially coupled DC power sources; receiver circuitry coupled to said first and second power line electrodes, and responsive to one or more power line voltages at said first and second power line electrodes by providing first and second signals related to said one or more power line voltages; transceiver circuitry coupled to said first and second power line electrodes and said receiver circuitry, responsive to one or more power line signals by providing a third signal related to said one or more power line signals, and responsive to a fourth signal and at least one control signal by conveying said fourth signal to said first and second power line electrodes; and control circuitry coupled to said receiver circuitry and said transceiver circuitry, and responsive to at least said first, second and third signals by providing said fourth signal and said at least one control signal, wherein said control circuitry comprises:",0.8307151092496541,0.33856978150069184
8715288,"1. A surgical resection guide for use with a bone, comprising: a housing having a first bore having a first bore axis; a stylus arm having a tip, the stylus arm being connected to the housing such that, when the housing is coupled to the side of a bone, the tip is positionable to contact the bone; a shaft having a shaft longitudinal axis, the shaft at least partially received within the first bore such that the shaft can slide along the shaft longitudinal axis relative to the housing, the shaft including a shaft tooth; and a dial having a dial longitudinal axis, the dial rotatably coupled to the housing and having a dial groove that extends around the dial; wherein the housing has a side wall that forms a second bore sized to at least partially receive the dial, the side wall having a wall bore, and wherein the shaft tooth engages the dial groove such that, when the dial is rotated relative to the housing from a first angular position to a second angular position, the shaft tooth slides along the dial groove causing the shaft to move from a first position to a second position along the dial longitudinal axis; wherein the housing and the stylus arm are rotatable about the shaft without causing the shaft to slide within the first bore along the shaft longitudinal axis; and further comprising at least one pin extending through the wall bore such that a side surface of the pin engages the dial groove.",0.018743402555666616,0.03748680511133329
9134041,"1. A boiler for boiling water to produce steam, comprising: an evaporating section comprising a combustion chamber for burning fuel with air and generating hot flue gas, and an evaporating heat exchanger around the combustion chamber for exchanging heat between the flue gas and water to produce the steam which exits the boiler; and a condensing section comprising a condensing heat exchanger for exchanging heat between the hot flue gas from the combustion chamber and a low-temperature water return having a temperature below approximately 100° F., generating flue gas condensate, which leaves the boiler, wherein the low-temperature water return is heated by the hot flue gas in the condensing heat exchanger before entering the evaporating heat exchanger for additional heating, wherein the boiler is utilized with a vapor vacuum system.",0.9062228738650684,0.18755425226986322
8787985,"1. A screen capturing method of a mobile communication terminal employing an image display as an output means as a mobile station of a mobile communication network, the method for capturing a display out screen of a mobile communication terminal, comprising the steps of: executing a capture program mounted on the mobile communication terminal and extracting a screen data being outputted on the display of the mobile communication terminal; reading a device image data containing a shape of the mobile communication terminal from a memory device of the mobile communication terminal, by the capture program; and creating a synthetic data by combing the read device image data with the screen data and recording the synthetic data in the memory device of the mobile communication terminal, by the capture program.",0.43998511242990446,0.8799702248598089
8994372,"1. A method to generate a magnetic resonance image, comprising the steps of: operating a magnetic resonance data acquisition unit, in which a subject is located, by radiating a first radio-frequency (RF) excitation field in said data acquisition unit using a first RF transmission mode that causes a first magnetic resonance response signal to be emitted from said nuclear spins in said excitation region, and to detect said first magnetic resonance response signal as detected first magnetic resonance data; entering said first magnetic resonance data into an electronic memory, organized as k-space with a plurality of data entry lines therein, by entering said first magnetic resonance data into a first set of said lines in k-space; operating said magnetic resonance data acquisition unit to excite said nuclear spins in said excitation region of said subject by radiating a second RF excitation field in said data acquisition unit interleaved in time with radiating said first RF excitation field, using a second RF transmission mode, said second RF excitation field differing from and not being superimposed with said first RF excitation field, and said second RF transmission mode not being an identical repetition of said first RF transmission mode, that causes a second magnetic resonance response signal to be emitted from said nuclear spins in said excitation region interleaved in time with said first magnetic resonance signal, and to detect said second magnetic resonance signal as detected second magnetic resonance data; entering said second magnetic resonance data into a second set of said lines in k-space, said first set of said lines and said second set of said lines being interleaved with each other in k-space, thereby producing interleaved first and second magnetic resonance data in said memory; and from a computer processor, accessing the interleaved first and second magnetic resonance data from said memory and, in said computerized processor, reconstructing a common, single magnetic resonance image from said interleaved first and second magnetic resonance response data from said memory, and making a data file comprising said common, single magnetic resonance image available in electronic form at an output of said computerized processor.",0.15982108469052195,0.31964216938104384
9256885,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer system including at least one computer, a first electronic media work uploaded from a first electronic device; extracting, using the computer system, one or more features from the first electronic media work; linking, by the computer system using an approximate nearest neighbor search, which is a sub-linear search of an electronic database of reference features corresponding to reference electronic media works that identifies a match within a threshold of at least one of the reference features to the extracted one or more features but does not guarantee to identify the closest match to the extracted one or more features, the first electronic media work with a first reference electronic media work identifier associated with a first reference electronic media work; storing, by the computer system, correlation information relating the first electronic media work with the first reference electronic media work identifier; receiving, by the computer system from a second electronic device associated with an audience member, a query related to the first electronic media work; correlating, by the computer system, the query with action information related to an action to be performed and associated with the first reference electronic media work identifier; generating, by the computer system, machine-readable instructions based upon the action information; and providing, from the computer system to the second electronic device, the machine-readable instructions to be used in performing the action.",0.014434877678906704,0.028869755357813442
9540652,"1. A host cell comprising a recombinant polynucleotide, wherein the recombinant polynucleotide comprises an operon encoding the enzymes necessary for the production of shikimate from phosphoenolpyruvate and erythrose-4-phosphate, wherein the operon encodes an AroE enzyme or a YdiB enzyme, an AroD enzyme, an AroB enzyme, an AroG enzyme, a PpsA enzyme, and a TktA enzyme, and wherein the host cell produces shikimate in an amount greater than that of a corresponding cell lacking the recombinant polynucleotide.",0.8298354011603494,0.34032919767930125
9083906,"1. An A/D converter comprising: an input terminal for inputting an analog signal; a reference signal line for connecting to a signal source that generates a reference signal which changes temporally; a comparator which includes a non-inverting input terminal, an inverting input terminal, and an output terminal, and outputs, from the output terminal, an output signal according to a comparison result between a voltage supplied to the non-inverting input terminal and a voltage supplied to the inverting input terminal; a correction capacitor connected to the inverting input terminal of said comparator; and an output circuit which outputs digital data corresponding to the analog signal input to said input terminal, wherein in a first state in which a total charge of a first analog signal and an offset voltage of said comparator is held in said correction capacitor, a second analog signal input to said input terminal is supplied to the non-inverting input terminal of said comparator, and the second analog signal supplied to the non-inverting input terminal of said comparator or the total voltage held in said correction capacitor is changed using the reference signal, thereby outputting, from said output circuit, digital data depending on a time from the beginning of the change until the output signal of said comparator changes as digital data corresponding to the second analog signal.",0.35559772385565447,0.7111954477113089
9066293,"1. A method comprising: establishing, at a first device, a connection with a second device; receiving, from the second device, an indication of a remaining battery life of the second device; determining, at the first device and based on the received indication, whether a remaining battery life of the first device is greater or lesser than the remaining battery life of the second device; if the remaining battery life of the first device is greater than the remaining battery life of the second device, exchanging, by the first device, communications with a server; and if the remaining battery life of the first device is lesser than the remaining battery life of the second device, causing the second device to exchange the communications with the server for the first device.",0.856711986212462,0.28657602757507594
8418674,"1. A control device of a diesel engine, comprising: an acceleration detector including an acceleration sensor, the acceleration sensor being attached to an engine body that defines a combustion chamber, the acceleration detector configured to output a vibration acceleration; an integrator configured to integrate values corresponding to amplitudes of the vibration acceleration due to burning from a predetermined integration start timing that is at least before an ignition timing; a comparison unit configured to compare an integration value of the integrator with a predetermined ignition timing judgment level; and a real ignition timing judgment unit configured to judge a real ignition timing on the basis of a reach timing, at which the integration value has reached the ignition timing judgment level.",0.8566107336249981,0.28677853275000387
8502671,"1. An item tracking apparatus, comprising: a tag interrogator that transmits an interrogation signal and receives a signal emitted by a tag affixed to an item in response to the tag receiving the interrogation signal, wherein the tag and item are part of a bio-compatible consumable dosage delivery unit; a controller that determines a state of the item based on the received signal; an item holder configured to hold the item; and a reader that reads electronic information about the item from an electronic tag on a container holding the item before the item is loaded in the holder.",0.20829599242107805,0.4165919848421561
9142671,"1. A lateral double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS), comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a p-epitaxial layer formed on the semiconductor substrate; a p-well formed on the p-epitaxial layer; a plurality of isolation structures formed on the p-well; an n-doped buried layer formed in the p-epitaxial layer; a first high voltage n-well, a second high voltage n-well and a high voltage p-well formed on the n-doped buried layer, wherein the high voltage p-well is between the first high n-well and the second high voltage n-well; a pair of source regions formed on the first high voltage n-well; a drain region formed on the high voltage p-well; a gate dielectric layer formed on the first high voltage n-well and the high voltage p-well; a gate electrode formed on the gate dielectric layer; a pre-metal dielectric layer conformally formed on the source regions, the gate electrode, the isolation structures and the drain region, wherein the pre-metal dielectric layer is a silicon rich content material with silicon content higher than that according to silicon content of the stoichiometric composition formula, wherein the silicon rich content material comprises silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, silicon nitride or combinations thereof, and an atomic ratio of silicon to oxygen of the silicon oxide is about (1.1-1.5): 2; an inter-layer dielectric layer formed on the pre-metal dielectric layer; and a plurality of metal plugs extending through the inter-layer dielectric layer.",0.5232749657763911,0.9534500684472178
9738733,"1. A process of making a functionalized polymer comprising polyene mer and at least one unit having the general formula where m is an integer of from 2 to 5 inclusive, said process comprising anionically initiating polymerization of at least one type of polyene and a compound having the general formula where each G",0.7054853872433241,0.5890292255133518
9484814,"1. A bleeder controller for controlling a magnitude of a variable current conducted by bleeder circuitry between input terminals of a device, wherein the magnitude of the variable current is controllable in response to a control signal, the bleeder controller comprising: a control signal output to be coupled to output the control signal to the bleeder circuitry; an input current sense input to be coupled to receive an input current sense signal representative of a current input into the input terminals of the device; an input voltage sense input to be coupled to receive an input voltage sense signal representative of a voltage across the input terminals of the device; a dimming detector to classify, based on at least one of the input current sense signal and the input voltage sense signal, a present half line cycle to the device as a leading-edge-dimmed half line cycle; and control signal circuitry to set the control signal that is output to the control signal output, the control signal circuitry comprising:",0.3019870434295838,0.6039740868591676
9819198,"1. An electronic system ( 1 ), said system comprising: a radiative electromagnetic emitter ( an interface for connecting to an electrical power supply source ( an electrical load ( a circuit (",0.645471206092742,0.709057587814516
9760202,"1. A touch identification device on the basis of Doppler effect, comprising: a first transceiving module used for transmitting a first detection wave along a first direction and receiving a first feedback wave formed from the first detection wave after being reflected by a touch body; a second transceiving module used for transmitting a second detection wave along a second direction and receiving a second feedback wave formed from the second detection wave after being reflected by the touch body, an arrival angle from the first direction to the second direction being a predetermined angle, and the first direction and the second direction being intersected at a touch point of the touch body; and a calculation module connected with the first transceiving module and the second transceiving module, and used for calculating a moving speed and a moving direction of the touch body at the touch point according to the first detection wave, the first feedback wave, the second detection wave and the second feedback wave, wherein the first detection wave and the second detection wave are both electromagnetic waves; the calculation module is used for, according to the following formula: calculating the moving speed v, an included angle θ the calculation module judges whether θ calculating the moving speed v, the included angle θ wherein, f",0.04937124705558252,0.09874249411116498
9388981,"1. A method, comprising: performing a burner startup procedure, including applying thermal energy to a primary flame holder by holding a flame supported by fuel emitted from a primary nozzle at a location between the primary nozzle and a side of the primary flame holder facing the primary nozzle; terminating the burner startup procedure after a temperature of a portion of the primary flame holder is above a startup temperature threshold; emitting a flow of fuel from the primary nozzle at an operational rate; and supporting a flame within a plurality of apertures extending through the primary flame holder wherein performing the burner startup procedure further includes generating turbulence in the fuel emitted from the primary nozzle by positioning a secondary flame holder between the primary nozzle and the primary flame holder; and wherein terminating the burner startup procedure includes removing the secondary flame holder from between the primary nozzle and the primary flame holder.",0.883616808913724,0.23276638217255208
8762456,"1. A method for managing storage of multiple data objects in a file system of a computing device integrated with a storage server, the method comprising: storing, in the file system, metadata of the data objects; storing content data of the data objects in the storage server communicatively coupled with the computing device over a communication network; monitoring a usage of the data objects by a user of the computing device to generate a usage profile for the user, the usage profile containing information regarding access of the data objects, the usage profile including at least (a) a time of access, (b) a duration of access, (c) a frequency of access, (d) a geographical location of the computing device during the access of the data objects accessed, or (e) a geographical location of another computing device associated with the user during the access of a particular data object on the computing device, wherein the user is associated with multiple computing devices and the multiple computing devices generate corresponding usage profiles for the user; providing, by the computing device, the usage profile of the user to a prefetching server to determine a prefetching profile for the user and the computing device, the prefetching profile identifying a subset of the data objects that have a high probability of being accessed by the user at the computing device; receiving, by the computing device, the prefetching profile containing identification of the subset of the data objects from the prefetching server, the prefetching server identifying the subset of the data objects based on a specified usage pattern, the specified usage pattern including a likelihood that the user accesses a particular data object at a particular time of the day, when the computing device is at a particular location, and when another computing device associated with the user is within a specified proximity to the computing device; and requesting, using the identification of the subset of the data objects from the prefetching profile, the prefetching server to cause the storage server to transmit content data of the subset of the data objects; receiving, from the storage server, the content data of the subset of the data objects; and caching, at the computing device, the content data of the subset of the data objects.",0.27086743310146905,0.5417348662029381
8540473,"1. A load port comprising: a frame having an opening; a vessel receiving table extending from the frame and configured to receive a wafer vessel; a door removably attached to the opening of the frame and configured to hold a vessel door of the wafer vessel; a door opening and closing mechanism configured to move the door and the vessel door between an open position in which the door is detached from the opening of the frame and the vessel door is detached from the wafer vessel, and a closed position in which the door is attached to the opening of the frame and the vessel door is attached to the wafer vessel; and a compulsory closing mechanism configured to exert force on the door in a direction of the opening of the frame when the door opening and closing mechanism moves the door into the fully closed position, wherein: the compulsory closing mechanism includes a cylinder provided above an upper edge of the opening of the frame, a rod movable from and into the cylinder and a roller configured to push an upper portion of the door toward the opening of the frame, and the roller is configured to directly contact the door when pushing the upper portion of the door toward the opening of the frame.",0.13405424699338409,0.26810849398676817
9680067,"1. A phosphor-loaded LED package comprising: an LED; a first layer comprising a gravitationally settled blend of phosphor and silicone overlaying the LED, wherein the blend comprises a phosphor to silicone weight ratio of at least 20%, and wherein the blend comprises at least K an overlayer comprising silicone, said overlayer which overlays the first layer, wherein the silicone overlayer has a thickness of about 0.1 mm or greater, and wherein the silicone overlayer is made of the same silicone as in the phosphor silicone blend.",0.433131434979299,0.866262869958598
9626535,"1. An interactive system (S) for a device comprising a control unit (UCd), means for releasing multimedia content (Md), with the control unit (UCd) cooperating with said means for providing the control thereof, wherein the system (S) comprises a processing unit (UC) including communication means (C",0.08843872499201733,0.17687744998403465
9147370,"1. An image display apparatus comprising: a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines intersecting with said plurality of gate lines; a plurality of pixels formed in the vicinities of intersections of said plurality of gate lines and said plurality of data lines; a source driver that has a latch circuit for holding display data for one pixel line and that supplies a signal corresponding to said display data to said plurality of pixels through said data lines; a gate line driving circuit that drives said plurality of pixels by sequentially activating said plurality of gate lines; and an inactivation transition detecting circuit that activates a detect signal for a certain period when detecting inactivation of each of said plurality of gate lines, wherein said latch circuit updates held display data in response to the activation of said detect signal, said inactivation transition detecting circuit includes detecting circuits that are provided respectively for said plurality of gate lines to activate the detect signal when corresponding gate lines are inactivated, each said detecting circuit transmits a first signal to a gate of a first transistor to charge an output terminal of said detect signal and transmits a second signal to a gate of a second transistor to charge the output terminal a certain time after charging of the output terminal, each said detecting circuit inactivates said first transistor and said second transistor while said corresponding gate line is active, when said corresponding gate line is inactivated, each said detecting circuit first activates said first transistor, and after said certain time has passed, activates said second transistor and inactivates said first transistor approximately simultaneously, and inactivates said second transistor after a further certain time has passed, and transistors forming said inactivation transition detecting circuit are all of a same conductivity type.",0.18753175280099305,0.3750635056019861
9362579,"1. A method for driving a fuel cell system, comprising: measuring temperature of a fuel cell stack, the fuel cell stack including a plurality of unit cells; supplying a predetermined volume of fuel and oxidizing agent to the fuel cell stack when the measured temperature of the fuel cell stack is below zero, wherein the supplying of a predetermined volume of fuel and oxidizing agent to the fuel cell stack comprises: generating a constant current while maintaining a minimum unit cell voltage to create maximum heat, the minimum unit cell voltage being maintained from among unit cell voltages of the plurality of unit cells at a threshold voltage, wherein the threshold voltage is greater than 0V and the maximum heat generation occurs when the measured temperature of the fuel cell stack is below zero; and determining whether the measured temperature of the fuel cell stack has reached a target temperature above zero.",0.972674304916278,0.054651390167443914
8402418,"1. A method for designing clock resource distribution in an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) comprising: defining, in an ASIC design floor plan comprising a plurality of partitions, a grid of clock routing points comprising a plurality of clock routing points; overlaying the grid of clock routing points over a design according to the ASIC design floor plan; determining if a clock routing point of the grid of clock routing points is obstructed by a plurality of blockages comprised in the ASIC design floor plan; adjusting positioning of the grid of clock routing points to accommodate the plurality of blockages comprised in the design; pushing a plurality of clock routing macros into the plurality of partitions according to the grid of clock routing points; and automatically generating a clock signal distribution path comprising a plurality of adjacent clock routing macros of the plurality of clock routing macros between a clock source and a logic unit disposed in the plurality of partitions, wherein the defining, the overlaying, the determining, the adjusting, the pushing, and the generating are performed in an application executed by a processor of a computer system.",0.5709309489627699,0.8581381020744603
8603221,"1. A rapid cycle, gas permeable, adsorbent-containing (“RCA”) paper suitable for separating at least a portion of a first gas from a second gas in a gas mixture to produce a product stream enriched in the first gas, the RCA paper comprising a. 0.5 to 10 weight percent particulate-free para-aramid fibrid based on total solids; b. 60 to 85 weight percent zeolite particles, based on total solids; and c. 5 to 39.5 weight percent aramid pulp based on total solids; wherein the RCA paper is a gas permeable paper that has a rapid cycle equilibration rate effective for producing the product stream enriched in the first gas.",0.677094340970271,0.645811318059458
9698991,"1. A computing device for attesting itself to a communication partner, comprising: a communication port configured to receive an attestation request from the communication partner; and an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) configured to:",0.33323356907443,0.66646713814886
9761349,"1. An electrically conductive paste wherein a conductive filler (B) is uniformly dispersed in a resin (A), characterized in that the resin (A) is a rubber (A1) containing sulfur atom and/or a rubber (A2) containing nitrile group, that the conductive filler (B) is metal powder (B1) having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 10 μm and a conductive material (B2) having a group selected from mercapto group, amino group and nitrile group on its surface and having an aspect ratio of 10 to 10,000, and that compounding amounts of the resin (A), the metal powder (B1) and the conductive material (B2) in the solid content of the electrically conductive paste are 50 to 80% by volume, 19 to 49% by volume and 1 to 10% by volume, respectively.",0.8900621095951553,0.2198757808096894
9620597,"1. A method for detecting photonic and electromagnetic energy, comprising the following steps: providing a graphene optoelectronic detector, comprising: applying photonic and electromagnetic energy onto the high-drift carrier moving region, wherein charge carriers in the high-drift carrier moving region scatter to the low-drift carrier moving region to obtain a decreased current value between the first electrode and the second electrode; and detecting and calculating the decreased current value to obtain an amount of the photonic and electromagnetic energy.",0.7862290257765423,0.4275419484469154
8702627,"1. An acoustic sensor for non-invasively outputting signals responsive to acoustic vibrations indicative of one or more physiological parameters of a medical patient, comprising: a sensor support; a first acoustic sensing element at least partially supported by the sensor support and comprising an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion comprising a coating disposed on an inner surface of the first acoustic sensing element, the outer portion comprising a coating disposed on an outer surface of the first acoustic sensing element; and a second acoustic sensing element at least partially supported by the sensor support, positioned between the sensor support and the first acoustic sensing element, and comprising an inner portion and an outer portion, the inner portion comprising a coating disposed on an inner surface of the second acoustic sensing element, the outer portion comprising a coating disposed on an outer surface of the second acoustic sensing element, wherein the inner portions are positioned between the outer portions, wherein at least the first acoustic sensing element wraps around at least a portion of the sensor support, the outer portions forming an electrical shielding barrier around the inner portions.",0.05159788501066609,0.10319577002133218
9126834,"1. A product comprising: a carbon microstructure comprising an open-cellular framework defined at least in part by a plurality of carbon segments that form repetitive and integrated unit cells such that the carbon microstructure has an open volume in the range of about 70 percent to about 95 percent, and a metal hydride material embedded into the open volume of the carbon microstructure; wherein the carbon microstructure is more thermally conductive than the metal hydride material; and wherein the carbon microstructure is formed from at least 90 weight percent vitreous carbon based on the total weight of the carbon microstructure.",0.8503042140204529,0.29939157195909427
9119309,"1. A method of removing oxide from metallic powder, the method comprising: providing a powder defined by a plurality of particles, wherein the particles comprise a metallic core and an oxide layer surrounding the metallic core; etching the plurality of particles in an etching solution, wherein the oxide layer is removed from the particles, leaving the metallic core; decanting the etching solution; after decanting the etching solution, disposing the plurality of particles in an organic solvent; directly coating the surface of the particles in the etched plurality of particles with an organic layer; dispersing the etched plurality of particles; and providing the powder as dispersed particles that are absent an oxide layer surrounding the metallic core, wherein the metallic cores comprise an organic layer, wherein the etching, coating and dispersing are performed in situ with the plurality of particles disposed in liquid, absent any exposure of the metallic cores to air.",0.446319645378758,0.892639290757516
8415559,"1. A process of forming a Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 film on a base, the process comprising: depositing a precursor structure on the base, the precursor structure comprising a first sub-layer formed on the base and a second sub-layer formed on the first sub-layer; and reacting the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer with each other by increasing the temperature of the precursor structure to a first temperature range for a first time period and then to a second temperature that is higher than the first temperature range for a second time period to form the Cu(In,Ga)Se the first sub-layer is substantially metallic and comprises Cu, In and Ga, the second sub-layer comprises a layer of Se formed directly on and in contact with the first sub-layer and a layer of Ga formed directly on in contact with the layer of Se; and, wherein the first temperature range is 220-450° C. and the second temperature is at least 500° C., and wherein the step of reacting forms the Cu(In,Ga)Se",0.5414746841705633,0.9170506316588733
9509144,"1. A configurable power distribution system, comprising: a power input from a power source, wherein the power input includes a first phase power input, a second phase power input, a third phase power input, a neutral input and a ground input; a power output device having a first power connection and a second power connection; a voltage monitoring device; and a plurality of relay devices connected with the voltage monitoring device and the power output device, wherein the plurality of relay devices includes a first relay device and a second relay device,",0.6642856909871961,0.6714286180256077
8436920,"1. An image reproducing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to hold a moving image; an input unit configured to provide magnification/reduction of the moving image being reproduced; and a control unit configured to, when an operation to change magnification of a magnified image is performed via the input unit in a state when reproducing a moving image, create a moving image having a magnification based on an amount provided by the input unit, and perform special reproduction operations while maintaining the magnification, wherein, when the special reproduction operations are performed, a reduced entire image is simultaneously displayed in the entire image of the magnified part, to indicate which part of the entire image is magnified, and wherein, the special reproduction operations include reverse reproduction, fast forward reproduction, step reproduction, and slow reproduction.",0.061197939089722944,0.12239587817944586
9488089,"1. A method of controlling operation of an engine, the engine comprising: a combustion unit comprising at least one combustion cylinder, the combustion unit having an inlet and an outlet; an exhaust fluid treatment apparatus configured to receive fluid from the outlet; an exhaust fluid recirculation apparatus comprising a conduit for fluid communication between the combustion unit outlet and the combustion unit inlet and having a valve movable between open and closed positions, wherein the closed position is configured to prevent fluid flowing in the conduit between the combustion unit outlet and the combustion unit inlet; and an exhaust fluid recirculation controller configured to provide a primary signal for controlling the position of the valve, the method comprising:",0.9506322121014676,0.09873557579706471
8835973,"1. A light-emitting device comprising: an EL layer comprising a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode; a first layer comprising a metal oxide, provided in direct contact with the cathode between the cathode and the EL layer; a second layer comprising a first material whose lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level is higher than an acceptor level of the metal oxide, provided in direct contact with the first layer; and a third layer comprising a second material selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, a rare earth metal, an alkali metal compound, an alkaline earth metal compound, and a rare earth metal compound, provided in direct contact with the second layer and the EL layer.",0.5122592567950638,0.9754814864098724
9250002,"1. A system for controlling an absorption chiller configured to simultaneously provide cooling and heating comprising: a cooling feedback control loop for determining a desired adjustment to system cooling capacity based on a difference between a desired cooling capacity and a realized cooling capacity; a heating feedback control loop for determining a desired adjustment to system heating capacity based on a difference between a desired heating capacity and a realized heating capacity; and a multiple-valve controller for simultaneously adjusting an energy input valve position, a hot water valve position, and a chilled water valve position based on the desired adjustment to system cooling capacity, the desired adjustment to system heating capacity, and one or more performance maps characterizing relationships between heat energy input to cooling at a plurality of energy input valve positions, hot water valve positions, and chilled water valve positions and characterizing relationships between heat energy input to heating at a plurality of energy input valve positions, hot water valve positions, and chilled water valve positions.",0.8173189467640688,0.3653621064718624
9255869,"1. A source which harnesses the difference in density between fluids for the production of renewable energy, where the source consists of: characterised in that it comprises:",0.9405492407275238,0.11890151854495246
8635875,"1. An exhaust mixer assembly for a gas turbine engine of the type having an outer annular passage coaxially surrounding a core passage, the exhaust mixer assembly comprising a duct surrounding the outer annular passage and extending to a duct exit, the outer and core passages coaxially communicating with a lobed exhaust mixer, the lobed exhaust mixer having and upstream end, a downstream end and a lobed annular wall extending therebetween, the lobed annular wall defining a plurality of circumferentially distributed alternating inner and outer lobes, the lobes having exits defining a mixing plane at which gases in the outer and core passages are mixed, the mixing plane being disposed upstream of the duct exit, the outer lobes protruding radially into the annular outer passage and the inner lobes protruding radially into the core passage, the inner lobes including troughs forming an inner radial portion thereof and the outer lobes including crests forming an outer radial portion thereof, adjacent inner and outer lobes having radial walls interconnecting adjacent troughs and crests, one radial wall being positioned between each trough and each crest, the downstream end of the lobed exhaust mixer including a jagged trailing edge including circumferentially spaced-apart radial rows of tabs extending in a downstream direction from the trailing edge of the radial walls of the inner and outer lobes between the troughs and the crests.",0.8543296421707143,0.29134071565857145
9140435,"1. A template for outlining disposition of a recessed component within a surface material, comprising: two or more template modules adjacently disposable against the surface material and each comprising opposed edges that can be aligned with adjacently disposed edges so to define a substantially continuous spacing along said adjacently disposed edges, said spacing dimensioned so to accommodate a corresponding component dimension; wherein said aligned edges guide removal of surface material along said spacing to accommodate recessed installation of the component within the surface material, wherein each of said template modules comprises opposed laterally spaced members and wherein said opposed edges are defined by respective opposed inner edges of said laterally spaced members.",0.257259904265603,0.514519808531206
8592785,"1. An apparatus comprising: a first charged particle beam source; a second charged particle beam source; an charged particle beam analyzer configured to analyze a first charged particle beam received from the first charged particle beam source and a second charged particle beam received from the second charged particle beam source, such that the charged particle beam analyzer emits a first analyzed charged particle beam and a second analyzed charged particle beam; and a multi-charged particle beam angle incidence control system disposed between the charged particle beam analyzer and a wafer, the multi-charged particle beam angle incidence control system configured to direct the first analyzed charged particle beam and the second analyzed charged particle beam to the wafer at different angles of incidence.",0.37685860132294796,0.7537172026458959
9025581,"1. A computer-implemented method in a controller, for providing a hybrid of virtual port and virtual cell service modes to stations connected to a wireless network, comprising: connecting to the wireless network comprising one or more access points; receiving notification of a request for network access from a station to an access point of the plurality of access points, along with identification information associated with the station; selecting a service mode to provide to the station based on the identification information, wherein the service modes comprise at least a native cell mode which assigns a BSSID (Basic Service Set IDentifier) for standard operation, a virtual cell mode which assigns a persistent BSSID as a station is serviced by different access points, and a virtual port mode which assigns a unique BSSID for a station; and assigning a BSSID to the station that corresponds to the service mode responsive to the notification.",0.5252264608743895,0.949547078251221
9194593,"1. A protective housing for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit having a fan therein, said fan comprising a plurality of fan blades each blade having a proximal and distal end, the housing comprising: a plurality of side panels, each side panel comprising openings enabling airflow into the housing; an access panel, said access panel coupled between two of the plurality of side panels, wherein said access panel and said plurality of side panels form an enclosure; an orifice ring mounted within said housing, wherein a running clearance between said distal ends of said fan blades and said orifice ring has a first spacing; a cover fastened atop the enclosure, said cover comprising a grill having a plurality of grill members, wherein said grill members are separated by a second spacing, which is smaller than the first spacing; and a relief air vent, said relief air vent extending over said orifice ring, through an opening formed in the access panel, and extending beneath said cover.",0.734693798779155,0.5306124024416901
9228749,"1. A heating wire support meshing comprising transversely spaced parallel rows of wire support bridge formations formed by vertical flat walls of flexible plastic material interconnected together at their crossings and extending in parallel and transverse relationship to form a mesh with through openings therebetween in which cementitious slurry is adapted to set on a sub-floor by passing through the heating wire support meshing, the through openings extend vertically through the heating wire support meshing for the cementitious slurry to reach the sub-floor through the through openings, said wire support bridge formations having vertical wire receiving slots having an open top end for receiving and guiding an electric heating wire along one or more desired paths between a bottom planar surface and a top planar surface of said wire support bridge formations with said wire extending across said through openings to be embedded in said cementitious slurry, said wire receiving slots each having a protrusion in one or both side walls thereof to define a restricted throat opening in a top end portion of said slot whereby to maintain said electric heating wire captive thereunder, said vertical flat walls being interconnected together at their said crossings by a post junction, and passages formed in said vertical flat walls for communication with adjacent ones of said openings for the passage of said cementitious slurry, and wherein some of said post junctions are attachment posts for securing two or more of said heating wire support meshing together in side-by-side relationship.",0.8353138622909292,0.3293722754181416
8428836,"1. An engine control system comprising: a limit determination module that, using a mapping including torque limits indexed by steering angle, determines a torque limit based on a steering angle; and a torque control module that selectively limits torque output by an engine to said torque limit.",0.6993986544342027,0.6012026911315946
9340436,"1. An electrochemical cell for the treatment of water, comprising: at least one water chamber configured to hold water to be treated; at least one redox electrode comprising ferrous chloride solution in hydrochloric acid capable of accepting and having a reversible redox reaction with chloride ions in the water; at least one intercalation electrode capable of accommodating and intercalating at least one positive ion in the water, wherein the intercalation electrode is immersed in the water chamber or separated from the water chamber by an optional porous separator; and an anion exchange membrane separating the redox electrode from the water chamber.",0.8643905025842669,0.2712189948314663
9756562,"1. A wireless transmission device comprising: a processor; and a non-transitory medium containing program instructions, execution of which by the processor causes the wireless transmission device to provide functions of:",0.5711837121867045,0.857632575626591
8591699,"1. A processing chamber comprising: a chamber body defining at least a first processing region and a second processing region, wherein the chamber body has: a substrate support in each processing region; a first entry port formed above the first processing region and coupled to a first gas distribution assembly disposed over a top portion of the first processing region; a second entry port formed above the second processing region and coupled to a second gas distribution assembly disposed over a top portion of the second processing region; a first vertical passage extending downward through a chamber wall; one or more first cross channels open to a bottom portion of the first processing region and intersecting the first vertical passage; a second vertical passage extending downward through the chamber wall; and one or more second cross channels open to a bottom portion of the second processing region and intersecting the second vertical passage; a remote plasma source configured to provide a cleaning plasma towards the top portions and/or the bottom portions of the first and second processing regions; a first gas conduit connecting the remote plasma source to the first and second entry ports; and a valve having an inlet coupled to the first gas conduit and at least one outlet coupled to the first and second vertical passages, wherein opening of the valve selectively diverts a portion of the cleaning plasma from the remote plasma source to the bottom portions of the first and second processing regions for introducing the cleaning plasma to a lower side of the substrate support.",0.5199224181752109,0.9601551636495782
8382988,"1. Process for the production of ultra pure water, comprising feeding water containing ions and optionally other impurities to one side of a membrane based on hydroxy sodalite (H-SOD), and recovering ultra pure water from the other side of the membrane.",0.9314914095192093,0.13701718096158144
8954433,"1. A processor-implemented method of generating a recommendation to add a member to a receptivity cohort, the processor-implemented method comprising: defining a receptivity cohort, wherein each member of the receptivity cohort shares a conduct attribute, wherein the conduct attribute describes at least one of a facial expression, body language, and social interaction of a person, and wherein the conduct attribute has been predetermined to be an indicator of a level of receptiveness to a proposed future change in a set of circumstances; a processor analyzing the conduct attribute and event metadata to generate a receptivity score for the receptivity cohort, wherein event metadata describes the proposed future change in the set of circumstances, and wherein the receptivity score indicates a level of receptiveness of members of the receptivity cohort to the proposed future change in the set of circumstances; in response to determining that granular demographic information for members of the receptivity cohort is available, the processor processing the granular demographic information with the event metadata and conduct attribute to generate a weighted receptivity score for each member of the receptivity cohort, wherein the weighted receptivity score indicates a normalized level of receptivity of said each member to the proposed future change; the processor retrieving biometric sensor data from a set of biometric sensors, wherein the biometric sensor data describe said at least one of the facial expression, body language and social interaction for a candidate member of the receptivity cohort; the processor comparing the biometric sensor data for the candidate member to said conduct attribute of members of the receptivity cohort; and the processor, in response to the biometric sensor data for the candidate member matching the conduct attribute of members of the receptivity cohort, generating a recommendation to add the candidate member to the receptivity cohort.",0.36973130277169075,0.7394626055433815
9793201,"1. A microelectronic substrate, comprising: a first glass layer; at least one first through-glass contact structure extending through the first glass layer; a trace routing structure on the first glass layer, wherein the trace routing structure comprises at least one dielectric layer and at least one conductive traces on and through the at least one dielectric layer, and wherein the at least one conductive trace electrically contacts at least one first through-glass contact structure; a second glass layer may be attached to the trace routing structure opposing the first glass layer; at least one additional glass layer disposed within the trace routing structure; and at least one second through-glass contact structure, wherein at least one conductive trace within the trace routing structure electrically contacts the at least one second through-glass contact structure; wherein the first glass layer and the second glass layer are formed of a material which differs from the at least one dielectric layer of the trace routing structure.",0.4323223905812494,0.8646447811624988
9389137,"1. A pipe configured to channel pressurized air into an aircraft, comprising: an inner tube; an outer tube that is essentially coaxial to the inner tube; an insulating material inserted between the inner tube and the outer tube and that is made of a heat-insulating and gas-porous material; a leak detection device arranged at least in part between the inner tube and the outer tube and in that at least at one end, the leak detection device held in position by the insulating material follows a concentric trajectory to the inner tube, said insulating material filling the space between the inner tube and the outer tube, the leak detection device comprising two leak detection elements, each leak detection element forming a concentric loop; and a ring with a number of circular openings distributed over a circumference of the ring between the end and the concentric trajectory of the detection device, the circular openings being a distance from an edge of the ring, the ring being inserted between the inner tube and the outer tube and that, in case of a leak, hot air flows in the direction of the leak detection device by passing through the openings of the ring.",0.3814822069926561,0.7629644139853122
9451564,"1. A method by a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: determining whether power backoff is applied due to power management if a power headroom report (PHR) is triggered; identifying whether an extended PHR is configured; generating an extended power headroom (PH) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) if the extended PHR is configured; and transmitting the extended PH MAC CE to a base station, wherein a first bit of an octet containing PH field in the extended PH MAC CE is set based on the determination.",0.8786090398790907,0.24278192024181866
9736708,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device comprising at least one processor and memory device, a reference measurement corresponding to a first remote terminal in a satellite communication system, the reference measurement comprising a mesh factor figure (MF receiving, by the computing device, a forward link reception level measurement (FL determining, by the computing device, a first actual mesh factor (MF generating, by the computing device, a table of actual mesh factors for a plurality of remote terminals in the satellite communication system, the actual mesh factors comprising the first actual mesh factor; and transmitting, by the computing device and to at least one remote terminal in the satellite communication system, the table of actual mesh factors.",0.3902475115361436,0.7804950230722872
9287551,"1. A method of manufacturing a battery terminal plate, in which a material constituted of a volume is formed to have a previously designed shape while being pressed several times, the method comprising the steps of: (S (S (S (S (S",0.7603259320002181,0.4793481359995637
9236277,"1. An integrated circuit, comprising: at least one chip disposed over a substrate; solder bumps electrically and physically contacting the substrate and the at least one chip; an insulating film disposed directly on the solder bumps, directly on a surface of the at least one chip, and directly on a surface of the substrate; and a thermally conductive underfill disposed between the substrate, the at least one chip, and the solder bumps.",0.5926709991192493,0.8146580017615015
8968006,"1. An interconnectable circuit board, comprising: a distal end having a first electrically conductive pad located on a top of the circuit board; a plated through hole on the conductive pad which passes through a first conductive layer of the circuit board, a second conductive layer of the circuit board, and an insulative layer of the circuit board disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; a second electrically conductive pad located on a bottom of the circuit board, the second electrically conducutive pad coupled to the plated through hole; and a proximal end having a third electrically conductive pad attached to the top of the circuit board.",0.21078546705415083,0.4215709341083016
9677239,"1. A multipurpose tool for oil spill control, comprising: a console located on a vessel and configured to organize reel systems located on the vessel; a remotely controlled telescopic arm having a first end and a second end, wherein the one or more hydraulic tubes and tubes for supplying oil spill control agents and recovering collected oil are configured to be automatically let out when one of the various replaceable nozzles is connected, and wherein the reel systems are configured to let out the hydraulic tubes and tubes for supplying oil spill control agents and recovering collected oil from the console.",0.4616571795211263,0.9233143590422526
9277435,"1. A method for transmitting channel state information to a plurality of transmission points by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a configuration for channel state information reporting; and selecting at least one subband to report channel state information for each of a first transmission point and a second transmission point according to the configuration for the channel state information reporting, wherein the configuration for the channel state information reporting includes information as to whether a subband for the first transmission point is to be identically selected with a subband for the second transmission point, and wherein the subband selected for the first transmission point is excluded from selecting the subband for the second transmission point when the configuration for the channel state information reporting does not indicate that the subband for the first transmission point is to be identically selected with the subband for the second transmission point.",0.24502964720201256,0.4900592944040252
9477558,1. A system comprising: a memory comprising a physical memory region to be logged; a first processor to execute instructions and access the memory; a second processor to:,0.42892055054019285,0.8578411010803857
8370905,"1. A method performed by a computer processor, said method comprising: receiving a remote domain installation package, said remote domain installation package comprising: installing said remote domain installation package by a first process comprising: gaining access to said remote domain installation package by presenting authentication credentials to an authentication mechanism, and decrypting said remote domain installation package as part of said gaining access; joining said domain by a second process comprising:",0.04589432024000265,0.09178864048000535
8474239,"1. An industrial gas turbine engine comprising: a main gas turbine engine connected to an electric generator to produce electric power, the main gas turbine engine including a main compressor and a main combustor and a main turbine; a smaller gas turbine engine compressing a cooling fluid for the turbine in the main gas turbine engine, the smaller gas turbine engine including a small compressor and a small combustor and a small turbine; an air separator to produce an inert gas that is not reactive with oxygen; a low pressure nitrogen line to connect the nitrogen gas from the air separator to an inlet of the small compressor; a high pressure nitrogen line to connect an outlet of the small compressor to a cooling circuit within hot parts of the main turbine; a compressed air line to connect the main compressor to the small combustor to supply compressed air for combustion; and, the main combustor operating in a stoichiometric or fuel rich combustion to produce a hot gas stream for the main turbine that is low in oxygen.",0.9780960244524992,0.043807951095001574
8370049,"1. A control system of an internal combustion engine using a first fuel of ammonia and a second fuel which is easier to burn than ammonia as fuel and feeding these two types of fuel into a combustion chamber to burn the fuel in the combustion chamber, wherein a basic ammonia ratio indicating a ratio of an amount of ammonia fed with respect to a total amount of fuel fed in accordance with an engine load and an engine speed is set, and the set basic ammonia ratio is corrected based on at least one of a combustion state, knocking strength, temperature of an exhaust gas or temperature of a catalyst arranged in an engine exhaust passage, NO x concentration in the exhaust gas, actual compression ratio, air-fuel ratio, and fuel properties.",0.9603995094982819,0.0792009810034362
9114860,"1. A watercraft, comprising: a body that includes a bow and a stern whose respective shapes are substantially different from each other, the body including: a hull; an open cockpit; a ramp that is located aft of the open cockpit and slopes downwardly toward the stern, where a lower end of the ramp is located proximate the stern; and a transom that forms a portion of the stern and extends across a width of the watercraft, the transom defining an opening proximate the lower end of the ramp.",0.3850995957023932,0.7701991914047864
8771421,"1. An apparatus for vapor deposition of a sublimated source material as a thin film on discrete photovoltaic (PV) module substrates conveyed in a continuous non-stop manner through said apparatus, comprising: a vapor deposition head configured for receipt and sublimation of a source material, and for distributing the sublimated source material onto an upper surface of substrates conveyed through a deposition area of said apparatus; a roll seal configuration with at least one of an entry slot and an exit slot for the substrates conveyed through said apparatus; said roll seal configuration further comprising a cylinder rotatably supported at a defined gap height above a conveyance plane of the substrates such that said cylinder is not in continuous rolling contact with the substrates in a defined active semiconductor area of the substrate; said cylinder floatable in a vertical direction relative to the conveyance plane of the substrates such that said cylinder rolls up and over surface variations in the substrates that exceed said gap height as the substrates are conveyed under said cylinder; said cylinder comprising a stepped diameter with increased greater diameter bands at ends thereof, said increased diameter bands configured to roll continuously or intermittently on lateral edge portions of the substrates.",0.4819589766170016,0.9639179532340032
9790957,"1. A centrifugal fluid machine comprising: an impeller mounted to a rotation shaft; a housing for housing the impeller, the housing having a scroll part extending in the circumferential direction of the housing; and an air intake duct structure being configured to direct a fluid to a rotational center of the impeller housed in the housing via an intake duct portion of the housing protruding in an axial direction of the rotation shaft, the fluid flowing in a substantially orthogonal direction to the axial direction of the rotation shaft, wherein the centrifugal fluid machine is configured to: compress the fluid directed to the rotational center of the impeller; and discharge the fluid to the scroll part, wherein the air intake duct structure comprises; an inflow part extending in the substantially orthogonal direction to the axial direction of the rotation shaft; and a transition part connecting the inflow part and the intake duct portion of the housing, the air intake duct structure having a virtual plane orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotation shaft and passing through a flow path cross-section of the inflow part, where an intersection of the virtual plane and an axial direction line of the rotation shaft is positioned within the transition part, and wherein, in a front view where the rotational center of the impeller is seen from its front, the air intake duct structure has a shape curved in a direction opposite to a rotational direction of the impeller from the inflow part toward the transition part.",0.36572448044611316,0.7314489608922263
9664903,"1. An optical device for augmented reality, the optical device comprising: a light input part; and a light output part, wherein the light input part comprises: wherein the light output part comprises:",0.11438133340282737,0.2287626668056547
9240918,"1. A method comprising: modulating using a processing device a stream of real data, said modulating implementing a prototype filter of a length smaller than or equal to M, and said modulating delivering blocks of OFDM/OQAM symbols, wherein pieces of said real data are grouped together in blocks of data of nb×M real data where “×” is a multiplication operator, M is the number of carriers of one of said blocks of OFDM/OQAM symbols and nb is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and wherein said modulating comprises, for a real data block: second modulating by a second modulator of the (nb−1)×M following pieces of data of said real data block, delivering a second set of (nb−1)×M modulated carriers at the input of said prototype filter, said prototype filter delivering (nb−1) second sets of M filtered modulated carriers; third modulating by a third modulator of the M/2 last pieces of data of said real data block delivering a third set of modulated carriers at the input of said prototype filter, said prototype filter delivering a third set of M/2 filtered modulated carriers; superimposing of said first, second and third sets of filtered modulated carriers, said superimposing taking into account time shifts applied previously and respectively to said M/2 first pieces of data, (nb−1)×M following pieces of data and M/2 last pieces of data, so as to form one of said blocks of OFDM/OQAM symbols with length nb×M/2, said first set being temporally superimposed on the start of a second set and said third set being temporally superimposed on the end of the second set, wherein said first modulating and third modulating implement forward fast Fourier transforms or inverse fast Fourier transforms (FFTs or IFFTs) fed with M pieces of parallel data, one in two of which is forced to zero wherein said first modulating and third modulating respectively implement an expanding of said M/2 first pieces of data of said real data block and said M/2 last pieces of data of said real data block, said expanding comprising inserting a zero between each of said M/2 first pieces of data of said real data block and each of said M/2 last pieces of data of said real data block respectively delivering, at an input of said forward or inverse fast Fourier transforms of said first modulating and third modulating, M expanded first pieces of data of said real block and M expanded last pieces of data of said real data block, of which one in two pieces of data is forced to zero.",0.35068126060299465,0.7013625212059893
9706372,"1. A method of sending one or more secure short message service (SMS) messages, comprising the steps of: (a) determining at a sender a data quantity associated with zero or more proprietary data parcels (PDPs) to send within at least one SMS message; (b) when the determined data quantity of one or more PDPs is greater than a predetermined maximum for a single SMS message, (b1) configuring a plurality of SMS messages to carry the data of the one or more PDPs, wherein an SMS header of each of the plurality of SMS messages carry a message index (MI) associated with a concatenated sequence of the SMS messages indicating an order within the sequence; wherein a payload of a first indexed SMS message carries an internal payload header indicating the total number of PDPs and the length of each of the PDPs, wherein a payload of the other indexed SMS messages carry at least a portion of the PDP data; and (b2) transmitting from the sender the plurality of configured SMS messages; and (c) when the determined data quantity of one or more PDPs is less than or equal to a predetermined maximum for a single SMS message, (c1) configuring a single SMS message to carry the data of one or more PDPs, wherein an SMS header of the single SMS message carries a message index (MI) indicating it is the only SMS message of a sequence, wherein a payload of the single SMS message carries an internal payload header indicating the total number of PDPs and the length of each of the PDPs; and (c2) transmitting from the sender the configured single SMS message, wherein the payload of the single SMS message is encrypted according to a public key infrastructure (PKI), using a pre-shared key (PSK), or both, wherein the payload of the configured single SMS message of step (c2) further carries a cyclic redundancy check (CRC), wherein the single SMS message further carries a micro-certificate carrying a public key associated with a private key.",0.15882365656490152,0.317647313129803
9418949,"1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate comprising a non-device region and a device region, wherein no semiconductor electronic device is disposed in the non-device region; a dielectric layer on the non-device region and the device region; a dummy bonding pad on the dielectric layer of the non-device region; a first metal interconnect in the dielectric layer of the non-device region and directly connected to the dummy bonding pad, the first metal interconnect comprises a plurality of first top metal layers; a bonding pad on the dielectric layer of the device region; a second metal interconnect in the dielectric layer below the bonding pad of the device region, the second metal interconnect is not directly connected to the bonding pad, the second metal interconnect comprises a plurality of second top metal layers, a plurality of first voids are between a plurality of gaps between the first top metal layers and a plurality of second voids are in a plurality of gaps between the second top metal layers, and a number of the second voids is greater than a number of the first voids; a buffer layer between the bonding pad and the dielectric layer, wherein the buffer layer comprises a metal, metal nitride, or a combination thereof; and a redistribution layer on the dielectric layer, wherein the redistribution layer connects the dummy bonding pad and the bonding pad.",0.3212672051916371,0.6425344103832742
9682879,"1. A wastewater treatment system comprising a passive phosphorus capture filter, wherein said filter is immersed and packed with wood particles activated by impregnation with a metal hydroxide, said system further comprising a device allowing for alternating between reducing conditions favoring a reductive dissolution of metal from said metal hydroxide oxidizing conditions to control release of said metal, rendering said metal available for phosphorus capture.",0.9049246185579058,0.1901507628841883
9692499,1. An air-to-ground communications system comprising: at least one base station to be positioned on the ground and comprising,0.6989909048953605,0.6020181902092789
9328963,"1. A method comprising: providing a composition at a first temperature and a first pressure, wherein the composition comprises: optionally, preheating the composition in a first preheating stage to form a preheated composition, wherein the preheated composition is characterized by a second temperature and a second pressure; heating the composition or the preheated composition with a reactive fluid in a first heating stage to form a heated composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of C cooling the heated composition in a cooling stage comprising a first flash evaporation to produce a first flashed vapor and a first flashed composition; and performing a first useful function with at least a portion of the first flashed vapor, wherein the first useful function (a) is selected from the group consisting of indirectly preheating the composition, indirectly preheating the fluid, and combinations thereof; or (b) is indirectly generating a first clean vapor, wherein at least a portion of the first clean vapor is used to perform a second useful function selected from the group consisting of directly or indirectly preheating the composition, directly or indirectly preheating the fluid, and combinations thereof; wherein a process for producing the reactive fluid comprises: wherein at least one of the first and second preheating stages is performed.",0.8645388242421878,0.2709223515156245
8589931,"1. A method of managing a plurality of jobs throughout a plurality of computing nodes of a parallel computing system disposed in a data center, the method comprising: in response to receiving a workload, dividing the workload into a plurality of jobs; accessing a job information table including historical information associated with at least one job of the plurality of jobs, wherein the job information table includes a unique identifier associated with the at least one job; scheduling the plurality of jobs in the workload for execution on a group of computing nodes from among the plurality of computing nodes in the parallel computing system based upon physical locations of the plurality of computing nodes in the data center and the historical information in the job information table, including selecting the group of computing nodes by assigning individual computing nodes to form the group so as to distribute at least one of a heat load and an energy load within the data center; and executing the plurality of jobs on the group of computing nodes; wherein scheduling the plurality of jobs is additionally based upon an estimated processing requirement for each job of the plurality of jobs and upon a hot or cool indicator separate from a temperature indication for each job, wherein the hot or cool indicator characterizes a job as cool based in part on the job waiting for at least one of data, resource access, and/or for other jobs to complete, and characterizes a job as hot based upon at least one of the job executing substantially continuously, the job executing with high usage of core processing resources, and the job executing with high usage of processing resources for a long period of time.",0.5978561055036561,0.8042877889926878
9690132,"1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a backlight module and a display panel, two surfaces of the display panel being a light entering face and a light exiting face, respectively, the backlight module facing the light entering face of the display panel, and light that is emitted from the backlight module entering the display panel from the light entering face, wherein, the display panel includes an array substrate disposed on the light entering face side, a color filter substrate disposed on the light exiting face side and a liquid crystal layer between the two substrates, on the array substrate, there is provided a first polarizing plate, the color filter substrate includes a base substrate, a second polarizing plate disposed on the light exiting face side of the base substrate and a color filter layer disposed on the light exiting face side of the second polarizing plate, and the backlight module is a collimated backlight module; wherein, the color filter layer includes color filters and black matrices that are disposed alternately in the in-plane direction of the color filter substrate and a protective layer that covers the color filters and the black matrices; a collimation angle θ of the backlight module meets: wherein, d1 is the thickness of the base substrate, d2 is the thickness of the second polarizing plate, and p is the distance between centers of two adjacent black matrices; wherein, the collimation angle θ of the collimated backlight module is within a range of ±17 degrees.",0.21243320237269137,0.42486640474538273
9511827,"1. A fin for a sports board capable of connecting to a tether, wherein the fin comprises: a forward edge; a rear edge; two sides and a retainer, wherein the retainer is shaped and sized to secure a portion of a tether and comprises: a slot that has a height parallel to the edge, that extends through one edge and two sides; and, a hole that has a diameter greater than about the height of the slot, so that the tether can enter the slot and be retained by the hole.",0.09355673820237624,0.1871134764047525
8490389,"1. An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an engine, comprising: a reduction catalytic converter disposed in an engine exhaust passage for reducing and purifying nitrogen oxides using a reducing agent; a reducing agent tank storing a liquid reducing agent or a precursor thereof; an injection nozzle for supplying, by injection, the liquid reducing agent or the precursor thereof to exhaust gas on an upstream side of the reduction catalytic converter; a flow rate control valve for controlling a flow rate of the liquid reducing agent or the precursor thereof supplied from the reducing agent tank to the injection nozzle; a control unit for controlling the flow rate control valve so that the liquid reducing agent or the precursor thereof, at a flow rate in accordance with an engine operation state, is supplied to the injection nozzle; and an oscillator or fin disposed in a reducing agent supply system running from the reducing agent tank to the injection nozzle, wherein the oscillator is oscillated or the fin is rapidly rotated to thereby mix nano-sized to micro-sized bubbles into the liquid reducing agent or the precursor thereof injection- supplied from the injection nozzle, wherein the control unit further presumes a mixing ratio of the bubbles mixed into the liquid reducing agent or the precursor thereof per unit volume by the oscillator or fin, and corrects the flow rate of the liquid reducing agent or the precursor thereof in accordance with the engine operation state based on the presumed mixing ratio of the bubbles.",0.9657189207057576,0.0685621585884848
8648925,"1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to execute imaging in a first imaging mode for capturing a moving image for a predetermined period of time and then automatically stopping the capturing of the moving image, and a second imaging mode for capturing the moving image for a period longer than the predetermined period of time; and a reproduction unit configured to automatically reproduce, after imaging executed by the imaging unit, moving image data acquired by the imaging, wherein, if first moving image data is acquired by the imaging in the first imaging mode, the reproduction unit continuously reproduces second moving image data captured before the capturing of the moving image related to the first moving image data and acquired by the imaging in the first imaging mode, and the first moving image data, and wherein the capturing of the second moving image data is executed for a predetermined period of time and then automatically stops in the same manner as the capturing of the first moving image data.",0.06341600322493991,0.1268320064498798
9017489,"1. A method for surface inclusion detection, enhancement of endothelial and osteoblast cells adhesion and proliferation and sterilization of surfaces of electropolished and magnetoelectropolished finished products manufactured from compounds containing equal parts of nickel and titanium comprising the steps of immersing them in an aqueous solution of a chemical compound containing halogen oxyanions for a specified period of time at room temperature of around 25° C.",0.6300878036729805,0.7398243926540391
9076680,"1. A method of forming capacitors, comprising: forming a support material over a substrate, the support material being at least one of semiconductive or conductive; forming openings into the support material, the openings comprising at least one of semiconductive or conductive sidewalls; depositing an insulator within the openings along the sidewalls that are at least one of semiconductive or conductive; after depositing the insulator, depositing conductive material for a first capacitor electrode within individual of the openings; the conductive material for the first capacitor electrode within the individual openings being laterally adjacent to the insulator; after depositing the conductive material for the first capacitor electrodes, depositing capacitor dielectric material within the individual openings over the conductive material for the first capacitor electrode that is within the individual openings; and depositing conductive material for a second capacitor electrode within the individual openings over the capacitor dielectric material that is within the individual openings, the insulator being absent between the first and second capacitor electrodes within the individual openings.",0.7551662513159645,0.489667497368071
9424940,"1. A nonvolatile memory device comprising: a memory cell array including at least one bit line and a plurality of cell strings on a substrate, each of the cell strings including a plurality of memory cells stacked on each other in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, a ground select transistor between the memory cells and the substrate, and a string select transistor on the memory cells between the memory cells and one of the at least one bit line; an address decoder configured to provide an erase voltage to the substrate during an erase operation, the address decoder being configured to float a ground select line connected to the ground select transistor in at least one of the cell strings after a specific time passes after the address decoder provides the erase voltage to the substrate during the erase operation; a voltage generator configured generate the erase voltage, the voltage generator being configured to change the erase voltage based on a temperature using first temperature information and ground select line transition information based on a feedback voltage corresponding to the erase voltage and second temperature information; and a control logic configured to generate a ground select line control signal based on the ground select line transition information, the address decoder being configured to float the ground select line according to the ground select line control signal.",0.1227011187159342,0.2454022374318684
9539545,"1. A process for converting hydrocarbons comprising contacting a hydrocarbonaceous feed at hydrocarbon converting conditions with a catalyst comprising a molecular sieve having a mole ratio of at least 10 of (1) at least one oxide of at least one tetravalent element to (2) one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of trivalent elements, pentavalent elements, and mixtures thereof, and having, in its calcined form, an X-ray diffraction pattern substantially as shown in the following Table:",0.8786375355948369,0.24272492881032615
9136414,"1. A back sheet for a solar cell module, comprising: a lower anticorrosion layer; a heat-dissipating metal layer on the lower anticorrosion layer; an upper anticorrosion layer formed on an upper surface of the heat-dissipating metal layer; and a surface layer formed on the upper anticorrosion layer opposite the heat dissipating metal layer, wherein each of the lower anticorrosion layer and the upper anticorrosion layer is formed by coating one or more anticorrosive agent on the heat dissipating metal layer, said anticorrosive agent consisting of a thiol group-containing alkanethiol-based compound.",0.9129652604917091,0.17406947901658176
9184924,"1. A Policy and Charging Rules Function node, PCRF node ( 120 ), for a communications system ( 100 ), the PCRF node ( 120 ) configured to: communicate with a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function node, PCEF node ( provide the PCEF node ( communicate with an Online Charging System node, an OCS node ( as a result of a trigger signal which is one of internal and external to the PCRF node ( as a result of said request, receive a credit indication for the one of new and updated PCC rules for the User Equipment from the OCS node ( provide said credit indication to the PCEF node ( 130 ) over the first interface (Gx).",0.8683861243454074,0.2632277513091852
9439043,"1. A method comprising: executing, on a computing device for at least a part of a first time period, a first location provider (LP) process using a first processor and a second LP process using a second processor; obtaining first estimated locations of the computing device from the first LP process; obtaining second estimated locations of the computing device from the second LP process; obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors of the computing device, wherein the sensor data corresponds to the first time period; determining, using the sensor data, a respective accuracy of each of the first LP process and the second LP process; and based on at least the determined accuracies of the first LP process and the second LP process, selecting one of the first LP process and the second LP process to execute for at least part of a second time period.",0.15555953609961656,0.3111190721992332
9476283,"1. A geothermic heater system for heating a geological formation, said geothermic heater system comprising: a fuel cell stack assembly disposed at the surface of said geological formation and having a plurality of fuel cells which convert chemical energy from a fuel into electricity through a chemical reaction with an oxidizing agent, said fuel cell stack assembly having 1) a fuel cell fuel inlet for introducing said fuel to a plurality of anodes of said plurality of fuel cells, 2) a fuel cell oxidizing agent inlet for introducing said oxidizing agent to a plurality of cathodes of said plurality of fuel cells, 3) an anode exhaust outlet for discharging an anode exhaust comprising unspent fuel from said plurality of fuel cells, and 4) a cathode exhaust outlet for discharging a cathode exhaust comprising unspent oxidizing agent from said plurality of fuel cells; a combustor for combusting a mixture comprising said anode exhaust and said cathode exhaust to produce a heated combustor exhaust, said combustor being disposed within a bore hole of said geological formation whereby said combustor discharges said heated combustor exhaust, thereby heating said geological formation; and an anode exhaust utilization device configured to receive a portion of said anode exhaust such that said portion of said anode exhaust is not communicated to said combustor.",0.9659307904028305,0.06813841919433905
9512364,"1. A method for hydropyrolyzing an oxygenated organic feedstock, the method comprising: (a) introducing the oxygenated organic feedstock and a fluidizing gas comprising hydrogen into a fluidized bed hydropyrolysis reactor comprising a fluidized bed of solid particles, including catalyst, under hydropyrolysis conditions sufficient to generate product vapors from thermal decomposition and hydropyrolysis of the oxygenated organic feedstock; and (b) recovering from the product vapors a product stream containing substantially fully deoxygenated hydrocarbon species, wherein the product stream comprises less than about 4% oxygen by mass; wherein the fluidized bed of solid particles has a depth of greater than two reactor diameters and includes lateral inserts selected from the group consisting of obstructions, obstacles, constrictions, and combinations thereof, spaced at axial intervals from about one to about two reactor diameters in a manner such that slugging does not occur within the fluidized bed hydropyrolysis reactor.",0.7566272942385599,0.4867454115228802
9379579,"1. A method of enabling an auxiliary power input to a power converter, the power converter including a primary power input and a converter stage coupled to the primary power input that converts an unregulated input voltage at a power factor correction (PFC) input to a regulated output voltage at a power converter output, the method comprising: monitoring the primary power input; detecting a failure condition of the primary power input; and activating an auxiliary switching mode input circuit, in response to detecting the failure condition, to provide a rectified voltage at the PFC input from the auxiliary power input, the auxiliary switching mode input circuit being transformer-isolated from the PFC input.",0.8948028086069177,0.2103943827861645
9081878,"1. A bio-medical unit operable in vivo, the bio-medical unit comprises: a power harvesting module operable to convert a wireless power source into a supply voltage; a communication module operable to communicate data regarding treatment of cancer cells within a body, wherein the communication module is powered by the supply voltage; and a field generation module operable in vivo with adjustable power levels that determines a power level to contain a polarized or ionized cancer treatment drug within an in vivo localized area and that generates a type of electromagnetic field with the power level to attract the polarized or ionized cancer treatment drug within the in vivo localized area.",0.8163076672084748,0.3673846655830504
9091291,1. A security bolt comprising: an integral part having a threaded screw body ( a ring ( a cup-shaped cap (,0.03458879276494044,0.06917758552988085
9255630,"1. An interlocking chain type forward and backward actuating device, comprising: a first chain comprising at least one pair of spaced hook-shaped inner tooth plates and at least one pair of hook-shaped outer tooth plates, each of the outer tooth plates being positioned with front and rear connecting pins adjacent to an outer surface of the hook-shaped inner tooth plates; a second chain comprising at least one pair of spaced hook-shaped inner tooth plates and at least one pair of hook-shaped outer tooth plates, each of the outer tooth plates being positioned with front and rear connecting pins adjacent to an outer surface of the hook-shaped inner tooth plates; a drive sprocket; a chain guide; wherein the first chain and the second chain are interconnected to form interlocking chains by coupling the at least one pair of hook-shaped inner tooth plates of the first chain to the at least one pair of hook-shaped inner tooth plates of the second chain, and by coupling the at least one pair of hook-shaped outer tooth plates of the first chain to the at least one pair of hook-shaped outer tooth plates of the second chain; wherein the first and second chains are integrally made rigid to form a rigid chain part in a state where the interlocking chains are interlocked with each other and arranged to face each other, and wherein the interlocking chains have a longitudinal axis that is parallel to a chain driving direction; wherein the drive sprocket engages a portion of the first chain to freely advance and retreat the interlocking chains; wherein the chain guide has chain guide grooves that interlock the second chain to the first chain with a chain positioning guide portion provided in a forked region of the interlocking chains, such that the second chain follows the first chain; wherein the front and rear connecting pins of the first chain include a first connecting pin; wherein the first connecting pin of the first chain is positioned on the drive sprocket and positioned in a chain interlocking imaginary plane when the first chain is engaged with sprocket teeth of the drive sprocket, the chain interlocking imaginary plane being orthogonal to the driving direction of the rigid chain part and including a drive shaft of the drive sprocket; wherein the front and rear connecting pins of the second chain include a second connecting pin that corresponds with the first connecting pin, and is positioned along the chain interlocking imaginary plane; wherein a distance that exists between the first connecting pin and the second connecting pin is defined as an interlocked-state pin-to-pin distance; wherein the front and rear connecting pins of the first and second chains in the rigid chain part face each other and are parallel to the chain interlocking imaginary plane, a distance that exists between the first and second connecting pins in the rigid chain part being defined as a rigid-state pin-to-pin distance; and wherein the chain guide grooves are formed such that the interlocked-state pin-to-pin distance is equal to the rigid-state pin-to-pin distance.",0.09630014082988111,0.19260028165976228
9457103,"1. A recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) virion comprising: a) a variant AAV capsid protein, wherein the variant AAV capsid protein comprises an amino acid substitution at amino acid 532 of the AAV6 capsid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, or the corresponding position in another AAV parental serotype, and wherein the variant capsid protein confers increased infectivity of a retinal cell compared to the infectivity of the retinal cell by an AAV virion comprising a wild-type AAV capsid protein, wherein the AAV capsid protein does not comprise an amino acid sequence present in a naturally occurring AAV capsid protein; and b) a heterologous nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a gene product.",0.6619049830919053,0.6761900338161895
8538281,"1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image carrier on which a developer image is formed, and which transfers the formed developer image to a material at a transfer position; a plurality of developing units each of which supplies a developer of a corresponding color to the image carrier; a cleaner that is disposed downstream of the transfer position in the rotating direction of the image carrier with respect to the image carrier, removes the developer remaining on the surface of the image carrier, and recovers the removed developer; a recycle developer storage unit that stores the developer recovered by the cleaner therein; a recycle developer developing unit that supplies the developer stored in the recycle developer storage unit to the image carrier; and a control unit that controls a recycle developer adjustment by allowing the developer from at least one of the plurality of developing units to be supplied to the image carrier to form a developer image on the image carrier, allowing the developer image to pass through the transfer position without being transferred onto the material, and allowing the developer of the developer image to be recovered by the cleaner into the recycle developer storage unit.",0.48455077346786146,0.9691015469357229
9043800,"1. A method, comprising: associating a priority, by a resource manager, to each one of a plurality of resource combinations, each one of the plurality of resource combinations comprising a determined one of a plurality of decoding resources and a determined one of a plurality of rendering resources; requesting to display video content associated with a video player instance; determining a priority, by the resource manager, of the video player instance; and assigning the prioritized video player instance to one of the plurality of prioritized resource combinations.",0.2966199773370607,0.5932399546741214
8888649,"1. A hoisting device comprising: a cable drum; a first motor; a second motor; and a gear assembly comprising a first epicyclic and a second epicyclic, wherein the first motor and the second motor are operable only as motors in the same or opposite directions; wherein the hoisting device is a drawworks.",0.5015704749922685,0.996859050015463
8922156,"1. Solar power-generating equipment, comprising: a solar cell; a secondary battery; an electric power outputting portion; a display portion configured to display thereon information about an electric-generating capacity of said solar cell and information about a state of charge of said secondary battery; and a control portion configured to cause said display portion to display thereon the information about the electric-generating capacity of said solar cell for a predetermined time length, and cause said display portion to display thereon the information about the state of charge of said secondary battery for a predetermined length of time, wherein said display portion comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes, and wherein an emission color of light emitting diodes included in said display portion for displaying thereon the information about an electric-generating capacity of said solar cell and an emission color of light emitting diodes included in said display portion for displaying thereon the information about the state of charge of said secondary battery are different from each other.",0.961247604111738,0.07750479177652392
9347100,"1. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to cause a system to perform functions to determine a presence or absence of a fetal aneuploidy in a mixture of fetal and maternal genomic DNA obtained from a maternal blood sample obtained from a woman who is pregnant or who is suspected of being pregnant, wherein the functions comprise: receiving genomic DNA sequence data representing a complete genome, wherein the DNA sequence data is obtained by conducting whole genome amplification of a mixture of fetal and maternal genomic DNA to obtain amplified nucleic acid molecules, and conducting ultra-deep sequencing of the amplified nucleic acid molecules obtained from the mixture of fetal and maternal genomic DNA, thereby producing sequence data representing the complete genome, and wherein the ultra-deep sequencing comprises further amplification of the amplified nucleic acid molecules to produce at least one million copies of individual amplified nucleic acid molecules in parallel; processing the DNA sequence data to quantify DNA regions of (i) at least one test chromosome being tested for a presence or absence of fetal aneuploidy, and (ii) at least one control chromosome that is diploid; determining the presence or absence of fetal aneuploidy for the at least one test chromosome based on data for the quantified DNA regions of the at least one test chromosome and the at least one control chromosome; constructing an image file from the DNA sequence data and printing or displaying an image from the data in the image file.",0.07178780992863298,0.14357561985726597
9185125,"1. A method for detecting threats on a network, the method comprising: capturing target network traffic being transmitted between two or more hosts, wherein the target network traffic comprises a plurality of packets; and using at least one hardware processor to",0.14513492792850716,0.29026985585701426
8378209,"1. A solar cell made of semiconductor materials, the solar cell having a crystalline structure with crystal planes, the solar cell comprising: a germanium substrate; a least one p-n junction formed atop the germanium substrate, the at least one p-n junction including one or more group III elements and one or more group V elements; a solar cell window layer formed atop the at least one p-n junction; a patterned cap layer formed atop the solar cell window layer, the patterned cap layer being electrically connected to the solar cell window layer, the patterned cap layer exposing a light-input portion of the solar cell window layer; a sidewall extending along a height of the cap layer and towards the germanium substrate, the sidewall having a cleaved surface, the cleaved surface being parallel to a cleaving plane of the solar cell, the cleaving plane being parallel to a crystal plane of the solar cell, the crystal plane being a plane of a (110) family of planes of the crystalline structure; a side piece adjacent the sidewall, the side piece being a semi-insulating silicon side piece; and a metal layer formed on a portion of the patterned cap layer and on a portion of the side piece, the metal layer defining a busbar of the solar cell, the busbar bridging the side piece and the patterned cap layer.",0.9814849274544865,0.03703014509102709
8718904,"1. An automatic stop and restart device for an engine that is disposed in a start and transmission system of a vehicle which comprises: a transmission for changing gears to transmit power of the engine to driving wheels of the vehicle; a transmission operation device for receiving an external transmission operation to operate a transmission state of the transmission; a ring gear that is provided to a crank shaft of the engine, a starter motor for starting the engine; a pinion gear that is capable of approaching and separating from the ring gear and is driven by the starter motor to rotate; pinion gear thrust means for thrusting the pinion gear to the ring gear so that the pinion gear engages with the ring gear to crank the engine; and ring gear rotation speed detection means for detecting a ring gear rotation speed, the automatic stop and restart device comprising a controller which comprises transmission state determination means for determining whether the transmission is in a drive range or in a non-drive range, the controller performing an automatic stop process for the engine if a predetermined automatic engine stop condition is satisfied, and a restart process for the engine by controlling drive of the starter motor and the pinion gear thrust means if a predetermined restart condition is satisfied after the predetermined automatic engine stop condition is satisfied, wherein, if the transmission operation device is changed from the drive range to the non-drive range during the restart process for the engine after the predetermined restart condition is satisfied in the automatic stop process for the engine, the controller maintains the transmission to be in the drive range, and changes the transmission to the non-drive range after the restart process for the engine is finished.",0.8665245496422627,0.26695090071547467
9012078,"1. A method for producing a battery electrode having a configuration in which an active material layer containing an active material and a polymer material is retained on a current collector, comprising: preparing a paste for forming an active material layer containing an active material and an ionic polymer in a solvent, the ionic polymer exhibiting cationic or anionic properties in the paste; applying the paste to the current collector; applying, to the current collector before drying the applied paste, an electric potential having a polarity opposite to that of the ionic polymer; and forming the active material layer on the current collector by drying the applied paste.",0.9619554704252303,0.07608905914953934
8444001,"1. An improved dinner plate adapted to couple to a flexible drinking cup, the plate having a plate bottom with a bottom surface and surrounded by a plate rim, the flexible drinking cup having cup walls extending between a cup bottom and a cup mouth, said cup mouth having a cup mouth diameter and surrounded by a cup rim, the improvement comprising: coupling means disposed on the bottom surface for coupling the plate to the flexible drinking cup, said coupling means comprising: cup rim expansion zones formed at opposite ends of said long axis of the ovate perimeter by a portion of the perimeter walls, wherein the cup rim expansion zones are sized and configured to receive portions of the flexible drinking cup when the flexible drinking cup is squeezed to cause the cup mouth to assume an ovate shape.",0.22783433503285774,0.45566867006571554
9546034,"1. A liquid extraction module ( 1 ) for extracting liquid from a liquid tank, wherein the extraction module comprises a base body ( 2 ) which can be arranged in and/or on the tank and which carries a liquid extraction device ( 6 ) in the form of a pump, with an extraction orifice ( 5 ) which extends through the base body on the side of the base body facing the tank interior, and at least one electric heating element ( 20 ), characterized in that at least one heat-conducting element ( 18 ) is provided which has at least one first portion ( 24 ) allocated to the heating element ( 20 ) and a second portion ( 25 ) allocated to the extraction orifice ( 5 ) in order to transport the heat from the heating element ( 20 ) to the extraction orifice ( 5 ), and wherein a filter element ( 15 ) configured to filter the liquid is arranged between the heating element ( 20 ) and the extraction orifice ( 5 ).",0.8040342870429921,0.39193142591401586
9829322,"1. A system for directing a vision-impaired user to a vehicle comprising: a vision-assist apparatus that includes an output device for communicating data that is perceptible by the vision-impaired user and a computing device that is coupled to the output device, the computing device comprising a processor and memory that stores logic that, when executed by the processor, causes the vision-assist apparatus to perform at least the following:",0.18159176107885228,0.36318352215770455
9732667,"1. An EGR control method of an internal combustion engine including two banks sharing an intake passage with each other, two EGR valves that are provided respectively at the two banks, and are capable of regulating amounts of EGR gases that are recirculated from exhaust passages of the respective banks to the intake passage, in the respective banks, and a control device that individually controls the two EGR valves, wherein the control device includes an electronic control unit, a sensor system that detects operation information of the engine including at least one sensor, a processor, and memory with programs stored therein, the EGR control method comprising the steps of: executing, by the control device both-valve EGR control that controls both opening degrees of the respective EGR valves to recirculate the EGR gases to the intake passage from the exhaust passages of the respective banks, when a request EGR amount is larger than a switch determination value; executing by the control device one-valve EGR control that keeps one EGR valve of the respective EGR valves in an always closed state and controls an opening degree of the other EGR valve to a one-valve target opening degree in the state, when the request EGR amount is smaller than the switch determination value; executing by the control device transient control during a time period until the one-valve EGR control is started after the both-valve EGR control is ended, when the both-valve EGR control is switched to the one-valve EGR control; and in the transient control, the one EGR valve is closed, and the other EGR valve is opened with an opening degree smaller than the one-valve target opening degree.",0.97227933713749,0.05544132572501992
9614526,"1. An apparatus for power-domain assignment, comprising: a first bus-to-switch interface; a second bus-to-switch interface; a first power-domain bus, coupled to the first bus-to-switch interface; a second power-domain bus, coupled to the second bus-to-switch interface; a set of I/O signal level shifters, coupled between the first and second power-domain buses; a switch including, wherein the switch is coupled to the first and second bus-to-switch interfaces; wherein, in response to receiving a first signal on the selection signal input, the switch is configured to couple the first power-domain bus to the set of IP block power coupling outputs; and wherein in response to receiving a second signal on the selection signal input, the switch is configured to couple the second power-domain bus to the set of IP block power coupling outputs.",0.2758395271478733,0.5516790542957466
9785054,"1. A mirror having an optically effective surface, comprising a mirror substrate; a reflection layer stack configured to reflect electromagnetic radiation that is incident on the optically effective surface; at least a first and a second piezoelectric layer, which are arranged successively between the mirror substrate and the reflection layer stack in a stack direction of the reflection layer stack and configured to receive an electric field to produce a locally variable deformation in the piezoelectric layers; and at least one intermediate layer of crystalline material arranged between the first and the second piezoelectric layers; wherein the intermediate layer has substantially no influence on the electric field applied in a region of the piezoelectric layers that adjoin the intermediate layer in the stack direction of the reflection layer stack, and wherein the first piezoelectric layer, the intermediate layer and the second piezoelectric layer are arranged between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to apply the electric field through the first piezoelectric layer, the intermediate layer and the second piezoelectric layer.",0.3115581145718173,0.6231162291436346
9263896,"1. A current control device which supplies a current to a first load device that is a resistance load and a second load device that is a rectifier load by controlling a current source and a voltage source, the current source including a first electric appliance, the voltage source including a second electric appliance, and the current control device comprising: a detecting unit configured to detect at least one of a first load current and a second load current, the first load current being supplied to the first load device and the second load device, and the second load current being supplied to the second load device; an extracting unit configured to extract non-linear components included in the first load current or the second load current detected by the detecting unit; a determining unit configured to determine a first current that includes the non-linear components extracted by the extracting unit; and a notifying unit configured to notify the current source of a command value to cause the current source to output the determined first current, the command value being for causing the current source to output the first current.",0.9420973526550382,0.11580529468992351
9826931,"1. A method for monitoring different phases of an anesthesia machine, the method comprising: providing an anesthesia device; providing a plurality of anesthesia phases of treatment with said anesthesia device, said plurality of anesthesia phases of treatment comprising an induction phase, a maintenance phase and an emergence phase; providing a detection means; providing a display means comprising a user interface; determining a current anesthesia phase of treatment of the patient with said detection means; displaying the current anesthesia phase of treatment on said display means; detecting at least one transition from said current anesthesia phase of treatment to a next anesthesia phase of treatment; displaying actions associated with one or more of said current anesthesia phase of treatment and said at least one transition from said current anesthesia phase of treatment to said next anesthesia phase of treatment on said display means, said actions corresponding to processes and operations associated with said current anesthesia phase of treatment and/or said at least one transition from said current anesthesia phase of treatment to said next anesthesia phase of treatment, wherein parameters of said processes and operations are displayed on said display means during one or more of said current anesthesia of treatment and said at least one transition from said current anesthesia phase of treatment; adjusting one or more of said parameters on said display means; and selecting at least one future anesthesia phase of treatment based on said actions displayed on said display means via said user interface, wherein said display means displays said selected at least one future anesthesia phase of treatment.",0.13823766446632474,0.2764753289326495
8517319,"1. An apparatus for mounting multiple lasers, comprising: a mounting plate including a first side and a second side, the mounting plate including at least one laser on each of the first side and the second side, wherein the first side and the second side are not coplanar; at least six leg portions, each including a support end; and a unit configured to couple laser light from the lasers to a light-guiding fiber of a microscope; wherein at least three of the leg portions project away from the first side of the mounting plate and at least three of the leg portions project away from the second side of the mounting plate; and wherein the support ends of the leg portions projecting away from the first side are configured to support the mounting plate when the first side is facing in a generally downward direction, and the support ends of the leg portions projecting away from the second side are configured to support the mounting plate when the second side is facing in a generally downward direction.",0.060875808030322165,0.12175161606064433
9383523,"1. A tightly mountable optical fiber adapter, comprising a shell member and a spring clip, wherein: said shell member has a base which has a plurality of mating parts formed at front and back sides thereof, and each two opposite mating parts define an accommodating cavity formed transversely formed therein and communicated therethrough for receiving predetermined optical fiber connectors, and the spring clip is combined at the outside of said base and cooperating with said shell member to transversely mount into a installing hole of a predetermined panel for tight combination; wherein said spring clip comprises a base plate having two opposite side panels formed at two opposite sides thereof, each side panel defines a first elastic part forwardly obliquely extended therefrom and configured to cross said installing hole for clasping a back side of said predetermined panel while said shell member is mounted, and each of said side panels has front parts which are respectively above and below said first elastic part and have second elastic parts extended therefrom in the same direction and configured to be located in said installing hole, and ends of second elastic parts are respectively outwardly bent and extended to form stop parts, each two stop parts are bent opposite to each other and extended towards said first elastic part to form third elastic parts for abutting with a front side of said predetermined panel.",0.15432264458947517,0.3086452891789504
9401757,"1. A wireless base station comprising: a communicator configured to communicate with a mobile station via a relay station having a function of a power control; a handover controller configured to execute handover control based on a handover request transmitted by the relay station; and a timing signal notifier configured to transmit a timing signal to the relay station; wherein the relay station includes a communication unit, a power controller and a handover request unit, the communication unit relays communication between the wireless base station and the mobile station, the power controller controls power of the communication unit, and the handover request unit requests the wireless base station and the mobile station to handover to other relay station or other wireless base station; wherein the power controller notifies the wireless base station and the mobile station of transition timing from normally powered supply operation to power-supply-controlled operation, and executes after completing the handover process at least one of power supply control to cut off power for relaying the communication, power supply control to perform intermittent operation, and power supply control to perform power-saving operation if it is judged that a number of mobile stations communicating with the wireless base station has become smaller than or equal to a given number; wherein when the power supply control is to be executed by the power controller, the handover request unit causes the mobile station being relayed or the wireless base station to execute handover to other relay station or other wireless base station, and after the handover is executed, the power controller executes the power supply control; and wherein: the timing signal notifier notifies the timing signal indicating timing for transition from normally powered supply operation to the power supply control, and where the power supply control is to be executed, the power controller notifies the wireless base station or the mobile station that the power supply control will be executed, the timing signal notifier transmits the timing signal to the relay station when notified of execution of the power supply control, and the power controller executes the power supply control in accordance with the timing signal.",0.893328265871472,0.21334346825705608
8722736,"1. A concentrate esmolol composition comprising: a) about 25 to about 1000 mg/ml of esmolol; and b) from about 1 to about 25% w/v of benzyl alcohol; wherein the composition has a pH of about 3 to about 7, wherein the concentrate esmolol composition is more stable than a comparable control esmolol composition having the same esmolol concentration and pH but excluding benzyl alcohol.",0.10220927755039175,0.20441855510078355
9026499,"1. A computer implemented method for recovering a file system, the method comprising: discovering an error in a storage partition of a file storage system, the storage partition including identification metadata to identify itself to the file system, the error indicating that the storage partition having a portion of the file system that is not available, wherein the file storage system is a deduplicated file storage system that stores a reference to a previously stored data segment upon receiving a new data segment when the new data segment has already been stored in the file storage system; finding a backup storage partition containing data and identification metadata corresponding to that of the error storage partition, wherein the backup storage partition is among a plurality of storage partitions to find the backup storage partition containing the data and identification metadata, wherein the identification metadata is used to identify backup storage partition corresponding to that of the error storage partition, and wherein the error storage partition and the backup storage partition can be individually shut down or powered up; restoring the error storage partition using the backup storage partition; and using the restored identification metadata to identify the restored storage partition to the file system.",0.2080388741313563,0.4160777482627126
8962779,"1. A method of forming a polymer, the method comprising: reacting a monomer in the presence of a catalyst and a base to form a polymer; wherein the monomer comprises a bis(aryl)acetal having the structure wherein Y Ar R wherein when one of Y 1 and Y 2 is chloro, bromo, iodo, triflate, mesylate, or tosylate, and the other of Y 1 and Y 2 is B x , the polymer comprises a plurality of repeat units having the structure wherein Ar 1 , Ar 2 , R 1 , and R 2 are defined above, and each occurrence of Ar 1 , Ar 2 , R 1 , and R 2 is defined independently; wherein when Y 1 and Y 2 are each B x , the monomer further comprises a bis(leaving group)arylene having the structure wherein each occurrence of X is independently chloro, bromo, iodo, triflate, mesylate, or tosylate; wherein Ar 3 is unsubstituted or substituted C 6-18 arylene, or unsubstituted or substituted C 3-18 heteroarylene; and wherein the polymer comprises a plurality of repeat units having the structure wherein Ar 1 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 , R 1 , and R 2 are defined above, and each occurrence of Ar 1 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 , R 1 , and R 2 is defined independently; and wherein when Y 1 and Y 2 are each independently selected from chloro, bromo, iodo, triflate, mesylate, or tosylate, the monomer further comprises a bis(boron-containing functional group)arylene having the structure wherein each occurrence of B x is independently a boron-containing functional group bonded to Ar 3 via a boron atom; and wherein the polymer comprises a plurality of repeat units having the structure wherein Ar 1 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 , R 1 , and R 2 are defined above, and each occurrence of Ar 1 , Ar 2 , Ar 3 , R 1 , and R 2 is defined independently.",0.5832259832774965,0.8335480334450069
9486918,"1. A system for autonomous robotic manipulation, the system comprising: one or more processors and a memory, the memory having executable instructions encoded thereon, such that upon execution of the instructions, the one or more processors perform operations of:",0.31460047135431624,0.6292009427086325
8864929,"1. A method for manufacturing a laminated soft-magnetic sheet, the method comprising the following steps (A) to (D): (A) obtaining curable soft-magnetic sheets, each of the curable soft-magnetic sheets being produced by applying to a release base a soft-magnetic composition prepared by mixing at least a flat soft-magnetic powder, the flat soft-magnetic powder having an average particle size in the range of 10 to 50 μm, an aspect ratio in the range of from 15 to 60 , a tap density in the range of from 0.65 to 1.40 g/mL, and a specific surface area in the range of from 0.65 to 1.00 m an acrylic rubber having a glycidyl group, an epoxy resin, a latent curing agent for the epoxy resin, and a solvent, drying the applied soft-magnetic composition at a temperature T1 at which curing reaction of the soft-magnetic composition does not substantially take place, and removing the release base, wherein (B) obtaining a laminate of the curable soft-magnetic sheets by laminating at least two of the curable soft-magnetic sheets; (C) compressing the obtained laminate at a temperature T2 at which the curing reaction does not substantially take place, using a laminator for applying a linear pressure thereon while the linear pressure is sequentially changed from a linear pressure P1 , to a linear pressure P2, and to a linear pressure P3 (wherein P1 <P2 <P3 ), wherein (D) after step (C), obtaining a laminated soft-magnetic sheet by compressing the compressed laminate at a temperature T3 at which the curing reaction takes place, using a press for applying surface pressure thereon, wherein",0.40370538225252534,0.8074107645050507
9065761,"1. A method of processing an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell of data into an ATM adaptation layer (AAL) packet, the method comprising: identifying a first connection identifier (CID) of one or more minipackets in the ATM cell based on a source address and a destination address of the one or more minipackets in the ATM cell; reassembling the one or more minipackets having the first CID into one or more common part sublayer (CPS) packets; reassembling the one or more CPS packets having the first CID into a portion of a service specific segmentation and reassembly (SSSAR) conversation; determining, by a preprocessor, an occurrence of a trigger by: in response to determining the occurrence of the trigger, sending the portion of the reassembled minipackets having the first CID to a destination processor.",0.5743276846929979,0.8513446306140042
9819185,"1. An electrical power distribution system with distributed energy generation, comprising: an electrical power distribution network; one or more energy processing units each being installed directly at one of one or more points of use; wherein each of the energy processing units having an input connection connected to the electrical power distribution network and an output connection connected to one or more of loads and distributed energy generation devices in the point of use at which the energy processing unit is installed; wherein each of the energy processing units generates a regulated output voltage at its output from an unregulated input voltage in the electrical power distribution network at the energy processing unit input based on an internal programmable voltage reference in the energy processing unit input; wherein each of the energy processing units comprises a series voltage regulator and generates its regulated output voltage using a series voltage regulation method combined with at least one of one or more power quality functions; wherein each of the energy processing units being electrical bidirectional allowing energy recovery of excess energy generated by any distributed energy generation device in the point of use at which the energy processing unit is installed to be passed back to the energy processing unit input and onto the electrical power distribution network; wherein the regulated output voltage at the output connection of each of the energy processing units allowing continuous energy recovery when the unregulated input voltage in the electrical power distribution network is above a regulated upper limit; and wherein each of the points of use is a single circuit point of connection between an end consumer's premises or load and the electrical power distribution network.",0.9003148832920636,0.1993702334158729
9630167,"1. A nano Ni—Mg—Ce—Zr oxide catalyst having a formula NiO—MgO—CeO 2 —ZrO 2 (NiO-MCZ) which comprises NiO in a range of 2.5-10 wt %, MgO in a range of 1-5 wt %, CeO 2 in a range of 20-25 wt % and ZrO 2 in a range of 60-72.5 wt %.",0.5860911334674613,0.8278177330650773
8858761,"1. A dividing wall column comprising a main column comprising: a condenser; a reboiler; and a dividing wall, wherein the main column is divided into a top zone, an upper inflow zone, an upper outflow zone, a lower inflow zone, a lower outflow zone, and a bottom zone, and comprises at least one inflow stream and at least three outflow streams, wherein the at least one inflow stream is a stream that a feed containing crude 2-ethylhexyl-acrylate flows into an inflow middle plate where the upper inflow zone and the lower inflow zone of the main column contact each other, and one or more of the outflow streams is a stream of 2-ethylhexyl-acrylate.",0.4607731124842757,0.9215462249685514
8666524,"1. A system for use in conjunction with radios, comprising: a handheld music player, comprising: a radio transmitter, external to said music player, comprising:",0.17907698883189496,0.35815397766378987
8512866,"1. A multilayer film operable to be connected to a photovoltaic component and laminated to a building surface with an adhesive layer, the multilayer film comprising: a compatibilizing layer comprising a plurality of sub-layers, the sub-layers formulated such that a gradient in adhesion properties is provided; a barrier layer connected to a first surface of the compatibilizing layer; and an adhesive layer connected to a second surface of the compatibilizing layer, the adhesive layer comprising a first adhesive; wherein the first surface of the compatibilizing layer forms a first high-strength adhesive interface with the barrier layer and the second surface of the compatibilizing layer forms a second high-strength adhesive interface with the adhesive layer, thereby eliminating a weaker interface that would otherwise form between the barrier layer and the adhesive layer.",0.6059683572540961,0.7880632854918077
9142155,"1. A display device comprising: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels configured for displaying a first color, a second color, a third color, and a white color; a signal converter configured to generate a set of output signals, which includes a first output signal pertaining to the first color, a second output signal pertaining to the second color, a third output signal pertaining to the third color, and a fourth output signal pertaining to the white color, using a set of input image signals, which includes a first input signal pertaining to the first color, a second input signal pertaining to the second color, and a third input signal pertaining to the third color; and a signal processor configured to process the output signals to generate data signals and to provide the data signals to the display panel, thereby causing the pixels to display an image using the data signals, wherein the signal converter comprises at least one adder and a plurality of bit shifters configured to calculate a first white-signal candidate using signals related to the first input signal, the second input signal, and the third input signal, wherein the signal converter is configured to determine the fourth output signal using the first white-signal candidate, and wherein the signal converter comprises: a weighted-signal calculation unit configured to assign respective weights to the first input signal or a first de-gamma signal pertaining to the first input signal, the second input signal or a second de-gamma signal pertaining to the second input signal, and the third input signal or a third de-gamma signal pertaining to the third input signal to generate a first weighted signal, a second weighted signal, and a third weighted signal, respectively; a white-signal candidate calculation unit configured to generate the first white-signal candidate, a second white-signal candidate, and a third white-signal candidate using a first copy of the first weighted signal, a first copy of the second weighted signal, and a first copy of the third weighted signal, the white-signal candidate calculation unit comprising the plurality of bit shifters; a white-signal selection unit configured to select one of the first white-signal candidate, the second white-signal candidate, and the third white-signal candidate as an optimal white signal; a four-color signal calculation unit configured to generate the first output signal or a first pre-gamma signal, the second output signal or a second pre-gamma signal, the third output signal or a third pre-gamma signal, and the fourth output signal or a fourth pre-gamma signal using a delayed copy of the first weighted signal, a delayed copy of the second weighted signal, a delayed copy of the third weighted signal, and the optimal white signal; and a delay unit configured to delay a second copy of the first weighted signal, a second copy of the second weighted signal, and a second copy of the third weighted signal and to output the delayed copy of the first weighted signal, the delayed copy of the second weighted signal, and the delayed copy of the third weighted signal to the four-color signal calculation unit.",0.07245088670745109,0.14490177341490218
9436270,"1. A method of processing sensor data in a low-power wireless sensor interconnectivity system, the method comprising: receiving sensor data with a wireless communications interface of a mobile device, wherein: determining a routing identifier associated with the sensor data; and based on the determined routing identifier, providing the sensor data to the low-power processing unit using the one or more routing components of the secure island.",0.8070021469186333,0.3859957061627335
8841035,"1. A flame retardant electrolyte solution for a rechargeable lithium battery consisting essentially of: a lithium salt; a carbonate-based solvent consisting of at least one linear carbonate-based solvent; a fluorine-substituted carbonate-based solvent comprising at least one of a cyclic fluorine-substituted carbonate-based solvent and a linear fluorine-substituted carbonate-based solvent; an ionic liquid including ammonium cations; and a phosphazene solvent, the phosphazene solvent comprising a phosphazene compound, the phosphazene solvent being included in an amount of about 5 wt % to about 30 wt % based on the total weight of the flame retardant electrolyte solution for a rechargeable lithium battery.",0.9314922185994055,0.1370155628011891
8754323,"1. A dye-sensitized solar cell, comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive film formed on the surface of the transparent substrate, a conductive substrate provided opposite to the transparent conductive film, and a dye-adsorbed porous semiconductor layer and an electrolyte between the transparent conductive film and the conductive substrate, characterized in that there is formed, in an interior of the porous semiconductor layer, a conductive metal film, said conductive metal film, having a large number of randomly located penetrations, being electrically connected to the transparent conductive film via a conductor, and being separated from the transparent conductive film by a portion of the dye-absorbed porous semiconductor layer.",0.9316742786170938,0.13665144276581231
9321070,"1. A method for separating overspray from the overspray-laden booth air of coating plants comprising: taking up overspray by an air stream and guiding the overspray to a separating device where a majority at least of the solid materials is separated from the overspray, wherein the overspray-laden booth air is conducted through filter modules in which the overspray is separated and which are constructed as replaceable disposable components with a filter housing and a filter unit, wherein each filter module is replaced with an empty filter module after reaching an overspray loading limit, wherein the overspray-laden booth air is guided to each filter module through an air guide channel, and each filter housing comprises a filter inlet which is constructed complementary to a channel outlet connection of one air guide channel to place each filter module in fluid communication with one air guide channel.",0.752548989653679,0.494902020692642
9396188,"1. An apparatus for assigning a tag to a content item, said apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to:",0.1460149884200275,0.29202997684005494
8869759,"1. A variable valve actuation system control apparatus that controls a variable valve actuation system configured to change a valve characteristic of an engine valve by using an actuator whose movement range is a range between a first end and a second end at both of which movement of the actuator is mechanically stopped, the control apparatus comprising: a control section that determines that a fixation is present on a condition that an actual amount of movement of the actuator in response to a movement command A for movement toward one of the first end and the second end that is issued when a present position of the actuator is unknown is less than or equal to a prescribed movement criterion value a, and that the actual amount of movement of the actuator in response to a movement command B that is output subsequently to the movement command A in order to cause movement of the actuator in a direction opposite to the direction of the movement caused in response to the movement command A is less than or equal to a prescribed movement criterion value b.",0.6734803006156967,0.6530393987686065
8583102,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a server comprising a processor, a request to download a data file to a wireless device; receiving, by the processor, information indicating a first amount of wireless bandwidth allocated for the download of the data file; calculating, by the processor, a first length of time required to download the data file to the wireless device based on the first amount of wireless bandwidth allocated, wherein calculating the first length of time required to complete the data communication further comprises comparing, by the processor, the first length of time required to a predetermined amount of time; if the first length of time required is less than the predetermined amount of time, beginning, by the processor, the download of the data file; if the first length of time required is more than the predetermined amount of time, sending, by the processor, information indicating the first length of time required to the wireless device; receiving, by the processor, a start download signal from the wireless device; and beginning, by the processor, the download of the data file to the wireless device in response to the start download signal.",0.4098726629636652,0.8197453259273304
8512258,"1. A device for evaluating a liver condition of a subject, the device comprising: one or more sensors adapted to sense an isotope level of a metabolic product of labeled methacetin or a salt or a derivative thereof in a breath of the subject; and a processor adapted to receive data indicative of said isotope levels of said metabolic product of labeled methacetin and to compute a fluctuation parameter by estimation of the physiological noise in a percentage dose recovery (PDR) curve and/or a delta over baseline (DOB) curve of an isotope labeled methacetin or a salt or a derivative thereof, in comparison to a smooth curve, wherein a value of the fluctuation parameter being at or above a predetermined threshold is indicative of at least one liver condition of the subject, and wherein a value of the fluctuation parameter being below a predetermined threshold is indicative of a normal liver condition.",0.6541935698758387,0.6916128602483227
8342440,"1. A robotic vehicle, comprising: a body; two wheels attached to the body, the wheels selectively rotatable, relative to the body, to propel the vehicle over a reference surface; a rotor head assembly attached to the body, the rotor head assembly selectively rotatable relative to the body about a rotor axis that is coaxial with a wheel axis about which each of the two wheels is configured to selectively rotate; and a transforming mechanism attached to the body and comprising two or more members operable to selectively contact the reference surface and reposition the body between: a ground mode, wherein the two wheels contact the reference surface; and a flight mode, wherein one or both of the two wheels are elevated above the reference surface.",0.3442207042051662,0.6884414084103324
8743083,"1. A system comprising: a touch-based interface; a proximity circuit electronically coupled to the touch-based interface and configured to detect a change in an electrical property of the touch-based interface to detect a user adjacent to the touch-based interface but not touching the touch-based interface; and a touch circuit electronically coupled to the touch-based interface and configured to detect a change in an electrical property of the touch-based interface to detect a touch on the touch-based interface; wherein if the proximity circuit is electronically monitoring the touch-based interface, the touch circuit is electronically decoupled from the touch-based interface, and if the touch circuit is electronically monitoring the touch-based interface, the proximity circuit is electronically decoupled from the touch-based interface; wherein if the touch circuit is configured to monitor the touch-based interface for a touch mode of operation, after a first inactivity time of the touch-based interface, the proximity circuit is configured to monitor the touch-based interface for a proximity mode of operation and the touch circuit is electronically decoupled from the touch-based interface, and wherein if the proximity circuit is configured to monitor the touch-based interface, after a second inactivity time of the touch-based interface, a polling rate of the proximity circuit is reduced from a first polling rate to a second polling rate.",0.3779795512801692,0.7559591025603384
8965377,"1. A method for reporting location information of a user, which is used for achieving reporting of location information of user equipment (UE) during handover of the UE to another serving cell, the method comprising: a source evolved Node B (eNB) independently initiating a handover procedure without a handover procedure request sent from a source Mobility Management Entity (MME), the source MME distinct from a serving gateway (GW) and the handover procedure request including any communication initiating a handover procedure; and during the handover procedure, the source eNB sending location reporting information to a target eNB, the target eNB acquiring location information of the UE based on the location reporting information and reporting the location information of the UE to a target MME corresponding to the target eNB in response to the target eNB acquiring the location information of the UE, the location reporting information including a Global Cell Identifier (GCI), wherein the source eNB sending the location reporting information to the target eNB includes: the source MME corresponding to the source eNB selecting the target MME corresponding to the target eNB, after receiving a handover request from the source eNB; the source MME sending the location reporting information to the target MME via a forward relocation request message; and the target MME forwarding the location reporting information to the target eNB, the target MME forwarding the location reporting information to the target eNB includes: the target MME sending the location reporting information to the target eNB via a handover request message, where the target eNB acquiring the location information of the UE based on the location reporting information and reporting it to the target MME corresponding to the target eNB includes: the target eNB acquiring the location reporting information from the handover request message; and the target eNB sending the location information of the UE to the target MME.",0.1640718699079605,0.32814373981592104
8500036,"1. A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an injector body; an actuator having a post disposed within the injector body, the post arranged to travel over an actuator stroke distance between an extended stroke position when the actuator is in an activated condition and a retracted stroke position when the actuator is in a deactivated condition; a control valve disposed within the injector body and being displaceable to an open position from a closed position when an opening force is applied to the control valve; a transmission arrangement disposed in the injector body between the post and the control valve, the transmission arrangement comprising: wherein the actuator force from the post is mechanically transmitted to the control valve via the intensifier piston, the pin, and the finger; and wherein the transmission arrangement is arranged to mechanically transmit by physical contact an actuator force from the post to the control valve when the post begins to travel towards the extended stroke position, and hydraulically amplify the actuator stroke between the post and the control valve as the post continues to travel from the retracted stroke position to the extended stroke position.",0.8610032282466784,0.2779935435066432
9286937,"1. A computerized method for creating a composite media program comprising: (a) receiving from a first user over a network at least a first media segment, wherein the first media segment includes a first plurality of media frames and a first set of information associated with the first media segment comprising time information, location information, subject matter information, and user information; (b) receiving from a second user over the network at least a second media segment, wherein the second media segment includes a second plurality of media frames and a second set of information associated with the second media segment comprising time information, location information, subject matter information, and user information; and (c) In response to a real-time request from a third user for viewing the composite media program that includes a series of media segments, automatically combining at least the first media segment and the second media segment in real-time into the composite media program wherein the composite media program is combined in an integrated way based on the first set of information and the second set of information, wherein the step of automatically combining includes automatically combining media segments based on time information from the first set of information associated with the first media segment and time information from the second set of information associated with the second media segment, wherein the first media segment and second media segment are combined only if a following set of criteria is satisfied: (i) the time information associated with each is generally the same, (ii) the location information associated with each is generally the same, (iii) the first user and second user are associated with a same social network, and (iv) the subject matter information associated with each is generally the same, (d) wherein the composite media program is available for viewing by a set of members of the same social network, the social network having privacy protections to allow users to keep information, including media segments, restricted to only certain users and not available to the public at large.",0.017236067185346423,0.03447213437069285
9168529,1. An instrument comprising: a microfluidic device including:,0.5677599194701448,0.8644801610597104
8858396,"1. A device for controlling idle stop & go (ISG) logic mounted in a vehicle equipped with an ISG system, the device comprising: a transmitting unit that shows a current state of a gear in the vehicle and controls a hydraulic pressure of a transmission in idle stop or restarting an engine; a driving unit that performs the idle stop when a pedal of a brake becomes ON, with the gear at a D (Drive)-range, and restarts the engine when the pedal of the brake becomes OFF, with the gear of the vehicle at the D-range; and a brake unit that controls movement of the vehicle by controlling a hydraulic pressure of the brake; wherein the transmitting unit controls a transmission oil sub-pump to maintain the hydraulic pressure of the transmission in the idle stop, the driving unit performs tuning to reduce overshoot peak RPM (revolutions per minute) of the engine when restarting the engine; and the tuning includes reducing an amount of air, advancing an injection timing, reducing an amount of injected fuel, and/or advancing an ignition timing.",0.7914857738673097,0.41702845226538066
8974801,"1. A pharmaceutical composition suitable for injection as an aqueous suspension for sustained release of a bisphosphonate drug, the composition comprising: an amorphous sosoloid containing a salt of a bisphosphonate drug comprising alendronate calcium and a salt of a pentavalent phosphorus oxoacid comprising phosphate calcium, the amorphous sosoloid having a solubility in saline of less than 0.05% by weight as bisphosphonic acid.",0.3121873534764349,0.6243747069528698
9694914,"1. An airport traffic collision avoidance system, comprising: an air and ground vehicle sensor configured to: detect at least one vehicle in a vicinity of a predetermined area of an airport, and generate a target data relating to the at least one vehicle; an awareness engine adapted to: an alerting system adapted to alert the at least one vehicle in an event of a threat of a collision in the predetermined area, the alerting system being activated by the awareness engine.",0.7525640516860541,0.49487189662789177
9472126,"1. A filmic facestock material for polymeric packaging comprising: a pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising a monomer mixture, wherein the monomer mixture comprises (a) at least one monomer that is free radical polymerizable and whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of less than or equal to 10° C., (b) greater than 0.1 wt. % to 1 wt. % based on the weight of the monomer mixture of at least one mono-olefinically unsaturated monomer having aldehyde or ketone functionality, and (c) at least one polyhydrazide crosslinker having hydrazine functionality; wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive composition exhibits a peel adhesion value of between about 0.4 lbs/in (70 N/m) and about 4 lbs/in (700 N/m); and wherein a percent film remaining on the polymeric packaging after a sink-float testing is 0% to about 8%.",0.39041214044927675,0.7808242808985535
8365467,1. A method of forming and transporting a prevegetated blanket comprising sequentially: a) providing an aggregate base about 10 centimeters to 33 centimeters thick to provide weed reduction; b) laying at least one erosion control blanket on the aggregate; c) providing at least one growing medium to a surface of the at least one erosion control blanket at a thickness of about 0.3 to about 1.9 centimeters; d) applying a desired seed mix to the at least one growing medium; e) applying a fertilizer to the desired seed mix on the at least one growing medium to form an assembly; f) applying water to the assembly to form the prevegetated blanket; g) separating the prevegetated blanket from the aggregate base to form a separated prevegetated blanket; h) cutting the separated prevegetated blanket to form cut prevegetated blankets each sized and configured to fit in stackable trays; i) placing each cut separated prevegetated blanket in a stackable tray to form a stackable tray assembly; j) forming at least two of the stackable tray assemblies; and k) forming a stack of the stackable tray assemblies.,0.6675864568403196,0.6648270863193608
9066362,"1. A method for prioritizing time critical data for transmission by a user equipment (UE), comprising: determining that the user equipment is in a power-limited state; identifying non-scheduled, time critical data and scheduled data as available for transmission; detecting that a minimum transport block size is about to be selected for a transmission on a secondary uplink carrier; prioritizing the non-scheduled, time critical data over the scheduled data based on the detecting; and transmitting the non-scheduled, time critical data on a primary uplink carrier based on the prioritizing.",0.8214215289967531,0.3571569420064937
9403735,"1. A fluidized bed reactor, comprising: a reaction zone located in a lower portion of the fluidized bed reactor and comprising a lower dense phase zone and an upper riser, wherein the lower dense phase zone and the upper riser are connected with each other transitionally; a separation zone located in an upper portion of the fluidized bed reactor and comprising a settling chamber, a fast gas-solid separator, a cyclone and a gas collecting chamber, wherein the upper riser extends upwardly into the separation zone and an outlet of the upper riser is connected with an inlet of the fast gas-solid separator, an outlet of the fast gas-solid separator is connected with an inlet of the cyclone via a fast gas passage, an outlet of the cyclone is connected with the gas collecting chamber, and the gas collecting chamber is located below a reactor outlet and connected with the reactor outlet; and a catalyst recycle line configured to recycle a catalyst from the settling chamber back to the lower dense phase zone, a catalyst withdrawal line configured to withdraw a deactivated catalyst from at least one of the settling chamber and the lower dense phase zone to a catalyst regenerator, and a catalyst return line configured to return a regenerated catalyst from the catalyst regenerator to the lower dense phase zone, wherein the fluidized bed reactor is suitable for producing an olefin from an oxygenate, the lower dense phase zone has a height to diameter ratio of from 0.5 to 10, the upper riser has a height to diameter ratio of from 2 to 20, a diameter ratio of the lower dense phase zone to the upper riser is from 2 to 10, and the fast gas passage is configured such that a stream resides in the fast gas passage for not more than 5 seconds.",0.9208326320979571,0.15833473580408586
8487551,"1. A gas discharge lamp ballast with end of life circuit protection, comprising: a primary winding of a transformer operationally coupled in a series with at least one pair of electrode filaments; a plurality of secondary windings of the transformer, each operationally connected to one of a plurality of switching devices at the base thereof; at least one decoupling device associated with the base of one of the plurality of switching devices; a resonant capacitor coupled in parallel with the series; the primary winding of the base drive transformer is within a cathode conduction loop of the lamp ballast, wherein a resonant current is directed away from the plurality of electrode filaments, and a decoupling capacitor damps erroneous base drive signals as a lamp nears end of lamp life wherein the ballast is forced to cease oscillation when a cathode filament opens or presents unduly high impedance.",0.3855384536012352,0.7710769072024704
9337169,"1. A device fabrication method, comprising: providing a growth substrate including an oxide layer; forming a metal layer over the oxide layer; forming a stack of device layers over the metal layer; performing fluid-assisted interfacial debonding of the metal layer to separate the stack of device layers and the metal layer from the growth substrate; and affixing the stack of device layers to a target substrate.",0.6899243605709711,0.6201512788580579
8724794,"1. An apparatus for providing customized information, wherein, the customized information is provided by a called terminal to a caller terminal, the called terminal has subscribed to a Home Location Register (HLR), to both a customized information service and a Ring Back Tone (RBT) service, and the apparatus comprises: a control unit being used for determining, upon receiving a call request from the caller terminal, a customized information selection parameter of the called terminal and whether a customized information transmission condition is met according to a customized information transmission condition stored in the called terminal; the customized information transmission condition comprising at least one of: a caller terminal identity, period of calling time, and location of the called terminal during the calling; a play unit being used for sending a notification to a Visited Mobile Switching Center (VMSC) indicating that the called terminal will send the customized information to the caller terminal so that the VMSC forwards the notification to a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) when the called terminal determines that the customized information transmission condition is met, and receiving a customized information identity from the control unit, requesting the customized information that corresponds to the customized information identity, and sending the customized information to the caller terminal; and an information storage unit being used for storing the customized information, and sending the customized information that corresponds to the customized information identity to the play unit according to the request from the play unit; and the play unit further being used for sending a notification to the VMSC indicating that the called terminal will not send the customized information to the caller terminal when the called terminal determines the customized information transmission condition is not met, so that the VMSC forwards the notification to an RBT server (RBTS), via the MSC, and the RBTS sends the RBT customized by the called terminal to the caller terminal.",0.037929016218970345,0.07585803243794065
9295943,"1. A filter system for removing pollutants from air, the system comprising: a fluid tight housing having a dual pass filter, the dual pass filter having two dogleg shaped passes nested with one another; a media bed contained in each of the passes; a VOC consuming microbes located on a surface of the media beds; an inlet located at a level above the media beds and being in fluid communication with a supply manifold and the passes; an exit located at a level above the media beds and being in fluid communication with an exit manifold and the passes; a damper located in the inlet capable of isolating the passes from the supply manifold; and a damper located in the exit capable of isolating the passes from the exit manifold.",0.5639800045346697,0.8720399909306606
9431571,"1. A method of manufacturing a thin-film photovoltaic module in which a photoelectric conversion element is deposited on a substrate and insulation properties of a peripheral portion of the substrate is ensured, the photoelectric conversion element including a first electrode layer, a thin-film photoelectric conversion layer and a second electrode layer stacked in this order, the method comprising removing the photoelectric conversion element deposited on the entirety of the substrate at a frame shape area from sides of the substrate toward inside with a predetermined width by performing for each of the sides of the substrate,",0.8311098119248854,0.33778037615022916
9833756,"1. An apparatus for mixing and pumping, the apparatus comprising: a housing with an inlet and an outlet for receiving and expelling liquid and a material, a shear rotor rotatably arranged in the housing about a central axis and connected to a drive unit, a stator fixedly arranged in the housing and surrounding a periphery of the shear rotor such that an annular clearance is formed between the shear rotor and the stator, wherein the liquid and material pass the annular clearance and through openings in the stator when the drive unit is activated, thereby effecting mixing of the liquid and material, an impeller rotatably arranged in the housing about the central axis and connected to the drive unit, such that the impeller pumps the liquid and material from the inlet, via the annular clearance, via the openings in the stator and to the outlet when the drive unit is activated, a liquid conduit arranged to convey the liquid to the inlet, a material conduit arranged to convey the material to the inlet, a return conduit configured to return to the inlet a part of the liquid and material pumped via the annular clearance and the openings in the stator, the return conduit being connected to the material conduit such that flow in the material conduit is facilitated by the part of the liquid and material returned through the return conduit, and the material conduit being connected to the liquid conduit such that material from the material conduit is conveyed to the inlet via the liquid conduit.",0.5735980721607119,0.8528038556785762
9784440,"1. An LED light fixture, comprising: an upper fixture main body; an LED light source secured in the upper fixture main body; a lower fixture main body including support arms between which said upper fixture main body is mounted by pivots; a first tilt position stop for holding said upper fixture main body at one of a plurality of user selectable tilt positions; a plurality of tilt position holes in a lower portion of at least one of said support arms, each of said tilt position holes corresponding to a different tilt position, said first tilt position stop being secured into one of the tilt position holes corresponding to a user selectable tilt position at which the upper fixture main body is set; a first stopper bracket secured to a first bottom portion of a first side of the upper fixture main body; and a first spring, the first spring being positioned between the first tilt position stop and the upper fixture main body forcing the first tilt position stop to extend out through a hole in the first stopper bracket and into said one of the tilt position holes corresponding to the user selectable tilt position at which the upper fixture main body is set.",0.2643446050658563,0.5286892101317126
8497384,"1. A process for the preparation of a cyclopropane derivative of Formula (I), by reacting an olefin of Formula (II), with a carbene of the formula:CR R R R R R R R R R in the presence of copper metal or copper oxide, wherein the process is a continuous process.",0.4851384717031912,0.9702769434063824
8413559,"1. A woodworking machine comprising: a motor; a cutting tool driven by the motor, where the cutting tool is electrically isolated; an excitation system adapted to generate an electrical signal; a capacitive coupling adapted to capacitively couple the excitation system to the cutting tool to transfer at least a portion of the electrical signal, to the cutting tool, where the capacitive coupling includes a conductive plate adjacent the cutting tool; and an insulating spacer intermediate the cutting tool and conductive plate.",0.7193230147363455,0.561353970527309
8928725,"1. A system configured to video enable web-based applications, the system comprising: at least one processor operatively connected to a memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute system components from the memory; a display management component configured to render a plurality of views of computer content in a user interface, wherein the display management component is further configured to provide and respond to computer controls displayed in the plurality of views; a communication component configured to access a web-based application; the user interface configured to display first content associated with the web-based application in a first view of the first content; a video integration component configured to: wherein the display management component is further configured to optimize a position of a display of the live video chat content in a plurality views, such that the live video chat content is integrated into a second view of a second computer content, at least in part by identifying a background portion of the second computer content displayed in the second view based on at least a frequency of content changes in the second view and integrating the live video chat into the identified background portion of the second computer content.",0.3379158142988443,0.6758316285976886
9759193,"1. A method of operating a wind power installation comprising a pod with an electric generator for generating electric current and an aerodynamic rotor coupled to the generator and having one or more rotor blades, the method comprising: operating the wind power installation when ice accretion on the rotor blades is determined to be excluded; stopping the wind power installation when ice accretion on the rotor blades is detected; and time-delayed resuming operation of the wind power installation when a stoppage condition that led to a stoppage of the wind power installation no longer applies and when ice accretion was not detected and ice accretion is determined to not be expected, wherein the time delay starts at a time at which ice accretion is not detected and is not expected, wherein the stopping of the wind power installation and the resuming operation of the wind power installation depend on a counter, wherein the counter changes its value at a rate that depends on at least one of the ambient conditions and operating conditions of the wind power installation, and wherein at least one of the following applies:",0.9810625227374823,0.03787495452503542
9496225,"1. A method of fabricating a contact above a source or drain region of an integrated circuit, the method comprising: depositing a first liner conformally in a bottom and along a sidewall of a trench formed above the source or drain region; depositing a second liner conformally over the first liner; stripping the first liner and the second liner from a portion of the sidewall from an opening of the trench to a height above the bottom of the trench; depositing a third liner conformally over the second liner on the bottom and to the height above the bottom of the trench and on the portion of the sidewall; and depositing a metal fill to fill the trench.",0.6936957901396213,0.6126084197207573
8471593,"1. A data processor on a chip comprising: a plurality of data processing cores, each of at least some of the processing cores including: a plurality of memory units to buffer at least 32-bit wide data; at least one interface unit for providing at least one communication channel between the data processor and external memory; and a bus system flexibly interconnecting the plurality of processing cores, the plurality of memory units, and the at least one interface; wherein:",0.5365640112262897,0.9268719775474206
9415856,"1. A mechanism for changing a shape of a flexible leading edge of an airfoil, comprising: a first rib including a plurality of first rib segments, the first rib configured to move between a first folded shape and a first extended shape; a second rib including a plurality of second rib segments, the second rib configured to move between a second folded shape and a second extended shape; and one or more actuators coupled to the first rib, the second rib, or both, to move the first rib, the second rib, or both, between their respective folded and extended shapes wherein the one or more actuators are coupled to the first rib and the second rib and the one or more actuators are configured to move the second rib into the second extended shape while moving the first rib into the first folded shape.",0.8549774197232174,0.2900451605535652
8707592,"1. A spiral wrapping for an ironer roller ( 22 ) of a chest ironer ( 20 ), said spiral wrapping comprising a fiber layer ( 30 , 39 , 45 , 53 , 62 , 75 ) which is arranged at least in one layer around the ironer roller ( 22 ) or around a spring system ( 28 ) which is supported by the ironer roller ( 22 ), wherein an uncovered outer side of the fiber layer ( 30 , 39 , 45 , 53 , 62 , 75 ) has associated therewith an outer layer ( 31 , 40 , 46 , 54 , 63 , 74 ) with a coefficient of friction which is greater in comparison with that of the fiber layer ( 30 , 39 , 45 , 53 , 62 , 75 ).",0.06351103955387213,0.12702207910774432
8821948,"1. A topical composition for treating muscular aches and pains in mammals comprising a therapeutically effective amount of: Calophyllum inophyllum, Citrus aurantium, Eucalyptus globulus, Eugenia caryophyllata, Foeniculum vulgare, Helichrysum angustifolia, Juniperus virginiana, Lavendula officinalis, Myristica fragrans, Ocimum basilicim, Pinus sylvestris, Piper nigrum, Rosemarinus officinalis, Salvia officinalis lamiacae, Salvia sclarea and Zingiber officinale.",0.14286829295705428,0.28573658591410855
8907205,"1. An heterostructure, comprising: a semiconductor solar cell of a first band gap; a buffer layer formed on a front surface of said semiconductor solar cell; and a first layer of a multiferroic material formed on said buffer layer; wherein said first layer of a multiferroic material has a second band gap, said first band gap being smaller than said second band gap.",0.8949376938558982,0.21012461228820367
8972028,"1. A system configured to apply stimulating current to a patient for treating insufficient uterine contractions, the system comprising: a balloon electrode array device configured to be coupled to one of a uterus, a cervix, a vaginal wall, and an abdominal wall of the patient to provide the stimulating current to the patient, the balloon electrode array device including a current source coupled to the plurality of lead wires and configured to control the operation of the electrodes to apply the stimulating current to the patient for treating insufficient uterine contractions.",0.11764358858219873,0.2352871771643974
8853436,"1. A method for transesterification of fatty acid esters, the method comprising the following steps: contacting (i) a catalyst comprising at least one catalyst chosen from the group consisting of barium oxide supported on alumina and apatite with (ii) a reaction medium comprising at least one reagent oil chosen from the group consisting of vegetable oil and fats.",0.8070275601882778,0.38594487962344437
9266919,"1. A method for treating a bacterial infection in a mammal in need thereof, comprising administering to the mammal an effective amount of a compound having the following structure (I): or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: wherein (i) at least two of Q",0.3426297904684304,0.6852595809368608
9388903,"1. A braided dual-sided compression packing seal, wherein a longitudinal axis extends through the center of the compression packing seal along a length of the compression packing seal, the compression packing seal comprising: an inner core; and an outer jacket, the outer jacket comprising at least a first material and a second material different than the first material, wherein the first material is braided with the second material to form the outer jacket and wherein the first material and the second material are disposed relative to each other such that, in cross-section, the compression packing seal has an asymmetrical configuration relative to a first axis that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is substantially perpendicular to a side of the compression packing seal, wherein, as a result of the braiding and when viewed in cross-section, the first material of the outer jacket is disposed substantially completely along one side of the compression packing seal and the second material of the outer jacket is disposed substantially completely along the other side of the compression packing seal.",0.0779190256423882,0.15583805128477635
9446040,"1. A method for treating a disease sensitive to TLR7 activation, or a method for treating a cancer sensitive to the activation of TLR7, or a method for treating a viral or neoplastic disease, or a method for activating TLR7, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound of formula I wherein R A is C B is —N(R R R R or a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate, salt, N-oxide or stereoisomer thereof, wherein at least one of the following conditions i to iv is satisfied: i) R ii) A is not propyl; iii) R iv) R",0.719788217157367,0.5604235656852661
8503707,"1. A multi seal system for retaining an extended wear hearing device within a bony portion of an ear canal, the system comprising: at least a first seal and a second seal, at least one of the seals including a curved shell having a shell wall and defining an apex portion, an opening at the apex portion, a cavity for retention of a hearing device component, and a longitudinal axis, the shell wall having an inwardly facing interior surface and an outwardly facing exterior surface and being formed at least in part from a resilient material having sound attenuating properties, and the inwardly facing interior surface of the shell wall having a longitudinally extending scalloped shape configured to distribute compressive forces applied to a shell perimeter.",0.032888492326492165,0.06577698465298432
8951490,"1. A CO 2 recovery method, using a carbon dioxide adsorbent to adsorb and desorb carbon dioxide from a gas to be processed that is discharged from a power generation plant comprising a boiler and a steam turbine, and that contains carbon dioxide, comprising: an adsorbing step of using the carbon dioxide adsorbent to adsorb carbon dioxide from the gas to be processed; and a desorbing step of using steam for desorption to desorb, from the carbon dioxide adsorbent which has adsorbed carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide, wherein the steam for desorption is saturated steam having a pressure of 7 to 70 kPa, which is prepared from overheated steam obtained by compressing a part of outlet steam discharged from an outlet of the steam turbine using a steam compressor.",0.9942803013639856,0.011439397272028806
9535317,"1. A method for forming a lithography mask, the method comprising: forming a capping layer on a reflective multilayer layer, the capping layer comprising a first material; forming a patterned patterning layer on the capping layer; and introducing a secondary material into the capping layer, the secondary material having an atomic number that is smaller than 15.",0.3011144063752682,0.6022288127505364
9509014,1. A galvanic cell comprising an anode material and an electrolyte in a solvent; wherein the anode material comprises a lithium metal or an alloy containing a lithium metal; wherein said electrolyte consists essentially of lithium bis(oxalato)borate and at least one further lithium complex salt selected from the group consisting of lithium tris(oxalato)phosphate and lithium malonato-oxalatoborate; wherein said further lithium complex salt is present in an amount of from 0.2 to 10 wt. %.,0.9735269160158728,0.052946167968254354
8606489,"1. An ignition timing control system for an internal combustion engine, for controlling an ignition timing of said engine, said ignition timing control system being characterized by comprising: intake air flow rate detecting means for detecting an intake air flow rate of said engine; rotational speed detecting means for detecting a rotational speed of said engine; charging efficiency calculating means for calculating a charging efficiency of said engine according to the intake air flow rate and the engine rotational speed which are detected; knock limit ignition timing calculating means for calculating a knock limit ignition timing according to the engine rotational speed and the charging efficiency; knocking detecting means for detecting a knocking of said engine; knock correction value calculating means for calculating a knock correction value according to the detected result by said knocking detecting means; learning means for updating a learning parameter table based on the engine rotational speed and the knock correction value when the knocking is detected, wherein first and second learning parameters are set in the learning parameter table; learning parameter calculating means for retrieving the learning parameter table according to the engine rotational speed, to calculate the first and second learning parameters; each-cylinder correction value calculating means for calculating each-cylinder correction values corresponding respectively to a plurality of cylinders of said engine using the charging efficiency, the first learning parameter, and the second learning parameter; and ignition timing calculating means for calculating an ignition timing of said engine using the knock limit ignition timing and the each-cylinder correction value, wherein first and second learning parameters indicate a relationship between the charging efficiency and the each-cylinder correction value.",0.9272888463092662,0.14542230738146755
8971387,"1. A method of providing a full fail-safe function in a signal transmission network even if a plurality of data input connections to the signal transmission network are inverted, comprising: receiving a plurality of digital differential signals across the plurality of data input connections in the signal transmission network; coupling a first input of the plurality of inputs to a first offset signal generating unit and a second offset signal generating unit; if a polarity of the plurality of signals is a first polarity, selecting the first offset signal generating unit and thereby adding a first offset signal to the plurality of signals received at the first input; if the polarity of the plurality of signals is a second polarity, selecting the second offset signal generating unit and thereby adding a second offset signal to the plurality of signals received at the first input, wherein the first offset signal and the second offset signal have opposite polarities; and outputting a logic signal if the received plurality of signals is the first polarity or the second polarity, and the plurality of inputs are open or floating, shorted together, or shorted with a termination resistor.",0.09226173581099731,0.18452347162199456
9429824,"1. A universal adjustable lens adapter comprising: a lens mount assembly comprising a lens mount base and a lens mount ring, the lens mount ring adjacently connected to the lens mount base; a clamp mount assembly; a handle assembly comprising a clamp mount support, a lens mount support, a first handle, and a second handle, wherein:",0.05105285676920976,0.10210571353841957
9792721,"1. A method for determining image points while displaying an object, in particular biological tissue, comprising the steps of: a) generating a first image of at least one sub-region of the object by means of a endoscopy device; b) generating a second image of at least one sub-region of the object by means of a second device; c) ascertaining first coordinates of at least some image points of the second image in a first coordinate system; d) ascertaining second coordinates of at least some of the image points of the second image by projecting the first ascertained coordinates in a second coordinate system which is different from the first coordinate system and which is assigned to the first device; and e) generating a combined image of the object from the first and the second image using the ascertained second coordinates of the image points of the second image, wherein determining image points is achieved by using a sub-region of the object of interest which is marked successively in a marking process: by marking a sub-region of the object of interest with a plurality of supporting points with a separate position determining device, so that generation of the combined image is achieved following the marking process by replacing or overlaying image points of the first image within the selected sub-region of interest with image points of the second image.",0.008164467512191879,0.016328935024383706
9580090,"1. A control system comprising: a controller configured to determine first and second slack locations in a powered system having first and second powered vehicles capable of self-propulsion, the first and second powered vehicles disposed in respective first and second consists that are separated by at least one other vehicle that is incapable of self-propulsion in the powered system, each of the first and second slack locations representing a force separation in the powered system between a compression region and a tension region, the compression region including one or more couplers in the powered system that are subject to a compression force and the tension region including one or more couplers in the powered system that are subject to a tension force; wherein the controller is configured to be coupled to a first engine of at least one of the first or second powered vehicles, the controller being configured to adjust a first output of the first engine to control a rate of change of at least one of the first or second slack locations in the powered system and to cause the first and second slack locations to move in a common direction in the powered system relative to the first and second powered vehicles and the at least one other vehicle.",0.9196630407850951,0.16067391842980983
9251064,"1. A system comprising: a central processing unit (CPU) of a node coupled to one or more solid state drives (SSDs); a memory coupled to the CPU and configured to store a storage input/output (I/O) stack having a plurality of layers executable by the CPU, the layers including a persistence layer; and a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) coupled to the CPU, a portion of the NVRAM configured as a write-back cache to store write data associated with one or more write requests, the persistence layer configured to organize the write data into extents that are written back to the one or more SSDs in any order, the write data preserved in the write-back cache until each extent is safely and successfully stored on the one or more SSDs in an event of a power loss.",0.6376851652626875,0.724629669474625
9399940,"1. A method pertaining to an SCR system of an engine having an exhaust duct and the engine generates exhaust gases to the exhaust duct when the engine is operating, the system being configured and operable for cleaning of the exhaust gases from the engine; the SCR system comprising a dosing unit to supply a reducing agent to said exhaust duct; the method comprising the steps of: continuously determining a prevailing temperature within said dosing unit in order to determine whether there is an undesired temperature level within said dosing unit; determining whether there is said undesired temperature level within said dosing unit; and removing warmed reducing agent from said dosing unit by supplying said removed reducing agent to said exhaust duct if said undesired temperature is found, said removal of said warmed reducing unit comprising: calculating and removing an amount of said reducing agent based on a prevailing temperature within said dosing unit or removing a predetermined amount comprised of all of said warmed reducing agent in said dosing unit and transferring said removed reducing agent from said dosing unit to said exhaust duct, wherein said step of removing said warmed reducing agent from said dosing unit comprises removing said warmed reducing agent from said dosing unit by existing pressurisation of said warmed reducing agent in said dosing unit.",0.8762627556823401,0.24747448863531973
8408219,"1. A dental floss product comprising a unitary tape of ultra-high molar mass polyethylene having an intrinsic viscosity of at least 5 dl/g, as measured in decalin at 135° C., the tape having a thickness of about 0.02-0.1 mm and a width of about 0.25-6 mm, wherein the tape has a tensile strength of at least 1.8 GPa, and wherein the unitary tape consists of a multi-filament yarn with adjacent filaments of the yarn being at least partially melt-fused one to another.",0.1605836651697312,0.32116733033946243
9252668,"1. A switching mode power supply apparatus comprising: a switch unit configured to switch an input voltage to a transformer; and a controller configured to select an operation mode having a switching frequency according to a magnitude of a load applied to a secondary side of the transfoiiner and control a switching operation of the switch unit, wherein the controller includes a load detection module configured to detect a load applied to the secondary side of the transformer according to a feedback signal, wherein the controller outputs a control signal for controlling the switching operation of the switch unit in either one of a burst mode or a pulse width modulation (PWM) mode according to a magnitude of a low load when the magnitude of the load is determined as the low load, and outputs a control signal for controlling the switching operation of the switch unit in a quasi-resonant mode when the magnitude of the load is determined to be above a medium load, and wherein the controller outputs a control signal for controlling the switching operation of the switch unit in the burst mode when the magnitude of the load is within a region representing a smallest load, outputs the control signal for controlling the switching operation of the switch unit in the PWM mode when the magnitude of the load is greater than the region representing the smallest load and less than a magnitude of the medium load, and outputs the control signal for controlling the switching operation of the switch unit in the quasi-resonant mode when the magnitude of the load is greater than a magnitude of the medium load.",0.9372088914721687,0.12558221705566264
8826297,"1. A method for generating a web service providing a programming interface between a web application and a user application, the method comprising: employing at least one computing device for: creating a script of a navigation flow of at least one transaction of the web application by recording an interaction between a user and a web application interface of the web application during the at least one transaction; creating a text file describing a function to be called by the user application for executing the at least one transaction in the script of the navigation flow; creating web service interface code corresponding to a call of the function as described in the text file and creating web service implementation code for executing the interaction based on the script of the navigation flow, wherein the web service implementation code uses the web service interface code to implement the function without the user; wherein the web service implementation code is further configured to generate the navigation flow using a regression test tool.",0.0624234662223296,0.12484693244465916
8780943,"1. A method of communication between a first device and a second device, the first device comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers, each distributed transceiver comprising one or more corresponding antenna arrays, the method comprising: identifying (i) a set of reflectors in a propagation environment between the first and second devices and (ii) a set of antenna patterns that result in cross-interference at the second device to be reduced below a programmable threshold; configuring a set of distributed transceivers in the plurality of distributed transceivers to associate each distributed transceiver in the set of distributed transceivers with an identified reflector to transmit a data stream to the second device using the distributed transceiver and the associated reflector, wherein: multiplexing a plurality of data streams between the first and second devices via said configured set of transceivers and the corresponding antenna arrays.",0.23752649414980828,0.4750529882996166
9536224,"1. A method for displaying tasks, adapted to a mobile apparatus having a touch screen, the method comprising: positioning the mobile apparatus to obtain a positioning location; displaying an electronic map around the positioning location; and accessing each task recorded in the mobile apparatus, and marking each of the tasks on the electronic map according to a corresponding task location, receiving a switching operation to access at least one accomplished task, switching and only marking the at least accomplished task on the electronic map according to a task location of the at least accomplished task; receiving a zoom out operation performed on the electronic map to zoom out the electronic map, and merging the tasks with close task locations to be displayed in a same indicator according to a scale of the zoomed out electronic map, wherein a distance between the task locations of the merged tasks is smaller than a first threshold value; and receiving a zoom in operation performed to the electronic map to zoom in the electronic map, and dividing the indicator with a plurality of merged tasks into a plurality of indicators according to a scale of the zoomed in electronic map, wherein a distance between the task locations of the tasks is greater than a second threshold value.",0.15692935451021547,0.313858709020431
8608455,"1. A four-head fluid rotary machine comprising: a first crank shaft being eccentrically connected to a shaft, the first crank shaft being rotated about the shaft by a first imaginary crank arm which has a radius r; a piston composite body having an eccentric tube body constituted by a first tube body, which is concentrically fitted to the first crank shaft, and second tube bodies, which are extended from respective axial ends of the first tube body and whose axes are second imaginary crank shafts eccentrically disposed with respect to an axis of the first tube body, a first double-headed piston, which is fitted in one of the second tube bodies, and a second double-headed piston, which is fitted in the other second tube body, the double-headed pistons being disposed inside cylinders in a crisscross arrangement, the piston composite body being rotated about the first crank shaft by a second imaginary crank arm which has a radius r; and first and second balance weights being inserted and incorporated into respective ends of the first crank shaft, wherein the double-headed pistons linearly reciprocate in the cylinders in a state where a first rotational balance relating to the first and second double-headed pistons around the second imaginary crank shafts, a second rotational balance relating to the piston composite body around the first crank shaft and a third rotational balance relating to the first crank shaft and the piston composite body around the shaft are achieved only by the first and second balance weights, said fluid rotary machine being characterized in that rotary valves switch between suction and discharge operations of a fluid for chambers of the cylinders, and that the rotary valves are incorporated into a case to be coaxial and integrally rotatable with the shaft.",0.15142394893181801,0.302847897863636
9115734,"1. A vehicle height adjusting device for a motorcycle comprising: a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic jack provided in a damper interposed between a vehicle body and an axle; an electromagnetic change-over valve configured to implement switching to connect a jack chamber of the hydraulic jack and an oil reservoir chamber of the damper; and control means for controlling current application to a solenoid of the change-over valve according to a detection result of vehicle height detecting means in order to control opening and closing of the change-over valve thereby supplying and discharging oil ejected by the hydraulic pump to and from the jack chamber of the hydraulic jack and adjusting vehicle height, wherein after applying a startup current to the solenoid of the change-over valve to thereby switch an actuation position of the change-over valve, while switching an applied current to the solenoid to a holding current which is smaller than the startup current and holding the actuation position of the change-over valve, the control means intermittently applies a large current, which is larger than the holding current, to the solenoid.",0.673727700889786,0.6525445982204281
9592309,"1. A method of observing cellular metabolism in vivo in a mammal, the method comprising the steps of: (a) administering a composition to the mammal comprising a positron emission tomography (PET) probe selected from the group consisting of (b) allowing the probe to accumulate in cells in the mammal; and (c) observing the accumulated probe in the mammal using a positron emission tomography and a computed tomography (CT) process; so that cellular metabolism in the mammal is observed.",0.6383456214596507,0.7233087570806986
8663777,"1. A ceramic honeycomb structure having a large number of flow paths partitioned by porous cell walls, said cell walls comprising at least main crystals of aluminum titanate, in which MgO and SiO 2 are dissolved to form a solid solution, and glass phases; said glass phases containing 40-80% by mass of SiO 2 and 1-20% by mass of MgO; the average size of said glass phases being 30 μm or less in a cross section of said cell walls; and the area ratio of said glass phases to the total area of said main crystals of aluminum titanate and said glass phases being 2-7.5% in a cross section of said cell walls.",0.7301666036077035,0.5396667927845931
8839539,"1. A notification board, said notification board comprising: a back frame portion comprising a rear side and a front side, wherein said rear side of said back frame portion is configured to be attached to a surface via one or more connection means; a front frame portion comprising one or more divider sections, wherein said front frame portion is connected to said front side of said back frame portion; one or more solid transparent panes, wherein each of said one or more solid transparent panes are secured in between one of said one or more divider sections of said front frame portion and said front side of said back frame portion and configured to slide between an open position and closed position; and one or more tension means, wherein each of said one or more tension means is in contact with at least one of said one or more solid transparent panes and at least one of said one or more divider sections.",0.2630212772228524,0.5260425544457048
9494158,"1. A system comprising: a compressor connected to a condenser; a discharge line temperature sensor that outputs a discharge line temperature signal corresponding to a discharge line temperature of refrigerant leaving the compressor; a control module connected to the discharge line temperature sensor, said control module receiving compressor power data, determining a saturated condenser temperature as a function of the compressor power data and a speed of the compressor, calculating a discharge superheat temperature based on the saturated condenser temperature and the discharge line temperature, monitoring a flood back condition of the compressor by comparing the discharge superheat temperature with a predetermined threshold, and, when the discharge superheat temperature is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold, increasing the speed of the compressor or decreasing an opening of an expansion valve associated with the compressor.",0.8668567275413563,0.2662865449172873
8426601,"1. A process, comprising: reacting a compound of formula F with 1-chloro-3,5-dibromobenzene to form a compound of formula G; reacting the compound of formula G with pinacol diborane to form a compound of formula H; reacting the compound of formula H with 1-bromo-3-iodobenzene to form a compound of formula J; and reacting the compound of formula J with pinacol diborane to form a compound of formula K; and reacting the compound of formula K with 3,5-dibromopyridine to form a compound of formula II.",0.5600107008693199,0.8799785982613602
9337879,"1. A system, comprising: a first transceiver module comprising:",0.415269051685931,0.830538103371862
8865329,"1. A secondary battery pack comprising: a battery cell having a top and a bottom and configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a battery case together with an electrolyte in a sealed state, a first electrode terminal provided at a top of the battery case, a second electrode terminal and a pair of coupling grooves, one of the coupling grooves is formed at the first electrode terminal, and the second electrode terminal protrudes from a center of the top of the battery case; a protection circuit module (PCM) comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) having a protection circuit formed thereon, connection members A and B connected to the first electrode terminal and the second electrode terminal, respectively, and a safety element; and an electrically insulated top cap mounted to the top of the battery cell so as to surround the PCM, the top cap having through holes communicating with the respective coupling grooves, wherein the connection member A is coupled to a bottom of the PCB in a state in which the connection member A protrudes from one end of the PCB in a lateral direction so that a connection portion of the connection member A connected to the first electrode terminal of the battery cell protrudes through a corresponding one of the through holes formed at the top cap, a coupling hole is formed at the protruding portion of the connection member A, and a connection portion of the connection member B connected to the second electrode terminal of the battery cell is located at the bottom of the PCB so that the connection member B is electrically connected to the second electrode terminal via the safety element, and wherein coupling members are coupled into the respective coupling grooves of the battery cell through the through holes of the top cap in a state in which the PCM and the top cap are disposed at the top of the battery cell, and the connection member A is mechanically coupled and electrically connected to the first electrode terminal by a corresponding one of the coupling members.",0.6822189471640369,0.6355621056719263
8558492,"1. An apparatus for driving a motor of an electric vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a capacitor that stores power from a battery; an inverter including a plurality of switching elements that convert the power stored in the capacitor into alternating current (AC) power in accordance with the switching of the switching elements in order to drive the motor with the AC power; and a capacitor protector provided between the battery and the capacitor that consumes at least some of the power supplied by the battery when the capacitor is initially charged by the battery, the capacitor protector further consuming at least some of the power stored in the capacitor when the capacitor is discharged, wherein the capacitor protector includes: a first switching element provided between the battery and the capacitor; a second switching element and a resistor provided between the battery and the capacitor, and connected in series to each other, the second switching element and the resistor connected in parallel to the first switching element; and a third switching element provided between a ground source and a node between the second switching element and the resistor.",0.9852246693080446,0.029550661383910715
8526614,"1. A method to manage a population of decoders having access to broadcasted data, each decoder being temporarily assigned to a position in a group of decoders sharing a common broadcast encryption scheme, the method comprising the steps of: a. making a decoder a member of the group by performing the steps of: selecting an available position in the group and allocating this position to the decoder, marking the position as not available; sending, in a message to the decoder, the keys pertaining to said position into the group according to the broadcast encryption scheme, as well as a current group access data comprising at least a current group access key common to said group, said message being encrypted with a key that is unique to the decoder; b. accessing broadcast data in the decoder using the current group access data; c. revoking at least one decoder and selectively renewing the current group access key for the group by performing the steps of: sending a global group addressed message comprising at least a next group access data comprising at least a next group access key encrypted using the broadcast encryption scheme so that only the decoders corresponding to non-revoked positions can decrypt it, said group message being further encrypted by the current group access key and declaring the position of the revoked decoder as vacated; d. reusing a position vacated by a previously revoked decoder by performing the steps of:",0.12461628370280729,0.2492325674056146
9531378,"1. A circuit, comprising: a first circuit configured to provide a charging current to charge a control terminal of a power switch; a second circuit configured to provide a discharging current to discharge the control terminal of the power switch; an inductive component coupled to the control terminal of the power switch and directly grounded; and a control circuit configured to provide control signals to the first circuit and the second circuit to activate/deactivate the first circuit and the second circuit, at least one of the charging current and the discharging current ramping from a first level to a second level at a rate.",0.9118917725808682,0.17621645483826365
9288151,"1. A mobile device comprising: a processor configured to implement a traffic manager configured to control transmissions from the mobile device; wherein the traffic manager is configured to receive data from a plurality of uncoordinated user applications; the traffic manager is further configured to receive external parameters, the external parameters including at least user preferences and battery level, the user preferences including battery life and quality of service preferences for predetermined battery level thresholds; the traffic manager is further configured to compare the battery level to the predetermined battery level thresholds to determine the user preferences for a current battery level; the traffic manager is further configured to aggregate the received data from the plurality of uncoordinated user applications based on the determined user preferences; and the traffic manager is further configured to output a signal comprising the aggregated data for transmission, wherein the signal is scheduled to be output based on a scheduled transmission time of a transmission associated with one of the plurality of uncoordinated user applications.",0.8394897862699712,0.32102042746005766
9747298,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a command to overwrite or delete data stored within an allocated portion of a file system; adding, in response to the overwrite or delete command, an entry in a first data structure indicating that the allocated portion of the file system is to be reallocated, wherein the first data structure includes entries identifying free space of the file system that has yet to be formatted for allocation; receiving a write command to write data to the file system; determining that a second data structure indicates an insufficient amount of formatted free space within the file system to satisfy the write command, wherein the second data structure includes entries identifying free space of the file system that has been formatted for allocation; and in response to determining that the second data structure indicates the insufficient amount of formatted free space within the file system to satisfy the write command,",0.23749217418808297,0.474984348376166
9259754,"1. A microfluidic delivery member comprising: a printed circuit board having first and second surfaces and a through hole extending from the first surface to the second surface; a filter secured to the second surface of the printed circuit board over the through hole; and a semiconductor die having first and second surfaces and an inlet path, the semiconductor die secured to the first surface of the printed circuit board with the inlet path in fluid communication with the through hole of the printed circuit board, the second surface of the die including a plurality of nozzles that are in fluid communication with the inlet path.",0.3263725242918375,0.652745048583675
8603135,"1. An endoscopic instrument, comprising: a housing having a shaft extending therefrom that defines a longitudinal axis therethrough, the shaft including an articulating section, the articulating section having a plurality of stationary and rotatable links arranged in an alternating configuration along the articulating section, each rotatable link of the plurality of rotatable links rotatably seated within a corresponding stationary link of the plurality of stationary links to collectively define a central annulus therethrough; an end effector assembly operatively connected to a distal end of the shaft including a pair of first and second jaw members; and an articulation catheter operably disposed through the central annulus and configured to rotate the rotatable links with respect to the stationary links to articulate the shaft about the articulating section, wherein each stationary link of the plurality of stationary links includes a proximal face and a distal face, wherein the proximal face is perpendicular to the central annulus and the distal face is oriented at an angle that is different from the proximal face, wherein each rotatable link of the plurality of rotatable links includes a proximal face and a distal face, the proximal face of each rotatable link rests at least partially along a corresponding distal face of each stationary link such that rotation of the plurality of rotatable links cams the plurality of rotatable links to articulate the shaft about the articulating section.",0.027623264366668704,0.05524652873333746
8690983,"1. A system for continuous fertigation of an agricultural field under the irrigation of an active agricultural irrigation system, wherein said system includes continuously charging a potassium-nutrient feedstock to said active agricultural irrigation system, said active agricultural irrigation system having flowing irrigation water upstream of said agricultural field, wherein said potassium-nutrient feedstock is comprised of a plurality of potassium-nutrient-feedstock raw materials, wherein said plurality of potassium-nutrient-feedstock raw materials generate an exotherm upon intermixing with each other and said irrigation water, said system comprising: a plurality of feed points open to a stream of said flowing irrigation water, wherein said stream of said flowing irrigation water has sufficient flow to intermix said plurality of potassium-nutrient-feedstock raw materials with each other and said stream of said flowing irrigation water, generating dissolution and reaction exotherms, when said plurality of potassium-nutrient-feedstock raw materials are simultaneously and separately fed through said plurality of feed points, and wherein said stream of said irrigation water has sufficient flow to dampen said dissolution and reaction exotherms; and means for feeding said plurality of potassium-nutrient-feedstock raw materials simultaneously and separately through said plurality of feed points to said stream of said flowing irrigation water whereby treated irrigation water is formed, and means for irrigating said agricultural field with said treated irrigation water.",0.6725291864230776,0.6549416271538449
9733104,"1. A utility metering system for coupling to a metered component at a metered location for collecting utility data from the metered component related to a provided utility service and for coupling to a metering infrastructure monitoring, collecting and transferring utility information within the utility metering system from a plurality of coupled utility metering systems in accordance with an expected metering functionality platform, the utility metering system comprising: a utility meter having a processor, a memory, computer executable instructions, a first communication interface for communicatively coupling over a communication network to the metering infrastructure, a second communication interface for communicatively coupling to the metered component, and a user interface for displaying user data and receiving user instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions are configured to configure the utility meter to: receive over the second communication interface the metered component of the utility data from the coupled metered component; store the received metered component of the utility data in the memory; store a native metering functionality platform for communicating over the first communication interface with the metering infrastructure; identify the expected metering functionality platform; compare the identified expected metering functionality platform with the stored native metering functionality platform; operate the first communication interface and the communicatively coupling with the metering infrastructure in a native mode when the native metering functionality platform is compared to be the same as or compatible with the expected metering functionality platform, wherein the utility meter is configured to operate in a first operational manner in accordance with the native metering functionality platform, the first operational manner having first operational functions including a first protocol of the first communication interface, a first meter operating program, a first type of the utility data received and stored, a first operation of the user interface of the utility meter including the first type of the utility data displayed on the user interface; and operate in an emulation mode when the native metering functionality platform is not the same or is not compatible with the expected metering functionality platform, wherein the utility meter is configured to operate in a second operational manner in accordance with an emulation metering functionality platform in conjunction with the emulation mode that is compatible with the expected metering functionality platform, the second operational manner includes having second operational functions including a second protocol of the first communication interface, a second first meter operating program, a second type of the utility data received and stored, a second operation of the user interface of the utility meter including the second type of the utility data displayed on the user interface, wherein two or more of the second operational functions of the second operational manner are different than the first operational functions of the first operational manner of the native metering functionality platform.",0.7424255060840411,0.5151489878319178
9520449,"1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: an organic photoelectric conversion film; a first electrode and a second electrode provided with the organic photoelectric conversion film in between; and a charge block layer provided between the second electrode and the organic photoelectric conversion film, wherein the charge block layer includes a work function adjustment layer including a metal element on a side of the organic photoelectric conversion film that is closest to the second electrode, the metal element being adopted to adjust a work function, and a first diffusion suppression layer provided between the work function adjustment layer and the second electrode, wherein the first diffusion suppression layer is capable of suppressing diffusion of the metal element to the side of the organic photoelectric conversion film that is closest to the second electrode, wherein the first diffusion suppression layer is made of at least one oxygen-free organic molecule selected from a phenanthroline derivative, a rubrene derivative, an anthracene derivative, a triazine derivative, a perylene derivative, and a tetracyanoquinodimethane (TCNQ) derivative.",0.5978426071438241,0.8043147857123518
8885564,"1. An abnormal power down reporting method for a communication system, the communication system comprising a mobile station and a base station, the mobile station being located within a wireless communication coverage of the base station, the abnormal power down reporting method comprising the steps of: (a) transmitting, by the base station, a service flow setting message to the mobile station, wherein the service flow setting message has an abnormal power down index which defines an abnormal power down status; (b) detecting, by the mobile station, abnormal power down occurred in the mobile station after step (a); (c) transmitting, by the mobile station, a notification message having the abnormal power down index to the base station via a contention channel after step (b); (d1) transmitting, by the base station, uplink (UL) bandwidth allocation information to the mobile station according to the abnormal power down index of the notification message; (d2) transmitting, by the mobile station, confirmation information to the base station according to the UL bandwidth allocation information; (d3) determining, by the base station, that the mobile station is legal according to the confirmation information; and (d4) determining, by the base station, that abnormal power down occurred in the mobile station according to the abnormal power down index of the notification message and notify a backhaul network to deregister the mobile station.",0.8673735827174671,0.26525283456506576
9485700,"1. A data offloading method in a scenario in which coverage of a small node is overlaid with coverage of a macro base station, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by the macro base station, a measurement report sent by a user equipment; sending, by the macro base station according to the measurement report, an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the user equipment and an offloading configuration message to the small node, so that a user plane data transmission link configured between the macro base station and the user equipment is different when the user equipment moves to an edge area of the small node than when the user equipment moves from the edge area of the small node to the coverage of the small node, the RRC connection reconfiguration message including indication information that indicates configuration in one direction of a duplex direction of a current transmission link is kept, and resource configuration information in the other direction; and performing, by the macro base station, user plane data transmission with the user equipment over the configured transmission link.",0.7191536540846142,0.5616926918307716
9021788,"1. An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust purification system comprising: a hydrocarbon feed valve for feeding hydrocarbons-is arranged inside of an engine exhaust passage, an exhaust purification catalyst for reacting NO a precious metal catalyst carried on an exhaust gas flow surface of the exhaust purification catalyst, a basic exhaust gas flow surface part formed around the precious metal catalyst, and an electronic control unit, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to control a vibration of a concentration of hydrocarbons flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst within a predetermined range of amplitude and within a predetermined range of period, and is configured to control the vibration period of the hydrocarbon concentration longer than the predetermined range of period, wherein when the electronic control unit controls the vibration period of the hydrocarbon concentration longer than the predetermined range, the exhaust purification catalyst has a property of being increased in a storage amount of NO at the time of engine operation, when NO",0.992380399636167,0.015239200727666047
9566571,"1. A process for reforming a hydrocarbon in the presence of CO 2 , the process comprising: (a.1) contacting a reforming gas comprising more than 70% by volume of a hydrocarbon and CO (a.2) heating the catalyst to a temperature greater than 700° C. during the contacting, wherein: a process pressure of the reactor is greater than 5 bar during the contacting, the reforming gas brought into contact with the catalyst has a GHSV of 500 to 20 000 hr the hexaaluminate-comprising catalyst comprising cobalt incorporated into the hexaaluminate and at least one further metal selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, and La",0.9564591370663197,0.08708172586736063
8521394,"1. A vehicle running control apparatus for carrying out an acceleration/deceleration running pattern alternately repeating acceleration running for accelerating a vehicle running with at least a thermal engine as a drive source until reaching a target upper limit vehicle speed by utilizing drive force of the drive source after reaching a target lower limit vehicle speed, and inertia running for blocking transmission of the drive force of the thermal engine to drive wheels after reaching the target upper limit vehicle speed and allowing the vehicle to run through inertia until reaching the target lower limit vehicle speed, the apparatus comprising: an actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern generating unit that generates an actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern including actual running states of the inertia running and the acceleration running based on a current running situation of the vehicle; a corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern generating unit that generates a corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern obtained by elongating an actual acceleration/deceleration period of the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern, when the actual acceleration/deceleration period from start of the inertia running to end of the acceleration running in the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern is shorter than a reference acceleration/deceleration period set in advance; and an acceleration/deceleration running pattern setting unit that sets the actual acceleration/deceleration running pattern as a set acceleration/deceleration running pattern when the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern is not generated, and that sets the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern as the set acceleration/deceleration running pattern when the corrected acceleration/deceleration running pattern is generated.",0.780399136546509,0.4392017269069819
9453307,"1. A railway switch with a main track and a branch track, wherein one rail of each track is each configured as a tongue rail and movable into abutment on the respective stock rail, wherein the stock rail comprises a deviating course of a running edge in an abutment region of the tongue rail and a running edge of the tongue rail comprises a curve progression, whose imaginary extension comprises an overcutting or undercutting with the running edge of the stock rail.",0.1402605810118241,0.2805211620236482
8388306,"1. A method for varying the geometry of a mid-turbine frame, the method comprising: detecting a strain in a mid-turbine frame with a piezoelectric material; applying a deformation voltage to the piezoelectric material as a function of the detected strain; deforming the piezoelectric material to actuate an actuation plate; and repositioning an engine casing through the actuation of the actuation plate.",0.9406137946957174,0.11877241060856525
9061576,"1. An apparatus for use in a vehicle comprising: a wheel comprising a front or a rear wheel; a wheel hub; one or more rolling bearings to support the wheel hub and having one or more rolling elements to enable spinning of the wheel; a steering axle placed within the wheel hub for steering the wheel and fixedly coupled to not spin relative to the wheel; a vertical axle, wherein the wheel is to rotate around the vertical axle, wherein the steering axle comprises a horizontal axle; a gyroscope-stabilizer, including a flywheel and a flywheel motor-generator to transfer energy to and from the flywheel; a capacitor bank including a battery; and a power controller to:",0.8412747391552338,0.31745052168953247
8454658,"1. A surgical bone anchoring device for a spinal column fixation system, the surgical bone anchoring device comprising: an anchoring part adapted for anchoring in or on a bone; a bearing part adapted for mounting of at least one connection element thereon, said connection element being adapted for fixing to at least two bone anchoring devices of the spinal column fixation system; a fixing element provided with an external thread section, a proximal fixing element section and a distal fixing element section; and a centering element which is held by the fixing element on the bearing part, the centering element comprising a first stop surface facing in a proximal direction, and the fixing element comprising a second stop surface on the proximal fixing element section facing in a distal direction, wherein the first stop surface and second stop surface engage and bear against one another in a coupling position which limits movement of the proximal fixing element section in a distal direction relative to the centering element, wherein said anchoring part and said bearing part are mounted on each other, movable relative to each other in an assembly position and fixable relative to each other by the fixing element in an implantation position, said fixing element being of integral construction and having a predetermined break-off area formed between the proximal fixing element section and the distal fixing element section, and the distal fixing element section having provided therein a tool element receptacle for engagement by force locking and/or positive locking with a tool for moving the bone anchoring device from the assembly position to the implantation position, wherein the bearing part is formed from one piece and comprises an internal thread section which corresponds to the external thread section of the fixing element.",0.04498900775236983,0.0899780155047396
8536268,"1. An adhesive composition comprising: (i) from about 5 to about 95 weight percent of a nonmetallocene, metal-centered, heteroaryl ligand-catalyzed propylene and ethylene copolymer having a content of units derived from propylene greater than about 50 mole percent, a total unsaturation per mole of propylene of less than or equal to 0.05%, and an MWD of about 1.5 to about 6; (ii) a tackifier, (iii) from 0 to about 60 weight percent of a plasticizer; (iv) from 0 to about 50 weight percent of a wax; (v) from 0 to about 5 weight percent of an antioxidant, in which the sum of the components (ii), (iii) and (iv) comprises from about 5 to about 95 weight percent of the adhesive composition.",0.30287278272044593,0.6057455654408919
9094430,"1. A method for providing an identification of individual smart meters among a plurality of smart meters communicably coupled in a networked grid area, each smart meter in the grid area having a memory, a unique identification number stored in the memory, a processor, and a communications interface, the memory including instructions for execution by the processor for performing the method, the method comprising: calculating, by the processor, a first value corresponding to a first unique identification number of the smart meter; receiving, by the communications interface, a query message including a second value corresponding to a second unique identification number of one of the plurality of smart meters; determining, by the processor, that the calculated first value corresponding to the first unique identification number of the smart meter matches the second value included in the received query message; and in response to determining that the calculated first value corresponding to the first unique identification number of the smart meter matches the second value included in the received query message, sending, by the communications interface, a response message including the first unique identification number of the smart meter.",0.31954752861218083,0.6390950572243617
9105888,"1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell including a cathode inlet, a cathode outlet, an anode inlet, and an anode outlet, the anode inlet including an injector in fluid communication therewith; a water separation device fluidly coupled to the anode outlet and including a reservoir and a valve, the valve located at a bottom of the reservoir and fluidly coupled to the cathode inlet through a drain/purge conduit, the valve not fluidly coupled to the anode inlet, the water separation device fluidly coupled to the anode inlet through an anode recirculation conduit, wherein the anode recirculation conduit is distinct from the drain/purge conduit, wherein the anode recirculation conduit is not fluidly coupled to the anode outlet, and wherein the anode recirculation conduit is not fluidly coupled to the valve; and a controller configured to operate the valve and the injector.",0.9362684449730334,0.12746311005393318
8875759,"1. A heavy duty tire comprising a tread portion having tread edges defining a tread width TW, a pair of sidewall portions defining a cross sectional width SW of the tire, a pair of bead portions each with a bead core therein, a carcass extending between the bead portions through the tread portion and the sidewall portions, and a belt composed of a plurality of belt plies disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion, wherein the tread width TW between the tread edge is in a range of 0.78 to 0.87 times the cross sectional width SW of the tire, the tread portion is provided with four or five circumferential grooves each of which has a depth of from 15 to 20 mm and extends continuously in the tire circumferential direction so as to axially divide the tread portion into five or six rib portions, the five or six rib portions are a pair of shoulder rib portions extending along the tread edges and provided with shoulder lateral grooves, and three or four crown rib portions disposed between the shoulder rib portions and each provided with crown lateral grooves, said crown lateral grooves are arranged at intervals in the tire circumferential direction, and extend across the entire width of the crown rib portion, and the depth of the crown lateral grooves is in a range of from 9 to 30% of the depth of the circumferential grooves, said shoulder lateral grooves are arranged at intervals in the tire circumferential direction, and extend axially outwardly from an axially inner edge of the shoulder rib portion so as to terminate at an axial distance of from 78 to 88% of the axial width of the shoulder rib portion from said axially inner edge, and the depth of the shoulder lateral grooves is in a range of from 9 to 25% of the depth of the circumferential grooves, when measured at the groove center line, a circumferential distance between the axial inner end and the axial outer end of the shoulder lateral groove is in a range of from 10 to 30% of a circumferential pitch length between the circumferentially adjacent shoulder lateral grooves, and each of the crown lateral grooves is provided in the groove bottom with a sipe extending along the length of the crown lateral groove, but no sipe is formed in the bottoms of the shoulder lateral grooves.",0.2633659798719894,0.5267319597439788
8587223,"1. A transmitter apparatus for communicating with a ballast or driver through at least one power connection in a lighting system, comprising: a first terminal coupled with a first output of an AC power source; a second terminal coupled with a first power connection, the first power connection being coupled with at least one lighting ballast or driver; a switching circuit coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal, the switching circuit operable according to a switching control signal to selectively electrically couple the first terminal to the second terminal in a first state and to electrically decouple the first terminal from the second terminal in a second state; a transmit controller operative in a transmit mode to transmit a binary message including a plurality of bits via the first power connection to the at least one lighting ballast or driver, the transmit controller being operative to transmit bits of a first binary state by providing the switching control signal to selectively place the switching circuit in the second state for a predetermined time period to interrupt provision of power from the AC power source to the at least one lighting ballast or driver in at least one portion of select AC input cycles; and a second switching circuit coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal, the second switching circuit operable according to a second switching control signal to selectively electrically couple the first terminal to the second terminal in a first state, the transmit controller being operative in a bypass mode to provide the second switching control signal to selectively place the second switching circuit in the first state to connect the AC power source to the at least one lighting ballast or driver.",0.8370369601259507,0.3259260797480985
9328614,"1. A method of making a metal reinforcing piece to mount on a leading edge or trailing edge of a composite material blade of a turbine engine, the method comprising: shaping two metal sheets to approximate a final shape of the reinforcing piece that is to be made; positioning the two sheets on either side of a core; assembling the two metal sheets together around the core in a sealed manner under a vacuum; compressing the sheets onto the core by hot isostatic compression to reproduce inside shapes of suction and pressure sides of the reinforcing piece; cutting the sheets to separate the reinforcing piece and release the core; and giving non-zero predetermined roughness to at least a portion of the surface of the core and transferring the roughness to a corresponding portion of an inside surface of the reinforcing piece by hot isostatic compression.",0.8274756896194321,0.34504862076113585
9460861,"1. A device being a dye-sensitized solar cell comprising a photoelectrode or a photoanode, a counter electrode and a dye being adsorbed on the photoanode and comprising a phosphinic acid compound of formula (1) below: wherein R",0.7978853185836859,0.4042293628326281
9276519,"1. A securing structure for a solar cell module comprising: a placement member installed on a roof material of a roof of a building and having a groove extending in one direction on an upper surface of the placement member; an external thread portion extending upward through the groove of the placement member; at least one flat plate-like shim member having a slit opened to one side of the shim member in the direction that the groove extends and a through-hole penetrating through the shim member at a second side opposite to the slit, and stacked on the upper surface of the placement member; a flat plate-like connecting member placed on an upper surface of the shim member, having an insertion hole through which the external thread portion passes, a droop portion drooping in the groove of the placement member through the through-hole of the shim member at an outer side relative to the insertion hole, and a plurality of upward projecting portions projecting upward from opposing positions spaced away from the insertion hole in the direction that the groove extends and sticking in a lower surface of the solar cell module so as to be separated from the external thread portion in the direction that the groove extends, and the connecting member being made of an electrically conductive material; and a securing member abutting against an upper surface of the solar cell module, the solar cell module placed on the connecting member, and the securing member pressing downward on the solar cell module with the external thread portion screwed into an internal thread portion of the securing member.",0.9042326163208078,0.19153476735838448
8953807,"1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that if executed cause a processing system to: create a virtual trusted platform module for a virtual machine of the processing system; generate, based on an endorsement key of the virtual trusted platform module, an endorsement credential for the virtual trusted platform module; generate a platform credential for the virtual trusted platform module; store the endorsement credential in a memory associated with the virtual trusted platform module; and store the platform credential in the memory associated with the virtual trusted platform module.",0.06665559016344201,0.13331118032688405
8679231,"1. A polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) pyrolyzate carbon adsorbent, having a gas adsorbed thereon, wherein the gas comprises a fluorine-containing gas.",0.9295562786117618,0.14088744277647636
9751813,"1. A system, comprising: a. a greenhouse for predrying a biosolids to reduce volume and weight; b. a conveyer belt operably connected to the greenhouse for conveying the biosolids from the greenhouse to a pasteurization system; c. the pasteurization system comprising a burner-fan to introduce hot air to the biosolids; d. the pasteurization system comprising an air permeable heat up belt to accept the biosolids from the greenhouse and a burner-fan for raising the biosolids temperature from ambient to at least 70° C.; e. the pasteurization system further comprising an air permeable pasteurization belt that is set on a cycle time of at least thirty minutes and configured to automatically hold the biosolids at a temperature of at least 70° C. for at least thirty minutes; f. a biofilter system operably connected with the greenhouse and the pasteurization system for reducing odors; and g. a bagging area to collect a final product.",0.974546448688292,0.05090710262341602
9036509,"1. A method, comprising: receiving at a receiving node, from a sending node, a data packet to be routed from the receiving node to a destination node in a vehicular ad hoc network; decapsulating the data packet to identify a path to the destination node; determining the identified path is a dead end if no neighbor nodes are currently available to the receiving node; storing the data packet if the identified path is determined to be a dead end; and initiating a timer for the stored data packet, wherein the data packet is not dropped by the receiving node if an available path to the destination node is identified and selected for the data packet before expiry of the timer, wherein the available path is identified and selected by:",0.3195854874714544,0.6391709749429088
9404595,"1. A fluid circulation valve comprising: a body through which said fluid can pass; a first and a second shutoff means arranged in series, in the direction of flow of the fluid, in said body, wherein each of the first and second shutoff means is able to occupy different angular positions by rotation of said means in relation to said body; and a kinematic chain allowing driving of said shutoff means by the same actuating motor, said valve being configured to allow:",0.28872873701085966,0.5774574740217193
8440924,"1. A switch unit comprising: a switch cover having an opening; a knob for operating a switch, the knob being provided within the opening in such a manner as to oscillate or rotate; and a parting line is set on a circumferential edge portion of the opening of the switch cover, wherein the switch cover comprises: wherein the parting line is set in a vicinity of a peripheral locus of the knob on the circumferential edge portion of the opening of the switch cover.",0.12840016850923852,0.25680033701847704
8683716,"1. A shoe having an upper, a midsole, and an outsole, wherein said upper comprises: an outer shell having a medial quarter and a lateral quarter, a tongue having a medial side and a lateral side, wherein said outer shell has an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein said outer shell has at least one eyestay, wherein said tongue has an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein said tongue is permanently connected to the outer shell only on the bottom portion of the frontmost point of the tongue, wherein said outer shell's medial quarter has an area of overlap with said tongue's medial side such that the inner surface of the outer shell's medial quarter faces the outer surface of the tongue's medial side, wherein said outer shell's lateral quarter has an area of overlap with the tongue's lateral side such that the inner surface of the outer shell's lateral quarter faces the outer surface of the tongue's lateral side, wherein said areas of overlap place the tongue underneath the at least one eyestay, wherein said tongue has a bulging flap on the outer surface of the tongue, wherein said bulging flap bulges outwardly away from the side of the tongue, and wherein said bulging flap has a connector disposed on the outer surface of the tongue, and wherein said outer shell has a connector on the inner surface positioned in a location beneath the ankle and said connector on the bulging flap is aligned with said connector on the outer shell.",0.13124394707228418,0.2624878941445683
9337483,"1. A battery cell comprising: (a) a negative electrode; (b) a nickel hydroxide positive electrode comprising: (c) a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and preventing electrical contact therebetween; and (d) an electrolyte in contact with the negative electrode, the positive electrode and the separator.",0.9763758159391694,0.04724836812166111
9768479,"1. A hybrid electric energy system comprising: at least one metal-air cell for producing electrical power, said at least one metal-air cell releases hydrogen during said production; and at least one hydrogen energy conversion unit to consume at least a portion of the released hydrogen, wherein the at least one hydrogen energy conversion unit comprising burning reactor.",0.9959710871737186,0.008057825652562745
9528727,"1. A method for fixed-sequence control of a dual evaporator cooling system comprising the steps of: providing a cooling system having a compressor, a condenser, a condenser fan, first and second evaporator fans, and a valve operating in a recurring fixed-sequence cooling cycle wherein each recurring fixed-sequence cooling cycle comprises a first cooling cycle for cooling a first interior, a second cooling cycle for cooling a second interior, a pump-out cycle for returning a coolant to the condenser, and an idle cycle; providing a processor for regulating the operation of the compressor, the condenser fan, the first and second evaporator fans, and the valve wherein the processor establishes exceptions to the recurring fixed-sequence cooling cycle; monitoring a first actual temperature of the first interior; monitoring a second actual temperature of the second interior; selecting a predetermined first control temperature for the first interior; selecting a predetermined second control temperature for the second interior; and selecting a command input signal to supply to the compressor, the condenser fan, the first and second evaporator fans, and the valve during the recurring fixed-sequence cooling cycle based upon the first and second actual temperatures and the predetermined first and second control temperatures to initiate the established exceptions.",0.821736815574141,0.35652636885171796
9353972,"1. A solar collection system comprising: a solar collector apparatus; a collector support frame assembly; a sun position tracking apparatus; a fluid transfer pump; a fluid storage tank; an insulated pipe for connecting the fluid transfer pump to the fluid storage tank and the solar collector apparatus; and a differential temperature controller, wherein, the solar collector apparatus comprising: the sun position tracking apparatus comprises:",0.9262860746362765,0.1474278507274469
9605630,"1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: an engine body including a plurality of left bank combustion chambers and a plurality of right bank combustion chambers; a first intake manifold positioned on the left bank side and a second intake manifold positioned on the right bank side, each of the first and second intake manifolds attached to the engine body and including a longitudinally extending airflow passage, a body interior surface forming the longitudinally extending airflow passage, a plurality of inlet openings formed in the body interior surface, a plurality of outlet openings, and a plurality of transverse airflow passages, each of the plurality of transverse airflow passages extending between one of the plurality of inlet openings and one of the plurality of outlet openings and including a longitudinal transverse passage axis, the longitudinal transverse passage axis curved to form a transverse passage angle, the transverse airflow passage positioned to intersect the longitudinally extending airflow passage at a transverse passage connection angle; and a spacer portion positioned between the first intake manifold and the engine body and a spacer portion positioned between the second intake manifold and the engine body, each spacer portion including a plurality of spacer passages positioned to connect the plurality of transverse airflow passages to the engine body, and at least one fin portion extending from the spacer portion into each transverse airflow passage, the at least one fin being shaped and sized so as to increase uniformity of combustion between cylinders.",0.8665265531038568,0.2669468937922863
9115106,"1. A method of reducing proliferation of a Leishmania protozoan in host cells, the method comprising: exposing host cells to a leishmanicidal agent comprising: 5-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-γ-pyrone (HMP).",0.7236256635776166,0.5527486728447668
8862369,"1. A method of controlling an exhaust gas recirculation circuit of a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, the combustion engine being connected to an air intake circuit and to an exhaust gas circuit connected to the air intake circuit by the recirculation circuit, a first valve regulating the airflow rate upstream of the recirculation circuit and a second valve regulating the flow rate of recirculated exhaust gases in the recirculation circuit, the exhaust gas recirculation being controlled notably by measuring a pressure difference across the second valve, the method comprising: a) the first and second valves are closed, the first valve being arranged to allow, when in the closed position, an air leak current to pass, b) the first and second valves are opened concomitantly so as to create enough of a pressure difference across the second valve that this pressure difference can be measured.",0.9866663706558211,0.026667258688357842
9379533,1. A light fixture comprising: a non-isolated DC-DC power converter having an input connected to circuit ground of a DC power source and further configured to provide an output to drive a light source; a chassis configured to house the light source and to be coupled to earth ground; and a surge protection circuit comprising,0.5146020018953779,0.9707959962092443
9366235,"1. A method of controlling a wind turbine, comprising: acquiring and storing training data relating to one or more sensed variables, wherein the training data includes a feature vector obtained from at least one statistical measure indicative of risk; assigning each of the training data to a risk category based on a measured parameter and defining feature zones for each category from at least a measure of distance of feature vectors in that category, the feature zones including a high risk zone indicative of a high risk of a gust; and during operation of the wind turbine, determining an estimate of gust risk by calculating a feature vector periodically from data obtained from at least one sensor and determining to which of the feature zones to assign the feature vector, thereby determining an estimate of the risk of an extreme gust represented by the measured feature vector, wherein the feature vector is assigned to a feature zone by measuring the mahalonobis distance from the feature vector to the centre of each feature zone and assigning the feature vector to the zone having the smallest mahalonobis distance from the feature vector; and adjusting the wind turbine to de-rate the wind turbine when the estimate of gust risk is above a threshold to prevent damage to the wind turbine.",0.9592681247547961,0.08146375049040788
9705138,"1. A method of manufacturing a fuel cell array, the method comprising: providing a composite layer and a first coating, wherein the composite layer includes a first surface and a second surface and the first coating is disposed over at least a portion of the first surface; aligning a mask having an opening with the first coating or the composite layer; and guiding a mechanical tool by the opening in the mask to selectively remove portions of the first coating with the mechanical tool to form discontinuity regions at predetermined positions in the first coating.",0.971123826064551,0.05775234787089789
9716680,"1. A graphical user interface utility for message transfer between a sender at a sender personal communications device and a recipient at a recipient personal communications device, the utility comprising: a setup utility that generates and stores a customized base response prompt having an associated plurality of recipient-actuable selection elements, each selection element having a corresponding response answer entry; an instruction sequence that associates the customized base response prompt with a text string that is within a message and inserts the customized base response prompt into the message for transmission; a recipient display utility on the recipient personal communications device that executes stored instructions to: and a sender device display utility that responds to the received response signal from the recipient device by displaying:",0.06948836672371395,0.1389767334474279
9399598,"1. A radioactive cesium removal method comprising the steps of: (a) burning an inflammable waste polluted with radioactive cesium to produce a combustion exhaust gas and an incineration ash including the radioactive cesium; (b) generating calcium oxide or/and magnesium oxide from a source of calcium oxide or/and a source or magnesium oxide using a sensible heat associated with both of the combustion exhaust gas and the incineration ash of the inflammable waste; (c) collecting the incineration ash including the radioactive cesium from the combustion exhaust gas; (d) combining said calcium oxide or/and said magnesium oxide, the recovered incineration ash including the radioactive cesium, and an organic substance polluted with radioactive cesium; (e) burning said calcium oxide or/and said magnesium oxide, the recovered incineration ash including the radioactive cesium, and an organic substance polluted with radioactive cesium; and (f) collecting a radioactive cesium volatized during said burning in step (e) by cooling an exhaust gas discharged from the burning in step (e) to obtain a decontaminated product.",0.8655822230287754,0.2688355539424492
8859933,1. A solar cell ablation system comprising: a single laser source; a first laser scanner adapted to direct a first laser beam from the single laser source to scan on a first wafer in accordance with a first pattern in a first station; a transport adapted to move the first wafer from the first station to a second station; and a second laser scanner adapted to direct a second laser beam from the single laser source to scan on the first wafer in accordance with a second pattern in the second station.,0.46770961833315927,0.9354192366663185
9242220,"1. A dispersed bubble reactor for selective absorption of a gas phase constituent into the liquid phase operating at a dispersed bubble flow regime comprising: a riser where an inlet gas stream rich with a gas phase constituent contacts a circulating liquid stream comprising the gas phase constituent, wherein in the riser, at least a portion of the gas phase constituent is absorbed into a liquid phase, the riser having a dispersion zone where the inlet gas stream combined with the circulating liquid stream form dispersed gas bubbles; a cyclone, wherein the circulating liquid stream with the gas phase constituent from the riser is separated into a separated liquid stream and a separated gas stream; a standpipe where the separated liquid stream from the riser is collected, the standpipe having a bottom portion for concentrating solid precipitates; a non-mechanical valve connecting the standpipe with the riser; and a riser crossover connecting the riser with the cyclone; wherein the reactor is adapted such that liquid velocities entering the dispersion zone of the riser generate a shearing force for dispersion of larger as bubbles of the inlet as stream into the smaller, dispersed gas bubbles, and the degree of dispersion is controllable by controlling the static head of the liquid column in the standpipe; and wherein the reactor is adapted such that in the dispersion zone, liquid flow from tangentially entering jets form a rotating pool of the circulating liquid stream generates enough shear force to break the larger gas bubbles of the inlet gas stream into the smaller, dispersed bubbles in the mean range of approximately 100 to 500 microns in size.",0.7785678668912696,0.4428642662174609
9309339,"1. A mid-range vinylidene content, high viscosity PIB polymer composition comprising PIB molecules, wherein a first portion of said PIB molecules have alpha position double bonds and a second portion of said PIB molecules have beta position double bonds, wherein said first and second portions together include at least 80 mole % of the PIB molecules of the composition, wherein said first portion includes less than 75 mole % of the PIB molecules of the composition, and wherein no more than 10 mole % of the PIB molecules of the composition have tetra-substituted double bonds, said composition having a polydispersity of no more than 2.7; and being further characterized in that the composition has a kinematic viscosity as measured at 100° C. in accordance with Test Method ASTM D 445 in the range of 3000 cSt to 5000 cSt, a number average molecular weight, Mn, in the range of 2800 Daltons to 4000 Daltons and a ratio of Mn:PDI of greater than 1100.",0.48418514265391044,0.9683702853078209
9285811,"1. A performance, thermal and power (PTP) management system associated with an integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a performance circuit with adjustable configurations for simulating operations of the IC when receiving a supply voltage having a level set to a predetermined value for a given application use; a sensing module configured to measure a characteristic of the performance circuit which includes a non-aged performance and an aged performance of the performance circuit; a memory for storing characterization data which includes a voltage-frequency-temperature relationship of the IC when operating at a plurality of predetermined temperatures for the given application use, the non-aged performance of the performance circuit, and the aged performance of the performance circuit; and a PTP controller configured to:",0.7983269543494126,0.4033460913011748
9762243,"1. An apparatus comprising: a first input/output (I/O) interface circuit having a maximum voltage rating, the first I/O interface circuit comprising a level shifter and an output stage; and a reference voltage bias generator coupled to the first I/O interface circuit, to a supply voltage, and to a first ground potential, wherein",0.5076600642548668,0.9846798714902665
9590427,"1. A power control device for controlling an electrical apparatus through a wireless communications link with a personal controller so as to control a supply of electricity to the electrical apparatus, the personal controller having a processor, a user interface, and a wireless communications transceiver, said device comprising: a wireless control module operable for wireless communication with the personal controller, said wireless control module including an aerial, a wireless interface circuit, a radio transceiver, and a microcontroller, said microcontroller being configured in a first mode to operate said wireless control module using a peer-to-peer communications standard to communicate with the personal controller, said microcontroller being configured in a second mode to operate said wireless control module using a non-peer-to-peer communications standard to communicate with a network access point in a WLAN, said microcontroller being configured to change from the first mode to the second mode upon receiving instructions form the personal controller for said radio transceiver to operate in the second mode; and a power control circuit configured to vary the supply of electricity to the electrical apparatus based at least in part on instructions communicated from the personal controller through said wireless control module.",0.9207329039442187,0.1585341921115626
9610557,"1. A non-melt and partial melt type entrained-bed cylindrical gasifier to which pulverized coal as a raw material and an oxidizer are supplied through one or more burners disposed at the top of the gasifier, wherein each of the burners is composed of a quad tube and comprises: a raw material supply line that is the most central region of the burner, through which the pulverized coal is injected into the gasifier by a carrier gas; a primary oxidizer region that is an annular region provided around the raw material supply line and having formed therein a plurality of primary oxidizer supply holes located at the lower end of the burner through which a primary oxidizer is injected into the gasifier so that the primary oxidizer induces the pulverized coal to move to the central region of the gasifier; a secondary oxidizer region that is an annular region provided around the primary oxidizer region having formed therein a plurality of secondary oxidizer supply holes located at the lower end of the burner through which a secondary oxidizer is injected into the gasifier; and a cooling water region which is the outermost annular region provided around the secondary oxidizer region and through which cooling water is introduced into the gasifier and discharged from the gasifier, wherein, when the pulverized coal is high-rank coal having poor reactivity, the oxidizer is injected at an angle of 0° to +20° and consists of the primary oxidizer, and when the pulverized coal is low-rank coal having good reactivity, the oxidizer is injected at an angle of −20° to 0° and consists of the primary oxidizer and the secondary oxidize.",0.8923610892140925,0.21527782157181496
9155122,"1. A method for wireless communication in a multi-cell capable wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: while the WTRU is configured to receive different data from an anchor serving cell and a secondary serving cell simultaneously, determining a status of the secondary serving cell based on a SECONDARY_CELL_HS_DSCH_RECEPTION variable, wherein the SECONDARY_CELL_HS_DSCH_RECEPTION variable indicates that the secondary serving cell is enabled when the variable is set to true and indicates that the secondary serving cell is disabled when the variable is set to false, and wherein the anchor serving cell and the secondary serving cell are each associated with a respective hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) entity having a HARQ buffer; and on a condition that the status of the secondary serving cell is determined to be disabled, flushing the HARQ buffer of the HARQ entity associated with the secondary serving cell.",0.5761557769080493,0.8476884461839014
9348190,"1. A liquid crystal display panel comprising a first substrate, a second substrate disposed so as to face the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second substrates, wherein the first substrate comprises:",0.2556106362869675,0.511221272573935
9240145,"1. A multi-display device comprising: a plurality of image display devices configured to display a continuous image, each of the image display devices comprising: an image-display-light emitting backlight configured to cause a light emitting element arranged in each of a plurality of areas to emit light to form planar light; a light emission controller configured or programmed to generate emission luminance data, for each area, to drive the light emitting element; and a memory of the light emission controller which is configured to store a multi-luminance correction filter group including a correction data table for correction of the emission luminance data of each of the plurality of image display devices, wherein the light emission controller is configured or programmed to correct the emission luminance data with reference to the correction data table selected from the multi-luminance correction filter group on the basis of connection information on the image display device.",0.4449986005830927,0.8899972011661854
9144026,"1. A wireless communication system for a transport refrigeration system of a refrigerated transport unit comprising: one or more wireless end nodes, each of the one or more wireless end nodes configured to monitor a property of the transport refrigeration system, each of the one or more wireless end nodes including a wireless end node multicolored light emitting diode; a network coordinator installed in a control box of the refrigerated transport unit and configured to manage, command, direct and regulate behavior of the one or more wireless end nodes, the network coordinator including a display and a pushbutton; wherein each of the one or more wireless end nodes are configured to send sensor data to the network coordinator, and wherein each of the wireless end nodes is configured to indicate diagnostic information of the wireless end node to a user via the multicolored light emitting diode, wherein the display of the network coordinator includes a plurality of network coordinator multicolored light emitting diodes that are configured to indicate diagnostic information of the transport refrigeration system, wherein the plurality of network coordinator multicolored light emitting diodes includes: wherein the plurality of network coordinator multicolored light emitting diodes are configured to use a combination of different blinking patterns and colors to indicate diagnostic information of the wireless communication system to a user, wherein the wireless end node multicolored light emitting diode is configured to use a combination of different blinking patterns and colors to indicate different diagnostic information of the wireless end node to a user including: a commissioning event; a decommissioning event; a firmware update event; and a wireless end node error event, wherein the network coordinator is configured to:",0.8394159562085856,0.3211680875828289
8565063,"1. A method for adaptive signal communication on a wireless or wireline network based on transmitter-receiver adaptation and interaction comprising the following steps for transmission and reception of an adaptive communication signal: at a transmitter: at a receiver: wherein the binary sequence includes a pseudo random sequence comprising one of an m-sequence, a Gold sequence or a Kasami sequence, and the interactive operation of an OFDM transmitter or receiver is enabled by the system transmission parameter information encoded into the PCP, the identification element of the PCP being a wireless or wireline communication transmitter identification.",0.48622726766752483,0.9724545353350497
8420405,"1. A method of detecting carbon dioxide concentration in an air sample comprising: exposing a carbon dioxide detector to the air sample, wherein the carbon dioxide detector comprises: a borosilicate substrate, having an acrylic binder; and; a carbon dioxide responsive indicator solution disposed on the borosilicate substrate; and determining the color of the indicator solution, wherein the color of the indicator solution indicates the carbon dioxide concentration in the air sample.",0.5769155333211528,0.8461689333576945
9063619,"1. A voltage-based capacitive touch device, comprising: a conductive sensing plane; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the conductive sensing panel respectively: a field generator unit coupled to the electrodes, the field generator unit being used for providing pre-determined driving signals to the electrodes, so as to form various types of voltage fields on the conductive sensing plane; a charge-storage measurement unit coupled to at least a part of the electrodes, the charge-storage measurement unit being used for measuring charge quantity stored on the conductive sensing plane and generating a plurality of charge-storage measurement results, the charge-storage measurement results corresponding to the charge quantity stored on the conductive sensing plane under various types of the voltage fields, each charge-storage measurement being performed at a different time point; and a position estimation unit, the position estimation unit being used for estimating whether or not a touch event occurs according to the charge-storage measurement results, and calculating touch input coordinates of the touch event according to the charge-storage measurement results if the touch event occurs; wherein the field generator unit comprises a static direct current driving circuit or a quasi-static direct current driving circuit coupled to the electrodes, the field generator unit generates various types of the voltage fields by adjusting driving voltages or driving currents from the static direct current driving circuit or the quasi-static direct current driving circuit to the electrodes, and connections between the electrodes and the static direct current driving circuit or the quasi-static direct current driving circuit are open when the charge-storage measurement unit performs the measurement.",0.2664882714758157,0.5329765429516314
8790511,"1. A water filtering device comprising: an inner cylinder unit having an inner end opening, a closed outer end opposite to said inner end opening of said inner cylinder unit, and a first space disposed between said inner end opening and said closed end of said inner cylinder unit; an outer cylinder unit sleeved movably on said inner cylinder unit and movable relative to said inner cylinder unit to convert said water filtering device between an extended state and a retracted state, said outer cylinder unit having an inner end opening in fluid communication with said inner end opening of said inner cylinder unit, and a closed outer end opposite to said inner end opening of said outer cylinder unit; and a filter element disposed within said inner cylinder unit and adjacent to said inner end opening of said inner cylinder unit so as to define a second space between said filter element and said outer cylinder unit; wherein, when said second space is filled with water, the closed outer end of the inner cylinder is loosened slightly, and said closed outer end of said inner unit and said closed outer end of said outer cylinder unit move toward each other, the water is forced to flow from said second space into said first space through said filter element, said outer cylinder unit includes an outer cylinder formed with said inner end opening at one end thereof and a second cap with an end surface connected removably to another end of said outer unit, constituting a closed end of said outer cylinder unit, a rotary disk disposed rotatably on said second cap, a plurality of date-representing characters arranged along a circle and disposed on said end surface of said second end cap, and a pointer disposed on said rotary disk, wherein said pointer is configured as a straight slot formed in said rotary disk.",0.41591436354213285,0.8318287270842657
8933725,"1. A state machine circuit switching between multiple states, wherein each state has a state value and a corresponding output value, the state machine circuit comprising: a state patch circuit, configured to generate a patched predicted state value, a patched output value, and a selection signal according to a current state value and at least one of a second input signal, a predicted state value, and an output value of the state machine circuit; a first selection circuit, configured to output the patched predicted state or the predicted state to a register according to the selection signal; and a second selection circuit, configured to output the patched output value or the output value according to the selection signal, wherein the predicted state value and the output value are generated according to a first input signal and the current state value of the state machine circuit, and the predicted state value and the output value are not generated according to the second input signal, wherein the register stores the current state value.",0.3030970062329819,0.6061940124659638
9382695,"1. A water circulation system for reducing growth of micro-organisms in water supply systems, comprising: at least one water inlet pipe and water outlet head comprising one or more water exit openings; a return water pipe; a pressure or flow sensing valve provided prior to or inside the water outlet head; and a mixing valve provided prior to the pressure or flow sensing valve, where said pressure or flow sensing valve is arranged to be able to move between two extreme positions where at a first extreme position said pressure or flow sensing valve allows all the water to flow out of the water outlet head via water exit openings and at the second extreme position said pressure or flow sensing valve allows all the water to flow into the return water pipe, wherein when the system is in use, or when someone is taking a shower, the mixing valve is operable to provide a high flow rate or pressure of water so that the mixing valve causes the pressure or flow sensing valve to be actuated at a first pressure so as to allow all the water to flow through the water exit openings, and when the system is not in use, the mixing valve is operable to provide a low pressure, which causes the pressure or flow sensing valve to allow all the water into the water return pipe, and the return pipe is further connected to the circulating water system so as to allow a constant flow of circulating water in the system, whereby static water in the system is avoided and the growth of micro-organisms in the system is reduced.",0.6353264371631167,0.7293471256737667
9640807,"1. An integrated fluorine gasket manufactured by injection molding for hydrogen fuel cells, wherein the integrated fluorine gasket comprises a fluorine compound and a thin bipolar plate, wherein the thin bipolar plate has a thickness of about 200 μm or less, wherein the fluorine compound is injection molded on the thin bipolar plate and first cross-linked, wherein the integrated fluorine gasket has a thickness of about 750 μm or less, wherein the fluorine compound comprising a fluoroelastomer has a fluorine content of about 60 to 75 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the fluoroelastomer, wherein the fluorine compound has Mooney viscosity of about 10 to 24 in a condition of ISO 289-1(2005): ML(1+4)/125° C., and wherein the fluorine compound has a scorch time of about 1.7 to 3.0 minutes that is measured by using a moving die rheometer (MDR) based on ISO 6502:1999(E) in a condition of temperature about 185° C./oscillation amplitude 0.5°/time 10 minutes.",0.5728143660253429,0.8543712679493143
8349512,"1. A multi-MEA test station comprising: a chamber configured for receiving a plurality of MEAs having a first thickness; a first multi cell body that define a plurality of openings having a first and a second step that are sized to accommodate a portion of an MEA having a membrane and a portion of the MEA having a bipolar plate comprising a first channel configured for supplying an oxidant to a cathode electrode of an MEA, and a second multi cell body comprising a second channel configured for supplying fuel to an anode electrode of an MEA; a pressing device configured for closely contacting the first multi cell body, the second multi cell body and an MEA interposed therebetween by applying opposed compressive force between the first multi cell body and the second multi cell body to thereby compress the MEA interposed between the first multi cell body and the second multi cell body to a predetermined thickness less than the first thickness; a reactant supply configured for supplying an oxidant to the first channel and supplying a fuel to the second channel; and a multi-loader configured for controlling the environment of the chamber during testing and activation of the plurality of MEAs, and configured for performing the testing and the activation.",0.550839529965722,0.8983209400685559
9338411,"1. A system for remote utility meter reading, comprising: a camera for generating an analog optical image signal representative of a utility meter having a visual identifier associated with the utility meter; an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the camera for receiving the analog optical image signal and generating an associated digital image signal; a transmitter connected to the camera for transmitting both the analog optical image signal and the digital image signal to a remote host, wherein both the analog optical image signal and the digital image signal are used for verification of location and power consumption associated with the utility meter; a track positioned adjacent the utility meter; a camera mount slidably mounted on the track, wherein said camera is mounted on said camera mount; and means for mechanically translating said camera and said camera mount with respect to said track for generating the analog optical image signal representative of a selected one of a plurality of utility meters.",0.5753008377363934,0.8493983245272132
9584008,"1. A flyback converter controller, comprising: a multiplier configured to multiply an error signal with a reference signal to produce a peak current command signal; a comparator configured to compare the peak current command signal corresponding to a desired peak value for a primary winding current to an Isense signal that represents a primary winding current amplitude, the comparator configured to generate a power switch off command responsive to an amplitude for the primary winding current equaling the desired peak value, and a clamp circuit configured to clamp a signal selected from the reference signal and the Isense signal such that a peak value for the primary winding current amplitude is maintained constant for a constant peak current period of each cycle of an input voltage and such that a power switch on time is maintained constant in a remaining constant on time period of each cycle of the input voltage.",0.9202882784779647,0.15942344304407063
8990508,"1. A memory system comprising: a first memory vault comprising a first stacked plurality of memory arrays, each memory array in the first stacked plurality of memory arrays located on one of a plurality of stacked memory dies; a second memory vault comprising a second stacked plurality of memory arrays, each memory array in the second stacked plurality of memory arrays located on one of the plurality of stacked memory dies, wherein a memory array in the first plurality of memory arrays and a memory array in the second plurality of memory arrays are located in a first die of plurality of stacked memory dies, and another memory array in the first plurality of memory arrays and another memory array in the second plurality of memory arrays are located in a second die of plurality of stacked memory dies; and at least one controller communicatively coupled to at least one of the first and second memory vaults to provide at least one of control, switching, communication logic, or prefetch operations associated with at least one of the first and second memory vaults.",0.2244193965327824,0.44883879306556485
9538567,"1. A wireless communication device, comprising: one or more processors configured to:",0.6752025472593226,0.6495949054813548
9435432,"1. A method for operating a driveline, comprising: during a first, electric only mode, driving a vehicle with a motor decoupled from an engine and through a transmission; and transitioning to a second, engine only mode, driving the vehicle with the engine coupled to the motor via reducing motor torque, where engine torque or motor torque is temporarily adjusted during the transition via speed feedback to regulate vehicle speed or acceleration, the engine torque or motor torque adjustment gradually decreased, and where during the transition to the second engine only mode, engine torque is increased and motor torque is decreased.",0.9425609846875056,0.1148780306249888
9592629,"1. A method of molding a part to an article comprising: placing an article on a retainer portion of a mold base to hold the article in a predefined location, the mold base defining a first molded part cavity portion; pivoting a first slide defining a second molded part cavity portion about a first pivot axis to form at least a portion of a complete molded part cavity; securing the second molded part cavity portion immediately adjacent the first molded part cavity portion; and introducing molding material into the at least a portion of the complete molded part cavity to produce a molded part in the form of monolithic, single piece unit, the molding material engaging the article so that the molded part is joined with the article by bonding between the molding material of the molded part and the article.",0.12926462671841016,0.2585292534368203
8739133,"1. An information processing system for facilitating debugging of a multi-threaded application, the information processing system comprising: a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; and a debugger configured to receive debugging requests from a user via a graphical user interface and communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, wherein the debugger is configured to:",0.5083065234354487,0.9833869531291026
9155834,"1. A pressure regulator comprising: an inlet cavity; a housing in communication with the inlet cavity; a plunger movably disposed within the housing; an outflow cavity defined between a surface of the plunger and the housing; a channel for fluid communication between the inlet cavity and the outflow cavity and configured to maintain equilibrium of forces acting on each side of the plunger; and an outlet through which the fluid can be dispensed from the outflow cavity, wherein the channel includes a cannula having one set of perforations in communication with the inlet cavity and a second set of perforations in communication with the outflow cavity, so as to allow the fluid to flow from the inlet cavity into the outflow cavity, wherein the cannula is slidable relative to the plunger to change a number of perforations from the set of perforations which are exposed in the inlet cavity to vary the flow from the inlet cavity into the outflow cavity.",0.19385382016521674,0.3877076403304335
9476006,"1. A method for producing a mixed-base oil comprising: hydrorefining a clarified oil to obtain a highly aromatic base oil having an aromatic content of 50% by mass or more determined by a column chromatography analysis method; and mixing the highly aromatic base oil and one or more base oils selected from a mineral oil and a synthetic oil other than the highly aromatic base oil to obtain a mixed-base oil having an aromatic content of 50% by mass or more determined by a column chromatography analysis method, an aniline point of 100° C. or less, % C",0.7190636684821019,0.5618726630357962
9471133,"1. A microprocessor, comprising: a plurality of processing cores; a service processing unit; and a memory accessible by both the service processing unit and the plurality of processing cores; and wherein at least one of the plurality of processing cores is configured to write a patch to the memory, wherein the patch comprises one or more instructions to be fetched from the memory and executed by the service processing unit after written to the memory by the at least one of the plurality of processing cores.",0.3933145134434316,0.7866290268868632
9487548,"1. A metal-carbene complex of the general formula (I): wherein M is Ir or Pt, n is an integer 1, 2 or 3, Y is NR A A R R R R R K is an uncharged mono- or bidentate ligand, L is a mono- or dianionic ligand, m is 0, 1 or 2, where, when m is 2, the K ligands may be the same or different, and o is 0, 1 or 2, where, when o is 2, the L ligands may be the same or different.",0.7476646742940878,0.5046706514118244
9506901,1. A portable combined carbon monoxide detector and smoke detector comprising: a detector housing; a carbon monoxide detector disposed in the detector housing; a smoke detector disposed in the detector housing; a suitcase having a suitcase housing and a handle assembly supported by the suitcase housing and the handle assembly includes a handle with a handgrip portion and the handle having first and second slider arms that extend from the handgrip portion and wherein the detector housing is mounted on the first slider arm.,0.45351699325896927,0.9070339865179385
9794230,"1. A method for encrypting data packets in a multimedia stream, each data packet comprising a header portion and a payload portion, the method comprising: selecting one or more data packets from an incoming multimedia stream; selecting a header portion and a payload portion associated with each of the one or more selected data packets; encrypting a part of the selected header portion and a part of the selected payload portion associated with each of the one or more selected data packets using an encryption algorithm, wherein remaining part of the selected header portion and remaining part of the selected payload portion associated with each of the one or more selected data packets remain unencrypted; and embedding encryption information associated with the encrypted part of the header portion and the payload portion in the multimedia stream to enable decryption by a receiving unit, wherein the encryption information comprises start of the encrypted part of the selected header portion and the selected payload portion, size of the encrypted part of the selected header portion and the selected payload portion, and an encryption algorithm and key information (KI) associated with encryption keys used to encrypt the part of the selected header portion and the selected payload portion.",0.012819161269675278,0.02563832253935061
8491635,"1. An implant for stabilizing the spine, comprising: a central mount; a-first and second articulating mounts coupled to the central mount, the first articulating mount includes a portion of a first cephalad arm extending therefrom and the second articulating mount includes a portion of a second cephalad arm extending therefrom; a crossbar configured to be secured to the central mount; locking elements for securing the first and second articulating mounts; wherein the central mount is configured to be adjusted laterally along the crossbar, wherein the first and second articulating mounts are configured to be adjustable independently of each other.",0.014173025464187439,0.028346050928374833
9421740,"1. A method for fabricating a coated zirconium alloy article, the method comprising steps of: pre-treating a surface of a zirconium alloy parent material (step 1); providing a pure metallic material of silicon (Si) or chromium (Cr) in powder form (step 2); maintaining a distance between a plasma gun and the parent material at 10 cm and plasma spraying only the pure metallic material of Si or Cr on the surface of the pre-treated parent material of step 1 with the plasma gun (step 3) to form a coating layer on the pre-treated parent material; and thermally-treating the coated parent material coated in step 3 in an inert atmosphere (step 4) to create a diffusion layer comprising zirconium and the pure metallic material of Si or Cr between the parent material and the coating layer, wherein the pure metallic material of Si or Cr is coated on the parent material to a thickness ranging between 20 μm and 500 μm to form the coating layer, and the thermal treatment of step 4 is performed at 350° C. for 4 hours.",0.6773532510065395,0.6452934979869209
8939029,"1. A MEMS sensor comprising: a substrate; a MEMS structure coupled to the substrate and having a mass movable with respect to the substrate; and a reference structure electrically coupled to the movable mass of the MEMS structure, wherein the MEMS structure is radially outward from the reference structure.",0.504622784425584,0.9907544311488321
9829101,"1. A gear shifting control method for an electric vehicle, the method comprising: an operation range determination step of determining, by a controller, whether a current revolution per minute (RPM) of a motor falls within a constant torque range or a constant power range when gear shifting is initiated between a first shift gear and a second shift gear; a variable control step of controlling, by the controller, an operating power of a cone clutch by adjusting an operating tilt if it is determined that the RPM of the motor falls within the constant torque range in the operation range determination step; and a constant control step of controlling, by the controller, the operating power of the cone clutch to be constant if it is determined that the RPM of the motor falls within the constant power range in the operation range determination step, wherein the cone clutch is configured to prevent a torque interruption during shifting by a synchronizer.",0.9326767243433548,0.1346465513132904
9288746,"1. A method for determining available services for a broadcast network, comprising: receiving an identification (“ID”) of a current cell (“current cell ID”) at a mobile device; determining whether the current cell ID is listed in an augmented coverage configuration file, wherein the augmented coverage configuration file lists cell IDs of cells in the broadcast network that overlap in coverage of a geographic area; determining one or more available services for the current cell and another cell operating on a different frequency carrier based on the augmented coverage configuration file when the current cell ID is listed in the augmented coverage configuration file; and adding the determined available services to a list of available services on the mobile device.",0.42317562303990924,0.8463512460798185
8884576,"1. A motor drive system comprising: an inverter for driving a motor; the motor having a first permanent magnet having high coercive force and a second permanent magnet having low coercive force, a flux of the second permanent magnet is varied based on a magnetizing current output from the inverter, wherein the flux of the second permanent magnet is kept at the varied magnetic characteristic after the inverter stops the magnetizing current; and a current controller configured to control the magnetizing current, and, when a condition to vary the flux of the permanent magnet is satisfied, the current controller is further configured to estimate a flux amount of the motor based on a voltage and current supplied to the motor and an inductance value of a coil, and calculate a current reference so that the estimated flux amount approximates to a flux command, based on a torque instruction and the estimated flux amount of the motor, to be used for controlling the magnetizing current, wherein the estimated flux of the motor approximates to one of a maximum flux amount and a minimum flux amount based on the magnetizing current, the maximum flux amount corresponds to a flux of the first permanent magnet plus the flux of the second permanent magnet and the minimum flux amount corresponds to the flux of the first permanent magnet minus the flux of the second permanent magnet.",0.8723970886902673,0.25520582261946534
9125462,"1. An umbrella comprising: a shaft; an umbrella shade, coupled between a cap retainer and the shaft; a frame comprising: a cap, coupled between the cap retainer and the umbrella shade, comprising a cap opening and at least a first hinge portion and a second hinge portion, wherein the cap retainer couples to a bolt of the shaft that passes through the cap opening; a first strut, comprising first and second ends, a third hinge portion at the first end, and between the first and second ends is a first sleeve that holds a first solar panel, wherein the third hinge portion is adapted to mate with the first hinge portion of the cap to form a first strut hinge; and a second strut, comprising third and fourth ends, a fourth hinge portion at third end, and between the third and fourth ends is a second sleeve that holds a second solar panel, wherein the fourth hinge portion is adapted to mate with the second hinge portion of the cap to form a second strut hinge, the umbrella comprises an open position during which the umbrella shade is extended into a position away from the shaft and a closed position during which the umbrella shade is folded into a position closer to the shaft, when changing the umbrella from the closed to the open position, the umbrella shade pushes against a bottom of the struts while the umbrella shade is extended, causing the struts to rotate via the first and second strut hinges in a first turn direction, so that an angle between a top of the first strut and a top of the cap increases from a first angle in the closed position to a second angle in the open position, and the second angle is greater than the first angle, and when changing the umbrella from the open to the closed position, the bottom of the struts rest against the umbrella shade while the umbrella is folded, causing the struts to rotate via the first and second strut hinges in a second turn direction, so that the angle between the top of the first strut and the top of the cap decreases from the second angle to the first angle, and the second turn direction is opposite of the first turn direction; a rechargeable battery; a battery charging circuit, coupled to the rechargeable battery; a plurality of electrical wires, coupling the first and second solar panels in parallel to the electrical charger circuit, wherein the battery charging circuit can charge the rechargeable battery using solar power received from the first and second solar panels; and a first printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a PCB hole though which the shaft of the umbrella passes through, wherein the battery charging circuit and the voltage converter circuit are formed on the printed circuit board.",0.9686822040252224,0.06263559194955515
8877617,"1. A method for forming a thin film on a substrate, the method comprising: cleaning a process chamber by flowing a first gas comprising fluorine into the process chamber; after flowing the first gas comprising fluorine into the process chamber, coating the process chamber with a first encapsulating layer comprising amorphous silicon by flowing a second gas for a first duration into the process chamber, wherein the first encapsulating layer protects against fluorine contamination; after coating the process chamber with the first encapsulating layer, loading a substrate into the process chamber; depositing a thin film on the substrate by flowing a third gas into the process chamber; and unloading the substrate from the process chamber.",0.4193390924482571,0.8386781848965142
8593398,"1. A method, comprising: searching by a source device for other nearby devices, determining by the source device positions of nearby devices in relation to the position of the source device, detecting by a source device a selection input by an input object selecting an information item, detecting direction of movement of the input object after the selection input, identifying a target device on the basis of the direction of movement of the input object, and causing an operative connection with the target device for transferring the information item to the target device, wherein the input object is a user's hand, the source device determines a description of the user's hand, and the source device causes transmission of the description to the target device.",0.02932004774523463,0.058640095490469224
9786653,"1. A self-balanced diode device comprising: a substrate; a doped well arranged in said substrate; at least one first conductivity type heavily doped fin arranged in said doped well, arranged in a line along a first direction, and protruded up from a surface of said substrate; and a plurality of second conductivity type heavily doped fins arranged in said doped well, arranged in a line along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, arranged at two opposite sides of said first conductivity type heavily doped fin, and protruded up from said surface of said substrate, and each said second conductivity type heavily doped fin and said first conductivity type heavily doped fin are spaced at a fixed interval, and said doped well, said first conductivity type heavily doped fin and said second conductivity type heavily doped fins form a plurality of diodes; an insulation layer arranged on said surface of said substrate, arranged between said first conductivity type heavily doped fin and each said second conductivity type heavily doped fin, and arranged between neighboring said second conductivity type heavily doped fins; a plurality of first contacts arranged on sidewalls and a top of said first conductivity type heavily doped fin and said insulation layer, and arranged in a line along said second direction; and two second contacts respectively arranged on sidewalls and tops of said second conductivity type heavily doped fins at said two opposite sides, arranged on said insulation layer, and arranged in a line along said first direction, and said first conductivity type heavily doped fin is coupled to a first voltage terminal through said first contacts, and said second conductivity type heavily doped fins are coupled to a second voltage terminal through said second contacts, and voltages of said first voltage terminal and said second voltage terminal forward bias said diodes to generate a plurality of uniform electrostatic discharge (ESD) currents through said diodes.",0.2535381020844542,0.5070762041689084
9005846,"1. A partly oxidized substrate formed by subjecting a substrate made of a porous metal or metal alloy comprising particles of at least one metal or metal alloy bound by sintering, the substrate comprising: a first main surface; and a second main surface, wherein the porosity of the substrate gradually changes from the first main surface to the second main surface, and wherein the substrate is pre-oxidized by an oxidizing gas and substantially all the particles of the substrate are partly oxidized.",0.8539325175028666,0.29213496499426683
8875764,"1. A pneumatic tire comprising a clinch and a carcass, the clinch being produced from a rubber composition for a clinch which contains a rubber component and has a sulfur content of greater than 1.91 parts by mass but less than 2.5 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the carcass being produced from a carcass cord covered with a rubber composition for a carcass topping which contains a rubber component, and the sulfur contents of the rubber composition for a clinch and the rubber composition for a carcass topping satisfying the following relationship:",0.48851306383171067,0.9770261276634213
9272980,"1. A method for treatment of cancer, wherein the cancer is at least one kind selected from the group consisting of mesothelioma, lung cancer, liver cancer, gastric cancer and bladder cancer, comprising administering an effective amount of a compound represented by the formula (I) wherein either R R R R X is N; and R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a patient in need thereof.",0.5299813145593457,0.9400373708813086
9096911,"1. An improved grain milling process including the production of ethanol by fermentation, comprising: grinding a whole grain; forming a slurry with water of the ground whole grain; adding one or more enzymes and one or more organic acids to the slurry with heating to liquefy fermentable components of the ground whole grain and produce a mash; recovering and recycling at least a portion of the one or more organic acids used to produce the mash; adding an enzyme to the mash to form a fermentation medium for producing ethanol; and fermenting the fermentation medium in the presence of yeast and one or more added enzymes.",0.8892188638500128,0.22156227229997438
9427309,"1. A soft tissue repair device configured to fuse a first tendon end and a second tendon end of a lacerated tendon together, the repair device comprising: a frame having a tubular structure and defining an axis and a bore, the frame including multiple struts interconnected and extending with a monolithic structure to at least partially define the tubular structure, the frame configured to receive the first tendon end and the second tendon end, the frame including a first portion and a second portion with an intermediate portion therebetween, the first portion and the second portion including anchors extending directly therefrom and into the bore and configured to attach the frame to portions of the tendon, the intermediate portion configured to be positioned adjacent the first and second tendon ends to substantially maintain the first tendon end to abut the second tendon end, the intermediate portion being configured to substantially resist elongation so as to maintain a substantially fixed position relative to the first and second tendon ends, the first portion and the second portion configured to be positioned over and attach to separate portions of the tendon, the frame configured to elongate along a length of the respective first portion and the second portion of the frame as the portions of the tendon elongate.",0.01935155579488455,0.038703111589769135
9421868,"1. A power transfer system in which electric power is transferred from a power feeding device external to a vehicle to a power receiving device mounted on the vehicle in a contactless manner, the power feeding device comprising: the power receiving device comprising:",0.841145826693854,0.3177083466122921
8876971,"1. A method of forming a crystalline Cu 2 Se film, comprising: dissolving a Cu depositing the Cu heating the Cu",0.4006602091480507,0.8013204182961015
8734621,"1. A method of producing a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) thin film, comprising: in a process chamber, providing a TCO target including a host TCO component, wherein the TCO target contains an amount of an oxide selected based on permittivity; providing a substrate in the process chamber; and depositing a metal oxide on the substrate from the host TCO component and the oxide of the TCO target in the process chamber to form a thin film, wherein the amount of the oxide provided in the TCO target is selected such that the thin film has a higher permittivity than the host TCO component, wherein the depositing comprises sputter depositing or bombarding the TCO target with ions from an ion source in an ambient environment of argon and less than about 0.6 percent oxygen in the process chamber.",0.5377495527388623,0.9245008945222755
8541155,"1. A resin-coated carrier for an electrophotographic developer, wherein a magnetic particle is coated with a resin on its surface, and the coating resin comprises a carbon nanotube having a carbon content of 75% by weight or more, wherein the carbon nanotube has a content of an iron element of 10 to 50% by weight with respect to a total amount of elements excluding carbon.",0.16367587927747274,0.32735175855494547
9430864,"1. A machine-implemented method of producing an acceleration structure for use in rendering a computer graphics image from a three dimensional (3-D) scene, comprising: mapping, by a processor, a set of primitives to nodes of a working spatial subdivision of the 3-D scene, each node of the working spatial subdivision enclosing a 3-D volume within the 3-D scene; representing each of the nodes with a respective temporary data structure stored in a non-transitory machine-readable medium, the data in that temporary data structure including data identifying one or more of a parent node, a child node and primitives, of the set of primitives, that were mapped to that node; defining, by a processor, elements of a hierarchical acceleration structure, from inputs comprising data from a selection from among the temporary data structures, the defining comprising determining a respective 3-D volume for each of the elements of the hierarchical acceleration structure from 3-D volumes within the nodes of the working spatial subdivision that correspond to the selected temporary data structures, and producing a hierarchical acceleration structure in a non-transitory machine-readable medium, using said determined 3-D volumes.",0.08224621113944097,0.16449242227888194
9199714,"1. An aircraft comprising: a door in a fuselage of the aircraft, the door being surrounded by a surrounding zone of the fuselage; a first frame of the fuselage that extends transverse to a longitudinal direction of the aircraft; and a connection device located between the first frame of the fuselage of the aircraft and a skin of the fuselage of the aircraft, the connection device being positioned in the surrounding zone, which is a zone subject to external impacts, and the connection device includes a first end part configured to be affixed to the fuselage skin, a second end part configured to be affixed to the first frame, and a third part that is located in between the first end part and the second end part and includes at least one zone configured to be weakened under compression to absorb an impact sustained by an outer face of the skin of the fuselage the at least one zone collapsing and breaking in response to the impact, the connection device further configured to resist tensile stresses exerted on an inner face of the skin of the fuselage by internal pressure of the aircraft.",0.19337517366052653,0.38675034732105307
9548505,"1. A method for controlling a fuel cell system, comprising: detecting an output characteristic value of the fuel cell system; and controlling the fuel cell system to respectively operate in at least two of a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode at different time points according to the output characteristic value, wherein when the fuel cell system operates in the first mode, and the output characteristic value is decreased to a lower limit, a first predetermined quantity of a reactant is supplied to a reaction tank of the fuel cell system, wherein when the fuel cell system operates in the second mode, a second predetermined quantity of the reactant is supplied to the reaction tank at a variable supply rate, wherein when the fuel cell system operates in the third mode, a non-fixed quantity of the reactant is supplied to the reaction tank at the variable supply rate, wherein the non-fixed quantity is greater than the second predetermined quantity.",0.9622095207562368,0.07558095848752644
9328630,"1. A propulsion unit for an aircraft, comprising: a turbine engine with a longitudinal axis parallel to a longitudinal direction of said turbine engine, and an engine mounting device designed to be added laterally on an aircraft structure, said mounting device comprising a rigid mounting structure with a proximal end that will be connected to the aircraft structure and with a distal end arranged facing the turbine engine, said rigid mounting structure supporting connecting means connecting said turbine engine to said rigid mounting structure, in which: said connecting means comprise at least one arch with a proximal end connected to said rigid mounting structure and an opposite distal end; said arch being concave towards said longitudinal axis; said proximal end and distal end of said arch extend on each side of a longitudinal plane containing said longitudinal axis, said longitudinal plane extending vertically when said propulsion unit is fitted on an aircraft parked on the ground; and when said arch is seen in a sectional view on a transverse plane orthogonal to said longitudinal axis, a first half-line and a second half-line delimit a first angular sector with an angle of between 45 degrees and 120 degrees, wherein the first half line starts from said longitudinal axis and passes through the distal end of said arch, and the second half-line starts from said longitudinal axis, is contained in said longitudinal plane, and intercepts said arch, wherein said connecting means comprise a distal connecting element connecting the turbine engine to a distal mounting part of said arch and arranged on the same side as said distal end of said arch relative to said longitudinal plane, said distal mounting part being arranged such that when said arch is seen in a sectional view on said transverse plane, said distal mounting part extends outside a second angular sector defined such that: the longitudinal axis is a vertex of the second angular sector, the second angular sector forms an angle equal to between 25 degrees and 100 degrees, the angular sector extends from said second half-line towards said distal end of said arch.",0.8744147467726938,0.25117050645461236
9261898,"1. A system for tracking time in a network, the system comprising: a first set of nodes, the nodes of the first set of nodes comprising a clock having an associated time, the nodes being configured to synchronize the clocks based at least in part on the associated time and time information exchanged with other nodes in the first set of nodes; a second set of nodes, the nodes of the second set of nodes comprising a clock having an associated time, the nodes being configured to synchronize the clocks based at least in part on the associated time and time information exchanged with other nodes in the second set of nodes; and at least one memory having stored therein computer readable instructions that, upon execution by the nodes in the first and second sets of nodes, cause the nodes in the first and second sets of nodes to at least: update at least one record to indicate performance of the one or more operations by the at least one node of the first set, a first time associated with performance of the one or more operations, and the first clock skew; and",0.3049586938623778,0.6099173877247556
9054379,"1. A cathode composite material comprising a cathode active material particle and a aluminum phosphate layer coated on a surface of the cathode active material particle, wherein a material of the cathode active material particle is spinel type lithium manganese oxide, and the aluminum phosphate layer comprising transition metal atoms diffused from the material of the cathode active material particle; wherein the spinel type lithium manganese oxide is represented by a chemical formula of Li x Mn 2−i L i O 4 ; 0.1≦x≦1.1 and 0≦i<2; and L represents at least one of the chemical elements of manganese, nickel, chromium, cobalt, vanadium, titanium, aluminum, iron, gallium, neodymium, and magnesium.",0.7981557679457821,0.40368846410843573
8453149,"1. A computer implemented method for handling events in a multi-core processing environment, the method comprising: initiating a first event by a guest running on a first core in a multi-core processing environment; placing the first event on a queue, in response to determining that the first event is to be handled asynchronously by a host running on a second core; handling the first event by the host running on the second core, in response to determining that the first event is initiated by the guest running on the first core; initiating a second event by the guest on the first core, while the guest is waiting for the first event to be handled by the host on the second core, wherein the second core removes the first event from the queue and triggers an event handler for the host to handle the first event; and awakening the second core to handle the first event by the host running on the second core without placing the first event on the queue, in response to determining that the first event is to be handled synchronously by the host running on the second core, wherein the guest on the first core is suspended while the first event is being handled by the host running on the second core, and wherein the guest running on the first core is a virtual machine supported by the host running on the second core, such that the host is configured to provide the operating environment for the execution of the host.",0.6183868023258605,0.763226395348279
8601490,"1. A non-transitory computer readable medium including program code for providing a message-based interface for exchanging business rules between parties, the medium comprising: program code for receiving via a message-based interface derived from a common business object model, where the common business object model includes business objects having relationships that enable derivation of message-based interfaces and message packages, the message-based interface exposing at least one service as defined in a service registry and from a heterogeneous application executing in an environment of computer systems providing message-based services, a first message for providing a statement of a specific condition or combination of conditions and an appropriate action to take or an object to use if the conditions are fulfilled, the first message including a first message package, the first message package hierarchically organized in memory, the first message package including: program code for processing the first message based on the hierarchical organization of the first message package, where processing the first message includes unpacking the first message package based on the hierarchical organization of the first message package and the first message package's derivation from the common business object model, wherein the particular hierarchical organization of the first message package is used at least in part to identify a purpose of the first message; and program code for sending a second message to the heterogeneous application responsive to the first message, where the second message includes a second message package derived from the common business object model to provide consistent semantics with the first message package.",0.19576777939550527,0.39153555879101054
9773279,"1. A system including: a computing device, wherein the computing device is configured to display consolidated price level data for a consolidated price level, wherein the consolidated price level represents at least two price levels of a tradeable object, wherein the consolidated price level data includes consolidated data for the at least two price levels; wherein the computing device is configured to receive a command; wherein the computing device is configured to generate an expanded consolidated price level interface for the consolidated price level automatically in response to the command, wherein the expanded consolidated price level interface includes un-consolidated data associated with each of the at least two price levels of the consolidated price level; wherein the computing device is configured to display the expanded consolidated price level interface automatically in response to generating the expanded consolidated price level interface, wherein a first price level of the at least two price levels corresponds to the consolidated price level, wherein the expanded consolidated price level interface is positioned such that the first price level is aligned with the consolidated price level; wherein the computing device is configured to receive a second command; wherein the computing device is configured to generate a second expanded consolidated price level interface for a second consolidated price level automatically in response to the second command, wherein the second consolidated price level represents at least two other price levels of the tradeable object, wherein the second expanded consolidated price level interface includes un-consolidated data associated with each of the at least two other price levels of the second consolidated price level; and wherein the computing device is configured to display the second expanded consolidated price level interface automatically in response to generating the second expanded consolidated price level interface, wherein a second price level of the at least two other price levels corresponds to the second consolidated price level, wherein the second expanded consolidated price level interface is positioned such that the second price level is aligned with the second consolidated price level.",0.2916299623555705,0.583259924711141
8621993,"1. A safety actuator apparatus for a baling machine comprising: an extension member coupled to a baling machine having at least one baling chamber, the extension member having at least one end extending outwardly from the baling machine; a support member comprising a safety actuated retention component that aligns with and is configured to contact and restrain the at least one end of the extension member; a detection device for identifying the presence of an obstacle in a predetermined path or a trajectory of movement of at least one component of the baling machine; and a communication device configured to send a signal from the detection device to the safety actuated retention component and engage the safety actuated retention component to restrain the movement of at least one component of the baling machine; wherein the safety actuated retention component comprises a frame sleeve that secures the safety actuated retention component to the support member and is configured to allow the safety actuated retention component to engage and disengage the at least one end of the extension member.",0.21135789437861663,0.42271578875723326
8834614,"1. A water recovery system comprising: (a) a plurality of water recovery devices, each water recovery device including: (b) at least one remote computer communicating with the plurality of water recovery devices through a communications network; (c) at least one second software application associated with said at least one remote computer for monitoring operation of said plurality of water recovery devices, and for transmitting instructions to the water recovery devices for optimal operation of said water recovery devices based upon data received from said water recovery devices that measure the operating parameters, said instructions including software commands applied to said first software application.",0.6231354528086342,0.7537290943827315
9691507,"1. A method, comprising: upon a nuclear reactor shutdown event, thermoelectrically converting heat generated with a nuclear reactor to electrical energy; and supplying the electrical energy to at least one mechanical pump of the nuclear reactor.",0.9742849840884253,0.051430031823149314
9550488,"1. A vehicle comprising: an engine; an electric machine; a torque converter including an impeller and configured to receive power from the engine and electric machine; and a controller programmed to, in response to an absence of driver demanded torque and a difference between desired and estimated impeller speeds, adjust electric machine torque based on a difference between estimated engine torque and desired impeller torque to drive the impeller toward the desired impeller speed.",0.9638347950405811,0.07233040991883777
9474532,"1. An embolization coil comprising: a placement coil having both of a pitch-wound region and a densely wound region to be placed in a body; and an elongation-preventing wire provided in the placement coil fixed to said placement coil at, at least, two points different from each other, wherein the pitch-wound region of the coil is placed in at least an end portion of a proximal region of the coil, the elongation-preventing wire has a region having an expandable/shrinkable shape in the region placed between the two points different from each other, the region having the expandable/shrinkable shape has a periodic shape, the elongation-preventing wire is formed by twisting wires of platinum-tungsten alloy, the periodic shape is two-dimensional or three-dimensional shape selected from the group consisting of a wave shape and a spiral shape, being provided over the entire length of the elongation-preventing wire, a natural length of the region of the coil placed between the two points different from each other is longer than 100% and 130% or less with respect to 100% of the natural length of the region of the elongation-preventing wire placed between the two points different from each other, a maximum expandable length of the region of the elongation-preventing wire placed between the two points different from each other is 130% or less with respect to the natural length (100%) of the region of the coil placed between the two points different from each other, a length of the pitch-wound region in the region of the coil placed between the two points different from each other is 5 to 40% of the natural length of the region of the coil placed between the two points different from each other, and the region having an expandable/shrinkable shape in the elongation-preventing wire is placed between the two points different from each other, so that the elongation-preventing wire is expanded from its natural length in the coil axial direction.",0.08297054214630983,0.16594108429261967
8459032,"1. A device for producing hydrogen for generating energy, comprising: a storage reservoir containing a liquid compound capable of producing hydrogen and having a formula R—XH, wherein R is a moiety selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, heteroalkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkoxy, cycloalkyl, heterocyclic, alkylaryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, arylalkynyl, arylene, oxyarylene group, and combinations thereof; and X is selected from the group consisting of sulfur, oxygen, and selenium; and a reaction chamber connected to the storage reservoir and having a metal substrate, wherein the metal substrate is contacted by and reacts with the liquid compound to produce an R—X compound bound to the metal substrate and hydrogen gas.",0.8850680328444586,0.22986393431108287
8524084,1. An apparatus comprising: a fluidized bed heat exchanger comprising:,0.657278096806901,0.6854438063861981
9076069,"1. A registering metadata apparatus comprising: a first acquisition unit which acquires a first image, first metadata, and a first position within the first image, the first position being for displaying the first metadata; an extraction unit which extracts local features from the first image; a calculation unit which searches for a group of the local features within a predetermined distance from the first position, and calculates a representative point of the group, the representative point being a center of gravity position of the group of the local features; a search unit which matches the first image with a plurality of images stored in a database by using the local features, and searches for a second image which coincides with the local features; and a registration unit which calculates at least one second position, within the second image, corresponding to the representative point, and registers the second position and the first metadata as metadata for the second image.",0.04546343556298344,0.09092687112596687
8886322,"1. A method for controlling a position of a patient's tongue, the method comprising: implanting an electrode having a plurality of contacts, the plurality of contacts being proximate a Hypoglossal nerve; implanting an implantable pulse generator (IPG), the IPG being electronically coupled to the electrode; programming the IPG, independent of respiration cycle, to deliver at least two electric signals to the plurality of contacts; applying the at least two electric signals at a starting frequency via the plurality of contacts to at least two targeted motor efferent groups located within the Hypoglossal nerve to stimulate at least two muscles of the tongue; and ramping the starting frequency downwards to a target frequency, wherein programming the IPG includes:",0.14161072117269866,0.28322144234539737
9065305,"1. A system, comprising: an engine; a generator coupled to the engine, wherein the generator comprises a rotor having a mass effective to absorb energy from the engine during firing portions and return energy to the engine during non-firing portions of a cycle of the engine, wherein the system excludes a flywheel, and the generator comprises a gear coupled to the rotor; a starter configured to rotate the gear to start the engine; and an electronic ignition system and a Hall effect sensor, wherein the electronic ignition system is configured to control engine ignition in response to feedback from the Hall effect sensor.",0.9696559209876797,0.06068815802464056
9130230,"1. A negative electrode active material for an electrode mixture, the negative electrode active material comprising: an amorphous carbonaceous material, and a doping element, wherein the negative electrode active material exhibits at least two peaks of derivative weight change at temperatures between 450° C. to 950° C. in thermogravimetric analysis and a maximum exothermic peak output of 20 mW to 60 mW as measured by differential scanning calorimetry, and wherein the doping element includes phosphorus (P), and wherein the negative electrode active material has a total exothermic heat capacity of 0.1 kJ/g to 10 kJ/g, as measured by differential scanning calorimetry.",0.9142077370792996,0.17158452584140083
8444802,"1. A method of making a balloon catheter having an elongated shaft with an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen, and a balloon sealingly secured to a distal shaft section, comprising: a) placing a distal tip member and a balloon having a distal skirt section and an inner lumen on a mandrel; b) positioning a proximal end of the distal tip member within the distal skirt section of the balloon, the distal tip member having coextruded inner and outer layers extending from the proximal end of the tip, and the inner layer is formed of a first polymeric material which has a first Shore durometer hardness, and the outer layer is formed of a second polymeric material which has a lower Shore durometer hardness than the first polymeric material and which is fusion bond compatible with the first polymeric material, and the balloon is formed at least in part of a polymeric material fusion bond compatible with the first and second polymeric materials of the tip; c) applying heat and a radially inward force on an outer surface of a distal portion of the balloon distal skirt section to fusion bond the distal skirt section to the proximal end of the distal tip member, such that a proximal section of the bonded tip is a fused blend of the balloon distal skirt section and the inner and outer layers of the tip, the fused blend having both the outer layer and inner layer of the tip fused with the material of the distal skirt section along the proximal section of the tip to form a lap joint securing the tip to the balloon distal skirt section; d) placing an elongate shaft on a mandrel such that the elongate shaft is co-axially disposed within the inner lumen of the balloon after the distal tip member has been fusion bonded to the distal skirt section of the balloon; e) positioning the distal end of the elongate shaft such that the proximal end of the distal tip member is longitudinally spaced apart from the elongated shaft by a gap there between; and f) applying heat and a radially inward force on an outer surface of a proximal portion of the balloon distal skirt section, located proximal to the fusion bonded distal tip member, to bond the distal skirt section to the elongated shaft.",0.14453960957517684,0.28907921915035373
8931343,"1. An ultrasonic scanner for scanning a workpiece comprising: an ultrasound transducer including an outer surface and a scanning direction, said transducer comprising an array line; and a solid coupling component including an orifice corresponding to an outer shape of said transducer outer surface, said orifice extending into said component in a direction perpendicular to said scanning direction, said transducer located at least partially in said orifice, said orifice including a transducer contact surface between said component and said transducer and a workpiece contact surface for contact between said component and said workpiece, wherein said array line is parallel to the transducer contact surface.",0.05054610580969528,0.10109221161939053
9018809,"1. An integrated power conversion system for a vehicle, the integrated motor power conversion system comprising: a) a rotor; b) a stator comprising windings connected together connected at a neutral node; c) an inverter connected between a battery bus and the windings; d) single phase A/C power connector; and e) switches connected in the windings so as to be capable of disconnecting two of the windings from the neutral node and connecting the two windings to the single phase A/C power connector.",0.9945321385353779,0.010935722929244163
8640804,"1. A vehicle for towing an airplane by receiving thereupon a nose landing gear of the airplane having an airplane longitudinal axis, said nose landing gear of the airplane having at least one front airplane wheel with a first axis of rotation, said airplane having main landing gear wheels with a common second axis of rotation such that, the first and the second axes of rotation intersect in a common airplane pivot point about which the airplane is to turn, said vehicle having a vehicle longitudinal axis and being configured to tow said airplane along a substantially straight or curved path, said vehicle comprising: a controller for directing operation of the vehicle, including maintaining the vehicle's in-phase position in which said vehicle longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to said airplane longitudinal axis; a plurality of vehicle wheels, each having a vehicle wheel axis of rotation; and wherein the controller is configured to calculate the location of the pivot point of the airplane according to a steering angle between the first and the second axes of rotation, and to control each vehicle wheel to be turned at its Ackerman angle, which is calculated by the controller according to the steering angle, with respect to the second axis of rotation such that all vehicle wheel axes intersect at the pivot point, whereby said in-phase position is maintained.",0.7906620253110197,0.4186759493779606
9694804,"1. A method of controlling an electrified vehicle powertrain comprising: producing a first torque in an unpowered electric machine by rotating a machine input, causing regenerative braking to slow the input below an engine idle speed to a non-zero target speed; powering the machine at the target speed to produce a second torque, opposite the first torque, and lash cross the input; maintaining the target speed below the idle speed until receiving a torque request.",0.9483391090915724,0.10332178181685525
8809733,"1. A method for marking an article, comprising: providing a metal structure for the article; pre-treating at least a first surface of the metal structure; after the pre-treating, anodizing at least the first surface of the metal structure; and subsequently altering surface characteristics of selective portions of an inner unanodized surface of the metal structure.",0.27963392073311766,0.5592678414662353
9843179,"1. A termination connector for a steel strand rope having a thickness, said termination connector comprising: a connector body with a common channel, wherein said connector body is composed of a high strength composite material, and wherein said connector body has a first section comprising a ribbed annular stem with a circular entrance port having a cross-sectional diameter that is larger than the thickness of the steel rope, a second section having a widening channel and an abutment band, and a third section comprising an elongate externally threaded spelter socket with a fully widened conical channel; wherein said abutment band has first and second edges, each of said first and second edges having a smooth surface and uniform edges for creating sealing occlusions; wherein said ribbed annular stem, said entrance port, said abutment band, said widening channel, and said conical channel are axially aligned; and wherein a connection with the steel strand rope is formed by threading the steel rope through the entrance port of the first section, past the second section and into the fully widened conical channel of the third section, where the strands of the rope are splayed within the conical channel of the spelter socket, such that on adding a reactive liquid mixture of thermosetting resins to the spelter socket the strands of the steel strand rope are adhered into a solid conical mass as the thermosetting resins cure.",0.48233988171600395,0.9646797634320079
8834031,"1. A bearing for a shaft penetration of a housing, the bearing comprising a bearing having a center axis, the bearing having an end face; a plurality of claws disposed on the bearing, each of the plurality of claws extending axially outwardly at a slant angle relative to a central axis of the bearing past a radial outer circumferential side of the bearing and having a free end; a claw ring with an annular support section, wherein one or more of the plurality of claws are disposed on the annular support section, wherein the claw ring is fixedly connected to the bearing; wherein the at least one claw ring is integral with and unitary with the bearing as a one-piece component; wherein the plurality of claws and/or the claw ring are molded together with the bearing or overmolded onto the bearing such that the plurality of claws are integral with the bearing; wherein the annular support section has a radially outer circumferential side and a radially inner circumferential side; wherein the annular support section comprises a plurality of counter hooks, the a plurality of counter hooks arranged on the radial inner side of the annular support section; wherein the plurality of counter hooks extend axially away from the support section in the insertion direction and are embedded into material of the bearing in the end face of the bearing.",0.14381437628742008,0.2876287525748402
8511019,"1. A building, comprising: a) a foundation; b) a first stud wall; c) a tie rod operably attached to said foundation and extending within said first stud wall; d) a first nut connecting said tie rod to said first stud wall; e) a first spring urging said first nut and said tie rod upwardly; and f) said first spring including a force at least substantially equal to the weight of an entire length of said tie rod disposed between said first nut and to where said tie rod is operably attached to said foundation.",0.5951987506856823,0.8096024986286354
9000747,"1. An amplifier circuit comprising: a voltage input terminal for receiving an input voltage Vin; a voltage output terminal for outputting an output voltage Vout, the output terminal being coupled to a pull up circuit and a pull down circuit; and a differential input stage connected to receive Vin and a first feedback voltage corresponding to Vout, the differential input stage generating a first signal, the pull down circuit comprising:",0.10016316658256433,0.2003263331651286
8527453,"1. A method for predicting an impending wind gust at a wind turbine comprising: obtaining as input data, with a predetermined frequency, measured values of two or more parameters selected from wind speed, rotor speed and generator power of the wind turbine; selecting a group of input data of predetermined size consisting of the most recently obtained two or more selected parameters; calculating, via a computing device having a processor, the probability of an occurrence of a wind gust on the basis of said selected group of input data by determining the resemblance of the selected group of input data with data of the two or more selected parameters, wherein the data of the two or more selected parameters being used to determine the resemblance comprises predetermined patterns of the two or more selected parameters during one or more predetermined wind gusts conditions; verifying if the calculated probability of the occurrence of a wind gust is above a predetermined probability level; and predicting the occurrence of a wind gust if the calculated probability is above said predetermined probability level.",0.8627398152845682,0.27452036943086355
8832352,"1. A method comprising: transmitting to a guest operating system of a first virtual machine, by a hypervisor executed by a processing device, a message that identifies a memory location for storing secure data; receiving by the hypervisor, after the transmitting of the message, a direct-copy command to clone the first virtual machine; and in response to the direct-copy command, creating, by the hypervisor, a second virtual machine via direct copy of the first virtual machine, wherein the second virtual machine is not provided access to the memory location during the creating of the second virtual machine.",0.20857870804672968,0.41715741609345935
9151513,"1. An apparatus for automatically assembling an angle plate in channel shaped flanges at ends of duct panels joined in a corner to form a duct section, said apparatus comprising: a platen adapted for engaging an end of a duct in a preselected position relative to said platen and said platen includes a substantially unobstructed work area adapted to receive a duct fitting; clamping members adapted for locking a duct in a preselected position relative to said platen; a supply hopper for angle plates located underneath said platen adapted for advancing upwardly an angle plate for insertion into said duct; an angle plate advancing member adapted for advancing an angle plate into engagement with a corner of a clamped duct section; and pressing members adapted for pressing an angle plate into said corners of said duct.",0.4711003166462194,0.9422006332924387
8825184,"1. A method for operating a vapor compression system, comprising the steps of: generating a set of perturbation signals having different frequencies for a set of actuators; modifying each control signal of a set of control signals with a corresponding modification signal of a set of modification signals, wherein each modification signal includes a perturbation signal; determining a metric signal representing perturbations in the system caused by the set of modification signals, where said metric signal is determined using a high pass filter responsive to receiving an output signal representing an energy consumption of the vapor compression system; subjecting a product of the perturbation signal and a corresponding frequency component of the metric signal to a low pass filter to produce a constant term of the product, wherein a sign of the constant term corresponds to a function of a phase; determining a modification value based on the constant term, wherein the constant term is integrated to produce an updated modification value; and adjusting a value of each modification signal based on a function of a phase between the modification signal and a corresponding frequency component of the vapor compression system, wherein the steps of the method are performed by a processor.",0.7439116588972506,0.5121766822054987
9287557,"1. A method for manufacturing a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: forming a slurry including active material particles of an oxide, a binder and a conduction auxiliary agent, wherein each of the active material particles comprises a transition metal, and an average value of cube roots of volume of each of the active material particles is 5 nm to 50 nm; applying the slurry to a surface of a current collector; exposing the current collector coated with the slurry to a non-uniform magnetic field to separate the slurry into a first portion of the slurry that includes the binder and the conduction auxiliary agent, and does not substantially include the active material particles and a second portion of the slurry that contains most of the active material particles and is located between the current collector and the first portion of the slurry; and selectively removing the first portion of the slurry, wherein a maximum of the non-uniform magnetic field at the surface of the current collector is 0.01 T to 2 T, and wherein the step of selectively removing the first portion of the slurry is followed by a step of drying the second portion of the slurry.",0.9348713361655675,0.130257327668865
8636795,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a tissue container defining an interior region, the interior region containing a precut corneal tissue graft in a rolled configuration, an adaptor including a distal portion and a proximal portion, wherein said distal portion defines an interior region having a first diameter and coupled to a proximal portion of the tissue container, and wherein said proximal portion of the adaptor defines a lumen having a second diameter, said first diameter being larger than the second diameter; and an injector assembly configured to be coupled to the adaptor and the tissue container, the injector assembly including a plunger configured to move within the adaptor and the tissue container to move the precut corneal tissue graft out of the interior region of the tissue container, the plunger defining an irrigation channel through which a fluid can be conveyed to the precut corneal tissue graft.",0.04637334739617671,0.09274669479235342
9089275,"1. A system comprising: an implantable thoracic impedance measurement circuit, adapted to sense a plurality of thoracic impedance signal values from a subject; a processor, coupled with the thoracic impedance measurement circuit to accept the plurality of thoracic impedance signal values; and a statistical analysis module adapted to compute a mean and a standard deviation of the plurality of thoracic impedance signal values, wherein the processor is adapted to extract from the thoracic impedance signal values one or more thoracic impedance signal values that fall within a boundary that is specified at less than or equal to a standard deviation from the mean thoracic impedance and to use the extracted thoracic impedance signal values to determine a pulmonary edema indication.",0.14779388931830317,0.29558777863660635
8854963,"1. A method of changing a rate of an ODUflex(GFP) signal having a normally constant bit rate in order to fill an available server signal payload channel bandwidth in a signal path comprising a source node and a sink node, and at least one intermediate node between the source node and the sink node, the method comprising: sending a rate change indication signal from the source node along the signal path in order to coordinate a beginning of the rate change at all nodes in the signal path, the rate change indication signal being carried in an overhead area of the ODUflex(GFP) signal; at the source node, after sending the rate change indication signal, changing the rate of the ODUflex(GFP) signal from the normally constant bit rate to a new bit rate at a nominal rate of change; and at each intermediate node, in response to the rate change indication signal, changing the rate of the ODUflex(GFP) signal from the normally constant bit rate to the new bit rate at the nominal rate of change.",0.37376757802018173,0.7475351560403635
9526797,"1. A method of treating a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-expressing or Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) expressing cancer in an individual comprising administering to the individual a combination of: (a) an immunoconjugate comprising: (b) a second full-length IgG antibody which specifically binds to an antigen selected from the group consisting of CD20 antigen, Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) antigen, HER2 antigen, HER3 antigen, Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 Receptor (IGF-1R) antigen, Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) antigen, c-Met antigen, CUB domain-containing protein-1 (CDCP1) antigen, and Melanoma-associated Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan (MCSP) antigen, wherein the second full-length IgG antibody comprises a human IgG Fc region and is engineered to have increased effector function compared to a corresponding non-engineered antibody and comprises (i) one or more amino acid substitutions at positions 298, 333, and/or 334 of the Fc region according to EU numbering or (ii) an increased proportion of non-fucosylated oligosaccharides in the Fc region as compared to a corresponding non-engineered antibody, in a therapeutically effective amount.",0.2239370167481382,0.4478740334962764
9749956,"1. A method for operating a communication device in an IEEE 802.11 wireless network, comprising: in a power save mode wherein a communication subsystem of the communication device has been deactivated: wherein",0.9294451453695938,0.14110970926081245
8967181,"1. A diesel exhaust fluid storage unit adapted to supply a metered amount of diesel exhaust fluid provided in a diesel exhaust fluid tank to a mixing zone in an exhaust pipe coupled to a diesel engine, the diesel exhaust fluid storage unit comprising a diesel exhaust fluid tank venting control unit formed to include a fill-limit valve module adapted to receive diesel exhaust fluid from a diesel exhaust fluid tank, a breather-valve module exposed to the atmosphere, and a vapor-transfer module interposed between and coupled in fluid communication to each of the fill-limit valve module and the breather-valve module, wherein the breather-valve module includes an interior chamber and a semi-permeable membrane having a topside exposed to atmospheric air admitted into the interior chamber and an underside exposed to fluid vapor associated with diesel exhaust fluid in the diesel exhaust fluid tank and fluid vapor conducted through vapor transfer module.",0.9628800991090655,0.07423980178186906
9854282,"1. A method for enabling a network based rate determination for adaptive video streaming, the method comprising: receiving, by a server, a request for a current video segment from an end user device; determining, by the server, a plurality of variables, the plurality of variables including a download time of a previously requested video segment by the end user device, an estimate of fullness of a buffer at the end user device and an estimate of a size of the buffer, the download time being a period of time from when the server sends an earlier request to a content server for the previously requested video segment until the server receives the request for the current video segment from the end user device; and performing, by the server, the rate determination based on one or more of the determined plurality of variables; requesting, by the server, the current video segment from the content server; and sending, by the server, the current video segment to the end user device according to the determined rate.",0.12647498598934193,0.25294997197868385
9476409,"1. A method of installing an offshore wind turbine assembly comprising: placing an elongated platform on a barge, said platform comprising a trunnion, a buoyant column comprising a first internal volume, an opening, an equalizer having a second internal volume, and a conduit in fluid communication with said opening and said second internal volume, said barge comprising an end, a rotational support for receiving said trunnion, a temporary support between said end and said rotational support, and an open passage extending from said end to a location proximate said rotational support, said platform resting on said temporary support in a first position; attaching an elongated turbine mast to said platform; attaching a turbine to said turbine mast, said turbine comprising at least one turbine blade; moving said barge to an offshore installation site; removing said temporary support; inserting a ballast material into said conduit and said second internal volume through said opening, thereby causing said platform to rotate about said trunnion through said open passage into an upright position; closing said opening with a cover; and disengaging said trunnion from said rotational support.",0.8598637709536652,0.28027245809266965
9035853,"1. A display device comprising: a substrate; an EL element over the substrate; a first transistor over the substrate; a power supply line electrically connected to the EL element; a gate signal line electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor; a counter substrate over the EL element, the first transistor, the power supply line, and the gate signal line; a first sealant between the substrate and the counter substrate, and surrounding the EL element, the first transistor, the power supply line, and the gate signal line; and a second sealant outer than the first sealant, wherein the power supply line comprises a region which is parallel to the gate signal line, wherein the power supply line and the gate signal line are formed in different layers, wherein the power supply line and the gate signal line overlaps with each other with an insulating film interposed therebetween, and wherein a ratio of a channel width to a channel length of the first transistor is lower than or equal to 0.214.",0.0965855988606388,0.19317119772127755
9002498,"1. A process tool system comprising: a tool sensor built-in to a process tool and configured to provide tool sensor data; a tool model built-in to the process tool, wherein the tool model is configured to generate model outputs based on model inputs; an execution system configured to:",0.3431995006047501,0.6863990012095001
9689573,"1. Combustion equipment for use in a gas turbine engine, the combustion equipment comprising: an inner case and an outer case, the outer case enclosing the inner case so that a first cavity is located between the inner and outer cases; a fuel delivery device for use in delivering fuel into a combustion region within the inner case, the fuel delivery device passing through a hole in the outer case and a corresponding hole in the inner case; and a seal assembly configured to seal the hole in the outer case through which the fuel delivery device passes so as to inhibit pressurized gas in the first cavity from leaking out from the hole in the outer case when the combustion equipment is in use, wherein:",0.7238487582273336,0.5523024835453327
9377162,"1. A pressure vessel liner comprising: a resin liner main body portion having a bottomed cylindrical shape and including two axial end portions, each axial end portion having a disk-shaped bottom portion and at least one disk-shaped bottom portion has an opening portion configured to receive a mouthpiece; a meshing portion integrally formed on an axially outer surface of each disk-shaped bottom portion and disposed on an outer peripheral side of the opening portion, the meshing portion extending along the axial outer surface of the disk-shaped bottom portion and including convex and concave portions extending in radial directions between an axially outer side and a radially inner side of the liner main body portion, and the concave portions and the convex portions are connected together; and a gate portion has a radially inner side disposed on an outer peripheral side of the meshing portion, the gate portion including a trace film formed during molding, wherein: in the resin liner main body portion, in the meshing portion,",0.32150918810154283,0.6430183762030857
9534573,"1. A fuel injection valve comprising: an injection hole; a seat section provided on an upstream side of the injection hole; and a valve body that is brought into a valve closed state when contacting the seat section and is brought into a valve open state when separating from the seat section, wherein",0.8307380668869927,0.3385238662260146
8610401,"1. A telematics device of an electric vehicle, comprising: a battery management unit configured to measure a charging state of a battery and to output battery charging information; a wireless communication unit configured to transmit and receive data according to a predefined communication protocol; and a control unit configured to receive the battery charging information from the battery management unit when the battery is charged and to transmit the battery charging information to a predetermined server through the wireless communication unit, wherein, if information regarding a destination is received, the control unit computes a distance to the destination and stops a charging operation of the battery management unit if the battery is charged by an amount of power necessary for traveling to the destination.",0.9588259146136858,0.08234817077262835
8377211,"1. A device for vacuum processing that performs vapor-deposition on a substrate being heated in a vacuum chamber, wherein the chamber has a light transmissible window formed in a section of the chamber; the light transmissible window and a holding part holding the substrate are connected by a linear space isolated from other parts in the chamber, wherein one end of the linear space is the light transmissible window, the other end of the linear space is the substrate; a laser emitter is installed outside the light transmissible window; and the laser emitter emits a laser beam to the substrate through the linear space, thereby heating the substrate.",0.26914022341865285,0.5382804468373057
8599709,"1. A method for calibrating a device having at least first and second wireless interfaces, the method comprising: transmitting one or more test patterns on the first wireless interface; measuring interference corresponding to the one or more test patterns on the second wireless interface; calibrating one or more parameters of the first wireless interface to minimize interference with the second wireless interface; and storing the one or more calibrated parameters; wherein the device is configured to, during at least one subsequent use, configure the first wireless interface based on the stored one or more calibrated parameters.",0.20121914146790656,0.4024382829358131
8446141,"1. A bandgap curvature correction circuit comprising: a first bipolar transistor having a first emitter, a first base and a first collector, said first emitter being coupled to ground; a second bipolar transistor having a second emitter, a second base and a second collector, said second emitter being coupled to ground, and wherein said first collector and said second collector are coupled together; a PTAT current source and a CTAT current sink coupled to said first base; a CTAT current source and a PTAT current sink coupled to said second base; current generator operative to develop an I a I wherein a first I whereby an output signal at said first and second collectors is second order quadratic.",0.04452438779849282,0.08904877559698565
9258237,"1. A method comprising: intercepting, by a network device, a transmission of a cable modem boot file from an FTP server to a cable modem by snooping on the transmission, wherein the cable modem boot file is for configuring a cable modem in a cable network; identifying, with the network device, based on the intercepted and snooped transmission of the cable modem boot file from the FTP server to the cable modem, information in the cable modem boot file that specifies an association between a specific Data Over Cable System Interface Specification (DOCSIS) service flow for the particular cable modem and a Network Function Virtualization (NFV) service chain defining a plurality of network services provided by a plurality of service nodes, wherein the service nodes provide an execution environment for the NFV service chain; determining that network traffic received from the cable modem matches the DOCSIS service flow; and re-directing the network traffic onto one or more tunnels to the NFV service chain for application of the network services provided by the plurality of service nodes that provide the execution environment for the NFV service chain.",0.108943242038612,0.217886484077224
8697731,1. A compound of formula (I): wherein: in the form of the base or of an acid-addition salt.,0.42332003261087875,0.8466400652217575
9561862,"1. A ram air turbine stall recovery system comprising: a ram air turbine; a hydraulic pump powered by the ram air turbine, the hydraulic pump includes a pump inlet and a pump outlet; an electric generator powered by the ram air turbine; a bypass line that connects the pump outlet to the pump inlet; a bypass valve located on the bypass line between the pump outlet and the pump inlet; and a controller responsive to an input signal that indicates a potential stalled condition of the ram air turbine, wherein the controller causes the bypass valve to open to allow a hydraulic fluid to flow through the bypass line in order to reduce a pressure within the hydraulic pump and the controller directs the bypass valve as a function of frequency of electrical power generated by the electric generator.",0.8203828909510168,0.3592342180979664
9027345,"1. A compound engine system comprising: a rotary engine having a stator body having walls defining an internal cavity, and a rotor body mounted for eccentric revolutions within the cavity, peripheral walls of the rotor and stator bodies cooperating to provide rotating chambers of variable volume when the rotor body moves relative to the stator body, the volume of each chamber varying between a minimum volume and a maximum volume with a difference between the maximum and minimum volumes defining a displacement volume, the peripheral wall of the rotor body having a recess defined therein in each of the chambers, a volume of each recess being more than 5% of the displacement volume, the rotary engine having at least one inlet port and at least one exhaust port in successive communication with each of the chambers; a compressor section communicating with the at least one inlet port; and a turbine section connected to the at least one exhaust port.",0.8968961362159757,0.2062077275680485
9376836,"1. An improved conventional key blank having an elongate body and a head, for forming a minimalized key to operate a lock, wherein the improvement comprises: a transverse groove located between the head and the body, formed into a thickness of the body to extend transversely across a width of the body, the groove being of a depth such as to facilitate deliberate breaking off of the head from the body thereat.",0.007041240109902653,0.014082480219805293
9581033,"1. A surface mounted heater assembly for an aerospace component comprising: a support layer, wherein said support layer has a thickness within a range of 0.001 to 0.010 inches; an electrically resistive heater foil element supported by said support layer, wherein said heater foil element has a thickness within a range of 0.0005 to 0.005 inches; a coating covering said heater element; an adhesive to secure said support layer to said component, wherein said adhesive has a thickness within a range of 0.0005 to 0.010 inches, wherein said coating comprises two layers, said two layers being visually distinct to permit identification of potential exposure of said heater foil element, one of said two layers is an erosion protection layer, the other of said two layers being an erosion indicator layer, said erosion protection layer being exposed to a gas turbine flow path, wherein said erosion protection layer has a thickness within a range of 0.005 to 0.009 inches, and wherein said erosion indicator layer has a thickness within a range of 0.0005 to 0.001 inches; and wherein said erosion protection layer, said erosion indicator layer, said support layer, said heater layer and said adhesive have a total thickness within a range of 0.007 to 0.035 inches.",0.7004887611274095,0.5990224777451809
9120990,"1. A system to prepare a fuel, comprising: i) a mechanical grinding system for grinding a cellulosic biomass; ii) a non-catalytic rapid thermal processing system for conversion of at least 60 wt. % of the cellulosic biomass to an unenriched renewable fuel oil; iii) a refinery system comprising a conversion unit to co-process a feedstock comprising the unenriched renewable fuel oil and a petroleum fraction in the presence of a catalyst; iv) a delivery system to deliver the unenriched renewable fuel oil to an injection point of the conversion unit; and v) a control system to control the delivery of the unenriched renewable fuel oil to the refinery system, wherein the unenriched renewable fuel oil has a carbon content of at least 40 wt. % on a moisture-free basis, an oxygen content in the range of between 20-50 wt. % on a moisture-free basis, and a water content in the range of between 10-40 wt. %.",0.9981394907727543,0.003721018454491354
8766877,"1. A communication system in a train, comprising: a plurality of cars, connected to form the train, each car having installed therein: wherein the train includes the plurality of control data communication devices, the plurality of image data communication devices, and the plurality of display units; wherein each image data communication device includes: wherein each display unit includes: wherein each control data communication device is connected by a control transmission path to a control data communication device in an adjacent car, so as to transmit and/or receive train control information between connected control data communication devices in adjacent cars; and wherein each image data communication device is:",0.27555181102934645,0.5511036220586929
9383068,"1. An LED based lighting system, comprising: at least one light assembly comprising a plurality of LED chips; a controller configured to receive an input signal and to provide an output control signal for controlling a light level provided by the at least one light assembly; a power supply module configured to receive a standard voltage and current signal, to convert the standard voltage and current signal to a DC voltage signal for powering the controller and to provide a power signal to a driver for powering the at least one light assembly to provide the light level in response to the control signal; a device implementing a multi-setting switch that provides an output signal for each setting; and an ambient light sensor that senses an amount of ambient light and provides an ambient light sensor output signal as a function of an amount of sensed ambient light; wherein the controller is responsive to the ambient light sensor output signal and is configured to provide the output control signal to the power supply module to control a respective maximum light level provided by the at least one light assembly in response to each setting of the multi-setting switch; and wherein the controller is also responsive to the ambient light sensor output signal and is configured to compare the ambient light sensor output signal corresponding to an amount of sensed ambient light with a plurality of threshold levels and to provide the output control signal to reduce the light level provided by the at least one light assembly from the maximum light level by a plurality of steps down in the light level from the respective maximum light level in response to the amount of sensed ambient light compared to the plurality of threshold levels.",0.8296074528749677,0.34078509425006454
9748709,"1. A grommet-style electrical receptacle assembly comprising: a first housing piece having a first base portion and a first upper portion configured to support an electrical or data outlet; a second housing piece having a second base portion and a second upper portion, wherein said second base portion is configured to engage said first base portion, and said second upper portion comprises a bezel configured to substantially surround said first upper portion; wherein one or both of said first and second base portions substantially enclose and define an interior cavity for receiving at least a lower portion of the electrical or data outlet; and a fastener operable to secure said first and second base portions together, and to secure said first and second housing pieces at an opening formed in a work surface with said first and second upper portions disposed at or above the work surface.",0.5300876873771607,0.9398246252456786
8438772,"1. In a gun comprising a barrel, a butt connected to the barrel, and a firing mechanism comprising a hammer having a biasing spring, the spring being retained in a compartment in the butt by a plug, on which the biasing spring presses, inserted in the butt to retain the hammer spring, and the plug being retained is said compartment by a transverse blocking pin, the improvement comprising a fastening for receiving a safety cord, wherein the fastening is connected to the plug in a movable manner and is retained by the plug, the fastening being movable manually by a user from a lowered position to a raised position wherein the fastening defines an accessible opening for receiving the safety cord, wherein the fastening comprises two parallel rods interconnected by a base, the rods have respective inwardly bent legs facing toward one another, the plug has longitudinal grooves extending along opposite sides thereof, the parallel rods are slidably seated in said grooves, and said grooves have a first portion of a first depth, a second portion of a second depth, and a step between said first and second portions, so that as long as the plug is retained in the compartment by the blocking pin, the fastening can move only between a retracted position at which the base is flush with the end of the plug, and a deployed position, at which the inwardly bent legs engage said steps.",0.014101007097719288,0.02820201419543855
8428451,1. An apparatus comprising: a first lens assembly having a first effective focal length and a second lens assembly having a second effective focal length; a moveable platform on which said first and said second lens assemblies are mounted; an image sensor positioned to receive light from said first lens assembly if said moveable platform is in a first position or to receive light from said second lens assembly if said moveable platform is in a second position; and a coupling structure comprising:,0.1618907583866205,0.32378151677324096
9643215,"1. A substrate cleaning apparatus comprising: a plurality of transfer rollers for transferring a substrate in a transfer direction; a liquid chemical feeder supplying a liquid chemical to a first surface of the substrate, wherein the liquid chemical feeder comprises: an air supply unit comprising a pair of air knives, wherein the pair of air knives is positioned above and facing the first cleaning roller, wherein the pair of air knives is positioned in front and rear sides, respectively, of the first cleaning roller when viewed in the transfer direction of the substrate and wherein among the pair of air knives, the air knife positioned in the front side is sloped to the rear side, and the air knife positioned in the rear side is sloped to the front side, wherein a line of infinite length oriented parallel to the air knife positioned in the front side would have a negative slope and a line of infinite length oriented parallel to the air knife positioned in the rear side would have a positive slope; and a splash preventing member disposed adjacent to the cleaning roller at a position higher than a rotational central axis of the cleaning roller in order to prevent the cleaning roller from being moved when impregnated with a large amount of fluid when rotated, wherein the splash preventing member further comprises a cover positioned on an upper surface of the housing and as a pair in both sides of the cleaning roller, the cover configured to prevent the fluid from being splashed according to a rotation of the cleaning roller and an upper end portion of the cleaning roller is protruded to an opening between the pair of splash preventing covers, wherein the plurality of transfer rollers transfer the substrate from the front side to the rear side of the first cleaning roller.",0.3100768595947798,0.6201537191895596
8465961,"1. An isolated improved xylose-utilizing Zymomonas strain obtained by a method comprising: a) providing xylose-utilizing b) continuously growing the xylose-utilizing c) adding to the culture made in (b) an amount of ammonia and acetic acid or ammonium acetate, whereby a stress culture comprising ethanol and ammonium acetate is produced; d) continuously growing the stress culture made in (c), whereby improved xylose-utilizing e) isolating one or more cells from the improved culture made in (d); and f) growing the one or more improved cells to make the strain.",0.8023624125198598,0.3952751749602803
8895182,"1. A battery pack to be inserted and attached to a power tool, comprising: a case; a plurality of battery cells accommodated inside the case; and a plurality of electrode terminals connected to the battery cells and provided on the case so as to be connectable to a plurality of tool-side electrode terminals from the underside of the power tool, wherein the case includes: a case main portion; and a case sub portion which is protruded from an upper surface of the case main portion; wherein the plurality of battery cells include a first battery cell and a second battery cell, the first battery cell being longitudinally accommodated in the case sub portion such that a longitudinal axis of the first battery cell is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the case sub portion, the second battery cell being accommodated in the case main portion, wherein the electrode terminals are provided on the upper surface of the case main portion, and wherein a majority of the case sub portion is inserted into the power tool when the battery pack is attached to the power tool.",0.7772918461146882,0.4454163077706237
8656700,1. A filter failure detection apparatus of an internal combustion engine comprising: a filter that is arranged on an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine for collecting a substance contained in an exhaust gas; a substance amount detection part that is arranged on the exhaust passage at a downstream side of said filter for detecting an amount of said substance which passes through said filter; a flow speed detection part that detects or estimates a flow speed of the exhaust gas which passes through said filter; and a determination part that makes a determination that said filter is in a failure if the determination part determines that a ratio of an amount of change in the amount of the substance detected by the substance amount detection part to an amount of change in the flow speed of the exhaust gas detected or estimated by the flow speed detection part is becoming larger as the flow speed of the exhaust gas passing through the filter becomes higher.,0.7481959124075339,0.5036081751849322
8643353,"1. A driving voltage adjusting circuit, comprising: a digital rheostat comprising a first rheostat and a second rheostat, the first rheostat comprising a first sliding terminal and a first fixed terminal, the resistance of the first rheostat changed as the number of resistors connected between the first sliding terminal and the first fixed terminal, the second rheostat comprising a second sliding terminal and a second fixed terminal, the resistance of the second rheostat changed as the number of resistors connected between the second sliding terminal and the second fixed terminal; a low dropout regulating circuit comprising a regulator, the regulator comprising an input terminal, an output terminal and a feedback terminal; the input terminal connecting with a power source, the first sliding terminal and the first fixed terminal of the first rheostat respectively connected with the output terminal and the feedback terminal; the second sliding terminal of the second rheostat connected with the feedback terminal, and the second fixed terminal being grounded, the low dropout regulating circuit configured for outputting an output voltage according to the resistances of the first rheostat and the second rheostat; a driving circuit comprising a number of switch elements connected with each other and a driver, each of the switch elements comprising a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal configured for controlling connection and disconnection of the first terminal and the second terminal; the driver connected between the output terminal and the control terminal and configured for outputting a driving voltage from the control terminal according to the output voltage outputting from the output terminal; and a control chip connected with the digital rheostat, and configured for controlling the digital rheostat to change the resistance of the first rheostat and the second rheostat; a preset voltage range being stored in the control chip, the first terminal and the second terminal of the switch elements connected with the control chip, the control chip acquired voltage drops between the first terminal and the second terminal and comparing the voltage drop with the preset voltage range to determine whether or not the resistances of the first rheostat and the second rheostat are acceptable.",0.6736183175455853,0.6527633649088294
9092628,"1. A computing device, comprising: a trusted environment comprising: a legacy environment comprising: further comprising a network interface that is dedicated for the trusted environment, the network interface being inaccessible to the legacy environment; and comprising I/O devices, wherein each of the I/O devices comprises dedicated connections for the trusted environment, wherein at least a portion of the I/O devices which do not pose a security risk to a computing system are coupled with the legacy environment; wherein the legacy environment executes safe applications to generate output in a structured form, further wherein the trusted environment comprises a content insertion module that is executed by the trusted processor to insert trusted data into the structured form; wherein content downloaded from a network is stored and executed only in the legacy environment, the downloaded content being inaccessible by the trusted environment; and wherein authentication data for the computing device is stored in the trusted environment and cannot be accessed by the legacy environment.",0.23772630347293186,0.4754526069458638
9445905,"1. An orthopedic implant comprising: a femoral head implant that includes an outer surface having a peripheral portion that is contoured so as to achieve an inward shift of the outer surface relative to an overall spherical geometry of the femoral head implant; wherein the femoral head implant has a femoral head rim comprising an edge or surface marking an end of a femoral head articular surface of the femoral head implant, wherein the femoral head implant has a femoral head axis defined by a reference line passing through a center of the overall spherical geometry of the femoral head implant to a geometric center of the femoral head rim of the femoral head implant, wherein the inward shift occurs at an angle greater than about 80° measured from an intersection of the femoral head axis with the outer surface of the femoral head implant, and wherein the peripheral portion that is contoured extends to the femoral head rim, and the inward shift of the outer surface is achieved using only a convex radius or convex radii that immediately follow a non-contoured surface.",0.049415871094512925,0.0988317421890259
9392951,"1. A catheter system for detecting at least one electrical property of anisotropically conducting cardiac tissue of a living being in an area of the tissue comprising surrounding blood having electrical conductance, said system comprising a catheter having a distal end comprising a plurality of electrodes configured for engaging the cardiac tissue for effecting high density impedance mapping thereof, and an electrical shield, said system further comprising control circuitry configured to connect a first subset of said plurality of electrodes to a sensing circuit, said sensing circuit configured to measure a voltage at at least one electrode of said first subset of said plurality of electrodes, said control circuitry further configured to connect a second subset of said plurality of electrodes as guard electrodes that are connected to a follower amplifier configured to apply a signal to said guard electrodes to maintain the potential of said guard electrodes at the same voltage as the voltage appearing at said at least one electrode of said first subset of said plurality of electrodes, said guard electrodes surrounding said first subset of electrodes and configured to engage said cardiac tissue and shield said first subset of electrodes from the surrounding blood adjacent the cardiac tissue, said electrical shield surrounding said guard electrodes.",0.054822388873356866,0.10964477774671377
9698789,"1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a pad, configured to transmit a communication signal; a core circuit, having a communication terminal coupled to the pad, and a power terminal coupled to a system voltage rail; and a control circuit, comprising:",0.713452014290406,0.5730959714191881
8808488,"1. Method for producing a connecting part ( 30 ), particularly a connecting rod of an aircraft, made of composite material, said connecting part comprising at least one hollow body ( 32 ) and at least one yoke ( 34 ) at each of the ends ( 36 ) of said body ( 32 ), characterized in that said body ( 32 ) and said yokes ( 34 ) of the connecting part ( 30 ) are derived from a single profile (P, P 1 , P 2 ) of composite material obtained by pultrusion.",0.7108912486702824,0.5782175026594352
8402119,"1. A computer-implemented method for tuning a database server, implemented in a computer system that includes a production server that processes incoming service requests and returns appropriate data from a database accessed by the database server, and a test server, the method comprising the following acts: preparing a database for use by the test server that is based on the database accessed by the production server; preparing for the test server an initial configuration that is a copy of a configuration in use at the production server; receiving at a virtualization connection incoming service request traffic; cloning at the virtualization connection the incoming service request traffic so that the incoming traffic request is provided to the production server, and a cloned copy of the incoming traffic request is directly provided in real-time from the virtualization connection to the test server, so that both the production server and the test server process the same incoming traffic requests; at the test server, testing the cloned incoming service request traffic using one or more new database configurations that differ from the initial configuration copied from the production server; recording in a hierarchy various of the one or more new database configurations tested; at the test server, navigating the hierarchy to a selected one of the new configurations tested that improves processing for the incoming service request traffic; and using the selected new tested configuration to thereafter process incoming service request traffic for the database accessed by the production server.",0.03274449698815125,0.06548899397630248
8566142,"1. A computer-implemented method of determining matches between searchers and providers, comprising: providing a buyer profile comprising a buyer type for a searcher on a computer; providing a plurality of service provider profiles on the computer; matching using the computer, one or more service providers based on the buyer type; and outputting the matching service providers from the computer, wherein each respective service provider profile comprises a number of days since the corresponding service provider was last matched to a searcher and matching service providers is further based on a number of days since the corresponding provider was last matched to a searcher.",0.031054164613925704,0.06210832922785137
8646475,"1. A metering pump assembly for admixing into an exhaust gas flow a required demand for a fluid reduction agent, comprising: a metering pump which on an entry side is connected to a connection for connecting to a reduction agent tank, and at an exit side is connected to a pressure conduit as well as a return conduit to the reduction agent tank, the metering pump comprising an associated drive, by way of a control of the drive a quantity of the reducing agent delivered by the metering pump is set exactly to the required demand, a return valve biased against the fluid pressure produced by the metering pump, is arranged in the pressure conduit, the return conduit is connected to the pressure conduit in front of the return valve in the flow direction of the reduction agent, wherein a biasing force which keeps the return valve closed, is larger than a force acting on the return valve by way of a fluid pressure of an opened return conduit, and with a closed return conduit, the force acting on the return valve by way of the fluid pressure exceeds the biasing force of the return valve, a first shut-off valve for the selective closing of the return conduit, is arranged in the return conduit, a premixing device arranged downstream of the metering pump that mixes the reduction agent delivered by the metering pump with a pressurized gas, and a second shut-off valve to selectively interrupt the supply of pressurized gas to the premixing device is arranged on an entry side of the premixing device in a pressurized gas conduit leading to the premixing device, the second shut-off valve in the pressurized gas conduit is coupled to the first shut-off valve in the return conduit to close the return conduit when the pressurized gas conduit is open, wherein the first shut-off valve may be actuated by pressurized gas, and the pressurized gas conduit leading to the premixing device is connected behind the second shut-off valve in the flow direction to an actuation connection of the first shut-off valve, wherein the metering pump assembly is adapted to perform a starting operation during which the reduction agent is delivered by the metering pump through the return conduit back into the tank until the metering pump and the pressure conduit are completely filled with reduction agent and after complete filling, the return conduit is closed by the first shut-off valve, so that the reduction agent may no longer flow back into the reduction agent tank, and wherein the first shut-off valve is completely closed preventing the reduction agent delivered by the metering pump from returning to the reduction agent tank at all times when each of (i) the pressurized gas supply is connected to the entry end of the pressurized gas conduit, and (ii) the pressurized gas pressurizes the pressurized gas conduit and (iii) the reduction agent is being delivered to the premixing device simultaneously occur.",0.6667446997834562,0.6665106004330876
8735478,"1. An aqueous coating material, comprising: a polymer (I); colloidal silica (II); and a nonionic surfactant (III) having an HLB value of 16 or more, wherein the polymer (I) is obtained by a process comprising polymerizing a monomer mixture (M) comprising 0.2 to 10% by mass of monomer (a) comprising 2 or more radically polymerizable groups, a solid content of the colloidal silica (II) is 0.1 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymer (I), and a content of the nonionic surfactant (III) is 0.01 to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polymer (I).",0.7380815943630878,0.5238368112738243
8516058,"1. A method comprising: creating, via an email application, an email to be sent to a plurality of users; associating, by an email tagging process executing on a computing device, one or more tags to the created email; sending the created email to the plurality of users; associating, by the email tagging process executing on the computing device, one or more additional tags with the created email after the email has been sent; making, by the email tagging process executing on the computing device, the associated tags accessible to at least a portion of one or more email users; automatically updating, by the email tagging process executing on the computing device, the one or more tags associated with the email, comprising automatically querying one or more email client applications identified as having received the email to identify at least one additional tag associated with the email created by at least one recipient of the email without resending the email; adding, by the email tagging process executing on the computing device, the at least one additional tag to the one or more tags associated with the email, wherein the at least one additional tag includes a tag originator of the at least one additional tag for display to at least the portion of the one or more email users; wherein permission to add the at least one additional tag is based upon, at least in part, a defined policy and wherein the defined policy is based upon, at least in part, a hierarchical position of a user by reference to a corporate directory; and prioritizing at least a portion of the one or more tags associated with the email; wherein prioritizing at least a portion of the one or more tags includes at least one of: prioritizing at least a portion of the one or more tags based upon, at least in part, the tag originator; and prioritizing at least a portion of the one or more tags based upon, at least in part, a content of at least one of the one or more tags; wherein the one or more tags associated with the email persist and transfer with the email using different email applications when sent between a cooperating email system application and a non-cooperating email system application.",0.044204442105665875,0.08840888421133175
8624303,"1. A field effect transistor comprising: a substrate; an active layer formed on said substrate; and a source wiring, a drain wiring and a gate wiring formed above said active layer, said source wiring being formed in a comb shape having a source wiring base and a plurality of source wiring fingers protruding from said source wiring base, said drain wiring being formed in a comb shape having a drain wiring base and a plurality of drain wiring fingers protruding from said drain wiring base, said source wiring and said drain wiring being arranged to oppose each other such that said source wiring fingers and said drain wiring fingers interdigitate, said gate wiring having a gate wiring base, a plurality of gate wiring fingers protruding from said gate wiring base, and a connection connecting tips of adjacent said gate wiring fingers, said gate wiring finger being arranged between said source wiring finger and said drain wiring finger, and said gate wiring base being arranged between said source wiring base and said drain wiring fingers and intersecting with said source wiring fingers, with an insulating film interposed between said gate wiring base and said source wiring fingers, wherein adjacent said gate wiring fingers and said connection connecting said gate wiring fingers make up a first wiring, a section of said gate wiring base between two points where adjacent said gate wiring fingers connected by said connection are connected to said gate wiring base, respectively, makes up a second wiring which is electrically parallel with said first wiring, and said first wiring has an electrical resistance not less than an electrical resistance of said second wiring.",0.12478212017045726,0.2495642403409145
8759965,"1. A protective modular package assembly, comprising: one or more subassemblies, wherein each subassembly of the one or more subassemblies comprises a base element, a sidewall element coupled to the base element, and a semiconductor device disposed within and coupled to the sidewall element and the base element; a protective modular package cover, comprising: an adhesive layer configured to affix the one or more subassemblies to respective subassembly receiving sections of the one or more subassembly receiving sections; wherein the one or more torque elements of the first and second fastening sections are configured to transfer a downward clamping force generated at the first or second fastening elements to a top surface of one or more subassemblies disposed in the one or more subassembly receiving sections via the cross member of each of the one or more subassembly receiving sections.",0.17442074456940998,0.34884148913881996
9750006,"1. A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a downlink control information (DCI) signaling; receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers;",0.35829531166342066,0.7165906233268413
8663399,"1. A magnetic core having an iron-based amorphous alloy according to a chemical composition with a formula Fe a B b Si c C d where 81.7≦a≦84, 10≦b≦18, 0<c≦5 and 0.3≦d≦1, numbers being in atomic percent with a+b+c+d=100, with incidental impurities, simultaneously having a value of saturation magnetic induction greater than or equal to 1.63 tesla, a Curie temperature of at least 300° C. and below 360° C., and a crystallization temperature of at least 400° C., wherein the alloy has been annealed at temperatures between 300° C. and 360° C. in a DC magnetic field of about 20-30 Oe applied along a toroid's circumference direction of the core or along a strips' length direction where a strip is used to prepare the core, and wherein a core loss is less than or equal to 0.5 W/kg when measured at 60 Hz, 1.5 tesla and at room temperature.",0.44231827219751285,0.8846365443950257
9234024,"1. A CRIg variant or fragment of the ECD thereof comprising an amino acid substitution at one or more amino acid positions in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:68, wherein one or more substitutions is selected from the group consisting of E8W or Y; W14F; G42D; D44H; P45F; Q601 or K; Q64R; M86Y, W, or F; Q99R or K; Q105R or K; or K110D, N or Q; and wherein the CRIg variant or fragment thereof has at least a 2-fold increased binding affinity to C3b over native sequence human CRIg of SEQ ID NO:68 or at least 2-times more potent an inhibitor of the alternative complement pathway than native sequence human CRIg of SEQ ID NO:68.",0.270889555379507,0.541779110759014
9337276,"1. A silicon carbide semiconductor device having a junction barrier Schottky diode, comprising: a substrate including a main front surface and a rear surface, and made of silicon carbide of a first conductivity type having an off angle; a drift layer formed on the main front surface of the substrate, and made of silicon carbide of the first conductivity type which is lower in impurity concentration than the substrate; an insulating film arranged on the drift layer, and having an opening in a cell portion of the drift layer; a Schottky barrier diode including a Schottky electrode that is formed in the cell portion and is formed to come in Schottky contact with a surface of the drift layer through the opening of the insulating film, and an ohmic electrode that is formed on the rear surface of the substrate; and a plurality of second conductivity type layers formed below a region of the Schottky electrode which comes in contact with the drift layer so as to be connected to the Schottky electrode on the surface of the drift layer, and arranged to be spaced apart from each other, wherein a PN diode is configured by the plurality of second conductivity type layers and the drift layer, and the plurality of second conductivity type layers is formed in stripes only in a direction parallel to a rod-shaped stacking fault.",0.4847182099682078,0.9694364199364156
9699396,"1. An apparatus comprising: an imaging sensor including an array of pixels, the pixels arranged in rows and columns and each of the pixels comprising a capacitance transducer that includes a receiver electrode and a dielectric layer; wherein the capacitance transducer of at least one of the pixels includes a TFT input coupled to a reference voltage and the receiver electrode; a first surface of the dielectric layer directly contacts the receiver electrode; a second surface of the dielectric layer, opposite to the first surface, is configured to be coupled with an object to be imaged; the receiver electrode is operatively coupled with the TFT input and defines a first plate of the capacitance transducer; the object to be imaged, when coupled with the dielectric layer, defines a second plate of the capacitance transducer; a voltage of each capacitance transducer is sensitive to a distance between the first plate and a proximal portion of a surface of the object to be imaged; and the at least one of the pixels includes (i) a peak detecting circuit electrically connected to the receiver electrode to detect a maximum charge available from the capacitance transducer and (ii) one or more charge amplifiers to collect and amplify the charges detected by the peak detecting circuit.",0.060381323370618724,0.12076264674123749
9624851,"1. A method of operating a vehicle powertrain, the method comprising: determining whether a selected powertrain operational mode is an extended range mode; determining a demand fraction of a maximum powertrain power of the vehicle powertrain, the vehicle powertrain including an internal combustion (IC) engine, the IC engine having a maximum output power when a gas phase fuel is conveyed to a fuel injector of the IC engine at a source pressure greater than a cutoff pressure; determining a gas phase fuel pressure in a fuel container in fluid connection with a fuel rail of the IC engine; operating the powertrain exclusively on the gas phase fuel if: operating the powertrain exclusively on a liquid phase fuel or an electric drive motor if: wherein the IC engine is a bi-fuel engine having the fuel rail in fluid connection with a fuel tank to contain the liquid phase fuel, or the powertrain includes the electric drive motor powered by a battery.",0.9751008051637277,0.049798389672544685
9767943,"1. A method of forming a nanoparticle assembly, the method comprising: applying a colloidal fluid to a surface of a magnetic media, wherein the colloidal fluid comprises magnetic nanoparticles, a surfactant, a phosphate buffered saline solution comprising 0.1% to 0.2% NH upon the application, the magnetic nanoparticles assembling into a pattern through a magnetic force arising from the surface of the magnetic media; and following application of the colloidal fluid to the surface of the magnetic media, adding a buffer solution to the colloidal fluid that is on the surface of the magnetic media.",0.34560692077374006,0.6912138415474801
9511760,"1. A method for monitoring a torque of a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving, via a first processing unit, a delta torque; calculating, via the first processing unit, in a first calculating process, a first setpoint torque and a second setpoint torque from the delta torque; checking, via the first processing unit, in a second calculating process, whether a difference of the first setpoint torque and of the second setpoint torque is less than, or equal to the delta torque, the second calculating process being carried out independently of the first calculating process; and outputting the first setpoint torque the second setpoint torque, only if the difference of the first and the second setpoint torques is less than, or equal to the delta torque, to a second processing unit for controlling at least one electric motor, to ensure that no greater transverse torques are generated than is provided to avoid skidding by the vehicle.",0.6924855374765895,0.615028925046821
8961658,"1. A mist/dust collector comprising: a tank body having an air inlet and separating mist and dust from air drawn thereinto through the air inlet; a recovery tank disposed so as to communicate with a lower part of the tank body, the recovery tank having a demister member provided therein; a suction unit connected to an exhaust side of the recovery tank; a spraying unit having an introduction pipe and a nozzle therein which is disposed near the air inlet so as to face an interior of the tank body, the spraying unit spraying water or a coolant fluid of a machine tool from the nozzle; a generally vertical main shaft located at the central interior of the tank body and rotatably supported by a bearing unit; an impeller in an upper part of the tank body, the impeller having a plurality of blades and mounted on the main shaft so as to be rotatable; at least one disc rotary brush having a large number of brush pieces radially protruding therefrom; and a shaking-off member mounted on the main shaft together with the impeller and the rotary brush, wherein: the suction unit is actuated to draw air containing mist and dust into the interior of the tank body maintained in a negative pressure state; the impeller is rotatable by a flow of the air and by collision of the water or the coolant fluid sprayed from the nozzle at a predetermined pressure and the rotary brush and the shaking-off member are rotated simultaneously with the impeller, so that the mist and the dust are separated from the air by a centrifugal action of the rotary brush and the shaking-off member; and the mist and the dust remaining in the air flowing into the recovery tank are collected by the demister member.",0.7100139575551633,0.5799720848896734
8753416,"1. A fertilizer product for application to soil, comprising: a quantity of a solid fertilizer; the dried residue of a polymer-containing composition on said fertilizer, said polymer-containing composition including a substantially water soluble copolymer containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties, water, an organic compound drying agent, and an amount of boron as boric acid, said composition having a pH of from about 1-4, said fertilizer product prepared by initially formulating said aqueous polymer-containing composition, then applying the formulated polymer-containing composition to said fertilizer, and thereafter allowing said drying agent and a substantial part of the water present in the composition to evaporate to leave said dried residue of said polymer-containing composition on said fertilizer, so that the fertilizer product does not include said drying agent or water to any substantial degree, the amount of boric acid in the composition operable to reduce the time required to achieve said evaporation of said drying agent and water, as compared with the composition free of boric acid, whereby the fertilizer product as applied to soil does not have any substantial quantities of the drying agent and water which formed a part of the polymer-containing composition initially applied to said solid fertilizer.",0.5410430028627954,0.9179139942744092
8651567,"1. A folding chair, comprising: a first subassembly comprising a first set of brace elements connected to a second subassembly comprising a second set of brace elements, each set of brace elements having a first brace element, a second brace element and a third brace element, each brace element having a first end and a second end; a cross-brace rigidly connecting the first brace element of the first subassembly with the first brace element of the second subassembly, the first subassembly and second subassembly being spaced apart from one another, wherein for each subassembly, the first brace element is positioned interior of the second brace element and the third brace element of a same subassembly; a pair of front legs with a front cross-brace connected therebetween, and a pair of rear legs; and a frame configured to receive a seat, and connected to each of the legs, wherein the first end of each first brace element rotatably connects to the front cross-brace, and the second end of each first brace element rotatably connects with a second brace element of a same subassembly, and wherein a first end of each second brace element rotatably connects to the frame and the second end of each second brace element rotatably connects to a respective one of the pair of rear legs, and wherein a first end of each third brace element rotatably connects to a respective one of the pair of rear legs and a second end of each third cross-brace element rotatably connects to the first brace element of a same subassembly, and wherein the first subassembly and second subassembly are configured to expand or collapse thereby permitting the folding chair to expand to an open position or collapse to a closed position.",0.02747348496984357,0.054946969939687174
9566901,"1. A side marker lighting system comprising: a light emitting module comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes; a sensor module; and a master controller comprising a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium storing one or more machine-readable instructions to:",0.6385398735489736,0.7229202529020529
9359994,"1. A module-handling tool for inserting and/or removing a stator module that includes at least one electrical winding into and/or from a module-receiving location in an active stator portion of an electromagnetic machine that includes a rotor having a rotational axis, the module-handling tool comprising: a frame, said frame having a base and being designed and configured to be secured to the rotor of the electromagnetic machine during use of the module-handling tool to insert and/or remove the stator module into and/or from the module-receiving location; a module translation axis; at least one bearing supported by said frame and designed and configured to engage the stator module when said frame is secured to the rotor of the electromagnetic machine; a translator designed and configured to move the stator module along said translation axis when said frame is secured to the rotor of the electromagnetic machine; and a positioning system designed and configured for aligning, when said frame is secured to the rotor of the electromagnetic machine; said frame relative to the module-receiving location of the electromagnetic machine for insertion and/or removal of the stator module, respectively, into/from the module-receiving location.",0.5111302184630113,0.9777395630739774
9559379,"1. A heater assembly comprising: a plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies which each have a plurality of fuel cells which convert chemical energy from a fuel into heat and electricity through a chemical reaction with an oxidizing agent, each one of said plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies having a fuel cell manifold which 1) receives said fuel within a fuel inlet of said fuel cell manifold and distributes said fuel to said plurality of fuel cells and 2) receives said oxidizing agent within an oxidizing agent inlet of said fuel cell manifold and distributes said oxidizing agent to said plurality of fuel cells; a fuel supply conduit in fluid communication with said fuel cell manifolds of said plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies, thereby communicating said fuel to said fuel inlet of said fuel cell manifolds of said plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies; and an oxidizing agent supply conduit in fluid communication with said fuel cell manifolds of said plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies, thereby communicating said oxidizing agent to said oxidizing agent inlet of said fuel cell manifolds of said plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies; wherein each of said plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies includes an orifice disposed between said fuel supply conduit and said fuel inlet or between said oxidizing agent supply conduit and said oxidizing agent inlet; and wherein said plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies are arranged in fuel cell stack assembly groups such that said orifices in said fuel cell stack assembly groups are configured to provide a magnitude of restriction that is unique to their respective said fuel cell stack assembly group, thereby providing uniformity of flow of said fuel or said oxidizing agent to said plurality of fuel cell stack assemblies.",0.9603496625266552,0.07930067494668958
9447529,"1. A cord comprising: (a) a plurality of uniform strands, each uniform strand having a substantially equal cross section area and comprising at least one fiber selected from the group consisting of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and long chain polyethylene; (b) a deviant strand having a cross section area at least two times greater than one of the uniform strands, the deviant strand comprising at least one fiber selected from the group consisting of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene and long chain polyethylene; and (c) wherein the plurality of uniform strands and the deviant strand are braided together in a substantially round braid, and the cord is hollow and spliceable, whereby an end of the cord can be inserted into itself to form an end loop.",0.33492850766197363,0.6698570153239473
9522273,"1. A method of improving motor deficits in a stroke patient, comprising: selecting one or more therapeutic tasks; observing repetitive performances by the patient of the selected therapeutic task; stimulating a vagus nerve of the patient with an implanted neurostimulator that delivers pulse trains of electrical stimulation energy to the vagus nerve while the patient is performing a movement of the selected therapeutic task; terminating the stimulation of the vagus nerve so that there is no stimulation between movement execution; and improving the patient's motor deficits, wherein the action of stimulating the vagus nerve of the patient further comprises determining respective beginnings of performances of the selected therapeutic task, and applying the pulse trains to the vagus nerve based on the determined beginnings of the performances, wherein the vagus nerve stimulation pulse trains begin after the beginning of the respective selected therapeutic tasks, wherein the vagus nerve stimulation pulse trains end prior to the end of the respective selected therapeutic tasks, and wherein the vagus nerve stimulation pulse train is not presented between performances of the selected therapeutic task.",0.15397610249428526,0.30795220498857057
9399863,"1. A toilet system comprising an ultra-low flush toilet, the toilet having a cistern, a bowl including a rim comprising a channel adapted to receive water from the cistern or a flushing device upon flushing of the toilet, the channel having a plurality of apertures therein through which water entering the channel from the cistern or the flushing device flows into the bowl, and wherein a greater concentration of the apertures per unit length of the rim is provided in an area of the rim positioned over a region of the bowl that requires additional water for cleaning, the toilet further comprising a toilet outlet through which waste material is discharged from the toilet, a waste material collection vessel in fluid communication with the toilet outlet via a toilet outlet conduit, the waste material collection vessel having a collection portion adapted to collect at least a portion of the waste material discharged from the toilet and a discharge portion through which at least a portion of the waste material in the collection portion is periodically discharged into a waste material disposal vessel, wherein the quantity of the waste material discharged from the discharge portion is sufficient to ensure that substantially all of the quantity of the waste material discharged enters the waste material disposal vessel.",0.6897898595323552,0.6204202809352897
9531234,"1. A flywheel module comprising: a bypass transmission comprising at least three rotational members; a flywheel which is connected to a first one of the three rotational members, while a second one of the rotational members is connected to an input/output of the flywheel module; an electric machine which can operate both as a motor and as a generator and which is connected to a third one of the rotational members; an actuation means for actuating the electric machine; a control unit for controlling an actuator; a clutch comprising two clutch sections of which a first clutch section is connected to the first rotational member and the second clutch section is connected to the flywheel; a brake comprising two brake sections of which a first brake section is connected to the first rotational member and the second brake section is connected to a firm object; and an operating element that includes only a single actuator for operating both the clutch and the brake, wherein the actuator is connected to the clutch and the brake such that this actuator either opens the clutch and closes the brake or vice versa, and wherein the first brake section and the first clutch section form part of a moveable switch element which is connected to the first rotational member, and which is moveable between a brake position in which the switch element is coupled to the firm object and a coupling position in which the switch element is coupled to the flywheel.",0.8275873905358243,0.3448252189283514
9400757,"1. A method comprising: running an application on a computer having a peripheral device, wherein the peripheral device is configured to provide audio and/or visual output, and wherein the application requires external network access and produces an output to the peripheral device; determining a number of people proximate to the peripheral device; and automatically changing a priority of the application in proportion to the number of people proximate to the peripheral device, wherein the priority of the application is selected from network priority, provisioning priority, and combinations thereof.",0.21037311620999166,0.4207462324199833
8718853,"1. A vehicle launch method, comprising: during operation with an idle engine speed prior to an accelerator pedal tip-in, increasing alternator load and boost pressure via a turbocharger, and operating with retarded spark timing, while maintaining the idle engine speed; and responsive to the accelerator pedal tip-in, decreasing alternator load and advancing spark timing.",0.9691782511581752,0.06164349768364952
9667437,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, at a network device, one or more packet data flows from a vehicle routing device, wherein the vehicle routing device is configured to: processing, by the network device, the one or more packet data flows based on the extended header.",0.4151174482671161,0.8302348965342322
8443875,"1. A down hole tool comprising: a tool body; one or more operative pairs of fluid cavities, wherein each pair has a seal disposed between the individual cavities; a magnetorheological (MR) fluid disposed in one of the fluid cavities; an electrical control unit disposed in one of the fluid cavities and in communication with the MR fluid, wherein the electrical control unit varies a magnetic field to adjust viscosity of the MR fluid within the respective fluid cavity; and a temperature sensor, wherein the electrical control unit is configured to vary the magnetic field in response to a measured temperature of the MR fluid.",0.09423109625057344,0.18846219250114693
8998078,"1. An automated banking machine comprising: a transaction function device located in the housing; a rollout tray connected to the housing and located in a first position in the housing, the rollout tray at least partially supporting the transaction function device; at least one slide connected to the housing and connected to the rollout tray, the at least one slide releasably connected to the housing by engagement of at least one tab and at least one slot, the at least one slide moveable relative to the housing and through the at least one opening in the housing between the first position wherein the rollout tray is located in the housing and a second position wherein the rollout tray is located at least partially outside of the housing wherein the rollout try is movable along a longitudinal direction between the first position and the second position, and wherein the at least one tab and at least one slot are engageable and disengageable responsive to relative movement of the tab and slot generally along the longitudinal direction: wherein one of the housing and a slide is in operatively fixed connection with a first tab and the other of the housing and a slide is in operatively fixed connection with a first slot, wherein the first tab and the first slot are releasably engageable, and wherein the slide is mountable in releasable engagement with the housing in a first configuration and in a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration the rollout tray is movable between the first and second positions such that the device extends through a first opening at a first side of the housing, and wherein in the second configuration the rollout tray is movable between the first and second positions such that the device extends through a second opening at a second side of the housing opposed of the first side.",0.025606387408313693,0.05121277481662734
9247773,"1. An e-cigarette system including (i) an e-liquid e-cigarette PV and (ii) a portable, personal storage and carrying case for the e-liquid e-cigarette PV, said case having a closed and opened position, in which the case includes: (a) a power source for re-charging a rechargeable battery in the PV; (b) a reservoir for holding e-liquid; and (c) a fluid transfer system adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to a chamber in the PV, wherein the case starts providing power to heat an electrical atomizing element in the PV automatically when the case in which the PV is stored is in said opened position.",0.6829306369639317,0.6341387260721365
9624169,"1. A compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, or alcoholate thereof, wherein: X R R R or R",0.3701941084145061,0.7403882168290122
8437698,1. A Time of Arrival (TOA) estimation method comprising: performing channel estimation according to a Normal Burst (NB) free of interference and a local training sequence and generating a channel estimate; performing TOA estimation according to the channel estimate and adjusting a synchronization position of a current NB according to a TOA estimation result; extracting a burst signal from received signals and generating the current NB; and canceling interference for the current NB and generating the NB free of interference.,0.14549134120506513,0.29098268241013026
8618007,"1. A fused cast refractory product obtained by a method comprising: fusing a starting charge to obtain a molten material; and casting and solidifying said molten material by cooling, wherein",0.8089063676049534,0.38218726479009324
9270632,"1. A method for context-linked identification and importation of user information from a medical information database containing user medical information into an interactive environment implemented on a computer and accessible to other users via a network, the method comprising: providing the interactive environment on the computer that allows posting of medical information content by a plurality of pre-identified users, each pre-identified user posting his own medical information content; receiving first medical information content on the computer for the interactive environment from a first pre-identified user; in response to a request by a user, identifying and selecting on the computer relevant medical information data about the first pre-identified user from the medical information database, the identification and selection being based on the first medical information content posted by the first pre-identified user, the relevant medical information data selected from medical information data previously-submitted by the first pre-identified user by determining a relationship between the one or more items of the medical information data previously-submitted by the first pre-identified user and the corresponding first medical information content, the identification and selection being made without additional intervention by the first user; and displaying via the computer the selected relevant medical information data to other users along with the first medical information content on the interactive environment.",0.0127414324601665,0.025482864920333026
9732696,"1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, the control device comprising an electronic control unit configured to control a fuel injection valve that injects fuel to be supplied to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, the electronic control unit being configured to calculate a base injection amount based on an amount of air taken into the internal combustion engine, the base injection amount being a base value of a fuel injection amount, the electronic control unit being configured to execute a fuel-supply cutoff process, the fuel-supply cutoff process being a process of stopping fuel injection from the fuel injection valve, the electronic control unit being configured to correct the base injection amount such that the base injection amount is increased, when ending the fuel-supply cutoff process and restarting fuel injection, the electronic control unit being configured to control the fuel injection valve based on the base injection amount corrected to be increased, when the fuel-supply cutoff process ends, the electronic control unit being configured to set an increase ratio based on which the base injection amount is increased, such that the increase ratio when a duration of the fuel-supply cutoff process is long is higher than the increase ratio when a duration of the fuel-supply cutoff process is short, the electronic control unit being configured to decrease the increase ratio with a lapse of time after fuel injection restarts, and the electronic control unit being configured to set a decrease rate that is an amount by which the increase ratio is decreased within a prescribed period of time, such that the decrease rate when the duration of the fuel-supply cutoff process is long is higher than the decrease rate when he duration of the fuel-supply cutoff process is short.",0.9363383292428832,0.12732334151423363
9455662,1. A mounting assembly for installing a solar panel array to a roof comprising: a. a mounting plate for receiving a solar panel module; and b. a securing apparatus rotatably coupled to the mounting plate for affixing the solar panel module to the mounting plate; c. the mounting plate further comprising and end; and d. the securing apparatus further comprising:,0.95646932568354,0.08706134863291992
8639889,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: in a memory cache, dynamically dispatching read and write operations; detecting a hazard between a requested read or write operation and a read or write operation actively being performed for a specified memory address; in response to detecting the hazard, suspending the performance of the requested read or write operation; in response to each completed read or write operation, broadcasting a representation of a subset of address bits at specific bit positions of the completed read or write operation; and automatically re-requesting any suspended read or write operation for which the subset of address bits equals the broadcast subset of address bits.",0.27133185200743865,0.5426637040148773
8659903,"1. A device, comprising: a passive cooling device having a surface; at least one active cooling device on the surface of the passive cooling device; and a thermal switch coupled to the passive cooling device, the switch having a first position that connects the active cooling device to a path of high thermal conductivity and a second position that connects the passive cooling device to the path of high thermal conductivity.",0.7530908372331975,0.49381832553360505
9496540,"1. A plate-shaped secondary battery for middle- or large-sized battery pack, the secondary battery, comprising: a sheet-shaped battery case having a sealing part and including a metal layer and a resin layer; and an electrode assembly, which can be charged and discharged, the electrode assembly mounted with an electrolyte in the sheet-shaped battery case in a sealed state, and having electrode terminals, the electrode terminals including a cathode terminal having an exposed portion protruding outside the sealing part of the battery case, wherein at least one of the electrode terminals is provided at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the sealing part with a self cutting part having a vertical sectional area less than a vertical sectional area of a remaining part of the at least one electrode terminal such that the self cutting part can break first when overcurrent flows in electrode assembly, and the self cutting part is located outside the battery case such that the battery case and sealing part are located between the self cutting part and the electrode assembly, wherein the self cutting part is formed in the cathode terminal, wherein thin resin film-shaped sealing members are attached to coupling regions between the battery case and the electrode terminals, wherein an endothermic layer having high latent heat during a change of phase is formed only on the exposed portion of the cathode terminal between the sealing part and the self cutting part, wherein the predetermined distance is defined as a distance at which the self cutting part can break before heat generated from the self cutting part is transmitted to the sealing part of the battery case, such that the sealing part is separated, when the overcurrent flows in the electrode assembly, and wherein the battery case is made of a laminate sheet including the metal layer and the resin layer.",0.8737964739843713,0.25240705203125735
9779886,"1. An electronic component comprising: a lid; and a body coupled to the lid to define an enclosed space therebetween, the body comprising: wherein the exposed portion of the first conductive terminal member comprises a base plating film and an outer plating film disposed on the base plating film, wherein the outer plating film has a central portion with a first thickness and a peripheral portion with a second thickness less than the first thickness, and wherein the central portion and the peripheral portion of the outer plating film both cover the base plating film and are both part of the first conductive terminal that faces outside the electronic component.",0.31215953683600034,0.6243190736720007
9017117,"1. A propulsion apparatus for ships including a front propeller and a rear propeller to rotate in opposite directions and adapted to provide propulsion power to propel a hull of a ship, the propulsion apparatus comprising: a power unit to supply power to rotate the rear propeller; a main shaft to transfer the power supplied from the power unit to the rear propeller; a hollow shaft extending in a longitudinal direction of the main shaft to allow the main shaft to pass therethrough and coupled to the front propeller; a drive motor comprising a rotor coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the hollow shaft and a stator supported by the hull, the drive motor rotating the hollow shaft in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the main shaft; an electricity supply unit to supply electricity to the drive motor, wherein the drive motor is a superconducting motor, the rotor of the drive motor comprising: a coolant supply unit to supply coolant to the cooling chamber, wherein the coolant supply unit comprises: a housing comprising a first housing allowing the main shaft to rotatably pass therethrough, and a second housing fixed to the hull and rotatably coupled to the first housing to define a coolant accommodation portion for accommodation of the coolant in conjunction with the first housing; and a connection line to connect the coolant accommodation portion and the cooling chamber to each other, the connection line being coupled to the first housing.",0.9614330535975171,0.07713389280496585
9839182,1. A method of installing and using a lighting controller 202 comprising steps of: providing fully mounting loosening or removing removing connecting replacing activating plugging,0.8670444903723215,0.2659110192553571
9790306,"1. A rubber composition for use in tire treads comprising: from 60 to 130 parts by weight of silica per 100 parts by weight of diene rubber containing not less than 50% by weight of hydroxyl group-containing modified styrene butadiene rubber, wherein:  (wherein R  (wherein R  (wherein R  (wherein A is a bivalent organic group containing a sulfide group; B is a monovalent hydrocarbon group having from 5 to 10 carbons; C is a hydrolyzable group; D is an organic group containing a mercapto group; R",0.46359993822138584,0.9271998764427717
9276415,"1. A charging station having a battery cell balancing system, comprising: a plurality of balancing charging units, each has: a power unit for providing electric power; a charging control unit, linked to the balancing charging units, and the power unit, for a resistor to absorb or consume electric power from a higher charged battery cell when the balancing charging unit is a passive type; wherein the balancing charging unit is an active type or a passive type; and wherein the battery cell is linked in serial or parallel with other battery cells in a battery pack, and the charging control unit stops the power unit to charge the battery cell when the state of charge of the battery cell detected by the detecting element exceeds a predetermined value.",0.9811762141217991,0.037647571756401765
8353173,"1. A refrigerating cycle apparatus operation control method for a refrigerating cycle apparatus comprising: a refrigerant circuit that is configured by connecting a compressor, a high-pressure heat exchanger, a throttling means, and a low-pressure heat exchanger using liquid piping and gas piping, and through which a refrigerant is cycled; a heated medium conveying means and a cooled medium conveying means that convey a heated medium and a cooled medium relative to said high-pressure heat exchanger and said low-pressure heat exchanger; a detecting means that detects temperature and pressure of said refrigerant in said refrigerant circuit and temperatures of said heated medium and said cooled medium; and a controlling means that sets a high-pressure pressure target value from thermal load and temperature conditions that are based on refrigerant information that has been obtained from said detecting means, and controls at least one of a rotational frequency of said compressor, a degree of opening of said throttling means, a flow rate of said heated medium, or a flow rate of said cooled medium so as to match a high-pressure pressure to said high-pressure pressure target value that has been set, wherein said controlling means sets a threshold value when said high-pressure pressure target value is set, and modifies a method for setting said high-pressure pressure target value depending on whether said high-pressure pressure is greater than or equal to said threshold value or less than said threshold value when said high-pressure pressure target value is decided.",0.9067119940721696,0.18657601185566075
8763740,"1. A vehicle comprising: a passenger cabin; a traction battery; and a trim assembly including a closure member and a trim panel having an indented panel portion defining an outline of part of an outer boundary of a passage, wherein the trim panel and the closure member meet one another with a portion of the closure member extending over the indented panel portion, wherein the portion of the closure member and the indented panel portion define the outer boundary of the passage and thereby form the passage, wherein one end of the passage leads from a port connected to the passenger cabin and another end of the passage leads to a port connected to the traction battery, and wherein the passage is configured for conveying air from the passenger cabin to the traction battery; wherein the trim panel includes trim on a surface thereof not meeting with the closure member.",0.6925585128993321,0.6148829742013358
8763493,"1. A knob retention system, comprising: a nut which includes a base having a cylindrical shape including two opposing nut end faces, a threaded bore aligned with a base central axis, a wall extending transversely from a first one of said nut end faces, said wall defining an inner surface which comprises a circular arc coaxial with said central axis, said wall extending at least partially around a circumference of said base to define a capture space; and an insert rotatably retained within said capture space by said wall includes a body having a cylindrical shape, a retention barb disposed on an outer cylindrical surface of said insert which is configured for engaging an interlocking element formed on an interior bore of a user control knob, and a D-shaped bore extending along an insert central axis.",0.07496317350809845,0.1499263470161969
9639594,"1. A system for managing identity and access management (IAM) data comprising: an IAM data model that models an IAM domain space using a common IAM data format, the IAM data model defining a logical computing resource entity, a physical computing resource entity, and a relationship between the logical computing resource entity and the physical computing resource entity; a mapping module implemented at a computing device wherein the mapping module is configured to transform heterogeneous IAM data provided by a plurality of IAM data sources based on the IAM data model into homogenous IAM data formatted according to the common IAM data format; a data store of the computing device that implements the IAM data model such that the data store is configured to store the homogeneous IAM data as a set of database records, the set of database records conforming to the IAM data model, the set of database records comprising (a) a set of physical computing resource records, each physical computing resource record conforming to the physical computing resource entity and corresponding to one of a plurality of physical computing resources of a computing system, and (b) a set of logical computing resource records, each logical computing resource record conforming to the logical computing resource entity and indicating at least one of the plurality of physical computing resources that implements the logical computing resource at the computing system; and an access request manager configured to change access rights for a user account using the IAM data model by:",0.09427123557447736,0.18854247114895473
8822010,"1. An element for an electronic component comprising a semiconductor layer which has projections having a height of 2 to 70 μm on an outer surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein each of the projections has a plurality of microspikes thereon.",0.46723279499702314,0.9344655899940463
8776088,"1. An operating system, comprising: at least two instances of the operating system stored in computer readable memory and distributed among at least two different heterogeneous platforms within a computing device, the at least two different heterogeneous platforms comprising a first platform on a first substrate and a second platform on a second substrate different from the first substrate, the first platform comprising a first functionality and at least one application module configured to interact with the first platform via a first local communication path and with the second platform via a remote communication path, the second platform comprising a second functionality and at least one other application module configured to interact with the first platform via the remote communication path and with the second platform via a second local communication path, said at least two instances using single-kernel semantics, the single-kernel semantics presenting a common homogenous operating system abstraction to the at least one application module and the at least one other application module such that the first functionality and second functionality are available to the at least one application module and the at least one other application module in a manner transparent to the at least one application module, the at least one other application module, the first functionality, and the second functionality.",0.47970911817686007,0.9594182363537201
8525462,"1. A shade control system, comprising: a motor; and a central controller configured to control the motor using a proactive algorithm, the proactive algorithm incorporating at least one of lighting information or radiation information, wherein the central controller is configured to control the motor using shadow information based on at least one of modeled cityscape conditions or modeled topographical conditions.",0.9517489447461286,0.09650211050774282
8502573,"1. A frequency divider, comprising: a plurality of logic circuit blocks, each comprising a plurality of control terminals; wherein at least one of the control terminals of one of the logic circuit blocks is arranged to receive an input clock signal having a first duty cycle, at least one of the remaining control terminals of the one of the logic circuit blocks is arranged to couple another one of the logic circuit blocks by a positive feedback, a clock signal at the at least one of the remaining control terminals has a second duty cycle different from the first duty cycle, and each of the logic circuit blocks comprises: a plurality of first transistors coupled in parallel between a first reference voltage and an output terminal; and a plurality of second transistors coupled in series between a second reference voltage and the output terminal.",0.22340313304816709,0.4468062660963341
9652323,"1. A computer memory access method, comprising: receiving external data with a prefetching length, the external data having an unmasked first data portion and a masked second data portion; writing the unmasked first data portion to a corresponding data storage unit of a computer memory by a writing unit, and reading a third data portion corresponding to the masked second data portion from the data storage unit of the computer memory by a reading unit; producing modified external data by merging the unmasked first data portion and the third data portion in place of the masked second data portion; generating parity bits from the modified external data by an error correction code encoding circuit according to a given rule; and then writing the generated parity bits to a parity bit storage unit of the computer memory by the writing unit, in substitution of previous information in the parity bit storage unit.",0.16689442420007788,0.33378884840015577
8756009,"1. A portable apparatus comprising: a position detection unit configured to detect a position of the portable apparatus; an azimuth detection unit configured to detect an azimuth of the portable apparatus; a map image acquisition unit configured to acquire a map image within a range based on the position and the azimuth; a display control unit configured to display the acquired map image on a display unit; and an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the portable apparatus, wherein the display control unit displays the map image on the display unit according to the detected orientation, and wherein the map image acquisition unit is configured to set a size of the map image based on a setting state of the portable apparatus.",0.15844410595164946,0.31688821190329897
8527301,"1. A method of evaluating the risk of insuring a grower via a data processing system, the method comprising: obtaining, by a communications interface of the data processing system, a geographic area yield comprising, or derivable into, a mean geographic area yield of a crop for a particular geographic area for a corresponding time period; obtaining, by the data processing system, a benchmark grower yield for a particular grower within the particular geographic area by a yield monitor or yield sensor associated with a work vehicle for harvesting the crop; determining, by an analyzer of the data processing system, a difference between the mean geographic area yield and the benchmark grower yield; estimating, by an estimator of the data processing system, a variability parameter indicative of a variation in grower yield in the geographic area; determining, by the data processing system, a forecasted grower yield, which deviates from at least one of the mean geographic area yield and the benchmark grower yield for the corresponding time period, based on the difference and the variability parameter, where a first result, of a county yield less the mean geographic area yield, is multiplied by the variability parameter to determine a second result that is added to the difference to determine the forecasted grower yield; and determining a risk indicator with reference to the forecasted grower yield, wherein the risk indicator is estimated from the following equation: where {circumflex over (ε)} it is a risk indicator, {circumflex over (α)} ic ={circumflex over (δ)} ic +(1−β ic ){circumflex over (μ)} ic y ct is the variability of a field i within geographic area c, μ c is the average or mean geographic area yield, δ ic is the difference between the mean geographic area yield and grower mean yield, and y ct is the county yield in time period t.",0.13287586309755178,0.26575172619510357
8555881,"1. A breathing assistance device that comprises a display and that monitors at least one breath cycle parameter, the breathing assistance device comprising: a graphical representation associated with the at least one breath cycle parameter wherein the graphical representation is a predetermined shape that dynamically changes in size along at least an x-axis in response to changes of a magnitude of the at least one breath cycle parameter and wherein the size of the predetermined shape of the graphical representation dynamically represents the magnitude of the at least one breath cycle parameter; and a graphical scale of the at least one breath cycle parameter associated with the graphical representation, wherein the graphical scale is capable of dynamically adjusting based on the magnitude of the at least one breath cycle parameter.",0.26220010840985136,0.5244002168197027
8747902,"1. An orally ingestible composition comprising: (A) barrier coated particulates which provide about a twelve hour release profile which comprise: (B) at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of at least one of (iiia) an uncoated particulate dextro-amphetamine-cation exchange resin complex of a size capable of passing through a number 40 mesh screen, wherein said uncoated dextro-amphetamine-cation exchange resin complex is dextro-amphetamine bound to a pharmaceutically acceptable water insoluble cation exchange resin, (iiib) an uncoated particulate amphetamine-cation exchange resin complex of a size capable of passing through a number 40 mesh screen, wherein said uncoated amphetamine-cation exchange resin complex is amphetamine bound to a pharmaceutically acceptable water insoluble cation exchange resin, (iiic) amphetamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which is not complexed with an ion exchange resin, or (iiid) dextroamphetamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which is not complexed with an ion exchange resin.",0.19816199599705409,0.39632399199410817
9044519,"1. A method for preparing a radiotracer precursor comprising the steps of: using 6-amino-1-hexanol and tert-butyl carbonate to carry out amino group protection and get tert-butyl 6-hydroxycarbamate; using tert-butyl 6-hydroxycarbamate and P-toluenesulfonyl chloride to perform a substitution reaction in pyridine solution and produce tert-butyl 6-toluenesulfonyl hexylcarbamate; taking tert-butyl 6-toluenesulfonyl hexylcarbamate and 2-nitroimidazole to perform substitution reaction in dimethylformamide (DMF) solution and get tert-butyl 6-(2-nitroimidazole)hexylcarbamate; and hydrogenizing tert-butyl 6-(2-nitroimidazole) -hexylcarbamate to get 6-(2-nitroimidazole)hexylamine and 6-(2-nitroimidazole)hexylamine further reacting with L-3,6-diaza-4,7-dioxo-8-[(triphenylmethyl) -thio]-2-[((triphenylmethyl)thio)methyl]octanoic acid to carry out amidation and get (6-(2-nitroimidazde)hexyl-L-3,6-diaza-4,7-dioxo -8[(triphenylmethyl)thio]-2-[((triphenylmethyl)thio)m ethyl]octanamide (DANI).",0.3861146683341474,0.7722293366682949
9514254,"1. A computer-implemented modeling-and-simulation system for coordinating components by exchanging and sequencing instructions , said system comprising: a scenario file generator for creating a blank scenario file; a plug-in loader for loading an available plurality of plug-in modules; a module classifier for setting a classification to a highest rank plug-in module of said plurality of plug-in modules; an event detector for monitoring updating a plurality of events in time; a selection receiver for selecting experimental plug-in, simulator and model plug-in modules from said plurality of plug-in modules loading a scenario, and setting experimental parameters; a simulation processor for executing a simulation from said scenario and updating said time for triggering an event In said plurality of events; a model request processor for providing parameters from said experimental plug-in module to said model, plug-in module; an instance receiver for receiving model instances from said model plug-in module; an instruction processor for instructing said simulator plug-in module to execute instructions until satisfaction of terminal conditions and in response to initiation by said experimental plug-in module; and an output provider for disseminating display information based on said updating events, wherein said model, simulator , experimental and output plug-in modules, and said scenario are independent.",0.15383638854402587,0.30767277708805174
9419911,"1. A method implemented on a packet processor, the method comprising: in response to receiving an incoming packet, checking workload usage of an isolation group (IG) associated with the incoming packet, wherein the IG is a classification of packets defined for the purpose of processing the incoming packet, and wherein the workload usage of the IG is a measure of packet processing consumed by the IG; determining whether the workload usage of the IG associated with the incoming packet indicates that the workload usage of the IG exceeds a predetermined threshold; forwarding the incoming packet to be executed by a packet execution unit in response to the workload usage of the IG associated with the incoming packet not exceeding the predetermined threshold; rejecting the incoming packet in response to the workload usage of the IG associated with the incoming packet exceeding the predetermined threshold, wherein the rejection causes the incoming packet being either buffered, discarded, or being processed on a best-effort basis; and updating the workload usage of the IG associated with the incoming packet based on execution of the incoming packet by the packet execution unit.",0.47352103022821285,0.9470420604564257
9295737,"1. A method of making a peptide phospholipid conjugate having less than or equal to 0.3% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) comprising the steps of: converting a peptide TFA salt to an acetate salt via anion exchange; and conjugating the peptide to a phospholipid, wherein said phospholipid at the time of conjugation is not included in a gas-filled ultrasound contrast agent.",0.4757968671494098,0.9515937342988195
8924645,"1. A data storage apparatus, comprising: a cache layer; a processor in communication with the cache layer, the processor to dynamically enable or disable the cache layer via a cache layer enable line based on a data store access type, where the data store access type is one of a read access type and a write access type; and a read counter to track a read count of read accesses to a non-volatile data store and a write counter to track a write count of write accesses to the non-volatile data store, the read count and the write count to facilitate determining when to dynamically enable or disable the cache layer.",0.4955251231311896,0.9910502462623793
9460429,"1. A method of collecting tolls through an app in a mobile device comprising: receiving position information of a plurality of toll gantries from a database, wherein said toll gantries comprise a main gantry, an on ramp gantry and an off ramp gantry; reading GPS location data from a mobile device; creating a plurality of trip segments based on said GPS location data wherein direction of the mobile device is calculated; determining whether the mobile device is travelling on a toll road; calculating the time when the vehicle is passing through a gantry using the position information of said toll gantries and trip segments; calculating toll charges based on said plurality of trip segments and a time when said mobile device travels through said toll gantries; communicating with a toll road reinforcement system; generating a toll charge transaction; notifying user of the mobile device on the toll charges; processing payment of the toll charges.",0.496680691048913,0.993361382097826
9315130,"1. An articulating head restraint for a vehicle seatback, comprising: a member having a face portion and a flange extending transversely therefrom; vertically extending front and rear links pivotably coupled with a transversely extending base bracket disposed substantially below the front and rear links and the flange substantially above the front and rear links to define a four-bar linkage movable between fore and aft positions; and a cushion slidably coupled with the face portion and movable between upper and lower positions along a track assembly disposed between the cushion and the face portion.",0.04684336697056809,0.09368673394113614
8763806,"1. A container comprising: a transparent cover component with a first peripheral surface comprising an upturned outer edge defining a plurality of sealing surfaces and a first, open-sided volume extending from the first peripheral surface; a paperboard tray component with a second peripheral surface defining a plurality of mating surfaces configured for joining in overlapping alignment with the plurality of sealing surfaces of the first peripheral surface of said transparent cover component inserted within the mating surfaces of the paperboard tray component, and a second, open-sided volume extending from the second peripheral surface, the plurality of sealing surfaces and the plurality of mating surfaces of the overlapping peripheral surfaces being oriented generally parallel to an axis defining the depth of the paperboard tray component, generally perpendicular to a bottom of the paperboard tray component; and a sealing strip oriented generally parallel to the axis defining the depth of the paperboard tray component and forming a bond for joining the plurality of sealing surfaces of the first peripheral surface of the transparent cover component along a circumferential overlap with the plurality of mating surfaces of the second peripheral surface of the paperboard tray component, the sealing strip bonding the mating and sealing surfaces along a strip of aligned, overlapping edges following the circumferential overlap of the first and second peripheral surfaces and oriented generally parallel to the axis defining the depth of the paperboard tray component, wherein the transparent cover component and the paperboard tray component are joined to form an enclosed volume of the container, absent sealing or bonding extending from the circumferential overlap in a plane generally perpendicular to the axis defining the depth of the paperboard tray component.",0.2005144043993546,0.4010288087987093
9188035,"1. A control system in a machine having an internal combustion engine, the control system comprising: a valve having an open position and a closed position; a motor coupled to the valve and operable to open and close the valve, the motor having a nominal operating current; a temperature sensor adapted to supply a temperature signal; and a controller in electrical communication with the motor and adapted to receive the temperature signal, the controller being configured to supply a closing current to the motor for a preset period of time when the temperature signal is indicative of a temperature no greater than a given temperature parameter, the closing current being at or above the nominal operating current, the closing current to the motor being supplied when the valve is in the closed position.",0.9426690713982111,0.1146618572035778
8366825,1. A rapid binder comprising: cement; at least one superplasticizer; calcium nitrite; and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of sodium formaldehyde bisulfite and sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate.,0.3943502611736863,0.7887005223473726
9284532,1. A mammalian cell that is deficient in its IFN-β production due to a deliberate blocking of IFN-β production in the cell; wherein when the cell is infected with a porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) said deliberate blocking is additional to the blocking effect of the PRRSV; and wherein the cell is capable of propagating the PRRSV.,0.846496758346689,0.30700648330662195
9136149,"1. A loading port comprising: a housing; a plurality of stations defined in the housing configured to receive a front opening universal pod (FOUP), the FOUP comprising a door configured to be in one of an open position or a closed position; a connector configured to receive an inert gas; a nozzle in at least one of the plurality of stations, the nozzle being configured to convey the inert gas from the connector to the FOUP to purge an interior of the FOUP of moisture; and a controller configured to (1) control the nozzle to regulate flow of the inert gas, (2) determine a time duration following a purge, (3) compare the determined time duration with a predetermined threshold, (4) determine if the door of the FOUP is in the open or the closed position, (5) actuate the nozzle to allow the inert gas to flow into the FOUP if the measured time exceeds the predetermined threshold and the door of the FOUP is in the closed position, and (6) prevent actuation of the nozzle if the door of the FOUP is in the open position, wherein the door of the FOUP is configured to be closed based on a predetermined quantity of wafers contained within the FOUP.",0.6580183293259123,0.6839633413481754
8868650,"1. A Non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, facilitate a method of consolidating a multi-party communication, the method comprising: receiving conference-contact information from a multi-user device associated with a first user, the first user also associated with a separate single user communication device, said conference-contact information including an indication of whether a first user is within a predetermined physical proximity of the multi-user device; storing said conference-contact information in a status record corresponding to the multi-user device; receiving a conference notification from a conference server, said notification comprising a request from a second user to set up a conference between the first user, the second user, and a third user; determining, based at least in part upon said conference-contact information, that the multi-user device is a default preferred device associated with the first user by evaluating priority rules that specify which of two or more of the user's devices is preferred in different conditions, and wherein the multi-user device is the default preferred device according to the priority rules when the first user is within a predetermined physical proximity of the multi-user device, wherein the default preferred device is a device on which the first user should be contacted; receiving an indication from the multi-user device that the first user will not communicate on the multi-user device during the conference; upon receiving the indication, receiving one or more user preferences from the first user indicating that the separate single user communication device is a preferred device for use during the conference; and providing the conference server with a setup instruction comprising a setup contact identifier that identifies the separate single user communication device as the preferred device for use during the conference.",0.1323632462611341,0.2647264925222682
9336240,"1. A method performed by one or more processes executing on a computer system, the method comprising: obtaining, from geo-metadata associated with an image, an acquisition geo-location for the image and, an acquisition geo-orientation for the image; representing on a map the acquisition geo-location and the acquisition geo-orientation; identifying one or more objects based, at least in part, on the acquisition geo-location and the acquisition geo-orientation, wherein the one or more objects represent one or more candidates of a subject depicted in the image; determining, for each of the one or more candidates, a distance between a focus point of the image and a geo-location associated with each of the one or more candidates; identifying, based on the determining, a primary candidate, the primary candidate positioned at the distance nearest the focus point; identifying the primary candidate as the subject of the image; and representing the subject on the map.",0.03347971700896413,0.06695943401792825
8765336,"1. An electrophotographic photoreceptor, comprising: a conductive base; and a photosensitive layer provided on the conductive base and containing a diadamantyl diester compound represented by General Formula (I) below: where, R",0.14207614448424558,0.2841522889684911
9597888,"1. A printing apparatus comprising: a print head for ejecting ink; a moveable carriage on which the print head is mounted for movement with the carriage; a sub tank mounted on the carriage and which stores ink supplied to the print head; a main tank removably mounted on the carriage and which stores ink supplied to sub tank; a detection unit configured to detect an ink amount in the sub tank; an ink filling unit configured to perform an ink supply operation in which a pump is driven for supplying ink from the main tank to the sub tank; and a control unit configured to cause the ink filling unit to perform a first ink supply operation in which the pump is driven for a first driving time when the main tank is mounted on the carriage, and to cause the ink filling unit to perform a second ink supply operation in which the pump is driven for a second driving time longer than the first driving time in a case where the detection unit detects that the ink amount is smaller than a predetermined amount.",0.13166853820763644,0.26333707641527293
8986655,"1. A recombinantly produced or synthetically produced PSMA binding reagent comprising a PSMA binding peptide having the sequence X 1 X 2 CVEVX 3 QNSCX 4 X 5 [SEQ ID NO: 2], wherein X 1 to X 5 are independently a natural amino acid or a non-natural amino acid, or having the sequence CALCEFLG [SEQ ID NO: 1] covalently linked either directly or indirectly to one or more moieties selected from the group consisting of an imaging contrast agent, an enzyme, a toxin, a detectable label, a protecting group, a therapeutic moiety, and a solid phase.",0.5102776255437433,0.9794447489125133
9469532,"1. A hydrogen generator comprising: a source of water; a source of an alkali metal hydroxide; a source of aluminum, wherein said source of aluminum is separate from said source of water; at least one pump; a reaction chamber having at least one inlet and having at least one outlet, wherein said at least one inlet is separate from said at least one outlet, and wherein said reaction chamber is configured to receive said aluminum, said alkali metal hydroxide, and said water via said at least one inlet, and wherein said reaction chamber is configured to receive said aluminum separate from said water, and wherein a first pump of said at least one pump is configured to provide a liquid to said at least one inlet, said liquid being one of said water or a solution comprising a combination of said water and said alkali metal hydroxide, and wherein said reaction chamber is configured to combine said aluminum, said alkali metal hydroxide and said water so as to cause a chemical reaction in said reaction chamber that outputs hydrogen, heat, and a waste solution, and wherein said reaction chamber is configured to output said hydrogen and said waste solution via said at least one outlet; a waste reservoir separate from said reaction chamber, wherein said waste reservoir is configured to receive said waste solution via a first outlet of said at least one outlet, and wherein said waste reservoir is configured to receive said waste solution from said reaction chamber as said waste solution is being output by said chemical reaction, and wherein said at least one pump is configured to pump said waste solution out of said reaction chamber via said first outlet; and a control system configured to control a flow rate of said liquid that is pumped into said reaction chamber via said first inlet, wherein said flow rate controls the amount of said hydrogen output by said chemical reaction in accordance with a demand for said hydrogen by a consuming apparatus.",0.9367028542415599,0.1265942915168803
8475864,"1. A method of removing or reversing the formation of an oxidized off-flavor in milk, consisting of: providing milk; and heating the milk to a temperature of between approximately 70° C. and approximately 90° C. for a period of between approximately 25 seconds and approximately 60 seconds.",0.319798362175203,0.639596724350406
9828727,"1. A method for preparing aqueous furnish to be used in paper product manufacturing, in which method aqueous furnish is prepared by making a fibre suspension, and cationic natural polymer, alum and anionic nanofibrillar cellulose are added to the aqueous furnish in a short circulation of a paper or board machine; wherein alum is added before anionic nanofibrillar cellulose is added.",0.762553871502903,0.474892256994194
8757841,"1. A lighting device, comprising: a heat sink which includes one surface and a receiving recess; a light emitting module which is disposed on the one surface of the heat sink and includes a substrate and a plurality of light sources disposed on the substrate, wherein the substrate includes a hole and a plurality of via-holes; a power controller which includes an electrode pin electrically connected to the light emitting module through at least one of the via-hole; and an insulating inner case which receives the power controller therein and is disposed in the receiving recess of the heat sink, wherein the light sources include a light emitting diode, wherein the light emitting module comprises a first light emitting module and a second light emitting module, wherein the first and the second light emitting modules emit white light, and wherein the white light of the first light emitting module has a color temperature different from that of the white light of the second light emitting module.",0.5485718395070036,0.9028563209859928
9487926,"1. An on-board re-inflatable containment boom for a waterborne vessel, comprising: a length of re-inflatable containment boom made from a flexible non-permeable sheet material, having upper and lower edges and upper and lower portions when deployed, comprising: a control rope incorporated into the upper edge; multiple re-inflatable float sections incorporated into the upper portion, each having a filling valve and an emptying valve; an incorporated air hose extending along an entire length of the boom and connected to all said filling valves and all said emptying valves of said re-inflatable float sections, with an interior of the air hose being maintained at a pre-determined positive air pressure while the boom and the air hose are wound on a reel before deployment of the boom; a containment skirt formed by the lower portion, below the air hose and below said re-inflatable float sections; a ballast chain incorporated into the lower edge; where said re-inflatable containment boom lies substantially flat and capable of being spooled when deflated, and floats with the proper orientation of the upper and lower portions of the boom when inflated.",0.24048760623783622,0.48097521247567243
9281414,"1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; a stacked structure including interlayer insulating layers and gate electrodes alternately stacked on the substrate, the stacked structure defining a through-hole, each of the gate electrodes including a portion in which a vertical width thereof is reduced with the approach to one end thereof; and a vertical structure in the through-hole, the vertical structure including a gap-fill pattern in a middle of the through-hole, a channel pattern surrounding an outer surface of the gap-fill pattern, and a gate dielectric layer surrounding an outer surface of the channel pattern, and the gate dielectric layer includes a tunneling layer in contact with the channel pattern, a charge trap layer in contact with the tunneling layer, a barrier layer in contact with the charge trap layer, and protective patterns, each one of the protective patterns being between the barrier layer and one of the gate electrodes, and each one of the protective patterns extending between two of the interlayer insulating layers and the protective patterns surround the portions of the gate electrodes in which the vertical width thereof is reduced, wherein the protective patterns include an oxide of silicon.",0.14271952893153603,0.2854390578630721
9303570,"1. An engine operating method, comprising: activating a compressor supplying air to an engine from a deactivated state via a controller before the engine reaches a desired idle speed, the compressor activated in response to an environmental parameter sensed via a sensor coupled to the controller during an engine start from stop, and where the activating the compressor is also in response to a desired engine torque when a driver is not depressing an accelerator pedal.",0.9813852318205968,0.037229536358806437
8760977,"1. A method for performing phase alignment in a recording channel, the method comprising: coupling a write output to a read data; determining a first delay from the write output to the read data; coupling a heat output to the read data; determining a second delay from the heat output to the read data; calculating a phase delay value corresponding to a difference between the first delay and the second delay; and modifying a heat data path providing the heat output to delay the heat output by an amount corresponding to the phase delay value.",0.5751714808787535,0.8496570382424931
9334752,"1. A protection system for over-speed protection in a turbo-machine, said system comprising: a fluid circuit comprising a header, a drain, and a hydraulic circuit coupling the header to the drain, the hydraulic circuit comprising a trip manifold device with a first state that prevents fluid to flow from a first inlet/outlet of the trip manifold device to a second inlet/outlet of the trip manifold device and a second state that permits fluid to flow from the first inlet outlet to the second inlet/outlet, wherein the second state places the header in flow connection with the drain to permit fluid in the header to flow to the drain, and wherein the hydraulic circuit comprises a first hydraulic circuit and a second hydraulic circuit that couple with the header to separate drains.",0.7849355206498205,0.43012895870035894
9697230,"1. A computer-implemented method for placement of advertising content within a playback stream, the method comprising receiving a segment list of timed content segments chosen from a set of discrete media files; obtaining enhanced metadata documents for the timed content segments, the enhanced metadata documents identifying timing information defined by timing boundaries of the timed content segments and at least one segment identifier associated with the timed content segments; identifying, using a relevancy engine, at least one relevant segment identifier from the at least one segment identifier for each of the timed content segments; associating the at least one relevant segment identifier to advertising content identifiers stored in a repository of a data map, the advertising content identifiers being mapped to specific advertising content; detecting segment transitions between each of the timed content segments; and presenting the specific advertising content that relates to each of the timed content segments at or near a time when the timed content segment is being played back.",0.03284981851237934,0.06569963702475867
8889972,"1. A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH752946, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV119314 with a second plant of variety CV720132, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV119314 and CV720132 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-13122 and PTA-13546, respectively.",0.2674106876997554,0.5348213753995108
9045042,"1. A computer-based method for allowing a one-time temporary change to a primary departure schedule of a vehicle, comprising: receiving, using an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and from a user of the vehicle, the primary departure schedule for at least one of activating a Battery Management and Charging Unit (BMCU) of the vehicle to perform a charging operation of a battery of the vehicle or for activating a Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit of the vehicle to perform a pre-climate operation to adjust an interior climate of the vehicle prior to a departure; receiving, using the ECU and from the user, at least one of an immediate charge mode designation or a primary departure charge mode designation; setting, using the ECU, a current charge mode for the vehicle to an immediate charge mode when a most recent received charge mode designation is the immediate charge mode designation; deactivating, using a signal transmitted by the ECU, at least one of the charging operation performed by the BMCU or the pre-climate operation performed by the HVAC unit, in order to temporarily prevent the charging operation or the pre-climate operation from being performed according to the primary departure schedule during a time period in which the current charge mode is set to the immediate charge mode; charging the battery of the vehicle using the BMCU when or after the current charge mode is set to the immediate charge mode; and returning, using the ECU and without any user interaction, the current charge mode to a primary departure charge mode when or after the charging operation during the immediate charge mode has ended.",0.9846890745115541,0.03062185097689185
8760129,"1. A driver circuit for providing a modulated load current to a load, the driver circuit comprising: a controllable current source operably coupled to the load and configured to sink or source a first current in accordance with a control signal; a controllable switch responsive to an input signal, the controllable switch operably coupled to the current source and configured to take over, or not take over, the first current in accordance with the input signal, such that the first current is directed as a load current through the load when the controllable switch is driven into a blocking state, and the first current is directed through the controllable switch when the controllable switch is driven into a conducting state thus bypassing the load, wherein the controllable switch comprises a bypass transistor having a main current path coupled to the controllable current source, the bypass transistor configured to be switched on and off in accordance with the input signal; and a further transistor coupled between the controllable current source and the load, the further transistor configured to be driven with an inverted version of the input signal provided to the bypass transistor; wherein the input signal includes a first series of pulses defining a desired load current waveform in accordance with a desired modulation scheme; and wherein the controllable current source is controlled such that the first current is ramped up before a pulse of the input signal and ramped down after the pulse to achieve desired ramp-up and ramp-down times.",0.45006168003550295,0.9001233600710059
9163423,"1. A wind resistant modular ISO building comprising: a cargo container having a first lengthwise side wall, a second lengthwise side wall and a floor plate; a plurality of first vertical channels and a plurality of second vertical channels, said plurality of first and second vertical channels not being in contact with each other, each one of said plurality of said first and second vertical channels includes a lengthwise base member, a first leg, a second leg, a first flange and a second flange, said first leg extends outward from one end of said lengthwise base member and said second leg extends outward from a second end of said lengthwise base member in substantially the same direction as said first leg, said first flange extends outward from said first leg and said second flange extends outward from said second leg in a direction opposite that of said first flange, said first and second flanges of said plurality of first vertical channels are attached to an inner surface of said first lengthwise side wall, a first enclosed area is created within said inside surface of said first lengthwise side wall with an inside surface of said first leg, said second leg and said lengthwise base member of one of said plurality of said first vertical channels, said first and second flanges of said plurality of second vertical channels are attached to an inner surface of said second lengthwise side wall, a second enclosed area is created within said inside surface of said second lengthwise side wall with an inside surface of said first leg, said second leg and said lengthwise base member of one of said plurality of said second vertical channels; and at least one door entrance is formed in at least one of said first and second lengthwise side walls, one of said at least one door entrance includes a door, a door frame and a support frame, said support frame includes a first vertical member, a second vertical member, a first vertical side member, a second vertical side member, said door frame is attached to said first and second vertical members, said door is pivotally retained in said door frame, said first vertical member is attached to said first or second leg of one of said plurality of vertical channels, said second vertical member is attached to said first or second leg of an adjacent vertical channel of said plurality of vertical channels, said first vertical side member is attached to said lengthwise base member of one of said plurality of vertical channels, said second vertical side member is attached to said lengthwise base member of said adjacent vertical channel.",0.5736942115848884,0.8526115768302232
8650105,"1. A computer implemented method for finding a savings opportunity, comprising: importing transaction data from a user's financial account using at least one computer; analyzing the transaction data by the at least one computer for a savings opportunity indication; matching a savings opportunity from a database of savings opportunities to the user based on the savings opportunity indication by the at least one computer, wherein the savings opportunity comprises an offer to perform a bill analysis; displaying the savings opportunity in association with a statement of the user's financial account; and generating and displaying a link, in a graphical user interface to the user's financial account, to a transaction assessment user interface to compare at least one transaction among the transaction data to a plurality of alternative offers.",0.1186396207459233,0.23727924149184654
8924756,1. A method comprising: operating a processor at a first frequency level for a first time interval; automatically transitioning the processor to a sleep state from said first frequency level after said first time interval; automatically transitioning the processor from the sleep state to said first frequency level after a second time interval; and completing execution of pending tasks before powering down to said sleep state and reporting completion of said tasks after powering down.,0.9232335646832455,0.15353287063350907
8737257,"1. A method of adjusting a transmit power for sounding reference signals in a wireless communication system, performed by a user equipment, comprising: determining a plurality of transmit powers for transmitting a plurality of sounding reference signals (SRSs) in a sounding reference symbol; and if a total transmit power for the plurality of SRSs exceeds a maximum transmit power, scaling each of the plurality of transmit powers with a same scaling factor.",0.13539535497529662,0.2707907099505933
9505649,"1. A method of annealing glass comprising: providing a silica-titania glass article, said silica-titania glass article having a first fictive temperature and a first Tzc; heating said glass article to a first temperature, said first temperature being in the range from 60° C. below said first fictive temperature to 10° C. below said first fictive temperature, said heating excluding exposing said glass article to a temperature greater than said first fictive temperature; cooling said glass article at a first rate from said first temperature to a second temperature, said second temperature being at least 25° C. less than said first temperature; cooling said glass article at a second rate to a third temperature, said third temperature being at least 50° C. less than said second temperature, said second rate exceeding said first rate, said cooling producing a finished silica-titania glass article, said finished silica-titania glass article having a second fictive temperature and a second Tzc, said second fictive temperature differing from said first fictive temperature by less than 10° C., said second Tzc differing from said first Tzc by at least 0.5° C.",0.30848230983875596,0.6169646196775119
9442886,"1. A method of scheduling executable transactions in a multicore processor comprising a plurality of processor elements, wherein at least one processor element comprises reconfigurable logic, the method comprising: providing a first configuration queue of executable transactions allocated for execution by a first configuration of the reconfigurable logic and a second configuration queue of executable transactions allocated for execution by a second configuration of the reconfigurable logic; providing a multilevel scheduler comprising a plurality of executable transaction schedulers each configured to determine a most eligible executable transaction for execution from a plurality of candidate executable transactions, each candidate executable transaction associated with the first configuration of the reconfigurable logic or the second configuration of the reconfigurable logic, the multilevel scheduler configured to: when the reconfigurable logic is configured in the first configuration:",0.6054651919174406,0.7890696161651187
9084320,"1. A light emitting diode (LED) luminaire, comprising: a rectifier configured to output a first rectified voltage generated by rectifying and then flattening an AC voltage; a power factor correction unit configured to generate and output a drive voltage equal to or greater than a first threshold voltage sufficient to drive a first light emitting group by stepping up or stepping down the first rectified voltage; light emitting groups that each comprise at least one LED, the light emitting groups being sequentially driven by receiving the drive voltage input from the power factor correction unit; and an LED drive integrated circuit (IC) configured to determine a voltage level of the drive voltage and to control the sequential driving of the light emitting groups according to the determined voltage level of the drive voltage.",0.9286114837818649,0.14277703243627027
8912114,"1. A method of making a nanoparticulate platinum alloy catalyst, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a salt or complex of platinum and a salt or complex of a transition metal in an aqueous solution; (b) injecting an aliquot of the aqueous solution into a nonpolar solvent to form an emulsion; (c) adding a reducing agent to the emulsion, whereby the platinum and transition metal become reduced and form a colloidal sol comprising nanoparticles of platinum alloy; (d) adding a surfactant to the colloidal sol after step (c); whereby the surfactant encapsulates the nanoparticles; (e) adding particulate carbon to the colloidal sol after step (d); and (f) adding a polar solvent miscible with the nonpolar solvent, whereby the platinum alloy nanoparticles adhere to the carbon particles to form a nanoparticulate platinum alloy catalyst.",0.6900805855135151,0.6198388289729697
8887927,"1. A self-supporting polymeric membrane, wherein self-supporting polymeric membrane is formed from a dynamic polymer formed from repeating units of formula (I) below: in which:",0.7283133292896476,0.5433733414207047
8878430,"1. A lighting device comprising a light generation unit, which comprises a light emitting diode element having at least one light emitting diode, and a light conversion unit, said light generation unit further comprising a base part, which comprises",0.7113843439847864,0.5772313120304271
9217416,"1. A wind turbine comprising: one or more rotor blades; a pitch actuator system for adjusting the pitch angle of the one or more wind turbine rotor blades; a generator; a wind sensor for detecting an incident wind speed at a predetermined distance in front of the one or more rotor blades; and a controller coupled to the wind sensor for providing an output control signal for the wind turbine, wherein the controller is arranged to:",0.9604873547870761,0.07902529042584772
8698322,"1. A multi-chip module (MCM), comprising: a first substrate having a first surface, wherein a first set of proximity connectors are disposed on the first surface; a second substrate having a second surface that faces the first surface, wherein a second set of proximity connectors are disposed on the second surface, wherein the first set of proximity connectors and the second set of proximity connectors are separated by a spacing, wherein the second surface includes a channel that is defined by an opening in the second substrate along the second surface, wherein the channel comprises an inner surface that faces the first surface and is recessed in the second substrate away from the second surface, and wherein the channel extends to an edge of the second substrate that is perpendicular to the second surface; and an adhesive, mechanically coupled to the first substrate and the inner surface, having a thickness that is larger than the spacing, thereby maintaining alignment and providing shear strength in the MCM, the adhesive configured so that at least the spacing between the first and second surfaces in an area where the first and second sets of proximity connectors are located is free of adhesive.",0.32517788046982754,0.6503557609396551
9372854,"1. A method of load balancing backup jobs in a virtualized storage system having a plurality of physical nodes, comprising: receiving a backup job from a client for data on a plurality of virtualized storage nodes presented to the client as a single object; identifying at least one property of the backup job by decoding the at least one property encoded in incoming backup streams; and directing incoming data for the backup job to a particular one of the plurality of virtualized storage nodes based on a load balancing policy, selection of the particular one of the plurality of virtualized storage nodes by comparing the at least one property of the backup job with the load balancing policy.",0.16213560257542808,0.32427120515085617
9156359,"1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage device comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, for controlling a vehicle electrical system including (a) a solar subsystem and (b) a low-voltage advanced energy storage subsystem (AESS) having (i) a base portion for storing and providing base power to satisfy electrical loads of the vehicle and (ii) a solar buffer for storing and providing supplemental power to satisfy the electrical loads, the operations comprising: determining whether an amount of solar power, being output by the solar subsystem, is greater than a predetermined solar-power value; operating, if the solar power is greater than the predetermined solar-power value and the vehicle is turned on, the vehicle electrical system in a light-drive mode, including using the solar power selectively to charge the AESS to a full level of the base portion, maintain a charge of the AESS at the full level of the base portion, or satisfy electrical loads of the vehicle; operating, if the solar power is not greater than the predetermined solar-power value and the vehicle is turned on, the vehicle electrical system in a dark-drive mode, including using the solar power selectively to charge the AESS to, or maintain the charge of the AESS at, the full level of the base portion; operating, if the solar power is greater than the predetermined solar-power value and the vehicle is turned off, the vehicle electrical system in a light-rest mode, including using the solar power selectively to charge the AESS, or maintain the charge of the AESS above, the full level of the base portion and the solar buffer; and operating, if the solar power is not greater than the predetermined solar power value and the vehicle is turned off, the vehicle electrical system in a dark-rest mode.",0.9904515550345867,0.019096889930826588
8490326,"1. A method of producing a hydro mulch product comprising the following steps: a) providing fibrous straw with short straw shafts through a hammer milling procedure, b) subsequently treating said fibrous straw having short straw shafts to cause fibers to be partially exposed from and extending from said straw shafts, c) providing paper particles, d) optionally providing jute fibers, e) mixing and compressing the fibrous straw, the paper particles and the optional jute fibers, and f) packaging the compressed mixed fibrous straw, paper particles and optional jute fibers.",0.772490245035737,0.4550195099285259
8460501,"1. A method for producing a cured film comprising a first step of applying a curable resin composition onto a surface of a first substrate and onto a surface of a second substrate to form first and second curable resin composition layers, respectively; a second step of bonding the first and second curable resin composition layers provided on each surface of the first and second substrates to each other to form a bonded curable resin composition layer; a third step of curing the bonded curable resin composition layer between the first and the second substrates; and a fourth step of removing the first and second substrates of the bonded curable resin composition from the cured layer, thereby forming a free-standing cured layer.",0.3496191704336839,0.6992383408673678
9221410,"1. A vehicle with an internal combustion engine, with a physical onboard power supply system and with at least one electrical energy source, wherein electrical consumers are integrated in the physical onboard power supply system, wherein, when the internal combustion engine is switched off or when the internal combustion engine is running at a low rotational speed, each of the electrical consumers is assignable by a control device, on a time-dependent basis, to either a first group of electrical consumers or a second group of electrical consumers, wherein the assignment of an electrical consumer to either of the two groups can be displayed on a display screen to the user of the vehicle, an electrical consumer of the first group is at least partly able to be switched on and off by a user, an electrical consumer of the second group cannot be switched by a user, and an electrical consumer which is switched on at least partly can be supplied with electrical power from the at least one electrical energy source, wherein an energy state of the at least one electrical energy source can be displayed to the user on a time-dependent basis.",0.9911371565974373,0.01772568680512543
9021280,"1. A power-saving method for a first-in-first-out (FIFO) buffer implemented in a memory, the method comprising: segmenting the memory into a plurality of logical segments; and for each one of the segments:",0.833497550546008,0.3330048989079839
8918784,"1. A method for allocating computing resources in a virtualized environment, the method comprising: by a computer system comprising one or more processors: allocating resource credits to virtual machine instances on the computing system, wherein the resource credits associated with a particular virtual machine instance are consumed based on usage of the one or more processors; identifying a first set of one or more virtual machine instances, wherein each virtual machine instance of the first set has a number of resource credits below a first threshold level; limiting usage of the one or more processors by the first set of virtual machine instances to a first resource limit, wherein the first resource limit is used to determine a rate at which each virtual machine instance of the first set can utilize the one or more processors, wherein the first resource limit is associated with virtual machines having a number of resource credits below the first threshold level; identifying a second set of virtual machine instances, wherein each virtual machine instance in the second set has a number of resource credits above the first threshold level, wherein a rate at which virtual machine instances having resource credits above the first threshold level can utilize the one or more processors is greater than the rate associated with the first resource limit; and prioritizing usage of the one or more processors by the second set of virtual machine instances over the first set of virtual machine instances wherein limiting usage of the one or more processors by the first set of virtual machine instances to the first resource limit creates a reserve of unallocated computing resources and wherein the reserve computing resources are allocated to the second set of virtual machine instances having resource credits above the first threshold level.",0.8080572162053732,0.38388556758925363
8885749,"1. A method in a radio base station for transforming a data transmission signal in a radio communications network, which radio base station serves a user equipment in the radio communications network, and wherein the radio base station is connected to an active antenna array of a first number of active transmitting antennas, each active transmitting antenna comprising sub elements, and which radio base station comprises a precoder codebook comprising precoders for transmitting signals in a diversified manner for a second number of antenna ports, the method comprising: precoding the data transmission signal with a precoder selected from the precoder codebook; and transforming, linearly, the precoded data transmission signal by neutralizing a direction of the precoded data transmission signal and then directing the precoded data transmission signal vertically, thereby enabling vertical adjustment of the precoded data transmission signal towards a user equipment.",0.3941648892736814,0.7883297785473627
8791800,"1. An apparatus comprising: a body portion having a surface; at least one feedback electrode configured to provide a time varying feedback stimulus to a digit of a user that is traced across the feedback electrode; and a touch sensor arrangement for discriminating different user contacts on the surface; wherein the time varying feedback stimulus is provided by an applied time varying potential difference by modulating a frictional force applied to the digit of the user when the digit, contacting the surface, is traced across the surface.",0.09850782669596002,0.19701565339192006
9597725,"1. A hot forging die for closed die hot forging of a material to be forged, wherein the material to be forged is made of a nickel alloy or a titanium alloy, the hot forging die being for producing, as hot closed die forged products, turbine disks for aircraft jet engines and gas turbine disks for generation, by closed die hot forging of the material to be forged, the hot forging die comprising a plurality of ring-shaped die pieces which are combined concentrically and fastened with each other, wherein an axial direction of the ring-shaped die pieces is identical with a pressing direction when the material is forged, wherein a build-up layer of a nickel-base super heat-resistant alloy is formed by build-up welding the nickel-base super heat-resistant alloy on an upper surface of at least one of the plurality of ring-shaped die pieces of the hot forging die at a portion where the material to be forged is brought into contact with the hot forging die, and wherein a stepped portion for receiving the load imposed during forging is formed at on at least one of an inner periphery or an outer periphery of said at least one of the plurality of ring-shaped die pieces.",0.6639270715189,0.6721458569622001
9140201,"1. A vehicle engine start control device controlling a crank angle such that the crank angle falls within a predetermined crank angle stop range when an engine is automatically stopped, the vehicle engine start control device starting the automatically stopped engine if a predetermined engine start condition is satisfied, the vehicle including an automatic transmission making up a portion of a power transmission path between the engine and drive wheels, and the vehicle engine start control device providing engine rotation resistance control such that rotation resistance of the engine generated due to a change in air pressure in a combustion chamber of the engine is made larger during an automatic stop period of the engine when the engine is automatically stopped and during a change in gear ratio in a shift of the automatic transmission as compared to the time of engine start.",0.8868678836598948,0.22626423268021045
9566427,"1. A stimulation electrode arrangement to be used in a device for electrostimulation of an eye of a patient, the device comprising a spectacles-like frame provided with a nosepiece, a holding arrangement for holding the frame on the head of the patient, and at least one electrode holder for holding a wire-shaped stimulation electrode, said electrode holder being arranged on the nosepiece in an adjustable fashion, and said holding arrangement being connected to the nosepiece, the stimulation electrode arrangement comprising an electrode carrier, said electrode carrier being attachable to said electrode holder in a detachable fashion, and said stimulation electrode being arranged on said electrode carrier, wherein the stimulation electrode comprises a first end, said first end connected to the electrode carrier in an electrically conductive fashion, and wherein the electrode carrier comprises at least one passage opening and said stimulation electrode comprises a second end, the stimulation electrode being routed through said at least one passage opening and being provided with a weight at its second end.",0.043038998704440064,0.08607799740888011
9625862,"1. A heater control device, comprising: a power factor correction circuit configured to convert an alternate current voltage from a commercial power source to a direct current voltage; an inverter configured to generate a specific alternate current voltage from the direct current voltage converted with the power factor correction circuit; a heater configured to receive the specific alternate current voltage generated with the inverter; a data holding portion configured to store an attribute value indicating a variance of a resistivity value of the heater in advance; and an excessive temperature rise preventing portion configured to interrupt the specific alternate current voltage generated with the inverter from being supplied to the heater, wherein said power factor correction circuit includes a boost circuit configured to boost the alternate current voltage so that the boost circuit outputs the direct current voltage greater than the alternate current voltage, said inverter is configured to correct the specific alternate current voltage according to a resistivity value of the heater, said inverter includes a switching portion configured to switch the direct current voltage converted with the power factor correction circuit, and an inverter control portion configured to control the switching portion, and said inverter control portion is configured to change a switching state of the switching portion according to the attribution value of the heater determined in advance.",0.9415762703413312,0.11684745931733764
9223372,"1. An energy management system for coupling a load to multiple energy sources, the energy management system comprising: a load connection for connecting the load to the energy management system; a first source connection for connecting a first energy source having a first voltage to the energy management system, the first source connection having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the first source connection being in parallel with the load connection; a second source connection for connecting a second energy source having a second voltage to the energy management system, the second source connection having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, the second voltage being equal to or different from the first voltage; an inductor extending from a first end to a second end; a first switch coupling the positive terminal of the first source connection to the first end of the inductor; a second switch coupling the negative terminal of the first source connection to the first end of the inductor; a third switch coupling the positive terminal of the second source connection to the second end of the inductor; a fourth switch coupling the negative terminal of the second source connection to the second end of the inductor; a plurality of sensors for providing sensor readings monitoring conditions of the first energy source, the second energy source and the load; and a control unit that receives the sensor readings from the plurality of sensors, evaluates the conditions of the system load, the first energy source and the second energy source; determines a direction and proportion of energy flow between the first energy source, the second energy source and the system load; and determines which of the first energy source, the second energy source and the system load is an energy flow source and which is an energy flow destination; and wherein the control unit selects whether to use a two-switch state or a one switch state and selects whether to use a synchronous or an asynchronous mode to move energy from the energy flow source to the energy flow destination; and the control unit controls the switching of the first, second, third and fourth switches to transfer energy from the energy flow source to the energy flow destination through the inductor using the selected one of the two-switch state or the one switch state, and of the synchronous or the asynchronous mode; the two switch state closing either the first and fourth switches, the second and third switches or none of the switches at any one time; and the one switch state closing only one of the switches or none of the switches at any one time.",0.9676496126874352,0.06470077462512958
8644329,"1. A method of activating network elements within a Point-of-Presence node having a first core router, a set of linecards having respective ports associated with said first core router, said activation in respect of a traffic demand associated with the Point-of-Presence node, said method comprising the steps of: calculating a set of activation thresholds wherein each port of said set of linecards has a respective activation threshold; determining the traffic demand at a particular point in time; activating a particular port on a linecard if the respective activation threshold is exceeded by the traffic demand; placing said particular port in a power minimization mode if the respective activation threshold is not exceeded by the traffic demand; and wherein a linecard in said set of linecards is placed in a power minimization mode if no ports on said linecard are activated.",0.8018296931852508,0.39634061362949846
9572530,"1. An imaging system for aiding a needle insertion at a needle insertion site in a patient by a user, the imaging system comprising: a mountable unit comprising an illumination source, an image sensor, and a display for displaying an image based on image information from the image sensor; wherein the mountable unit further includes an attachment member permitting the user to mount the mountable unit to a hand of the user such that the hand of the remains free to hold the patient during needle insertion by the user while the mountable unit remains stationary where the attachment member is positioned such that a portion of the mountable unit can be rested on the hand of the user or on a skin of the patient; and wherein the display is attached to the mountable unit such that when the display produces an image of a blood vessel and the needle, the display can be positioned next to the needle insertion site when the user is holding the patient with the hand on which the mountable unit is attached such that the needle insertion site and the image of the blood vessel and needle are simultaneously within the user's field of view during needle insertion by the user.",0.02188842480612878,0.043776849612257585
9734032,"1. A programmable integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a programmable logic sub-system including a plurality of programmable logic circuits configured in response to a first subset of configuration data; a processing sub-system including one or more processing circuits configured to execute a software program in response to a second subset of configuration data; and a safety sub-system including:",0.4151093433295863,0.8302186866591726
9752437,"1. A child-mother type double-wheel rotor steam powered machine, comprising a case body; at least one group of a child-wheel rotor and a mother-wheel rotor arranged within the case body and mounted on a same rotation shaft, wherein a hole-slot and a hole-slot facing a same direction are arranged on the peripherals of the child-wheel rotor and the mother-wheel rotor respectively; the thickness of the child-wheel rotor is less than that of the mother-wheel rotor, and the size of the hole-slot is also less than that of the hole-slot; both sides of the hole-slot of the child-wheel rotor are provided with sealing rings respectively, both sides of the hole-slot of the mother-wheel rotor are provided with sealing rings respectively, and the sealing rings and the sealing rings are configured to be fixed in slots of the case body respectively; a child-wheel nozzle sealing member is provided between the sealing rings, and a mother-wheel nozzle sealing member is provided between the sealing rings; wherein the rotation shaft is mounted on the base body via a bearing, and both ends of the rotation shaft extend out of the case body, with one end fitted with an inertial flywheel and a power output wheel, and the other end fitted with a cam control output wheel; wherein an exhaust pipe is provided on the bottom of the case body, a spray head is provided on the top of the case body, the spray head being consisted of a child-wheel air boring, a child-wheel nozzle connected to the child-wheel air boring, a mother-wheel air boring, and a mother-wheel nozzle connected to the mother-wheel air boring; outlets of the child-wheel nozzle and the mother-wheel nozzle extend into the case boy and is in communication with the hole-slots of the child-wheel rotor and the mother-wheel rotor respectively, inlets of the child-wheel air boring and the mother-wheel air boring are connected to a pressure regulating valve of a high pressure steam inlet pipe through a steam supply pipe respectively; a valve switch is arranged above the mother-wheel nozzle, one end of the valve switch is connected to a spring, and the other end of the valve switch is connected to a tappet; both of the spring and the tappet are mounted within a case body of the spray head; the cam control output wheel is connected to a cam control transmission device through a chain, and a cam that is capable of propelling the tappet is mounted on the cam control transmission device.",0.23610385071380996,0.4722077014276199
9530120,"1. At least one non-transitory program storage device, readable by at least one processor and comprising instructions stored thereon to cause the at least one processor to: compose a message on a sending device; identify, with the sending device, a context-based portion of the message, wherein the context-based portion is at least a portion of the message configured to be modified based on one or more contexts of a receiving device; associate, with the sending device, context-dependent data with the context-based portion of the message to generate a context-aware message, wherein the context-dependent data comprise context-neutral information to alter-the context-based portion of the message based on the one or more contexts of the receiving device; and cause transmitting, with the sending device, of the context-aware message that includes the context-based portion of the message and the context-dependent data.",0.15786217852411605,0.3157243570482321
8696299,"1. A compressor comprising: a housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet; an impeller wheel having a plurality of vanes and mounted in the housing between said inlet and outlet, the wheel being rotatable about an axis; the housing having an inner wall defining a surface located in close proximity to radially outer edges of the impeller vanes which sweep across said surface as the impeller wheel rotates about its axis; the gas inlet comprising an outer tubular wall extending away from the impeller wheel in an upstream direction and defining a gas intake portion of the inlet, and an inner tubular wall extending away from the impeller wheel in an upstream direction within the outer tubular wall and defining an inducer portion of the inlet; a gas flow passage defined between the inner and outer tubular walls; at least one bleed passage providing fluid communication between the impeller wheel and the gas flow passage; a sliding member disposed in the inlet and slidable between a first position in which the bleed passage has a minimum size and a second position in which the bleed passage has a maximum size; wherein the sliding member is arranged to move between the first and second positions in a direction that describes substantially at least part of a helix.",0.3074453301155909,0.6148906602311818
9717404,"1. An apparatus for generating simulated images, comprising: an input device configured to input information on a pupil of an eye and design information for a multifocal lens; a processor configured to generate, based on the inputted pupil information and design information, a simulated image that is visible to the eye when the multifocal lens is disposed in the eye; and a display device configured to display the simulated image generated by the processor.",0.051166172682411526,0.10233234536482305
9219657,"1. A computer implemented method comprising: performing a service level agreement (SLA) analysis for one or more currently processing or scheduled processing jobs of a data center using a processor of a computer device, the SLA analysis comprising: performing the schedule modification for at least one of the one or more candidate processing jobs using the processor of the computer device, wherein the schedule modification of the one or more candidate processing jobs is based on the SLA analysis.",0.25965171270131354,0.5193034254026271
9790909,"1. An apparatus for pre-heating an engine of a hybrid vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a pre-heating plug pre-heating the engine; a pre-heating controller recognizing the hybrid vehicle based on vehicle driving information, determining whether the hybrid vehicle enters a coasting driving mode based on the vehicle driving information, and generating a duty control signal having a pre-heating time set differently depending on a coasting driving time when the hybrid vehicle is driven in the coasting driving mode; and a driver supplying electrical energy of a low-voltage battery to the pre-heating plug according to the generated duty control signal, wherein the pre-heating controller controls the pre-heating time to be longer as the coasting driving time increases, and controls the pre-heating time to be shorter as the coasting driving time decreases.",0.9959540416642363,0.008091916671527422
8540827,"1. A method of hardening a workpiece using induction heating, the method comprising: translating a coil assembly toward the workpiece; translating a passive turn of the coil assembly relative to an active turn of the coil assembly such that a passive coupling section of the passive turn is electromagnetically coupled with an active coupling section of the active turn wherein translating the passive turn relative to the active turn comprises translating at least a portion of a passive heating section of the passive turn within an undercut area of a recess in the workpiece; and energizing the active turn with electrical power to induce electrical current in the passive turn to heat at least a portion of the workpiece using the passive heating section of the passive turn.",0.28735687186230474,0.5747137437246095
8844227,"1. A product comprising: a foam insulating panel, the panel having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface, wherein the foam insulating panel defines at least one recessed channel in the first primary surface, the at least one recessed channel being sized and shaped to provide a mold for a concrete structural reinforcing member, wherein the second primary surface defines a continuous plane; a concrete panel formed on the first primary surface of the foam insulating panel and filling the at least one recessed channel so as to provide a concrete structural reinforcing member for the concrete panel, the concrete panel having a first primary surface and an opposite second primary surface; and an elongate anchor member in the foam insulating panel and extending from the first primary surface of the foam insulating panel into the concrete panel, wherein the elongate anchor member has a definite length defined by a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the first end comprises a first enlarged portion flush with the second primary surface of the foam insulating panel and wherein the second end of the elongate anchor member is disposed between the first and second primary surfaces of the concrete panel and wherein the second end comprises a second enlarged portion such that the second end interlocks with the concrete panel.",0.26766493571526273,0.5353298714305255
8580053,"1. A method for producing a Ta sputtering target comprising: (a) a step of forging a Ta ingot having a length and a diameter, comprising subjecting the Ta ingot to a forging pattern over at least 3 times, wherein each forging pattern is a cold forging step comprising stamp-forging and upset-forging operations alternatively repeated over at least 3 times; (b) an in-process vacuum heat-treating step carried out between every successive two forging patterns to thus prepare a Ta billet; (c) a step of rolling the Ta billet to obtain a rolled plate; and (d) a step of vacuum heat-treating the rolled plate to obtain a Ta sputtering target.",0.3515495012163562,0.7030990024327124
8777953,"1. An orthopedic instrument, comprising: a) a left arm having a left arm proximal end spaced from a left arm distal end, a right arm having a right arm proximal end spaced from a right arm distal end, and an intermediary arm having an intermediary arm proximal end spaced from an intermediary arm distal arm, wherein the intermediary arm proximal end is connected to the left arm with the right arm distal end contacting an intermediary arm outer surface distal the connection of the intermediary arm to the left arm, thereby providing a fulcrum point between the right and intermediary arms; b) a grasping portion comprised of opposing first and second prongs, the first prong extending from the distal end of the left arm and the second prong extending from the distal end of the intermediary arm; c) a handle portion formed by the proximal ends of the left and right arms; and d) wherein when the proximal ends of the opposing left and right arms are brought towards each other, the right arm distal end contacts the intermediary arm outer surface at the fulcrum point, the distal end of the intermediary arm movable toward the opposing distal end of the left arm, thus the opposing first and second prongs at the distal ends of the respective left and intermediary arms are movable from a first prong position spaced from each other to a second prong position closer than the first position.",0.027876528351347928,0.055753056702695813
9440639,"1. A control device for a vehicle including an engine and a motor generator both for supplying a travel driving force to a driving wheel, the control device causing the engine to stop such that the engine does not generate an idle torque while the vehicle is traveling on a descending slope under constant vehicle speed control where the vehicle is controlled to travel at a predetermined vehicle speed, wherein the control device implements the constant vehicle speed control by causing a brake device on the vehicle to supply a braking force while causing the motor generator to act as an electric motor supplying a travel driving force.",0.9210607315985437,0.15787853680291253
8770328,"1. A vehicle, comprising: a hybrid drive having an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor; a service brake with an ABS control unit and a service brake pedal; an electric parking brake with a parking brake control and a parking brake lever; at least one clutch for coupling the internal-combustion engine and the electric motor with wheels of the vehicle; a hybrid drive control unit for controlling the hybrid drive; and a bus for connecting control units, actuators and sensors of the vehicle and for transmission of control signals; wherein the electric parking brake is connected with the hybrid drive control unit for an automatic controllability in previously definable operating conditions of the vehicle, and wherein the hybrid drive control unit is configured to: wherein the electric parking brake has a stepping capability with previously definable steps.",0.8660524047707325,0.26789519045853494
9735419,"1. A secondary battery comprising: an electrode comprising: a first layer including titanium as a main component; a second layer including silicon or a silicon compound over the first layer; and a mixed layer including titanium and silicon between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the second layer comprises polycrystalline silicon, wherein the mixed layer comprises a cavity, wherein a concentration of oxygen in the second layer is higher than or equal to 4.5×10 wherein a concentration of hydrogen in the second layer is lower than or equal to 1.0×10",0.9362220574961126,0.1275558850077747
8466656,"1. A charging device for charging at least one electrically powered vehicle, said charging device comprising: a processor positioned remotely from the at least one electrically powered vehicle, said processor configured to at least partially control a state voltage; and a detection circuit positioned remotely from the at least one electrically powered vehicle and coupled to said processor, said detection circuit including an energy storage device and a discharge circuit coupled to said energy storage device, said energy storage device configured to be charged by the state voltage, said discharge circuit configured to discharge said energy storage device in response to a discharge command from said processor; wherein said processor is configured to determine a charging state associated with the electrically powered vehicle based on a voltage across said energy storage device.",0.9656192461213229,0.06876150775735423
9469355,"1. A motor vehicle with a vehicle rear, a rear wheel and an underbody or an underbody covering extending to the vehicle rear, the underbody or the underbody covering rising toward the vehicle rear to define a diffuser, the diffuser having a front end rearward of the rear wheel and a rear end at the vehicle rear and defining a diffuser length extending from the front end to the rear end of the diffuser, the motor vehicle comprising: at least one adjustable air-guiding element having a front edge spaced rearward of the front end of the diffuser by a distance at least equal to one-half the diffuser length and a rear edge in proximity to the vehicle rear and substantially adjacent the underbody or the underbody covering, and a holding and adjustment device connected to the air-guiding element and being configured for extending the air-guiding element from an upper rest position substantially adjacent the diffuser down toward a ground contact area on which the vehicle is supported, the holding and adjustment device further being configured for moving the air guiding element into a plurality of operative positions by pivoting the air-guiding element about an axis of rotation arranged substantially in a center of the air-guiding element and running transverse to a direction of travel.",0.8498315502463527,0.3003368995072946
9586186,"1. A liquid-gas saturation machine comprising: a pressure vessel that includes, a flow path fluidly connected to the fluid outlet, the flow path including a plurality of alternating flow characteristic regions; wherein the alternating flow characteristic regions are laminar flow regions and turbulent or transitional flow regions; wherein the alternating flow characteristic regions are distinguished by a Reynolds number value of at least about 500; and wherein the flow path is provided by a tube that has an internal diameter of about 2 mm to about 25 mm.",0.2424336102719718,0.4848672205439436
8893482,"1. An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine that determines a total amount of sulfur stored on at least one aftertreatment device, comprising: a control module monitoring operation of the internal combustion engine for an amount of fuel consumed and an amount of oil consumed by the internal combustion engine, wherein the amount of oil consumed is based on an engine speed, the control module comprising: a sulfur adsorption module determining a rate of sulfur adsorption in the at least one aftertreatment device, wherein the rate of sulfur adsorption is based on an exhaust temperature value, the amount of fuel consumed and the amount of oil consumed; and a total sulfur storage module in communication with the sulfur adsorption module, the total sulfur storage module determining the total amount of sulfur stored based on the rate of sulfur adsorption.",0.9928631844503896,0.014273631099220863
8934476,"1. A method, comprising: establishing a voice call between first and second phones over a wide area network (WAN); receiving a trigger at a first computer to establish a data communication session with a second computer, wherein at least one of the first and second computers lack access to a network for direct communication between the first and second computers over the network; discovering the first phone as a first authorized network device from the first computer in response to the received trigger; establishing a first network communication session between the first computer and the first phone to provide the first computer access to the established voice call on the WAN; transmitting a request to the second phone over the established voice call to establish the data communication session between the first and second computers; in response to receiving the request, discovering the second computer as a second authorized network device from the second phone; establishing a second network communication session between the second phone and the second computer to provide the second computer access to the established voice call on the WAN; and exchanging data over the WAN between the first and second computers using the first and second network communication sessions and the established voice call; and wherein the first and second phones are mobile or cellular phones.",0.3534738615184508,0.7069477230369016
8816194,"1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a front surface and a back surface, wherein the back surface of the semiconductor substrate is provided with an n-type impurity region and a p-type impurity region; a metal layer over the front surface; a plurality of whiskers over the metal layer, wherein the plurality of whiskers comprises a crystalline semiconductor; a first electrode on the n-type impurity region; a second electrode on the p-type impurity region,",0.7509654549400301,0.49806909011993983
8526557,"1. A signal transmission system comprising: a first signal processing section configured to perform signal processing on a basis of a reference signal; a high-frequency reference signal generating section configured to generate and transmit a high-frequency reference signal having a higher frequency than said reference signal such that the high-frequency reference signal is synchronized with said reference signal; a low-frequency reference signal generating section configured to receive said high-frequency reference signal from said high-frequency reference signal generating section, and generate a low-frequency reference signal having a lower frequency than said high-frequency reference signal such that the low-frequency reference signal is synchronized with the received high-frequency reference signal; and a second signal processing section configured to perform signal processing on a basis of said low-frequency reference signal generated by said low-frequency reference signal generating section, wherein a processed signal processed by the first signal processing section is output together with said high-frequency reference signal, and said second signal processing section performs the signal processing on the processed signal processed by said first signal processing section.",0.155701497474989,0.3114029949499779
8524293,"1. A method for producing a nutraceutical drink for human consumption comprising the steps of: a) mixing the berries, stalks, skins and seeds of b) crushing said composition; c) subjecting the crushed composition to a first fermentation cycle for a suitable period of time to produce a first fermentation product consisting of a liquid and solids; d) separating the liquid from the first fermentation product, and subjecting the solids to a second fermentation cycle for a suitable period of time to produce a second fermentation product, wherein the first and second fermentation cycles are performed successively and without a chemical catalyst; e) drying the second fermentation product to produce a dried product, wherein said drying comprises sun drying and/or oven drying; f) grinding the dried product into a coarse or fine powder; g) steeping the powder in boiling water for a period of time to produce a nutraceutical drink having a content of catechin of about 63 mg/L and a content of resveratrol of about 1.0 mg/L therein.",0.5522811756597964,0.8954376486804072
8489925,"1. A computer-implemented system for processing errors occurring during execution of an application, the system comprising: an emulator that is configured for: an expert system, in communication with the emulator, that is configured for: an error processor, coupled to the database, that is configured for:",0.27927979317037316,0.5585595863407463
8921344,"1. A method of decreasing the systemic absorption of balsalazide and metabolites 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) and N-acetyl-5-ASA (NASA) comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one tablet or capsule comprising balsalazide with food, wherein administering balsalazide with food comprises administering balsalazide at the same time as the food, or immediately after the food, and wherein the systemic absorption of balsalazide, 5-ASA or NASA is decreased compared to administering balsalazide without food.",0.434218047528229,0.868436095056458
9132940,"1. A reusable, multi-purpose bag, comprising: a flexible, resiliently deformable body comprising: wherein at least a portion of the anterior panel is bonded to at least a portion of the posterior panel by the second material, and wherein the second material comprises a melting point for melting onto the first material at or above the second degradation temperature and a hardening point below the second degradation temperature to bond the at least portion of the anterior panel and the at least portion of the posterior panel.",0.4956167606290334,0.9912335212580669
9543617,"1. A battery containing: a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a non-flammable electrolyte comprising: an organic solvent chosen from a group consisting of carbonates, linear esters of a saturated acid, and a mixture thereof, an additive capable of forming a passivation film on the surface of the negative electrode, at least one lithium salt selected from the group consisting of lithium hexafluorophosphate LiPF at least one ionic liquid, wherein a weight percentage ratio of the ionic liquid relative to the organic solvent is from 30:70 to less than 50:50; said ionic liquid being selected from the group consisting of a separator, having an apparent contact angle between its surface and the electrolyte that is less than 20°.",0.9160468800651892,0.1679062398696216
9457371,"1. A spray system comprising: a frame, a spray bar rotatable between a dispensing orientation and a diversion orientation, the spray bar having, a trough, the trough comprising",0.2611938020890419,0.5223876041780838
8565279,1. A semiconductor optical integrated device comprising: a first semiconductor optical device formed over a (001) plane of a substrate; and a second semiconductor optical device which is formed over the (001) plane of the substrate in a (110) orientation from the first semiconductor optical device and which is optically connected to the first semiconductor optical device; wherein: the first semiconductor optical device includes a first core layer and a first clad layer which is formed over the first core layer and which has a first crystal surface on a side thereof on the second semiconductor optical device side that forms an angle greater than or equal to 55 degrees and less than or equal to 90 degrees with the (001) plane; the second semiconductor optical device includes a second core layer optically connected to the first core layer and a second clad layer formed over the second core layer; and a part of the second core layer is formed between the first clad layer and the second clad layer.,0.08768234361763728,0.17536468723527454
9434642,"1. A substrate comprising an alkali-free amorphous inorganic composition, wherein the substrate has a thickness of from about 1 μm to less than about 250 μm and at least one of: a) a brittleness ratio of less than about 9.5 (μm) b) a fracture toughness of at least about 0.75 MPa·(m)",0.7036610094956984,0.5926779810086031
9279413,"1. A rotor hub for a wind turbine, comprising: a hollow shell defining an interior; and an annular member integral part of or connectable to a bearing, wherein the rotor hub is adapted to be connected to a plurality of rotor blades, wherein the bearing is adapted to rotatably mount the rotor hub to a stationary main shaft of the wind turbine, wherein the annular member protrudes inwards into the interior of the rotor hub; and wherein the annular member extends axially inwards into the interior from a side of the hollow shell configured to face, when the wind turbine is assembled, the stationary main shaft of the wind turbine.",0.9202046683297453,0.1595906633405093
9010019,"1. A plant air purification enclosure for enabling a plant air purifier to purify air in a building structure, comprising: an enclosure separating an interior space therein from an exterior space external thereto, said enclosure providing thermal insulation and substantially preventing moisture and air flow, between said interior and exterior spaces; incoming and outgoing air openings connecting said interior space with said exterior space, configured such that—exclusive of any emergency source of air which may optionally be provided—substantially all exchange of thermal energy and air between said interior and exterior spaces transpire through said openings; a plant air purifier containment within said interior space, said containment configured for containing at least one filter bed of a plant air purifier and plants growing within said at least one filter bed; at least one water source, situated relative to said plant air purifier containment to deliver water for plant growth to a plant air purifier, when the plant air purifier is contained within said containment; at least one source of growing light, situated relative to said plant air purifier containment to deliver light for plant growth to a plant air purifier, when the plant air purifier is contained within said containment; at least one air movement apparatus for causing impure air arriving from said exterior space via said incoming air opening to move from said incoming air opening, through a filter bed containment region of said containment, to said outgoing air opening, and be returned via said outgoing air opening as purified air to said exterior space; and said thermal insulation in combination with thermal energy from said impure air arriving from said exterior space via said incoming air opening maintaining the temperature within said interior space within a range suitable for plant growth; and said plant air purification enclosure further comprising at least one of the following: a work counter; a sink; sufficient space to physically accommodate a human being working therein; an emergency generator for supplying power to said plant air purification enclosure when a usual source of power is inoperative; backup batteries for supplying power to said plant air purification enclosure when a usual source of power is inoperative; baseboard heating; forced air heating; propane heating; an emergency water source for supplying water for the plants when said at least one water source is inoperative; an emergency source of air for supplying air to the plants when air arriving via said incoming air opening is insufficient to sustain the plants; an excess heat vent for discharging excess heat.",0.946839908696586,0.10632018260682807
9709248,"1. A method for constructing a universal LED bulb, comprising: supporting an optical engine core member of the LED bulb in a lens snap ring using the lens snap ring as a supporting main body of the LED bulb, using an inner snap ring provided on an inner side of a light distribution optical lens in the optical engine core member of the LED bulb as an auxiliary supporting structure of the LED bulb, and using the inner snap ring as an installation base of an optical engine module and a heat conductive bracket or an installation base of a radiator of the LED bulb, wherein the LED bulb optical engine core member comprises the heat conductive bracket, the optical engine module, the inner snap ring and the light distribution optical lens, an inner cover is provided outside the optical engine module, an electric connector is provided to the heat conductive bracket, and an installation flange is provided to the lens snap ring for installing the LED bulb, and wherein the optical engine module comprises an optical engine die plate, an LED chip set and a relevant circuit wiring by bonding and packaging, or is further integrated with a power supply drive chip.",0.45788172071301897,0.9157634414260379
9523516,"1. A broadband reflector comprising: a UV-reflective multilayer optical film having a first major surface and comprising a UV-reflective optical layer stack, wherein the UV-reflective optical layer stack comprises first optical layers and second optical layers, wherein at least a portion of the first optical layers and at least a portion of the second optical layers are in intimate contact and have different refractive indexes, wherein the first optical layers comprise a first polymer and the second optical layers comprise a second polymer, and wherein neither the first polymer nor the second polymer absorb UV light in a wavelength range from 350 nanometers to 400 nanometers; and a VIS/IR-reflective metal layer disposed on at least a portion of the first major surface.",0.40789960657927565,0.8157992131585513
9503682,"1. A computer-implemented method being performed in a computerized system comprising a processing unit, a display device, a network interface and a memory, the computer-implemented method comprising: a. receiving, via the network interface, a video feed from a remote device disposed at a remote location, the remote device comprising at least a camera; b. displaying the received video feed to a participant on the display device; c. detecting participant's selection of a location within the displayed video feed; d. causing the remote device to be moved to center the camera on the participant-selected location; and e. moving the display device to represent the motion of the remote device.",0.06682732605682354,0.13365465211364702
8929350,"1. A method comprising: at a first time, communicating by a coordinating device, timing and scheduling information to a personal area network (PAN) device, where the timing and scheduling information is used to determine a service period; powering off all or a portion of circuitry of the coordinating device to reduce power consumption of the coordinating device; at a second time following the first time, determining a start of the service period; powering on all or a portion of the powered-off circuitry of the coordinating device to enable communication with a wireless local area network (WLAN); transmitting a signal detectable by WLAN devices, the signal requesting the WLAN devices to defer access to a wireless medium for a reservation period, where the signal is transmitted by transmitting one or more frames using an overlay PAN protocol that is at least partially compliant with WLAN protocol; and communicating with the PAN device over the wireless medium during the reservation period using the overlay PAN protocol.",0.8849524064721012,0.23009518705579768
8652800,"1. A method of identifying an unknown microorganism from a test sample, comprising: (a) obtaining a test sample known to contain or that may contain an unknown microorganism; (b) selectively lysing non-microorganism cells in said test sample to produce a lysed sample; (c) layering said lysed sample on a density cushion in a container, wherein said density cushion has a homogenous density of from about 1.025 to about 1.22 g/ml; (d) centrifuging the container to separate said unknown microorganism from other components of said lysed sample, said unknown microorganism passing through said density cushion to form a microorganism pellet at the bottom of said container; (e) spectroscopically interrogating said pellet in situ to produce an excitation-emission matrix (EEM) of said unknown microorganism, wherein said spectroscopic interrogation comprises intrinsic fluorescence, and wherein said intrinsic fluorescence is measured in front face mode; and (f) identifying said unknown microorganism in said pellet by comparison of the spectroscopic measurements with spectroscopic measurements taken, or spectroscopic properties predicted, of known microorganisms, wherein said unknown microorganism is identified to the family level, genus level, species level, and/or strain level.",0.24040905295536705,0.48081810591073415
9452572,"1. A transfer molding apparatus comprising: a first die; a second die configured to be separated from and come into contact with the first die; a heater that is provided in at least one of the first and second dies; a transfer member disposed in at least one of the first and second dies while being able to be separately moved from the die, wherein the transfer member performs transfer molding while abutting a transfer surface on a resin sheet supplied between the first and second dies; a cooling member that abuts on and cools a surface on an opposite side of a surface, in which the transfer surface of the transfer member is formed, while separately moving the transfer member from the die; and a controller that brings the first and second dies close to each other, nips the cooling member, the transfer member, and the resin film, cools the resin sheet while an applied pressure is maintained at a first setting value smaller than an applied pressure in the transfer molding, and further cools the resin sheet while the applied pressure is reduced to a second setting value smaller than the first setting value.",0.20726418261822394,0.41452836523644787
9507972,"1. A point of sale system comprising a merchant portable communications device and a battery operated payment object reader, which together operate to receive payment object information at the battery operated payment object reader, to transmit the payment object information to the merchant portable communications, and to transmit the payment object information to a payment processing service: the merchant portable communications device including: the battery operated payment object reader including:",0.23906046634834424,0.4781209326966884
9273610,"1. A gas turbine engine, comprising: a compressor including a combustor adjacent the compressor; a turbine adjacent the combustor, the turbine including a shaft coupled to the compressor rotor assembly and at least one turbine disk assembly, the shaft including a power output coupling providing mechanical power to external equipment; a motor coupled directly to the shaft; a primary variable frequency drive electrically connected to the motor and to an AC power source, the primary variable frequency drive including an AC to DC voltage converter, a DC to AC voltage inverter, and a DC power bus; an auxiliary variable frequency drive electrically connected to the DC power bus of the primary variable frequency drive, the auxiliary variable frequency drive including a DC to AC voltage inverter; and an auxiliary motor electrically connected to the auxiliary variable frequency drive, wherein the primary variable frequency drive provides DC power to the auxiliary variable frequency drive.",0.9792874464876307,0.04142510702473867
9603878,"1. A method of treating or reducing the likelihood of development of graft versus host disease (GVHD) in a subject receiving a transplant, comprising administering to the subject a probiotic composition comprising an isolated, human-derived population of anti-inflammatory bacterial cells, wherein said population comprises 3 or more strains of anti-inflammatory bacteria capable of increasing secretion of Interleukin 10 (IL-10) by human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in vitro, and wherein the population of anti-inflammatory bacterial cells increases IL-10 secretion by human PBMCs by at least 80% or more relative to each strain individually, such that GVHD is treated or the likelihood that the subject develops GVHD is reduced.",0.19210107607406698,0.384202152148134
9413888,"1. A terminal based interactive voice response (IVR) system with information prioritization, said system comprising: a terminal device of a main user comprising a memory unit, a display unit, an input unit, a sound unit and a communication unit; and one or more terminal devices of one or more users, wherein: the action tree can be created, tested and maintained both through the main user's terminal device and through the remote configuration, storage and synchronization facility.",0.3143884018027426,0.6287768036054852
9511223,"1. A method for treating a neuropsychiatric disorder by trigeminal nerve stimulation, comprising: implanting a subcutaneous electrode assembly below an epidermis and above a pericranium of a patient so that a first electrode contact is in contact with an ophthalmic nerve on one side of the patient's forehead and so that a second electrode contact is in contact with an ophthalmic nerve on an opposing side of the patient's forehead; and applying electrical signals to the electrode assembly so that current flows at the first electrode contact and the second electrode contact at specified operational parameters to treat the neuropsychiatric disorder, wherein the electrical signals are applied to minimize current penetration into a brain of the patient such that a charge density at the brain's surface does not exceed 20 μC/cm",0.10864195962196012,0.2172839192439202
9626252,"1. A system for save set indexing outside of backup windows, the system comprising: a processor-based application executed on a computer and configured to:",0.08844083931109205,0.17688167862218407
8895631,"1. A Fischer-Tropsch process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a reactor including substrate elements having catalyst filaments formed on the substrates elements, the catalyst filaments comprising (i) a diameter of about 10 nm to about 500 nm; (ii) a length of about 30 nm to about 5000 nm; (iii) a packing density of between 5 mg/cm (b) injecting a carbon compound and hydrogen into the reactor such that at least a portion of the carbon compound and hydrogen contact the catalyst filaments; (c) reacting the carbon compound and hydrogen with the catalyst filaments at a temperature of between about 150° F. and about 500° F. and a pressure of less than about 500 psig.",0.543672072119527,0.9126558557609461
9088089,"1. A power connector assembly, comprising: a first electrical connector comprising a plurality of first hollow tubes, wherein a plurality of first conducting terminals are disposed within said first hollow tubes, selectively, wherein each first conducting terminal has a flat contacting part; and a second electrical connector mating with said first electrical connector, and comprising a plurality of second hollow tubes corresponding to said first hollow tubes, wherein a plurality of second conducting terminals are disposed within said second hollow tubes, selectively, wherein each second conducting terminal has a terminal-clamping part, wherein when said first electrical connector and said second electrical connector are combined together, said flat contacting part of each first conducting terminal is clamped by said terminal-clamping part of said corresponding second conducting terminal, so that electrical connection between said first electrical connector and said second electrical connector is established; wherein said terminal-clamping part of said second conducting terminal further comprises: two elastic structures are located beside and contacted with each other, wherein during said first electrical connector and said second electrical connector are assembled with each other, said two elastic structures are separated by said flat contacting part and said flat contacting part is interposed into a space between said two elastic structures, so that said flat contacting part is clamped by said two elastic structures; and two sustaining structures, wherein said two sustaining structures are located at outer sides of said elastic structures and contacted with said two elastic structures, respectively.",0.6949997782490333,0.6100004435019335
9147054,"1. A computing system comprising: one or more processors; at least one microphone to receive a plurality of audio inputs from a user, the plurality of audio inputs comprising a first audio input, a second audio input, and a third audio input; one or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions; a speech processing module maintained in the one or more computer-readable storage media and executed by the one or more processors to: a security requirements module maintained in the one or more computer-readable storage media and executed by the one or more processors to: an application module maintained in the one or more computer-readable storage media and executed by the one or more processors to execute the first requested functionality, the second requested functionality, and the third requested functionality.",0.13863648152025632,0.27727296304051263
8931258,"1. A method for metering a reducing agent from a metering device to an exhaust gas treatment device, the metering device having an injector and a delivery unit with a pump and a pressure sensor, the delivery unit and the injector being connected by a line leading from the delivery unit to the injector, the method comprising the following steps: a) determining at least one operating parameter of the metering device the at least one parameter being a system pressure in the delivery device determined by the sensor and providing the at least one operating parameter to a control unit; b) calculating in the control unit, from the at least one operating parameter, an injector pressure at the injector for feeding the reducing agent into the exhaust gas treatment device while considering at least one of a length of the line, a volume of the line, a diameter of the line, or a flexibility of the line; c) calculating, in the control unit, an opening time and an opening instant for the injector using at least the injector pressure determined in step b); and d) opening the injector for the opening time at the opening instant calculated in step c).",0.8492926453636424,0.3014147092727153
9627977,"1. A quasi-resonance switching power supply that utilizes resonance phenomenon in a resonance circuit including an inductance and a resonance capacitor connected to an ON-OFF driven switching element of the quasi-resonance switching power supply, and that turns ON the switching element at a timing of a bottom of a resonant voltage, the quasi-resonance switching power supply comprising: a bottom detecting circuit that detects a bottom of the resonant voltage developed upon turning OFF of the switching element; a bottom skipping number determining circuit that determines a number of bottom skips corresponding to a load of the switching element; and a turn ON control circuit that turns ON the switching element when a number of bottoms detected by the bottom detecting circuit reaches the number of bottom skips determined by the bottom skipping number determining circuit; wherein the bottom skipping number determining circuit comprises a capacitor that holds a voltage corresponding to the load of the switching element over one switching period of the switching element, and sequentially compares the voltage held on the capacitor with a plurality of reference voltages for determining the number of bottom skips in one switching period of the switching element to determine the number of bottom skips corresponding to the voltage held on the capacitor.",0.6185206763368242,0.7629586473263517
9057566,"1. A brazed heat exchanger comprising a heat exchange core comprising a plurality of tubes through which at least one fluid flows, the ends of which are respectively fixed by brazing to two header tanks, each of said header tanks comprising: at least one header plate, having at least one series of orifices, which series is arranged in a direction of extension of said header plate, said at least one series of orifices being provided for the passage of said plurality of tubes; at least one cover intended to close said header tank at least in part when fixed to said header plate; and an elastic sealing means situated between said header plate and said cover, wherein said elastic sealing means is arranged resting against and in tension on at least one part that emerges into said header tank of said plurality of tubes that pass through said at least one series of orifices located at the opposite ends of said at least one series of orifices, and wherein said elastic sealing means has a gripping means extending toward said at least one cover beyond said plurality of tubes for facilitating selective tensioning of said elastic sealing means, wherein the gripping means is located between but not in direct contact with adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes.",0.4497639231678399,0.8995278463356798
9130233,"1. A metal complex comprising: a metal atom or a metal ion; and a ligand, the ligand being a compound represented by the following Formula (3): wherein R a plurality of R a plurality of R Q wherein R X R X wherein R′ represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group; a plurality of X each of R a plurality of Q Ar represents a divalent aromatic group which optionally has a substituent.",0.59129927942063,0.81740144115874
8932996,"1. A method for inhibiting gas hydrate formation in downhole fluids comprising: using a downhole fluid including: an inhibiting amount of a corrosion system including: where the downhole fluid is selected from the group consisting of a drilling fluid, a completion fluid, and a production fluid, where the base fluid reduces or inhibits hydrocarbon gas hydrate formation under conditions conducive to hydrocarbon gas hydrate formation in the downhole fluid, and where the additives reduce or prevent corrosion by the base fluid.",0.49195056609522764,0.9839011321904553
9673702,"1. An overvoltage discharge circuit in communication with a switch mode power supply (SMPS) for eliminating an overvoltage at an output of the SMPS, comprising: an overvoltage detection circuit coupled to the SMPS for receiving an indication of an output voltage and for receiving a target input voltage, and configured for determining that the output voltage is greater than the target input voltage and providing an overvoltage indication signal, the overvoltage detection circuit is configured for adjusting the overvoltage indication signal to a voltage that is not circuit ground; a zero crossing comparator circuit coupled to the overvoltage detection circuit for receiving the overvoltage indication signal, coupled to a common connection of a first switch and a second switch included in the SMPS for receiving a voltage level present at the common connection between the first and second switch, configured for generating a negative current limit/active diode select signal having a first voltage level when the overvoltage indication signal designates an overvoltage condition at the output of the SMPS indicating that the negative current/active diode select signal is activated, generating a second voltage level that is approximately ground when the voltage level at the common connection is approximately equal to the zero voltage level indicating the second switch is activated; and a switch control circuit coupled to the zero crossing comparator circuit and configured for generating a switch activation/deactivation signal indicating that the second switch is to be activated when the voltage at the common connection is greater than the first voltage level; wherein adjusting the overvoltage indication signal to the voltage that is not circuit ground varies the current at which the second switch turns off; wherein when the overvoltage indication signal indicates an overvoltage at the output of the SMPS, the switch control circuit activates the second switch to sink excess current to decrease the overvoltage at the output of the SMPS.",0.9111184510196926,0.17776309796061485
9332807,"1. A boot comprising: an upper having at least one slot extending therethrough and configured to provide a handle for assisting a user to pull on the boot, a lower having a sole joined to said upper; and at least one piece of material which covers said at least one slot to prevent the ingress of unwanted materials, wherein said piece of material is attached onto an interior surface of said upper along a line of attachment that is spaced apart from said slot edge surface along at least a slot upper edge surface, thereby allowing a user to comfortably insert one or more of their fingers into said slot and grasp said slot upper edge surface to aid in pulling the boot on.",0.09226518382456805,0.1845303676491361
9691812,"1. A structure, comprising: an encapsulated expanded crystalline detector material formed over a first layer of insulating material; a second layer of insulating material formed on an upper surface of the expanded crystalline detector material and aligned with edges of the encapsulated expanded crystalline detector; and an encapsulated material formed on a surface of the second layer of insulating material and in contact with the edges of the encapsulated expanded crystalline detector, wherein the second layer of insulating material has an undercut portion, the encapsulated expanded crystalline detector material is located within the undercut portion of the second layer of insulating material, and the first layer of insulating material, the second layer of insulating material and the encapsulated material encapsulates the encapsulated expanded crystalline detector.",0.16253553736258017,0.3250710747251604
9690273,"1. A device for controlling lighting based on an illuminance model, the lighting control device comprising: a profiler configured to set one or more lighting scenes to be recreated by one or more lighting devices in a separate area within a building, the separate area being partitioned into a plurality of sections, in each of which at least one of the lighting devices is installed, to generate a lighting profile for each of the set lighting scenes, and to modify the lighting profile by reflecting measured actual illuminance of the lighting devices; a lighting device controller configured to control each of the lighting devices in correspondence with a specific lighting scene according to a lighting profile that corresponds to the specific lighting scene; and an illuminance analyzer configured to analyze the measured actual illuminance of the lighting devices and construct an illuminance model based on the analysis result.",0.7360562171290729,0.5278875657418542
9766871,"1. A computer-implemented method of operating a production installation having at least two computer-operated engineering systems arranged in an operating sequence, said method comprising: generating a first output file by a first computer-operated engineering system, said first output file comprising information on an operating variable of at least one component of the installation, transmitting the first output file to a second computer-operated engineering system by exporting the first output file by the first computer-operated engineering system and importing the first output file by the second computer-operated engineering system, operating the installation using a second output file produced by the second computer-operated engineering system using the first output file; providing first origin data that describes an origin of the first output file from the first computer-operated engineering system and second origin data that describes an origin of the second output file from the second computer-operated engineering system, and second linkage data describing a linkage of the second origin data to the first origin data; transmitting a changed operating variable of at least one component of the installation from the second computer-operated engineering system to the first computer-operated engineering system using the second linkage data; and generating an error message when the changed operating variable is not transmitted from the second computer-operated engineering system to the first computer-operated engineering system, wherein the first computer-operated engineering system is a tool for providing a pipeline and instrumentation plan of the production installation, and the second computer-operated engineering system is a tool for providing a circuit diagram of the production installation.",0.29440583756235883,0.5888116751247177
9474220,"1. Hybrid pepper seed designated as ‘Evergreen 6203’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-121139.",0.18423484687373215,0.3684696937474643
8954839,"1. A computer based system for contract authoring, comprising: a processor unit; a computer screen operably associated with the processor unit; a non-transitory computer readable medium operably associated with the processor unit, the computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the processor unit to perform the steps of: receiving an unprocessed external contract document in electronic form, the external contract document comprising a plurality of text portions relating to a plurality of contract component types, wherein any contract component type is one of a contract title, a section title, a clause title, and a clause text; accessing a heuristic system describing a plurality of text patterns which identify with the plurality of the contract component types; processing the external contract document utilizing the heuristic system to automatically identify and extract the plurality of the contract component types for the plurality of the text portions in the external contract document; wherein the heuristic system is selectively operable to automatically identify and extract at least one title from the external contract document; displaying the external contract document on the computer screen; and simultaneously displaying a separate indication of the plurality of the contract component types that have been identified and extracted in the processing step as being associated with the plurality of the text portions in the external contract document; wherein the indication includes a tree structure showing separate component types and their inter-relationships that have been identified and extracted in the processing step; wherein the tree structure comprises total number of each separate component type that has been identified and extracted in the processing step.",0.10541825405654076,0.21083650811308152
9424376,"1. A nuclear reactor modeling system comprising: a modeling interface configured to: determine standardized modeling data of an abstract nuclear reactor model representing a nuclear reactor core, the standardized nuclear reactor modeling data includes a nuclear reactor data structure including a plurality of assembly structures, each assembly structure representative of a physical component that is present in the nuclear reactor model, two or more of the assembly structures representing fuel assemblies of the nuclear reactor, each fuel assembly structure including a plurality of block structures representative of axially distributed blocks of the fuel assembly of the nuclear reactor core, at least one block structure of the plurality of block structures of the fuel assembly structure includes material data and location, the material and location data representative of fuel pin material and location within the fuel assembly of the nuclear reactor core, at least one fuel pin material of a first fuel assembly structure being different from a second fuel pin material of a second fuel assembly structure, one or more of the assembly structures representative of control rods of the nuclear reactor, and one or more of the assembly structures representative of a structure of a fuel assembly receptacle of the nuclear reactor core: converting the standardized modeling data of the abstract nuclear reactor model to nuclear reactor modeling data defining a nuclear reactor model modelling the nuclear reactor core, the nuclear reactor modeling data including a plurality of cell data for a plurality of cells of the nuclear reactor model, each cell defined by one or both of bounding of surfaces and regions of space, each cell data including a physical location, a material identifier, and a geometry of the associated cell of the nuclear reactor model, nuclear reactor performance data including fuel cell swelling and fuel depletion, and nuclear material data including cycle load data; a simulator including a plurality of simulator modules including a neutronics simulator module, a fuel burn simulator module, a thermal hydraulics simulator module, and a material performance simulator module, the simulator coupled to the modeling interface and configured to generate simulation data for the modeling interface, the neutronics simulator module interacting with the fuel burn simulator module, the thermal hydraulics simulator module and the material performance simulator module to iteratively produce time dependent nuclear reactor simulation of at least a portion of the nuclear reactor simulation data for the modeling interface; the modeling interface configured to: selectively and iteratively send the nuclear reactor modeling data to one or more selected simulator modules of the simulator to generate nuclear reactor simulation data; receive the nuclear reactor simulation data including neutronics data, fuel burn data, thermal hydraulics data, material performance data; analyze and update the nuclear reactor modeling data and the simulation data to maintain updated nuclear reactor modeling data that represents a new state of the nuclear reactor; and standardize the updated nuclear reactor modeling data to create updated standardized modeling data of the abstract nuclear reactor model to represent an updated state of the nuclear reactor core for export to a database, the updated standardized modeling data further includes one or more variables including at least one of the group comprising density, flux, power, and flow, wherein standardizing includes defining structural and behavioral patterns in an object oriented environment that are sufficient to describe a state of the nuclear reactor model at an identified moment in time; a database, coupled to the modeling interface, and configured to receive the standardized data, whereby the standardized data is maintained for subsequent analysis.",0.7503232043182453,0.49935359136350943
9103084,"1. A dam, comprising: an existing dam structure at a dam location; at least two precast segments configured to be interconnected; and at least one interlocking element or structure configured to join the at least two precast segments, the joined precast segments being coupled to the existing dam structure in an arrangement forming the dam at the dam location, wherein the at least two precast segments are further configured to encase and operably interconnect to a main energy generation component, the main energy generation component being (i) configured to convert kinetic energy to available power and (ii) coupled to an energy transfer bus.",0.9659704677863706,0.06805906442725873
8966186,"1. A computer program product for prefetching in memory, the computer program product comprising: a tangible non-transitory storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising: determining a missed access request for a first line in a first cache level; accessing an entry in a prefetch table, the entry corresponding to a memory block and comprising segments of the memory block, the segments of the memory block comprising a demand segment and a plurality of other segments of the memory block, each of the segments of the memory block comprising a respective plurality of lines; determining the demand segment of the segments in the entry, the demand segment corresponding to a segment of the memory block that includes the first line; reading, by a cache controller, a first field in the demand segment to determine if whether a second line in the demand segment is spatially related with respect to accesses of the demand segment; and reading, by the cache controller, a second field in the demand segment to determine whether a second segment in the entry is temporally related to the demand segment, wherein the second field comprises one of a plurality of temporal relation fields of the demand segment, wherein each of the plurality of temporal relation fields of the demand segment corresponds to a single respective segment of the plurality of other segments, and indicates whether the demand segment is temporally related to the temporal relation field's respective segment of the plurality of other segments.",0.07287273937402926,0.14574547874805854
9149696,"1. A lacrosse head pocket comprising: a first runner base; a second runner base adjacent the first runner base, the first runner base and second runner base terminating at respective first and second lace loops defining respective openings; at least one lace extending laterally away from at least one of the first runner base and the second runner base, toward at least one sidewall of a lacrosse head to which the pocket is adapted to be secured; a V-shaped cross piece extending between the first runner base and the second runner base, with a point of the V-shaped cross piece configured to point toward a scoop of the lacrosse head; a polymeric exoskeleton molded over and encapsulating a front surface but not a rear surface of at least one of the first runner base, the second runner base and the V-shaped cross piece; wherein the polymeric exoskeleton extends upward from the front surface to define a thickness of the polymeric exoskeleton of about 1 mm to about 5 mm.",0.00966229529753037,0.019324590595060753
9481600,"1. An optical glass comprising P 5+ , Al 3+ , alkali metal ions, and alkaline earth metal ions as cationic components and O 2− and F − as anionic components, wherein a content of P a content of Al a total content of R a total content of R a content of Rb a content of Cs a content of Zn a content of F a mole ratio (R the optical glass has an abrasion factor FA of 420 or higher, a fragility index value B of 4000 μm",0.21969677655910197,0.43939355311820394
8586353,"1. An apparatus for the production of ethanol and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water comprising: a. a chamber comprising a flexible, visible-light transmitting plastic sheet; b. a lower part of the chamber suitable for containing a liquid phase reaction volume comprising water, ethanol, and a photosynthetic organism; c. an upper part of the chamber comprising an inner surface on the upper part upon which gas phase ethanol and water condense to form a liquid product and comprising a head space volume comprising carbon dioxide, water, and ethanol, wherein the molar ratio of ethanol to water in the liquid product is higher than in the liquid phase reaction volume and the head space volume is disposed above the liquid phase reaction volume; and d. a plurality of troughs that collect the liquid product, wherein the troughs are disposed on the inner surface above the liquid phase reaction volume and are supported by a flotation device in contact with the liquid phase reaction volume.",0.961474538954522,0.0770509220909561
8819366,"1. A data processing device comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: copy data stored in a first memory unit into a second memory unit on a block-by-block basis where the data is divided into blocks of a specific size; measure an amount of time taken to copy a block of the data; change a size of the block to a size smaller than a current size when the amount of time measured runs up to a specific threshold which is shorter than a timeout time; and start to measure the amount of time when the copying of the block starts, and interrupt the copying of the block when the amount of time is over the timeout time.",0.2206436741723051,0.44128734834461025
9070951,"1. A solvent for a nonaqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, the solvent containing a fluorine-free cyclic carbonate (I), a fluorine-free chain carbonate (II), and a 1,1-di(fluorinated alkyl)ethylene carbonate (III), and wherein with a sum of (I), (II), and (III) being 100 volume %, the fluorine-free cyclic carbonate (I) is 10 to 50 volume %, the fluorine-free chain carbonate (II) is 49.9 to 89.9 volume %, and the 1,1-di(fluorinated alkyl)ethylene carbonate (III) is from at least 0.1 volume % to not more than 30 volume %.",0.9106411366242085,0.17871772675158293
8611069,"1. An apparatus, comprising: an ultracapacitor core including a separator and a current collector; and a support structure adjacent to at least a portion of the ultracapacitor core, wherein at least one of the separator, the current collector, or the support structure comprises a phase change metal alloy material.",0.7638939473665375,0.47221210526692503
9417454,"1. An autostereoscopic display device comprising: an electroluminescent display arrangement comprising an array of spaced pixels disposed over a substrate; an autostereoscopic lens arrangement comprising a plurality of lenticular lenses disposed over the display arrangement, wherein a sub-set of the pixels in the array is provided beneath each lenticular lens, with at least two pixels across the lens width direction, wherein the pixels across the lens width direction are arranged with at least two different heights over the substrate.",0.08042466273356945,0.16084932546713893
9771160,"1. An aircraft flight data recorder ejection and landing system comprising: a flight data recorder comprising electronic storage for storing therein of at least data representative of a flight state of an aircraft; an ejection system for rapid ejection of the flight data recorder from the aircraft, the ejection system comprising: a landing system for reducing landing impact forces and increasing buoyancy, the landing system coupled to the flight data recorder, the landing system comprising:",0.36035864226049985,0.7207172845209997
9505877,"1. A polymer, comprising a repeating unit of formula (I) or formula (II): where R R R D′ is —CO—, —COO—, —S—, —SO—, —SO E′ is —OR G′ is E′, C R R R R R R R R R",0.62961981045,0.7407603790999999
8400048,"1. A tuning-fork type piezoelectric resonator plate comprising: at least a plurality of leg portions serving as vibrating portions; a bonding portion bonded to the outside, and a base portion from which the leg portions and the bonding portion protrude, wherein the plurality of leg portions protrude from a first end face of the base portion and are provided side-by-side on the first end face, the bonding portion has a base end portion formed such that the based end portion protrudes from a second end face located opposite the first end face of the base portion at a position located opposite a center position of the plurality of leg portions in a width direction of the first end face of the base portion, and at least the base end portion of the bonding portion is formed so as to have a width narrower than a width of the second end face of the base portion, and is used as a bond region that is bonded to the outside, the base portion has a right-and-left symmetrical shape as viewed from above, and a second end portion of the base portion is formed such that the base portion tapers from the first end face side to the second end face side.",0.09639948474626107,0.19279896949252218
8342037,"1. Device for measuring a pattern of the forces and moments ( 2 ) generated by an aircraft propulsion system ( 1 ), whereby said device comprises a hooking structure ( 5 ) that can support at least one propulsion system ( 3 ), characterized in that this hooking structure ( 5 ) passes through the fuselage transversely relative to the main axis of the fuselage of the aircraft via an opening, whereby said structure has at least a first part (AC) that is found on the outside of the aircraft connected to a propulsion system, and a second part (CB) that is found on the inside of the aircraft that is connected to structural elements of the aircraft via an isostatic system of connecting elements ( 9 , 10 , 12 , 14 , 15 , 22 ) so as to take up the six degrees of freedom, measuring means being integrated in said connecting elements to reconstitute said pattern.",0.30273047044490853,0.6054609408898171
8502652,"1. A bicycle brake device, comprising: at least one brake shoe; a warning device; a power supply device electrically connected with said warning device; and two conductors installed in said at least one brake shoe and respectively electrically connected with said warning device and said power supply device, each said conductor having one end thereof exposed to the outside of the surface of said at least one brake shoe.",0.2542068638358522,0.5084137276717045
9335417,"1. A method operative in a satellite receiver, comprising: receiving first satellite state information from at least one satellite; identifying an erroneous satellite based on the first satellite state information, and restricting the use of a satellite signal received from the identified erroneous satellite; receiving second satellite state information from a server; updating a satellite state of the at least one satellite using the second satellite state information; and when the updated satellite state contradicts an erroneous state of the identified satellite, lifting the restriction on the use of the signal from the identified satellite.",0.19234424369996775,0.38468848739993544
9333450,"1. A combination filter and register for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, the combination comprising: a register mounted in a structure and comprising a plurality of parallel blades and a plurality of vane members disposed behind the parallel blades, wherein a space is defined between the parallel blades and the plurality of vane members, the register not comprising a dedicated access opening for receiving a filter; and a filter comprising a pliable rectangular frame and a pliable filter material spanning across the pliable rectangular frame, wherein the pliable filter material and pliable rectangular frame allow the filter to be inserted between two of said plurality of parallel blades of said register, for placement into the space between the plurality of parallel blades and the plurality of vane members without removal of the register from the structure in which it is mounted.",0.5584513380723769,0.8830973238552462
8588991,"1. A system for electric power grid element and network management comprising: at least one active grid element, each constructed and configured within a housing for electrical connection and IP-based network communication with a server over a network; wherein the at least one active grid element having a function or a participation within an electric power grid is automatically and/or autonomously updated with an update message received from the server; wherein the update message transforms the function or the participation of the at least one grid element by updating at least one attribute of the grid element; wherein the at least one attribute corresponds to the function or participation of the at least one grid element; and wherein the at least one attribute specific to the grid element and its function or participation within the electric power grid includes a profile that corresponds to the at least one grid element and/or a priority of operation with respect to the other grid elements; wherein the profile provides programming for determining the role and for providing automated participation of the corresponding grid element in the electric power grid.",0.9027278127514521,0.19454437449709583
9258723,"1. User equipment (UE) configured to communicate with an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (eUTRAN), the UE comprising: a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to:",0.40861724872120164,0.8172344974424033
9537168,"1. A membrane electrode assembly comprising (i) at least one phosphoric acid-containing polymer electrolyte membrane said polymer being a basic polymer and (ii) two gas diffusion electrodes one of each located at both sides of said membrane, (iii) each of the gas diffusion electrodes having at least one catalyst layer facing towards the membrane, (iv) at least one of said gas diffusion electrodes having said at least one catalyst layer facing towards the membrane consists of: (v) said microporous layer (MPL) and said gas diffusion medium suitable as a base for either anode or cathode catalyst layers, having: (vi) a cathode gas diffusion electrode as defined in (iv) consisting of said gas diffusion medium, microporous layer and catalyst layer having: (vii) a cathode catalyst layer of (vi) as defined in (iv) having: (viii) an anode gas diffusion electrode as defined in (iv) consisting of said gas diffusion medium, microporous layer and catalyst layer having: (ix) an anode catalyst layer of (viii) as defined in (iv) having:",0.8129993537931227,0.37400129241375457
9393433,"1. Circuitry for an implantable medical device, comprising: a first charging path comprising at least one load switch comprising a first terminal directly connected to the battery terminal node and a second terminal coupled to a load within the implantable medical device, wherein the at least one load switch is configured to gate a battery voltage from the battery terminal voltage to the load, wherein the at least one load switch is opened at least if a battery undervoltage signal is asserted.",0.6813888338449259,0.6372223323101482
8721758,"1. A method of continuous crop-quality-enhancement fertigation of an agricultural field, said agricultural field being irrigated by means of an active irrigation system having a stream of flowing irrigation water upstream of said agricultural field, said method comprising the steps of: (step 1) converting said irrigation water to treated irrigation water by continuously charging a crop-quality-enhancer feedstock comprised of a first crop-quality enhancer and a second crop-quality enhancer to said stream of flowing irrigation water at respectively a first feed point and a second feed point, generating a dissolution exotherm, wherein said first crop-quality enhancer is selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid in an aqueous solution containing from 50 to 98 wt. percent sulfuric acid, nitric acid in an aqueous solution containing from 50 to 71 wt. percent nitric acid and phosphoric acid in an aqueous solution containing from 65 to 85 wt. percent phosphoric acid, wherein said second crop-quality enhancer is selected from the group consisting of potassium hydroxide as a 35 to 50 wt. percent aqueous solution, urea as a 40 to 50 wt. percent aqueous solution, ammonium hydroxide as a 20 to 29 wt. percent aqueous solution and ammonia as a 95 to 100 wt. percent gas, wherein said stream of flowing irrigation water has sufficient flow to intermix said crop-quality enhancer with said irrigation water and dampen said dissolution exotherm; and (step 2) irrigating said agricultural field with said treated irrigation water.",0.5516193579631484,0.8967612840737031
8637203,"1. A modular fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell module comprising a stack of a plurality of fuel cell elements between a first end plate and a second end plate wherein the first end plate has an anode gas inlet opening, a cathode gas inlet opening, an anode waste gas outlet opening and a cathode waste gas outlet opening on a connection side facing away from the stack, said anode gas inlet opening and said cathode gas inlet opening being defined by a first connection side portion of said connection side, said anode waste gas outlet opening and said cathode waste gas outlet opening being defined by a second connection side portion of said connection side, said second connection side portion being located at a spaced location from said first connection side portion; a burner-heat exchanger module comprising an anode gas distributor, a cathode gas distributor, a waste gas distributor, a heat exchanger for preheating cathode gas and a burner for reacting fuel cell waste gases, said waste gas distributor being arranged on one side of said burner, said anode gas distributor and said cathode opening distributor being arranged on another side of said burner, the burner-heat exchanger module having an anode gas outlet opening communicatingly connected to the anode gas inlet opening, a cathode gas outlet opening communicatingly connected to the cathode gas inlet opening, an anode waste gas inlet opening communicatingly connected to the anode waste gas outlet opening, and a cathode waste gas inlet opening communicatingly connected to the cathode waste gas outlet opening, and said waste gas distributor box connects the anode waste gas inlet opening and the cathode waste gas inlet opening to the anode waste gas outlet opening communicating with a combustion chamber of the burner and to the cathode waste gas outlet opening communicating with the combustion chamber in such a way that the media are separated from one another.",0.9320186336327599,0.13596273273448012
9525342,"1. A control circuit for a power converter, wherein the power converter comprises a switching circuit comprising a main switch, a freewheeling element and an inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, and wherein the power converter is configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage, the control circuit comprises: an on-time generating circuit configured to generate an on-time control signal; a ramp compensation circuit configured to generate a ramp compensation signal, wherein the amplitude of the ramp compensation signal is proportional to 1−D with a scaling factor, and wherein D represents the duty cycle of the main switch; a ramp regulating circuit configured to generate a ramp regulating signal, wherein the amplitude of the ramp regulating signal is proportional to D with the scaling factor; a comparison circuit electrically coupled to the ramp compensation circuit and the ramp regulating circuit, wherein the comparison circuit is configured to generate a comparison signal based on a feedback signal representative of the output voltage, a reference signal and the sum of the ramp compensation signal and the ramp regulating signal; and a logic circuit configured to generate a control signal based on the on-time control signal and the comparison signal to control the main switch and the freewheeling element.",0.9438456389145462,0.1123087221709076
8794928,"1. A canopy for a wind turbine nacelle, comprising: a frame including a plurality of bars and a plurality of covering plates, wherein the plurality of bars comprise metal, wherein the plurality of covering plates includes a material that comprises a polymer material and/or a sandwich material comprising a metal foam, and wherein the plurality of bars comprise aluminium and the covering plates are connected to the plurality of bars by form closure.",0.9272482739314774,0.1455034521370453
9333214,"1. A method of treating a Pseudomonas pulmonary infection in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the lungs of the patient for at least one treatment cycle, an effective dose of a nebulized liposomal amikacin formulation comprising amikacin encapsulated in a liposome wherein the lipid component of the liposome comprises a phosphatidylcholine and a sterol, wherein: the treatment cycle comprises an administration period of 15 to 35 days followed by an off period of 15 to 75 days: during which an improvement in lung function is maintained for the patient, for at least 15 days after the administration period ends, and the effective dose comprises 510 mg to 610 mg of amikacin daily during the administration period.",0.5732134743243769,0.8535730513512463
9710042,"1. A system for adaptive self-control of microprocessor power, the system comprising: a power monitor subsystem disposed to compute a present core power and a present power ramp condition in the microprocessor, the present core power falling within one of a plurality of predefined control zones, the plurality of predefined control zones comprising a no-danger zone having a first range of core power levels, and a danger zone having a second range of core power levels; a trigger monitor subsystem disposed to enter a control mode in response to detecting that the present core power falls within the danger zone and the present power ramp condition exceeds a threshold corresponding to a likelihood of an imminent power ramp event in the danger zone; and a stall control subsystem disposed to generate a stall control signal as a function of the control mode, the stall control signal operable to stall operation of at least one functional unit of the microprocessor according to a predefined stall pattern.",0.9373881960181674,0.12522360796366527
9622749,"1. A method for controlling an ultrasonic transducer comprising: providing a generator; providing an ultrasonic transducer having a first stack and a second stack; providing a first ultrasonic signal having a first frequency; providing a second ultrasonic signal having a second frequency, wherein the second frequency is different from the first frequency; summing the first ultrasonic signal and the second ultrasonic signal to create a summed signal; transmitting the summed signal to the first stack with the generator; providing a third ultrasonic signal, wherein the third ultrasonic signal is inverted relative to the first ultrasonic signal; and transmitting the third ultrasonic signal to the second stack.",0.29642920338399814,0.5928584067679963
9627691,"1. An electrode composite material for a metal/air electrochemical energy storage device, the electrode composite comprises M x A y O z for reducing molecular oxygen, wherein x, y, and z are real positive numbers, M is first metal, A comprises a second metal other than the first metal M and O is oxygen, wherein the second metal A comprises a primary second metal and one or more dopants, wherein the primary second metal comprises vanadium, and wherein the one or more dopants are selected from the group consisting of scandium, titanium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper, wherein the electrode composition material has from about 1 to about 98 wt % M x A y O z .",0.9231274316932728,0.15374513661345435
8657924,"1. A multi-layered adsorption system for use in separating gases in a PSA or VPSA cyclic adsorption process comprising two or more adsorbent layers wherein the first layer is at least a water vapor removal adsorbent and the second layer is a composite adsorbent comprising agglomerated particles of 10-50% of a zeolite; 5-45% of activated alumina; and 10-50% of a metal oxide having a heat capacity of at least 20 cal/mol-° K (83.7 J/(mol·K)) in substantially uniform distribution and wherein the total of the zeolite, activated alumina and metal oxide equals 100 weight % as measured on a dry weight basis and the crush strength is more than about 4.5 Newtons (N) for particles in the 7×14 US mesh size range.",0.8957797301632117,0.20844053967357667
9051664,"1. A nanostructuring process for an ingot, comprising the steps of: performing a surface treatment step on at least one surface of the ingot to form a nanostructure on a treated surface; performing a slicing operation through the treated surface having the nanostructure.",0.24323711649568291,0.48647423299136583
8640674,"1. A bi-fuel engine for a vehicle comprising an intake manifold that includes a plurality of intake runners, which are connected to one side of an engine main body of the engine at intervals with their downstream ends communicating with respective intake ports within the engine main body, and a surge tank, to which upstream ends of the plurality of intake runners are connected at intervals; an air cleaner communicating with said surge tank; a liquid fuel injection unit for supplying liquid fuel to said engine main body; a plurality of gaseous fuel hoses, which have one ends connected to said intake runners at positions near their downstream ends; a plurality of gaseous fuel injection valves, to which the other ends of said gaseous fuel hoses are connected; and a gaseous fuel delivery pipe, to which the plurality of gaseous fuel injection valves are connected, wherein said surge tank is placed above said engine main body; said intake runners include curved portions, respectively, which are placed on one side of the engine main body, and sloped portions extending from said surge tank to said curved portions; said air cleaner is placed above said sloped portions; said liquid fuel injection unit is placed in a space between said engine main body and said intake runners; said gaseous fuel delivery pipe is placed in a gap between said surge tank and said air cleaner; and said gaseous fuel injection valves are held by a bracket on the one side of the engine main body where said intake manifold is placed in a way that the gaseous fuel injection valves are placed under said air cleaner, each of the gaseous fuel injection valves being placed in a space between the adjacent two of said sloped portions.",0.9568332611499865,0.08633347770002708
9787786,"1. A system comprising: one or more processing devices; one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform the following operations:",0.6144537488296119,0.7710925023407762
8513514,"1. An automated method of causing a photovoltaic solar cell array of a terrestrial solar cell system to track the sun during the course of the day, the system comprising two motors each of which is operable to adjust a position of the array along a different respective axis with respect to the sun, the method comprising: (a) using a software algorithm to predict a position of the sun at a predetermined time after sunrise on a given day based, at least in part, on the latitude, and longitude of the location of the solar cell array; (b) subsequently, using a computer model to determine respective actuations for the motors so that the position of the solar cell array on said given day will be substantially aligned with the sun at the predetermined time after sunrise by utilizing said predicted position of the sun determined in step (a); and (c) before the predetermined time, initiating operation of the motors according to the determined respective actuations, so that at the predetermined time on said given day, the solar cell array is substantially aligned with the sun, and thereafter at successive subsequent times during the course of the given day.",0.948241094134987,0.10351781173002594
9801963,"1. A steam sterilizer comprising: a pressure vessel which stores an object to be sterilized and in which sterilization is performed with water vapor supplied from a steam piping and which has a double-can structure constituted by an outer can and an inner can; vacuum-generating means which is connected to the pressure vessel and brings an inside of the inner can of the pressure vessel into a vacuum state; wherein the vacuum-generating means includes: condensing means for condensing water vapor in discharged gas from the pressure vessel, the condensing means being provided to the gas and water discharging pipe, which is connected to the water ejector, and located on an upstream side of the water ejector; a control unit operable to open the control valve to introduce supply water from the outside in a case where it is detected that the temperature detected by the temperature sensor due to the introduction of the discharged gas and water from the pressure vessel is higher than a predetermined threshold value and that a water level detected by the level sensor is at or lower than a predetermined level; a branch pipe branched from a part of the gas and water discharging pipe coupled to the water ejector and is coupled to the tank; and a drain-discharging pipe coupled to the tank and a jacket portion which is provided between the inner can and the outer can of the pressure vessel, wherein a whole of discharged gas and water from the pressure vessel is collected in the tank.",0.5238168646866261,0.9523662706267477
9658902,"1. A method of adaptive clock throttling for event processing in a distributed processing system, the method comprising: receiving, by an event processing system, a plurality of events from one or more components of the distributed processing system; determining, by the event processing system, that an arrival attribute of the plurality of events exceeds an arrival threshold; and in response to determining that the arrival attribute of the plurality of events exceeds the arrival threshold, adjusting, by the event processing system, a clock speed of at least one of the event processing system and a component of the distributed processing system, said adjusting including:",0.48011653195024817,0.9602330639004963
9579233,"1. A therapeutic purse comprising: a. an enclosure comprising; b. a therapeutic device comprising a thermal pouch; c. a strap having a length, d. a conduit coupled to the strap; wherein the strap is attached to said therapeutic purse; and wherein the thermal pouch is coupled to at least one end of said conduit; whereby a liquid within said thermal pouch can be transferred from said thermal pouch into said conduit; and wherein the closure feature is configured on said bottom.",0.14573060094906864,0.2914612018981373
8394545,"1. A method for operating a fuel cell system comprising a fuel cell which generates electric power for a load using a fuel gas containing hydrogen and an oxidizing gas containing oxygen, a fuel gas supplying device which supplies the fuel gas to the fuel cell, an oxidizing gas supplying device which supplies the oxidizing gas to the fuel cell, and at least one of a temperature control device which controls a temperature of the fuel cell, the method comprising steps of: generating the electric power by the fuel cell under a condition that a dew point of the fuel gas and a dew point of the oxidizing gas are lower than the temperature of the fuel cell; when stopping the fuel cell system, causing the temperature of the fuel cell to be equal to or less than at least one of the dew point of the fuel gas to be supplied to the fuel cell and the dew point of the oxidizing gas to be supplied to the fuel cell; and after the temperature of said fuel cell becomes equal to or less than at least one of the dew point of the fuel gas to be supplied to the fuel cell and the dew point of the oxidizing gas to be supplied to the fuel cell by the step of causing, cutting off the electrical connection between the fuel cell and the load.",0.9880554925023324,0.023889014995335245
9240362,1. A layer arrangement comprising: a getter layer provided on a support substrate; and a sacrificial layer disposed substantially over the getter layer; wherein the sacrificial layer has a negative Gibbs free energy of formation of oxide higher than the getter layer.,0.6736950658543205,0.652609868291359
8783153,"1. An upper receiver for a firearm, comprising: a housing defining an internal cavity; a mounting rail coupled to said housing, said mounting rail configured with a plurality of grooves; a first unique indicator inscribed in a first groove of the plurality of grooves; a second unique indicator inscribed in a second groove of the plurality of grooves; a guide defining a guide slot, said guide is retainably installed within said housing such that said slot provides access to said internal cavity; a positionable actuation handle assembly; and a bolt installed within said housing and engagable by said positionable actuation handle assembly.",0.00744460772847647,0.014889215456952987
9452252,"1. A method of monitoring a vascular access during extra-corporeal blood treatment in which blood flows from the vascular access via an arterial segment of an extra-corporeal blood circuit into a blood-treating element, and from the blood-treating element via a venous segment back into the vascular access, comprising the steps of: measuring a pressure in the venous and arterial segments of the extra-corporeal blood circuit in a first interval of time wherein there is a proper vascular access; determining a test function that defines interference affecting the measured arterial and venous pressures in the first interval of time, wherein the test function is an estimated function that defines interference affecting the arterial and venous pressures for a subsequent second interval of time; removing the interference from the individual arterial and venous pressures measured in the first interval of time; determining a first pressure differential that is freed from interference from the measured venous and arterial pressures in the first interval of time; measuring a pressure in the venous and arterial segments of the extra-corporeal blood circuit in the subsequent second interval of time; determining a second pressure differential from the measured venous and arterial pressures in the subsequent second interval of time; freeing the second pressure differential from interference by comparing the second pressure differential to the test function; and analyzing the second pressure differential that has been freed from interference to detect a faulty vascular access.",0.04115631297318685,0.08231262594637367
9312928,"1. A radio communications system comprising: a first radio base station to convert multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) data to unicast data and transmit the unicast data to an intermediate station; the intermediate station to receive the unicast data from the first radio base station and convert the unicast data to the MBMS data and broadcast the converted MBMS data to a mobile station; a second radio base station; and the mobile station to receive the same MBMS data from the first radio base station via the intermediate station and the second radio base station in the same period; wherein the second radio base station comprises a transmitter to broadcast the MBMS data that is the same as the MBMS data converted in advance by the intermediate station, at the same time when the intermediate station broadcasting the converted MBMS data to the mobile station by using same radio resource that the intermediate station uses in the broadcasting of the converted MBMS data.",0.48538672118946263,0.9707734423789253
9251261,"1. A method for evaluating malware signatures, the method comprising: receiving a candidate malware signature specified in a markup language, wherein the candidate malware signature specifies a set of features associated with one or more files of a software application package used to identify a malware application corresponding to the candidate malware signature; translating the set of features candidate malware signature into a database query; executing the database query to identify a set of applications detected by the candidate malware signature as being an instance of a malware threat corresponding to the candidate malware signature; and for each application in the set of applications:",0.024338091789607594,0.048676183579215215
9254719,"1. A motor car tyre having a tread comprising: a central portion straddling an equatorial plane, the central portion having: a first shoulder portion separated from the first circumferential rib by a second circumferential groove; and a second shoulder portion separated from the second circumferential rib by a third circumferential groove, wherein",0.5793427330202272,0.8413145339595456
9341117,"1. A combined sump structure in an engine, the combined sump structure comprising a sump area comprising one or more sumps, including at least a B sump and a C sump; a single oil supply for all sumps; a combined sump drain; and a single frame assembly configured to support the one or more sumps, where in the B sump comprising a middle member and a forward member, where in the C sump comprising an aft member and the middle member, and wherein the sump frame assembly comprises the middle member, wherein the middle member comprises an aft sump scavenge line passing about the middle member partially circumferentially and turning in an axial direction to feed the forward member.",0.8844050100392231,0.23118997992155377
9378595,"1. A vehicle comprising: a display; and at least one controller programmed to operate the display such that a position of a first icon, representing vehicle performance at a reference energy consumption value based on a predetermined target energy consumption rate, relative to a position of a second icon, representing vehicle performance at a present energy consumption value, is based on a difference between the reference energy consumption value and the present energy consumption value.",0.9320003444491011,0.13599931110179786
8545907,"1. An enzyme blend for processing a starch comprising a low pH, thermostable alpha-amylase and a Bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase, wherein the low pH, thermostable alpha-amylase has an amino acid sequence that is at least about 85% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein the Bacillus licheniformis alpha-amylase has an amino acid sequence that is at least about 85% identical to SEQ ID NO: 4, and wherein the enzyme blend contains at least about 0.5 to about 5.0 Liquefon Units (LUs) of the B. licheniformis alpha-amylase for every 5.0 Modified Wohlgemuth Units (MWUs) of the low pH, thermostable alpha-amylase.",0.9032293045487846,0.19354139090243083
8464091,"1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to: dynamically adjust quorum requirements for a voting set V of a server cluster, comprising a plurality of servers, to ensure that a response of the server cluster to a client request remains Byzantine fault tolerant when at least one of: wherein:",0.15342655210393738,0.3068531042078748
8852866,"1. A method of screening for soluble domains in a protein of interest comprising producing a library of nucleic acid fragments, each nucleic acid fragment encoding a fragment of said protein comprising one or more protein domain portions, and identifying fragments in the library encoding a soluble protein domain or a soluble fragment of said protein comprising more than one protein domain, the method comprising: a) amplifying a nucleic acid sequence encoding said protein in the presence of a known amount of non-native nucleotide, with or without a known amount of a native nucleotide corresponding to said non-native nucleotide, thereby resulting in an amplified product nucleic acid sequence, the non-native nucleotide being incorporated into the resulting amplified product nucleic acid sequence at a frequency related to the known amounts of said non-native nucleotide compared to the known amount of said native nucleotide, if present; b) producing nucleic acid fragments of between 100 and 1500 nucleotides from said amplified products for ligation into an expression vector in a method consisting of contacting said amplified product nucleic acid sequence of step a) with one or more reagents which recognize the presence of the non-native nucleotide and cleave the amplified product nucleic acid sequence or excise the non-native nucleotide, thereby producing nucleic acid fragments of between 100 and 1500 nucleotides each encoding a fragment of said protein having one or more domain portions suitable for ligation into an expression vector; c) ligating each nucleic acid fragment of between 100 and 150 nucleotides from step b) into an expression vector, thereby producing a library of expression vectors; d) expressing the library of said nucleic acid fragments from step c) to produce protein domains encoded by said nucleic acid fragments, wherein the protein domains are expressed as fusions with a C-terminal affinity tag which is less than 15 amino acid residues in length; e) separating soluble fusion protein domains from insoluble protein domains using the affinity tag to identify soluble protein domains, thereby identifying fragments in the library encoding soluble protein domains; and f) identifying soluble protein domains obtained in step e) as domains of the protein of interest by protein sequencing.",0.07482514279747723,0.1496502855949544
8965053,1. Method for remotely determining an absolute azimuth of a target point (B) in which: a first series of images is acquired (S the elements of said images are associated (S a first image database is constituted (S said first image database is transferred (S a second series of images is acquired (S at least one point of correspondence is determined (S an absolute azimuth (θ a relative azimuth (θ an absolute azimuth (θ,0.09318137140070737,0.18636274280141474
9627708,"1. An electrode assembly comprising a combination of two or more types of electrode units having different areas, the electrode units being stacked so as to form a stepped portion therebetween, wherein a positive electrode and a negative electrode are formed to face each other at an interface between the electrode units, and Equation 4 is satisfied: where n is an integer not less than 1, dN dP dP",0.6938207926575995,0.6123584146848009
9477304,"1. An information processing electronic device configured to: execute a first process for analyzing an image captured by a camera and for determining whether the image contains a face; execute a second process for analyzing speech input from a microphone; receive a result of the first process and a result of the second process and execute output control of help information for a user; judge a duration over which a face of the user faces a particular direction on the basis of the result of the first process, if the image is determined to contain a face; determine a number of times the information processing electronic device rejects execution of a process, corresponding to the speech input, in response to the speech input made by the user; determine a user level of the user based on the number of times the information processing electronic device rejects the execution of the process corresponding to the speech input, a feature quantity and a predetermined threshold value for the number of times of rejecting the execution of the process, wherein the feature quantity represents information regarding reasons for rejecting the execution of the process; and calculate a degree of difficulty of the user by using information regarding the judgment, the number of times and the determined user level, and if the degree of difficulty that has been calculated is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, execute a process for outputting the help information to the user.",0.04167689846923579,0.08335379693847156
8582234,"1. An apparatus comprising: a magnetic shield and gap separating a write pole from a return pole, the write pole having a body portion and an extension portion with parallel first and second sides that each tilt towards the magnetic shield at a predetermined angle proximal to an air bearing surface (ABS), the extension portion having at least one bevel surface facing a magnetic shield sidewall, the bevel surface extending a first distance from the ABS and the magnetic shield sidewall extending a second distance from the ABS, the first distance being less than the second distance.",0.21350427977952113,0.42700855955904227
9281722,"1. An interior permanent magnet synchronous motor embedded into rotor comprising: the rotor including a V-type recess in an outer surface of the rotor between adjacent permanent magnets in the rotor, wherein the V-type recess has an angle that ranges from about 103° to 107°, the V-type recess is formed in the outer surface of the rotor toward an inside thereof, a depth of the V-type recess is about 4.5˜4.7% of an outer diameter of the rotor, the V-type recess has a round end at a deepest position thereof, and the round end has a radius of curvature ranging from about 0.3 mm to 1 mm.",0.5827711786319529,0.8344576427360941
9485104,"1. An information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected by a multihop network, each of the information processing apparatuses comprising: a first communication unit configured to transmit and receive a first packet including information about a destination address: and a second communication unit configured to communicate at a frequency higher than that of the first communication unit, and transmit and receive a second packet including a payload to the destination address, wherein in each of the information processing apparatuses, when the first communication unit receives the first packet and the first packet is addressed to the information processing apparatus, the second communication unit is woken up.",0.34987147107380595,0.6997429421476119
9267719,"1. A heat pump operation method for a heat pump which generates heat using power generated by a power generation device, the method comprising: obtaining, on a per unit time basis, generated power which is an amount of the power generated by the power generation device, load power which is an amount of the power consumed by an electric load which operates using the power generated by the power generation device, and surplus power which is a difference between the generated power and the load power; and controlling an operation of the heat pump, wherein in the controlling, an amount of the power consumed by the heat pump for generating heat is adjusted to follow a per unit time increase or decrease in the surplus power when a first condition is met, the first condition being that the surplus power remains greater than a given amount of power, at which the heat pump can generate heat at or above a predetermined level of efficiency, for a given period of time or longer.",0.9705598996186322,0.05888020076273559
9379329,"1. An organic semiconductor compound, comprising: at least one structural unit according to Chemical Formula 1, where, in Chemical Formula 1, R selected from a halogen, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C1-C20 linear or branched alkyl group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C3-C20 cycloalkyl group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted linear or branched C1-C20 alkoxy group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C3-C20 cycloalkyloxy group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C6-C30 aryl group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C6-C30 aryloxy group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C2-C30 heteroaryl group, and a combination thereof, and selected from a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C1-C20 alkoxy group, and a C3-C20 cycloalkyl group, where one of a first CH where R R R selected from a halogen, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C1-C20 linear or branched alkyl group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C3-C20 cycloalkyl group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted linear or branched C1-C20 alkoxy group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C3-C20 cycloalkyloxy group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C6-C30 aryl group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C6-C30 aryloxy group, one of a first substituted and unsubstituted C2-C30 heteroaryl group, and a combination thereof, and selected from a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C1-C20 alkoxy group, and a C3-C20 cycloalkyl group, wherein one of a first CH wherein R each X is independently selected from —CR Y is selected from —CR R selected from hydrogen, a halogen, one of a second substituted and unsubstituted C1-C20 linear or branched alkyl group, one of a second substituted and unsubstituted C3-C20 cycloalkyl group, one of a second substituted and unsubstituted linear or branched C1-C20 alkoxy group, one of a second substituted and unsubstituted C3-C20 cycloalkyloxy group, one of a second substituted and unsubstituted C6-C30 aryl group, one of a second substituted and unsubstituted C6-C30 aryloxy group, one of a second substituted and unsubstituted C2-C30 heteroaryl group, and a combination thereof, selected from a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C1-C20 alkoxy group, and a C3-C20 cycloalkyl group, where one of a second CH2 group and a second plurality of non-adjacent CH where R Z is selected from one of a substituted and unsubstituted C1-C40 arylene group, one of a substituted and unsubstituted C4-C14 heteroaromatic ring group, and one of a substituted and unsubstituted C6-C30 condensed polycyclic group including a heteroaromatic ring group, and p and q denote a mole ratio of each structural unit, and p/(p+q) is about 0.5 to about 0.95.",0.6746498331678057,0.6507003336643886
8420129,"1. A solution composition encapsulating body comprising a glass vessel or enameled vessel and a chlorine dioxide solution composition whose solute consists of dissolved chlorine dioxide and chlorite, wherein the chlorine dioxide solution composition is hermetically sealed in the glass vessel or enameled vessel.",0.45419085912693585,0.9083817182538717
8820079,"1. A process for converting thermal energy to mechanical energy in a Rankine cycle comprising: vaporizing a working fluid with a low grade thermal energy heat source; expanding the resulting vapor and then cooling with a cold heat source to condense the vapor; and pumping the condensed working fluid; wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of: H, F, Cl, Br, and C 1 -C 6 alkyl, at least C 6 aryl, at least C 3 cycloalkyl, and C 6 -C 15 alkylaryl optionally substituted with at least one F, Cl, or Br, wherein formula (I) contains at least one F and at least one Cl or Br, provided that if formula (I) contains Br, then it also contains no hydrogen and wherein at least one of R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 is methyl, ethyl, or propyl, optionally substituted with at least one F, Cl, or Br.",0.9776183727417465,0.04476325451650709
9296490,"1. A method of displaying aircraft operating and position information with an electronic display unit, comprising: determining a position of a first aircraft at an airport; determining a ground optimum speed range of the first aircraft, with a performance model; determining a first aircraft ground speed of the first aircraft with a speed sensor; generating display signals as a function of the first aircraft position, the first aircraft ground optimum speed, and the first aircraft ground speed; displaying on a screen of the display unit a map of the airport, including geographic locations and dimensions of runways and taxiways, from map data in an airport database; displaying a first aircraft symbol on the map, the first aircraft symbol displayed in a position on the map indicative of position of the first aircraft; and displaying an optimum speed range symbol, the optimum speed range symbol having a lower bound end and a higher bound end, on the map; and wherein the optimum speed range symbol is displayed in a position on the map such that the first aircraft symbol is between the lower bound end and the higher bound end when the first aircraft speed is within the optimum speed range.",0.35605448286460406,0.7121089657292081
9299462,"1. A nuclear fuel rod for a fast reactor, comprising: tubular fuel materials comprising a hollow portion formed therein; a tubular inner pipe inserted into the hollow portion of the tubular fuel materials to prevent collapse of the tubular fuel materials due to combustion of nuclear fuel; a tubular cladding pipe which surrounds the tubular fuel materials; and a liquid metal charged in a gap between the tubular fuel materials and the tubular cladding pipe, wherein the tubular inner pipe comprises a collecting space formed therein to collect fission products which are generated due to combustion of the nuclear fuel, wherein the tubular cladding pipe is formed from stainless steel, wherein the tubular inner pipe is formed from molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), niobium (Nb), or tantalum (Ta).",0.8558229530089553,0.28835409398208944
9439948,"1. A cage for facilitating fusion of adjacent bones or fusion of adjacent bone surfaces, the cage comprising: a central section having a longitudinal proximal portion and a longitudinal distal portion; a first wall, having a first height, a first length, and a first width, wherein each of the first length and the first height is greater than the first width, wherein the first length of the first wall extends transversely from the central section, and wherein the first height of the first wall extends between the longitudinal proximal portion and the longitudinal distal portion of the central section; a second wall, having a second height, a second length, and a second width, wherein each of the second length and the second height is greater than the second width, wherein the second length of the second wall extends transversely from the central section, and wherein the second height of the second wall extends between the longitudinal proximal portion and the longitudinal distal portion of the central section; and a third wall, having a third height, a third length, and a third width, wherein each of the third length and the third height is greater than the third width, wherein the third length of the third wall extends transversely from the central section, wherein the third height of the third wall extends between the longitudinal proximal portion and the longitudinal distal portion of the central section, wherein the third wall has a first side and a second side separated by the third width, wherein the third wall is positioned between the first wall and the second wall, and wherein the first side of the third wall faces the first wall and the second side of the third wall faces the second wall, wherein each of the first wall and the second wall comprises an end portion distal to the central section, wherein the end portion of the first wall and the end portion of the second wall avoid contact with the third wall, wherein the central section, the first wall, the second wall, and the third wall comprise a designed porous microstructure and the designed porous microstructure further comprises a biocompatible material selected from at least one of a polymeric material, a metallic material, a ceramic material, or a mixture thereof; an osteoconductive mineral coating on at least a portion of the designed porous microstructure, the osteoconductive mineral coating comprising a plurality of layers, wherein each of the layers has a distinct dissolution profile; a bioactive agent associated with at least one of the biocompatible material or the osteoconductive mineral coating, wherein the bioactive agent being present in an amount that induces ossification between the adjacent bones or the adjacent bone surfaces; and a fixation plate extending from the central section.",0.36141854869516377,0.7228370973903275
9614259,"1. A battery comprising: a battery housing; two connections configured to electrically conductively connect the battery to a load; a battery string positioned in the battery housing, wherein: at least one thermal tripping element positioned within the battery housing, and configured to: wherein the at least one thermal tripping element comprises a liquid-filled glass ampoule configured to break when the predetermined first temperature is present in the region of the at least one thermal tripping element.",0.8906860999579759,0.21862780008404825
9161379,"1. A method for transmitting data in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: establishing, by a requesting station (STA), a direct link between the requesting STA and a destination STA; establishing, by the requesting STA, a relay link between the requesting STA and the destination STA via a relay STA; transmitting, by the requesting STA, data to the destination STA via the direct link; and transmitting, by the requesting STA, the data to the destination STA via the relay link, wherein the data is simultaneously transmitted from the requesting STA to the destination STA via the direct link and the relay link, and wherein the step of establishing the relay link includes:",0.2760811190270533,0.5521622380541066
8931282,"1. An internal combustion engine having a peak temperature comprising: a. a positive displacement compressor for compressing inlet air, b. a heat exchanger for heating the compressed air exiting the positive displacement compressor against exhaust exiting a positive displacement expander, c. a first injector; d. a combustion chamber, the first injector injecting fuel into the combustion chamber which combusts the fuel with the heated compressed air, the combustion chamber being separate from the positive displacement compressor and the positive displacement expander, the positive displacement expander expanding the combusted air, the positive displacement expander being separate from the positive displacement compressor, e. a second injector which injects fuel into the positive displacement expander to combust the combusted air and fuel in the positive displacement expander to produce the exhaust, and f. a controller which modulates the peak temperature to be less than a prescribed temperature by dynamically adjusting at least one of a compression ratio, an expansion ratio, and an E/C ratio.",0.9157145509948734,0.16857089801025316
8771544,"1. A first prefabricated stair tower module installed inside a wind tower, said wind tower having a plurality of first connection points, said first prefabricated stair tower module comprising: a. At least one preassembled ships style stair, said ships style stair having an angle of slope ranging from about 52 degrees to about 68 degrees, comprising; b. At least one stair stringer; c. A plurality of stair treads, each stair tread being supported by the stair stringer; d. Each stair tread being oriented relative to the stringer and to every other tread to comprise rising steps; e. An upper landing attached to the upper end of the stringer, said landing having a substantially flat surface, the upper landing for connecting to a second prefabricated stair within the first prefabricated stair tower module; f. A plurality of support members structurally connected to the upper landing, said support members having a plurality of second connection points whereby the second connection points cooperate with the first connection points and connect the first prefabricated stair tower module to the inside of the wind tower.",0.7403398344611302,0.5193203310777397
9521883,"1. A slide fastener comprising: a pair of fastener tapes; a pair of fastener element rows respectively sewn to opposing tape side edge portions of the pair of fastener tapes by sewing threads, each of the fastener element rows having a plurality of fastener elements; and a slider configured to engage and disengage the pair of fastener element rows, wherein each of the fastener element rows is a coil-shaped fastener element row made of synthetic resin, wherein each of the fastener elements comprises an engaging head section and a first leg section and a second leg section protruding from the engaging head section and extending parallel to each other, wherein the first leg section comes in contact with the corresponding fastener tape and the second leg section does not come in contact with the corresponding fastener tape, wherein a coating film on a surface of the first leg section colors the first leg section such that the first leg section is colored in a color different from those of the fastener tapes and the second leg section, wherein the color of the first leg section is visible through a gap between the pair of fastener tapes, and wherein the coating film on the surface of the first leg section comes in contact with the corresponding fastener tape and extends beyond the gap between the pair of fastener tapes.",0.019080721124882304,0.03816144224976459
8448733,"1. A vehicle air intake system comprising: a bulkhead disposed across a forward portion of an engine compartment; a grille disposed forward of the bulkhead; a hood disposed over the engine compartment; and an intake enclosure coupled to the bulkhead, the intake enclosure having an intake port; wherein the intake enclosure forms an intake channel for channeling air from the intake port at a first end of the enclosure to an air filter coupled with a second end, the intake channel being inclined as it extends from the intake port, the intake channel inclines from the intake port to an apex and declines from the apex downstream along the intake channel, and the grille, the bulkhead, and the hood define a serpentine airflow path to the intake port.",0.690501353972896,0.618997292054208
8499865,"1. A friction drive device, comprising: a wheel rotatable both around a central axial line and around an annular cross sectional center line; a pair of rotatable drive members located on either side of the wheel each rotatable around an axial center thereof; a plurality of drive rollers mounted on an outer circumferential surface of each rotatable drive member so as to be rotatable around a central axial line in a skewed relationship to the central axial line of the corresponding rotatable drive member, and each provided with an outer circumferential surface engaging an outer circumferential surface of the wheel; and a pair of electric drive devices each for rotatively actuating a corresponding one of the pair of rotatable drive members around a central axial line of the electric drive device; wherein an output member of each said electric drive device is fixedly attached to the corresponding one of the rotatable drive members, wherein each rotatable drive member is provided with a frustoconical part having a tapered outer circumferential surface progressively increasing in outer diameter toward an outer end thereof, and the drive rollers are mounted on the outer circumferential surface of the rotatable drive member, the frustoconical part defining a hollow interior receiving a corresponding one of the pair of electric drive devices.",0.34638363452715687,0.6927672690543137
9841794,"1. A mobile computer, comprising: a host which is a panel computer; a keyboard and a screen cover which is a cover covering the panel computer and having a backside edge, wherein said keyboard is set on the inside of said screen cover; wherein when said host is opened to stand up to be a keyboard trying position, the downside of the said host moves toward said keyboard and stands at the position between said keyboard and said backside edge of the said screen cover, said host stands up askew on the inside of said screen cover, said screen cover is the base of said host, wherein there is a battery set at the position between said keyboard and said backside edge of said screen cover, or there is a battery set underneath said keyboard and said battery extended beyond said keyboard towards said backside edge of said screen cover.",0.6139539328576261,0.7720921342847478
9716276,"1. A method for manufacturing an electrode for lithium ion batteries, comprising the following steps: (a) electrochemically etching a silicon wafer to form pores up to a predetermined pore depth P in a preselected arrangement; (b) converting the pore walls, by overetching the pores, into upright nanowires attached to the wafer, the nanowires having a predetermined thickness; and (c) forming a film of a predetermined thickness D from a metal which is inert to lithium ions, by electrodeposition on an etched side of the wafer, wherein the metal film encloses attached ends of the nanowires, the nanowires are anchored in the metal film, and the nanowires protrude by a length of about P-D from a flat side of the metal film facing opposite to the wafer, wherein the predetermined thickness D is at least 1 micrometer; wherein the metal film is detached from the wafer while the nanowires are torn off at the same time.",0.8555370156889087,0.28892596862218256
9811086,"1. A computer-implemented method of taking a vehicle out-of-service, comprising: obtaining, by one or more computing devices on-board an autonomous vehicle, data indicative of one or more parameters associated with the autonomous vehicle, wherein the autonomous vehicle is configured to provide a vehicle service to one or more users of the vehicle service; determining, by the one or more computing devices, an existence of a fault associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in pan on the one or more parameters associated with the autonomous vehicle; determining, by the one or more computing devices, one or more actions to be performed by the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the existence of the fault; and performing, by the one or more computing devices, one or more of the actions to take the autonomous vehicle out-of-service based at least in pan on the fault, wherein at least one of the actions comprises adjusting a status associated with the autonomous vehicle based at least in part on the fault such that the autonomous vehicle is unavailable to provide the vehicle service.",0.7291831399259217,0.5416337201481567
9217836,"1. A system, comprising: optical modules that each includes a different base, each optical module including one or more module waveguides on one of the bases, module waveguides from different modules being aligned such that the aligned module waveguides exchange light signals, a first one of the modules having a recess extending into the base of the first module and a second one of the modules being received in the recess with at least a portion of one of the aligned module waveguides being between the base of the first module and the base of the second module; first electronics that operate a transmitter on one of the optical modules so as to generate one of the light signals; and second electronics that operate a receiver on another one of the modules such that the electronics generate an electrical signal in response to the receiver receiving one of the light signals.",0.3062340878630249,0.6124681757260498
8935799,"1. A report generation system, comprising: at least one data generator that generates data; a data store that comprises the data; a computer system that comprises at least one memory and at least one processor; and a reporting engine stored in the at least one memory that, when executed by the at least one processor;",0.35999410215314354,0.7199882043062871
8742454,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising: wherein the cathode region and collector region are formed under the buffer layer, and wherein the drift layer, the buffer layer, the cathode region and the collector region each comprises different dopant concentrations relative to each other; wherein a first conductor layer is in contact with the cathode region, and wherein a second conductor layer is in contact with the collector region is formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a work function of the second conductor layer is larger than a work function of the first conductor layer.",0.1019479185564801,0.20389583711296022
8440011,"1. An additive package for warm-mix asphalt formulations for the pavement of road surfaces, said additive package comprising a) from 20-60 wt %, based on the total weight of the additive package of surfactant component, and b) 30-80 wt % of the additive package of an asphalt rheology modifying component, wherein said asphalt rheology modifying component comprises at least one of i) a wax component and at least one of ii) a resin component, the additive package being formulated into a powder, pastillated, or flaked free-flowing solid.",0.6552100827791065,0.6895798344417869
8581607,"1. A testing device comprising: a first terminal configured to be connected to an equipment under test; a common-mode detector configured to detect a common-mode part of a signal emitted from said equipment under test, the common mode detector including a common-mode output terminal; and a common mode termination impedance connected between said common-mode output terminal and ground, a first impedance unit connected in series between said first terminal and said common-mode detector, wherein said first impedance unit is configured to adjust a longitudinal conversion loss of said testing device to a predetermined value.",0.13355129392144058,0.2671025878428812
8987328,"1. A nutraceutical or dietary supplemental composition, comprising one or more esterified capsaicinoids, wherein the esterified capsaicinoid has the structure: wherein CAP refers to a capsaicinoid and O",0.5508921475491801,0.8982157049016397
8403099,"1. A construction machine having a working attachment, said construction machine comprising: a base frame for supporting said working attachment so as to be raised and lowered; an engine installed on said base frame; a hydraulic pump connected transversely to said engine so as to become capable of being operated with the power of said engine; a tank device disposed at a front of said hydraulic pump and having at least one of a working oil tank and a fuel tank; a counterweight provided at a rear side of the hydraulic pump and having an upper surface; and an exhaust gas after-treatment device for purifying exhaust gas from said engine, wherein an upper surface of said hydraulic pump is positioned lower than an upper surface of said engine, at least a portion of said tank device has an upper surface, wherein a height of the upper surface of said tank device is almost equal to, or is smaller than, the height of the upper surface of said hydraulic pump, and said exhaust gas after-treatment device is disposed at a position above both said upper surfaces of said tank device and said hydraulic pump.",0.7110801128417067,0.5778397743165866
9022214,"1. A clamp for receiving and holding at least one substrate, the clamp comprising: a frame, having a framed surface and comprising: a movable structure, having a sliding shaft and being detachably disposed across the first shaft body and the second shaft body to define a receiving space for receiving the at least one substrate; and a first latch set having a plurality of first threaded holes and a plurality of first screws, the first threaded holes being formed in the first shaft body and the second shaft body respectively, and the sliding shaft having a plurality of openings, wherein the sliding shaft of the movable structure is capable of sliding along the first upper surface of the first shaft body and the second upper surface of the second shaft body in a suitable position with respect to the third shaft body so as to fix the at least one substrate in the receiving space, and the openings of the sliding shaft are corresponding to the threaded holes of the first latch set respectively, and each of the screws is fastened into each of the threaded holes through each of the opening to fix the sliding shaft on the first shaft body and the second shaft body, and wherein the first groove of the third shaft body, the second shaft body, the first shaft body and the sliding shaft define the receiving space thereby one edge of the substrate is received completely within the first groove.",0.10514383166390551,0.21028766332781101
8350523,"1. A charging system comprising: a first conversion module; a second conversion module; an inductor connected between the second conversion module and a first node of an interface for an AC voltage; and an isolation module coupled between the first conversion module and the second conversion module, the isolation module providing galvanic isolation between the first conversion module and the second conversion module, wherein:",0.8954619311747811,0.20907613765043775
9399460,"1. A vehicle, comprising: a powertrain to change a deceleration by changing a shift range; a control device configured to control the powertrain of the vehicle; and a switch operated by a driver to start and stop the control device, the control device being configured to:",0.7020119485162507,0.5959761029674986
8861782,"1. A method, comprising: adhering multiple pieces of a document that has been fragmented to a film; moving the film and the multiple pieces relative to one or more image capture devices; capturing images of the multiple pieces as the multiple pieces are moving, wherein each of the images includes at least one side of at least one of the multiple pieces; and processing the images to generate a data file including at least a portion of the document, the portion determined based on image data associated with two or more of the multiple pieces.",0.08373595352114964,0.1674719070422993
9751194,1. A multifunction/double ended tweezer comprises: a first lateral arm; a second lateral arm; a connecting arm; a first pinching tip pair; a second pinching tip pair; a first end; a second end; a central axis; the first pinching tip pair and the second pinching tip pair each comprise a first tip and a second tip; the first lateral arm and the second lateral arm being oriented parallel to each other and the central axis; the first lateral arm and the second lateral arm being positioned equidistantly opposite each other about the central axis; the connecting arm being connected at an arm connecting angle to the first lateral arm and the second lateral arm; the first end and the second end being positioned opposite each other along the central axis; the first tip of the first pinching tip pair being connected to the first lateral arm at the first end; the second tip of the first pinching tip pair being connected to the second lateral arm at the first end; the first tip of the second pinching tip pair being connected to the first lateral arm at the second end; the second tip of the second pinching tip pair being connected to the second lateral arm at the second end; and the first pinching tip pair being a slanted tweezer end pair.,0.012909844942611642,0.025819689885223318
8810891,"1. A deformable mirror comprising: a deformable membrane with a reflecting face and an opposite face; a stiff plate; a structure of at least one magnetic actuator including a magnet and a coil, at least a first part of said actuator being fixed to the stiff plate and able to locally deform the membrane with respect to a magnetic field created by the coil in the vicinity of the magnet; an adhesive layer against the opposite surface of the membrane; and a structure of at least one flexible coupling further comprising a mechanical connection and upper and lower links coupling respectively the upper and lower ends of the mechanical connection to the adhesive layer and to the stiff plate, at least one of the upper or lower links being flexible and providing a perpendicularly oriented mechanical return function between the stiff plate and the deformable membrane, wherein the lower link couples the lower end of the mechanical connection to the stiff plate independent of at least a second part of said actuator.",0.17667135911190623,0.35334271822381247
9669636,"1. A thermal printer comprising: a plurality of heat elements that are to be heated by applying an electrical power; a printing controller that applies a first electrical power to heat elements not to be used for printing, the first electrical power depending on the number of heat elements not to be used for printing among the plurality of heat elements; and a thermal head that prints using the plurality of heat elements.",0.7143870890134753,0.5712258219730495
9054251,"1. A solar collector array comprising: a housing having a first optical element and a receiver plate, the receiver plate having an opening therethrough, a seal groove surrounding said opening, and conductor strip segments positioned on an inside surface thereof adjacent said opening, said conductor strip segments running substantially a length of said receiver plate and terminating in a pair of tabs extending into said opening; a modular solar collector having a receiver and a heat sink assembly, said modular solar array shaped to be inserted into said opening and mounted on said housing, said modular solar collector including a pair of conductor clips shaped and positioned to engage and form an electrical connection with said conductor strip segments, said modular solar collector including a concentrator cell assembly connected to said conductor clips so that said pair of conductor clips connects said concentrator cell assembly to said conductor strip segments, said modular solar collector including a gasket attached to said heat sink assembly, wherein said receiver is thermally isolated from said heat sink by said gasket; and a seal mounted on said housing around said seal groove of said housing and positioned to extend around said opening, said seal providing a thermal and environmental barrier between said modular solar collector and said housing.",0.8717448846997456,0.2565102306005087
9751212,"1. A computer-implemented method for executing a handover action, the method comprising: receiving, using one or more computer processors, sensor data from one or more sensors coupled to a robot unit, the sensor data describing one or more of surroundings of the robot unit and an object manipulated by the robot unit; calculating, using the one or more computer processors, a probability of a perceptual classification related to one or more of the robot unit, a human action, an environment, an electro-mechanical state based on the sensor data; calculating, using the one or more computer processors, an affordance based on the probability of the perceptual classification using a preference model; determining, using the one or more computer processors, a handover action based on the affordance; executing, using the one or more computer processors, the handover action; and updating, using the one or more computer processors, the preference model based on feedback.",0.06179045504838404,0.12358091009676808
9761806,1. A system for sensing data comprising: one or more sensors formed on a substrate; and a plurality of transistors coupled to the one or more sensors and formed on the substrate; wherein a channel of each transistor of the plurality of transistors comprises a nanoscale material; wherein the plurality of transistors is configured to perform computing tasks including classifying data from the one or more sensors; wherein classifying data from the one or more sensors comprises using machine-learning techniques to classify data; wherein the system is further configured to perform threshold detection techniques using the classified data to determine if information should be transmitted; wherein the system is further configured to transmit threshold detection information after determining information should be transmitted; and wherein performing threshold detection techniques and transmitting threshold detection information occurs external to the substrate.,0.2524061806066615,0.504812361213323
8950175,"1. An exhaust-gas aftertreatment device for an internal combustion engine comprising: a catalytic converter comprising a tubular member defining a volume housing a catalytic converter substrate, the volume in communication with an inlet portion to receive exhaust gas emissions from the internal combustion engine and with an outlet portion to discharge the exhaust gas emissions after catalytic conversion thereof in the volume; an unobstructed pipe member within the tubular member and connecting the inlet portion with the volume and guiding the exhaust gas emissions from the inlet portion in a first direction of flow, the pipe member having an exit opening at a downstream end thereof in alignment with a longitudinal axis of the pipe member; a dome-shaped deflector having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the tubular member and located at the downstream end of the pipe member such that a central portion of the deflector is directly opposite the pipe member exit opening and the exhaust gas emissions exiting the pipe member are directed onto the deflector central portion and deflected into the volume and in a second direction of flow other than the first direction of flow, so that liquid unburned fuel in the exhaust gas emissions reaches and is deposited on the deflector; a layer of porous material having an open cell structure spaced from a surface of the deflector facing the flow of exhaust gas emissions; and a collector positioned at a bottom of the deflector for collecting the liquid unburned fuel that drips from the deflector and/or the porous material after being deposited thereon.",0.9291069255769058,0.14178614884618845
9806046,"1. A semiconductor device structure, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a dielectric layer disposed over the semiconductor substrate; a conductive trace disposed over the dielectric layer; an under-bump metallization (UBM) disposed over a segment, but not an entirety of, a top surface and a side surface of the conductive trace, wherein a width of the UBM is substantially equal to or larger than a maximum width of the conductive trace, and a first portion of the conductive trace covered by the UBM and a second portion of the conductive trace not covered by the UBM have substantially same widths; and a conductive bump disposed over the UBM, wherein a sidewall of the conductive trace is surrounded by the conductive bump.",0.14853202052116593,0.29706404104233186
8810647,"1. A time-of-flight based imaging system comprising: a photon emitter used as an illumination source for illuminating a scene; a photon sensor to sense photons reflected by an object in the scene; an electronic system for delivering a signal depending on the reception time of photons reflected by said scene onto said photon sensor, a backlit display comprising a backlight assembly and an electronic display placed in front of the backlight assembly, said backlight assembly comprises LEDs which are used for illuminating the electronic display and which are also used as said illumination source by superposing on the LEDs intensity normally used for lighting the display, a modulated light; the photon sensor being configured to record the modulated light reflected by an object and, the electronic system being configured to demodulate the modulated light reflected by an object and recorded by the photon sensor, to determine the position of said object, and the distance to said object, wherein the system further comprises a backlighting driver for successively illuminating said photon sensor from different regions of said display, and computing means for computing the position of a light reflecting object based on light received from the different regions and a triangulation method.",0.17321813261141286,0.34643626522282567
8497031,"1. A battery circuit comprising: a battery including a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a positive high voltage bus line electrically coupled to the positive terminal of the battery; a negative high voltage bus line electrically coupled to the negative terminal of the battery; a resistor including a first end electrically coupled to the positive high voltage bus line and a second end electrically coupled to the negative high voltage bus line; a first switch electrically coupled between the second end of the resistor and the positive high voltage bus line; and a second switch electrically coupled between the second end of the resistor and the negative high voltage bus line, said resistor separately providing both a pre-charging operation and a heating operation for heating the battery where the resistor is part of an electric heater, said first switch being closed and said second switch being opened to provide the pre-charging operation and said second switch being closed and said first switch being opened to provide the heating operation.",0.9561909564374755,0.08761808712504893
8688110,"1. A method of wireless communication operable at a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: registering on a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN); determining if the VPLMN is a neighbor of a home public land mobile network (home PLMN) for the UE, in accordance with a neighbor database stored at the mobile station; and forgoing to search for the home PLMN while remaining registered on the VPLMN if the neighbor database indicates that the VPLMN is not a neighbor of the home PLMN for the UE, wherein the determining if the VPLMN is a neighbor of the home PLMN for the UE comprises:",0.5722042628897903,0.8555914742204194
9614111,"1. A copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) film to be used as a light absorbing layer for a CIGS solar cell, the CIGS film comprising: a first region having a Ga/(In+Ga) ratio progressively reduced along its thickness toward a predetermined thickness position from a back surface of the CIGS film; a second region provided on the first region and having a Ga/(In+Ga) ratio progressively increased along its thickness toward a front surface of the CIGS film; and a third region provided on the second region and having a Ga/(In+Ga) ratio progressively reduced along its thickness toward the front surface of the CIGS film; wherein the Ga/(In+Ga) ratios are each defined as a ratio of a gallium (Ga) atomic number concentration to a sum of an indium (In) atomic number concentration and the gallium (Ga) atomic number concentration, wherein the first region, the second region and the third region are provided on the back surface in that order, wherein the first region extends continuously from the back surface to the second region, wherein the second region extends continuously from the first region to the third region, wherein the third region extends continuously from the second region to the front surface, wherein the Ga/(In+Ga) ratio in the second region has a peak value of 0.3 to 0.6, and wherein the Ga/(In+Ga) ratio in the third region has a reduction of 0.02 to 0.3.",0.8280087302813685,0.3439825394372631
8924137,"1. A method to maintain trajectory synchronization comprising: Comparing, using a processor, an active trajectory with a synchronized trajectory, wherein the comparison is triggered by at least one disturbance, periodic trigger, communication event between different trajectory systems, or downlink/uplink event; if the comparing indicates a difference between the active trajectory and the synchronized trajectory, then performing the actions of: wherein the disturbance is at least one of a change detected by an aircraft, change data from an external source, or a periodic trigger; wherein the change detected by an aircraft is at least one of atmospheric condition change, pilot input change, airline input change, or other state measurement; wherein the change data from an external source is at least one of flow management, a separation from other aircraft command, change in convective weather, a special use airspace command, a scheduling requirement, a trajectory downlink, or a command uplink; wherein comparing the downlinked synchronized trajectory with a ground predicted trajectory is matching a plurality parameters comprising ground route, lateral route, altitude restrictions, and speed restrictions; wherein the synchronization process performs ground initiated amendment to a flight plan and uplinking of a command to the aircraft to modify its plan only after a substantial or all discrepancies between the flight plan and the downlinked synchronized trajectory are resolved.",0.651680549219474,0.6966389015610519
8694371,"1. A method executed by an advertising server device, comprising: receiving, at an advertising server and from a user device, an electronic message containing a metric report that includes a validation indicator, a validation result indicator and a code indicative of an interactive event that was performed by the user device; and validating by the advertising server data in the metric report when the validation result indicator corresponds to a failed validation which was performed by an advertising engine on the user device, wherein validating includes sub-operations of:",0.11111765732693996,0.2222353146538799
9587742,"1. A wear ring for a piston of a die-casting apparatus, the wear ring comprising: an annular body having a gap extending therethrough, the gap being configured to define at least two circumferentially offset pairs of circumferentially spaced apart facing surfaces, the facing surfaces of each pair being angled and configured to contact each other in a flush manner when the wear ring is circumferentially compressed, wherein both of the facing surfaces of each pair define an angle with a radial line that bisects the gap between the facing surfaces, the angle defined by each surface being the same, and the angle is from about 1 degree to about 4 degrees, or wherein one of the facing surfaces of each pair defines an angle with a radial line that bisects the gap between the facing surfaces, and the angle is from about 1 degree to about 4 degrees.",0.11752303466996357,0.2350460693399271
9306538,"1. A composite electronic component, comprising: a circuit board having a rectangular planar shape; a plurality of packages that include acoustic wave filters respectively, located on a top surface of the circuit board; a dummy package that is located on the top surface of the circuit board and between two packages among the plurality of packages and apart from a center part of the circuit board; and a lid that is located above the plurality of packages and the dummy package, wherein at least five of the plurality of packages and the dummy package are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the rectangular planar shape of the circuit board, and the plurality of packages and the dummy package are not arranged in a width direction of the rectangular planar shape.",0.2443691012227996,0.4887382024455992
9362962,"1. A system for interconnection of two or more integrated circuit devices using a vector signaling code to communicate binary data, the system comprising: a collection of interconnection wires connecting the two or more integrated circuit devices, the wires representing an essentially capacitive load; a transmission interface to the collection of interconnection wires in at least one of the integrated circuit devices; an encoder configured to receive the binary data and to responsively generate a vector signaling code word of three or more levels in the transmission interface; a transmit driver configured to communicate the vector signaling code word from the transmission interface as three or more signal levels, the three or more signal levels comprising ‘+’, ‘0’, and ‘−’ levels on the interconnection wires, the transmit driver comprising:",0.18774264279905759,0.3754852855981152
8443509,1. A method of preparing a plurality of bar-wound stator conductors for electrical interconnection comprising: inserting the plurality of conductors into a stator; twisting the plurality of conductors such that a first conductor of a first row is adjacent to a second conductor of a second row; trimming the adjacent first and second conductors to a common length using a trimming device; grinding the trimmed first and second conductors to a pre-determined surface profile using a rotary cutting tool.,0.42156136566784697,0.8431227313356939
8574878,"1. A host cell comprising a recombinant polynucleotide sequence encoding a fatty alcohol forming acyl-CoA reductase (FAR) variant that has at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2, wherein the host cell is a bacterium and wherein the variant comprises a substitution at one or more positions selected from position 134, position 138, position 511, position 510, position 2, position 140, position 421, and position 458, wherein the position is numbered with reference to SEQ ID NO:2, with the proviso the FAR variant does not have the sequence of SEQ ID NO:5.",0.5600051718540557,0.8799896562918885
9415383,"1. An exhaust gas purification catalyst, comprising: a catalytic layer containing a particle component A and a particle component B on a carrier, wherein the particle component A is composed of catalytic-metal-doped CeZr-based mixed oxide powder in which catalytic metal is solid-dissolved in CeZr-based mixed oxide, the particle component B is composed of activated alumina powder, which has a number-average particle size of equal to or greater than 5 μm and equal to or less than 30 μm, Zr—La mixed oxide-supported alumina powder in which Zr—La mixed oxide is supported on activated alumina particles, which has a number-average particle size of equal to or greater than 10 μm and equal to or less than 50 μm, and CeZr-based mixed oxide powder in which catalytic metal is not solid-dissolved, which has a number-average particle size of equal to or greater than 0.5 μm and equal to or less than 5.0 μm, the particle component A has a particle size distribution with a peak in a particle size range of equal to or greater than 100 nm and equal to or less than 300 nm, and has a CeO the particle components A and B are mixed such that the particle component A is at least partially interposed between particles of the particle component B in the catalytic layer.",0.9078799372829319,0.18424012543413615
9048948,"1. A device for transmitting data, comprising: a first rail vehicle having an end; a second rail vehicle having an end facing the end of the first rail vehicle; a first data transmission unit arranged at the end first rail vehicle, and a second data transmission unit arranged at the end of the second rail vehicle, wherein between the first data transmission unit and the second data transmission unit a data transmission link for transmitting data between the first rail vehicle and the second rail vehicle is formed, wherein the data transmission via the data transmission link is carried out by means of an optical radio relay system wherein the distance between the first data transmission unit and the second data transmission unit has a value in the range between 1500 mm and 6000 mm; and wherein at least the first data transmission illuminates an area in the range between 4500 mm×1300 mm to 5000×1700 mm on the second transmission unit.",0.25852077671132406,0.5170415534226481
9017875,"1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: a cathode having a cathode active material layer; an anode; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein: the cathode active material layer includes secondary particles constituted by primary particles; the primary particles are carbon material-coated lithium phosphate compound particles; an average particle diameter A of primary particles is 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less; a ratio B/A of a pore diameter B of the secondary particles to the average particle diameter A of the primary particles is 0.10 or more and 0.75 or less; the average diameter A is an average particle diameter of a total diameter of the carbon-coated lithium phosphate compound particles including carbon, and the pore diameter B is a diameter of a void present between the carbon-coated lithium phosphate compound particles.",0.9686298080008682,0.06274038399826365
9849855,1. A seatbelt assembly comprising: a webbing guide defining a slot; webbing extending through the slot; an airbag including a fixed end fixed relative to the webbing guide and an inflatable end portion inflatable away from the fixed end along the webbing; and a clamp attached to the inflatable end portion and being movable from an unlocked position disengaged with the webbing to a locked position engaging the webbing; wherein the clamp includes two jaws hinged relative to each other.,0.02178928766767939,0.043578575335358805
8544256,"1. An apparatus comprising: a gas turbine engine having a compressor rotor, a compressor for compressing air supplied to the gas turbine engine, and a shaft, the compressor rotor driven by the shaft at an axial shaft location; a heat exchanger compressor operable to compress and discharge a heat exchanger working fluid, wherein the heat exchanger compressor includes at least two inlets configured to receive a return flow of the heat exchanger working fluid; and wherein the heat exchanger compressor is connected to rotate with the shaft at the axial shaft location of the compressor rotor such that the heat exchanger compressor is located within the compressor or the compressor rotor.",0.9200406725793169,0.15991865484136625
9000336,"1. A device for hardening the surface of a cylindrical section of a workpiece, in which an undercut incised into the workpiece in an axial direction of the workpiece is formed in a transition region between the cylindrical section and an adjacent workpiece part, the device comprising an inductor which comprises a heating conductor branch extending in the circumferential direction of the surface to be hardened for inductive heating of the relevant section, a control instrument for pressing the heating conductor branch of the inductor into the undercut and an energy supply, which supplies the inductor with electrical energy during operation, wherein, the inductor is divided into an energy supply part which is connected to the energy supply, and first and second working parts which comprise the heating conductor branch, wherein the first working part is assigned to a first undercut provided on a first edge of the surface to be hardened and the second working part is assigned to a second undercut provided on the opposite edge from the first edge of the surface to be hardened, wherein the energy supply part and the first and second working parts each include a magnetic core, wherein the magnetic cores of the first and second working parts are at a small distance from the magnetic core of the energy supply part such that electrical energy is transmitted contactlessly from the energy supply part of the inductor to the working parts of the inductor, and wherein each working part is coupled to the control instrument which displaces the magnetic core of the first working part relative to that of the energy supply part to thereby displace the first working part relative to the surface to be hardened and relative to the energy supply part in order to press the heating conductor branch into the first undercut, wherein the control instrument displaces the magnetic core of the second working part relative to the magnetic core of the energy supply part to thereby displace the second working part relative to the surface to be hardened and relative to the energy supply part in order to press the heating conductor branch into the second undercut.",0.20360771768887362,0.4072154353777473
8691463,"1. A thermally primed hydrogen-producing fuel processing system, comprising: a fuel processing assembly comprising a hydrogen-producing region that contains a reforming catalyst, wherein the hydrogen-producing region is located within a housing that defines an exterior surface and is configured to receive a feed stream containing at least a carbon-containing feedstock and water and, when the hydrogen-producing region is at least within a hydrogen-producing temperature range, to produce from the feed stream a mixed gas stream containing hydrogen gas and other gasses; an insulated containment structure including an enclosure, wherein the enclosure includes walls that include inner surfaces that define an internal compartment containing at least the hydrogen-producing region of the fuel processing assembly, wherein the exterior surface of the housing is spaced apart from at least a portion of the inner surfaces, wherein the enclosure includes a feed stream port, which is configured to receive the feed stream into the internal compartment, and further wherein the enclosure includes a product hydrogen port, which is configured to permit at least hydrogen gas from the mixed gas stream to exit the internal compartment; a feed stream conduit that is configured to convey the feed stream from the feed stream port to the fuel processing assembly; a product hydrogen conduit that is configured to convey at least the hydrogen gas from the fuel processing assembly to the product hydrogen port; a heating assembly configured to heat and maintain at least the internal compartment of the insulated containment structure at or above a threshold hydrogen-producing temperature that is within the hydrogen-producing temperature range, wherein the heating assembly is an electrical heater that is configured to receive an air stream and to heat the air stream to generate a heating fluid stream therefrom, and further wherein the enclosure includes an inlet port that is configured to receive the heating fluid stream into the internal compartment and an exhaust port that is configured to permit the heating fluid stream to exit the internal compartment; and a controller configured to selectively control the operation of the thermally primed hydrogen-producing fuel processing system to heat and maintain at least the internal compartment of the insulated containment structure at or above the threshold hydrogen-producing temperature during periods in which there is no active demand for the fuel processing assembly to produce the mixed gas stream and the fuel processing assembly is not producing the mixed gas stream such that the hydrogen-producing region will generate the mixed gas stream directly responsive to receipt of the feed stream.",0.9398127706728541,0.12037445865429186
8979163,"1. A holding device for fixing a portable driver information unit in the interior of a motor vehicle, the holding device comprising: a first part; a second part, wherein the second part is swivelable with respect to the first part between an open position and a closed position, and wherein the first part or the second part has, or both have, a material section through which the portable driver information unit is fixed between the first part and the second part when the second part is in the open position; and a mechanism by which a connection cable is transferred automatically into a stowage space on dismantling of the portable driver information unit, wherein the mechanism has a spring element by a force of which the connection cable is transferred into the stowage space and wherein the connection cable is brought out from the stowage space against the force of the spring element.",0.3196073719901669,0.6392147439803338
8968430,"1. A process for treating coal, comprising: contacting the coal with a leaching agent configured to remove a mineral from the coal; forming a wastewater stream comprising water and a concentration of a contaminant; and contacting the wastewater stream with a first side of a reverse osmosis membrane under pressure, wherein a permeate stream comprising a reduced concentration of the contaminant permeates the reverse osmosis membrane and flows from a second side of the reverse osmosis membrane, and a concentrate stream comprising an increased concentration of the contaminant is retained on the first side of the reverse osmosis membrane, wherein forming a wastewater stream comprising water and a concentration of a contaminant is directly followed by contacting the wastewater stream with a first side of a reverse osmosis membrane under pressure, and the permeate stream is supplied to a gas turbine without further treating the coal.",0.981316037425359,0.037367925149282
9822740,"1. An air intake duct, comprising: a blow-molded duct body; and an internal partition component formed before a blow molding of the duct body and enclosed in the duct body in the blow molding of the duct body to partition an interior of the duct body into a plurality of channels reaching air intakes, wherein the air intake duct is fixed to a rear of a cab of a transport vehicle to extend vertically, and the air intakes are opened on an upper portion of the air intake duct for suction of fresh air therethrough as engine intake air, and the air intakes are disposed in stacked pairs, an upper air intake of each stacked pair flows the fresh air into a respective one of the plurality of channels that is disposed on a first side of a longitudinal partition wall, and a lower air intake of each stacked pair flows the fresh air into a respective one of the plurality of channels that is disposed on a second side of the longitudinal partition wall, and the longitudinal partition wall extends vertically inside the duct body.",0.7996680813932433,0.4006638372135134
9745713,"1. A device for coastal restoration comprising: a. a bag made of fabric, said bag having a first side and a second side; b. said bag having a plurality of pockets, said pockets being created by fastening said first side to said second side at a plurality of points, wherein said plurality of pockets includes a center pocket; c. said bag and said plurality of pockets being adapted such that when aggregate material is placed in said bag, said pockets form upper and lower lobes; d. wherein all said pockets except said center pocket are filled with dry lightweight aggregate manufactured by a rotary kiln, said center pocket being empty; e. wherein said dry lightweight aggregate has a dry bulk density that is no greater than 0.68 grams per cubic centimeter; and f. wherein said dry lightweight aggregate will not harden when placed in water.",0.71089059440073,0.57821881119854
9356390,"1. A connector system comprising: a cartridge having at least one cavity configured to hold connector modules therein, the cartridge having at least one port therein, the cartridge receiving the connector modules through the corresponding at least one port; at least one slider latch housed in the cartridge, the at least one slider latch being movable in a longitudinal direction and having at least one profiled groove configured to latchably receive a cam of the corresponding connector module to secure the connector modules to the cartridge, wherein the at least one slider latch has a biasing member operably coupled thereto, the biasing member biasing the at least one slider latch in a biasing direction, the biasing member forcing the at least one slider latch to return to a latched position after the cam is received in the profiled groove; at least one disengage slider operable on the corresponding slider latch, movement of the disengage slider forces the slider latch to move from the latched position to a discharge position to release the cam from the corresponding profiled groove to eject each of the connector modules from the cartridge; and a discharge mechanism configured to move the at least one disengage slider.",0.05953030443910711,0.11906060887821424
9552792,"1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor coupled to a memory, wherein the at least one processor controls: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of pieces of image data; a display control unit that causes a display to display a first screen that is for displaying selection objects each corresponding to a different one of a plurality of image groups that are generated by classifying the plurality of pieces of image data based on image information related to each of the plurality of pieces of image data, and a second screen that is for displaying a plurality of images based on the plurality of pieces of image data acquired by the acquisition unit; and a detection unit that detects selection of a selection object from the selection objects displayed on the first screen, wherein the display control unit causes the display to display the second screen in a case where the detection unit detects the selection of the selection object from the selection objects displayed on the first screen wherein in a case where the second screen is displayed by the display, the display control unit causes the display to display newly, on the second screen, a first plurality of images based on at least more than one piece of image data included in an image group corresponding to the selection object selected on the first screen and a second plurality of images, including at least one image that is not displayed on the first screen, based on at least more than one piece of image data included in an image group corresponding to a selection object that is different from the selection object selected on the first screen, and wherein the first plurality of images displayed on the second screen are displayed in a manner distinguishable from the second plurality of images displayed on the second screen.",0.06417858929169581,0.12835717858339168
9060385,"1. A universal wireless controller for controlling a plurality of electronic devices, said universal controller comprising: a structure configured for being associated with a user's hand, said structure defining a backhand side, a palm side, a plurality of fingers, and a thumb wherein said structure defines the general shape of a human hand; at least one finger-element associated with a finger on the palm side of said structure, said finger-element configured to generate trigger-event-data when activated; at least one stretch-sensor associated with a finger on the backhand side of said structure, said stretch-sensor configured to generate trigger-event-data when said stretch-sensor is stretched; a control module comprising a processor electrically associated with a memory and a transmitter, said processor further electrically associated with said at least one finger-element and said at least one stretch-sensor; a power source electrically associated with at least said processor, said memory and said transmitter; wherein said processor is configured to receive trigger-event-data; at least one configuration table stored in said memory wherein said configuration table defines the controller-signal to be generated for a given trigger-event; and wherein said processor is further configured to use said trigger-event-data and said configuration table to generate a controller-signal and use said transmitter to transmit said controller-signal.",0.08553152580214786,0.1710630516042957
8765256,"1. A device comprising a substrate having an electron donating surface, wherein said electron donating surface comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of silver and zinc, wherein metal particles are deposited on said electron donating surface, said metal particles comprising palladium and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, iridium, and platinum and wherein the amount of said metal particles is from 0.001 to about 8 μg/cm 2 , and wherein the metal particles do not form a covering layer, but are uniformly distributed particles or clusters on said electron donating surface.",0.5707583760944736,0.8584832478110529
8658188,"1. A radio-opaque bioactive glass particle, with a diameter below 200 nm, comprising a matrix and a radiopacifier embedded therein, wherein a. said matrix contains oxides of Si, Ca, Na and P; and b. said radiopacifier is Bi and the amount of radiopacifier is 5-50 wt % based on the weight of the particle.",0.29903879037218095,0.5980775807443619
9488138,"1. A control system of an internal combustion engine that includes an evaporated fuel adsorption device which adsorbs evaporated fuel in a fuel tank, a bypass passage which bypasses a throttle valve of an engine intake system through said evaporated fuel adsorption device that is provided at said evaporated fuel adsorption device as a fuel discharge path, and wherein an exhaust gas is made to recirculate through an exhaust gas recirculation passage which is connected to an upstream side from an inlet of said bypass passage of said engine intake system for exhaust gas recirculation, comprising: an exhaust control valve arranged at said exhaust gas recirculation passage; an intake control valve arranged at said bypass passage; and an electronic control unit configured to:",0.9293408648380199,0.14131827032396016
8935933,"1. A battery powered transport refrigeration assembly, said battery powered transport refrigeration assembly comprising in combination: a truck axle equipped with at least one wheel at each end; centered in said truck axle, a differential, driven by said axle; a drive shaft, said drive shaft having a near end and a distal end, said drive shaft being operably attached at the near end to the differential; an isolation bearing coupling connected to said distal end of the drive shaft, said coupler being attached at a near end of a shaft of a generator; said generator being attached to a mount, said mount being attached to the underside of a semi-transport trailer; a voltage regulator driven by the generator; a first set of electrical leads attached to the voltage regulator and the opposite end of the first set of electrical leads being attached to a battery; a second set of electrical leads from the battery to a DC motor controller; a third set of electrical leads from the DC motor controller to a DC motor, the motor having a centered drivable shaft; an evaporator, said evaporator having a fan mounted therein; a pulley mounted on the centered drivable shaft and a belt mounted on the pulley, the belt also being mounted on a second pulley, said second pulley being mounted on a shaft that is centered in a fan for the evaporator; a compressor, said compressor being driven by the centered drivable shaft of the DC motor; a delivery line for delivery of a compressible refrigeration gas to the compressor; a return line for return of uncompressed refrigeration gas.",0.934384825912966,0.13123034817406798
8716451,1. An isolated and non-naturally occurring IgG heavy chain comprising the constant region of a human IgG2 heavy chain having at least a substitution of Y for F at the 300th position designated by the EU index as defined by Kabat.,0.826005647493293,0.34798870501341406
9133794,"1. An EGR gas cooling device for hybrid vehicle provided in an EGR system for refluxing a part of exhaust gas of an engine as EGR gas to an intake passage and configured to cool the EGR gas in a hybrid vehicle including the engine and a motor as travel drive sources of the vehicle, comprising: an EGR cooler configured to cool the EGR gas of the vehicle using a refrigerant; a switching unit capable of switching a mode for cooling the EGR gas only by a refrigerant flowing in an engine cooling circuit for cooling the engine and a mode for cooling the EGR gas only by a refrigerant flowing in a strong electric cooling circuit for cooling the motor; an engine cooling refrigerant temperature detecting unit configured to detect the temperature of the refrigerant flowing in the engine cooling circuit; and a switch control unit configured to control a switch by the switching unit according to the temperature of the refrigerant flowing in the engine cooling circuit.",0.9792005847107464,0.04159883057850711
9745053,"1. An aerodynamic component for use on an aircraft, the component comprising: an outer skin sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface and being provided with a plurality of perforation openings allowing a flow of air therethrough, wherein the outer surface of the outer skin sheet forms an aerodynamic surface of the aerodynamic component; and a sandwich panel including:",0.6834535654175627,0.6330928691648745
9045228,"1. An arrangement at an aircraft of a dispenser unit for countermeasures, the dispenser unit being arranged within an aircraft fuselage, the arrangement comprising: a wall of the aircraft fuselage, said wall comprising an opening, an openable hatch arranged to cover the opening in the aircraft fuselage when the hatch is in a closed position, the hatch comprising an aperture, and a dispensing nozzle arranged on the dispenser unit, wherein the aperture in the hatch is arranged to substantially coincide with the dispensing nozzle through which the countermeasures are dispensed when the hatch is in the closed position.",0.5035034370887222,0.9929931258225555
8693468,"1. An apparatus comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) having: an input/output (IO) circuit having a transceiver that is secured to the top surface of the PCB, wherein the transceiver includes:",0.1797424909967825,0.35948498199356504
9771248,1. A stabilized jack assembly comprises: a planar base; a mounting bracket; a scissor lift assembly; a mounting head; a plurality of support struts; a plurality of strut braces; a threaded spindle; the mounting bracket being centrally fixed on the planar base; a first end of the scissor lift assembly being hingedly connected to the mounting bracket; the mounting head being hingedly connected to a second end of the scissor lift assembly; the mounting head being offset from the planar base by an adjustable distance; an upper end of each of the plurality of support struts being hingedly and removably connected to the mounting head; the plurality of strut braces being distributed about the planar base; a lower end of each of the plurality of support struts being removably engaged into a corresponding brace from the plurality of strut braces; and the threaded spindle being axially engaged through the scissor lift assembly.,0.008277157132734648,0.016554314265469272
8598727,"1. A method for controlling a wind turbine connected to a utility grid, the method comprising: operating the wind turbine with operational settings in a first state; in response to a fault event in the utility grid, controlling at least one of (i) one or more rotor blades of the wind turbine and (ii) power generated by the wind turbine to the utility grid to change the operational settings of the wind turbine from the first state to a second state that avoids overspeeding of a rotor of the wind turbine; measuring values of mechanical oscillations of the wind turbine or loads of the wind turbine; and in response to the utility grid recovering from the fault event, controlling at least one of (i) the one or more rotor blades of the wind turbine and (ii) the power generated by the wind turbine to the utility grid to compensate for the mechanical oscillations of the wind turbine or loads of the wind turbine as the operational settings of the wind turbine are changed from the second state.",0.9939620105356812,0.012075978928637543
9445557,"1. A hydroponic air-cleansing unit, wherein: the unit is structured for placement in a room in a building, and for cleansing the air in the room; the unit includes media-material, which is disposed in a vertical hydroponic configuration, in that the media-material: the unit includes a powered water-pump, which feeds hydroponic water into the top of the media-cylinder, whereby the water passes down through the media-material, and wets the roots of plants embedded in the media-material; the unit includes a powered air-pump or fan, which forces room-air to permeate radially through the media-material, and to pass over the roots of the plants embedded in the media-material; the wall of the media-cylinder defines a hollow interior vault between said media cylinder and a fixed frame, positioned centrally; the unit includes an upper-vault seal and a lower-vault seal; the seals are effective to seal the vault in such manner that air cannot move between the room and the vault except by passing through the media-material; the unit includes a rotary-frame; the rotary-frame is mounted for rotation with respect to the fixed-frame; the rotation is about a vertical axis; the media-cylinder is fixed to the rotary-frame, such that the media-cylinder is rotatable in unison with the rotary-frame; the rotary-frame, the media-cylinder, and plants embedded in the media-material, are integrated components of a rotary-assembly; the structure of the unit, and the manner of rotation, are such that, when plants are embedded in the media-cylinder, and when the unit is placed in a room having a point source of light, the plants can be exposed equally to that source.",0.6924756739535337,0.6150486520929326
8976943,"1. A method comprising: outputting a non-verbal sound from a user device when a user calls a phone number, wherein the non-verbal sound is based on the user; receiving a vocal response from the user through the user device in response to the non-verbal sound; outputting an error message from the user device when the vocal response from the user does not match a stored vocal response corresponding to the non-verbal sound; and outputting a message from the user device indicating user authentication when the vocal response from the user matches the stored vocal response.",0.12143355245609691,0.24286710491219377
8371237,"1. A workstation comprising: a base adapted to be supported on a primary worksurface, said base comprising a releasable attachment mechanism adapted to releasably secure said base to the primary worksurface; a worksurface comprising a rear portion and a front portion, said worksurface moveable in a longitudinal direction between a first position and a second position, wherein said front portion is automatically downwardly pivotable relative to said rear portion as said worksurface is moved between said first and second positions; and at least one link member having a first end pivotally connected to said base about a pivot axis and a second end pivotally and translatably connected to said front portion, wherein said first and second ends are laterally spaced along a lateral direction extending transverse to said longitudinal direction.",0.2495722062781643,0.4991444125563286
9190026,"1. A method comprising: defining initial inter-visual word relationships between a plurality of visual words that were generated based on visual features; defining visual word-image relationships between the plurality of visual words and a plurality of images; defining inter-image relationships between the plurality of images; generating revised inter-visual word relationships in a vector space based on the initial inter-visual word relationships, the inter-image relationships, and the visual word-image relationships, wherein generating the revised inter-visual word relationships in the vector space based on the initial inter-visual word relationships, the inter-image relationships, and the visual word-image relationships includes generating higher-level visual words in the vector space based on the revised inter-visual word relationships.",0.02457414056674811,0.04914828113349623
8920130,"1. A heating installation and/or air conditioning installation comprising: at least one circulation pump assembly forming a main pump comprising: at least one temperature sensor connected to the communication interface of the circulation pump assembly for data transmission, wherein the drive motor of the circulation pump assembly is configured to be controlled by the control device in dependence on data transmitted by the at least one temperature sensor; and at least one auxiliary pump connected to the communication interface for data transmission, the at least one auxiliary pump comprising a control device configured to control the auxiliary pump in dependence on data received from the circulation pump assembly, wherein the circulation pump assembly is further configured to, via the communication interface, regulate a rotational speed of the at least one auxiliary pump, wherein the communication interface of the main pump is designed for receiving data from the at least one auxiliary pump, and the control device of the main pump is designed to control the main pump in dependence on the received data.",0.80747608245199,0.38504783509602003
8546033,"1. A fuel cell apparatus comprising: a fuel cell configured to receive supply of a reactant gas to generate a power; an estimation device configured to estimate output properties of the fuel cell; a battery into which the power generated by the fuel cell is charged; auxiliary machines configured to consume the power generated by the fuel cell; a high potential avoidance voltage setting device configured to set a high potential avoidance target voltage value to a small value, as the charge amount of the battery is small or as the power consumption of the auxiliary machines is large; a target power calculation device configured to convert the high potential avoidance target voltage value into a target power value on the basis of the output properties and to limit the target power value to a range between a predetermined upper limit value and a predetermined lower limit value; a control device programmed to control the operation of the fuel cell on the basis of the target power value while limiting the output voltage of the fuel cell to a value which is not larger than the high potential avoidance target voltage; and a voltage control device configured to control the output voltage of the fuel cell, wherein the upper limit value and the lower limit value are set on the basis an upper limit value and a lower limit value of a passing power which passes through the voltage control device.",0.9843203401591837,0.031359319681632636
9013601,"1. A camera comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with an external transmission apparatus and to receive moving image data, which is read out from a recording medium and is transmitted by the external transmission apparatus, wherein a moving image file which stores the moving image data is recorded on the recording medium; an instruction receiving unit configured to receive an acquiring instruction for acquiring the moving image file storing the moving image data, while the communication unit is receiving the moving image data transmitted by the external transmission apparatus; a controller configured to control the communication unit, in accordance with the acquiring instruction received by the instruction receiving unit during receiving of the moving image data by the communication unit, so as to request the external transmission apparatus to start transmitting the moving image file storing the moving image data which the communication unit is receiving, wherein the communication unit receives the moving image file, which the external transmission apparatus reads out from the recording medium and starts to transmit in accordance with the transmission start request, the moving image file storing the moving image data which includes the moving image data which has been received by the communication unit before the instruction receiving unit receives the acquiring instruction; and a storage unit configured to store the moving image file received by the communication unit in a storage medium.",0.2101323751330161,0.42026475026603216
9426614,"1. A system comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:",0.38161765197678504,0.7632353039535701
8432399,"1. A computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to display a graphical representation for a path by: determining a set of path segments associated with the path; determining a set of angles associated with the path; grouping the angles in the set of angles into a set of one or more groups; determining a value for each group in the set of groups based upon one or more path segments from the set of path segments associated with the angles in the group; and outputting a radial vector plot for the path, the radial vector plot comprising a bar for each group in the set of groups, wherein bar for each group has a length representing the value determined for the group based upon the length of the one or more path segments and wherein the bar is rotated from an origin by an average angle representative of the group.",0.23930572593962834,0.4786114518792567
8567175,"1. A system comprising: at least one computer including programming, which when executed performs a function of adjusting a temperature of an operational steam in a power generation system by performing actions comprising:",0.9466511503886865,0.10669769922262695
8866149,"1. A device, comprising: a III-nitride epitaxial film grown on or above a used III-nitride substrate, wherein the epitaxial film comprises an optoelectronic, electronic, or thermoelectric device structure and the device structure's performance is not degraded as compared to a device structure grown on a new or non-used III-nitride substrate.",0.5582634444678494,0.8834731110643013
9712132,"1. A tunable capacitor comprising: a variable capacitor unit placed between a first terminal and a second terminal; and a bypass switch connected between the first terminal and the second terminal in parallel to the variable capacitor unit and configured to on/off control a bypass connection between the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein the variable capacitor unit and the bypass switch are integrated on one semiconductor die or on one module.",0.48396113471319446,0.9679222694263889
9761466,"1. A cleaning apparatus for a semiconductor substrate, comprising: a belt conveyor which feeds a semiconductor substrate; a treatment head which defines a cleaning space through which the semiconductor substrate is fed by the belt conveyor, the treatment head executing a cleaning treatment, a rinsing treatment and a drying treatment for the semiconductor substrate passed through the cleaning space; a rinse water supplying mechanism which supplies rinse water adjusted to a predetermined pH value indicative of acidity to the treatment head and applies heat to the rinse water thereby to set a temperature of the rinse water to 70° C. or above; and an optical mechanism configured to recognize a pattern on the semiconductor substrate so that the semiconductor substrate can be automatically placed on the belt conveyor with a direction of the pattern recognized by the optical mechanism and a feeding direction of the belt conveyor having a predetermined relationship, wherein in the rinsing treatment, the treatment head is configured to rinse the semiconductor substrate for a first treating time set to not more than 10 seconds and in the drying treatment, the treatment head is configured to dry the semiconductor substrate for a second treating time set to not more than 10 seconds and to depressurize a part of the semiconductor substrate, which part is under the drying treatment, wherein the rinse water supplying mechanism includes a deionized water supplying section, a hydrochloric acid supplying section, a rinse water mixing section which stores and mixes the deionized water delivered from the deionized water supplying section and the hydrochloric acid delivered from the hydrochloric acid supplying section, and a control section which controls the deionized water supplying section and the hydrochloric acid supplying section; wherein the rinse water mixing section includes a pH sensor which detects a pH value of the rinse water stored in the rinse water mixing section, a temperature sensor which detects a temperature of the rinse water stored in the rinse water mixing section, and a heater which applies heat to the rinse water stored in the rinse water mixing section, wherein the control section is configured to receive detection signals from the pH sensor and the temperature sensor and to control the heater; wherein the treatment head includes an upper head and a lower head and is configured to insert the semiconductor substrate into the cleaning space located between the upper and lower heads of the treatment head and to cause the semiconductor substrate to pass through the cleaning space while being fed by the belt conveyor; wherein the treatment head includes a chemical treatment section, a rinse treatment section and a drying treatment section, all the sections being disposed sequentially from a side of the semiconductor substrate that is firstly inserted into the cleaning space; wherein the chemical treatment section is configured to discharge a cleaning chemical onto a surface of the semiconductor substrate thereby to chemically clean the semiconductor substrate and retrieve the used chemical; wherein the rinse treatment section is configured to discharge the rinse water onto a surface of the semiconductor substrate thereby to rinse the semiconductor substrate and retrieve the used rinse water; wherein the drying treatment section includes a drying treatment mechanism configured to execute both a drying treatment with use of a drying solvent and lamp annealing in execution of a drying treatment, the drying treatment section being configured to form a pressure-reduced space above a region of the semiconductor substrate corresponding to the drying treatment section; and wherein the semiconductor substrate is aligned on the belt conveyor so that a line-and-space pattern formed thereon extends in a direction substantially parallel to a direction in which the semiconductor substrate is fed.",0.31370488999068624,0.6274097799813725
9511006,"1. A moist wipe comprising: a stable wetting composition for the prevention of skin irritation, the stable wetting composition comprising: disodium ethylene dicocamide PEG-15 disulfate; a gum blend comprising a gum and propylene glycol alginate, wherein the amount of the gum blend is 0.01% to 0.5% by weight; wherein the gum is selected from the group consisting of guar gum, gellan gum, acacia gum, cellulose gum, dehydroxanthan gum, sclerotium gum, locust bean gum and combinations thereof;",0.07509417335464373,0.1501883467092875
9450488,"1. A control circuit for a switching regulator, comprising: the switching regulator, regulating an output electrical signal according to a clock signal, a reference voltage and a feedback voltage; a clock control unit, coupled to the switching regulator, wherein the clock control unit comprises:",0.6551659800434774,0.6896680399130453
9395064,"1. A lighting device for a road lighting luminaire, comprising: a reflector, said reflector comprising a reflecting surface formed by revolving a parabolic curve around a first axis (y) through a predetermined angle (Ω), said parabolic curve having an aperture at its vertex, said first axis (y) being co-planar with said parabolic curve, and being substantially perpendicular to the axis (x) of symmetry of said parabolic curve, and being located at or outside said aperture of said parabolic curve; a LED light source, said LED light source being disposed at an entry of said reflecting surface, said entry corresponding to said aperture of said parabolic curve; a holding unit for holding said reflector and said LED light source; and a base, wherein said holding unit is rotatably connected to said base such that said holding unit is rotatable around a second axis (z), said axis (z) being perpendicular to both the optical axis (x′) of the beam generated by said lighting device and said first axis (y).",0.5334002185670154,0.9331995628659693
8418305,"1. An optical connector cleaning tool which cleans a joining end face of an optical connector by a feeding movement of a cleaning body, comprising: a tool body which incorporates a feeding mechanism that supplies and takes up the cleaning body and which incorporates a rotary mechanism that rotates a rotary shaft to which a head member is attached at a distal end of the rotary shaft, the head member on which is formed a pressing face that presses the cleaning body against the joining end face within a connecter housing hole of a positioning housing for connectors; and an insertion part which has a cylindrical insertion tube through which the head member and a part of the rotary shaft in vicinity to the head member pass, and a distal end of the insertion part being inserted into the connector housing hole of the positioning housing for connectors, wherein: the tool body has a case which incorporates the feeding mechanism and the rotary mechanism and which is capable of advancing and retreating in an insertion direction of the insertion part with respect to the feeding mechanism, the rotary mechanism, and the insertion part; the rotary mechanism has a cam mechanism that engages an insertion protuberance arranged in vicinity to the case with a spiral cam groove arranged in vicinity to the rotary shaft; the feeding mechanism comprises a supply reel on which the cleaning body is wound and a take-up reel which takes up the cleaning body, and is configured to cause the rotation of the take-up reel and take up the cleaning body based on the movement of the case in an insertion direction of the case; and the head member axially rotates and the cleaning body undergoes a feeding movement of supply and take up in the feeding mechanism, which is based on the movement of the case in the insertion direction relative to the insertion part in a state where the cleaning body is in contact with the joining end face while the state of contact is maintained based on the cam mechanism of the rotary mechanism.",0.03800332047049609,0.07600664094099219
9276839,"1. A method of network data communication without using explicit addressing comprising: forming an E-node network level comprising a plurality of entry nodes and a plurality of exit nodes; forming a transit-node (T-node) network level comprising a plurality of transit nodes, said plurality of transit nodes configured to communicate data from a first entry node in the E-node network level to a first exit node in the E-node network level without using explicit addressing; forming a connection domain comprising a plurality of connections including a first connection between an entry node and an exit node; assigning a first bandwidth to the first connection; receiving, from a plurality of external devices at a path level, path level data; identifying, with implicit addressing, a portion of the path level data corresponding to the first connection based at least in part on a position of said portion of the path level data in a path frame; aggregating, at the E-node network level, the path level data into a plurality of superpath frames; further aggregating, at the transit-node (T-node) network level, said plurality of superpath frames into a plurality of T-node level frames; generating cellets in a T-node level frame, said cellets having a respective length corresponding to the first bandwidth of the first connection; and synchronizing a first network clock of said E-node network level to a second network clock of a (T-node) level.",0.20898418721272005,0.4179683744254401
9100755,"1. A sound reproducing apparatus, comprising: an audible band signal source that produces a signal in an audible band; a carrier oscillator that produces a carrier; a modulator that modulates the signal in the audible band with the carrier; and a sound emitting unit that outputs a signal, outputted from the modulator, as a sound wave by means of an ultrasonic transducer, wherein the ultrasonic transducer includes only one cylindrical piezoelectric body, the piezoelectric body has a first resonance mode in which vibration displacement is maximal at a first frequency (f the piezoelectric body includes an uninterrupted portion of piezoelectric material extending diametrically across the cylindrical piezoelectric body from one side to another, the ultrasonic transducer is excited in a mode-coupled vibration at a frequency between the first frequency (f a frequency of the carrier is greater than the first frequency and less than the second frequency.",0.08748837889334363,0.1749767577866872
9828233,"1. A method for administering a fuel authorization program between a vehicle equipped with a vehicle Radiofrequency (RF) transmitter, a vehicle RF receiver, a vehicle directional Infrared (IR) transmitter directed outwardly from the vehicle's windshield, and at least one or more of a microcontroller, a processor executing instructions stored on memory, or an application-specific integrated circuit logically connected to said vehicle RF transmitter RF receiver, and directional IR transmitter, and a fuel vendor having a station RF transmitter, a station RF receiver, a station IR receiver located proximate to a fuel pump to which the vehicle is proximate, and a processor connected to said station RF transmitter, RF receiver, and IR receiver, said vehicle RF transmitter and receiver and said station RF transmitter and receiver capable to form an RF data link therebetween, and said vehicle directional IR transmitter and said station IR receiver capable to form an IR data link therebetween, the method comprising the steps of: (a) in response to receiving a radiofrequency (RF) query from the station RF transmitter by the vehicle RF receiver, thereby establishing an RF data link therebetween, automatically implementing the steps of: (b) automatically, by the fuel vendor processor, using the vehicle fuel authorization credentials to determine if the vehicle is enrolled in the fuel authorization program and if the vehicle is authorized to receive fuel; and (c) after determining the vehicle is enrolled in the fuel authorization program and is authorized to receive fuel, enabling, by the fuel vendor processor, fuel delivery at the fuel pump to which the vehicle is proximate in a quantity sufficient to fill the fuel tank based on the indication of how much fuel is required to fill the vehicle fuel tank communicated from the vehicle to the fuel vendor processor.",0.6904282883865691,0.6191434232268618
8547695,"1. A child-lock kit to control a user's access of a smart device, the kit comprising: an attachment mechanism for attaching the child-lock kit to the smart device, the smart device having a touch-screen display portion and a non-display portion, wherein the non-display portion includes one or more buttons that control operation of the smart device, wherein a user's tapping on at least one of the one or more buttons of the smart devices affects content displayed within the display portion of the smart device; a removable pad connected to the attachment mechanism, the removable pad having a first setting and a second setting, the first setting enabling operation of the one or more buttons by providing physical access to the user to tap on the one or more buttons, the second setting preventing operation of the smart device via the one or more buttons by preventing physical access to the user to tap on the one or more buttons; and a toggle mechanism for switching the removable pad between the first setting and the second setting, the toggle mechanism configured such that the second setting is a child-safe state tending to prevent toggling from the second setting to the first setting.",0.0768725780767819,0.15374515615356377
8950203,"1. A heat pump device for heating and cooling, comprising: a reversible heat pump, the reversible heat pump being arranged for transfer of thermal energy both from a first side of the heat pump to a second side of the heat pump and from the second side to the first side; a first heat exchanger arranged at the first side of the heat pump, the first heat exchanger being thermally connected to a first heat carrier being circulated in a first loop; a second heat exchanger arranged at the second side of the heat pump, the second heat exchanger being arranged to transfer thermal energy to or from a second heat carrier which is circulated in a second loop; a conduit that interconnects the first and the second loops so that the first loop, the second loop and the conduit together form a connected system; and one and the same heat carrier is arranged in the connected system, wherein the conduit is at least 50 cm long and the conduit has an inner diameter that is maximally 10 mm such that there is general pressure equalization and essentially no heat carrier flows from the first loop to the second loop, and the heat carrier can flow either way in the conduit.",0.8547439903141612,0.2905120193716777
9633843,"1. A heterostructure comprising: a substrate having a first primary surface, a second primary surface, a diffusion layer extending a depth into the substrate from the entirety of the first primary surface, and a non-diffusion layer adjacent to the diffusion layer; and a deposition layer disposed on the second primary surface of the substrate; wherein the diffusion layer is p++ or n++ doped.",0.6310996834783056,0.7378006330433888
9291168,"1. A thin fan comprising: a housing comprising: a circuit layout area which is an integral part of the housing and having a plurality of metal particles, wherein some of the metal particles are exposed on the circuit layout area; and a metal layer disposed in the circuit layout area and connected with the exposed metal particles; a stator disposed to the housing; and an impeller covered by the housing; wherein there is no further circuit board disposed in the housing.",0.5543557932683439,0.8912884134633121
9548513,"1. A multi-cell battery, comprising: a negative current collecting substrate; at least two laminated electric cores arranged in parallel to each other on the negative current collecting substrate; a positive current collecting substrate, wherein said negative current collecting substrate is a folded substrate such that the two laminated electric cores sandwich about the positive current collecting substrate, thereby forming two cells on opposite sides of the positive current collecting substrate; and a sealant layer sealing a side face of the folded negative current collecting substrate, wherein a distal end of the positive current collecting substrate penetrates through the sealant layer and protrudes from the side face.",0.9732077816132334,0.053584436773533195
9631882,"1. A recoil control device comprising: a body having a cavity that is positioned to receive a countermass upon launching of a projectile, said countermass traveling in a predetermined direction relative to said projectile, said cavity defined by an inner surface having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of said inner surface being at a first angle that is neither perpendicular nor parallel to said predetermined direction, whereby said countermass strikes said inner surface more than once and at different times so that a resulting rate of recoil transfer from the countermass to the body is not immediate but occurs over a period of time.",0.036191740372539354,0.07238348074507872
8465631,"1. A device for purification of a polluted gas, comprising: a honeycomb structure comprising at least one porous electron-conductive material forming walls of said structure and an electrochemical system for treating said gas, comprising:",0.9090295610455148,0.1819408779089704
8656704,"1. A fuel injection control device, comprising: an injector for cylinder outside injection configured to inject fuel into an exhaust passage of an engine, in an amount corresponding to a duty ratio; and an engine control unit for controlling the injector for cylinder outside injection; wherein the engine control unit is configured to lower, stepwise or continuously, an injector driving frequency upon determining the duty ratio as the required injection amount decreases, in whole range of the required injection amount; and wherein the engine control unit has a table in which the injector driving frequency is inputted beforehand and mapped to the required injection amount.",0.9578327858013491,0.08433442839730176
8403716,"1. A twin-skeg ship comprising: a stern having a bottom; left and right skegs on the bottom of the stern; left and right stern frames disposed at a rear end of the left and right skegs, respectively; and reaction fins, each reaction fin of the reaction fins comprising a plurality of fins extending radially from a bossing fixed to the stern frame disposed at the rear end of a respective skeg of the left and right skegs, or each reaction fin of the reaction fins comprising a plurality of fins extending radially from a fin boss provided on the bossing, wherein the reaction fins are arranged in a range to enable a flow immediately in front of a propeller attached to the respective skeg with a propeller shaft therebetween to have a component in the same direction as a rotational direction of the propeller, wherein each reaction fin of the reaction fins is arranged in a range so as to enable a value calculated by dividing a flow velocity immediately in front of the propeller attached to the respective skeg with the propeller shaft therebetween by the speed of the ship to be 0.7 or less, and wherein the plurality of fins are disposed only on outer sides of the left and right skegs.",0.7694235198831568,0.46115296023368635
8428514,"1. A method for an asymmetric and asynchronous energy conservation protocol for vehicular networks, comprising: defining an a-quorum for one or more members of a cluster, the cluster including a plurality of moving vehicles in a vehicular network and in which one or more of the plurality of moving vehicles are designated as a member, a cluster head, or a relay, the a-quorum specifying a beacon interval for one or more members of the cluster to establish asymmetric link to contact a cluster head of the cluster; and defining an s-quorum for the cluster head to establish symmetric link between the cluster head and one or more of other cluster heads in one or more other clusters.",0.9264136545485243,0.14717269090295138
9289036,"1. A bracelet comprising: a plurality of articulated elements, a plurality of links, wherein each of said articulated elements includes at least one of said links, at least one linking member connecting a respective one of said articulated elements with a respective other one of said articulated elements, wherein at least one of said links includes at least one housing including at least one hole, wherein a respective one of said at least one hole receives therein a respective one of said at least one linking member, wherein the respective linking member is housed in the respective hole, the hole comprising a central portion having a cylindrical portion and the linking member comprising a central portion having a cylindrical portion so as to form a simple cylindrical articulation between the respective articulated elements, wherein said at least one of said links has at least a portion made of a material of low impact resistance which is a ceramic, a sintered hard metal, glass or a mineral, said portion including the at least one housing including the at least one hole, wherein a respective clearance is provided at a respective location adjacent a respective open end of said at least one hole to prevent contact at said respective location between said respective linking member and said at least one of said links, so that a bearing point between the link and the linking member in a vicinity of the open end of the hole is offset toward the interior of the link with respect to the open end of the hole, wherein said respective linking member is an articulation pin or an assembly rod having, at said respective location adjacent said respective open end, to obtain said respective clearance, a cross-section having a local reduction compared to a cross-section of said respective linking member at said respective bearing point between said respective linking member and the link.",0.06843576563497591,0.13687153126995177
9537339,"1. A high efficiency battery charger, comprising: a first transformer to produce a charging current suitable for charging a depleted battery and having a first output to couple the charging current to the depleted battery; a second transformer to produce a trickle current lower than the charging current, wherein the trickle current is 0 amperes to 2 amperes, the second transformer having a second output to couple the trickle current, to a charged battery; a power feed circuit having an input for connection to a power source and an output connected to respective ones of the first and second transformers; and control circuitry having an input coupled to the first and second outputs and an output coupled to the power feed circuitry, wherein the control circuitry is configured to detect a depleted battery to cause the power feed circuitry to feed power to the first transformer while disabling the second transformer and to detect a charged battery to cause the power feed circuitry to feed power to the second transformer while disabling the first transformer.",0.9841527301602571,0.03169453967948588
8637764,"1. A biaxially oriented polyester film for a backsheet of photovoltaics, consisting essentially of a polyester obtained by polycondensing materials consisting of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic glycol, the biaxially oriented polyester film having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.65 to 0.90 dL/g as measured in a mixed solvent comprising phenol and tetrachloroethane at a mass ratio of 50/50 at 23° C., a carboxyl end group content of 0 to 26 equivalents/t, and a phosphorus element content of 0 to 170 ppm, which biaxially oriented polyester film has a shrinkage rate of not more than 0.8% as measured in a longitudinal direction thereof after subjected to heat treatment at 150° C. for 30 min.",0.6130688021109025,0.7738623957781949
8574870,"1. A system for generating resources from organic feedstock(s), the system comprising: a grinder/mixer configured to receive an organic feedstock and an isolated rumen; and a mechanically controlled fermenter comprising the isolated rumen, wherein the mechanically controlled fermenter is configured to ferment the organic feedstock in a continuous managed ecosystem fermentation (MEF) to generate a resource.",0.9715270437096395,0.056945912580721014
8842331,"1. A multi-printhead printing system, comprising: first and second printheads adapted to print on a receiver medium; a transport system adapted to move the receiver medium relative to the first and second printheads in an in-track direction; a digital image capture device; a data processing system; a memory system communicatively connected to the data processing system and storing instructions configured to cause the data processing system to implement a method for aligning image data printed on the receiver medium using the first and second printheads: printing a test pattern including a plurality of features on the receiver medium using first and second printheads as the receiver medium is moved relative to the printheads in the in-track direction, wherein some of the features in the test pattern are printed with the first printhead and some of the features in the test pattern are printed with the second printhead, wherein the features in the test pattern are separated by predefined test pattern feature separations; capturing a digital image of the printed test pattern on the receiver medium using the digital image capture device; analyzing the captured digital image to determine a first camera pixel separation between two features printed with the first printhead; determining a camera scale factor responsive to the determined first camera pixel separation and the corresponding test pattern feature separation; analyzing the captured digital image to determine a second camera pixel separation between a feature printed with first printhead and a feature printed with the second printhead; using the determined camera scale factor to scale the second camera pixel separation; comparing the scaled second camera pixel separation to the corresponding predefined test pattern feature separation to determine an alignment error; and using the determined alignment error to adjust the alignment of image data printed with at least one of the first and second printheads.",0.024738827278854097,0.04947765455770825
9735363,"1. A method for imprinting of a module of an optoelectronic component with at least one bus bar, wherein the at least one bus bar follows shaping of the module and enables a homogeneous color impression on a rear side of the component, comprising the following steps: a) providing a basic material, comprising at least one substrate; b) printing at least one bus bar directly afterward onto the basic material, the at least one bus bar constituting a point in the optoelectronic component at which converted energy is concentrated and forwarded in a form of an electric current; c) structuring a conductive layer on the at least one substrate to form individual regions insulated from one another; d) depositing at least one active layer by vapor deposition onto the structured conductive layer including onto the at least one bus bar; e) structuring the at least one active layer; and f) applying and structuring a counterelectrode.",0.6845486903015492,0.6309026193969016
9695891,"1. A disk damping core comprising: a first disk leaf having at least one first sloped contact surface and at least one first non-contact surface positioned adjacent the at least one first sloped contact surface; and a second disk leaf having at least one second sloped contact surface and at least one second non-contact surface positioned adjacent the at least one second sloped contact surface, the first disk leaf and the second disk leaf being configured such that a gap is formed between the at least one first non-contact surface and the at least one second non-contact surface when the at least one first sloped surface is in contact with the at least one second sloped surface, wherein the at least one first sloped contact surface is formed in the first disk leaf as manufactured, and wherein the at least one second sloped contact surface is formed in the second disk leaf as manufactured.",0.7794085003098158,0.4411829993803684
8987160,"1. A catalyst comprising manganese oxide-containing catalyst support material derived from manganese oxide-containing octahedral molecular sieves, at least one of iron carbide, cobalt carbide, and mixtures thereof, and an alkali metal.",0.9231217800595778,0.15375643988084442
9044365,"1. An adjustable mattress support facility comprising adapted to support a mattress comprising: an upper support surface, the upper support surface having an outer peripheral edge, the upper support surface having at least two corners formed by the intersection of adjacent outer peripheral edges of the upper support surface; at least two mattress retaining brackets fastened to the upper support surface at a connection point, the at least two mattress retaining brackets mounted at or near each of the at least two corners, the at least two mattress retaining brackets mounted to or adjacent to the peripheral edge of the support surface, the at least two mattress, the connection point hidden from view when the mattress is present on the upper support surface; and each of the at least two mattress retaining brackets having a pair of individual spaced apart extension members connecting to the upper support surface, wherein each of the extension members is fastened to the support surface at or adjacent to intersecting adjacent outer peripheral edges that form the respective corner.",0.16519213820426726,0.3303842764085345
8723350,"1. A device that transforms ocean wave energy to different forms of energy comprising: a. a rigid beam having a first end and a second end; b. an elastic beam having a first end and a second end; c. a connecting means connecting firmly said rigid beam second end to said elastic beam first end; d. a pivot that is pivotally attached to said rigid beam at a pivot point between said first and second ends of said rigid beam; e. a platform that is secured at a fixed position relative to the ocean waves, supporting said pivot; f. a float that is attached to said rigid beam first end, said float is in direct communication with the ocean waves transferring reciprocating motion to said beams thus forcing said elastic beam second end to travel on an arc-shaped pivoting path; g. at least one latch means secured in position on the said arc-shaped pivoting path of said elastic beam second end, for: a. obstructing said elastic beam second end's motion for a fraction of a half ocean wave's period, when said elastic beam second end is pivoting in the direction towards the mid-point of said arc-shaped path, thus forcing said elastic beam to deflect and accumulate potential energy initially and then escape obstruction, due to deflection forces, releasing the potential energy and continue pivoting and b. allowing said elastic beam second end to pass freely when pivoting in the opposite direction, whereby said elastic beam, due to said obstruction, develops kinetic energy with increased pivoting speed and momentum and can drive an electromagnetic generator; h. said elastic beam is of material with sufficient elasticity and strength to successfully resist failure due to the action of said one latch means.",0.856606052821292,0.28678789435741603
9722012,"1. An electrical device comprising: a structure having a plurality of dielectric layers, the structure further having a plurality of vertical electrical connections extending from a top layer of the dielectric layers to a bottom layer of the dielectric layers; a first vertical electrical connection of the plurality of vertical electrical connections including a first capacitive structure that extends in a plane perpendicular to a vertical dimension of the first vertical electrical connection, wherein the first capacitive structure is disposed on a first dielectric layer of the plurality of dielectric layers, wherein the first dielectric layer is below the top layer; and a second vertical electrical connection of the plurality of vertical electrical connections including a second capacitive structure extending in the plane and disposed on the first dielectric layer, wherein the first capacitive structure is in an elongated shape, wherein a length dimension of the first capacitive structure extends toward the second capacitive structure.",0.3442913332107501,0.6885826664215002
8772020,"1. A fermentation system for production of biogas from solid organic material, said system comprising: a first fermentation reactor configured to produce a first biogas including: a second fermentation reactor in fluid communication with the first reactor, the second reactor configured to produce a second biogas, wherein the driving surface engages the filter member such that solid particles are driven from a surface of the filter member when the driving member is activated.",0.9592434619037119,0.0815130761925762
8793744,"1. A set-top box, comprising: a memory to store executable instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising:",0.2924934498673383,0.5849868997346765
8778034,"1. A fuel detergent additive package for use in a fuel to reduce intake valve deposit formation and combustion chamber deposit formation comprising a biodegradable carrier oil derived from at least one plant source which undergoes at least hydrogenation such that the biodegradable carrier oil has a noack volatility of less than or equal to about 50 wt. %, a pour point of less than or equal to about 0° C., a viscosity index of greater than or equal to about 85, a sulfur concentration of less than or equal to about 50 ppm, and a Penn State Microoxidation deposit weight of less than 5%, a detergent comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of (i) fuel-soluble salts, amides, imides, oxazolines and esters, or mixtures thereof of long chain aliphatic hydrocarbon-substituted dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides; (ii) polyetheramines; (iii) long chain aliphatic hydrocarbons having an amine or a polyamine attached directly thereto; and (iv) Mannich condensation products formed by condensing a long chain aliphatic hydrocarbon-substituted phenol or cresol with an aldehyde, and an amine; and wherein the plant source comprises at least one plant source selected from the group consisting of corn grain, palm, canola, jatropha, soy bean oil, castor oil, rape seed, jojoba, and mixtures thereof.",0.825414322333605,0.34917135533279
8846061,"1. A formulation comprising at least 25 of the following supplemental components: (i) bilberry extract at about 600 mg: (ii) alpha lipoic add at about 600 mg; (iii) chromium picolinate at about 1200 mcg; (iv) omega-3-fatty acids at about 8 g; (v) dehydroepiandrosterone at about 100 mg; (vi) Blueberry extract at about 500 mg; (vii) Biotin at about 8 mg; (viii) Vitamin D3 at about 5000 IU; (ix) Taurine at about 3000 mg; (x) Psyllium at about 5 g; (xi) Guar gum at about 500 mg; (xii) Carnosine at about 3,000 mg; (xiii) (xiv) Aged garlic at about 1,000 mg; (xv) Vanadium at about 50 mg; (xvi) Bitter melon at about 1,000 mg; (xvii) Green tea extract at about 450 mg; (xviii) Zinc citrate at about 50 mg; (xix) Fenugreek 1:4 at about 80 mg; (xx) Vitamin B6 at about 200 mg; (xxi) Goat's rue; (xxii) Curcumin at about 8 g; (xxiii) (xxiv) Vitamin E at about 1,000 mg; (xxv) Coenzyme Q10 at about 300 mg; (xxvi) Vitamin C at about 3,000 mg; (xxvii) Manganese at about 10 mg; (xxviii) Gymnema at about 400 mg; (xxix) L-argenine at about 10 g; (xxx) (xxxi) L-carnitine at about 4 g; (xxxii) Pyrroloquinoline quinone at about 20 mg; (xxxiii) Amla extract; (xxxiv) Brown seaweed extract; (xxxv) Bladderwrack; (xxxvi) Banaba leaf at about 50 mg; (xxxvii) Bromocriptine at about 2.5 mg; (xxxviii) Benfotiamine at about 400 mg; (xxxix) Resveratrol at about 250 mg; and (xl) Pterostilbene at about 1 mg, wherein the formulation is effective for reducing a blood sugar level.",0.2611550471851272,0.5223100943702544
9851109,"1. A method of operating a heating device, comprising: heating air in a heating device chamber; exhausting outgoing air from the heating device chamber via a first flow path through which the outgoing air flows in a first direction; supplying incoming air to the heating device chamber via a second flow path through which the incoming air flows in a second direction opposite to the first direction; transferring the latent heat in the outgoing air in the first flow path to the incoming air in the second flow path by cooling the outgoing air as the outgoing air passes through the first flow path and through a condensing counterflow heat exchanger, thereby condensing water vapor contained in the outgoing air to produce liquid water; and pre-heating the incoming air, additionally to transferring the latent heat, using a separte pre-heating element before the incoming air enters the heating device chamber.",0.7673628757526847,0.4652742484946306
9234504,"1. A wind-powered machine system comprising: a base station comprising: a first airfoil operatively coupled to said crankshaft; a second airfoil operatively coupled to said crankshaft; and a system controller configured to selectively alter at least one of the altitude and in-flight orientation of the first and second airfoils, wherein, in a first stage, a wind-driven movement of said first airfoil in a first direction away from said base station causes said crankshaft to rotate, said rotation of said crankshaft causing a movement of said second airfoil in a second direction generally opposite to said first direction and toward said base station, and wherein, in a second stage, a wind-driven movement of said second airfoil in the first direction away from said base station causes said crankshaft to rotate, said rotation of said crankshaft causing a movement of said first airfoil in the second direction toward said base station.",0.9425782994051125,0.11484340118977499
9527385,"1. A battery power cut off system for a vehicle, comprising: a collision sensing unit configured to detect an impact quantity due to a collision while the vehicle is driven; a battery sensor configured to detect an output current quantity of the battery; a controller configured to analyze the impact quantity provided from the collision sensor and the output current quantity of the battery provided from the battery sensor to determine whether a collision current, a short current, and an overcurrent are generated and perform a power cut off control; and a switch configured to cut off the battery power supplied to a large-capacity load element in response to a control signal from the controller, wherein the controller is configured to: wherein the set third current quantity is greater than the set second current quantity and the second current quantity is greater than the set first current quantity, and wherein the third reference time period is less than the second reference time period and the second reference time period is greater than the first reference time period.",0.9881850753855494,0.0236298492289011
9647604,"1. A power conversion device that converts DC power supplied from a DC power supply to AC power and that supplies the AC power to a load, the power conversion device comprising: an inverter that is configured by connecting arms in parallel, each of the arms including an upper-arm switching element and a lower-arm switching element; a power-supply shunt resistance that is provided on a current path between the inverter and the DC power supply; respective-phase lower-arm shunt resistances that are provided between the power-supply shunt resistance and the lower-arm switching elements for respective phases, respectively; a first overcurrent detection unit to detect overcurrent of a current that flows through the power-supply shunt resistance; a second overcurrent detection unit to detect overcurrent of at least one of currents that flow through the respective-phase lower-arm shunt resistances; and a control unit to check overcurrent by using either one of a detection result of the first overcurrent detection unit and a detection result of the second overcurrent detection unit and stop outputting a drive signal to the inverter in accordance with a check result, wherein the control unit selects a detection result of the first overcurrent detection unit during a period within which a drive signal that turns on one or two of the upper-arm switching elements is generated, and the control unit selects a detection result of the second overcurrent detection unit during a period within which a drive signal that turns off all the upper-arm switching elements is generated.",0.8901561202423391,0.2196877595153217
9478272,"1. Memory circuitry on a programmable integrated circuit, the memory circuitry comprising: input and output ports; a plurality of storage circuits coupled to the input and output ports, wherein each of the storage circuits has first and second access modes, wherein the first access mode provides random access to storage locations in the storage circuits, wherein the second access mode provides access to storage locations in the storage circuits in a predetermined sequence, and wherein each of the storage circuits comprises:",0.585687120148422,0.8286257597031561
8739500,"1. A bag neck sealer comprising a base having a guide trough and an installation wheel thereon, a rotary wheel, a press plate and a movable blade unit disposed close to the guide trough, and a fixed blade unit disposed on one side of the base and located close to the guide trough characterized in: said fixed blade unit having a seat and a lid; said seat of the fixed blade unit having a cutting slot corresponding to the guide trough of said base, a fixed blade which has an edge protruding into said cutting slot, and a protective piece which being connected with an elastic member to be against one side of said fixed blade opposite to said edge of said fixed blade forming a guiding side wall thereof; said lid having a pair of side walls forming a notch corresponding to said cutting slot of said fixed blade unit; said lid has a first side wall forming a first angle with respect to said guiding side wall of said protective piece, said lid has a second side wall forming a second angle with respect to said guiding side wall of said protective piece, said first angle being smaller than said second angle; said first side wall and said second side wall being in positions parallel to each other; and said first side wall forms a third angle with respect to said edge of said fixed blade, said second side wall forms a fourth angle with respect to said edge of said fixed blade, said third angle being smaller than said fourth angle.",0.12095117873809567,0.24190235747619138
9359085,"1. An aircraft comprising a propulsion system formed by two engines mounted on each exterior side of a rear fuselage by pylons; the rear fuselage having a curved shape with at least a vertical symmetry plane and a central longitudinal axis, the rear fuselage being made of a composite material, the rear fuselage comprising a skin and a plurality of frames arranged perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, the rear fuselage being made of a composite material, wherein the rear fuselage comprises an internal shield the vertical symmetry plane in an area that covers the possible trajectories of a set of pre-defined fragments detached from one of the engines in a failure event that would impact on critical elements of the opposite engine, the internal shield having a flat shape and an energy absorption capability that allows stopping said fragments, and the internal shield is formed by a plurality of panels joined to a supporting structure attached to the rear fuselage.",0.8946484208247671,0.2107031583504657
9849970,"1. A turbine engine with at least one propeller for an aircraft, comprising: a system for changing a pitch of vanes of the propeller, the system comprising wherein the fixed housing is inside the propeller and close to a longitudinal axis of the turbine engine, opposed to the vanes mounted in an outer rotary hub of the propeller, wherein the linking means comprises a set of connecting rods distributed around the annular actuator and linked, on a first side, to the intermediate transfer bearing and, on a second side, to radial rotary shafts that are respectively integral with roots of the vanes of the propeller to drive, following translational displacement of the connecting rods of the linking mechanism, rotation of the radial rotary shafts and the associated vanes, wherein a first end of the connecting rods are articulated to a ring of the linking means which is rotationally linked to a rotary cylindrical wall of the propeller and which is axially free from the rotary cylindrical wall, and a second end of the connecting rods are articulated by pivot links to transverse journals provided on the radial rotary shafts of the vanes, each radial rotary shaft being provided with one single transverse journal, wherein each transverse journal defines a single lever arm with a first end pivotally connected by said pivot link to the second end of one of the connecting rods and a second end connected to an end of the radial rotary shafts such that each transverse journal pivots with one of the radial rotary shafts about an axis of the one of the radial rotary shafts, and wherein the first end of the lever arms of the transverse journals is further upstream than the second end of the lever arms of the transverse journals in a first position of the movable part of the annular actuator, and the second end of the lever arms of the transverse journals is further upstream than the first end of the lever arms of the transverse journals in a second position of the movable part of the annular actuator.",0.946096870979485,0.10780625804102995
9525336,"1. A harmonic control method for a flyback switching power supply, the method comprising: a) generating a sense voltage signal based on an output signal of said flyback switching power supply; b) generating a first compensation signal by determining and compensating an error between said sense voltage signal and a reference voltage; c) generating a second compensation signal by regulating said first compensation signal based on a duty cycle of a main power switch in said flyback switching power supply, wherein said second compensation signal is in direct proportion to said first compensation signal, and said second compensation signal is in inverse proportion to said duty cycle; and d) generating a control signal based on said second compensation signal and a triangular wave signal, to control said main power switch such that said output signal is substantially constant and an input current follows a waveform variation of an input voltage of said flyback switching power supply.",0.6994678527158696,0.6010642945682607
8599907,"1. A communication method for a digital subscriber line (DSL) system comprising a first transceiver and a second transceiver which are connected each other, comprising: obtaining a communication performance parameter; calculating, at a first transceiver, a first table including a parameter of bit allocation for sub-carriers in a multiple carrier communication; when the communication performance parameter reaches or exceeds the predetermined value, transmitting, from the first transceiver to the second transceiver, a switch message for requesting the second transceiver to switch to a second table including a parameter of bit allocation for sub-carriers, wherein the second table is not sent from the first transceiver to the second transceiver and calculated at the second transceiver based on a calculation rule to keep the parameter of bit allocation for sub-carriers within the second table as same as the parameter of bit allocation for sub-carriers within the first table calculated at the first transceiver; from a certain symbol, communicating at the first transceiver with the second transceiver using the first table at the first transceiver to implement synchronous switch; wherein the parameter of bit allocation within the first table is calculated at the first transceiver by subtracting a corresponding bit number from a current table including a parameter of bit allocation for sub-carriers.",0.22857699072313084,0.45715398144626174
9053856,"1. A conductive paste for an inner electrode, comprising: a conductive metal powder; an organic binder including at least one selected from a group consisting of an acryl-based resin, a butyral-based resin, and a cellulose-based resin; and a solvent including eucalyptol, dihydroxy terephthalic acid, and at least one selected from the group consisting of p-cymene and α-pinene.",0.7818381806417571,0.4363236387164857
8695327,"1. An exhaust duct housing comprising: an exhaust duct housing flange with a centrally positioned hole; a first protrusion extending upward from the exhaust duct housing flange, the first protrusion concentrically arranged about the hole; a second protrusion extending upward from the first protrusion and terminating with a sealing surface, where the second protrusion is concentrically arranged around the hole, and the second protrusion extends further upward than the first protrusion; at least two stand-offs positioned symmetrically on opposite sides of the hole and aligned on a common axis with the hole, where each of the at least two stand-offs form a circular sleeve concentrically arranged around a bolt, and where the at least two stand-offs are integral with the exhaust duct housing flange; and a pin positioned between the hole and one of the at least two stand-offs, where the pin is offset from the common axis.",0.5396220974302339,0.9207558051395321
9743670,"1. A method of preparing chlorine dioxide (ClO 2 ), comprising: conveying a first aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid comprising 27 to 33 wt % HCl at a controlled rate to a reactor immersed in water; conveying a second aqueous solution comprising 22 to 27 wt % sodium chlorite (NaClO controlling the rates of flow of the hydrochloric acid solution and the sodium chlorite solution such that a molar ratio of the HCl to the NaClO removing the ClO",0.7585712421624884,0.4828575156750232
9789412,"1. A wheeled riding device comprising: a) A deck; b) A rigid chassis affixed to the deck; c) A plurality of resilient shock absorbers disposed beneath the said deck and pivotally connected between a plurality of suspension links and a centrally mounted steering mechanism; d) A plurality of wheel assemblies including ground contacting elements pivotally connected to said suspension links and disposed at opposite ends of the deck; e) A plurality of centrally mounted steering mechanisms, whereby transversely mounted tie rods, and coil over shock absorbers are pivotally connected to the upper portion of said centrally mounted steering mechanisms, said centrally mounted steering mechanism being transversely and pivotally connected to a lower mounting position.",0.1872198422701392,0.37443968454027843
8850582,"1. A security monitoring system for detecting an abnormality of a control system provided with one or more segments having one or more control apparatuses, the security monitoring system comprising: a processor; a memory storing computer instructions that when executed cause the processor to operate; an event extraction software unit; and a monitoring software unit, wherein the event extraction software unit comprises: a packet reception software unit for obtaining communication packets transmitted and received in a segment; a communication event extraction software unit for extracting a communication packet having a characteristic value different from that of an average characteristic value of the obtained communication packets, the characteristic value being information commonly attached to the communication packets; and a communication event information generation software unit for generating communication event information attached with the characteristic value of the extracted communication packet to transmit the communication event information to the monitoring software unit, and the monitoring software unit comprises: a storage unit for storing one or more event patterns defining unauthorized accesses by a combination of conditions set for each communication packet, the conditions being set to characterize each communication packet constituting a series of the unauthorized communication packets for each unauthorized access of the control system by transmitting the series of unauthorized communication packets, and storing influence level information having influence levels indicating degrees of influence on the control system, the influence levels being associated with each unauthorized access defined by the event pattern; and an influence degree prediction processing software unit for verifying the characteristic values of the communication packet attached to the received communication event information with the conditions set for each of the event patterns for each communication packet, to detect the event pattern similar to the communication packet, wherein in response to a determination that an event pattern similar to the communication packet exists, the influence level of the detected event pattern is determined with reference to the influence level information, and in response to a determination that an event pattern similar to the communication packet does not exist, an early warning level is determined as the influence level.",0.06685138531977207,0.13370277063954417
8822116,"1. An erasable electrophotographic toner comprising a binder resin, a near-infrared absorbing material, a decolorizing agent and an organic white pigment.",0.06392091017113444,0.12784182034226887
9220508,"1. An instrument, wherein the instrument comprises: (a) a body comprising a trigger and an articulation control member; (b) a shaft assembly extending distally from the body, wherein the shaft assembly comprises: (c) an end effector disposed at a distal end of the middle articulation tube, wherein the end effector comprises a pair of jaws, wherein the push/pull tube is configured to longitudinally translate to thereby drive the pair of jaws into a closed position.",0.02723352821529121,0.05446705643058247
8981730,"1. A switching device comprising: a controller determining an operation mode and generating a control signal according to the determined operation mode, wherein the operation mode is a driving mode or a charging mode; a switch generating a first switching signal in a driving mode and a second switching signal in a charging mode according to the determined operation mode; a signal selection part receiving the first switching signal and the second switching signal and selecting the first switching signal or the second switching signal according to the control signal in order to output the selected switching signal; an inverter performing a direct current/alternating current conversion process on power according to the selected switching signal, performing the driving mode when the first switching signal is selected and performing the charging mode when the second switching signal is selected.",0.813729773749034,0.372540452501932
9634325,"1. A negative active material comprising a silicon-based alloy comprising Si, Ti, Ni, and Fe components, wherein the silicon-based alloy comprises: an inactive matrix comprising a Ti active silicon nanoparticles dispersed in the inactive matrix.",0.7946179465807837,0.4107641068384327
8847752,"1. A hygiene compliance module for a dispenser having a dispenser controller that supplies an actuation signal to a communication interface when an actuator is engaged to dispense material, the hygiene compliance module comprising: a card having a connector, said connector adapted to be coupled to the communication interface of the dispenser, so as to be electronically coupled to the dispenser controller; a module controller disposed on said card and coupled to said connector, wherein when said connector is coupled to the communication interface of the dispenser, said module controller enables hygiene compliance monitoring functions, such that said module controller is configured to detect the actuation signal from the dispenser controller as dispensing event data; and a transmitter and receiver coupled to said module controller, said receiver configured to wirelessly receive operation setting data to adjust at least one function of the hygiene compliance module, and an identification code from a wireless data tag; wherein when the actuator of the dispenser is engaged, said module controller associates said identification code of said data tag with said dispensing event data and transmits said code and said dispensing event data via said transmitter to a monitoring station.",0.29057513344300767,0.5811502668860153
9642398,"1. A wearable connector for an electronic textile comprising: a shell including an upper ring and a lower ring configured to capture the electronic textile therebetween, the shell providing an interior channel at least partially defined by the upper and lower ring; a terminal extending from and being electrically connected to the shell, the terminal having a mating end for mating with an electrical component; and a conductive interface member received in the interior channel of the shell and being electrically connected to the shell, the conductive interface member having a compressible interface configured to be electrically connected to a conductor of the electronic textile, the conductive interface member being compressed against the conductor by at least one of the upper ring and the lower ring when the lower ring is coupled to the upper ring; wherein the conductive interface member comprises a first conductive segment, a second conductive segment and an insulative segment between the first and second conductive segments, the first conductive segment being electrically connected to the conductor to define a first signal line, the second conductive segment being electrically connected to a second conductor to define a second signal line transmitting different data signals than the first signal line.",0.12211249270297016,0.2442249854059403
8386140,"1. A control device that controls a vehicle drive device comprising: an input member drivably coupled to a drive force source including a rotary electric machine and an internal combustion engine, an output member drivably coupled to wheels, and a speed change mechanism that transfers rotation of the input member to the output member with a speed of the rotation changed in accordance with a speed ratio of a shift speed selected from a plurality of shift speeds that is established switchably, wherein when switching between the shift speeds, a rotation-varying torque command value, which is a command value for torque that the drive force source is caused to output to vary the rotational speed of the input member, is calculated, the rotary electric machine is caused to output torque in accordance with the rotation-varying torque command value, and in the case where it is determined that an absolute value of the torque that the rotary electric machine is caused to output will become more than a predetermined threshold, both the rotary electric machine and the internal combustion engine are caused to output torque corresponding to the rotation-varying torque command value such that the output torque of the rotary electric machine becomes equal to or less than the predetermined threshold; wherein at least a feedback command value that varies the rotation varying command value in a feedback manner such that the rotational speed of the input member follows target rotational speed variation is calculated at the rotation varying torque command value; and the feedback command value for the rotary electric machine is calculated in priority to the feedback command value for the internal combustion engine.",0.8137892867861992,0.37242142642760157
8825715,"1. A computer-implemented method executed using one or more processors, the method comprising: executing a first operation using a first system, the first operation generating first output data; generating a first fieldset, the first fieldset being resident at the first system and including one or more first fields corresponding to the first output data; populating the one or more first fields of the first fieldset with values of the first output data; transmitting, by the first system and to a second system, the first fieldset including i) the one or more first fields and ii) the first output data corresponding to the one more first fields; receiving, by the second system, the first fieldset including i) the one or more first fields and ii) the first output data corresponding to the one more first fields; executing a second operation using the second system, the second operation generating second output data; determining, by the second system, that at least a portion of the second output data generated by the second system intersects with at least a portion of the first output data that is received from the first system, the determining including: in response to determining that at least a portion of the second output data generated by the second system intersects with at least a portion of the first output data that is received from the first system, generating, by the second system, a second fieldset, the second fieldset being resident at the second system and including i) one or more second fields corresponding to the second output data that intersects with the at least a portion of the first output data and ii) one or more third fields corresponding to the remaining first output data; and populating i) the one or more second fields of the second fieldset with values of the second output data that intersects with the at least a portion of the first output data and ii) the one more third fields of the second field set with values of the remaining first output data.",0.06201452083405093,0.1240290416681018
9204614,"1. A seed of soybean cultivar 129423450112, wherein a sample of seed of soybean cultivar 129423450112 is deposited under NCIMB No. 42363.",0.2695002584595363,0.5390005169190726
9172112,"1. A sulfide solid electrolyte glass comprising Li 4 P 2 S 6 , wherein the sulfide solid electrolyte glass has a glass transition point of 180° C. to 400° C., and a ratio of a P 2 S 6 4− structure in all anion structures of the sulfide solid electrolyte glass is 50% by mol or more.",0.7619693074053772,0.4760613851892457
8971709,"1. An optical transceiver apparatus, comprising: a gain medium; a photoelectric converter; an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG); and a partial reflection mirror; wherein the AWG comprises two common ports and a plurality of branch ports, one of the common ports functioning as a signal sending port, the other one of the common ports functioning as a signal receiving port, wherein a bandwidth of the signal sending port is less than a bandwidth of the signal receiving port; wherein the gain medium and the photoelectric converter are connected to one of the branch ports of the AWG; wherein the AWG and the partial reflection mirror are configured to cooperatively perform wavelength self-injection locking on an optical signal provided by the gain medium, and output the optical signal through the signal sending port; wherein the AWG is further configured to demultiplex an optical signal received by the signal receiving port to a corresponding branch port; and wherein the optical transceiver apparatus further comprises a circulator or a wavelength division multiplexer, wherein the signal receiving port and the signal sending port of the AWG are coupled to a trunk fiber through the circulator or the wavelength division multiplexer, and the partial reflection mirror is located between the circulator or the wavelength division multiplexer and the signal sending port.",0.24498618780937903,0.48997237561875806
8547019,"1. A control circuit for use with a lamp assembly, comprising: a driver component; a voltage interface circuit powered by said driver component and configured to deliver a voltage power signal within a defined operating voltage range via output lines to a downstream controller; a protection circuit coupled with said voltage interface circuit, said protection circuit comprising: wherein said control circuit is protected from reverse polarity by said under-voltage switch and from overvoltage by said blocking device.",0.6687218307754114,0.6625563384491773
9011682,"1. A device for producing ultrapure water according to the reverse osmosis principle, comprising a reverse osmosis filter which is subdivided by a reverse osmosis membrane (RO membrane) into a primary circuit and into a secondary circuit, a pump upstream of the RO membrane and downstream of a buffer vessel having multiple inlets and an outlet wherein fluid exiting the buffer vessel can enter the pump before entering the RO membrane, a flow resistance valve in the primary circuit downstream of the RO membrane for pressure build-up in the RO membrane wherein fluid exiting the RO membrane can enter the flow resistance valve before entering the buffer vessel, at least one cleaning chamber with decalcification means downstream of the flow resistance valve and a centrifugal chamber downstream of the least one cleaning chamber and upstream of the buffer vessel wherein fluid exiting the flow resistance valve can enter the cleaning chamber and the centrifugal chamber before entering the buffer vessel, the centrifugal chamber having a bottom connected to a discharge valve, wherein the flow resistance valve can be opened by a motor to flush the surfaces of the liquid-conducting components.",0.9112345002675384,0.17753099946492323
9588286,"1. An optical fiber comprising: a core made of silica based glass containing Cl; a first cladding that surrounds the core, that has a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the core, and that is made of silica based glass containing fluorine; and a second cladding that surrounds the first cladding, that has a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the core and higher than the refractive index of the first cladding, and that is made of silica based glass containing fluorine, wherein the second cladding is divided into an outer region that has a substantially uniform refractive index and an inner region that is located inside of the outer region and that has a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the outer region, wherein a difference between a maximum refractive index of the inner region and the refractive index of the outer region is 0.02% or greater and 0.10% or smaller in terms of relative refractive index with respect to pure silica glass, and wherein a radial thickness of the inner region is 10 μm or greater and 25 μm or smaller.",0.4358201329613235,0.871640265922647
8987155,"1. A silica-titania-niobia glass comprising, in wt., % measured as the oxides, niobia in an amount in the range of 0.005 wt. % to 1.2 wt. %, titania in an amount in the range of 5 wt. % to 10 wt. %, and the remainder of the glass is silica, SiO 2 .",0.36608564009400285,0.7321712801880057
8771679,"1. A polypeptide encoding a molecular switch comprising a cytosine deaminase and a CH1 domain from p300, comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1.",0.7543808470843936,0.49123830583121286
9527557,"1. A method for actively damping a ship's motion while the ship is sailing by driving at least one first rotatable damping element that extends from the ship's hull, below the water line, on a side of the ship, comprising the steps of: i) sensing the ship's motion and sailing speed, ii) generating and delivering control signals on the basis of step i), iii) rotatably driving the stabilization elements on the basis of step ii), iv) determining, on the basis of step i), the current frictional resistance experienced by the stabilization elements at the sensed motion and sailing speed of the ship, v) setting the stabilization element at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the ship on the basis of the determined current frictional resistance and a desired minimum frictional resistance.",0.9122173697850294,0.17556526042994114
8496268,"1. A chassis for use in an automotive vehicle, comprising: a central backbone structure including a closed section tubular structure; an engine; a first structure comprising a first sub-frame that supports the engine and is coupled to one end of the backbone structure; a first energy absorbing crash structure including a first pair of laterally extending frame members that are rigidly fixed to the first structure on a first end and rigidly fixed to a first bumper beam on a second end; a second structure coupled to the opposite end of the backbone structure and including a transaxle; a second energy absorbing crash structure including a second pair of laterally extending frame members that are rigidly fixed to the second structure on a first end and rigidly fixed to a second bumper beam on a second end; wherein the engine and the transaxle are stressed by ride and handling loads and wherein the central backbone structure is rigidly attached to the engine and to the transaxle such that the ride, handling and impact crash loads are transmitted between the first and second structures solely by the central backbone structure.",0.6504333281252442,0.6991333437495115
8669587,"1. A light emitting device, comprising: a support structure; a first adhesion layer disposed on the support structure, the first adhesion layer comprising Au; a second adhesion layer disposed on the first adhesion layer; a first metal layer disposed on the second adhesion layer; a second metal layer disposed on the first metal layer, the second metal layer comprising Ti; a GaN-based semiconductor structure disposed on the second metal layer; an interface layer disposed on the GaN-based semiconductor structure; and a contact pad disposed on the interface layer, wherein the second metal layer comprises a portion which directly contacts the GaN-based semiconductor structure.",0.2709165753191425,0.541833150638285
8858965,"1. A composition comprising micelles encapsulating three drugs, wherein the three drugs are non-covalently encapsulated in the interior of the micelles; the micelles comprise poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(lactic acid) polymers where the hydrophobic poly(lactic acid) block of the polymers orient toward the interior of each micelle, and the hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) block of the polymers orient toward the exterior of each micelle; a first drug of the three drugs encapsulated in the micelles is 17-AAG or 17-DMAG; a second drug of the three drugs encapsulated in the micelles is paclitaxel or docetaxel; and a third drug of the three drugs encapsulated in the micelles is rapamycin, deforolimus, temsirolimus, everolimus, etoposide, or teniposide.",0.2386049987870603,0.47720999757412064
9078886,"1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a first agent, wherein the composition is formulated for oral or topical administration to a patient, wherein the first agent is metyrapone or metyrapol, and wherein the first agent is conjugated to an agent that facilitates movement across the blood-brain barrier.",0.1990458344434866,0.3980916688869732
9821577,"1. A method for producing scratch-off lottery tickets in a high speed printing line, wherein the printing line includes one or more inkjet printing machines that print lottery tickets on a continuously running paper stock, the method comprising: applying one or more primer layers to a surface of the paper stock in a defined game play area on each lottery ticket, with one or more of the inkjet printing machining, printing game play indicia over the primer layers in the game play area on each lottery ticket at a resolution of at least 600 dpi; conveying the running paper stock through the one or more inkjet printing machines that print the game play indicia at a rate of at least 950 ft/min; applying an upper blocking layer over the game play indicia; applying a scratch off coating (SOC) layer over the upper blocking layer; printing graphics on each lottery ticket outwardly of the game play area; wherein ink used by ink jet printing machines is a dye-based ink comprising: wherein the primer layer on which the game play indicia is printed comprises:",0.03158518549752247,0.06317037099504497
9738596,"1. A diagnostic composition for use as an X-ray contrast agent comprising a compound of formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient; wherein the compounds of formula (I) is R—N(CHO)—X—N(R 3 )—R (I) Formula (I) and salts or optical active isomers thereof, wherein X denotes a C 3 to C 8 straight or branched alkylene moiety optionally with one or two CH 2 moieties replaced by oxygen atoms, sulphur atoms or NR 1 groups and wherein the alkylene moiety optionally is substituted by up to six —OR 1 groups; R R each R independently is the same or different and denote a triiodinated phenyl group further substituted by two groups R",0.229320084623928,0.458640169247856
8972150,"1. An engine control system for an auto-stop/start vehicle, comprising: a mode control module that selectively initiates an engine startup event when an engine startup command is generated; and an actuator control module that cranks an engine during the engine startup event, that provides fuel to a first cylinder of the engine while the engine is being cranked, that determines a predicted torque that the first cylinder will produce based on the fueling of the first cylinder, that, based on the predicted torque, determines a predicted engine speed for a combustion event of a second cylinder while the engine is being cranked, and that selectively disables fuel to the second cylinder while the engine is being cranked based on a comparison of the predicted engine speed and a target engine speed for the combustion event, wherein the second cylinder is after the first cylinder in a firing order.",0.9193906859382346,0.16121862812353083
8763012,"1. A computer-implemented method of concurrently processing streams of queued messages from a message queue, comprising: receiving a request to assign a queued message from the message queue for processing by a particular thread, the queued message belonging to an identified message stream having a plurality of messages queued on the message queue; responsive to determining that no other message belonging to the identified message stream is currently being processed by any of a plurality of threads servicing the messages from the message queue, assigning the queued message for processing by the particular thread and otherwise, performing: subsequently evaluating the stored information in the data structure to determine if the queued message for which the request was received can be unblocked and assigned to a different thread for processing by the different thread, wherein the queued message can be unblocked responsive to determining that the any other message belonging to the identified message stream is no longer currently being processed; and responsive to unblocking the queued message and assigning the queued message to the different thread, passing the information stored in the data structure for the queued message to the different thread.",0.20077434141965939,0.40154868283931877
9252630,"1. A battery charge control apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle being provided with a prime mover driven by using fuel stored in the vehicle, power generation means for converting energy generated by the prime mover using the fuel into electrical energy, and a secondary battery that stores the electrical energy generated by the power generation means, the apparatus comprising: cost calculation means for calculating a cost that is an amount of fuel consumed by the prime mover to generate the battery charging power used to actually store unit electric power in the battery; upper-limit setting means for setting an upper limit of the cost on the basis of at least one of a state of charge (SOC) of the battery and a power requirement of a load that is supplied with the electrical power from the battery; battery-charge limiting means for setting the battery charging power such that the cost calculated by the cost calculation means becomes equal to or smaller than the upper limit set by the upper-limit setting means; and temperature detection means for detecting a temperature of the battery, wherein the cost calculation leans includes charging loss calculation means for calculating a charging loss that is waste thermal energy to be generated during storing of the electrical energy in the battery on the basis of an internal resistance of the battery as a function of the temperature of the battery detected by the temperature detection means, and the cost calculation means further includes actually-stored power calculation means for calculating electrical power actually stored in the battery by subtracting the charging loss calculated by the charging loss calculation means from the battery charging power set by the battery-charge limiting means.",0.9868638802702622,0.026272239459475655
8900493,"1. A recycling process for recycling fiber-reinforced and/or fiber based semi-finished products and/or components ( 11 ) for later use in production of fiber-reinforced and/or fiber based semi-finished products and/or components, wherein the semi-finished products and/or components ( 11 ) are comprised of fibers ( 2 ) and a matrix material ( 3 ) and the fibers ( 2 ) are arranged in the matrix material ( 3 ) as fabric, unidirectional layers and/or plies and/or individual reinforcing fibers and/or reinforcing fiber bundles, comprising providing fiber-reinforced and/or fiber based semi-finished products and/or components ( separating the fiber ( immediately after separation, and without moving the fibers relative to each other, wetting the free fibers (",0.7802758903746524,0.4394482192506952
8809145,"1. A method of forming a semiconductor array, comprising: forming a semiconductor structure comprising a silicon material overlying an electrically insulative material, a conductive material overlying the silicon material, and a doped material overlying the conductive material; removing portions of the doped material to form a plurality of trenches; after forming the trenches, removing additional portions of the doped material to form a plurality of pillars, individual of the pillars including an individual channel region and an individual source region oppositely doped with respect to the channel region; forming at least one access line over at least one side surface of the individual pillars; and forming a drain region over the individual channel regions.",0.24284051608299875,0.48568103216599745
9771474,"1. A thermoplastic composition with improved hydrostability, comprising: 0.05 percent by weight of sodium stearate; 0.04 percent by weight of a stabilizer which is pentaerythritoltetrakis(3-(3,5-di-tert butyl-4-hydroxy-phenyl-)propionate); 5 percent by weight of linear low density polyethylene; 30 percent by weight of glass fiber; and 64.91 percent by weight of a modified polybutylene terephthalate prepared from polyethylene terephthalate in the presence of 1,4-butane diol and a catalyst containing phosphoric acid (PA) and 115 ppm titanium as tetraisopropyl titanate based on the polymer weight, wherein the molar ratio of tetraisopropyl titanate: phosphoric acid is 1:0.8; wherein the catalyst is generated before being combined with polyethylene terephthalate, wherein the process for preparing the modified polybutylene terephthalate comprises: wherein: the thermoplastic composition does not contain a chain extender or quencher; and the thermoplastic composition has improved notched impact strength and tensile strength measured at days 2 and 5 of hydroaging at 110° C. and 100% relative humidity in a pressure cooker as compared to a thermoplastic composition comprising: 0.05 percent by weight of sodium stearate; 1.7 percent by weight of 3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3′,4′-epoxycyclohexane carboxylate; 0.04 percent by weight of a stabilizer which is pentaerythritoltetrakis(3-(3,5-di-tert butyl-4-hydroxy-phenyl-)propionate); 5 percent by weight of linear low density polyethylene; 30 percent by weight of glass fiber; and 63.21 percent by weight of a modified polybutylene terephthalate containing 115 ppm tetraisopropyl titanate and no phosphoric acid and having an intrinsic viscosity of 1.2 cm",0.52637369808178,0.9472526038364399
9834547,"1. A process comprising reacting thiobiuret 2-2 with an alkyl iodide to produce substituted product (3-1b) wherein (A) Ar (B) Het is a 5- or 6-membered, saturated or unsaturated, heterocyclic ring, containing one or more heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, sulfur, or oxygen, and where Ar (C) Ar (D) R (E) R (F) R (G) L is linker selected from (H) n is each individually 0, 1, or 2; and (I) (Het-1) is a 5- or 6-membered, saturated or unsaturated, heterocyclic ring, containing one or more heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen, wherein said heterocyclic ring may also be substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, NO",0.5756942442560951,0.8486115114878099
8886378,"1. A method of dynamically monitoring one or more drivetrains of an industrial vehicle, comprising: observing a plurality of operating parameters of the industrial vehicle while it is being operated; determining whether a drivetrain failure has occurred using the operating parameters; performing, if a drivetrain failure is detected, a static test on the industrial vehicle to confirm the dynamic drivetrain failure, the static test being performed while the industrial vehicle is not moving; based on results of the static test, determining either that a static test failure occurred or a static test failure has not occurred; and restricting drive capabilities of the industrial vehicle if the static test failure occurred.",0.7013335223537118,0.5973329552925764
9611460,1. An isolated or purified cDNA nucleic acid molecule consisting of: i) a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 3 or a codon degenerate nucleotide sequence thereof; ii) a nucleotide sequence of 303 nucleotides that encodes a polypeptide with an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or a conservatively substituted amino acid sequence thereof; or iii) a fragment of i) or ii) having a length of at least 300 base pairs; wherein the nucleic acid molecule encodes a polypeptide with polyketide cyclase activity.,0.5582646614898135,0.8834706770203731
8463474,"1. A method for controlling motor torque in a hybrid vehicle having a motor and a communications bus, the method comprising the steps of: controlling the motor torque using a first motor torque capacity if the communications bus is healthy, the first motor torque capacity having a first absolute value; and controlling the motor torque using a second motor torque capacity if the communications bus is unhealthy, the second motor torque capacity having a second absolute value that is less than the first absolute value.",0.9423147266011654,0.11537054679766912
9278374,"1. A process of mitigating insect residue adhesion on an aerodynamic surface to maintain laminar flow, the process comprising: a. providing at least one article having at least one aerodynamic surface that is impacted by insects in use; b. topographically modifying said aerodynamic surface; c. chemically modifying said aerodynamic surface by coating said aerodynamic surface with a low surface energy coating; wherein the modified aerodynamic surface comprises a water contact angle of greater than about 80 degrees and a surface roughness of about 0.2 micron to about 50 microns after said aerodynamic surface is topographically and chemically modified, wherein the modified aerodynamic surface is configured to maintain laminar flow of air that moves across the modified aerodynamic surface and mitigate adhesion of insect residue without creating significant turbulence in air that moves along the modified aerodynamic surface in use.",0.9140324914803928,0.17193501703921443
8591283,"1. A posable figure comprising: an upper torso portion having left and right shoulders, and left and right arms extending therefrom, a pelvis having left and right hips and left and right legs extending therefrom, a flexible spine connecting said torso portion to said pelvis, said left and right arms each having an elbow, each of said elbows having a generally V-shaped opening on an inside portion of said respective left or right arms, and biased inwardly toward said upper torso portion, said left and right legs each having a knee, each of said knees having a generally V-shaped opening on a back side of said respective left or right leg, said posable figure having a unitary construction from a material having a Shore hardness of between 30A and 80D, and an elastic module of between 2 and 10 MPa; further comprising a plurality of rib plates having a generally oval-shape and joined to said spine below and spaced from said upper torso portion, wherein said upper torso position and said one or more rib plates together generally taper inwardly on each side and from front to back toward said spine.",0.10879043056813065,0.2175808611362613
9624022,"1. A storage container comprising: a container body having an opening; a door member closing the opening in an openable and closable manner; and a temperature-controlled unit having a function of making a temperature inside a storage chamber enclosed by the container body and the door member different from a temperature outside the storage chamber, wherein the container body includes a first heat-insulating material, a second heat-insulating material which is provided partially on the opposite side to the storage chamber with respect to the first heat-insulating material and has thermal conductivity lower than thermal conductivity of the first heat-insulating material, and a stationary heat-storage material which is continuously and fixedly provided at least partially in a region where the second heat-insulating material is not provided as viewed from a thickness direction of the first heat-insulating material on the same side as the storage chamber with respect to the first heat-insulating material and is formed of one or more kinds of raw material where phase transition is caused between a liquid phase and a solid phase at a temperature between the temperature outside the storage chamber and the temperature inside the storage chamber obtained by the function of the temperature-controlled unit.",0.374411663551872,0.748823327103744
8815689,"1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a saddle fin transistor, comprising: forming a pad nitride layer that exposes an isolation region over a cell region of a semiconductor substrate; forming a trench in the isolation region of the semiconductor substrate; forming an isolation layer within the trench, the isolation layer defining an active region of the semiconductor substrate; etching the active region of the semiconductor substrate by a selected depth to form a recessed active region; etching the isolation layer adjacent to the recessed active region by a selected depth to form a recessed isolation region, depositing a gate metal layer in the recessed active region and the recessed isolation region; processing the gate metal layer to form a gate of a cell transistor buried under a surface of the semiconductor substrate in the recessed active region; forming an insulation layer over an upper portion of the gate; removing the pad nitride layer to expose a region of the semiconductor substrate to be formed with a contact plug; and depositing a conductive layer in the region of the semiconductor substrate to form a contact plug.",0.4013281297008933,0.8026562594017866
9503779,"1. A network connection configuration method for a multimedia player comprising: establishing a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) connection between a mobile device and a network connection device, such that the mobile device obtains a service set identification (SSID) and a password thereof of the network connection device; utilizing an image capture module of the mobile device to capture an optical image corresponding to the multimedia player, so as to establish a Wi-Fi Direct connection between the mobile device and the multimedia player; and establishing another Wi-Fi connection between the multimedia player and the network connection device according to the Wi-Fi connection between the mobile device and the network connection device as well as the Wi-Fi Direct connection between the mobile device and the multimedia player; wherein the optical image comprises a personal information number (PIN) utilized for the Wi-Fi Direct connection, such that the PIN of the optical image is utilized for establishing the Wi-Fi Direct connection between the mobile device and the multimedia player after the PIN corresponding to the multimedia player is captured, and the SSID and the password thereof of the network connection device is correspondingly transmitted to the multimedia player to establish the Wi-Fi connection between the multimedia player and the network connection device.",0.018337482861202667,0.03667496572240536
9706762,"1. A fishing diverter attachable to a fishing line, the fishing diverter comprising: a conical wall having a narrow end and a wide end, wherein the conical wall has a first length (L1) extending from the narrow end to the wide end, and wherein the narrow end defines an aperture for receiving the fishing line therethrough; and a cylindrical wall extending from the wide end of the conical wall, wherein the cylindrical wall has a second length (L2), wherein the ratio of the first length to the second length (L1/L2) ranges between about 12.5 and about 22.5, and wherein the ratio of the first length to the second length (L1/L2) creates a diversion effect that substantially reduces water turbulence following the fishing diverter when the fishing diverter is pulled through water with the fishing line.",0.21620267341965968,0.4324053468393194
9837572,"1. A method of manufacturing a solar cell module comprising: a step (A) of applying a conductive adhesive composition comprising conductive particles (a) having metal, a thermosetting resin (b), and a flux activator (c) comprising aliphatic dihydroxycarboxylic acid onto electrodes of solar battery cells, the aliphatic dihydroxycarboxylic acid being represented by the following general formula: wherein R 5 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and n and m independently represent an integer from 0 to 5; a step (B) of disposing wiring members so as to face with electrodes of the solar battery cells with the applied conductive adhesive composition interposed therebetween; a step (C) of heating the solar battery cells with the wiring members obtained in the step (B); and a step (D) of laminating sealing resins onto both surfaces of the solar battery cells with the wiring members obtained in the step (C), further laminating protection glass onto a light-receiving surface of the solar battery cell and a protection film onto a rear surface of the solar battery cell, and performing heating, wherein a heating temperature in the step (C) is 140 to 180° C., and a melting point of the metal in the conductive particles (a) is equal to or lower than the heating temperature in the step (C).",0.9835102496731198,0.03297950065376032
9793097,"1. An apparatus for processing a substrate, comprising a processing chamber; a substrate support for supporting the substrate within the processing chamber; a gas inlet for providing gas into the processing chamber; an exhaust pressure system, which exhausts gas around a periphery of the substrate, wherein the periphery around the substrate is divided into at least three parts, wherein the exhaust pressure system controls exhaust pressure to control a velocity of the gas over the substrate, wherein the exhaust pressure system provides an independent exhaust pressure control for each part of the periphery for the at least three parts, wherein the exhaust pressure system comprises:",0.8792257689013343,0.2415484621973314
9323253,"1. A pump control assembly comprising: (a) a fluid pump assembly including: (b) an actuator in fluid communication with the fluid pump assembly; (c) a flow control assembly disposed between the first end of the load sensing valve and the fluid pump including: (d) an electronic control unit in electrical communication with the first and second valve assemblies, wherein the electronic control unit transmits an output current to the first and second valve assemblies in response to an operational parameter of a prime mover that supplies power to the fluid pump.",0.6090378569045245,0.781924286190951
9141314,"1. A method for comparing print capabilities, the method comprising: sending first print setting options data to a printer driver, wherein the first print setting options data define first selected options for print settings of a printing device; receiving first print capabilities data from the printer driver, wherein the first print capabilities data were generated based on the first print setting options data; generating, based on the first print capabilities data, a base print capabilities lookup table that includes one or more first print capabilities of the print settings of the printing device; sending second print setting options data to the printer driver, wherein the second print setting options data define second selected options for the print settings of the printing device; receiving second print capabilities data from the printer driver, wherein the second print capabilities data were generated based on the second print setting options data, and wherein the second print capabilities data include at least one print capability different from the one or more first print capabilities; and parsing the second print capabilities data to read respective print capabilities for each print setting in the second print capabilities data and, while parsing the second print capabilities data,",0.051461686771847044,0.10292337354369407
9169604,"1. A self-propelled compaction roller comprising a drive system having a drive assembly, a hydrostatic/mechanical transmission arrangement with a hydraulic pump, which is drivable by a primary drive assembly, and with a hydraulic motor, the primary drive comprising a primary drive shaft, a supporting drive arrangement with a charging/driving unit and an energy storage unit, wherein the charging/driving unit is operable in a charging mode in order to store energy in the energy storage unit and is operable in a supporting mode by withdrawing energy from the energy storage unit in order to provide a supporting torque, wherein the charging/driving unit is coupled to a power takeoff of the drive assembly, the power takeoff comprising a power takeoff shaft.",0.7437668647798206,0.5124662704403589
9810150,"1. A heat exchanger assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising: a frame comprising: a non-planar outer wall; a non-planar inner wall spaced radially inward from the non-planar outer wall to form a frame cavity therebetween; an inlet side extending between the non-planar outer wall and the non-planar inner wall; an inlet passage extending through the inlet side; an outlet side extending between the non-planar outer wall and the non-planar inner wall opposite the inlet side; an outlet passage extending through the outlet side; the non-planar outer wall, the non-planar inner wall, the inlet side, and the outlet side defining a frame cavity therebetween; a continuous non-planar core disposed within the frame cavity and in flow communication with the inlet passage and the outlet passage; a first diffuser, including a first diffuser cavity, disposed within the frame cavity, wherein the first diffuser is in flow communication with the continuous non-planer core; and at least one first vane disposed within the first diffuser cavity.",0.9291119235332982,0.14177615293340362
9000244,"1. A process for preparing biodiesel comprising: (a) reacting a triglyceride feedstock, alcohol and catalyst in a high-shear reactor to form a first intermediate reacted mixture, wherein the high-shear reactor is a cavitation reactor operating at a shear rate of greater than 8,000 s (b) reacting the first intermediate reacted mixture in a low-shear reactor to form a second intermediate reacted mixture; (c) removing glycerol and unreacted alcohol from the second intermediate reacted mixture to form a purified second intermediate reacted mixture, the glycerol and unreacted alcohol removed from the second intermediate reacted mixture being recycled back to the high-shear reactor; (d) reacting the second intermediate reacted mixture in a second low-shear reactor to form a crude biodiesel reacted mixture, wherein the low-shear and the second low-shear reactor are operating at a shear rate of less than 1,000 s",0.9624552264981179,0.07508954700376425
8561404,"1. A turbocharger supercharged four-stroke internal combustion engine, comprising at least one cylinder wherein takes place a thermodynamic cycle comprising an intake phase, a compression phase, an expansion phase, and an exhaust phase, wherein the at least one cylinder includes at least one exhaust valve, a duration of the exhaust phase beginning as soon as the first of the at least one exhaust valve is opened and ending as soon as the last of the at least one exhaust valve is closed, the engine further comprising an exhaust manifold of which one outlet is connected to the intake of a turbine driving a compressor supplying the engine in air under pressure, wherein the exhaust manifold comprises at least one second outlet provided with means of sealing actuated in so as to have the second outlet closed during an initial portion of the duration of the exhaust phase of the at least one cylinder of the engine, and seas then to have the second outlet opened through the end of said duration of the exhaust phase.",0.986352795290871,0.027294409418257892
8747948,"1. A method of depositing a film on a substrate, the method comprising: loading a substrate onto a substrate support in a reaction space, wherein the reaction space includes a blocking member that extends inwardly over and contacts a periphery of the substrate; moving the blocking member upward such that a gap is defined between the blocking member and the periphery of the substrate; a. supplying an inert gas inwardly toward the substrate through the gap between the blocking member and the periphery of the substrate,—wherein supplying the inert gas moves the blocking member upward such that the inert gas flows through the gap and—wherein the inert gas turns outwardly toward an exhaust after passing over the periphery of the substrate; and conducting one or more deposition cycles, at least one of the cycles comprising: supplying one or more reactant gases substantially vertically while supplying the inert gas.",0.3557451686062056,0.7114903372124112
9313968,"1. A seed of pepper cultivar RPP 25822, RPP 26098, RPP 26105, 16452A, 16452B or 16452C, a representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Nos. PTA-121983, PTA-121984, PTA-121982, PTA-121980, PTA-121981 and PTA-121985, respectively, or pepper cultivar 8728C, a representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 41858.",0.2811341489399738,0.5622682978799476
8557117,"1. A method for treating waste water comprising: supplying a waste water to a precipitation and conditioning subsystem of a waste water treating system; adding an amount of caustic from a caustic source to the waste water, where the amount of caustic raises a pH of the waste water to a pH sufficient to precipitate all or substantially all precipitatable contaminants in the waste water to produce a first treated waste water and a precipitate; overflowing a portion of the first treated waste water over a wall separating the precipitation and conditioning subsystem into a first safe path associated with an ammonia stripper and neutralization subsystem; heating the first treated waste water to a temperature of about 50° C. to form a temperature adjusted waste water; withdrawing the temperature adjusted waste water into an ammonia stripper assembly of the ammonia stripper and neutralization subsystem, where the stripper assembly removes ammonia from the temperature adjusted waste water to form a second treated waste water and a stripped ammonia stream; transferring the stripped ammonia stream to an ammonia absorber assembly; adding an amount of ammonia neutralization agent to the stripped ammonia stream to form a crude ammonium salt material, overflowing a portion of the second treated waste water into a second safe path associated with a denitrification subsystem, withdrawing the second treated waste water from the second safe path; introducing a regenerated particulate adsorbent/absorbent slurry into an upper section of a bio-denitrification unit of the denitrification subsystem through a slurry introduction apparatus, introducing the second treated waste water, an amount of a microbe carbon food source and an amount microbe micro-nutrients into the bio-denitrification unit through a distributor disposed in a lower middle section of the bio-denitrification unit, where the water, food source and micro-nutrients are added at a rate sufficient to establish a counter-flow, anoxic expanded bed zone of the particulate adsorbent/absorbent between the distributor and the slurry introduction apparatus, where the water flows up the zone and the particulate adsorbent/absorbent flows down the zone, the particulate adsorbent/absorbent adsorbs and/or absorbs nitrogen-containing compounds in the second treated waste water, the microbes degrade the nitrogen-containing compounds into nitrogen gas or amino acids via bio-synthesis, the microbes control a dissolved oxygen (DO) level in the medium and the microbes utilize any residual or formed ammonia in bio-synthesis, regenerating the particulate adsorbent/absorbent via bio-denitrification of the adsorbed and/or absorbed nitrogen-containing compounds in the counter-flow, anoxic expanded bed zone and in a co-flow, respiratory inhibited zone disposed below the distributor and before a slurry collection assembly and uplift assembly, collecting the regenerated particulate adsorbent/absorbent as the regenerated particulate adsorbent/absorbent slurry in the slurry collection assembly, uplifting the regenerated particulate adsorbent/absorbent slurry including a sufficient amount of viable bacteria to re-populate the bacteria to a denitrification level to the slurry introduction apparatus, overflowing a purified waste water from an outlet trough disposed in a top zone of the bio-denitrification unit, where the purified waste water has a nitrogen content of no more than 10 ppm, returning the purified waste water to the second safe path, and discharging the purified waste water from a system outlet.",0.9562160381960492,0.08756792360790167
8533928,"1. A method for attachment of a fastener element to a component, wherein the fastener element is a nut element and has an axis of symmetry, a head part having a contact surface which enters into contact with the component, a threaded bore and also at least one undercut which receives the material of the component, and wherein the material of the component is pressed against the contact surface and into the undercut by means of a first tool having a die button shape matching the design of the nut element, wherein a local force is exerted on the head part of the nut element or onto the first tool to the side of the axis of symmetry and is moved circularly around the axis of symmetry while simultaneously carrying out a relative feed movement between the first tool and the nut element between which the component is arranged in order to press the material of the component into the undercut, wherein the head part of the nut element is received in a cut-out of a second tool the end face of which supports the component at least substantially at the level of the contact surface and wherein the local force is exerted onto the component with the first tool which is arranged in an inclined position related to the axis of symmetry and is rotated about the axis of symmetry.",0.0913486555041223,0.1826973110082446
8949556,"1. An apparatus for managing one or more memories of a device, the apparatus comprising: one or more processor units; first program code to collect information about use, by the device, of data in the one or more memories of the device, the information including a time and a location for which each portion of the data is used by the device; second program code to identify patterns of use, by the device, of each portion of the data based on the information collected; third program code to select one or more portions of the data that are not needed in the one or more memories of the device based on the patterns of use by the device; fourth program code to send the one or more portions of the data to remote storage in a network; fifth program code to select another one or more portions of the data that are needed in the one or more memories of the device based on the patterns of use by the device; and sixth program code to determine whether or not the another one or more portions of the data are currently located in the one or more memories of the device, and if not, retrieving the another one or more portions of the data from the remote storage, wherein the first program code, the second program code, the third program code, the fourth program code, the fifth program code, and the sixth program code are stored in at least one of the one or more memories of the device for execution by at least one of the one or more processor units via at least one of the one or more memories of the device.",0.4039169984880707,0.8078339969761414
9436705,"1. A method comprising: receiving an image; grading the image based on two or more quality metrics, the two or more quality metrics including: generating quality metric values for each quality metric; storing the quality metric values associated with the image; and using the quality metric values to generate a subset of graded images from a set of images that includes the image and other images, the other images having been graded based on the one or more quality metrics, the subset highlighting the set of the image and the other images.",0.014072425645338215,0.028144851290676454
8996164,"1. A control system for controlling the operation of a common access cabinet that has a plurality of cabinet drawers that are movable between a closed position and an opened position, the control system comprising: a plurality of latch systems mounted within the cabinet, wherein each latch system is positioned in proximity to a corresponding cabinet drawer and configured to receive a control signal, wherein a latch system unlocks the corresponding cabinet drawer to allow the cabinet drawer to be moved to the opened position when the latch system receives a latch control signal that defines an address that is assigned to the cabinet drawer to which that latch system corresponds; an asynchronous serial interface bus in electronic signal communication with the plurality of latch systems; a user input device to enable a user to input user identification data that identifies the user and the cabinet drawer to which the user is authorized to access; a processor to process the user identification data to determine if the user identification data is valid, and generate a latch control signal that defines an address of a drawer identified by the user identification data if the user identification data is valid; a converter to convert the latch control signal to an asynchronous serial signal and provide the asynchronous serial signal to the asynchronous serial interface bus so that all latch systems receive the latch control signal; a plurality of fans located within the interior of and attached to the cabinet, each fan located adjacent to a corresponding drawer; a plurality of fan control circuits, each fan control circuit being in electronic signal communication with the asynchronous serial interface bus and comprising electronic circuitry for generating control signals to control the operation of a corresponding fan, wherein the electronic circuitry receives predetermined temperature threshold data generated by the processor; and a plurality of temperature sensing devices, each temperature sensing device being associated with a particular cabinet drawer and outputting electronic signals representing the temperature within that cabinet drawer, each temperature sensing device being in electronic signal communication with a corresponding fan control circuit, wherein each fan control circuit controls its corresponding fan based on the relation of the sensed temperature to the predetermined temperature threshold data.",0.7117759013191903,0.5764481973616193
9382963,"1. An air spring having an airsleeve, where at least one layer of said airsleeve includes a vulcanization product of a vulcanizable composition comprising: an elastomer, where said elastomer includes polychloroprene or a polychloroprene copolymer; and from about 10 to about 30 parts by weight syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene, per 100 parts by weight of total rubber, where said syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene has a melt temperature of from about 70° C. to about 95° C.",0.46894400207308207,0.9378880041461641
8730988,"1. A method of allocating logical channels in consideration of an interference range in a wireless sensor network, comprising: defining logical channels through estimation of node density of nodes to increase a number of available channels, and determining a number of logical channels in accordance with a number of the nodes within the interference range; allocating the logical channels to the nodes within the interference range in such a manner that the determined logical channels do not overlap each other; and exchanging data with the nodes using the allocated logical channels, wherein each logical channel comprises a frequency index and a time index, and wherein the node density is estimated by using the interference range of the nodes and a number of adjacent nodes being recognized through a message exchange among the adjacent nodes.",0.2529175113149471,0.5058350226298942
9813765,1. An image signal receiver comprising: a signal receiver configured to receive a signal comprising image content; an image signal processor configured to process the received image content to display an image; a communicator configured to communicate with servers; and a processor configured to: extract an identification information from the signal received from the signal receiver; transmit the identification information to a first server;,0.11488653342801057,0.22977306685602117
9427422,"1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a) an anti-hyperlipidemic agent having a log P value of more than 2.6; and b) at least 80% (v/v) of a pharmaceutically-acceptable lipid-adjuvant, wherein the pharmaceutically-acceptable lipid-adjuvant is a fatty acid having at least 12 carbons, a glycerolipid, a sterol lipid, a prenol lipid, a saccharolipid, or a polyketide, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is formulated to be a solid at 15° C. or lower and have a melting point temperature of about 30° C. or higher.",0.4067880619159745,0.813576123831949
8771670,"1. A method for treating a porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome virus—(PRRSV) infection in a pig comprising: administering to said pig a therapeutically effective amount of a vaccine comprising a first heterodimer of a matrix protein (M protein) of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and a glycoprotein 5 (GP5) of PRRSV (GP5-M heterodimer), wherein the GP5 of the first GP5-M heterodimer has glycosylation at position 44 of the GP5 in a North American (NA) PRRSV or glycosylation at position 46 of the GP5 in a European (EU) PRRSV; and administering to said pig a second GP5-M heterodimer, wherein the GP5 of the second GP5-M heterodimer does not have glycosylation at position 44 of GP5 in a North American (NA) PRRSV or at position 46 of the GP5 in a European (EU) PRRSV, thereby treating a PRRSV infection in a pig, wherein the position number of 44 is determined from sequence alignment with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, and the position number 46 is determined from the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4.",0.7952279428458481,0.40954411430830384
8373605,"1. An electromagnetic antenna comprising a radiating element comprising a first, electrically conducting, fluid substance disposed in contact with a first element and a second fluid substance disposed in contact with a second element, the first fluid substance being in contact with the second fluid substance, said first and second fluid substances being immiscible and said first and second elements being electrically conducting and electrically isolated from one another.",0.5323350228964846,0.9353299542070308
8750141,"1. A method of distributed connection establishment in a network, the method comprising: maintaining consistent views of network topology by a plurality of nodes on the network; advertising, by a head-end node of the plurality of nodes, in order to establish a new connection, constraints associated with the new connection to the plurality of nodes; calculating, by each node of the plurality of nodes on the network, a route identifying the head-end node, at least one intermediate node of the plurality of nodes, and a destination node of the plurality of nodes for the new connection based on the constraints; and installing a forwarding state for the new connection by each node on the calculated route, wherein installing the forwarding state for the new connection by each node on the calculated route comprises, for each node of the plurality of nodes:",0.04210334271451402,0.08420668542902798
9538565,"1. A user equipment (UE) configured for cross-carrier scheduled carrier aggregation, the UE comprising: circuitry configured to:",0.6207189247435384,0.7585621505129232
9820227,"1. A base station apparatus that performs radio communication with a mobile station apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising: a radio communication portion which acquires, from said mobile station apparatus, a request for establishing radio connection and information indicating conditions of use of said mobile station apparatus; a timer setting portion which: a radio control portion which starts up said first timer, at the time when transmission of a packet to said mobile station apparatus is completed, transmits a control signal to said mobile station to interrupt the radio connection to said mobile station apparatus at the time when said first timer expires.",0.6801119519410047,0.6397760961179906
8954849,"1. A method for supporting communication among avatars representing users in a virtual world shared by a plurality of users' client terminals and a server connected with each other through a network, the method comprising the steps of: accumulating statistical information, which includes (i) a plurality of combinations of word groups and avatar motions that have been used in association with the word groups in messages, the messages transmitted by one or more avatars, and the avatar motions being generated by commands distinct from the word groups the and (ii) a degree of usage of the combinations, corresponding to a frequency with which one or more different avatar motions have been used together with each word group; generating a keyword group from text content in a first message transmitted by the one or more avatars in response to the transmission of the first message; searching through the statistical information to compare the keyword group to the word groups to extract the avatar motions associated with the keyword group and the degrees of usage of the combinations of the respective avatar motions and the keyword group; obtaining one or more avatar motions as motion candidates for a motion that the avatar is to take for the first message transmitted thereby, wherein the one or more avatar motions have a degree of usage satisfying a predetermined condition; and presenting the avatar motion candidates to the user of the avatar.",0.03239350475784502,0.06478700951569005
8500835,"1. A hollow body for capturing particles, the hollow body comprising: a primary cross-sectional shape defining a first cross-sectional area; two at least partially oppositely situated openings, at least one of said openings defining a second cross-sectional area; a first longitudinal direction; at least one at least partially permeable wall extending between said two at least partially oppositely situated openings and over said first longitudinal direction; said second cross-sectional area being larger than said first cross-sectional area; and a transition in an edge region of at least one of said openings, said transition being defined by a widening between said first cross-sectional area and said second cross-sectional area.",0.4406757732830292,0.8813515465660584
9851827,"1. A touch-screen assembly for performing pressure sensing or force sensing due to at least one touching force, comprising: a cover sheet having an upper surface and a bottom surface, the cover sheet having touch-sensing capability; a frame having an upper surface portion and a base; a plurality of spaced-apart islands made of anon-adhesive material and disposed on the upper surface portion of the frame, the islands having a height H and a Young's modulus of greater than 1 MPa, and wherein there is a gap between each island and the bottom surface of the cover sheet; and a compressible adhesive material disposed between the cover sheet and the upper surface portion of the frame and between the islands but not within the gaps, the compressible adhesive material serving to adhere the cover sheet to the frame and having an uncompressed height h≧H that defines a gap dimension h−H so that the islands limit compression of the compressible adhesive material to the gap dimension of h−H when the cover sheet is subjected to the at least one touching force.",0.0716953123938329,0.14339062478766573
8436333,"1. A light-emitting device, comprising: a first electrode for injecting an electron, a second electrode for injecting a hole, an insulating material, and first and second light-emitting units electrically connected to said first electrode and said second electrode, respectively, wherein said first electrode, said second electrode, said first light-emitting unit, and said second light-emitting unit are composed of the same single-crystal material, the single-crystal material is silicon, the first and second light-emitting units each have a film thickness that is less than a film thickness of both the first and second electrodes, the corresponding film thickness of each of the first and second light emitting units is equal to 10 nm or less, the first and second electrodes and the first and second light-emitting units are disposed over a main surface of a substrate, a bottom edge of the first light-emitting unit is aligned and coplanar with a bottom edge of the second light-emitting unit in a plane parallel to the main surface of the substrate, and a plane orientation of a top surface of each of the first and second light-emitting units is a (100) plane or a plane orientation equivalent to said (100) plane.",0.43411126560563423,0.8682225312112685
9347424,"1. An infrastructure arrangement for a water-based power generating installation, the installation including a power generating device operable to: (1) derive electrical power from a body of water, and (2) to export the electrical power via a power generating device export cable, the infrastructure arrangement being separate from the power generating installation and comprising: a base configured to be positioned on a bed of a body of water, the base comprising: the infrastructure module releasably engaged with the engagement system of the base, the infrastructure module including an electrical connection apparatus configured to electrically connect the power input connection of the base to the power transfer connection of the base, wherein: the power input connection of the base includes a connector portion that is configured to connect to a corresponding connector portion of the power generating device export cable, and the power input connection of the base defines a connector shape such that a connector module of the power generating device export cable is configured to be lowered onto the power input connection of the base to connect the power generating device export cable to the power input connection.",0.9434451459200056,0.11310970815998878
9678559,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a computer processor of an electronic device, first data indicative of audio signals that are present in a detection region that includes the electronic device, wherein the first data is received at a microphone of the electronic device over a first period of time; receiving, by the computer processor, second data indicative of vibrations that are present in the detection region, wherein the vibrations are sensed by an accelerometer of the electronic device over the first period of time; filtering, by the computer processor, the first data to remove first noise from the first data and generate first filtered data; filtering, by the computer processor, the second data to remove second noise from the second data and generate second filtered data; selecting, by the computer processor, a first set of data values from the first filtered data and a second set of data values from the second filtered data; multiplying, by the computer processor, the second set of data values by a weighting factor to generate a set of weighted data values; determining, by the computer processor, a first sensor data signature comprising the first set of data values and the set of weighted data values, wherein the first sensor data signature is indicative of a combined output from the microphone and the accelerometer over the first period of time; determining, by the computer processor, a second sensor data signature indicative of user presence in the detection region during a second period of time that is prior to the first period of time, comprising, determining, by the computer processor, that the first sensor data signature is within a threshold tolerance of the second sensor data signature; determining, by the computer processor and based at least in part on the first sensor data signature being within the threshold tolerance of the second sensor data signature, user presence in the detection region during the first period of time; determining, by the computer processor, that the electronic device is in a first power state, wherein a display of the electronic device is powered off in the first power state; and causing, by the computer processor, the electronic device to transition from the first power state to the second power state, wherein the display powered on in the second power state.",0.12702990392949104,0.2540598078589821
8404008,"1. A system for reforming diesel fuel into hydrogen comprising: feeds for water and diesel fuel; a supercritical water (SCW) reactor in fluid communication with the water feed and the diesel fuel; at least one pre-heater in thermal communication with the water feed and the diesel fuel feed that is configured to heat water from the water feed and diesel fuel from the diesel fuel feed to a predetermined temperature equal to or greater than the critical temperature of water before the water and the diesel fuel are mixed in the SCW; a water-gas shift (WGS) reactor; and a hydrogen capturing system; wherein, the SCW reactor reforms the diesel fuel into a synthesis gas comprising a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide and outputs the synthesis gas; the synthesis gas output by the SCW reactor is fed into the WGS reactor which converts the carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and hydrogen and outputs an output gas including a higher percentage of hydrogen to carbon monoxide compared to the synthesis gas, and the hydrogen in the output gas is captured by the hydrogen capturing system.",0.9892706834659325,0.021458633068135002
8915814,"1. A gear-change device for a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one primary shaft, which can be connected to a crankshaft of the motor vehicle by a clutch device; at least one secondary shaft, an axis of which is parallel to and set at a distance from an axis of said primary shaft, and which bears an output pinion that is to mesh with a gear of a differential; a plurality of pairs of gears corresponding to a plurality of forward-gear ratios, in which gears of each pair are one that is rigidly connected in rotation to one of said primary and secondary shafts and another that is freely rotatable with respect to the other of said primary and secondary shafts; a plurality of gear-selection devices for coupling in rotation each of said freely rotatable gears with the shaft on which it is mounted; and a reverse gear mounted freely rotatable on a third shaft, the axis of which is set at a distance both from the axis of said primary shaft and from the axis of said secondary shaft, said reverse gear being connectable in rotation to said third shaft by means of a reverse-gear selection device, said reverse gear always meshing with a gear mounted freely rotatable on the secondary shaft forming part of one of said pairs of forward gears, wherein said third shaft is connected via a gear reducer to a shaft of an electrical machine associated to said gear-change device and designed to operate both as electric motor and as electric generator and having a casing rigidly connected to a casing of said gear-change device, and wherein said third shaft carries a second output pinion configured to mesh directly with the gear of the differential.",0.679531289190106,0.6409374216197881
8880718,"1. A video archival system comprising: a computer network capable of receiving and transmitting data; a plurality of mobile personal computing devices, each including a camera, an antenna, a processor, memory storage storing a first mobile application, and a positional reference device; said mobile personal computing devices wirelessly connected to said computer network such that it is capable of delivering data from said mobile device to said network; a stationary computing device including a database server with memory storage storing a second mobile application, a processor, and an archive database; said stationary computing device connected to said computer network such that it is capable of delivering data from said mobile device to said network; wherein data is transmitted from said plurality of multiple personal computing devices to said computer network and is received by said stationary computing device and stored onto said archive database in a front-end mobile application of said system; characteristic data embedded into each of said slices, said characteristic data capable of identifying the mobile personal computing device from which said slice originated; wherein said slices are stored in said archive database based upon which mobile device said slices originated; wherein said slices are stored such that adjacent sections of captured video-data are contiguous; a computing device including a video review back-end application wherein said video data is categorized and inspected by an expert, and results of said categorization and inspection are embedded into said video data; said computing device video review back-end application including a determination of location via longitude and latitude using video collected from said front-end mobile application; said computing device video review back-end application determining if the video is within a current site software installation, routing the video to an appropriate emergency authority with the location; and if said video is not within a current site software installation, routing the recorded video to a call center specialist for contacting an appropriate public safety answer point jurisdiction for an emergency response based upon the location of the submitted video.",0.06702385769226993,0.13404771538453986
8693020,"1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an operation display unit mounted on an apparatus main body such that an angle of inclination thereof to horizontal direction is adjustable and adapted to display various operation images, a detecting unit for detecting the angle of inclination of the operation display unit, and an operation executing unit for executing an associated processing relating to an image formation when the detecting unit detects that the state of the operation display unit has been adjusted from an initial state, wherein the operation executing unit extends a period up to the execution of the associated processing or prohibits the associated processing if the detecting unit detects that the state of the operation display unit has been adjusted from the initial state the detecting unit detects a first position where the operation display unit is at a specified angle to a horizontal plane and a second position where the operation display unit is at a larger angle to the horizontal plane than when being at the first position, and the operation executing unit executes the associated processing or cancels the execution of the associated processing upon the lapse of a second period longer than a first period, which is a period up to the execution of the associated processing when the operation display unit is at the first position, when the operation display unit is at the second position, and executes the associated processing after resetting the period up to the execution of the associated processing to the first period when the operation display unit is returned from the second position to the first position the associated processing is an automatic clear processing, and the image forming apparatus further comprises a function mode selecting section for alternatively selecting: a first function mode for executing the associated processing or canceling the execution of the associated processing upon the lapse of the second period when the operation display unit is at the second position and executing the associated processing after resetting the period up to the execution of the associated processing to the first period when the operation display unit is returned from the second position to the first position, and a second function mode for executing the automatic clear processing upon the lapse of the first period even when the operation display unit is at the second position.",0.0730147673077952,0.14602953461559043
9516714,"1. An LED lighting device comprising: a first bus having first bus voltage; a second bus having second bus voltage that is lower than the first bus voltage and is higher than a reference potential; an LED circuit block composed of: a series connection body connected between the first bus and the reference potential and formed by a switching element, a reactor, and an LED unit having one or a plurality of LED elements connected in series; and a diode connected between the second bus and a connection point between the switching element and the reactor; and a control circuit for performing ON/OFF control for the switching element so that LED current flowing in the LED unit is within a rated current range, wherein in the case where the LED unit is lit, voltage applied between both ends of series connection of the reactor and the LED unit becomes the first bus voltage, when the switching element is ON, and becomes voltage that is lower than the first bus voltage and is higher than the reference potential, that is determined based on the first bus voltage and the second bus voltage, when the switching element is OFF, wherein, in each LED circuit block, the switching element, the reactor, and the LED unit are connected in series this order from the first bus side between the first bus and the reference potential, a plurality of the LED circuit blocks are connected in parallel, to the first bus, the second bus and the reference potential, and an anode side of the diode is connected to the second bus, and a cathode side of the diode is connected to the connection point between the switching element and the reactor.",0.8428717084038067,0.3142565831923867
8549126,"1. In a peer node coupled to a plurality of other peer nodes in an overlay network, a method of processing a broadcast message in the overlay network, the method comprising: a) initiating a broadcast message with the peer node or receiving the broadcast message at the peer node from one of the other peer nodes, wherein a) includes receiving the broadcast message at the peer node from one of the other peer nodes that is upstream from the peer node, wherein the broadcast message includes a plurality of packets; b) obtaining an uplink bandwidth available to the peer node for broadcasting the message over a network; c) determining from the uplink bandwidth available a number of copies of the broadcast message to broadcast from the peer node; d) determining from a finger table a range of key values for finger nodes that should receive copies of the broadcast message, wherein each entry of the finger table includes a reference to a finger node and a key value associated with the finger node, wherein each finger node is one of the other peer nodes in the overlay; e) determining from the range of key values and the number of copies one or more key values for one or more corresponding recipient nodes to which to send a copy of the broadcast message, wherein the key values for the one or more recipient nodes include a key value for a recipient node adjacent the peer node according to a node order; f) determining an End ID for each recipient node; and g) forwarding a copy of the broadcast message with the End ID to the finger node of the selected entry in response to a determination that the key value of the selected finger table entry is within the range of key values specified by the End ID, the method further comprising: (i) identifying a packet missing from the broadcast message with the peer node; (ii) identifying an upstream node having the missing packet with the peer node, wherein the peer node has an existing inbound connection with the upstream node; and (iii) obtaining the missing packet from the upstream node.",0.09846835470272408,0.19693670940544816
8395528,"1. In a wireless communication network, a method comprising: receiving a first signal representing a first coded value, wherein the first signal is transmitted at a transmitter carrier frequency, and wherein a transmitted signal includes coded values to modulating the transmitter carrier frequency; mixing the first signal with a receiver carrier frequency, wherein the receiver carrier frequency an estimation of the transmitter carrier frequency; receiving a second signal representing a second coded value; mixing the second signal with the receiver carrier frequency; computing a difference between the transmitter carrier frequency and the receiver's carrier frequency based only on the two mixed signals without need for an initial training period; and adjusting a bandwidth of a receiver variable filter around the receiver carrier frequency.",0.4773507678434889,0.9547015356869778
9484486,"1. A manufacturing method of a PIN diode having a lower electrode, a PIN structure consisting of a P layer, an I layer, and a N layer formed above the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed above the PIN structure, the method comprising: forming a lower electrode layer, and forming the lower electrode by etching the lower electrode layer; depositing a PIN layer for formation of the PIN structure above the lower electrode, and depositing an upper electrode layer for formation of the upper electrode above the PIN layer; forming a photo resist pattern above the upper electrode layer, and forming the upper electrode by etching the upper electrode layer by means of the photo resist pattern as a mask; forming the PIN structure which has a smaller width than a width of the upper electrode by etching the PIN layer without removing the photo resist pattern; etching an edge area of the upper electrode which protrudes the PIN structure by means of the photo resist pattern as a mask; and removing the photo resist pattern after etching the edge area of the upper electrode.",0.4797562659629033,0.9595125319258067
8841879,"1. A control circuit operable to charge a battery at multiple charge rates, comprising: a power source having a power source voltage; a voltage regulator configured to produce a charging voltage in response to the power source voltage exceeding a predetermined voltage threshold; a digital potentiometer configured to provide a feedback voltage to the voltage regulator such that the digital potentiometer is operable to dynamically adjust the charging voltage and a corresponding charging rate of the charging voltage; a charge enable circuit operable to enable and disable a charging current of the charging voltage from charging a battery; and a microcontroller operable to control the charge enable circuit and the digital potentiometer, wherein the microcontroller is configured to determine a type of power source and a desired charging voltage and corresponding charging rate in response to the type of power source and a voltage of the battery, and wherein the microcontroller is configured to command the digital potentiometer to adjust an instantaneous charging voltage to correspond to the desired charging voltage such that a difference between the instantaneous charging voltage and a voltage of the battery may be varied to alter a charging rate of the battery.",0.9747870516943886,0.050425896611222765
9011339,"1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe configured to send out an ultrasonic wave toward a vital tissue and to receive a reflected wave of the ultrasonic wave that has been reflected from the vital tissue; an image signal processor configured to construct an image frame representing a tomographic image of the tissue based on the reflected wave; a display configured to display the image frame thereon; a processor configured to analyze an image feature quantity of the image frame and to compare the image feature quantity to a predetermined reference feature quantity; and a user interface configured to receive an instruction from an operator; wherein when the processor gives the notification of the time to decide whether the operator wants the image quality of the image frame to be optimized now or not, and the user interface receives an instruction not to optimize the image quality, in response to the instruction not to optimize the image quality, the processor replaces the predetermined reference feature quantity with the image feature quantity of the image frame, thereby updating the predetermined reference feature quantity, wherein when the processor dives the notification of the time to decide whether the operator wants the image of the image frame to be optimized now or not, and the user interface receives an instruction to control the image now, in response to the instruction to optimize the image quality now, the processor calculates image quality optimize parameters for optimizing the image.",0.030944572736405284,0.06188914547281055
9149022,"1. A system for monitoring the behavior of an animal, the system comprising: a network adapter configured to couple to a network and receive data indicative of a measured characteristic of an animal from a measuring device, the measured characteristic being received subsequent to a sensor detecting a presence of the animal at the measuring device; and a processor configured to: calculate derived data associated with the animal from the measured characteristics, the derived data including at least one of: compare either the measured characteristic or the derived data to threshold alert data, and send, via the network adapter, an alert associated with the animal to be displayed on a remote display when the measured characteristic or derived data crosses the threshold alert data.",0.4052286299351496,0.8104572598702992
8788107,"1. A wind turbine generating system comprising: a switch gear for switching between connection and disconnection of the wind turbine generator and a utility grid, and a wind turbine generator comprising: in a case where a measurement value of the temperature measuring unit or an ambient temperature of the power supply unit estimated based on the measurement value is smaller than a first temperature threshold determined based on a function guarantee temperature of the power supply unit, where the voltage measured by the utility grid voltage measuring unit is smaller than a preset voltage threshold, and where a state where the voltage of the utility grid is less than the preset voltage threshold is maintained for a predetermined period, a determination that a power outage will occur is made, and the switch gear operates to interrupt the connection between the power supply unit and the utility grid, and the predetermined period is set based on a remaining capacity of the electric storage device.",0.9946017166387551,0.010796566722489853
9559287,"1. A piezoelectric actuator comprising: a first plate having a planar first plate surface and an oppositely disposed planar second plate surface separated by a first plate thickness; a second plate having a planar third plate surface and an oppositely disposed planar fourth plate surface separated by a second plate thickness; a first electrode disposed on one of the planar first plate surface and the planar second plate surface and having a plurality of first fingers; a second electrode disposed on the same one of the planar first plate surface and the planar second plate surface and having a plurality of second fingers alternated with the plurality of first fingers; a third electrode disposed on one of the planar third plate surface and the planar fourth plate surface and having a plurality of third fingers; a fourth electrode disposed on the same one of the planar third plate surface and the planar fourth plate surface and having a plurality of fourth fingers alternated with the plurality of third fingers; and a flexible diaphragm having a first diaphragm surface and an oppositely disposed second diaphragm surface, wherein one of the planar first plate surface and the planar second plate surface of the first plate faces and is rigidly secured to the first diaphragm surface, wherein one of the planar third plate surface and the planar fourth plate surface of the second plate faces and is rigidly secured to the second diaphragm surface, wherein a first electric field applied through the first electrode and the second electrode causes in-plane tensile stresses to elongate the first plate in a first direction, causes in-plane compressive stresses in a second direction, and causes transverse compressive stresses in a third direction, and wherein a second electric field applied through the first electrode and the second electrode causes compressive stresses to compress the first plate in the first direction, and causes tensile stresses in the second direction and the third direction, and wherein a third electric field applied through the third electrode and the fourth electrode causes in-plane tensile stresses to elongate the second plate in a fourth direction, causes in-plane compressive stresses in a fifth direction, and causes transverse compressive stresses in a sixth direction, and wherein a fourth electric field applied through the third electrode and the fourth electrode causes compressive stresses to compress the second plate in the fourth direction, and causes tensile stresses in the fifth direction and the sixth direction and wherein the first plate and the second plate are rigidly secured to the flexible diaphragm with the first direction of the first plate aligned parallel to the fourth direction of the second plate.",0.4150292044956205,0.830058408991241
9505294,"1. A weather strip comprising: a first sealing body; a second sealing body; and a joint portion that is located between the first and second sealing bodies and made of a resin material for joining the first and second sealing bodies with each other, wherein the joint portion includes a rib portion, the rib portion bulges outward from between the first sealing body and the second sealing body, the rib portion is joined to an outer surface of an end of the first sealing body and to an outer surface of an end of the second sealing body, a thickness of the rib portion in a direction of bulging decreases as a distance from the joint portion increases, and the rib portion extends to bridge the outer surface of the first sealing body and the outer surface of the second sealing body.",0.6014188834167566,0.7971622331664867
9740266,"1. An electronic device comprising: a plurality of processor cores configured to execute an application program; a core controller configured for: monitoring a degree of parallelism of the application program; determining, according to utilization of the processor cores, whether frequencies of the processor cores or power-on number of the processor cores should be changed; and selecting, according to the degree of parallelism of the application program, at least one of the frequencies of the processor cores and the power-on number of the processor cores to provide a selection result when determining that the frequencies of the processor cores or the power-on number of the processor cores should be changed; and a core setting module for changing at least one of the frequencies of the processor cores and the power-on number of the processor cores based on the selection result, wherein the core controller provides the selection result by:",0.8163142459733194,0.3673715080533613
9568795,"1. A display device comprising: a scan line extending in a first direction, an image signal line extending in a second direction, a TFT includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode; an organic layer formed above the semiconductor layer; a first transparent conductive layer formed above the organic layer; an inorganic insulating layer formed above the first transparent conductive layer; and a second transparent conductive layer formed above the inorganic insulating layer; wherein the TFT includes a first TFT and a second TFT, wherein the first TFT has a drain portion connected to the image signal line through a contact hole, wherein the second TFT is connected to the first TFT and has a source portion connected to the second conductive layer, wherein the scan line also functions as the gate electrodes of the first TFT and the second TFT, wherein the second conductive layer is supplied with an image signal from the image signal line through the source portion, wherein a through hole is formed in the inorganic insulating layer and overlapped with the contact hole, and wherein the through hole is not covered by the second transparent conductive layer.",0.03760721189012557,0.07521442378025112
8875644,"1. A fore body of a ship comprising: a bow having an upper bow portion, and a lower bow portion, and a recessed bow portion between the upper bow portion and the lower bow portion, wherein the recessed bow portion comprises a blunt shaped surface, curving inwards and backwards from a transition area between the upper bow portion and the recessed bow portion, and wherein said blunt shaped surface is designed to reflect shorter waves to reduce added wave resistance in shorter waves which are reflected in the recessed bow portion, whereby energy of a wave is treated in a relatively short period of time and a tendency of the short wave to follow a hull shape further is generally prevented.",0.8063613695098122,0.3872772609803756
9520592,"1. A lithium secondary battery comprising: a current collector; and an active material layer which is supported on the current collector and contains active material particles and electrically conductive particles, the active material particles each having: a shell composed of a lithium transition metal oxide; a hollow part formed in the shell; and a through hole penetrating the shell, wherein the electrically conductive particles contained in the active material layer are arranged both in the hollow part of the active material particles and between the active material particles, and the electrically conductive particles arranged in the hollow part of the active material particles are formed independent of the active material particles.",0.895503329697431,0.20899334060513808
8947568,"1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: an imaging area provided with a plurality of unit pixels arrayed like a two-dimensional matrix, each unit pixel including: a photoelectric conversion element photo-electrically converting an incident light to store a signal charge; a read transistor reading the signal charge stored in the photoelectric conversion element to a detection part; an amplifier transistor amplifying and outputting a signal detected by the detection part; and a reset transistor resetting the detection part, the imaging area being divided in a vertical direction into a first region and a second region; a vertical line drive circuit configured to select and drive the unit pixels at a unit of row, and to set a signal storage time of the photoelectric conversion element of each driven unit pixel; and a control circuit connected to the vertical line drive circuit, and configured to execute a variable control of the signal storage time at a unit of row of the unit pixel, wherein the control circuit is configured to control the vertical line drive circuit so that a signal storage time of a photoelectric conversion element of each unit pixel of a row positioned on the center portion of the imaging area in the vertical direction is set the shortest while being set long toward rows positioned on both ends of the imaging area in the vertical direction, wherein the vertical line drive circuit includes a logic circuit, the logic circuit receives a signal synchronized with a horizontal synchronizing signal, a first timing signal for resetting, and a second timing signal for reading, outputs a reset signal to the reset transistor, and outputs a read signal to the read transistor, wherein the reset signal and the read signal are synchronized with the horizontal synchronizing signal, wherein the vertical line drive circuit carries out the resetting of the second region after a completion of the resetting of the first region, wherein the vertical line drive circuit is configured to control a plurality of vertical lines arrayed in the vertical direction in the first and second regions of the imaging area, respectively, such that the vertical line drive circuit sequentially carries out the resetting of the first region for every vertical line in the plurality of vertical lines in the first region, the vertical line drive circuit carries out the resetting of the second region so as to include first patterns, each of the first patterns is adjacent two or more simultaneously-selected vertical lines among the plurality of vertical lines in the second region, each vertical line connecting the vertical line drive circuit to the plurality of unit pixels.",0.08892411599032385,0.1778482319806477
8893262,"1. A method of establishing an IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) VPN (Virtual Private Network) tunnel, comprising: receiving, by an access node of a wireless mesh network, a user configuration, wherein the user configuration includes a type of traffic; determining an internal interface of the access node based on the type of traffic from at least one physical interface or at least one logical interface, wherein if the type of traffic includes IP traffic, then one of the at least one physical interface is selected, and if the type of traffic includes non-IP traffic, then one of the at least one logical interface is selected, wherein determining at least one logical interface for non-IP traffic includes creating the at least one logical interface with an IP address for encapsulating non-IP packets into IP packets, and communicating the IP address to a remote VPN device; dynamically determining a local endpoint address for the IPsec VPN tunnel based on whether the selected internal interface is the one of the at least one physical interfaces, the one of the at least one logical interfaces, and whether another IPSec VPN tunnel is already utilizing the selected internal interface; establishing the IPsec VPN tunnel through the selected internal interface of the wireless mesh network access node using the selected local endpoint address; and de-advertising a route for the IP address in the wireless mesh network if the IP address was previously advertised, thereby preventing the IP address from being accessed directly without going through the IPsec VPN tunnel.",0.3251943308394122,0.6503886616788244
9536944,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type having a front surface and a rear surface; a super junction structure having a repetitive structure in which first conductivity type columns and second conductivity type columns are repeated in parallel to a surface of the semiconductor substrate, on a front surface side of the semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor layer formed on the super junction structure in a cell region and in an outer peripheral region surrounding the cell region, the outer peripheral region of the semiconductor layer corresponding to an outer peripheral side of the semiconductor substrate including a vertical semiconductor element formed inside the outer peripheral region; a high impurity layer of a second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor layer on the super junction structure in the cell region, and having an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the semiconductor layer; a front surface electrode formed to enter the outer peripheral region from the cell region, and formed in contact with the high impurity layer; a rear surface electrode electrically connected to a rear surface side of the semiconductor substrate; and a deep layer of the second conductivity type having an impurity concentration higher than an impurity concentration of the super junction structure, not depleted, and extending from a position having a predetermined depth from a surface of the semiconductor layer and extending around an outer edge of the front surface electrode when viewed from a substrate normal direction, wherein the deep layer contacts each of the high impurity layer, the semiconductor layer and the super junction structure, and is completely surrounded by a combination of the high impurity layer, the semiconductor layer and the super junction structure when viewed from the substrate normal direction, and wherein the deep layer has an overlapping portion extending between a first end of a portion of the front surface electrode which comes in contact with the high impurity layer on a most outer peripheral side and an end of the high impurity layer on the outer peripheral side when viewed from the substrate normal direction.",0.2349037788034789,0.4698075576069578
9706583,"1. In a communication system in which a first radio access network (RAN) provides a first air interface and a second RAN provides a second air interface, and in which the first RAN is interconnected with the second RAN, a method for controlling how a user equipment device (UE) served by a base station of the first RAN is concurrently served by the second RAN, the method comprising: making a determination of whether the UE provides connectivity between at least one other device and the base station; if the determination is that the UE provides connectivity between at least one other device and the base station, then, responsive to the determination being that the UE provides connectivity between at least one other device and the base station, causing the UE to be served by the second RAN in a first mode in which, while the UE is served by the base station via the first air interface, (i) the UE is registered with the second RAN via the first RAN so that when the second RAN pages the UE for a call to be served by the second RAN, the page passes via the first RAN and the UE receives the page via the first air interface, and (ii) the UE does not tune away from the first RAN to the second RAN to check for pages via the second air interface; and if the determination is that the UE does not provide connectivity between at least one other device and the base station, then, responsive to the determination being that that the UE does not provide connectivity between at least one other device and the base station, causing the UE to be served by the second RAN in a second mode rather than in the first mode, wherein in the second mode, while the UE is served by the base station via the first air interface, (i) the UE is registered directly with the second RAN so that when the second RAN pages the UE for a call to be served by the second RAN, the UE receives the page via the second air interface, and (ii) the UE periodically tunes away from the first RAN to the second RAN to check for pages via the second air interface.",0.6417722728158,0.7164554543684001
9142831,"1. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode comprising a positive electrode current collector having a first surface and a first positive electrode active material layer provided on a part of the first surface; a negative electrode comprising a negative electrode current collector having a second surface opposed to the first surface and a first negative electrode active material layer provided on a part of the second surface; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode current collector comprises a first coated portion on which the first positive electrode active material layer is provided and a first noncoated portion which is adjacent to the first coated portion in a direction parallel to the first surface, in which the first positive electrode active material layer is not present; the first noncoated portion is adjacent to at least one edge of the positive electrode current collector and extends along the at least one edge; a length from a boundary between the first coated portion and the first noncoated portion to the at least one edge of the positive electrode current collector is within a range of 5 mm to 20 mm; a density of the first positive electrode active material layer is within a range of 3.1 g/cc to 3.4 g/cc; and a ratio W1/W2 of a mass of the first coated portion per unit area (W1) to a mass of the first noncoated portion per unit area (W2) is from 0.997 to 1.",0.9313051272280699,0.1373897455438602
9685644,"1. A multi-core lithium ion battery, comprising: a support member including a plurality of cavities defined by cavity surfaces, wherein each of the plurality of cavities is configured to receive a lithium ion core member through a cavity opening; a plurality of lithium ion core members, each of the plurality of lithium ion core members including an anode, a cathode, a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode, and electrolyte, and a hermetically sealed enclosure that surrounds and encloses the support member; wherein each of the plurality of lithium ion core members is positioned in one of the plurality of cavities of the support member; wherein each of the lithium ion core members is surrounded by a cavity surface of one of the plurality of cavities along its length such that electrolyte is prevented from escaping the cavity within which it is contained; and wherein the hermetically sealed enclosure defines a shared atmosphere region to which (i) each of the cavities opens, and (ii) the anode, cathode and electrolyte of each ion core member are directly exposed through a cavity opening when positioned in a cavity of the support member.",0.8579477118807226,0.2841045762385548
8451393,"1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a plurality of signal lines disposed on a substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the plurality of signal lines and including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode; a common electrode facing the pixel electrode; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and a step-up capacitor connected between an output terminal of a switching element connected to the second subpixel electrode and the first subpixel electrode, wherein the step-up capacitor is formed by overlapping a first conductor connected to the output terminal of the switching element and a second conductor connected to the first subpixel electrode via an insulating layer, and the second conductor has a cutout at an edge opposite the output terminal of the switching element.",0.06187747021589193,0.12375494043178392
8375723,"1. A method for operating a gas turbine, in which method air is inducted and compressed by the gas turbine, the compressed air is fed to a combustor for combustion of a syngas which is produced from coal, and the hot gases resulting from combustion are expanded in a subsequent turbine, performing work, wherein some of the compressed air is separated into oxygen and nitrogen, and the oxygen is used in a coal gasification plant for producing the syngas, the method comprising: providing a reheating gas turbine which comprises first and second combustors and first and second turbines, respectively, wherein said first combustor has a first rated flame temperature for the combustion of natural gas and said second combustor has a second rated flame temperature for the combustion of natural gas; providing an undiluted syngas produced from coal; combusting said undiluted syngas in the first combustor with the compressed air to produce first hot gases; expanding said first hot gases in the first turbine; combusting undiluted syngas in the second combustor with gases which issue from the first turbine, to produce second hot gases; expanding said second hot gases in the second turbine; maintaining the flame temperature in said first combustor 50-150 K below said first rated flame temperature, and maintaining the flame temperature in said second combustor at said second rated temperature.",0.9879021380909817,0.024195723818036585
9251280,"1. A method comprising: receiving at a gateway, from a client device, a content request directed to a first network address, and forwarding the content request to the first network address; determining at the gateway that the content request was generated in response to invocation of a bookmarked link; receiving at the gateway a redirect message generated in response to the content request, wherein the redirect message designates a second network address as a redirect address; and responsive to the determining, establishing at the gateway a modified redirect message that includes bookmark-update data instructing the client device to update the bookmarked link to point to the second network address, and sending the modified redirect message rather than the received redirect message to the client device, whereby, upon receipt of the modified redirect message, the client device responsively updates the bookmarked link to point to the second network address.",0.03537689030320861,0.07075378060641724
8586257,"1. A fuel cell system, comprising: a cell stack assembly; a coolant loop including an outlet conduit for carrying fluid from the cell stack assembly, a heat exchanger coupled to the outlet conduit, and an inlet conduit for carrying fluid from the heat exchanger to the cell stack assembly; an absorption chiller having a generator for heating an absorptive solution; a supply conduit coupled to the outlet conduit between the cell stack assembly and the heat exchanger in a position where fluid from the outlet conduit enters the supply conduit after exiting the cell stack assembly and before encountering the heat exchanger, the supply conduit being in fluid communication with the outlet conduit for carrying at least some of the fluid in the outlet conduit away from the coolant loop to the absorption chiller generator; and a return conduit coupled to the inlet conduit between the heat exchanger and the cell stack assembly for carrying fluid from the absorption chiller generator to the inlet conduit.",0.9474006492179515,0.10519870156409694
9701544,"1. A method for calcination of a carbon dioxide rich sorbent, the method comprising: combusting a fuel with an oxidizer in a furnace; providing a heat transfer (HT) solid particle supply into the furnace and heating the HT solids; transferring the HT solids from the furnace to a reactor having a rotatable container; supplying a carbon dioxide rich solid sorbent into the rotatable container; mixing the HT solids and the carbon dioxide rich solid sorbent in the rotatable container to generate a carbon dioxide gas stream and a carbon dioxide lean solid sorbent, and discharging the carbon dioxide gas stream and the carbon dioxide lean solid sorbent from the rotatable container.",0.8077624728586945,0.384475054282611
9157406,"1. A system, comprising: a turbine; a generator configured to couple to the turbine, wherein the generator is configured to provide power to an electrical grid; a starter configured to provide a voltage to a stator of the generator, wherein the starter comprises a first controller configured to control firing of one or more switches configured to provide the voltage to the stator; an exciter configured to provide a direct current (DC) voltage and a DC current to a rotor of the generator, wherein the exciter comprises a second controller configured to:",0.9921808208025849,0.0156383583948303
9453658,"1. A controller for use in operating a non-grid tied photovoltaic (PV) system, comprising: an electrical input connectable to the at least one PV panel for receiving electrical power from said PV panel; a first electrical output connectable to at least one variable resistance resistive load adapted to convert electrical power to thermal energy, wherein the controller is free of electrical inputs or outputs connected to a utility power grid; at least a second electrical output connectable to at least one electrical application load; a switching circuit electrically connected to said electrical input and selectively connectable to said electrical outputs; a processor that supports control logic that is adapted to:",0.9724212109659506,0.055157578068098845
8785030,"1. A flexible battery comprising a sheet-like electrode group, an electrolyte, and a housing with flexibility enclosing the electrode group and the electrolyte, wherein the housing includes a film material folded into two in which the electrode group is inserted; the film material has two facing portions respectively facing two principal surfaces of the electrode group, a fold line which is between the two facing portions and along which the film material is folded, and two bonding margins respectively set around the two facing portions; the two bonding margins are bonded to each other into a bonded portion; at least the two facing portions of the film material are formed in a corrugated shape having a plurality of ridge lines and a plurality of valley lines arranged in parallel to each other, and the ridge lines in one of the two facing portions are overlapped with the valley lines in the other of the two facing portions; and the fold line is parallel to the ridge lines and the valley lines.",0.8629198988030695,0.27416020239386096
9647388,"1. A high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) plug, comprising: a plug body section comprising a rigid outer shell, the rigid outer comprising a roof section, a floor section vertically spaced apart from the roof section, and a front-facing side connected to the roof and floor sections, the front-facing side and roof and floor sections collectively enclosing an interior volume; a male HDMI connector shell that is secured to the rigid outer shell and longitudinally extends away from the front-facing side; a retention clamp disposed within the interior volume and the male HDMI connector shell, the retention clamp comprising an anchor disposed within the interior volume, a flexing arm that extends away from the anchor and through the male HDMI connector shell, and a tooth disposed at an end of the flexing arm that extends out of a first opening in the male HDMI connector shell, first and second pin housings that are disposed in the interior volume and secured to the rigid outer shell; and first and second interior liners that are disposed in the interior volume between the rigid outer shell and the retention clamp; wherein the anchor comprises a widest longitudinal section that is defined by an upward-facing surface, a downward-facing surface, and a generally planar rear-facing surface extending between the upward and downward-facing surfaces, the upward-facing and downward-facing surfaces each forming a substantially right angle with the rear-facing surface, wherein the rear-facing surface is flush against the first and second pin housings, wherein the upward-facing surface is flush against the first interior liner, and wherein the downward-facing surface is flush against the second interior liner.",0.07859523621959896,0.15719047243919793
9024029,1. A compound of the formula: wherein R R R X and Y are the same or different and are independently selected from the group consisting of: R R R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.,0.14816785686233,0.29633571372466005
9209628,"1. A battery de-energizer system, comprising: a battery de-energizer circuit configured to electrically couple to service disconnect receptacles of a battery pack for a vehicle that receives at least a portion of its motive power from electricity provided by the battery pack, and wherein the battery de-energizer circuit is configured to discharge electrical energy stored in the battery pack; and a battery management unit that monitors one or more sensors and electrically couples the battery de-energizer circuit to the battery pack to discharge the electrical energy stored in the battery pack based on signals supplied by the one or more sensors, wherein the battery management unit causes one or more battery de-energizer contactors to close to electrically couple the battery de-energizer circuit to the battery pack.",0.9918796353917625,0.016240729216475014
8407251,"1. A network infrastructure supporting advertising interactions with a plurality of user devices via Internet, the network infrastructure comprising: a promotion collection service that supports receipt of both first promotion data from a first promoter and second promotion data from a second promoter, the first promotion data having first web page link data, a first price reduction offer, a first code, and a first limitation, and the second promotion data having second web page link data, a second price reduction offer, a second code, and a second limitation; a promotion database; the promotion collection service causing the storage of the first promotion data and the second promotion data in the promotion database; a promotion access service that evaluates at least the first limitation and, based on the evaluation, withholds the first promotion data; and the promotion access service also evaluates at least the second limitation and, based on the evaluation, retrieves at least a portion of the second promotion data from the promotion database, and the promotion access service delivers the at least the portion of the second promotion data to support a visual presentation to a first user of a first of the plurality of user devices.",0.2877598402253074,0.5755196804506147
8774697,1. A transitional cleaning system for an electrostatic imaging member comprising: an actuator that moves the electrostatic imaging member in a second direction opposite a first direction; and a frame positioning a mounting within a range of mounting distances from the electrostatic imaging member with the mounting holding a cleaning blade at a holding angle that causes a free length of the cleaning blade to extend along the first direction to position a cleaning end of the cleaning blade to engage the electrostatic imaging member for movement therewith; wherein the electrostatic imaging member urges the engaged cleaning end in the second direction to deflect the cleaning blade so that the cleaning blade extends along the second direction to position the cleaning end of the cleaning blade to wipe the electrostatic imaging member; and wherein the free length and the holding angle and the mounting distance cause the cleaning edge to wipe the electrostatic imaging member at a working angle between about 85 and 89 degrees.,0.11958766208832516,0.23917532417665033
9381975,"1. A bicycle shift operating device comprising: a base member including a bicycle mounting structure; a shift unit disposed in the base member; a first operating lever operatively coupled to the shift unit and pivotally mounted relative to the base member about a first pivot axis between a first rest position and a first shifting position; a second operating lever operatively coupled to the shift unit and pivotally mounted on the first operating lever about a second pivot axis between a second rest position and a second shifting position, the second operating lever moving with the first operating lever about the first pivot axis as the first operating lever pivots between the first rest position and the first shifting position; a first biasing element biasing the first operating lever towards the first rest position to keep the first operating member at the first rest position; and a second biasing element biasing the first operating lever towards the first rest position in response to independent movement of the second operating lever from the second rest position to the second shifting position while the first operating lever remains at the first rest position.",0.03934912742289022,0.07869825484578041
8937296,"1. An article comprising: (1) a semiconductor-on-insulator substrate, the semiconductor-on-insulator substrate comprising: (2) a semiconductor structure comprising; (3) a distributed-Bragg-reflector pair that defines a dimension of the optical cavity within the first waveguide; wherein the at least one quantum-well layer and the first waveguide are optically coupled in an evanescent manner.",0.15159972425836257,0.3031994485167251
8374566,"1. An radio frequency (RF) tracking filter comprising: a plurality of tunable amplifiers; and decoder logic configured to receive frequency band selection input and to activate one of the plurality of tunable amplifiers based on the frequency band selection input, wherein the RF tracking filter maintains a flat gain over a frequency tuning bandwidth, wherein a load impedance of each of the tunable amplifiers is set to a constant value, and wherein the constant value is independent of frequencies of the tunable amplifiers.",0.12470232063595228,0.24940464127190454
9426861,"1. A device, comprising: a rectifier bridge with an input for exchanging a first current signal with an electromagnetic ballast and with an output for providing a second current signal to a light circuit comprising one or more light emitting diodes, the rectifier bridge comprising four first diode elements, and a protection circuit for protecting the electromagnetic ballast against one or more parameters of the first current signal obtaining a value larger than a threshold value, wherein the one or more parameters comprise a direct-current component of the first current signal, the protection circuit comprising four second diode elements, wherein respective first diode elements are serially coupled to respective second diode elements.",0.7815541652778161,0.43689166944436786
9368162,"1. An integrated circuit device comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); at least one on-die buffer memory module operably coupled to the CPU, the at least one on-die buffer memory module comprising a plurality of memory sub-modules; and at least one power management module operably coupled to the on-die buffer memory module and configured to provide power management for the at least one on-die buffer memory module when the CPU is inactive; wherein the at least one power management module is configured to:",0.789098027033273,0.42180394593345394
8377207,"1. A purge gas assembly for flowing a purge gas to prevent processing to be performed on a substrate from affecting an outer edge of the substrate, the substrate being placed on a substrate stage disposed in a processing chamber, the purge gas flowing from a side of the substrate stage, the purge gas assembly comprising: a shoulder portion disposed along an outer circumference portion of the substrate stage in a manner to offset below a substrate mounting surface on an upper end of the substrate stage; a purge ring disposed on the shoulder portion in a manner to enclose a stepped circumferential surface formed between the substrate mounting surface and the shoulder portion; and an annular gas ejection passage for ejecting the purge gas, the gas ejection passage being defined between the circumferential surface of the stepped portion and an inner circumferential surface of the purge ring and being formed perpendicular to the substrate mounting surface, wherein the purge ring has formed therein an annular groove which concavely extends upward from a bottom surface of the purge ring, and wherein a distribution chamber inside the annular groove is partitioned by an inner circumferential wall of the annular groove relative to the gas ejection passage, the distribution chamber being in fluid flow communication with the gas ejection passage on a lower side of the inner circumferential wall so that the purge gas is supplied to the gas ejection passage through the distribution chamber.",0.3083499033070231,0.6166998066140462
8675624,"1. A radiation imaging system comprising: a radiation imaging apparatus; an entry apparatus which is associated with a radiation generator, wherein said entry apparatus is configured, in response to a request received from said radiation imaging apparatus via a close proximity wireless communication connection, to send information to said radiation imaging apparatus via the close proximity wireless communication connection for connecting said radiation imaging apparatus to a wireless LAN, and wherein the close proximity wireless communication connection has a communication range shorter than that of a wireless LAN; and a control unit configured to control the radiation generator and said radiation imaging apparatus, which has connected to the wireless LAN based on the information which has been sent from said entry apparatus via the close proximity wireless communication connection, wherein said control unit and said entry apparatus are connected to each other via a wired connection, and wherein said control unit is configured to transmit the information to said radiation imaging apparatus via said entry apparatus, and said control unit is configured to receive a radiation image generated in said radiation imaging apparatus via the wireless LAN, wherein said entry apparatus comprises an association unit configured to associate said radiation imaging apparatus with the radiation generator, and wherein said control unit is configured to perform synchronous control of emission of radiation by the radiation generator associated by said association unit and driving of said radiation imaging apparatus.",0.6264474627299222,0.7471050745401555
9323560,"1. A computer-implemented method of facilitating data transfer in a pageable mode virtual environment, said computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining, by a processor of the pageable mode virtual environment, an indication of a buffer to be used in data transfer, the buffer being associated with a guest program operating in a pageable mode virtual machine of the pageable mode virtual environment; and performing, by the processor, processing associated with the buffer to enable data transfer, the performing being absent intervention of a host of the pageable mode virtual environment, and wherein the performing includes managing state of the buffer.",0.3739660374994085,0.747932074998817
8693523,"1. A method for: filtering a first bit rate signal by a first transmit filter and modulating by a modulator said first bit rate filtered signal into a Quadrature Amplitude Modulated (QAM) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) signal; processing, cross-correlating and filtering a second bit rate signal by a Time Constrained Signal (TCS) response processor, a cross-correlator and a second transmit filter into a processed, cross-correlated, filtered in-phase and quadrature-phase signal and modulating by said modulator said second bit rate processed, cross-correlated and filtered signal into a modulated Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) signal, said second bit rate is different from said first bit rate; nonlinearly amplifying said modulated TDMA signal and for providing said TDMA amplified signal to a first transmitter for transmission of said TDMA amplified signal; linearly amplifying said modulated CDMA signal and for providing said amplified CDMA signal to a second transmitter for transmission of said linearly amplified CDMA modulated signal, wherein said second transmitter is operated in a different Radio Frequency (RF) band than said first transmitter; and receiving and demodulating by a receive antenna and a demodulator a transmitted modulated TDMA and a transmitted modulated CDMA signal.",0.12783423819495504,0.2556684763899101
8925319,"1. A steam turbine control system comprising: at least one sensor adapted to obtain operational data for a steam flow in a power generation system; and at least one control valve for controlling a steam flow rate of steam through a steam turbine; a computer communicatively connected to the at least one sensor, and the at least one control valve, the computer is configured to generate a flow model by processing the operational data for the steam flow, wherein the flow model includes: the computer is further configured to adjust the at least one control valve of the power generation system based at least in part on the second steam flow rate curve of the flow model to reduce a time delay between the adjusting of the control valve and the steam flow reaching the target flow rate.",0.9806869432034403,0.038626113593119404
9503422,"1. A cyber security protection system comprising: a first set of one or more computers defining a first data staging module (DSM) associated with a first network zone having a first level of network security, and configured to obtain data from one or more secured networked members associated with the first network zone; a second a set of one or more computers defining a second DSM associated with a second network zone having a second level of security, and configured to obtain data from one or more networked enterprise members associated with the second network zone; and a storage area network (SAN) storage and exchange system operably coupled to the first and second DSMs, the SAN storage and exchange system comprising:",0.12210275727951157,0.24420551455902317
9684356,"1. A method for determining remaining battery service time of a mobile terminal, comprising: at the mobile terminal having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors,",0.8863427689957778,0.2273144620084444
8637041,"1. An immunogenic composition comprising an isolated Campylobacter jejuni flagella secreted protein A, comprising amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO. 4.",0.767960816992949,0.4640783660141019
8947222,"1. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to:",0.43187070345462225,0.8637414069092445
8993396,"1. A method for fabricating a capacitor, comprising: forming a plurality of cylinder type lower electrodes; forming a first upper electrode inside the cylinder type lower electrodes; forming a second upper electrode outside the cylinder type lower electrodes after the forming of the first upper electrode; and forming a third upper electrode that connects the first upper electrode and the second upper electrode.",0.8177064328724835,0.3645871342550331
8463478,"1. A method of controlling a hybrid drive apparatus, the apparatus including a first drive unit, a second drive unit, and a clutch for selectively coupling the first drive unit and the second drive unit, the method which comprises: decoupling the first drive unit and the second drive unit from one another; operating the first drive unit at a zero load operating point; determining a first torque of the first drive unit at the zero load operating point; subsequently coupling the first drive unit and the second drive unit to one another via the clutch; entraining the first drive unit by the second drive unit at an operating point that corresponds to the zero load operating point; determining a second torque that is produced by the second drive unit in order to entrain the first drive unit at the operating point; and adapting a control of at least one of the first and second drive units on a basis of a difference between the first torque and the second torque.",0.8213952462696152,0.3572095074607695
9745213,"1. A scale suppression apparatus of suppressing generation of scale in influent water containing at least a silica component and a calcium component, the scale suppression apparatus comprising: a controller configured to alternately switch between an operation of a first addition unit and an operation of a second addition unit, the first addition unit configured to add chelating and alkaline agents to the influent water to make the influent water higher than pH 7, and the second addition unit configured to add an acid substance to the influent water to make the influent water lower than pH 7; and a scale detection unit configured to detect a precipitation state of the scale on a downstream side from an addition point to which the chelating and alkaline agents and the acid substance are added, wherein the controller is configured to include: wherein the controller is configured to alternately switch between adding by the first addition unit and adding by the second addition unit by comparing a calculation result of the calculation unit with an upper limit threshold and a lower limit threshold.",0.5395853011896818,0.9208293976206363
9651054,"1. A series fan frame body structure made of different materials, comprising: a first fan including a first fan frame made of a first kind of plastic material; and a second fan including a second fan frame made of a second kind of plastic material, the second fan frame made of the second kind of plastic material being serially connected with the first fan frame made of the first kind of plastic material, the first kind of plastic material being different from the second kind of plastic material in composition.",0.4591883705793118,0.9183767411586236
8888895,"1. A method of removing CO 2 and H 2 O from a gaseous stream comprising: receiving the gaseous stream, where the gaseous stream comprises CO establishing the gaseous stream and an H establishing the dry gaseous stream and a CO establishing the dry CO heating the loaded CO establishing the heated CO repeating the receiving a gaseous stream step, the establishing the gaseous stream and the dry H",0.5617420697538544,0.8765158604922911
9351600,"1. A machine for preparing a beverage from a combination of an ingredient and a liquid, the machine comprising: a housing comprising a front face and a back face on an opposite side of the housing from the front face, the housing containing an infusion chamber for preparing the beverage; a first container and a second container, the first container being a capsule receptacle and located underneath the infusion chamber, and the second container being a liquid reservoir, such machine constructed and arranged to let a user select a quantity ratio of the ingredient and the liquid for preparation of the beverage; a detecting member for detecting a predetermined level of fill in at least one of the first and second containers, the detecting member connected to a printed circuit board configured to activate an indicator to provide a single signal for indicating to a user that both the first and second containers of the machine need an action selected from the group consisting of refilling, emptying, and combinations thereof; a user-interface comprising the indicator and arranged to indicate to a user the detection of the predetermined level of fill and a message that either the first or second containers, or both, need refilling or emptying, as appropriate, before a further beverage may be prepared; a beverage outlet connected to the front face of the housing and configured to dispense the beverage prepared in the infusion chamber to a dispensing area underneath the beverage outlet, the beverage outlet is at a different position from the capsule receptacle; and an opening in the housing configured to receive the capsule receptacle, and a distance from a front of the opening to the back face of the housing in a horizontal direction is less than a distance from the beverage outlet to the back face of the housing in the horizontal direction.",0.17190976640727842,0.3438195328145568
9220770,"1. A pharmaceutically acceptable preparation comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier solution, an infectious pathogen or biological toxin antigen preparation of interest and an acellular adjuvant useful in enhancing immunogenicity of an infectious pathogen or biological toxin suitable for use in a vaccine, said acellular adjuvant comprising an acellular mammalian extracellular matrix material.",0.4532186070154632,0.9064372140309264
8971963,"1. An electronic device, including: a panel, including a transparent substrate; an antenna, disposed above the transparent substrate; a first chip, including a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to detect whether the antenna has received a wireless signal or not; and a second chip, coupled to the first chip, and operating in a power-saving mode, wherein when the antenna receives the wireless signal, the first chip wakes up the second chip such that the second chip switches from the power-saving mode to a work mode, and the first chip transmits the wireless signal to the second chip.",0.8009101481691034,0.3981797036617931
9076702,"1. A frontside-illuminated barrier infrared photodetector comprising: a transparent carrier substrate; a plurality of pixels, each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprising an absorber layer, a barrier layer on the absorber layer, a collector layer on the barrier layer, a backside electrical contact coupled to the absorber layer, and a frontside common electrical contact coupled to the collector layer, wherein:",0.4920882987283344,0.9841765974566687
9840359,"1. An oxygen-absorbing resin composition comprising a polyamide compound and a transition metal catalyst, wherein the polyamide compound has at least one constituent unit having a tetralin ring selected from the group consisting of constituent units represented by the following general formulas (1) and (2): where R each independently represents a monovalent substituent, the monovalent substituent being at least one selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a cyano group, a hydroxy group, a carboxyl group, an ester group, an amido group, a nitro group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acyl group, an amino group, a mercapto group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a heterocyclic thio group and an imido group, these of which may further have a substituent; where m each independently represents an integer of 0 to 3; where n each independently represents an integer of 0 to 6, and at least one hydrogen atom is bound to a benzyl position of the tetralin ring; where X each independently represents a divalent group containing at least one group selected from the group consisting of an aromatic hydrocarbon group, a saturated or unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and a heterocyclic group, wherein the transition metal catalyst comprises at least one transition metal selected from the group consisting of manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and copper.",0.6048966646632549,0.7902066706734903
8849972,"1. A method of load balancing a plurality of instances of processes supporting a plurality of multi-media conferences over an internet protocol network comprising: instantiating a load balancing module on a host processing unit; instantiating a plurality of instances of a protocol stack on the host processing unit wherein each instance of the protocol stack is instantiated in response to a request from the load balancing module; connecting the load balancing module to a listening port of an operating system controlling the host processing unit; passing at least one socket descriptor between each of the plurality of instances of the protocol stack and the load balancing module; receiving inbound multi-media data packets at the listening port from a plurality of endpoints participating in a plurality of multimedia conferences; selecting, by the load balancing module, an instance from the plurality of instances of the protocol stack, to process each received inbound multi-media data packet from an endpoint from the plurality of endpoints; associating, by the load balancing module, the endpoint with the selected instance for the duration of a multi-media conference; transferring the received inbound multi-media data packets toward the associated instance via the at least one socket descriptor independently of the load balancing module; receiving inbound multi-media data packets not previously associated with an instance of the protocol stack by the load balancing module; instantiating, at the request of the load balancing module, a new instance of the protocol stack; and passing, using a file descriptor transfer mechanism, the received inbound multi-media data packets not previously associated with an instance of the protocol stack to the instantiated new instance; wherein the multi-media data comprises at least one data type selected from the group consisting of control and signaling that comply with the protocol stack.",0.18367405698351977,0.3673481139670396
8913653,"1. An equalization parameter analyzer, comprising: a parameter section configured to acquire at least one current parameter for a wireless receiver of a user equipment; an analyzer section configured to compare the at least one current parameter with at least one corresponding previous parameter; and a coefficients section configured to:",0.3158968515132608,0.6317937030265216
9446469,"1. A device for axially holding an element of elongate shape of lengthways axis and for setting it in rotation around its' axis, said device of lengthways axis comprising: means configured to exert radial tightening forces on the periphery of said elongate element aligned towards the lengthways axis, by bringing said means configured to exert radial tightening forces close to said lengthways axis, means to cause said means configured to exert said radial tightening forces closer to one another, said means to cause comprising a pusher to apply an axial force on to said means configured to exert radial tightening forces, a counter thrust bearing to force said means configured to exert radial tightening forces to come closer to the lengthways under the effect of the axial force, a linear actuator of axis parallel to the lengthways axis of the device, a yoke which is translationally secured to said pusher and configured to rotate around a first axis orthogonal to lengthways axis and not secant with it, said first orthogonal axis being fixed, said yoke being hinged to the linear actuator around a second orthogonal axis parallel to the first orthogonal axis located opposite the first orthogonal axis relative to the lengthways axis, such that the linear actuator causes the yoke to rotate around the first orthogonal axis and a control unit to control the linear actuator according to the position of the yoke, said pusher being configured to rotate freely in said yoke, means to cause rotation of the means configured to exert radial tightening forces on the periphery of said elongate element and said pusher.",0.06061380777441669,0.12122761554883343
9588796,"1. A method comprising: receiving a request to perform a live migration of a source virtual machine (VM) on a source host to a destination VM on a destination host; in response to the received request, downgrading a lock on at least one disk of the source VM from an exclusive mode to a non-exclusive mode; opening the disk on the destination VM in the non-exclusive mode while the source VM is executing; suspending execution of the source VM; transferring a virtual device state of the source VM to the destination VM; executing the destination VM; closing the disk on the source VM; and upgrading the lock on the disk by the destination VM from the non-exclusive mode to the exclusive mode.",0.4125097621063444,0.8250195242126888
9105871,"1. An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising: a substrate covered by a cover which has a plane surface delimited along the external perimeter thereof by an edge, via which the cover is secured to the substrate, wherein the plane surface of the cover is provided with a protuberance which extends in the direction of the substrate, wherein the substrate is provided with a stack of layers including at least the following layers which succeed each other in the following order starting from the substrate: wherein the protuberance of the cover extends through the first exclusion area and the second exclusion area and is joined to the layer with which the protuberance is in contact, and wherein a hole, whose diameter is smaller than the geometrical dimensions of the protuberance, passes through the protuberance and the substrate.",0.16527955646362433,0.3305591129272487
8651850,"1. An omega-stringer for stiffening a flat component, the omega-stringer comprising: a body portion formed of pre-hardened fiber-reinforced plastic material and having an opening along a perimeter thereof which extends into an interior space, the interior space for receiving a dimensionally stable, cross-sectionally shaped mold core pressing the flat component and the stringer; and means for positioning the mold core in a locking manner which is clip-like or snap action-like within the interior space of the body portion.",0.22477645767925591,0.44955291535851183
9095062,"1. A power module substrate comprising: a ceramics substrate composed of Al a metal plate composed of aluminum having a purity of 99.99% or more and joined to the top face of the ceramics substrate with a brazing filler metal including silicon interposed therebetween; and a high concentration section formed at a joint interface at which the metal plate is joined to the ceramics substrate, having a silicon concentration that is more than five times the silicon concentration in the metal plate, wherein a mass ratio of Al, Si, and O is Al:Si:O=40 to 80 wt %:2 to 10 wt %:50 wt % or less when the joint interface including the high concentration section is analyzed by an energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.",0.9670674494540017,0.06586510109199661
9568532,"1. A wind turbine, comprising: a ground element; a power converter arranged to receive electrical power from an electrical generator and to provide conditioned electrical power, the power converter comprising a plurality of electrical switches and housed in a power converter cabinet that is coupled with the ground element through a bus bar; and a fault detection circuit, comprising:",0.9802983571111832,0.039403285777633634
9273360,"1. A method of detecting in a sample a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) having an insertion of an SCCmec cassette within Staphylococcus aureus chromosomal DNA, the method comprising (a) performing on the sample an amplification and detection reaction that detects the presence of a junction of an inserted SCCmec cassette and (b) performing on the sample an amplification and detection reaction that detects the presence of mecA gene, wherein if the sample contains MRSA, the presence of both the junction and mecA in the sample is detected.",0.24852667089912325,0.49705334179824656
8506138,1. An aircraft wing tip device assembly comprising: a wing tip device defining: a lighting device arranged to project light onto a face of the wing tip device from a location proximate the second end.,0.595160185020629,0.8096796299587421
8883337,"1. A battery pack, comprising: a bare cell; a case containing the bare cell, the case comprising a through hole; and a support foot connected to the case, the support foot comprising a first support part being made from rubber material, and a second support part being made from plastic material, the second support part disposed between the case and the first support part, wherein the first support part includes a first protrusion protruding toward the case, and wherein the second support part includes a second protrusion inserted into the through hole, and a punch hole coupled to the first protrusion.",0.46817106338184783,0.9363421267636957
8353275,"1. A method for providing intake air to an engine in a vehicle during a higher engine-load condition and during a lower engine-load condition, comprising: forming a mixture of fresh air and treated exhaust, the treated exhaust drawn from an exhaust flow of the engine downstream of an exhaust-aftertreatment catalyst; compressing the mixture upstream of a first throttle valve coupled to an intake manifold of the engine; during the higher engine-load condition, admitting the mixture to the intake manifold via the first throttle valve; and during the lower engine-load condition, admitting fresh air to the intake manifold via a second throttle valve coupled to the intake manifold of the engine.",0.9728383089216293,0.054323382156741484
8486533,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a substrate; an electronic component mounted on the substrate; metal conductors electrically connecting the electronic component; and a conformal coating overlying the metal conductors, wherein the conformal coating comprises a polymer, and wherein a phosphine compound is covalently bonded directly into the polymer backbone.",0.3649954462111618,0.7299908924223236
9526399,"1. A dishwasher appliance, comprising: a cabinet that includes a wash chamber; a rack assembly received into the wash chamber, said rack assembly comprising a bottom wall, said rack assembly constructed from a plurality of elongated members extending along lateral, vertical, and transverse directions and configured for receipt of articles for washing; a plurality of roller assemblies attached to the bottom wall of said rack assembly, each said roller assembly comprising:",0.45672694877731346,0.9134538975546269
9118265,"1. A method of operating an engine to drive an output member, comprising the steps of: introducing a noncombustible gas into an explosion chamber which communicates with the output member, ionizing the gas to form a plasma within the chamber, applying an electrical pulse to the plasma to heat the plasma, turning off the pulse to produce an explosive pressure pulse in the plasma, and magnetically confining the plasma in the chamber and directing the pressure pulse toward the output member.",0.7997303149716263,0.40053937005674745
9002620,"1. An intake air control apparatus for controlling an intake valve which regulates intake air to a vehicular internal combustion engine, the intake air control apparatus comprising: a variable valve operating mechanism configured to vary a valve lift of the intake valve and to vary a valve phase angle of the intake valve by independently and separately operating a variable valve lift mechanism and a variable valve phase angle mechanism, the variable valve phase angle mechanism having a response speed that is slower than a response speed of the variable valve lift mechanism; and a controller for controlling the variable valve operating mechanism; the controller configured to calculate a first target value corresponding to a combination of the valve lift and the valve phase angle which is desired at a current engine operating condition; when an accelerator is in a fully closed position, the controller is configured to calculate a reacceleration estimated value corresponding to a combination of a hypothetical valve lift and a hypothetical valve phase angle based on a current engine rotational speed and an engine operating load estimated to occur upon reacceleration different from the combination of the valve lift and the valve phase angle which is desired at the current engine operating condition; the controller configured to determine whether or not a minimum clearance between the intake valve and a piston would become less than a permissible value during variation of the valve lift and the valve phase angle from the first target value toward the reacceleration estimated value; the controller configured to calculate a second target value corresponding to a combination of the valve lift and the valve phase angle at which the engine torque produced is equivalent to the torque produced at the first target value, the minimum clearance remains greater than or equal to the permissible value, and the valve phase angle is more retarded than that of the first target value; and the controller further configured to set the first target value as a control target value, and then switch the control target value from the first target value to the second target value when it is determined that the minimum clearance would become less than the permissible value during variation of the valve lift and the valve phase angle from the first target value toward the reacceleration estimated value, wherein the variable valve operating mechanism starts to vary the actual valve lift and the actual valve phase angle of the intake valve to follow the control target value prior to the reacceleration.",0.8995002894778612,0.2009994210442776
9732623,"1. A method for adjusting a charging device for an exhaust gas turbocharger of an internal combustion engine, comprising: providing at least one of a variable turbine and compressor geometry; measuring at least one of an aerodynamic minimum set flow and an aerodynamic maximum set flow through the at least one variable turbine and compressor geometry in different positions of an adjusting device, the adjusting device configured for adjusting the at least one variable turbine and compressor geometry; determining an adjusting value of the adjusting device corresponding to a target value of the at least one of the aerodynamic minimum set flow and the aerodynamic maximum set flow; wherein the adjusting value is determined by one of an engine control unit after the installation of the charging device in an internal combustion engine in the case of a self-locking adjusting device, and a marking in the case of a non-self-locking adjusting device; performing a set-actual value comparison with respect to the adjusting value corresponding to the at least one of the aerodynamic minimum set flow and the aerodynamic maximum set flow during operation of the internal combustion engine; upon a predefined set-actual value deviation, adjusting the adjusting device in response to the predefined set-actual value deviation; and changing at least one of the aerodynamic minimum set flow and the aerodynamic maximum set flow of the at least one of the variable turbine and compressor geometry in response to characteristics of at least one of the internal combustion engine and the charging device, the characteristics of the internal combustion engine including at least a charging pressure of the air to be fed to the internal combustion engine and the characteristics of the charging device including at least a rotational speed of a turbine.",0.9683556926841561,0.06328861463168778
9634695,"1. Wireless communications circuitry, comprising: a first digital predistortion circuit that receives a first signal at a first frequency and that is configured to perform predistortion operations on the first signal using a set of non-unity predistortion coefficients to generate a predistorted signal; a second digital predistortion circuit that receives a second signal at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency and that is configured to apply a unity predistortion coefficient to the second signal to generate an undistorted signal; adder circuitry that is configured to combine the predistorted signal and the undistorted signal to generate a combined signal; and radio-frequency amplifier circuitry that is configured to amplify the combined signal to generate an amplified signal.",0.2780086561108574,0.5560173122217148
8900200,"1. A method for delivering a therapeutic agent using an injection device including a guard comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a latch member extending from the guard, and a syringe slidably received in the guard, the syringe comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a needle extending from the distal end, and a plunger extending from the proximal end, the syringe being biased to move relative to the guard from a first position wherein the needle is exposed beyond the distal end of the guard towards a second position wherein the needle is disposed within the guard, the latch member retaining the guard in the first position, the method comprising: inserting the needle into a patient; depressing the plunger through an injection stroke to inject the therapeutic agent into the patient until the plunger at least disengages the latch member during the injection stroke, whereupon the syringe is free to move from the first position; releasing the plunger, whereupon the syringe automatically withdraws proximally within the guard towards the second position, wherein the syringe further comprises proximal and distal pockets; wherein the syringe and guard further comprises first cooperating detents for retaining the guard in the first position; and wherein the guard further comprises second cooperating detents for engaging the syringe pockets for retaining the guard in the first and second positions.",0.017566699352373795,0.03513339870474763
9774196,"1. A battery pack protection device, comprising: a sensing unit configured to sense an overcharging state when a charging amount is more than a first predetermined reference value and sense an overdischarging state of a battery when a discharging amount is more than a second predetermined reference value and the charging amount is less than a third predetermined reference value; a plurality of switches installed on a charging path and a discharging path of the battery; and a control unit configured to control the plurality of switches so that the battery is only dischargeable during overcharging or only chargeable during overdischarging by an output signal of the sensing unit, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the plurality of switches so that the battery is both chargeable and dischargeble when the charging amount is less than the first predetermined reference value and more than the third predetermined reference value, and when the discharging amount is more than the second predetermined reference value, during charging or discharging of the battery.",0.8884280572689649,0.2231438854620702
9500118,1. A pre-combustion chamber comprising: a prechamber comprising,0.9196375044113768,0.16072499117724637
9656559,"1. A contactless electricity supply device comprising: a second coil that sends or receives electricity to or from a first coil contactlessly at least through magnetic coupling therebetween; a plurality of sensors for sensing a positional deviation between the first coil and the second coil; a position sensing section that compares output values of the plurality of sensors with a predetermined reference value, and senses a positional relationship between the first coil and the second coil; and a foreign object detection section that compares a difference among the same output values of the plurality of sensors with a predetermined threshold value for foreign object detection, and detects whether or not a foreign object is present between the first coil and the second coil on a basis of a result of the comparison.",0.6571136892699027,0.6857726214601947
9115677,"1. A powertrain comprising: a combustion chamber configured for combusting an air and fuel mixture; a throttle movable between a partially opened position and an almost-closed position to selectively vary the flow of air therethrough; an intake manifold operatively attached to the combustion chamber and configured to receive air from the throttle and supply the air to the combustion chamber; wherein a manifold vacuum is generated in the intake manifold in response to combustion of the air and fuel mixture in the combustion chamber; an intake line extending between an inlet and the intake manifold, wherein the throttle is operatively disposed along the intake line; a venturi valve operatively connected between the intake line and the intake manifold; a pressure reservoir fluidly connected between the intake manifold and the venturi valve; and a proportionally controlled valve operatively connected between the intake manifold and the venturi valve; wherein the proportionally controlled valve is movable between an open position and a closed position; wherein the proportionally controlled valve is configured to move to the open position in response to the throttle being in the partially open position such that air flows from the inlet to the intake manifold via the intake line, from the inlet to the venturi valve, from the venturi valve to the intake manifold, and from the pressure reservoir to the venturi valve to reduce the pressure within the reservoir; and wherein the proportionally controlled valve is configured to move to the closed position in response to the throttle being in the almost-closed position such that air flows from the inlet to the intake manifold via the intake line and from the pressure reservoir to the intake manifold to reduce the pressure within the reservoir.",0.9405986222741929,0.11880275545161423
9052927,"1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touchscreen; and a controller configured to: receive a first touch input on the touchscreen, display at least one widget candidate and information indicating a display size of a corresponding widget corresponding to one of the at least one widget candidate, receive a second touch input selecting the one of the at least one widget candidate, and display settability indication information indicating that the corresponding widget is available to be set on a current screen based on the received second touch input, when the selected widget candidate is displayed in a preview state of the current screen having a sufficient space for setting the corresponding widget of the indicated display size, wherein the information displayed with the one of the at least one widget candidate indicating the display size of the corresponding widget includes text information about the display size, wherein the settability indication information is displayed as a line that is forming a rectangular shape around the corresponding widget, wherein the controller is further configured to display a plurality of screen indicators indicating respective different target screens on the touchscreen and to perform screen turning among the plurality of target screens in accordance with a third touch input with respect to the plurality of screen indicators, and wherein the corresponding widget set on the current screen is displayed larger than the one of the at least one widget candidate.",0.2546395758081521,0.5092791516163042
9692318,"1. A synchronous rectifier, which rectifies an alternating voltage signal as an input signal, to an output signal and/or forwards a dc voltage signal as an input signal for use as an output signal, at least comprising: a rectifying unit composed of at least one controllable switch element; a smoothing unit, which is connected to said rectifying unit and smooths the signal rectified or forwarded by said rectifying unit, in order to provide a smoothed signal for use as an output signal; and a control logic, which controls said rectifying unit based on the input signal and the output signal coining from said smoothing unit, wherein: said control logic includes a digital logic unit, which by means of at least one control signal operates said at least one controllable switch element of said rectifying unit; said control logic includes a zero point detection unit and a comparison unit; said zero point detection unit registers zero crossings of the input signal and derives therefrom a first auxiliary signal; and said comparison unit compares the input signal with the output signal and derives therefrom a second auxiliary signal.",0.6963548940650355,0.607290211869929
9414002,1. A receiving apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to,0.24332189886805938,0.48664379773611877
8919328,"1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system containing an EGR gas; and a waste heat recovery (WHR) system adapted to provide cooling to the EGR gas, the WHR system including a WHR circuit, a fluid containment portion, a feed pump operable to pump a working fluid from the fluid containment portion through the WHR circuit, at least one heat exchanger positioned downstream from the feed pump and operable to convert the working fluid from a liquid to a high-pressure vapor by transferring heat from the EGR gas to the working fluid, an energy conversion portion positioned between the heat exchanger and the fluid containment portion, an EGR temperature control circuit connected to the WHR circuit and positioned to receive the working fluid from the WHR circuit downstream of the fluid containment portion and to return the working fluid to the WHR circuit upstream of the fluid containment portion, a thermal control unit positioned along the EGR temperature control circuit to cool the EGR gas, and a pressure reduction device positioned along the EGR temperature control circuit upstream of the thermal control unit to reduce the pressure of the working fluid sufficient to create a phase change of the working fluid.",0.9914300651195588,0.017139869760882442
9180962,"1. A system for varying a wing camber, comprising: a flight control computer configured to compute an optimum slat setting based on aircraft state data; a control system communicatively coupled to the flight control computer, the control system including a control device moveable to any one of a plurality of control device positions including a designated control device position selected by the control device for selecting any one of a plurality of corresponding standard flap settings; a leading edge device coupled to a wing of the aircraft; a slat actuation system communicatively coupled to the control system and configured to actuate the leading edge device; the leading edge device configured to be actuated in an upward direction and a downward direction relative to a retracted position of the leading edge device; and wherein the control system is configured to automatically command the slat actuation system to move the leading edge device in one of the upward direction and the downward direction to the optimum slat setting response to manual movement of the control device during flight to the designated control device position.",0.6599469302539096,0.6801061394921808
8501337,"1. A portable electronic device comprising: a housing defining a receiving space cooperatively surrounded by a first end wall, a second end wall opposite to the first end wall, a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, and a bottom wall, the housing further including a separating wall, the separating wall positioned on the bottom wall, and connected between the first sidewall and the second sidewall to divide the receiving space into separate first and second chambers spaced apart from each other; a cover attaching to the housing; wherein a battery is positioned in each of the first chamber and the second chamber, the corners of the bottom wall forming a positioning protrusion for supporting the battery, and the cover covers the first chamber and the second chamber to retain the battery in the housing; and wherein the battery forms a resisting protrusion on a side, the portable electronic device further includes two sliding buttons; both of the first sidewall and the second wall define a hole communicating with the receiving space to receive the sliding buttons, and the sliding buttons respectively abut against the resisting protrusions of the battery.",0.28988188481891003,0.5797637696378201
9301245,"1. A method of accessing a network for wireless communications, the method comprising: transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a service request for a communication service, wherein the service request comprises at least one of a requested data rate term or a requested reliability term; receiving, by the UE, a plurality of offers in response to the service request, each offer associated with a communication service connection to a network access point, wherein each offer comprises a price a user would pay for the communication service connection; estimating, by the UE and for each offer of the plurality of offers, a transmission power requirement including associated battery life loss of the UE for accepting the offer; converting, by the UE, each estimated transmission power requirement to an equivalent price term; and selecting, by the UE, one of the offers based on the price the user would pay for each of the respective communication service connections and the equivalent price term.",0.7799646958351755,0.44007060832964906
9113235,"1. a method, comprising: receiving input data from a user by a mobile unit (MU), the input data including a request for data capture functionality, the MU comprising at least one capture engine and at least one sensor module; obtaining external data using the at least one sensor module data capture module, the external data being indicative of at least one external condition related to the MU; selecting one of the at least one capture engine of the data capturing module as a function of the external data and the input data, the selected capture engine configured to obtain output data using the data capture functionality; and automatically executing a predetermined procedure using the MU as a function of the selected capture engine and the external data, the predetermined procedure including a plurality of steps, one of the steps being obtaining the output data; and the predetermined procedure is a sequence of a plurality of predetermined functionalities; wherein the sequence includes at least one of capturing an image of a target area having at least one barcode disposed therein, determining whether encoded data of the barcode is capable of being decoded, determining a specific location within a warehouse, projecting the specific location onto the target area, projecting instructions related to an item onto the target area, updating a view on a display device of the MU with at least one of the specific location and the instructions, and determining the selected capture engine as a function a location of the MU.",0.29442749767650095,0.5888549953530019
9479363,"1. An integrated circuit (IC) comprising: an input pin to receive an input data signal; first sampler circuits to sample the input data signal on first clock-signal edges and relative to different first and second thresholds to produce first and second sampled signals; second sampler circuits to sample the input data signal on second clock-signal edges, out of phase with the first clock-signal edges, and relative to different third and fourth thresholds to produce third and fourth sampled signals; a first multiplexer having: first multiplexer data inputs coupled to the first sampler circuits to receive the first and second sampled signals; a first-multiplexer select input; and a first-multiplexer output; a second multiplexer having: second multiplexer data inputs coupled to the second sampler circuits to receive the third and fourth sampled signals; a second-multiplexer select input asynchronously coupled to the first-multiplexer output; and a second-multiplexer output; and a storage circuit having a storage-circuit input coupled to the second-multiplexer output, a clock input, and a storage-circuit output coupled to the first-multiplexer select input.",0.1440544631571536,0.2881089263143072
9685669,"1. A power generation characteristic estimation device for a fuel cell, comprising: a current detection unit configured to detect an actual current of the fuel cell; a voltage detection unit configured to detect an actual voltage of the fuel cell; and a controller programmed to set a reference power generation characteristic of the fuel cell; and estimate an actual power generation characteristic of the fuel cell based on a voltage difference between a voltage on the reference power generation characteristic set in accordance with the actual current detected by the current detection unit and the actual voltage detected by the voltage detection unit; wherein the controller is programmed to estimate the power generation characteristic during a warm-up operation of the fuel cell when a pressure of a gas supplied to the fuel cell is not lower than a predetermined pressure, a state of the fuel cell during the warm-up operation being a transient state.",0.958721124613492,0.08255775077301597
8907521,"1. An assembly, comprising: at least one actuator; an electricity power supply system for powering the at least one actuator from a three-phase alternating current (AC) electricity network, the electricity power supply system, comprising: an input unit connecting the at least one actuator to the network and to a control system for the actuator, the input unit having a transformation member that is arranged to transform the three-phase AC electricity into direct current (DC) at high voltage and that is connected to a bidirectional power line in which there are connected in series at least one protective switch; and a communications interface, the communications interface being arranged and connected to a central unit that is connected to the control system; wherein the power line both conveys the electricity from the electricity power supply system to the at least one actuator and conveys signals between the communication interface of the electricity power supply system and at least one communication interface of the at least one actuator; wherein the input unit also includes a charger/discharger unit that connects an energy store to the power line; wherein the at least one actuator includes a reversible motor connected to the communications interface to be powered and controlled thereby, wherein an inverter is connected in series between the protective switch and the communications interface of the input unit to provide the power line with AC for powering the motor of the at least one actuator, wherein the input unit includes a plurality of protective switches, a plurality of inverters, and a plurality of communications interfaces, the power line being subdivided into a plurality of branches, each branch respectively connected to one of the actuators, each branch having connected in series therewith one of the protective switches, one of the inverters, and one of the communications interfaces, and all protective switches, all inverters and all communication interfaces are connected to the central unit.",0.8393229820595256,0.3213540358809488
9088640,"1. A furniture-shaped electronic device cradle for use in supporting an electronic device, the cradle comprising: a cradle body having a width; a bottom surface; a seat elevated above the bottom surface; a backrest angularly oriented from the seat; and a first arm and a second arm, each of the first and the second arm respectively extending upward above the seat and laterally outward beyond the backrest, the first and the second arms each define an arm recess respectively extending downward through the respective arm toward the body bottom surface for selective receipt of a portion of the electronic device.",0.060088945221665864,0.12017789044333171
9142865,"1. A cable-type secondary battery, comprising: an inner electrode supporter; a sheet-form inner electrode helically wound on an outer surface of the inner electrode supporter; and a sheet-form laminate of separation layer-outer electrode, helically wound on an outer surface of the inner electrode, wherein the laminate of separation layer-outer electrode is formed by carrying out compression for the integration of a separation layer for preventing a short circuit, and an outer electrode, wherein a peel strength between the separation layer and the outer electrode is 15 to 300 N/m.",0.826502657487547,0.34699468502490594
9569678,"1. A computer-assisted method for authenticating an individual, the method comprising: receiving non-biometric information of an individual; receiving biometric information of the individual; determining, by one or more processors, whether erroneous data is present in the non-biometric information; requesting an analysis to compare the non-biometric information and the biometric information with data associated with the individual and obtained from one or more data sources coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more data sources being selected based on an environment or context in which the non-biometric information and the biometric information are to be analyzed, wherein the one or more data sources include a first data source and second data source, the first data source having a first weight corresponding to a reliability of data in the first data source and the second data source having a second weight corresponding to a reliability of data in the second data source; receiving a result of the analysis that provides an authentication of the individual, wherein the analysis is based on determining a validation score for each of the data sources, the validation score for each data source determined based on comparing the non-biometric information and the biometric information with the data associated with the individual obtained from the respective data source, and wherein the result of the analysis is based on combining the validation scores based on at least the first weight and the second weight, the validation scores being combined to improve a confidence level in the result; and accommodating, in the result by the one or more processors, the erroneous data determined to be present in the non-biometric information.",0.008162506783406987,0.01632501356681393
9802889,"1. A solid-supported trithiol compound having formula (I): where X is a solid support, R is a linker moiety, and n≧1.",0.5167054458439698,0.9665891083120604
8435714,"1. A process comprising: melt mixing a resin in the absence of an organic solvent; optionally adding a surfactant to the resin; adding one or more additional ingredients of a toner composition to the resin to form a mixture; adding to the mixture a basic agent and water; subjecting the mixture to acoustic mixing at a frequency of from about 15 Hertz to about 2000 Hertz to form an emulsion; performing a phase inversion to create a phase inversed emulsion including a disperse phase comprising molten resin and the optional ingredients of the toner composition; solidifying toner-sized droplets from the disperse phase into toner particles; and recovering the toner particles, wherein the toner particles have a volume average diameter of from about 2 microns to about 12 microns.",0.29532393578432475,0.5906478715686495
9020671,"1. A vehicle comprising: an electric traction motor that generates motor output torque to propel the vehicle in an electric vehicle (EV) mode; a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) that supplies electrical energy to the electric traction motor, wherein the RESS has a state of charge (SOC) and a capacity; a vehicle system including a navigation system configured to calculate a remaining EV range as a function of the SOC and the capacity of the RESS; an outside air temperature (OAT) sensor mounted outside of the vehicle; a clock; and a controller in communication with the OAT sensor and the clock, wherein the controller includes memory on which is recorded a garage temperature profile and an actual OAT profile; wherein the controller is configured to:",0.9080693181883533,0.1838613636232933
8472709,"1. A method for detecting a banding region in an image, the method comprising: segmenting at least one first image into at least one homogeneous color region; estimating the linear transition of color intensity for the at least one homogeneous color region; and if the linear transition of color intensity is substantially smooth, classifying the at least one homogenous color region as a banding region; determining a surface fitting error between the estimated intensity surface and the actual intensity surface in the at least one first image; and wherein if the surface fitting error is less than a predetermined threshold, determining the linear transition of color intensity is substantially smooth.",0.0621130208183025,0.124226041636605
9391514,"1. An apparatus for controlling an output voltage of a switching mode power supply (SMPS) by adjusting a switching duty ratio, the apparatus comprising: a comparator outputting a state signal varying in response to a comparison result between an output voltage of the SMPS and a reference voltage; a clock generator generating an internal chip operating frequency and a switching frequency of the SMPS; a digital controller determining on or off status of at least one cell depending on the state signal from the comparator; and a digital pulse width modulator (DPWM) determining a duty ratio of a digital pulse width modulation signal by determining a charging or discharging time of an internal capacitor based on an amount of current of the at least one cell; wherein the rising of the voltage of the internal capacitor is calculated by Equation A below: wherein V(t) is a capacitance voltage according to a charging time, I",0.8250833102603875,0.349833379479225
8897572,"1. A method for generating a feature descriptor, comprising: obtaining a set of pre-generated sparse projection vectors over a first plurality of scale levels; obtaining a scale space for an image, the scale space having a second plurality scale levels; and generating a descriptor for a keypoint in the scale space based on a combination of the sparse projection vectors and sparsely sampled pixel information for a plurality of pixels across the second plurality of scale levels.",0.042936052217158585,0.08587210443431714
9757416,"1. A method of treating hyperphosphatemia, comprising: administering one or more tablets comprising ferric citrate and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to a subject, the tablets prepared from a form of ferric citrate having a BET active surface area of at least about 16 m wherein the tablets are administered to provide up to 30 grams of ferric citrate to the subject per day.",0.4797794922718691,0.9595589845437382
9249644,"1. A method of releasing components of a well closure apparatus comprising: a) applying hydraulic pressure to a cork of a well closure apparatus in a direction to release the cork from a nut that restrains the cork and holds the cork within the well closure apparatus, b) generating a releasing force on the cork by the hydraulic pressure acting on the cork such that the cork is parted into two pieces at a predetermined hydraulic pressure and a lower piece of the cork is released from the well closure apparatus, c) allowing fluid flow through an opening vacated by the lower piece of the cork to generate a differential pressure across petals and keystone that were originally held in place by the intact cork within a hollow interior passage of the well closure apparatus, d) releasing the keystone from the passage by the generated differential pressure acting on the keystone and the petals, and e) removing the petals from the passage of the body by the resulting flow of well fluids through an opening in the petals vacated by the keystone and the lower piece of the cork.",0.15036938111653825,0.3007387622330765
8773452,"1. A display device for providing an upgraded graphical experience, the device comprising: an input connector for receiving electronic graphical data suitable for an early generation display, the input connector connected to a video output port of an electronic device having the early generation display; a processor performing the following steps: a later generation display connected to the processor, the later generation display receiving and displaying the output graphical data.",0.25472126498417497,0.5094425299683499
9207751,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a memory device comprising a first block, a second block, a first decoder being electrically connected to the first block, and a second decoder being electrically connected to the second block, the first block and the second block each including at least one row of memory cells; a cache configured to temporarily store data from the first block; a first switch between the first block and a first power supply line, and configured to control supply of a power supply voltage to the first block; a second switch between the second block and a second power supply line, and configured to control supply of the power supply voltage to the second block; a third switch between the first decoder and a third power supply line; a fourth switch between the second decoder and a fourth power supply line; and a power controller configured to turn off the second switch to stop supply of the power supply voltage to the second block, wherein each of the memory cells comprises: wherein the first transistor is provided over the second transistor with an insulating film provided therebetween.",0.23249365131664151,0.46498730263328303
9322528,"1. A reflector array for a lighting fixture, the reflector array comprising: a plurality of reflector sections comprising: a first neutral section comprising an electrically non-conductive material, wherein the first neutral section is disposed adjacent to and between the first reflector section and the second reflector section, wherein the first neutral section substantially isolates the first voltage potential to the first reflector section, and wherein the first neutral section substantially isolates the second voltage potential to the second reflector section.",0.6856265940823697,0.6287468118352606
8368736,"1. An optical scanning device that deflects, by using a deflector, a first beam of light polarized in a given direction and a second beam of light polarized in a direction perpendicular to the given direction and guides each of the first beam of light and the second beam of light to a corresponding surface to be scanned by using an optical scanning system so that each light forms an image on the corresponding surface, wherein the optical scanning system includes: a first scanning lens that is arranged on an optical path along which light travels after being deflected by the deflector, wherein the first scanning lens is made of glass; a second scanning lens that is arranged on an optical path along which light travels after passing through the first scanning lens, wherein the second scanning lens is made of resin; and a polarized light splitter that is arranged on an optical path along which light travels after passing through the second scanning lens, wherein the polarized light splitter allows the first beam of light to pass therethrough and reflects the second beam of light, wherein a distance between a light output surface of the first scanning lens and a light input surface of the second scanning lens is longer than a distance between a light output surface of the second scanning lens and a light input surface of the polarized light splitter.",0.025733556461212847,0.05146711292242567
9701056,"1. A method for fabricating a laminate-type secondary battery, comprising: setting a laminated-film exterior package member as an insert in a mold, the laminated-film exterior package member accommodating cell elements; and integrally forming a bead-shaped edge protector in a peripheral edge of the laminated-film exterior package member by molding a hot melt resin material such that the hot melt resin material surrounds an end edge of the laminated-film exterior package member and both opposite surfaces of the laminated-film exterior package member in a vicinity of the end edge, wherein a compressed air is introduced between a mold surface defining a cavity of the mold and a surface of a hot melt resin layer formed of the hot melt resin material after starting to fill or inject the hot melt resin material into the cavity and before a temperature of the hot melt resin material becomes equal to or lower than a softening point thereof, wherein introduction of the compressed air is carried out by blowing the compressed air in a same direction as a direction in which a plurality of ejector pins are projected from a part of the mold surface defining the cavity, and wherein the direction in which the compressed air is blown is aligned with a direction in which the edge protector formed of the hot melt resin material is pressed onto one of the opposite surfaces of the laminated-film exterior package member or another of the opposite surfaces thereof.",0.8547788777384605,0.290442244523079
9395083,"1. An ignition device that ignites a mixture including an oxidizer and fuel comprising: an installation unit; a surrounding wall that is provided at a lower side of the installation unit and surrounds a space; a heating element that projects downward from the installation unit and has a heat generation region generating heat to a temperature above an ignition temperature of the mixture at a lower end thereof; a fuel holding unit that is provided at a lower side of the surrounding wall and encloses the heat generation region; and a fuel ejection device that ejects the fuel toward the fuel holding unit from a position lateral to the fuel holding unit, wherein the installation unit, the surrounding wall and the fuel holding unit are positioned in series in an upper-and-lower direction; a through hole that vertically passes through the fuel holding unit is provided at the fuel holding unit, and the heat generation region is inserted into an upper end of the through hole and is enclosed by the fuel holding unit; the upper end of the through hole is opened to a lower end of the space and thereby the fuel holding unit communicates with the space; the surrounding wall having a flame ejection opening that connects the space to outside of the ignition device and is provided at an upper side of the fuel holding unit; and wherein an ascending current of the mixture generated in the through hole by heating the heat generation region flows into the space through the upper end of the through hole and the lower end of the space, and flame formed in the space by igniting the mixture ejects to the outside of the surrounding wall via the flame ejection opening.",0.4261247697864751,0.8522495395729502
8719916,"1. A load controlling method comprising: repeatedly performing the steps of: (A) measuring an amount of packets flowing into a packet inspection apparatus and determining whether the measured amount exceeds a predetermined amount that the packet inspection apparatus can inspect; and (B) transferring all flow-in packets to the packet inspection apparatus, if it is determined that the measured amount does not exceed the predetermined amount; (C-1) extracting a source IP address and a destination IP address from the header of each of the packets; (C-2) measuring concentrativeness values on the source IP address and on the destination IP address accumulated in a unit time with respect to each of the packets; (C-3) determining each of the packets as being potentially harmful when the measured concentrativeness value on the destination IP address is larger than a blocking threshold value or as being potentially harmless when the measured concentrativeness value on the source IP address is larger than a passing threshold value; and (C-4) blocking, by a load controlling unit, packets determined as being potentially harmful, or passing packets determined as being potentially harmless to a packet output unit, or transferring the rest of the packets to the packet inspection apparatus, if it is determined that the measured amount exceeds the predetermined amount, wherein the load controlling unit uses only information contained in the header of each of the packets to determine which packet is blocked or passed.",0.3990374141771775,0.798074828354355
9292810,"1. A method for determining which services in a service model to expose, the method comprising: determining a granularity of one or more services of the service model; re-factoring and refining a service portfolio and a hierarchy of the service model, wherein the re-factoring and refining comprises at least one of: eliminating at least one duplicate service and consolidating at least one set of services having a minor variation; adapting a Service Litmus Test (SLT) and service exposure scope to the service model, wherein at least one SLT is a project or client customized SLT defined for an engagement to support a need of the project or client; applying Service Litmus Tests (SLTs) to the service model, wherein each SLT applied to the service model is rated with an applicability of the SLT to the services; and verifying, with each affected stakeholder associated with the service model, that the service model achieves business and technical needs based on the results of the SLTs, which include tests to make exposure decisions, including whether to expose the service or not expose the service, wherein the services represent business capabilities and are placed in the hierarchy of the service model which represents the granularity.",0.17708029184624285,0.3541605836924857
8521979,"1. A memory system comprising: a plurality of memory devices, each including a respective array of memory cells, each of the plurality of memory devices configured to access data from a respective array of memory cells in response to capturing a respective read command, each memory device further configured to capture the respective read command at least partially responsive to an array access signal and output the respective read data corresponding to the respective read command responsive to a respective output control signal; an interface coupled to each of the plurality of memory devices, the interface configured to receive the respective read data output from each of the plurality of memory devices; and a controller operating according to a controller clock signal having a controller clock period coupled to the plurality of memory devices through the interface, the controller configured to transmit the respective read commands to the plurality of memory devices, the controller further configured to transmit the array access signal to the plurality of memory devices and transmit the respective output control signal for each of the plurality of memory devices, at least partially responsive to transmitting first and second consecutive read commands to two different ones of the plurality of memory devices, the controller configured to delay a time when read data corresponding to the second consecutive read command is transmitted on the interface by less than one controller clock period.",0.32216085236571596,0.6443217047314319
8892164,1. A communication system comprising: a cellular phone module comprising: a laptop computer comprising:,0.6524122985365156,0.6951754029269688
8663857,"1. Process for producing a continuous flow of hydrogen by catalyzed hydrolysis of a complex hydride, characterized in that it comprises at least the following step: adding at a constant rate to a semi continuous reactor a fuel solution comprising a complex hydride stabilized on a hydroxide, over a cobalt boride catalyst that is added in excess to said reactor, the complex hydride being present at the fuel solution at a concentration comprised between 7% and 21% w/w including both limits, the addition of said fuel solution over the catalyst being carried out at a rate comprised between 1.5 ml/min and 5 ml/min including both limits, the excess amount of the catalyst being comprised between 408 mg and 725 mg including both limits, and the temperature being comprised between 42° C. and 65° C. including both limits.",0.9276792159997995,0.14464156800040096
9324575,"1. A plasma etching method for forming a hole in an etching target film by using a plasma etching apparatus including: an evacuable processing chamber configured to accommodate a processing target object; a lower electrode, provided in the processing chamber, serving as a mounting table for the processing target object; an upper electrode provided in the processing chamber to face the lower electrode; a processing gas supply unit configured to supply a processing gas containing at least C x F y gas and a rare gas having a mass smaller than a mass of Ar gas into the processing chamber; a high frequency power application unit configured to apply a high frequency power for plasma generation to at least one of the upper electrode and the lower electrode; and a DC power supply configured to apply a negative DC voltage to the upper electrode, the method comprising: etching the etching target film to form a hole therein by alternately repeating a process of generating a plasma of the processing gas supplied into the processing chamber by switching on the high frequency power application unit under a first condition and a process of extinguishing the plasma of the processing gas in the processing chamber by switching off the high frequency power application unit under a second condition, and applying the negative DC voltage from the DC power supply such that an absolute value of the negative DC voltage of the second condition becomes greater than an absolute value of the negative DC voltage of the first condition.",0.19809646091048771,0.39619292182097543
9792326,"1. A computer program product for facilitating processing within a computing environment, said computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:",0.14547634515650554,0.2909526903130111
9079316,"1. A length-adjustable mechanical arm comprising: a base; a first arm unit including one end formed with a first pivot portion pivoted to the base, and another end formed with a second pivot portion; a second arm unit pivoted to the first arm unit and including a pivot member, an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve and an accessory mounting seat; wherein the pivot member is pivoted to the second portion of the first arm unit, the inner sleeve has one end formed with an inner fixing portion fixed to the pivot member, another end formed with an inner locking portion, the outer sleeve is slidably sleeved on the inner sleeve and slides between an extended position and a retracted position with respect to the inner sleeve, the outer sleeve includes a first outer locking portion located between the inner fixing portion and the inner locking portion, and a second outer locking portion which is located further away from the first outer locking portion than the inner locking portion, when in the extended portion, the first outer locking portion and the inner locking portion are fixed to each other, and when in the retracted position, the second outer locking portion and the inner locking portion are fixed to each other, the accessory mounting seat is fixed on the second outer locking portion of the outer sleeve; the inner locking portion of the inner sleeve is an annular structure and formed with a plurality of inner locking holes penetrating the first and second inner locking surfaces, the first outer locking portion is an annular structure and includes a plurality of first outer locking holes which penetrate the first outer locking portion and are aligned to the inner locking holes, the second outer locking portion of the outer sleeve is an annular structure and includes a plurality of second outer locking holes which penetrate the second outer locking portion and are aligned to the inner locking holes, when in the extended position, screws are screwed through the first outer locking holes and the inner locking holes to fix the first outer locking portion to the inner locking portion, and when in a retracted position, screws are screwed through the second outer locking holes and the inner locking holes to fix the second outer locking portion and the inner locking portion together.",0.03511621943340395,0.07023243886680786
9029036,"1. A method for controlling fuel cell system cathode stoichiometry during an operational transient with a compressor recirculation valve, the method comprising: identifying an operational transient in a fuel cell stack; receiving a stack cathode flow setpoint for gas flow supplied by an outlet of a compressor to a cathode of said fuel cell stack; calculating a recirculation valve flow setpoint value for said supplied gas flow using compressor operational data and said stack cathode flow setpoint; calculating a feedforward term corresponding to a new recirculation valve position by using said recirculation valve flow setpoint value; generating a feedback term corresponding to said new recirculation valve position through a PID control strategy based on an error between said stack cathode flow setpoint and said feedback term; and generating a recirculation valve control command based on said feedforward term and said feedback term that causes actuation of said recirculation valve to maintain cathode stoichiometry during said operational transient.",0.9816007971801868,0.03679840563962644
9673397,1. A polymer comprising one or more units of formula I wherein X A R Y R wherein an asterisk (*) means a chemical linkage to an adjacent unit or to a terminal group in the polymer backbone or an asterisk (*) within a ring means a C atom that is fused to an adjacent ring.,0.34030084404400107,0.6806016880880021
8854976,"1. A method of performing discontinuous reception (DRX) or discontinuous transmission (DTX) for a multi-cell operation, the method comprising: a user equipment (UE) configuring at least one state variable for controlling DRX or DTX on a plurality of cells; the UE performing an DRX or DTX operation on a subset of cells based on a state variable associated with the subset of cells on a cell group basis; the UE receiving an order for DRX or DTX activation/deactivation; and the UE activating or deactivating DRX or DTX based on the order, wherein the order is applied to a group of cells.",0.7472232301476596,0.5055535397046809
9497894,"1. A low impedance radiofrequency shielded window for electromagnetic isolation comprising: a first window layer comprising a perimeter, a conductive mesh surface and an insulating surface; a first conductive perimeter layer making ohmic contact with the conductive mesh surface of the first window layer and extending past the insulating surface of the first window layer to allow contact to ground; a second window layer comprising a perimeter, a conductive mesh surface and an insulating surface; a second conductive perimeter layer making ohmic contact with the conductive mesh of the second window layer and extending past the insulating surface of the first window layer, where it makes contact to ground independently of the first window layer; the first conductive perimeter layer and the second conductive perimeter layer making mechanical and ohmic contact along the insulating surface of the first window layer thus allowing each window layer a separate path directly to ground.",0.5595865421022649,0.8808269157954702
9834364,"1. A storage tank for molten salts, said storage tank comprising an annular metal wall defining a first inner surface and, adjacent to and substantially parallel to said first inner surface, a metal structure defining a second inner surface, with said second inner surface defining the tank's storage volume for molten salts; and wherein a compartmentalized insulation space comprising a plurality of separate void spaces is present between said first and second surfaces; wherein the second inner surface is provided with a plurality of openings configured to allow molten salts to flow from said storage volume into said plurality of void spaces in said insulation space; wherein the metal structure comprises a plurality of annular supports spaced apart over the length of the wall, said annular supports carrying elements providing the void spaces; and (a) wherein the elements are steel boxes, said steel boxes comprising at least one hole for the entry of molten salts; or (b) wherein the elements comprise an annular vertical wall positioned on the annular supports, with the vertical walls taken together forming the second inner surface, and the annular supports and vertical walls form a plurality of annular gutters, with the height of the verticals walls being smaller than the distance between two adjacent annular supports.",0.6103047978520009,0.7793904042959983
9247625,"1. An emergency lighting detection apparatus comprising: an electric power interface to be placed in electrical communication with an emergency lighting circuit; a detector configured to detect, via the electric power interface, an application of electric power to the emergency lighting circuit; and a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit a first control signal to at least one wireless lighting module to turn on the at least one wireless lighting module in response to the detector detecting an application of electric power to the emergency lighting circuit.",0.8742389687504011,0.25152206249919784
8635804,"1. A fishing jig head for providing a soft plastic hollow-body swim bait and other soft plastic hollow body baits hidden weighted hooks with weedless operation, said jig head comprising a) a hook having a body including a hook point and a hook shank said hook shank including b) a malleable weight secured to said hook shank in said angulated length overlying said crook between said first section and said second section.",0.24591015665970173,0.49182031331940346
9329269,"1. A method for fusing sensor signals from at least two LiDAR sensors having over-lapping field-of-views so as to track objects detected by the sensors, said method comprising: defining a transformation value for at least one of the LiDAR sensors that identifies an orientation angle and position of the sensor; providing target scan points from the objects detected by the sensors where the target scan points for each sensor provide a separate target point map; projecting the target point map from the at least one sensor to another one of the LiDAR sensors using a current transformation value to overlap the target scan points from the sensors; determining a plurality of weighting values using the current transformation value where each weighting value identifies a positional change of one of the scan points for the at least one sensor to a location of a scan point for the another one of the sensors, including using the equation:  where α where σ is variance; calculating a new transformation value using the weighting values; comparing the new transformation value to the current transformation value to determine a difference therebetween; and revising the plurality of weighting values based on the difference between the new transformation value and the current transformation value until the new transformation value matches the current transformation value.",0.23357497583947834,0.4671499516789567
9655067,"1. A method for receiving a data packet that is transmitted from a first sensor node, comprising: performing, by a processor of a second sensor node, a channel scan of a particular burst of channel scans for a channel, wherein each channel scan of the particular burst of channel scans is performed in a sequence until either all channel scans of the particular burst of channel scans are performed or a preamble packet from a sequence of preamble packets is detected, wherein the channel scan is performed where a duration of time, ranging from a beginning of the particular burst of preamble scans to an end of the particular burst of preamble scans, is greater than a quiet gap of the first sensor node; determining, by the processor, whether the preamble packet is detected; receiving, by the processor, the data packet when the preamble packet is detected, wherein the receiving comprises: sleeping, by the processor, for a duration of time, when there is no packet transmission that is ongoing that is destined to the second sensor node, wherein the duration of time during which the second sensor node sleeps is less than a duration of time for transmitting the sequence of preamble packets from the first sensor node to the second sensor node.",0.5507480438330321,0.8985039123339358
8384366,"1. A controller for a power system, the controller comprising: a first resistor including a first resistor terminal and a second resistor terminal, the first resistor terminal configured to receive a first voltage signal, the second resistor terminal being connected to a first circuit node; a first transistor including a first transistor terminal, a second transistor terminal, and a third transistor terminal, the first transistor terminal being configured to receive a second voltage signal from the first circuit node, the second transistor terminal being configured to receive a third voltage signal from a second circuit node, the third transistor terminal being connected to a third circuit node; a second resistor including a third resistor terminal and a fourth resistor terminal, the third resistor terminal being connected to the second circuit node; a third resistor including a fifth resistor terminal and a sixth resistor terminal, the fifth resistor terminal being connected to the fourth resistor terminal through a fourth circuit node, the sixth resistor terminal being connected to the third circuit node; a second transistor including a fourth transistor terminal, a fifth transistor terminal, and a sixth transistor terminal, the fourth transistor terminal being connected to the second circuit node, the sixth transistor terminal being connected to the third circuit node; a voltage regulator configured to receive at least the first voltage signal and to convert the first voltage signal to a fourth voltage signal, the fourth voltage signal being smaller than the first voltage signal in magnitude; a threshold voltage generator configured to receive the fourth voltage signal and to generate a threshold voltage signal; a voltage comparator configured to receive the threshold voltage signal and a fifth voltage signal from the fourth circuit node, compare the threshold voltage signal and the fifth voltage signal, and to generate a comparison signal; and a timer configured to receive the comparison signal, provide a delay time, and output a sixth voltage signal.",0.8815598392855961,0.23688032142880777
9524696,"1. An image projection device comprising: a color wheel: a sensor that detects a timing of rotation of the color wheel and outputs a detection signal; a drive control unit to control a sequential generation of light colors, the generation of light colors creating an illumination image using a light source and the rotation of the color wheel, the drive control unit outputting a synchronization signal based on the detection signal output by the sensor; a setting unit that sets a color of an illumination image; an image capturing control unit that receives, from the drive control unit, the synchronization signal that specifies a timing at which light of a color closest to the set color of the illumination image is not projected and causes an image of a projection surface to be captured in accordance with the timing that is specified by the synchronization signal; an illumination image detection unit that detects, from captured image data, the illumination image that is produced by illuminating the projection surface by an illuminating device which includes the light source and the color wheel; and an illumination image generation unit that generates projection image data obtained by combining given image data at a position at which the illumination image is detected.",0.166269179514891,0.332538359029782
9391853,"1. A machine-implemented method for advertising a service in a peer-to-peer networking environment, the method comprising: monitoring operating conditions of a local device coupled to a peer-to-peer wireless network; dynamically adjusting an advertisement period based on at least one of a battery condition of the local device, network traffic condition of the peer-to-peer wireless network, a location of the local device, a change in the location of the local device, an amount of user activity on the local device, a first number of devices on the peer-to-peer wireless network, and a second number of devices with active users on the peer-to-peer wireless network; and broadcasting, by the local device, an advertisement frame in the peer-to-peer wireless network according to the adjusted advertisement period, the advertisement frame including one or more service IDs for identifying one or more services to be advertised from the local device.",0.4047294301102378,0.8094588602204756
9725780,"1. A modular micro mill for manufacturing a steel long product, comprising: an induction melting furnace for melting pre-refined metal; a casting station arranged downstream from said induction melting furnace for receiving melted steel from said furnace, the casting station forming two strands of billets; a rolling mill arranged downstream from said casting station, the rolling mill comprising a series of roll stands for rolling and/or shaping the billets into a long product having a predetermined shape and form; a billet staging station arranged intermediate said casting station and said rolling mill, said billet staging station receiving said two strands of billets from said casting station and alternatingly delivering said billets directly to said rolling mill without cooling; and a pre-heating conveyor system for pre-heating said pre-refined metal prior to delivery to said induction melting furnace, wherein the pre-heating conveyor system comprises a natural gas combustion chamber for pre-heating said pre-refined metal to a temperature of about 900° F.; wherein the modular micro mill has an overall production rate of approximately 200,000-225,000 tons per year.",0.7989682753545981,0.40206344929080373
9048747,"1. A startup circuit for a switched-mode power supply, said startup circuit comprising: a voltage input node; an output current node; a disable input node; a startup current circuit configured to provide a startup current from the voltage input node to the output current node when enabled, and to block the startup current when disabled, said startup current being substantially constant in magnitude irrespective of a voltage difference between the voltage input node and the output current node; and a control circuit configured to enable the startup current circuit when a voltage is first applied to the voltage input node, and to disable the startup current circuit in response to one or more voltage excursions on the disable input node which exceed by a first offset a voltage of the output current node; wherein said control circuit comprises: a first power supply node coupled to a first node of the startup current circuit; a reference power supply node coupled to the output current node; an input circuit having an input coupled to the disable input node, said input circuit configured to generate on an output node thereof a signal having different voltage and time characteristics relative to a signal coupled to its input node; and a comparator circuit having a first input coupled to the input circuit output node, having a second input coupled to the output current node, and having an output coupled to an enable input for the startup current circuit, said comparator circuit configured to disable the startup current circuit when a voltage of the first input exceeds a voltage of the second input by a second offset.",0.869838277751397,0.260323444497206
9353767,"1. A compressor section of a gas turbine engine comprising: a case including a first flange attached to a second flange parallel to an engine axis; a stator vane assembly including a plurality of vanes received within channels defined within the case, wherein each of the plurality of vanes includes a platform section including a side parallel with the engine axis and hooks mounted within the channels; and an anti-rotation plate extending from one of the first flange and the second flange between adjacent ones of the plurality of vanes and abutting the side parallel with the engine axis for preventing rotation of the stator vane assembly, the anti-rotation plate including a mount portion disposed within a recess within one of the first flange and the second flange and a key portion extending radially inward between adjacent ones of the plurality of vanes, wherein the mount portion includes a width greater than the key portion with the anti-rotation plate abutting a side of the hooks within the channels.",0.700572956040035,0.59885408791993
8841548,"1. A luminescent solar concentrator comprising: a transparent substrate; a luminescent film having a laterally varying thickness, the laterally varying thickness defining a first thickness at a first location and a second thickness at a second location; and a low refractive index layer, having a refractive index of about 1.1 to about 1.2, disposed between the transparent substrate and the luminescent film; wherein the first location is spaced from the second location such that resonant emission from either of the first and the second locations of the luminescent film does not re-encounter that same resonance in reflectivity.",0.8452109936381551,0.3095780127236898
9310540,"1. A sheet-like light collector device comprising a light receiving side and a light exit side, the light collector device comprising a plurality of curved structures of light guiding material, wherein the light guiding material comprises an organic light conversion dye for absorption of at least part of light of a light source and for conversion of at least part of the absorbed light into converted light in the visible and IR wavelength range, wherein each curved structure has a convex curved part at the light receiving side, for receiving light from said light source and for coupling light source light into the curved structure, a concave part at the light exit side, and a light exit edge part at the light exit side, wherein each curved structure has a curvature and a light guide thickness for facilitating transport of the incoupled light and the converted light in the direction of the light exit edge part to provide device light escaping from the light exit edge part.",0.3554260664031104,0.7108521328062208
8925932,"1. A drawer for an airline trolley which comprises a substantially rectangular tray with a base, sides, front and back, the sides having means for cooperation with the inside of the trolley for allowing the drawer to slide therein, wherein the drawer includes a lid which closes top of the tray, wherein the lid comprises at least one flap which is openable, and wherein the drawer has a lock unit with which the flap engages, the lock unit being lockable by means of a breakable seal.",0.12020320369076654,0.24040640738153307
9323679,"1. A method, comprising: receiving a miss request at a unified miss handler from one of a plurality of distributed local caches, wherein each of the plurality of distributed local caches includes a level one (L1) cache; and managing the miss request at the unified miss handler by:",0.129363419113569,0.25872683822713793
9533631,"1. A battery mounting structure for a vehicle, comprising: a battery frame that is disposed at a vehicle body lower side of a floor panel, and that supports a battery for vehicle driving from a lower side, wherein the battery frame has:",0.917369836775082,0.16526032644983601
9109513,"1. A combined cycle electric power generation plant, comprising: a heat recovery steam generator that generates steam for steam turbine driving using heat of exhaust gas of a gas turbine, including an economizer, a first heat exchanger that heats high-pressure feed water supplied from the economizer of the heat recovery steam generator by compressed air for turbine cooling extracted from a compressor of the gas turbine to thereby cool the compressed air, and a second heat exchanger connected in series with the first heat exchanger along a supply path for the compressed air, and heating a fuel gas for the gas turbine by supplying the compressed air passed through the first heat exchanger to further cool the compressed air to thereby heat the fuel gas.",0.9976818853318166,0.0046362293363668705
9843289,"1. A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) comprising: an active device, wherein the active device further includes an n-type transistor having a drain, gate and bulk; a p-type transistor having a drain, gate and bulk; wherein the n-type transistor and the p-type transistor share a common source; a first capacitor coupled between the gate of n-type transistor and the gate of p-type transistor; a second capacitor coupled between the drain of the n-type transistor and the drain of p-type transistor; and a third capacitor coupled between the bulk of n-type transistor and the bulk of p-type transistor; a tuning block coupled to the common source to form a common gate amplifier; and at least one tuning element coupled to the active device for changing the overall capacitance of the VCO; wherein the VCO has a high breakdown voltage, is memory less and traps even harmonic signals.",0.4899117795014749,0.9798235590029498
8868075,"1. A communication system, comprising: a single-mode modular cell phone, comprising: a mobile electronic device, distinct from said modular cell phone, comprising:",0.6228828208671047,0.7542343582657907
9831045,"1. A component comprising a structural supercapacitor included in said component, the structural supercapacitor including: a first electrode structure; a second electrode structure; and a separator structure; said separator structure being formed from a composite material comprising a glass fibre ply in a cured electrically insulating separator binder matrix; said separator structure separating the first electrode structure from the second electrode structure; said separator structure further comprising at least one void which comprises a fluidic electrolyte; each of the first electrode structure and the second electrode structure comprising at least one ply of conductive composite material which includes electrically conductive fibres in a cured, electrically insulating electrode binder matrix; and the supercapacitor being structurally inseparable from a remainder of the component.",0.8165093950943482,0.36698120981130367
9070827,"1. An optoelectronic device comprising: a substrate; and an epitaxial stack including a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity-type impurity, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity-type impurity formed in sequence on the substrate; a hollow component formed inside the active layer or the second semiconductor layer, wherein the layer with the hollow component is doped with an additional impurity.",0.3216750539175955,0.643350107835191
9468835,"1. A communication module for monitoring physical performance, comprising means for continuously receiving sensor signals from a sensor connected to the communication module, a processing unit adapted to continuously process the sensor signals and to form a plurality of successive data messages containing data at least partly derived from the sensor signals, and a wireless communication unit for transmitting the formed data messages to an external wireless receiver device at a plurality of successive transmission time slots using a wireless communication protocol, wherein the processing unit is adapted to: execute a sensor signal analysis algorithm so as to determine first time points based on predefined characteristics of the sensor signals, determine second time points corresponding to the temporal transmission slots for transmitting of data messages corresponding to said characteristics using the wireless communication unit, and add information on the difference between the first and second time points to said data messages.",0.7939586330064851,0.4120827339870299
9106286,"1. A method, comprising: wirelessly receiving, by a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capable first network node, a first signal from a second network node; receiving, by the first network node, a second signal from a third network node; determining, by transceiver circuitry of the first network node, based at least in part on the first signal and the second signal, a first plurality of weights; wirelessly transmitting, via a first plurality of diverse antennas of the first network node, using the first plurality of weights, a third signal; determining, based at least in part on the second signal and the third signal, a second plurality of weights; and wirelessly transmitting, via a second plurality of diverse antennas of the second network node, using the second plurality of weights, a fourth signal.",0.33462982853068296,0.6692596570613659
9637137,"1. A hanger trolley system comprising: a driving chain provided in a power rail; a hanger trolley having a hanger dog attached to and detached from a chain dog provided in the driving chain, a hanger feeder pushing the hanger dog from a pre-process power rail to a post-process power rail, and a linear module mounted on the hanger feeder to move along with the hanger dog when the hanger feeder pushes the hanger dog, wherein the hanger trolley moves along a free rail disposed below the power rail; and a sensor mounted on the linear module and sensing coupling between the chain dog and the hanger dog.",0.8387204598961563,0.3225590802076874
9692350,"1. An electrical rotating machine controller for controlling energizing of an electrical rotating machine having a plurality of winding sets, comprising: a plurality of systems of electric power conversion circuits corresponding to the plurality of winding sets, the plurality of systems of electric power conversion circuits converting and outputting electric power from a direct current source according to a switching operation of a plurality of switching elements in a bridge connection; and a heat sink configured to receive heat generated by energizing of the plurality of switching elements, wherein a particular electric power conversion circuit of the plurality of systems of electric power conversion circuits is a particular circuit, an other electric power conversion circuit of the plurality of systems of electric power conversion circuits is a normal circuit, a heat dissipation configuration from the plurality of switching elements to the heat sink of the particular circuit is different as compared to the normal circuit, such that when the particular circuit and the normal circuit are under a same energizing condition, a temperature rise of the plurality of switching elements of the particular circuit is suppressed as compared to the normal circuit, and the particular circuit and the normal circuit, when under the same energizing condition, output a same amount of electric power.",0.9670272721927026,0.06594545561459486
8591775,"1. An article comprising one or more polymeric precursor compounds for CIGS, CIS or CGS deposited onto a substrate, wherein the polymeric precursor compounds have the empirical formula Cu x (In 1-y Ga y ) y ((S 1-z Se z )R) w , wherein x is from 0.5 to 1.5, y is from 0 to 1, z is from 0 to 1, v is from 0.5 to 1.5, w is from 2 to 6, and R represents R groups, of which there are w in number, which are independently selected from alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, amido, and silyl.",0.3853964233048759,0.7707928466097518
8648919,"1. A computer implemented method for image stabilization for an image-capturing device with associated calibration data, the method comprising: utilizing camera calibration data of the image-capturing device to map image coordinates of an image plane of an image sensor of the image-capturing device into normalized image coordinates of a three dimensional (3D) coordinate space; determining motion data including 3D rotation data for the image-capturing device using a motion-estimating device after utilizing camera calibration data of the image-capturing device to map image coordinates of an image plane of an image sensor of the image-capturing device into normalized image coordinates of a 3D coordinate space; matching motion data to a sequence of frames captured by the image-capturing device to determine motion data for each frame; constructing a target motion path of the image-capturing device based on the motion data for each frame; and computing a desired motion correction from a motion path observed in the motion data to the target motion path.",0.015100753688113191,0.0302015073762264
8535614,"1. A reactor for the production of high purity granular silicon from particles that include large silicon particles, comprising: at least one reaction chamber system comprising a reaction chamber equipped with a solid feeding port for feeding a plurality of high purity granular silicon particles into the reaction chamber, an auxiliary gas inlet, a raw material gas inlet; and an exhaust gas outlet; wherein said reaction chamber is configured to allow said high purity granular silicon particles received inside the chamber to form a densely packed bed layer; wherein the reaction chamber has: (a) a wall portion comprising a gas distributor wall portion for the dispersion of at least one of an auxiliary gas comprising H wherein the heating unit comprises an electric power supply configured to apply a voltage to at least a portion of the densely packed bed layer to effect electric resistance heating of the granular silicon particles; and wherein the wall portion of the reaction chamber further comprises at least one pair of electrode plates, for applying a current to the densely packed bed layer.",0.932983600597904,0.13403279880419205
8645647,"1. A method for producing snapshots of data stored on a data storage device, the method comprising: producing a first snapshot of data stored in a set of data storage units on a data storage device, wherein said first snapshot is allowed to include data written to said set of data storage units during the production of said first snapshot; and producing a second snapshot of said data stored in said set of data storage units on said data storage device,",0.2930007400304909,0.5860014800609818
9362902,"1. A fault-tolerant power semiconductor switching device control system, the control system comprising: a coordinating control system; a plurality of power semiconductor switching devices; and respective switching device controllers each coupled to said coordinating control system and each configured to control a respective one of the power semiconductor switching device; wherein said coordinating control system is configured to send real time switching control data to said switching device controllers to control switching of the respective power semiconductor switching devices, and to receive real time acknowledgment data including fault detection data from said switching device controllers; wherein each switching device controller is configured to receive said real time switching control data from said coordinating control system to control the respective power semiconductor switching device in response to said real time switching control data and to provide said real time acknowledgment data confirming switching device control to said coordinating control system; wherein said coordinating control system is further configured to control further switching of said power semiconductor switching devices in response to said real time acknowledgment data; wherein each switching device controller is configured to monitor switching of the respective power semiconductor switching device and to generate said fault detection data in response to such monitoring; wherein said fault detection data indicates whether a fault is present in said switching of said power semiconductor switching device; and wherein said coordinating control system is configured to process said fault detection data to identify when a fault is present and to make in response a fault handling decision that comprises a decision to control the respective power semiconductor switching device for which said fault is present to a safe switching state that includes at least one intermediate state between a fully-off state and a saturated-on state.",0.9008916555788714,0.19821668884225718
8614116,"1. A method for forming a photodetector device, the method including: forming an insulator layer on a substrate; forming a germanium (Ge) layer on the insulator layer and a portion of the substrate; forming a second insulator layer on the Ge layer; patterning the Ge layer; forming a capping insulator layer on the second insulator layer and a portion of the first insulator layer; heating the device to crystallize the Ge layer resulting in an single crystalline Ge layer; implanting n-type ions in the single crystalline Ge layer; heating the device to activate n-type ions in the single crystalline Ge layer; testing the device to determine if the device is p-type or n-type; repeating the implanting, of n-type ions the heating and the testing of the device until the device is n-type; and forming electrodes electrically connected to the single crystalline n-type Ge layer.",0.5787229462699364,0.8425541074601273
9359289,"1. A compound selected from the group consisting of: 5-methyl-2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxine-6-carboxylic acid N′-(3,5-dimethyl-benzoyl)-N′-(1-ethyl-2,2-dimethyl-propyl)-hydrazide; 5-methyl-2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxine-6-carboxylic acid N′-(1-tert-butyl-butyl)-N′-(3,5-dimethyl-benzoyl)-hydrazide; 5-ethyl-2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxine-6-carboxylic acid N′-(3,5-dimethyl-benzoyl)-N′-(1-ethyl-2,2-dimethyl-propyl)-hydrazide; 5-ethyl-2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxine-6-carboxylic acid N′-(1-tert-butyl-butyl)-N′-(3,5-dimethyl-benzoyl)-hydrazide; 3,5-dimethyl-benzoic acid N-(1-tert-butyl-butyl)-N′-(3-methoxy-2-methyl-benzoyl)-hydrazide; and 3,5-dimethyl-benzoic acid N-(1-ethyl-2,2-dimethyl-propyl)-N′-(2-ethyl-3-methoxy-benzoyl)-hydrazide.",0.4461595716241816,0.8923191432483631
9456406,"1. An apparatus to be implemented in a first access node, the apparatus comprising: communication circuitry to receive a discovery message from a user equipment (UE), wherein the discovery message is associated with a device-to-device (D2D) discovery protocol; processing circuitry to initiate provision of a service cell by the first access node based at least in part on the discovery message; and reporting circuitry to send a message to a second access node, which serves the UE prior to provision of the service cell by the first access node based at least in part of the discovery message, to indicate that the first access node is available to serve the UE.",0.6198451000529276,0.7603097998941448
8744291,"1. An image-forming apparatus, comprising: a power-source part configured to generate and supply a voltage necessary for the operation of the image-forming apparatus, and to be connected to an external power source; a fixing device configured to have a rotating heating body, a heater configured to use energization to heat the rotating heating body, and a rotating pressing body having an elastic layer and configured to press against the rotating heating body to form a nip portion, the fixing device configured to allow paper to pass through the nip portion and performing fixation, a toner image having been transferred to the paper; a power-source switch configured to turn off the power source of the image-forming apparatus; a memory part configured to store recorded data indicating that the power source of the image-forming apparatus was turned off due to operation of the power-source switch; a fixing motor configured to cause the rotating heating body and the rotating pressing body to rotate when the memory part is activated due to powering-on of the image-forming apparatus, to be applied electric power for initiating rotation at a first torque when the memory part stores the recorded data concerning a previous instance of the power source of the image-forming apparatus being turned off, and to be applied electric power for initiating rotation at a second torque when the recorded data is absent from the memory part, the second torque being less than the first torque; and a drive-transmitting part configured to have a plurality of gears to transmit drive force of the fixing motor to one or both of the rotating pressing body, and to cause the rotating heating body and the rotating pressing body and the rotating heating body to rotate.",0.4384463332351192,0.8768926664702384
8660134,"1. A radio frequency (RF) apparatus for sending and receiving wireless communications, the RF apparatus comprising: an oscillator; a memory storing a hailing channel frequency set and a data channel frequency set, the hailing channel frequency set comprising a plurality of hailing channels and the data channel frequency set comprising a plurality of data channels; an antenna operatively connected to the microprocessor; and a microprocessor operatively connected to the oscillator, the memory and the antenna, the microprocessor configured to: determine a system time based on the oscillator; transmit and receive via the antenna a hailing signal on at least one of the plurality of hailing channels; transmit and receive via the antenna data on at least one of the plurality of data channels.",0.28410614247002325,0.5682122849400465
8791166,"1. A method for producing methanol from a geothermal energy source, which comprises obtaining water or steam from the source; generating hydrogen from the water or steam; isolating carbon dioxide from the source by sorption on suitable absorbent material; and converting the isolated carbon dioxide and generated hydrogen to methanol; wherein the isolated carbon dioxide and generated hydrogen are obtained solely from the geothermal source and the methanol is produced exclusively from the isolated carbon dioxide and hydrogen generated and the geothermal source provides all energy necessary for the production of methanol.",0.9708343941014084,0.05833121179718326
8967808,"1. An ophthalmological measuring system, for measurement of biometric data of an eye, comprising: an illumination source that illuminates an eye with light; a detection and analysis device that receives backscattered or reflected light portions; a control unit; at least one calibration and test device for verification of function and a state of calibration of a measuring system, integrated in the ophthalmological measuring system; the at least one calibration and test device including at least one test structure; wherein the test structure of the at least one calibration and test device includes a curved surface; and a device that incorporates the at least one calibration and test device into the ophthalmological measuring system and changes the position of the at least one calibration and test device between a calibration and test position in which the calibration and test device is presented with regard to the detection and analysis device that receives backscattered or reflected light portions and a storage position in which the calibration and test device is removed from the calibration and test position and stored integral to the ophthalmological measuring system; and wherein a device for attachment of the at least one calibration and test device includes structure with which the calibration and test device is moved mechanically and/or semi- or fully automatically between the calibration and test position and the storage position.",0.04868146339218619,0.09736292678437242
9792338,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing infrastructure system, a subscription order for a customer, the subscription order comprising subscription order information identifying a first service subscribed to by the customer from one or more services provided by the computing infrastructure system, the computing infrastructure system comprising one or more computing devices, the first service provided by the computing infrastructure system using memory and processing resources; identifying, by a computing device from the one or more computing devices, from the subscription order information, one or more customer entities for providing additional information related to the subscription order; transmitting, by a computing device from the one or more computing devices, a notification to each of the one or more customer entities requesting information for the subscription order from the customer entity, transmitting the notification comprising providing a role assignment schema to the one or more customer entities via one or more user interfaces provided by the computing infrastructure system, the role assignment schema identifying at least a first customer of the one or more customer entities for providing information related to a first portion of the subscription order and a second customer of the one or more customer entities for providing information related to a second portion of the subscription order; receiving, by a computing device from the one or more computing devices, the additional information from the one or more customer entities, the additional information comprising information related to at least the first portion of the subscription order and the second portion of the subscription order; and enabling a provisioning, by a computing device from the one or more computing devices, of the memory and processing resources for the first service for the customer upon receiving the additional information from the one or more customer entities.",0.10303940614922483,0.2060788122984496
9623198,"1. A system, comprising: a flexible reservoir for holding an infusion medium comprising a septum; a syringe comprising a needle attached thereto and a piston disposed at least partially within the syringe, the piston being moveable within the syringe, the piston comprising a piston body for forcing the infusion medium out of the syringe; and a fill apparatus, the fill apparatus comprising: wherein the septum capable of being pierced by the syringe to allow the infusion medium to be filled into the reservoir through the septum, and wherein the filling aperture having a transfer element for guiding a needle connected to the syringe to pierce the septum and for providing the path to allow the infusion medium to be transferred from the syringe to the reservoir.",0.12525542796859002,0.25051085593718003
8457857,"1. A braking control device comprising: a stroke sensor that detects a pedal depression amount of a brake pedal; a hydraulic actuator provided so as to be capable of increasing/decreasing wheel cylinder pressure; and a wheel cylinder pressure control portion that calculates a target wheel cylinder pressure by utilizing a detection result provided by the stroke sensor, and increases/decreases the wheel cylinder pressure by controlling the hydraulic actuator so as to achieve the target wheel cylinder pressure calculated, wherein the wheel cylinder pressure control portion determines whether or not the brake pedal has been sharply depressed, by utilizing a detection result provided by the stroke sensor in a range of the pedal depression amount that is smaller than the pedal depression amount that is to give braking force to a wheel, and relaxes a restriction on a hydraulic pressure gradient at a time of increasing the wheel cylinder pressure which is imposed when the brake pedal has not been sharply depressed, if it is determined that the brake pedal has been sharply depressed.",0.48997325635404076,0.9799465127080815
8918243,"1. A computer system including at least one computer processor and computer readable storage medium or media and at least one storage device in which is stored GPS data for a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising: a memory including GPS event database including GPS event data transmitted from a plurality of GPS devices, each GPS device associated with a vehicle, and stored over a period of time; and one or more processors programmed at least to wherein the system is operatively connected to at least one speed database including speed data, and wherein the at least one speed database including speed data comprises a record of a posted speed limit for a route and a record of an average road speed for a route.",0.3497027701814028,0.6994055403628056
9779794,"1. An integrated circuit comprising: a fixed magnetic layer; a free magnetic layer above the fixed magnetic layer; a tunneling barrier layer between the fixed and free magnetic layers; an insulator layer above the free magnetic layer, the insulator layer including a vertical thickness greater than 1 nanometer (nm); and a conductive annular contact surrounding at least a portion of the insulator layer and electrically connected to the free magnetic layer.",0.39529246397486245,0.7905849279497249
9519612,"1. A serial bus buffer comprising: a primary interface coupled to a primary serial data line and a primary serial clock line of a primary bus, wherein the primary bus is coupled to a first device and at least one second device; a buffered interface coupled to a buffered serial data line and a buffered serial clock line of a buffered bus, wherein the buffered bus is coupled to at least one third device; and a controller coupled between the primary interface and the buffered interface and configured to:",0.668189009338753,0.663621981322494
9161409,"1. An illumination apparatus, comprising: at least a first illumination unit and a second illumination unit, wherein each of the illumination units comprises an LED arrangement and a supply device for supplying the LED arrangement, each of the LED arrangements comprising at least one LED group having a multiplicity of LEDs and the LED groups of the LED arrangements being similar, a control device for driving the at least two illumination units with a common nominal dim drive value, the nominal dim drive value driving the illumination units in such a way that the similar LED groups of the illumination units are operated in a dim mode, and an offset device, the offset device being formed in order to derive an absolute dim drive value for each of the similar LED groups from the nominal dim drive value with an offset value, the offset value being selectively assigned to the LED group and being selected in such a way that the LED group is activated by the absolute dim drive value.",0.5231639094803459,0.9536721810393083
8885407,"1. A memory device, comprising: a plurality of cell pairs including insulator regions interposed between opposing sides of a plurality of word line gates and first and second vertical sides formed by a spacing within at least one semiconductor material; and at least one selector gate vertically aligned with the word line gates within the spacing configured to enable first and second source regions in the first and second vertical sides, respectively; and a controller electrically coupled to the first and second source regions configured to drive the first and second source regions to different bias states; wherein when the selector gate is enabled, the first and second source regions are connected to different source diffusion regions by inverting portions of the first and second vertical sides to create first type conductivity regions within a second conductivity type substrate.",0.37585822437117905,0.7517164487423581
9247526,"1. A method for wireless communications comprising: transmitting, by a wireless device to an access point of a wireless access network, a first frame including at least one field indicating one or more paging message transmission criteria and parameters indicating a buffer threshold requirement; and receiving, at the wireless device from the access point, a first paging message based on the buffer threshold requirement, wherein the first paging message indicates a first set of data satisfying the one or more paging message transmission criteria is available at the access point for transmission to the wireless device.",0.37104883094987534,0.7420976618997507
9553556,"1. A receiving apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive a signal; an amplifier configured to amplify the signal received by the receiving unit; a control unit configured to control a gain in the amplifier based on the signal amplified by the amplifier and configured to have the amplifier use the controlled gain, the control unit including: storage for storing a first initial value, which is a fixed value, to control the gain when the signal received is a packet signal, and a second initial value, which is a variable value, to control the gain when the signal received is a signal other than the packet signal, the second initial value being varied and saved in the storage as a result of controlling the gain for the signal other than the packet signal, wherein when the signal received by the receiving unit is the packet signal, the decision unit starts to control the gain using the first initial value and changes the gain to a value different from the first initial value, when the signal received by the receiving unit following the packet signal is the signal other than the packet signal, the decision unit starts to control the gain using the second initial value and when the decision unit changes the gain to a value different from the second initial value, the second initial value in the storage is updated by the value different from the second initial value, and wherein the decision unit changes a magnitude of the target value, depending on the case when the signal received by the receiving unit is a known signal placed in the beginning of packet the signal or the case when the signal received by the receiving unit is the signal other than the packet signal.",0.15779938001956248,0.315598760039125
9394050,"1. A micro aerial vehicle capable of controlled transitory or sustained gliding flight, comprising: a fuselage; and a pair of articulated wings forward of a center of gravity of the vehicle, the wings being articulated and having trailing edge flaps, and having actuators for controlling the dihedral angles of the wings and the flaps for effective yaw control across the flight envelope, wherein the dihedral angles can be varied symmetrically on both wings to control the aircraft speed independently of the angle of attack and flight-path angle, while an asymmetric dihedral setting can be used to control yaw and the actuators control the dihedral settings of each wing independently; wherein the aircraft lacks a vertical tail or other vertical stabilizer.",0.8648527127698995,0.270294574460201
9750138,"1. A circuit module comprising: a circuit board; and electronic components mounted on the circuit board; wherein the electronic components include at least one discrimination-target electronic component and at least one module-discrimination electronic component; the circuit board includes land electrodes that are arranged to enable the module-discrimination electronic component to be mounted at different positions and/or orientations with respect to the circuit board; the module-discrimination electronic component is mounted at any one position and/or orientation among different positions and/or orientations with respect to the circuit board in accordance with a type of the discrimination-target electronic component; the land electrodes include a first land electrode that is quadrilateral-shaped or substantially quadrilateral-shaped, and a second land electrode that is defined by a unitary, continuously extending L-shaped or substantially L-shaped body; and the first land electrode and the second land electrode are arranged to enable the module-discrimination electronic component to be mounted at different positions and in different orientations with respect to the circuit board when the module-discrimination electronic component is mounted on the first land electrode and the second land electrode.",0.3555377474921817,0.7110754949843634
9299320,"1. An electronic device comprising: a reflective display configured to present a first page of a content item; a lightguide positioned above the reflective display configured to direct light toward the reflective display; first and second adjacent light sources positioned at one or more edges of the lightguide, each light source configured to provide light to a portion of the lightguide; a light source controller configured to control the first and second light sources independent of each other; one or more processors; memory, accessible by the one or more processors; and one or more modules maintained in the memory, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors:",0.6547394250818399,0.6905211498363202
9350340,"1. A power loss control method for a MOS unit, wherein the MOS unit comprises a plurality of MOS devices coupled in parallel, the power loss control method comprising: detecting a load condition of the MOS unit and designating the load condition as either a light load condition or a heavy load condition; and adjusting driving loss of the MOS unit based on the load condition designation via controlling the MOS unit; and wherein the driving loss of the MOS unit is configured to decrease via controlling the MOS unit when the load condition of the MOS unit is designated as a light load condition; and wherein the power loss control method further comprising providing a driving signal to the MOS unit, wherein controlling the MOS unit under a designated light load condition comprises decreasing voltage of the driving signal.",0.9814179450634788,0.03716410987304242
9074625,1. A bearing arrangement for a shaft ( 2 ) comprising: an annular bearing sleeve ( a retaining sleeve (,0.23909362228955416,0.47818724457910833
9692066,"1. A method for discharging liquid water and/or gas from a water separator of a fuel cell system, having a device ( 13 ) for discharging liquid water from a water separator ( 12 ) in a fuel cell system ( 1 ), having a valve device ( a liquid sensor ( a control unit ( wherein the liquid sensor ( (a) roughly estimating in the control unit ( (b) opening the valve device ( (c) if no liquid water is detected at the liquid sensor ( (d) if liquid water is detected at the liquid sensor ( (e) upon closing the valve device, starting again the rough estimate of the accumulating amount of condensate.",0.9280521821920776,0.14389563561584473
8808041,"1. A wave-powered vessel, comprising: (a) a buoyant vessel body; (b) a swimmer; (c) one or more tethers connecting the vessel body to the swimmer; and (d) an electrical generator configured for converting vertical movement of the vessel body caused by wave motion to electrical power; wherein the swimmer is weighted to travel in water below the vessel body, and is configured to pull the vessel body by way of the tether, the swimmer comprising fin surfaces that mechanically provide forward thrust when actuated by rising and falling of the swimmer in the water.",0.9239693321241679,0.15206133575166425
9023550,"1. A solid fuel cell comprising: an ionically conducting electrolyte; and a cathode adjacent to the electrolyte, the cathode having a thickness, the cathode comprising nanocrystalline cerium oxide across the entire thickness of the cathode, wherein the nanocrystalline cerium oxide is mixed ionic and electronic conducting cerium oxide and wherein the nanocrystalline cerium oxide is the sole ionic conductor across the thickness of the cathode and the nanocrystalline cerium oxide is the sole electronic conductor across the thickness of the cathode.",0.9428091773693335,0.1143816452613331
9070074,"1. An image processing apparatus for printing an image using a plurality of color materials and a colorless material, comprising: a memory which stores information indicating a plurality of predefined dot placements which include different dot placements to be printed using the colorless material and correspond to an amount of the colorless material; an inputting unit configured to input color material amount data indicating amounts of the plurality of color materials and the amount of the colorless material for each pixel; a first determiner configured to determine a dot placement to be printed using the colorless material from the plurality of predefined dot placements based on the amount of the colorless material indicated by the input color material amount data, wherein the dot placement to be determined has a high suppression effect of coloring of specular reflection light so that the coloring of specular reflection light on the pixel becomes closer to an achromatic color; and a printing unit configured to print the determined dot placement using the colorless material subsequent to the color materials having been printed, wherein the determined dot placement can overlap with dot placement printed using the color materials.",0.08761543397933973,0.17523086795867948
9609591,"1. A communication device comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire an electrical quantity consumed by a power load from the power load; a communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit a packet including the electrical quantity to a master unit which wirelessly transmits control signals that control electrical quantities consumed by a plurality of power loads; and a controller configured to switch an operation of the communication unit from a first mode, in which the packet is wirelessly transmitted to the master unit by specifying a destination, to a second mode, in which the packet is wirelessly transmitted without specifying a destination, when the electrical quantity, consumed by the power load and acquired during the first mode, is equal to or greater than a first reference value, wherein the controller switches the operation of the communication unit, even if the acquired electrical quantity is equal to or greater than the first reference value, to a third mode, in which the packet is wirelessly transmitted at a frequency lower than that in the second mode and equal to or greater than that in the first mode and with a transmission power equal to or smaller than that in the second mode, when a packet wirelessly transmitted by another communication device through broadcast is received.",0.9160162852882174,0.16796742942356513
9673310,"1. A Light Emitting Diode (LED) driving device for driving a plurality of LEDs comprising: a switching matrix utilizing a plurality of at least one of a turn off thyristors or turn off triacs coupled to the plurality of LEDs; a controller coupled to the switching matrix responsive to a voltage of a rectified AC halfwave, wherein combinations of the plurality of LEDs are altered to ensure a maximum operating voltage of the plurality of LEDs is not exceeded; a current limiting device coupled to the combinations of the plurality LED to regulate current; and a valley fill power factor correction (PFC) circuit coupled to the switching matrix, to draw current in proportionality with the rectified AC half wave; wherein the PFC circuit comprises: a switched capacitor array having a plurality of capacitors, wherein the switched capacitor array uses at least one of turn off thyristors or parallel reverse combinations as switching elements to create a turn off triac connected to at least two of the plurality of capacitors; and a switched capacitor array controller coupled to the switched capacitor array to adjust a voltage of the valley fill PFC circuit by activating and deactivating combinations of the switching elements.",0.8623740772194367,0.2752518455611266
8754247,"1. A catalyst comprising at least one IZM-2 zeolite and at least one matrix, said zeolite having an X ray diffraction diagram including at least the peaks recorded in the table below:",0.7329385672166611,0.5341228655666779
9305487,"1. An organic light emitting diode display comprising: an organic light emitting diode display panel comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in array, each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, wherein each of the sub-pixels is merely used for displaying a single color; and a driving device coupled to the organic light emitting diode display panel to drive each of the pixels in a manner that at least one sub-pixel adjacent to the pixel and the pixel are driven for color mixing according to data signals of at least one pixel within at most three rows, wherein the driving device drives the at least one sub-pixel adjacent to the pixel and the pixel for color mixing in response to determining that a luminance difference between the data signals of each of the pixels and the data signals of each of the adjacent pixels is within a predetermined range.",0.2564506099219679,0.5129012198439358
9744500,"1. A multilayer microporous membrane comprising at least a first layer comprises a first polymer having a 115.0° C.≦Tm≦130.0° C. and an Mw of from 5.0×10 3 to 4.0×10 5 and a second layer comprising polyethylene having an amount of terminal unsaturation <0.20 per 10,000 carbon atoms, and having a shutdown temperature of ≦130.5° C. and a storage stability of 0.3V or less.",0.8600673220694233,0.27986535586115346
8760478,"1. A display control apparatus for controlling a display frame corresponding to input frame data, comprising: an input unit configured to receive input frame data; a calculation unit configured to calculate a first rate of change in luminance from a luminance of input first input frame data and a luminance of second input frame data that is input immediately after the first input frame data, and a second rate of change in luminance from the luminance of the first input frame data and a luminance of third input frame data that is input before the first input frame data; a correction unit configured to, in a case where the first rate of change in luminance is larger than the second rate of change in luminance and the luminance of the second input frame data is smaller than the luminance of the first input frame data and the luminance of the third input frame data, correct the luminance of the first input frame data so as to be higher than the luminance before the correction; and a generation unit configured to generate a first display frame and a second display frame from the input frame data so that a drive frequency for displaying the corrected first input frame data is twice as high as a drive frequency for displaying the first input frame data.",0.2524885114224275,0.504977022844855
9261794,"1. A method of compensating for a disturbance in an optical source, the method comprising: receiving a pulsed light beam emitted from an optical source, the pulsed light beam being associated with a temporal repetition rate; determining a frequency of a disturbance in the optical source, the frequency being an aliased frequency that varies with the temporal repetition rate of the pulsed light beam; generating a correction waveform based on the aliased frequency; and compensating for the disturbance in the optical source by modifying a characteristic of the pulsed light beam based on the generated correction waveform.",0.11775786869347656,0.23551573738695308
8363038,"1. A graphical display assembly, comprising: a plurality of flexible pixel strings, each flexible pixel string including a plurality of pixel units connected by a flexible connection, the flexible connection including a data connection configured to pass graphical image data to and from one or more of the pixel units; a software module configured to map the graphical image data onto the individually addressed pixel units in order to create a desired graphical image; and a display controller operable to pass the graphical image data through the flexible pixel strings via the flexible connections such that every pixel unit in every flexible pixel string receives individually addressed graphical image data.",0.14813647247069783,0.29627294494139567
8901500,"1. A radiation measurement system comprising: a sample vessel in which a sample gas serving as a radiation measurement object is made to flow; a plurality of radiation detectors which detect a gamma ray emitted from a radioactive material in the sample gas that flows in said sample vessel; a shield which surrounds said sample vessel and the plurality of said radiation detectors to shield from environmental radiation; and a plurality of measurement units to which detection signals output from the plurality of said radiation detectors are input respectively, and which measure radiation, wherein said radiation measurement system includes: a detector tube which is arranged in said sample vessel, and constitutes a boundary of said sample vessel; a first radiation detector having a first measurement range of radiation strength is arranged in said detector tube; and a second radiation detector, having a second measurement range of radiation strength in which at least part of the second measurement range of radiation strength is higher than said first measurement range of radiation strength, is arranged outside said sample vessel.",0.15940212313173927,0.3188042462634786
9382157,"1. A cementitious composition comprising: a hydraulic cement; an aggregate; one or more water soluble alkali metal salts having a cation to anion molar ratio of at least 1 and a concentration in a range of about 5 pounds per cubic yard (pcy) to about 60 pcy of the cementitious composition based on a sodium nitrite equivalent; and water, wherein the hydraulic cement, aggregate, one or more water soluble alkali metal salts, and water are selected and proportioned so that the cementitious composition has a water to cementitious binder ratio (w/cm) in a range of 0.2 to 0.7 and produces hardened concrete that achieves an internal relative humidity (IRH) of 80% or less in 50 days or less when evaluated in accordance with ASTM F 2170.",0.807896389532179,0.38420722093564197
8846397,"1. A method of inducing an immunostimulatory effect in a T cell, the method comprising contacting the T cell with an antigen-presenting cell (“APC”) that has been contacted with or is in contact with a monovalent antibody against human immunoglobulin-like transcript 5 (“ILT-5”) or an antigen binding fragment of the antibody.",0.4357717111748977,0.8715434223497954
9161201,"1. A method for synchronizing the discovery of wireless services or applications in a wireless network using a recurring time interval T in which wireless devices within the wireless network can be in one of a predetermined plurality of time states, the method comprising: (i) selecting a time state from amongst the plurality of time states; (ii) performing discovery, by a first wireless device supporting a given service or application, once during the recurring time interval T at the selected time state; and repeating the above steps (i), (ii) in successive ones of the recurring time interval T until all of the predetermined plurality of time states have been selected exactly once by each of the wireless devices, wherein all of the predetermined plurality of time states must be selected exactly once by each of the wireless device within the successive ones of the recurring time interval T.",0.5553498536979776,0.8893002926040448
9372297,"1. A solar light concentration plate comprising: a first hologram which receives solar light and diffracts incident solar light having an incident angle; and first and second light guides respectively disposed on both sides of the first hologram, wherein at least one of the first and second light guides has an outer surface having a tilt angle substantially inclined to an inner surface of the at least one of the first and second light guides, wherein the outer surface is configured to directly receive the incident solar light from outside of the solar light concentration plate, and wherein the outer surface is substantially flat, is disposed opposite the inner surface, and does not meet the inner surface.",0.6986241200440887,0.6027517599118226
9520607,"1. A method for producing a fermented product, the method comprising: introducing a fuel stream comprising a reformable fuel into an anode of a molten carbonate fuel cell, an internal reforming element associated with the anode, or a combination thereof so as to provide a reformable fuel surplus ratio of at least 2.0 at an anode fuel utilization of about 50% or less; introducing a cathode inlet stream comprising CO generating electricity within the molten carbonate fuel cell; separating from the anode exhaust an H processing biomass to produce at least one fermentation product and a fermentation exhaust; and distilling the at least one fermentation product, at least some heat for distillation being provided by heat exchange with the anode exhaust, combustion of the syngas-containing stream, combustion of the H wherein the method further comprises one or more of the following: a) the cathode inlet stream comprises at least a portion of the fermentation exhaust; b) the processing step is done in the presence of H c) the reformable fuel comprises a portion of the fermentation product, the reformable fuel optionally containing at least 50 vol % of the fermentation product, the portion of the fermentation product optionally being a distilled portion of the fermentation product having a water to carbon ratio of about 1.5:1 to about 3.0:1; d) the processing step comprises separating a substantially fermentable biomass portion from a substantially non-fermentable biomass portion, the substantially non-fermentable biomass portion being processed in one or more thermal, chemical, and/or thermochemical processes in the presence of at least a portion of the H e) an amount of the reformable fuel introduced into the anode of the molten carbonate fuel cell, the internal reforming element associated with the anode of the molten carbonate fuel cell, or the combination thereof, provides a reformable fuel surplus ratio of at least about 2.5; f) a reformable hydrogen content of reformable fuel introduced into the anode of the molten carbonate fuel cell, the internal reforming element associated with the anode of the molten carbonate fuel cell, or the combination thereof, is at least about 50% greater than an amount of hydrogen oxidized to generate electricity; g) an electrical efficiency for the molten carbonate fuel cell is between about 10% and about 40%, and a total fuel cell efficiency for the fuel cell is at least about 55%; h) the molten carbonate fuel cell is operated at a thermal ratio of about 0.25 to about 1.5; i) a ratio of net moles of syngas in the anode exhaust to moles of CO j) a CO k) the molten carbonate fuel cell is operated at a first operating condition to generate electrical power and at least 100 mW/cm l) the molten carbonate fuel cell is operated at a voltage V m) the cathode inlet stream comprises at least a portion of a combustion turbine exhaust, at least a portion of the anode exhaust being recycled into the anode; n) the cathode inlet stream comprises at least a portion of a combustion turbine exhaust, at least a portion of the anode exhaust being used as an anode recycle fuel for a combustion zone of the combustion turbine, an optional second fuel stream for the combustion zone of the combustion turbine optionally comprising at least about 30 vol % CO o) the cathode inlet stream comprises at least a portion of a combustion turbine exhaust, at least a first portion of the anode exhaust being used as an anode recycle fuel for a combustion zone of the combustion turbine, and at least a second portion of the anode exhaust being recycled into the anode of the molten carbonate fuel cell; p) the cathode inlet stream comprises at least a portion of a combustion turbine exhaust, the cathode inlet stream comprising at least about 20 vppm of NOx, and a cathode exhaust comprising less than about half of the NOx content of the cathode inlet stream; q) the method further comprises combusting at least a portion of the H r) the method further comprises reacting at least a portion of the syngas-containing stream in the presence of a methanol synthesis catalyst under effective conditions for forming methanol to produce at least one methanol-containing stream and one or more streams comprising gaseous or liquid products, and optionally recycling at least a portion of the one or more streams comprising gaseous or liquid products to form at least a portion of the cathode inlet stream; s) the method further comprises optionally sending one or more CO t) the method further comprises separating CO u) the method further comprises withdrawing, from an anode exhaust, a first gas stream comprising CO, the anode exhaust having a pressure of about 500 kPag or less, introducing the first gas stream withdrawn from the anode exhaust into a process for production of iron and/or steel, and optionally withdrawing a second gas stream comprising H v) the method further comprises generating an anode exhaust comprising H w) the method further comprises generating an anode exhaust comprising H x) the method further comprises generating an anode exhaust: comprising H",0.9896410210699454,0.020717957860109104
9377789,"1. A thermostat apparatus, comprising: a thermostat case where a first passage is formed; a first valve that is disposed in the thermostat case to open or close the first passage, wherein a mounting protrusion is formed along an inner circumference of the first valve; a drive portion that is disposed to penetrate the first valve and moves the first valve depending on temperature to open or close the first passage, wherein the drive portion includes: a rubber cap that a first side interior circumference thereof contacts an exterior circumference of the mounting protrusion of the first valve and a second side interior circumference thereof contacts an exterior circumference of the drive portion.",0.21918546571732217,0.43837093143464434
9208059,"1. A method of debugging a data flow associated with an extract, transform and load (ETL) process, the method comprising: providing a user with a graphical representation of an ETL job, said graphical representation comprising individualized representations of one or more data sources, data destinations, and transform operations on data flowing from a data source to a data destination; receiving a user selection of a subset of said transform operations; providing the user with a selection menu for selecting one or more boundary conditions of the selected subset of transform operations, the boundary conditions comprising a set of replacement options for replacing the data source in the debug process, the replacement options comprising a source for generating random data for the selected transform operation and a source data file pointing to a defined location; and generating an execution script based on the received subset and the boundary conditions.",0.1388098115750793,0.27761962315015865
8614168,"1. A method for synergistically enhancing the resistance of a plant to abiotic stress factors comprising using: (1) abscisic acid and (2) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of tebuconazole, metconazole, and prothioconazole.",0.7456808634639122,0.5086382730721757
9059641,"1. A power-factor-correction (PFC) converter circuit, comprising: a rectifier circuit; an energy storage device coupled to the rectifier circuit and configured to receive an input voltage from the rectifier circuit; a switch coupled to the energy storage device, the switch configurable to provide a path for removing energy from the energy storage device; a microcontroller coupled to the energy storage device and the switch; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to an output of the power-factor-correction (PFC) converter circuit and to the microcontroller, where the microcontroller includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) module coupled to the energy storage device, the PWM module being configured to enable the ADC to sample an output voltage of the power-factor-correction (PFC) converter circuit by detecting a zero voltage crossing point of the input voltage received from the rectifier circuit based on an absence of a trigger event that occurs external to the microcontroller, the absence of the trigger event being based on an end of decrease current flow in the energy storage device.",0.948479319755464,0.10304136048907209
9000290,"1. A method for controlling a multi sensor solar collection system, the method comprising: providing a plurality of different sets of solar cells; a first focusing, with at least one focusing element, a light beam on a first set of the solar cells according to a current light condition; and a second focusing, with the at least one focusing element, the light beam on a second set of the solar cells by gimballing the at least one focusing element according to a change in the current light condition, wherein during the first focusing, the light beam is not focused on the second set of the solar cells, wherein during the second focusing, the light beam is not focused on the first set of the solar cells, wherein the first set of the solar cells and the second set of the solar cells are configured into a two-dimensional array.",0.914783380857124,0.17043323828575208
9763129,"1. A method for processing channel status information (CSI), comprising: measuring, by a terminal, first CSI and reporting the first CSI to a base station, wherein the first CSI comprises a first rank indicator (RI), a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a first channel quality indicator (CQI); obtaining, by the terminal, at least a second RI according to the first CSI; and measuring, by the terminal at least one of: wherein the obtaining, by the terminal, at least the second RI according to the first CSI comprises:",0.11173498410408392,0.22346996820816778
9640905,"1. A connector, comprising: a female first housing that includes:",0.24236745396605777,0.4847349079321155
8595174,"1. A method of generating a target cause in an answer support system to aid in solving a current problem, comprising: receiving known problem symptoms of the current problem, said known problem symptoms being included among stored problem symptoms associated with problem causes stored in a knowledge database; searching the problem causes in said knowledge database to find a plurality of potential causes corresponding to the known problem symptoms; attempting to determine a target cause of the current problem from among the plurality of potential causes based on attributes associated with the known problem symptoms; in response to an inability to determine the target cause of the current problem, choosing as a selected attribute an attribute which is not among the attributes associated with the known problem symptoms, wherein an attribute value of the selected attribute is determined to be most likely to identify the target cause of the current problem from said plurality of potential causes found in the knowledge database; determining the selected attribute to be an attribute having maximum information gain which is not among the attributes associated with the known problem symptoms, the maximum information gain being based on an entropy value calculation taking into account positive and negative examples of remaining attributes; determining the target cause based on the selected attribute; and generating a solution based on the target cause.",0.16138179828693128,0.32276359657386255
8428178,"1. A communication device that transmits data, the communication device comprising; a reference signal sequence output section that outputs base sequences as reference signal sequences, wherein the communication device generates the base sequences by: a processor that modulates data using said reference signal sequence; and a transmitter that transmits said modulated data.",0.2831029281392518,0.5662058562785036
8886823,"1. A method of communicating between at least two devices, comprising: a step of hooking up a first device and at least one second device, a step of transferring a first multimedia stream from the first device to the at least one second device, wherein the method further comprises a determination step comprising: determining, on the basis of information received during the step of hooking up, if a trunking of a second multimedia stream, comprising up to P−N complementary multimedia data, to the second device is possible or not, and if a result of the determining step is that trunking is possible:",0.09227125808840024,0.1845425161768005
8391949,"1. A method to map a biological tissue of alternating electrical polarity having a boundary between a depolarized portion and a polarized portion, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting acoustic waves at a frequency through the biological tissue of alternating electrical polarity such that a magnetic field is generated in response to the compression and rarefaction of the boundary between the depolarized portion and the polarized portion; measuring a variation in electrical activity at approximately the frequency, wherein the variation in electrical activity corresponds to the magnetic field generated in response to the compression and rarefaction of the boundary caused by the acoustic waves; processing the measured variation to generate an output displaying at least a portion of the variation in the electrical activity at approximately the frequency of the acoustic waves; and displaying the output for review.",0.16191538927025637,0.3238307785405128
9720393,"1. An apparatus for automated control of a system having a plurality of cooperating components involving controlled elements and sensors, the apparatus comprising: a simulator configured to simulate operation of said components, said simulator storing data representing states of said components and configured to modify said states over time in accordance with simulated operation of said system; an input module receiving data from at least said sensors and configured to update in said simulator said data representing states of said components; and an output module reading from said simulator said data representing states of said components and configured to generate at least controlled element control signals for said controlled elements of said components, wherein said simulator contains a virtual state machine representing said system, and automation of said system is achieved without state machine logic representing said system within said input module and said output module, wherein said simulator comprises: one or more automated control system component simulators configured to generate said data representing states of said components using a dynamic model of a automated control system component; one or more product component simulators configured to generate data representing at least one state of a unitary product or component thereof made by said automated control system; and control logic configured to respond to said data representing said states of components and to said data representing said at least one state of a unitary product or component thereof to generate data representing states of actuators associated with said components, wherein said control system component simulators and said product component simulators comprise said input module and are configured to receiving data from at least said sensors and to update in said component simulators said data representing states of said components.",0.4441556048254468,0.8883112096508936
8610179,"1. A shift register for driving a liquid crystal display device, shift resister providing turn-on signal and turn-off signal to a plurality of gate lines electrically coupled to a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in a matrix shape on a liquid crystal display panel, the shift resister comprising: a first conductive layer corresponding to a first plane that is spaced apart from a substrate by a first distance; a second conductive layer corresponding to a second plane that is spaced apart from the substrate by a second distance, the second conductive layer including a body conductive portion and two hand conductive portions elongated from both ends of the body conductive portion to form a symmetric U-shape; and a third conductive layer corresponding to the second plane, the third conductive layer including an elongated portion and a base portion substantially perpendicular to each other, the elongated portion straightly formed and disposed between the two hand conductive portions of the second conductive layer, wherein the second and third conductive layers are formed from a same layer, and wherein the first conductive layer entirely overlaps the two hand conductive portions of the second conductive layer and the elongated portion of the third conductive layer.",0.04663278896409759,0.09326557792819523
8968795,"1. A calcium carbonate granulation for pharmaceutical or nutraceutical tabletting comprising: USP or food grade calcium carbonate powder having a median particle diameter from about 1 μm to about 3 μm and a binder, said granulation being highly compactable and free flowing, having sufficient cohesive properties for compression into tablets and having a tap density between about 0.9 and about 2.0 g/cm 3 .",0.3353582366999732,0.6707164733999464
8974558,"1. A method for producing a fuel containing carbon, wherein the fuel is formed by compressing raw material containing carbon and adding a predetermined amount of an additive which promotes a thermal utilization of the fuel, and the additive contains an alkaline earth metal salt, wherein in a first method step the raw material containing carbon is compressed and a pressed fuel article is produced in this manner, and the additive is then added to at least one area of this pressed fuel article, wherein the additive is fed to several surfaces or surface segments of the pressed fuel article by a adding device, which is arranged above a transportation pathway of the pressed fuel article, and the composition of the additive is varied by a metering device of the adding device to react to different conditions.",0.9495951234796083,0.10080975304078343
9268394,"1. A system for improving the power usage of computing devices, the system comprising: a computing device; a memory coupled to the computing device comprising computer executable instructions that upon execution on the computing device: receive information indicative of a first portion of an application running on a first virtual machine on a first computing device and wherein a second portion of the application is configured to run on a second virtual machine on a second computing device, the first application one of a plurality; determine, based at least in part on the received information, an approximate power consumption of one of the first portion of the application or the second portion of the application; and based on the determination, provide information to at least one of the first or second virtual machines to manipulate one or more aspects of the at least one of the first or second virtual machines to cause the at least one of the first or second virtual machines to alter the power usage associated with the application.",0.9343729219324528,0.1312541561350944
8913451,"1. A method for testing a memory device, comprising: entering a test mode in which two or more memory banks operate in a same manner; allowing a row corresponding to a row address in the two or more memory banks to be activated; latching a bank address and the row address corresponding to the two or more memory banks; writing same data in a column selected by a column address in the two or more memory banks; reading the data written in the writing of the data from the two or more memory banks; checking whether the data read from the two or more memory banks in the reading of the data are equal to each other; and programming the row address to locations designated by the bank address latched in the latching in a nonvolatile memory when the data read from the two or more memory banks are different from each other.",0.06697134238748609,0.13394268477497218
9537176,"1. A material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery negative electrodes comprising a negative electrode active material, the negative electrode active material comprising a mixture of a carbonaceous material and a graphitic material; the carbonaceous material being a carbonaceous material obtained by carbonizing a plant-derived organic material, and having a potassium content of 0.5% by mass or less, an average particle size D the graphitic material having an average interlayer spacing determined by powder X-ray diffraction of 0.345 nm or less, and a true density determined by a pycnometer method using butanol of 1.9 g/cm",0.9745184307036446,0.05096313859271073
9255552,"1. An engine system, comprising: a first intake manifold configured to distribute air into a first cylinder bank of an engine; a second intake manifold configured to distribute air into a second cylinder bank of the engine; a first exhaust manifold configured to discharge exhaust from the first cylinder bank to the atmosphere; a second exhaust manifold configured to discharge exhaust from non-donor cylinders in the second cylinder bank to the atmosphere; a third exhaust manifold separate from the first and second exhaust manifolds and configured to recirculate exhaust from donor cylinders in the second cylinder bank to the first and second intake manifolds; a first control valve configured to selectively direct a first amount of exhaust from the third exhaust manifold to the first intake manifold; and a second control valve configured to selectively direct a second amount of the exhaust from the third exhaust manifold to the second intake manifold.",0.9204779732677401,0.15904405346451989
9169210,1. A compound of the general formula: wherein X and X′ are independently O or S; A is unsubstituted or substituted phenyl wherein the substituents are independently 1 to 5H; halo; nitro; cyano; hydroxy; amino (—NR B is E is unsubstituted or substituted (C wherein R G is H or CN; provided that: 1) when E is unsubstituted or substituted (C 2) when E is a substituted (C wherein R,0.5000993005467363,0.9998013989065273
8968117,"1. A golf ball comprising an inner core having a geometric center and a first outer surface, the inner core being formed from a first substantially homogenous rubber composition comprising a carbon-carbon initiator, an outer core layer disposed about the inner core formed from a second substantially homogenous rubber composition, the outer core layer having a second outer surface; an inner cover layer disposed about the core, the inner cover comprising an ionomeric material and having a material hardness of about 55 Shore D or greater; and an outer cover layer disposed about the inner cover layer, the outer cover comprising a polyurea or a polyurethane and having a material hardness of 20 Shore D to 70 Shore D; wherein the first outer surface has a hardness that is less than a hardness of the geometric center by up to about 20 Shore C; and wherein the second outer surface has a hardness that is up to about 43 Shore C points greater than the hardness of the geometric center.",0.12327282391963285,0.2465456478392657
8890344,"1. A method for operating a machine located in choppy waters, comprising: determining measurement variables at a first, relatively early time; calculating a variable characterizing a wave movement expected at a second, relatively late time on the basis of the measurement variables determined at the first, relatively early time; and operating the machine taking into account the variable characterizing the wave movement expected at the second, relatively late time, wherein the variable characterizing the wave movement expected at the second, relatively late time is a speed field or a speed potential, and wherein, on the basis of the measurement variables determined at the first, relatively early time, an initial speed potential or an initial speed field is determined at a first location, and a result speed potential or a result speed field expected at the second, relatively late time is calculated on the basis of the initial speed potential or initial speed field.",0.48924509589937726,0.9784901917987545
9573457,"1. A hybrid powertrain unit for a motor vehicle, comprising: an internal-combustion engine; a gearbox device including: at least one secondary shaft, an axis of which is parallel to and at a distance from an axis of said at least one primary shaft and which carries an output pinion; a differential, having a first crown wheel meshing with said output pinion of said at least one secondary shaft of the gearbox device; an electric machine adapted to operate both as an electric motor and as an electric generator and having a casing rigidly connected to a supporting structure of said powertrain unit, and a shaft of the electric machine connected by a transmission to a second crown wheel of said differential; a first engagement device arranged, in said transmission, between the shaft of the electric machine and the second crown wheel of the differential; and an actuator arrangement for actuating said first engagement device; wherein the shaft of the electric machine is connected to the shaft of the internal-combustion engine at an end thereof opposite to an end connected to the gearbox device by a belt transmission including an endless belt engaged on a first pulley connected to the shaft of the electric machine and on a second pulley connected to the shaft of the internal-combustion engine; wherein arranged between the shaft of the electric machine and said first pulley is a second engagement device; and wherein said first and second engagement devices are both arranged coaxially with respect to the shaft of the electric machine, respectively on opposite sides with respect to the electric machine.",0.9412848092723846,0.11743038145523088
9216923,"1. A mold for making a fused silica crucible having a substantially cylindrical side wall comprising: a cylindrical can having an interior bore, the interior bore constructed and arranged to form the substantially cylindrical side walls; a graphite insert received in the can, the insert having an upper surface adapted to form a lower region of the crucible; a plenum formed between the lower end of the insert and the bottom of the can; a first plurality of bores formed around the periphery of the can and communicating with the plenum; a second plurality of bores formed around the periphery of the can and communicating with the interior thereof above the insert; a third plurality of bores formed in the insert between the upper surface and the plenum; a plurality of conduits, each conduit of the plurality of conduits connecting a bore of the first plurality of bores with a bore of the second plurality of bores thereby providing communication between the plenum and the interior of the can above the insert; and a seal formed between the insert and the can.",0.2577244721278152,0.5154489442556304
8790585,"1. A supercritical water reactor with a sacrificial lining, which has a countercurrent tank structure, comprising a cylinder body and a catalyst tank arranged therein, wherein an upper part of the cylinder body is connected with a top cover, and a lower part of the cylinder body is connected with a spherical head, and an inner side of the cylinder body, an inner side of the spherical head and an inner side of the top cover constitute an inner wall of the reactor, wherein the inner wall of the reactor is provided with a temperature resistance and thermal insulation coating layer, an inner wall of the temperature resistance and thermal insulation coating layer is provided with a sealing coating layer, and an inner wall of the sealing coating layer is provided with the sacrificial lining; wherein the catalyst tank comprises a tank body of the catalyst tank, an upper end of the tank body of the catalyst tank is provided with a porous sealing cover which is sealed with an ellipsoidal head, and a lower end of the tank body of the catalyst tank is provided with a porous bottom cover; the catalyst tank is supported in the middle of the cylinder body of the reactor by a plurality of supporters surrounding the porous bottom cover; a central duct penetrates through the center of the catalyst tank, an upper end of the central duct is placed in a space formed between the porous sealing cover and the ellipsoidal head, and a lower end of the central duct penetrates through the spherical head and extends out of the reactor.",0.7507771392695398,0.49844572146092037
9675238,"1. An endoscopic device that irradiates a plurality of illuminating lights having different spectrums from each other onto a subject at a front edge of an endoscope inserting module and captures the subject to obtain an observation image, comprising: an illuminating module that generates the plurality of illuminating lights; an imaging module that captures the subject and outputs an image signal of the observation image; a light intensity ratio control module that controls the illuminating module to irradiate the plurality of illuminating lights onto the subject with a set light intensity ratio by setting the light intensity ratio of the plurality of illuminating lights for every observation image; and a color tone correcting module that corrects the color tone of the image signal so as to obtain the observation image with substantially a same color tone even though the light intensity ratio is changed, wherein the light intensity ratio control module obtains an image contrast of the observation image and changes the set light intensity ratio to a new light intensity ratio such that the image contrast becomes a maximum, wherein the light intensity ratio control module: wherein the light intensity ratio control module changes the set light intensity ratio to the new light intensity ratio based on the obtained image contrast of the observation image such that the image contrast becomes the maximum.",0.1208608869499958,0.2417217738999916
8377550,"1. A method comprising: applying an underfill to an interconnect structure comprising residue from a no clean flux, wherein the underfill comprises a functionalized nano filler and a micro filler, and wherein the functionalized nano filler comprises a surface functionalized silica nanoparticle with an attached functional group of at least one of a biotin, a 8-oxoguanosine, a 8-oxoadenosine and a ureido functional group.",0.6557158072048049,0.6885683855903901
8997500,1. A turbine engine comprising: a shaft; a fan; at least one bearing mounted on the shaft and rotationally supporting the fan; a fan drive gear system coupled to drive the fan; a bearing compartment around the at least one bearing; an accessory gearbox located radially outward of a core flow path; and a centrifugal compressor driven by the accessory gearbox configured to supply pressurized air to a region surrounding the bearing compartment.,0.8663393502727047,0.2673212994545906
9812361,"1. An integrated circuit (IC) wafer substrate having a front-side and a back-side, the IC wafer substrate comprising: active devices on the front-side, each having active device boundaries, the active device boundaries defining an active device area; a plurality of secondary modification zones on the back-side of the wafer substrate, at a first focus depth and a second focus depth into the back-side, in saw lanes between active devices; a main modification zone on the back-side of the wafer substrate, at a third focus depth into the back-side that is shallower than that of the first and second focus depths; and",0.36910188299854735,0.7382037659970947
9520865,"1. A delay circuit for delaying an output enable signal, comprising: a first shift register chain comprising: a second shift register chain comprising: a delayed output configured to provide an output enable out signal based on the first strobe signal, the second strobe signal, and the output enable in signal.",0.6369029431526019,0.7261941136947963
9758145,"1. A vehicle energy management device used in a vehicle including a plurality of vehicle instruments driven by different energy sources, the vehicle energy management device comprising: a processor to execute a software program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, performs processes of:",0.9452970393141652,0.1094059213716696
9225627,"1. A method for redistributing routes in backbone edge bridge multi-chassis link aggregation group topologies between two routing protocols, the method comprising: learning, at a first node and a second node, a first routing table entry originating from a first side of a network and being received in a first protocol, wherein the first node and the second node are each backbone edge bridge devices that are part of a multi-chassis link aggregation group; creating, at the first node and the second node, second routing entry information regarding the first routing table entry, in a second protocol different from the first protocol, wherein the second protocol is intermediate-system to intermediate-system (ISIS); setting a tag field in the second routing entry information; exchanging the second routing entry information between the first node and the second node using the second protocol; checking, at the first node and the second node, the tag field of the second routing entry information; when the tag field is set, searching a routing table associated with the first side of the network for the second routing entry information; adding the second routing entry information to the a routing table associated with a second side of the network when the first routing entry is not present in the routing table associated with the first side of the network; and ignoring the second routing entry information when the first routing entry is present in the routing table associated with the first side of the network as learned from the first side of the network using the first protocol.",0.1877158926034819,0.37543178520696374
8940235,"1. An electronic device for determining the identity of a chemical compound, the device comprising a first transistor and a second transistor; wherein the first transistor comprises a first gate electrode, a first source electrode, a first drain electrode, and a first semiconducting layer, the first semiconducting layer comprising a first semiconductor polythiophene and carbon nanotubes; wherein the second transistor comprises a second gate electrode, a second source electrode, a second drain electrode, and a second semiconducting layer, wherein the second semiconducting layer comprises a second semiconductor polythiophene and does not contain carbon nanotubes; wherein the first transistor and the second transistor, when exposed to the chemical compound, produce a change in charge carrier mobility which is indicative of the chemical compound, and the ratio of the change in charge carrier mobility of the first transistor and the second transistor confirms the identity of the chemical compound.",0.2843469595123418,0.5686939190246836
9825302,"1. A method for manufacturing a metal foil, comprising the steps of: preparing a surface treatment solution; treating a surface of a metal base substrate by dipping a metal base substrate in the surface treatment solution while spraying the surface treatment solution onto the surface of the metal base substrate, thereby forming a surface treatment layer on the metal base substrate; and applying a conductive resin to the surface of the surface treatment layer to form a conductive resin layer, wherein the surface treatment solution is prepared by mixing 3-10 wt % of an alkaline metal oxide, 0.1-10 wt % of a surfactant, 0.5-10 wt % of a reducing agent and 70-96.4 wt % of deionized water to prepare an undiluted surface treatment solution, and diluting 3-10 wt % of the undiluted surface treatment solution with 90-97 wt % of deionized water.",0.7763175873781983,0.4473648252436033
8506894,"1. A honeycomb structural body comprising: the honeycomb structural body having a substantially circular-pillar shape or a substantially elliptical-pillar shape; a plurality of honeycomb units adhered to each other by interposing an adhesive layer, each of the plurality of honeycomb units containing a conductive ceramic material and having a substantially fan shaped cross section or a substantially elliptical fan shaped cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of each of the plurality of honeycomb units, each of the plurality of honeycomb units comprising: first and second electrodes provided at a part of an outer peripheral surface of each of the plurality of honeycomb units that does not face the adhesive layer and provided at a first area between each of the plurality of honeycomb units and the adhesive layer, and/or the first and second electrodes being provided at a second area between the outer peripheral surface of each of the plurality of honeycomb units and the adhesive layer and provided at a third area including a center of the substantially fan shaped cross section or the substantially elliptical fan shaped cross section.",0.5964630797511725,0.807073840497655
9212833,"1. A roof mounting system for mounting one or more roof-mounted fixtures to a roof, the roofing mounting system comprising: a bottom plate; a top plate; a first fastener connecting the top plate to the bottom plate, the first fastener including at least one non-penetrating mechanical fastener; a second fastener connecting the bottom plate to the roof; and a membrane connected to the roof and positioned to cover at least a portion of the bottom plate, wherein a first force is required to separate the bottom plate from the roof, and a second force is required to separate the top plate from the bottom plate, and wherein the first force is greater than the second force.",0.8342576327312888,0.33148473453742233
8865184,1. An immunogenic composition comprising an isolated Chikungunya virus antigen selected from SEQ ID NO: 5 to SEQ ID NO: 10.,0.6729345093893347,0.6541309812213305
8960359,"1. A work vehicle comprising, at a rear portion of a vehicle body, a cooling fan, an engine, and a diesel particulate filter which purifies exhaust gas from the engine, the work vehicle being configured such that the exhaust gas from the engine is exhausted through an exhaust passage extending from the diesel particulate filter after passing through the diesel particulate filter, wherein the cooling fan, the engine, and the diesel particulate filter are placed in that order from a front direction in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, the cooling fan is placed so as to supply cooling air to the rear while the diesel particulate filter is placed such that a length direction of the diesel particulate filter follows a width direction of the vehicle body, and the exhaust passage comprises: a first passage extending forward and upward from the diesel particulate filter before extending along the length direction of the diesel particulate filter on a front side of the diesel particulate filter; a second passage extending downward from a downstream portion of the first passage; and a third passage extending to the rear from a downstream portion of the second passage and having an exhaust outlet.",0.9501766545361708,0.09964669092765832
9714567,"1. A wellbore wireless communication system, said communication system comprising: a first E-field antenna; and a second E-field antenna; wherein said first antenna, and said second antenna are both arranged in a common compartment of a wellbore and further arranged for transferring a signal between said first E-field antenna and said second E-field antenna; wherein said first E-field antenna comprises a first dipole antenna; wherein one leg of said first dipole antenna is a tubing, liner or casing of said wellbore, and said system further comprises a layer of dielectric insulation between said first leg and a second leg of said first dipole antenna, such that said tubing, liner or casing is an active element of said dipole antenna.",0.28321545958767075,0.5664309191753415
8957541,"1. A spillway generator system comprising: four to ten spillway generator units floating side by side in a spillway of a waste water treatment plant, each of said spillway generator units comprising the following structure: a pair of pontoons positioned in generally parallel spaced relationship; a deck mounted on said pontoons, said deck spanning most of a forward area of the space between said pontoons, said deck having framing extending further back along said pontoons, said deck being welded to a top surface of said pontoons, said deck having expanded wire mesh to allow water that splashes onto said deck to drain through to said spillway; a generator mounted on said deck, said generator being a four hundred eighty volt, three phase, five kilowatt generator powered by magnets contained within said generator; a gear set comprising a primary gear, a secondary gear, and a tertiary gear, said primary gear meshed with said secondary gear, said secondary gear meshed with tertiary gear, said primary gear is the largest gear of said gears, said tertiary gear is the smallest gear of said gears, said gears being concentric toothed spur gears, said tertiary gear being mounted on a shaft of said generator, said gears increasing the speed of current in said spillway to three thousand revolutions per minute; a four hundred eighty volt, three phase electrical interface mounted on said deck, said interface being in communication with said generator by means of a wire connecting said electrical interface to said generator; a paddle wheel positioned between said pontoons rearward of said deck, said paddle wheel being connected by an axle to said pontoons, said paddle wheel having six large blades that are turned in a clockwise direction by the current in said spillway; a toothed belt drive connecting said axle of said paddle wheel to said primary gear; a paddle wheel shroud mounted on said deck and positioned above said paddle wheel and a second shroud mounted on said deck above said generator, said gear set, and said electrical interface; a wiring harness connected to said electrical interface, said wiring harness containing a steel cable to tether said spillway generator unit to a structural component of said spillway and an electrical cable extending to a panel box located on shore; wherein each of said spillway generator units in said spillway generator system generates electricity from waste water discharged by said plant, said electricity being generated by the following process: when said generator is on, said paddle wheel causes said belt drive to turn said primary gear, then said secondary gear, then said tertiary gear, generating between five and six kilowatts of electrical power per hour that is transmitted through said electrical cable to said panel box, and wherein said spillway generator system synchronizes electricity generated by each of its component spillway generator units to provide larger kilowatt outputs.",0.8908361454293126,0.2183277091413749
8579024,"1. A slip assembly, comprising: a cone defining an axis and having an outside surface selectively angled relative to the axis, and an inside surface; a plurality of slips co-aligned with the cone on the axis having an outside surface and an inside surface, the inside surface selectively angled with respect to the axis at the same selected angle as the-cone and adapted to slide over the outside surface of the cone when the cone moves along the axis; and a coating disposed on the outside surface of the slips, the coating containing a grit.",0.04728204077579279,0.09456408155158558
8819853,"1. A method for creating a digital catalogue raisonné, the method comprising: receiving, at a private user interface of a content management system, first digital data for at least one artist, the content management system having at least one computer, and the first digital data including at least one of an image of an artwork of the at least one artist and a description of the artwork; storing the first digital data in at least one database of the content management system; transmitting, through the private user interface, information permitting a user to provide a command to the content management system to make available, at a public interface of the content management system, a public version of a catalogue raisonné including the first digital data, and a command to the content management system to make available, at the private interface, a private version of the catalogue raisonné; and receiving, at the private user interface, the command to make available the public version of the catalogue raisonné and the command to make available the private version of the catalogue raisonné, wherein the public user interface is an interface other than the private user interface.",0.02476385910825418,0.049527718216508365
9806264,"1. A method of making N-type thin film transistor, the method comprising: forming a semiconductor carbon nanotube layer on an insulating substrate; applying a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are spaced from each other and electrically connected to the semiconductor carbon nanotube layer; depositing a MgO layer on a surface of the semiconductor carbon nanotube layer; forming a functional dielectric layer to cover the MgO layer; and applying a gate electrode on the functional dielectric layer, wherein the gate electrode is insulated from the semiconductor carbon nanotube layer.",0.4868824832583268,0.9737649665166536
9240360,"1. A method for run-to-run control and sampling optimization in a semiconductor manufacturing process, the method comprising steps of: determining a process output and corresponding metrology error associated with an actual metrology for a current processing run in the semiconductor manufacturing process; determining a predicted process output and corresponding prediction error associated with a virtual metrology for the current semiconductor manufacturing processing run; assigning a first weight to the metrology error and a second weight to the prediction error, the first and second weights being indicative of a confidence in the metrology error and prediction error, respectively; and controlling at least one parameter corresponding to a subsequent semiconductor manufacturing processing run as a function of the metrology error, the first and second weights, and the prediction error; wherein said semiconductor manufacturing process is executed to fabricate at least one wafer.",0.4016765993680743,0.8033531987361486
9732637,"1. A waste heat recovery system, comprising: a heater which evaporates a working medium by exchanging heat between supercharged air supplied to an engine and the working medium; an expander which expands the working medium which has flowed out from the heater; a power recovery device connected to the expander; a condenser which condenses the working medium which has flowed out from the expander; a cooling medium supply pipe for supplying a cooling medium to an air cooler which cools the supercharged air which has flowed out from the heater; a cooling medium pump which is provided in the cooling medium supply pipe and which sends the cooling medium to the air cooler; and a branch pipe which directs a part of the cooling medium flowing in the cooling medium supply pipe, to the condenser, in such a manner that the working medium is cooled by the cooling medium.",0.950271688596682,0.09945662280663603
9688380,"1. A window module for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising a window frame which comprises, at least in portions, a current-generating element configured to generate an electric current, wherein the window module comprises an interface configured to transmit the electric current from the current-generating element to a personal electronic device inside the aircraft or spacecraft.",0.8754374894162978,0.24912502116740431
9145796,"1. A control unit for a variable valve timing mechanism for changing a cam phase by an actuator, comprising: a processor configured to",0.7045346548817142,0.5909306902365716
9138377,"1. An apparatus comprising: a container having a body including a shoulder, and integral with the shoulder, a neck having an outside surface configured with a first engagement; a disc having an outside circumference and a hole, the neck extensive within the hole; a cap having an exterior surface and an interior space, the interior space having a second engagement, the second engagement enabled for gripping the first engagement for securing the cap to the neck; and the cap has a peripheral flange surrounding the disc when the cap and the disc are engaged with the neck; a face of the disc is covered by the peripheral flange of the cap when the disc and the cap are engaged with the neck, whereby the face of the disc is only visible when the cap is removed from the neck of the container.",0.062429046808511746,0.12485809361702349
9321237,"1. An evacuated sheet material for thermal insulation, the sheet material comprising a) at least one flat core of an open-pored material having a first main surface and a second main surface which extend approximately parallel to each other, and a fully circumferential perimeter region connecting the first and second main surfaces to each other, b) a first barrier film in flat, areal contact with the first main surface of said core and comprising at least one sealing layer facing said core, as well as a fully circumferential protrusion of said first barrier film with respect to said first main surface of said core, c) a flat filter material that is in flat, areal contact with the second main surface of said core facing away from said first barrier film and presents a fully circumferential protrusion with respect to a second main surface of said core, d) a second barrier film in flat, areal contact with an outer face of said flat filter material and comprising a sealing layer facing said flat filter material, as well as a fully circumferential protrusion of said second barrier film with respect to the second main surface of said core, e) a sealing seam that extends fully circumferentially along the protrusions of said first and second barrier films and fixes said first and second barrier films to each other, f) wherein said filter material is welded fully circumferentially into said sealing seam between said first and second barrier films in such way, that the region of said sealing seam has a three-layer structure having three directly adjacent layers, namely i) the first barrier film as a first envelope film, ii) the flat filter material, and iii) the second barrier film as a second envelope film, wherein the filter material, as a middle component of this three-layer structure, passes all the way through the sealing seam, from an evacuated interior of the evacuated sheet material to the surrounding external space, which is under atmospheric pressure, and, in the region of the sealing seam, completely separates the first and second barrier films from each other, in such way that, precisely in the sealing seam, the first and second barrier films are not in any direct contact with each other, but are always separated from each other, g) and wherein a volume between said first and second films and said fully circumferential sealing seam, consisting of said core and an inner portion of said filter material, is sealed vacuum-tightly and evacuated.",0.5953501472124335,0.809299705575133
9353843,"1. An automatic transmission comprising: a frictional engagement element for transmitting power input from a drive source via an input shaft, the frictional engagement element including a discharge section for discharging the hydraulic oil in the centrifugal balance chamber to a position not overlapping the friction plates in the axial direction; and a cylindrical member supporting the input shaft inserted thereinto, wherein the discharge section is located more inward than the centrifugal balance chamber in the radial direction, and includes an oil passage formed in the cylindrical member and extending in the axial direction, an end of the oil passage at a non-drive source side in the axial direction communicates with the centrifugal balance chamber, and an end of the oil passage at a drive source side in the axial direction communicates with a discharge oil passage provided in a position not overlapping the friction plates in the axial direction to extend in the radial direction.",0.46553280295395816,0.9310656059079163
8888220,"1. A printing apparatus, having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting a liquid, that is capable of executing an operation for ejecting the liquid from the nozzles based on print data for printing an image specified as a printing target, the apparatus comprising: a first transport unit that transports a printing medium in a transport direction; a line head, having a nozzle row in which the plurality of nozzles are arranged in a direction that intersects with the transport direction, that ejects the liquid from the nozzles onto the printing medium transported by the first transport unit; a second transport unit, disposed at a distance from the first transport unit downstream from the first transport unit in the transport direction, that further transports the printing medium transported by the first transport unit; and a control unit that causes the line head to execute a flushing operation for ejecting the liquid from the nozzles at a predetermined frequency, wherein when causing the line head to execute the flushing operation, the control unit provides a margin, where the liquid does not land, in a region corresponding to a predetermined distance from a leading end of the printing medium that is an end of the printing medium located toward the second transport unit.",0.10960974999811786,0.2192194999962357
8961680,1. A solvent composition comprising: (a) methyl acetate in an amount between about 65% v/v and about 85% v/v; (b) dimethyl carbonate in an amount between about 10% v/v and about 25% v/v; and (c) benzyl alcohol in an amount between about 6.5% v/v and 12% v/v.,0.423895871953847,0.847791743907694
9464520,"1. An apparatus for remotely communicating with a device in a wellbore, comprising: an oilfield tubular handling apparatus; partial toroidal coil sections integrated with the oilfield tubular handling apparatus, wherein the partial toroidal coil sections form a toroidal coil upon handling a tubular member with the handling apparatus; and a microcontroller for communicating with the device via at least one of signals transmitted or received through the tubular member using the toroidal coil.",0.17876859810700452,0.35753719621400903
8649325,"1. A communication system that performs communication between a mobile terminal and a communication apparatus that are onboard a vehicle, wherein the mobile terminal comprises: the communication apparatus comprises: the alternative communication unit controlled by the control unit comprises: a second data processing unit that when the data received from the mobile terminal by the fourth communication unit is transferred to the third communication unit, causes the third communication unit to detect the base station on the communication network of the communication apparatus and to transmit the transferred data to the detected base station.",0.7415960402596545,0.5168079194806909
9105913,"1. A device comprising: an anode compartment including a quantity of an anode fluid comprising an electrochemically oxidizable substrate and optional further compounds; a cathode compartment including a quantity of a cathode fluid comprising an electrochemically reducible substrate and optional further compounds; an anode at least partially in contact with the anode fluid in the anode compartment; and a cathode at least partially in contact with the cathode fluid in the cathode compartment, the anode and the cathode being electrically connected and a catalyst being present on a surface of the anode and the cathode for respective catalysis of an electrochemical conversion of the electrochemically oxidizable substrate via an electrochemical oxidation reaction and catalysis of the electrochemical conversion of the electrochemically reducible substrate via an electrochemical reduction reaction, the catalyst comprising electrochemically active micro-organisms on at least one of the anode or cathode, at least one of the anode or cathode comprising electrochemically active micro-organisms being adapted as a plurality of capacitive bioelectrode particles capable of charging and discharging combined with a number of charge conductors, the capacitive bioelectrode particles comprising a first electrically conductive material with electrochemically active micro-organisms thereon, wherein the first electrically conductive material has capacitive properties to store an electric charge, and wherein the number of charge conductors, of a second electrically conductive material, are incorporated in the electrical connection between the anode and cathode and wherein a mixing and/or a stirring means selected from the group consisting of a mixer, a stirrer, a pump, a gaslift and a combination thereof are provided for causing movement of the bioelectrode particles relative to the number of charge conductors such that electrical contact between bioelectrode particles and the number of charge conductors are regulatable, so that charging or discharging of bioelectrode particles is possible at the number of charge conductors.",0.7518579733150078,0.4962840533699844
9497290,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a client, a media presentation description (MPD) that includes an Extensible Markup Language (XML) element that indicates support, by a server, of MPD data files, wherein the XML element comprises a first XML attribute comprising a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of an MPD delta file that includes a change to the MPD; and sending, by the client, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) GET request for the MPD delta file, wherein the HTTP GET request comprises the URL.",0.075294979369634,0.15058995873926806
9847931,"1. A method comprising performing operations by a first switch comprising a plurality of interfaces, the operations comprising: forwarding data packets on the interfaces, each data packet comprising a destination address, the destination addresses being constructed according to a protocol which is the same protocol for all the destination addresses, each destination address being a unicast address or a multicast address, each data packet being forwarded based on the data packet's destination address; transmitting control packets on the interfaces, the control packets identifying the first switch by addresses constructed according to said protocol according to which the destination addresses are constructed, wherein for at least one said interface: the control packets transmitted on the interface comprise control packets transmitted according to a unicast protocol and control packets transmitted according to a multicast protocol; and the control packets transmitted according to the unicast protocol identify the first switch by one or more first addresses constructed according to said protocol according to which the destination addresses are constructed, the control packets transmitted according to the multicast protocol identify the first switch by one or more second addresses which are different from any of the one or more first addresses and which are constructed according to said protocol according to which the destination addresses are constructed.",0.14541378446375308,0.29082756892750616
8850097,"1. USB apparatus suitable for interconnection with a USB host having a D− bus coupled to ground via a pull-down resistance, said USB apparatus comprising: a microcontroller having a first port and a second port, said first port being coupled via a resistance to a voltage source; and a switch, operated by said microcontroller via said second port, selectably interconnecting said first port and said D− bus of said USB host, when said USB apparatus is connected to said USB host, said microcontroller, when operative in a connection detection mode, being operative to:",0.3921825175569579,0.7843650351139158
8929304,"1. A radio communication base station apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to allocate a control channel to one or more control channel element(s) (CCE(s)) in a search space, which is comprised of a plurality of CCEs associated with an aggregation size of the one or more CCE(s) and a user equipment (UE) group, wherein: a transmitter configured to transmit the allocated control channel.",0.3696905503253734,0.7393811006507468
8713491,"1. A method for pre-coloring IC layout data for a multiple patterning lithography process, comprising: generating a graphical IC layout file using a computing device, wherein the graphical IC layout file comprises a plurality of IC shapes comprising a plurality of word lines and a plurality of Y-control lines within an SRAM memory circuit, wherein the plurality of Y-control lines are oriented in parallel with the plurality of word lines; pre-coloring selective IC shapes using the computing device; operating a decomposition algorithm using the computing device, wherein the decomposition algorithm assigns two or more different colors to uncolored IC shapes, such that IC shapes assigned a same color are to be formed on a same mask of a multiple mask set used for the multiple patterning lithography process; wherein the pre-colored IC shapes are to be formed on a same mask independent of the two or more different colors assigned by the decomposition algorithm; wherein forming the pre-colored IC shapes on the same mask reduces processing variations between on-chip structures corresponding to the pre-colored IC shapes; and wherein pre-coloring one or more of the word lines and Y-control lines comprises placing a pre-coloring marker shape on the one or more of the plurality of word lines and Y-control lines, which indicates that the one or more of the plurality of word lines and Y-control lines are to be formed on the same mask.",0.07282106923879282,0.14564213847758567
9663323,"1. A method, comprising: determining, by a safety controller, at least one of a speed limit and an acceleration limit for an elevator car based on elevator state information, the elevator state information comprising at least one of the elevator car is being driven, the elevator car is within a predefined distance from a destination floor, the elevator car is in a floor, and an attempt to apply at least one brake has been made; detecting a need to perform braking of the elevator car, the need being due to at least one of the elevator car being within a predefined distance from a destination floor, an exceeding of the speed limit and an exceeding of the acceleration limit; disabling power supply to the motor, in response to the detecting of the need to perform braking; attempting to apply the at least one brake for braking movement of the elevator car, in response to the detecting of the need to perform braking; measuring at least one of speed and acceleration of the elevator car using at least one first sensor, in response to the attempt to apply the at least one brake and the disabling of the power supply to the motor; determining whether the at least one of speed and acceleration of the elevator car exceeds the respective at least one of the speed limit and the acceleration limit; and enabling, by the safety controller, power supply to the motor for stabilizing movement of the elevator car, in response to the exceeding of the respective at least one of the speed limit and the acceleration limit.",0.722753110238724,0.554493779522552
8994392,"1. A method of detecting a fault in a de-icer means of a probe for measuring a physical parameter on an airplane engine, the method comprising: prior to starting an engine, measuring a first value of the physical parameter with help of the probe; activating the probe de-icer means; at an end of a determined duration from a start of de-icing, measuring a second value of the parameter with help of the probe; and comparing the first and second values and generating a fault signal if the difference between the first and second values is less than a determined threshold.",0.5930198344012775,0.813960331197445
9563879,"1. A method for providing accurate recipient lists, the method comprising: identifying keywords in a document; tagging said identified keywords in said document in response to receiving permission from a user to tag said identified keywords; prompting said user to provide a list of recipients to be correlated with said tagged keywords; receiving said list of recipients to be correlated with said tagged keywords; associating, by a processor, said received list of recipients with said tagged keywords; and identifying a second document containing said tagged keywords.",0.010649230581661617,0.021298461163323235
9493857,"1. A valuable metal extraction method, the method comprising subjecting an acid solution containing a valuable metal and manganese to solvent extraction with a valuable metal extraction agent that comprises an amide derivative represented by the following general formula (I): wherein, R the alkyl group can be a straight chain or a branched chain; R R to extract the valuable metal from the acid solution, wherein the valuable metal is copper, lead, or a combination thereof.",0.6718613691466545,0.656277261706691
8536382,"1. A process for producing alcohol comprising: passing a gaseous stream comprising hydrogen and an alkanoic acid in the vapor phase over a hydrogenation catalyst to yield an alcohol, wherein the hydrogenation catalyst comprising a support and one or more metals, wherein the hydrogenation catalyst further comprises: (a) tungsten oxide, and (b) at least one alkaline earth metal oxide, at least one alkaline earth metal metasilicate, or mixtures thereof.",0.7370636539914687,0.5258726920170627
8797162,"1. A detection unit comprising: a magnet; a first magnetic switch predetermining a first magnetic threshold, the first magnetic switch outputting a first control signal if magnetic flux density of the magnet is greater than the first predetermined magnetic threshold, and outputting a second control signal according if the magnetic flux density of the magnet is less than the first predetermined magnetic threshold; a second magnetic switch predetermining a second magnetic threshold, the first magnetic switch outputting a third control signal if the magnetic flux density of the magnet is greater than the second predetermined magnetic threshold, and outputting a fourth control signal according if the magnetic flux density of the magnet is less than the second predetermined magnetic threshold, the first control signal being the same as the third control signal, the second control signal being the same as the fourth control signal; a processor electronically connected to the first magnetic switch and the second magnetic switch; and a clock electronically connected to the processor; in response to receiving the first control signal and the third control signal from the first magnetic switch or the second magnetic switch, the processor reads a first real-time clock (RTC) signal from the clock; and in response to receiving the first control signal and the third control signal from the first magnetic switch or the second magnetic switch, the processor reads a second RTC signal from the clock.",0.18251222684767515,0.3650244536953503
8900041,"1. A fan system installed in a location having a floor and a ceiling, the fan system comprising: (a) a rotatable hub; (b) plurality of fan blades secured to the hub; (c) a motor in communication with the hub, wherein the motor is operable to drive the hub at a selectable rate of rotation; (d) a motor controller in communication with the motor, wherein the motor controller is configured to select the rate of rotation at which the motor drives the hub; (e) an upper temperature sensor positioned near the ceiling, wherein the upper temperature sensor is configured to sense the temperature of air near the ceiling, wherein the upper temperature sensor is in communication with the motor controller; (f) a lower temperature sensor positioned near the floor, wherein the lower temperature sensor is configured to sense the temperature of air near the floor, wherein the lower temperature sensor is in communication with the motor controller; wherein the motor controller is configured to automatically adjust the rate of rotation at which the motor drives the hub from a first non-zero rate of rotation to a second non-zero rate of rotation based at least in part on differences between temperatures communicated from the upper temperature sensor and temperatures communicated from the lower temperature sensor; and (g) a humidity sensor, wherein the humidity sensor is configured to sense relative humidity comprising at least a first value and a second value, wherein the second value is greater than the first value, wherein the humidity sensor is in communication with the motor controller, wherein the motor controller is configured to automatically adjust the rate of rotation at which the motor drives the hub from a third non-zero rate of rotation to a fourth non-zero rate of rotation based further at least in part on a humidity level communicated from the humidity sensor; wherein the motor controller is operable to adjust the rate of rotation at which the motor drives the hub to increase or decrease the rate of rotation in response to an increase in relative humidity communicated from the humidity sensor.",0.833955296652388,0.332089406695224
8798606,"1. A method comprising: receiving, at an intermediate server, data sent by a first application running on a wireless information device, the data relating to time sensitive information and a meeting profile entered by an end-user into the first application, wherein the intermediate server is configured to present a generic application programming interface and runs on the wireless information device; and providing the data, over the generic application programming interface, from the intermediate server to a second abdication running on the wireless information device, the data triggering the second application to cause the wireless information device to automatically change its behavior appropriately in dependence on the time and meeting profile data and not in dependence on automatically acquired location sensor information, determining in an instance in which a conflict arises between the behavior change due to the time and meeting profile data from the first application and a different behavior change that depends on the automatically acquired location sensor information, whether the different behavior change prevails; and in response to determining that the different behavior change prevails, implanting the different behavior change.",0.14878547075308596,0.2975709415061719
9566205,"1. A series elastic holonomic mobile platform for home-based administration of table-top therapeutic physical rehabilitation exercises to patients and evaluation of patient performance during such exercises, said mobile platform being provided as a multi degree-of-freedom (DoF) mobile platform comprising a multi-DoF compliant mechanism and a control unit; wherein said multi-DoF mobile platform comprises at least three actuated Mecanum wheels and said multi-DoF compliant mechanism is provided as a force sensing unit in the form of a compliant planar multi-DoF series elastic element, wherein said compliant mechanism operates such that in-plane forces and torque acting on are determined by measuring deflection of said compliant mechanism by means of position sensors whereby the non-backdriveable active holonomic platform operates as a multi-DoF series elastic actuator, and wherein said mobile platform is associated with an at least 3-DoF planar, compliant parallel mechanism coupled to an omni-directional Mecanum-wheeled mobile robot.",0.2389679583199988,0.4779359166399977
9709027,"1. A drive system for a wind turbine, the wind turbine including a contra-rotating generator having a magnetic field rotor mounted on a first shaft and an armature mounted on a second shaft, the first and second generator shafts being rotatable in opposite directions to generate an electromotive force, the turbine having at least one propeller rotor adapted for capturing wind energy, the drive system comprising: a frame adapted for mounting around the contra-rotating generator; a first primary pulley adapted for rigid attachment to the first shaft; a second primary pulley adapted for rigid attachment to the second shaft; a plurality of idler pulleys mounted on the frame between the first and second primary pulleys; and at least one endless belt extending over the first primary pulley, the plurality of idler pulleys, and the second primary pulley so that the first generator shaft and the second generator shaft are constrained to rotate in opposite directions.",0.9541392330527244,0.09172153389455118
9515986,"1. A method of obtaining addressing information, the method comprising: establishing a communication path using an Internet Key Exchange protocol through a network between first and second peer devices wherein a router is coupled between the first peer device and the communication path through the network; receiving a first communication at the first peer device from the second peer device through the communication path and the router, wherein a payload of the first communication received at the first peer device from the second peer device includes a public reachability address used by the second peer device to transmit the first communication through the network and the router to the first peer device; receiving a second communication at the first peer device from the second peer device through the communication path and the router, wherein the second communication is addressed by the second peer device using a second public reachability address; comparing at the first peer device the second public reachability address used by the second peer device for the second communication and an address of the first peer device; responsive to determining that the second public reachability address fails to match the address of the first peer device, transmitting a rejection and a request for an updated public reachability address from the first peer device to the second peer device through the router and the network; and in response to the request, receiving a third communication at the first peer device with the updated public reachability address.",0.11206043544064666,0.2241208708812933
9037847,"1. A method for enforcing digital rights management (DRM) rules in a first device that is a primary device, said method comprising steps performed by a processor of: receiving, at the first device, a message including a rights object (RO) having a digital signature directly from a source device; determining an identity of a signing entity from the message including the RO having the digital signature, wherein the signing entity is an entity that digitally signed the RO; processing the message including the RO having the digital signature using the identity of the signing entity and an information state, wherein the information state provides one of independently acquired information about the signing entity or indication of absence of independently acquired information about the signing entity, to enforce DRM rules in the first device; ascertaining a registration status of the first device by using the information state to determine whether the first device has a currently valid context with the signing entity; and in response to the first device having a currently valid context with the signing entity, confirming the registration of the first device and enabling the RO to provide access to DRM content at the first device.",0.09364725975285661,0.1872945195057132
8369912,"1. A superconducting cable comprising: means for defining a channel, said channel suitable for transporting a cooling liquid; a tubular support structure; an insulation layer or a tubular insulation layer; an outer superconductor layer containing a first high Tc conductor material having first AC losses; an inner superconductor layer containing a second high Tc conductor material which differs from said first high Tc material of said outer layer, said second high Tc material having second AC losses which exceed said first AC losses of said outer layer; and normal-conducting interruptions disposed in said first high Tc conductor material of said outer layer.",0.5333550473897788,0.9332899052204424
9575344,1. A display module comprising: a system frame; a panel frame comprising: a display panel disposed on the panel frame.,0.38447406936605916,0.7689481387321183
8790602,"1. In a furnace for thermally cracking a feed selected from the group consisting of C 2-4 alkanes, and naphtha, the improvement comprising using in the furnace radiant section one or more process coils comprising one or more passes, having the external surface augmented with protuberances, the said protuberances having: i) a maximum height from 3 to 15% of the coil outer diameter; ii) a contact surface with a coil, or a base, which area is 0.1%-10% of the coil external cross section area; iii) a geometrical shape which has a relatively large external surface containing a relatively small volume.",0.8066648821701861,0.3866702356596279
8662044,"1. An electrical fuel system primer, comprising: a fuel tank adapter configured to mate with an external fuel tank to retrieve a fuel; a fuel filter configured to filter contaminants in the fuel; a fuel pump configured to pressurized the fuel to a predetermined pressure that will open a valve in a fuel system of a vehicle; a plurality of battery clamps to clamp to a battery of the vehicle and provide power to the fuel pump; a gauge to measure the pressurized fuel; a converter configured to step up or step down a current as needed; and an engine adapter configured to provide a connection to the fuel system.",0.8832452143115646,0.2335095713768709
9481787,"1. A method for producing a latent curing agent in which an imidazole compound is held in porous resin particles obtained by interfacial polymerization of a polyfunctional isocyanate compound, the method comprising the following steps (A) to (E): Step (A) a step of obtaining an oil-in-water emulsion by emulsifying an oil phase obtained by dissolving a polyfunctional isocyanate compound in an organic solvent in an aqueous phase obtained by dissolving a water-soluble polypeptide and a surfactant in water; Step (B) a step of forming porous resin particles by interfacial polymerization of the polyfunctional isocyanate compound in the oil phase by heating the oil-in-water emulsion; Step (C) a step of carrying out an enzyme degradation treatment on the porous resin particles by adding a proteolytic enzyme into an interfacial polymerization solution in which the porous resin particles are dispersed; Step (D) a step of recovering the porous resin particles that have been subjected to the enzyme degradation treatment from the interfacial polymerization reaction solution; and Step (E) a step of acquiring a latent curing agent in which an imidazole compound is held in porous resin particles, by mixing the recovered porous resin particles with an imidazole compound solution obtained by dissolving an imidazole compound in an organic solvent, wherein the imidazole compound solution further includes a tertiary amine compound and the tertiary amine compound is present in an amount that is 0.1 to 0.8 times by mass an amount of the imidazole compound, to make the imidazole compound solution permeate into the porous resin particles.",0.45587317121347865,0.9117463424269573
9784129,"1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a core portion received within an annular bypass duct wall, a bypass air passage being defined by an annular space between the core portion and bypass duct wall; a front mount assembly supporting the core portion in proximity of an inlet of the bypass air passage; a rear mount assembly supporting the core portion in proximity of an outlet of the bypass air passage, the rear mount assembly including:",0.9628713121806733,0.07425737563865331
8772464,"1. A nucleic acid comprising: (i) an aptamer comprising a 5′-end switching aptamer stem sequence; and (ii) a 3′-end priming sequence; wherein: (1) in a first conformation, the 3′-end priming sequence forms a hairpin structure, and the 5′-end switching aptamer stem sequence is single-stranded; and, (2) in a second conformation, the 5′-end switching aptamer stem sequence hybridizes to a complementary region of the nucleic acid, and the 3′-end priming sequence is available for hybridization to a target template to form a primer:template pair; wherein binding to a ligand by the aptamer induces a conformational change of the nucleic acid to shift between the first conformation and the second conformation, or between the second conformation and the first conformation.",0.45502385598872225,0.9100477119774445
8653659,"1. An integrated circuit device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; an under-bump-metallurgy (UBM) layer overlying the semiconductor substrate; a copper-containing pillar on the UBM layer, wherein the copper-containing pillar comprises a top surface, an upper sidewall surface adjacent to the top surface, and a lower sidewall surface adjacent to the UBM layer; and a barrier layer on the upper sidewall surface of the copper-containing pillar, wherein the barrier layer exposes the lower sidewall surface; wherein the copper-containing pillar has a first height, the upper sidewall surface has a second height, and the second height is greater than about 30 percent of the first height.",0.3925210785271806,0.7850421570543612
9302761,"1. A high-lift device of a flight vehicle, the high-lift device comprising: a flap main body provided at a trailing portion of a main wing of the flight vehicle so as to be extracted from and be retracted in the trailing portion and extending in a wing span direction of the main wing; and a vortex suppressing portion provided at a tip end portion of the flap main body in an extending direction of the flap main body and configured to suppress a vortex rolling up from a lower surface of the tip end portion of the flap main body to an upper surface of the tip end portion of the flap main body, wherein the vortex suppressing portion is formed by partially cutting out the tip end portion of the flap main body.",0.6962352735239833,0.6075294529520334
8471141,"1. A photovoltaic roofing structure comprising: a first roofing tile having a first open center portion and a substantially planar configuration; a first photovoltaic module positioned over the first open center portion; a second roofing tile adjacent the first roofing tile, wherein the second roofing tile includes a second open center portion and a substantially planar configuration, a second photovoltaic module positioned over the second open center portion; wherein the first roofing tile is configured to create an overlap with a portion of the second roofing tile to define a covered air circulation pathway between an underside of the first photovoltaic module through the first open center portion and an underside of the second photovoltaic module through the second open center portion, wherein at a junction between tiles, the air circulation pathway is covered by the overlap and permits direct air contact on the underside.",0.9393338201733916,0.12133235965321676
9518985,"1. A device for performing semi-quantitative lateral flow assay, comprising: a porous hydrophilic substrate wherein the substrate includes, in plan view, a liquid sample-receiving central region and multiple arms that extend out from the central region, wherein each arm includes a localized reaction zone, and wherein the reaction zone of every arm is located at a different distance relative to the central region and to one another such that the analyte in the sample resides in different quantities at at least some of the reaction zones of the arms to collectively produce a reaction pattern on the device, which reaction pattern can be analyzed by the unaided human eye to yield semi-quantitative data from the lateral flow assay.",0.18443644904974116,0.3688728980994823
9662482,"1. A method of extracting substances from a skin surface of a subject, comprising: securing a tip along a distal end of a handpiece, wherein the tip comprises a periphery and an inner member positioned within the periphery, the inner member comprising a curved portion, the curved portion comprising a spiral shape, wherein a radius of curvature of the inner member increases along at least a portion of the curved portion, the handpiece comprising a vacuum passage, wherein the vacuum passage is in fluid communication with a vacuum source and the tip when the tip is secured to the handpiece; activating the vacuum source to create suction within the vacuum passage to contact the periphery of the tip with the skin surface and to draw the skin surface toward the tip; positioning the tip along the skin of the subject, wherein the suction along the tip helps draw a portion of the subject's skin toward the tip; and applying a lifting treatment material to the subject's skin surface, wherein the lifting treatment material facilitates extraction of substances from the skin; and at least partially twisting the handpiece while the vacuum source is activated and while the subject's skin is drawn toward the tip using the suction created by the vacuum source and the tip is positioned against the subject's skin; wherein at least partially twisting the handpiece helps extract substances from skin, wherein the extracted substances comprise at least one of blackheads, sebum and oil.",0.06799943638979437,0.13599887277958878
8999690,"1. A kit for fluorometric analysis of a biological sample, comprising: a dye solution comprising a conjugate of a biological substance and dye I, wherein C is a non-conjugated chain of 10 to 50 linear atoms selected from a group consisting of carbon and nitrogen that are further substituted by substituents selected from a group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl having 1-20 carbons, hydroxyl, carbonyl, and RGM; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; R R X is O or S; RGM is a carboxylic acid, an activated ester of a carboxylic acid, an acyl azide, an acyl nitrile, an imido ester, an isocyanate, an isothiocyanate, or a maleimide; wherein the biological substance is selected from a group consisting of a peptide, protein, nucleotide, nucleic acid, carbohydrate, lipid, membrane or cell.",0.37129973718522874,0.7425994743704575
9661181,"1. An image processing apparatus for printing an image on a print medium with use of multiple inks, the image processing apparatus comprising one or more processors and one or more computer-readable medias storing a program, the one or more processors and one or more computer-readable media executing the program to function as: a data acquisition unit configured to, for a target pixel, acquire first multi-valued data corresponding to a first ink, second multi-valued data corresponding to a second ink and third multi-valued data corresponding to a third ink; a threshold value acquisition unit configured to acquire a first threshold value corresponding to the target pixel from a threshold value matrix that indicates an array of multiple threshold values; a calculating unit configured to calculate a second threshold value by offsetting the first threshold value with use of the first multi-valued data, and a third threshold value by offsetting the first threshold value with use of the first multi-valued data and the second multi-valued data; and a generating unit configured to generate first quantized data for printing a dot of the first ink by comparing the first multi-valued data and the first threshold value, generate second quantized data for printing a dot of the second ink by comparing the second multi-valued data and the second threshold value, and generate third quantized data for printing a dot of the third ink by comparing the third multi-valued data and the third threshold value, wherein: the threshold value matrix is characterized in that dispersibility of dots printed at positions corresponding to threshold values being continuous from a minimum value to a predetermined value is higher than dispersibility of dots printed at positions corresponding to threshold values being continuous except for from the minimum value to the predetermined value; and the first ink is an ink of a color different from black, and the second ink is a black ink.",0.11178270673662039,0.22356541347324077
8540909,"1. A method of reworking an area of a composite structure containing an inconsistency, comprising: tapering an edge of the composite structure surrounding the area of the inconsistency, including forming at least first and second scarf angles on the edge; configuring the first and second scarf angles to provide a corresponding different load carrying ability for each edge of the composite structure; forming a composite rework patch having a tapered edge; configuring the composite rework patch to comprise: a first bond joint control region and a second bond joint control region; configuring each bond joint control region to comprise a corresponding first ply that is bonded, by a corresponding tailored adhesive, to a corresponding surface comprising at least one of: a second ply, and the composite structure; configuring each bond joint control region such that a first strain energy release rate, of the first bond joint control region, is distinct from a second strain energy release rate, of the second bond joint control region, and such that the first bond joint control region and the second bond joint control region have different resistances to delamination; configuring each bond joint control region to present an indication of a corresponding condition of the composite rework patch; and, forming a bonded scarf joint between the tapered edge of the patch and the taped edge of the composite structure.",0.8267852593703802,0.34642948125923967
9660550,"1. A generator device for voltage supply of a motor vehicle, comprising: at least one rectifying element for rectifying an alternating voltage provided by a generator; wherein the rectifying element has an n-channel MOS field-effect transistor in which a gate, a body area, and a source area are electrically fixedly connected to one another at a same node and in which the drain area is used as a cathode; the rectifying element has a conducting-state voltage which is lower than a forward voltage of a p-n diode; the rectifying element has the conducting-state voltage (UON) which is lower than 0.7 V when a current flows through the rectifying element at 500 A/cm2; and the rectifying element has a gate oxide thickness which is smaller than 20 nm.",0.9208957888877678,0.1582084222244644
8964490,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a write driver circuit configured to: a boost circuit coupled to the output node, wherein the boost circuit is configured to couple the output node to a third voltage level responsive to a boost control signal, wherein the third voltage level is lower than the second voltage level.",0.4767040794662679,0.9534081589325358
8422343,"1. An optical pickup of an optical-disc device recording information signals on an optical disc or playing the signals back from the disc through the irradiation of the disc with a laser beam, the optical pickup comprising: a laser-light source that emits the laser beam in a linear-velocity direction paralleling the disc surface of the optical disc, a total-reflection mirror that receive the laser beam emitted at the laser-light source to reflect the beam in a direction vertical to the disc surface of the optical disc, and an objective-lens-driving apparatus that has an objective lens for receiving the laser beam reflected by the total-reflection mirror to irradiate the optical disc with the beam, the objective-lens-driving apparatus comprising: the objective lens for focusing the laser beam on the optical disc, a plurality of tracking coils that supply fluctuating magnetic fields for controlling the position of the objective lens in a radial direction with regard to the optical disc surface, two focus coils that supply fluctuating magnetic fields for controlling the position of the objective lens in the vertical direction with regard to the optical disc surface, a lens-coil holder that holds the objective lens on the surface facing the optical disc and holds the tracking coils and the focus coils thereon, and a group of magnets that generate DC magnetic fields for driving the lens-coil holder in the radial direction and in the vertical direction with regard to the optical disc surface, the lens-coil holder comprising: a first holder that holds thereon the objective lens and the tracking coils having their axes in a perpendicular direction with regard to the optical axis direction of the objective lens, a second holder around that one of the two focus coils is wound, and a third holder around that the remaining one of the two focus coils is wound, the first holder comprising: a cavity for irradiating the total-reflection mirror with the laser beam therethrough that stretches in the radial direction of the optical disc on the sides paralleling the radial direction of the optical disc, a wire-winding protrusion that is disposed on a side paralleling the radial direction of the optical disc in the portion excluding the cavity and around that the tracking coil is wound in parallel with the side, and two inserting holes into that the second holder and the third holder are inserted in such a way that the central axes of the focus coils are located in a perpendicular direction with regard to the central axes of the tracking coils.",0.017012103306629445,0.03402420661325889
8685872,"1. A low softening point glass composition, which is substantially free from lead, bismuth and antimony, and comprises oxides of vanadium, phosphorous, tellurium, barium, tungsten and/or molybdenum, and iron and/or alkali metal, the softening point of the glass composition being 380° C. or lower.",0.21627141543376321,0.43254283086752643
8866619,"1. A presence detection system for detecting a presence of an object within an area having a plurality of detection zones, the system comprising: a movement detection device for detecting a movement of the object, and an electronic processing device for storing information relating to a position of the object in a zone-wise way, based on the movement of the object, detected by the movement detection device, wherein the electronic processing device is configured for determining, in a zone-wise way, the presence of the object within the area based on detected movement of the object and stored information relating to the position of the object, wherein the area comprises a passage, wherein the zones include a first zone covering the passage and a second zone adjacent to the first zone, and wherein, during use, the presence of the object is determined from a first moment in time when a movement in the first zone is detected and the presence is determined when a movement in one of the other zones of the area is detected, and a non-presence of the object is determined when a movement from the second zone to the first zone is detected and thereafter no movement in the first zone is detected for a predetermined period of time.",0.22361999775068978,0.4472399955013795
9826714,"1. A tracking tag configured to be attached to an object or animal, such tracking tag comprising: a power module that comprises an energy storage element; a low-power long-range transmitter which consumes nearly no quiescent current when it is not transmitting or receiving information; a microcontroller comprising a sleep-mode module which allows nearly no quiescent current to be drawn when the microcontroller is in a sleep-mode, said microcontroller configured to communicate with said low-power long-range transmitter, said microcontroller further configured to enter into the sleep-mode for a long period of time following a short period of time sending data to the low-power long-range transmitter, wherein said short period of sending data is equal to or less than one-twentieth of said long period of time.",0.9230787479781115,0.15384250404377697
9614729,"1. A management method for use in a data-processing infrastructure comprising a server data-processing entity and a set of target data-processing entities, the method comprising the steps of: downloading, from the server data-processing entity onto each target data-processing entity of the set of target data-processing entities, a set of corresponding management policies, the management policies of at least one of the target data-processing entities comprising a subset of server-side management policies and a subset of target-side management policies, wherein each policy of the management policies indicates how to verify a compliance of the at least one of the target data-processing entities with the policy and how to remedy its possible non-compliance; executing, on each target data-processing entity, a verification action indicated in each one of the corresponding management policies for verifying the compliance of the target data-processing entity with the management policy; executing, on each target data-processing entity, a target-side remediation action indicated in each violated one of the corresponding target-side management policies which the target data-processing entity is not compliant with, for remedying the non-compliance of the target data-processing entity with the violated target-side management policy; sending, from each target data-processing entity to the server data-processing entity, an indication of a remediation request for each violated one of the corresponding server-side management policies which the target data-processing entity is not compliant with; and executing, on the server data-processing entity, a corresponding server-side remediation action in response to each remediation request for remedying the non-compliance of the corresponding target data-processing entity with the corresponding violated server-side management policy such that the violated target-side management policies are remedied by the set of target data-processing entities and the violated server-side management policies are remedied by the server data-processing entity.",0.13710941583944664,0.27421883167889327
8827878,"1. A weight bar clamp, comprising: a collar comprising two opposing walls extending from a common end, each of the two opposing walls comprising an arced interior surface extending partially about a collar center axis and terminating adjacent each other at a terminating wall end of each wall, wherein a biasing member biases the terminating ends of each wall away from each other; at least two structural ribs on each of the two opposing walls, each structural rib extending in an arc partially between the common end and the terminating end of a respective wall of the two opposing walls, wherein the ribs on each respective wall are spaced from respective side ends of the wall, concentric to a common arc axis particular to that respective wall, and the common arcs for each of the two opposing walls are parallel with the collar center axis; two cam halves, each one of the two cam halves coupled to the terminating end of one of the two opposing walls, each of the two cam halves comprising an upper lip separate from the upper lip of the other of the two cam halves and extending outward from the respective cam half; a handle comprising a cam opening with a ledge extending at least partially around the cam opening and engaging the upper lip of the two cam halves, the handle pivotally coupled to the two cam halves, wherein the cam halves extend into the cam opening such that when the handle is in a first position the biasing member causes the cam halves to separate from each other and in a second position the handle pushes the cam halves toward each other counter to the biasing member's bias.",0.07245995981860326,0.14491991963720652
8365323,"1. An inflatable, portable crib, comprising: a bottom member configured to be placed on a supporting surface; at least one vertical member coupled to said bottom; three or more vertical supports arranged around the perimeter of the bottom member, each vertical support including a first strut and a second strut each having a top end an a bottom end; wherein said first strut and said second strut are coupled to restrict movement between the first strut and the second strut; and one or more horizontal members; wherein the one or more horizontal members connect at least two struts toward the top end of the struts, said horizontal member(s) operationally connected to said vertical member(s), wherein said vertical member(s) and said bottom member create an enclosed space; and wherein said struts and horizontal member(s) consist of an outer shell of dimensionally stable material and at least one inner bladder; wherein said struts and said horizontal member(s) are configured so that when said inner bladders are inflated with air under pressure, said struts and said horizontal member(s) create a rigid structure for supporting said vertical member(s) and/or said bottom member.",0.08223955389371254,0.16447910778742503
8589065,"1. A method for providing parking based route navigation, comprising: receiving a destination; automatically enabling and disabling a parking based route navigation information output option based at least in part on one or more parking factors associated with the destination; and providing parking based route navigation from a first location to one or more parking spots associated with the destination responsive to the option being enabled, at least some of at least one of receiving, automatically enabling or providing implemented at least in part via a processing unit.",0.513088538484438,0.9738229230311239
9523489,"1. A grow light cooling system for use within a grow facility, the system comprising: an elongate enclosure having an at least one intake end and an at least one exhaust end, the enclosure providing an at least one grow light suspended therewithin; each of the at least one intake end in fluid communication with an at least one intake fan configured for drawing air into said intake end of the enclosure, and each of the at least one exhaust end in fluid communication with an at least one exhaust fan configured for expelling air from said exhaust end of the enclosure, said intake fan and exhaust fan cooperating to create an amount of airflow through the enclosure; and a bottom surface of the enclosure providing an at least one cutout positioned substantially underneath each of the at least one grow light, the at least one grow light being positioned in substantially close proximity to the bottom surface of the enclosure, thereby causing the airflow to form a relatively thin air curtain that flows across the at least one cutout, substantially between the at least one grow light and the bottom surface of the enclosure, and assists in substantially preventing at least a portion of the heat emitted by the at least one grow light from escaping through the corresponding at least one cutout; whereby, the system is capable of regulating the ambient heat generated by the at least one grow light without reducing the effectiveness of the at least one grow light on the plants positioned thereunder.",0.7339955210931891,0.5320089578136218
8976094,"1. A portion of an liquid crystal display (LCD) comprising: a first substrate; an organic passivation layer disposed on the first substrate, the organic passivation layer having a thicker middle portion and a thinner edge portion; an adhesive sealant disposed on the first substrate and the thinner edge portion of the organic passivation layer; and a second substrate disposed on the adhesive sealant, wherein the adhesive sealant is configured to seal the first substrate to the second substrate.",0.21579082602066071,0.4315816520413214
8387006,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by an authoring tool, a web page comprising markup; in response to receiving, by the authoring tool, a first input indicating selection of a region of the web page, selecting the region of the web page; in response to receiving, by the authoring tool, a second input indicating that the selected region should be run-time editable, updating the markup to configure the region of the web page to be run-time editable when the web page is rendered by a web browser; presenting, by the authoring tool, a plurality of potential editing options for the selected region; and in response to receiving, by the authoring tool, a third input indicating selection of at least one of the plurality of potential editing options that should be permitted for the selected region, updating the markup to configure the selected editing options to be permitted when the region is run-time edited within the web browser; wherein the region of the web page, when received by the authoring tool, is not configured to be run-time editable.",0.01892731654031687,0.03785463308063375
9130205,"1. A method comprising: a) operating a fuel cell power plant to provide electric power to a vehicle propulsion system ( b) monitoring fuel cell voltage during normal operation of the vehicle propulsion system; characterized by: c) in response to fuel cell voltage reaching a predetermined cell voltage threshold, diverting all reactant air except an amount required to generate enough power to cause the fuel cell voltage to not exceed the predetermined cell voltage threshold; and d) after step c), and until demand of the vehicle propulsion system exceeds a demand threshold, generating enough power to cause the fuel cell voltage to not exceed the predetermined cell voltage threshold while storing electric power output of the fuel cell power plant in an energy storage system (",0.9939688904142001,0.012062219171599775
9725964,"1. A tubular component for oil exploration, comprising an electromagnetic half-coupler that can be coupled to a half-coupler of another tubular component to allow data transmission; wherein an end portion of the tubular component comprises a housing accommodating the half-coupler, the half-coupler comprising a coupling element and an annular armature for the coupling element, the coupling element comprising an annular body formed at least in part front a first material with a predetermined magnetic permeability, the coupling element further comprising an electrical conductor having turns, the armature comprising a first portion and a second portion configured to accommodate the coupling element, the armature being at least partially surrounded by isolating and impervious second material to protect the half-coupler against infiltration, wherein the annular body contacts the first portion, the second portion and the second material such that the annular body is enclosed in part by the first portion and the second portion and in part by the second material.",0.4800941613707085,0.960188322741417
9421230,"1. A method of treating a human subject having autoimmune disease, the method comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a purified bacterial mixture of at least two live bacterial strains belonging to",0.6369173067519281,0.7261653864961437
8702964,"1. A method of detecting soil macronutrient, plant nutrient uptake, phosphate contaminant in ground water, phosphate contaminant in rivers and phosphate poison in agriculture products, comprising: introducing a monobasic phosphate (H",0.5029066831929574,0.9941866336140852
8369475,"1. A fuel assembly for a nuclear reactor comprising: a parallel, spaced array of a plurality of elongated nuclear fuel rods supported between a lower nozzle and an upper nozzle and having an axial length along the elongated dimension of the nuclear fuel rods; a plurality of spaced support grids arranged in tandem along the axial length of the fuel rods, between the upper nozzle and the lower nozzle, at least partially enclosing an axial portion of the circumference of each fuel rod within a corresponding support cell of the support grids to maintain a lateral spacing between fuel rods, at least one of the support grids comprising; a plurality of elongated, intersecting straps that define the support cells at the intersection of each four adjacent straps that surround the nuclear fuel rods, a length of each strap along its elongated dimension, between the intersections of the four adjacent straps forming a wall of the corresponding support cell, with each wall of the cells that surround fuel rods having a lower leading edge and an upper trailing edge that are substantially in the plane of the corresponding strap with at least one of the leading edge and the trailing edge extending in between the intersections of adjacent straps at an angle substantially deviating from an angle of an axis of the elongated dimension of the straps and having substantially the same elevation at adjacent intersections.",0.9043383957899367,0.19132320842012662
8912781,"1. An integrated circuit for controlling a power supply circuit that generates an output current, the integrated circuit comprising: an input for receiving a signal from a winding of a magnetic storage element of the power supply circuit; a detection circuit coupled to the input for processing the signal from the winding of the magnetic storage element to detect a duration of a flyback interval during which the magnetic storage element of the power supply circuit is supplying current to an output of the power supply circuit and for determining an indication of a peak current in the magnetic storage element at the end of a charging interval during which the magnetic storage element is storing energy supplied from the power supply circuit; and a control circuit for generating a switching control signal to control a cycle rate of the power supply circuit according to a selectable operating mode of the integrated circuit that is selectable between a buck operating mode and another operating mode, wherein in the buck operating mode the cycle rate is controlled according to a first value computed according to a first algorithm from the indication of the peak current and the detected duration of the flyback interval to maintain the output current at a constant value, and wherein in the another operating mode the cycle rate is controlled according to a second value computed according to a second algorithm from the peak current and the detected duration of the flyback interval to maintain the output current at the constant value, wherein the second algorithm differs from the first algorithm.",0.9222164116250198,0.15556717674996046
9427946,"1. A method comprising: forming at least one layer of material comprising graphene on at least part of a surface of a first substrate, wherein a first surface of the at least one layer of material is in contact with the first substrate thereby defining an interface; forming at least one layer of a second material on at least part of an opposing surface of the first substrate, wherein the at least one layer of the second material comprises a polymer; attaching a second substrate to a second surface of the at least one layer of material, the second surface opposing the first surface; forming bubbles at the interface; and applying mechanical force, wherein applying mechanical force comprises pulling the first substrate in a first direction, and pulling the second substrate along with the at least one layer of material in a second direction, the first and second directions diverging from one another, thereby defining an angle of separation, the angle of separation is about 1 degree to about 90 degrees; whereby the second substrate and the at least one layer of material are jointly separated from the first substrate at the interface by the bubbles formed at the interface and the application of mechanical force.",0.4100358462476432,0.8200716924952864
8971617,"1. A method of generating a grayscale image, the method comprising receiving a single value through a user interface control; from the single value, computing a plurality of different grayscale weighting values for converting a color image to the grayscale image, wherein different settings for the single value result in different proportionalities of each of the grayscale weighting values to each of the other grayscale weighting values; and generating the grayscale image by applying the plurality of different grayscale weighting values to the color image, wherein said receiving, computing and generating are performed by an electronic device.",0.030378329770063158,0.06075665954012632
8620392,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a power receiving unit that receives power from a battery charger by electromagnetic waves; a speaker unit that outputs sound of a telephone call in a first mode as a sound output mode in a case in which the electronic device is made proximate to a user's ear, or a second mode as a sound output mode in a case in which the electronic device is separated from the user's ear; a determination unit that receives identification information for identifying the battery charger, and determines whether the battery charger is disposed at a predetermined place, based on the identification information; a conversion unit that converts sound into characters in a case in which the determination unit determines that the battery charger is disposed at a place other than the predetermined place; and a display unit that displays the characters converted by the conversion unit, wherein, in a case in which the determination unit determines that the battery charger is disposed at the predetermined place, when the power receiving unit is receiving power by the battery charger disposed at the predetermined place, the speaker unit outputs sound of the telephone call in the second mode, and in a case in which the power receiving unit is receiving power by the battery charger disposed at a place other than the predetermined place, the speaker unit does not output sound of the telephone call in the second mode.",0.533413984087952,0.9331720318240959
9544975,"1. An addressable controller for installation in a building comprising an electrical power distribution wiring, a room, a device box in the room, a light fixture comprising a lighting element positioned for illuminating the room and at least one addressable space sensing sensor remote from said addressable controller and comprising a sensor communications stack and a sensor powerline modem for transmitting sensed data using the electrical distribution wiring, the controller comprising: a housing dimensioned to fit in the device box; a microprocessor powerable by the electrical distribution wiring; a controller communications stack; a controller powerline modem, a memory; microprocessor-executable instructions stored in said memory; and a relay for controlling delivery of electricity to the light fixture; wherein the sensed data is received from the at least one addressable space sensing sensor via said controller communications stack, said controller powerline modem and the electrical distribution wiring, said microprocessor energizing and de-energizing said relay in accordance with the sensed data and said computer-executable instructions in order to one of illuminate and extinguish the lighting element.",0.7058094697247097,0.5883810605505806
8814121,"1. A stabilizer pad apparatus for stabilizing a jack or outrigger from a heavy equipment when resting on a ground surface, comprising: a) a pad having a top wall, a bottom wall and downwardly depending side wall, said pad having a substantially circular shape, wherein the top wall is configured for the jack or outrigger mount thereon; b) a pad grasping device comprising, such that when at least a portion of said side wall is in contact with said ground surface said apparatus may be rolled along said ground surface.",0.03604299422847712,0.07208598845695424
9571341,"1. A hardware element in a Network on Chip (NoC) and/or System on Chip (SoC) comprising: a clock gating circuit that configures one or more neighboring hardware elements to activate before receiving new incoming data; and to configure the one or more neighboring hardware elements to sleep after a defined number of cycles, said defined number of cycles are counted from a cycle having non-receipt of incoming data and having a clearance of all data within an input queue of a source hardware element, the defined number of cycles being set based on at least one of a predetermined number of cycles and a calculation based on a self-learning process associated with one or more conditions of the at least one of the SoC and the NoC; wherein the hardware element is configured to be clock gated or clock disabled through one of a system level signal and a programmed register, upon which hardware element sends interrupt to its neighboring hardware elements to prevent them from sending messages to the hardware element.",0.8241102066452715,0.3517795867094571
9358426,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: prompting a first user to perform at least one exercise during a workout session; monitoring with a monitoring device the first user performing the at least one exercise; using data captured by the monitoring device during the first user's performance of the at least one exercise to generate a first virtual avatar having a first contiguous area shaped like a first human subject that includes a plurality of appendage-like sub-areas representing appendages of the first human subject; generating a first virtual shadow for the first virtual avatar comprising a second contiguous area shaped like the first human subject that is larger than the first contiguous area and comprising a plurality of appendage-like sub-areas representing appendages of the first human subject, wherein the appendage-like sub-areas of the virtual shadow are larger than the appendage-like sub-areas of the virtual avatar, wherein the first virtual shadow is configured to illustrate a proper form of the athletic movement, such that if the first user is performing the proper form of the athletic movement, then the first contiguous area is entirely within the second contiguous area; using second user data corresponding to a second user to generate a second virtual avatar and a second virtual shadow during the second user's performance of the at least one exercise, the second virtual avatar having a third contiguous area shaped like a second human subject comprising a plurality of appendage-like sub-areas representing appendages of the second human subject and the second virtual shadow comprises a fourth contiguous area that is shaped like the second human subject but larger than the third contiguous area and comprising a plurality of appendage-like sub-areas representing appendages of the second human subject, wherein the appendage-like sub-areas of the second virtual shadow are larger than the appendage-like sub-areas of the second virtual avatar, wherein the second virtual shadow is configured to illustrate the proper form of the athletic movement, such that if the second user is performing the proper form of the athletic movement, then the third contiguous area is entirely within the fourth contiguous area; applying a handicap to the first virtual shadow or the second virtual shadow based on a skill level of the first user relative to a skill level of the second user; wherein the handicap adjusts a size of the first virtual shadow or the second virtual shadow; and displaying simultaneously on a display device the first and second virtual avatars and the first and second virtual shadows.",0.01101778900840808,0.022035578016816215
8481278,"1. A method of determining the ability of a fluid variable to modify flow of a fluid, comprising: (a) applying the fluid to a medium comprising converging flow paths, wherein the fluid flows into each of the converging flow paths; (b) measuring the point of convergence of the fluid fronts in the flow paths; and (c) determining a change in the fluid variable that corresponds to modification in the flow of the fluid in one of the flow paths based on a change in the point of convergence of said fluid fronts; wherein:",0.2619811222696839,0.5239622445393678
8869384,"1. An electric bus battery exchange station having an imaging unit, comprising: an exchange station body having a battery exchange unit for removing a discharged battery and providing a charged battery, wherein said battery exchange unit is projected out to be connected with a hole of battery exchange disposed on top of an electric bus; said imaging unit taking images of the electric bus moving toward said exchange station body in order to exchange discharged battery; an entry process storing unit storing entry process information needed in order that the electric bus is positioned exactly below the battery exchange unit; an entry information output unit comparing an entry state of the electric bus obtained from images taken by said imaging unit with the entry information stored at said entry process storing unit, and outputting entry information for modifying the entry state of the electric bus to make equal to said entry process information; and an entry information providing unit providing information outputted by said entry information output unit to the electric bus.",0.8157814566150975,0.368437086769805
9114728,"1. An electric vehicle comprising: an electric motor for generating driving power transmitted to a drive wheel via a driving power transmission path; a manual transmission which selects one driving power transmission path from among plural driving power transmission paths and shifts a present driving power transmission path to the selected driving power transmission path by operating mechanically by force exerted by a rider's operation; a shifting state detecting device for detecting whether the manual transmission is in a driving power transmission state in which the driving power from the electric motor is transmittable to the drive wheel or in a driving power cut-off state; an estimating device for estimating the driving power transmission path to which a present driving power transmission path is to be shifted, when the shifting state detecting device detects that the manual transmission is in the driving power cut-off state; and a motor controller for controlling the electric motor by executing a control routine to perform torque control of the electric motor when the shifting state detecting device detects that the manual transmission is in the driving power transmission state, and executing a control routine to perform rotational speed control of the electric motor, when the shifting state detecting device detects that the manual transmission is in the driving power cut-off state; wherein in the rotational speed control, the rotational speed of the electric motor is controlled such that an angular velocity of an upstream rotary member in a shifting location of the driving power transmission path estimated by the estimating device gets close to an angular velocity of a downstream rotary member in the shifting location; wherein when the motor controller determines that the manual transmission is shifted from the driving power cut-off state to the driving power transmission state, the motor controller switches the rotational speed control to the torque control after performing predetermined transit control, the transit control being a type of transitional torque or rotational speed control; and wherein the motor controller controls the electric motor such that a change rate of the torque output from the electric motor which occurs until the torque output from the electric motor reaches target torque demanded by a rider is made less in the transit control than in the torque control.",0.9597251794359883,0.08054964112802332
9070334,"1. A display device, comprising: a substrate, having a display region and a border region; a plurality of gate lines, substantially disposed in the display region of the substrate along a first direction; a plurality of data lines, substantially disposed in the display region of the substrate along a second direction; a plurality of first external gate tracking lines, substantially disposed in the border region of the substrate, wherein each of the first external gate tracking lines is electrically connected with a corresponding gate line, the first external gate tracking lines are formed by a first conductive layer, a first group of the first external gate tracking lines has a first line width, a second group of the first external gate tracking lines has a second line width less than the first line width, and the first external gate tracking lines with the first line width and the first external gate tracking lines with the second line width are located alternately; a plurality of second external gate tracking lines, substantially disposed in the border region of the substrate, wherein each of the second external gate tracking lines is electrically connected with a corresponding gate line, a first group of the second external gate tracking lines has the first line width, a second group of the second external gate tracking lines has the second line width, and the second external gate tracking lines with the first line width and the second external gate tracking lines with the second line width are located alternately; a driver chip; wherein one of the first external gate tracking lines and a corresponding second external gate tracking line at least partially overlap with each other, and each of the first/second external gate tracking lines is electrically connected between the corresponding gate line and the driver chip.",0.14660847766769278,0.2932169553353856
9573820,"1. A rechargeable lithium battery, comprising: a non-aqueous electrolyte; a negative electrode comprising a silicon-based negative active material; and a positive active material comprising a compound represented by a following Chemical Formula 1, wherein, −0.2≦x≦0.2, 0<y≦0.2, M comprises Ni and Mn, wherein a mole ratio of the Ni to Mn is in a range of about 9:0.1 to about 9:2.",0.9770506646300391,0.04589867073992182
9816608,"1. A gear engagement method for a hybrid vehicle, the gear engagement method comprising: detecting whether or not baulking occurs when a controller attempts to engage a target gear via a synchronizer; checking, by the controller, for a stationary state of a vehicle when the baulking is detected as a result of the detecting; engaging, by the controller via the synchronizer, a different gear when the vehicle is recognized to be in the stationary state as a result of the checking, the different gear sharing a same input shaft with the target gear; and reattempting, by the controller via the synchronizer after the engaging of the different gear, an engagement with the target gear after disengaging the different gear.",0.740199354789543,0.519601290420914
9553834,"1. A method of providing adaptive content in an electronic message, the method comprising: receiving an adaptive content asset at a server computing device from at least one of: an author computing device and a third party data provider computing device, the adaptive content asset including adaptive content elements configured to be used in the electronic message; receiving a content rule at the server computing device from at least one of: the author computing device and the third party data provider computing device, the content rule including customization criteria, wherein the customization criteria includes a plurality of customization conditions associated with a recipient computing device; selecting a set of the adaptive content elements from the adaptive content asset, the set of the adaptive content elements being selected to satisfy the plurality of customization conditions in the customization criteria; associating, at the server computing device, the set of the adaptive content elements with a content locator; sending the content locator to the author computing device to permit the author computing device to include the content locator in the electronic message and send the electronic message to the recipient computing device; and receiving, at the server computing device, a request when the recipient opens the electronic message, the request including the content locator, the content locator usable to identify one or more adaptive content elements from the set of the adaptive content elements to be presented to the recipient in the electronic message.",0.08828412196068387,0.17656824392136772
9422577,"1. A method for treating HIV infection in a human subject, comprising: (a) harvesting a hematopoietic cell from the subject; (b) transfecting the hematopoietic cell with an in vitro transcribed synthetic RNA molecule encoding a gene-editing protein for translation in a mammalian cell wherein: (c) administering the HIV-resistant hematopoietic cell to the subject to result in the treatment of HIV infection in the subject.",0.7153305828120083,0.5693388343759833
8477114,"1. A method for operating a display device having a display with a first portion that is not covered by a bezel and a second portion that is partially covered by a bezel that is at least partially light transmissive, the method comprising: sensing when a person is touching the bezel or is close to touching the bezel; and executing a control function when it is sensed that the person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel, wherein the control function includes at least causing the second portion of the display to present light in a manner that causes the appearance of the bezel covering the second portion to change.",0.3074868325879283,0.6149736651758566
8800473,"1. A fluid flow sensor assembly adapted for measuring in-line fluid velocity, comprising: a fluid obstruction member, said obstruction member comprising an elongated arcuate appendage extending outwardly from a distal end of the obstruction member; an indicator lid assembly, said indicator lid assembly having an arcuate configuration forming an arcuate protruding upper portion, and comprises a rim and a receiver pocket adapted for receiving at least a portion of the arcuate appendage; and wherein said fluid obstruction member is attached to the indicator lid assembly via a rotatable shaft, wherein the fluid obstruction member is pivotable about the shaft in a manner such that the elongated arcuate appendage moves in an arcuate path inside the indicator lid assembly, wherein the rim of the indicator lid assembly is adapted to attach to an aperture in a pipe line.",0.13026322841460541,0.26052645682921083
8868274,"1. A control apparatus for a vehicular drive system, comprising at least one electric motor each connected through an inverter to an electric motor power source, an inverter smoothing capacitor connected to the inverter on the side of the electric motor power source for smoothing a voltage applied from said electric motor power source to said inverter, and an automatic transmission which constitutes a part of a power transmitting path between a vehicle driving electric motor of said at least one electric motor and vehicle drive wheels and which is shifted to one of a plurality of speed positions on the basis of a vehicle running state and according to a predetermined shifting map, said control apparatus implementing a torque reduction control to temporarily reduce an output torque of said vehicle driving electric motor during a shifting action of said automatic transmission, as compared with that prior to the shifting action, wherein: an electricity-generation-amount-variation restricting region is predetermined such that a point of said vehicle running state lies in the electricity-generation-amount-variation restricting region prior to a moment of determination to perform the shifting action of the automatic transmission according to said shifting map; an electricity-generation-amount-variation restricting control is implemented to restrict a rate of increase of a total amount of an electric energy generated by said at least one electric motor, to a predetermined upper limit value, when said point of the vehicle running state has moved into in said electricity-generation-amount-variation restricting region; and a shifting action of said automatic transmission is inhibited during a time period from a moment when said point of the vehicle running state has moved into said electricity-generation-amount-variation restricting region, up to one of: a moment when a predetermined shifting-action inhibiting time period has elapsed after the moment when said point has moved into said electricity-generation-amount-variation restricting region; a moment when an amount of variation of the electric energy generated by each of said at least one electric motor within a predetermined determination time period has been reduced below a predetermined electricity-generation-amount convergence threshold value; a moment when an amount of variation of an operating speed of each of said at least one electric motor within said determination time period has been reduced below a predetermined speed convergence threshold value; and a moment when an amount of variation of an output torque of each of said at least one electric motor within said determination time period has been reduced below a predetermined torque convergence threshold value.",0.9028852319106063,0.19422953617878735
9659396,"1. A method for animating computer-generated objects, the method comprising: receiving, at one or more computer systems, first position information generated by a first computer simulation of a first object at a first time of an animation sequence, the first object comprising a first mesh, wherein the first computer simulation is performed using one or more physics models, and wherein the first position information specifies a first position of a point of the first mesh; receiving, at one or more computer systems, second position information associated with a second object at a plurality of times that include the first time and a second time, the second object comprising a second mesh; projecting, with one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, the first position information of the first mesh to follow the second position information of the second mesh at the second time to generate projected position information of the first object at the second time of the animation sequence, wherein the projected position information specifies a second position of the point of the first mesh; after the following of the second position provides completed results to obtain the projected position information, performing a second computer simulation of the first object using the projected position information as input to direct the second computer simulation, the second computer simulation providing new position information of the first object at the second time, wherein the second computer simulation is performed using the one or more physics models that were used in the first computer simulation, and wherein the new position information specifies a third position of the point of the first mesh; and generating, with the one or more processors associated with the one or more computer systems, the animation sequence at the plurality of times using the first position information and the new position information of the first object.",0.0867023013272302,0.17340460265446045
9580789,"1. A method of reducing the tendency for formation of an electrically resistive silica layer on an article comprising a silicon-containing ferritic stainless steel when the article is subjected to high temperature conditions in use, the method comprising: prior to placing the article in use, subjecting the article to an oxygen-containing atmosphere under conditions wherein silicon is selectively segregated from the steel to a surface of the steel without segregating chromium and other alloying elements in the steel to the surface of the steel, wherein the oxygen-containing atmosphere is a gaseous atmosphere comprising oxygen at a partial pressure not greater than 1×10 wherein the silicon is oxidized to form a silica layer on the surface of the steel and the silica layer is not removed from the surface.",0.6703444494028046,0.6593111011943908
9782650,"1. An attachable basketball training device comprising: a substantially semicircular inverted R-shaped clamp having a curved right portion, a curved left portion, a linear middle portion, and a continuous bottom opening, each of the right portion, the left portion, and the middle portion having an interior lip and an exterior lip, each of the interior lip and the exterior lip having a bottom edge, wherein a length of the middle portion exterior lip is substantially one-third of a length of the right portion exterior lip and the left portion exterior lip; a horizontal slot medially disposed through the interior lip of the clamp middle portion; a plurality of horizontal slits disposed through the interior lip of each of the clamp right portion and the clamp left portion proximal the bottom edge; a plurality of vertical projections, each of the plurality of vertical projections having a looped top section and a linear downwardly disposed sword-shaped bottom section, wherein the top section of each of the plurality of vertical projections is disposed through each of the plurality of slits; and a tab slidably engageable within the slot, the tab having an inverted triangulated front surface disposed outside of the slot, wherein the tab is moveable along an entirety of a length of the slot; wherein a diameter of the clamp substantially conforms to a diameter of a basketball hoop; wherein the clamp is removably attachable to an exterior surface of a rear half of the basketball hoop through the clamp bottom opening; wherein the bottom section of each of the plurality of vertical projections is configured to hang substantially parallel to a net under the basketball hoop.",0.01856540397048613,0.03713080794097223
8495458,"1. An error correction method comprising: receiving a digital signal; processing the digital signal in a first error correction stage to perform a first error correction, the first error correction including a first correction for data insertions or deletions and a first correction of data errors, the processing to generate a reference signal; and processing the digital signal in a plurality of subsequent error correction stages to perform additional corrections for the data insertions or deletions and the data errors to generate a plurality of subsequent reference signals, wherein each subsequent error correction stage performs the additional correction for the data insertions or deletions based on the digital signal and a previous reference signal from a previous error correction stage.",0.08712088443036722,0.1742417688607345
9808398,1. A system for providing massaging pressure from a hydrotherapy jet comprising: a hydrotherapy vessel with a main body of water therein; a pressurized water source for moving water through said main body of water; a jet body with a hollow cavity through which water from said pressurized water source can pass therethrough along a longitudinal axis; a shuttle that rests within said hollow cavity along said longitudinal axis having a bottom side oriented toward said pressurized water source along said longitudinal axis and a top side oriented away from said pressurized water source along said longitudinal axis; a retaining member that keeps said shuttle movably attached to said jet body wherein when said pressurized water source is activated said shuttle is forced away from said pressurized water source and toward said main body of water; wherein said retaining member rests between said hollow cavity and said shuttle; and wherein said shuttle is of sufficient size and shape to be pulled back into said cavity through eddy forces acting upon said shuttle as it moves away from said pressurized water source thereby creating a reciprocating pulsation of said shuttle substantially along said longitudinal axis.,0.3957129055242645,0.791425811048529
9653453,"1. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device coupled between a first node and a second node, the ESD protection device comprising: a first region that is lowly doped with a P-type dopant; a second region that is lowly doped with an N-type dopant and formed directly within the first region; a third region that is highly doped with the P-type dopant and formed directly within the second region, wherein the third region is coupled to the first node; a fourth region that is lowly doped with the N-type dopant and formed directly within the first region; and a fifth region that is doped with the P-type dopant and formed directly within the fourth region, wherein the fifth region is coupled to the second node and further wherein no region that is highly doped with the N-type dopant is formed within the fourth region; wherein a voltage at the third region is higher than a voltage at the fifth region, and further wherein a junction between the second region and the first region is configured to enter into reverse breakdown in response to an ESD event, and a junction between the fourth region and the fifth region is configured to enter into a reverse breakdown in response to the ESD event, such that the ESD protection device is configured to sink current from the first node to the second node in response to the ESD event.",0.41171273098455413,0.8234254619691083
9757679,"1. An adsorbent layer for adsorbing a fluid, comprising at least two adjacent modules of structured adsorbent, empty spaces between the at least two adjacent modules, the fluid having a direction of circulation; the at least two adjacent modules having external surfaces facing one another, and are arranged in parallel in the direction of circulation of the fluid, wherein at least one of the two facing surfaces of the two adjacent modules is an adsorbent surface, said adsorbent layer having no means of sealing between the at least two adjacent modules, wherein: the modules of structured adsorbent comprise channels of width d, and a mean spacing between two adjacent modules is less than or equal to d, wherein the fluid may circulate in the empty spaces between the at least two adjacent modules.",0.5574792303881383,0.8850415392237234
9209997,"1. A communication apparatus which is configured to communicate with a communication-destination device via an IP network, the communication apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory storing computer readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the communication apparatus to execute: generating a first capability information including a first receivable-period information and a recording capability declaration in relation to a first receivable period, during which a first contents data which is transmitted from the communication-destination device via the IP network is acceptable by the apparatus, wherein the communication-destination device includes a plurality of communication-destination devices; transmitting the first capability information to the communication-destination device via the IP network; receiving the first contents data transmitted from the communication-destination device via the IP network during the first receivable period; storing a second contents data in the memory which is to be transmitted to the communication-destination device; receiving a second capability information for each of the plurality of communication-destination devices including a second receivable-period information in relation to the second receivable period, during which the second contents data which is transmitted from the apparatus via the IP network is acceptable by the communication-destination device, wherein the second capability information is stored in the memory; and transmitting the second contents data which has been stored in the memory to the communication-destination device during the second receivable period based on the second capability information, in a case where the second capability information is received from the communication-destination device, wherein in a case where the second contents data is transmitted to at least one communication-destination device among the plurality of communication-destination devices, the second contents data is transmitted based on the second capability information of the at least one communication-destination device, wherein in a case that the second contents data stored in the memory includes a plurality of second contents data which are to be transmitted to the at least one communication-destination device among the plurality of communication-destination devices, the plurality of second contents data is transmitted to the at least one communication-destination device by using a communication line which has been established by one line connection process.",0.296772506745978,0.593545013491956
8601958,"1. A process for the combustion of carbon-containing solids with production of carbon dioxide, wherein the carbon conversion is carried out without the aid of a metal, sulphate or sulphide oxygen carrier or a carrier of the M and the process comprises use of an oxidizing fluid bed reactor and a desorption tank operatively interconnected, said process comprising: (a) providing a fuel comprising a fluidized carbon-containing solid; (b) providing an oxidizing fluid bed reactor designed to flow a gas from the bottom to the top of the oxidizing fluid bed reactor, having: (c) a desorption tank having: (d) oxidating the carbon-containing solid with the gas comprising H wherein the carbon-containing solids are placed in contact with the gaseous flow comprising the oxygen, for a time period and at a temperature sufficient to allow formation of a superficial oxidized complex of carbon-containing solid, wherein the duration of the oxidation is defined according to the expressions: and temperatures are low enough to avoid carbon consumption and associated release of CO after the oxidizing passing the superficial oxidized complex of carbon-containing solid to the desorption tank; and (e) desorpting or combusting the oxidated carbon-containing solid in the absence of O wherein the duration of the desorption step (d) is defined according to the expressions: with T D expressed in K and t D in s where t",0.9058735089870078,0.1882529820259844
9168919,"1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising: a combustion engine having a first driveshaft for propelling wheels of at least one axle; at least one first electrical machine for propelling the wheels of said at least one axle or wheels of at least one other axle, said first electrical machine being configured to operate during a braking operation as generator and during an acceleration operation as motor; a second electrical machine coupled to the first electrical machine and having a flywheel store which includes a rotor and which is capable of being charged during the braking operation and discharged during the acceleration operation, a shiftable clutch constructed as a friction clutch for mechanically coupling the rotor with the first driveshaft; a shiftable transmission arranged between the friction clutch and the first driveshaft and directly connected to the combustion engine; and a control device operably connected to the transmission to adjust an engine rotation speed during the braking operation.",0.9775187910720583,0.044962417855883396
8751930,"1. A method implemented by a computer system comprising: capturing a first admin-console context corresponding to a plurality of first graphical user interface elements displayed on a first graphical user interface, the first admin-console context including a plurality of first admin-console portlet state attributes corresponding to the plurality of first graphical user interface elements; recording, in a memory area subsequent to capturing the first admin-console context, a plurality of events that occur on the first graphical user interface corresponding to the plurality of first graphical user interface elements; storing a first Reusable User Interaction (RUI) Script, which includes the captured first admin-console context and the recorded plurality of events, in a library that includes a plurality of RUI scripts; capturing a second admin-console context in response to receiving an assistance request, wherein the second admin-console context corresponds to a plurality of second graphical user interface elements, the second admin-console context including a plurality of second admin-console portlet state attributes corresponding to the plurality of second graphical user interface elements; analyzing the second admin-console context against a plurality of admin-console contexts corresponding to each of the plurality of RUI Scripts, wherein the plurality of RUI Scripts includes the first RUI script, the analyzing further comprising: identifying the first RUI script based on the analysis; and executing the first RUI script in response to the identifying.",0.08422974856501679,0.1684594971300336
8901031,"1. A composition formed by a process comprising the steps of: (a) combining poly(2,6-diphenyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) and a mineral acid in a reaction vessel; (b) adding a source of bromine to the reaction vessel to create a reaction mixture; (c) purging the reaction mixture with an inert gas to remove HBr released from the reaction mixture until the reaction is complete; (d) adding an alcohol to precipitate the formed tri-brominated poly(2,6-diphenyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) within the mixture; and (e) filtering the mixture to obtain tri-brominated poly(2,6-diphenyl-1,4-phenylene oxide), wherein said composition comprise polymers of tri-brominated poly(2,6-diphenyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) having a constitutional unit denoted by the general formula shown below, wherein said composition has a glass transition temperature of 275° C., a CO",0.5187284353411241,0.9625431293177518
9498881,"1. A device for allowing work to be carried out on or about an object, the device including: a gripping arrangement comprising a first gripping portion which is coupled to at least one second gripping portion by way of a manipulatable arm arrangement comprising multiple arm segments with adjacent segments arranged to pivot, rotate or simultaneously pivot and rotate with respect to one another, the first and at least one second gripping portions each comprising a pair of grappling legs coupled to respective grappling leg displacement means, each grappling leg displacement means operable to move the corresponding grappling legs between a closed position and an open position for respectively securing the gripping portion to and releasing the gripping portion from the object; and a controller for controlling the manipulatable arm arrangement and respective grappling leg displacement means so as to allow the device to traverse the object for allowing work to be carried out, whereby the traversing is effected by securing one of the respective gripping portions to the object while another is pivotably, rotatably or pivotably and rotatably moved to a desired location on the object for subsequently securing thereto; and wherein a drive means is locatable on at least one of the gripping portions for driving the device along a substantially planar surface.",0.165688302767326,0.331376605534652
9834106,"1. A method for resetting a state of charge (SOC) of a battery in a hybrid vehicle, the method comprising: calculating a first SOC value of the battery after starting up the hybrid vehicle; calculating a second SOC value of the battery using an open circuit voltage (OCV) of the battery; comparing the second SOC value of the battery with a third SOC value for vehicle start-up, resetting an SOC value of a battery management system (BMS) to the third SOC value when the second SOC value of the battery is smaller than the third SOC value, and resetting the SOC value of the BMS to the second SOC value of the battery when the second SOC value of the battery is larger than the third SOC value; transmitting a charging request bit to a vehicle controller in order to charge a fourth SOC value of the battery that is not yet reset when the SOC value of the BMS is reset to the third SOC value; and confirming whether the charging of the fourth SOC value of the battery is completed.",0.9419515176632257,0.11609696467354857
9794906,"1. A method of determining a round trip time calibration value with a mobile device, comprising: receiving a fine timing measurement (FTM) exchange between an initiating station and a responding station; calculating a plurality of differential round trip time (RTT) measurements based on the FTM exchange, each of the plurality of the differential RTT measurements being determined as: wherein Diff_dist_IR is the differential distance between the initiating and responding stations; c is the speed of light; tc tc TOF is a Time of Flight value based on the distance between the initiating station and the responding station; t t calculating a median of the plurality of differential RTT measurements;",0.39324593754408654,0.7864918750881731
8455043,"1. A method of fabricating a transparent conductive film, comprising: preparing a carbon nanotube composite composition by blending carbon nanotubes in a solvent, and further adding a polymer binder, wherein the carbon nanotube composite composition comprises 0.05 to 1 part by weight of the polymer binder and 0.05 to 1 part by weight of carbon nanotubes, based on 100 parts by weight of the solvent; coating the carbon nanotube composite composition on a base substrate to form a carbon nanotube composite film; and acid-treating the carbon nanotube composite film to form a transparent electrode on the base substrate by dipping the carbon nanotube composite film in an acid solution having a pH in the range of −1 to 3, followed by washing the carbon nanotube composite film with distilled water and drying the washed carbon nanotube composite film.",0.7236472575162407,0.5527054849675186
8891017,1. A video processing apparatus comprising: a video input section that acquires a video signal formed of a plurality of frames; a frame separator that separates the video signal acquired by the video input section on a frame basis and distributes the separated video signals; a plurality of parallel processors that perform video processing in parallel on the separated video signals corresponding to the frames separated and distributed by the frame separator; and a frame combiner that combines the separated video signals on which the plurality of parallel processors have performed the video processing.,0.09972453857921629,0.19944907715843252
9634589,"1. A drive device comprising: an alternating-current rotary electric machine in which currents of a plurality of phases flow; an inverter that includes switching element units for respective phases corresponding to the respective phases, and that is connected between a direct-current power supply and the alternating-current rotary electric machine and performs conversion between a direct current and an alternating current; a case that accommodates at least the alternating-current rotary electric machine; a transmission device accommodated in the case; and an electric pump accommodated in the case and configured to generate hydraulic pressure supplied to a servomechanism of the transmission device, wherein the inverter is fixed to the case, the case and the inverter are disposed in a driving force source room accommodating a driving force source of wheels, the inverter includes shunt resistors that detect currents flowing in the respective switching element units for the corresponding phases between the direct-current power supply and the switching element units for the respective phases, and the alternating-current rotary electric machine is drivingly connected to a rotor of the electric pump.",0.7871667839962821,0.4256664320074357
8584552,"1. A flywheel apparatus comprising: a motor; a drive shaft connected to said motor; an upper conical section affixed to said drive shaft; and a lower conical section affixed to said drive shaft opposite said upper conical section, said upper conical section and said lower conical section each having a plurality of layers, said plurality of layers comprising:",0.5068668225018069,0.9862663549963862
9283822,"1. A pivoting trailer coupler system comprising: a pivoting trailer coupler assembly having; wherein said pivoting trailer coupler assembly comprises in combination: said housing, said pivoting tongue assembly, and said vehicle coupling assembly; wherein said inner volume of said housing is defined by said outer enclosure; wherein said outer enclosure is square tubing, said square tubing attachable to a trailer frame, said trailer frame fitting in said inner volume; wherein said opening of said second end of said housing is able to receive said trailer frame for fixable attachment; wherein said outer enclosure of said housing comprises said first aperture and said second aperture for placement of mounting bolts to said trailer frame; wherein said first end of said housing is recessed to receive said pivoting tongue assembly; wherein said first pin aperture and said second pin aperture of said housing are rotatably attached to said distal end of said pivoting tongue assembly via said second pin, said third bearing, and said fourth bearing, and act in a capacity of a universal joint as a first universal joint; wherein said proximate end of said pivoting tongue assembly is rotatably attached to said back end of said vehicle coupling assembly via said coupler pin aperture, said first pin, said first bearing, and said second bearing, and act in a capacity of a second universal joint; wherein said first universal joint and said second universal joint work in combination to promote ease of swiveling and decrease a turning radius; wherein said vehicle coupling assembly comprises said receiver pin aperture for removable attachment to a vehicle receiver; wherein said front end of said vehicle coupling assembly is able to be slidably placed into said vehicle receiver; wherein said pivoting trailer coupler assembly comprises in combination said housing, said pivoting tongue assembly, and said vehicle coupling assembly, said housing attachable to said trailer frame via said mounting bolts and rotatably attached to said pivoting tongue assembly; and wherein said pivoting tongue assembly is rotatably attached to said vehicle coupling assembly, said vehicle coupling assembly attachable to said vehicle receiver, said pivoting trailer coupler assembly useful to promote ease of movement when pulling a pull-trailer, thereby increasing safety and allowing for shorter turning radius when in an in-use condition.",0.04946191677360096,0.09892383354720191
9714305,"1. A polymerization catalyst system, comprising at least three catalysts, comprising: a metallocene catalyst; a first non-metallocene comprising a ligand complexed to a metal through two or more nitrogen atoms; and a second non-metallocene comprising a catalyst of the formula: or any combinations, wherein X 1 and X 2 are each, independently, phenyl, methyl, chloro, fluoro, or a hydrocarbyl group.",0.8914394713346873,0.21712105733062548
9826134,"1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a body that contains an imaging unit for capturing an object image, a monitor that is pivotably mounted relative to the body and displays an image signal relating to the object image captured by the imaging unit, a microphone body including a plurality of microphone units provided on the body, and a control unit that changes sound pickup directivity of the microphone body by using an output of an audio signal from each of the plurality of microphone units, according to an orientation of the monitor relative to the body.",0.010658933201870845,0.02131786640374167
8693219,"1. A power factor improvement circuit, comprising: a rectifier unit, for obtaining an AC sine-wave cycle signal of a utility power and converting the AC sine-wave cycle signal into a first pulse DC signal having a positive half-cycle sinus waveform; an IC starting unit, for obtaining the first pulse DC signal of the rectifier unit, and dividing a voltage before outputting a second pulse DC signal; a filter unit, for obtaining the first pulse DC signal of the rectifier unit and filtering the first pulse DC signal before outputting a DC power signal; a PWM control IC, for obtaining the second pulse DC signal of the rectifier unit as a level signal, and determining to output a power-on cycle signal according to the second pulse DC signal; a power switching element, for obtaining the power-on cycle signal of the PWM control IC and the DC power signal of the filter unit, and dividing the DC power signal into a plurality of continuous voltage pulse signals according to the power-on cycle signal, so as to continue the voltage pulse signals; a transformer unit, corresponding to the continuous voltage pulse signal received by each voltage pulse signal, and operating an output voltage according to an input voltage of each voltage pulse signal; an auxiliary winding used together with the transformer unit to feed back a detected voltage to the PWM control IC for comparing a reference voltage of the PWM control IC, so as to achieve the function of a constant voltage; a low frequency filter unit, installed between both electrodes of an output terminal of the rectifier unit, for adjusting the voltage and current inputted to the PWM control IC in phase; first and second RC compensation circuits, connected to a current compensation terminal and a voltage compensation terminal respectively of the PWM control IC, for reducing a current gain of the PWM control IC, so that the PWM control IC has a peak (or a maximum peak value) invisible in each duty cycle waveform to avoid an unnecessary action of the PWM control IC; a phase adjustment unit installed between a current detection terminal of the PWM control IC and the power switching element so as to provide an enhanced effect of the first and second compensation circuits; and an adjustable impedance element coupled in parallel between the current detection terminal of the PWM control IC and the power switching element so as to adjust a maximum output power.",0.8904189109763487,0.21916217804730254
9522670,"1. A control system of a vehicle, the vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a motor-generator as power sources for running the vehicle, and the motor-generator or a generator connected to an output shaft of the internal combustion engine such that power of the motor-generator or the generator can be transmitted to the output shaft, the control system comprising: a controller configured to: i) start the internal combustion engine when required vehicle output as output power required of the vehicle becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined start threshold value, ii) stop the internal combustion engine when the required vehicle output becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined stop threshold value that is smaller than the predetermined start threshold value, iii) cause the internal combustion engine to generate output power that is equal to or larger than a predetermined output lower-limit value from the internal combustion engine, iv) cause the motor-generator or the generator to consume output power for power generation by the motor-generator or the generator so as to charge a battery, the consumed output power corresponding to a difference between the required vehicle output and the predetermined output lower-limit value, when v) when the required vehicle output is smaller than the predetermined start threshold value and a length of time over which the internal combustion engine is continuously operated so as to generate output power becomes equal to or longer than a predetermined criterion time, the output power being equal to or larger than the predetermined output lower-limit value,",0.9921526917722553,0.01569461645548942
9043100,"1. A transmission shift assembly for a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a transmission having a shift position member movable between a plurality of gear positions; an actuator connected to the shift position member to move the shift position between the plurality of gear positions; a linkage coupled to said actuator and movable between a plurality of positions in response to movement of said actuator; a controller to control the actuator; an ignition configured to receive a key, the key moveable between a first position where the key is inserted in the ignition and a second position where the key is removed from the ignition; and at least one key sensor positioned within the ignition and configured to transmit a signal to the controller upon sensing of the second position, the controller controlling the actuator to move the shift position member to a predetermined gear position upon receiving the signal from the key sensor that the key has been removed from the ignition the controller being disabled from moving the shift position member to the predetermined gear position if the shift position member is in a neutral position.",0.24782843388335463,0.49565686776670925
8342848,"1. An apparatus for developing, promoting and/or augmenting communication skills, which comprises: an apparatus base comprised of a conformable material and an outer casing encapsulating the conformable material, the apparatus base being dimensioned for positioning relative to a support, the apparatus base defining a longitudinal, vertical and orthogonal axes and a reference plane inclusive of the longitudinal and orthogonal axes, the apparatus base including a top support surface arranged at a predetermined fixed angle which is greater than 0 degrees relative to the reference plane, the top support surface having a plurality of article retaining elements associated therewith, adjacent article retaining elements being arranged in longitudinal spaced relation, the apparatus base including a rear support surface arranged at a second predetermined fixed angle relative to the reference plane; and a plurality of icon containing articles each having communication media adapted for conveying information, the articles being releasably mounted to the article retaining elements of the top support surface, and being dimensioned and arranged whereby longitudinally adjacent articles are sufficiently longitudinally spaced to minimize potential of confusion on behalf of the subject and facilitate removal thereof relative to the top support surface.",0.05604417682232957,0.11208835364465908
9613036,"1. A magnetic tape drive apparatus comprising: a first system adaptation unit that communicates with a read or write request source, which requests reading or writing of data, based on a method adapted to a file system; a second system adaptation unit that communicates with the read or write request source, which requests reading or writing of data, based on a method adapted to a designated system other than the file system; and a control unit that allows the first system adaptation unit to be in a ready state and the second system adaptation unit to be in a not-ready state in a case that a format of a magnetic tape to be read and written is adapted to the file system, allows the first system adaptation unit to be in the not-ready state and the second system adaptation unit to be in the ready state in a case that the format of the magnetic tape to be read and written is not adapted to the file system, and allows the first system adaptation unit and the second system adaptation unit to be in the not-ready state in a case that there is no magnetic tape to be read and written, wherein, the control unit has a function of deceiving the read or write request source as if the first system adaptation unit is in the ready state even when the first system adaptation unit is in the not-ready state as well as the ready state.",0.31669282670141324,0.6333856534028265
8623908,"1. A method of treating a condition in which inhibition of interleukin-1β-converting enzyme is beneficial, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of at least one tellurium-containing compound selected from the group consisting of tellurium dioxide (TeO 2 ), a complex of TeO 2 , a compound having general Formula I: a compound having general Formula II: and a compound having general Formula III: wherein: each of t, u and v is independently 0 or 1; Y is selected from the group consisting of ammonium, phosphonium, potassium, sodium and lithium; X is a halogen atom; and each of R the condition in which inhibition of interleukin-1β-converting enzyme is beneficial is selected from the group consisting of an excess dietary alcohol intake disease, uveitis, inflammatory peritonitis, osteoarthritis, pancreatitis, asthma, adult respiratory distress syndrome, glomerulonephritis, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, chronic thyroiditis, Grave's disease, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, autoimmune neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, chronic active hepatitis, myasthenia gravis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, atopic dermatitis, scarring, graft vs host disease, organ transplant rejection, organ apoptosis after burn injury, osteoporosis, leukemia or a related disorder, myelodysplastic syndrome, multiple myeloma-related bone disorder, acute myelogenous leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, metastatic melanoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, multiple myeloma, haemorrhagic shock, sepsis, septic shock, a burn, Shigellosis, Huntington's disease, Kennedy's disease, prion disease, cerebral ischemia, epilepsy, myocardial ischemia, acute and chronic heart disease, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, atherosclerosis, coronary artery bypass graft, spinal muscular atrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, HIV-related encephalitis, aging, neurological damage due to stroke, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis-B, hepatitis-C, hepatitis-G, yellow fever, dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis, renal disease, polycystic kidney disease, HIV infection, tuberculosis, any of various forms of cancer, organ failure, and meningitis.",0.681906531980752,0.636186936038496
8705464,"1. A packet scheduling method, used to aggregate unscheduled data bursts of grant spaces in a grant space set into frames, wherein each grant space comprises a start frame index, a termination frame index, and a data frame index, and the packet scheduling method comprises: step 1, finding a minimum of the termination frame indices of the grant spaces in the grant space set as a stuck frame index; step 2, finding a stuck group according to the start frame indices of the grant spaces in the grant space set and the stuck frame index, and shifting the data bursts of the stuck group to a frame corresponding to the stuck frame index; and step 3, shifting the data bursts of the grant spaces of the stuck group in the frame corresponding to the stuck frame index; wherein step 3 comprises: step 3-1, dividing the grant spaces in the stuck group into a strictly stuck group and a non-strictly stuck group according to the termination frame indices of the grant spaces in the stuck group and the stuck frame index; step 3-2, sorting the grant spaces in the strictly stuck group according to the start frame indices of the grant spaces in the strictly stuck group, and dividing the sorted grant spaces in the strictly stuck group into several sub-groups according to a data burst accommodated number of the frame and a number of the grant spaces in the strictly stuck group, wherein the sub-groups comprises a first through N step 3-3, sorting the grant spaces in the non-strictly stuck group according to the termination frame indices and the start frame indices of the grant spaces in the non-strictly stuck group; step 3-4, for i is equal to 1 through N, shifting the data bursts in the frame corresponding to the stuck frame index of the grant spaces in the i step 3-5, shifting the data bursts in the frame corresponding to the stuck frame index of the grant spaces of the non-strictly stuck group according to frame indices of the frames to which the data bursts are shifted in the grant spaces of the strictly stuck group; wherein at step 3-4, shifting the data bursts in the frame corresponding to the stuck frame index of the grant spaces in the i",0.480620652854243,0.961241305708486
8784712,"1. A process for making a polyurethane, comprising: reacting reagents comprising a multifunctional isocyanate, a polyol and a chain extender, wherein the reagents are from separate sources and first contact one another when the reagents are intensively mixed by intimately mixing the reagents at a molecular level to form a uniform mixture prior to being introduced into an extruder, wherein said reagents are intensively mixed via a reactive injection technique, the intensive mixing occurs substantially instantaneously, the resultant mixture from said intensive mixing is substantially homogeneous immediately after mixing and the resultant mixture from said intensive mixing is fed directly into an extruder; and extruding the mixture into a mold to form a polyurethane having a predetermined stoichiometry distribution and thermal history, wherein the relative amount of the reagents to be intensively mixed is perturbed during the process prior to intensively mixing the reagents to change the relative amount of the reagents in the mixture, and the intensively mixing of the reagents is at a degree such that the predetermined stoichiometry distribution of the polyurethane is controlled by the perturbation.",0.6815136402708986,0.6369727194582029
8505384,1. A rig for studying a component with airfoils including: a component support for mounting and rotating a component about an axis;,0.6184656637202569,0.7630686725594862
9429141,"1. A method comprising: operating an aerial vehicle of an air wind turbine (AWT) in a crosswind-flight mode to generate power, wherein the aerial vehicle is coupled to a ground station through a tether, and wherein the aerial vehicle includes a first rotor coupled to a first generator and a second rotor coupled to a second generator for power generation when the aerial vehicle operates in the crosswind-flight mode; and while the aerial vehicle is in the crosswind-flight mode:",0.9316652114179879,0.13666957716402428
8838570,"1. A method of checking computers for bots using a web browser, the method to be performed by a first server computer and comprising: receiving in the first server computer a web browser connection from a web browser running in a user client computer, the web browser connection resulting from invocation by a user of the user client computer of a home page button of the web browser; receiving in the first server computer a uniform resource locator (URL) address of a web page as a URL parameter from the web browser, the web page being hosted in a second server computer separate from the first server computer, the URL address of the web page being included in a home page address field of an Internet option configuration menu of the web browser, the web browser being configured to contact the first server computer to check if the client computer is infected by a bot prior to contacting the second server computer hosting the web page; receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the client computer; determining whether the client computer is infected by a bot by comparing the IP address of the client computer to IP addresses of bot-infected computers; and using the URL address of the web page that has been received as a URL parameter from the web browser, redirecting the web browser to the web page when the client computer is not infected by a bot.",0.040237540838588354,0.08047508167717665
9765495,"1. An improved impounded water control apparatus comprising: a first water gate panel; a first water gate panel actuator established substantially under said first water gate panel and having a left and right side; first and second tensionable, excessive bottom-hinged water gate panel rotation prevention elements, said first rotation prevention element established substantially at said left side of said actuator and said second rotation prevention element established substantially at said right side of said actuator; a left, lower, excessive gate rotation prevention element-to-foundation attachment element to which said first tensionable, excessive bottom-hinged water gate panel rotation prevention element is attached, said left, lower, excessive gate rotation prevention element-to-foundation attachment element fixedly established between lower portions of said left side of said first water gate panel actuator and a right side of a water control system component immediately to the left of said first water gate panel actuator; a right, lower, excessive gate rotation prevention element-to-foundation attachment element to which said second tensionable, excessive bottom-hinged water gate panel rotation prevention element is attached, said right, lower, excessive gate rotation prevention element-to-foundation attachment element fixedly established between lower portions of said right side of said first water gate panel actuator and a left side of a water control system component immediately to the right of said first water gate panel actuator; a left, upper, excessive gate rotation prevention element-to-gate panel attachment element to which said first tensionable, excessive bottom-hinged water gate panel rotation prevention element is attached; a right, upper, excessive gate rotation prevention element-to-gate panel attachment element to which said second tensionable, excessive bottom-hinged water gate panel rotation prevention element is attached; wherein said first water gate panel actuator has a horizontal width that allows said first tensionable excessive bottom-hinged water gate panel rotation prevention element to pass between said left side of said first water gate panel actuator and said right side of said water control system component immediately to the left of said first water gate panel actuator, and that allows said second tensionable, excessive bottom-hinged water gate panel rotation prevention element to pass between said right side of said first water gate panel actuator and said left side of said water control system component immediately to the right of said first water gate panel actuator.",0.6218824265781785,0.756235146843643
9561728,"1. A power conversion device, comprising: a connector having a wiring line which transmits DC power; and a housing in which the connector is arranged, wherein the connector has a connection detection wiring line which detects whether the connector is connected with an external circuit, the connection detection wiring line is introduced into an inside of the housing through an inner peripheral side of an annular core formed of a magnetic substance, and wherein a partition member is arranged between the wiring line and the connection detection wiring line, and the annular core is sandwiched between the housing and the partition member.",0.6941251939370022,0.6117496121259955
9694649,"1. An electric heating comprising: at least one first resistance heating device and a second resistance heating device, at least one pulse width modulation device capable of a pulse width modulated operation of the first resistance heating device and/or the second resistance heating device, as well as at least one switching device, wherein the switching device is capable of, for a heating operation, selectively switching the first resistance heating device and the second resistance heating device between a first heating mode in which the first resistance heating device and the second resistance heating device are electrically connected in series, and a second heating mode in which the first resistance heating device and the second resistance heating device are electrically connected in parallel, wherein the electric heating comprises a control device to control the switching device based on a sensed voltage value of a supply voltage of the electric heating.",0.8639648694249523,0.27207026115009536
9722490,"1. A power-supply controller, comprising: a generator configured to provide a switching signal that causes a power supply to generate a regulated output signal; an adjuster configured to impart a condition to the power supply while the power supply is operating in a first mode, the condition being approximately equal to a condition that the power supply would have if the power supply were operating in a second mode; and a transitioner configured to cause the power supply to transition from the first mode to the second mode such that a width of a last pulse of the switching signal before the transition is different from a width of a first pulse of the switching signal after the transition.",0.9327981576698682,0.13440368466026364
8637052,"1. An isolated antigen comprising (a) an isolated polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 242, or (b) an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO: 242 and wherein the antigen is no more than 246 amino acids in length.",0.7548447066197519,0.4903105867604962
9808165,"1. A remote ambulatory cardiac monitoring system for acquiring ECG signals, the system comprising: an ambulatory housing configured to be worn by a patient; a microprocessor for controlling the remote ambulatory cardiac monitoring system, and the microprocessor is disposed within the ambulatory housing; an electrode extending from the ambulatory housing for sensing ECG signals and the electrode being in communication with the microprocessor for performing one of a multiple channel EKG/ECG mode, ECG Holter mode, or an MCT/Event mode; and an integrated cellular module connected to the microprocessor and disposed within the ambulatory housing, wherein the integrated cellular module transmits ECG signals to a remote center.",0.08333551236362209,0.16667102472724415
9834488,"1. A process for the preparation of an olefinic product, the process comprising the steps of: a. reacting an oxygenate feedstock, comprising oxygenate, in an oxygenate reaction zone in the presence of a catalyst comprising a molecular sieve, at a temperature in the range of from 350 to 1000° C., to produce a reaction effluent stream, comprising at least oxygenate, olefin, water and acidic by-products; (b) cooling the reaction effluent stream by means of an indirect heat exchange to a temperature greater than the dew point temperature of reaction effluent stream; (c) further rapidly cooling the heat exchanged reaction effluent stream to a temperature lower than the dew point temperature of the reaction effluent stream by direct injection of an aqueous liquid into a conduit transporting the reaction effluent stream from the heat exchange of step (b) to the separation of step d), to form a quench effluent stream; and d. separating the first quench effluent stream into a liquid quench stream and a gaseous quench stream; e. passing the gaseous quench stream into a quench tower and contacting the gaseous quench stream with a second aqueous liquid in the presence of at least one set of quench tower internals, to produce a quench tower gaseous stream comprising the olefinic product wherein in step (c) the aqueous liquid is injected by means of a quench fitting.",0.8139127274750627,0.37217454504987457
8808570,"1. A heat transfer composition comprising: (i) from about 50 to about 95% by weight R-1234ze(E); (ii) from about 2 to about 30% by weight R-744; and (iii) from about 3 to about 20% by weight of a third component selected from R-1270, R-290, R-600, R600a, and mixtures thereof.",0.8221794613724819,0.35564107725503624
9433194,"1. A method of enhancing the growth of aquatic life within a natural ecosystem comprising steps of: submerging a vessel within water of an natural ecosystem, said vessel having at least one light emitting diode; emitting light from the at least one light emitting diode such that the light is received by aquatic life in the natural ecosystem, predetermining the depth at which the at least one light emitting diode will be placed in the water; and predetermining the optimum wavelength of light to emit an optimum wavelength of light or an aquatic life based on the predetermined depth.",0.7087186252216507,0.5825627495566985
8528598,"1. A flow sputter comprising a valve body having an inlet, first and second outlets, and a common passage connected to the inlet and extending between oppositely facing first and second valve seats disposed between the common passage and the first and second outlets, first and second diaphragm valves respectively movable toward and away from the first and second valve seats for modulating flow between the common passage and the first and second outlets, and a coupler coupling the first and second diaphragm valves for common movement, wherein the diaphragm valves each include a diaphragm having a peripheral portion attached to the valve body and a central portion attached to the coupler, and wherein the central portion of the diaphragm of one of the diaphragm valves is attached to the coupler by a magnetic device.",0.4061876029254398,0.8123752058508796
9151277,"1. A method of power generation, comprising the following steps: 1) igniting a biomass boiler comprising a boiler drum when a water level of the boiler drum reaches a preset water level; and starting a turbonator unit according to an operating procedure of a biomass boiler power plant; 2) starting a solar concentrating collector; measuring a water temperature t 3) closing the second control valve of the water outlet main and the third control valve to prevent water in the solar collector tube from running and to maintain the water in a heat preserving and inactive state if the water supply to the solar collector tube is adjusted to a lowest value while the water temperature t 4) opening a first control valve arranged between the water outlet main of the solar concentrating collector and a water supply tank if the water temperature t 5) repeating step",0.9979154242179129,0.004169151564174189
8601804,"1. A power generating apparatus of renewable energy type which generates power from a renewable energy source, comprising: a rotating shaft which is driven by the renewable energy source; a hydraulic pump which is driven by the rotating shaft; a hydraulic motor which is driven by operating oil supplied from the hydraulic pump; a generator which is coupled to the hydraulic motor; an oil line which is connected to the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor and which circulates the operating oil between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor; an oil cooler which is connected to the oil line and which cools the operating oil by heat exchange with a cooling medium; a cooling-medium line which supplies the cooling medium to the oil cooler; a bypass line which diverges from at least one of the oil line and the cooling-medium line and merges into said at least one of the oil line and the cooling-medium line to bypass the oil cooler; and a flow regulating valve which is provided in said at least one of the oil line and the cooling-medium line that is arranged between a diverging point and a merging point of the bypass line and which regulates a flow rate of at least one of the operating oil and the cooling medium flowing into the oil cooler.",0.985535938267575,0.028928123464849964
9461808,"1. A method of transmitting data packets to a WiFi access network with sharing of a multiband channel among WiFi stations, a first band being a “transmission” band, and a second band being a “signaling” band, a station accessing the channel for transmitting data of a stream after using a counter to decrement a backoff value, the method comprising: a reception step of receiving backoff count values sent successively over the signaling channel by the various stations relating to their various streams; a comparison step of comparing the received backoff count values with one another in order to detect identical values; in the event of there being identical values between a plurality of stations, a determination step of determining at least one new backoff count value that is different from all the received backoff count values; and a step of decrementing by a backoff counter a count value taking account of the at least one new backoff count value before a data packet transmission step.",0.28395202289029103,0.5679040457805821
9127809,"1. A lubricant reservoir, comprising: a container defining an interior for holding lubricant; a partition inside the container interior dividing the interior into a plurality of chambers, each chamber of said plurality of chambers segregating lubricant from lubricant in every other chamber of said plurality of chambers; a plurality of outlets, an outlet of said plurality of outlets being positioned in each chamber of said plurality of chambers to permit lubricant to be removed from the corresponding chamber; and a plurality of motor-driven stirrers, a stirrer of said plurality of stirrers being positioned in each chamber of said plurality of chambers to stir lubricant in the corresponding chamber.",0.3228234138978202,0.6456468277956404
8388989,"1. An article of clothing treated with an ammonia oxidizing bacteria adapted to metabolize a component selected from the group consisting of ammonia, ammonium salts, and urea contained in the clothing to form any of nitric oxide, nitric oxide precursors, and combinations thereof in the clothing, wherein said ammonia, ammonia salts, or urea is a component of any of perspiration, urine, feces, blood, wound secretions, menstrual secretions, vaginal secretions, topically applied mixtures, and combinations thereof.",0.5265843141014371,0.9468313717971257
8502036,"1. A seed of soybean cultivar 13203100, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12748.",0.22399865583636994,0.4479973116727398
8710174,"1. A triazine ring-containing polymer characterized by comprising repeating unit structures represented by the following formula (2): wherein R and R′ independently from each other mean a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or aralkyl group, R″ means an alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkylamino, alkoxysilyl-containing alkylamino, aralkylamino, arylamino, alkoxy, aralkyloxy or aryloxy group, and Ar means at least one selected from the group consisting of groups represented by the following formulas (6) to (12) and (14) to (19): wherein R W W X wherein R Y",0.45569075654864094,0.9113815130972819
9106821,"1. A computing device, comprising: a display screen positioned proximate to a front side of the computing device, the display screen configured to display visual information to a user; a front-facing camera positioned proximate to the front side of the computing device; a rear-facing camera positioned proximate to a rear side of the computing device that is opposite with respect to the front side; at least one processor; and memory including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing device to:",0.5176371259035812,0.9647257481928375
9315785,"1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a selection marker, and (a) a polynucleotide having a polynucleotide sequence encoding at least one amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NOs: 267 to 274 or an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID Nos: 267 to 274 having 1 to 40 substituted, deleted, added or inserted residues and having the same enzymatic activity as SEQ ID NOs: 267 to 274, respectively, or (b) a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence which is capable of hybridizing with the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 266 under stringent conditions comprising washing in a solution comprising 30 mM trisodium citrate, 300 mM sodium chloride and 0.5% sodium dodecyl sulfate at 60° C. for 20 minutes and having the same enzymatic activity as SEQ ID NO: 266, wherein the polynucleotide of (a) or (b) is a cDNA.",0.4602638421363818,0.9205276842727635
9581145,"1. A variable area fan nozzle comprising: a support member having a curved shape; first and second petals disposed adjacent to each other at different circumferential positions along the curved shape of said support member with a gap separating respective edges of said first and second petals, said first and second petals being coupled to said support member in a manner that allows each of said first and second petals to deflect inwardly or outwardly, wherein a width of said gap varies as said first and second petal deflect inwardly or outwardly and a first actuator comprising a first portion that spans said gap, and second and third portions connected to said first portion and respectively attached to marginal portions along said edges of said first and second petals, wherein said first portion is made of shape memory alloy having a characteristic that it undergoes a first shape change when its temperature is increased from below to above a transition temperature, wherein said first actuator is arranged to cause said first and second petals to deflect when said first portion of said first actuator undergoes said first shape change.",0.6445577334618516,0.7108845330762967
9686042,"1. A method of transmitting, by a transmission device, broadcast signals in a frequency-shared terrestrial broadcast system, the method comprising: generating the broadcast signals including pilot signals arranged at a physical layer frame based on a group identification (ID) defined according to a broadcast service content; and transmitting the generated broadcast signals to a reception device, wherein the positions of the pilot signals arranged at the physical layer frame are different by group IDs, wherein the physical layer frame comprises a plurality of subframes in a time domain, and one subframe comprises a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, wherein one frame comprises a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain,",0.1172285847496384,0.23445716949927675
9644798,"1. A base for an electric lamp, comprising: a tubular enclosure extending along an axial direction between a first and a second end portion of the enclosure, an insulator attached to the first end portion of the enclosure such that a rotation of the insulator relative to the enclosure about the axial direction is prevented, the insulator having an inner portion facing towards an inner space of the enclosure, an outer portion facing away from said inner space at least one channel for receiving an electrically conducting contact pin, the channel extending from the outer portion, through the insulator and leading into said inner space, a housing for accommodating electrical circuitry for operating the electric lamp, and a resilient attachment member forming part of one of the insulator and the housing, said resilient attachment member extending towards the other one of the insulator and the housing and being arranged to connect the insulator and the housing to each other, said resilient attachment member further comprising a lateral projection providing an engagement surface and/or a lateral recess, wherein the housing is attached to the inner portion of the insulator such that a rotation of the housing relative to the insulator about the axial direction is prevented, wherein a rotation of the housing relative to the enclosure is prevented and wherein a separation between the insulator and the housing is prevented by said attachment member in at least said axial direction.",0.2592961644828052,0.5185923289656104
8728459,"1. A method for controlling a fungal or bacterial disease in a plant, comprising: infecting a plant with at least one isolated or purified bacterial strain selected from the group consisting of",0.9291298270705585,0.14174034585888307
9420332,"1. A method comprising: receiving audio information that includes first timing information associated with an encoder clock; generating second timing information for the audio information based on a decoder clock; estimating a drift error in the decoder clock relative to the encoder clock based on a calculated difference of time between the first timing information and the second timing information; accumulating the drift error in the decoder clock relative to the encoder clock, the accumulated drift error corresponding to an uncorrected drift error in the audio information; decoding the audio information to generate decoded audio samples; and determining if the accumulated drift error in the decoder clock relative to the encoder clock reaches a drift threshold, and if so, adjusting a number of the audio samples in decoded audio output to compensate for the accumulated drift error in the decoder clock without re-synchronizing the decoder clock to the encoder clock, wherein adjusting the number of audio samples comprises inserting additional audio samples into the decoded audio output to compensate for the decoder clock being slower than the encoder clock, and wherein inserting the additional audio samples comprises estimating times of substantial silence in the decoded audio output and inserting the silent audio samples in the times of substantial silence.",0.045753515483485996,0.09150703096697199
8465613,"1. A method of fabricating a composite blade stiffener, comprising: forming a generally flat charge; using a punch to form the charge into a hat shape having a pair of flanges by driving the generally flat charge into a cavity in a die; withdrawing the punch from the die cavity; loading a plate over the die covering the flanges; holding the flange portions against the die by forcing the punch against the plate; and forming the resulting hat shape into a blade by using the die to squeeze the hat while the flange portions are held against the die.",0.5865366080130601,0.8269267839738799
9360963,"1. A portable terminal that has a case, a display provided on the case, and a touch panel that receives a touch operation, wherein an operation inhibition area is set in at least a part of a periphery of a touch effective area, the portable terminal comprising: at least one processor that",0.27121159838360037,0.5424231967672007
8771884,"1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell stack; a reactant temperature conditioner coupled to a fuel source and an oxidant source, said conditioner having a fuel inlet for receiving fuel from the fuel source and an oxidant inlet for receiving oxidant from the oxidant source, said conditioner configured to transfer heat energy from the oxidant to the fuel to arrive at a conditioned oxidant and a conditioned fuel; said conditioner having a fuel outlet coupled to said fuel cell stack to allow flow of the conditioned fuel to said fuel cell stack and an oxidant outlet to allow flow of the conditioned oxidant to said fuel cell stack.",0.9376585313136869,0.12468293737262615
8350353,"1. A silicon carbide semiconductor device comprising: a silicon carbide wafer of first conductivity type; a first region of second conductivity type formed in a surface of the silicon carbide wafer; a first electrode formed on a surface of the silicon carbide wafer; a second electrode formed on the opposite surface of the silicon carbide wafer, wherein the first region includes a region having a second-conductivity-type impurity concentration that is substantially constant and a region having a second-conductivity-type impurity concentration that decreases continuously from the substantially constant concentration; and an edge of the first electrode is located on the region having the second-conductivity-type impurity concentration of substantially constant.",0.43613482256033514,0.8722696451206703
9750784,"1. A method for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, selected from the group consisting of arthrosis, traumatic cartilage injuries, arthritis, pain, allodynia and hyperalgesia, comprising intraarticular administration to a patient in need of said treatment of a pharmaceutical preparation comprising pepstatin and/or one of its physiologically acceptable salts, solvates, prodrugs and stereoisomers, including mixtures thereof in all ratios, and one or more excipients and/or adjuvants, said preparation formulated for intraarticular administration for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of said physiological and/or pathophysiological conditions, wherein the pharmaceutical preparation is formulated for administration weekly to yearly, and wherein the pharmaceutical preparation is administered weekly to yearly.",0.5065955789728768,0.9868088420542465
8661882,"1. A method for diagnosing a first SCR region and a second SCR region positioned in series, the method comprising: in a first mode, setting a first diagnostic indicating reduced performance of the first SCR region based on a first storage capacity of the first SCR region; and in a second mode, setting a second diagnostic indicating reduced performance of the second SCR region based on a second storage capacity of the second SCR region.",0.24798011250717522,0.49596022501435044
9069554,"1. A method comprising: searching to determine whether a publicly-accessible file in a memory exists; creating the publicly-accessible file if the publicly-accessible file does not exist; reading, by a second application, a scheduling indicator written to the publicly-accessible file by a first application if the publicly-accessible file exists, wherein the scheduling indicator indicates a schedule of one or more requests for a system resource by the first application, designations of time slots that the first application has reserved for making the one or more requests for the system resource, and an expected period between subsequent requests; scheduling a request for the system resource by the second application, the request for the system resource by the second application being time-aligned with at least one of the one or more requests for the system resource by the first application; and executing the request for the system resource by the second application; wherein the first and second applications execute their corresponding requests consecutively, and then the first and second applications update the scheduling indicator, wherein the first and second applications are sandboxed to prevent communication between the first and second applications and any other applications or services.",0.19583926725868084,0.3916785345173617
9237715,"1. A seed of hybrid corn variety CH844202, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV774864+CV211902 with a second plant of variety CV799972, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV774864+CV211902 and CV799972 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11317, PTA-9742, and PTA-122122, respectively.",0.2863896615178255,0.572779323035651
8474432,"1. A method for starting an internal combustion engine having direct fuel injection into a cylinder, comprising: under selected conditions during an engine start, directly injecting fuel to the cylinder at least twice, only for a first combustion event from the engine start, where at least one of the said two injections at least partially occurs during a compression stroke.",0.893508856714862,0.21298228657027596
9450273,"1. An electrolyte comprising: a solvent and an electrolyte salt, wherein the solvent contains at least one type of sulfone compounds expressed by Formula (1) and Formula (2), and at least one of a nitrile compound and compounds expressed by Formula (3) to Formula(4): where R1 is an alkenylene group with carbon number from 2 to 4 both inclusive or a halogenated group thereof, an arylene group or a halogenated group thereof, or a derivative thereof, where R2 is an alkenylene group with carbon number from 2 to 4 both inclusive or a halogenated group thereof, an arylene group or a halogenated group thereof, or a derivative thereof, where R3 is an organic group with “a” valency containing carbon (C) and at least one element of oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), silicon (Si), phosphorus (P), boron (B), and halogen, and where “a” is one of integer numbers from 1 to 3 both inclusive, where R4 is an alkyl group with carbon number from 2 to 10 both inclusive, an alkenyl group with carbon number from 2 to 10 both inclusive, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkenyl group, an aromatic ring group, a heterocyclic group, or a derivative thereof.",0.907464112743987,0.18507177451202605
9093588,"1. A semiconductor light emitting device comprising: an n-type semiconductor layer including a nitride semiconductor; a p-type semiconductor layer provided on a side of [0001] direction of the n-type semiconductor layer and including a nitride semiconductor; a first well layer provided between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer, the first well layer having a band gap energy smaller than a band gap energy of the n-type semiconductor layer and smaller than a band gap energy of the p-type semiconductor layer, and including a nitride semiconductor; a first barrier layer provided between the first well layer and the n-type semiconductor layer, in contact with the first well layer, the first barrier layer having a band gap energy larger than the band gap energy of the first well layer, and including a nitride semiconductor; an Al-containing layer provided between the first well layer and the p-type semiconductor layer, in contact with the first well layer, the Al-containing layer having a band gap energy larger than the band gap energy of the first barrier layer, having a lattice constant smaller than a lattice constant of the n-type semiconductor layer, and having a composition of Al an intermediate layer provided between the Al-containing layer and the p-type semiconductor layer, in contact with the Al-containing layer, having a band gap energy larger than the band gap energy of the first well layer, and including a nitride semiconductor, the intermediate layer having a first portion and a second portion provided between the first portion and the p-type semiconductor layer, a band gap energy of the first portion being smaller than a band gap energy of the second portion.",0.5015486794802781,0.9969026410394437
9546573,"1. A method for installing an inner blade part of a wind turbine blade, for a partial pitch wind turbine blade, comprising, an inner blade part and an outer blade part, said inner blade part comprising a first flange at a first end for connection to a hub flange at a wind turbine hub and a second flange at a second end for connection to the outer blade part and being a free flange on a pitch bearing, said first and second flanges and said hub flange all comprising a number of at least one of bolts and bolt holes, said method comprising the steps of: hoisting said inner blade part and arranging said inner blade part in relation to said hub flange, wherein the method further comprises at least the following steps: bracket flange means for connection to said number of at least one of bolts and bolt holes at said second flange on the inner blade part, said bracket flange means comprises a first surface and an opposite second surface, wherein said first surface is arranged for interfacing with the second flange at said inner blade part, at least one lifting lug and at least one counter weight;",0.8445460055326255,0.310907988934749
9672252,"1. A computing, device, comprising: a processor; a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable on the processor to: a user interface to present the plurality of solutions in ranked order according to the ranking.",0.4797635733909398,0.9595271467818796
9735945,"1. A wireless communication system operating as part of a larger network, said wireless communication system comprising: base stations each having a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions which when executed by a processor incorporated into each base station facilitate communications as device-to-device D2D or cellular with cellular being interior or exterior in each sector of the wireless communication system, the processor coupled to read only storage and random access storage resources and having inputs and outputs, the processor executing computer readable instructions to provide resource capability in time division and frequency division duplexing wireless communication systems, based on a history from previous epochs, the processor estimating at the beginning of every epoch an average traffic or resource demand from cellular and device-to-device traffic in each sector, said resource demand (R′) for a current epoch in sector j being determined by the processor as a weighted moving average according to the following relationship: where x={CELLULAR, D2D} traffic; y={interior, exterior} traffic; and z={downlink, uplink}traffic in sector j; the processor partitioning the network into disjoint small clusters of interfering sectors called cross sectors and utilizing device-to-device traffic to determine dynamic fractional frequency reuse patterns to downlink and uplink jointly for each of the clusters in a distributed and localized manner; and the base stations operating according to the determined fractional frequency reuse patterns for each sector in the cluster in downlink and uplink directions.",0.6298930232024023,0.7402139535951955
8713197,"1. A method of employing a plurality of processors to manage the transmission of data packets from across a network, comprising: receiving, at each processor in the plurality of processors, a plurality of data packets; sending, from each processor in the plurality of processors, to at least one other processor in the plurality of processors, at least one allocation message, the at least one allocation message being sent separate from any of the data packets, each allocation message including information about a number of tokens claimed by the respective processor and indicating data representative of an amount of data to be transmitted by the respective processor; transmitting, from each processor in the plurality of processors, the amount of data corresponding to each allocation message sent by the respective processor, the tokens being employed to control a rate of transmission of the data packets from each processor in the plurality of processors; determining, by each processor in the plurality of processors, the amount of data to be represented by the at least one allocation message corresponding to the respective processor; receiving a synchronization message from a master processor; and determining, at each processor, an aggregate amount of data based on the received synchronization message, wherein determining by each processor the amount of data to be represented by the at least one allocation message is at least partly based further on the aggregate amount of data determined by said each processor.",0.3420034576443825,0.684006915288765
8598646,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a substrate comprising a semiconducting layer, said semiconducting layer further comprising a plurality of fin-type projections laterally coextending in a first direction through a memory cell region of said substrate and select gate regions of said substrate abutting said memory cell region; a dielectric isolation material disposed 1n spaces between said plurality of fin-type projections, said dielectric isolation material in said memory cell regions having a height less than a height of plurality of fin-type projections in said memory cell regions, and said dielectric isolation material in said abutting select gate regions having a height greater than or equal to than a height of said plurality of fin-type projections in said abutting select gate regions; a plurality of gate features disposed on said substrate within said memory cell region and said abutting select gate regions over said plurality of projections and said dielectric isolation material, said plurality of gate features coextending in a second direction transverse to said first direction.",0.16869177951937858,0.33738355903875716
8655424,"1. Superconductive electric cable comprising: at least one superconductive conductor having strips or wires, which are wound in at least one layer around a carrier constructed as a pipe, wherein the pipe is elastically deformable in a radial direction with changeable diameters and has a gap extending in a straight line along a circumferential line of the pipe over its entire length.",0.886475115043465,0.22704976991307002
8772317,1. An aqueous suspension comprising fine particles of rebamipide having a mean particle size ranging from 0.2 μm to 5 μm and polyvinyl alcohol.,0.785209717702238,0.42958056459552396
8748863,"1. A light emitting device, comprising: a light emitting structure that includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, wherein the active layer includes: a light emitting layer adjacent to the second semiconductor layer and that includes a well layer and a barrier layer; and a super-lattice layer between the light emitting layer and the first semiconductor layer, the super-lattice layer including at least six pairs of a first layer and a second layer, wherein a composition of the first layer includes indium (In) and a composition of the second layer includes indium (In), and the composition of the first layer is different from the composition of the second layer, wherein a thickness of each of the first layer and the second layer in a lowermost pair of the super-lattice layer is different from a thickness of each of the first layer and the second layer in other pairs of the super-lattice layer.",0.5417550533400853,0.9164898933198293
8632638,"1. A method for cleaning fuel injector deposits from one or more parts of an engine fuel delivery system, the method comprising introducing into the engine fuel delivery system a cleaning composition comprising (a) one of more aromatic hydrocarbon solvents; (b) one or more propylene glycol ethers: and (c) one or more nitrogen-containing detergents, to clean the fuel injector deposits from the one or more parts of the engine fuel delivery system, wherein the engine fuel delivery system is present in a compression ignition (diesel) engine, and wherein the one or more propylene glycol ethers are represented by the formula: wherein R is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted C",0.6717036246951719,0.6565927506096563
8691728,"1. A composition comprising (a) at least one cyclopropene molecular encapsulating agent complex, and (b) at least one non-deliquescent salt, wherein no chloride salt is used; wherein the ratio of dry weight of said salt to dry weight of said cyclopropene molecular encapsulating agent complex is from 0.03 to 500, and wherein said composition has more than 30% water by weight, based on the weight of said composition, has a ratio of dry weight of said salt to weight of said water of at least 0.3, and has said cyclopropene molecular encapsulating agent complex distributed throughout said water.",0.28773424807343795,0.5754684961468759
9057970,"1. A method for producing core-shell structured resin particles, comprising the steps of: (I) providing a dispersion liquid of hydrophobic resin particles in which the hydrophobic resin particles are dispersed into an aqueous medium containing an anionic surfactant A and an anionic surfactant B; (II) providing a dispersion liquid of resin microparticles in which the resin microparticles are dispersed into an aqueous medium; (III) mixing the dispersion liquid of hydrophobic resin particles and the dispersion liquid of resin microparticles; and (IV) adhering the resin microparticles to surfaces of the hydrophobic resin particles by adding a water soluble metal salt to a mixture resulting from the step (III), wherein the surfactant A and the surfactant B satisfy the following conditions (i) to (iv): (i) surface tension of 5 mmol/L aqueous solution of the surfactant A<40 mN/m; (ii) surface tension of 5mmol/L aqueous solution of the surfactant A, in which the metal salt is contained in an amount to generate an equivalent amount of cations to an amount of anions derived from the surfactant A<40 mN/m; (iii) surface tension of 5 mmol/L aqueous solution of the surfactant B<40 mN/m; and (iv) surface tension of 5mmol/L aqueous solution of the surfactant B, in which the metal salt is contained in an amount to generate an equivalent amount of cations to an amount of anions derived from the surfactant B>40 mN/m wherein a molar concentration of the surfactant A and the surfactant B in the aqueous medium is: the surfactant A:the surfactant B=1:7 to 1:15.",0.7202252915985499,0.5595494168029003
9218151,"1. An information processing device comprising: a resource information acquisition unit that acquires first resource information and second resource information, a controller unit that performs control to generate a screen on which an operation to execute the image processing is accepted in accordance with a resource corresponding to the second resource information among the resources included in the first resource information, wherein the first resource information comprises resources required to execute the predetermined image processing, and wherein the controller unit performs the control to generate the screen when all the required resources of the first resource information are included in the second resource information acquired from the image processing device.",0.5027969680172736,0.9944060639654528
8795550,"1. A method for preparing a cathode active material, the method comprising: mixing a phosphorus source material, a lithium source material, and a dispersing agent together to form a first liquid mixture, the dispersing agent is at least one of ethanol and water; adding an iron powder into the first liquid mixture to form a second mixture consisting of iron powder, phosphorus source material, lithium source material, and dispersing agent; stirring the second mixture at a temperature of about 80° C. to about 100° C. for more than about 10 hours; drying the second mixture to achieve a precursor; calcining the precursor in a protective gas at a temperature of about 600° C. to 800° C. for more than about 2 hours to achieve a LiFePO disposing the LiFePO drying the third liquid mixture to achieve a carbon source material coated LiFePO4 crystal; and calcining the carbon source material coated LiFePO",0.5206071256257665,0.958785748748467
8439297,"1. An air inlet for a turbine engine of an aircraft, the inlet including an air delivery duct defined by a side wall, said air delivery duct being extended by a dynamic inlet duct, said dynamic inlet duct extending along a dynamic axis of said delivery duct towards a front flow section through which an apparent wind can penetrate into said air inlet, said dynamic axis being substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said aircraft, said dynamic inlet duct being provided with a grid for protection against ingesting foreign bodies, wherein said grid is movable in translation along said dynamic axis relative to said front flow section as a result of said grid becoming clogged, and said air inlet includes at least one lateral inlet arranged in said side wall and cover means for covering said lateral inlet that are movable relative to said lateral inlet, said air inlet including movement means controlled by said movement in translation of said grid to cause movement of said cover means relative to said lateral inlet.",0.9525527695285301,0.09489446094293985
9323238,"1. A bioenergy storage and management system comprising: (a) biogas generation unit (BGU); (b) biogas storage unit (BSU); (c) stored energy electric generation unit (SEGU); and (d) biogas control unit (BCU); wherein said BGU is configured to produce biogas; said BGU is configured to transfer said biogas to said BSU; said BSU is configured to store an amount of said biogas needed for peak demand; said BSU is configured to transfer said biogas to said SEGU; said SEGU is configured to generate electric power with said transferred biogas; said BCU is configured to monitor the status of said BGU and said BSU; said BCU is configured to control the operation of said BGU and said BSU; said BCU is configured to control electrical coupling of said SEGU to an electric transmission grid (ETG); and said BCU is configured to initiate said SEGU in response to a remote request for on demand power from an utility company, an independent system operator, a utility intermediary entity, from an energy storage device, or from an onsite consumer.",0.9756201982769329,0.04875960344613417
9056682,"1. A monument for an aircraft, comprising: a base module, comprising: an expansion module comprising a second toilet, separate from the first toilet, a dividing wall dividing the base module and the expansion module, a control device wherein the control device prevents concurrent flushing of the first toilet and of the second toilet such that said first and second toilets do not request more than a predetermined maximum quantity of water per unit of time from a water supply of the aircraft; wherein the monument is an on-board toilet monument, and wherein the monument is configured as a combi module sized to replace two substantially identical single monuments of a same volume, wherein the interface is arranged in or on the dividing wall, wherein the fresh water connection of the system connection arrangement of the base module is configured to connect the first toilet of the base module and the second toilet of the expansion module to a fresh water supply line of the aircraft via the first forked line, wherein the first forked line includes a first branch that connects the fresh water connection of the system connection arrangement to the first toilet and the first forked line includes a second branch that connects the fresh water connection of the system connection arrangement to the second toilet, and wherein the second toilet of the expansion module is connected to the second branch of the first forked line of the base module via the interface of the base module.",0.5134341809995263,0.9731316380009474
9671816,"1. A method performed on a computing device that includes at least one processor, memory, and a computing environment, the method comprising: transitioning, by the computing device, the computing environment from a connected standby state to an execution state, the transitioning based on process classifications assigned to processes by a classification component of the computing device, the process classifications comprising: a suspendable processes classification, a throttleable processes classification, and an exempt processes classification, the transitioning comprising:",0.6423533681251452,0.7152932637497096
9362440,"1. An electrodeposition apparatus, comprising: a plurality of electroplating cells; and a conveyor for moving individual blank solar panels over the plurality of electroplating cells, wherein each of the panels is housed in a separate metal frame that is rectangular in shape and runs along an outer perimeter of each of the panels, wherein the conveyor comprises separate metal belted tracks surrounding a plurality of metal rollers over each of the plurality of electroplating cells, such that an independent set of the metal belted tracks and the metal rollers is present over each of the plurality of electroplating cells, wherein each of the metal belted tracks has spikes on an outer surface thereof, and wherein each independent set of the metal belted tracks and the metal rollers is connected to its own independent power supply, and wherein the spikes are configured to contact the metal frame thereby providing i) a direct connection between each independent power supply and the metal frame via the metal roller and the metal belted tracks, and ii) a means for moving the panels over the plurality of electroplating cells.",0.908186360112624,0.18362727977475202
8868430,"1. A language translation device, comprising: a network transceiver configured to provide communication between first and second communication terminals; a language recognition unit configured to receive a signal representing speech in a first human language from the first communication terminal and map the signal to machine-readable intermediate data that is indicative of sounds in the first human language, wherein the signal representing speech in the first human language comprises features extracted according to a parametric model that is different than that used by the first communication terminal when operating in a non-language translation mode, and wherein the language recognition unit is configured to provide a request to the first communication terminal to use the parametric model to generate the signal representing speech in the first human language to provide automatic capability negotiation between the language translation device and the first communication terminal; and a language translation unit configured to translate the machine-readable intermediate data indicative of sounds in the first human language to further machine-readable intermediate data indicative of sounds in a second human language, to generate a translated signal representing speech and/or text in a second human language, which is different from the first human language, in response to the further intermediate data and provide the translated signal to the second communication terminal, the speech and/or text represented by the translated signal having a meaning corresponding to that of the speech represented by the received signal.",0.3924516499756531,0.7849032999513063
9701692,"1. A method for synthesizing a compound comprising: mixing a 3-(methylthio)-4-alkynylthiophene with iodine or iodine monochloride to form a 3-iodo-thieno-[3,4-b]thiophene; fluorinating the 3-iodo-thieno-[3,4-b]thiophene to form a 3-fluoro-thieno-[3,4-b]thiophene; and mixing the 3-fluoro-thieno-[3,4-b]thiophene with a halogenating agent to form a compound of the structure wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, ester, aryl, vinyl, ketone, amide, and sulfone.",0.6667453890938432,0.6665092218123136
9233151,"1. A multivalent immunogenic composition comprising the following components: (a) killed whole-cell (b) tetanus toxoid, (c) diphtheria toxoid, (d) Hepatitis B surface antigen, (e) a conjugate of a carrier protein and the capsular polysaccharide of (f) one or more conjugates of a carrier protein and the capsular polysaccharide of a bacterium selected from the group consisting of",0.6051200755782628,0.7897598488434745
9515618,"1. A device comprising: a plurality of photodiodes; an analog amplification system comprising at least a high gain transimpedance amplifier (TIA) and at least a buffer on each of said photodiodes, followed by a fully differential amplifier to combine outputs of multiple TIAs; a digital acquisition system comprising at least one analog-to-digital converter (ADC), followed by a programmable processor, which is linked to a central processor as well as on-board memory; and at least one shaped reflector to direct light to at least one of said photodetectors, wherein the shaped reflector comprises at least one opening sized and positioned to allow a sample vessel to be placed at a desired location in a cavity defined at least in part by the shaped reflector.",0.10509154982807774,0.21018309965615545
8578977,"1. A gas filling and dispensing device comprising a body adapted to be placed in the opening of a pressurized gas storage container, the body comprising: a) a gas withdrawal circuit extending between b) a filling duct comprising c) a closure third valve located downstream of the second valve and at the downstream ends of the filling duct and of the withdrawal circuit, wherein the withdrawal circuit and the filling duct have common downstream ends and said filling duct includes at least one portion separate from the withdrawal circuit.",0.4685072542726261,0.9370145085452521
8469891,"1. In a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein data representing instructions executable by a programmed processor for measuring a viscoelastic property of tissue in vivo, the storage medium comprising instructions for: transmitting an amplitude modulated and phase modulated waveform including carrier cycles at different frequencies at different times, the different frequencies being in a range of frequencies, the amplitude modulated and phase modulated waveform comprising a sinusoidal carrier multiplied by a sinusoidal amplitude modulation with a phase varying term such that an envelope of the sinusoidal amplitude modulation includes at least two envelope cycles with each of the envelope cycles separating the sinusoidal carrier at the different frequencies or groups of the different frequencies, the amplitude modulated and phase modulated waveform transmitted to the tissue in a patient; calculating displacement as a function of time of the tissue in response to the amplitude modulated and phase modulated waveform, the displacement calculated from scans of the tissue, the calculating displacement comprising scanning the tissue with ultrasound interleaved with the transmitting, the interleaving synchronized with the envelope; applying a Fourier transform to the displacement over time; and determining the viscoelastic property from a Fourier transform of a shear wave equation and the Fourier transform of the displacement over time.",0.046457474511837474,0.09291494902367492
8965843,"1. A method of updating data at one or more nodes comprising: determining a node to which a data update is to be transmitted, wherein the node has a node priority; determining a version of data to be provided to the determined node based on a comparison of the version of data at the determined node with another node having a higher node priority; and transmitting the determined version of data to the node.",0.27195715363626466,0.5439143072725293
9019153,"1. A system, comprising: a calibration system, comprising:",0.15435497292493777,0.30870994584987554
9754573,"1. A cymbal system comprising: a metal plate; a transducer, comprising a capacitive accelerometer, coupled to the metal plate and configured to detect an acoustic signal generated by a strike of the metal plate; and processing circuitry coupled to the transducer and configured to determine a cymbal articulation for the strike of the metal plate based on the detected acoustic signal.",0.06363829135702444,0.12727658271404885
8409229,"1. A medical instrument for occluding tube-like body parts, comprising: a vascular clamp further comprising: an operating mechanism, said operating mechanism being constructed and arranged for placing said vascular clamp in a user selected location in a patient during surgery, said operating mechanism further comprising: an actuating mechanism, said actuating mechanism arranged for insertion through said guide element and further comprising: wherein said operating mechanism, said vascular clamp, and said actuating mechanism are each disassembleable from each other and reassembleable with each other, including during operation on a patient.",0.09499062770358468,0.18998125540716937
9295043,"1. A method for extending a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) region in a single cell to provide Downlink Control Information (DCI) to a User Equipment (UE) in order to enable communication over a plurality of cells in a communication system wherein the UE receives DCI from a Node B through a DCI format transmitted over a PDCCH and wherein the PDCCH is transmitted through Control Channel Elements (CCEs) in a Common Search Space (CSS) or in a UE-Dedicated Search Space (UE-DSS), the method comprising the steps of: transmitting, by the Node B, at least one PDCCH in a CSS; and transmitting, by the Node B, at least one PDCCH in each of a plurality of UE-DSSs, wherein the CSS is common to the plurality of cells, and wherein the plurality of UE-DSSs are configured for communication with respect to the plurality of cells, respectively.",0.4114219858780794,0.8228439717561588
9181102,"1. A system situated at an offshore location to produce crystallized salt and bittern through the evaporation process by using extracted seawater, comprising: a buoyant foundation situated on the seawater, comprising: offshore structures installed on the seabed, offshore structures capable of reinforcing the buoyant foundation; a buoyant seawall installed to the buoyant foundation, buoyant seawall capable of increasing the buoyancy and stability of the buoyant foundation; Floating Salt Farm components to produce crystallized salt and bittern.",0.7844897024646547,0.4310205950706907
8580599,"1. A method of fabricating a bypass diode for a solar cell, the method comprising: forming a thin dielectric layer on a substrate of the solar cell; forming a first conductive region of a first conductivity type on the thin dielectric layer; forming a second conductive region of a second conductivity type on the first conductive region, the second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type; forming an isolation trench in the substrate and surrounding the portion of the substrate below the first conductive region; and forming a dielectric layer in the isolation trench and on at least a portion of each of the first and second conductive regions.",0.9558542883442198,0.08829142331156037
9448937,"1. A system, comprising: a first memory; a processing sub-system including: one or more processing circuits configured to access a first set of addresses of the first memory; a first cache circuit configured to cache the first set of addresses of the first memory; a first coherent interface circuit configured to communicate data transactions between the first cache circuit and the first memory; a programmable logic sub-system including a set of programmable resources configured to implement: a logic circuit specified in a set of configuration data and configured to access the first set of addresses of the first memory; a second cache circuit configured to cache the first set of addresses of the first memory; and a second coherent interface circuit configured to communicate data transactions between the second cache circuit and the first memory; a communication device coupled to a cache coherent interconnect configured to access the first memory without caching data from the first memory; and the cache coherent interconnect configured to maintain coherency and ownership between the first cache circuit and the second cache circuit for the first set of addresses; and in response to a write request to a first address of the first set of addresses from the communication device: forward the write transaction to the first memory; and invalidate the first address in one of the first cache circuit or second cache circuit having ownership of the first address.",0.273540593368424,0.547081186736848
9139228,"1. A modular electric scooter frame structure, comprising: a front frame including at least one first transverse bar and a plurality of front side bars which are arranged in parallel and spaced from each other, each of the plurality of front side bars including a female pivot portion at one end thereof and a plurality of first through holes on a lateral side thereof, the first transverse bar including two struts at two ends thereof to wedge in the first through holes respectively and to be fastened by a plurality of fastening elements; a rear frame including at least one second transverse bar and a plurality of rear side bars which are arranged in parallel and spaced from each other, each of the plurality of rear side bars including a male pivot portion at one end thereof and a plurality of second through holes on a lateral side thereof, the second transverse bar including two struts at two ends thereof to wedge in the second through holes respectively and to be fastened by the plurality of fastening elements; and a plurality of pivotal elements each running through a first pivotal hole of the female pivot portion of the front side bar and a second pivotal hole of the male pivot portion to fasten the front frame and the rear frame together.",0.3690820070606477,0.7381640141212954
9470912,"1. A Q-switch device, comprising: a chemically reducible electro-optic lithium compound crystal (LC) substrate including a chemically reduced first Z-surface and a chemically reduced second Z-surface opposite said first Z-surface; metal electrodes on opposing sides of said LC substrate orthogonal to said first Z-surface and said second Z-surface, and an antireflective (AR) coating material on said first Z-surface and said second Z-surface, wherein said first Z-surface and said second Z-surface includes a surface layer under said AR coating material that is chemically reduced to an extent to provide a 25° C. electrical conductivity that is at least ten thousand times (10 wherein said Q-switch device has a charge decay time constant shorter than 1 hour at −20° C.",0.4316700017973889,0.8633400035947778
9753556,"1. A method, comprising: at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the device including one or more sensors to detect signals from a stylus associated with the device: while the electronic device is in a locked state:",0.2972764067281645,0.594552813456329
8409881,"1. A multi-project wafer, said wafer having a plurality of operable dies of a first design; said wafer having a plurality of individual dies of a second design different from the first design, the individual dies of the second design having an active surface with electrodes, external terminals, and interconnect paths extending between the electrodes and the external terminals, wherein the interconnect paths of the individual dies of the second design are mechanically cut resulting in severing the electrical paths of the individual dies of the second design and rendering the individual dies of the second design inoperable.",0.582262929071926,0.835474141856148
9393836,"1. A bearing device for a wheel, comprising a bearing for a wheel comprising: an outer member having double-row outer raceway surfaces formed on an inner circumference thereof; an inner member comprising a hub wheel and an inner race, the inner member having double-row inner raceway surfaces formed on an outer circumference thereof so as to be opposed to the double-row outer raceway surfaces; and double-row rolling elements interposed between the double-row outer raceway surfaces of the outer member and the double-row inner raceway surfaces of the inner member, the bearing for a wheel having a constant velocity universal joint coupled thereto with a screw fastening structure by fitting a stem section of an outer joint member of the constant velocity universal joint to a shaft hole of the hub wheel, wherein the shaft hole of the hub wheel is formed by penetrating the hub wheel into a cylindrical shape over an axial direction of the hub wheel, wherein the outer joint member comprises a plurality of convex portions formed on an outer circumferential surface of the stem section thereof so as to extend in the axial direction, wherein the hub wheel comprises a plurality of concave portions formed on an inner circumferential surface of the shaft hole thereof by broaching so as to have interferences with the plurality of convex portions, respectively, and wherein the stem section of the outer joint member is press-fitted to the shaft hole of the hub wheel, and a shape of each of the plurality of convex portions is transferred to the inner circumferential surface of the shaft hole, to thereby define a convex and concave fitting structure in which the plurality of convex portions and the plurality of concave portions are brought into close contact with each other at an entire fitting contact portion therebetween.",0.19787590628623034,0.3957518125724606
8767731,"1. A method for distributing flooding labels within a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) infrastructure supporting Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Media Access Control (MAC) Virtual Private Networking (VPN), the method comprising: generating, at a destination provider edge (PE) router, a generic flooding label (GFL) for each MAC-VPN Instance (MVI) that is advertising network layer reachability information (NLRI); generating, at the destination PE router, a Multi-Homing Flooding Label (MHFL) for each designated forwarder (DF) Ethernet Segment Identifier (ESI) that is advertising NLRI; and transmitting, toward one or more source PE routers, each generated GFL and MHFL using MAC-VPN Network Layer Reachability Information (NLRI) including a Route-Distinguisher (RD) and an ESI; generated GFLs being configured to cause each of said one or more source PE routers to replicate and forward toward the destination PE router broadcast/unknown unicast/multicast (BUM) traffic received via any attachment circuit (AC) according to a corresponding GFL transmitted by the destination PE router.",0.08005423524817487,0.1601084704963498
9039704,"1. A forceps, comprising: first and second shaft members, each shaft member having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof and a shaft handle disposed at a proximal end thereof, at least one of the shaft handles defining a trough therein, the first and second shaft members pivotably coupled to one another toward the distal ends thereof, at least one of the first and second shaft members moveable relative to the other between an open position and a closed position for moving the jaw members between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position; and a knife assembly, the knife assembly including a finger ring handle and a knife extending from the finger ring handle, the knife assembly selectively translatable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the knife extends between the jaw members, the finger ring handle disposed between the shaft handles, the finger ring handle configured to block further closure of the shaft handles beyond the closed position of the first and second shaft members, thereby defining a minimum gap distance between the jaw members.",0.06294133397224266,0.12588266794448533
9644876,"1. A refrigeration cycle apparatus comprising: a heat source unit including a compressor whose operation frequency is controllable; a hot water supply unit including a water-side circuit configured by connecting, by a pipe, a hot water storage tank, and a water heat exchanger that heats water within the hot water storage tank; an indoor unit connecting by a pipe to the heat source unit in parallel with the hot water supply unit; and a controller including an operation control part that controls operations of individual units, wherein the operation control part",0.9205549600422048,0.15889007991559034
9446961,"1. A method for manufacturing synthetic porous crystalline MCM-56 material comprising the steps of: a) preparing a first reaction mixture containing sources of alkali or alkaline earth metal (M) cation, an oxide of a trivalent element X, an oxide of a tetravalent element Y, zeolite seed crystals, and water, said first reaction mixture having a composition in terms of mole ratios of oxides within the following ranges: said first reaction mixture further comprising zeolite seed crystals in an amount from greater than or equal to 0.05 wt. % to less than or equal to 5 wt. %, based on the weight of said first reaction mixture; b) adding directing agent R to the reaction mixture of step a) to form a second reaction mixture, having said directing agent R in terms of a mole ratio within the following range: R/YO c) crystallizing said second reaction mixture of step b) under conditions of temperature of from about 90° C. to about 175° C. and a time for less than 90 hours to form a resulting mixture comprising crystals of said MCM-56 material and less than 10 wt. % non-MCM-56 impurity crystals based on the total weight of said MCM-56 crystals in said second reaction mixture, as identified by X-ray diffraction, wherein said crystals of said MCM-56 material have an X-ray diffraction pattern as shown in Table 1:",0.5936117693904088,0.8127764612191823
8864164,"1. A tugger attachment configured for use with a pallet transport, the pallet transport having a drive portion and a load portion having a pair of forks, the tugger attachment comprising: a body; a fork coupling member configured to secure the body to the forks; a hitch coupled to the body, wherein the hitch is configured to open and close; and a linkage assembly configured to couple the hitch to the forks, wherein raising the forks closes the hitch and lowering the forks open the hitch.",0.11413724296146226,0.22827448592292454
8724039,"1. A hybrid multiplexed 3D display, comprising: an image display for generating an image; a light source for sequentially generating a plurality of light rays of different colors transmitted through the image display; and an image splitter, disposed above or below the image display, for causing image data, which is obtained after the light is transmitted through the image display, to emit toward two or more than two view directions so that the image viewed by a user has at least two views to achieve a stereoscopic visual effect, wherein the image splitter is a color filter having a plurality of filtering units, neighboring ones of the filtering units respectively have different colors, and the light transmitted through neighboring two of the pixels is transmitted through neighboring one of the filtering units corresponding to the color of the light so that the image has the at least two views.",0.07971818319819748,0.1594363663963949
9576791,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor structure; an electrically semi-insulating passivation layer overlying the semiconductor structure, the electrically semi-insulating passivation layer comprising a silicon nitride material having a nitrogen to silicon ratio of between 0.3 to 0.38; and an electrically substantially fully insulating passivation layer overlying the electrically semi-insulating passivation layer, the electrically substantially fully insulating passivation layer comprising a silicon nitride material having a nitrogen to silicon ratio of between 0.9 to 1.1.",0.42764359294810755,0.8552871858962151
9084611,"1. A system for imaging endocardial tissue comprising: an endovascular catheter having a distal end and a proximal end, the endovascular catheter being sized for an endovascular approach to an endocardial tissue; an inflatable balloon disposed about the distal end of the endovascular catheter, the balloon being made of a compliant ultraviolet (UV) light transparent material and shaped for placement against the endocardial tissue; a guidewire for guiding the endovascular catheter to the endocardial tissue; an ablation member disposed outside the balloon for ablation of a portion of the endocardial tissue; and an optical housing extending from the endovascular catheter into the balloon, the optical housing comprising a UV light source emitting light having a wavelength between about 300 nm and about 400 nm for illuminating the endocardial tissue outside the balloon to excite NADH fluorescence in the endocardial tissue and a camera for imaging the illuminated tissue, wherein the UV light source and the camera are positioned inside the balloon beyond the distal tip of the endovascular catheter.",0.015191619768458349,0.030383239536916684
8771874,"1. A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, comprising: a current collector having a plurality of bumps on a surface thereof; a first active material layer formed on the current collector; and a second active material layer being formed on the first active material layer and including a plurality of active material particles, wherein: each of the plurality of active material particles is located on a corresponding bump of the current collector, the first active material layer has a chemical composition represented as SiO an area of contact between the current collector and the first active material layer is larger than an area of contact between the plurality of active material particles and the first active material layer, and the plurality of active material particles are arranged with spaces therebetween and do not contact with each other.",0.8973201587843281,0.20535968243134373
9071333,"1. A crosstalk canceling method, comprising: performing, at a first receiving end connected to a first transmitting end over a first line, frequency domain filtering on a plurality of signals corresponding to a plurality of far-end crosstalk sources according to a plurality of adaptive filtering parameters, wherein each signal corresponds to a different far-end crosstalk source and is related to a signal to be transmitted over a different line; synthesizing, at the first receiving end, a received signal corresponding to a far-end transmitting signal with the plurality of signals obtained by performing frequency domain filtering on the signals corresponding to the far-end crosstalk sources; receiving, at the first receiving end, information of the synthesized signals fed back from the far-end crosstalk sources, wherein the information comprises an error-related signal or a noise statistic related value; and adjusting, at the first receiving end, the plurality of adaptive filtering parameters corresponding to each different line used in the frequency domain filtering according to the information.",0.12705625294287984,0.2541125058857596
8984733,"1. A method for manufacturing an occlusive device, the method comprising: positioning a first end section of a cover member over an aperture in an engagement section of a catheter; positioning a support member over the engagement section, thereby covering the first end section; inserting an end portion of the support member into the aperture; everting a second end section of the cover member over the first end section; and closing an end of the second end section.",0.24571349911239457,0.4914269982247892
9541322,"1. A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus comprising: an outdoor unit disposed under a floor of a vehicle and including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger serving as a condenser during a cooling operation; an indoor unit disposed at a ceiling portion of the vehicle, including an indoor heat exchanger serving as an evaporator during the cooling operation, and connected to the outdoor unit via a refrigerant pipe; and an inverter unit including a cooling heat exchanger serving as an evaporator, an air-conditioning inverter device, and a cooling air-sending device for sucking outdoor air for heat exchange by the cooling heat exchanger and cooling the inverter device by cooled air obtained by the heat exchange, wherein the cooling heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger being connected in parallel to the outdoor unit by a refrigerant pipe.",0.9164503084323202,0.16709938313535955
9360860,"1. A robot comprising: an arm; an actuator; a plurality of first light marks that are arrayed in a first area on one side demarcated by a boundary, the plurality of first light marks being along the boundary, each of the plurality of first light marks emitting a light; a plurality of second light marks that are arrayed in a second area on the other side demarcated by the boundary, each of the plurality of second light marks being in a one-to-one pair relationship with the each of the plurality of first light marks, the each of the plurality of second light marks emitting a light; and a light sensor that receives the light from the each of the plurality of first light marks and the each of the plurality of second light marks and that outputs a light sensor signal corresponding to the received light, wherein a first time for emitting the light by the each of the plurality of first light marks is different from a second time for emitting the light by the each of the plurality of second light marks, and the arm and the actuator move based on the light sensor signal.",0.19883655693651434,0.3976731138730287
9739468,"1. An embedded LED lamp, comprising: a power supply device; a lampshade; an LED light module; a reflector; and a lens, wherein:",0.43741409186890984,0.8748281837378197
9065120,"1. A lithium battery comprising: a separator/cathode assembly, wherein said separator/cathode assembly comprises a cathode current collector layer interposed between a first cathode layer and a second cathode layer and a first porous separator layer on a side of said first cathode layer opposite to the side of said cathode current collector layer, and wherein said first cathode layer is coated directly on said first porous separator layer; a separator/anode assembly, wherein said separator/anode assembly comprises an anode current collector layer interposed between a first anode layer and a second anode layer and a second porous separator layer on a side of said first anode layer opposite to the side of said anode current collector layer, and wherein said first anode layer is coated directly on said second porous separator layer and said second porous separator layer comprises inorganic oxide particles and comprises no pores larger than 0.2 microns in diameter; and an electrolyte, wherein said battery comprises alternating layers of said separator/cathode assembly and said separator/anode assembly, and the distance between the first cathode layer and the second anode layer is less than 9 microns.",0.8574110278023694,0.2851779443952611
9506883,"1. A scale deposition testing device characterized in comprising: a plurality of scale deposition containers filled with particulates; hot water supply means for causing hot water to flow through each of the scale deposition containers; a retention unit that retains the hot water in a position upstream of the scale deposition containers; hot water condition change means for changing at least one of the flow rate, temperature, pressure, and composition of the hot water for each of the scale deposition containers; measuring means for measuring at least one of the flow rate, temperature, and pressure of the hot water flowing through each of the scale deposition containers; and a recorder for receiving data from the measuring means, the retention unit being capable of changing the hot water retention time.",0.21155619091900077,0.4231123818380016
9170923,"1. A method of testing conformance of service choreography, the method comprising: analyzing, via a processor, an architecture and an operation between web services cooperating on a distributed network to test conformance of a choreography application into which the web services are combined, on the basis of a service choreography specification; changing, via the processor, the service choreography specification to a test model and a test architecture; generating, via the processor, a test scenario in consideration of a test model coverage and the test architecture; executing, via the processor, the test scenario in the test architecture to test the web services by checking a message link when the test scenario is executed, wherein the message link is a communication line between each web service in the test scenario; monitoring, via the processor, whether a web service message transmitted and received between the web services satisfies an input or output value and a message procedure described in the test scenario with a test monitor, or correcting the web service message; and inspecting, via the processor, a response message which a tester receives from a web service and a message transmitted and received between web services monitored by the test monitor to thereby determine whether an error occurs for the each web service, wherein a point of observation (PO) to monitor content of the web service messages is disposed in the message link and a point of control and observation (PCO) correcting the web service message is disposed in the message link.",0.04572711725366439,0.09145423450732881
9581279,"1. A conduit repair liner comprising: at least two sheets of planar material that are connected along a single edge and disconnected along the remaining edges, each of the at least two sheets of planar material are for coating with silica resin on both sides of each of the at least two sheets of planar material and for closing the at least two sheets of planar material against one another after the coating; and means for removably affixing the conduit repair liner to a carrier for insertion into a failed conduit.",0.9025034021908499,0.1949931956183002
9246102,1. An organic semiconductor polymer comprising a structural unit represented by the following Formula (I-1): wherein Z,0.3588339836518973,0.7176679673037946
9390862,"1. A composite electronic component comprising: a composite body having a capacitor and an inductor coupled to each other therein, the capacitor including a ceramic body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes facing each other with the dielectric layers interposed therebetween are stacked, and the inductor including a magnetic body including a coil part; an input terminal disposed on a first end surface of the composite body and connected to the coil part of the inductor; output terminals including a first output terminal disposed on a second end surface of the composite body and connected to the coil part of the inductor and a second output terminal disposed on a lower surface of the capacitor of the composite body and connected to a lead portion of the first internal electrode of the capacitor; and a ground terminal disposed on the lower surface of the capacitor of the composite body and connected to a lead portion of the second internal electrode of the capacitor, wherein the capacitor is coupled to a side surface of the inductor, and the first and second internal electrodes are disposed to be perpendicular with respect to a mounting surface of the composite body.",0.401147282017464,0.802294564034928
9620199,"1. A semiconductor storage device comprising: a first inverter configured with a tunnel transistor; a first node receiving an output from the first inverter; a second inverter configured with a tunnel transistor, wherein the second inverter receives the output from the first inverter and supplies an output to the first inverter; a second node receiving the output from the second inverter; a first access transistor having a source-drain path connected between the first node and a first write bit-line and a gate connected to a write word-line; a second access transistor having a source-drain path connected between the second node and a second write bit-line and a gate connected to the write word-line; and a first MOS transistor circuit configured to respond to a voltage impressed on a read word-line and supply a voltage corresponding to a voltage on the first node to a first read bit-line in a read operation, wherein the first MOS transistor circuit includes a first NMOS transistor having a gate connected to the first node and a source-drain path which supplies the voltage corresponding to the voltage on the first node to the first read bit-line in response to the voltage impressed on the read word-line, the first access transistor includes a tunnel transistor connected in a manner that a drain current flows from the first node to the first write bit-line when turned on in a forward biased state, and the second access transistor includes a tunnel transistor connected in a manner that a drain current flows from the second node to the second write bit-line when turned on in a forward biased state.",0.2627766304758059,0.5255532609516118
9269518,"1. An electric charging apparatus comprising: a relay allowing a current to flow inside the electric charging apparatus by switching of a switch in the relay; an acceleration sensor detecting a vibration of the relay and generating an acceleration sensing signal; and a control unit analyzing a waveform of the acceleration sensing signal from the acceleration sensor and detecting failure of the electric charging apparatus, wherein the waveform of the acceleration sensing signal sequentially comprises a small vibration period, a large vibration period while a state of the switch is changed, and the control unit detects failure of the electric charging apparatus based on a time duration between a peak value in the small vibration period and a peak value in the large vibration period.",0.8444482854831112,0.3111034290337775
8583583,"1. A multiple hypothesis engine for evaluating dynamic cyber adversarial operations, comprising: an algorithm stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium for a history based expansion of a suspicion relating to a suspected cyber attack comprising: selects an element from each of a plurality of predetermined adversarial categories that identify lines of reasoning regarding a suspected cyber attack, which selected elements correspond to nodes in a Bayesian multiple hypothesis tree graph; selects a certainty value that the suspected cyber attack will occur; for each node corresponding to a selected element, evaluates a line of reasoning associated therewith by searching a contextual hierarchical knowledge store to determine its weighted probability value and expanding the node to identify each of its child nodes; calculates a weighted probability value of each of the child nodes, which is the weighted probability value of the parent node multiplied by a ratio value of the child node, which is the ratio of historic recorded incidents for that node in relation to other nodes; calculates certainty values for each of the child nodes, which is the weighted probability value of the respective child node multiplied by a danger value associated with the respective child node, which is the average of the danger values for the historic incidents on that node; selects the child node having the largest weighted probability as a new current node; locates a node in the contextual hierarchical knowledge store corresponding to the new current node; expands the new current node to identify each of its child nodes; calculates weighted probability and certainty values for each of the child nodes of the new current node using rolled-up data associated with each current node; selects the child node of the new current node having the largest weighted probability as a new current node; repeats the last four steps until no child nodes are found; continues processing each line of reasoning in a round-robin fashion until no new current nodes for any of the lines of reasoning are found; and identifies the child node having the largest certainty value as the most likely cyber attack.",0.07170955525927958,0.14341911051855916
9116180,"1. A motorized vehicle comprising an entertainment system that includes a current sense circuit, the current sense circuit comprising: a voltage-to-current converter circuit that is adapted to receive a voltage that is proportional to a load current through a load and to produce a current proportional to the load current; and a current-to-voltage converter circuit that is adapted to receive the current proportional to the load current and to produce a voltage proportional to the load current based on a regulated voltage source.",0.6846712910954399,0.6306574178091202
8635769,"1. A method for making a light strip, comprising: offering a conductive plate; processing said conductive plate to defining at least two first conductive strips extending longitudinally which serve as main power lines, at least one column second conductive strips which are certain distance apart one another in the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of third conductive strips retained on said conductive plate for connecting said first and second conductive strips; soldering first electric conductors including light sources at said distance between said second conductive strips for forming light strings; soldering second electric conductors between said first conductive strips and said second conductive strips so as to form an electrical connection between said light strings and said main power lines; and removing said third conductive strips connected between said first conductive strips and said second conductive strips, before removing said third conductive strips connected between said first conductive strips and said second conductive strips, further comprising: affixing an insulative sticky tape on one surface of said conductive plate for a complete coverage before soldering said first electric conductors and said second electric conductors; or affixing insulative sticky tapes on parts of one surface of said conductive plate each of which is affixed onto said first conductive strips and said second conductive strips before soldering said first electric conductors and said second electric conductors.",0.7568481261905127,0.48630374761897466
9289625,1. A brachytherapy seed consisting essentially of a mixture of a crystalline radioisotope and individual particles of sorbitol coated with biodegradable polymer.,0.23149618554362278,0.46299237108724556
9293162,"1. A head stack assembly comprising: an actuator comb comprising an actuator arm and a stepped inner bore having a step feature; a voice coil coupled with said actuator comb; and a tolerance ring disposed within said stepped inner bore of said actuator comb to couple said actuator comb with a pivot-bearing assembly interposed between a pivot-shaft and said actuator comb, wherein said tolerance ring is seated on and in contact with a radial extending surface of said step feature of said stepped inner bore when fully disposed within said stepped inner bore.",0.11057294432627775,0.22114588865255547
8615630,"1. A method for transferring a media file, comprising: storing received data blocks of a media file in cache; defining a dynamic anchor; assigning a value to each data block of the media file based on the defined anchor; determining that the cache is full; pausing the transfer of the media file in response to determining that the value of the data blocks stored in the full cache exceeds the value of a subsequently received data block.",0.046741148558051795,0.09348229711610356
8833586,"1. A closure having an integrated flip top handle for use with a liquid container and for carrying the liquid container, the closure comprising: an end wall; a generally circular skirt wall depending from the end wall; an outlet opening in the end wall; a pivot hinge mount connected to and extending upwardly from the end wall, the pivot hinge mount disposed within an outer perimeter of the end wall and within an outer perimeter of the generally circular skirt wall; and a flip top movable between a first position in which the outlet opening is closed to create a leak-proof seal and a second position in which the outlet opening is exposed, the flip top comprising:",0.22088353518619616,0.4417670703723924
9075748,"1. An information processing system for providing lossless compression of an enumeration space for genetic founder lines, the information processing system comprising: a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; and a genetic crossing module communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, the genetic crossing module configured to perform a method, comprising",0.10537635551902169,0.21075271103804338
8510373,"1. A computer implemented method for synchronizing data in a client-server architecture, comprising: receiving a first data value on a client computer, wherein the client computer stores data in a first data field and a second data field and the data value stored in the second data field depends on the data value stored in the first data field; writing the first data value to the first data field; disabling writing a new data value to the second data field; sending a refresh request to a server computer, wherein the refresh request includes one or more data values, and each of the one or more data values is stored in a respective data field in the client computer and differs in value from a corresponding data value that is stored in a corresponding data field in the server computer; receiving a refresh response from the server computer; and enabling writing a new data value to the second data field.",0.06873912109809154,0.1374782421961831
8906984,"1. A method of synthesizing a nanoparticle-embedded polymer composite, the method comprising: (a) mixing a metal precursor and a solvent to form a metal salt, (b) combining a polymerizable material, a polymerizing agent, and the metal salt to form a mixture, (c) forming the nanoparticle-embedded polymer composite by",0.5712280117435337,0.8575439765129327
9163536,"1. A wind turbine, comprising: an automatic liquid lubricant changing arrangement comprising a source of liquid lubricant, a supply line for supplying the liquid lubricant from the source to a component of the wind turbine, which requires lubricating, a waste liquid lubricant collecting unit for waste liquid lubricant, and a removal line for conveying the waste liquid lubricant from the component to the waste liquid lubricant collecting unit, wherein the automatic liquid lubricant changing arrangement further comprises a control device, wherein the control device controls the wind turbine such that is configured to determine that a procedure to remove waste liquid lubricant and/or to supply liquid lubricant is to be carried out, wherein responsive to this determination the control device is configured to cause: the wind turbine to be is stopped by activating a brake of the wind turbine, after the wind turbine has stopped, waste liquid lubricant to be is removed from the component by opening the removal line, liquid lubricant to be is supplied to the component by opening the supply line, and the wind turbine is-to be started by releasing the brake.",0.9900509548292296,0.019898090341540886
9357480,"1. A method for selecting a network by a terminal, comprising: enabling, by a first network processing module, a circuit switched (CS) domain to camp on a first network; enabling, by a second network processing module, a packet switched (PS) domain to camp on a second network; wherein, signal coverage of the first network is better than that of the second network, and a data transmission rate of the second network is higher than that of the first network.",0.5164971485251708,0.9670057029496584
8606869,"1. A computer-implemented method performed using at least one processor of an information aggregator, the computer-implemented method for generating a page comprising messages of a plurality of social media sites with each message referencing a particular entity, the method comprising: aggregating, at the information aggregator, a plurality of messages from a plurality of communication tools, wherein each communication tool of the plurality of communication tools runs on a different end user device, wherein the information aggregator aggregates the plurality of messages upon dissemination from the plurality of communication tools to at least one social media site of the plurality of social media sites, and wherein the aggregating is performed without accessing the at least one social media site to which a message is disseminated; identifying an entity that is referenced in body text of each message of the plurality of messages by detecting an alphanumeric identifier for the entity in the body text, wherein body text of a message is separate from headers of the message specifying a source and a recipient; sorting the plurality of messages based on different entities that are identified in the body text of the plurality of messages; and producing a set of groups based on said sorting with a particular group in the set of groups comprising at least a first message and a second message containing at least one identifier that references a common particular entity; and generating a page at the information aggregator based on the particular group, the page comprising at least the first and the second messages that are aggregated for the particular entity.",0.11429140088852584,0.2285828017770517
8969050,"1. A method of producing a renewable material, the method comprising: consuming at least a portion of a fermentation feedstock with a fermentation organism to produce a renewable material in fermentation broth, the fermentation feedstock and fermentation broth comprising water; lowering a pressure of the fermentation feedstock and/or the fermentation broth to or below a saturation pressure of the fermentation broth and generating a vapor enriched in renewable material; and separating at least a portion of the water from the fermentation feedstock or fermentation broth using one or more phase separation.",0.9861875800192834,0.027624839961433167
9690494,"1. A method of accessing a memory device, comprising: dividing a memory space within the memory device into a plurality of storage bank domains; classifying application interface circuits configured to access the memory space into a plurality of interface groups based on one or more application usage requirements; assigning each interface group of the plurality of interface groups to a corresponding storage bank domain from the plurality of storage bank domains; and providing access between each interface group and the corresponding storage bank domain, wherein a first application interface circuit of a first interface group accesses a storage bank of a first corresponding storage bank domain while a second application interface circuit of a second interface group accesses a storage bank of a second corresponding storage bank domain.",0.5126106912069552,0.9747786175860895
9246998,"1. A computer program product comprising one or more hardware storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that are structured such that, when executed by one or more processors of a destination intermediary computer system, the computer-executable instructions configure the destination intermediary computer system to redirect a multi-message flow so as to bypass a load balancer, including configuring the destination intermediary computer system to perform at least the following: receive a source-side message from a load balancer, the source-side message including a virtual network address of the load balancer as a destination and having been received by the load balancer from a source intermediary serving a source machine, the source-side message having been augmented by the load balancer to include a network address of a destination machine that is served by the destination intermediary as a destination for the source-side message; determine that the source intermediary is to address subsequent network messages that originate from the source machine and that are associated with the same multi-message flow to the destination machine in a manner that bypasses the load balancer; and based on the determination, instruct the source intermediary to address the subsequent network messages that originate from the source machine and that are associated with the same multi-message flow to the destination machine, including dispatching a destination-side network message to the source intermediary that instructs the source intermediary to modify at least a destination address in the subsequent network messages in a manner that the subsequent network messages bypass the load balancer, and in a manner that, from a perspective of the source machine, the source machine sends the subsequent network messages to the virtual network address of the load balancer and receives any responses from the virtual network address of the load balancer, wherein dispatching the destination-side network message to the source intermediary includes bypassing the load balancer when dispatching the destination-side network message to the source intermediary, and wherein the dispatched destination-side network message is separate from a response from the destination machine to the source-side message.",0.2514729138041041,0.5029458276082082
8891262,"1. A series-switch bridgeless power supply comprising: first and second terminals for receiving an alternating current (AC) input; a first and second capacitor connected in series with one another between the first and second terminals, a first junction being defined between the first and second capacitor; a center-tapped inductive device bifurcated into a first winding and a second winding, the first winding having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the first terminal at a first center-tap position of the inductive device, the second winding having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the second terminal at a second center-tap position of the inductive device; a third capacitor connected between the first and second center-tap positions of the inductive device; a first switch having a control terminal and first and second controlled terminals, the first controlled terminal electrically connected to the second end of the first winding; a second switch having a control terminal and first and second controlled terminals, the first controlled terminal connected to the second end of the second winding and the second controlled terminal electrically connected to the second controlled terminal of the first switch; and a controller having first and second drive outputs connected to the control terminals of the first and second switches, respectively, to selectively turn the first and second switches On and Off to alternatively charge/discharge the inductive device, the first and second switches being connected in series with one another, wherein the first junction between the first and second capacitors is connected to the second controlled terminals of the first and second switches to filter common-mode voltage.",0.8877707682888555,0.22445846342228903
8349511,"1. A fuel cell comprising: an anode, a cathode, a solid electrolyte layer including zirconium and provided between the anode and the cathode, a barrier layer including cerium and provided between the solid electrolyte layer and the cathode, wherein the composition of the barrier layer is different from the composition of the solid electrolyte layer, and an intermediate layer including zirconium and cerium, and having a first surface facing the solid electrolyte layer, a second surface facing the barrier layer, and pores, a pore ratio of the intermediate layer being higher than a pore ratio of the barrier layer.",0.9496705429550818,0.1006589140898364
8932743,"1. A method of operating a RESS thermal system in a vehicle having a coolant loop for directing a coolant through a RESS and a refrigerant loop configured to selectively cool the coolant flowing through a chiller in the coolant loop, the method comprising the steps of: (a) determining a current target temperature range for the RESS based on at least a current vehicle operating mode and ambient temperature, the target temperature range being variable based on the current vehicle operating mode and ambient temperature; (b) determining a temperature of the RESS; (c) determining if the temperature of the RESS needs to increase or decrease to be within the current target temperature range; (d) if the determination is made that the temperature of the RESS needs to increase, determining if an active heating or a passive heating of the coolant will be employed, the active heating using a greater amount of energy over a shorter time period than the passive heating; and (e) activating the determined active heating or passive heating of the coolant from step (d).",0.9487538257811261,0.1024923484377478
9475480,"1. A battery charge/discharge control device comprising: a control unit programmed to: wherein the battery charge/discharge control device is mounted on a motor-driven vehicle, and the battery is configured to supply power to a motor of the motor-driven vehicle and store electric power resulting from regenerative energy.",0.9859512825764615,0.028097434847077052
9283683,"1. A structure for carrying portions of a disposable article, said structure comprising: an article carrying structure comprising an underside and an article carrying face; a plurality of vacuum commutation pipes coupled to a source of vacuum; a plurality of vacuum void spaces on said article carrying face of said article carrying structure, said vacuum void spaces coupled to said vacuum commutation pipes; air supply void spaces on said article carrying face of said article carrying structure, an open sidewall structure positioned between said underside and said article carrying face, said open sidewall structure allowing passage of air to said air supply void spaces.",0.340463258185825,0.68092651637165
8906204,"1. A method for separating butanol from a fermented feed and concentrating thin stillage into syrup, comprising: separating at least a portion of a fermented feed comprising a solvent into a solvent-rich portion and a solvent-poor portion, separating the solvent-poor portion in a beer column to produce a butanol-rich vapor and a butanol-poor beer bottoms including thin stillage comprising solvent; separating the solvent-rich portion in a solvent column to produce a solvent-poor and butanol-rich vapor and a solvent-rich and butanol-poor liquid, the solvent column being operated in parallel with the beer column and maintained at a pressure below atmospheric pressure; evaporating water from the thin stillage to produce a first mid stillage and a first effect steam using at least two first effect evaporators arranged in series; evaporating water from the first mid stillage produced with heat from the first effect steam to produce a second mid stillage and a second effect steam using at least two second effect evaporators arranged in series; evaporating water from the second mid stillage produced with heat from the second effect steam to produce a syrup using at least one third effect evaporator; and using at least a portion of a last effect steam produced by a last effect evaporator to supply heat for the beer column, the solvent column, or a combination thereof.",0.8526775293599528,0.29464494128009444
8678413,"1. An attachment structure for a resin part of a motorcycle, the attachment structure comprising: an attaching portion with a nut provided on a side of a vehicle main body; a resin part having an attached portion with a bolt insertion hole; and a shoulder bolt for attaching the attached portion to the attaching portion with the nut, wherein the shoulder bolt has a threaded shaft portion, a washer, a head portion, and a large diameter portion arranged between the washer and the threaded shaft portion, the large diameter portion being thicker than the threaded shaft portion and thinner than the washer, wherein the bolt insertion hole has an inner diameter into which the large diameter portion of the shoulder bolt is insertable, wherein a thin guide piece protruding toward a radially inner side for regulating radial movement of the shoulder bolt within a predetermined range is integrally formed on an inner circumferential surface of the bolt insertion hole, and wherein the guide piece is configured to be deformed by the large diameter portion of the shoulder bolt.",0.13071079094756005,0.2614215818951201
9569639,"1. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a keyed cryptographic operation by a cryptographic system mapping an input message to an output message, wherein the cryptographic operation includes at least one round including a non-linear mapping function configured to map input data to output data, wherein the inputs to the non-linear mapping function are encoded using a plurality encoding functions, comprising: instructions for determining that the input data has a diversification number less than a diversification level threshold value, wherein the diversification number is the number of different output values obtained from the plurality of encoding functions for the input data; instructions for remapping the input data having a diversification number less than a diversification level threshold value to a remapped input data, wherein the remapped input data corresponds to another input data having a diversification number greater than or equal to the diversification threshold value, and instructions for inputting the remapped input data into the non-linear mapping function to obtain output data.",0.0262868546245191,0.05257370924903815
9072133,"1. A method of commissioning a first lighting fixture in a network of lighting fixtures with a handheld device, the first lighting fixture comprising a first receiver to receive wireless signals and an ambient light sensor to sense an amount of ambient light in the environment illuminated by the network of lighting fixtures, the method comprising: A) storing, in a nonvolatile memory, address information representative of a unique first network address of the first lighting fixture; B) receiving a commissioning signal from the handheld device via at least one of the first receiver and the ambient light sensor; C) in response to the commissioning signal received in B), transmitting the address information stored in A) via a first wireless signal from the receiver in the first lighting fixture to at least one second lighting fixture in the network of lighting fixtures; D) receiving a second wireless signal, via the first receiver, from the at least one second lighting fixture, the second wireless signal representative of a unique second network address of the at least one second lighting fixture; E) generating a representation of the network of lighting fixtures based at least in part upon the first address information stored in A) and the second wireless signal received in D); and F) assigning the first lighting fixture and the at least one second lighting fixture to respective zones in the network of lighting fixtures based at least in part upon the representation generated in E).",0.5972564224262368,0.8054871551475264
8568551,"1. A method for manufacturing a kit for a part for an airframe, comprising: applying a layup release layer to an obverse surface of a flexible carrier; compacting the layup release layer and the flexible carrier in a vacuum bag; laying down a first pre-patterned lamina in a first lamina orientation on the compacted release layer of the flexible carrier and iteratively laying down each of a plurality of subsequent laminae in a respective subsequent lamina orientation on the first pre-patterned lamina so as to fabricate a pre-patterned layup having a preselected pattern shaped to accommodate an airframe topological feature; wherein the pre-patterned layup is laid down in a predetermined orientation indexed to the flexible carrier so as to define a spatial relationship between the pre-patterned layup and the flexible carrier relative to a known fiducial location; and performing a second compacting of the pre-patterned layup, the release layer, and the flexible carrier in a vacuum bag wherein the flexible carrier and the pre-patterned layup comprise a kit for an airframe part.",0.4357761530148691,0.8715523060297382
8707809,"1. A multi-selective micromanipulator comprising: an actuator including a shaft; a main mover which is connected to the shaft and, moves linearly or rotationally with respect to the shaft by the actuator; a driving means which moves the main mover; a projection which is formed on the main mover; and a plurality of submovers which are aligned radially around the shaft, wherein the projection selectively contacts with the plurality of submovers depending on the movement of the main mover, wherein a selected submover is linearly moved by the projection in a direction parallel to the axis direction, wherein: the main mover has a cylindrical shape, the driving means includes a guide groove formed at a surface of the main mover, and a first guide pin which may be engaged with the guide groove, the guide groove comprises a plurality of first inclined grooves formed to be inclined right downwardly with respect to a length direction of the shaft, and a plurality of second inclined grooves formed to be inclined left downwardly with respect to the length direction of the shaft, the first inclined grooves and the second inclined grooves are alternately aligned at the side surface of the main mover, and a first inclined groove and a second inclined groove adjacent to each other are connected to each other to form a sawtooth-shaped guide pin path.",0.1382852757274315,0.276570551454863
9479050,"1. A charge pump system for generating an output voltage greater than an input voltage, comprising: a plurality of capacitors; and a plurality of switches configured to set the plurality of capacitors into a series configuration during a charging phase of a charge pump stage of the charge pump in response to a level of said output voltage and the plurality of switches configured to charge each of the plurality of capacitors to a fraction of the input voltage during the charging phase, the plurality of switches configured to set the plurality of capacitors into a parallel configuration during a boosting phase subsequent to the charging phase, the plurality of switches configured to connect each boosting capacitor of the plurality of capacitors to an output of the charge pump stage during the boosting phase to provide an output voltage greater than the input voltage, the plurality of switches configured to cause each boosting capacitor of the plurality of capacitors to be boosted during the boosting phase based on the output voltage.",0.800820492364641,0.39835901527071793
8498133,"1. A method of controlling a High-Voltage Direct-Current (HVDC) link with two Voltage-Source Converters (VSC) and interconnecting two power systems, comprising: (a) determining, at the beginning of an extended sampling period, a present state of the HVDC link and the power systems; (b) deriving a sequence of desired converter current reference values by optimizing, over a prediction horizon, an objective function based on a prediction model representing the HVDC link and the power systems; (c) passing a first one of the desired value, of said sequence to an inner control loop; (d) deriving, by the inner control loop and based on said received first one of the desired values, optimized pulse-width modulation voltage reference values; (e) applying the optimized pulse-width modulation voltage reference values to a Pulse-Width Modulator unit of a VSC; (f) repeating steps (d) and (e) during the extended sampling period; and (g) closing an outer control loop by returning to step (a) at the end of the extended sampling period, wherein step (b) comprises utilizing model-predictive control with a control structure that is intrinsically independent on a chosen angle of a d-q reference frame, without using a Phase Locked Loop (PLL).",0.4888357842720985,0.977671568544197
9163800,"1. An outer casing for a vehicle lamp: an outer lens having a facing surface, a peripheral portion and a rib, the outer lens configured in at least one of a substantially planar shape and a dome shape, and including a light-transmitting resin having permeability with respect to a laser beam, the rib having both side surfaces and an edge portion projecting in an opposite direction of the facing surface along the peripheral portion and configured in a ring shape defined as a minimum width of the rib, the edge portion of the rib including both inclined surfaces and an end surface and configured in a convex shape in a direction toward the width of the rib, wherein each of both inclined surfaces is continuously connected to a respective one of both side surfaces of the rib, the minimum width of the rib is a width of said connection between each of both inclined surfaces and the respective one of both side surfaces of the rib, and the end surface is located between both inclined surfaces so as to form an end of the convex shape of the edge portion; and a casing having a cavity and a supporting portion, and including a light-absorbing resin having absorbability with respect to the laser beam, the cavity including an opening and an attaching portion provided in the cavity, the supporting portion being located adjacent the opening of the cavity, the supporting portion projecting in an opposite direction of the opening of the cavity, and therefore formed in a ring shape so as to surround the opening of the cavity, wherein the outer lens is attached to the casing between the rib of the outer lens and the supporting portion of the casing using laser beam light energy, wherein at least the edge portion of the rib of the outer lens is sunk into the supporting portion of the casing by laser beam light energy and forms a melting joint portion along with a part of the supporting portion of the casing.",0.27357897612218773,0.5471579522443755
9083054,"1. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode containing an active material; and an electrolytic solution, wherein the active material includes: wherein y is an atomic ratio of O relative to Si (O/Si) and satisfies 0.5≦y≦1.8, and wherein an average length of the fibrous carbon portion is 50 nm to 50,000 nm.",0.96235925191841,0.07528149616318003
9304693,"1. A system for writing data to a data storage structure, the system comprising: a data storage structure including an array of storage locations, the storage locations being logically adjacent and consecutive; a plurality of write ports configured to write a number of elements to consecutive ones of the storage locations simultaneously; the array of storage locations arranged logically into N groups, wherein N is greater than or equal to the number of elements to be simultaneously written to the array, wherein a number of the storage locations in each group is the same for all of the N groups, and wherein the storage locations in each group are nonconsecutive and separated in the array by N−1 storage locations; and a plurality of multiplexers, wherein each group of the N groups is associated with a single multiplexer of the plurality of multiplexers, the single multiplexer being configured to receive inputs from the plurality of write ports and to select a single input to be written to a storage location of the associated group.",0.25036757004605437,0.5007351400921087
9178965,"1. A method of aggregating data for transmission, the method comprising: receiving information from an application, via an application programming interface, indicative of a first transmit delay tolerance associated with a first type of packet; receiving information from the application, via the application programming interface, indicative of a second transmit delay tolerance associated with a second type of packet; receiving, via the application programming interface, a packet from the application; and determining when to transmit the packet based on whether the packet is of the first type or of the second type.",0.5314971190601445,0.937005761879711
9310266,"1. A pressure sensor assembly comprising: a pressure port having a base and a neck extending upwardly from the base, the neck including a sidewall; a fluid passageway formed through the base and into the neck, the base being connectable to a fluid pressure environment; a diaphragm disposed along the side wall of the neck, the diaphragm having an outer face and an inner face, the inner face exposed to the fluid passageway the sidewall of the neck having a flat outer surface that defines the outer face of the diaphragm, the inner surface of the neck machined to define a circular flat inner surface that parallels the outer face and defines the diaphragm; a sensing element responsive to diaphragm movement mounted on the outer surface of the diaphragm; an electronics package mounted adjacent the neck and including wire bonding pads to facilitate wire connection between the electronics package and the sensing element; the wire bonding pads and the diaphragm being disposed in planar alignment.",0.06926215970043477,0.1385243194008695
8417434,"1. A method of actively controlling a combustion pattern factor in a gas turbine engine comprising the steps of: a) issuing fuel into a combustion chamber of the gas turbine engine through one or more circumferentially disposed fuel injectors; b) determining an initial circumferential pattern factor in the combustion chamber by: c) adjusting fuel flow through one or more selected fuel injectors based on the initial circumferential pattern factor, to yield a modified circumferential pattern factor in the combustion chamber.",0.9664224411739907,0.06715511765201865
9408105,"1. A method of cellular or WIFI traffic optimization, the method, comprising: detecting outgoing traffic from a mobile device connected to a server and subscribed to an operator of a public Internet Protocol (IP) network; performing, at the mobile device, one of (i) optimization of the outgoing traffic based on an optimization policy set of the operator and (ii) allowing optimization of the output traffic by a remote entity of the server and based on the optimization policy set, when the outgoing traffic is directed towards the private IP network and the private IP network is owned by the operator, the optimization policy set being same for the private IP network and the public IP network, allowing, by the mobile device, the outgoing traffic to reach the destination corresponding to the destination network address without optimization by the mobile device or the remote entity, when the outgoing traffic is directed towards the private IP network and the private IP network is not owned by the operator of the public IP network, and receiving a response from the remote entity when the outgoing traffic is directed to the public IP network, wherein the response to the outgoing traffic directed towards the public IP network is optimized by the remote entity based on the optimization policy set.",0.3726860533467898,0.7453721066935796
9724357,"1. A method of preserving the viability of photoreceptor cells disposed within a retina of a mammalian eye following retinal detachment, the method comprising: administering to a mammal having an eye in which a region of the retina has been detached an amount of a hydrophilic bile acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or analog thereof sufficient to preserve the viability of photoreceptor cells disposed within the region of the detached retina.",0.1794985892105404,0.3589971784210808
9625037,"1. An elongate monolithic seal comprising: a base; a bulb portion being integrally joined to said base; and a locating leg extending substantially perpendicular to said base having a distal end and a proximal end integrally joined to said base, said locating leg being movable between a first position being substantially perpendicular to said base and a second position substantially parallel to said base, said movement between said first and second position being facilitated by a leg hinge located oppositely of said bulb portion and adjacent to said base.",0.17499017571324482,0.34998035142648964
9055830,"1. A device designed to ensure a smooth and tight fit of a sheet over a mattress, comprising: a locking pin and a base; wherein said base is an L-shaped and comprises a horizontal bottom plate and a vertical plate with a locking hole; wherein said locking pin is designed to be inserted into said locking hole and is capable of establishing a firm locking; wherein said horizontal bottom plate includes a friction stopper on the upper side, facing the mattress; wherein said vertical plate includes a spacer protrusion near said locking hole; whereby said spacer protrusion is designed to prevent close contact between edge of said locking pin and the mattress; wherein said vertical plate also has two narrow flexible slits near the perimeter of said locking hole; whereby said two narrow flexible slits are designed to impart elasticity to strips located between said two slits and said locking hole and to enable said locking hole to expand under pressure.",0.03014115919669629,0.0602823183933926
8581838,"1. A method of creating natural eye contact between a user of a device and an avatar image displayed on the device, the method comprising: determining an eye position of the user, thereby creating user eye position data; translating the user eye position data so that the user eye position data indicates the eye position of the user from a vantage point of avatar eyes of the avatar image displayed on the device, wherein imager position data and avatar image display position data are used in said translating; adding a first random factor to a vertical angle component of the user eye position data and a second random factor to a horizontal angle component of the user eye position data, wherein the first random factor and the second random factor represent varying degrees of randomness incorporated into the device; and utilizing a randomized vertical angle component of the user eye position data and a randomized horizontal angle component of the user eye position data to adjust the avatar eyes of the avatar image displayed on the device, wherein an eye position of the avatar eyes is adjusted using only the user eye position data and is not directly randomized.",0.020837673791733628,0.04167534758346725
9153722,"1. A chip module cooling device, comprising: two fluid circuits corresponding to an inlet fluid circuit and an outlet fluid circuit, respectively, wherein each of the two fluid circuits comprises an arrangement of orifices and channel portions forming a tree structure, wherein branches of the tree structure represent the orifices, and nodes of the tree structure represent the channel portions, a branch linking a node to one child node only, wherein several nodes having a same parent node are sibling nodes and extends through L levels of the tree structure, with L≧3, and is in fluidic connection with the other one of the two fluid circuits, via channel portions corresponding to leaf nodes of the tree structure; wherein, for each of the two fluid circuits, channel portions corresponding to sibling nodes are parallel to each other, and are not parallel to a channel portion corresponding to a parent node of the sibling nodes; and wherein channel portions of one of the fluid circuits are parallel to and interdigitated with channel portions of the other one of the fluid circuits.",0.4303217706452596,0.8606435412905192
9561737,"1. A power system for a mobile machine, comprising: a traction motor configured to propel the mobile machine during a driving operation and to generate electricity during a braking operation; an aluminum-air battery connected to the traction motor; a circuit fluidly connected to the aluminum-air battery and configured to circulate electrolyte and aluminum hydroxide particles produced by the aluminum-air battery; a crystallizer connected to the circuit and configured to crystallize and separate the aluminum hydroxide particles from the electrolyte; and a heating chamber configured to heat the aluminum hydroxide particles and produce aluminum oxide separated from the electrolyte, wherein the heating chamber is powered by electricity generated by the traction motor during the braking operation.",0.9721526190345176,0.0556947619309649
8957271,"1. A process of making light olefins comprising: selecting a zeolite having an Si/Al ratio between 4 and 30 from an H steaming the zeolite at a temperature ranging from 400 to 870° C. for 0.01-200 h; leaching the zeolite with an aqueous acid solution at conditions effective to remove at least 10% of Al from the zeolite; contacting the zeolite with an aqueous solution containing a source of P at conditions effective to introduce at least 0.05 wt % of P to form a solid zeolite in liquid; separating the solid zeolite from the liquid; and calcining the solid zeolite to form a P-modified zeolite; providing an oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing, or sulphur-containing organic feedstock; providing an Oxygenate to Olefin (XTO) reaction zone, an Olefin Cracking (OC) reaction zone and a catalyst regeneration zone, wherein one or more catalysts are in the XTO reaction zone and the same one or more catalysts are in the OC reaction zone and wherein each of the one or more catalysts is a zeolitic molecular sieves containing at least 10 membered rings pore opening in their microporous structure, wherein at least one of the catalysts comprises the P-modified zeolite, wherein the one or more catalysts circulate in the three zones, such that at least a portion of regenerated one or more catalysts is passed to the OC reaction zone, at least a portion of the one or more catalysts in the OC reaction zone is passed to the XTO reaction zone and at least a portion of the one or more catalysts in the XTO reaction zone is passed to the catalyst regeneration zone; contacting the oxygen-containing, halogenide-containing or sulphur-containing organic feedstock in the XTO reaction zone with the one or more catalysts at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the feedstock to form an XTO reaction zone effluent comprising light olefins and a heavy hydrocarbon fraction; separating the light olefins from the heavy hydrocarbon fraction; and contacting the heavy hydrocarbon fraction in the OC reaction zone with the one or more catalysts at conditions effective to convert at least a portion of the heavy hydrocarbon fraction to light olefins.",0.8491198183564126,0.3017603632871748
8774027,"1. A Channel State Information (CSI) feedback method of a terminal, comprising: receiving, from a Node B, an UpLink (UL) grant including a CSI request value; analyzing the CSI request value; generating, if the CSI request value is mapped to at least one DownLink (DL) Component Carrier (CC) based on configuration information indicating a mapping of at least one CSI request value to at least one DL CC, at least one CSI corresponding to the at least one DL CC; and transmitting, to the Node B, the at least one generated CSI.",0.17754679616368663,0.35509359232737325
8801851,"1. A foamed concrete having a density from 200 to 800 kg/m 3 comprising: a cement; water; from 0.01 to 5% by mass of a water-reducing agent, plasticizer or superplasticizer relative to the total mass of the concrete; from 0.45 to 5% by mass of a foaming agent relative to the mass of water; a water-soluble calcium salt which is an accelerator and has a solubility in water at 20° C. greater than 2 g/100 ml; inorganic particles from 0.1 to 300 μm in size; a ratio of foaming agent to calcium salt being from 0.3 to 0.8 by mass; excluding foamed concrete comprising 10% or more by mass of slag particles relative to the total mass of the concrete.",0.6994718708830089,0.6010562582339822
8697974,"1. An improved system of musical notation, wherein said system comprises: a series of alphabetic characters C, D, E, F, G, A and B representing tones C through B, respectively; a series of alphabetic characters H, I, J, K and L representing tones C♯ (D♭), D♯ (E♭), F♯ (G♭), G♯ (A♭) and A♯ (B♭), respectively; a timing grid, said grid being divided horizontally into an upper register section, a middle register section and a lower register section; said middle register section accommodating characters A, L, B, C, H, D, I and E, said character C representing the middle C tone of a keyboard instrument; said upper register section accommodating characters representing tones higher in pitch than tone E; said lower register section accommodating characters representing tones lower in pitch than tone A; said grid being divided vertically into horizontal intervals, the number of said intervals being equal to the number of beats per measure of a musical composition; said characters, C through B and H through L, being disposed horizontally upon said grid such that the relative timing of the characters is illustrated by the position of the characters with respect to the intervals with characters occurring earlier placed to the left of subsequently occurring characters and being disposed vertically upon said grid such that characters representing tones of higher pitch are placed above those representing tones of lower pitch; said improvement comprising:",0.05039766093335781,0.10079532186671558
9638830,"1. A method for optimizing drilling operations, comprising: providing an earth model of a volume having a well; creating a scenario plan for a drilling operation of the well; obtaining petrotechnical data about the volume during the drilling operation; comparing the petrotechnical data with the earth model, the scenario plan, or combinations thereof; updating the earth model with the petrotechnical data based on the comparison with the earth model, the scenario plan, or combinations thereof, wherein the earth model is updated using a migration imaging process that comprises: determining at least one action from a set of actions from the scenario plan to be performed based on the second updated earth model; performing the at least one action from the scenario plan; and modifying a drilling plan of the well using the updated earth model.",0.5523755416918545,0.8952489166162909
9568066,"1. A power transmission system for a vehicle, comprising: an engine; a plurality of input shafts, wherein at least one of the input shafts is configured to selectively engage with the engine, each of the input shafts being provided with a shift driving gear thereon; a plurality of output shafts, wherein each of the output shafts is provided with a shift driven gear configured to mesh with a corresponding shift driving gear; a transmission gear provided on one of the output shafts; a motor power shaft; a first motor gear and a second motor gear both fitted over the motor power shaft; a motor synchronizer disposed on the motor power shaft and between the first and second motor gears; a reverse gear fitted over the motor power shaft; a middle idler configured to mesh with the shift driving gear provided on one of the input shafts; a reverse idler gear configured to mesh with the reverse gear and to selectively rotate together with the middle idler, wherein the first motor gear is configured to mesh with the middle idler, and the second gear is configured to mesh with the transmission gear; and a first motor generator configured to operate together with the motor power shaft.",0.8643492171268461,0.2713015657463078
9799434,"1. A magnetic field generating device comprising: a single superconducting coil or a plurality of superconducting coils formed by winding a superconductive wire material; unseparated conductor plates, each unseparated conductor plate comprising an electric conductor and being placed such that the conductor plate is insulated from the single superconducting coil or the plurality of superconducting coils and is adjacent to the single superconducting coil or the plurality of superconducting coils in a winding axis direction of the single superconducting coil or the plurality of superconducting coils, and a main surface of the unseparated conductor plate faces the single superconducting coil or the plurality of superconducting coils; and a protection circuit which is connected in parallel with the single superconducting coil or the plurality of superconducting coils and attenuates a current flowing through the single superconducting coil or the plurality of superconducting coils, wherein the plurality of superconducting coils are stacked together such that their winding axis directions conform to each other, wherein when the winding axis direction of the superconducting coil is a vertical direction, the unseparated conductor plates are placed such that one unseparated conductor plate is located on each of upper and lower sides of the single superconducting coil or an entire of the plurality of superconducting coils stacked together, and wherein the one unseparated conductor plate located on each of upper and lower sides of the single superconducting coil or an entire of the plurality of superconducting coils stacked together covers an entire surface of the superconductive wire material wound to form the single superconducting coil or the plurality of superconducting coils, and an entire upper side or lower side of a space surrounded by the wound superconductive wire material, in the winding axis direction of the superconducting coil.",0.386476837773827,0.772953675547654
9453230,"1. A method for producing a fucosylated oligosaccharide in a bacterium, comprising providing an culturing said bacterium in the presence of lactose; and retrieving a fucosylated oligosaccharide from said bacterium or from a culture supernatant of said bacterium.",0.6036968782146503,0.7926062435706993
9137750,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a power supply having a predetermined limit; a first transceiver operatively coupled with the power supply, the first transceiver comprising a first receiver and a first transmitter; a second transceiver operatively coupled with the power supply, the second transceiver comprising a second receiver and a second transmitter; and logic operatively coupled with the first transceiver and the second transceiver; wherein the logic is operable to receive at least a first signal, the first signal comprising data representative of a transmitting status of the first transmitter; wherein, in response to the received transmission status, the logic is operable to determine whether the first transmitter is transmitting; and wherein, in response to a determination that the first transmitter is transmitting, the logic is operable to selectively allow the second transmitter to transmit while the first transmitter is transmitting, where the power consumption of the first transmitter and the second transmitter exceeds the predetermined limit for a limited time based on a characteristic of the power supply.",0.7698880497440151,0.4602239005119697
9019299,"1. An anti-aliasing processor that processes graphics data, the graphics data processing comprising: classifying pixels into one or more groups based on values of pixel samples; and filtering each group of pixels with a filter specific to that group, wherein at least one group is defined based on whether pixel is an edge pixel or non-edge pixel.",0.08457028787878532,0.16914057575757058
9639260,"1. A machine readable non-transitory medium storing executable program instructions, which, when executed, cause an electronic device with a display to perform a method comprising: receiving a user input that comprises a plurality of input points touching the display, wherein the user input generates a gesture event; transferring a gesture start event function call between user interface software and a software application based on the user input, wherein the gesture start event function call includes a first list of two or more input points touching the display at a first time; and transferring a gesture changed event function call between the user interface software and the software application based on the user input, wherein the gesture changed event function call includes a second list of two or more input points touching the display at a second time.",0.15959318088433114,0.31918636176866233
9583948,"1. A circuit for transmitting data across an isolation barrier, comprising: a primary side, a secondary side, and an energy transfer device electrically isolating the primary side and the secondary side and including a primary coil, wherein the primary side comprises: wherein the control system is configured to control the at least one charge switch and the at least one dumping switch such that energy is selectively transmitted from the second energy storage device to the secondary side that corresponds to the data signal.",0.8157615645784334,0.3684768708431332
8930509,"1. A method for defining at least one policy used for management in a computing system, comprising: receiving, by the computing system, a specified result to be produced by at least one managed entity; receiving, by the computing system, a prospective policy and a list of parameters of the prospective policy that may be adjusted; accessing, by the computing system, stored information in a repository regarding at least one managed entity in the computing system, wherein the information indicates resource usage by the managed entity; applying, by the computing system, the prospective policy to the information regarding the at least one managed entity; determining, by the computing system, if applying the prospective policy to the information regarding the at least one managed entity produces the specified result; outputting, by the computing system, the prospective policy in response to determining that the applying the prospective policy produces the specified result; in response to determining that the applying the prospective policy does not produce the specified result, performing, by the computing system:",0.53038252091541,0.9392349581691799
8959302,"1. A computer system comprising: a server module, which includes a first processor and a first memory and which handles data on a first data format basis, a storage module, which includes a second processor, a second memory and a storage device and which handles data on a second data format basis, the second data format including a data assurance code, and a transfer module, which executes a DMA transfer from the second memory in the storage module to the first memory in the server module, when the transfer module receives a read command from the first processor of the server module, the transfer module executes the DMA transfer by: reading a first data of the second data format, the first data including a particular data corresponding to the read command and a first data assurance code for the particular data, from the second memory of the storage module; checking the particular data based on the first assurance code in the first data; removing the first assurance code from the first data to convert the first data from the second data format to the first data format; and writing the converted first data to the first memory.",0.20550527990560888,0.4110105598112177
9152317,"1. A method of operating a touch sensitive display screen of a computing device comprising: displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) element on the touch sensitive display screen; in response to receiving touch input data indicative of a one-touch gesture, the one-touch gesture comprising a sequence starting with initiation of a single touch input at a first endpoint in a first region, sliding along a path from the first endpoint to a second endpoint in a second region, and ending with the single touch input lifting from the touch sensitive display screen at the second region, mapping the one-touch gesture to a corresponding GUI element function; in response to receiving touch input data indicative of a multi-touch gesture, the multi-touch gesture comprising multiple concurrent, temporally overlapping touch inputs, the multi-touch gesture including a first touch input being at the first endpoint of the path in the first region while a second touch input is at the second endpoint of the path in the second region, mapping the multi-touch gesture to the corresponding GUI element function, the corresponding GUI element function for the multi-touch gesture being the same as the corresponding GUI element function for the one-touch gesture; and transforming display of the GUI element on the touch sensitive display screen based on the corresponding GUI element function, wherein the GUI element includes a menu having a plurality of GUI sub-elements associated with the GUI element; the plurality of GUI sub-elements are organized according to a branching hierarchy; and the plurality of GUI sub-elements include at least one submenu element and/or at least one selectable menu option.",0.12555923885621517,0.25111847771243034
8864623,"1. A method for controlling a transmission coupled to an engine during an engine start, comprising: applying a first pressure to a clutch tying a transmission input shaft to a transmission case during a first engine start; and applying a second pressure to the clutch tying the transmission input shaft to the transmission case during a second engine start, where the second pressure is applied based on the first pressure and an operating condition of the transmission.",0.7656216592217636,0.46875668155647277
8832439,"1. A method comprising: by one or more computing systems, executing software from a first partition of system memory; by the one or more computing systems, requesting an over-the-air (OTA) software update from an endpoint; by the one or more computing systems, receiving a manifest for the OTA update; by the one or more computing systems, downloading a payload pursuant to the manifest; by the one or more computing systems, installing the payload into a second partition of system memory; and by the one or more computing systems, rebooting, pursuant to the manifest, to the second partition of system memory.",0.192086102513702,0.384172205027404
9083259,"1. A power factor correction circuit comprising: a first series circuit consisting of a first rectifier element and a first switching element; a second series circuit consisting of a second rectifier element and a second switching element, the second series circuit being configured to connect to the first series circuit in a parallel connection; a smoothing capacitor connected to the first series circuit and the second series circuit and a load circuit in a parallel connection; a first reactor that has one end and another end, the one end of the first reactor being connected to a connecting point of the first rectifier element and the first switching element, and the other end of the first reactor being connected to one end of an AC power source; a second reactor that has one end and another end, the one end of the second reactor being connected to a connecting point of the second rectifier element and the second switching element, and the other end of the second reactor being connected to another end of the AC power source; a third rectifier element connecting between a connecting point of the AC power source and the first reactor and a connecting point of the first switching element and the second switching element; and a fourth rectifier element connecting between a connecting point of the AC power source and the second reactor and a connecting point of the first switching element and the second switching element, wherein: 1) the power factor correction circuit further includes a first current detector and a second current detector that detect a reactor current from the AC power source, the first current detector having a first transformer, a primary part of which consists of the first reactor, and a resistor, one end of the resistor of the first current detector being connected to a secondary winding that constitutes a secondary side of the first transformer, and another end of the resistor of the first current detector constituting an output end of the first current detector, and the second current detector having a second transformer, a primary part of which consists of the second reactor, and a resistor, one end of the resistor of the second current detector being connected to a secondary winding that constitutes a secondary side of the second transformer, and another end of the resistor of the second current detector constituting an output end of the second current detector; 2) the first switching element and the second switching element are controllable based on a first output signal output according to the reactor current from the output end of the first current detector on the secondary side of the first transformer, and a second output signal output according to the reactor current from the output end of the second current detector on the secondary side of the second transformer; 3) a desired DC voltage is allowed to supply to the load circuit; 4) the first output signal and the second output signal are generable based on an induced voltage to be generated on each of the secondary side of the first transformer and the secondary side of the second transformer, and a polarity of the induced voltage to be generated on the secondary side of the first transformer in accordance with ON/OFF of the first switching element in a positive half cycle of the AC power source is adapted to match a polarity of the induced voltage to be generated on the secondary side of the second transformer in accordance with ON/OFF of the second switching element in a negative half cycle of the AC power source; and 5) the output end of the first current detector is adapted to be commonly shared with the output end of the second current detector, wherein a negative voltage clamp circuit with the resistor of the second current detector, one end of which constitutes the output end of the second current detector, is serially connected to the output end of the first current detector, and a negative voltage clamp circuit with the resistor of the first current detector, one end of which constitutes the output end of the first current detector, is serially connected to the output end of the second current detector.",0.8289574764631034,0.3420850470737933
9238080,"1. A bi-specific fusion protein comprising: (a) a targeting domain comprising a sequence recited in SEQ ID NO: 81, the targeting domain having a binding specificity to phosphatidylserine associated with the surface of a cell of a tissue; and (b) a growth factor comprising a sequence recited in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 3-5, 39-40, or 55-56, the growth factor having a binding specificity to a growth factor receptor associated with the surface of the same cell, wherein upon exposure of the growth factor to the growth factor receptor, the growth factor binds to the growth factor receptor at the surface of the cell so as to modulate regeneration or survival of the tissue.",0.1362606011350557,0.27252120227011134
8871296,"1. A method of producing an optically transparent and electrically conductive film, said method comprising (a) forming aerosol droplets of a first dispersion comprising first conducting nano filaments in a first liquid wherein said nano filaments have a dimension less than 200 nm; (b) forming aerosol droplets of a second dispersion or solution comprising a graphene material in a second liquid; (c) depositing said aerosol droplets of a first dispersion and said aerosol droplets of a second dispersion or solution onto a supporting substrate; and (d) removing the first liquid and the second liquid from the droplets to form said optically transparent and electrically conductive film, which consists of said first conducting nano filaments and said graphene material having a nano filament-to-graphene weight ratio of from 1/99 to 99/1, wherein said film exhibits an optical transparence no less than 80% and sheet resistance no higher than 300 ohm/square.",0.43567838778153456,0.8713567755630691
9822672,"1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a variable valve mechanism including a plurality of cams used to drive an exhaust valve; and an electronic control unit configured to: wherein: (i) presence of an inflection point obtained by operating of the exhaust valve, (ii) absence of the inflection point, (iii) value of the inflection point, and (iv) generating timing of the inflection point.",0.9506514970310918,0.0986970059378165
9080845,"1. A method of determining at least one of a coupled state or a decoupled state of a part to a machine, the method which comprises: determining a coupling state of the part to be coupled to the machine at a given contact region of the machine, wherein the part is movable in an axial direction in order to establish the coupled state, and movable away from the contact region in the axial direction in order to establish the decoupled state; generating with a magnetoresistive sensor a sensor signal being dependent on an axial position of the part relative to the contact region; evaluating the sensor signal to determine whether the part is coupled to the contact region of the machine or to determine whether the part is decoupled from the contact region; wherein the part to be coupled to the machine is a first part and the contact region is formed by a second part, and at least one of the first and second parts having a projection region projecting in the axial direction and engaging in a corresponding receptacle in the respective other part in the coupled state; wherein the first and second parts are rotatable relative to one another about the axial direction allowing the at least one projecting region to engage in a corresponding receptacle in the respective other part in one of a plurality of rotational positions, to thereby couple the first part to the second part in any of the plurality of rotational positions; generating with the magnetoresistive sensor a sensor signal being dependent on a relative rotational position of the first and second parts; and evaluating the sensor signal being dependent on the relative rotational position of the first and second parts to obtain information concerning the rotational position of the first part relative to the second part.",0.4847502602695908,0.9695005205391816
8524283,"1. A method of treating lung fibrosis in a subject, which comprises: administering to the subject a medicament including amniotic mesenchymal tissue cells (AMTC) and/or chorionic mesenchymal tissue cells (CMTC), and/or the supernatant from at least 4 day AMTC and/or CMTC culture, and/or AMTC and/or CMTC that is depleted of HLA-DR-positive cells.",0.32277219902111315,0.6455443980422263
9613472,"1. A system comprising: a client device comprising: a central device communicatively connected to the client device, wherein after the client device is selectively connected to the vehicle, the client device detects the connection to the vehicle, receives the vehicle's VIN from the vehicle based on detecting the connection, and transmits the vehicle's VIN and geographic information to the central device, wherein the client device passively captures diagnostic information from the vehicle in response to receiving instructions from the central device and transmits the diagnostic information to the central device, and wherein the central device transmits further instructions to the client device in response to the received diagnostic information.",0.45381539511941316,0.9076307902388263
8858716,"1. A vacuum processing apparatus comprising: a transport chamber equipped with a substrate transport mechanism, a vacuum processing chamber configured to process a substrate fixed on a substrate mounting surface of a substrate holder, wherein the substrate mounting surface is a bottom surface of the substrate holder, a communicating portion which is free to open to communicate the transport chamber and the vacuum processing chamber with each other in transporting the substrate from the transport chamber onto the substrate mounting surface of the substrate holder in the vacuum processing chamber by the substrate transport mechanism, and a substrate holding mechanism configured to fix an upper surface of the substrate on the substrate mounting surface and configured to rotate the substrate holder and move upward or downward together with the substrate holder, wherein the substrate holding mechanism comprises:",0.2876110666641418,0.5752221333282836
8933229,1. A compound of formula (I): wherein A is a group of the following formula (A-1):,0.26899834961916613,0.5379966992383323
8772558,"1. A method for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon-rich effluent, the method comprising the step of: heating a biomass-based feedstock to a first predetermined temperature of from about 300 to about 650° C. in the presence of a catalyst, hydrogen, and an organic solvent within a time period of about 1 second to about 5 minutes to form the aromatic hydrocarbon-containing effluent, wherein the biomass-based feedstock comprises lignocellulosic material, lignin, or a combination thereof; and extracting aromatic hydrocarbons from the aromatic hydrocarbon-containing effluent to form the aromatic hydrocarbon-rich effluent.",0.906262892502212,0.18747421499557593
9404391,"1. A diffuser for the exhaust section of a gas turbine, comprising: at least one cone extending along a machine axis and bordering a channel for an exhaust flow, wherein the at least one cone has a wall with an internal structure comprising a plurality of longitudinal liner segments extending in an axial direction and establishing a conical liner being in contact with the exhaust flow; a support structure coaxially arranged with respect to the conical liner in a predetermined distance; an insulation filling the space between the conical liner and the support structure, each of the liner segments being in a circumferential and longitudinal direction at one fixing point to the support structure, and each liner segment being supported from the support structure at a plurality of distributed points outside the fixing point by supporting elements which are confined to the space between the conical liner and the support structure; and the supporting elements each comprising:",0.875299365341809,0.24940126931638207
8902661,"1. A three-dimensional nonvolatile NAND memory comprising: a three-dimensional array of nonvolatile memory cells formed in a plurality of physical levels disposed above a substrate; a plurality of memory hole structures extending vertically through the plurality of physical levels to connect memory cells of the plurality of physical levels in NAND strings; a write circuit configured to write sample data to sample word lines at different physical levels of the plurality of physical levels; a characterization circuit configured to receive information regarding the writing of sample data to sample word lines from the write circuit, the characterization circuit determining one or more physical dimensions of a memory hole structure at the different physical levels from the information; and a parameter selecting circuit that selects operating parameters for memory cells of different physical levels of the plurality of physical levels based on the one or more physical dimensions of the memory hole structure at the different physical levels.",0.09327258190304635,0.18654516380609265
9770152,"1. A vacuum cleaner comprising a dirty air intake and a cyclonic separating apparatus connected in series, the cyclonic separating apparatus comprising a plurality of cyclonic separators connected in parallel, the vacuum cleaner further comprising a bleed valve provided upstream of the plurality of cyclonic separators, wherein the bleed valve opens to admit bled air into the plurality of cyclonic separators in response to a drop in pressure in the vacuum cleaner, the bleed valve is connected to the inlets of the plurality of cyclonic separators via a common plenum, the plenum has a single inlet, and the bleed valve is connected to the single inlet.",0.5126507957684563,0.9746984084630874
9624584,"1. An enamel coating apparatus comprising: an in-feed conveyor feeding a metal tube longitudinally and rotating the metal tube; a preprocessing chamber that preprocesses a surface of the metal tube fed from the in-feed conveyor while being rotated; a coating chamber that coats the surface of the metal tube with an enamel glaze supplied from an enamel glaze supply nozzle provided therein when the preprocessed metal tube is fed; and a firing chamber for firing the coated metal tube when the coated metal tube is fed, wherein an air spray nozzle for spraying air toward the metal tube is provided inside the coating chamber, wherein the air spray nozzle sprays the air in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the metal tube, and is provided such that the sprayed air is aimed at the lowest end of the metal tube, the air spray nozzle being mounted on an inner wall of the coating chamber and downwardly inclined.",0.3000443696382878,0.6000887392765756
9159962,"1. A battery comprising: a cladding member in which a metal layer, an external resin layer formed on an outer surface of the metal layer, an inner resin layer formed on an inner surface of the metal layer are laminated; an electrode body which includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode which are accommodated in the cladding member; electrolyte which is accommodated in the cladding member; a positive electrode lead which is electrically connected to the positive electrode and is derived from a heat sealed joint of the cladding member to outside the battery; and a negative electrode lead which is electrically connected to the negative electrode, and is derived from the heat sealed joint of the cladding member to outside the battery, wherein a first heat-sealed portion where the positive electrode lead is derived to outside the battery and a second heat-sealed portion where the negative electrode lead is derived to outside the battery are heat-sealed to the cladding member, a thickness of both end portions of the first heat-sealed portion in a width direction of the positive electrode lead is formed larger than a thickness of the first heat-sealed portion on a center line of the first heat-sealed portion in the width direction of the positive electrode lead, and a thickness of both end portions of the second heat-sealed portion in a width direction of the negative electrode lead is formed larger than a thickness of the second heat-sealed portion on a center line of the second heat-sealed portion in the width direction of the negative electrode lead.",0.8331357365647313,0.33372852687053745
9697961,"1. A PhotoVoltaic (PV) panel bypass switching arrangement comprising: a first switch to be coupled between a power system and a first end of a circuit path of the PV panel in which a plurality of PV cells of the PV panel are connected, the first switch being controllable to connect the first end of the circuit path of the PV panel to a power system and to disconnect the first end of the circuit path of the PV panel from the power system; a second switch to be coupled between (i) a point between the first switch and the power system and (ii) a point between a second end of the circuit path of the PV panel and the power system, the second switch being controllable to open and close a bypass circuit path that bypasses the circuit path of the PV panel; a controller operatively coupled to the first switch and to the second switch, to determine whether the circuit path of the PV panel is to be bypassed, and to control the first and second switches based on the determination; respective PV cell sub-string switches to be coupled across respective sub-strings of the plurality of PV cells that are connected in the circuit path of the PV panel, the controller being further operatively coupled to the PV cell sub-string switches, to determine whether each respective PV cell sub-string in the circuit path of the PV panel is to be bypassed, and to control the PV cell sub-string switches based on the determination of whether each PV cell sub-string in the circuit path of the PV panel is to be bypassed, the first switch, the second switch, and the respective PV cell sub-string switches comprising power Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETS), the PV panel bypass switching arrangement further comprising: a power connection between the controller and the PV panel, to provide power to the controller from the PV panel, the power connection comprising a voltage stabilization circuit, the voltage stabilization circuit comprising:",0.8169117109230233,0.36617657815395344
8362499,"1. A solid state emitter package comprising: at least two solid state emitters; and at least two conductive leads in electrical communication with one another, wherein the at least two conductive leads are not in electrically conductive communication with any solid state emitter of the at least two solid state emitters.",0.5950000008123899,0.8099999983752202
9134045,1. A solar tracker assembly for solar collectors comprising: an upper support assembly having a first longitudinal support extent and a second longitudinal support extent and wherein each of said first and second longitudinal support extents includes: a tube assembly having a tube with a longitudinal axis and an outer circumferential surface and wherein said tube includes a drive end and an opposing outer end and at least two slip plates welded to said outer circumferential surface and a drive adapter plate welded to the drive end; at least two mounting plates welded to said slip plates and wherein each of said mounting plates includes a plurality of mounting plate bolt holes with at least two different sizes of bolt holes; a rib assembly having a plurality of rib sections extending laterally outwardly from said tube; and wherein each of said rib sections includes an inner rib section and an outer rib section and wherein said inner rib section includes a plurality of rib bolt holes and wherein said inner rib section is coupled to a respective one of said at least two mounting plates.,0.7660666191040929,0.4678667617918142
9270976,"1. A panoramic camera system comprising: a circumferential array of camera units mounted in a common plane, each camera unit including one or more lenses focusing light from a field of view onto an array of light-sensitive elements; an image processor collecting and sorting full images from each of the camera units in the circumferential array; a panoramic image generator combining electronic image data from a multiplicity of the fields of view to generate electronic image data representative of a first 360-degree panoramic view and a second 360-degree panoramic view, said first and second panoramic views being angularly displaced with respect to each other; a first stereographic display system retrieving operator-selectable portions of said first and second panoramic views and outputting the user selectable portions in human viewable form; and said panoramic image generator fusing the full images acquired by every second camera in the circumferential array to generate the first panoramic view and fusing the full images acquired by every other camera in the circumferential array to generate the second panoramic view.",0.23449655029727048,0.4689931005945409
9413577,"1. A method for receiving broadcast signals, the method comprising: receiving the broadcast signals; demodulating the received broadcast signals by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme; parsing at least one signal frame in the demodulated broadcast signals, wherein the at least one signal frame includes service data and signaling data; multiplexing the signaling data using shifting method, wherein the shifting method is performed based on a modulation order and index of the signaling data; block de-interleaving the multiplexed signaling data; inner decoding the block de-interleaved signaling data; zero removing from the inner decoded signaling data; outer decoding the zero removed signaling data; and decoding the service data corresponding to a plurality of Physical Layer Pipes.",0.18584078837753037,0.37168157675506075
8734273,"1. A golf ball comprising a core, a mid layer positioned outside the core, and a cover positioned outside the mid layer, wherein a difference between: a JIS-C hardness H(5.0) at a point that is located at a distance of 5 mm from a central point of the core; and a JIS-C hardness Ho at the central point is equal to or greater than 6.0, a difference between: a JIS-C hardness H(12.5) at a point that is located at a distance of 12.5 mm from the central point; and the hardness H(5.0) is equal to or less than 4.0, a difference between a JIS-C hardness Hs at a surface of the core and the hardness H(12.5) is equal to or greater than 10.0, a difference between the hardness Hs and the hardness Ho is equal to or greater than 22.0, there is no zone in which a hardness decreases from the central point toward the surface, and a Shore D hardness H",0.0708571798256259,0.1417143596512518
8951252,"1. An external fixation system comprising: a circular ring or part-circular ring segment extending around a central axis, the circular ring or part circular ring segment comprising a one-piece body having first and second outer surfaces each extending perpendicular to the central axis with a multiplicity of through openings extending therethrough, the first and second outer surfaces spaced from one another with respect to the central axis; the one-piece body further comprising a multiplicity of first raised surfaces extending from the second surface and separated by valleys formed by the second outer surface, the first raised surfaces being integral with the second outer surface, each raised surface of the multiplicity of first raised surfaces surrounding a respective opening, wherein said first raised surfaces provide a third outer surface which is parallel to said first outer surface and said second outer surface wherein the third outer surface is spaced from the first outer surface and second outer surface with respect to the central axis.",0.07529076881484972,0.1505815376296995
8869147,"1. A multi-threaded processor comprising: a thread scheduler configured to track a sequence in which a plurality of threads is received at an input interface of the multi-threaded processor; an internal memory buffer configured to temporarily store thread results corresponding to the plurality of received threads; and a processing unit coupled to the thread scheduler and the internal memory buffer, the processing unit configured to: wherein the thread scheduler is configured to cause the plurality of thread results stored in the internal memory buffer to be outputted from the multi-threaded processor in the sequence in which the corresponding threads were received by the multi-threaded processor.",0.60614818700097,0.7877036259980601
8909796,"1. An article of manufacture comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium storing instructions thereon for managing application server session persistence, the instructions, which when executed, promoting actions comprising:",0.20282953181317961,0.4056590636263593
9388698,1. A turbine comprising: a rotor including a first bucket root; and a stator member having:,0.9576437153933685,0.08471256921326309
8507099,"1. A neutral-colored coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising moving away from the glass substrate: a first dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride; an absorber layer comprising NbZr; a second dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride, wherein the absorber layer is between the first and second dielectric layers; a first contact layer; an IR reflecting layer comprising silver; a second contact layer comprising Ni and/or Cr, wherein the first and second contact layers each directly contact the IR reflecting layer comprising silver; a third dielectric layer; and wherein the absorber layer comprising NbZr is provided so that the coated article is neutral-colored by way of an a*",0.2784607594120719,0.5569215188241438
9687940,"1. A method, comprising: disposing a braze material between a cutting element pocket of a bit body and a cutting element to be disposed in the cutting element pocket, wherein the braze material comprises a first composition and a second composition, the first composition having a first melting point and the second composition having a second melting point higher than the first melting point, wherein the first composition comprises at least one element selected from the group consisting of indium, tin, zinc, and magnesium; heating the braze material to a temperature higher than the first melting point and lower than the second melting point and forming a transient liquid phase; and maintaining the braze material above the first melting point for a period of time, transforming the transient liquid phase to a solid phase, and forming a bond between the bit body and the cutting element.",0.5181170867030997,0.9637658265938005
9809860,"1. A test kit for detection of expression ratios of genetic markers for transitional cell carcinoma (TCC), comprising: a forward polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primer consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO. 1 and a reverse PCR primer consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO. 2 for hybridizing to an mRNA or Cy3 or Cy5 labeled cDNA transcript of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 5 (“IGFBP5”); a reporter fluorescent dye and a quencher fluorescent dye labeled PCR probe consisting of the sequence of SEQ ID NO. 3 that hybridizes to an mRNA or a cDNA transcript of said IGFBP5 between the binding locations of said forward and reverse primers of IGFBP5; a forward PCR primer and a reverse PCR primer for hybridizing to an mRNA or a cDNA oligonucleotide transcript oligonucleotide of homeobox A13 (“HOXA13”); a reporter fluorescent dye and a quencher fluorescent dye labeled PCR probe that hybridizes to an mRNA or a Cy3 or Cy5 Labeled cDNA transcript of said HOXA13 between the binding locations of said forward and reverse primers of HOXA13; a forward PCR primer and a reverse PCR primer for hybridizing to an mRNA or cDNA transcript of midkine (neurite growth promoting factor 2 (“MDK”); a reporter fluorescent dye and a quencher fluorescent dye labeled PCR probe that hybridizes to an mRNA or a Cy3 or Cy5 labeled cDNA transcript of said MDK between the binding locations of said forward and reverse primers of MDK; a forward PCR primer and a reverse PCR primer for hybridizing to an mRNA or Cy3 or Cy5 labeled cDNA transcript of leukotriene B4 12-dehydrogenase (“LTB4DH”); and a reporter fluorescent dye and a quencher fluorescent dye labeled PCR probe that hybridizes to an mRNA or a Cy3 or Cy5 labeled cDNA transcript of said LTB4DH between the binding locations of said forward and reverse primers of LTB4DH.",0.08297620158635322,0.16595240317270643
9503609,"1. A data-generating device comprising: at least one memory operable to store program code; at least one processor operable to access said memory and read said program code and operate as instructed by said program code, said program code including: acquiring code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to acquire still image data; first generating code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to firstly convert each pixel value of the acquired still image data to different pixel values to reduce the difference between a minimum value and a maximum value of a pixel value, to use the converted each pixel value of the acquired still image data to generate a predetermined number of items of still image data in which at least part of pixel values of the acquired still image data are changed, and to make an average of pixel values of matching display positions between the predetermined number of items of still image data equal to pixel values of matching display positions in the acquired still image data and equal to the different converted pixel values of matching display positions in the acquired still image data; and second generating code configured to cause at least one of said at least one processor to convert the acquired still image data into movie data by displaying each of the generated still image data at a predetermined frame rate, wherein the first generating code is configured to further cause at least one of said at least one processor to reduce the difference between the minimum value and the maximum value of the pixel value according to the following equations: where Lmax is a maximum value of a brightness value, L1 is a brightness value before compression conversion of an arbitrary primary color, L2 is a brightness value after compression conversion, and K is a constant having a value equal to or more than 1.",0.29086506732480216,0.5817301346496043
9669547,"1. A method of producing a fuel cell stack, the method comprising steps of: aligning by securely disposing an MEA and a GDL component of the fuel cell stack in a secure displacement unit set on a test table; emitting light through a light emitting unit disposed above the alignment of the MEA and the GDL component; receiving the light which passes through the MEA and the GDL component through a plurality of light receiving units; checking a received light amount received to determine whether the received light amount is out of a predetermined value; and determining a position of each of the light receiving units where the light is erroneously received to check the erroneous alignment of the MEA and the GDL component when it is determined that the received light amount is out of the predetermined value and outputting an error signal, wherein the step of determining includes: plotting a linear graph using the received light amounts of a plurality of photo sensors; checking a slope of the linear graph to determine an inflection point where the slope becomes infinity; checking a position of the photo sensors corresponding to a position of the inflection point; setting a portion where the photo sensors are disposed vertically as an edge where the MEAs and the GDL components are stacked; and outputting an error signal if the MEA and the GDL component are erroneously stacked when the edge is out of a predetermined range, and wherein the light receiving units are spaced apart from each other in a uniform distance and receive different intensity of light due to difference in transmittance of light passing though the MEA, the GDL component, and the edge.",0.851424689983728,0.297150620032544
9328354,1. A transgenic plant cell or a transgenic plant transformed with an expression cassette comprising an isolated polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having a sequence comprising amino acids 1 to 251 of SEQ ID NO:26.,0.7153651307007975,0.5692697385984049
9254275,"1. A method of treating a gastrointestinal condition in a subject, said method comprising: selecting a subject in need of treatment of the gastrointestinal condition, and administering a composition comprising one or more branched chain fatty acids to the subject under conditions effective to treat the gastrointestinal condition in the subject, wherein the one or more branched fatty acids is a C 11 to C 26 alkyl substituted branched chain fatty acid or mixtures thereof, wherein the composition comprises at least 2 wt % of the one or more branched chain fatty acids, wherein the gastrointestinal condition is associated with inflammation, and wherein the composition is not milk or colostrum.",0.32176455376667973,0.6435291075333595
9540488,"1. A siloxane resin composition, comprising: (a) 45-87 parts by weight of a first siloxane compound represented by Formula (I) wherein each R (b) 5-35 parts by weight of a second siloxane compound represented by Formula (II) wherein each R (c) 2-20 parts by weight of a third siloxane compound represented by Formula (III) wherein each R wherein the sum of the first siloxane compound, the second siloxane compound, and the third siloxane compound is 100 parts by weight.",0.27217540796834455,0.5443508159366891
8938767,"1. A method of providing information for encoded video data, the method comprising: receiving encoded video data units, wherein each of the units corresponds to a video segment; determining a first sequence of the units, each of the units in the first sequence having a first common temporal duration; providing the first common temporal duration for the first sequence of units and the number of the video data units in the first sequence to a client device, wherein providing comprises providing a first value for the common temporal duration and a second value for the number of the video data units in the first sequence, wherein the first value corresponds to the entire first sequence of units, and wherein the second value corresponds to the entire first sequence of units; determining a second sequence of the units, each of the units in the second sequence having a second common temporal duration, wherein the second common temporal duration is different than the first common temporal duration; providing the second common temporal duration for the second sequence of units and the number of the video data units in the second sequence to the client device, wherein providing comprises providing a third value for the second common temporal duration and a fourth value for the number of video data units in the second sequence, wherein the third value corresponds to the entire second sequence of units, and wherein the fourth value corresponds to the entire second sequence of units; assigning each of the segments of the first sequence and the second sequence a unique uniform resource locator; receiving a streaming hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request specifying the uniform resource locator of one of the video segments in either the first sequence or the second sequence from the client device; and in response to the request, sending the requested video segment to the client device in accordance with streaming HTTP.",0.020353112645269296,0.04070622529053858
9112364,"1. A multi-dimensional inductive charger, comprising: a base unit having one or more transmitter coils which transmit inductive power to a receiver coil placed close to the one or more transmitter coils and configured to receive power therefrom; a switching layer having magnetic properties and covering the one or more transmitter coils, so that, during charging or powering of a device or battery having the receiver coil, the switching layer is layered between the one or more transmitter coils and a surface of the base unit, wherein one or more components are used to modify one or both the magnitude or phase of an electromagnetic field in one or multiple dimensions, including wherein, when a mobile device having one or more receiver coils or receivers associated therewith, is placed in proximity to the base unit, the one or more transmitter coils are used to inductively generate a current in the receiver coil or receiver associated with the mobile device, to charge or power the mobile device.",0.6116978193299762,0.7766043613400475
9553140,"1. A method, comprising: depositing a polysilicon film on a surface of a substrate; patterning the polysilicon film to form a gate electrode of a MOS transistor and a polysilicon resistor on the surface of the substrate; forming a protection film to define at least one a negative TCR portion of the polysilicon resistor; and forming two positive TCR portions of the polysilicon resistor, wherein the negative TCR portion of the polysilicon resistor is positioned between the two positive TCR portions, and the two positive TCR portions are in physical contact with the negative TCR portion.",0.31276372225463017,0.6255274445092603
9323330,"1. An apparatus for providing a tactile sensation, the apparatus comprising: a display unit configured to display an image including a virtual image; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image of a user body; a determiner unit configured to determine whether or not a user is attempting an interaction with the virtual image by using an image acquired by the image acquisition unit; a tactile-sensation provider unit configured to provide a tactile sensation to a preset body part of the user based on a determination result of the determiner unit; a tactile-sensation provision controller configured to adjust a position of an ejector nozzle of the tactile-sensation provider such that the ejector nozzle is positioned in correspondence to the position of the virtual image; and wherein, when a showing of a virtual image is predicted, the tactile-sensation provision controller adjusts the position of the ejector nozzle in correspondence to the position of the virtual image.",0.008213295342039129,0.016426590684078257
9802150,"1. A carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) absorbent based on an amine having a nitrile functional group, wherein the carbon dioxide absorbent consists essentially of a mixture of a 3-(alkylamino)propionitrile compound represented by Formula 3 and a secondary alkanolamine represented by Formula 4, wherein R",0.804815583485849,0.39036883302830194
8624105,"1. An energy conversion device, comprising: a support member comprising an array of pore channels, the pore channels having an average pore channel diameter of not greater than about 10 μm and having a pore channel length; and a plurality of material layers coaxially disposed along the length of the pore channels, the material layers comprising:",0.8121929994566094,0.3756140010867812
8433923,"1. An information processing device, comprising: a module recording portion that stores plural system programs; a security chip that checks a validity of the system programs; and a verification portion that receives a result of the validation of the system programs from the security chip and, when the result is failure, starts inspecting activation states of the system programs, wherein the verification portion determines that the activation states of the system programs are valid when the failure of the validation at the security chip is caused by a predetermined case in which an activation order of the system programs is changed, and the verification portion determines that the activation states of the system programs are invalid when the failure of the validation at the security chip is caused by a case other than the predetermined case.",0.17875756386600478,0.35751512773200955
9207915,"1. A computing device comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors and programmed instructions in the memory whereby the one or more processors are configured to execute a method of plagiarism detection in software code implementing a design pattern, the method comprising:",0.30224916063854845,0.6044983212770969
9787679,"1. A teleconference system comprising a security server and a conference management server physically separated from each other, the teleconference system being configured to perform a teleconference through a network, the security server comprising: a first communicator configured to connect to the network; a first hardware processor; and a first memory storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by the first hardware processor, causing the first hardware processor to perform: the conference management server comprising: a second communicator configured to connect to the network; a second hardware processor; and a second memory storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by the second hardware processor, causing the second hardware processor to perform:",0.09423546331606097,0.18847092663212195
8427333,"1. A lightning detection system, comprising: a plurality of sensing devices configured to generate non-acoustic sensor signals representative of one or more working state parameters of an object; a lightning signal processing subsystem configured to: wherein the object comprises a wind turbine, a tower, or an aircraft; and wherein the one or more working state parameters of the object comprise wind speed, wind direction, rotations per minute, stress, temperature, generation winding, vibration in blades, vibration in tower, power measurement, twist in power cable of a generator, or combinations thereof.",0.852378127278321,0.2952437454433581
9273365,"1. A kit for amplifying and detecting a Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) nucleic acid sequence, comprising: (a) a first primer up to 100 bases long, wherein the 3′ terminal sequence of said first primer consists of SEQ ID NO:108, and wherein said first primer comprises a first primer 5′ phage T7 promoter sequence that is not complementary to CHIKV nucleic acids; (b) a second primer up to 100 bases long, wherein the 3′ terminal sequence of said second primer is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:148, SEQ ID NO:170, SEQ ID NO:171, SEQ ID NO:172, SEQ ID NO:174, SEQ ID NO:175 and SEQ ID NO:176, and wherein said second primer optionally comprises a second primer 5′ sequence that is not complementary to CHIKV nucleic acids; and (c) a hybridization probe for detecting a nucleic acid amplification product synthesized using said primers, wherein said primers and said hybridization probe are in packaged combination with each other.",0.5305185765925079,0.9389628468149842
8761720,"1. A method for updating a public safety answering point (PSAP) with a current location of a user, said method comprising: pre-establishing an emergency message that at least in part includes information entered by the user; selecting an emergency message template from a plurality of emergency templates in response to a user's selection of emergency type using an emergency text message menu, wherein the plurality of emergency templates define a plurality of structures of text messages that are used to report different types of emergencies; generating a first emergency message in the selected emergency message template that includes the pre-established emergency message, the first emergency message including a plurality of data fields populated with user data and a pair of data fields automatically populated with a set of geographic coordinates; communicating the first emergency message including the set of geographic coordinates to the PSAP in response to a user request to send an emergency message from a wireless communications device; updating the set of geographic coordinates of the wireless communications device; and communicating a second emergency message including the updated set of geographic coordinates of the wireless communications device to the PSAP in response to determining that the location of the wireless communications device has moved by at least a predetermined distance in any direction; and informing a network provider that an emergency situation is underway, causing the network provider to forward network assisted GPS data to the PSAP.",0.13955056966520957,0.27910113933041913
8649495,"1. A method of providing a callback message, comprising: transmitting, via a call processing system including a computing device, over a network to a terminal associated with a first person a notification regarding a first call from a caller; at least partly in response to receiving a specified time from the first person indicating when a message is to be transmitted to the caller, transmitting, via the call processing system, the message to the caller in accordance with the first person specified time, wherein the message includes a control and an instruction indicating that the caller is to activate the control to initiate another call to the first person; and at least partly in response to the caller activating the control, at least partly causing, via the call processing system, a second call to be placed via which the first person and caller are connected.",0.22947662768722293,0.45895325537444587
9488116,"1. An electronic device comprising: a housing; a connector that allows the electronic device to be coupled to a network port associated with a vehicle having a factory engine control unit (ECU) arranged to direct operation of the vehicle, wherein the factory ECU is arranged to at least sometimes implement a start/stop feature in which an engine is automatically turned off in selected circumstances during normal operation of the vehicle; and a processor and a memory disposed within the housing, wherein the processor is configured to send a control command message to the factory ECU through the network port as the vehicle is being driven, wherein the control command is configured to direct the factory ECU not to utilize the start/stop feature to automatically turn off the engine in the selected circumstances during normal operation of the vehicle.",0.8778847824063262,0.24423043518734766
8719910,"1. A method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising: receiving, by the computing device, login information and a content stream request from a user device connected to a wireless access network; authenticating, by the computing device and via a backend server device, the user device based on the login information; providing, by the computing device and when the user device is authenticated, a content link and a license key to the user device, wherein the user device provides the content link and the license key to a content delivery device; receiving, by the computing device and from the content delivery device, a request to verify the license key; and sending, by the computing device, a verification of the license key to the content delivery device based on receiving the request, wherein the content delivery device establishes a secure connection with the user device via the wireless access network, retrieves the requested content stream based on the content link, and provides the content stream to the user device via the secure connection; where the login information includes a mobile directory number (MDN) and a passcode associated with the user device; where authenticating the user device includes comparing the MDN and the passcode associated with the user device to a user profile database provided in the backend server device and authenticating the user device when the MDN and the passcode match a user profile provided in the user profile database.",0.032988039531824324,0.06597607906364866
9092639,"1. A method for maintaining data in a data management system including at least one processor and a storage system, the method including: accessing a storage system storing a table, the table including one or more records, each record including at least one field that contains data, and storing two or more descriptors, at least some of the descriptors each comprising data identifying a data source for a record and at least some of the descriptors each comprising data identifying a data source for each of one or more fields of the record; and determining if, according to the descriptors and based at least in part on an identity of a first data source providing one or more source elements of data, at least one field in one of the records of the table is allowed to be changed in response to receiving the source elements of data from the first data source; at least one descriptor identifying a record owner that governs changes to a particular record of the table, and at least one other descriptor identifying a field owner different from the record owner, the field owner governing changes to a data element stored in a particular field of the particular record of the table.",0.1238056581206941,0.2476113162413882
9085575,"1. A compound of following general formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of same, a tautomer of same, or a stereoisomer or mixture of stereoisomers in any proportions of same, wherein:",0.3361847439232795,0.672369487846559
9583749,"1. A work equipment battery case that stores battery cells for driving a battery powered work equipment, the work equipment battery case comprising: a plate-shaped bottom plate on which the battery cells are placed; and a front side plate, a back side plate, a left side plate, and a right side plate projected from the bottom plate, wherein the front side plate, the back side plate, the left side plate, and the right side plate are made of a same material, and a mass of the back side plate is larger than each mass of the front side, the left side, and the right side plates, and wherein the battery case further comprises spacers, each of which being formed between the front side plate and the battery cells, between the left side plate and the battery cells, and between the right side plate and the battery cells.",0.8432980526710653,0.31340389465786944
9128937,"1. A method for creating a structured data collection at a mobile data capture device, the method comprising: receiving an input from a interface of the mobile data capture device, the input activating a function for collection of data components; determining an initial context in response to the activation of the function for collection of data components; collecting, in response to receiving the input, at least two data components associated with at least the initial context using the mobile data capture device, wherein at least one of the data components is newly acquired by the mobile data capture device from a data source subsequent to receiving the user input and wherein at least one of the data components has an data component identifier; providing a unique identifier, and assigning the unique identifier to the at least two data components collected at the mobile data capture device, to form a bundle of data associated with at least the initial context and identified by the unique identifier on the mobile data capture device.",0.1382781061842122,0.2765562123684244
9566290,"1. A method of treating a human having onychomycosis of a toenail caused by Trichophyton rubrum or Trichophyton mentagrophytes , the method comprising: topically administering to the toenail a pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of 1,3-dihydro-5-fluoro-1-hydroxy-2,1-benzoxaborole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, effective to inhibit an aminoacyl tRNA synthetase in the",0.0821850845974075,0.16437016919481495
8969057,"1. A method of preparing bio-p-xylene comprising: deriving bio-glucose from at least one biomass source; converting bio-glucose to bio-ethanol; converting a first portion of bio-ethanol to bio-2-butene; converting a second portion of bio-ethanol to bio-1,3-butadiene; reacting bio-2-butene and bio-1,3-butadiene under Diels-Alder cycloaddition conditions to form bio-4,5-dimethylcyclohex-1-ene; dehydrocyclizing bio-4,5-dimethylcyclohex-1-ene to bio-o-xylene; and isomerizing bio-o-xylene to bio-p-xylene.",0.8779127660835296,0.24417446783294072
9771382,"1. A compound of Formula (I) or Formula (Ia), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, polymorph, solvate, prodrug, N-oxide, or isomer thereof: wherein: M is a bond, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, SO m is 0, 1, or 2; n is 0, 1, 2, or 3; p is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; X Z is >C═O, >C═S, or >SO ArA is thiophene, furan, pyridine, thiazole, naphthalene, pyrazole, or isoxazole, each independently optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of fluoro, chloro, bromo, —CN, optionally substituted C each Y is selected from the group consisting of —CN, optionally substituted C wherein: R R R R R R R R",0.6502465355847399,0.6995069288305202
9027343,"1. An engine method, comprising: controlling a throttle valve positioned upstream of a supercharger arranged upstream of a turbocharger compressor, the compressor arranged in an engine intake passage and the supercharger and throttle valve arranged in a supercharger passage coupled to the intake passage, to draw a fluid from a vacuum line positioned intermediate the throttle valve and a supercharger inlet through the supercharger and then through the compressor; and adjusting a supercharger bypass valve arranged in the intake passage downstream of an inlet of the supercharger passage, upstream of an outlet of the supercharger passage, and upstream of the compressor, to direct at least some fluid around the supercharger and then through the compressor.",0.7751252466778089,0.4497495066443822
8715379,"1. A system for increasing efficiency of an integrated gasification combined cycle system comprising: a feedstock source; an air separation unit configured to produce a nitrogen gas product stream and an oxygen gas product stream; a gasifier in fluid communication with the air separation unit and the feedstock source configured to produce a syngas stream in the gasifier using the oxygen gas product stream and feedstock; a mixing valve in fluid communication with the gasifier and air separation unit configured to form a fuel mixture stream using the syngas stream and at least a portion of the nitrogen gas product stream; a heated regenerative steam generator in fluid communication with the air separation unit and/or gasifier configured to provide heat to at least one of the oxygen gas product stream, the fuel mixture stream, or both; a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the heated regenerative steam generator configured to heat the nitrogen gas product stream using heat from the heated regenerative steam generator; and a heat exchanger downstream of the mixing valve and in fluid communication with the air separation unit configured to heat the fuel mixture stream using the heated nitrogen gas product stream.",0.9855223407834882,0.02895531843302357
8557900,"1. A water-based cement for producing tyres, comprising water as solvent, a cross-linkable unsaturated-chain polymer base, sulphur, reinforcing filler, zinc oxide, accelerators; said cement being characterized by comprising an emulsifier of the general formula (I) where: X is an anionic atom or group; R R n is 0 or 1; R when n is 0, at least one of R",0.7457530633854846,0.5084938732290307
8948918,"1. An HVAC controller, comprising: a processor couplable to at least two refrigerant pressure sensors via separate data paths to receive input signals therefrom and further couplable to a compressor stage and a condenser fan to provide output signals thereto; and memory coupled to said processor and storing a software program having program instructions capable of causing said processor to command said compressor stage and said condenser fan to turn on irrespective of a state of an input signal generated by either of said at least two refrigerant pressure sensors and generate alternative error messages at least partially depending upon whether or not a high pressure shutdown occurs after said processor commands said compressor stage and said fan to turn on.",0.8476978993209577,0.3046042013580845
9841211,"1. A hydrodynamic heater comprising: a hydrodynamic heater inlet port for receiving a stream of fluid from an external source; a hydrodynamic heater outlet port operable for discharging a stream of heated fluid from the hydrodynamic heater; a hydrodynamic chamber operable to selectively heat a fluid present within an interior region of the hydrodynamic chamber when operating the hydrodynamic heater, the hydrodynamic chamber including a hydrodynamic chamber inlet port located proximate a center of the interior region of the hydrodynamic chamber and a hydrodynamic chamber outlet port located along an interior wall of the hydrodynamic chamber, the hydrodynamic chamber inlet port fluidly connected to the hydrodynamic heater inlet port; a control valve including a control valve inlet port fluidly connected to the hydrodynamic chamber outlet port and a control valve outlet port fluidly connected to the hydrodynamic heater outlet port; and a fluid metering device having a fluid metering device inlet port fluidly connected to the hydrodynamic chamber outlet port and a fluid metering device outlet port fluidly connected to the hydrodynamic heater outlet port.",0.8224697882802695,0.355060423439461
9490387,"1. A method of manufacturing a solar cell comprising a semiconductor substrate with a first side and an opposed second side, at which first side an active region doped with charge carriers of a first conductivity type is defined selectively, which method comprises the steps of: Introducing said charge carriers into the substrate on said first side by ion implantation in an implantation step at a dose level that induces surface amorphization, therewith forming an amorphized region; Selectively recrystallizing material in part of the amorphized region to define a first recrystallized subregion, a remaining part of the amorphized region defining a second subregion; and Removing at least partially the recrystallized material of the first recrystallized subregion, therewith creating the selectively defined active region and inducing a surface topology between the at least partially removed first subregion and the second subregion; wherein either: (a) the removal step is a partial removal, such that the recrystallized material is removed to a first depth in the substrate, recrystallized material remaining beyond said first depth; or (b) substantially all of the recrystallized material is removed.",0.9594390778594262,0.08112184428114766
9637105,"1. A system for controlling a transmission, comprising: a vehicle including brakes; an engine coupled to the vehicle; a driveline integrated starter/generator (DISG); a disconnect clutch positioned in a driveline between the engine and upstream of the DISG; a dual mass flywheel positioned in the driveline between the engine and the disconnect clutch; a transmission positioned in the driveline downstream of the DISG, the transmission including a transmission clutch; and a controller, the controller including non-transitory executable instructions to open the driveline disconnect clutch and adjust an application force of the transmission clutch while the brakes are being applied and the vehicle is stopped in response to conditions being present for adjusting a transfer function of the transmission clutch; the controller further comprising additional non-transitory executable instructions to operate the DISG at a constant speed while the application force of the transmission clutch is adjusted in response to conditions being present for adjusting the transfer function of the transmission clutch; and the controller further comprising additional non-transitory executable instructions for determining an amount of torque transferred across the transmission clutch via DISG current when the application force of the transmission clutch is adjusted.",0.6788375895780259,0.6423248208439483
8366765,"1. A stent comprising: a continuous wave form wrapped around a longitudinal axis of the stent at a first pitch angle when the stent is in an unexpanded condition to define a first helix comprising a plurality of turns, the wave form comprising a plurality of struts and a plurality of crowns, each crown being a curved portion formed between two adjacent struts within a turn to define the continuous wave form; and a plurality of connections between selected crowns of adjacent turns so that when the stent is in the unexpanded condition, a line extending through the plurality of connections is disposed at a second pitch angle to define a second helix, and when the stent is in an expanded condition, a line extending through at least some of the connections that form the second helix, in the same order as the line extending through the connections in the unexpanded condition, is disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the stent.",0.17841987056978717,0.3568397411395743
9025424,"1. An optical recording method of generating a recording strategy having a period of a halved clock of a clock period T of recording data, as a base period, to form recording marks corresponding to lengths nT of recording data, where n is a variable integer, by modulating laser power of a laser beam for irradiation by using three values being a recording power Pw, an erase power Pe, and a bias power Pb, such that Pw>Pe>Pb, the method, comprising: a step of applying a top heating pulse, a step of applying an intermediate heating pulse, and a step of applying a rear-end heating pulse section including a rear-end heating pulse, as the recording strategy, to form a recording mark, based on the period of the halved clock, corresponding to a length of recording data out of nT lengths of recording data, the top heating pulse being the first pulse having the recording power Pw in the recording strategy, the rear-end heating pulse being the last pulse having the recording power Pw in the recording strategy, the intermediate heating pulse being a pulse between the top heating pulse and the rear-end heating pulse, rising from the bias power Pb to the recording power Pw, keeping the recording power Pw in a first duration, and falling from the recording power Pw to the bias power Pb, the first duration being a first width of the intermediate heating pulse, the first width being set by using a first parameter corresponding to the first duration, wherein the step of applying the rear-end heating pulse section comprises:",0.09972408579325046,0.19944817158650086
9632022,"1. A system for detecting a change in refractive index, the system comprising: a light source arrangement for simultaneously illuminating a conductive layer with light at two wavelengths; a detector arrangement for measuring an intensity of light returned from the conductive surface at angles lying between an angle at which a first intensity minimum due to Surface Plasmon Resonance at one of the wavelengths occurs and an angle at which a second intensity minimum due to Surface Plasmon Resonance at the other one of the wavelengths occurs; and a processor for detecting a change in the refractive index at the conductive layer by detecting a change in the measured intensity, wherein the processor is arranged to implement a method comprising:",0.5215935768724924,0.9568128462550152
9599627,"1. A method of monitoring a clotting or dissolution process in a first blood sample comprising: (i) making a series of magnetic resonance relaxation rate measurements of water in said first blood sample at a series of time points during said process; (ii) transforming said measurements using an algorithm that distinguishes two or more separate water populations within said first blood sample at one or more of said time points, wherein each separate water population is characterized by one or more magnetic resonance parameters having one or more values; (iii) following step (ii), for at least two of the two or more separate water populations, calculating the values of the one or more magnetic resonance parameters; and (iv) on the basis of the results of step (iii), monitoring said process.",0.09333089387899414,0.18666178775798825
9174740,"1. A system for supplying an aircraft with inert gas, comprising: at least one fuel cell with an air inlet and an exhaust air outlet; a membrane device with an inlet, an outlet and a vapor-permeable membrane, wherein the exhaust air outlet is in fluid communication with the inlet of the membrane device, and wherein the membrane device is adapted for guiding a gas from the inlet to the outlet and to give off to an outside through the membrane any water vapor contained therein; wherein the membrane device is constructed as an exhaust air pipe, wherein the membrane is arranged on the external surface of the exhaust air pipe and is in fluid communication with a flow cross-section of the exhaust air pipe, and wherein a fuel line is arranged within the exhaust air pipe.",0.9661035536350252,0.0677928927299496
8431368,"1. A method for the enzymatic production of C6-C18 fatty alcohol and/or C8-C18 fatty acid, by carbon chain elongation, comprising the steps of: i) providing organic C2-C6 compounds; ii) subjecting the organic C2-C6 compounds to enzymatic carbon chain elongation in the presence of an electron donor; and iii) separating the formed C6-C18 fatty alcohol and/or C8-C18 fatty acid, wherein the enzymatic carbon chain elongation is carried out by microorganisms found in anaerobic sewage sludge.",0.7673140593852804,0.4653718812294392
9129656,"1. A method comprising: presenting, by a computer-implemented media service system, a first user interface view within which a presentation of a media program is provided for experiencing by a user; determining, by the computer-implemented media service system, that the media program is included in a first set of curated media programs associated with a first theme; identifying, by the computer-implemented media service system, a second theme that is different than the first theme; detecting, by the computer-implemented media service system, a theme shift event that occurs in association with the presentation of the media program and a timestamp within the presentation of the media program at which the theme shift event occurs; and switching, by the computer-implemented media service system in response to the theme shift event, from presenting the first user interface view to presenting a second user interface view for experiencing by the user, the second user interface view related to a second set of curated media programs associated with the second theme and unassociated with the first theme; wherein the determining comprises determining that a scene within the media program and associated with the timestamp is tagged as being related to the first theme.",0.02481691726641489,0.04963383453282977
8693579,"1. A method of providing low power operations in a switchable Digital Video Broadcasting—Handheld (DVB-H) receiver operable as a single receiver and as a diversity receiver, said method comprising: operating said switchable DVB-H receiver in a single receiver mode in a first coverage region, said first coverage region corresponding to a condition in which both said single receiver as well as said diversity receiver simultaneously satisfy a predetermined performance criteria; and switching said switchable DVB-H receiver to a diversity receiver mode in a second coverage region, said second coverage region corresponding to conditions in which said diversity receiver satisfies said predetermined performance criteria and said single receiver does not satisfy said predetermined performance criteria, wherein said predetermined performance criteria is based on Physical Layer (PHY) metrics, wherein said PHY metrics comprise, a Bit Error Rate (BER) and a Packet Error Rate (PER), wherein said predetermined performance criteria comprises said BER less than a threshold value, and wherein said switchable DVB-H receiver stores any of program specific information and service information comprising information about digital content available for viewing.",0.29158815362449864,0.5831763072489973
9485020,"1. A remote sensor device comprising: at least one sensor that produces an output signal indicative of the value of a measurand; a reflective display that is positioned such that the reflective display is visible along a line of sight from a remote location, the reflective display comprising at least two retro-reflective reflector assemblies, each of which is arranged to reflect a variable fraction of radiation incident upon the reflective assembly back towards a source in response to respective control signals applied to the reflector assemblies, and in which each of the reflector assemblies preferentially reflects one wavelength of the incident radiation or preferentially removes at least one wavelength of the incident radiation that is not preferentially reflected or removed by the other reflector assembly, and further comprising modulating means for modulating the control signals applied to the reflector assemblies as a function of the value of the output signal from the sensor so as to modulate fractions of incident light reflected by the display.",0.2671447320968278,0.5342894641936556
8895845,"1. A photovoltaic device, comprising: a p a n-doped GaAs layer directly adjacent to the p an interface layer comprising a Group III-V compound semiconductor above the p a diffuser above the p a first window layer below the n-doped GaAs layer; a second window layer below the first window layer, wherein the first window and second window layers comprise AlGaAs, but with different composition; and an antireflective coating disposed below the second window layer.",0.8703061727321159,0.2593876545357683
9558309,"1. An asynchronous circuit comprising: a single-rail logic datapath; one or more error-detecting latches; a controller that controls the error-detecting latches; and delay lines, wherein the controller and the delay lines cooperate to communicate with one or more other controllers that the output of the controlled error-detecting latches may be valid and that this communication occurs prior to when the error-detecting latches indicate whether or not an error occurred.",0.4718869002567724,0.9437738005135448
8741123,"1. A method for shutting down a water electrolysis system including a water electrolysis apparatus, a gas-liquid separation apparatus, and a water circulation apparatus, the water electrolysis apparatus including a power supply, an anode connected to the power supply, a cathode connected to the power supply, and an electrolyte membrane provided between the anode and the cathode, the water electrolysis apparatus being configured to generate oxygen on a side of the anode side and to generate hydrogen on a side of the cathode at a pressure higher than a pressure of the oxygen through electrolysis of water, the gas-liquid separation apparatus separating unreacted water and produced gas discharged from a water outlet of the water electrolysis apparatus, the water circulation apparatus circulating the water between the water electrolysis apparatus and the gas-liquid separation apparatus, the water circulation apparatus including a return pipe having an on-off valve and connecting the water outlet of the water electrolysis apparatus and the gas-liquid separation apparatus, and a hydrogen exhaust pipe having an exhaust valve and being connected to the return pipe between the water outlet and the on-off value, the method comprising: shutting down the water electrolysis apparatus while shutting down the water circulation apparatus; closing the on-off valve while opening the exhaust valve; and transmitting hydrogen generated in the cathode to the anode through the electrolyte membrane, and then exhausting hydrogen through the exhaust valve to release pressure in the cathode.",0.8926561809913455,0.21468763801730906
9514794,"1. An information processing apparatus configured to adjust a phase relation between a data signal and a strobe signal, the information processing apparatus comprising: a processor; and memory storing instructions for causing the processor to execute:",0.3134900222337895,0.626980044467579
9838705,"1. A non-transitory processor readable medium having stored thereon encoded video stream data for decoding by a decoder, the video data comprising: an encoded picture section including an encoding of a video picture, the video picture including a first picture of a first view of a multi-view video and a second picture of a second view of the multi-view video arranged into the video picture; and a signaling section including an encoding of an indication that indicates whether at least one of the first picture and the second picture is individually flipped, the indication allowing decoding by the decoder of the encoded video picture into decoded versions of the first picture and the second picture.",0.05663538983927278,0.1132707796785456
8411870,"1. An electronic apparatus comprising: a speaker; a terminal configured to receive an audio signal from an external device; an amplifier configured to amplify the audio signal received from the terminal, and to output the amplified audio signal to the speaker; a battery; a power supply circuit configured to supply power from the battery to the amplifier when no external power is supplied; a switch configured to switch between a first path by which a sound controller operating when the electronic apparatus is in an operative state is connected to the amplifier and a second path by which the terminal and the amplifier are connected to each other without passing through the sound controller; and a controller configured to change the switch over to the second path when the electronic apparatus is in a first non-operative state or a second non-operative state, to control power supply from the power supply circuit to the amplifier based on residual capacity of the battery and a preset first battery level, when the electronic apparatus is in the first non-operative state, and to control the power supply from the power supply circuit to the amplifier, based on the residual capacity of the battery and a preset second battery level different from the preset first battery level, when the electronic apparatus is in the second non-operative state.",0.3559632913077275,0.711926582615455
9429049,"1. An intake valve actuation (IVA) system for a dual fuel engine, the IVA system being retrofittable between the dual fuel engine and a diesel fuel engine, the dual fuel engine having at least one intake valve, a camshaft, and a rocker shaft, the rocker shaft having a central axis, the IVA system comprising: a cam lobe including a cam-profile; a rocker arm having a pad surface, the rocker arm being rotatably mounted on the rocker shaft, wherein the pad surface includes a plane that passes through the central axis of the rocker shaft, the rocker arm being operably connected with the cam lobe and the at least one intake valve, wherein a rotational movement of the cam lobe corresponds to an oscillatory movement of the rocker arm, and which correspondingly facilitates a switch between an open position and a closed position of the at least one intake valve; and an IVA piston having a piston axis and a face portion, the face portion being oppositely arranged relative to the pad surface of the rocker arm, the face portion selectively abuts and pushes against the pad surface, to restrict the oscillatory movement of the rocker arm and at least temporarily lock the at least one intake valve in the open position,",0.537386813987106,0.9252263720257881
8417761,"1. A method for multiplying a multiplicand and a multiplier, the method comprising: accessing a multiplicand and a multiplier each of which is binary-coded decimal multi-digit number; generating a triple of the multiplicand by using each of the digit generate value and the digit propagate value to select either one of the sum+0 value and the sum+1 value for each multiplicand decimal digit, thereby resulting in a tripling the multiplicand; and generating, using an adder array, a multiple of the multiplier and the multiplicand using the multiplicand that has been tripled.",0.16486850531029285,0.3297370106205857
8593474,"1. A method for reading data from a tiled organized memory, comprising: in response to receiving one tiled-X read request to read two cache line size units from a tiled organized memory in the X-direction, requesting two cache lines from the tiled-X organized memory without fragmenting the received tiled-X read request into more than the one tiled-X read request; allocating the two cache lines in parallel; reading data associated with the two cache lines from a data cache in parallel; and returning, in parallel, data associated with the two requested cache lines, wherein the allocating, reading, and returning of the data is accomplished in one clock cycle.",0.5560866204966175,0.887826759006765
8846648,"1. A method of treating a menopause-related symptom in a woman comprising: administering to the woman an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition, the pharmaceutical composition comprising solubilized estradiol, suspended progesterone, and a solubilizing agent; wherein each of the estradiol and the suspended progesterone are present in the solubilizing agent and the estradiol and the suspended progesterone are uniformly dispersed; wherein the solubilizing agent contains an effective amount of C6-C12 oil; and wherein at least about 90% of the estradiol is solubilized in the solubilizing agent.",0.22625876701701353,0.45251753403402706
9483047,"1. A method for operating a machine, said method comprising: generating monument point data, said monument point data comprising a plurality of reference points representing a plurality of monument points on a machine bed; generating part data, said part data comprising a plurality of reference points representing a part with respect to said plurality of monument points; generating theoretical machined part data, said theoretical machined part data comprising a plurality of reference points representing a theoretical machined part; generating control data by integrating said part data and said theoretical machined part data, said control data comprising a plurality of reference points representing an integration of said part and said theoretical machined part; generating machine control data by integrating said control data and said monument point data, said machine control data comprising a plurality of reference points representing said integration of said part and said theoretical machined part positioned on said machine bed with respect to said plurality of monument points; executing said machine control data for controlling operation of said machine to form a machined part; generating machined part data, said machined part data comprising a plurality of reference points representing said machined part positioned on said machine bed with respect to said plurality of monument points; generating quality assurance data by integrating said machined part data and said machine control data; and verifying said quality assurance data by comparing said quality assurance data and said machine control data to determine a correlation between said machined part data and said machine control data.",0.44941299624990844,0.8988259924998169
8919471,"1. A cooling device for an automotive vehicle of electric type, comprising: a cooling circuit configured to cool an engine assembly and a battery charger assembly of the vehicle using a coolant circulated using a first pump configured to selectively supply coolant to the engine assembly and a second pump configured to selectively supply coolant to the charger assembly; a first valve arranged in parallel with the second pump and the battery charger assembly such that, when the first valve is closed, the coolant is supplied to the second pump and the battery charger assembly and, when the first valve is open, the coolant is not supplied to the second pump and the battery charger assembly; a second valve arranged in parallel with the engine assembly such that, when the second valve is closed, the coolant is supplied to the first pump and the engine assembly; and a control system configured to control a flow rate of the first pump and configured to control a flow rate of the second pump, wherein the control system is configured to servo-control the flow rate of each pump in a closed-loop regulation system by comparing a temperature of the coolant and a setpoint temperature, wherein, when the temperature of the coolant is below the setpoint temperature, the control system sets the flow rate of the first pump or the flow rate of the second pump to a minimum flow rate, and wherein, when the temperature of the coolant is above the setpoint temperature, the control system increases the flow rate of the first pump or the flow rate of the second pump to decrease the temperature of the coolant until the temperature of the coolant is equal to the setpoint temperature.",0.9390244879537485,0.12195102409250302
8485613,"1. A cabinet with a concealed gun rack, comprising: a top having rectangular first and second rear panels affixed along a common side edge, a rectangular first side panel affixed to said first rear panel along a common side edge, a rectangular second side panel affixed to said second rear panel along a common side edge, and a door frame pivotally attached to said first side panel using a door hinge, said door frame dimensioned to span between said door hinge and a free side edge of said second side panel, wherein said first and second rear panels, said first and second side panels, and said door frame form a first five sided perimeter that defines an interior region; a top panel attached to said first and second rear panels and to said first and second side panels along common top edges, said top panel defining a second five sided perimeter having sides parallel to said first five sided perimeter and further including a bottom panel beneath said first and second rear panels, said first and second side panels, and said door frame; a bottom section beneath said bottom panel, said bottom section having a perimeter shape similar to said first five sided perimeter, said bottom section further including at least one door; at least one gun mounting hardware fixed inside said interior region; a mirrored structure comprised of a rigid minor backing, a first mirror panel affixed to a first side of said mirror backing, and a second mirror panel affixed to a second side of said mirror backing; and at least one shelf mounted on said mirrored structure visible through said door frame; wherein said bottom panel is affixed to bottom edges of said first and second rear panels and said first and second side panels; wherein said mirrored structure hides said at least one gun mounting hardware; wherein said mirrored structure extends into said interior region; wherein said mirrored structure is pivotally attached to said door hinge such that said door frame and said mirrored structure pivot independently; and, wherein said mirrored structure is dimensioned to span between said door hinge and said free side edge of said second side panel.",0.03385908152328127,0.06771816304656253
9137212,"1. A method of exchanging a series of communication primitives during communication sessions between two communication units, wherein the communication units are executed by a computer processor, the method comprising: with a second communication unit, providing a first communication primitive including at least a first destination ID identifying a first communication unit as a receiver of the first communication primitive; with the second communication unit, providing first data in the first communication primitive, the first data indicating a first return destination ID identifying the second communication unit as a sender of the first communication primitive; determining, by the first communication unit using the first data, a second destination ID included in a second communication primitive sent from the first communication unit to the second communication unit, the second destination ID identifying the second communication unit as a receiver of the second communication primitive; determining, by the second communication unit during the communication sessions, second data provided in the second communication primitive indicating a second return destination ID identifying the second communication unit as a sender of a third communication primitive, wherein the second data differs from the first data; providing the third communication primitive including the second data; and sending, by the second communication unit, the third communication primitive including the second data to the first communication unit.",0.2707986109000112,0.5415972218000225
9814560,"1. A method of forming a tapered implantable article with a longitudinally compressed tapered portion, the method comprising: forming a tapered portion having a first longer length in an ePTFE tubular member using a first mandrel having a first, longer tapered length segment; removing the ePTFE tubular member from the first mandrel; longitudinally compressing the tapered portion having a first longer length of the ePTFE tubular member on a second mandrel having a second, shorter tapered length segment into a tapered portion having a second shorter length, wherein the second shorter length is at least 15% shorter than the first longer length; and removing the ePTFE tubular member from the second mandrel, the longitudinally compressed tapered portion maintaining the second shorter length following removal from the second mandel.",0.15059117072164305,0.30118234144328615
9601406,"1. A thermal interface material, comprising: a plurality of copper nanorods, each having a first end thermally coupled with a first surface and a second end extending toward a second surface, wherein the second surface is copper; and a plurality of copper nanorod branches extending from each second end, wherein the copper nanorod branches have a Cu—Cu metallurgic bond to the second surface.",0.8233796727718742,0.35324065445625163
8648226,"1. A process for producing gasoline components, said process comprising: (a) generating or providing syngas; (b) converting said syngas using an alcohol-synthesis catalyst to a first stream comprising two or more C (c) converting at least some of said first stream using an ether-synthesis catalyst to a second stream comprising one or more ethers; and (d) converting at least some of said second stream using a zeolite catalyst to a third stream comprising one or more gasoline components, wherein said C",0.9474762802940686,0.10504743941186279
9395896,"1. A method for generating a displayable menu page from data of a menu data segment, the menu page comprising separately rendered selectable menu buttons, comprising: accessing definition of at least one group of two or more menu buttons from the menu data segment, wherein the definition of the at least one group in the menu data segment comprises a parameter indicating the number of menu buttons in a respective group of the at least one group, and wherein each of the two or more menu buttons has associated a defined area on a display and for each of the two or more menu buttons a reference number is defined, and for each of the two or more menu buttons a numerically_selectable_flag is defined, and each menu button that belongs to the displayable menu page is separately rendered, and wherein a menu button belongs to not more than one group of the at least one group; and assigning a state to each separately rendered menu button, the state being “enabled” or “disabled”, wherein only an enabled menu button is displayed, wherein a menu button in the “enabled” state may have a further state of “normal”, “selected” or “activated”, wherein the menu button is considered to be a same menu button irrespective of its state being the “disabled” state, the “enabled” and “normal” state, the “enabled” and “selected” state or the “enabled” and “activated” state, wherein not more than one menu button within a group may be enabled simultaneously, and wherein the numerically_selectable_flag indicates if the menu button is numerically selectable.",0.1790542986514832,0.3581085973029664
8811250,"1. A method for operating a base station in a wireless network, the method comprising: determining, by the base station configured to provide wireless communications to a mobile device configured to operate in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, DRX awake periods during each of which the mobile device monitors consecutive downlink layer 1 control channel elements (CCE's) within a same DRX awake period, wherein the DRX mode includes DRX sleep periods and DRX awake periods the downlink layer 1 CCE's providing signaling of a dynamically allocated resource for the mobile device to communicate data; and transmitting, by the base station, signaling comprising a DRX control parameter that indicates a start time for a first DRX awake period of said DRX awake periods, wherein the start time defines an initial subframe of the first DRX awake period.",0.8612126451823318,0.2775747096353365
8926798,"1. A method comprising: passing a web of material over a deflector comprising a backstep, the backstep causing the web to deflect towards the deflector; capturing measurements of one or more characteristics associated with the web at one or more locations downstream of the backstep; and identifying a cross direction (CD) profile of machine direction (MD) tension on the web using the measurements.",0.041146622637640254,0.08229324527528048
9484743,"1. A method for power distribution network analysis, the method comprising: receiving power distribution network data, space weather data, media data, and weather data from a plurality of data sources, wherein a data structure type generated at one of the plurality of data sources is different than a data structure type generated at another of the plurality of data sources, the media data being associated with at least one area-wide convention, wherein the at least one area-wide convention historically resulting in a power distribution network event; filtering the power distribution network data to provide power distribution network event data that falls outside of a threshold; filtering the weather data to provide weather event data that falls outside of a predetermined range of values; filtering the space weather data to provide space weather event data that falls outside of the predetermined range of values; filtering the media data to provide media data event data that falls outside of the predetermined range of values; normalizing the power distribution network event data, the space weather event data, the media event data, and the weather event data to transform the data structure types from the plurality of data sources to a single data structure type for the plurality of data sources; storing the power distribution network event data in an event database; and retrieving, in a querying engine, the power distribution network event data, the space weather event data, the media event data, and the weather event data using a query related to a current event; and analyzing the retrieved power distribution network event data, the space weather event data, the media event data, and the weather event data to manage the current event.",0.7937674760650192,0.41246504786996163
8361983,"1. An expression vector comprising: a promoter; and a nucleic acid insert operably linked to the promoter, wherein the insert encodes one or more short hairpin RNAs (shRNA) capable of hybridizing to a mRNA transcript that encodes a PDX-1 oncogene, wherein the one or more shRNA is bifunctional and can inhibit expression of the PDX-1 oncogene through both cleavage-dependent and cleavage-independent RNA interference, and wherein the one or more shRNA is capable of hybridizing to nucleotides 599-617 and/or 2363-2381 of the PDX-1 transcript set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, or is capable of hybridizing to nucleotides 723-741 of the PDX-1 transcript set forth in SEQ ID NO: 2.",0.3114124263134044,0.6228248526268088
9121911,"1. A degradation determination device that determines a degradation state of a lithium ion secondary battery, the degradation determination device comprising: a measuring unit that measures an open-circuit voltage characteristic that indicates a variation in open-circuit voltage with respect to a variation in capacity of the lithium ion secondary battery; and a determining unit that sets a parameter for identifying the open-circuit voltage characteristic, and that uses the parameter for identifying the open-circuit voltage characteristic that substantially coincides with the open-circuit voltage characteristic measured by the measuring unit to determine a degradation state due to wear and precipitation of lithium, wherein the parameter includes single electrode capacity retention rates that vary with degradation due to the wear and that are expressed by the mathematical expression (I) the capacity retention rate of a positive electrode equals a capacity of the positive electrode in a degradation state being divided by a capacity of the positive electrode in an initial state and (II) the capacity retention rate of a negative electrode equals a capacity of the negative electrode in a degradation state being divided by a capacity of the negative electrode in an initial state, and a battery capacity variation that varies with degradation due to the wear and the precipitation of lithium and that is expressed by the mathematical expression (III) the battery capacity variation equals a capacity of the negative electrode in a degradation state being multiplied by a shift of a negative electrode composition axis with respect to a positive electrode composition axis, wherein the battery capacity variation includes a first variation that corresponds to degradation due to the wear and a second variation that corresponds to degradation due to the precipitation of lithium, and the determining unit determines a precipitation state of the lithium using the second variation.",0.9223293745526148,0.15534125089477047
8934743,"1. A light-receiving device comprising a light-trapping sheet, and a photoelectric conversion section optically coupled to the light-trapping sheet, the light-trapping sheet comprising: a light-transmitting sheet having first and second principal surfaces; and a plurality of light-coupling structures arranged in an inner portion of the light-transmitting sheet at a first and second distance from the first and second principal surfaces, respectively, wherein: each of the plurality of light-coupling structures includes a first light-transmitting layer, a second light-transmitting layer, and a third light-transmitting layer sandwiched therebetween; a refractive index of the first and second light-transmitting layers is smaller than a refractive index of the light-transmitting sheet; a refractive index of the third light-transmitting layer is larger than the refractive index of the first and second light-transmitting layers; and the third light-transmitting layer has a diffraction grating parallel to the first and second principal surfaces of the light-transmitting sheet; and at least a part of the photoelectric conversion section is located along an outer edge of at least one of the first and second principal surfaces of the light-transmitting sheet, wherein the plurality of light-coupling structures includes a first light-coupling structure and a second light-coupling structure two-dimensionally arranged next to each other on a surface parallel to the first and second principal surfaces, and the first and second light-transmitting layers of the first light-coupling structure and the first and second light-transmitting layers of the second light-coupling structure are spaced apart from each other.",0.29714749676328706,0.5942949935265741
9792992,"1. A semiconductor memory device, the semiconductor memory device comprising: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory blocks; a peripheral circuit suitable for performing an erase operation and a program operation to the memory cell array; and a control logic suitable for controlling the peripheral circuit to erase all of the plurality of memory blocks and then to program the plurality of memory blocks with dummy data during the erase operation in response to an erase command corresponding to the erase operation of all of the plurality of memory blocks, and to erase the dummy data programmed into a selected memory block, among the plurality of memory blocks programmed with the dummy data, and program the selected memory block in response to a program command during the program operation after the erase operation.",0.16880790358663816,0.3376158071732763
9567264,"1. A process for producing both a diesel range product and an aviation range product from a renewable feedstock comprising: hydrogenating and deoxygenating the renewable feedstock by contacting the renewable feedstock and hydrogen with a hydrogenation and deoxygenation catalyst in a hydrogenation and deoxygenation zone at hydrogenating and deoxygenating conditions to provide a hydrogenation and deoxygenation zone effluent comprising paraffins, hydrogen, water, and carbon oxides; separating at least the paraffins from the hydrogenation and deoxygenation zone effluent; separating the paraffins into at least a diesel boiling range fraction and an aviation boiling range fraction in a first fractionation zone; isomerizing and selectively hydrocracking the diesel boiling range fraction and the aviation boiling range fraction by alternately: or:",0.9443236646940898,0.11135267061182041
8624723,1. A computing device comprising: a processor module configured to:,0.6172961288879905,0.7654077422240191
9251704,"1. A method for reducing user distraction associated with interaction with an automated dialogue system, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a user workload parameter; responsively to the user workload parameter, controlling the automated dialogue system to perform a system dialogue turn that reduces the user workload associated with interacting with the automated dialogue system, wherein the system dialogue turn includes a dialogue act selected from a group consisting of: detecting a user distraction level for a plurality of dialogues; responsive to detecting the user distraction level, computing a penalty value for assessing a dialogue quality according to at least the user distraction level for a dialogue of the plurality of dialogues; storing the penalty value in a database which includes the plurality of dialogues; and computing a dialogue policy for a controller of the automated dialogue system according to the database.",0.10977854252940997,0.21955708505882
8390117,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface; a semiconductor element mounted on the first surface of the substrate; a molding resin on the first surface of the substrate; first electrodes on the first surface of the substrate, the first electrode in a region outside of the semiconductor element; and second electrodes under the second surface of the substrate, wherein the semiconductor element has an upper surface and a side surface, the upper surface and the side surface of the semiconductor element being directly in contact with the molding resin, the molding resin has a first depression corresponding to at least one of the first electrodes, at least one of the first electrodes has an upper portion and a side portion, the upper portion of the first electrode exposed from the molding resin and at least a portion of the side portion of the first electrode being directly in contact with the molding resin, and there is a second depression in the upper portion of the first electrode.",0.21528996554884774,0.43057993109769543
9745228,"1. A composting facility comprising: a floor for receiving compostable material thereon, wherein the floor is constructed above-grade; a dovetail extending from the floor to allow ingress of a vehicle from a grade level to the floor; two or more channels defined within the floor and extending through the dovetail into an open first end, wherein adjacent channels are separated by parallel-oriented pads extending in a longitudinal direction along a same horizontal plane, and wherein the channels extend in the longitudinal direction in a space defined between adjacent pads running along at least a partial longitudinal length of the floor towards the dovetail; a covering extending over one of the channels to maintain the compostable material away from the channel, the covering defining at least one aperture extending from above the covering into the one or more channels for allowing flowthrough of gases; and an air source for providing air through the channels to provide cooling characteristics to the compostable material or oxygen to aid an aerobic process associated with composting, wherein the air source provides air to a second end of the channel and the air exits through the open first end defined in the dovetail, wherein, in operation, liquids draining from the compostable material pass through the at least one aperture into the channel and out through the open first end of the channel that extends through the dovetail.",0.7468873130256614,0.5062253739486773
8525547,"1. An isolator device, comprising a plurality of isolation devices bridging an isolation barrier between an upstream circuit sub-system and a downstream circuit sub-system, each of the upstream circuit sub-system and the downstream circuit sub-system comprising: wherein, for at least one circuit sub-system, the isolator transceiver transmitter includes a pulse generator and a refresh pulse generator to generate pulses in response to an input logic signal and to repeat the generated pulses according to a refresh interval, and wherein, for at least the other circuit sub-system, the isolator transceiver receiver includes a watchdog timer to maintain the receiver in a reception state if pulses are received within a watchdog interval.",0.39732219461009444,0.7946443892201889
9449615,"1. A method of reducing noise in an audio signal received at a microphone of a wireless communications device having a transmitter, the audio signal, which is received at the microphone being represented by a plurality of consecutive frames of data, each consecutive frame of data representing a plurality of consecutive samples of the received audio signal, the method comprising: converting the audio signal received at the microphone to a plurality of consecutive frames of data representing said audio signal; determining a signal to noise ratio (SNR) for a first frame responsive to energy generated by the microphone, and responsive to the determination of a softSNR and the determination of a realSNR for the first frame; determining a warped speech probability presence (SPP) factor for the first frame using a minimum mean square error (MMSE) determiner, which uses a SPP factor determined for the first frame, multiplied by a sigmoid function having a shape known as a warping factor, the warped SPP factor for the first frame being determined by the determiner using the signal to noise ratio determined for the first frame; determining if the warped SPP factor is between pre-determined maximum and minimum values for the warped SPP factor; determining a re-warped SPP factor by adjusting the warped SPP factor responsive to the determination of whether the warped SPP factor is between the first and second pre-determined maximum and minimum values for the warped SPP factor; determining the softSNR and the realSNR for a second frame responsive to the determined re-warped SPP factor, the second frame following the first frame; changing the shape of the sigmoid function responsive to the determined realSNR for the second frame; determine a warped SPP factor for the second frame, based on multiplying the sigmoid function having the changed shape with a SPP factor for the second frame; obtaining a set of warped SPP factors by determining a warped SPP factor for each frequency band of the second frame; determining an average value for the set of warped SPP factors; comparing the warped SPP factor of the second frame to a predetermined minimum warped SPP factor threshold value; if the value of the warped SPP factor under comparison is determined to be greater than the threshold value, substituting the average value for the set of warped SPP factors in place of the warped SPP factor under comparison; modifying SNR estimate for each frequency band using the warped SPP factor or averaged valued of warped SPP factors for each frequency band of the second frame; determine a new SNR for the second frame responsive to the modified SNR estimate for each frequency band; determine a gain factor for the second frame using the MMSE calculation and the new SNR; determine a minimum gain to be applied to the signal; reducing the noise content in the second frame by adjusting a final gain applied to the second frame, wherein the final gain is calculated using the minimum gain to be applied to the signal and the gain factor for the second frame; re-converting the reduced-noise content second frame to an audio signal; providing the reduced noise content second frame to the wireless communications device.",0.03416657755097816,0.06833315510195637
9597649,"1. A fluid bed granulation process of a predetermined substance, comprising: forming granules in a parallelepiped granulation fluid bed through continuous growth of solid seeds of said predetermined substance, continuously fed into the granulation fluid bed at the same time as a flow of an appropriate growth substance in a liquid state; and discharging the formed finished granules from said granulation fluid bed and feeding said granules in a space of a second, cooling fluid bed; cooling the formed finished granules in said second, cooling fluid bed; wherein a same flow of fluidification air is used to form and continuously support the granules, the flow of fluidification air being arranged to flow in order first through said cooling fluid bed and then through said parallelepiped granulation fluid bed, which are substantially arranged in series with respect to said flow; and discharging the formed finished and cooled granules from said second parallelepiped cooling fluid bed to the outside through a pocket in said second fluid bed, in fluid communication with said space of a second parallelepiped cooling fluid bed, said pocket being flown by said same flow of fluidification air; and wherein the finished granules of said substance are transferred substantially in cascade from said granulation bed to said cooling bed through an interspace defined outside said granulation bed.",0.5696092071241632,0.8607815857516736
8858955,"1. A method of making an immunogenic composition comprising a conjugation step of conjugating a saccharide to a protein carrier to make a saccharide-protein conjugate using carbodiimide condensation chemistry, wherein the saccharide comprises, or has been derivatised to comprise, amino and/or carboxyl groups, and wherein the protein carrier comprises, or has been derivatised to comprise, amino and/or carboxyl groups, comprising the steps of: I) if the protein carrier comprises both amino and carboxyl groups and the saccharide comprises either amino or carboxyl groups: a) mixing the saccharide and aliquot of carbodiimide required to perform the conjugation, and b) adding aliquot of the protein carrier required over a time period of 35 seconds to 6 hours to form a saccharide-protein conjugate; II) if the saccharide comprises both amino and carboxyl groups and the protein carrier comprises either amino or carboxyl groups: a) mixing the protein carrier and aliquot of carbodiimide required to perform the conjugation, and b) adding aliquot of saccharide required over a time period of 10 minutes to 4 hours to form a saccharide-protein conjugate; and III) if the saccharide comprises both amino and carboxyl groups and the protein carrier comprises both amino and carboxyl groups: a) mixing the protein carrier and the saccharide, and b) adding aliquot of carbodiimide required to perform the conjugation over a time period of 35 seconds to 6 hours to form a saccharide-protein conjugate; and a further step of mixing the saccharide-protein conjugate of I), II), or III) with a staphylococcal antigen.",0.3669380252395921,0.7338760504791842
9677230,"1. An offset concrete screed apparatus for screeding wet concrete slurry, comprising: a cross support bar; means for attaching the cross support bar of the offset concrete screed apparatus to a liftable arm of a motorized vehicle; at least two lateral support bars attached to the cross support bar; a screed bar attached to said at least two lateral support bars; one or more hinge assemblies attached between the at least two lateral support bars and the cross support bar, wherein the one or more hinge assemblies prevent the at least two lateral support bars from hinging downward by more than a predetermined amount from horizontal, defined as a support bar angle, wherein the support bar angle is no less than 3 degrees and no greater than 45 degrees; wherein the screed bar is positioned offset from the motorized vehicle allowing the motorized vehicle to be driven outside forms containing the wet concrete slurry during the screeding.",0.6322551090286939,0.7354897819426123
9428264,"1. A nose for a supersonic flying object, having a body shape symmetrical about a central axis as a base shape, and having a shape obtained by deforming said base shape by a deformation component having a wavy shape, characterized in that: said base shape described by local radius R(x) is approximately a cone shape having a linear, simple convex curve, or simple concave curve generatrix; said deformation component is a sinusoidal deformation for deforming said base shape as a whole into a wave shape in at least one of a circumferential direction and an axial direction, which is expressed by as modulation of the local radius R(x), where Φ(φ) is a circumferential direction deformation component term, Ψ(x, x x is an axial direction location from a tip of the nose, φ is a circumferential direction angle from a leeward ray of symmetry of the nose, L is an overall axial direction length, W t said circumferential direction deformation component term and said axial direction deformation component term are expressed by where x D, k, r, B (x), n, and m are terms dependent on a circumferential direction amplitude, a circumferential direction wave number, a circumferential direction phase, an amplitude having x in said axial direction as a function, an axial direction wave number, and an axial direction phase, respectively; D=0−1 k=0−3 r=0 m=0−1.5 n=0−2 and D+k+t+m+n>0.",0.13268054573193666,0.2653610914638733
8685264,"1. A method for the production of a slide member, comprising the steps of: fabricating a resin film that has a surface in which voids that have a circular opening are arranged at regular intervals in a hexagonal close-packed configuration; masking a sliding surface that is made of a metal material with the resin film by bonding the surface of the fabricated resin film to the sliding surface; and forming microdimples by bringing an etchant into contact with the sliding surface masked through the voids; wherein the resin film is made of a thermoplastic resin, and an area ratio of openings of all the microdimples to the entire sliding surface is adjusted by adjusting the area ratio of the openings of all the voids to the entire surface of the resin film by stretching the resin film by applying heat to the resin film before the step of forming the microdimples.",0.056850877044093126,0.11370175408818628
9212091,"1. A method for accelerating the hardening of hydraulic or latent hydraulic binders, wherein ternesite and an aluminum component are added to the binder.",0.3811583627482164,0.7623167254964328
8505533,1. Apparatus for oxygenating the airway of a patient comprising: a device for delivering an oxygen-carrying gas into the airway; a fire detection system configured to detect indications of an imminent or incipient fire in the airway; and a fire suppression system configured to suppress the imminent or incipient fire in the airway in response to detection of the imminent or incipient fire in the airway by the fire detection system; wherein the device for delivering an oxygen-carrying gas is an endotracheal tube or a breathing tube used as a conduit for oxygen delivery to the lung; and wherein:,0.18249876843189147,0.364997536863783
9611702,"1. A wired pipe segment, comprising: an inner bore extending through the wired pipe segment; a transmission line channel forming a channel from outside the wired pipe segment to the inner bore and including an inlet into the inner bore; wherein the inner bore includes a pocket formed in the inner bore proximate the inlet; and an insert disposed in the pocket that substantially fills the pocket and located completely within the bore and including first and second ends, the insert contacting fluids in the inner bore during operation and configured such that the insert completely surrounds a transmission line that passes through the transmission line channel and the inner bore, wherein the transmission line enters the insert at an insert inlet and exits the insert at an insert outlet and wherein the insert inlet is separated from both the first and second ends.",0.19297414056963447,0.38594828113926893
8398998,"1. A pharmaceutical preparation comprising a Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin selected from types A, B, C, D, E, F or G or a mixture of two or more of these neurotoxins, wherein the neurotoxin or the mixture of the neurotoxins is free of complexing proteins which naturally form complexes with botulinum neurotoxin, sucrose and human serum albumin, wherein the ratio of sucrose to neurotoxin is less than or equal to 0.1 mg sucrose per LD 50 unit neurotoxin and the ratio of human serum albumin to neurotoxin is less than or equal to 0.02 mg human serum albumin per LD 50 unit neurotoxin.",0.5303664298261559,0.9392671403476882
9643989,1. A method of preparing a MX 2 L q complex comprising: reacting a ruthenium (IV) hexahalo complex that comprises a [RuX wherein M is ruthenium; wherein X wherein X is a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of Cl and Br; wherein y is an integer value from 1 to 6; and wherein q is 3.,0.574790705660749,0.8504185886785021
9194255,1. A turbine engine comprising: compressor and turbine sections; and an epicyclic gear train including:,0.8597826576619192,0.2804346846761616
9702597,"1. An absorption cooling system, comprising: a plurality of solar collectors configured to obtain energy and transfer that energy as heat to a heating fluid; a generator comprising a dilute absorbent-refrigerant solution comprising an absorbent dissolved in a first amount of a refrigerant, wherein the generator is configured to receive the heating fluid from the solar collectors and release a vapor refrigerant from the dilute absorbent-refrigerant solution; a condenser configured to receive and condense the vapor refrigerant from the generator to form a liquid refrigerant; an evaporator configured to receive the liquid refrigerant from the condenser and provide refrigerant and a cooling fluid, wherein the cooling fluid cools at least one load; an absorber configured to receive the refrigerant from the evaporator and a concentrated absorbent-refrigerant solution comprising the absorbent dissolved in a second amount of the refrigerant from the generator to reform the dilute absorbent-refrigerant solution; a heat exchanger located between the generator and the absorber, wherein heat is exchanged between the concentrated absorbent-refrigerant solution flowing from the generator to the absorber and the dilute absorbent-refrigerant solution flowing from the absorber to the generator; a first storage tank located downstream of the solar collectors and upstream of the generator, which is configured to store the heating fluid; a second storage tank located downstream of the condenser and upstream of the evaporator, which is configured to store the liquid refrigerant; a third storage tank located downstream of the evaporator, which is configured to store the cooling fluid; a first temperature control valve located between the solar collectors and the first storage tank having an open and a closed mode; a second temperature control valve located between the first storage tank and the generator having an open and a closed mode; and a plurality of additional valves; wherein the solar collectors, the first storage tank, the generator, the condenser, the second storage tank, the evaporator, the third storage tank, the absorber, and the heat exchanger are fluidly connected to one another and the generator and first storage tank are connected in parallel to the solar collectors; wherein the first amount of the refrigerant is greater than the second amount of the refrigerant; and wherein the first temperature control valve and the second temperature control valve are configured to regulate a flow of the heating fluid into the generator by automatically toggling between the open mode or the closed mode in response to a controller signal indicating a presence or an absence of a set point of a solid absorbent content in the dilute absorbent-refrigerant solution of the generator.",0.9776322434333289,0.04473551313334223
8776759,"1. An engine comprising: an intake/compression housing having an intake/compression bore, the intake/compression bore having an intake/compression cylindrical inner wall having a first axis, the intake/compression housing having N intake ports in fluid communication with the intake/compression bore, wherein N is an integer greater than 2; a power/exhaust housing having a power/exhaust bore opposed to the intake/compression bore and having a power/exhaust cylindrical inner wall having a second axis coaxial to the first axis, the power/exhaust housing having N exhaust ports in fluid communication with the power/exhaust bore; an intake/compression rotor disposed within the intake/compression bore and rotatable relative to the intake/compression bore about a third axis of rotation which is coaxial to the first axis, the intake/compression rotor having N sides and N apex portions which engage the intake/compression cylindrical inner wall and the intake/compression rotor having a circular intake/compression face plate which includes N intake/compression crossover ports; N reciprocating intake/compression vanes extending radially into the intake/compression bore through respective intake/compression vane slots in the intake/compression cylindrical inner wall, the N reciprocating intake/compression vanes spaced circumferentially around the inner wall of the intake/compression bore, the N reciprocating intake/compression vanes each having a contact surface which contacts an outer surface of the intake/compression rotor, the N reciprocating intake/compression vanes configured to reciprocate in and out of the intake/compression bore as the intake/compression rotor rotates about the third axis and the contact surface of the N reciprocating intake/compression vanes remains substantially in contact with the outer surface of the intake/compression rotor; a power/exhaust rotor disposed within the power/exhaust bore and rotatable relative to the power/exhaust bore about a fourth axis of rotation which is coaxial to the first axis, the power/exhaust rotor having N sides and N apex portions which engage the power/exhaust cylindrical inner wall and the power/exhaust rotor having a circular power/exhaust face plate which includes N power/exhaust crossover ports; and N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes extending radially into the power/exhaust bore through respective power/exhaust vane slots in the power/exhaust cylindrical inner wall, the N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes spaced circumferentially around the power/exhaust cylindrical inner wall, the N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes each having a contact surface which contacts an outer surface of the power/exhaust rotor, the N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes configured to reciprocate in and out of the power/exhaust bore as the power/exhaust rotor rotates about the fourth axis and the contact surface of the N reciprocating power/exhaust vanes remains substantially in contact with the outer surface of the power/exhaust rotor.",0.7518240448073302,0.49635191038533955
9672965,"1. A reactor comprising: a laminated core formed of a plurality of soft-magnetic ribbons that are laminated in a lamination direction; and a coil wound around the laminated core, wherein the laminated core has a gap that is formed in the laminated core across a magnetic path direction along which magnetic flux flows in the laminated core, the laminated core also has a flat facing surface that faces the gap and a pair of flat side surfaces that are respectively on opposite sides of the facing surface in the lamination direction, the laminated core further has a pair of first corner curved surfaces that are respectively formed between the facing surface and one of the side surfaces and between the facing surface and the other side surface, each of the first corner curved surfaces has a width in the lamination direction greater than a thickness of each of the soft-magnetic ribbons forming the laminated core, for each of the first corner curved surfaces, a length of the first corner curved surface in the magnetic path direction is greater than the width of the first corner curved surface in the lamination direction, the laminated core has a substantially annular shape such that the lamination direction coincides with an inside-outside direction of the laminated core, the first corner curved surfaces comprise an inner first corner curved surface that is on the inner side of the facing surface and an outer first corner curved surface that is on the outer side of the facing surface, the inner first corner curved surface has a different shape from the outer first corner curved surface, and the length of the inner first corner curved surface in the magnetic path direction is greater than the length of the outer first corner curved surface in the magnetic path direction, when viewed along a height direction perpendicular to both the lamination direction and the magnetic path direction, each of the first corner curved surfaces has a shape that is determined by the following Equation (1) on an x-y coordinate plane: where the x-y coordinate plane has its x-axis set to a line that extends in the lamination direction through a center of the gap and its y-axis set to a line that extends in the magnetic path direction and is equidistant from the side surfaces of the laminated core, g is half of the size of the gap, h is half of the distance between the side surfaces of the laminated core, W is the width of the first corner curved surface in the lamination direction, a is a positive constant, b is a positive constant greater than 1, and (h-W)<x<h.",0.7437285785093131,0.5125428429813739
9770100,"1. A service trolley for use in a craft, the trolley comprising: a container for storing chilled meals; a plurality of wheels attached with the container and configured to support the container relative to a support surface and to facilitate movement of the container relative to the support surface; a cooling system for cooling chilled meals stored in the container and a heating system for heating the chilled meals stored in the container; a power source housed at least partially on or at least partially within the container and configured for providing power to at least one system of the trolley housed at least partially on or at least partially within the container, wherein the power source is configured for providing power to the heating system and to the cooling system; and wherein the at least one system of the trolley comprises a drive-assist system powered by the power source configured to assist at least one of the plurality of wheels to turn to move the trolley.",0.3101201795971998,0.6202403591943996
9200241,"1. A malodor neutralizing composition, comprising: (1) bornyl acetate or isobornyl acetate, and (2) tiglic acid, hexenoic acid, or a monocarboxylic acid of the formula (I): in which R is C 1 -C 3 alkyl or C 5 alkyl, wherein the amount of ingredient (2) is 10-50% by weight of the total amount of ingredients (1) and (2), and the composition comprises from about 1% to about 20% by weight of a combination of ingredients (1) and (2).",0.19710525131415002,0.39421050262830004
8466344,"1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising: (a) a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide, wherein the amino acid sequence of the polypeptide and the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:28 have at least 90% sequence identity based on the Clustal alignment method, or (b) the complement of the nucleotide sequence of (a), wherein the complement and the nucleotide sequence of (a) contain the same number of nucleotides and are 100% complementary; wherein a plant transformed with and expressing said isolated polynucleotide exhibits an increased accumulation of oils in tissues of the plant when compared to a plant that is not transformed with said polynucleotide.",0.7366458781670474,0.5267082436659052
9321682,"1. Method for the production of a binder by a hydrothermal treatment, the method comprising the following steps: a) providing a starting material made from raw materials that has a Ca/Si molar ratio of 1.5 to 2.5, wherein, in determining the molar ratio, components that act in an inert manner during the hydrothermal treatment in an autoclave remain unconsidered, b) mixing the raw materials to form a starting material mixture, c) hydrothermal treatment of the starting material mixture produced in step b) in the autoclave at a temperature of 100 to 300° C. and a retention time of 0.1 to 24 h, wherein a water/solids proportion is 0.1 to 100, to form an intermediate product, d) annealing the intermediate product obtained in step c) at 350 to 495° C., wherein a heating rate is 10-6000° C./min and a retention time is 0.01-600 minutes, wherein, during the mixing b) and/or in the following steps, 0.1 to 30% b.w. of additional elements and/or oxides are added.",0.8455233761876533,0.30895324762469345
8732429,"1. An apparatus for preserving a deleted data volume, the apparatus comprising: a receiving module configured to receive a deletion command to delete a data volume managed by a storage controller, the data volume associated with one or more deletion parameters, the deletion parameters specifying that data of the data volume is to be preserved upon deletion of the data volume, a data retention time, and a data preservation priority; a reference module configured to reference the deletion parameters in response to the receiving module receiving the deletion command; a preservation module configured to preserve the data of the data volume prior to the storage controller deleting the data volume in response to the receiving module receiving the deletion command, the preservation module preserving the data of the data volume according to the deletion parameters received with a creation command that created the data volume, wherein the receiving module, the reference module, and the preservation module comprise one or more of hardware logic and executable code stored on a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium; a query receiving module configured to receive a query for the data volume from a host, wherein the host sends the query to determine that the data volume is available for retrieval; a group command receiving module configured to receive a group creation command from the host, the host sending the group creation command in response to determining that a logical volume group corresponding to the data volume has been deleted and is available for retrieval; and a group creation module configured to create a logical volume group for the deleted data volume in response to the group creation command receiving module receiving the group creation command from the host.",0.14822047204293284,0.29644094408586574
9653386,"1. A power semiconductor package comprising: a sync transistor having a drain on a top surface of said sync transistor, and a source and a gate on a bottom surface of said sync transistor; said source of said sync transistor configured for attachment to a first partially etched leadframe segment and said gate of said sync transistor configured for attachment to a second partially etched leadframe segment; a control transistor having a source and a gate on a top surface of said control transistor, and a drain on a bottom surface of said control transistor; said drain of said control transistor configured for attachment to a third partially etched leadframe segment; a first conductive clip that includes a vertical segment extending to a substrate and a horizontal segment that is perpendicular to said vertical segment and that is situated over said drain of said sync transistor and said source of said control transistor, said first conductive clip coupling said drain of said sync transistor and said source of said control transistor to said substrate by an end surface of said vertical segment without using a leadframe; and a second conductive clip that includes a vertical segment extending to said substrate and a horizontal segment that is perpendicular to said vertical segment and that is situated over and coupled to said gate of said control transistor, said second conductive clip coupling said gate of said control transistor to said substrate by an end surface of said vertical segment without using a leadframe.",0.3183929469106689,0.6367858938213378
8497535,"1. A multilayered photodiode, comprising: a transparent substrate; and an MIM photodiode formed on the transparent substrate; the MIM photodiode including a first metal layer, a semiconductor layer formed on the first metal layer and in contact with the first metal layer, and a second metal layer formed on the semiconductor layer and in contact with the semiconductor layer.",0.4689957302645554,0.9379914605291108
9197176,"1. An amplification device comprising: an input terminal into which an input signal is inputted; a first amplifier configured to amplify the input signal to generate a first output signal; an output terminal configured to output the first output signal to a load; a variable impedance module connected at an output end of the first amplifier; a second amplifier configured to amplify the input signal to generate a second output signal; a reference impedance element connected at an output end of the second amplifier; a magnitude comparator configured to generate a magnitude comparison signal according to a comparison result between a magnitude of the first output signal and a magnitude of the second output signal; a phase comparator configured to generate a phase comparison signal according to a comparison result between a phase of the first output signal and a phase of the second output signal; a controller configured to, based on the magnitude comparison signal and the phase comparison signal, control impedance of the variable impedance module so that impedance at a point between the first amplifier and the variable impedance approaches a first value; and an attenuator configured to attenuate the magnitude of the first output signal according to a ratio between an amplification gain of a magnitude of the first amplifier and an amplification gain of a magnitude of the second amplifier, and to input the attenuated signal to the magnitude comparator, wherein a power consumption of the second amplifier is lower than a power consumption of the first amplifier.",0.18639684256995812,0.3727936851399163
8475246,"1. A system, comprising: a plurality of airflow cavities configured to accommodate a device; a frame having a plurality of slots, each slot having two side walls, to hold modular electrical devices, wherein each slot is associated with a separate airflow cavity; and an airflow damper comprising a one-piece body having multiple sections, each section being associated with a different slot and positioned within the airflow cavity, wherein the airflow damper substantially blocks the airflow cavity unless flattened by insertion of the device.",0.5912014662319991,0.8175970675360018
9763134,"1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, the method comprising: receiving, by the UE, an authentication load indicator from an access point (AP), the authentication load indicator indicates an amount of authentication traffic at a network entity; and determining, by the UE, to perform authentication with the network entity based at least in part on the authentication load indicator.",0.5094350498679084,0.9811299002641831
8545737,"1. A cellulose acetate film comprising a cellulose acetate having a degree of acetylation of 51.0 -56.0% and a compound represented by Formula (1) having a total average substitution degree of 6.1 - 6.9, wherein R",0.2858882930064493,0.5717765860128986
9606594,"1. A method for simultaneous synthesis of combined heat and power utility and process subsystems for a process facility, the method comprising the steps of: defining model input data for a combined heat and power utility and process subsystem mathematical program model, the model comprising a cost function configured to minimize a total cost of combined heat and power utility and process subsystems of a process facility, the combined heat and power utility and process subsystems comprising a utility subsystem configured to generate steam and a process subsystem configured to consume steam generated by the utility subsystem, and the model input data comprising a plurality of rigorously bounded process variables for one or more key process of the process facility, the plurality of rigorously bounded process variables comprising, for each of the one or more key processes: processing, by a computer, the model input data through application of the combined heat and power utility and process subsystem mathematical program model to determine model output data comprising process subsystem conditions and utility subsystem conditions, the process subsystem conditions comprising, for each of the one or more key processes:",0.9612323781423093,0.07753524371538134
8503699,"1. A plate comprising: a first material layer comprising a first stress; a second material layer arranged beneath the first material layer, the second material layer comprising a second stress; an opening extending through the first material layer and the second material layer; and an extension shaping the opening, wherein the extension comprises a portion of the first material layer and a portion of the second material layer, and wherein the extension is curved away from a top surface of the plate.",0.3469914094433417,0.6939828188866835
8367995,"1. A computer-implemented method for automatic positioning of a solar array attached to a base unit, comprising the steps of: calculating a first set of parameters including the latitude and longitude of the base unit; calculating a second set of parameters including the local date and time; normalizing the first set of parameters using a first transformation table; normalizing the second set of parameters using a second transformation table; training a first neural network with existing sun directional data; processing the normalized first set of parameters and the normalized second set of parameters using the first neural network to obtain an output including an estimate of the sun's direction in terms of azimuth angle and zenith angle of the sun; processing the estimated sun direction information to determine servo steering commands for at least one solar beam tracking assembly; and sending the servo steering commands to a servomechanism attached to the solar array, thereby directing the solar array to align surfaces of the solar array with the sun for receiving maximum available solar energy.",0.6760175855761678,0.6479648288476645
8940770,"1. A method for preparation of a compound as shown in the formula 6 or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, characterized in that said method comprises the following steps: a) diazolizing a compound as shown in the formula 1 so that the amino group in the compound as shown in the formula 1 is converted into a phenolic hydroxyl group, yielding a compound as shown in the formula 2; b) reacting a compound as shown in the formula 2 at elevated temperature with a phosphorus halide, halogenated sulfoxide, organic acyl halide, or sulfonyl halide, yielding a compound shown in the formula 3, wherein X in the compound 3 is a halogen or OSO c) oxidizing the methyl group in the compound of formula 3 into a carboxyl group, yielding a compound of formula 4; d) converting the carboxyl group in the compound of formula 4 into an amide group, yielding a compound of formula 5; e) reacting the compound of formula 5 with ethyleneimine in an organic solvent at 20-25° C. to yield a compound of the formula 6.",0.26283395909163404,0.5256679181832681
9238466,"1. A control system for a vehicle allowing the vehicle to run at a minimum energy input, the control system comprising: a switching unit; a control unit connected to control elements and located inside the vehicle; and an operation unit attached to an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, a gearbox a tire, or a lighting system and connected to one of the control elements; wherein the control unit is configured to be activated by the switching unit or a signal originated from a radio-wave or light-wave emitter; wherein the control elements are configured to activate the operation unit, and wherein the operation unit is configured to manipulate the internal combustion engine, the electric motor, the gearbox, the tire, or the lighting system to work at the minimum energy input.",0.9755924050642875,0.04881518987142508
8578901,"1. A method of selectively actuating an engine valve to produce an engine valve event, said method comprising the steps of: providing motion imparting means in selective contact with a rocker arm pivotally mounted on a rocker shaft; providing a valve bridge in contact with said rocker arm; providing an engine valve in contact with said valve bridge; selectively supplying hydraulic fluid to the valve bridge; and controlling the amount of motion imparted to the engine valve responsive to the supply of hydraulic fluid to the valve bridge.",0.3849544024184126,0.7699088048368252
9638171,"1. A method of operating a wind turbine, the wind turbine including a rotor rotatably coupled to a generator positioned within a nacelle, the rotor including one or more rotor blades coupled to a hub, said method comprising: transmitting, from a first sensor to a control system, at least a first monitoring signal indicative of a first wind condition at a first distance from the wind turbine; calculating a first generator torque command based on the first monitoring signal; transmitting, from a second sensor to the control system, at least a second monitoring signal indicative of a second wind condition at a second distance from the wind turbine that is longer than the first distance; calculating a second generator torque command based on the second monitoring signal; calculating, by the control system, a collective generator torque command based on the first generator torque command and the second generator torque command; and, operating one or more wind turbine components based on the calculated collective generator torque command.",0.9774336375246296,0.04513272495074072
9266292,"1. A hot transformable and repairable, after hardening thermosetting resin composition prepared by contacting at least one thermosetting resin precursor comprising hydroxyl functions and/or epoxy groups with at least one carboxylic acid hardener in the presence of at least one transesterification catalyst the total molar amount of which is between 5% and 25% of the total molar amount of hydroxyl and epoxy contained in the thermosetting resin precursor to form a thermosetting resin as a network, wherein N A <N O +2N x and: N N N wherein the carboxylic acid hardener comprises a mixture of fatty acid dimers and trimers comprising 2 to 40 carbon atoms, and wherein the composition, after hardening, is able to be heated to temperatures such that the composition becomes liquid without suffering destruction or degradation of its structure, wherein the composition, after hardening, is able to be repaired, after having undergone damage, by subjecting the composition to a temperature above room temperature and to a mechanical constraint.",0.4780795690244474,0.9561591380488949
9209938,"1. A method for recovering from loss of a packet, said method comprising: receiving a multicast data packet; buffering said received multicast data packet; detecting packet loss of said multicast data packet; upon detecting packet loss, sending a request to join a delayed forward error correction (FEC) multicast group; receiving a parity packet corresponding to said detected packet loss for said multicast data packet; forward error correction decoding said parity packet to recover from said detected packet loss using FEC control information extracted from said multicast data packet and FEC header from said parity packet, said FEC control information being recovered from an end of payload data in the data packet; and forwarding said recovered packet via an internal socket.",0.48845698153005285,0.9769139630601057
8802332,"1. A method of fabricating a fuel cell component for use with or as part of a fuel cell in a fuel cell stack, the fuel cell component comprising a corrugated current collector and the method comprising: depositing loading material onto the corrugated current collector in predefined areas defined by legs of corrugations of the corrugated current collector, the loading material comprising one of an extruded catalyst and catalyst pellets; maintaining positioning of the loading material relative to the predefined areas of the corrugated current collector by applying a tape fixing agent to the corrugated current collector and sealing the loading material against respective legs of the corrugations of the corrugated current collector, wherein the tape fixing agent is an adhesive tape.",0.9561622982182081,0.08767540356358383
9100911,"1. A method of energy saving employed by an integration reference point (IRP) of a network manager (NM), comprising: identifying an inter-radio access technology (RAT) energy-saving-coverage attribute corresponding to a target cell, wherein the inter-RAT energy-saving-coverage attribute is designated as IsESCoveredBy, and wherein a value of the IsESCoveredBy attribute includes at least one of “yes”, “no” or “partial”; and storing a “partial” value for the IsEScoveredBy attribute corresponding to the target cell if the target cell is recommended along with at least one other target cell to be considered as an entirety of candidate cells to take over coverage when a source cell is about to be transferred to the energy saving state, wherein the source cell is of a network of a first RAT, the network of the first RAT is an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN), and the target cell is of a network of a second RAT different from the first RAT.",0.9025023530710549,0.19499529385789027
8520590,"1. A system for in-band backhaul of wireless communication, comprising: a central base station configured to",0.5961597418054516,0.8076805163890968
9287584,"1. An electrolyte for a Li storage battery comprising 1,1-diphenylethane.",0.9141747275418343,0.17165054491633147
8404968,"1. A photovoltaic power generating system, comprising: a solar cell module; an installation platform for holding a pair of ends of said solar cell module; and at least one supporting member disposed on a side of a non-light-receiving surface of said solar cell module, wherein said supporting member is disposed at a non-zero distance from the non-light-receiving surface of said solar cell module such that said supporting member can abut against the non-light-receiving surface by deformation of said solar cell module, and said supporting member has, at a central part of said solar cell module, a convex part projecting toward said solar cell module.",0.8757540078444047,0.24849198431119057
9580470,"1. A cyclopeptide comprising one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of: crystal A of cyclopeptide of formula I, wherein R represents H or a cation capable of forming a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and X-ray powder diffraction pattern (XRPD) of said crystal A shows characteristic peaks at the following 2θ angles: 7.1±0.2, 8.0±0.2, 14.7±0.2, 16.8±0.2, 18.9±0.2, 20.3±0.2, 21.1±0.2; crystal B of cyclopeptide of formula I, wherein R represents H or a cation capable of forming a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and X-ray powder diffraction pattern (XRPD) of said crystal B shows characteristic peaks at the following 2θ angles: 7.3±0.2°, 11.9±0.2°, 12.8±0.2°, 16.8±0.2°, 19.6±0.2°, 21.1±0.2°, 22.1±0.2°, 22.8±0.2°, 24.3±0.2°, 25.4±0.2°; crystal C of cyclopeptide of formula I, wherein R represents H or a cation capable of forming a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and X-ray powder diffraction pattern (XRPD) of said crystal C shows characteristic peaks at the following 2θ angles: 8.6±0.2°, 11.9±0.2°; crystal D of cyclopeptide of formula I, wherein R represents H or a cation capable of forming a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and X-ray powder diffraction pattern (XRPD) of said crystal D shows characteristic peaks at the following 2θ angles: 5.6±0.2°, 14.4±0.2°, 19.8±0.2°, 22.7±0.2°, 23.0±0.2°, 23.9±0.2°; crystal E of cyclopeptide of formula I, wherein R represents H or a cation capable of forming a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and X-ray powder diffraction pattern (XRPD) of said crystal E shows characteristic peaks at the following 2θ angles: 9.7±0.2°, 19.8±0.2°, 23.0±0.2°; crystal F of cyclopeptide of formula I, wherein R represents H or a cation capable of forming a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and X-ray powder diffraction pattern (XRPD) of said crystal F shows characteristic peaks at the following 2θ angles: 7.0±0.2°, 7.9±0.2°, 12.6±0.2°, 14.1±0.2°, 18.5±0.2°, 20.6±0.2°, 21.6±0.2°, 35.6±0.2°; crystal G of cyclopeptide of formula I, wherein R represents H or a cation capable of forming a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and X-ray powder diffraction pattern (XRPD) of said crystal G shows characteristic peaks at the following 2θ angles: 7.3±0.2°, 19.8±0.2°, 21.1±0.2°.",0.37248903857066634,0.7449780771413327
8420477,"1. A method for fabricating a gate dielectric layer, comprising the steps of: forming a dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate; performing a nitrogen treating process to form a nitride layer on the dielectric layer; and performing a thermal treating process substantially at 1150-1400° C. for a period of 400-800 milliseconds, to form a gate dielectric layer.",0.7147622167006298,0.5704755665987404
8847239,"1. An LED device comprising: a substrate comprising a first light emitting module, a second light emitting module, a first side, and a second side opposite to the first side; wherein the first light emitting module comprises a first conductive electrode located adjacent to the first side, a second conductive electrode located adjacent to the second side, and a first plurality of light emitting micro diodes electrically connected in the form of a plurality of serially connected bridge rectifiers between the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode; wherein the second light emitting module comprises a third conductive electrode located adjacent to the first side, a fourth conductive electrode adjacent to the second side, and a second plurality of light emitting micro diodes electrically connected in the form of a plurality of serially connected bridge rectifiers between the third conductive electrode and the fourth conductive electrode; and wherein the first, second, third, and fourth conductive electrodes are physically separated from each other for bonding to external bonding structures.",0.6502412208445557,0.6995175583108886
9405280,"1. An energy consumption component capable of communicating with a network system, comprising: a power consumer unit; a control part that controls the power consumer unit, the control part recognizing energy information including a high price section and a low price section; and a communication part to receive energy information and that communicates with the control part, wherein the control part determines optimal driving time of the power consumer unit based on an input value; wherein a number of times that the input value exceeds a preset reference value is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, and the control part decreases the number of times that the input value exceeds the preset reference value for a specific time period based on the recognized information.",0.987670822349371,0.02465835530125804
9210677,"1. An uplink transmission method of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation technology with a primary cell and at least one secondary cell, the method comprising: receiving a timing information for use in calculating timing advance of the at least one secondary cell; calculating the timing advance of the at least one secondary cell using the timing information; and transmitting uplink data by adjusting uplink timing according to the timing advance of the at least one secondary cell while a time alignment timer of the at least one secondary cell is running, wherein the timing information is received via a radio resource control (RRC) message for aggregating the at least one secondary cell to the primary cell.",0.7421123549222854,0.5157752901554291
9754239,"1. A method of controlling a manufacturing process associated with a manufacturing job order, comprising: identifying, by a command system, a job order recipe associated with the manufacturing job order, wherein the job order recipe identifies one or more material inputs to a manufacturing stage that implements a production machine to produce a manufactured product in accordance with the manufacturing job order, searching, by the command system, a database to identify one or more radio frequency identification (RFID) tags that are physically associated with each of the one or more material inputs; determining, by the command system, a position of the one or more RFID tags; and controlling, by a process controller in communication with the command system, operation of the production machine implemented by the manufacturing stage based upon whether the position of the one or more RFID tags matches a location of the manufacturing stage as indicated by the manufacturing job order.",0.24251807542820292,0.48503615085640583
8914285,"1. A computerized method for sales optimization comprising: receiving at a general purpose computer serving as a computer server a digital representation of a portion of an interaction between a customer and an organization representative, the portion of an interaction comprises a speech signal of the customer and a speech signal of the organization representative; analyzing the speech signal of the organization representative; analyzing the speech signal of the customer; determining by the computer server a distance vector between the speech signal of the organization representative and the speech signal of the customer; and predicting a sale success probability score for the captured speech signal portion.",0.04710505900095975,0.09421011800191947
9234703,"1. Automatic charge hearth access door assembly for a melting furnace comprising: an access door movable between a closed position for covering a furnace opening located on a face of the furnace and an opened position for providing access to the furnace opening; a latch mechanism configured to automatically secure the access door to the face of the furnace in the closed position; and an open-and-close drive assembly including a motor and arm operably connected to the motor and the access door, the open-and-close drive assembly configured to automatically move the access door relative to the face of the furnace between the closed position and opened position and simultaneously move the access door relative to the arm.",0.7785043265619295,0.44299134687614106
9386100,"1. A method for accessing a storage area network (SAN) by real-time applications, the method comprising: receiving at a master node of a plurality of nodes, from a real-time application executing on the master node, a first request for reservation of a first specified amount of bandwidth to access components in the SAN to a shared resource of the SAN; identifying that that one or more components in the SAN has sufficient bandwidth capacity to service the first request; generating, at the master node of the plurality of nodes, a second request for reservation of a second specified amount of bandwidth to access the components in the storage area network to the shared resource of the SAN, wherein the second request requests bandwidth to be granted to a process executing at a second node of the plurality of nodes, and the second node is a client node of the master node; allocating a percentage of the total bandwidth of the shared resource to each of a plurality of nodes according to the first and the second request, wherein each individual node of the plurality of nodes maintains allocation information about the shared resource, and the allocation information maintained on an individual node includes the amount of bandwidth of the shared resource that has been allocated to the individual node; and allowing access to the SAN by the real-time application, wherein data accessed by the real-time application is communicated over a network communication interface, and a local daemon executing at the second node allocates an additional amount of bandwidth to access the SAN to an application executing on at least one node of the plurality of nodes without sending a request to the master node.",0.7606420192223192,0.47871596155536156
8915030,"1. A photovoltaic device suitable for directly mounting on a structure comprising: an active portion including a photovoltaic cell assembly having a top surface portion that allows transmission of light energy to a photoactive portion of the photovoltaic device for conversion into electrical energy and a bottom surface having a bottom bonding zone; and an inactive portion immediately adjacent to and connected to the active portion, the inactive portion having a region for receiving a fastener to connect the device to the structure and having on a top surface, a top bonding zone; wherein one of the top and bottom bonding zones comprises a first bonding element and the other comprises a second bonding element, the second bonding element designed to interact with the first bonding element on a vertically overlapped adjacent photovoltaic device to bond the device to such adjacent device or to the structure; wherein the device has a thickness of more than 5 mm and less than 20 mm and exhibits a high stiffness of up to about 10,000 MPa, and the first bonding element comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive that maintains a minimum peel force of 3 pounds per linear inch at temperatures between −40° C. and 85° C. and has an elongation of greater than 500%.",0.9748728707336771,0.05025425853264576
9789155,"1. A method of improving reciprocal social interactions during a psychotherapy treatment comprising administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising bremelanotide or salt thereof to a subject diagnosed with autism, Asperger syndrome, or an autistic spectrum disorder wherein the administration is about the time period a psychotherapy session is being conducted and the session includes exposure to a reciprocal social interaction.",0.39330382728148494,0.7866076545629699
8383451,"1. A method, comprising: providing a substrate suitable for use in a photovoltaic device; plasma spraying one or more layers over the substrate, the average grain size of the grains in each of the one or more layers being at least approximately two times greater than the thickness of the respective layer, wherein a grain size of a grain is a measure of a dimension of the respective grain along a plane parallel to the one or more layers and wherein the thickness of a respective layer is a measure of a dimension of the respective layer along a plane perpendicular to the one or more layers; and after one or more of the one or more layers are plasma-sprayed, subjecting the one or more of the one or more plasma-sprayed layers to one or more thermo-processes.",0.42746587473675596,0.8549317494735119
9281989,"1. A signal generator that is a phase lock loop type signal generator in which an oscillation frequency of a voltage-controlled oscillator is determined by a control voltage based on an output signal of a phase comparator, the signal generator including an external signal generation section for generating an external signal that varies with time at a predetermined amplitude, wherein the control voltage is obtained by superimposing the external signal on the output signal of the phase comparator, the external signal varying with time at a predetermined amplitude, and a frequency of the external signal is smaller than a phase comparison frequency in the phase comparator.",0.2445917428397404,0.4891834856794808
8433940,"1. A processor, comprising: a non-core power area, comprising: a core power area coupled to the non-core power area, comprising: wherein, in predetermined operating modes, the non-core power area is configured to be operable while the core power area is halted.",0.9694117024063962,0.06117659518720764
9762302,1. An analog precoder comprising: at least one coefficient input configured to receive coefficients configured to introduce pre-distortion compensating for nonlinearities in a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) power amplifiers; a plurality of outputs configured to transmit a plurality of pre-compensated signals to the plurality of RF power amplifiers; for each of the plurality of outputs:,0.264773629766027,0.529547259532054
9765675,"1. An exhaust emission control device, comprising: an HC-SCR NO a catalyzed particulate filter arranged downstream of said HC-SCR NO a downstream oxidation catalyst arranged downstream of said catalyzed particulate filter, a fuel addition unit for additively supplying the fuel to the exhaust gas on an entry side of said HC-SCR NO a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature at between said HC-SCR NO a controller for outputting a control signal to said fuel addition unit so as to intermittently additively supply fuel with a set flow rate to said HC-SCR NO wherein said set temperature is 300° C.",0.9586716759162297,0.08265664816754059
9618916,"1. A demand control device configured to perform demand control in which energy consumption of heat source units is suppressed with regard to a heat source system, the heat source system having a plurality of the heat source units with at least one of different capacities and different output characteristics, the demand control device comprising: a receiving section receiving a demand signal which requests starting of the demand control, a length of a demand control period and information relating to an energy amount to be suppressed being sent from an energy management device arranged at a power company; a collecting section collecting information relating to energy consumed by each of the heat source units prior to starting of the demand control after the demand signal is received; an energy suppression amount value calculating section calculating an energy suppression amount value, which is a value relating to an energy amount suppressed during the demand control based on the information relating to the energy consumed collected by the collecting section and the information relating to the energy amount to be suppressed; a heat source output determining section a driving section driving each of the heat source units using the output.",0.9531966076309812,0.09360678473803752
8477045,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a controller; an antenna coupled to said controller, wherein said antenna is to receive a wireless signal from an external source to power the controller; and a battery to selectively power said controller, wherein upon being powered via the antenna, the controller is to monitor signals received by the antenna for a predetermined bit sequence indicating a start of a wireless reconfiguration process, wherein upon detecting the predetermined bit sequence, the controller is to activate the battery to provide power to said controller instead of the antenna, and wherein the controller is to monitor the signals received by the antenna for the predetermined bit sequence prior to receiving configuration information from an external programming unit.",0.8145144627145127,0.37097107457097467
8839895,"1. A battery support structure for a vehicle, comprising: a battery pack formed by housing a secondary battery in a case and disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle body; and a deformable bracket for supporting at least one end of the battery pack in a vehicle width direction, wherein the deformable bracket deforms in response to an input in the vehicle width direction so as to cause the one end of the battery pack to move in an input direction and descend relative to the floor panel of the vehicle body.",0.8781577220527211,0.24368455589455773
8871628,"1. A method for forming an electrode structure, comprising: preparing a semiconductor junction comprising an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer in direct contact with the n-type semiconductor layer or with an intrinsic semiconductor layer sandwiched between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer; forming a hole exnihilation layer on the p-type semiconductor layer, comprising: forming a transparent electrode layer on the hole exnihilation layer, wherein at least one of the hole exnihilation layer or the transparent electrode layer is formed by atomic layer deposition.",0.6391271007259767,0.7217457985480467
8999746,"1. A method of producing a metal chalcogenide dispersion usable in forming a light absorbing layer of a solar cell, the method comprising: a metal chalcogenide nano particle formation step in which at least one metal or metal compound selected from the group consisting of a group 11 metal, a group 12 metal, a group 13 metal, a group 14 metal, a group 15 metal, a group 11 metal compound, a group 12 metal compound, a group 13 metal compound, a group 14 metal compound and a group 15 metal compound, a solvent containing water as a main component, and a group 16 element-containing compound are mixed together to obtain metal chalcogenide nano particles; and an addition step in which a compound (1) represented by general formula (1) shown below is added to the metal chalcogenide nano particles, thereby obtaining a metal chalcogenide dispersion: wherein R 1 to R 4 each independently represents an alkyl group, an aryl group or a hydrogen atom; provided that at least one of R 1 to R 4 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group; when R 1 and R 2 each independently represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, R 1 and R 2 may be mutually bonded to form a ring with the nitrogen atom; and when R 3 and R 4 each independently represents an alkyl group or an aryl group, R 3 and R 4 may be mutually bonded to form a ring with the nitrogen atom.",0.8772246389828304,0.24555072203433914
8556815,"1. An ultrasound system for use in guiding medical interventions in a body, the ultrasound system comprising: an ultrasound transducer operable to receive ultrasound echo signals returning from a portion of the body; a fine elongate instrument adapted to be inserted in the body, the instrument defining a longitudinal axis, a position sensing system operable to monitor a spatial location and orientation of the instrument and a spatial location and orientation of the ultrasound transducer; a controller communicatively coupled to the ultrasound transducer and the position sensing system; and a display communicatively coupled to the controller; wherein the controller is configured to:",0.011932380474618878,0.02386476094923773
8526167,"1. An apparatus for forming an energy storage device on a substrate comprising: at least one continuous web of conductive material, extending from a first end to a second end; a support system to support the at least one continuous web of conductive material extending from the first end to the second end; a first chamber for depositing an amorphous silicon layer on the at least one continuous web of conductive material as the web moves between the first and the second end, wherein the first chamber comprises: a second chamber for exposing the amorphous silicon layer deposited by the first chamber to an anodization process as the web moves between the first end and the second end, wherein the second chamber, comprises:",0.7792151503944781,0.44156969921104383
8442284,"1. A method of performing spectral optical coherence tomography imaging on a target, comprising: repeatedly scanning said target along a single transverse scanning line with an object beam derived from an optical coherence tomography interferometer having a tunable laser source so that the object beam moves back and forth along the single traverse scanning line; sweeping an output wavelength of said tunable laser source over a range of wavelengths while scanning said target such that the frequency of the turnable laser source is sweet at a rate that is slow relative to the rate of scanning said target so that each scanning line is performed at a particular wavelength within the range of wavelengths; detecting the object beam returned from the target to produce a set of data obtained from multiple scans along said single traverse scanning line over said range of wavelengths; and processing said set of data to extract an optical coherence tomography image of said target containing depth information.",0.048879414712636765,0.09775882942527359
8427014,"1. A system comprising: a power-receiving connector configured to be usable after sterilization, to releasably couple with a power-source connector, and configured to be carried by a health care provider proximate to a first body portion of the health care provider, wherein if coupled, the power-receiving connector is operable to receive an electrical or radiant power from the power-source connector; a power-output device configured to be usable after sterilization, to interact with a power-receiving device connected to a handheld medical device, and configured to be carried by the health care provider proximate to a second body portion of the health care provider, wherein if interacting, the received electrical or radiant power is transferred from the power-output device to the power-receiving device; and a wearable connective structure configured to be usable after sterilization, and to transfer the received electrical or radiant power from the power-receiving connector to the power-output device.",0.653759958698408,0.692480082603184
9174942,"1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, diluent, or carrier, and a compound according to formula (VI), a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R wherein R R provided that the compound is not 4-phenyl-1H-imidazole; 2-(2-(1H-imidazol-5-yl)phenoxy)ethanamine; 2-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)-phenylamine; 4-(2-isopropoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazole; 4-(2-isopropoxy-phenyl)-1H-imidazole; 4-(3-aminophenyl)imidazole; 4-(3-cyanophenyl)imidazole; 4-(3-hydroxy-phenyl)-1H-imidazole; 4-(3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-1H-imidazole; 4-[(pyridin-2-yl)methylphenyl]-1H-imidazole; 5-(2-chlorophenyl)-imidazole; or methyl[3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)-phenoxy]-acetate.",0.330565585320836,0.661131170641672
9042546,"1. A method comprising: receiving a level-one encrypted output of a surveillance device; encrypting at least a part of the level-one encrypted output of the surveillance device with a level-two encryption key whose decryption key is inaccessible by a level-two encryption entity associated with the encryption of the at least a part of the level-one encrypted output of the surveillance device; and transmitting a level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device, wherein transmitting a level-two encrypted output of the surveillance device comprises:",0.1625666056063003,0.32513321121260064
9423079,"1. A method for retrofitting a lighting fixture, comprising the steps of: removing a fluorescent tube from the lighting fixture; and mounting a power supply, one or more light emitting diodes, and a lightguide to the lighting fixture, wherein the mounted one or more light emitting diodes is oriented to couple light into an edge of the mounted lightguide, wherein the mounted lightguide is oriented to provide illumination by emitting the coupled light, wherein the mounted power supply is electrically coupled to the mounted one or more light emitting diodes, wherein prior to removal of the fluorescent tube, the fluorescent tube occupies a space in the installed lighting fixture, and wherein the mounted lightguide is disposed adjacent or in the space.",0.6951798936522153,0.6096402126955693
9539597,"1. A press-type liquid pump for fitting to a container to pump a liquid product within the container to an exterior of the container, the liquid pump defining a longitudinal axis and comprising: a fixed unit fixed relative to the container, the fixed unit including a toothed sleeve for fixing the liquid pump to the container and a cylinder which is located below and fixedly connected to the toothed sleeve; and a movable unit capable of performing a reciprocating motion relative to the fixed unit, the liquid product being pumped to the exterior of the container by means of the reciprocating motion, the reciprocating motion being achieved by a pressing force applied by a user to the movable unit to move the movable unit relative to the fixed unit along the longitudinal axis of the liquid pump in combination with an elastic force of an elastic restoring means for restoring the movable unit relative to the fixed unit along the longitudinal axis after the pressing force is removed, the movable unit comprising a pressing head which is positioned above the toothed sleeve for the user to press and a piston rod which is positioned below and fixedly connected to the pressing head, the elastic restoring means being a plastic elastic compressing means which is located below the toothed sleeve and installed between the piston rod and the cylinder, the plastic elastic compressing means comprising at least one elastic strip generally formed in an arc shape, an upper end of the elastic strip acting on the piston rod and a lower end of the elastic strip acting on the cylinder, such that a movement of the piston rod relative to the cylinder along the longitudinal axis causes the elastic strip to be elastically compressed, and a line of action of a resultant force of elastic forces generated by the elastic strip is always coincident with the longitudinal axis.",0.08997712776208892,0.17995425552417788
8643599,"1. A computer mouse, comprising: a housing including an upper portion and a lower portion with a sealing surface and an optical port; mouse circuitry including a sensor, a light source and a responsive element, the mouse circuitry supported by the lower portion; a connector coupled to the mouse circuitry via wires and extending beyond the housing, the connector configured to accept a mating connector on a cable, the mating connector being removable from the connector; a plug constructed from a flexible plastic material, the plug configured to be sealably inserted in the connector when the mating connector is removed from the connector, the plug configured to protect the connector from environmental damage; a button coupled to the upper portion and configured to press on the responsive element; a barrier layer sealably mounted to the sealing surface, the barrier layer extending between the button and the mouse circuitry, wherein the barrier layer and the lower portion form a sealed pocket; and a wear plate attached to the barrier layer, the wear plate protecting the barrier layer from contact with the button.",0.045790984123555825,0.09158196824711162
8994639,"1. An LED backlight driving circuit, comprising: an input end of a power source electrically connected to one end of an energy storage inductor via two branches, wherein one branch comprises an LED light string and a diode, the other branch comprises a buck controllable switch, and the other end of the energy storage inductor is directly and always grounded, one end of said buck controllable switch is connected with said input end of said power source, and the other end of said buck controllable switch is connected with one end of the energy storage inductor; an anode of said diode is coupled with said output end of said LED light string; a cathode of said diode is electrically connected to one end of the energy storage inductor; an energy storage capacitor is connected in series between said cathode of said diode and a ground terminal of said input end of said power source; and the other end of the energy storage inductor is grounded.",0.7289247808861815,0.542150438227637
9157354,"1. An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a NOx selective reduction catalyst which is provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine; an upstream side oxidation catalyst which is a catalyst having an oxidizing ability provided in the exhaust passage upstream from the NOx selective reduction catalyst and which includes a carrier for carrying a noble metal for oxidation, the carrier being formed of a basic carrier; a reducing agent supply unit which supplies a reducing agent to an exhaust gas allowed to flow into the NOx selective reduction catalyst, wherein: an electronic control unit that is configured to detect or estimate a poisoning amount of the SOx poisoning of the upstream side oxidation catalyst, wherein;",0.9735545853121367,0.052890829375726645
9104682,"1. A method for automatically tracking email messages and email attachments for a particular email comprising: detecting the selection of an email message by a user; determining whether the email message has an attachment document; when the determination is that the email message does have an attachment document, prompting the user to determine whether the user wants to select the attachment document; when the determination is that the user has selected the detected email, prompting the user to select whether to save or open the attachment document; determining whether the user has selected to save or open the email attachment; when the determination is that user has selected to save the attachment document, saving the attachment document in a database location, creating a record for the attachment document, attaching e-mail information to a document file for that attachment document, the document file having a link between the attachment document and the original email message that contained the attachment document and when the determination is that the user did not select to save a selected attachment document, detecting the opening of an attachment document selected by the user and detecting a save attempt of that opened document; and saving the document file in a database location.",0.010916309392759891,0.021832618785519786
8641175,"1. A method of ejecting liquid drops comprising: providing liquid under pressure sufficient to eject a liquid jet through a nozzle of a liquid chamber, the liquid jet including a fundamental period of liquid jet break off; providing a drop formation device associated with the liquid jet; providing a print period defined as N times the fundamental period of liquid jet break off where N is an integer greater than 1; providing input image data having M levels per input image pixel including a non-print level where M is an integer and 2<M≦N+1; providing a charging device including: modulating the liquid jet using the drop formation device to selectively cause portions of the liquid jet to break off into a sequence of print drops and a non-print drops traveling along an initial path by providing a plurality of waveforms to the drop formation device, each of the plurality of waveforms having a period equal to the print period, each waveform being selected in response to the input image data to form a print drop having a volume that corresponds to the level of the input image pixel; synchronizing the charging device and the drop formation device to produce a print drop charge to mass ratio on print drops as they break off from the liquid jet and to produce a non-print drop charge to mass ratio on non-print drops as they break off from the liquid jet, the print drop charge to mass ratio being different than the non-print drop charge to mass ratio; and causing at least one of the print drops and the non-print drops to deviate from the initial path using a deflection device.",0.12881463797576245,0.25762927595152485
8420277,"1. An electrolyte membrane, comprising: a cross-linked reaction product of a benzoxazine monomer with a cross-linkable compound, the electrolyte membrane being impregnated with 300 to 600 parts by weight of phosphoric acid based on 100 parts by weight of the electrolyte membrane, and wherein the electrolyte membrane has a yield strain of 0.5% or less and a yield stress of 0.3 MPa or less.",0.8881786208337024,0.22364275833259528
8410074,"1. An antisense oligonucleotide consisting of 12 to 30 linked nucleosides and having a nucleobase sequence comprising at least 12 contiguous nucleobases of SEQ ID NO: 40, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the antisense oligonucleotide or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprises at least one chemically modified sugar moiety, internucleoside linkage, or nucleobase.",0.7315681945092191,0.5368636109815619
8596310,"1. A sealing and pump-up device comprising: a sealing agent container body for containing a sealing agent, provided with an outflow section for letting the contained sealing agent flow out; a seal opening device for opening a seal member that seals the outflow section when the sealing agent container body is mounted to the seal opening device; a seal opening device retaining member for retaining the mounted state of the sealing agent container body to the seal opening device; a compressed air supply member that is connected to the seal opening device and supplies compressed air into the sealing agent container body sealed with the seal member; a fluid joint feed tube that is connected to the sealing agent container body and guides, into a pneumatic tire, sealing agent that has flowed out from the outflow section after the seal member is opened by the seal opening device and the compressed air supplied into the sealing agent container body by the compressed air supply member; and a seal opening device fixing section for fixing the seal opening device to a casing body housing the compressed air supply member, wherein a fixing force of the seal opening device fixing section is weaker than a retaining force of the seal opening device retaining member, wherein the seal opening device fixing section comprises: an indentation shaped female member provided to the seal opening device; and a male member that is inserted through an attachment hole formed in the casing body into the indentation shaped female member to couple to the female member and fix the seal opening device to the casing body.",0.03507284465047828,0.07014568930095655
9538470,"1. A method for updating a listen interval in a station, STA, of a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, by the STA to an access point (AP), upon change of an operation mode of the STA, a request frame including information indicating change of the operation mode of the STA; and receiving by the STA from the AP, a response frame in response to the request frame, wherein the request frame further includes a new listen interval value of the STA, wherein the operation mode of the STA is set to one of a traffic indication map (TIM) mode or a non-TIM mode, wherein, when the operation mode of the STA changes from the non-TIM mode to the TIM mode, the new listen interval value indicates an interval that the STA wakes to receive a beacon frame, and wherein, when the operation mode of the STA changes from the TIM mode to the non-TIM mode, the new listen interval value indicates an interval that the STA transmits at least one Power Save (PS)-Poll or trigger frame to the AP.",0.4061804459614041,0.8123608919228082
9585860,"1. A method for treating eczema, comprising the step(s) of: applying an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to an area affected by eczema, wherein the isothiocyanate functional surfactant comprises at least one isothiocyanate functional group associated with an aliphatic and/or aromatic carbon atom of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant.",0.23593184104222423,0.4718636820844484
8606959,"1. A method of processing a packet comprising: receiving a plurality of responses from a processing cluster, the processing cluster performing rule matching for a packet, the plurality of responses being responsive to lookup requests associated with the packet; determining whether the plurality of responses is to be coalesced based on a coalesce bit associated with the packet; outputting a lookup result to a host processor, the lookup result including a selection of the plurality of responses based on whether the plurality of responses is to be coalesced; and updating a lookup response table (LRT) based on the plurality of responses, the LRT indicating in-process lookup requests at a plurality of processing clusters.",0.12528546629426962,0.25057093258853924
8956844,1. A recombinant microorganism transformed by a vector comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the xylosidase of SEQ ID NO:8.,0.6518360064015485,0.696327987196903
9533451,"1. A method of fabricating a three-dimensional object from digital data representing the object, the method comprising: providing a first layer of particulate material; consolidating at least a first portion of the first layer of particulate material to form a consolidated first cross-section of the object; applying a first portion of conductive material to the consolidated first cross-section; applying a second layer of particulate material to the consolidated first cross-section of the first layer; and consolidating at least a second portion of the second layer of particulate material to form a consolidated second cross-section of the object.",0.5037719765926403,0.9924560468147194
9564124,"1. A method for determining information to display to a user of a wearable computing device, comprising the steps of: identifying a current time and a current location of a wearable computing device using a global positioning system module included in the wearable computing device; referencing a calendar associated with a wearer of the wearable computing device to determine whether an event is associated with the current time; based on determining that an event is associated with the current time, determining whether the wearable computing device is within a first threshold distance of the event; based on determining that the wearable computing device is within the first threshold distance of the event, obtaining and displaying information relevant to the event; based on determining that the wearable computing device is not within the first threshold distance of the event, identifying one or more users within a second threshold distance of the wearable computing device; communicating with a camera module of the wearable computing device to capture live video footage of the one or more users; identifying a speaker of the one or more users by comparing one or more snapshots of the live video footage of the one or more users to templates of speaking and non-speaking users; determining an identity of the speaker by comparing the one or more snapshots to users of one or more social media platforms; determining whether the speaker is associated with the wearer on at least one of the one or more social media platforms; and based on determining that the speaker is associated with the wearer on the at least one of the one or more social media platforms, identifying and displaying one or more commonalities between the speaker and the wearer detailed by the at least one social media platform.",0.17146221906629797,0.342924438132596
8451759,"1. A method of cell monitoring in a connected mode, comprising: powering up a mobile device; activating functional units of the mobile device excluding a discontinuous receiver, obtaining system information, and registering with a mobile network; waking up the discontinuous receiver by a host processor of the mobile device for a cell monitoring event; configuring an RF unit of the functional units by the host processor to receive a signal carrier; configuring the discontinuous receiver to search for a P-CPICH (Primary Common Pilot Indicator Channel) signal; and communicating a channel delay power profile to the host processor by the discontinuous receiver, wherein the channel delay power profile provides a snapshot of a network service signal, resolvable versions of the signal, and timing and power of each resolvable version of the signal.",0.8630420436877945,0.27391591262441106
9706492,"1. A method of saving power for a station in a personal basic service set (PBSS) or infrastructure basic service set (BSS), comprising: providing a control point having a data transfer time schedule including contention-based periods and service periods; and providing a plurality of stations in communication with the control point, the plurality of stations having an awake mode and a doze mode, the plurality of stations being configured to",0.856714627764905,0.28657074447018993
8667777,"1. An aeronautical engine comprising: a fan; a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor; a combustion chamber; a high pressure turbine and at least one low pressure turbine stage, said low pressure turbine stage comprising a first movable bladed wheel carried by a first end of a first low pressure turbine shaft and a second movable bladed wheel carried by a first end of a second low pressure turbine shaft; and a reversing module including a first bevel pinion connected to a second end of the first low pressure turbine shaft, a second bevel pinion connected to a second end of the second low pressure turbine shaft, and a reversing bevel pinion cooperating with the first and second bevel pinions; wherein a rotation direction of the second wheel is opposite of a rotation direction of the first wheel, wherein the fan is driven both by said first wheel via the first low pressure turbine shaft and by said second wheel via the second low pressure turbine shaft and by said first shaft via the reversing module, wherein the first bevel pinion and the second bevel pinion are the same size, and the first low pressure turbine shaft and second low pressure turbine shafts turn in absolute value at the same speed of rotation, and wherein the reversing bevel pinion rotates about a fixed axle which is connected to a static structure of the engine.",0.9666936806442165,0.06661263871156708
8816044,"1. An amine-terminated polyformal adduct selected from an adduct of Formula (4), an adduct of Formula (5), and a combination thereof: wherein:",0.362784610136768,0.725569220273536
8774328,"1. An apparatus comprising: a receiver front end circuit to receive and process first and second desired radio frequency (RF) signals and to output downconverted signals corresponding to the first and second desired RF signals; a first signal processor coupled to the receiver front end circuit to receive the downconverted signals and to process the downconverted signals to output a first signal obtained from content of the first desired RF signal; a second signal processor coupled to the receiver front end circuit to receive the downconverted signals and to process the downconverted signals to output a second signal obtained from content of the second desired RF signal; and a detection circuit coupled to the receiver front end circuit in parallel with the first and second signal processors, and to receive the downconverted signals and to detect therefrom presence of at least the second signal and to enable the second signal processor responsive to the detected presence.",0.15442889526764556,0.30885779053529117
8652265,"1. A method of cleaning one or more large-scale, industrial, elongated components, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing a cleaning unit having a cleaning enclosure defining a chamber sized and configured to receive the one or more elongated components selected from the group consisting of heat exchanger tube bundles, fin-fans, and cooling towers; and a control unit for controlling the operations of said cleaning unit, said cleaning unit having a lid configured to sealably close said chamber, a roller assembly configured to rotate the one or more elongated components, a heating system to heat a cleaning fluid placed in said chamber, a pump system configured to pressurize said cleaning fluid and a spray assembly configured to spray said cleaning fluid onto the one or more elongated components inside said chamber, b. opening said lid to provide access to said chamber; c. placing at least one of said one or more elongated components inside said chamber on said roller assembly; d. closing said lid so as to sealably enclose the one or more elongated components inside said chamber; e. pumping said cleaning fluid into said chamber; f. activating said heating system to energize one or more heating elements disposed against a heat transfer plate in a heater cavity at a wall section of a sidewall defining said chamber so as to transfer heat from said one or more heating elements to said treating fluid through said heat transfer plate to heat said treating fluid; g. providing positive pressure to said heater cavity to prevent introduction of said cleaning fluid into said heater cavity; and h. operating each of said roller assembly and said spray assembly to rotate the one or more elongated components and to spray said treating fluid onto the one or more elongated components.",0.6545959671242332,0.6908080657515336
9391660,"1. A wireless receiver comprising: a power detector which detects power of a received signal; a pattern detector including: a wireless communicator which performs wireless communication; a pattern detection activator which activates the frequency converter, the band limiter, and the detector when the power detector detects the power of the received signal; and a wireless communication activator which activates the wireless communicator when the detector detects the predetermined signal pattern in the received signal.",0.7487177807402082,0.5025644385195835
8852447,"1. A method for forming a porous silicon matrix with a lateral pore gradient including an approximately linear distribution of pore sizes, comprising: placing a silicon substrate in an etching solution; disposing one end of a counter electrode in the etching solution at a distance from a surface or surface portion of the silicon substrate to be etched, the one end of the counter electrode being aligned proximate an edge of the surface or surface portion of the silicon substrate to be etched and an opposite end of the counter electrode being distant from the surface or surface portion of the substrate and the edge of the surface or surface portion; and applying power potential between the silicon surface and the counter electrode to create an etching current density gradient across the silicon substrate for a period of time to create the approximately linear distribution of pore sizes across the silicon surface.",0.13352358594348143,0.2670471718869629
8528388,"1. An engine control system, comprising: an engine that outputs a rotation of a crankshaft through a torsional damper; a calculation portion that calculates a value of engine torque based on an angular acceleration of the crankshaft and an moment of inertia of the crankshaft; and a correction portion that calculates a correction value based on a torsional angle of the torsional damper, and corrects the calculated value of the engine torque using the correction value.",0.7899519423736403,0.4200961152527194
8807746,"1. Spectacle lenses comprising: a first lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion; and a second lens comprising a distance portion and a near portion, wherein the first lens and the second lens are progressive lenses whose distance portion and near portion have different dioptric powers, and a dioptric power of the distance portion of the second lens is larger than a dioptric power of the distance portion of the first lens, and an object-side average surface power of the distance portion of the second lens is smaller than an object-side average surface power of the distance portion of the first lens.",0.1186630299573875,0.23732605991477507
9651181,"1. A hose guide comprising: a straight section comprising a straight hose stage, a first hose fitting stage, a second hose fitting stage, a third hose fitting stage, a fourth hose fitting stage, a fifth hose fitting stage, and a sixth hose fitting stage, wherein the sixth fitting stage has a larger inner diameter than the straight hose stage adjacent thereto, the fifth fitting stage has a larger inner diameter than the sixth fitting stage adjacent thereto, the fourth fitting stage has a larger inner diameter than the fifth fitting stage adjacent thereto, the third fitting stage has a smaller inner diameter than the fourth fitting stage adjacent thereto, the second fitting stage has a larger inner diameter than the third fitting stage adjacent thereto, and the first fitting stage has a smaller inner diameter than the second fitting stage adjacent thereto; and a bell section directly coupled to and axially aligned with the straight section, a cross-section of the bell section comprising a curved inner profile extending for a full length of the bell section in an axial direction from the straight hose stage to an opening of the bell section, wherein the straight hose stage is configured to prevent a hose from bending within the straight hose stage, wherein the curved inner profile comprises a radius configured to prevent the hose from bending at a radius less than a minimum bend radius of the hose.",0.09330894357934336,0.18661788715868677
9435632,"1. A stator of a resolver, comprising: a stator body including a plurality of magnetic pole portions; a plurality of stator windings respectively wound around the magnetic pole portions; a plurality of terminal pins each including: a stator winding connecting portion around which the corresponding stator winding is wound; and an external cable connecting portion to be connected with an external cable; and a terminal pin holding portion that holds the plurality of terminal pins, wherein the stator winding connecting portion of each of the terminal pins is formed in a double layer by folding a metal piece, and has a fold formed when the metal piece is folded, and the fold of the stator winding connecting portion of each of the terminal pins is formed along a longitudinal direction of the stator winding connecting portion.",0.43847520057132555,0.8769504011426511
9775858,"1. A method for reducing risk of a post-operative Propionibacterium acnes infection in a patient following a shoulder surgery, wherein said method comprises intra-operatively applying a surgical drape comprising a topical antibacterial composition to at least a portion of the operative site, wherein said topical antibacterial composition comprises clindamycin, erythromycin, or a combination thereof, and wherein said patient does not develop a post-operative Propionibacterium acnes infection from said shoulder surgery.",0.1363259026204507,0.2726518052409014
8693223,"1. A power converter, comprising: an output unit, for outputting a converted voltage; a first transformer, comprising: a primary winding, coupled between an input voltage and a first node; and a secondary winding, coupled to the output unit; a switch unit, coupled between the first node and a second node, for controlling magnetic flux direction of the primary winding; and a processing unit, coupled between the input voltage and the first node, wherein when the switch unit is in an OFF state, the processing unit is arranged for receiving a first sensing voltage of the first node and storing a sensing power of the first sensing voltage through a first path, isolating the first sensing voltage from feeding in through a second path different from the first path simultaneously, and then releasing the stored sensing power through the second path, where the first sensing voltage is generated in response to the switch unit switching from an ON state to the OFF state; wherein the processing unit further comprises: a capacitor, coupled between the input voltage and a third node; an auxiliary switch, coupled between the third node and a forth node; a diode, coupled between the first node and the third node, wherein the diode is disposed in the first path, and arranged for receiving the first sensing voltage and storing the sensing power into the capacitor when the switch unit is switched from the ON state to the OFF state; a Zener diode, coupled between the first node and the forth node, wherein the Zener diode is disposed in the second path, and arranged for isolating the first sensing voltage when the switch unit is switched to the OFF state; wherein the auxiliary switch is turned on after the switch unit is turned off, the auxiliary switch is turned off before the switch unit is turned on, and the processing unit releases the sensing power during a time period in which the auxiliary switch is turned on.",0.7799895557809807,0.44002088843803855
8811251,"1. An apparatus comprising: a network physical layer; an activity sensor for sensing a packet, and activating the network physical layer from a shutdown state in response to sensing the packet; the network physical layer for decoding a physical (PHY) header portion and a media access control header portion of a header of the packet following activation from the shutdown state; a media access controller comprising a fixed hardware media access plane implementing IEEE 802.11 series media access control functionality and coupled to a programmable microprocessor; and a media access control address parser configured for activating from a shutdown state in response to the network physical layer decoding the PHY header portion and the media access control header portion of the packet for receiving the media access control header portion of the packet, processing the media access control header portion of the packet, and activating the media access controller from a shutdown in response to recognizing a media access control address within the media access control header portion of the packet, such that the media access controller is not activated if the media access control address parser does not recognize the media access control address, wherein the media access controller is operable, after activation, to perform the media access control functionality without using the programmable microprocessor and to provide data from the packet to the programmable microprocessor.",0.4356312611743202,0.8712625223486404
9469777,"1. A resist underlayer film-forming composition comprising: a solvent; and a phenol novolac resin that is obtained by causing a compound that has at least three phenolic groups, in which each of the phenolic groups has a structure bonded to a tertiary carbon atom or has a structure bonded to a quaternary carbon atom to which a methyl group binds, to react with an aromatic aldehyde or an aromatic ketone in the presence of an acid catalyst.",0.643697947135881,0.712604105728238
9611662,"1. An assembly for erecting a reinforced structure of a hardening building material using a pneumoform, the assembly comprising: an anchor bar having a first portion secured to a foundation and a second portion; a clamp bar configured to be aligned with the second portion of the anchor bar; a fixation element configured to extend through the clamp bar and the second portion of the anchor bar; a pneumoform that is radially asymmetrical in shape and having an outer perimeter incorporating a keder, wherein the outer perimeter of the pneumoform is positionable within a space between the second portion of the anchor bar and the clamp bar such that upon locking the clamp bar to the anchor bar with the fixation element the keder is captured by the clamp bar creating a first seal and forming a fluid-tight internal volume configured to be inflated, and wherein a portion of an external surface of the pneumoform is urged against the keder upon application of pressure against an internal surface of the pneumoform creating a second seal and forming a pocket around at least a portion of the fixation element; and a matrix of rigid reinforcement bar positioned over the external surface of the inflated, radially aysmmetrical pneumoform providing reinforcement of a hardening building material applied to the external surface of the pneumoform.",0.5973244161110147,0.8053511677779706
9293922,"1. A system comprising: a distribution power network; a plurality of loads at an edge of the distribution power network, each load configured to receive power from the distribution power network; and a plurality of shunt-connected, switch-controlled Volt-Ampere Reactive (“VAR”) sources, wherein each VAR source is located at or near the edge of the distribution power network, is configured to non-continuously monitor and detect a proximate voltage at or near the edge of the distribution power network, and comprises a processor and a VAR compensation component, the processor configured to enable the VAR source to determine, after a delay, whether to enable the VAR compensation component based on the proximate voltage and adjust network volt-ampere reactive by controlling a switch to enable the VAR compensation component based on the determination; wherein the delay associated with each VAR source extends for a predetermined length of time that is not equal to the delay associated with any other of the plurality of VAR sources.",0.7583948853303195,0.483210229339361
8388918,"1. A method comprising: physically removing all carbon dioxide from combustion products of solid, liquid, and gaseous fossil fuels in power plants that contain components, including one or more of furnaces, boilers, gas turbines, and heat engine by: condensing water vapor formed by combustion and compressing the carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and the water to a same pressure; followed by dissolving the carbon dioxide from combustion in water to form carbonic acid; followed by separating nitrogen gas from the dissolved carbon dioxide; followed by re-evolving the carbon dioxide from the water solution; and followed by mixing the carbon dioxide in water; recompressing the carbon dioxide with water mixture to pressures high enough to form carbonic acid; and injecting the carbonic acid into underground limestone formations resulting in permanent sequestration as calcium bicarbonate.",0.9897954534549629,0.020409093090074215
9575219,"1. A process for producing mechanically stable, infra-red and visible light transmissive ZnS disc, comprising: disposing ZnS nano-particles between two conductive electrodes kept under vacuum inside a chamber; said nano-particles being subjected to programmed DC plasma treatment that impresses pulse DC current at the start of process and continuous DC current thereafter, resulting in heating of nano-particle; said chamber being heated gradually and taken through a programmed thermal and pressure cycle; said thermal cycle and pressure cycle having a temperature increase rate in the range of 60° C./min to 90° C./min and pressure in the range of 70 MPa to 120 Mpa; said nano-particles being subjected to thermal annealing at the end of pulsed DC plasma treatment resulting in a rigid ZnS planar disc having densely packed ZnS particles with large grain sizes greater than 220 nm; said ZnS disc being coated with optical anti-reflective coating followed by a protective coating and thus ready for use in various infra-red window applications.",0.36048473671100134,0.7209694734220027
8945781,"1. A non-aqueous electrolyte for secondary battery comprising a non-aqueous solvent dissolving lithium salt as an electrolyte, wherein said non-aqueous solvent contains: (A) methyl 3,3,3-trifluoropropionate represented by the below formula (1); and (B) a film-forming chemical compound decomposed in the range of +1.0 to 3.0 V based on an equilibrium potential between metal lithium and lithium ion; wherein said film-forming chemical compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of 4-fluoroethylene carbonate, ethylene sulfite, vinyl ethylene carbonate, LiB(C wherein said non-aqueous solvent further contains at least one low viscosity solvent selected from a group of CH wherein the amount of said methyl 3,3,3-trifluoropropionate is in the range of 20 to 90 volume % to the whole amount of non-aqueous solvent; and wherein the amount of said 4-fluoroethylene carbonate to the whole amount of non-aqueous solvent is 2-40 volume %, the amount of said ethylene sulfite and said vinyl ethylene carbonate to the whole amount of non-aqueous solvent is 0.1-10 wt %, and the amount of said LiB(C",0.8739098750329551,0.2521802499340897
9027005,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining a set of computer instructions associated with a software application; identifying, by a computing platform on which the set of computer instructions are to be executed, portions of the computer instructions that are each immediately preceded by a respective platform-specific, platform verification subroutine; before compiling the set of computer instructions, invoking, by the computing platform on which the set of computer instructions are to be executed, each of the platform-specific, platform verification subroutines, and identifying the platform-specific, platform verification subroutines that successfully complete; compiling, by the computing platform on which the set of computer instructions are to be executed, a proper subset of the computer instructions, including compiling one or more of the portions of the computer instructions that are immediately preceded by the platform-specific, platform verification subroutines that successfully complete without compiling one or more of the portions of the computer instructions that are immediately preceded by the platform-specific, platform verification subroutines that did not successfully complete; and executing, by the computing platform, the compiled computer instructions.",0.11550480132178208,0.23100960264356418
9225029,"1. A system for recovering catalyst performance of a fuel cell in a vehicle, the system comprising: a sensor located in the vehicle that detects a fuel cell parameter during use of the vehicle throughout a first life cycle of the fuel cell, during which cell potential is cycled due at least to vehicle starting and stopping; a fuel gas supply configured to supply fuel gas to an anode side of the fuel cell during a recovery process; an oxidant supply configured to supply oxidant to a cathode side of the fuel cell during the recovery process; and a recovery controller with a memory located in the vehicle and programmed to:",0.980323994186618,0.03935201162676405
9571119,"1. An apparatus comprising: a signal generator configured to generate a sampling signal with a varying sampling interval having an average time step with a variation size; and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to sample a received signal using the sampling signal; wherein the varying sampling interval is a function of the average time step, the variation size, and a ratio of a current sample number relative to a total number of samples taken; wherein the varying sampling interval is defined by: wherein n is the current sample number having a sampling interval Δt",0.10960034269635012,0.2192006853927002
9828360,"1. A compound of Formula I: or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: Ring B and the NH—C(═X)—NH moiety are in the trans configuration; R or R X is O, S, NH or N—CN; R R Ring B is Ar Ar hetAr Ring C is selected from formulas C-1 through C-13: R R R R hetCyc hetCyc hetAr Ar hetAr hetAr where R Ar R R R R R R",0.5879926105007314,0.8240147789985373
9854710,"1. An information processing device comprising: one or more information processing device main bodies; a first heat exchanger configured to cool air to be introduced into the one or more information processing device main bodies; an air blower configured to introduce the air into the one or more information processing device main bodies; an evaporator through which discharged air discharged from the one or more information processing device main bodies passes; a receiving pan configured to receive water generated by dew condensation in the first heat exchanger; and a water supply member configured to supply the water in the receiving pan to the evaporator, the evaporator includes:",0.8839469277174274,0.2321061445651451
9641298,"1. A method for receiving a downlink signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, via a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) according to CSI-RS configuration information including quasi co-location (QCL) cell-specific reference signal (CRS) information, wherein the UE receives the CSI-RS using a QCL assumption based on the QCL CRS information, and if information included in the QCL CRS information is not equal to system information Which corresponds to the information included in the QCL CRS information and is known to, and acquired by, the UE through a system information block, the system information known to the UE is given priority and applied.",0.4187254093804118,0.8374508187608236
8509157,"1. A method for managing radio resources in a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) mobile communications network comprising a core network and a radio access network for supporting a plurality of service requests sent by user equipment to the core network, each service being specified by parameters of the core network describing a quality of service required for a requested service, said quality of service parameters of the core network including at least an Allocation/Retention Priority quality of service parameter and a quality of service parameter representative of a traffic class associated to the requested service, said method comprising: mapping, by a service node of the core network, said quality of service parameters of the core network with quality of service parameters of the radio access network, said quality of service parameters of the radio access network including the Allocation/Retention Priority quality of service parameter having a priority level sub-parameter, and said mapping determining a value of said priority level sub-parameter based on a value of the Allocation/Retention Priority quality of service parameter of the core network and a value of said quality of service parameter representative of the traffic class associated to the requested service; sending, by the service node of the network core to the radio access network, a radio access bearer service request comprising said quality of service parameters of the radio access network; defining a priority level for the requested service in the radio access network by the value of the priority level sub-parameter of the Allocation/Retention Priority quality of service parameter of the radio access network; and prioritizing allocation of radio resources to determine, on a priority basis, which of a plurality of radio bearer services will be allocated the additional radio resources based on a priority level associated with each of the plurality of radio access bearer services when a plurality of radio access bearer services already active within the network are a subject, respectively, of a request for additional radio resources and when radio resources required to satisfy requests for additional radio resources are available; wherein, when the plurality of radio access bearer services already active within the UMTS mobile communication network do not utilize allocated radio resources in an optimal manner, said step of prioritizing further comprises reducing radio resources allocated to the plurality of radio access bearer services already active within the UMTS mobile communication network that do not utilize the allocated radio resources in an optimal manner, in an order defined by the priority level associated with each of the plurality of radio access bearer services.",0.5988457197737431,0.8023085604525138
8497622,"1. A coated amalgam sphere which comprises (a) an amalgam sphere consisting of tin and mercury which has a mercury content of 30 to 70% by weight, and (b) a coat which is formed by applying an amount of a metal or alloy powder on the surface of the amalgam sphere which forms an amalgam with mercury at the surface of the amalgam sphere.",0.4508958915292417,0.9017917830584834
8822744,"1. A method for producing a low sulfur diesel product, comprising: introducing a feedstock having a T5 boiling point of about 300° F. or greater and containing a biocomponent portion of up to 20% by weight into a first reaction zone; hydtrotreating the feedstock in the first reaction zone under first effective hydrotreating conditions to produce a first hydrotreated feedstock having a sulfur content less than about 2500 ppm by weight, wherein at least 90 wt % of the oxygen is removed from the feedstock; separating the first hydrotreated feedstock into a vapor stream and a liquid stream, the vapor portion containing hydrogen gas; passing at least a portion of first hydrotreated feedstock to a second reaction zone without passing the vapor portion containing hydrogen gas; hydrotreating the portion of the first hydrotreated feedstock in the second reaction zone under second effective hydrotreating conditions to produce a diesel boiling range product.",0.9257469651183893,0.14850606976322145
9112374,"1. A piezo energy harvesting system coupled to a vibration source, comprising: (a) a piezo harvester for generating an output voltage and an output current representing energy harvested from the vibration source; (b) an active rectifier including first and second switches coupled in series between a harvester output conductor and a first reference voltage, third and fourth switches coupled in series between the harvester output conductor and the first reference voltage, a first comparator for controlling the third and fourth switches, and a second comparator for controlling the first and second switches, a first terminal of the piezo harvester being coupled to a junction between the first and second switches and a first input of the first comparator, and a second terminal of the piezo harvester being coupled to a junction between the third and fourth switches and a first input of the second comparator, wherein the first and second comparators control the rectifying of the harvester output current to charge a capacitance coupled between the harvester output conductor and the first reference voltage, and wherein the first and second comparators also generate output signals indicative of direction reversals of the output current of the piezo harvester; (c) a DC-DC converter having a first input coupled to the harvester output conductor, a second input coupled to the first reference voltage, and an output for supplying current to a battery, the DC-DC converter including an inductor coupled to the harvester output conductor, a fifth switch coupled to the inductor, and a rectifying device coupled to the inductor; (d) a third comparator for comparing a voltage on the harvester output conductor with a second reference voltage to determine when to stop discharge of the capacitance into the inductor; and (e) enable circuitry coupled to the outputs of the first and second comparators, respectively, for both starting the discharge of the capacitance into the inductor and causing switching operation of the fifth switch to steer current in the inductor into the battery in response to each direction reversal to substantially eliminate waste of power for recharging the capacitance of the piezo harvester, wherein the enable circuitry operates as a state machine having a first state in which an enable signal generated by the enable circuitry is at a logical “1” level to enable the DC-DC converter and a second state wherein the enable signal is at a logical “0” level to disable the DC-DC converter, wherein the enable logic circuit switches from the first state to the second state in response to an output of the third comparator going from a “1” level to a “0” level, and wherein the enable logic circuit switches from the second state to the first state in response to either the output of the first comparator going from a “1” level to a “0” level or the output of the second comparator going from a “1” level to a “0” level.",0.9560287979873144,0.08794240402537112
8853799,"1. An integrated circuit system, comprising: an active layer fabricated on a front side of a semiconductor die; an energy harvesting layer on a back side of the semiconductor die, the energy harvesting layer configured to convert a non-electrical form of energy into charge; and at least one electrical path configured to distribute the charge to supply power to a component in the integrated circuit system.",0.8872093753174658,0.2255812493650684
9257365,"1. A cooling assembly comprising: a heat transfer substrate having a surface; a first array of metal fibers bonded to the surface of the heat transfer substrate in a first direction; a second array of metal fibers bonded to the first array of metal fibers in a second direction, wherein:",0.6754870551763197,0.6490258896473606
9381188,"1. A method of treating pruritus, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of 3-[(3aR,4R,5S,7aS)-5-[(1R)-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethoxy]-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3,3a,4,5,6,7,7a-octahydroisoindol-2-yl]cyclopent-2-en-1-one (serlopitant) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or polymorph thereof to a patient in need of treatment.",0.43428345635855886,0.8685669127171177
9587552,"1. A computer-implemented method for detecting errors in a sensor at a gas cylinder, said method implemented by a pressure estimation computing device including a processor and a memory device coupled to the processor, said method comprising: receiving a first pressure measurement from a first sensor associated with a gas cylinder; receiving a design schema describing an intake manifold and a plurality of gas cylinders associated with the intake manifold, the intake manifold included within the gas engine; segmenting the design schema into a plurality of segments; defining a fluid dynamics model associated with each of the plurality of segments; defining a plurality of interconnected 2-port elements based on the plurality of fluid dynamics models, wherein the plurality of interconnected 2-port elements form a network along the gas engine, wherein the network includes points of intersection between interconnected 2-port elements with zero net flow and equal pressure; estimating a second pressure measurement for the gas cylinder based on the plurality of interconnected 2-port elements; comparing the first pressure measurement to the second pressure measurement; and determining that the first sensor is in an anomalous state based on the comparison of the first pressure measurement to the second pressure measurement.",0.4318721807669565,0.863744361533913
8983666,"1. A method for controlling a regulated group of energy producing/consuming devices in an electricity network, the method comprising: applying one or more fixed or variable sequential power flow trigger levels to disconnect individual regulated energy producing/consuming devices in the event that the sequential power flow trigger level is exceeded, wherein the regulated energy producing/consuming devices are individually and sequentially disconnected from the network; applying one or more reset power flow trigger levels which when breached reset the regulated energy producing/consuming devices to restart producing/consuming power, the reset power flow trigger level being lower than the sequential power flow trigger level; applying one or more trim power flow trigger levels, which when breached causes the regulated energy producing/consuming devices to reduce producing/consuming power; and monitoring power flow to determine when any of the one or more of the sequential power flow trigger levels, the trim power flow trigger levels, and the reset power flow levels are breached.",0.9789675484465105,0.04206490310697908
9837297,"1. A tray, comprising: a support base having both a first face on which a clamp object is placed and a second face opposite the first face; an upper electrode embedded in the support base and situated toward the first face; a lower electrode embedded in the support base and situated further toward the second face than the upper electrode is; and one or more interconnect lines configured to provide an electrical connection between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, wherein the upper electrode and the lower electrode are fully enclosed in the support base, and are not exposed to an outside of the support base.",0.14894746852788165,0.2978949370557633
8378110,1. A process for the preparation of a compound I-(1-butenyl)-3-nicotinoylpyrrolidine-2-one of the formula: comprising: condensing nicotinic acid ester with N-(1-butenyl)-2-pyrrolidone in a suitable solvent using a base.,0.3007284380332813,0.6014568760665626
8815163,1. A multilayer material comprising: a flexible inner layer and a flexible outer layer configured to enclose at least one signaling layer including at least one chemical compound; wherein the flexible outer layer is substantially impermeable to an environment and to the at least one chemical compound in the at least one signaling layer; and wherein the at least one chemical compound within the at least one signaling layer is configured to produce at least one gas-phase chemical compound configured to be released into the environment upon exposure of the at least one chemical compound to the environment.,0.6854482860713911,0.6291034278572178
9380147,"1. A method for unlocking a locked mobile terminal, comprising: acquiring file names of a plurality of files on an online hard drive with the locked mobile terminal; presenting the file names of the files and a search box on a lock-screen page; determining whether to perform a file unlocking based on a predetermined operation being performed on a selected file name among the plurality of file names and the search box; and",0.1573841975049173,0.31476839500983456
9804743,"1. A method comprising: by an input module comprising one or more processors of one or more machines, receiving path input data that defines a path on a screen that displays icons available for selection; by a selector module comprising one or more processors of the one or more machines, determining a selected subset of the displayed icons based on the path input data and based on locations of the displayed icons on the screen, the selected subset having a sequential order defined by the path input data and the locations of the displayed icons on the screen; by the selector module comprising one or more processors of the one or more machines, determining an action to be targeted at the selected subset of the displayed icons; and by an action module comprising one or more processors of the one or more machines, causing the screen to display performance of the action targeted at each icon in the selected subset in the sequential order of the selected subset of the displayed icons.",0.12792611927277958,0.25585223854555916
8823654,1. A mobile terminal comprising: a touchscreen configured to display information; and a controller configured to:,0.18426582243278833,0.36853164486557666
9284239,"1. A process for the production of chlorinated propanes comprising, in a nonaqueous media, catalyzing the chlorination of a feedstream comprising one or more propanes with a mixed catalyst system comprising at least one Lewis acid selected from the group consisting of ferric chloride, antimony pentafluoride, boron trichloride, aluminum trichloride, stannic chloride or combinations of these, and one or more inorganic iodine salts, wherein the process produces one pentachloropropane at a regioselectivity of greater than 10:1 over other pentachloropropane products; and wherein the source of chlorine atoms comprises chlorine gas, sulfuryl chloride or a combination of these.",0.9542847075402274,0.09143058491954514
9554865,"1. A cooperative-control robot, comprising: a base component; a mobile platform arranged proximate said base component; a translation assembly operatively connected to said base component and said mobile platform and configured to move said mobile platform with translational degrees of freedom substantially without rotation with respect to said base component; a tool assembly connected to said mobile platform, wherein said tool assembly comprises a tool holder and a tool rotation assembly connected to said tool holder; a control system configured to communicate with said translation assembly to control motion of said mobile platform in response to forces by a user applied to at least a portion of said cooperative-control robot; and at least one force sensor attached to said holder, wherein said translation assembly comprises at least three independently operable actuator arms, each connected to a separate position of said mobile platform, wherein said tool rotation assembly provides at least two rotational degrees of freedom for orienting said tool when held by said tool holder, and wherein said at least one force sensor detects at least one force component applied by said user to said tool when held by said tool holder causing said control system to move said mobile platform and said tool assembly a desired way.",0.08054479043634678,0.16108958087269354
8887589,"1. A twin clutch transmission comprising: an input shaft to which a power of an engine is inputted; an output shaft from which at least a rotation in a first direction is outputted; an odd-numbered level speed change mechanism to which a rotation of the input shaft is transmitted, the odd-numbered level speed change mechanism performing a speed change of an odd-numbered level when the output shaft is rotated in the first direction; an even-numbered level speed change mechanism to which a rotation of the input shaft is transmitted, the even-numbered level speed change mechanism performing a speed change of an even-numbered level when the output shaft is rotated in the first direction; a synchronizing speed change mechanism for synchronizing the odd-numbered level speed change mechanism and the even-numbered level speed change mechanism at a time of a speed change; and an output mechanism for transmitting powers of the odd-numbered level speed change mechanism and the even-numbered level speed change mechanism to the output shaft, wherein: the odd-numbered level speed change mechanism includes an odd-numbered level transmission shaft, an odd-numbered level transmission gear train placed between the input shaft and the odd-numbered level transmission shaft, an odd-numbered level main clutch for selectively transmitting a rotation of the input shaft to the odd-numbered level transmission shaft via the odd-numbered level transmission gear train, an odd-numbered level speed-changing gear train provided on the odd-numbered level transmission shaft, the odd-numbered level speed-changing gear train transmitting the rotation to the output mechanism, and an odd-numbered level mechanical clutch for selectively coupling the odd-numbered level speed-changing gear train with the odd-numbered level transmission shaft; the even-numbered level speed change mechanism includes an even-numbered level transmission shaft, an even-numbered level transmission gear train placed between the input shaft and the even-numbered level transmission shaft, an even-numbered level main clutch for selectively transmitting a rotation of the input shaft to the even-numbered level transmission shaft via the even-numbered level transmission gear train, an even-numbered level speed-changing gear train provided on the even-numbered level transmission shaft, the even-numbered level speed-changing gear train transmitting the rotation to the output mechanism, and an even-numbered level mechanical clutch for selectively coupling the even-numbered level speed-changing gear train with the even-numbered level transmission shaft; and the synchronizing speed change mechanism includes a synchronizing gear train for coupling a rotation of the odd-numbered level transmission shaft with that of the even-numbered level transmission shaft, and a synchronizing clutch for selecting coupling by the synchronizing gear train.",0.2880239581162906,0.5760479162325812
9208434,"1. A neuromorphic system comprising a set of at least one input neuron, a set of at least one output neuron and a synaptic network formed from a set of at least one variable-resistance memristive component, said synaptic network connecting at least one input neuron to at least one output neuron, the resistance of the at least one memristive component being adjusted by delivering to the synaptic network write pulses generated by the at least one input neuron, and return pulses generated by the at least one output neuron, the characteristics of the write and return pulses being deduced from the intrinsic characteristics of the at least one memristive component, preferably from the intrinsic switching probability of said component, so that the combination of a write pulse and a return pulse in the at least one memristive component results in a modification of its resistance according to a learning rule chosen beforehand.",0.32726863813825446,0.6545372762765089
9139598,"1. A method of treating a disease state in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a compound of the formula: or a tautomer, enantiomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R R R R R R or R R L s at each occurrence is independently selected from the group consisting of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; R the disease state is diabetes.",0.5839018282784383,0.8321963434431234
8701574,"1. A method for maintaining a desired preselected pressure in an anhydrous ammonia application system, comprising: providing a storage tank at least partially filled with anhydrous ammonia; providing a flow system for the anhydrous ammonia to flow under pressure from the storage tank to a toolbar having a manifold and a plurality of injection knives on the manifold, wherein the knives inject the anhydrous ammonia into soil; monitoring the pressure of the flowing anhydrous ammonia within the flow system; comparing the pressure with a preselected minimum flow pressure; supplementing the anhydrous ammonia flow with a hydraulic motor in operative communication with a hydraulic pump, the hydraulic pump in fluid communication with the storage tank, in response to the pressure of the flowing anhydrous ammonia within the flow system being below the preselected minimum flow pressure; and ensuring the pressure of the flowing anhydrous ammonia within the flow system is maintained at least at the preselected minimum flow pressure.",0.7239538900255319,0.5520922199489362
8399514,"1. A method of treating a subject in need of treatment for multiple sclerosis comprising orally administering to the subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of (a) a therapeutically effective amount of dimethyl fumarate, monomethyl fumarate, or a combination thereof, and (b) one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, wherein the therapeutically effective amount of dimethyl fumarate, monomethyl fumarate, or a combination thereof is about 480 mg per day.",0.42516628250658833,0.8503325650131767
8791592,"1. A method for providing electric power to a plurality of appliances, the method comprising: determining whether a current power rate is greater than a preset reference power rate; and selectively supplying electric power to the plurality of appliances from either a primary external power supply source or a supplementary power supply source based on operational power requirements of the plurality of appliances in operation after the determination of whether the current power rate is greater than the preset reference power rate is made, wherein selectively supplying electric power comprises:",0.9391792030465387,0.12164159390692264
9742261,"1. A power factor correction circuit for a power supply, the power factor correction circuit accepting an AC input and providing a DC output, the power factor correction circuit comprising: a first inductor coupled to receive the AC input, a first capacitor, a first switch connected between a first AC node and a second AC node, a transformer having a first winding and a second winding and a saturable core which saturates under normal current operating conditions, a rectifying bridge, wherein the second winding of the transformer and the first inductor are connected in series between the AC input and the rectifying bridge and wherein the first inductor, first capacitor, first switch and rectifying bridge are arranged in a boost switching topology where the first switch is employed in transferring energy from the input to the output using the first inductor and first capacitor, and a passive snubber connected on a first end to the first node of the first switch and connected on a second end to the second node of the first switch, the snubber including the first winding of the transformer, wherein the first node of the first switch is connected to the rectifying bridge.",0.8154843475076341,0.3690313049847318
9281959,"1. A method of controlling a home network device by using a universal web application, the method comprising: receiving, by the universal web application, control information from a server, the control information for controlling the home network device; transmitting a control command that controls the home network device to a control point module by using a script application program interface (API) that is included in the received control information; and receiving from the control point module result data that is obtained by executing the control command on the home network device, wherein the script API has a uniform format and comprises a name of a home network API as a variable for the control point module to implement a function of the home network API and execute the control command and parameters for the implementing home network API.",0.28622140432913734,0.5724428086582747
9133053,"1. A crystallizing glass solder for high-temperature applications, wherein said crystallizing glass solder is free of PbO and contains, in percent by weight on an oxide basis, 25 to 40%, SiO 2 ; <2, Al 2 O 3 ; 8.4 to 11.2%, B 2 O 3 ; 45 to 60%, BaO; 0 to 5%, CaO; 4.4 to 7.0%, MgO; and 4.4 to 15% of a sum total of MgO, CaO and SrO.",0.49740700426920315,0.9948140085384063
9574547,"1. A method for operating a wind turbine, the wind turbine including a yawing part being yaw angle variable about a yaw axis of the wind turbine, a support structure for supporting the yawing part of the wind turbine, and a load control for controlling an operational parameter of the wind turbine having an influence on the load on the support structure of the wind turbine, the method comprising: determining a wind direction; determining a yaw angle; adjusting the load control during operation of the wind turbine in an operating envelope of wind velocities from 3 m/s to 25 m/s dependent on the wind direction and the yaw angle, including:",0.950818117251564,0.09836376549687209
8518735,"1. A method for producing a layer for use as an active layer in an organic electronic device, comprising: a) heating a nanofiber-forming polymer in a solvent to a temperature T b) cooling the solution down to a temperature T c) heating the dispersion to a temperature T d) coating the dispersion on a substrate at the temperature T wherein an electron acceptor is added to the solution or dispersion before step d) is conducted.",0.5875597729521755,0.8248804540956489
8780268,"1. A method of transmitting a digital broadcast signal, the method comprising: multiplexing video data, audio data, and supplementary data into MPEG2 transport stream, the supplementary data including an event information table (EIT) and a program map table (PMT), wherein the video data includes user data bits, wherein the EIT or the PMT includes a caption service descriptor, wherein the caption service descriptor includes caption information indicating whether a digital television closed caption service is present in the video data or a line wherein the caption information is set when the digital television closed caption service is present in accordance with EIA wherein the caption service descriptor further includes a caption service number field, the caption service number field identifying a caption service number of each of the closed caption services, and wherein the caption service number field is defined only when the digital television closed caption service in accordance with electronic industry association (EIA) transmitting the digital broadcast signal.",0.01865438145278444,0.03730876290556884
8889386,"1. A method for producing a bioalcohol from syngas by fermentation, the method comprising: a) adding silica nanoparticles having a surface modified with hydrophobic groups to a culture medium for the fermentation; b) inoculating the culture medium with one or more bacteria that make the bioalcohol from the syngas; c) culturing the bacteria of step (b); and d) isolating the bioalcohol made in step (c).",0.895982915373241,0.20803416925351792
9172435,"1. Apparatus for power transmission to and data communication with a track-bound or rail-bound moving object which receives power from a transmission line running along an intended movement path of the object, in particular in the form of a collector line that can be contacted by a current collector to supply moving loads, from which line electric power can be withdrawn by the object during movement, the apparatus comprising: a separate data line running parallel to the power transmission line; at least one communication inductance that is arranged on the object and that can be magnetically coupled to the data line; a communication device connected to the communication inductance including a modem that operates according to an orthogonal frequency multiplex method at a data rate of at least 50 Mbit/sec; and a metallic shield surrounding the data line and forming an interior space, the metallic shield separating the data line from the power transmission line, the metallic shield having a slot extending along its longitudinal direction through which the communication inductance can be introduced into the interior space to a position adjacent to the data line to thereby magnetically couple the communication inductance to the data line while the object is moving.",0.6552085780593118,0.6895828438813765
9264563,"1. A communication system comprising: a plurality of devices that are provided inside a predetermined LAN; a plurality of communication relay apparatuses that are provided inside the predetermined LAN and relay communication between the plurality of devices and a cloud server provided outside the predetermined LAN; and a management server that are provided outside the predetermined LAN and receives from the cloud server an access request to access a specific device among the plurality of devices, wherein the plurality of communication relay apparatuses include: a specific communication relay apparatus that is capable of transitioning to a power saving mode and has control over the specific device, the power saving mode being a mode in which the communication relay apparatus has no communication session with the management server; and a substitute communication relay apparatus that receives, in place of the specific communication relay apparatus, a tunnel connection request to establish tunnel connection with the cloud server, via a communication session between the substitute communication relay apparatus and the management server, in a case where the management server has received the access request from the cloud server and there is no communication session between the specific communication relay apparatus and the management server, the management server transmits the tunnel connection request to the substitute communication relay apparatus via a communication session between the substitute communication relay apparatus and the management server, the substitute communication relay apparatus that has received the tunnel connection request from the management server transfers the tunnel connection request to the specific communication relay apparatus and causes the specific communication relay apparatus to return from the power saving mode, and the specific communication relay apparatus that has returned from the power saving mode establishes tunnel communication with the cloud server in response to the tunnel connection request received from the substitute communication relay apparatus, and relays communication between the cloud server and the specific device.",0.8395351540190465,0.3209296919619069
9397353,"1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell configured to have a solid polymer electrolyte membrane; a controller configured to control the fuel cell; and an acquirer configured to obtain information on humidity of the electrolyte membrane, wherein when the humidity of the electrolyte membrane is equal to or less than a threshold value for a predetermined time, the controller is programmed to control a wet state of the electrolyte membrane such that a dimensional change rate of the electrolyte membrane, which is a change rate in area in a planar direction of the electrolyte membrane accompanied with expansion or contraction of the electrolyte membrane, is equal to or greater than a predetermined value which is greater than a dimensional change rate corresponding to a state in which the electrolyte membrane is damaged by tensile stress applied to the electrolyte membrane by drying of the electrolyte membrane, the threshold value is specified by a humidity range of the electrolyte membrane when the dimensional change rate of the electrolyte membrane is −1.5% to 0%, and the predetermined time is a predetermined time period from a time when the dimensional change rate of the electrolyte membrane becomes equal to 0% to a time when the dimensional change rate of the electrolyte membrane becomes less than 0%.",0.9847054990447678,0.03058900191046443
9623869,"1. A vehicle driving support control apparatus comprising: a first environment recognition unit, including a camera, to detect lane line information on a driving lane in front of a host vehicle on which the vehicle driving support control apparatus is disposed, based on an image obtained by the camera; a second environment recognition unit, including a radar, to detect three-dimensional object information including a distance from the host vehicle to a three-dimensional object in front of the host vehicle, a relative speed between the host vehicle and the three-dimensional object, and a speed of the three-dimensional object, based on an electromagnetic wave signal obtained by the radar; and a controller configured to execute:",0.4288557392569749,0.8577114785139498
8439372,"1. A device for protecting a rolling stabilization system of a motor vehicle, comprising (a) a first hydraulic stabilization device, having (b) a second hydraulic stabilization device, having (c) at least one hydraulically triggerable safety device for locking at least the first stabilization device in response to a difference in hydraulic pressure between the first hydraulic stabilization device and the second hydraulic stabilization device.",0.17702813230364764,0.35405626460729533
9597733,"1. A cutting insert, comprising: an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface located between the upper surface and the lower surface, and a polygonal plate shaped in which a cutting edge is formed at a ridgeline where the upper surface and the side surface intersect each other, wherein the upper surface comprises a convex shaped major part having a flat upper end surface, a first protrusion protruding from the major part toward a corner part of the upper surface, a second protrusion protruding from the first protrusion toward the corner part, and a pair of projections located between the second protrusion and the cutting edge so as to interpose between the projections a region lying between a front end of the second protrusion and the corner part, wherein a height of an upper end of the first protrusion is lower than a height of the upper end surface of the major part and is higher than a height of the cutting edge, wherein a height of an upper end of the second protrusion is equal to the height of the cutting edge, and wherein a height of an upper end of each of the pair of projections is lower than the height of the second protrusion.",0.15203054853768516,0.3040610970753703
8919491,"1. A silencer device for a fluid line comprising a resonator arrangement which comprises: a first resonator tube comprising a first resonator chamber designed for λ/4 damping of at least one sound wavelength, wherein the first resonator tube comprises a first longitudinal direction, two end walls facing each other in the first longitudinal direction and a first side wall extending between the end walls, and wherein the first resonator chamber is formed between the first side wall and the end walls of the first resonator tube, a second resonator tube comprising a second resonator chamber designed for λ/4 damping of at least one sound wavelength, wherein the second resonator tube comprises a second longitudinal direction, two end walls facing each other in the second longitudinal direction and a second side wall extending between the end walls, and wherein the second resonator chamber is formed between the second side wall and the end walls of the second resonator tube, wherein the first resonator tube and the second resonator tube are connected to each other via a first connecting orifice between the first side wall and the second side wall so that sound is transmitted, and wherein, further, the first resonator tube is connected or connectable to the fluid line via a port orifice so that sound is transmitted, wherein the absorption device comprises an impermeable layer and an absorption layer, and wherein the impermeable layer comprises a fluid-proof elastic material.",0.03307582625942092,0.06615165251884181
8900753,"1. A lithium ion secondary battery including a cathode for absorbing and releasing lithium and an anode for absorbing and releasing lithium which are formed with an electrolyte positioned therebetween, wherein the cathode comprises a cathode active material, a cathode mixture containing a carbon-based conductive agent and a binder, and a current collector, the cathode active material comprising: a first cathode active material represented by the composition formula: Li a second cathode active material represented by the composition formula: Li wherein a content of the first cathode active material in the cathode active material is not less than 15% nor more than 70% in terms of percentage by mass, wherein a difference in Ni content between the first cathode active material and the second cathode active material is equal to or more than 20% and equal to or less than 90% in terms of atomic percentage, and wherein the first cathode active material has an average primary particle size of not less than 1 μm nor more than 3 μm, the second cathode active material has an average primary particle size of not less than 0.05 μm nor more than 0.5 μm, an average secondary particle size of the first cathode active material is 1.5 times or more as large as an average secondary particle size of the second cathode active material, and the average secondary particle size of the first cathode active material is equal to or more than 5 μm and equal to or less than 30 μm, and the average secondary particle size of the second cathode active material is equal to or more than 2 μm and equal to or less than 10 μm.",0.9329403390847767,0.13411932183044661
9545605,"1. A method of passing a mixed vapour and liquid stream between a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger, comprising the steps of: (a) outflowing the mixed vapour and liquid stream from the first heat exchanger through two or more (number: X) outlets; (b) passing the mixed vapour and liquid stream in the outlets through two or more intermediate conduits to the second heat exchanger; and (c) inflowing the mixed vapour and liquid stream from the intermediate conduits into the second heat exchanger through two or more (number: Y) inlets; wherein X is equal to or greater than Y.",0.8390173186574975,0.321965362685005
9816426,"1. A system comprising: a tube positioned in an exhaust passage of an engine; a particulate matter sensor positioned within the tube; and a flow guiding plate positioned within the tube parallel to a vertical axis of the tube and having a plurality of projections with surfaces of the projections defining an interior passage in downstream to the particulate matter sensor, the surfaces of the projections directing flow against the particulate matter sensor; an extension having a half-cylinder shape located on a downstream half and bottom of the tube; and wherein the extension comprises a rectangular inlet on an upstream surface of the extension and aligned with a vertical axis of the particulate sensor, and a drainage hole on a downstream surface of the extension directly across from the inlet, wherein the projections are concave and project away from the particulate matter sensor in a direction opposite to a direction of incoming exhaust flow.",0.873690229189222,0.252619541621556
9667823,"1. A data communication device for communicating information via an image, said device comprising: a camera configured to capture a set of images provided by a display of another data communication device; an analysis component configured to analyze a first set of images, wherein each image of the set of images comprises information redundant to another image and wherein each image is a data packet comprising a portion of data differing from an immediately previous data packet; and a response generation component configured to generate a response to the analyzed set of images, the response comprising a verification of the first set of images and the response being configured for having an alignment detection algorithm performed based on the response by the other communication device to align the display of the other data communication device with the camera of the data communication device.",0.15260223673445758,0.3052044734689152
8467461,"1. A data transfer system provided between n transmission signal lines on a data transmitting side and n reception signal lines on a data receiving side, the data transfer system comprising: 2 an encoder to encode n-bit transmission data inputted from the n transmission signal lines on the data transmitting side into the transfer data such that the transfer data represents the n-bit transmission data, by outputting a signal in a first state to one signal line among the 2 a decoder to decode the transfer data into the n-bit transmission data on the data receiving side, wherein: the decoder comprises 2n NAND gates; n NAND gates among a total of 2n NAND gates output the similar data to the n reception signal lines on the data receiving side; and the remaining n NAND gates are connected to additional n reception signal lines and output, to the additional n reception signal lines, data which is an inversion of the data output to the n reception signal lines.",0.18265377289787013,0.3653075457957402
8711655,"1. An apparatus for characterizing parts of a reservoir surrounding a borehole, said apparatus comprising at least one transmitter to emit a probing signal and at least one receiver to receive a signal representing a response of said reservoir to said probing signal, with the distance separating said transmitter and said receiver being variable while said transmitter and said receiver are located in said borehole; and a stationary section, located between the at least one transmitter and the at least one receiver, designed to maintain a fixed position in the borehole during successive measurements and a mobile section, located between the at least one transmitter and the at least one receiver, designed to change position within said borehole during or between said successive measurements with said stationary section and said mobile section being adapted to decouple while being located in said borehole.",0.09276237508330634,0.18552475016661263
9434260,"1. A charging cable support arm comprising: a support member configured to be fixed to a wall face or a support post; a first arm having a side portion and a proximal end portion having an end face portion, the first arm being hinged to the support member via a connecting hinge, the first arm being rotatable within a horizontal plane; the support member comprises a first engagement portion that is parallel to and protrudes from the mounting wall face or support post by predetermined distance, and, a second engagement portion that extends perpendicularly from the mounting wall face or support post by the predetermined distance to the first engagement portion to form a corner between the first and second engagement portions, wherein the connecting hinge is provided at the corner such that the first arm can be rotated in one direction of the horizontal plane until the side portion of the first arm contacts the first engagement portion, and the first arm can be rotated in another direction of the horizontal plane until the end face portion of the first arm contacts the second engagement portion such that the first arm is rotatable by substantially 180 degrees of rotational range in the horizontal plane; and a second arm hinged to a distal end of the first arm, the second arm being rotatable within a horizontal plane, wherein the first arm is provided with an insertion hole through which a charging cable is inserted into the first arm, and the second arm is provided with, at a distal end thereof or near the distal end, a pull-out hole from which the inserted charging cable is pulled out, and by use of the charging cable pulled out of the pull-out hole, an electric vehicle is charged.",0.5570021590346113,0.8859956819307775
9819283,"1. A system for regulating operation of a non-symmetric multi-level boost based front-end stage of a rectifier with power factor correction, the system comprising: a full-wave diode rectifier, the non-symmetric multi-level boost based front-end stage, a charge-balancing isolated downstream DC-DC stage, a controller, and an active capacitive divider coupled to an inductor of the front-end stage at a switching node for reducing a maximum voltage swing value of the inductor, wherein the controller is arranged at an output of the full-wave diode rectifier and an input of the non-symmetric multi-level boost based front-end stage, and the active capacitive divider is dimensioned and controlled ensuring that a maximum value of voltage of the switching node is always higher than an input voltage of the non-symmetric multi-level boost based front-end stage.",0.9123898435426993,0.1752203129146015
8807548,"1. A truss jig positioning system for a table including a plurality of segments with slot defined between side edges of adjacent segments, the table having a support plane on which work pieces are supported, the system comprising: at least a pair of pin assemblies mounted on the table, the pin assemblies being configured for positioning adjacent to the slots between the segments with a portion of the pin assemblies extending through the slots; movement assemblies configured to move the pin assemblies along the slots independently of each other; wherein the movement assemblies are configured in a manner such that the movement assemblies are located substantially outside of a zone below the slot.",0.10350641805527216,0.20701283611054433
9359507,"1. An aqueous organo sol-gel composition for coating a metallic component, the composition comprising: acid; metal acetate comprising zirconium acetate, magnesium acetate, or a combination thereof; an epoxy silane; an aminosilane; and water; wherein the epoxy silane and the aminosilane are provided in a weight ratio of 4:1 to 8:1.",0.5655238405242747,0.8689523189514505
9258813,"1. A method for accessing a channel in a wireless local area network, the method comprising: transmitting, by a station, an association request frame to an access point (AP) for requesting an association with the AP, the association request frame including station type information for the station; receiving, by the station, an association response frame from the AP, in response to the association request frame, the association response frame including an identifier assigned by the AP; receiving, by the station, from the AP, channel access control (CAC) information for a restricted medium access to a group of stations within a contention period; and accessing, by the station, the channel within the contention period when the station is included in the group of stations, wherein the station type information includes information on characteristics of the station used by the AP to assign the identifier, and wherein the information on the characteristics of the station includes information on an application serviced by the station.",0.6535136861139916,0.6929726277720167
8686691,"1. A determination system for determining whether metal lithium is precipitated in a lithium ion secondary battery, comprising: a discharging unit that causes the lithium ion secondary battery to perform constant current discharge until a voltage of the lithium ion secondary battery becomes a voltage corresponding to a predetermined low state of charge; a natural increase acquisition unit that acquires a natural increase in voltage of the lithium ion secondary battery after the constant current discharge is terminated; and a precipitation determining unit that compares the acquired natural increase with a predetermined threshold, that determines that the metal lithium is not precipitated when the natural increase is larger than or equal to the threshold, and that determines that the metal lithium is precipitated when the natural increase is smaller than the threshold.",0.9414561816709224,0.11708763665815525
9016626,"1. A mounting system for installation in a transportation having a cabin, comprising: a monument; a supply connection configured to connect the monument to an on-board system of the transportation the supply connection comprising a monument-connection end that is configured to connect to a transportation connection end of the on-board system; a lower flexible attachment element configured to attach the monument to the cabin and further configured to connect to a seat rail of the transportation, the flexible attachment element further configured such that attachment of the monument is available in a region of relative positions of the monument relative to the cabin; an upper attachment element for attachment to an attachment rail for a hatrack; an opening in the monument; a plurality of attachment elements configured to attach the monument to a floor of the cabin; a load-distributing substructure including a base plate configured to distribute forces that are exerted by the monument on the plurality of attachment elements and the floor; and a hatrack comprising two exterior enclosures that are telescopically slidable into one another and an OLED arrangement coupled to the hatrack to provide continuous illumination from a first end of the hatrack to a second end of the hatrack, wherein the monument-connection end is movable relative to the monument with a movement along the opening of the monument.",0.36990176585203105,0.7398035317040621
8899036,"1. A method for generating energy from the energy sources of swells and waves, comprising: a. providing a float jointed to an upper end of an outer power flexible link with a variable free length moving upward under the action of passing swells and waves and downward under action of its own weight, b. providing an increase of the free length of said outer power flexible link jointed by its lower end to a pulley-converter through the reeling off of said outer power flexible link from said pulley-converter, when said float is moving upward, c. providing a decrease of the free length of said outer power flexible link through the reeling up of said outer power flexible link on said pulley-converter, when said float is moving downward, d. providing a transfer of a buoyancy force of said float moving upward through said outer power flexible link to said pulley-converter mounted on a rotated shaft, which is fixed with brackets to an immovable platform submerged in a surrounding body of water to a depth at which the water is under a selected pressure, e. transforming of said buoyancy force of said float moving upward to a torque on said shaft proportional to the diameter of said pulley-converter and said buoyancy force, f. providing such a size of said diameter such that the circumference of said pulley-converter would be equal to or greater than a design height of a wave, g. providing at least two driving pulleys with equal diameters and at least two inner driving flexible links with a variable free length working in parallel and respectively connected to the driving pulleys, each driving flexible link being connected at its upper end to a driving pulley fixed rigidly on said rotated shaft, which is common with said pulley-converter, and by lower ends to a movable platform submerged in a surrounding body of water to a depth at which the water is under a selected pressure, such that the free length of said inner driving flexible links will be decreased by reeling up on said driving pulleys when said float moves upward, h. providing an amplified driving force on said inner driving flexible links comparable to a buoyancy force on said outer power flexible link by converting said torque on said shaft to said driving force according to a ratio of said diameter of said pulley-converter to a diameter of said driving pulley, i. providing such a size of said diameter of each said driving pulley, such that the circumference of each said driving pulley is equal to or greater than the selected stroke of said movable platform relative to said immovable platform, j. transferring said amplified driving force through said inner driving flexible links to said movable platform connected to said immovable platform through compressible chambers filled with a working fluid, jointed to said immovable platform by upper bases and jointed to said movable platform by lower bases, submerged in a surrounding body of water to a depth at which the water is under a selected pressure, k. providing a stroke of said movable platform upward to said immovable platform under an action of said amplified driving force on said inner driving flexible link when said float is moving upward under action of passing waves, l. providing a decrease of said stroke of said movable platform relative to said immovable platform in comparison to the wave height according to the ratio of said diameter of said pulley-converter to said diameter of said driving pulley, m. converting said driving force of said inner driving flexible link to spring-loaded compression of bodies of said compressible chambers and the high pressure of said working fluid in cavities of said compressible chambers, such that a pressure check valve hydraulically connected with said cavities will open to discharge high pressurized working fluid to pressure piping, when said float is moving upward under action of passing waves, n. transporting to a consumer of useful power an extracted portion of useful power in the form of a flow of said high pressurized working fluid discharged from said cavities of said compressible chambers through said pressure check valve and said pressure piping, when said float is moved upward such that under action of said amplified driving force said movable platform is moving upward to said immovable platform, a volume of said cavities is decreased and spring-loaded compression of bodies of said compressible chambers is increased, said driving pulleys are rotated under action of buoyancy force and decreased free length of inner driving flexible links by reeling up of said inner driving flexible links on said driving pulleys, o. providing a suction of said working fluid from a source of said working fluid, which said source is hydraulically connected to the inlet of a suction check valve and through the outlet of said suction check valve into said cavities, when under action of a selected pressure in the source of said working fluid said suction check valve is opened, when under action of said spring-loaded compression of bodies of said compressible chambers said movable platform is stroked downward relative to said immovable platform, said driving pulleys are rotated and an increased free length of inner driver flexible links is accompanied by increasing of the volume of said cavities, reducing the pressure inside said cavities, and closing said pressure check valve under action of a backward pressure of said working fluid in said pressure piping when said float is moved downward, p. transferring a force of said spring-loaded compression of bodies of said compressible chambers through said inner driving flexible links and said driving pulleys, which are fixed on said common rotated shaft with said pulley-converter under action of said force, such that the free length of said outer power flexible link is reduced by reeling up on said pulley-converter under action of said spring-loaded force, when said float is moving 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8584450,"1. A one-piece and rigid coupling between a turbocharger and a catalytic converter of an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a burnt gases inlet pipe including an inlet axis that extends along an outlet axis of the turbocharger; a burnt gases outlet pipe including an outlet axis that extends along an inlet axis of the catalytic converter and substantially orthogonal to the inlet axis of the inlet pipe; and an intermediate pipe that couples the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe, and an intermediate axis of the intermediate pipe is substantially orthogonal to the inlet axis of the inlet pipe and the outlet axis of the outlet pipe, wherein a junction between the inlet pipe and the intermediate pipe forms a first elbow that has an extrados, and the extrados includes means for retaining a reducing-agent injector, wherein the inlet axis of the inlet pipe and the outlet axis of the outlet pipe are situated in two separate but substantially parallel planes and are separated from one another by a distance of between 1 and 3 times a diameter of the inlet pipe to generate a swirling movement of burnt gases in the outlet pipe to homogenize the burnt gases.",0.9481528165566102,0.10369436688677958
9261403,"1. An inline spectroscopic reader comprising: a light source; a conveyor belt; two or more optics heads comprising transmission optics providing for the illumination of a target at two or more spatially distinct locations with light from the light source, wherein the target is moving on the conveyor belt with respect to the transmission optics, and detection optics providing for the simultaneous collection of light from each of the two or more spatially distinct locations on the target; a spectrometer in optical communication with the two or more optics heads, the spectrometer having a single detector providing for two or more digital spectrum outputs from different regions of the detector with each spectrum output corresponding to one of the two or more spatially distinct locations on the target; and a data processing system in digital communication with the detector providing substantially contemporaneous spectroscopic analysis of the light collected from the target including discrete digital spectrum outputs from light collected from each of the two or more spatially distinct locations on the target wherein the data processing system is configured to extract information content from at least one of the digital spectrum outputs and identify two or more Raman spectroscopic peaks in the digital spectrum output implementing the two or more Raman spectroscopic peaks identified to support a single process decision.",0.04546693768043846,0.09093387536087694
9509454,"1. A signal transmission system, comprising: a transmission apparatus including: a receiver apparatus including:",0.18020796179188345,0.36041592358376695
9023124,"1. A method for generating hydrogen gas from a compound comprising carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen, the method comprising: combining water with the compound to produce a wet form of the compound; transferring the wet form of the compound into a reaction processing chamber; and heating the wet form of the compound within the reaction chamber to a temperature between 700° C. and 1,100° C. such that the water comprised by the wet form of the compound dissociates from the compound and reacts with the compound through a non-oxidation reaction to generate at least hydrogen gas.",0.9617157025711982,0.07656859485760359
8968376,"1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of laser-light sources configured to generate a plurality of laser-light signals, wherein the plurality of laser-light sources includes a first laser-light source that emits light having a first wavelength and a second laser-light source that emits light having the first wavelength; one or more driver circuits that provide drive power required to operate the plurality of laser-light sources; a control circuit operatively coupled to the driver circuits and configured to control emission of pulsed light from the first and second laser-light sources; and a laser-light-delivery system that includes a first needle-like projection that has only one pointed end and is configured to deliver the plurality of laser light signals independently and non-diffusely from the first needle-like projection to each of a plurality of nerves within a peripheral nerve bundle of an animal in order to independently optically stimulate each of the plurality of nerves in the peripheral nerve bundle to trigger action potentials in the plurality of nerves, wherein the pointed end of the laser-light-delivery system is configured to be transversely implanted into the peripheral nerve bundle by penetrating the peripheral nerve bundle with the pointed end of the laser-light-delivery system, and wherein the first needle-like projection is operatively coupled to at least the first laser-light source and the second laser-light source.",0.0959690495735012,0.19193809914700244
9546892,"1. A method for estimating transfer of a propellant between a first half and a second half of an ion propulsion system during a transfer event, said method comprising: calculating a flow rate of the propellant through a latch valve based on an initial pressure and an initial temperature of each of a first tank and a second tank for a beginning of the transfer event, where the first half of the ion propulsion system includes the first tank for storing propellant for at least one thruster in the first half of the ion propulsion system, the second half of the ion propulsion system includes the second tank for storing propellant for at least one thruster in the second half of the ion propulsion system, and the latch valve is coupled between the first tank and the second tank; calculating, based at least in part on the flow rate, a mass of propellant transferred through the latch valve over a period of time ending at an intermediate time before an end of the transfer event; and determining an intermediate pressure for each of the first tank and the second tank for the intermediate time.",0.7459466750566013,0.5081066498867974
9177097,"1. A method for verifying routing of a number of signal lines in an aircraft, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a critical function required by a number of rules to provide continued safe flight and landing when certain undesired events occur; in response to the selection of the critical function, determining a number of systems and the number of signal lines associated with the critical function; after determining the number of systems and the number of signal lines associated with the critical function, identifying a number of pathways in the aircraft for the number of signal lines using a preferred systems layout; displaying, via a number of processors, the number of pathways as a volume in the aircraft for a desired routing of the number of signal lines, wherein the preferred systems layout for the aircraft defines the volume displayed in the aircraft; determining whether a designed routing of the number of signal lines in a design of the aircraft is within the number of pathways through the volume for the desired routing of the number of signal lines; and identifying the number of signal lines associated with the critical function as having the desired routing in the design in response to a determination that the designed routing is within the number of pathways through the volume; wherein the volume is one in which equipment and the signal lines are placed such that the signal lines include a level of redundancy and such that the signal lines for the equipment pass through different ones of the number of pathways.",0.35181595275562183,0.7036319055112437
9417274,"1. An electric circuit evaluation method comprising: placing a designated electric circuit inside a shield structure; and inputting a noise signal for a malfunction test from a noise source to the designated electric circuit; and monitoring, with a controller, an output signal outputted from the designated electric circuit based on the noise signal in order to accumulate malfunction information about the designated electric circuit; wherein a short-circuit is established between a ground of the shield structure and a ground of the noise source and the ground of the designated electric circuit and the ground of the shield structure are isolated; wherein the noise source comprises: wherein the controller is configured to calculate and record a power of the noise signal inputted to the designated electric circuit based on a difference between the forward wave power and the reflected wave power.",0.30418893734100133,0.6083778746820027
9179737,"1. A sole assembly for an article of footwear that includes an interior space that receives a foot of a wearer, the article of footwear also including an exterior surface, the sole assembly comprising: a first portion that includes a first base and a first peripheral wall that are integrally connected such that the first portion is monolithic, the first base including a first surface that at least partially defines the interior space, the first base also including a first chamber surface that opposes the first surface, the first peripheral wall being elongate, the first peripheral wall projecting from the first chamber surface, the first peripheral wall including a first mating surface; and a second portion that includes a second base and a second peripheral wall that are integrally connected such that the second portion is monolithic, the second base including a second surface that at least partially defines the exterior surface of the article of footwear, the second base also including a second chamber surface that opposes the second surface, the second peripheral wall being elongate, the second peripheral wall projecting from the second chamber surface, the second peripheral wall including a second mating surface that is mated to the first mating surface such that the first chamber surface and the second chamber surface are spaced apart and cooperate to at least partially define a substantially sealed chamber within the sole assembly; the first peripheral wall and the second peripheral wall defining a periphery of the sole assembly.",0.17791494991876167,0.35582989983752333
9383813,"1. A method comprising: receiving a first command indicating that a processor has entered a process associated with reduced graphics processing; in response to the received first command, storing context information in an external memory; after said storing, disabling clock signals for a graphics controller component; after said storing, reducing a voltage applied to the graphics controller component, said reducing causing the voltage to be reduced below a voltage level required to maintain said context information in the graphics controller component; after said reducing, detecting issuance of a second command for the graphics controller component; and in response to detecting issuance of the second command, increasing the voltage applied to the graphics controller component, said increasing causing the voltage to be increased to a voltage level required to support full operation of the graphics controller component.",0.6023201680244683,0.7953596639510634
9530382,"1. A device comprising: an eye-tracking assembly configured to track at least one eye of a viewer; an image source to provide at least one image; a display in front of said at least one eye to display said at least one image; information at least indicative of at least one point inside said at least one eye that should receive one of 1) extra image brightness or 2) reduced image brightness; and a processor, operatively connected to said eye-tracking assembly, said image source, said display and said information, configured to recognize from eye-tracking data when there is at least one path from at least one portion of said display into said at least one eye that intersects with said at least one point inside said at least one eye and, when there is, to adjust at least the brightness of said at least one image at said at least one portion of said display based on said information.",0.17300515089352364,0.3460103017870473
8449360,"1. A method executed on a game platform in communication with a display, the method comprising: instructing the display to display a first vocal cue; instructing the display to move the first vocal cue toward a target marker; and instructing the display to display a first lyric at a fixed position until the first vocal cue has moved to a particular position with respect to the target marker.",0.028706993743511516,0.05741398748702298
9822621,1. A method of treating a siliceous containing subterranean formation penetrated by a well comprising: (b) binding the surface modifying treatment agent to a surface of the subterranean formation by attaching the anchor to the formation; and (c) aligning the surface modifying treatment agent to the siliceous containing subterranean formation such that the hydrophobic tail is directed away from the surface of the formation.,0.21552888067849107,0.43105776135698215
9594592,"1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one physical processor; and program code configured upon execution by the at least one processor to allocate shared bandwidth of a virtualized input/output (IO) resource in a logically-partitioned computer, wherein the virtualized IO resource comprises a self-virtualizing IO resource and includes one or more physical functions and multiple virtual functions contained by and sharing bandwidth resources of the one or more physical functions, wherein the program code is configured to allocate the shared bandwidth by:",0.6880191766036501,0.6239616467926998
9176377,"1. An aqueous inorganic patterning precursor solution comprising a mixture of water, metal suboxide cations, polyatomic inorganic anions and radiation sensitive ligands comprising peroxide groups, wherein the solution has a molar concentration ratio of ligands to metal suboxide cations of at least about 2 and wherein the precursor solution is stable with respect to phase separation for at least about 24 hours without additional mixing, wherein the precursor solution has a metal suboxide cation concentration from about 0.01 M to about 1.4 M and a polyatomic anion concentration from 0.75 to 1.5 times the metal suboxide cation concentration.",0.5304365016952244,0.9391269966095512
9006345,"1. A method for generating a dendrimer comprising a heterobifunctional core, a heterobifunctional macromolecule, and a heterotrifunctional branch, the method comprising: (a) covalently linking a heterobifunctional core comprised of an α-substituted click moiety group and an ω-substituted click moiety group with a first heterobifunctional macromolecule or a first heterotrifunctional branch, wherein said heterobifunctional macromolecule or heterotrifunctional branch is comprised of a first click moiety group and a first terminus wherein the first terminus is comprised of a second click moiety group or a non-click functional group, and (b) covalently linking the heterobifunctional macromolecule or heterotrifunctional branch with a second heterobifunctional macromolecule or heterotrifunctional branch.",0.1591801327017702,0.31836026540354045
9252656,"1. A bridgeless interleaved power factor correction circuit, comprising: an AC input voltage source having a first input terminal and a second input terminal and providing an AC input voltage; a PFC inductor configured to receive the AC input voltage, the PFC inductor comprising four input inductors formed as four windings on a single magnetic core, a first and third input inductors having first ends connected to the first terminal of the AC input voltage source, and a second and fourth input inductors having first ends connected to the second terminal of the AC input voltage source; first, second, third, and fourth active switches each having a control terminal receiving a respective control signal for turning the respective active switch on or off, each active switch having a first terminal connected to a second end of a respective one of the input inductors and a second terminal coupled to a first output terminal; first, second, third, and fourth rectifier elements each having an anode terminal connected to the second end of a respective one of the input inductors and a cathode terminal connected to a second output terminal; and an output filter circuit connected across the first and second output terminals, the first and second output terminals providing a DC output voltage, wherein the first and second input inductors, the first and second active switches and the first and second rectifier elements form a first bridge boost converter; and the third and fourth input inductors, the third and fourth active switches and the third and fourth rectifier elements form a second bridge boost converter; and wherein the first and second bridge boost converters are operated out of phase in response to the control signals to store energy in and to release energy from the input inductors to generate the DC output voltage from the AC input voltage source.",0.8718588666870708,0.2562822666258584
8461236,1. A phosphoric compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein R,0.5262788889045945,0.947442222190811
9212582,"1. An exhaust gas purification system comprising: a diesel particulate filter (DPF) that collects exhaust particles contained in exhaust gas; a reducing agent injection valve that injects an urea aqueous solution as a reducing agent in the exhaust gas; a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst that uses the urea aqueous solution to purify nitrogen oxides (NOx) contained in the exhaust gas, in this order from the exhaust upstream side; and an engine controller including a microcomputer configured to",0.9379280340204378,0.12414393195912443
8940454,"1. A direct-electrochemical-oxidation fuel cell for generating electrical energy from a solid-state organic fuel at an operating temperature of from 600° C. to 1000° C. comprising: a cathode provided with an electrochemical-reduction catalyst that promotes formation of oxygen ions from an oxygen-containing source at the cathode; a solid state anode provided with an electrochemical-oxidation catalyst that promotes direct electrochemical oxidation of the solid-state organic fuel in the presence of the oxygen ions to produce electrical energy, said solid state anode being solid at the operating temperature; and a solid-oxide electrolyte disposed to transmit the oxygen ions from the cathode to the anode. wherein electricity is generated by direct electrochemical oxidation at the anode according to the reaction:",0.9795807945997679,0.04083841080046424
9314113,"1. A wearable, child carrier having at least one shoulder strap for hands-free carrying of a child, as the child ages and grows, by a transporting individual, comprising: a belt configured for securing about at least one of a waist and hips of the transporting individual; the belt further comprising: a torso support having a bottom portion and a top portion, the torso support longitudinally attached to the seat on the bottom portion, the torso support adapted to support a torso or a back of the child; a cable attached to the seat and conformed to the shape of the loop portion of the belt, the cable comprising at least one of a plastic tube and a metal wire; and, two or more clasps separately secured to the bottom portion of the torso support and each of the two or more clasps adapted to independently slide along the length of the cable,",0.0097886400597615,0.019577280119522977
9681101,"1. A method comprising: receiving bandwidth and/or codec characteristics of a plurality of video conference participants; determining whether or not any of the bandwidth and/or codec characteristics are sufficiently different from others of the bandwidth and/or codec characteristics to warrant different treatment; when one or more of the bandwidth and/or codec characteristics are sufficiently different, grouping video conference participants into at least a first group and a second group according to video conference participants having same or similar bandwidth and/or codec characteristics; and establishing a video conference with at least first and second subconferences to service the first and second groups, respectively, wherein each of the video conference participants receives frames of video in which a first portion of a given frame of the frames is encoded by a shared encoder at a multipoint control unit (MCU), and wherein a second portion of the given frame of the frames is encoded, at the MCU, by different encoders respectively designated for each of the video conference participants.",0.25293414077731,0.50586828155462
9503909,"1. A method for controlling connection between at least one first communication node and at least one second communication node by a relay node in a communication system, the method comprising: determining, by the relay node, a relay connection configuration for communication between the at least one first communication node and the at least one second communication node, wherein the relay connection configuration comprises: at least one of an indirect access connection configuration to interconnect the at least one first communication node and the at least one second communication node with passing through the relay node, and a direct access connection configuration to interconnect the at least one first communication node and the at least one second communication node without passing through the relay node, wherein the indirect access connection configuration comprises: a backhaul network connection configuration to interconnect the at least one first communication node and the relay node; an access network connection configuration to interconnect the at least one second communication node and the relay node; and an internal connection configuration to interconnect a backhaul network interface bank to be connected to the at least one first communication node and an access network interface bank to be connected to the at least one second communication node within the relay node, wherein the determining of the relay connection configuration comprises: determining at least one of a network access structure, a relay structure, a cooperation scheme, and an interface configuration, wherein the determining of the network access structure comprises at least one of: for the backhaul network connection configuration, a first process of determining a connection configuration for communication between at least one backhaul network interface composing the relay node and the at least one first communication node; for the access network connection configuration, a second process of determining a connection configuration for communication between at least one access network interface composing the relay node and the at least one second communication node; for the direct access connection configuration, a third process of determining a connection configuration for direct communication between the at least one first communication node and the at least one second communication node.",0.26665910994057296,0.5333182198811459
8441453,"1. A method of generating a control signal of a computing system having a touch sensitive surface, the method comprising: obtaining motion information of a plurality of contacts, the contacts corresponding to touch devices on or near the surface at the same time, the motion information including a first value of a first component of motion that is one of translation motion, rotational motion, and scaling motion, and a second value of a second component of motion that is a different one of translation motion, rotational motion, and scaling motion than the first component of motion; determining an input activity; modifying the motion information to obtain modified motion information, the modifying including downscaling the second value with respect to the first value; and generating a control signal of the input activity based on the modified motion information.",0.12418358232363012,0.24836716464726027
8620253,"1. A method of compensating for a direct voltage offset in a direct conversion receiver of a wireless communications system, the method comprising: determining a first direct voltage offset generated due to a leaked local oscillation signal flowed into a frequency converter; feeding back a magnitude of the determined first direct voltage offset to the frequency converter and compensating for the first direct voltage offset; performing a modem associated offset compensation after the compensation for the first direct voltage offset by the feedback using the fed back magnitude of the first direct voltage offset for a first variable gain amplifier stored in a first register by the first variable gain amplifier positioned in a rear end of the frequency converter; determining a second direct voltage offset generated in a low pass filter positioned in a rear end of the first variable gain amplifier; compensating for the second direct voltage offset by feeding back a magnitude of the determined second direct voltage offset to the low pass filter; performing a modem associated offset compensation using the fed back magnitude of the second direct voltage offset for a second variable gain amplifier stored in a second register by the second variable gain amplifier positioned in a rear end of the low pass filter; determining a third direct voltage offset generated in an output buffer positioned in a rear end of the second variable gain amplifier; and compensating for the third direct voltage offset by feeding back a magnitude of the determined third direct voltage offset to the output buffer.",0.5210781915932381,0.9578436168135238
8471878,"1. A sign maker for printing signs and labels on a continuous roll of media without the use of a personal computer, the sign maker comprising: a keyboard for receiving user input; a printer for printing characters on the media; a cutter for cutting the media to a calculated length; and a user selectable template containing a centering algorithm stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable program code embodied thereon, the computer executable program code configured to calculate a length of the media and center the printed characters on the media based upon the user input.",0.007343925311968846,0.014687850623937737
9433868,"1. A computer controlled method comprising: logging a first entity onto a server computer of a persistent virtual environment, by a client computer of the first entity participating in the persistent virtual environment, wherein the client computer comprises a first microprocessor and a first display for presenting the persistent virtual environment to the first entity; responsive to the first entity participating in the persistent virtual environment over a computer network, updating, by the server computer of the persistent virtual environment, a first temporal profile for the first entity to represent an updated presence history of the first entity within the persistent virtual environment; updating, by the server computer, a first coefficient vector responsive to updating the first temporal profile for the first entity, and updating, by the server computer, a second coefficient vector responsive to updating a second temporal profile for a second entity participating in the persistent virtual environment, wherein a second client computer comprises a second microprocessor and a second display for presenting the persistent virtual environment to the second entity, generating, by the server computer based on the first and second coefficient vectors, a third temporal profile which indicates a temporal similarity of the first and second entities; performing, by the server computer, a predictive function that provides a strength of prediction and a probability value associated with a future time during which the first and second entities are likely to both be virtually present in the persistent virtual environment based on the third temporal profile that indicates the temporal similarity between the first and second coefficient vectors, wherein the strength indicates a confidence level associated with the probability value of the prediction; sending, by the server computer, the future time, the probability value, and the strength of prediction associated with the probability value to the client computer; and presenting, by the client computer on the first display, a representation of the future time, the probability value, and the strength of prediction associated with the probability value that are derived from the predictive function.",0.05448036778664437,0.10896073557328878
8964816,"1. A configurable receiver, comprising: an in-phase (I) path including a first mixer to either down-convert an input signal using a first local oscillator signal or block the input signal in response to a mode signal; a quadrature (Q) path including a second mixer to either down-convert the input signal using a second local oscillator signal or pass the input signal in response to the mode signal; and a control circuit to generate the mode signal based on a frequency of the input signal, wherein a state of the mode signal indicates whether the frequency of the input signal is greater than a predetermined frequency value.",0.11862613569531724,0.23725227139063443
9785179,"1. A reference current generating circuit, comprising: a first transistor with a gate, a source and a drain, a second transistor with a gate, a source and a drain, wherein the source of the first transistor and the source of the second transistor are connected to one another and a width-to-length ratios of the first transistor and the second transistor are equal, a differential amplifier with two voltage inputs, of which a first voltage input is at a reference potential while a second voltage input is connected to a first node, which is coupled to the drain of the first transistor, wherein the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor are connected to a first output of the differential amplifier, and wherein the reference current generating circuit is designed such that a drain-source voltage of the second transistor is greater in amount than a drain-source voltage of the first transistor, an output circuit for outputting a reference current on a basis of a current through the source-drain path of the second transistor, wherein a magnitude of the reference current, in an event of an undervoltage, is limited to a fraction of the reference current in a state in which both the first transistor and the second transistor are in saturation.",0.18741378528163366,0.3748275705632673
9760153,"1. A method for managing performance and power utilization of a processor in an information handling system (IHS), comprising: evaluating, at a first time, a first current utilization of a processor; evaluating, at a second time, a second current utilization of the processor; determining whether an engagement criterion is met by: determining whether the first current utilization of the processor is greater than a first threshold utilization of the processor; and determining whether the second current utilization of the processor is greater than a second threshold utilization of the processor; and engaging the processor in a turbo mode in response to determining that the engagement criterion is met, wherein the second threshold utilization of the processor is different than the first threshold utilization of the processor.",0.9623694379843798,0.07526112403124041
9663728,"1. A process comprising the steps of: a) contacting a hydrocarbon feedstream with a catalyst comprised of an interstitial metal hydride in the presence of hydrogen at process reaction conditions of at least 150° C. and at least 200 psig; and b) obtaining an upgraded reaction product stream; wherein the interstitial metal hydride is comprised of at least a first chemical element selected from Groups 3-11 (including the lanthanides, atomic numbers 58 to 71), and at least a second chemical element selected from indium, tin and antimony.",0.8969573006020097,0.20608539879598053
8920825,1. A composition for protection against harmful or noxious agents comprising: a) from 1 to 95% by weight of a porous media; b) from 2 to 60% by weight of a vinyl amine and polyvinyl alcohol copolymer; c) from 0.1 to 10% weight of a surfactant agent; d) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of an epoxy resin or of a crosslinking agent; e) from 5 to 20% by weight of a polyvinyl acetate polymer or copolymer; f) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of a defoamer agent; and g) from 10 to 90% by weight of water.,0.256936710393223,0.513873420786446
9130798,"1. Computer-readable hardware media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, enable a computing device to perform a method of managing internet protocol (IP) addresses, the method comprising: receiving, from a first mobile device, a transmission that includes a request to access information of a destination; decoding the transmission by applying a first spreading code to the transmission, wherein the first spreading code is unique to an IP address of the first mobile device such that a second mobile device associated with the IP address is associated with a second spreading code unique to the IP address and different from the first spreading code; identifying the IP address of the first mobile device; communicating the request to the destination such that the first spreading code is not included in the request; receiving a response from the destination; and encoding a second transmission that includes the response by applying the first spreading code to the second transmission, based on identifying the IP address associated with the response and associating the IP address with the first spreading code, wherein the response is communicated to the first mobile device via the second transmission.",0.14588848998438836,0.2917769799687767
9065146,"1. A nonaqueous electrolyte which comprises a nonaqueous organic solvent and a lithium salt dissolved therein, wherein the nonaqueous organic solvent comprises a sulfonic compound represented by formula (5) and 0.01 to 8% by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an acid anhydride and a carbonic ester having an unsaturated bond or a mixture thereof: wherein each of R 13 to R 15 independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms which may be substituted with fluorine atom(s), an alkenyl group having 2 to 12 carbon atoms which may be substituted with fluorine atom(s), an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms which may be substituted with fluorine atom(s), or R 14 and R 15 may be combined with each other to form a nitrogen-containing aliphatic ring or R 13 and R 14 may be combined with each other to form a cyclic structure, wherein the total content of the sulfonic compound represented by formula (5) is from 0.01% to 3% by weight based on the nonaqueous electrolyte.",0.9319160399212939,0.1361679201574122
8404598,"1. A method of etching a dielectric layer on a substrate, comprising: generating a plasma by pulsing a first RF source signal having a first duty cycle; applying a second RF bias signal having a second duty cycle to the plasma, wherein an RF frequency of the first RF signal is about 162 MHz and an RF frequency of the second RF signal is about 13.56 MHz or about 60 MHz, or wherein an RF frequency of the first RF signal is about 60 MHz and an RF frequency of the second RF signal is about 13.56 MHz; applying a third RF bias signal having a third duty cycle and an RF frequency of about 2 MHz to the plasma, wherein the first, second, and third signals are synchronized; adjusting a phase variance between the first RF source signal and at least one of the second or third RF bias signals to control at least one of plasma ion density non-uniformity in the plasma or charge build-up on the dielectric layer; and etching the dielectric layer with the plasma.",0.14225535981726425,0.28451071963452845
9525171,"1. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution, wherein the positive electrode comprises, as a positive electrode active material, a lithium-transition metal composite oxide having a layered structure, the lithium-transition metal composite oxide is represented by general formula (I): where M′ is at least one selected from among zirconium and aluminum; x satisfies the condition 1.0≦x≦1.25; a, b, c, d and e satisfy conditions a+b+c+d+e=1 and 0.001≦(d+e)≦0.02; at least one of a, b and c is larger than 0; d>0; and e>0, the lithium-transition metal composite oxide comprises tungsten in an amount of 0.50 to 1.00 mol % and zirconium in an amount of 0.20 to 0.50 mol %, and the positive electrode active material exhibits a tungsten elution of 0.020 mmol per gram or less, the tungsten elution being the amount of tungsten eluted into a filtrate in which a suspension of the positive electrode active material in water is filtered, as measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).",0.967637770044978,0.06472445991004405
8753503,"1. A reforming process to reduce production of pentane and increase production of aromatics comprising: combining a stream having an effective amount of isopentane and a stream having an effective amount of naphtha for reforming, wherein the naphtha has not less than about 95%, by weight, of one or more compounds having a boiling point of about 38-about 260° C. as determined by ASTM D89-07; introducing the combined stream to a reforming reaction zone wherein the combined stream has an isopentane:naphtha mass ratio of about 0.10:1.00-about 1.00:1.00; and reforming the combined stream to produce reformate.",0.9187970370395232,0.1624059259209536
8624417,"1. Apparatus for generating usable power derived from oscillatory hydro-kinetic energy available in the movement of waves having a given height and being spaced apart by a predetermined distance at the surface of a body of water, the apparatus comprising: at least two power chambers spaced apart from one another and being capable of floating upon the surface of the body of water to follow changes in elevation corresponding to the given height of the waves, each power chamber having an interior; a conduit interconnecting the power chambers and providing passages connecting the interiors of the power chambers; and an energy conversion device located within the conduit for actuation in response to a flow of a kinetic energy material through the passages from one to another of the power chambers to actuate the energy conversion device and thereby convert the flow of kinetic energy material to usable power; the two power chambers being spaced apart by a distance so related to the predetermined distance between adjacent waves as to effect alternation of the relative elevation of the two power chambers and thereby induce the flow of kinetic energy material from the one to the another of the power chambers and effect actuation of the energy conversion device to generate usable power.",0.9235867618312745,0.15282647633745094
9081571,"1. A computing device, comprising: a plurality of device sensors; a processor subsystem including at least an application processor and a sensor processing component; a microcontroller connected to the plurality of device sensors and the processor subsystem; and at least one memory device including instructions operable to be executed to perform a set of actions, enabling the computing device to:",0.6624032432464423,0.6751935135071154
8973977,"1. A shroud element for covering a structural or supporting part of a motor vehicle, the shroud element comprising: a support having opposite upper and lower surfaces, protrusions protruding integrally from the upper surface of the support; elastic elements on the upper surface of the support and covering the respective protrusions; and a cover spanning the upper surface of the support and at least parts of the elastic element, the cover having cutouts aligned respectively with the protrusions through which the respective elastic elements pass under prestress, thus positioning the cover in relation to the support.",0.4505940706155887,0.9011881412311774
9560667,"1. A transceiver adapted to emulate devices using one or more of a plurality of different radio access protocols, the transceiver comprising: a timing module adapted to maintain a record of the current timing state which would apply to each of the different radio access protocols the transceiver is adapted to use, if that radio access protocol was being used; wherein, when the transceiver changes a radio access protocol being used to emulate a device from a first radio access protocol used to emulate a first device to a second radio access protocol used to emulate a second device, the transceiver is adapted to: use the record of the current timing state which would apply to the second radio access protocol to set the timing of the second radio access protocol; and to emulate devices using one or more of a plurality of different frame based communication radio access protocols and the record of the current timing state which would apply to each of the different radio access protocols comprises the frames number, sub-frame number and sample number of that radio access protocol.",0.3129493210860442,0.6258986421720883
9671964,"1. A method of securely erasing a non-volatile semiconductor mass memory, the mass memory having a memory, an interface and a controller, wherein the memory of the semiconductor mass memory has a plurality of physical memory units assigned either to a first memory area which can be addressed via an interface of the semiconductor mass memory or to a second memory area which cannot be addressed via the interface, the interface receives commands from an operating system or a BIOS and transmits commands to the controller, the interface addresses a logical memory area or logical memory units of a file system to which physical memory units of the first memory area are assigned by the controller; and wherein the controller changes assignment of the memory units to the first memory area and to the second memory area according to an algorithm that produces wear leveling upon receiving a command to overwrite memory units assigned to the first memory area via the interface, the method comprising:",0.1812737218113804,0.3625474436227608
9458302,"1. A method for forming a recycled composition for a vehicular mat comprising: (a) supplying 40.0% wt. to 60.0% wt. of a preformed skin-foam laminate wherein the skin comprises a thermoplastic olefin and the foam comprises a crosslinked polyolefin; (b) supplying 10.0% wt. to 20.0% wt. of a polyolefin elastomer; (c) supplying one or more of the following: (d) combining the preformed skin-laminate, polyolefin elastomer and one of more of said lubricant, metal salt of a carboxylic acid and inorganic salt filler and melt processing and forming a recycled molded composition.",0.722154100912378,0.5556917981752441
9476395,"1. A control device for a hybrid vehicle, comprising: an engine; a starter motor operable to start the engine; a driving motor, provided separately from the starter motor and interposed between the engine and a driving wheel, that transmits a motor torque to the engine and a drive wheel when the driving motor is a driving source; and a starting motor selective control unit that selects one of the starter motor and the driving motor to start the engine, wherein the starting motor selective control unit starts the engine using the starter motor in response to a driving force request by a driver of the hybrid vehicle as expressed in an accelerator pedal depressing operation and during a selected mode of operation in which the driving motor serves as the driving source, and wherein the starting motor selective control unit starts the engine using the driving motor in response to a system request and during the selected mode of operation in which the driving motor serves as the driving source.",0.9320043758895684,0.13599124822086317
9820448,"1. An inflatable multilayered polymeric film for covering an agricultural structure or greenhouse, the inflatable multilayered polymeric film comprising: at least one first layer comprising ethylene vinyl alcohol, and at least one second layer connected thereto, the at least one second layer comprising a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, ethylene butyl acrylate copolymer, thermoplastic polyurethane, and combinations thereof, wherein the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer are formed as a unitary structure having an average delamination strength of less than 250 g/15 mm when measured using ASTM D-1876, wherein the inflatable multilayered polymeric film is co-extruded, and wherein, when in use, a fluid is inserted between the at least one first layer and the at least one second layer.",0.5622165342304181,0.8755669315391639
8669465,"1. A photovoltaic device comprising: a substrate; a first electrode placed on the substrate; a first unit cell placed on the first electrode and comprising an intrinsic semiconductor layer; an intermediate reflector placed on the first unit cell and comprising a plurality of sub-layers stacked alternately, and the plurality of sub-layers having different crystal volume fractions from each other; a second unit cell placed on the intermediate reflector and comprising an intrinsic semiconductor layer; and a second electrode placed on the second unit cell.",0.6353908903700249,0.7292182192599501
8431925,"1. A device comprising: a substrate; an electrode layer disposed on the substrate, the electrode layer comprising a plurality of electrically conductive nanowires; and at least one hole injection layer, hole transport layer, overcoat layer, or hole collection layer disposed on the electrode layer and comprising a water soluble or water dispersible polythiophene comprising (i) at least one organic substituent, and (ii) at least one sulfonate substituent comprising sulfonate sulfur bonded directly to the polythiophene backbone.",0.5784059826928774,0.8431880346142453
9760300,"1. A method, comprising: operating a plurality of first memory regions of a memory device at a first operating power level; operating a plurality of second memory regions of the memory device at a second operating power level different from the first operating power level; based on a classification of the first memory object being movable, selecting at least one of the plurality of first memory regions; determining available memory space in the at least one of the plurality of first memory regions; based on the available memory space in the at least one of the plurality of first memory regions being sufficient to allocate the first memory object: based on the available memory space in the at least one of the plurality of first memory regions not being sufficient to allocate the first memory object:",0.43285030084517223,0.8657006016903445
8380052,"1. A recording apparatus for recording content data including a content in a form that allows it to play back the content of the content data at a position specified by first relative time information indicating a relative time with respect to a start position of the content, the recording apparatus comprising: first recording means for recording the content data; record start time information generation means for generating, using reference time information, record start time information indicating time information associated with a record start position of the content data recorded by the first recording means, wherein the record start position is a recording position indicating the start of the recorded content; playback control table generation means for generating a playback control table indicating, for a particular part of the content data recorded by the first recording means, correspondence between second relative time information indicating a relative time with respect to the record start position of the content data and the amount of the content data as measured from the record start position; second recording means for recording playback control information including content start time information indicating the content start position using the reference time information, the record start time information generated by the record start time information generation means, and the playback control table generated by the playback control table generation means; and storage means for storing an associated data indicating a correspondence between the record start time information indicating time information associated with the record start position of the content data recorded by the first recording means, and the content start time information indicating the content start position using the reference time information, the record start time information, and the playback control table.",0.059923881447704,0.119847762895408
8496787,"1. A method for distilling of a fluid containing dissolved solids, the method including the steps of: passing the fluid in a liquid state to a heater at a first pressure; heating the fluid within the heater to a temperature below its boiling point at the first pressure; routing the fluid to a vaporization chamber; expanding the fluid to a second pressure below the first pressure within the vaporization chamber, the second pressure sufficiently low to cause a solvent portion of the fluid to boil into a as within the vaporization chamber while a solids portion of the fluid remains non-gaseous; discharging the gaseous solvent portion of the fluid, substantially free of dissolved solids, from the vaporization chamber; removing solids from the vaporization chamber substantially separate from the gaseous fluid; routing the gaseous solvent portion of the fluid to the heater; transferring heat from the solvent to the fluid within the heater; and compressing the gaseous solvent portion of the fluid between the vaporization chamber and the heater.",0.6803724906866848,0.6392550186266304
8624509,"1. A LED tube comprising a translucent or fluorescent tube of substantially the shape and size of a fluorescence tube, inside which one or more LED components and a current control unit are installed and at each end of which there is at least one contact pin for connecting the light element mechanically and electrically to the tube supports of the fluorescence tube lighting fixture, wherein the LED tube has a safety unit arranged to connect electric power from the ends of the LED tube to the current control unit and LED components separately only after voltage fed from the corresponding tube support of the lighting fixture to said at least one contact pin has been detected at each end of the LED tube separately, and wherein the LED tube has at least one optical control line arranged to transfer at least one control or measurement signal associated with said safety unit from one end of the LED tube to the other, opposite end.",0.46547978225916464,0.9309595645183293
9317104,"1. A method of controlling a server cluster, the method comprising: determining a connection state of a server node using a network chip operable to communicate with an external network; generating, using the network chip, a connection state signal based at least in part on the connection state of the server node; determining, using a power management unit of a control unit, a voltage level of the connection state signal; determining, using the voltage level of the connection state signal, a connection state of the server node with regard to the external network; and generating, using a south bridge chip of the control unit, an operational signal corresponding to the connection state of the server node.",0.5226350162193035,0.954729967561393
9481253,"1. An energy storage system for connection to a traction power supply that provides power to an electric vehicle, the energy storage system comprising: (a.) a buck-boost DC-DC converter for connection to the traction power supply; (b.) an electrical energy storage; (c.) a storage bus connecting the electrical energy storage to the converter; and (d.) a power controller communicably connected to the converter and being operable in a regeneration mode when the vehicle is braking and in an assist mode when the vehicle is accelerating; wherein when the power controller is in the regeneration mode, the power controller controls the converter to transfer electrical energy from the traction power supply to the electrical energy storage; wherein when the power controller is in the assist mode, the power controller controls the converter to transfer electrical energy from the electrical energy storage to the traction power supply; and wherein the controller slows the rate of electrical energy transfer between the traction power supply and the electrical energy storage when upper and lower voltage boundary limits of the electrical energy storage are approached, respectively, and wherein the power controller comprises a first controller that works to reduce the difference between the voltage of the traction power supply and a reference voltage, a second controller that works to produce a constraint boundary based on the difference between the storage bus voltage and a maximum bus voltage utilizing a gain of the second controller, and a dynamic saturator operable to receive an output from the first controller and to bound the output to upper and lower saturation levels, the upper saturation level being the output of the second controller.",0.9517531222854747,0.09649375542905059
9012073,"1. A composition comprising a particulate material characterized by the formula Si w Sn x M y C z , where w, x, y and z are weight percents, 1≦w≦25, 3≦x≦25, y≧0, 50≦z≦95, 1≦(w+y)≦35, and M is a metal atom selected from the group consisting of Fe, Ni, Co, Mn, Zn, V, Cr, Mo, Nb, Ta, Zr, B, Al, Ti, Mg and combinations thereof.",0.6025758173729789,0.7948483652540421
9441803,"1. A direct irradiation type vehicular headlamp, comprising: a lamp unit outer case constituted by an outer cover and a lamp housing; a circuit substrate mounted with a light emitting diode of a yellow color serving as a light source and having a connection terminal for supplying power to the light emitting diode; a placement member configured to place the circuit substrate; a projection lens configured to receive light emitted from a main optical axis of the light emitting diode directly without using a reflector and project the received light forwardly; and a cover member including a colored part and an attached part, and being inwardly extended to surround the light emitting diode from a front surface of the placement member such that the cover member blocks a portion of the light diffused to a peripheral side of the projection lens but does not block the main optical axis of the light emitting diode, and absorbs the portion of the light diffused to the peripheral side of the projection lens, wherein a rear surface of the colored part is substantially the same position as a front surface of the light emitting diode in a forward-backward direction, an inner peripheral surface of the colored part is formed as an incident surface on which the portion of the light diffused to a peripheral side of the projection lens is incident, one end of the attached part is coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the colored part and the other end is attached to the surface of the placement member, a predetermined color other than the yellow color of the light emitting diode is given to the incident surface of the colored part of the cover member, the cover member is disposed such that at least an outer periphery of the circuit substrate is blocked by the cover member when viewed from a front side of the vehicular headlamp, and the attached part includes a base portion formed in a box shape opened toward upwardly, a placement groove that is opened inwardly and rearwardly and extended in a circumferential direction thereof is formed on a rear side surface of the base portion, and the outer periphery of the circuit substrate is inserted into the placement groove.",0.262968522517954,0.525937045035908
8630090,"1. A heat dissipation device for a power conversion module, comprising: a casing comprising a heat-dissipation fin unit having a plurality of heat dissipation fins arranged at positions spaced apart from each other by predetermined intervals, the casing having a mounting space therein; a high-heat-dissipation heat sink installed in the mounting space of the casing; and a circuit board coupled to a lower surface of the casing, wherein:",0.8115364937254734,0.37692701254905314
9846480,"1. A selecting method comprising: obtaining by a computer, for each operation state combination for a processor of which element operation states are changeable, a state information record that indicates operation states of the operation state combination; measuring by the computer, for each obtained state information record, a power consumption value and a processing performance value of the processor after the processor is switched to the operation states indicated by the state information record, the power consumption value and the processing performance value being measured by executing a specific program on the processor after the processor is switched to the operation states indicated by the state information record; and selecting by the computer, based on the measured processing performance values and for each predetermined power consumption value among a plurality of predetermined power consumption values that differ, a state information record for which the measured power consumption value is the predetermined power consumption value or less among the obtained state information records.",0.7521379990603739,0.49572400187925214
9408308,"1. A printed circuit board (PCB) comprising: first electronic components are mounted on a first side of the PCB, the first electronic components have a power consumption that is greater than a power consumption threshold for the first electronic components and greater than power consumptions of second electronic components mounted on a second side of the PCB and have a height over the first side of the PCB that is higher than any other electronic components mounted on the first side of the PCB; and the second electronic components are mounted on the second side of the PCB, and at least one of the second electronic components has a height over the second side of the PCB that is higher than the height of the first electronic components, the second electronic components being passive non-integrated circuit (IC) components.",0.7381469029318456,0.5237061941363088
9803113,"1. An adhesive composition comprising: (a) at least one propylene-based polymer comprising more than 50 wt % of propylene-derived units and at least one first comonomer-derived units, said propylene-based polymer having a Brookfield viscosity of at least 250 mPa·sec measured by ASTM D-3236 at 190° C., a heat of fusion of at least 60 J/g measured by differential scanning calorimetry and a characteristic time (t (b) an ethylene-based polymer comprising more than 50 wt % ethylene-derived units and at least one second comonomer-derived units, said ethylene-based polymer having a Brookfield viscosity of at least 250 mPa·sec measured by ASTM D-3236 at 190° C., a heat of fusion in the range from 1 to 100 J/g measured by differential scanning calorimetry and a characteristic time (t wherein said at least one first comonomer and said at least one second comonomer are the same or different; wherein said characteristic time (t wherein said BV is the Brookfield viscosity of said propylene-based polymer or said ethylene-based polymer measured by ASTM D-3236 at 190° C. in units of mPa·sec, said Density is the density of said propylene-based polymer or said ethylene-based polymer in units of g/cm",0.09263193436305471,0.18526386872610945
8787920,"1. A method for receiving, by a mobile terminal from a base station, system information via a broadcast control channel (BCCH), which is a logical channel between a radio link control (RLC) layer and a medium access control (MAC) layer, and a broadcast channel (BCH) and a downlink shared channel (DL_SCH), the BCH and DL_SCH being transport channels between the MAC layer and a physical layer and which are each directly mapped to the BCCH, the method comprising: receiving a block of first system information from the base station in a predetermined frame of the BCH; and after the block of first system information is received, receiving a first block of second system information from the base station in a predetermined frame of the DL_SCH configured to carry system information and user traffic, the first block of second system information including schedule information relating to a second block of second system information, wherein the first block of second system information and the second block of second system information are received via the DL_SCH in accordance with a specific control channel, wherein the specific control channel indicates frequency and time information via which the first block of second system information and the second block of second system information are received via the DL_SCH, and wherein the first block of second system information further includes cell access related information.",0.5244278683290902,0.9511442633418197
9424675,"1. A method of rendering a user interface of an application on a computer system, comprising: receiving, from the application, a notification of a change to at least one property of at least one first object, the at least one first object being associated with a user interface of the application; changing the at least one property of the at least one first object from a first state to a second state; queuing the change of state from the first state to the second state in a queue; determining at least one implicit animation from a plurality of implicit animations for animating at least one second object of a render tree structure responsive to the change from the first state to the second state, the at least one second object being associated with the at least one first object, wherein the at least one implicit animation is automatically determined independent of the application, and wherein the application does not include explicit animation code for the at least one implicit animation; and rendering from the render tree structure on a display of the computer system by implementing an explicit animation from the determined at least one implicit animation on the at least one second object.",0.1535163479078907,0.3070326958157814
8404615,"1. A cathode catalyst for a mixed reactant fuel cell, comprising: a first catalyst comprising a Ru—Ch1 compound where Ch1 is a chalcogen selected from the group consisting of S, Se, Te, and combinations thereof; and a second catalyst comprising a Pt—Ch2 compound where Ch2 is a chalcogen selected from the group consisting of S, Se, Te, and combinations thereof, wherein the cathode catalyst comprises the first catalyst and the second catalyst in a weight ratio from 90:10 to 50:50.",0.96234401144926,0.07531197710148008
8405765,"1. A portable electronic device comprising: a main body comprising a main surface, a cavity formed in the main body, a plurality of recesses formed in inner walls of the cavity and in communication with the cavity, and a cutout formed in the main surface and in communication with the cavity, the cutout comprising a bottom surface parallel with the main surface and three side surfaces connecting the bottom surface to the main surface; a plurality of ball bearings received in the respective recesses; a spherical retaining member received in the cavity and in point-contact with each of the ball bearings and thereby rotatably supported by the ball bearings, the spherical retaining member defining a receiving space therein and an opening in communication with the receiving space; a camera module received in the receiving space and facing the opening; and a cover comprising a square first portion, a second portion extending from the first portion and engaged in the cavity, and a through hole formed through the first and second portions, with an inner wall of the through hole being spherical; wherein the first portion is engaged in the cutout, with three of side surfaces thereof in contact with the three side surfaces of the cutout and the last side surface thereof exposed to outside; and the spherical retaining member is in contact with the inner wall of the through hole and extends through the through hole.",0.09857254801490055,0.19714509602980113
9451879,"1. An optical apparatus, applied to ophthalmology detection, the optical apparatus comprising: an image capturing unit, for capturing images of different portions of a face of a person to be tested to obtain a plurality of face images; a data comparing unit, coupled to the image capturing unit, for comparing the plurality of face images with a built-in database; a detection unit, coupled to the data comparing unit, for detecting on an eye of the person to be tested; a location determining unit, coupled to the data comparing unit, for automatically determining whether the eye detected by the detection unit is a left-eye or a right-eye; and a data output unit, coupled to the data comparing unit, for selectively outputting a detection result of the detection unit, a comparing result of the data comparing unit, and/or a determining result of the location determining unit.",0.023403089653080147,0.04680617930616027
9440809,"1. A sheet stacking apparatus, comprising: a main body; a first storage unit configured to be drawn out of/inserted into the main body and storing a sheet, the first storage unit comprising a guide portion; and a second storage unit configured to be drawn out of/inserted into the main body, provided above the first storage unit, and storing a sheet, the second storage unit comprising an abutment portion guided by the guide portion of the first storage unit when the second storage unit is being drawn out of the main body in a state in which the first storage unit has already been precedingly drawn out of the main body, wherein the second storage unit comprises a second storage portion storing the sheet and a second exterior cover provided at an end portion of the second storage portion in a drawing direction of the second storage unit, wherein the abutment portion is provided so as to project downward from a lower surface of the second exterior cover of the second storage unit, and wherein the abutment portion is a rotator rotatably supported by the second exterior cover.",0.6176537846803946,0.7646924306392109
9410482,"1. An apparatus comprising: a gas turbine engine having a particle separator for cleaning an airflow and a compressor capable of increasing a pressure of a working fluid in the gas turbine engine, the particle separator having a clean flow path and a dirty flow path; a first passageway for the conveyance of a first air flow extracted from a first source of the compressor; a second passageway for the conveyance of a second air flow extracted from a second source of the compressor, the second source downstream of the first source; and a heat exchanger separately maintaining the first air flow and second air flow and constructed such that the first air flow cools the second air flow; a passage that conveys a merged flow of a flow of dirty air from the dirty flow path of the particle separator and the first air flow extracted from the compressor, the passage structured to receive the merged flow from the first passageway downstream of the heat exchanger and the dirty flow path downstream of the particle separator; and a blower positioned at a downstream portion of the passage and structured to receive and convey onward the first air flow from the first source of the compressor and the flow of dirty air from the particle separator; wherein the first air flow is extracted from the first source of the compressor at a first extraction location and the first air flow is merged with the flow of dirty air at a merger location, the merger location being downstream of the first extraction location; wherein the gas turbine engine has an axial in-flow of an inlet air stream divided by the particle separator into the clean flow path and the dirty flow path.",0.8739493947299115,0.252101210540177
9781619,"1. A method for a user equipment to transmit a set of data to at least a first telecommunication network, the user equipment comprising a rechargeable power supply, the method comprising the acts of: detecting charging of the rechargeable power supply performed at least partially over a physical connection; while the rechargeable power supply is charging:",0.9286653988204874,0.14266920235902525
9075609,"1. A processor comprising: a plurality of exclusive resources, each exclusive resource accessible to a certain core of a plurality of cores; a shared resource that is accessible to more than one core of the plurality of cores; and a controller configured to manage power state transitions of each of the plurality of exclusive resources and the shared resource, the controller to receive a request from a resource to transition from a first power state to a lower power state and, in response to receiving the request, the controller to control power state transitions of the resource according to a first power control threshold when the resource is one of the plurality of exclusive resources and according to a second power control threshold that is greater than the first power control threshold when the resource is the shared resource.",0.9562928401894745,0.08741431962105106
9151270,1. A wind turbine blade comprising: a main blade element comprising a radially inboard portion; and a flatback slat comprising a flatback trailing edge spaced proximate the main blade element along a radial span of the inboard portion in a transverse sectional view thereof; wherein at least a portion of a leading edge of the slat is disposed within a zone of parallel flow wherein an operational airflow flows parallel ±6° to a suction side of the main blade element throughout a variation of at least 8° in an inflow angle to the primary blade element.,0.9898563088769178,0.020287382246164443
8817291,"1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store a job; an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium based on the job; an authentication device configured to perform user authentication; and a control device configured to: wherein the control device is configured to reduce power supplied to the authentication device based on a determination that the job does not require user authentication, and wherein the control device is configured to reduce power supplied to the authentication device when the job is implemented by a facsimile function.",0.160680198791022,0.32136039758204404
9830733,"1. A method of performing a ray-node intersection test, the method comprising: generating a ray in a rendering scene; tracing a path of the ray in an acceleration structure comprising nodes; and performing the ray-node intersection test to locate a node that intersects the ray, wherein the ray-node intersection test comprises: wherein the reciprocal number is a floating-point number, and wherein the obtaining of the multiplication values comprises: obtaining an added value by adding a predetermined value to a mantissa of the reciprocal number; determining a sign of the added value; and obtaining multiplication values between the added value to which the determined sign is applied and the differences values.",0.09999682041435905,0.19999364082871807
8372443,"1. A method for repelling or killing vectors of citrus greening disease comprising: exposing the vectors to an effective amount of at least one volatile compound to repel or kill at least one of the vectors of citrus greening disease wherein the at least one volatile compound comprises hydrogen sulfide, methanethiol, sulfur dioxide, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, methional, or dimethyl trisulfide, or combinations thereof.",0.9134359109424582,0.17312817811508352
9733683,"1. A motherboard comprising: a power module, wherein the power module comprises a power terminal, a fuse, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, a fourth capacitor, and a ferrite bead, the power terminal of the power module, the fuse, the ferrite bead, and the fourth capacitor are connected in that order, a node between the ferrite bead and the fuse is coupled to ground through the first capacitor, the second capacitor and the third capacitor coupled in parallel; a display module; a control module; and a protect module coupled to the power module, the display module, and the control module; wherein the control module is configured to output a first control signal to the protect module; and the protect module is configured to connect the power module to the display module or disconnect the power module from the display module upon receipt of the first control signal.",0.5747773059644888,0.8504453880710223
8973424,"1. A method for detecting leakages in a system, the system including: a section; at least one conveying device for conveying medical fluid through the section; and a shut-off device arranged downstream from the section and configured to interrupt or reduce the medical fluid flowing through the section or out of the section into an area downstream of the shut-off device, wherein the method comprises:",0.29881531502764513,0.5976306300552903
9584065,"1. A solar cell structure comprising: at least two polymer layers, wherein the at least two polymer layers are doped with at least one fluorescent material, at least one transparent photovoltaic cell layer, wherein a first polymer layer is located on top of and covers the at least one transparent photovoltaic cell layer, wherein the solar cell structure is a layered structure in which wherein the layered structure has a first mirrored edge and a second mirrored edge and mirrored front and rear edges.",0.98104335908469,0.03791328183062004
9761668,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first conductivity type semiconductor substrate; a second conductivity type semiconductor layer which is formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to be in contact with the semiconductor substrate; a first conductivity type body region which is formed in a front surface portion of the semiconductor layer; a second conductivity type source region which is formed, in a front surface portion of the body region, apart from a circumferential edge of the body region; a second conductivity type drain region which is formed, in the front surface portion of the semiconductor layer, apart from the body region; a gate insulating film which is formed in a front surface of the semiconductor layer so as to be in contact with the body region between the drain region and the source region; a thick insulating film which is formed integrally with the gate insulating film so as to cover the semiconductor layer between the gate insulating film and the drain region and which has a thickness greater than a thickness of the gate insulating film; and a gate electrode which is opposite to the body region via the gate insulating film between the source region and the drain region, wherein the body region includes a first portion in which a boundary with the semiconductor layer is in contact with the gate insulating film and a second portion in which a boundary with the semiconductor layer is in contact with the thick insulating film, and the first portion and the second portion of the body region are formed in a portion between the source region and the drain region in the body region.",0.13991309673269342,0.27982619346538684
8506800,1. A system for providing a treated effluent comprising: a biological reactor comprising at least one sequencing batch reactor connected to a source of wastewater; a weighting agent impregnation tank connected to a first outlet and an inlet of the biological reactor; a source of a weighting agent connected to an inlet of the weighting agent impregnation tank; and a separator connected to a second outlet of the biological reactor and an inlet of the weighting agent impregnation tank.,0.9026431988118121,0.1947136023763758
9260976,"1. A control for a turbine engine having a plurality of shafts and one or more electrical machines coupled to each of the shafts, the control comprising: an engine health monitor to monitor the health of the turbine engine over time, wherein the health of the turbine engine is indicative of a wear characteristic of the turbine engine; and a power allocation optimizer to allocate power extraction between the electrical machines based on the health of the turbine engine, wherein to allocate the power extraction comprises to assign a part of a total power extraction to the one or more electrical machines coupled to each of the plurality of shafts.",0.9896811835318895,0.020637632936221006
9062657,"1. A mill reacting to fluid flow to create energy, the mill comprising: a vertically oriented hub; an arm attaching to and rotating with the hub in a horizontal plane; a vane situated on the arm to be movable relative to the arm and rotatable with the arm as the arm rotates in the horizontal plane, the vane having a curved suction side, a planar pressure side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge, the vane comprises an axle about which the vane may rotate; a control member comprising a pin that limits movement of the vane relative to the arm, wherein within any 90 degree rotation of the arm the vane rotates relative to the arm no more than about 45 degrees; the mill comprises a plate having an opening in which the pin traverses; the vane is moveable during rotation of the arm into rotation of the vane about the axle is limited by interaction between the pin and the plate; and in the first position the pin is disposed against a first end of the opening and the pin is disposed against a second, opposite end of the opening when the vane is in the second position.",0.7430557265133491,0.5138885469733019
9663461,"1. A process for synthesis of a mercaptan starting from a terminal olefin and hydrogen sulphide comprising at least the following successive steps: A—catalytically adding hydrogen sulphide to a terminal olefin catalysed by an acid catalyst, then B—separating the products of the addition reaction into a light fraction comprising the excess hydrogen sulphide and the olefins, and a heavy fraction comprising at least one mercaptan and optionally one or more thioethers, C—in a finishing step, passing the light fraction obtained from step B over an acid catalyst, then D—separating the products from the finishing step into a fraction rich in hydrogen sulphide and a fraction rich in addition products and then E—recycling the fraction rich in hydrogen sulphide to step A.",0.7148843010202537,0.5702313979594926
9505705,"1. A process for preparing tolylenediamine comprising catalytically hydrogenating dinitrotoluene in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst wherein said hydrogenation catalyst comprises an active component on a support wherein said active component present consists of a mixture of platinum, nickel and an additional metal selected from the group comprising copper, cobalt, iron, zinc, manganese and chromium, wherein the catalyst comprises 1-5% by weight of platinum, from 0.3 to 1.5% by weight of nickel and 0.05-1.5% by weight of the additional metal, based in each case on the weight of the catalyst, wherein said process is carried out at a pressure in the range of from 10 to 40 bar and a temperature in the range of from 100 to 220° C., and wherein the dinitrotoluene is either used in an environment free of alcohol; or in a mixture wherein the weight ratio of tolylenediamine to water is in the range from 4:1 to 1:1 and the weight ratio of the tolylenediamine/water mixture to at least one alcoholic solvent is from 1000:1 to 5:1.",0.821550834336722,0.3568983313265559
9127742,1. A protective tube arrangement for a piston-cylinder unit comprising: a piston rod ( a substantially disk-shaped carrying cap ( a first axial contact surface ( each of said axial contact surfaces being located at one side of said carrying cap ( a protective tube ( said carrying cap ( said protective tube ( said protective tube arrangement further comprising a first axially acting securing element (,0.07024326624023008,0.14048653248046017
9487251,"1. A vehicle comprising: a body extending along a longitudinal axis, wherein the body defines an air intake opening configured for receiving a flow of air; at least one duct having an air inlet disposed adjacent the air intake opening for receiving the flow of air through the air intake opening, a first outlet in fluid communication with the air inlet and configured for directing the flow of air across a brake system, and a second outlet in fluid communication with the air inlet and configured for directing the flow of air across an exterior surface of a wheel to form an air curtain over the wheel; and an airflow control mechanism moveable between a first position for directing the flow of air through the first outlet and blocking airflow through the second outlet, and a second position for directing the flow of air through the second outlet and blocking airflow through the first outlet.",0.6775657878390031,0.6448684243219938
9590267,"1. A non-aqueous electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery comprising: a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic mixture; and an additive, wherein the additive consists essentially of trialkylsilyl borate at a concentration of at least about 1 wt %, and the non-aqueous organic mixture includes at least one of ethyl propionate and ethyl acetate in an amount of about 50 wt % to about 70 wt % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous organic mixture.",0.9414896024931196,0.11702079501376073
9133581,"1. A method for producing a non-cementitious product, the method comprising: a) producing a carbonate additive, wherein the carbonate additive comprises reactive vaterite; b) mixing the carbonate additive with a non-cementitious additive; and c) transforming the reactive vaterite to aragonite and producing a non-cementitious product wherein the non-cementitious additive is a cellulosic fiber or polymeric fiber to make a paper product.",0.8632097069832031,0.2735805860335938
9593629,"1. A method for controlling an air-fuel ratio (AFR) in an engine powered by a gaseous fuel having an unknown composition, the engine including a microprocessor adapted to perform the method, said method comprising: receiving an assumed gas species composition for the gaseous fuel; determining an assumed lower heating value (LHV) for the assumed gas species composition; determining a perceived lower heating value (LHV) for the gaseous fuel based on a perceived gas mass flow and a gas energy flow for the gaseous fuel; comparing the assumed LHV and the perceived LHV; updating the assumed gas species composition until the assumed LHV and the perceived LHV are aligned, the assumed gas species composition being an aligned gas species composition when the assumed LHV and the perceived LHV are aligned; determining a desired AFR using the aligned gas species composition and a desired λ; determining an airflow necessary to provide the desired AFR; and adjusting an air system controller of the engine to provide the airflow.",0.7328695380022833,0.5342609239954335
9291131,"1. A vehicular air intake apparatus for an intake passage, which is configured to draw intake air to a combustion chamber of an engine, the vehicular air intake apparatus comprising: a Helmholtz resonator communicating with an interior of the intake passage, wherein the Helmholtz resonator has a volume chamber and a communication pipe, the volume chamber forms a resonance chamber, the communication pipe communicates the volume chamber with the intake passage, and the communication pipe includes an acoustic stack, which is configured to cause a temperature gradient with an acoustic energy.",0.5496955775521527,0.9006088448956946
9334548,"1. A method of separating and recovering iron from a waste non-ferrous slag, discharged from a process for smelting of non-ferrous metals, including copper, zinc and lead, by physical and chemical separation, the method comprising the steps of: (a) crushing the waste non-ferrous slag; (b) mixing the waste non-ferrous slag, crushed in step (a), with carbon as a reducing agent and calcium carbonate (CaCO (c) crushing the material resulting from step (b) to separate iron (Fe) and iron carbide (Fe (d) separating the crushed material, obtained in step (c), into fractions according to particle size; and (e) subjecting the fractions, obtained in step (d), to wet magnetic separation and dry magnetic separation, to separate magnetic iron concentrates from the fractions, and mixing the magnetic iron concentrates with each other.",0.9188923864806736,0.16221522703865277
8778552,"1. A method of operating a portable device comprising a power system housed within the device, comprising: providing: (a) a plurality of secondary flow cells, each flow cell comprising: wherein at least one of said positive and negative electroactive materials comprises a flowable redox composition in said electroactive zone; and wherein (b) at least one dispensing vessel for dispensing a flowable redox composition into one of the positive or negative electroactive zone; wherein said dispensing vessel is connected with said plurality of flow cells and in fluidic communication with said electroactive zone and the dispensing vessel is capable of being connected and disconnected from said flow cell; and (c) at least one receiving vessel for receiving flowable redox composition from one of the positive or negative electroactive zone, wherein said receiving vessel is connected with said flow cell and in fluidic communication with said electroactive zone and the receiving vessel is capable of being connected and disconnected from said flow cell; and introducing said flowable redox composition from said dispensing vessel into at least one of the electroactive zones to cause the flow cell to discharge to provide electric energy to operate the device; and receiving the discharged redox composition in the receiving vessel.",0.8923876513300659,0.21522469733986815
8831831,"1. A method of controlling a vehicle and trailer assembly comprising: initiating an input mode on an electronic input device associate with an electronic control unit for a trailer backing system; inputting a first set of data points including inputting at least one data point relating to a current position of at least one of a vehicle and a trailer of the vehicle and trailer assembly; inputting a second set of data points including inputting at least one data point relating to a final position of at least one of a vehicle and a trailer of the vehicle and trailer assembly; inputting a third set of data points including inputting at least one data point for each obstacle proximate to a current vehicle and trailer assembly position and the final vehicle and trailer assembly position; ending the input mode; determining an intended backing path based upon the first, second, and third set of data points.",0.44115118314663876,0.8823023662932775
9591346,1. A method of operation of a content delivery system comprising: detecting a person's presence with a capturing device for identifying a portable device; determining an audience type with a control unit according to the person's presence detected within a detection zone categorized under a privacy setting for identifying whether the person's presence represents a registered user or an unregistered user for determining a content type presentable on a public device; generating a display content with subcontents including a private content and a public content; distributing the display content based on the audience type and a time threshold for confirming the person's presence suitable for partitioning the subcontents from the display content to store the private content on the portable device and to send the public content on the public device; distributing the subcontents including the private content to the public device based on the audience type detected within the detection zone permitted under the privacy setting for displaying on the public device; displaying the subcontents including the private content to the public device when the audience type detected within the detection zone is the registered user; and restricting displaying the subcontents including the private content to the public device when the audience type detected within the detection zone is the unregistered user.,0.044483006689611325,0.08896601337922261
9461407,"1. A locking device comprising: a restriction member that restricts movement of a hook of a power feeding plug, wherein the power feeding plug is adapted to be connected to a power receiving connector; a stopper that supports the restriction member so that the restriction member is movable relative to the stopper; a drive unit that is electrically driven to move the stopper, wherein the movement of the stopper allows for movement of the restriction member between a lock position, in which the restriction member is positioned adjacent to the hook and restricts movement of the hook, and an unlock position, in which the restriction member is separated from the hook and permits movement of the hook; an urging member that pushes the restriction member in a direction from the unlock position toward the lock position to move the restriction member when the stopper moves; an operation member that is connected to the restriction member to manually move the restriction member, wherein the restriction member moves relative to the stopper against an urging force produced by the urging member when the operation member moves the restriction member from the lock position to the unlock position; and an operation box arranged in a vehicle and used to manually operate the operation member in the vehicle.",0.28563308939338095,0.5712661787867619
9657716,"1. An assembly for rotationally supporting a wind turbine blade relative to a wind turbine hub, the assembly comprising an intermediate ring having an inner annular portion and an outer annular portion provided with means for attaching the turbine blade, whereby the intermediate ring is rotatably mounted to the hub via a first bearing arrangement, characterized in that the first bearing arrangement comprises a radial bearing and a thrust bearing, wherein the inner annular portion is mounted to the hub via the radial bearing and the outer annular portion is mounted to the hub via the thrust bearing, and wherein the thrust bearing comprises first and second sliding surfaces which are clamped to the hub between first and second clamping members.",0.9485879624846528,0.10282407503069435
9480948,"1. An exhaust gas purification apparatus, comprising: an oxidation catalyst (DOC) comprising a noble metal component for oxidizing, in particular, nitrogen monoxide, among carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and for combusting light oil, a catalyzed soot filter (CSF) comprising a noble metal component for collecting a particulate component such as soot and removing by combustion (oxidation), a reducing agent spraying means for supplying a reducing agent selected from a urea component or an ammonia component, and a selective reduction catalyst (SCR) for removing by reduction of nitrogen oxides by contacting with the reducing agent, wherein the oxidation catalyst (DOC), the catalyzed soot filter (CSF), the reducing agent spraying means, and the selective reduction catalyst (SCR) are arranged in this order from the upstream side of an exhaust gas passage, in order to purify carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, and particulate components such as soot, in exhaust gas discharged from a diesel engine, the oxidation catalyst (DOC) has a catalyst layer consisting of platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd) and barium oxide (BaO) supported on alumina (Al the catalyzed combustion filter (CSF) has a catalyst layer, where platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd) are supported on alumina having a pore size of 12 to 120 nm, or a mixture of two or more kinds of alumina having different pore size within its range, and ratio of platinum and palladium is 1:1 to 11:4 in weight equivalent.",0.9058963098953302,0.18820738020933958
9265218,"1. A seed of hybrid corn variety CH816051, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV853963 with a second plant of variety CV024672, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV853963 and CV024672 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-121096 and PTA-12960, respectively.",0.3232605802187756,0.6465211604375511
8518988,"1. Hydrochloride of the (4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenyl)-carbamic acid (6-dimethylamino methyl-2-naphtalenyl) ester in crystalline form II, characterised in that it has a Powder X Ray Diffraction spectrum having the following peaks ±0.20° (2 theta): 5.10; 10.07; 14.90; 15.15; 15.67; 17.24; 17.84; 18.51; 19.23; 20.25; 20.37; 22.01; 22.63; 23.12; 24.76; 25.40; 27.78; 28.97; 31.02.",0.2874435640784591,0.5748871281569182
9419292,"1. A procedure for controlling a PEM-fuel-cell-stack backup electric generator ( 1 ), said backup electric generator ( 1 ) comprising: a controller ( an automatic startup operation thus allowing the PEM-fuel-cell-stack electric generator ( a normal operation a shut-down operation; a fuel-cell stack ( a cell-voltage monitor ( an electrical-energy management and conditioning unit ( to measure the electric current supplied by the fuel-cell stack ( and wherein said electrical-energy management and conditioning unit ( a blower ( a hydrogen recirculator ( a hydrogen-purging device ( and wherein said controller (",0.9928884992055621,0.014223001588875794
9083037,"1. A fuel cell including an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an electrolyte or an ion exchange membrane between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, wherein the cathode electrode uses an iron redox couple as an oxidizer, and iron (II) ions of the iron redox couple are regenerated by at least one oxidizing substance selected from the group consisting of NO",0.9633662458478429,0.07326750830431417
8734745,"1. A heat recovery steam generator, comprising: a casing for receiving exhaust gas from a turbine; at least one heat exchanger positioned within the casing for thermal communication with the exhaust gas; an ammonia vapor distributor positioned within the casing; an ammonia vaporization unit configured for conversion of aqueous ammonia to ammonia vapor and communication of the ammonia vapor to the distributor; a first extraction line operatively connected between the casing and the ammonia vaporization unit for communication of exhaust gas to the ammonia vaporization unit; a second extraction operatively connected between the casing and the ammonia vaporization unit for communication of exhaust gas to the ammonia vaporization unit; a catalytic reduction system located within the casing and positioned downstream from the distributor for effecting a reaction between the ammonia vapor and NO",0.9578131222395955,0.08437375552080906
9490832,"1. An analog-to-digital converter circuit comprising: an amplifier circuit configured to receive a differential analog input signal at a first amplifier input associated with a first amplifier current path and a second amplifier input associated with a second amplifier current path, and to amplify the differential analog input signal to generate a differential analog output signal at a first amplifier output associated with the first amplifier current path and at a second amplifier output associated with the second amplifier current path, wherein: a first capacitor coupled between the first amplifier input and the second amplifier output; a second capacitor coupled between the second amplifier input and the first amplifier output; and a latch circuit having a first latch input coupled to the first amplifier output and a second latch input coupled to the second amplifier output, wherein the latch circuit is configured to generate a differential digital output signal, based upon the differential analog output signal, at a first latch output and a second latch output.",0.22346384022317584,0.44692768044635167
8443876,"1. A top drive comprising: (a) a top drive housing connected with a first upper link and a second upper link, wherein the top drive comprises a rotatable stem and a grabber leg; and (b) an inside blowout preventer connected with the rotatable stem, the inside blowout preventer comprising:",0.13693353727264507,0.27386707454529013
8537782,"1. A method for receiving data in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) system comprising: a device receiving a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols representing data from a transmitting device, said plurality of OFDM symbols comprising a first plurality of subcarriers, said first plurality of subcarriers being defined in a soft handoff zone and said first plurality of subcarriers in said soft handoff zone having a subchannel definition, wherein the soft handoff zone comprises: the device processing the received symbols to recover the data from the transmitting device.",0.08632681882207648,0.17265363764415298
9586749,"1. A dispenser tray comprising: a first side wall, a second side wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and a back wall; a front panel connected to the top wall, the front panel having a lower edge forming a product removal slot between the lower edge of the front panel and the bottom wall for removal of product in the interior of the tray; a first tab extending downward from the lower edge of the front panel toward the bottom wall to hold the product in place prior to withdrawal through the product removal slot; and a detachable panel positioned to cover the front panel and the product removal slot, the detachable panel being completely removable, wherein the detachable panel is connected to the bottom wall along a perforated fold line.",0.10827241477893612,0.21654482955787224
9595888,"1. A DC-AC power converter, comprising: a converter leg comprising a first switch and a second switch for converting power, wherein each of the first switch and the second switch comprises a drain terminal, a gate terminal, and a source terminal, and wherein the drain terminal of the first switch is coupled to a first terminal of a power source, and the source terminal of the second switch is coupled to a second terminal of the power source; a first fast recovery diode coupled in series with the first switch such that a cathode terminal of the first fast recovery diode is coupled to the source terminal of the first switch and an anode terminal of the first fast recovery diode is coupled to the source terminal of the second switch; a second fast recovery diode coupled in series with the second switch such that a cathode terminal of the second fast recovery diode is coupled to the drain terminal of the first switch and an anode terminal of the second fast recovery diode is coupled to the drain terminal of the second switch; a controller for switching the first switch and the second switch using a pulse width modulation technique; and an interface inductor comprising a first inductor and a second inductor electrically coupled to each other with reverse polarity, wherein a first terminal of the first inductor is directly connected to the source terminal of the first switch and the cathode terminal of the first fast recovery diode, and a first terminal of the second inductor is directly connected to the drain terminal of the second switch and the anode terminal of the second fast recovery diode, wherein a second terminal of the first inductor is directly connected to a second terminal of the second inductor, and wherein, during operation, the interface inductor is configured to divert a current to the first fast recovery diode or the second fast recovery diode to avoid a reverse recovery of the current in the first switch or the second switch.",0.7628764772218045,0.47424704555639097
9016056,"1. An energy converter using the Stirling cycle, having at least two sealed chambers, comprising hot sections and cold sections, the converter comprising: at least two sets of stator cylindrical disks, segmented and interconnected by means of hot sections and cold sections, both in the format of fractions of a cylindrical disk, each equipped with parallel plates and ducts or internal serpentines, through which the hot and cold fluids pass, respectively, to heat and cool working gas that passes between plates; and a central rotor formed by a hollow cylindrical shaft, limited to its respective chamber, externally equipped with two sets of escutcheons, one set for each of said chambers, formed by solid blades of thermal isolating material in the format of fractions of a cylindrical disk, placed symmetrically and interconnected by hollowed sections; whereby the rotation of said central rotor dislocates the working gas between the hot and cold sections of the cylindrical disks, providing expansion and retraction of the gas, respectively, creating pressure differentials that force the passage of the gas through a turbine and thereafter towards the chamber with the lower pressure.",0.9525022540832998,0.09499549183340039
9451251,"1. A method, comprising: writing a pixel bit stream to a memory, the pixel bit stream representing a sequence of frames; dividing each frame of the sequence of frames into a first sub frame partition and a second sub frame partition in a spatial domain, each frame comprising a set of contiguous pixels; encoding, by a first encoder, the first sub frame partition of each frame, the first encoder being communicatively coupled to the memory; decoding the first sub frame partition to generate reconstructed pixels of the first sub frame partition; writing the reconstructed pixels of the first sub frame partition of each frame to the memory; and encoding, by a second encoder subsequent to writing the reconstructed pixels of the first sub frame partition of each frame to the memory, the second sub frame partition of each frame using each of the reconstructed pixels of the first sub frame partition of the same frame, the second encoder being communicatively coupled to the memory.",0.07186162524070615,0.14372325048141232
9079739,"1. An apparatus for monitoring and controlling the nip force between a fixed roll having a first longitudinal axis, a pivoting roll pivotable about as pivot axis and having a second longitudinal axis, said first longitudinal axis being generally parallel to said pivot axis and said second longitudinal axis when said fixed roll and said pivoting roll are at least in proximate contacting engagement, a load cylinder for adjusting said second longitudinal axis relative to said first longitudinal axis by adjusting a position of said pivoting roll about said pivot axis, and an adjustable stop disposed in a fixed relationship relative to said fixed roll, said apparatus comprising: a force sensing, device disposed upon said adjustable stop, said force sensing device being capable of measuring a force exerted by said pivoting roll upon said adjustable stop when said pivoting roll is in contacting engagement thereto; a force sensing device disposed between said fixed roll and said pivoting roll capable of measuring a force exerted by said pivoting roll upon said fixed roll when said fixed roll and said pivoting roll are in contacting engagement; and, a controller for adjusting said force disposed upon said adjustable stop by adjusting said position of said adjustable stop relative to said pivoting roll in response to said force exerted by said pivoting roll upon said adjustable stop and said force exerted by said pivoting roll upon said fixed roll when said fixed roll and said pivoting roll are in contacting engagement.",0.11720196966281016,0.23440393932562031
9849882,"1. A method for controlling a vehicle based on crowdsourcing data, the method comprising: transmitting, by the vehicle, a request to a server, the request comprises a route to a destination; retrieving, by the server, navigation information for the request, the navigation information is autonomous navigation information; transmitting, by the server, the retrieved navigation information to the vehicle; controlling, by the vehicle, an operation of the vehicle based on the transmitted navigation information; collecting, by the vehicle, vehicle driving data, during driving according to the transmitted navigation information; transmitting, by the vehicle, the collected data to the server; generating, by the server, crowdsourcing data based on the collected data transmitted from a plurality of vehicles; receiving, by the vehicle, the generated crowdsourcing data from the server; updating, by the vehicle, the transmitted navigation information based on the received crowdsourcing data; and controlling, by the vehicle, the operation of the vehicle based on the updated navigation information, wherein the updating the transmitted navigation information comprises:",0.22941895153180428,0.4588379030636085
9421877,"1. A power transmission system, comprising: a high-frequency power source that generates high-frequency power; a first coil that receives the high-frequency power generated by the high-frequency power source; a second coil that receives, by being magnetically coupled to the first coil through magnetic field resonance, the high-frequency power from the first coil; a control device that is configured to: a first current sensor configured to detect the first direction of the first current flowing in the first coil; and a second current sensor configured to detect the second direction of the second current flowing in the second coil.",0.752810511991556,0.49437897601688796
9070670,"1. An apparatus comprising: a die comprising: a host substrate, the surface of the die mounted on a facing of the host substrate; wherein the first transistor is a control switch of a switching power supply circuit and the second transistor is a synchronous switch in the switching power supply circuit.",0.5057275580227201,0.9885448839545599
8360036,"1. A method of improving engine operation, comprising: combusting an air-fuel mixture in each cylinder of an engine, each cylinder including a direct-injector; routing exhaust gases of each cylinder through a single exhaust manifold, the single exhaust manifold integrated into a cylinder head, the single exhaust manifold having an inner pair of exhaust runners and an outer pair of exhaust runners, the inner pair of exhaust runners having a smaller cross-sectional area than the outer pair of exhaust runners, a turbocharger coupled to the single exhaust manifold; deactivating solely one exhaust valve of each cylinder when engine speed is less than a first threshold engine speed while leaving at least one exhaust valve of each cylinder active, the deactivated solely one exhaust valve of each cylinder deactivated for at least two engine cycles; and activating the solely one exhaust valve of each cylinder when engine speed is greater than a second threshold engine speed, the second threshold engine speed greater than the first threshold engine speed.",0.9389745503177976,0.12205089936440472
9012107,"1. A cathode catalyst for a fuel cell, comprising: an RuSe alloy having an average particle size of less than or equal to 6 nm; and a carrier, wherein the RuSe alloy is present in an amount of 90 to 99 wt % based on the total weight of the cathode catalyst.",0.9502727762275507,0.09945444754489863
9048396,"1. A lighting package, comprising: a solid state light source on a submount; a wavelength conversion material layer covering said solid state light source and the top surface of said submount; an encapsulant over said conversion material layer, said encapsulant having one or more planar surfaces, wherein said planar surfaces cause total internal reflection (TIR) of at least some light from said light source.",0.4012562924394202,0.8025125848788404
8994391,"1. A line replaceable unit (LRU) comprising; at least one circuit board, each of the at least one circuit board comprising circuit components mounted thereto and circuit traces; a chassis; a built-in test section; an external connector having an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter; and an internal high intensity radiated field (HIRF) detector, the HIRF detector comprising: a circuit trace, the circuit trace being located on at least one of the at least one of the circuit boards, the circuit trace being configured and dimensioned to pick up an electromagnetic field having a frequency range of 100 MHz to 1 GHZ, the electromagnetic field inducing a current in the circuit trace proportional to a magnitude of the electromagnetic field; a circuit including an radiated field (RF) detector and filter configured to generate a DC signal based on the induced current in the circuit trace; and a processing section configured to compare the DC signal with a threshold and output a result of the comparison to the built-in test section.",0.2488463918727842,0.49769278374556847
9205151,"1. A composition for oral delivery, comprising one or more drugs constituting in total from about 0.05% to about 10% w/w of the composition, one or more bioadhesive polymers selected from the group consisting of chitosan, dimethyl chitosan, trimethyl chitosan, carboxymethyl chitosan, hyaluronic acid, gum Karaya, cationic guar and mixtures thereof and constituting in total from about 0.05% to about 10% w/w of the composition, and one or more short chain polysaccharides or oligosaccharides constituting in total from about 0.05% to about 30% w/w of the composition, wherein the composition is a crosslinked solid; wherein the composition further comprises one or more adjuvant compounds.",0.3733334449605515,0.746666889921103
9040027,"1. A composition comprising at least one oil-dispersible micronized wax in an amount of 5 to 30% by weight, and 20 to 60% by weight of at least one volatile hydrocarbon oil and wherein the composition is in the form of a lip composition, wherein the micronized wax is a micronized beeswax, a micronized soy wax, or a combination thereof.",0.4399006319964091,0.8798012639928182
8782138,"1. A method comprising: generating profile information for a user, the profile information comprising at least one dynamic filter; providing a first set of predictive data objects from an internal or an external network to the user based on the profile information; receiving a first data object selected by the user from the first set of predictive data objects; providing a second set of predictive data objects from the internal or the external network to the user using the first selected data object and the profile information; receiving a second data object selected by the user from the second set of predictive data objects; providing a third set of predictive data objects from the internal or the external network to the user using a combination of the first selected data object, the second selected data object and the profile information; maintaining information of the first and second selected data objects by the user; providing an option for the user to deactivate any of the first and second selected data objects, wherein the information of the first and second selected data objects is updated thereafter; providing an updated set of predictive data objects from the internal and external network to the user using the updated information of the first and second selected data objects and the profile information; maintaining, in the dynamic filter, information on a feedback loop of user actions taken; providing a fourth set of predictive data objects from the internal or external network to the user using the information of the first and second selected data objects and the dynamic filter, without receiving a further data object selected by the user; providing an option for the user to share at least one data object to other users within the internal or the external network and storing information on the shared data object; and updating the dynamic filter based on the updated information of the first and second selected data objects and the feedback loop of user actions taken.",0.09493697051393461,0.18987394102786925
8389954,"1. A system for generating a beam of fast ions, the system comprising: a target substrate having a patterned surface, a pattern comprising nanoscale pattern features oriented substantially uniformly along a common axis; and; a beam unit adapted for receiving a high power coherent electromagnetic radiation beam and focusing it onto said patterned surface of the target substrate to cause interaction between said radiation beam and said substrate enabling creation of fast ions.",0.7286349216766622,0.5427301566466756
8767898,"1. A device, comprising: an input configured to provide a reference timing signal generated from a first clock; a sample clock that operates independently from the first clock, wherein the sample clock outputs a sample clock signal that is asynchronous with the reference timing signal; a sampler configured to sample a data signal in accordance with the sample clock signal and outputting a sampled data signal; a resampler configured to resample the sampled data signal according to a resampling ratio and outputting a resampled data signal such that a number of data samples in the resampled data signal within a synchronization time interval defined with respect to the reference timing signal equals a nominal number of data samples that would occur in the sampled data signal within the synchronization time interval when the sample clock signal was synchronized to the reference timing signal; and a time stamper configured to periodically insert time stamps within the resampled data signal at fixed time intervals as measured with respect to the reference timing signal.",0.3263405658228733,0.6526811316457466
9349005,"1. A computer security method comprising: detecting, by one or more processors, a request to modify a write-protection attribute of a memory location within a memory of a computer, wherein the request seeks to allow the memory location to be written to, and wherein the memory location was previously subject to detected malware-related activity; preventing, by the one or more processors, modification of the write-protected attribute of the memory location; detecting, by the one or more processors, an attempt by a computer software instruction to write to the memory location, wherein the computer software instruction belongs to a process that is executed by the computer; overwriting, by the one or more processors, the computer software instruction with one or more replacement computer software instructions; and causing, by the one or more processors, the process to execute the one or more replacement computer software instructions.",0.05528241139216643,0.11056482278433288
9142968,"1. A solar power inverter comprising: a direct current (DC) input component configured to receive DC produced by one or more photovoltaic cells; a power generation component configured to generate alternating current (AC) from the DC produced by one or more photovoltaic cells; an AC output component configured to output generated AC, wherein the AC output component is electrically coupleable to an electrical power grid; a data input/output component configured to receive signals indicating electrical power grid synchrophasors, wherein the electrical power grid synchrophasors describe characteristics of AC transmitted by the electrical power grid; a phasor measurement unit configured to generate inverter synchrophasors, wherein the inverter synchrophasors describe characteristics of AC electrically proximate to the AC output component; and a controller coupled to the data input/output component and the phasor measurement unit, wherein the controller is programmed to-receive the electrical power grid synchrophasors from the data input/output component; wherein the correlation coefficient is determined by",0.9813188886213422,0.0373622227573156
9434665,"1. A method for preparing methanol and diol, wherein said method comprises, under hydrogen atmosphere, subjecting a cyclic carbonate or polycarbonate to the following reaction under the action of a catalyst, so as to give methanol and diol, in formula I and III: n=0˜20, m=2˜1000000; R R wherein R when n=0, R when n≧1, R in formula II and IV: R R wherein R when n=0, R when n≧1, R",0.915273725730542,0.169452548538916
8522129,"1. A method for identifying a primary document version of a document from a plurality of document versions of the document, the method, executed by a computer system and comprising: storing, by the computer system, a source-priority list comprising a plurality of document sources, each source having an associated priority of authority, where the priorities include higher priorities and lower priorities; accessing, by the computer system, at least one data repository to obtain metadata for each document version of the document versions; determining, by the computer system and based on the metadata, a source of each document version; determining, by the computer system, from the source-priority list, a priority of authority for the source of each document version; selecting, by the computer system, a document version, of the document versions, having the source with a highest priority of authority and a qualified citation count based on a citation count measure; providing, by the computer system, the document version having the source with a highest priority of authority for presentation.",0.04645623621502897,0.09291247243005796
9750096,"1. A light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp having different modes for operating under different types of power sources, comprising: a lamp tube; a rectifying circuit, configured to receive and rectify an external driving signal to produce a rectified signal; a filtering circuit, coupled to the rectifying circuit, and configured to filter the rectified signal to produce a filtered signal, wherein the filtering circuit has at least one filtering output terminal; a driving circuit, configured to produce a driving signal based on the filtered signal, wherein the driving circuit has at least one driving input terminal and at least one driving output terminal; a mode switching circuit, coupled to the filtering circuit and the driving circuit, and configured to determine whether to provide a bypass signal path that allows the filtered signal to bypass at least one electronic component of the driving circuit; and an LED module, coupled to the driving output terminal of the driving circuit and the mode switching circuit, and configured to emit light based on the signal received from one of the driving circuit and the bypass signal path, wherein the mode switching circuit comprises: a mode switching switch, having a first terminal coupled to the filtering output terminal, a second terminal coupled to the driving input terminal, and a third terminal coupled to the driving output terminal, wherein a signal path through the first and the second terminals forms a driving signal path, and a signal path through the first and the third terminals forms the bypass signal path, and wherein the mode switching switch is configured to switch between conducting a current to the driving signal path and conducting a current to the bypass signal path.",0.7471935264494171,0.5056129471011659
9755268,"1. A gel electrolyte comprising components a) to c) with a) at least one layer of at least one polymer comprising polymerized units of a1) and a2) a1) at least one monomer containing i) an ethylenically unsaturated unit and ii) an amido group, wherein a carbon atom of the amido group is linked via a chemical bond to one of a carbon atom of the ethylenically unsaturated unit, and a2) at least one crosslinker containing i) at least two ethylenically unsaturated units and ii) a spacer with at least two carbon atoms, wherein two of the ethylenically unsaturated units are linked together via the spacer; b) at least one conducting salt; c) at least one solvent, wherein monomer a2) is selected from a compound as in formula (II) where",0.7922195248419138,0.41556095031617235
9613513,"1. An apparatus for creating an alarm for prevention of cord related injuries and deaths when force is applied to a cord, the apparatus comprising: a housing having a first opening on a top of the housing and a second opening on a bottom of the housing thereby creating a chamber within the housing between the first opening and the second opening; a cord having a height above a surface, wherein the housing is disposed around the cord such that the cord is disposed within the chamber; a contact disposed within the housing adjacent the cord, the contact configured to move in a first direction as a result of force applied to the cord; a switch disposed within the housing adjacent the contact; a timer electrically connected to the switch, wherein the timer begins to count when the contact engages the switch; and a circuit electrically connecting the timer to a notification device having an alarm, said circuit creating a first signal after the timer has counted a period of time, said first signal triggering the alarm of the notification device.",0.10911239044707945,0.21822478089415887
9714957,"1. An HV divider for stepping down an input high voltage in HV systems, the HV divider comprising: a divider input terminal at which the input high voltage is applied and a divider output terminal set at which a set of output voltages are provided; a primary part and a secondary part being electrically connected to each other and each having a respective input and a respective output, said output of said primary part being said input of said secondary part, said input of said primary part being said divider input terminal and said output of said secondary part being said divider output terminal set; an insulator; said primary part including a first assembly and a second assembly disposed within said insulator; said first assembly being a first capacitor stack including a first high voltage capacitor and a middle voltage capacitor defining a point therebetween; said second assembly including a second capacitor stack and a resistor stack electrically connected in parallel to each other, said second capacitor stack including a second high voltage capacitor and a low voltage capacitor defining a point therebetween, said resistor stack including a high voltage resistor and a low voltage resistor defining a point therebetween; said output of said primary part being a set of intermediary terminals including at least: said secondary part including an electromagnetic unit, and said secondary part divider output terminal set including at least:",0.3153606582884692,0.6307213165769384
9544845,"1. A method for communicating with a wireless access point, the method comprising: determining, at wireless mobile station, an interval of time between successive target beacon transmission times (TBTTs); adjusting a period of time of an awake timer based at least in part on the interval of time; and starting the awake timer in response to receiving data while the mobile wireless station is in a low-power state.",0.9260835844412046,0.1478328311175907
8580422,"1. An electrochemical device, comprising: a housing; a stack of electrochemical cells in the housing, each electrochemical cell comprising: a plurality of carbon cathode and anode current collectors alternately located between adjacent electrochemical cells; a first plurality of tabs operatively connected to the plurality of carbon cathode current collectors and a second plurality of tabs operatively connected to the plurality of carbon anode current collectors; wherein: a cathode electrode of a first electrochemical cell electrically contacts a first cathode current collector; a cathode electrode of a second electrochemical cell electrically contacts the first cathode current collector, the second electrochemical cell is located adjacent to a first side of the first electrochemical cell in the stack; an anode electrode of the first electrochemical cell electrically contacts a second anode current collector; and an anode electrode of a third electrochemical cell electrically contacts the second anode current collector, the third electrochemical cell is located adjacent to a second side of the first electrochemical cell in the stack.",0.5940467688382884,0.8119064623234231
9657776,"1. A bearing, comprising: a first member having a passageway configured to engage a shaft, the first member comprising a metallic material; a second member disposed around at least a portion of the first member, the second member comprising a metallic layer and a polymer layer on the metallic layer and at least one radially and inwardly bent portion capable of restricting axial movement of the first member, wherein the first and second members are movable relative to each other; and a third member disposed around at least a portion of the second member.",0.19129321066365318,0.38258642132730636
8943766,"1. A photovoltaic roofing element disposed on a roof deck, the photovoltaic roofing element comprising a roofing substrate including a top end disposed toward the top end of the roof deck, and a bottom end disposed toward the bottom end of the roof deck, the roofing substrate including an upward-facing zone having an upward-facing surface, a downward-facing surface and a bottom end; a lateral flexible zone extending adjacent the bottom end of the upward-facing zone along the entire width of the upward facing zone, the lateral flexible zone having a bottom end; and a strip of material disposed at the bottom end of the lateral flexible zone along the entire width of the lateral flexible zone, the strip of material having a first surface on the same side of the roofing substrate as the upward-facing surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and a height of at least 2 cm as measured along a line from the top end to the bottom end of the roofing substrate, a photovoltaic element disposed on the upward-facing surface of the upward facing zone of the roofing substrate.",0.9747657464072559,0.05046850718548823
8450602,"1. A solar cell comprising: a photoelectric conversion substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface; a first electrode arranged on the first surface; a second electrode arranged on the second surface and made from a first metal paste; and a third electrode that is made from a second metal paste, different from the first metal paste, and extracts electric power from the second electrode, and arranged on the second surface with a periphery portion overlapping the second electrode in an in-plane direction of the photoelectric conversion substrate, wherein a thickness of the second electrode is larger than a thickness of the overlapped portion of the third electrode, and a difference between the thickness of the second electrode and the thickness of the overlapped portion of the third electrode is not less than 10 micrometers and not more than 30 micrometers, wherein the third electrode forms an integrated region where the first metal paste and the second metal paste are at least partially melted and solidified, the overlapped portion including the integrated region, wherein the thickness of the second electrode is larger than the thickness of the third electrode only in an area where the second electrode overlaps the third electrode.",0.9908619681632365,0.018276063673527077
9559233,"1. A photovoltaic (“PV”) module, comprising: a first solar cell that includes a first conductive foil, wherein the first conductive foil is a single layer of material having a first portion with a first yield strength and a second portion with a second yield strength, wherein the first portion is disposed above and coupled to a semiconductor region of the first solar cell and wherein the second portion extends past an edge of the first solar cell; and an interconnect structure coupled to a second solar cell, wherein the interconnect structure includes the second portion; and wherein the second yield strength is greater than the first yield strength.",0.979283147847071,0.04143370430585791
9605285,"1. A genetically modified yeast cell having an active succinate fermentation pathway from phosphoenolpyruvate or pyruvate to succinate, wherein the active succinate fermentation pathway comprises an exogenous malate dehydrogenase gene encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:172.",0.8716559439864654,0.2566881120270692
9039960,"1. A method of forming a turbomachinery component comprising a nanostructured ferritic alloy, the method comprising the steps: forming a melt of an Fe—Ti—Cr alloy, processing the melt to form a powder of the alloy, milling the powder in the presence of an oxide to dissolve the oxide into the alloy to form a milled powder, wherein the oxide is yttrium oxide or yttrium oxide in combination with aluminum oxide and/or hafnium oxide; hot isostatic pressing the milled powder under an inert environment to form a hot isostatic pressed nanostructured ferritic alloy preform, and forging the nanostructured ferritic alloy preform into a turbomachinery component wherein the steps are performed in the absence of extrusion, wherein the hot isostatic pressing is performed in a temperature range of about 900° C. to about 1200° C. for at least about one hour under a pressure of at least about 20 ksi and the inert environment is vacuum to achieve a hot isostatic pressed preform having a thickness and wherein the forging is performed at a temperature of about 1000° C. to about 1200° C. to reduce the thickness by at least about 30%.",0.8163622704026037,0.36727545919479265
9781138,"1. A method for providing a security breach indicative audio alert, the method comprises; detecting a security breach in a device that comprises a loudspeaker wherein the security breach comprises a software security breach of the device; generating, by a secure audio alert generating hardware, a security breach indicative audio alert signal; mixing the security breach indicative audio alert signal with audio signals generated by a software controlled audio source to provide a mixed signal; and reproducing the mixed signal as sound via the loudspeaker.",0.014257153978914304,0.02851430795782861
9129524,"1. A method of determining parking lot occupancy from digital images, the method comprising: obtaining a layout of a parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces; estimating parking space volume for at least one viewing angle of at least one parking space and the probability that an observed pixel belongs to the parking space volume; acquiring one or more image frames of the parking lot from at least one digital camera; performing pixel classification using at least one vehicle detector on the acquired one or more image frames to determine a likelihood that a pixel corresponds to a vehicle; computing a probability that the at least one parking space is occupied by a vehicle based on a weighted sum of the probability of vehicle pixels within the region of interest of each parking space, wherein the region of interest refers to pixels that can potentially belong to a vehicle parked in a given parking space, wherein the weighted sum comprises a weighting function which gives larger weight to pixels located towards a center of the region of interest of each parking space, the weighting function decreasing the weight of a particular pixel as a distance of the particular pixel to the center increases; and determining parking lot vacancy via a comparison of the computed probability that the at least one parking space is occupied by a vehicle to a pre-determined threshold.",0.22718970818494064,0.45437941636988133
9505811,"1. An isolated, synthetic or recombinant nucleic acid or polynucleotide, operably linked to a heterologous nucleic acid sequence, wherein the nucleic acid or polynucleotide: (a) has a nucleic acid sequence having at least about 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 10 and/or SEQ ID NO: 11, and has guard cell-specific promoter activity; comprises a transcriptional regulatory region having guard cell-specific activity; comprises a guard cell-specific promoter; or, comprises guard cell-specific transcriptional regulatory region; or (b) wherein the nucleic acid or polynucleotide comprises:",0.6088501883396817,0.7822996233206365
9003778,"1. A dosing control system for an exhaust system, the exhaust system having an exhaust flow port configured and disposed to receive exhaust flow from an internal combustion engine, and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) apparatus disposed in downstream flow communication with the exhaust flow port, the dosing control system comprising: a reductant fluid tank operable to contain a reductant solution comprising urea; an injector disposed in operable communication between the reductant tank and the SCR apparatus, the injector being operable to inject the reductant solution from the reductant tank into a flow of exhaust upstream of the SCR apparatus; a urea quality sensor (UQS) configured and disposed to sense a concentration of urea in the reductant solution; a control module disposed in signal communication with the UQS and in operable communication with the injector, the control module comprising a processing circuit responsive to executable instructions to adjust a dosing of the reductant solution injected by the injector based on a concentration of urea in the reductant solution; and wherein the processing circuit is further responsive to executable instructions which when executed by the processing circuit facilitates an upward adjustment of the dosing of the reductant solution in response to a downward change in the concentration of urea in the reductant solution.",0.862951768943734,0.2740964621125319
9497556,"1. A sound transducer for insertion in an ear, with which sound vibrations can be produced, comprising: at least one membrane structure, the membrane structure having at least one carrier layer and at least one piezoelectric layer which has a piezoelectric material and is disposed on the carrier layer so that, by applying a voltage to the piezoelectric layer, vibrations of the membrane structure can be produced, the membrane structure being subdivided into at least two or more segments in a surface of the membrane structure by at least one intersection line separating all the layers of the membrane structure so that the membrane structure is mechanically decoupled at the intersection line so that the at least two segments which are separated by the intersection line are movable independently of each other, wherein the membrane structure is circular, elliptical or n-cornered, with n≧8, and the at least one intersection line extends radially from one edge of the membrane structure in a direction of a centre of the membrane structure so that at least two segments are formed, which are disposed firmly respectively with a broad edge at the edge of the membrane structure and are moveable with a side orientated towards the centre which is situated opposite the broad edge.",0.054364328409264966,0.10872865681852995
9057419,"1. A link chain comprising: chain links, each of the chain links being connected to the next by a chain articulation and having at least two link plates, the link plates being made of alloyed steel and having at least two link openings, wherein one link pin extends through each of the link openings to form a chain articulation, wherein the link plates are manufactured from a boron-manganese steel and are formed using at least one of a cutting process and a punching process, and wherein the mass proportion of carbon in the boron-manganese steel is between 0.35% and 0.45% by weight.",0.5159602808743294,0.9680794382513411
9642064,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor and from a first device, a first data packet comprising first quality metric data determined for a first radio link connecting the first device and a second device; generating, by the system, a first time value associated with a first transmission of the first data packet to the second device; receiving, by the system from a third device, second quality metric data associated with a second transmission of a second data packet to the second device; comparing, by the system, the first quality metric data to the second quality metric data, resulting in a quality metric data difference, wherein the first time value is inversely proportional to the quality metric data difference; and delaying, by the system, the second transmission of the second data packet in response to a condition associated with the first quality metric data and the second quality metric data having been determined to have been satisfied.",0.3556994008445294,0.7113988016890588
8618408,"1. A photovoltaic device, comprising: at least one photovoltaic cell; a flexible glass layer formed over a top surface of the at least one photovoltaic cell; a first layer of a transparent planarizing hardcoat formed directly on a first major surface of the glass layer, wherein the first major surface faces away from the at least one photovoltaic cell; a second layer of the transparent planarizing hardcoat formed directly on a second major surface of the glass layer, wherein the second major surface faces toward the at least one photovoltaic cell, such that the glass layer and the photovoltaic cell are separated by the second layer of the planarizing hardcoat; and a transparent and abrasion resistant film comprising an organic-inorganic hybrid material formed on the first layer of the transparent planarizing hardcoat on the first major surface of the glass layer and on the second layer of the transparent planarizing hardcoat on the second major surface of the glass layer; wherein the first and the second layers of the transparent planarizing hardcoat are in compressive stress and the glass layer is in tension; and wherein the transparent and abrasion resistant film is further formed directly on at least two minor opposing surfaces of the glass layer.",0.9168266741815537,0.16634665163689255
9533265,"1. A gas separation membrane comprising: a porous layered support; and a gas separating active layer which is disposed on the porous layered support and which consists of 2 to 100 layers of a functionalized graphene, wherein the gas separating active layer is effective to separate H",0.9149542824311593,0.17009143513768143
8780526,"1. An electrical device comprising: a plurality of stacked electrode layers, each electrode layer comprising continuous fibers that are conformally wound about a base plate, wherein the continuous fibers are infused with carbon nanotubes.",0.5908639213146504,0.8182721573706992
8415655,"1. A semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising: a light-emitting layer composed of an active layer and of barrier layers formed as superlattice layers and disposed on and under the active layer to relieve stresses applied to the active layer and reduce the sum of electric fields generated in the active layer by the spontaneous polarization and the piezoelectric effect; an N-type contact layer injecting electrons into the light-emitting layer; and a P-type contact layer disposed opposite to the N-type contact layer with respect to the light-emitting layer and injecting holes into the light-emitting layer, wherein the active layer contains InGaN, and the barrier layers are formed by alternately stacking of an AlGaN thin film and an InGaN thin film.",0.35295732709538724,0.7059146541907745
9332887,"1. A fluid extraction system, comprising: a structural frame formed at least in part from a load bearing hollow conduit, the conduit forming a cooling gas flow path having an inlet and an outlet; a blower carried by the frame; an engine carried by the frame and coupled to the blower with a power transmission; a gas driver positioned in fluid communication with the inlet to direct gas through the conduit to the outlet; a shroud positioned around a volume that includes the power transmission, wherein the cooling gas flow path is positioned to direct gas into the volume; and a fluid extractor operatively coupled to an intake of the blower, wherein a vacuum drawn by the blower removes fluid from the fluid extractor.",0.7251863893187939,0.5496272213624123
9281740,"1. A power conversion apparatus converting DC power supplied from a DC power supply having a first electrode and a second electrode into AC power for supply to a load, said power conversion apparatus comprising: an AC terminal for outputting said AC power, a first DC division capacitor and a second DC division capacitor connected in series between said first electrode and said second electrode, a first main switch having a first end coupled to said first electrode of said DC power supply, and a second end coupled to said load, a first main diode connected in parallel with said first main switch, so as to have a conducting direction opposite to the conducting direction of said first main switch, a second main switch having a first end coupled to a second end of said first main switch, and a second end coupled to said second electrode of said DC power supply, and provided so as to have a conducting direction identical to the conducting direction of said first main switch, a second main diode connected in parallel with said second main switch, so as to have a conducting direction opposite to the conducting direction of said second main switch, a first snubber capacitor and a second snubber capacitor, a first snubber diode and a second snubber diode connected in series between said first snubber capacitor and said second snubber capacitor, a protection circuit for causing, when voltage applied to said first snubber capacitor becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined value or when voltage applied to said second snubber capacitor becomes greater than or equal to a predetermined value, a charging current formerly flowing from said DC power supply to said first snubber capacitor or said second snubber capacitor to flow to another current path, and a control circuit controlling said first main switch and said second main switch to be turned on and off, said first snubber capacitor provided between an anode of said first main diode and a cathode of said first snubber diode, said second snubber capacitor provided between a cathode of said second main diode and an anode of said second snubber diode, said protection circuit including a transformer, and a first clamp diode and a second clamp diode connected in parallel with said first main switch and said second main switch, and provided between said first electrode and said second electrode, so as to have a conducting direction opposite to the conducting direction of said first main switch and said second main switch, a connection node of said first primary winding and said second primary winding being connected to said AC terminal, and a coupling node of a first unit having said first clamp diode and said first secondary winding connected in series and a second unit having said second clamp diode and said second secondary winding connected in series being connected to a connection node of said first DC division capacitor and said second DC division capacitor.",0.8439312221090346,0.3121375557819308
8829638,"1. A light emitting diode comprising: an optical resonator disposed in a layer of a direct-gap semiconducting material; a 2-D photonic crystal structure disposed in said layer around said optical resonator, wherein optical confinement for said resonator in a plane of said layer is provided by said 2-D photonic crystal structure; and a lateral P-I-N structure formed in said layer such that said optical resonator is included in an intrinsic region (I-region) and such that said optical resonator is adjacent to a p-type region and is adjacent to an n-type region; wherein said I-region includes a focus zone having width substantially less than other zones of said I-region, and wherein said optical resonator is disposed in said focus zone of said I-region.",0.2872885030641815,0.574577006128363
9238402,"1. A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a battery that supplies electric power to the electric motor, the vehicle is propelled by motive power from at least one of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor, the control apparatus comprising: a control portion that controls the vehicle to travel in a travel mode of a plurality of travel modes that includes a first travel mode and a second travel mode, in the first travel mode consumption of electric power of the battery is given priority over the maintenance of a state of charge of the battery, and in the second travel mode maintenance of the state of charge of the battery is given priority over consumption of electric power of the battery; and a determination portion that determines whether exhaust from the internal combustion engine has deteriorated when a deterioration determination condition is satisfied, the determination portion determines that the deterioration determination condition is satisfied by comparing a physical quantity to a threshold value, the physical quantity is a state quantity of the internal combustion engine which increases according to occurrence of misfire of the internal combustion engine, wherein the determination portion changes the deterioration determination condition for determining whether the exhaust has deteriorated, the determination portion sets the deterioration determination condition to a first condition in the first travel mode, and sets the deterioration determination condition to a second condition in the second travel mode, the first condition is satisfied when the physical quantity exceeds a first threshold value as the threshold value, and the second condition is satisfied when the physical quantity exceeds a second threshold value as the threshold value, the second threshold that is greater than the first threshold value.",0.9895715598419245,0.020856880316151072
9590550,"1. A system, comprising: an excitation system, comprising:",0.750701992758429,0.49859601448314206
9730160,"1. A method for exchanging analyte information among communication devices, the method comprising: periodically opening, using a first communication device associated with an analyte sensor, a communication window for a duration of time within which the first communication device can exchange data with one or more second communication devices configured to provide user access to analyte values and/or information derived from analyte values, and wherein the first communication device comprises a sensor electronics module configured to couple to the analyte sensor and generate a data stream representative of a measured analyte level of a host; establishing a communication channel with a primary device of the one or more second communication devices only during a first time period dedicated to connecting with a primary device within the duration of time, wherein establishing the communication channel with a primary device comprises determining if a received request for establishing a communication channel is from a primary device; and establishing a communication channel with one or more secondary devices of the one or more second communication devices only during a second time period dedicated to connecting with a secondary device within the duration of time different from the first time period, wherein establishing the communication channel with the one or more secondary devices comprises determining if a received request for establishing a communication channel is from a secondary device.",0.5820667156434562,0.8358665687130875
8442006,"1. A method of performing hand-off of a Mobile Node from a previous Access Point to a new Access Point within a WLAN domain, where the previous and new Access Points are connected respectively to previous and new Access Routers, the method comprising: following a MAC authentication exchange between the Mobile Node and the new Access Point, receiving, at the New Access Point, a MAC Reassociation Request from the Mobile Node; forwarding said Reassociation Request to said new Access Router, and sending the Reassociation Request from said new Access Router to said previous Access Router within an IP hand-off request; following receipt of said Reassociation Request at the new Access Router, sending a new Reassociation Request from the new Access Router to the new Access point, the new Reassociation Request containing the MAC address of the Mobile Node as a source address, and causing the new Access Point to send a Reassociation Response to the Mobile Node; and authenticating the Reassociation Request at the previous Access Router and initiating the tunneling of IP packets received at the previous Access Router and destined for said Mobile Node, towards said new Access Router.",0.40854271511746476,0.8170854302349295
9241178,"1. A method for delivering Over the Top (“OTT”) television content to one or more receiver devices, comprising: broadcasting the OTT television content including Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (“DASH”) media segments to the one or more receiver devices; determining a network traffic level for the OTT television content including DASH media segments in a Designated Market Area (“DMA”); determining whether the network traffic level for the OTT television content including DASH media segments in the DMA exceeds a traffic level threshold; and switching from the broadcasting to evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (“eMBMS”) for delivery of the OTT television content including DASH media segments in response to determining that the network traffic level for the OTT television content including DASH media segments in the DMA exceeds the traffic level threshold.",0.2956457135967869,0.5912914271935737
9123860,"1. A method of reducing solder voids in a module, wherein the module comprises a substrate and a component soldered to the substrate, and wherein the module is mounted in a solar cell die housing, wherein an opening is formed at a top of the solar cell die housing when the module mounted is in the solar cell die housing, the method comprising: positing the solar cell die housing in a recessed area of a mount such that the module is above a heat source; lowering a vacuum cover down onto the solar cell die housing, thereby forming a sealed chamber from the solar cell die housing, the vacuum cover, and the substrate, and wherein when the vacuum cover is lowered down onto the solar cell die housing with the module mounted therein, a bottom surface of the vacuum cover that interfaces with the solar cell die housing extends beyond the perimeter of the opening; extending the heat source from within the mount towards the module without extending the mount; transmitting heat from the heat source; heating the solder to a predetermined temperature; and applying a vacuum to the sealed chamber.",0.9104795020173788,0.17904099596524237
9727967,"1. A system comprising: a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to,",0.48049573841276466,0.9609914768255293
9477296,"1. A method of controlling power of an electronic device having a multi-core, the method comprising: confirming a load of an operating core and the number of executable tasks at a predetermined period; changing an operation frequency of the operating core according to the load of the operating core; and controlling on/off of the multi-core if the load of the operating core and the number of executable tasks satisfy a defined on/off condition of the multi-core that is set according to current consumption characteristics of the multi-core, wherein controlling on/off of the multi-core comprises identifying whether a current operation frequency of the operating core is greater than or equal to a preset reference frequency if the defined on/off condition is satisfied, and wherein the predetermined period includes a core ON period for confirming an ON of an additional core and a core OFF period for confirming an OFF of the operating core.",0.9781967947300934,0.04360641053981329
9122816,"1. A computing node in a high-performance computing system, the computing node comprising: an electronic device having a port for communicating using a protocol defined by the electronic device; an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), coupled to the port, the ASIC having a protocol block for implementing an inter-ASIC communications protocol that has a current protocol state and at least one other functional block for implementing an intra-ASIC function that has an internal state; and a content-addressable memory (CAM), coupled to the protocol block of the ASIC, the CAM storing a protocol table that maps a current protocol state, an ASIC internal state, and a protocol event onto an action and a next protocol state; the ASIC being configured, in response to receiving indication of an event, to: send to the CAM data indicating the current protocol state, a portion of the internal state of the intra-ASIC function, and the event, responsively receive from the CAM data indicating a next protocol state and an action, update the current protocol state to be the indicated next protocol state, and execute the indicated action.",0.6189473362310274,0.7621053275379452
8376909,"1. A therapy evaluation machine used for measuring range of motion during the rehabilitation of an injury to a patient's hand, the therapy evaluation machine comprising: a horizontal machine base, the base including an upwardly extending, vertical first frame member and a spaced apart, vertical second frame member; a horizontal exercise torque bar rotatably mounted on and suspended from the first and second frame members, the torque bar adapted for gripping and manual rotation by the patient's hand; a 360 degree, range of motion scale, the motion scale mounted on one end of the torque bar, the motion scale used for visually measuring range of motion in degrees by the manual rotation of the torque bar by the patient's hand; a gear box coupled to an opposite end of the torque bar, the gear box having increased torque ratios for measuring angular displacement and torque ranges when used by different strengths of the patient's hand; and a strain gauge coupled to the gear box, the strain gauge configured to be activated by the rotation of the torque bar, and the strain gauge configured to measure resistance to the torque bar during the manual rotation by the patient's hand.",0.009827656261675002,0.019655312523349955
9217947,"1. An image forming device comprising: a photosensitive body; a charging unit configured to charge the photosensitive body; an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive body; and a developing unit configured to provide a developer to the photosensitive body, wherein the exposure unit includes a lens group having a plurality of lenses and an element array which is arranged to face the lens group and includes a plurality of pixels arrayed along the lenses, the plurality of the pixels comprise a plurality of subpixels including an organic EL element, a drive circuit includes a plurality of transistor circuits, and the transistor circuits controls a number of the organic EL elements which emit light, and a luminance of light emitted by the organic EL element in the plurality of the pixels.",0.27976674181013017,0.5595334836202603
8989693,"1. A method for communicating firmware over power distribution lines carrying alternating current (AC) power, where bandwidth is shared between a plurality of endpoint devices that are configured to provide utility usage data over the power distribution lines, the method comprising: identifying endpoint devices that are targeted for changes to stored firmware; selecting a plurality of the endpoint devices for communicating firmware sets based upon available bandwidth on the power distribution lines; and communicating, over the power distribution lines and based on timing indicated at least in part by the alternating current,",0.9026396107680168,0.1947207784639664
8790526,"1. A method of manufacturing magnetic dots, comprising: providing a plurality of magnetic dots on a substrate, wherein the plurality of magnetic dots each comprise a first surface that is proximate to the substrate and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; depositing an antiferromagnetic material over the plurality of magnetic dots and the substrate; removing the antiferromagnetic material from the second surface of the magnetic dots.",0.3786710426208053,0.7573420852416106
9821363,"1. A radial compression mechanism comprising: a constraining structure including a cut-out formed therethrough, the cut-out defined by a plurality of bearing surfaces; a plurality of die carried by the constraining structure and arranged in a circular pattern about a central axis, each die of the plurality of die having a base side positioned in parallel juxtaposition to a corresponding bearing surface of the plurality of bearing surfaces, each die constrained to move reciprocally and linearly along the corresponding bearing surface; each die of the plurality of die having a working surface, the working surfaces of the plurality of die cooperating to form a central product-receiving cylindrically-shaped cavity that is movable between an open position and a closed position as the plurality of die move in unison; and a driving mechanism coupled to at least one of the plurality of die to drive all of the die in unison between the open position and the closed position.",0.053243411396500455,0.10648682279300092
8730940,"1. An access connection for connecting a user access point to an Ethernet network, the access connection comprising: one or more passive couplers, each passive coupler being connected to the user access point and one or more access nodes of the Ethernet network so as to provide a plurality of access connection paths between the user access point and the Ethernet network such that data can be exchanged, over each access connection path, between the user access point and the one or more access nodes, and a controller configured to control the one or more access nodes such that only one of the access connection paths transmits the data received from the network to the user access point, wherein the one or more access nodes comprises a detector configured to detect traffic received from the user access point over the access connection and, in the absence of such traffic being detected by one of the access nodes, to cause a different access connection to be selected for data transmission to the access point.",0.2722640982865856,0.5445281965731712
9410515,"1. A fuel injection apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a fuel injection valve that injects fuel into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine provided with a spark plug in the cylinder; and a fuel pressure control unit that controls a pressure of fuel that is supplied to the fuel injection valve, wherein: the fuel injection valve is provided with a plurality of injection holes arranged at intervals in a lateral direction, when a direction in which a central axis of the cylinder extends is a vertical direction, so that the plurality of injection holes are directed radially; the plurality of injection holes are configured such that, when an angle formed between two adjacent injection axes, among a plurality of injection axes defining respective injection directions of the injection holes, is an included angle, the included angle formed by two injection axes closest to the central axis of the cylinder is the smallest of all the included angles; the fuel injection valve is configured such that, when a plurality of fuel sprays injected from the respective injection holes are collectively regarded as one fuel spray, a specific fuel pressure value, at which a rate of change in a spray length of the one fuel spray changes, falls within a variation range of the fuel pressure; and the fuel pressure control unit controls the pressure of the fuel that is supplied to the fuel injection valve so as to switch a fuel state between a state in which the fuel pressure is higher than or equal to the specific fuel pressure value and a state in which the fuel pressure is lower than the specific fuel pressure value depending on an operation state of the internal combustion engine, wherein the rate of change in a spray length over a fuel pressure is higher in a case where the fuel pressure is higher than the specific fuel pressure value than the rate of change in a spray length over a fuel pressure in a case where the fuel pressure is lower than the specific pressure.",0.8681498265837632,0.2637003468324737
9557839,"1. A display device comprising: a plurality of pixels; a voltage transmitting line through which a first voltage is transmitted to a first pixel among the plurality of pixels; a data line through which a data voltage is transmitted to the first pixel; a plurality of sensing units including a first sensing unit connected to the voltage transmitting line; and a gate line; a reset signal line through which a reset signal is transmitted to the first sensing unit; a sensing signal line to which a sensing signal is output from the first sensing unit; and a reference capacitor connected to a sensing capacitor, wherein the first pixel includes a first switching element including an input terminal connected to the voltage transmitting line and a second switching element including an input terminal connected to the data line, wherein the first sensing unit includes a control switching element including an input terminal connected to the voltage transmitting line, wherein the first sensing unit includes: wherein a control terminal of the sensing element is connected to the gate line, an input terminal of the sensing element is connected to the reset signal line, and an output terminal of the sensing switching element is connected to the sensing signal line, and wherein the reset signal includes a reset high voltage and a reset low voltage that is lower than the reset high voltage, and wherein the reset high voltage is transmitted through the reset signal line when a gate-on voltage is transmitted through the gate line.",0.22857136804116623,0.45714273608233247
8983657,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, via a data network, battery health information from at least one vehicle deployed in a worksite; issuing a battery change command, via the data network, to at least one battery-changing device, based at least in part on the battery health information; causing the at least one battery-changing device to travel to a location of the at least one vehicle in response to receiving the issued battery change command; changing a battery, by an automated component of the battery-changing device, on the at least one vehicle based at least in part on the issued battery change command; causing the at least one battery-changing device to travel to a location of a central station after changing the battery on the at least one vehicle; and returning the changed battery to the central station for performing at least one operation on the changed battery.",0.9518749662647147,0.09625006747057063
8413639,"1. A fuel supplying apparatus comprising: a fuel tank for storing a fuel to be supplied to an internal combustion engine; an automatic cock connected to the fuel tank and having a negative pressure introducing inlet; a negative pressure communication path connecting the negative pressure introducing inlet with a crankcase of the internal combustion engine; and a fuel supply path that is opened by a negative pressure, generated in the crankcase, to supply the fuel from the fuel tank to the internal combustion engine, wherein the negative pressure communication path communicates with a communication opening of an air cleaner through a purge path branched from the negative pressure communication path, the communication opening is disposed in a cleaning chamber formed in the air cleaner so that air filtered by an air filter of the air cleaner flows into the communication opening, and an airflow resistance increasing unit for setting an airflow resistance of the purge path to be larger than an airflow resistance of the negative pressure communication path is disposed only in an inner side of the communication opening.",0.8607054022444841,0.2785891955110318
8436889,"1. A multi-endpoint video signal conferencing system for videoconferencing between a plurality of endpoints over a communications network, the system comprising: at least one transmitting endpoint that transmits coded digital video using either a single-layer coding format or a scalable video coding format, and at least one receiving endpoint that is capable of decoding at least one digital video stream coded in a scalable video coding format, a conferencing bridge (“Compositing Scalable Video Coding Server” (CSVCS)) linked to at least one receiving and at least one transmitting endpoint by at least one communication channel each, such that no decoding or encoding of picture data takes place at the CSVCS.",0.12714145656613,0.2542829131322599
8595756,"1. A method for selling or licensing digital video clips, comprising: receiving, by a first computer system, a first catalog image file representing first digital video in a digital negative image format; receiving, by the first computer system, a second catalog image file representing second digital video in a digital negative image format, wherein the first catalog image file and the second catalog image file are received from different devices; for the first catalog image file:",0.009176102899251592,0.018352205798503163
8637073,"1. A method of treating withdrawal or abstinence syndrome in a drug dependent or opioid tolerant patient in need of such treatment, which method comprises transdermal administration by a buprenorphine-containing transdermal patch of an amount of buprenorphine effective to reduce withdrawal symptoms in the patient; and wherein the patient is a pregnant woman addicted to an opiate and the method comprises: (a) administering to the patient a first buprenorphine-containing transdermal patch for a first dosing period that is no longer than about 5 days; (b) administering to said patient a second buprenorphine-containing transdermal patch for a second dosing period that is no longer than about 5 days, wherein the second transdermal patch comprises the same dosage or a greater dosage of buprenorphine than the first transdermal patch; and (c) administering to the patient a third buprenorphine-containing transdermal patch for a third dosing period for at least 2 days, wherein the third transdermal patch comprises a greater dosage of buprenorphine than the second transdermal patch, and wherein the first, second, and third transdermal patches contain the amounts of buprenorphine selected from the group consisting of 5 mg, 5 mg, 10 mg; 5 mg, 10 mg, 10 mg; 5 mg, 10 mg, 20 mg; 10, mg, 10 mg, 20 mg; and 10 mg, 20 mg, 20 mg, respectively.",0.15747230133704276,0.3149446026740855
9184646,"1. A starter machine control system comprising: a starter machine configured and arranged to be in communication with an electronic control unit that is in communication with at least one of an engine speed sensor and an engine temperature sensor, the starter machine comprising:",0.8090672976526958,0.3818654046946084
8961560,"1. A bidirectional self-retaining suture thread comprising: a first section of the suture thread having retainers oriented in a first direction; a second section of the suture thread having retainers oriented in a second direction that is different from said first direction; a transition section of the suture thread located between the first section and the second section; and at least one of said first section, said second section and said transition section includes a mixture of a first colorant and a second colorant different from said first colorant in a region of said suture thread, and wherein at least a portion of said first colorant has been treated with electromagnetic radiation in the form of a laser to bleach the colorant, wherein said laser treatment creates a bleached section, leaving said second colorant, wherein said second colorant serves as a marker indicative of one of: presence of retainers, absence of retainers, and orientation of retainers within said at least one of said first section, said second section and said transition section.",0.16078914088347304,0.32157828176694614
9086021,"1. An intake apparatus of an engine comprising: a first intake passage supplying fresh air to a cylinder; a second intake passage arranged near the first intake passage, and supplying fresh air to the cylinder; a first intake valve opening and closing the first intake passage at an aperture of the first intake passage; a second intake valve opening and closing the second intake passage at an aperture of the second intake passage; and an introduction portion introducing rotational flow generated in the cylinder toward the second intake passage, wherein the first intake passage and the second intake passage are arranged side by side, wherein the introduction portion is a guide that is provided in the second intake passage, wherein an opening timing of the first intake valve advances relative to a top dead center, and a valve lift amount of the first intake valve differs from that of the second intake valve, and there is a period while the valve lift amount of the first intake valve is larger than that of the second intake valve, in an intake stroke, whereby an intake air flows out to the second intake passage.",0.5643158900907485,0.8713682198185031
8765742,"1. Crystalline methylthioninium chloride dihydrate as Form C, having the following characteristic peaks in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern:",0.4412787765296877,0.8825575530593754
9482325,1. An electromechanical actuator comprising: an actuator drive unit housing; and a ball screw; wherein the ball screw and actuator drive unit housing interface to form a multi-row thrust bearing and at least a portion of the ball screw is concentric with and is situated radially outward from the actuator drive unit housing.,0.5528352697753072,0.8943294604493857
9587539,"1. An exhaust gas after-treatment system arranged in an exhaust gas flow of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a particle filter arranged downstream of the internal combustion engine configured to filter soot out of the exhaust gas; and an oxidation catalytic converter arranged upstream of the particle filter and downstream of the internal combustion engine configured to oxidize SO wherein at least one of the SO",0.983857211299718,0.032285577400563925
8457436,"1. A method of processing a digital image comprising at least one contour zone, the method comprising: performing a contour zone sharpness processing comprising",0.2078840829116151,0.4157681658232302
9634310,"1. A secondary battery comprising: an electrode pair comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, at least one of which comprising: an organic-fiber layer comprising organic fibers and directly formed on a surface of the protrusion of the end part of the active material-containing layer, on an end surface of the end part of the active material-containing layer, and on the part adjacent to the edge part of the current collector, the organic-fiber layer being directly formed by ejecting a raw material solution to the surface of the protrusion of the end part of the active material-containing layer, to the end surface of the end part of the active material-containing layer, and to the part adjacent to the edge part of the current collector, and the organic fibers are continuously spread in a longitudinal direction of the at least one electrode.",0.9011432905085187,0.19771341898296257
8947010,"1. A method adaptable for controlling illumination in an LED lighting system with multiple LEDs and a phase cut dimmer, comprising: receiving a dimmer sense signal with a dimmer duty cycle based on a dimmer phase angle; generating an LED drive signal with an LED duty cycle for driving an LED current to the LEDs, the LED duty cycle based on the dimmer duty cycle; and generating a holding current for the dimmer when the dimmer duty cycle is less than a specified threshold, including:",0.8128697421677668,0.3742605156644665
9027015,"1. A method of connecting an interactive communication system comprising an electronic whiteboard to a processing device using a cable system, the cable system comprising a cable having a leg connector at a first end, and having first and second arm connectors at a second end, the first and second arm connectors not electrically connected to each other even when the cable system carries electrical signal, the method comprising: initiating playback, by the processing device, of instructional media software for operating the interactive communication system, including one or more audio/video files stored in a memory device integrated into one of the first and second arm connectors; responsive to determining that driver software adapted to control the interactive communication system is not already loaded onto the processing device, loading the driver software stored in the memory device onto the processing device, wherein: the leg connector is connected to the interactive communication system; the one of the first and second arm connectors having the integrated memory device is connected to the processing device; and automatically running the loaded driver software by the processing device, wherein: the one of the first and second arm connectors having the integrated memory device is disconnected from the processing device; and the other of the first and second arm connectors is connected to the processing device.",0.06957767510582925,0.13915535021165848
8470493,"1. A fuel cell device comprising: a ceramic support structure having a length in an x direction from a first end to a second end, a width in a y direction from a first side to a second side, and a thickness in a z direction from a top surface to a bottom surface, wherein the length is greater than the width or thickness whereby the x direction of the ceramic support structure is a dominant direction of thermal expansion; a reaction zone positioned along a first portion of the length spaced from the first end and having at least one active layer therein within the ceramic support structure comprising an electrolyte separating a first electrode from an opposing second electrode, an active first gas passage adjacent the first electrode, and an active second gas passage adjacent the second electrode, wherein each of the active first and second gas passages has a thickness in the z direction, and wherein the active first gas passage comprises a plurality of first sub-passages extending in the y direction and spaced apart in the x direction; a first artery flow passage extending from the first end in the x direction and into the reaction zone and having a thickness in the z direction, the first artery flow passage fluidicly coupled to each of the plurality of first sub-passages, wherein the plurality of first sub-passages extend from the first artery flow passage in the y direction toward at least one of the first or second sides and wherein the thickness of the first artery flow passage is greater than the thickness of each of the plurality of first sub-passages of the active first gas passage.",0.8552881864520472,0.28942362709590563
9845135,"1. An extendable hull system adapted to move between a mono-hull contracted configuration and a multi-hull configuration, comprising: a center hull portion connected to a plurality of fixed frame elements; two side hull portions, one of the two side hull portions disposed on the port and the starboard side of the center hull portion, respectively, wherein each side hull portion is connected to a plurality of slidable elements, each slidable element received by an associated complement fixed frame element of the plurality of fixed frame elements; and a plurality of actuator arms, each actuator arm extending from a fixed end to an extendable end, wherein each fixed end is connected to the plurality of fixed frame elements, and wherein each extendable end is connected to one of the two side hull portions so as to provide a mono-hull contracted configuration, wherein the two side hull portions abut in the mono-hull contracted configuration providing a shared planing surface.",0.6575773478635694,0.6848453042728613
9096797,"1. A silicate phosphor having a γ-phase of an orthorhombic crystal structure of a Pbnm 62 space group, and being represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein M represents at least one member selected from the group consisting of Mg, Sr, Ba, Zn, Na, Al, Ga, Ge, P, As and Fe, and Q represents at least one member selected from the group consisting of Eu",0.7332773813572723,0.5334452372854555
9470128,"1. An exhaust system, comprising: an exhaust duct configured to direct exhaust from an engine to the atmosphere; an aftertreatment component disposed within the exhaust duct; a resistive grid disposed within the exhaust duct at a location upstream of the aftertreatment component; an engine; and a controller configured to: determine a need to heat the aftertreatment component to a threshold temperature; determine a load increase that should be placed on the engine to raise a temperature of exhaust exiting the engine when the aftertreatment component needs to be heated; determine an amount of electrical power that should be applied to the resistive grid to raise the temperature of the exhaust; selectively raise the temperature of exhaust to the threshold temperature using a first combination of engine load increase and application of electrical power to the resistive grid to achieve a first pre-selected goal; and selectively raise the temperature of exhaust to the threshold temperature using a second combination of engine load increase and application of electrical power to the resistive grid to achieve a second pre-selected goal, the second combination being different from the first combination; wherein the controller determines the engine load increase to raise the temperature of the exhaust independently from determining the application of electrical power to the resistive grid to raise the temperature of the exhaust.",0.9800632970093135,0.03987340598137301
8445134,"1. An electrochemical cell for a secondary battery, the electrochemical cell comprising: a positive electrode having an active intercalation cathode material with a reactive component, wherein the reactive component consists of treated bentonite having a modified molecular structure as a result of having been treated to enhance its conductivity, the modified molecular structure being at least one of a broken molecular framework resultant from exposing the bentonite to sulfuric acid or a framework in which a polyaniline compound has been intercalated; a negative electrode having an active anode material comprising magnesium; and an electrolyte positioned in contact with at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein the electrolyte comprises an amorphous heteroatomic polymer.",0.9307235191295162,0.13855296174096754
9027365,"1. A method of forming fused quartz glass, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a starting body made of fused quartz glass, the starting body having a generally tubular shape and an interior cavity; (b) positioning the starting body on a base plate; (c) inserting a first insert device into the interior cavity of the starting body to form an assembled structure, the first insert device comprising a horizontal upper support plate, a horizontal lower support plate, and one or more vertically oriented spacers disposed between the upper and lower support plates, wherein opposing lateral sides of each of the plates contacts an interior surface of the starting body at different positions along a circumference thereof; (d) heating the assembled structure to a predetermined temperature at which the fused quartz glass has a viscosity in a range of 10 (e) deforming the fused quartz glass of the starting body at the predetermined temperature or in the viscosity range of 10",0.5088419965873714,0.9823160068252572
9406621,"1. An integrated circuit formed at a surface of a semiconducting body, comprising: at least one non-volatile memory cell comprised of a floating-gate transistor at which trapped carriers define a stored data state, and from which trapped carriers release upon exposure to energy of an ultraviolet wavelength; a conductive element located near the surface and below the surface of the semiconducting body, disposed around the memory cell; a roof structure constructed of an opaque material, overlying the memory cell; a plurality of contact posts, constructed of a conductive opaque material, each in electrical contact with the conductive element, wherein each of the contact posts have a width ranging from about one-half of the ultraviolet wavelength to about two times the ultraviolet wavelength, and wherein adjacent ones of the contact posts are spaced apart from one another by a distance ranging from about one-half of the ultraviolet wavelength to about two times the ultraviolet wavelength.",0.6306661350667466,0.7386677298665068
9289330,"1. A feminine hygiene article having a longitudinal centerline and a transverse centerline generally perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline, the transverse centerline defining a first portion and a second portion, the feminine hygiene article further comprising: a topsheet; a backsheet; and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the topsheet and the backsheet define a feminine hygiene article shape, and wherein the absorbent core has an absorbent core outer periphery and a core shape that is different from the feminine hygiene article shape; the feminine hygiene article further comprising at least one functional enhancement indicator visible from a body-facing surface to indicate a configuration difference between the feminine hygiene article shape and the core shape, wherein the functional enhancement indicator comprises at least one curved line segment which mimics a curve of the core shape, wherein said functional enhancement indicator is disposed within the absorbent core outer periphery and is disposed adjacent an end of the feminine hygiene article, wherein said functional enhancement indicator is disposed in the first portion but not the second portion, and wherein the functional enhancement indicator comprises a colored mark disposed on the topsheet.",0.1542184212181827,0.3084368424363654
8428205,"1. A communications apparatus, comprising: a first wireless communications module providing a first wireless communications service and communicating with a first communications device in compliance with a first protocol; a second wireless communications module providing a second wireless communications service and communicating with a second communications device in compliance with a second protocol; and a clock source shared by the first and the second communications modules and providing a reference clock to the first and the second communications modules, wherein the first wireless communications module detects a request from the second wireless communications module for activating the clock source, determines whether the reference clock has been stably generated by the clock source, and adjusts an electrical characteristic of the clock source to facilitate the reference clock output from the clock source to achieve a target frequency when the reference clock has not been stably generated.",0.491453304227687,0.982906608455374
9647050,"1. A flexible circuit film, comprising: a first flexible film; a second flexible film facing the first flexible film; a plurality of wirings arranged between the first flexible film and the second flexible film and extending in a first direction from a first terminal end portion to a first bend, then extending in a second direction crossing the first direction between the first bend and a second bend, and then extending in an opposing direction to the first direction from the second bend to a second and opposite terminal end portion; and a guide film including a material having higher rigidity than that of the first and second flexible films and arranged on the first flexible film at locations corresponding to the first and second terminal end portions of the wirings, the guide film including a tear-preventing portion overlapping the first and second bends of a shortest one of the wirings.",0.2740642483406259,0.5481284966812519
9663997,"1. An inflow control assembly positioned on a base pipe, comprising: an outer body; and a carbide coupled to the inflow control assembly by a cradle and defining a flow path for fluid flow through the inflow control assembly when the inflow control assembly is in a wellbore traversing a subterranean formation, wherein the carbide and the cradle form an internal component that is configured to adapt to an injection mandrel for enabling the injection mandrel to inject a material from a source external to the outer body into the flow path to reduce fluid flow through the flow path, wherein the carbide projects radially inward from the cradle and partially into an opening in the base pipe, the carbide having a surface and the cradle being at least partially disposed between the carbide surface and the base pipe.",0.4203054643092305,0.840610928618461
8499115,"1. A control method for a memory comprising storage units, each storing a plurality of bits, wherein in a read mode, the control method comprises: providing a read command to the memory; obtaining and recording the values of most significant bits (MSB) of all of the storage units corresponding to the read command from the memory, wherein a number of the storage units is greater than one; outputting the values of the most significant bits of all of the storage units corresponding to the read command to a bus; obtaining and recording the values of neighboring bits of all of the storage units corresponding to the read command from the memory, wherein each neighboring bit neighbors one corresponding most significant bit; and outputting the values of the neighboring bits of all of the storage units corresponding to the read command to the bus after outputting the values of the most significant bits of all of the storage units corresponding to the read command to the bus, wherein obtaining and recording steps comprise: defining a first preset value, a second preset value, and a third preset value, wherein the first preset value is less than the second and the third preset values and the second preset value is less than the third preset value; providing the second preset value to each storage unit for obtaining the values of the most significant bits; and utilizing the result of providing the second preset value to provide the first or the third preset value to each storage unit for obtaining the values of the neighboring bits.",0.23526495245508183,0.47052990491016367
8921086,"1. A composition comprising a recombinant DNA polymerase, which recombinant polymerase comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:1 and comprises an amino acid substitution at position 375 and an amino acid substitution at position 512, wherein numbering of positions is relative to SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the recombinant polymerase exhibits polymerase activity; and a nucleotide analogue that is labeled on a phosphate group, wherein the base moiety of the analogue is selected from the group consisting of adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytidine.",0.5413903837522351,0.9172192324955297
9777024,"1. A method of treatment of Alzheimer's disease in a subject in need thereof, comprising the administration to the subject of a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of structural Formula XI: or a salt thereof, wherein: Y is C(R X is chosen from CH and N; n is an integer chosen from 0, 1 or 2; each R R R R R R (R R R each R",0.37540561851368714,0.7508112370273743
9187846,"1. A microarray package device comprising: a microarray substrate including a front surface on which a biomaterial probe is disposed; a package substrate comprising a microarray accommodation unit, wherein the microarray accommodation unit comprises: a bottom; at least one concave portion disposed in the bottom; and a sidewall connected to the bottom, wherein, when a bottom surface of the microarray substrate is attached to the bottom of the microarray accommodation unit, the bottom surface of the microarray substrate is aligned with the at least one concave portion, and the sidewall of the microarray accommodation unit faces a side surface of the microarray substrate; and an adhesive disposed in a space between the bottom surface of the microarray substrate and the bottom of the microarray accommodation unit which adheres the microarray substrate and the package substrate to each other, wherein the adhesive fills and covers the at least one concave portion, and wherein the microarray accommodation unit further comprises at least one protrusion which protrudes longitudinally towards a side surface of the microarray substrate when a bottom surface of the microarray substrate is attached to the bottom of the microarray accommodation unit.",0.15202213414247176,0.3040442682849436
8342562,"1. A frame for a stroller for transporting a child, comprising: two rear arms and a single front arm which are fixedly joined to one another, the two rear arms being spaced on opposite sides of a front to rear median vertical plane (P) of the frame; at least one wheel adjustably mounted to each of the two rear arms and the front arm so as to be movable between a first extended service position wherein an axis of rotation of each wheel extends transversely with respect to the median vertical plane (P) of the frame and a second compact storage position wherein the axis of rotation of the wheels extends parallel with respect to the median vertical plane (P) of the frame; movement means connected to the front arm for moving the at least one front wheel relative to the front arm between the first and second positions, the movement means being kinematically connected to second movement means connected to each of the at least one wheels mounted to the two rear arms for simultaneously moving the rear wheels between the first and second positions and wherein a distance between the rear wheels and the at least one front wheel being smaller when in the second position than when in the first position, and the movement means including a driving handle mounted at a front end of the front arm.",0.29258074407648166,0.5851614881529633
8820105,"1. A system comprising: a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator in fluid communication, the compressor, condenser and evaporator being mounted to form an integral unit; a motor connected to the compressor to drive the compressor, the motor being mounted on the unit, the motor being powered by a voltage greater than 600 volts and less than 25,000 volts; a variable speed drive, the variable speed drive being operable to provide a variable current and variable voltage to the motor to operate the motor at variable speeds, the variable speed drive comprising:",0.8963247435580048,0.2073505128839903
8833039,"1. A high-strength steel truck frame rail comprising a hot-rolled high-strength steel elongated truck frame rail having a uniform cross-sectional C-shaped configuration along the complete truck frame rail length, the C-shaped cross-sectional configuration consisting of a web portion with upper and lower flange portions each having an average thickness and extending at about a 90° angle from opposite ends of said web portion, each said upper and lower flange portions intersects the web portion to form a corner having inner and outer radii, said web portion having an average thickness less than the average thicknesses of said upper and lower flange portions, said upper and lower flange portions providing increased load bearing capacity to said truck frame rail, said web portion thickness providing weight savings in said truck frame rail with essentially no strength compromise uniformly along the truck frame rail length as shown by the calculation for comparative section modulus (ΔSM) of said truck frame rail when compared to a baseline frame rail with a web portion and extending flanges having the same thickness, wherein the high-strength steel has a tensile strength of at least about 120,000 psi and a yield strength of at least about 90,000 psi comprising, by weight percent, carbon, about 0.30% to about 0.65%, manganese, about 0.30% to about 2.5%, at least one of the group consisting of aluminum, niobium, titanium, and vanadium, and mixtures thereof, about 0.03% to about 0.35%, and iron, balance.",0.28426715431213095,0.5685343086242619
9733240,"1. A method for the isolation of specifically labelled replicating entities, said method comprising a) providing in a reaction mixture a collection of replicating entities displaying variants of a receptor molecule on their surface and having either a first or a second enzyme linked to said surface, the reaction mixture of step a) comprising a third enzyme capable of decomposing excess product of said first and/or second enzyme, the first enzyme being a peroxidase, the second enzyme being an oxidase, and the third enzyme being a catalase, the substrate of the second enzyme being glucose and the product being H b) adding to the mixture of step a) ligand molecules that are either linked to said first enzyme if said entities are linked to said second enzyme, or said ligands are linked to said second enzyme if said entities are linked to said first enzyme, c) adding to the reaction mixture a substrate for the second enzyme, the substrate being utilized by said second enzyme in an enzymatic reaction to produce a product that is utilized by said first enzyme to convert a cosubstrate of said first enzyme into a reactive marker molecule that physically links to the respective replicating entity, thereby specifically labelling the replication entity, and d) isolating the specifically labelled replicating entities.",0.6633044945009376,0.6733910109981247
9219295,"1. A thermostatic assembly for power members of an electric vehicle comprising: a pipe set having a main pipe and a recycle pipe, one end of the main pipe connected to one side of a pump, a plurality of temperature-adjusting pipes connected between another end of the main pipe and one end of the recycle pipe, another end of the recycle pipe connected to another side of the pump to form a closed-circuit wherein, a plurality of power members are respectively set on the temperature-adjusting pipes; an input change valve being set between the main pipe and each temperature-adjusting pipe, an output change valve being set between the recycle pipe and each temperature-adjusting pipe; and a controller electrically connected to the input change valve, the output change valve and each power member for detecting the temperature of each power member; wherein the controller ranks a sequence of detected temperature and defines a sequence of a flow direction of temperature-adjusting water according to the temperature of each power member for adjusting the temperature of each power member; then, when the temperature-adjusting water flows into one temperature-adjusting pipe, the temperature of the respective power member is adjusted by the temperature-adjusting water.",0.9053733619504687,0.18925327609906262
9221882,"1. An isolated drug conjugate comprising (i) a random coil polypeptide comprising 50 to 3000 amino acids and consisting solely of proline and alanine, (ii) a drug selected from wherein the drug is conjugated through a covalent link to the N- or C-terminus of the random coil polypeptide.",0.6149115807220588,0.7701768385558825
8580738,"1. A method of treating reperfusion injury in a subject in need thereof, comprising intravascularly administering a composition comprising the combination of the β-2-adrenergic receptor agonist terbutaline and of a calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) to reduce reperfusion injury.",0.674716697946979,0.6505666041060421
8932770,"1. A bacterial fuel cell comprising: a plurality of anodes and a plurality of cathodes in liquid communication the entirety of the surface of with a liquid to be purified, said plurality of anodes and said plurality of cathodes each comprising: a metal electrical conductor arranged to be electrically coupled across a load in an electrical circuit; and an electrically conductive coating on the entirety of the surface of said metal electrical conductor, said electrically conductive coating being operative to mutually seal said liquid and said electrical conductor from each other; wherein said metal electrical conductor is formed of copper or a copper alloy or aluminum or an aluminum alloy.",0.9261023145902305,0.14779537081953897
8344409,"1. An optoelectronic device comprising: a substrate; and a first transition stack formed on the substrate comprising a first transition layer formed on the substrate having a hollow component formed inside the first transition layer, a second transition layer formed on the first transition layer, and a reflector rod formed inside the second transition layer.",0.4091382105507991,0.8182764211015982
8865085,"1. A system for maintaining freshness, the system comprising: an electrode module comprising a first electrode and a second electrode which face each other; wherein the second electrode is a plate electrode surrounded by a dielectric material; where the entire plate electrode is in intimate contact with the dielectric material; and an electric field supply module; the electric field supply module being operative to generate an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode by supplying a voltage to the electrode module, wherein the first electrode comprises a flexible conducting polymer material, wherein the first electrode directly contacts a first dielectric layer and wherein the first dielectric layer and the dielectric material are operative to contact an irregular object of preservation along a substantial portion of its entire irregular surface.",0.6897053236680811,0.6205893526638377
8869152,"1. A method comprising: monitoring a real-time performance indicator of a system, wherein the real-time performance indicator is an amount of idle time of a processor of the system; determining a desired frequency in response to the real-time performance indicator; and selectively altering, by increasing or decreasing, an operating frequency of the processor in response to a comparison of i) the desired frequency and ii) the operating frequency of the processor, wherein the selectively altering the operating frequency of the processor includes, wherein increasing the operating frequency of the processor to the desired frequency includes:",0.740211841717158,0.5195763165656839
9598063,1. A motor vehicle braking method comprising: determining an actual status of a brake operating unit based on position of an actuator; determining vehicle deceleration; determining an actual ratio based on the actual status and vehicle deceleration; and comparing said actual ratio with a target ratio and boosting a braking power when said when the target ratio is less than the actual ratio.,0.81680038725751,0.36639922548497994
8825740,"1. A method of presenting relevant information incident to attempting to present unpresentable information associated with a website, the method comprising: receiving, from a computing device, a request to present a desired web page; determining that the desired web page is unavailable for presentation; accessing a cache index to identify a cached version of the desired web page associated with the request; analyzing the cached version of the desired web page to determine information associated with the cached version of the desired web page including content associated with the cached version of the desired web page; generating a set of search criteria based solely on the information determined to be associated with the cached version of the desired web page; using the set of search criteria generated solely from the information determined to be associated with the cached version of the desired web page, querying the computing device and an advertisement provider to identify a set of search results that meet the search criteria; dynamically generating a second web page other than the cached version of the desired web page that includes the search results that were identified by querying the computing device and the advertisement provider based on the set of search criteria; and presenting the second web page on a display device.",0.016301941053616518,0.032603882107233084
8371110,"1. A method for regenerating a particulate filter of an internal-combustion engine, comprising the steps of: supplying comburent air into an exhaust pipe upstream of the particulate filter in order to perform post-combustion in the exhaust pipe; supplying fuel to cylinders of the internal-combustion engine by means of a high-pressure pumping unit; supplying the fuel into the exhaust pipe by means of the high-pressure pumping unit, said high-pressure pumping unit comprises a piston pump and a gear pump designed to supply the piston pump; said method step of supplying comprises supplying the fuel into the exhaust pipe by means of the gear pump; and constricting said fuel supply from said high-pressure pumping unit directly downstream of said high-pressure pumping unit.",0.9250534134449332,0.14989317311013362
9757516,"1. A medical system comprising, a medical device adapted to be placed on a patient and further comprising a fluidic conduit configured to deliver a medical treatment to the patient, a flow regulator for regulating the flow of a fluid in the fluidic conduit for medical treatment, at least two movable elements, which are displaceable as a function of a fluidic pressure change in the fluidic conduit or actively displaceable, for regulating the flow of fluid in the fluidic conduit; at least one passive resonant transponder circuit comprising at least one transponder element being arranged with respect to the movable elements such that the transponder circuit has a capacitance or inductance or resistance or resonant frequency or Q factor, which changes as a function of the displacement of the movable elements and is used to determine one or more different operational conditions of the medical device; and a control device, the control device comprising a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit energy to the passive transponder circuit and to read out the resonant frequency and/or the Q factor of the transponder circuit to determine with the same transponder circuit whether there is a displacement of any of the movable elements.",0.43106585605106307,0.8621317121021261
9591444,"1. A method of detecting a geofence crossing, comprising: Kalman filtering a plurality of past individual location fixes retrieved for a wireless device to produce a latest Kalman-filtered location of said wireless device; determining movement of a target device in a direction away from a geofence boundary; dynamically determining a more energy efficient location fix before a subsequent Kalman-filtered location of said wireless device, said more energy efficient location fix being determined based on a direction of said wireless device relative to said geofence boundary.",0.5361029804239108,0.9277940391521784
8972935,"1. An application server comprising a processor that interfaces with at least one repository for managing a service, the application server comprising: a communication interface for communicating with said at least one repository, said at least one repository comprising a storage device; a composition entity configured to interface with the at least one repository to load a service description identifying a list of application concerns which are implemented by the service into runtime data; a weaving entity configured to interface with the at least one repository to access an aspect description identifying a list of aspect concerns, where the list of aspect concerns has a unique aspect identification and each aspect concern is identified by a unique identifier; the weaving entity configured to dynamically update a run-time service description of the application concerns in the runtime data throughout execution of the service, wherein during aspect weaving at a join-point an update of the run-time service description of the application concerns in the runtime data is performed by adding, removing or marking as removed the unique identifier defined for the aspect concern that is weaved into the application concerns in the runtime data.",0.2066407018080481,0.4132814036160962
8483005,"1. A semiconductor memory device, comprising: a pipe latch control unit configured to sequentially enable a pipe in (PI) signal in response to an external command and to sequentially enable a pipe out (PO) signal in response to an internal command; a pipe latch unit including a plurality of pipe latches, each of which latches an external address in response to the PI signal and outputs a latched external address as an internal address in response to the PO signal; and an output drive unit configured to receive the internal address outputted from the pipe latch unit and the external address, and to selectively output the internal address or the external address as a column address CA, wherein the external address is outputted when a write operation is not being performed by the semiconductor device and the additive latency is zero, and the internal address is outputted otherwise, wherein the internal command is activated after a predetermined latency from an activation of a corresponding external command.",0.5325070704944568,0.9349858590110864
9576396,"1. A graphics processing unit, comprising: a geometry processor which generates a first display list comprising a position information index, an attribute information index, and a texture patch descriptor index for each of a plurality of new primitives; a texture patch processor which generates a second display list by sorting the first display list according to texture patch descriptor indexes; and a rendering processor which renders the plurality of new primitives based on the second display list.",0.3380824980104469,0.6761649960208937
9650738,"1. A washing process for a top-loading laundry machine, the laundry machine including an impeller; a wash tub; at least one of a mechanical and an electric drive element for driving said impeller and said tub; a tank encircling said wash tub; and a reservoir in fluid communication with said tank and disposed below said tank and said wash tub and arcuately encircling said at least one of a mechanical and an electric drive element from one side thereof at least to an opposite side thereof, the washing process comprising the steps of:",0.5208252994443067,0.9583494011113867
8352272,"1. A method for synthesizing speech from content related to a media asset, the method comprising: receiving a request for a rendering of text associated with the media asset; and converting the text associated with the media asset into speech, the speech comprising a rendering of the text that is spoken in a native language of the text and customized with an accent associated with a user, wherein converting the text associated with the media asset into speech further comprises:",0.06582510206226441,0.13165020412452888
9444322,"1. A method for suppressing circulating currents of a, b, c phases in a modular multi-level converter for a high voltage direction-current (HVDC) transmission system converting an alternating current (AC) into a direct current (DC) and vice versa, transmitting energy using a DC cable, and having the modular multilevel converter generating a high voltage source by stacking a plurality of sub-modules in series, the method comprising: receiving circulating currents in each of a phase, b phase, and c phase in an 3 phase stationary reference frame, a DC current i controlling AC components of the circulating currents in each of a phase, b phase, and c phase to become zero; and outputting a compensation value V* wherein the controlling of AC components of the circulating currents comprises: calculating the current reference value i* extracting a current i* controlling the current i wherein the controlling of AC components of the circulating currents further comprises: calculating AC components i removing the AC components i wherein the removing of the AC components i here, a, b, c: division factors for dividing 3-phase system voltage into a-phase, b-phase, c-phase P V i* V K s: d( )/dt in Laplace transform.",0.7946884938474896,0.41062301230502074
8948106,"1. A method of operating a node of a radio access network which controls transitions between radio resource control states for a wireless terminal, the method comprising the acts of: (1) upon a completion of a data activity, making a prediction of a data transmission parameter, the data activity being a transfer of data between the wireless terminal and the node; (2) making an assessment regarding probable accuracy of the prediction; and (3) using the assessment to make a determination whether or not to implement a radio resource control state switch, wherein making the assessment comprises determining that the probable accuracy of the prediction exceeds an accuracy threshold, and wherein the accuracy threshold is selected based on one or both of a weighted cost of erroneously making a decision to switch the radio resource control state, and a weighted cost of erroneously making a decision not to switch the radio resource control state.",0.8259464655223419,0.3481070689553163
8553409,"1. An information handling system comprising: a chassis having a bottom surface and a base integrated together by four sides to form an integrated thermal barrier, one of the sides having one side vent opening, the chassis bottom surface having one chassis vent opening proximate the side opposite the one side vent opening, the integrated thermal barrier having a space defined by the bottom surface, base and four sides that does not have any processing components disposed in the space; plural processing components disposed in the chassis and operable to process information; and a fan disposed in the chassis and generating an airflow from the one side vent opening through the chassis vent opening to draw air through the integrated thermal barrier and into the chassis.",0.649852831309778,0.700294337380444
8771219,"1. A method of repositioning an implantable device within a natural bodily lumen, the method comprising: engaging a drawstring on the implantable device with a grasper disposed at a distal end of an elongated member within an inner tube; positioning a distal end of the inner tube and grasper disposed therein within an interior portion of the implantable device; drawing the grasper into a distal portion of the inner tube, when the drawstring is engaged by the grasper, to pull the drawstring with the grasper and radially collapse at least a proximal portion of the implantable device; advancing a retrieval hood over at least a proximal portion of the implantable device when collapsed; and moving the implantable device within the natural bodily lumen.",0.050131810955077,0.10026362191015403
9545534,"1. An apparatus for use in combination with a medicine ball having a predetermined size, said apparatus comprising: two opposing plates; a plurality of at least four bands extending between said plates forming an interior for holding the medicine ball; two adjustable straps, each strap extending from one of said opposing plates in a direction away from said interior for receiving a portion of a user's body during exercise; wherein the two opposing plates are a first plate and a second plate which each comprises four parallel strap slots through which one of the adjustable straps is looped to secure the straps to the plates; the first plate and the second plate each comprises four peripheral slots located around the periphery of the plates; each the four bands extends through a peripheral slot on the first plate and through a peripheral slot on the second plate to connect the plates in face-to-face relationship separated by said interior for holding the medicine ball, such that the four bands and two plates define the apparatus interior for holding the medicine ball; each of the two adjustable straps forms a loop extending away from the plates away in a direction away from the interior and opposite to a direction in which the bands extend, such that that there is a first loop defined by an adjustable strap extending out from the first plate at one end of the apparatus, a second loop defined by a second adjustable strap extending out from the second plate at another end of the apparatus, and the four bands defining the apparatus interior situated between the two plates.",0.025203188346399286,0.05040637669279857
9689853,"1. A hazard detector comprising: a chassis; one or more hazard sensors housed within the chassis; a grille that defines a plurality of holes, wherein an inner surface of the grille has a three-dimensional contour and the grille is secured to the chassis; and a porous mesh that is formed to match the three-dimensional contour of the inner surface of the grille, the porous mesh being positioned against the inner surface of the grille, wherein the porous mesh obscures viewing, through the plurality of holes, of internal componentry of the hazard detector.",0.2173785627304592,0.4347571254609184
8888478,"1. A pelletizing press for producing pellets from biomass, the pelletizing press comprising: at least one matrix having a plurality of boreholes for compression of the biomass, at least one roller adapted to roll on a rolling surface of the matrix, at least one drive device for the matrix and/or the roller being arranged in the pelletizing press, a carrier plate comprising multiple carrier plate segments arranged below the matrix in a feedthrough direction of the biomass, and configured to press flatly against the matrix, and at least one opening arranged in the carrier plate, the at least one opening configured to feed through the pellets exiting from the boreholes of the matrix.",0.44884102606262166,0.8976820521252433
9534193,"1. A cleaning composition comprising: an edible and disinfecting formulation further comprising apple cider vinegar, grapefruit seed extract, Stevia, and a flavoring ingredient.",0.12084183184784078,0.24168366369568162
8460436,"1. A process of removal of acidic gases from a gas stream, comprising the steps of a) contacting a wash solution stream with said gas stream containing acidic gases to be removed to allow absorption of the acidic gases into the wash solution stream; b) withdrawing wash solution enriched with acidic gases from said wash solution stream at a first withdrawal level; c) cooling said withdrawn wash solution; and d) reintroducing said cooled wash solution to the wash solution stream at a first reintroduction level to form a mixed wash solution stream, said first reintroduction level being upstream of said first withdrawal level; the process further comprising the steps of: b1) withdrawing wash solution enriched with acidic gases from said wash solution stream at a second withdrawal level; c1) cooling said withdrawn wash solution stream; and d1) reintroducing said second cooled wash solution to said wash solution stream at a second reintroduction level corresponding to said second withdrawal level; and wherein said second reintroduction level in step d1) corresponds to said first reintroduction level in step d).",0.9047256573710529,0.19054868525789415
8568507,"1. A method for processing and/or reducing solid or molten materials, comprising: charging solid or molten materials onto an at least partially inductively heated graphite body; introducing a reducing agent different from carbon of the graphite body; and collecting flowing-off reduced and/or degassed melt, wherein said reducing agent is introduced together with the solid or molten charging materials, said reducing agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of natural gas, carbon dust, brown-coal dust, hydrocarbons, hydrogen, carbon monoxide and ammonia, and said reducing agent is introduced along with at least one selected from the group consisting of water vapor, oxygen, carbon dioxide, halogens, and hydrogen halides, and further comprising the step of sucking into the graphite body the solid or molten charging materials and the reducing agent different from the carbon of the graphite body, wherein the step of sucking into the graphite body is accomplished by adjusting a pressure gradient over an axial length of the graphite body.",0.8434422927852869,0.31311541442942614
9831382,"1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor structure, the method comprising: growing a plurality of semiconductor layers over a substrate using a set of epitaxial growth periods, wherein each epitaxial growth period includes:",0.4482007548801569,0.8964015097603139
9585391,"1. An agrochemical mixture for increasing the health of a plant, comprising a synergistically amounts of 1) a herbicidal compound (I) selected from the group consisting of quinclorac and quinmerac; and 2) a fungicidal compound (II) selected from the group consisting of N-(3′,4′,5′-trifluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (common name: fluxapyroxad), N-[2-(4′-trifluoromethylthio)-biphenyl]-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide, N-(3′,4′-dichloro-5-fluorobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methylpyrazole-4-carboxamide (common name: bixafen), N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-phenyl]-1,3-dimethyl-5-fluoro-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (common name: penflufen), N-(2-bicyclopropyl-2-yl-phenyl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (common name: sedaxane), N-[1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-9-(1-methylethyl)-1,4-methanonaphthalen-5-yl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (common name: isopyrazam), N-[2-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-3-thienyl]-1-methyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide (common name: penthiopyrad), boscalid, fluopyram, and furametpyr.",0.8897446985755167,0.2205106028489665
8405737,"1. A lens unit comprising: a barrel, which has first and second openings and an inner space that is defined along a center axis between the first and second openings; and a number of lenses held in the inner space, wherein in each pair of adjacent ones of the lenses, one of the two lenses located closer to the second opening has a greater projection shape which is projected in an optical axis thereof than the other lens located closer to the first opening, and wherein the barrel has a number of inner side surface portions, which are arranged parallel to the center axis to define cross sections corresponding to the respective projections of the lenses, and wherein in each pair of adjacent ones of the inner side surface portions, one of the two portions located closer to the second opening has a greater cross section than the other portion located closer to the first opening, and wherein the barrel has a number of main grooves that have been cut on the inner side surface portions to run from the first opening toward the second opening, and wherein each of the lenses is bonded to an associated one of the inner side surface portions with an adhesive that fills at least partially the main grooves on the inner side surface portion, and wherein azimuths of the main grooves of each said inner side surface portion with respect to the center axis are different from those of the main grooves of any other one of the inner side surface portions.",0.07951370003164536,0.15902740006329075
9321638,"1. A hydrogen storage material comprising a mixture of a metal amide and a metal hydride of which is resistant to moisture and water comprising: the metal amide represented by the general formula MI an exterior surface of the hydrogen storage material comprising the mixture of the metal amide and the metal hydride having a coating layer of TPP that stabilizes the hydrogen storage material with respect to the air and water exposure, such that the hydrogen storage material having the coating layer is resistant to water and air decomposition to increase safe handling of the mixture.",0.791122069430234,0.417755861139532
8831551,"1. A receiver, comprising: a low noise amplifier (LNA) for receiving and amplifying a radio frequency (RF) signal; a passive mixer, coupled to the LNA without any AC coupling capacitance therebetween, for generating an intermediate frequency signal by down-converting the RF signal; a passive filter for filtering the intermediate frequency signal; a baseband processing block, including a transimpedance amplifier (TIA), for processing the filtered intermediate frequency signal; and a voltage controller for keeping a first node and a second node of a signal path to be around a common DC voltage, wherein the first node is located between an output terminal of the LNA and an input terminal of the passive mixer, and the second node is located between an output terminal of the passive mixer and an output terminal of the TIA.",0.185289909753102,0.370579819506204
8578708,"1. An energy storage and recovery system comprising: a cylinder assembly (i) for, therewithin, at least one of the compression of gas to store energy or the expansion of gas to recover energy and (ii) having an interior compartment and an end cap disposed at an end of the cylinder assembly; integrated within the end cap, (i) a first valve for admitting fluid into the interior compartment of the cylinder assembly prior to expansion and exhausting fluid from the interior compartment of the cylinder assembly after compression, and (ii) a second valve for exhausting fluid from the interior compartment of the cylinder assembly after expansion and admitting fluid into the interior compartment of the cylinder assembly prior to compression, each of the first and second valves comprising a gated port and an outside port, the first and second valves controlling fluid communication with the interior compartment via respective separate fluid paths; a first actuation mechanism for actuating the first valve; a second actuation mechanism for actuating the second valve; and a control system for controlling the first and second actuation mechanisms based on at least one of a pressure inside the interior compartment of the cylinder assembly, a position of the gated port of the first valve, or a position of the gated port of the second valve, the control system reducing a pressure differential through at least one of the first or second valves during fluid flow therethrough, thereby increasing efficiency of the energy storage and recovery, wherein:",0.8893575874931618,0.2212848250136763
8440497,"1. A method comprising: providing a substrate; subjecting the substrate to a high vacuum environment; depositing copper, zinc, tin and at least one of sulfur and selenium on a surface of the substrate in the high vacuum environment by thermal evaporation while maintaining the temperature of the substrate in a sufficiently low range that re-evaporation of the materials deposited on the substrate is not substantial, thereby forming an absorber layer suitable for solar cell applications, and annealing the deposited absorber layer on substrate at a second temperature substantially higher than the temperature maintained during the depositing step.",0.9404547230019062,0.11909055399618751
8563483,"1. A high-temperature drilling fluid, consisting of water, dissolved salts and insoluble mineral solids including at least in part a weighting material of a grain size such that a D50 range thereof is between 1 and 25 μm and colloids of a grain size such that a D50 range thereof is between 0.2 and 2 μm, with a total volume fraction of the solids ranging between 30 and 50% in relation to the total volume, and a total volume comprises at least 10% by volume of the colloids, and wherein the weighting material consists of microbarite, manganese tetraoxide, or carbonates, and wherein the colloids consists of microsilica or microalumina, or mixtures thereof.",0.2648858604448299,0.5297717208896598
9121790,"1. A method for evaluating a tire, the method comprising the steps of: impacting the tire with a force; measuring motion information; extracting the resonant frequencies from the measured motion information; and calculating stiffness characteristics of the tire from the resonant frequencies, wherein the calculating step includes calculating the stiffness characteristics in a lateral direction, a radial direction, and a tangential direction.",0.13685992687641924,0.27371985375283847
8551434,"1. A method for making a syngas mixture comprising: introducing a gaseous feed mixture containing carbon dioxide and hydrogen into a reactor containing a non-zinc catalyst that contacts the gaseous feed mixture to form syngas mixture reaction products, the reaction taking place in the presence of nickel-containing and/or iron-containing reactor components, the gaseous feed mixture being introduced into the reactor at a reactor inlet temperature of from 700° C. to 800° C., with the reaction being carried out at substantially adiabatic conditions, and wherein at least a portion of said reactor components are non-coated so that nickel-containing and/or iron-containing materials of the reactor components are exposed to said reaction.",0.9775008211286595,0.044998357742680906
9601239,"1. A communication cable comprising a plurality of twisted pairs wherein at least one twisted pair of the plurality of twisted pairs has a first cable lay over a first length of the cable, a second cable lay over a second length of the cable, and a third cable lay over a third length of the cable and further wherein the first, second, and third cable lays are not equal and are all selected from a finite list of cable lay values.",0.14513325568410496,0.2902665113682099
9269688,"1. A package comprising: a first package component comprising: a second package component over the first package component, wherein the second package component comprises: a first conductive connection bonding the first metal bump to an entirety of the middle portion of the first metal trace, with the two end portions on opposite sides of the first conductive connection, wherein the first conductive connection contacts a top surface and sidewalls of the first metal trace.",0.2983800066359452,0.5967600132718904
9499209,"1. A solar-activated body panel for a vehicle, the solar-activated body panel comprising: an outer panel and an inner panel with an internal cavity defined therebetween, wherein the internal cavity has a substantially consistent thickness and includes first and second portions that correspond to first and second heat gain portions, respectively, on an outer surface, wherein the first heat gain portion retains solar energy at a first heat gain rate and the second heat gain portion retains solar energy at a second heat gain rate, the first heat gain rate being greater than the second heat gain rate, wherein the second portion includes a heat sink; and a thermal material disposed on the outer surface of the outer panel, wherein when solar energy is radiated onto the outer surface, the first heat gain portion absorbs heat at the first heat gain rate and, in turn, emits heat to the thermal material to alter the thermal material and define a predetermined indicia on the outer surface and within the thermal material.",0.980522967188763,0.038954065622474054
9803252,"1. A kit for determining the presence of metapneumovirus (MPV) in a mammalian subject, the kit comprising: a DNA probe of at least 10 nucleotides that specifically hybridizes to a target polynucleotide, wherein the target polynucleotide comprises a sequence encoding a polypeptide that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 14 or the complement of the sequence, and wherein the DNA probe does not specifically hybridize to a polynucleotide from avian pneumovirus (APV).",0.5218848836712269,0.9562302326575463
9037445,"1. A computer-implemented method for achieving an optimal function of a biochemical reaction network in cells in a cell culture, comprising: (a) calculating in a computer one or more optimal cell culture parameters in a cell culture using a flux balance analysis constrained by a solvent capacity of cells in the cell culture, wherein the flux balance analysis is further constrained by one or more cell components other than a metabolic enzyme selected from the group consisting of ribosomal protein, mRNA and DNA which increases in concentration with increasing cell growth rate, and wherein the optimal cell culture parameter is calculated by determining an optimal property of a biochemical reaction network comprising a list of biochemical reactions by applying a computational optimization method to one or more of the biochemical reactions of the biochemical reaction network, the optimization method comprising (i) altering one or more elements of the one or more biochemical reactions in the biochemical reaction network and re-computing the optimal property, and (ii) repeating (i) until an optimal function is reached; and (b) initiating or maintaining the optimal cell culture parameter in the cell culture to achieve the optimal function of the biochemical reaction network in the cells.",0.5971160090927554,0.8057679818144892
9437056,"1. A method comprising: determining first and second values; based on the values, determining a location of a jam in a flight control system of an aircraft, the location of the jam is determined based on a first summation of the first and second values.",0.4205828466107502,0.8411656932215004
9521717,"1. An LED driver, comprising: a DC power supply configured to selectively output a first DC voltage or a second DC voltage lower than the first DC voltage; a switching regulator configured to reduce the first DC voltage to supply an LED light source with a first output voltage that is equal to or higher than a threshold voltage; a dropper regulator configured to reduce the second DC voltage to supply the LED light source with a second output voltage that is below the threshold voltage; and a controller configured to:",0.7746115646560302,0.4507768706879396
8914220,"1. An engine system comprising: a mixture portion capable to mixing a first liquid as a main fuel with a second liquid at a predetermined mixture ratio; an engine to which a mixed fuel produced by mixing the first liquid with the second liquid is fed from the mixture portion; and a control portion controlling the mixture ratio of the mixed fuel to be a target mixture ratio based on a driving state of the engine, wherein: the first liquid is a light oil or a gasoline; the second liquid is a water or an enthanol; the control portion controls the target mixture ratio based on a feeding period from the time when the mixed fuel is fed from the mixture portion to the time when the mixed fuel arrives at the engine; and the control portion controls the target mixture ratio to be zero when a transmission is in a reverse state.",0.9736675836334568,0.05266483273308631
9767278,"1. A system for the detection of irregularities of a device, the system comprising: a hardware processor; and a memory communicatively coupled with the hardware processor, the memory storing instructions which when executed by the hardware processor performs a method, the method comprising:",0.39658465069025683,0.7931693013805137
9194613,"1. A module rail for a photovoltaic system, the module rail having a length and a height, the module rail comprising: a module-supporting surface extending along the length of the module rail for supporting at least one photovoltaic module thereon; a vertical sidewall extending downward from a side of the module-supporting surface and generally along the height of the module rail, wherein the sidewall has an inner surface partially defining an interior of the module rail, and outer surface partially defining an exterior of the module rail; and fastener openings spaced apart from one another along the length of the rail, each of the fastener openings extending through the sidewall generally adjacent to a juncture of the module-supporting surface and the sidewall in a direction generally transverse to the height and the length of the module rail, wherein each of the fastener openings extends through the inner and outer surfaces of the sidewall from the exterior to the interior of the module rail, wherein each of the fastener openings is configured to receive a clip fastener for securing a photovoltaic module on the module-supporting surface.",0.8761513175781966,0.24769736484360672
9296392,"1. A vehicle cruise control system for consumption-oriented control of a vehicle speed within a predefined desired speed range, the system comprising: an operating element for activating consumption-oriented speed control; a control unit operatively coupled with the operating element, the control unit controlling the vehicle speed within the predefined desired speed range while taking into consideration a predefined maximum allowed energy consumption rate value when the consumption-oriented speed control is activated; wherein the control unit is operatively configured such that an actual energy consumption rate value when the vehicle speed is within the predefined speed range does not exceed the predefined maximum allowed energy consumption rate value only as long as the vehicle speed is maintainable within the predefined desired speed range without exceeding the predefined energy consumption rate value.",0.9524218248686654,0.09515635026266911
9645170,"1. A scanning probe microscope comprising: a cantilever including a lever having a tip at a first end of the lever and a support (chip) supporting a second end of the lever, the support including a first surface by which the lever is supported and a second surface including a first attachment surface, the second surface opposite to the first surface; a cantilever attachment portion including a second attachment surface to which the first attachment surface of the cantilever is attached; and columnar elements including one of a nanofiber and a nanotube, the columnar elements on at least one of the first attachment surface and the second attachment surface, wherein the columnar elements extend from at least one of the first attachment surface and the second attachment surface in a direction perpendicular to the corresponding at least one first attachment surface and second attachment surface and adhere the second attachment surface to the first attachment surface by an adhesion force, and are configured to detach by a force applied in a direction parallel to the at least one first attachment surface and second attachment surface that weakens the adhesion force.",0.0444117779873625,0.08882355597472502
8451929,"1. An apparatus, comprising: at least two antennas; a multiple-input-and-multiple-output/orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-capable transceiver in communication with the at least two antennas; encoding circuitry capable of causing first data to be encoded; decoding circuitry capable of causing second data to be decoded; processing circuitry in communication with the multiple-input-and-multiple-output/orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-capable transceiver, the encoding circuitry, and the decoding circuitry, the processing circuitry capable of causing the apparatus to: wherein the apparatus is configured such that the multiple-input-and-multiple-output/orthogonal frequency division multiplexing-capable transceiver is capable of causing transmission of at least one transmit signal including at least a portion of the transmit data and at least a portion of the at least one predetermined signal to the single multiple-input-capable node, such that the at least portion of the transmit data is transmitted to the single multiple-input-capable node utilizing a plurality of different diversity channels, where the power-related information is transmitted to the single multiple-input-capable node for setting a power level with which the single multiple-input-capable node transmits; wherein the apparatus is further configured so as to allow dynamic routing utilizing another route different from a previous route associated with the at least one transmit signal; wherein the apparatus is further configured such that the dynamic routing includes allowing routing as a function of an interference associated with at least one link.",0.3324048283875772,0.6648096567751544
9601990,"1. A power factor correction (PFC) power converter having a power factor, comprising: an input alternating current (AC) voltage supply configured to supply an input AC voltage that generates an input AC current having an input AC waveform; an input bridge rectifier stage configured to receive the input AC voltage and to produce a rectified input AC bridge stage voltage that generates a rectified AC bridge stage current having a rectified input AC bridge stage waveform; and a switching bridge stage having a control circuit that is configured to:",0.9432092513383469,0.11358149732330625
9680039,"1. A solar cell comprising: an electrically conducting substrate; a plurality of nanowhiskers extending from said substrate, each nanowhisker having a column with a diameter of nanometer dimension, the column comprising a first p-doped semiconductor lengthwise segment and a second n-doped semiconductor lengthwise segment, said first and second semiconductor segments having an interface therebetween forming a p-n junction, sides of the first and second semiconductor segments of the nanowhiskers being encapsulated in a transparent plastic material; and a transparent electrode extending over free ends of the whiskers and making electrical contact therewith, wherein each nanowhisker comprises a plurality of lengthwise p-n junction semiconductor segments, said semiconductor segments being selected to form a plurality of p-n junctions that absorb a plurality of different wavelengths of solar radiation.",0.9399134793650622,0.1201730412698756
9687781,"1. A method for desulfurizing a discharge gas which contains sulfur oxides and which was discharged from a device for sulfuric acid production that includes a concentrated-sulfuric-acid production step in which sulfur trioxide gas obtained by oxidizing sulfur dioxide gas is absorbed in an aqueous sulfuric acid solution while supplying water thereto to thereby produce sulfuric acid having a concentration as high as 90 wt % or more but less than 99 wt %, the method comprising: a desulfurization step in which the sulfur oxides are removed from the discharge gas and, simultaneously therewith, dilute sulfuric acid is formed from the sulfur oxides; and a mixing step which, in the concentrated-sulfuric-acid production step, mixes the dilute sulfuric acid with the aqueous sulfuric acid solution, wherein the dilute sulfuric acid is produced by bringing the discharge gas into contact with an activated carbon-based catalyst together with water in the presence of oxygen.",0.9287266006758645,0.1425467986482709
9819866,"1. An image capturing device capable of being attached to a communication apparatus for use, comprising: a processor; a wireless communication interface; and an image sensor, wherein the processor is configured to function as the following units: a communication control unit configured to control wireless communication with the communication apparatus via the communication interface; and a transition unit configured to cause an operation state of the image capturing device to make a transition to any of a plurality of operation states including a first state in which image capturing by the image capturing device and communication of data by the wireless communication are possible and a second state in which power consumption is less than that of the first state, wherein in a case where, in the first state and in a state where the image capturing device is attached to the communication apparatus, it is judged that a first operation is performed, the communication control unit performs control of maintaining the wireless communication with the communication apparatus and the transition unit causes the operation state of the image capturing device to make a transition to the second state, and in a case where, in the first state and in a state where the image capturing device is not attached to the communication apparatus, it is judged that the first operation is performed, the communication control unit does not perform control of maintaining the wireless communication with the communication apparatus.",0.46005608818785343,0.9201121763757069
8795060,"1. A game processing server apparatus providing a game service to a plurality of terminal devices connected with each other via a network, comprising: a game data generation unit that generates game data of a normal game in the game service including a quest or a battle against a boss character and game data of a training game including a quest or a battle against a boss character in which a type of the quest or the battle against the boss character or the difficulty in a game is adjusted in order to differentiate the content of the training game from that of the normal game; a player information storing unit that stores player information including registration date data indicating a date when the player operating the terminal device is registered in the game service; and a group allocation unit that determines a player group to which the player belongs based on the registration date data of the player, wherein the game data generation unit generates the game data of the training game to the player who belongs to the player group and wherein after the player group is once formed, each of the players in the player group is further allocated to another player group based on a game play history of the respective player in the training game.",0.11415013877943525,0.2283002775588705
8506446,"1. A planetary gear system comprising: a planet gear defining a central planet axis; a carrier disposed adjacent the at least one planet gear; and, a pin extending from the carrier through the planet gear generally along the central planet axis, the pin comprising a first end, a second end, and an outer surface extending therebetween, the pin further defining plurality of bore holes positioned in an annular array about the central planet axis, each of the plurality of bore holes extending from the outer surface generally along the central planet axis and at least partially through the pin.",0.4805805127993469,0.9611610255986938
8400884,"1. A method of manufacturing a plasmon generator, the plasmon generator including a propagation part for propagating a surface plasmon that is excited based on light, the propagation part having a lower surface, an upper surface opposite to the lower surface, a first side surface and a second side surface that are opposite to each other and connect the upper surface and the lower surface to each other, and a front end face that connects the upper surface, the lower surface, the first side surface and the second side surface to each other, the front end face including a near-field light generating part that generates near-field light based on the surface plasmon, the method comprising the steps of: forming an accommodation part for accommodating the plasmon generator; and forming the plasmon generator to be accommodated in the accommodation part, wherein: the step of forming the accommodation part includes the steps of: the accommodation part is composed of the groove and the dielectric film; the groove has a first sidewall facing toward the first side surface of the propagation part, a second sidewall facing toward the second side surface of the propagation part, and a bottom facing toward the lower surface of the propagation part; each of the first and second sidewalls forms an angle in the range of 0° to 15° relative to a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the dielectric layer; and the dielectric film includes a first portion interposed between the first sidewall and the first side surface, and a second portion interposed between the second sidewall and the second side surface.",0.6398329523682905,0.720334095263419
9685574,"1. A solar cell module comprising: a solar cell panel including a plurality of solar cells; a protective substrate on the solar cell panel; a frame surrounding side surfaces of the solar cell panel and the protective substrate; and a ventilation unit for ventilating the solar cell panel, wherein the ventilation unit comprises: a panel opening located at an edge of the solar cell panel and formed therethrough from a bottom surface to a top surface of the solar cell panel; and a protective substrate opening located at an edge of the protective substrate, formed therethrough from a bottom surface to a top surface of the protective substrate, and corresponding in position to the panel opening; wherein the solar cell module further comprises: a bus bar connected to one of the solar cells and disposed on the solar cell panel, wherein an end of the bus bar passes through the panel opening.",0.9731611901069374,0.053677619786125286
8444743,"1. A method for producing a steel melt comprising up to 30% Mn content, and up to 5% Si, up to 1.5% C, up to 22% Al, up to 25% Cr, up to 30% Ni, as well as up to 5% of each of Ti, V, Nb, Cu, Sn, Zr, Mo and W, as well as up to 1% of each of N and P, with balance iron as well as unavoidable steel-accompanying elements, with the steps of: providing and using a heatable vessel with a heating power of more than 200 kW per ton of produced melt or a Biot-number smaller than three, charging the heatable vessel with a charge selected from a liquid iron melt or substitute materials carrying solid iron or a combination of liquid iron melt and substitute materials carrying solid iron, adding a portion or a total quantity of basic slag formers consisting essentially of CaO, MgO or corresponding dolomites, wherein composition and quantity of the slag formers is defined based on a required Si content and Si/Mn ratio, adding a portion or a total quantity of alloy element carriers containing at least one of Mn and Si, heating and melting the alloy element carriers after or during charging, reducing a produced slag quantity through addition of SiMn or SiFeMn containing less than 10% Si, wherein heat for melting the basic slag formers and the charge is produced by silicon-thermal reduction of iron- or manganese-oxides under formation of SiO adding silicon-containing charge materials in combination with manganese ore or combined iron/manganese ores, adjusting slag viscosity through addition of flux agents containing at least one of Al removing the slag and alloying the steel melt with aluminum to a desired Al content.",0.8033951906410934,0.3932096187178131
9178244,"1. A fuel cell layer comprising: a plurality of current collectors each having a first surface and a parallel second surface, wherein the first surfaces of the current collectors are coplanar and wherein the second surfaces of the current collectors are coplanar, wherein each current collector comprises an electron conducting component and an interface region; a plurality of ion conducting components, each having a first surface and a second surface and wherein each ion conducting component is positioned between two of the current collectors; a plurality of anode electrode coatings each contacting the first surface of one of the ion conducting components and the first surface of one of the two current collectors; and a plurality of cathode electrode coatings each contacting the second surface of one of the ion conducting components and the second surface of the other one of the two current collectors; wherein the current collectors and the ion conducting components form a layer, the ion conducting components are geometrically asymmetric in one or more dimensions, and wherein at least one of the first and second surfaces of the ion conducting components is coplanar with the first surfaces or second surfaces of the current collectors.",0.9719010876983202,0.05619782460335965
9525354,"1. A method of operating a power supply that includes a transformer, a transistor controlling the current through a primary side of the transformer, and a control unit for controlling the switching of the transistor to generate current pulses in the transformer, the method comprising receiving a feedback signal, and exiting a burst mode and entering a normal mode based on the feedback signal",0.8574848463421002,0.2850303073157996
8611884,"1. A device comprising: memory having executable instructions stored thereon; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the executable instructions to effectuate operations comprising:",0.3307750570589736,0.6615501141179472
9476068,"1. A process for producing a modified feed co-product by ethanol fermentation of plant matter, the process comprising: forming an acidic aqueous medium comprising said plant matter and having a pH from about 2 to about 6, said plant matter comprising starch and another polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of hemicellulose and cellulose; hydrolyzing at least a portion of the starch, said another polysaccharide, or both in said medium a temperature of at least 85° C.; contacting at least a portion of said starch in said acidic aqueous medium with α-amylase which catalyzes enzymatic hydrolysis of at least a portion of the starch to yield simple sugars having from one to three saccharide units; contacting said another polysaccharide in said acidic aqueous medium with a primary pre-conversion enzyme selected from the group consisting of xylanase, cellulase, hemicellulase, and combinations thereof, the primary pre-conversion enzyme catalyzing enzymatic hydrolysis of at least a portion of said another polysaccharide to yield a primary enzymatic hydrolyzate containing additional simple sugars having from one to four saccharide units; combining the primary enzymatic hydrolysate and a yeast to thereby form a primary fermentation mixture, wherein at least a portion of the simple sugars produced by hydrolysis of said starch and said another polysaccharide are converted by fermentation to produce ethanol; distilling the primary fermentation mixture to separate at least a portion of the ethanol thereby forming: (i) a primary distillate product comprising ethanol; and (ii) a primary feed co-product derived from the fermentation of the primary fermentation mixture, the primary feed co-product comprising at least a portion of said another polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of hemicellulose and cellulose remaining therein; forming an acidified primary feed co-product by adjusting the pH of the primary feed co-product to between about 2.5 and 5.0; forming a hydrolyzed primary feed co-product, the said forming comprising hydrolyzing at least a portion of the another polysaccharide remaining in said acidified primary feed co-product at a temperature of at least 85° C.; combining the hydrolyzed primary feed co-product, a secondary pre-conversion enzyme, and a pH adjusting agent to form a secondary enzymatic hydrolysate having a pH from about 4 to about 6.5, wherein the secondary pre-conversion enzyme is selected from the group consisting essentially of cellulase, hemicellulase, and combinations thereof, and wherein the secondary pre-conversion enzyme catalyzes enzymatic hydrolysis of at least a portion of the another polysaccharide remaining in said secondary enzymatic hydrolysate to produce a third crop of simple sugars having from one to four saccharide units; adding yeast to the secondary enzymatic hydrolysate to form a secondary fermentation mixture such that at least a portion of the simple sugars contained therein are converted by fermentation to produce ethanol; and distilling the secondary fermentation mixture to separate at least a portion of the ethanol thereby forming (i) the modified feed co-product and (ii) a secondary distillate product comprising ethanol.",0.9348634061145064,0.1302731877709873
9315075,"1. A pneumatic tire comprising a tread portion provided with a pair of circumferentially extending crown main grooves disposed on both sides of a tire equator to define a crown portion therebetween, the crown main grooves having groove widths in a range of from 2.0 to 8.0 mm and groove depths in a range of from 15.0 to 20.0 mm, a pair of circumferentially extending shoulder main grooves disposed axially outside the crown main grooves to form a pair of middle portions each of which is between the shoulder main groove and the crown main groove in each side of the tire equator, the shoulder main grooves having groove widths in a range of from 8.0 to 14.0 mm and groove depths in a range of from 15.0 to 20.0 mm and a plurality of lateral narrow grooves having groove widths in a range of from 0.6 to 2.0 mm and groove depths in a range of from 15.0 to 20.0 mm, said lateral narrow grooves including a plurality of crown lateral narrow grooves each of which traverses said crown portions and a plurality of middle lateral narrow grooves each of which traverses said middle portions, and said tread portion having a land ratio in a range of from 75% to 80%, each of said crown main grooves and shoulder main grooves has a groove cross section including a groove bottom and a pair of groove walls each extending from the groove bottom to a ground contact surface of said tread portion, each groove wall includes an inner part and an outer part, the inner part of the groove wall has an inclination in a range of not more than 1 degree with respect to a groove centerline in the groove cross section, and the outer part is provided between the inner part and the ground contact surface of the tread portion and has an inclination larger than that of the inner part so as to enlarge the groove width thereof toward the ground contact surface, and said tread portion has a total length of each lateral component length of grooves in a range of 20,000 to 30,000 mm.",0.42016013272672037,0.8403202654534407
9572952,"1. A system for ventilating lungs of a subject, the system comprising: a ventilator configured to supply a breathing gas for an inspiration and for receiving a breathing gas for an expiration; a gas mixer configured to supply a fresh gas for a subject's breathing; and a breathing circuit configured to connect the lungs of the subject, the ventilator and the gas mixer, wherein the breathing circuit comprises an inspiration limb configured to provide an inspiration gas including the fresh gas for the subject's breathing, an expiration limb configured to discharge an expiration gas, and a housing for a solid, fluidal substance for removing an undesired respiratory gas component of a respiratory gas flow, wherein the housing comprises:",0.3193119156537768,0.6386238313075536
9024608,"1. A load-adaptive power generator for driving a load device, comprising: a feedback detecting module, coupled to the load device, for detecting a load voltage of the load device and converting the load voltage into a feedback voltage; a load determining module, coupled to the feedback detecting module, for determining whether or not the feedback voltage is within a preset range for generating a periodical load driving signal; a load driving module, coupled to the load determining module, having a plurality of driving units and at least one switch, and the driving units respectively and selectively driving the load device according to the load driving signal, wherein at least one of the driving units receives the load driving signal through the at least one switch; and a control module, respectively coupled to the load determining module and the load driving module, for receiving the load driving signal and determining the frequency of the load driving signal; wherein if the frequency of the load driving signal is less than a frequency threshold, the control module turns on the switch.",0.9557737746620384,0.08845245067592322
8678567,"1. A liquid container for supplying a liquid to a liquid ejection apparatus, comprising: a liquid chamber provided to store the liquid; an air chamber connected with the liquid chamber to introduce the outside air into the liquid chamber with consumption of the liquid in the liquid chamber; an open-air hole provided to introduce the outside air into the air chamber; and a liquid inlet connected to the liquid chamber for filling the liquid into the liquid chamber, wherein the liquid container can take such an attitude that the liquid inlet is located at a lower position than the open-air hole and opens upward, the attitude being a filling attitude of the liquid container in which the liquid can be filled into the liquid chamber.",0.2125109775411536,0.4250219550823072
9205832,"1. A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle provided with an engine, an electric motor, a clutch for placing a power transmitting path between said engine and said electric motor in a power transmitting state and a power cutoff state, and a transmission disposed in a power transmitting path between said electric motor and drive wheels, the hybrid vehicle being switchable between a motor drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle is driven with said electric motor being used as a vehicle drive power source while said clutch is placed in a released state, and an engine drive mode in which the hybrid vehicle is driven with said engine being used as a main vehicle drive power source while said clutch is placed in an engaged state, and an operating speed of said engine being increased by said electric motor in a slipping state of said clutch when the hybrid vehicle is switched from said motor drive mode to said engine drive mode, said clutch being brought from said slipping state into a fully engaged state, wherein: said control apparatus comprises a processor and a memory storing a computer readable and executable instruction set such that, when said transmission is selected to undergo a shift-down action while said hybrid vehicle is switched from said motor drive mode to said engine drive mode, said processor executes said computer readable and executable instruction set to:",0.9258192253774693,0.1483615492450614
9727751,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by an apparatus, a request for transmitting structured data from a radio-frequency memory tag to a user device, wherein the user device has at least one internal memory; determining, by the apparatus, elements of the structured data stored in the radio-frequency memory tag; determining, by the apparatus, one or more privacy policies including one or more privacy levels corresponding to one or more of the elements; and applying, by the apparatus, the one or more privacy policies to the one or more of the elements, when initiating a transmission from the radio-frequency memory tag to the user device, by using one or more filters, one or more tokens, or a combination thereof, corresponding to the one or more privacy policies, wherein the applying of the one or more privacy policies comprises at least one of masking, encrypting, and removing one or more elements from the one or more of the elements before the transmission from the radio-frequency memory tag to the user device.",0.16106719957891008,0.32213439915782016
8607022,"1. A method comprising: receiving identification information and quality-of-service information corresponding to a first memory transaction transmitted from a hardware subsystem to a memory; storing the identification information and the quality-of-service information; receiving a given memory transaction from a processor complex, wherein the processor complex does not support quality-of-service encoding; determining, based at least in part on the stored identification information, whether the given memory transaction matches the first memory transaction; and in response to the given memory transaction matching the first memory transaction, appending the stored quality-of-service information to the given memory transaction.",0.06284767399213295,0.12569534798426596
9198019,"1. A method for discovering wireless client devices within a local area network, the method comprising: broadcasting, by a network device and through a select access point of a plurality of access points, a discovery message to the plurality of access points to discover a discovered access point of the plurality of access points; receiving, by the network device, a response to the discovery message from the discovered access point via the select access point, the response including information indicating a presence of a particular wireless client device within a coverage area of the discovered access point; and transmitting, by the network device and through the select access point, a status request message to the discovered access point, the status request message requesting a status of the particular wireless client device.",0.32209339285369054,0.6441867857073811
9788277,"1. A method, comprising: determining whether a wireless device is in a transition state by using a plurality of low-power consumption sensors, wherein the wireless device comprises the plurality of low-power consumption sensors; powering on a single high-power consumption sensor only when the wireless device is in the transition state, otherwise keeping the high-power consumption sensor off when the wireless device is not in the transition state, wherein the wireless device comprises the high-power consumption sensor; and detecting a current pocket mode of the wireless device using the high-power consumption sensor when the device is in the transition state, otherwise keeping a previous pocket mode when the wireless device is not in the transition state.",0.9190975127821618,0.16180497443567643
9557800,"1. A method for sequence power control in an apparatus, comprising: creating a number of executable files having instructions and power consumption information for each of a number of sequences; receiving a command comprised of a combination of the number of sequences in a particular order, wherein each of the number of sequences correspond to a particular step of the command when executed; and executing the command, wherein a number of logical unit (LUN) controllers execute a portion of the number of sequences from the combination of the number of sequences in the particular order, wherein the portion of the number of sequences are less than a total number of sequences comprising the command and are selected by a power control manager based on an amount of power consumed during execution of the portion the number of sequences that is indicated by the power consumption information stored in a data structure on the number of LUN controllers.",0.9086546192573893,0.18269076148522134
8867955,"1. A developer accommodating unit for accommodating a developer, said developer accommodating unit comprising: a flexible developer accommodating container that accommodates the developer and is sealed with a sealing member at its opening for permitting discharge of the developer; a rotatable unsealing member for removing said sealing member from said opening; a drive transmission member for transmitting a rotational force to said unsealing member, wherein said drive transmission member is mounted at one of longitudinal end portions of said unsealing member and is rotatably assembled with a frame; and a supporting member for supporting said unsealing member when said unsealing member is assembled, wherein said supporting member includes a preventing portion for preventing said unsealing member from dropping from said supporting member in a state before said drive transmission member is assembled with said frame, and wherein, in a state in which said drive transmission member is assembled with said frame, a gap between said unsealing member and said supporting member is larger than a gap between said drive transmission member and said frame, and said unsealing member is spaced from said supporting member.",0.08705030455052168,0.1741006091010433
8640839,"1. A control device for a vehicular power transmitting system including a torque converter having a pump impeller, a turbine wheel, a stator wheel rotatably disposed between the turbine wheel and the pump impeller, and a lock-up clutch, comprising a capacity coefficient control unit that controls a capacity coefficient of the torque converter by controlling rotation of the stator wheel, and a generated heat amount calculating unit that calculates an amount of heat generated during slip control of the lock-up clutch, wherein the capacity coefficient control unit controls the capacity coefficient of the torque converter such that the amount of heat generated during slip control of the lock-up clutch becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.",0.936923974137498,0.1261520517250041
8882089,"1. A vibration isolator comprising: a base plate including a first attachment feature for attaching said isolator to a first surface; a second attachment feature for attaching said isolator to a second surface, said isolator being disposed between said first surface and said second surface; and a spring section interconnecting the base plate and said second attachment feature, said spring section including a pair of spring legs and a planar section that supports the second attachment feature, each of said spring legs having a first radiused section and a second radiused section disposed on opposing ends of an interconnecting axial section disposed above the planar section and in substantially parallel relation therewith and in which the first and second radiused sections of each spring leg spans about 180 degrees.",0.0490449153871229,0.09808983077424582
8934257,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a first substrate formed of a first material, the first substrate being connected to a high speed electrical component; a second substrate formed of a second material different from the from the first material, the second substrate being connected to a non-high speed electrical component; a first coupler fixedly and mechanically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate without a solder connection; and a second coupler fixedly and electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate, the second coupler having a first end portion soldered to an electrical pad of the first substrate and having a second end portion soldered to an electrical pad of the second substrate.",0.4223695339948767,0.8447390679897534
8883813,"1. A method for treating Parkinson's disease or parkinsonism in an individual, which method comprises administering to the individual an effective amount of (5R, 6R, 7S, 8S)-5-hydroxymethyl-2-octyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-6,7,8-triol.",0.4499150114146715,0.899830022829343
9243782,"1. A panel light comprising: at least one thermally conductive luminescent element, and at least one solid state light source, wherein said at least one solid state light source is attached to and electrically interconnected via electrical traces formed on said at least one thermally conductive luminescent element, said at least one thermally conductive luminescent element diffuses and distributes the light generated by said at least one solid state light source, and said at least one thermally conductive luminescent element also provides cooling for said at least one thermally conductive luminescent element and said at least one solid state light source to the surrounding ambient via convection from the light emitting surface of said at least one thermally conductive luminescent element.",0.6869015798287817,0.6261968403424365
9242630,"1. A method for operating a powertrain system comprising an internal combustion engine rotatably coupled to a torque converter rotatably coupled to an input member of a transmission, said engine rotatably coupled to a non-combustion torque machine, the method comprising: operating the torque converter in a controlled slip operating state and controlling a torque converter clutch capacity in response to a commanded torque converter clutch capacity based immediately on a driver requested braking torque; determining a target torque output from the engine and a target torque output from the torque machine in response to the driver requested braking torque subjected to a time delay, said time delay calibrated to match a response time delay in the torque converter achieving the commanded torque converter clutch capacity following a change in the commanded torque converter clutch capacity; determining a torque modifier for the torque machine in response to a torque converter clutch slip error; controlling torque output from the engine in response to the target torque output from the engine; and controlling torque output from the torque machine in response to the target torque output and the torque modifier for the torque machine.",0.9790853375961648,0.04182932480767043
9587505,"1. A seal arrangement between radially-opposed rotating and stationary components in a turbomachine comprising: a first rotating component; a second stationary component; a brush seal located radially between said first rotating component and said second stationary component, said brush seal having an axially-extending portion secured to said second stationary component, and an inwardly-extending portion extending across a gap between said first and second components, wherein an end of said axially-extending portion of said brush seal remote from said inwardly-extending portion is sandwiched between a pair of side rails; and an inner ring portion of said second stationary component located radially inward of, and in engagement with said axially-extending portion and at least part of said inwardly-extending portion of said brush seal, wherein said pair of side rails is held between said inner ring portion and an outer ring portion of said second stationary component, leaving an axially-extending radial gap between said axially-extending portion of said brush seal and said outer ring portion of said second stationary component.",0.5926460675640374,0.8147078648719253
9284140,"1. A belt conveyor device comprising: a conveyor belt having a conveyance surface that conveys sheet media; a plurality of guide rollers and a belt drive roller on which the conveyor belt is mounted, each of the guide rollers and the belt drive roller having an axis of rotation; a conveyance motor that rotationally drives the belt drive roller; and an encoder attached to the rotational shaft of a first guide roller, which is one of the plural guide rollers; wherein a first portion of the conveyance surface of the conveyor belt contacts the outside surface of the first guide roller; wherein the first guide roller is positioned above a line extending between the axes of rotation of the belt drive roller and a second guide roller of the plural guide rollers, and the second guide roller is positioned above axes of rotation of the belt drive roller and the first guide roller; wherein the second guide roller is positioned downstream of the first guide roller in a transport direction that is defined by a rotational direction of the belt drive roller, and there are no guide rollers positioned in between the first guide roller and the second guide roller in the transport direction.",0.10396392618344978,0.2079278523668996
9122258,"1. A motor control device that includes a feedback control unit that calculates a torque command based on an operation command signal that commands an operation of a motor connected to a mechanical device and an operation detection signal that detects an operation of the motor, and a current control unit that outputs a drive current for driving the motor based on the torque command, the device comprising: an operation determination unit that determines that the motor is in an operating state when an absolute value of a speed signal of the motor acquired directly or by a calculation based on the operation command signal or the operation detection signal is equal to or larger than a threshold, and that determines that the motor is in a stopped state when the absolute value is smaller than the threshold; an operated-time amplitude estimation unit that, when it is determined by the operation determination unit that the motor is in an operating state, sequentially calculates a vibration amplitude value included in a control state quantity of the feedback control unit or the current control unit, when it is determined by the operation determination unit that the motor is in a stopped state, stops a calculation of the vibration amplitude value and maintains an internal state, and outputs the vibration amplitude value as an operated-time amplitude value; and a stopped-time amplitude-estimation unit that, when it is determined by the operation determination unit that the motor is in a stopped state, sequentially calculates a vibration amplitude value included in a control state quantity of the feedback control unit or the current control unit, when it is determined by the operation determination unit that the motor is in an operating state, stops a calculation of the vibration amplitude value and maintains an internal state, and outputs the vibration amplitude value as a stopped-time amplitude value.",0.7645202720992706,0.4709594558014587
9684509,"1. A vector processing engine (VPE) configured to in-flight merge a resultant output vector data sample set generated by at least one execution unit executing a vector processing operation, comprising: at least one vector data file configured to: the at least one execution unit provided in the at least one input data flow path, the at least one execution unit configured to: at least one merging circuitry configured to:",0.5269385656575178,0.9461228686849643
9557753,"1. A method for voltage regulation of a transformer with different winding taps and a voltage regulator, comprising the steps of: initially determining the conduction current present at the transformer and simultaneously ascertaining the instantaneous voltage present at the transformer; using a quadrant system in which a first quadrant and a second quadrant show the phase position φ of the conduction current from generators to the transformer and a third quadrant and a fourth quadrant show the phase position φ of the conduction current from the transformer to the consumers; and if the phase position φ of the conduction current is detected in the third quadrant or in the fourth quadrant of the voltage regulator, raising an instantaneous voltage to a target value range or if the phase position φ of the conduction current is detected in the first quadrant or in the second quadrant of the voltage regulator, lowering an instantaneous voltage to a target value range.",0.8386158537110059,0.3227682925779882
8967783,"1. A method for printing a cancellation mark onto a ticket, the method comprising: receiving, into an inkjet print device, at least a portion of a ticket which has a security mark previously printed thereon with ink having thermo-reactive properties; printing, using an inkjet printhead, a cancellation mark on said ticket, said cancellation mark at least partially overlapping said security mark previously printed thereon, said cancellation mark being printed on said ticket with ink having thermo-reactive properties; wherein said ink with thermo-reactive properties being visible when a temperature T of said ink is in a range of T directing said ticket, with said cancellation mark overlapping said security mark, along a transport path to bring said ticket into proximity to at least one thermo-changing heating element which resides along said transport path to change a temperature of said ink to at least T≧T",0.13300109207583355,0.2660021841516671
8475836,1. A topical patch preparation comprising: (a) an adhesive gel composition having a pH ranging from about 4.0 to 7.0 and comprising: (b) a support.,0.12615341789284815,0.25230683578569635
9021750,"1. A portable modular tornado and hurricane survival shelter kit comprising: a modular structure having a base, the base having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a top side, a bottom side opposite the top side; a plurality of spaced apart slot pairs disposed in the top side in alignment from the first end to the second end, the slots being further arranged in pairs of slots, each pair of slots being disposed directly across from each other in a position proximal the respective first side and second side; a lock tab disposed within each slot; a plurality of flexible arcs, each arc having a right angle disposed on an each end, each arc having a shape memory; wherein upon a flexing of each arc, each arc engages and alternately disengages one of each right angle of the lock tabs within a respective one of the pair of slots; a pair of end panels, each end panel fitting into a space between the top side of the base and a bottom side of an arc, one of each end panel disposed at the first end, one of each end panel disposed at the second end, each end panel being removably fitted to the base; and at least one door, wherein the at least one door is disposed in one of the end panels; wherein each end panel is overlapped by one of the flexible arcs.",0.21496426728682422,0.42992853457364844
9787478,"1. A method comprising: establishing a telecommunication link between a device and a service provider system via a telecommunication network; receiving, from the device at the service provider system, a communication comprising a device public key for the device, via the telecommunication network, the device public key predating the establishment of the telecommunication link; verifying, at the service provider system, based on verification data from at least one other device, obtained using the communication comprising the device public key for the device, that the device stores a device private key in a secure storage area of the device, wherein the device private key corresponds to the device public key, with the device public key and the device private key being a cryptographic key pair; and authorizing, by the service provider system, sign-up of the device for service enrollment in response to verifying, based on the verification data from the at least one other device, obtained using the communication comprising the device public key for the device, that the device stores the device private key in the secure storage area of the device, wherein authorizing the sign up of the device for the service enrollment for the service provider system comprises providing to the device, when the device private key is determined to be stored in the secure storage area of the device, a service-provider-specific custom certificate.",0.05134812839137472,0.1026962567827494
8405320,"1. A light emitting device controller circuit comprising: a power stage controller circuit controlling a power stage circuit to convert an input voltage to an output voltage, the output voltage being supplied to at least one light emitting device channel which includes at least one light emitting device; a transistor switch in the light emitting device channel, the transistor switch receiving a control voltage VG; a current source circuit controlling a current through the light emitting device channel, the current source requiring a minimum operation voltage VR for normal operation; and a dynamic headroom controller circuit comparing a voltage VS at a current outflow end of the transistor switch and the voltage VR to determine a relationship between the voltage VS and the voltage VR when the control voltage VG is higher than a reference voltage VH, so that a control signal is generated for controlling the power stage controller circuit to adjust the output voltage.",0.8569763553929962,0.28604728921400757
9457521,"1. A method of manufacturing a part, comprising: introducing magnetic particles into a powder matrix material, the powder matrix material present in an amount between approximately 50% and 90% by weight, the magnetic particles comprising an elongate synthetic fiber core coated with a magnetic material; positioning an array of electromagnets proximate the powder matrix material, including aligning the array of electromagnets relative to each other, the array of electromagnets providing an electromagnetic field; orienting the magnetic particles in the powder matrix material in a unidirectional alignment by coupling the particles with the electromagnetic field provided by the array of electromagnets; altering the electromagnetic field to move the magnetic particles toward a layer of the part; and curing the powder matrix material with a directed energy beam while the magnetic particles are oriented.",0.38873153415109934,0.7774630683021987
9138798,"1. A method of manufacturing a baguette tray, comprising: drawing that forms a body, first sides, and second sides by pressing a metal plate; trimming that cuts the ends of the pressed first sides and second sides with a predetermined length; flattening that flattens the first sides and the second sides of which the ends are cut with a predetermined length; and bending that bends inward the ends of the flattened first sides and second sides, wherein the flattening includes: flange-processing that unbends the bending portions to be aligned with the first sides and the second sides and removes wrinkles and concavities and convexities on the first sides; and re-striking that forms a protrusion by pushing a recession formed at the joint of the second side and the boundary outward from the inside.",0.16742186706639975,0.33484373413279944
9037406,"1. A system for generating a user interface for a manager of vehicles in a vehicle fleet and controlling routing of the vehicles between stop locations in a geographic region, the user interface providing functionality for the manager to interactively assign and move locations of individual points on a graphical road map, the individual points defining territories around the individual points that are serviceable by the vehicles, the territories being depicted on the graphical road map as shadows that are darker closer to the individual points and paler farther from the individual points according to increasing driving time from the individual points, the system comprising: a vehicle management system comprising computer hardware, the vehicle management system configured to: wherein the user interface further comprises functionality to: wherein in response to receiving the second user indication to move the first point to the different location, the vehicle management system is configured to:",0.3279314179509976,0.6558628359019952
9214288,"1. A manufacturing method for a flexible photo-anode of a dye-sensitized solar cell, comprising steps of: (a) preparing a plurality of zinc oxide nanoparticles; (b) coating the zinc oxide nanoparticles on a flexible substrate as a seed layer; (c) immersing the flexible substrate into a first reaction solution, the first reaction solution comprising zinc acetate and hexamethylenetetramine; (d) heating the first reaction solution to 90-100° C., so as to form a zinc oxide nanowire array on the seed layer; and (e) taking out the flexible substrate from the first reaction solution, cooling the flexible substrate to room temperature and immersing the flexible substrate into a second reaction solution followed by a stirring operation at room temperature, so that a plurality of spurs extend from each nanowire of the zinc oxide nanowire array to form a cactus-like structure, wherein the second reaction solution comprises zinc ions and alkali, the stirring operation is to stir the second reaction solution for 2 to 10 minutes at a rotation speed of 300 to 1500 rpm, the zinc ions in the second reaction solution have a molar concentration from 0.4 to 0.7 mole/L, and the alkali in the second reaction solution has a molar concentration from 3 to 5 mole/L.",0.9664939280476417,0.06701214390471666
9182915,"1. A data access system comprising: a storage system, wherein the storage system includes a processor including one or more levels of cache, wherein",0.5364706128390115,0.9270587743219769
8852375,"1. Process for producing a tread for a vehicle tire, comprising the steps of: extruding a strip made of rubber; forming at least one furrow in the strip, the strip exhibiting material that is contiguous with the furrow; supplying at least one string is supplied from a coil; inserting the string into the one furrow or each furrow; and reclosing the furrow over the string using material of the strip that is contiguous with the furrow.",0.6039671130628451,0.7920657738743098
9850882,"1. A wind turbine component, comprising: an inner member; an outer member disposed relative to the inner member, the inner and outer members moving relative to each other, and one of the inner or outer members including a plurality of member segments each including: a position controller operatively coupled to the actuator of the position adjustment mechanism of at least one member segment and configured to:",0.9602636613601898,0.07947267727962037
9239042,"1. A system for monitoring the condition of a rotor blade of a wind turbine, comprising: a central supply and reception unit; a central light source disposed proximal the central supply and reception unit and configured to emit electromagnetic radiation; a transducer node fastenable to the rotor blade, the transducer node connected via one or more optical fibers to the central supply and reception unit; a photovoltaic converter coupled to communicate with the central light source via the one or more optical fibers and configured to convert the electromagnetic radiation from the central light source into electric energy; electronics disposed proximal the transducer node and configured to receive the electric energy from the photovoltaic converter; a transducer disposed proximal the transducer node and the electronics, the transducer configured to spatially resolve detection of waves associated with vibratory motion of the rotor blade, wherein the electronics are coupled to the transducer and configured to power the transducer and to receive a transducer signal from the transducer; a distal light source and optical modulator coupled to the electronics and configured to be powered by the electric energy, wherein the optical modulator is configured to communicate with the electronics to transmit an optical transducer signal associated with the transducer signal; and an optical detector present at the central supply and reception unit, the optical detector coupled to the optical modulator via the one or more optical fibers and configured to receive the optical transducer signal, wherein the transducer is configured to emit waves to excite vibrations and/or acoustic waves in the rotor blade.",0.9050440704917814,0.18991185901643726
9713217,"1. A brightness control circuit for an LED emitter, comprising: an LED and a transistor connected in series across a DC voltage source having a source terminal and a return terminal; a microprocessor having a non-volatile memory, the microprocessor connected across the DC voltage source, and an output of the microprocessor connected to an input of the transistor; a switch actuator circuit comprising at least one single pole, momentary, non-latching switch coupled between at least one input of the microprocessor and the return terminal for entering user commands to select discrete first, second and third brightness levels of the LED emitter; and a program stored in the non-volatile memory containing control instructions defining a sequence of pulse width modulated signals in a repeating first defined interval and responsive to the operating state of the switch actuator circuit for controlling the discrete first, second and third brightness levels of the LED emitter corresponding respectively to high, medium, and low brightness; wherein the program cycles through each brightness level in a predetermined sequence when a switch contact of the switch actuator is held closed; or the program stops within a brightness level in the sequence when the switch contact of the switch actuator is released to select that brightness level.",0.6745089323045718,0.6509821353908565
8527266,"1. A noise suppression apparatus that estimates desired information from only observed information in which noise is mixed with the desired information, the noise suppression apparatus comprising: a correlation computation section configured to calculate a correlation matrix (P a weighting coefficient calculation section configured to use the correlation matrix, resp. the correlation value, to calculate a weighting vector (k an optimum estimate calculation section configured to use the relationship, to calculate an optimum estimate of the state vector at time n+1 based on observed information up to time n+1 ({circumflex over (x)} the noise suppression apparatus uses a Kalman filter based on a system state model having the desired information (d(n+1)) as driving source.",0.10662234803355351,0.21324469606710705
9623553,"1. An autonomous mobile robot at least including an arm member for gathering items and transporting them to a designated area, comprising: a drive system configured to autonomously move the mobile robot within a designated area; a first security system configured to autonomously secure a gathered item against unauthorized access while the item is in possession of the mobile robot; an arm member for autonomously grasping at least one item from a first location within the designated area, transporting the item to a position on the mobile robot for securing by the first security system to prevent unauthorized access while the item is in possession of the mobile robot and for transporting the item from the position on the mobile robot to a second location within the designated area; a second security system at the second location configured to autonomously secure the item against unauthorized access while the item is at the second location; and a control system for autonomously moving the mobile robot via the drive system to a position proximate the first location so that the arm member can reach a desired item, activating the arm member to grasp and transport the item to a position on the mobile robot, securing the item against unauthorized access while the item is in possession of the mobile robot via the first security system, moving the mobile robot via the drive system to a position proximate the second location within the designated area so that the arm member can reach the second location, grasping the item on the mobile robot, releasing the item from the control of the first security system, moving the item via the arm member to the second location, autonomously communicating at least one signal between the mobile robot and the second security system at the second location, the at least one signal communicating at least one security criteria between the mobile robot and the second security system in order to enable transferring of the item from the mobile robot to the second location, releasing the item from the grasp of the arm member, and securing the item at the second location via the second security system.",0.17929566128839355,0.35859132257678716
8431818,"1. A photovoltaic device, comprising: a light-responsive layer including a plurality of semiconducting carbon nanostructures distributed within a semiconductor material such that at least some of said semiconducting carbon nanostructures form one or more junctions with the semiconductor material, the one or more junctions having a charge depletion region, said charge depletion region facilitating separation of electron-hole pairs generated in a vicinity thereof in response to radiation incident on said light-responsive layer, wherein the plurality of semiconducting carbon nanostructures provide an electrically conductive path out of the light-responsive layer to an electrical contact; and an electrically insulating layer disposed so as to insulate said semiconductor material from said electrical contact.",0.8041347539457079,0.39173049210858424
8842545,"1. A device comprising: a communication interface; and system circuitry in communication with the communication interface, the system circuitry configured to:",0.3730118047423385,0.746023609484677
8921252,"1. A process for the regeneration of deactivated catalyst from a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reactor, the catalyst being cobalt supported on a modified alumina support comprising a spinel phase, the process comprising the steps of: withdrawing a portion of deactivated catalyst together with liquid hydrocarbon from the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reactor; increasing the concentration of the deactivated catalyst in the liquid hydrocarbon at a temperature below 220° C. to produce a first deactivated catalyst composition containing from 45to 99.5% of catalyst particles on a dry weight basis; calcining the first deactivated catalyst composition at a temperature in the range 150 to 600° C., wherein the first deactivated catalyst composition is subjected to an oxidizing gas arranged to oxidize carbonaceous material contained in the deactivated catalyst into gaseous oxides of components of the carbonaceous material to produce a second deactivated catalyst composition; and reactivating the second deactivated catalyst composition to produce a regenerated catalyst.",0.7722287157375438,0.4555425685249124
8883352,"1. A surface modified lithium-containing composite oxide, comprising: a lithium-containing composite oxide particle represented by the formula: a surface layer surrounding the particle, said surface layer comprising a lithium titanium composite oxide comprising lithium, titanium and an element Q, wherein: N is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Co, Mn and Ni; M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Zn, Sn, an alkaline earth metal element and a transition metal element other than Co, Mn and Ni; w, x, y, z and a satisfy: 0.9≦w≦1.3, 0.9≦x≦1.0, 0≦y≦0.1, 1.9≦z≦2.1, and 0≦a≦0.05; the element Q is at least one selected from the group consisting of B, Al, Sc, Y and In; a proportion of a total amount of the titanium and the element Q in the lithium titanium composite oxide relative to the lithium-containing composite oxide particles is from 0.01 to 2 mol %; a powder X-ray diffraction measurement of the lithium titanium composite oxide with CuKα rays exhibits a peak at a diffraction angle 2θ within a range of 43.8±0.5°; an atomic ratio (lithium/(element Q+titanium)) of the lithium to the total amount of the element Q and the titanium contained in the lithium titanium composite oxide satisfies: an atomic ratio (element Q/titanium) of the element Q to the titanium contained in the lithium titanium composite oxide satisfies: the lithium titanium composite oxide has a crystal structure of space group Fm-3m.",0.8567874890716043,0.2864250218567914
8452903,"1. A method of communication between an accessory and a mobile computing device using tokens, the method comprising: establishing, by the accessory, communication with the mobile computing device; sending, by the accessory, a message to the mobile computing device requesting information about the mobile computing device; receiving, by the accessory, a plurality of tokens from the mobile computing device in response to the message, wherein each token includes (i) a portion of the information about the mobile computing device and (ii) a code identifying a type for the portion of the information about the mobile computing device, wherein at least one of the plurality of tokens comprises information about capabilities supported by the mobile computing device; parsing, by the accessory, the plurality of tokens to determine the at least one token; analyze the at least one token to determine information about the capabilities supported by the mobile computing device; and interacting, by the accessory, with the mobile computing device using the capabilities supported by the mobile computing device.",0.6230633695637996,0.7538732608724008
8610129,"1. An image sensor comprising: a multi-layered I-III-VI-based photoelectric conversion unit which absorbs light of wavelength bands in steps; and a substrate which supports the multi-layered I-III-VI-based photoelectric conversion unit, wherein the multi-layered I-III-VI-based photoelectric conversion unit comprises: wherein the first photoelectric conversion unit includes a CuGaS",0.6572764389836775,0.685447122032645
8711545,1. A multilayered ceramic electronic component comprising: a ceramic element having a plurality of dielectric layers laminated therein; first inner electrodes formed on the dielectric layers disposed in upper and lower portions in the ceramic element and exposed to one end face of the ceramic element; and second inner electrodes formed on the dielectric layers disposed in the middle portion in the ceramic element and exposed to one end face of the ceramic element; and wherein a portion exposed by the second inner electrodes has a width greater than a portion exposed by the first inner electrodes.,0.5346960466371109,0.9306079067257782
9202529,"1. A device comprising: first and second regions including first and second amplifiers, respectively; a memory cell array region formed between the first and second regions and including: a plurality of first memory cells each coupled to the other end of a corresponding one of the first elements of the first pillar elements; a plurality of second memory cells each coupled to the other end of a corresponding one of the third elements of the second pillar elements; a first interconnection connecting the other end of the second element of the first pillar elements to the first amplifier; a second interconnection connecting the other end of the fourth element of the second pillar elements to the second amplifier; and third and fourth interconnections each extending in the first direction, wherein the first pillar elements further comprises a fifth element coupled to the third interconnection at the other end thereof, and the second pillar elements further comprises a sixth element coupled to the fourth interconnection at the other end thereof.",0.15858832194226874,0.3171766438845375
9299023,"1. A computer implemented method of generating and using an electronic horizon for use with an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) of a vehicle, comprising: accessing, by a processor, a probability matrix stored in a memory having, in respect of each of one or more decision points of a road network, data indicative of a historic relative probability that each of a plurality of possible outgoing paths at the decision point will be taken by a vehicle for each of one or more possible incoming paths, wherein the data indicative of the historic relative probability that a given possible outgoing path will be taken is based upon positional data relating to the movements of a plurality of devices associated with vehicles with respect to time on the road network; using, by the processor, the probability matrix to determine data indicative of a relative probability that each of a plurality of possible outgoing paths associated with a decision point will be taken by the vehicle when confronted with the decision point; generating, by the processor, the electronic horizon from the determined data, wherein the electronic horizon defines at least a most probable outgoing path to be taken by the vehicle from the decision point; and providing, by the processor, data to the ADAS of the vehicle determined using the electronic horizon to provide assistance to a driver of the vehicle.",0.5014399738045152,0.9971200523909696
8991342,"1. A variable valve device for an internal combustion engine comprising; a first cam phase variable mechanism in which each cylinder includes a first intake valve driven by a first intake cam and a second intake valve driven by a second intake cam, the mechanism being capable of varying phases of both the first and second intake cams, a second cam phase variable mechanism capable of varying the phase of the second intake cam relative to that of the first intake cam, and a phase variable control unit that controls the first and second cam phase variable mechanisms, wherein: the phase variable control unit preferentially controls the second cam phase variable mechanism when the engine is operating in a low-speed, low-load region in which the rotating speed is lower than a predetermined rotating speed and also the load is lower than a predetermined load, and preferentially controls the first cam phase variable mechanism based on the required engine load and maintains the second cam phase variable mechanism at a second predetermined phase when the engine is operating in a high-load region in which the load is higher than or equal to the predetermined load, wherein the phase variable control unit includes: target value setting unit that sets a control target value for each of the first and second cam phase variable mechanisms; and dead zone setting unit that sets a dead zone with respect to each of the control target values set by the target value setting unit, and wherein the dead zone setting unit sets the dead zones such that the dead zone associated with one of the first and second cam phase variable mechanisms which is to be preferentially controlled is narrower than the dead zone associated with the other of the first and second cam phase variable mechanisms.",0.8704326508623409,0.2591346982753182
9786419,1. A magnet comprising: a single sintered magnet having a concentration profile of heavy rare-earth (HRE) elements across an entire width of the magnet within a continuously sintered rare-earth (RE) magnet bulk; wherein the concentration profile is substantially sinusoidal in shape along an entire thickness of the magnet such that a corresponding coercivity profile across the entire width of the magnet is substantially sinusoidal in shape along an entire thickness of the magnet.,0.2720793435843869,0.5441586871687738
9264895,"1. A method of operation for an authentication server, comprising: establishing a first secure communication session with a first access point; establishing a second secure communication session with a second access point; receiving a request from the second access point for a key for validating management frames sent by the first access point via the second secure communication session; sending the key for validating management frames by the first access point to the second access point via the second secure communication session; determining the first access point has changed the key for validating management frames to an updated key; and automatically sending the updated key to the second access point via the second secure communication session responsive to determining the first access point has changed the key for validating management frames to an updated key.",0.05600854572707548,0.11201709145415095
8886055,"1. A method for operating an optical transmitter, the method comprising: configuring the optical transmitter to operate in a normal operation mode for transmitting data according to a first data rate; receiving a first input data block, encoding the first input data block using a forward error correction encoder to generate a first codeword, modulating the first codeword to generate a first modulated output signal, and transmitting the modulated output signal over a communication channel at the first data rate; configuring the optical transmitter to operate in a reduced data rate operation mode for transmitting data according to a second data rate lower than the first data rate; receiving a second input data block for transmission in the reduced data rate mode; pre-formatting the second input data block by appending a plurality of dummy bits to generate an uncoded data block; encoding the uncoded data block using the forward error correction encoder to generate a second codeword including the dummy bits, the second input data block, and a plurality of overhead bits; post-formatting the second codeword to remove the dummy bits; modulating the post-formatted second codeword to generate a second modulated output signal; and transmitting the second modulated output signal over the communication channel.",0.16570386901991355,0.33140773803982704
9068129,"1. A method for upgrading an asphalt feed, comprising: fractionating a feedstock containing at least a portion derived from a mineral crude oil at a cut point of at least 750° F. (399° C.) to form an asphalt fraction that contains a first amount of wax; and mixing the asphalt fraction with a pour point depressant and at least 3 wt % of a refinery wax to form an asphalt product, an amount of the pour point depressant being less than 10 wt % of a combined amount of wax in the asphalt product, the amount of the pour point depressant being 0.5 wt % or less of the asphalt product, the combined amount of wax comprising the first amount of wax and the refinery wax.",0.8767781177546577,0.2464437644906845
9851071,"1. A light source device, comprising: an excitation light source providing an excitation light; a wavelength conversion device located remotely from the excitation light source, including a wavelength conversion material for converting the excitation light into a converted light; a light introducing device for directing the excitation light onto the wavelength conversion material; and a light collecting device for collecting the converted light from the wavelength conversion material, wherein the light collecting device includes a first reflecting device for changing a traveling direction of the converted light toward an output port, wherein the light introducing device is an area surrounded by the first reflecting device which has different transmission and reflection properties than the first reflecting device, the area of the light introducing device being different from the output port, wherein an etendue of the light introducing device is less than or equal to ¼ of an etendue of the light collecting device.",0.4880697658581097,0.9761395317162194
9040518,"1. A compound of Formula I wherein R 1 is H, Cl, Br, N(CH 3 ) 2 , or methoxy; R each R X is CH Q is C R each R R",0.5262516306446868,0.9474967387106263
8532771,"1. A cardiac rhythm management system, comprising: a pacemaker configured to pace a heart at a paced heart rate; and a pacing rate limiter coupled to the pacemaker, the pacing rate limiter configured to couple to an ER sensor to detect a paced ventricular evoked response and to couple to a T-wave sensor to detect a T-wave; wherein the cardiac rhythm management system is configured to calculate an ERT interval based on the paced ventricular evoked response and the T-wave; and wherein the cardiac rhythm management system is configured to provide a maximum pacing rate based on the ERT interval.",0.161150821188283,0.322301642376566
8856693,"1. A method for selecting at least one prepattern shape from a plurality of prepattern shapes, comprising: using a computer, generating said prepattern shapes, said prepattern shapes coded as digital data, said prepattern shapes, when used in conjunction with a multi-component self-assembly material, generates a directed self-assembly pattern of inner domains surrounded by outer domains of said multi-component self-assembly material within actual prepattern shapes on a substrate, said actual prepattern shapes based on said prepattern shapes; applying a first test to each prepattern shape of said plurality of prepattern shapes to determine a fidelity with which each prepattern shape of said plurality of prepattern shapes produces said directed self-assembly pattern when used in conjunction with a directed self-assembly process using said multi-component self-assembly material; applying a second test to each prepattern shape of said plurality of prepattern shapes to determine a lithographic exposure latitude for each prepattern shape of said plurality of prepattern shapes; and selecting said at least one prepattern shape of said plurality of prepattern shapes based on evaluating results of said first and second tests.",0.09915242852476772,0.19830485704953538
9201831,"1. A universal serial bus repeater, comprising: a first universal serial bus port logic to be coupled to a first low voltage signal line and to a second low voltage signal line; a second universal serial port logic to be coupled to a first high voltage signal line and to a second high voltage signal line; and a controller to control a direction of data flow of the first universal serial bus port logic and the second universal serial bus port logic, wherein the controller is coupled to the first universal serial bus port logic and to the second universal serial port logic, wherein a repetition of a data state in the data flow is to indicate to the controller a transmission of the data flow between the first universal serial bus port logic and the second universal serial port logic, and wherein the controller is to select a downstream data flow direction or an upstream data flow direction.",0.4674555864706741,0.9349111729413482
8810212,"1. A microcomputer comprising: a switching power supply device that generates an internal supply voltage by increasing an externally supplied external supply voltage; and an internal circuit that operates upon receipt of the internal supply voltage, wherein the switching power supply device includes: an inductor that inputs the external supply voltage at one end thereof; a main switch that is coupled to another end of the inductor; an auxiliary switch that is coupled to the other end of the inductor in parallel with the main switch; a rectifier element that is coupled between the other end of the inductor and an output terminal; an auxiliary switch control circuit that is driven by the external supply voltage to provide on/off control of the auxiliary switch in accordance with a drive pulse having a predetermined frequency; a main switch control circuit that is driven by the internal supply voltage to provide on/off control of the main switch in accordance with the deviation between the internal supply voltage and a reference voltage; and a judgment circuit that is driven by the external supply voltage to judge whether the internal supply voltage has reached a voltage required to assure a normal operation of the main switch control circuit, and wherein, when the internal supply voltage is judged to have reached the voltage required to assure a normal operation of the main switch control circuit, the judgment circuit stops an operation of the auxiliary switch control circuit and enables the main switch control circuit.",0.7754683885776685,0.44906322284466293
8817482,"1. An in-vehicle electronic device in which a substantially rectangular holding case which stores a circuit board is configured by combining a lower case fixed to a glass surface of a window of a vehicle and an upper case detachably mounted on the lower case so as to cover the lower case, and an electronic circuit provided in the circuit board is electrically connected with an antenna radiation conductor arranged on the glass surface, the in-vehicle electronic device, comprising: an elastic piece configured at one end of the upper case in a longitudinal direction, and pressed and bent to the other end in the longitudinal direction; a snap claw configured such that a part of the elastic piece protrudes to the one end of the upper case in a longitudinal direction; a protruded portion configured to extend from a tip of the elastic piece to the one end of the upper case in the longitudinal direction; a notched portion formed by notching the vicinity of a base end of the protruded portion; and a tongue piece configured at one end of the lower case in a longitudinal direction, and have a locking hole, wherein a position in which the tongue piece and the elastic piece face each other engages the notched portion, so that the upper case is attached to and detached from the lower case by engaging and disengaging the snap claw with and from the locking hole.",0.25350069404175746,0.5070013880835149
8436939,"1. A device comprising: an input for receiving an audio/video (AV) program at a point along a distribution path, the AV program having an audio signal and a video signal; and a processor for processing the audio signal to generate an audio signature curve, and for processing the video signal to generate a video signature curve; wherein the processor comprises: a first band-pass filter for filtering a left channel of the audio signal to produce a filtered left channel; a first envelope detector for detecting an envelope of the filtered left channel; a second band-pass filter for filtering a right channel of the audio signal to produce a filtered right channel; a second envelope detector for detecting an envelope of the filtered right channel; a summer for summing the envelope of the filtered left channel and the envelope of the envelope of the filtered right channel to produce a sum; a low-pass filter for filtering the sum to produce a filtered sum; and a sampler for sampling the filtered sum at the frame or field rate to produce the audio signature curve.",0.05348217341052169,0.10696434682104339
8790801,"1. An integrated electrochemical and solar cell comprising: an electrochemical cell comprising: a self-supporting ceramic cathode layer having a bottom surface and an upper surface, said self-supporting ceramic cathode layer having a thickness greater than 500 microns, said self-supporting ceramic cathode layer having no substrate layer; a non-supportive cathodic current collector being deposited onto said bottom surface of said self-supporting ceramic cathode layer; an insulator being deposited onto said non-supportive cathodic current collector; a solid electrolyte layer being deposited onto said upper surface of said self-supporting ceramic cathode layer; an anode layer being deposited onto said electrolyte layer; and an anodic current collector being deposited onto said anode layer; wherein said self-supporting ceramic cathode layer is made from a lithium containing metal oxysulfide and said electrolyte to layer is made from Li a solar cell electrically connected to said electrochemical cell, said solar cell being grown on said insulator layer; and an encapsulation layer being deposited onto said integrated electrochemical cell.",0.9561331816421416,0.08773363671571688
9206149,"1. A process to produce a carboxylic acid composition, said process comprising: (a) oxidizing in an primary oxidation zone an oxidizable compound in a oxidizable raw material stream in the presence of a solvent stream, an oxidizing gas stream, and a catalyst system to produce a carboxylic acid composition comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA), wherein said oxidizable raw material stream comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-HMF), 5-HMF esters (5-R(CO)OCH wherein said catalyst system comprises cobalt, manganese, and bromine; (b) routing the carboxylic acid composition to a solid-liquid separation zone to generate a mother liquor stream and a wet carboxylic acid composition; (c) routing the wet carboxylic acid composition to a drying zone to produce a dried crude carboxylic acid composition.",0.7114881136723232,0.5770237726553535
8851837,"1. Apparatus for extracting energy from a tidal stream in a body of water, the tidal stream having a direction, the apparatus comprising: a body located in the tidal stream, the body comprising first and second terminal ends joined by a middle portion, the middle portion comprising a drag surface oriented substantially parallel to, and extending in the direction of the tidal stream such that the drag surface is configured to harness a drag force to generate movement of the body in the direction of the tidal stream, the drag surface comprising at least one formation extending radially therefrom for promoting movement of the body in the direction of the tidal stream; a generator coupled to the body; and a line coupled to the body and to the generator such that relative movement between the line and the generator drives the generator, and wherein the movement of the body in the direction of the tidal stream causes the relative movement between the line and the generator to drive the generator.",0.8533038597189001,0.2933922805621998
9785482,"1. A system for extending a web service environment to support scalable asynchronous clients communicating with a service configured to generate responses to requests from clients, the system comprising: a processor, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores computer-executable instructions for communicating between a client environment and a service, wherein the client environment includes a client proxy and a plurality of application clients which communicate requests to the service via the client proxy; wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising",0.13813464818652457,0.2762692963730491
8790209,"1. A final drive, comprising: a motor assembly, including: a planetary gear train, including: a drive sprocket coupled to the planetary gear train output shaft.",0.6130660039366093,0.7738679921267815
8807573,"1. An annular metal gasket for sealing a space between members by being pressed in the vertical direction in a state of being mounted between the members, the metal gasket comprising an annular outer ring having a substantially C-shaped cross-section and having a circumferential-direction opening formed therein; and an annular inner ring fitted inside the outer ring, wherein the inner ring is formed so as to have a polygonal cross-section comprising: an upper corner part that makes contact with an upper side of an inside surface of the outer ring; a lower corner part that makes contact with a lower side of the inside surface of the outer ring; an inner-circumference-side corner part formed on an inner-circumference side of the inner ring so as to be positioned between the upper corner part and the lower corner part; and an outer-circumference-side corner part formed on an outer-circumference side of the inner ring so as to be positioned between the upper corner part and the lower corner part, and a plurality of first bend parts having an inner angle larger than 180° are formed between the upper corner part and the inner-and outer-circumference-side corner parts; and between the lower corner part and the inner-and outer-circumference-side corner parts.",0.13018376668201803,0.26036753336403606
9634593,"1. A method of operating an electric motor, the method comprising: starting the electric motor in an open loop control mode; using an estimator module, estimating derivatives of total flux linkages of the electric motor based on measured currents of the electric motor, an output speed of the electric motor, a commanded speed for the electric motor, and voltage commands for the electric motor; while the electric motor is in the open loop control mode, evaluating derivatives of the total flux linkages of the estimator module; in response to the evaluation of the derivatives of the total flux linkages, determining whether the estimator module has converged; in response to a determination that the estimator module has not converged within a predetermined period of time after starting the electric motor, signaling a first fault condition; and in response to the signaling of the first fault condition, at least one of: (i) shutting down the electric motor; and (ii) restarting the electric motor.",0.8489785957146111,0.3020428085707778
8748039,"1. An energy storage device comprising: a first insulating member and a second insulating member over a substrate; a current collector over the first insulating member and the second insulating member; and a first active material and a second active material over the current collector, wherein the first active material and the second active material overlap with the first insulating member and the second insulating member, respectively.",0.8899902866709158,0.22001942665816832
9606684,"1. A touch panel controller comprising: a plurality of driving circuits that drive respective drive lines of a capacitive touch panel by supplying driving signals to the respective drive lines, length of rise time and fall time of each of the driving signals being variable; said controller further comprising: a control section that controls the lengths of rise time and fall time, each of the plurality of driving circuits including a plurality of inverter circuits which are configured to change the length of rise time and fall time, the plurality of inverter circuits include (i) one (1) first inverter circuit, (ii) a plurality of second inverter circuits, and (iii) a plurality of switches whose number is identical with that of the plurality of second inverter circuits; an input terminal of the first inverter circuit serving as an input terminal of the driving circuit, the plurality of second inverter circuits being configured by respective transistors having different channel widths, the plurality of second inverter circuits being connected in series with the respective plurality of switches so as to constitute a plurality of series circuits whose number is identical with that of the plurality of second inverter circuits and that of the plurality of switches, the plurality of series circuits being connected in parallel with each other between an output terminal of the first inverter circuit and an output of the driving circuit, and the control section selectively operating the plurality of inverter circuits by controlling ON/OFF of each of the plurality of switches until (i) extraneous emission of an electromagnetic wave (EMI) from the touch panel satisfies a predetermined criterion, and (ii) touch location detection sensitivity of the touch panel satisfies a predetermined criterion, the control section changing a synthesis channel width of the plurality of second inverter circuits so as to change the lengths of rise time and fall time of each of the driving signals.",0.703154091573503,0.5936918168529941
8353270,"1. A system comprising: an internal combustion engine including a cylinder and an exhaust passage; a first injector to provide an alcohol-water mixture to the cylinder; and a heated pressurization system to heat the alcohol-water mixture in a pressure vessel positioned contacting the exhaust passage and upstream of the first injector, to a specified temperature for injecting the alcohol-water mixture to the cylinder by the first injector at a specified injection pressure.",0.9263472401813652,0.14730551963726968
8677882,"1. A protection system comprising: a net with lines connected at nodes; hard points attached to at least select nodes; and a frame supporting the net and positioning it in a spaced relationship with respect to a vehicle or structure, the frame including:",0.1478820757701924,0.2957641515403848
9430950,"1. A transportation vehicle system for running a plurality of transportation vehicles having an energy storage member as a power supply under control of a ground controller along a predetermined travel route, wherein a charging area having charging equipment for the energy storage member of the transportation vehicles is provided in the travel route, the transportation vehicles have means for reporting positions and remaining capacities to the ground controller, and the ground controller has a charge control unit controlling the transportation vehicles having the remaining capacities of the energy storage member not more than a threshold value to travel to the charging area for charging the energy storage members and a vehicle placement control unit for controlling the transportation vehicles in the charging area to travel to positions outside the charging area.",0.983607365902221,0.03278526819555805
8362943,"1. A method for registering a radar system, comprising: obtaining first values for a location of a target relative to the radar system using radar system initiated signals; obtaining geo-referenced location data for and from the target; obtaining second values for the location of the target relative to the radar system using the geo-referenced location data; computing location registration bias errors for the radar system using the first and second values; and registering the radar system using the computed location registration bias errors.",0.20399671703537936,0.4079934340707587
9534065,"1. A molding material, consisting essentially of a polymer (A) obtained by polymerizing 0.01 to 35 mol % of monomer (a1) of formula (1) and 65 to 99.99 mol % of monomer (a2) whose main component is methyl methacrylate, and optionally one or more of materials other than the polymer (A) selected from the group consisting of an organic polymer of polyolefins; an acrylic polymer; a styrene polymer: a polyester; a polyimide; a boric acid ester; a phosphoric acid ester; glass in a fiber, small plate, or granular form; a metallic oxide; a UV absorber; a light stabilizer, an antioxidant; an antistatic agent; an antimicrobial agent; a flame retardant; an impact modifier a light diffusing agent; a chain transfer agent; a filler; and a reinforcing agent, wherein R X is an oxygen atom or an imino group, and R wherein a content of a component derived from the monomer (a1) in 100 wt % of the molding material is from 0.01 to 50 wt %; and wherein in the case a molding having a thickness of 2 mm is obtained by molding the molding material, a total light transmittance is from 85 to 100% and a haze value is 5% or less.",0.5808570519092724,0.8382858961814552
8603939,"1. An amide compound production catalyst for producing an amide compound through reaction of a nitrile compound and water, which comprises a manganese oxide catalyst containing bismuth and further containing yttrium or vanadium.",0.8249620760539144,0.3500758478921713
9677218,"1. A method for controlling a motor speed (v) of a motor in a laundry dryer during a drying cycle, which motor is provided for driving a laundry drum and an air stream fan of the laundry dryer, wherein: the drying cycle comprises at least a portion which is subdivided into a first part and a second part, during the first part of the drying cycle the motor speed (v) takes a value of a first predetermined motor speed (v during the second part of the drying cycle the motor speed (v) takes a value of a second predetermined motor speed (v the value of the second predetermined motor speed (v the drying cycle changes from the first part to the second part, when a laundry dryness of laundry inside the laundry drum has reached a predetermined degree of dryness.",0.9529841502372828,0.09403169952543444
9155995,"1. A treatment system for a flue gas from a combustion process comprising a condenser, a compressor for compressing the flue gas deprived of moisture at the condenser, a NO a liquid supply line for supplying at least a part of the liquid condensed at the condenser to the NO a liquid recirculation line for recirculating at least a part of the liquid from the NO",0.9131647486647557,0.17367050267048856
9470833,"1. A backlight module, comprising: a solar light collector tracing the sun and collecting the solar light; a plurality of fibers, each of the fibers comprising a light incident end connecting the solar light collector and a light output end, the light incident end transmitting the collected solar light to the light output end; a light bar comprising a plurality of point light sources; a optical mixing block; and a light guide plate; wherein the point light sources and the light output ends of the fibers are set on the light bar, the solar light collected by the solar light collector enters the optical mixing block to mix via the light output ends of the fibers and emits into the light guide plate to be spread as a even surface light source, and the point light sources give out a light to compensate lacks of chromaticity and brightness of the collected solar light.",0.7901367526948869,0.41972649461022615
9835662,"1. A method, comprising: detecting a first voltage event comprising a measured voltage exceeding a threshold voltage, the first voltage event occurring at a first time relative to a first zero crossing at a first meter; receiving at the first meter, a phase angle determination (PAD) message sent from a second meter, wherein the PAD message comprises an indication of a second voltage event comprising a measured voltage exceeding the threshold voltage, the second voltage event occurring at a second time relative to a second zero crossing at the second meter; comparing the first time to the second time; and determining, based on the comparing, if the first voltage event sensed by the first meter and the second voltage event sensed by the second meter are the same event.",0.34001538164858164,0.6800307632971633
9690282,"1. An automated computer-implemented method for controlling a computer numerically controlled milling machine to fabricate a machined object from a workpiece having a Z-axis, said machined object being configured to facilitate subsequent finishing into a finished object, the method comprising: defining a surface of said finished object; defining an offset surface, said offset surface being outside said surface of said finished object and separated therefrom by an offset distance, said offset surface defining an inner limiting surface of said machined object; defining a scallop surface, said scallop surface being outside said offset surface and separated therefrom by a scallop distance, said scallop surface defining an outer limiting surface of said machined object; and— calculating a tool path for said computer numerically controlled milling machine which produces multiple step-up cuts in said workpiece at multiple heights along said Z-axis, said multiple step up cuts in said workpiece resulting in said machined object, wherein: surfaces of said machined object produced by said multiple step-up cuts all lie between said inner limiting surface defined by said offset surface and said outer limiting surface defined by said scallop surface; and a number of multiple step-up cuts in said workpiece at multiple heights along said Z-axis and areas cut in each of said multiple step-up cuts are selected so as to minimize the amount of workpiece material that is removed from said workpiece during said cuts while ensuring that said surfaces of said machined object produced by said multiple step-up cuts all lie between said inner limiting surface defined by said offset surface and said outer limiting surface defined by said scallop surface; and directing said computer numerically controlled milling machine along said tool path, said calculating said tool path for said computer numerically controlled milling machine comprising calculating a first step height along said Z-axis of a step-up cut from a bottom of an initial cut for a collection of mutually azimuthally separated points distributed all along a curve representing an intersection of a step forward edge wall defined by the initial cut with a step floor surface also defined by the initial cut, said calculating a first step height along said Z-axis of a step-up cut from a bottom of an initial cut for a collection of mutually azimuthally separated points including: for each one of said collection of points, drawing an imaginary vertical line, parallel to said Z-axis to extend through said point and intersect at a scallop curve intersection point with said scallop surface; ascertaining a lowest height of a scallop curve intersection point corresponding to any of said collection of mutually azimuthally separated points; and selecting said lowest height of a scallop curve intersection point to be the first step height along said Z-axis of a step-up cut from a bottom of an initial cut.",0.19069715402018353,0.381394308040367
9141288,"1. A method, comprising: classifying, by a processor in a computing system, a plurality of storage mapping systems as a plurality of storage tiers in a datacenter; designating, by the processor, a chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage tiers to form a cost-based hierarchy of storage tiers, wherein a chargeback level is a rate to obtain access to the storage tier; analyzing, by the processor, a plurality of storage volumes of a plurality of servers in the datacenter to obtain characteristics of each of the plurality of storage volumes, wherein the characteristics comprise one of the plurality of storage mapping systems; assigning, by the processor, the chargeback level to each of the plurality of storage volumes based on the storage mapping system for each of the plurality of storage volumes; determining a criticality of each of a number of configuration items (CIs) by determining a number of business units utilizing the CI and varying the determined criticality based on the determined number of business units; and determining, by the processor, a storage recommendation based on the criticality of each of the CIs, wherein the criticality corresponds to at least one of the chargeback levels assigned to each of the plurality of storage tiers.",0.46310913305901014,0.9262182661180203
8712348,"1. An apparatus for managing impedance values in a radio in a wireless network, the apparatus comprising: a first tunable matching network (TMN) positioned on a path between a transceiver and at least one antenna, the first TMN comprising a first plurality of immittance elements; a front end module operably connected to the first TMN and the transceiver, a first voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) detector configured to detect a ratio of a signal from the front end module passing the first VSWR detector and a signal reflected from the first TMN; a second TMN operably connected to the front end module and a power amplifier in the transceiver, the second TMN comprising a second plurality of immittance elements; a second VSWR detector configured to detect a power amplifier ratio of a signal from the power amplifier and a signal reflected from the second TMN; a first control circuit configured to identify initial settings for the first TMN based on operating conditions of the radio, set a number of the first plurality of immittance elements based on the initial settings, monitor the ratio detected by the first VSWR detector, and repeatedly modify the initial settings of the first TMN based on the monitored ratio; and a second control circuit configured to set a number of the second plurality of immittance elements based on the initial settings, and modify the initial settings of the second TMN based on the power amplifier ratio detected by the second VSWR detector.",0.13210041286987934,0.26420082573975867
8998491,"1. A linear actuator in which a slide table is made to move reciprocally along an axial direction of a cylinder main body, comprising: a guide mechanism comprising a guide block attached to the cylinder main body and in which circulation grooves are formed through which a plurality of rolling bodies roll and circulate, and a cover member disposed on an end of the guide block, the guide mechanism guiding the slide table along an axial direction of the cylinder main body; and a retainer installed on the guide block, for retaining the rolling bodies freely circulatable in the circulation grooves, and for retaining the cover member with respect to the guide block, wherein the circulation grooves are formed to open in the guide block along a longitudinal direction thereof, and the retainer is disposed detachably with respect to the guide block.",0.023178859202573645,0.04635771840514724
8991831,"1. A spherical annular seal member characterized by comprising: a spherical annular base member defined by a cylindrical inner surface, a partially convex spherical surface, and large- and small-diameter side annular end faces of said partially convex spherical surface; and an outer layer formed integrally on said partially convex spherical surface of said spherical annular base member, wherein said spherical annular base member includes a reinforcing member made from a metal wire net and a heat-resistant material containing expanded graphite and compressed in such a manner as to fill meshes of the metal wire net of said reinforcing member and to be integrated with said reinforcing member in mixed form, and said outer layer is comprised of a base layer which includes a reinforcing member made from a metal wire net and compressed and a heat-resistant material containing expanded graphite, compressed in such a manner as to fill meshes of the metal wire net of said reinforcing member and to be tightly pressure bonded to said reinforcing member, and having a surface which forms an outer-layer intermediate layer surface together with a surface of said reinforcing member, said base layer being formed integrally with said partial convex spherical surface, and of a heated sliding layer constituted by a molten fluororesin composition which is integrally adhered to and formed on said base layer at said outer-layer intermediate layer surface and contains at least a molten fluororesin, a surface of said outer layer exposed to an outside being constituted by a smooth surface of said heated sliding layer, and wherein said molten fluororesin is constituted by a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer (FEP).",0.12500329479686323,0.25000658959372646
9380492,"1. A method for communication of a packet with a short frame, the method comprising: generating, by a medium access control sublayer logic, a frame comprising a type field and a subtype field; communicating, by the medium access control sublayer logic with a physical layer device, an indication that the frame is a short frame; setting, by the physical layer device, a bit in a preamble for creating a physical layer protocol data unit with the frame, in response to the indication, the bit being defined to indicate that the frame is the short frame; and creating, by the physical layer device, a physical layer protocol data unit with the frame and the preamble.",0.26770153357744764,0.5354030671548953
9529718,"1. A method, comprising: storing a value in a first block in a cache, wherein the cache comprises a block set and is coupled to a buffer, and the buffer is further coupled to a memory that comprises multiple pages; corresponding the first block value to a page in the memory; calculating, for the page, a block count to be the count of blocks in the cache that have dirty values corresponding to the page; assigning a priority status to each block that has a dirty value with an address corresponding to the page when the block count exceeds a first threshold; copying a second block value to the buffer in response to assigning the priority status to the second block; decreasing the block count for the page by one, after copying the second block value; and removing the priority status from each block that otherwise has a priority status when the block count reduces below a second threshold.",0.16721759009781365,0.33443518019562735
9400469,"1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a charging roller electrically charging an image carrier; a temperature sensor detecting temperature in an environment of the charging roller; a humidity sensor detecting humidity in the environment of the charging roller; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured so as to execute: a sampling part executing temperature and humidity inputting process inputting detected temperature of the temperature sensor and detected humidity of the humidity sensor at a predetermined timing; a life consumption degree calculating part calculating a life consumption degree of the charging roller per a period from a last executing point to a present executing point in the temperature and humidity inputting process by applying respective representative values of last and present inputted detected temperature and detected humidity into a predetermined model formula every time the temperature and humidity inputting process is executed; and a warning processing part outputting a warning in a case where an addition value of the life consumption degrees exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein the life consumption degree calculating part uses, as the model formula, an expression deriving larger life consumption degree in a case where the representative value of the detected temperature and the representative value of the detected humidity are respectively larger, as compared with a case where they are smaller.",0.5161753368726769,0.9676493262546462
9764283,"1. A carbon dioxide scrubbing solution consisting essentially of: an absorbent for carbon dioxide comprising an amino acid salt, and an absorption rate activator additive, wherein the activator additive comprises germanium dioxide.",0.807399761297253,0.385200477405494
9168562,"1. A syringe-assist device, comprising: a housing portion that defines an axial passage; an actuator portion partially disposed within the axial passage of the housing portion, wherein the actuator portion includes: a syringe-supporting member movably-disposed within the axial passage, wherein the syringe-supporting member fluidly separates the axial passage into a first passage portion and a second passage portion, wherein the actuator portion is movably-disposed within the second passage portion of the axial passage, wherein syringe-supporting member defines a fluid-flow passage that fluidly-connects the first passage portion of the axial passage to the second passage portion of the axial passage.",0.04234657598486166,0.08469315196972338
8493581,"1. An electronic document displayed on a display device of a computer, said electronic document including instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium which are executable by the computer to drive the computer to execute functions of: a setting unit that provides a first input field and a second input field for prompting a user to input verification data to unshield confidential contents in the electronic document, the verification data including user identification, entered in the first input field, and having been provided from a provider of the electronic document to the user, the setting unit calculating a value of a password based on contents of the first input field; a determination unit that determines whether the verification data satisfy predetermined conditions and whether the calculated password value is in agreement with contents of the second input field; and a displaying unit that displays the electronic document with the unshielded confidential contents on the display device when the determination unit determines that the verification data satisfy the predetermined conditions, wherein the displaying unit displays the inputted user identification embedded into the electronic document on the display device, and the user is not permitted to edit the user identification embedded into the electronic document, and wherein the calculated password value is a sum of numerical values of character codes of characters entered in the first input field as the user identification.",0.01815913901351207,0.03631827802702414
9250574,"1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; an intermediary transfer member for carrying the toner image transferred from the image bearing member at a primary-transfer position; a transfer member, provided contactable to an outer peripheral surface of the intermediary transfer member, for transferring the toner image from the intermediary transfer member onto a recording material at a secondary-transfer position; a constant-voltage element, electrically connected between the intermediary transfer member and a ground potential, for maintaining a predetermined voltage by passing of a current therethrough; a power source for forming, by applying a voltage to the transfer member to pass the current through the constant-voltage element, both of a secondary-transfer electric field at the secondary-transfer position and a primary-transfer electric field at the primary-transfer position; a current detecting portion for detecting the current passing through the constant-voltage element; and a control for controlling, on the basis of a result detected by said current detecting portion by applying a test voltage to said transfer member by said power source, a voltage to be applied to said transfer member by said power source so that said constant-voltage element maintains the predetermined voltage in a predetermined period.",0.11280013475250833,0.22560026950501666
8830946,"1. A method comprising: generating with a data processor a frame for transmission over a network to a first device and a second device, the frame including a preamble to provide operational compatibility with the first device and the second device over a first bandwidth and a second bandwidth, respectively, wherein the preamble provides synchronization for operation over the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth, and where the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth are two distinct frequency bands, where the preamble comprises a common preamble designating the same preamble for both bands in the first bandwidth, wherein the first portion of the preamble is commonly used by the first device and the second device.",0.34032007852846197,0.6806401570569239
8407911,"1. A thermally treated waste material feedstock comprising organic matter, wherein the thermally treated waste material feedstock contains NOx, SOx, or COx components absorbed and/or complexed therein from contact of the waste material feedstock with gas turbine exhaust gases in a confined space and contains the maximum nutrient value and organic matter content preserved in the treated waste material feedstock due to the absence of significant oxidation of the waste material feedstock during said contact, wherein the waste material feedstock comprises sewage or animal waste material.",0.9838302961653437,0.03233940766931265
9742131,"1. A system comprising: a first main switch operable for transferring power from a first connector to an output terminal if a first power source is available at said first connector; a first path operable for delivering a first current from said first connector to said output terminal and controlling said first current to be within a first predefined range if said first power source is available at said first connector; a second main switch operable for transferring power from a second connector to said output terminal if a second power source is available at said second connector; a second path operable for delivering a second current from said second connector to said output terminal and controlling said second current to be within a second predefined range if said second power source is available at said second connector; and control circuitry, coupled to said first and second main switches and said first and second paths, operable for turning off said second main switch and said second path and turning on said first path if said control circuitry detects that said first power source is available at said first connector when said second power source is providing power to said output terminal through said second connector, and operable for turning on said first main switch when a first predetermined time interval from said turning on said first path has elapsed, wherein said second path comprises a first switch element having a diode, wherein when said first switch element is turned off, said diode delivers said second current to said output terminal to increase an output voltage at said output terminal, wherein said control circuitry starts counting time when said output voltage increases to a voltage threshold, wherein said control circuitry determines whether said second power source is available, wherein if said second power source is available, then said control circuitry turns on said first switch element when a first preset time interval has elapsed from the start of said counting time, and wherein said control circuitry turns on said second main switch when a second predetermined time interval has elapsed from turning on said first switch element.",0.849809531248738,0.3003809375025239
9302670,"1. A control apparatus for a vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine and a motor as drive sources, the control apparatus comprising: an operation reception unit that receives a vehicle system activation operation for allowing at least one of the internal combustion engine and the motor to output a driving force; a stop unit that stops the internal combustion engine when a stop condition for stopping the internal combustion engine is satisfied; a start unit that starts the internal combustion engine when a start condition for starting the internal combustion engine is satisfied after the internal combustion engine has been stopped by the stop unit, the start condition being different from the vehicle system activation operation received by the operation reception unit; and a control execution unit that executes a startability improvement control that improves startability of the internal combustion engine when the vehicle system activation operation is received by the operation reception unit during running of the vehicle as compared with the startability of the internal combustion engine when the internal combustion engine is started when the start condition is satisfied during the running of the vehicle after the internal combustion engine has been stopped due to the stop condition having been previously satisfied.",0.832714281397148,0.33457143720570404
9413614,"1. A method of using a controller that controls client switches in a network having non-client switches and end hosts that are coupled to the client and non-client switches, wherein the client switches include ports, the method comprising: generating, using the controller, broadcast discovery packets; directing, using the controller, the client switches to send the broadcast discovery packets generated using the controller from the ports of the client switches, wherein the broadcast discovery packets identify that the broadcast discovery packets should be flooded throughout the network by both the client and the non-client switches; receiving, at the controller, the broadcast discovery packets from the client switches; generating, using the controller, network topology information based at least partly on the received broadcast discovery packets; generating, using the controller, flow table entries for the client switches based on the generated network topology information; and controlling, using the controller, the client switches to forward network packets that are different from the broadcast discovery packets through the network by providing the flow table entries to the client switches.",0.41718131674360154,0.8343626334872031
9634115,"1. A method of forming a transistor device comprised of source/drain regions and sidewall spacers, the method comprising: forming a first high-k protection layer directly contacting said source/drain regions and said sidewall spacer; after forming said first high-k protection layer, removing a sacrificial gate structure positioned between said sidewall spacers so as to thereby define a replacement gate cavity between said sidewall spacers; forming a replacement gate structure in said replacement gate cavity; recessing said replacement gate structure and said spacers to define a second cavity and expose portions of said first high-k protection layer; forming a gate cap material layer to partially fill said second cavity; and forming a second high-k protection layer in said second cavity above said gate cap material layer.",0.2106041257419475,0.42120825148389507
8587269,"1. A DC-DC voltage converter comprising: a primary side and a secondary side coupled to said primary side, said secondary side including a step-down converter, said step-down converter comprising: wherein said step-down converter is externally synchronizable on said secondary side and operates independently from said primary side.",0.9440295159938391,0.11194096801232178
9838288,"1. An apparatus comprising: a bandwidth usage analyzer to analyze bandwidth usage during a first phase of streaming of media and during a second phase of the streaming of the media, the first phase corresponding to the streaming of the media before a buffer is filled with a threshold amount of data associated with the media, the second phase corresponding to the streaming of the media after the buffer is filled with the threshold amount of the data and while the media continues to be buffered; a buffer size calculator to calculate a size of the buffer based on a difference in the bandwidth usage during the first phase relative to the bandwidth usage during the second phase; and an end time calculator to determine an end time of the media based on the size of the buffer, the end time of the media occurring after a time when the data associated with the media completes downloading to the buffer.",0.22902642217561786,0.4580528443512357
9766650,"1. A programmable device, comprising: reconfigurable analog circuitry; reconfigurable digital circuitry; a plurality of input/output (I/O) blocks; and a global mapping system configured to selectively couple the plurality of I/O blocks with analog functional units of the reconfigurable analog circuitry and with digital functional units of the reconfigurable digital circuitry.",0.29844143935034073,0.5968828787006815
9422185,"1. An apparatus for sintering a glass preform for an optical fiber, the glass preform for the optical fiber being received in a muffle tube and being heated in an atmospheric gas while being suspended on a shaft and supported thereon, comprising: a first gas seal that is provided at an upper end of the muffle tube, the shaft being inserted therethrough; a buffering chamber that is provided above the first gas seal and that covers the shaft; a second gas seal that is provided at an upper end of the buffering chamber, the shaft being inserted therethrough; an external air chamber adjacent to the buffering chamber and separated from the buffering chamber by the second gas seal; and a unit that introduces the atmospheric gas exhausted from the muffle tube into the buffering chamber, wherein the external air chamber comprises an atmosphere suction port that is provided to the external air chamber, and the external air chamber is always ventilated with external air.",0.4266504874640166,0.8533009749280333
8582319,"1. A resonant mode converter, comprising: a power factor correction (PFC) power converter having an input coupled to receive an input voltage; an LLC power converter cascaded with an output of the PFC power converter, the LLC power converter including a transformer coupled to generate an output of the resonant mode converter; a feedback circuit coupled to generate a first current representative of the output of the resonant mode converter; and a control unit including a current limiting circuit coupled to receive the first current and a second current generated in response to a reference voltage, the current limiting circuit coupled to limit the first current in response to the second current, the control unit further including an oscillator coupled to receive the first current, the oscillator coupled to generate a control signal having a control frequency in response to the first current, wherein the resonant mode converter output is controlled in response to the control frequency.",0.7879079686529147,0.42418406269417064
8366506,"1. A remote-controlled ornithopter capable of flying forward in an upright position, comprising: a fuselage; X-shaped main wings provided on an upper surface of a front end of the fuselage; tail wings provided on an upper surface of a medial portion or an upper surface of a rear end of the fuselage; a tail rotor for controlling a direction in which the fuselage flies; a drive unit for operating the main wings; and a flight control unit, having a receiver to receive a control signal for controlling the drive unit and the tail rotor, so that operation of the drive unit and the tail rotor is controlled depending on the control signal transmitted to the receiver.",0.8481802861263528,0.30363942774729447
9347995,"1. A system for monitoring an energy-storing apparatus during a non-operating event of a mechanism that draws energy from the energy-storing apparatus, the apparatus including a plurality of energy-storing cells, the system comprising: a plurality of sensing units, each one of the sensing units being coupled to a subset of the plurality of cells, wherein each one of the sensing units is configured to monitor conditions of a corresponding subset of cells during the non-operating event, wherein the non-operating event corresponds to when electrical current is not flowing to or from the energy-storing apparatus; a wireless communication unit coupled to each of the sensing units and configured to communicate a signal indicative of one of the monitored conditions of the corresponding subset of cells to a computing device, wherein the energy-storing apparatus is configured to provide energy to the plurality of sensing units and the wireless communication unit during an operating event; a self-harvesting power source configured to provide energy to the plurality of sensing units and the wireless communication unit only when the non-operating event begins; and a processor configured to switch a supply of the energy from the energy-storing apparatus to the self-harvesting power source when the non-operating event begins.",0.9136148005799687,0.17277039884006262
8524966,"1. A method of producing cumene, comprising: contacting an alkylation catalyst with a stream of benzene and propylene, wherein said alkylation catalyst comprises:",0.6905476745664901,0.6189046508670197
8764415,"1. An integrated-inverter electric compressor, comprising: a housing; an electric motor and a compressing mechanism inside the housing; an inverter container disposed on an outer circumference of the housing; and an inverter device, disposed inside of and separable from inside the inverter container, for supplying electric power to the electric motor by converting DC power from a high-voltage power source to three-phase AC power, the inverter device being a one piece inverter module comprising: a power-related metal substrate on which a semiconductor switching device is mounted; a control-related substrate on which a control and communication circuit having a device that operates at low-voltage is mounted, the control-related substrate located on an upper surface of the inverter module above the power-related metal substrate, a rectangular resin case surrounding the inverter module, the resin case integrated with mounting legs at four corner sections of the rectangular resin case, the resin case located outside an outer periphery of the power-related metal substrate and the control-related substrate, the mounting legs being secured to the inverter container with screws; a common grounding terminal integrally insert molded into at least one of the mounting legs located at an outside corner of the power-related metal substrate and the control related substrate, the common grounding terminal comprising a flat conductor branching from a through hole into a first terminal part and a second terminal part, the first terminal part extending to the power-related substrate and being electrically grounded to and structurally connected to the power-related metal substrate, and the second terminal part extending upwardly to and being electrically grounded to and structurally connected to the control-related substrate, the through-hole providing a passage for one of the screws to secure the inverter module to the inverter container; and a high-voltage source and high-voltage grounding pattern from the power-related metal substrate and a low-voltage source and a low-voltage grounding pattern from the control-related substrate both being grounded via respective capacitors through the common grounding terminal.",0.7551176436040369,0.48976471279192624
9656414,"1. A method of fabricating a casting for a microfluidic device comprising a 3-dimensional microfluidic network in a single layer composition, said method comprising the steps of: (A) providing a master mold for forming said microfluidic device, said master mold comprising at least one loop element and a membrane element extending outwardly from and connected to said loop element (B) surrounding said master mold with a resin; (C) curing said resin to form an elastomeric casting surrounding said master mold and having a negative configuration of said master mold; and (D) removing said master mold from said casting, wherein a microchannel cavity is formed by said loop element and a planar gap is formed by said membrane element in said casting, and wherein at least a portion of said loop element passes through said planar gap of said casting as said master mold is extracted from said casting.",0.49323424343956634,0.9864684868791327
8635414,"1. A system for allocating memory resources comprising: a bus system coupled to a plurality of requestors; and a plurality of memory systems coupled to the bus system, each memory system including:",0.4226154095741653,0.8452308191483306
9432029,"1. A frequency modulation circuit comprising: a modulation part for performing a frequency modulation with an input data signal while calibrating a modulation index based on a calibration value; a transmission frequency band setting part for selecting and setting a transmission frequency band in accordance with a given channel selection signal within an entire transmission frequency range; and a calibration-operating part for calculating, on the basis of said input signal, primary calibration values of the modulation index at the central frequencies of respective ones of n (where the n denotes an integer of 2 or more) pieces of transmission frequency bands which constitute said entire transmission frequency range, further comprising; an interpolation-calculation part for performing an interpolation-calculation with respect to said n pieces of said primary calibration values and calculating calibration values at intermediate frequencies of the central frequencies of neighboring ones of the transmission frequency bands while calculating calibration values at frequencies at both ends of said entire transmission frequency range to obtain (n+1) pieces of interpolated calibration values as secondary calibration values; and a calibration value supply part for selecting one calibration value corresponding to the transmission frequency bands set in said transmission frequency band setting part from among said n pieces of the primary calibration values or (n+1) pieces of the secondary calibration values, and supplying the selected calibration value to said modulation part.",0.038931827613344114,0.07786365522668826
8628469,"1. A system for forming a trans-psoas operative corridor to a lumbar spine, comprising: a trans-psoas dilator system to create a tissue distraction corridor along a lateral, trans-psoas path through bodily tissue toward a targeted intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine, the trans-psoas dilator system including an outer dilator having a cylindrical exterior surface region configured to engage a psoas muscle; and a multi-bladed psoas retractor tool to create an operative corridor along a lateral, trans-psoas path through bodily tissue toward a targeted intervertebral disc of a lumbar spine, the multi-bladed psoas retractor tool including: wherein when at least the caudal-most retractor blade and the cephalad-most retractor blade of the multi-bladed psoas retractor tool maintain the operative corridor along the lateral, trans-psoas path through the bodily tissue toward the targeted intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine, the operative corridor is dimensioned so as to pass an implant through the operative corridor along the lateral, trans-psoas path toward the targeted intervertebral disc of the lumbar spine.",0.031271688837776264,0.06254337767555251
8507838,"1. A photomultiplier assembly suitable for enabling the effective conversion of light signals into readily-detectable electrical signals comprising: a photocathode adapted to convert light into electrons that is positioned in front of or on the front surface of the assembly; at least one electron-multiplying plate made from an insulating substrate which does not emit sufficient contaminants to poison said photocathode, said plate being coated on the front and rear faces with a conductive layer, said front face of each plate is further coated with a layer of secondary electron-emissive material which, when struck by an incoming electron, produces secondary electrons, said plate being perforated with channels which have non-conducting walls, the number and geometry of these channels being adapted to promote the efficient transfer and acceleration of electrons through the channels under an applied voltage differential across said plate, at the exit of the last plate, there being an anode positioned to collect the electrons and generate an electrical signal adapted to be read by conventional electronic means, the photocathode, the electron-multiplying plate, or series of plates, and the anode all being contained within a vacuum enclosure.",0.7191808230941745,0.561638353811651
8474395,"1. A device for repairing or relining an offset chimney, comprising: a) a spreader assembly comprising a spreader blade configured to spread a chimney repair material over the inner wall of a chimney as the spreader blade is pulled through the chimney; b) a pull assembly extending upward from the top of said spreader blade for a distance of at least 12 inches, said pull assembly being connected at an upper end to a device effective for pulling the spreader blade assembly upward through a chimney when the spreader blade is loaded with a repair material, and being connected at a lower end to said spreader assembly; and c) a reticulated centering device for keeping the pull assembly centered in the chimney when the spreader assembly is moved through a chimney offset; said reticulated centering device having an upper portion comprising a first plurality of rods and defining an upper centering guide, wherein each of said first plurality of rods has a first end connected to an upper portion of said pull assembly, and a second end connected to a lower portion of said pull assembly, and a lower portion of reticulated centering device comprising a second plurality of rods and defining a lower centering guide, wherein each of said second plurality of rods has a first end connected to said spreader blade, and a second end connected to said spreader blade, with said first plurality of rods at least partially overlapping said second plurality of rods; wherein said upper portion and said lower portion are reticulated with respect to each other such that upper centering guide may be angled with respect to lower centering guide, thus allowing the upper set of rods to begin turning in a bend in a chimney offset before the lower set of rods begins turning in that bend.",0.8819984108414738,0.23600317831705242
8595601,"1. A method of operating a memory device, comprising: identifying at least one weak string as weak column information; and performing an error correction operation on a first plurality of bits of data read from a plurality of strings of non-volatile memory cells using an algorithm that modifies a weighting of the reliability of one or more data bits in the first plurality of bits of data based on the weak column information, wherein said performing comprises performing an error correction operation on the first plurality of bits of data read from the plurality of strings using an algorithm that interprets a bit of data read from the at least one weak string as having a relatively reduced reliability relative to other ones of the first plurality of data bits.",0.18158487860610853,0.363169757212217
9165978,"1. A light emitting apparatus, comprising: a continuous substrate folded into a first substrate portion, a second substrate portion arranged in parallel to the first substrate portion, and a connection intermediate portion connecting the first substrate portion and the second substrate portion to each other; an array comprising a plurality of rows of first light emitting elements formed on the first substrate portion; and a plurality of second light emitting elements formed on the second substrate portion staggered between the rows of the first light emitting elements.",0.4375578062218918,0.8751156124437836
9580763,"1. A method of producing a hydrolysate containing sugar from a lignocellulosic biomass, comprising the steps of: a) pretreating the lignocellulosic biomass in a pretreatment process to form a slurry comprising cellulosic particles; b) saccharification of the slurry obtained in step a) in the presence of hydrolytic enzymes in an enzymatic hydrolysis process to obtain a hydrolysate containing sugar; c) analyzing cellulosic particles present in the slurry obtained in step a) and/or cellulosic particles present in the enzymatic hydrolysis process during step b) using an image analysis method to obtain a data set; and d) controlling at least one process parameter of the pretreatment process in step a) and/or enzymatic hydrolysis process in step b) in response to the data set obtained in step c); wherein the image analysis in step c) is a visible spectrum image analysis.",0.8744157973958118,0.25116840520837647
9431858,"1. A generator rotor, comprising: a cylindrical rotor rim, a support structure supporting the cylindrical rotor rim, and a plurality of permanent magnet modules, wherein the cylindrical rotor rim is formed by a plurality of rotor rings axially arranged one behind the other and separated by gaps between them, the rotor rings being attached to each other via a plurality of axial strips fixed to one of an inner and outer circumference of the rings, the permanent magnet modules comprise a base and one or more rows of magnets mounted on a top surface of the base, and arranged at the other of the inner and outer circumference of the rings, and wherein the permanent magnet modules are secured to the rotor rings by a plurality of fasteners extending through the gaps between the rotor rings and connected to the axial strips.",0.5842374902596241,0.8315250194807517
9709948,"1. A cover opening/closing mechanism comprising: an opening/closing cover which is pivotable about a rotary shaft; a moving member which, as the opening/closing cover is opened and closed, reciprocates rectilinearly, while in contact with the opening/closing cover, in a first positive direction and in a first negative direction opposite to the first positive direction; a first biasing member which biases in the first positive direction the moving member that moves in the first negative direction as the opening/closing cover is rotated in a closing direction thereof; a gear which is coupled with the opening/closing cover and which rotates as the opening/closing cover is opened and closed; and a damper which is coupled with the gear and which suppresses an increase in rotation speed of the gear by generating a load according to the rotation speed.",0.08763704924081576,0.17527409848163156
9796656,"1. A method of producing a concentrated dimethyl carbonate composition including the steps of: (a) reacting carbon dioxide and ammonia to form urea in a reaction tank; (b) inserting said urea into a stirring tank and adding methanol to said stirring tank to produce methyl carbamate and ammonia; (c) reacting said methyl carbamate and ammonia with methanol to produce a dimethyl carbonate, methyl carbamate and ammonia mixture; (d) establishing a distillation column; (e) charging said distillation column with said dimethyl carbonate, ammonia, unreacted methyl carbamate, and unreacted methanol mixture; (f) recycling said ammonia from said distillation column to said reaction tank; (g) drawing a mixture of dimethyl carbonate, methyl carbamate and methanol from at least a first stage of said distillation column; (h) passing said drawn mixture through at least one side methanol reactor for producing a more concentrated dimethyl carbonate composition; (i) returning said concentrated dimethyl carbonate to said distillation column; and (j) withdrawing a further concentrated dimethyl carbonate composition from a lower section of said distillation column.",0.903178121215397,0.19364375756920604
9723557,"1. A method comprising: entering a reduced communications performance environment, wherein a mobile device connected to a network loses connection to the network; attempting to reconnect to the network in the reduced performance environment without success; recording network connection attempt information, including at least a geographic location of the mobile device; entering an improved performance environment, wherein the mobile device is reconnected to the network; and transmitting the network connection attempt information to a remote server, the network connection attempt information including a last known location of the mobile device before losing connection to the network and a duration of the lost connection.",0.7606791234944404,0.4786417530111191
8874275,"1. An irrigation controller comprising: a. self-adjusting technology and a calendar, wherein said self-adjusting technology is water budget percentage based, wherein a current water budget percentage is periodically determined by comparing current environmental sensor data to historical geo-environmental data without calculating current reference evapotranspiration; b. at least one restricted watering schedule; and c. programming in said controller for irrigating by alternating between said self-adjusting technology or a restricted watering schedule, one to the exclusion of the other, based on dates in said calendar.",0.9562614727940316,0.08747705441193676
9207750,"1. An apparatus comprising: a sleep transistor having a plurality of transistors operable to provide dynamically adjustable transistor size, at least some of the plurality of transistors are coupled at one end to a first power supply and coupled at another end to a second power supply; a circuit coupled to the second power supply, the second power supply to provide power to the circuit; and a power control unit (PCU) to monitor the level of the first power supply, and to dynamically adjust the transistor size of the sleep transistor having the at least some of the plurality of transistors such that the second power supply is substantially constant with reference to a retention supply level to keep the circuit operational during a low power state.",0.9083740907231044,0.18325181855379125
9745049,"1. A seal assembly for closing an aperture in an aerodynamic surface of a structure, the seal assembly comprising: a track for attachment to the structure; and a retractable seal including a flexible substrate and a plurality of rods connected to the flexible substrate, wherein at least one of the rods is mounted for running movement along the track, the seal is moveable between an extended position and a retracted position by moving the at least one rod along the track accompanied by folding/unfolding of the flexible substrate, and wherein the seal is biased to its extended position, and wherein the seal is self-biasing to the extended position.",0.43965667192552643,0.8793133438510529
9006978,"1. A driving circuit with an over-voltage protection device for modulating an electrical parameter of a driven device, comprising: a boost circuit having an output terminal electrically coupled in series to the driven device, a transistor and a grounded feedback resistor sequentially, wherein the output terminal of the boost circuit is further electrically coupled to a grounded voltage dividing circuit for outputting a voltage dividing signal; a signal processing circuit provided for outputting a processing signal to the over-voltage protection device and a modulation device according to the voltage dividing signal and a modulation signal of a modulation signal source, wherein a phase of the processing signal is opposite to that of the modulation signal, and an amplitude of the processing signal corresponds to that of the voltage dividing signal; and a control circuit provided for turning on the transistor or not according to an output signal of the over-voltage protection device and an output signal of the modulation device; wherein if the processing signal exceeds a reference level of the over-voltage protection device, the transistor is turned off; if the processing signal does not exceed the reference level, the electrical parameter of the driven device is modulated according to the output signal of the modulation device.",0.45241039857415694,0.9048207971483139
9382517,"1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule, which encodes a human hepatitis C virus, wherein said molecule: (i) is capable of expressing said virus when transfected into cells, (ii) is capable of infectivity in vivo, (iii) comprises at least one adaptive mutation in the amino acid sequence of NS3, which is F1464L, (iv) comprises at least one adaptive mutation in the amino acid sequence of NS4A, which is A1672S, and (v) comprises at least one adaptive mutation in the amino acid sequence of NS5B, which is D2979G, wherein the amino acid positions of the adaptive mutations are given with reference to the sequence provided at GenBank accession number AF009606.",0.5908519695347404,0.8182960609305192
9309532,"1. A method for breeding a rice plant with improved iron deficiency tolerance and enhanced iron and zinc accumulation in an edible part thereof, the method comprising assaying plants to measure an amount of a protein, which is an iron- and zinc-binding regulatory factor, and which comprises any one of the following amino acid sequences of (a) to (c), the protein being contained in extract from the plants, thereby determining a plant with suppressed expression of a gene encoding the protein, and breeding the plant with suppressed expression of a gene encoding the protein: (a) an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or 2; (b) an amino acid sequence obtained by deletion, substitution, or addition of one to 10 amino acids in the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or 2; or (c) an amino acid sequence which has 95% or more identity with the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or 2.",0.8191382821103893,0.3617234357792214
8746442,"1. A conveyor belt comprising: a top side and an opposite bottom side; multiple roller sets, each roller set including a top roller at the top side and a bottom roller below the top roller, the top and bottom rollers mounted for rotation on parallel axes, the top roller having a periphery divided into a high-friction peripheral surface and a durable, low-friction peripheral surface, wherein the bottom roller contacts the durable, low-friction peripheral surface of the top roller such that driving of the bottom roller in a first direction causes rotation of the top roller in an opposite second direction.",0.04993400153790898,0.099868003075818
8413708,"1. A casting mold surface treatment method comprising applying fullerenes to a surface of a carbon film to trap the fullerenes in spaces in the carbon film, which covers a surface of a casting mold and contains at least one type of nanocarbon selected from the group consisting of carbon nanocoils, carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofilaments.",0.6860531656817521,0.6278936686364958
8577795,"1. A computerized system for resource management comprising: a. a computer readable datastore associated with a server, said server hereinafter referred to as a wallet server, wherein a master copy of a wallet comprising computer readable storage representing a usage allowance, hereinafter master wallet, is stored; b. a plurality of logical servers which are logical partitions of said wallet server; c. a plurality of computer readable logical datastores which are logical partitions of said datastore; wherein said wallet server further comprises computer executable instructions to:",0.1838532831987954,0.3677065663975908
9172399,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a channel; and an iterative decoder to decode a message on the channel, the message including a plurality of bits of data, the iterative decoder configured to:",0.15355493305643048,0.30710986611286095
9193819,"1. A method of preparing a cross-linked polyazine polymer, comprising: reacting an organic substrate with a multiamine to form an organic polymer, wherein the organic substrate comprises a substituted moiety selected from the group consisting of an indole, pyrrole, phenyl, biphenyl, thiophene, furan, naphthalene, thianaphthene, acetylene, catechol, tyrosyl, and catecholamine, and the organic substrate is substituted with at least two aldehydes and/or ketones; and oxidizing said organic polymer to form said cross-linked polyazine polymer.",0.6816613665599205,0.636677266880159
8594849,"1. A method of regulating the temperature inside a building having outside double walled walls, comprising inner walls that are microporous to moisture and impermeable to air and outer walls that are thermally insulating, the inner and outer walls being separated by an intermediate space in which air can circulate, the method comprising: in summer or in hot and dry weather, causing outside air that is hot and relatively dry to circulate in the spaces between the inner and outer walls to cool the microporous inner walls by evaporating their moisture, cooling the air inside the building that is in contact with said inner walls, and reducing the hygrometry of said air inside the building, and in winter or in cold and wet weather, causing outside air to circulate in the spaces between the inner and outer walls under moisture-condensation conditions, ensuring heating of the inner walls and an increase in the hygrometry of the air inside the building that is in contact with said inner walls.",0.8810129593765191,0.23797408124696173
8592873,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: gate patterns and insulation patterns repeatedly and alternatingly stacked on a substrate; a through region penetrating the gate patterns and the insulation patterns; and a channel structure extending from the substrate through the through region, the channel structure comprising:",0.09874714820691952,0.1974942964138391
8985063,"1. A hot-water supply system comprising: a hot-water tank, a hot-water supply pipe connected to the hot-water tank, a water supply pipe connected to the hot-water tank and the hot-water supply pipe, a heating unit configured to heat the water in the hot-water tank, a water current sensor configured to detect a water current in the water supply pipe, a hot-water flow regulation valve disposed between a joint location of the hot-water supply pipe to the hot-water tank and a joint location of the hot-water supply pipe to the water supply pipe for regulating an opening degree of the hot-water supply pipe, a water flow regulation valve disposed between a joint location of the water supply pipe to the hot-water tank and a joint location of the water supply pipe to the hot-water supply pipe for regulating an opening degree of the water supply pipe, a hot-water storage temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the water in the hot-water tank, a hot-water supply apparatus disposed in the midway of the hot-water supply pipe at a downstream side of the joint location between the hot-water supply pipe and the water supply pipe for heating the water flowing through the hot-water supply pipe, a hot-water supply temperature setting unit configured to set a desired hot-water supply temperature, and a temperature regulation control unit configured to perform a temperature regulation control via mixing by prohibiting the heating by the hot-water supply apparatus and regulating a mixing ratio of the hot-water supplied from the hot-water tank to the hot-water supply pipe and the water supplied from the water supply pipe to the hot-water supply pipe by the hot-water flow regulation valve and the water flow regulation valve so as to supply the hot-water having the desired hot-water supply temperature from the hot-water supply pipe when the water current is detected by the water current sensor and the detection temperature by the hot-water storage temperature sensor is higher than a hot-water shortage determination temperature set according to the desired hot-water supply temperature, and to perform a temperature regulation control via heating by permitting the heating by the hot-water supply apparatus so as to supply the hot-water having the desired hot-water supply temperature from the hot-water supply pipe when the water current is detected by the water current sensor and the detection temperature by the hot-water storage temperature sensor is equal to or lower than the hot-water shortage determination temperature, wherein the hot-water supply system further comprises a sterilization processing unit configured to perform a sterilization process by heating the hot-water in the hot-water tank equal to or higher than a sterilization temperature set according to an assumption that bacteria in the hot-water tank will be sterilized under such temperature by the heating unit when the detection temperature by the hot-water storage temperature sensor has been equal to or lower than a re-heating determination temperature set according to an assumption that the reproduction of bacteria in the hot-water tank will progress under such temperature over at least a predefined re-heating determination time, when the detection temperature by the hot-water storage temperature sensor has been equal to or lower than a determination temperature for prohibiting the use of hot-water in the hot-water tank which is set lower than the re-heating determination temperature over at least a determination time for prohibiting the use of hot-water in the hot-water tank set equal to or longer than the re-heating determination time, the temperature regulation control unit performs only the temperature regulation control via heating while maintaining the hot-water flow regulation valve in a closed state regardless of the detection temperature by the hot-water storage temperature sensor.",0.8208504517641414,0.3582990964717172
8838764,"1. A system for managing hosted computing network comprising: one or more computing devices, each having a processor and memory, the one or more computing devices configured to execute computer-executable instructions operable to: receive a hosted computing network validation event;",0.402650079799878,0.805300159599756
9631258,"1. A method for extracting rare earth metals from phosphogypsum, the method comprising: (a) treating a hemihydrate or anhydrite of calcium sulphate with a soluble calcium salt under subacidic conditions to form a soluble calcium salt treated mixture, the soluble calcium salt treated mixture comprising a first calcium sulphate dihydrate precipitate and a rare earth metal precipitate; and (b) treating the soluble calcium salt treated mixture with a strong acid to form a second calcium sulphate dihydrate precipitate and a rare earth metal supernatant, wherein the soluble calcium salt has a Ca2+ concentration from 0.075 M to 3.75 M of Ca wherein the subacidic conditions comprises a pH greater than 1, wherein the strong acid has a pKa less than 0, and wherein the strong acid has an H",0.6723133825669092,0.6553732348661816
8926760,"1. A method of removing at least a portion of an interaction layer on an electrode region of a solar substrate, the method comprising the steps of: (1) providing a solar substrate including an absorbing region and an electrode region, the absorbing region including an absorbing layer configured to convert light energy into electrical energy, the electrode region being substantially free of the absorbing layer, the electrode region including an interaction layer; (2) brushing the electrode region to remove at least a portion of the interaction layer; (3) monitoring a characteristic of a brushing operation during the brushing in step (2); and (4) stopping the brushing upon the characteristic reaching at least one of (a) a predetermined value, (b) a predetermined amount of change, and (c) a predetermined rate of change, during step (3).",0.948773326108431,0.10245334778313797
8981672,"1. A method of adjusting fixture colors emitted by at least a first and a second lighting fixture to a target color, where each lighting fixture comprises at least a first and a second light source emitting light having different source colors, and said fixture color is a result of a combination of said source colors, and said fixture color can be varied by varying an intensity of each light source, the method comprising: (a) receiving the target color by the first lighting fixture from a color controller via a network; (b) setting the first lighting fixture, by circuitry of the first lighting fixture, to the target color by using first color parameters stored in the circuitry of the first lighting fixture and based on a previously made color measurement of the first lighting fixture comprising color space information and color gamut values, the measurement occurring prior to receiving the target color by the first lighting fixture set forth in element (a), to vary the intensity of the light sources; (c) receiving the target color by the second lighting fixture from the color controller via the network; and (d) setting the second lighting fixture, by circuitry of the second lighting fixture, to the target color by using second color parameters stored in the circuitry of the second lighting fixture and based on a previously made color measurement of the second lighting fixture comprising color space information and color gamut values, the measurement occurring prior to receiving the target color by the second lighting fixture set forth in element (c), to vary the intensity of the light sources.",0.27565531117948655,0.5513106223589731
8992561,"1. An intragastric balloon configured to have a useful life in an in vivo gastric environment of at least 30 days, comprising: an initial fill gas consisting essentially of an inert gas and CO a polymeric wall configured to have, under conditions of an in vivo gastric environment, a permeability to CO a valve system configured for introducing the initial fill gas into the lumen of the balloon in the in vivo gastric environment.",0.17427441110291064,0.3485488222058213
9415385,"1. A method for activating a catalyst system, comprising: exposing a catalyst system to a first liquid activation feed under effective reducing conditions for at least about 24 hours to reduce an oxidation state of the catalyst system, the catalyst system including at least one catalyst that comprises a Group VIII non-noble metal on an amorphous support and at least one catalyst that comprises a Group VIII noble metal on an acidic support, the effective reducing conditions including a hydrogen partial pressure of at least about 500 psig (3.45 MPag) and a temperature of at least about 200° C.; and exposing the catalyst system to a second liquid activation feed under effective sulfiding conditions to activate the Group VIII non-noble metal catalyst component, while retaining activity of the Group VIII noble metal catalyst component.",0.9310975808615249,0.13780483827695011
9150081,"1. An evaporator for an air conditioning system, comprising: a first manifold; a second manifold spaced from and substantially parallel with said first manifold; a plurality of refrigerant tubes hydraulically connecting said first and second manifolds for a refrigerant flow therebetween, wherein said plurality of refrigerant tubes includes an upper region and a lower region with respect to gravity; and a first PCM housing configured to contain a phase change material such that the phase change material is in thermal contact with only the upper region of said plurality of refrigerant tubes.",0.8479422586025116,0.3041154827949768
8687499,"1. A method of selecting a path for forwarding a data packet in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system including at least one base station, at least one relay station, and at least one mobile station, the method comprising: calculating a system capacity versus delay impact curve for a direct path to a mobile station, the direct path having a first capacity cost determined according to a communication quality of a direct link between a base station and the mobile station; shifting the system capacity versus delay impact curve by a predetermined time to produce a projected capacity curve for a relay path, the predetermined time delay corresponding to an additional delay over the relay path, the relay path including the at least one relay station and having a second capacity cost determined according to a combined measure of signal quality of multiple links in the relay path; multiplying the second capacity cost by a capacity cost ratio to produce a relay capacity curve; and selecting one of the direct path and the relay path for forwarding the data packet, the path selection based a comparison of the system capacity versus delay impact curve and the relay capacity curve at a point in the curves corresponding to a quality of service requirement of the data packet.",0.7141423842205539,0.5717152315588923
9836908,1. A voting system comprising: one or more voting machines connected to each other by network connections to form a distributed network; wherein each of said one or more voting machines comprises:,0.34586292566456894,0.6917258513291379
8561110,"1. A digital television receiver that receives non-real time (NRT) program content, comprising in combination: a radio frequency tuner that receives a radio frequency modulated channel containing a transport stream over a tuned channel and demodulates the channel to produce an output transport stream; the output transport stream containing an Internet Protocol (IP) stream of packets containing non-real time program content, a FLUTE file description table (FDT) and NRT metadata; a demultiplexer that demultiplexes the IP stream of packets to produce: NRT program content, the FLUTE FDT, and NRT metadata; an FDT parser that parses the FDT to produce NRT file metadata from the FLUTE FDT; and an NRT metadata parser that produces NRT service metadata, NRT program content description text and NRT content metadata.",0.08004688043213674,0.16009376086427352
9364327,"1. A ventricular volume reduction implant for insertion into a ventricle to reduce an active volume of the ventricle, the implant having a collapsed configuration that may be passed through a cannula and an expanded configuration spanning a portion of the ventricle, the implant comprising: a plurality of flattened leaves extending outwards from a central hub, wherein in the expanded configuration the leaves are configured to form a partitioning barrier across the ventricle, wherein the leaves are discrete from each other; and a plurality of anchors at the distal edge of the partitioning barrier configured to secure the partitioning barrier to the walls of the ventricle.",0.15245503086536838,0.30491006173073676
9292934,"1. An image processing device for correcting a local shimmer of an input image, comprising: a motion compensation unit configured to acquire motion information of a moving object using a correction image temporally proximate to a correction-targeted image in the input image to output a motion compensated correction image using the motion information; and a shimmer correction unit configured to execute a time smoothing process using the correction-targeted image and the motion compensated correction image to output a corrected image with corrected shimmer of the moving object, wherein the motion compensation unit includes an approximate motion compensation unit for acquiring approximate motion information by aligning the correction-targeted image and the correction image, both of which have been reduced, and a pixel accuracy motion compensation unit for executing the motion compensation with at least the pixel accuracy using the correction-targeted image and the correction image, while taking the approximate motion information as an initial value.",0.09332688852079526,0.18665377704159059
8464514,"1. A method for regenerating a particulate filter of a direct injection gasoline engine, comprising: increasing an overlap between an intake valve and an exhaust valve of a cylinder and increasing boost to a level where an amount of air passes from an intake manifold to an exhaust system through the cylinder and does not participate in combustion in the cylinder in response to initiation of a particulate filter regeneration.",0.9237122591423347,0.15257548171533064
8857217,"1. A mold which is utilized as an under mold for manufacturing a glass molded body by receiving a dropped molten glass droplet and by press-molding the molten glass droplet in conjunction with an upper mold, the mold comprising: a base material having a non-planar molding surface to press-mold the molten glass droplet; a cover layer formed on the non-planar molding surface; and a surface of the cover layer formed on the non-planar molding surface having a roughened surface region in a center portion of the non-planar molding surface, and a mirror finished region in the non-planar molding surface and surrounding an outside of the roughened surface region, the mirror surface having an arithmetic average roughness Ra of not more than that of the roughened surface region.",0.21672522849526274,0.43345045699052553
8628787,"1. A patch structure for a biological tissue consisting of: a support layer consisting of a biocompatible polymer material having a nonwoven microporous structure, said polymer further having thrombin dispersed within and treated with fibrinogen; a biological interaction layer consisting of an active ingredient and a fibrin nanofiber mesh; a biological interaction layer consisting of an active ingredient and a fibrin nanofiber mesh; wherein said treatment results in the formation of fibrin and the anchoring of the support layer to the interaction layer.",0.3830067458573391,0.7660134917146783
8895340,"1. A process for forming a functionalized carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET) device including site-specific nanoparticle deposition on a carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET) including one or more carbon nanotubes, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a sacrificial electrode on a substrate with an interposed dielectric layer, the process comprising: passivating the CNTFET with a layer of Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA); programming a processor of an electron-beam lithography system with a predetermined removal pattern; applying electron-beam lithography using the electron-beam lithography system to the CNTFET to remove portions of the PMMA layer and expose one or more underlying portions of the one or more carbon nanotubes and the sacrificial electrode of the CNTFET in accordance with the programmed predetermined removal pattern; applying an amount of an electrolyte solution to the CNTFET, including the exposed one or more underlying portions of the one or more carbon nanotubes and the sacrificial electrode; applying a voltage to the sacrificial electrode while grounding the source and drain electrodes; and electrodepositing one or more nanoparticles formed from atoms of the sacrificial electrode onto the one or more exposed portions of the one or more carbon nanotubes.",0.4228251770429796,0.8456503540859592
8419179,"1. A radiation-curable gel ink leveling method, comprising: jetting radiation-curable gel ink directly from a print head onto the substrate for forming a radiation curable gel ink image; and directly contacting the radiation-curable gel ink jetted on the substrate with a contact member, the contact member having a contact surface comprising metal oxide.",0.2582495629169599,0.5164991258339198
8909300,"1. A mobile terminal comprising: a display on a front surface of the mobile terminal; a detecting portion which detects a posture of the mobile terminal; a camera on the front surface of the mobile terminal which captures an image; and one or more modules that, when a horizontal posture or approximately horizontal posture of the mobile terminal is detected by the detecting portion, perform display control processing comprising",0.3443165998317469,0.6886331996634938
9546118,"1. A catalyst for the oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene comprising at least one compound of formula Zn a Al b M c Fe e O f .Z(α-Fe 2 O 3 ), wherein M is at least one element chosen from Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Mn, Ba, Cu, Co, and Ni; Z is the percentage by weight of α-Fe 2 O 3 in the catalyst, ranging from 10% to 70%; wherein b is 1, a ranges from 0 to 10, c is larger than zero and less than or equal to 4, e ranges from 3 to 25, f is greater than 4.5 and equal to or less than 48; and further wherein 2a+3b+2c+3e=2f.",0.9014433501465584,0.19711329970688318
8896145,"1. A power generating apparatus adapted for utilizing intermittent gusty winds comprising: a. a frame having a vertical post extending vertically from a horizontal ground and an upper support member that is roughly parallel to horizontal ground and is attached to the post at an upper extent of the post; b. a panel having two sides adapted for receiving intermittent gusty winds, the panel having a pivotal attachment mounted to the upper support member supporting the panel such that upon intermittent winds contacting either side of the panel adapted for receiving intermittent gusty winds, the panel pivots outward at a pivot angle, from a rest position that is roughly vertical relative to the horizontal ground, in a direction away from the vertical towards a horizontal position, and in the absence of intermittent wind the panel returns to the rest position; c. a power generator carried by the frame and adapted to actuate when the panel pivots from the rest position to an operating position in response to the intermittent gusty wind such that power is generated for use by a power consuming, a power storing, or a power transmitting device; and d. wherein the power generator carried by the frame limits the pivot angle of the panel in the operating position to a pre-specified acute angle.",0.9834503551085189,0.03309928978296228
9486663,"1. An apparatus comprising: a strap having a first end, a second end, a length between the first end and the second end, the strap having an elastic portion between and spaced apart from the first end and the second end; a first handle configured to be coupled to the strap on a first side of the elastic portion such that the first handle is spaced apart from the elastic portion; a second handle configured to be coupled to the strap on a second side of the elastic portion such that the second handle is spaced apart from the elastic portion; and a first suspension member configured to be coupled to a supporting structure and to the strap at a first point between the elastic portion and the first handle; and a second suspension member configured to be coupled to a supporting structure and to the strap at a second point between the elastic portion and the second handle; where each suspension member comprises:",0.16499809043219954,0.3299961808643991
8453465,"1. A device for optimizing the cooling in a gas turbine, the gas turbine having at least one compressor equipped with a combustion chamber and an outer casing and an inner casing, at least one turbine wheel equipped with a series of blades, and at least one high-pressure rotor equipped with one or more supporting bearings, said compressor configured to generate cooling air sent to said turbine wheel through a channel, the device comprising: a housing dimensioned to mate with an opening in the inner casing and further configured to connect to the outer casing; and at least one groove axially disposed on an outer surface of the housing, which when the housing is mated to the inner casing, forms a cooling air passage which opens directly into the channel through which additional flow-rates of air from said compressor flows to supplement a cooling air flow from a sealing system of the gas turbine towards said turbine wheel.",0.8054863398978799,0.38902732020424025
9708043,"1. An apparatus comprising: a vehicle that is configured to submerge in water, the vehicle comprising:",0.4514318077763274,0.9028636155526548
9771037,"1. A work machine, having a diesel electric traction drive, comprising at least one internal combustion engine, at least one alternator, at least one set of power electronics as well as at least one electric motor, wherein the power electronics are at least partially arranged in a region of a driven driving axle of the work machine, wherein the at least one alternator, the power electronics, and the at least one electric motor are arranged behind one another at the work machine in a direction of travel, and at a frame of the work machine, wherein the power electronics are arranged at least partially between the alternator and the driven driving axle, wherein the power electronics are arranged at least partially between two frame beams of the frame of the work machine, and wherein the power electronics are housed by at least one housing, and where outside walls of the at least one housing are adjacent to and in face-sharing contact with inner side walls of respective frame beams.",0.929728120448268,0.14054375910346395
9434743,"1. A compound of Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R R R R R R each R each R each R each R each R each R each m is independently selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4; wherein each heteroaryl and heterocyclyl moiety has from one to four heteroatoms independently selected from N, O, and S.",0.39581591158901175,0.7916318231780235
8725348,"1. A method for detecting faults in an electronically controlled drive system of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of: determining an accelerator pedal position of the motor vehicle; determining a longitudinal acceleration of the motor vehicle; supplying the accelerator pedal position and the longitudinal acceleration of the motor vehicle as input signals to an electronic control unit; and performing a first fault detection program by the electronic control unit, independent of an actual functional scope of the electronic control unit, by detecting a fault when a defined acceleration gradient, which is dependent on an accelerator pedal position change, is exceeded for longer than a predefined time period.",0.6936991813943354,0.6126016372113292
8667314,"1. A power switching circuit of a portable electronic device, wherein the portable electronic device is capable of being coupled to an expansion device, the power switching circuit comprising: a first power terminal; a second power terminal; a first switch module coupled to the first power terminal; a second switch module coupled to the second power terminal; and a power pin coupled to the first switch module and the second switch module, respectively, wherein when the portable electronic device is not coupled to the expansion device, the first switch module and the second switch module are turned off, such that first power provided by the first power terminal and second power provided by the second power terminal fail to be provided for the power pin via the first switch module and the second switch module, wherein the portable electronic device further comprises a normal power circuit, a battery and a power supply unit, and one terminal of the normal power circuit and the battery are coupled to the power switching circuit via the first power terminal, and another terminal of the normal power circuit and the power supply unit are coupled to the power switching circuit via the second power terminal.",0.8822002531122362,0.2355994937755277
9493688,"1. A resin composition comprising an alkoxysilyl group-containing hydrogenated block copolymer [3], and a hydrocarbon-based polymer [4] having a number average molecular weight of 300 to 5000, wherein the resin composition comprises the hydrocarbon-based polymer [4] in an amount of 1 to 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the alkoxysilyl group-containing hydrogenated block copolymer [3], the alkoxysilyl group-containing hydrogenated block copolymer [3] being obtained by introducing an alkoxysilyl group into a hydrogenated block copolymer [2] that is obtained by hydrogenating 90% or more of unsaturated bonds of the main chain, the side chain, and the aromatic ring of a block copolymer [1] that comprises at least two polymer blocks [A] and at least one polymer block [B], the polymer block [A] comprising a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound as a main component, the polymer block [B] comprising a repeating unit derived from a linear conjugated diene compound as a main component, a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer block [A] in the block copolymer [1] to a weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] in the block copolymer [1] is 30:70 to 65:35, and the hydrocarbon-based polymer [4] is a hydrogenated (co)polymer of an olefin and/or a conjugated diene that has an iodine number of 2.0 or less.",0.23012195870204,0.46024391740408
9345753,"1. A vaccine composition for the treatment and substantial reduction of the severity or progression of a neurological disorder associated with Aβ plaque accumulation, the vaccine composition comprising a covalent conjugate consisting of an Aβ1-15 (SEQ ID NO: 9) peptide and an HSP60 peptide selected from the group consisting of p458h (SEQ ID NO: 1) and p458 (SEQ ID NO: 2); and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluent.",0.23916685041438163,0.47833370082876325
9555030,"1. A method for treating a host with an infectious disease, comprising administering an effective amount of the following compound: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereof.",0.7024106537636222,0.5951786924727556
9379555,"1. A method comprising: (a) at a first time receiving a voltage onto a wireless power transmitter, wherein the voltage is a voltage on a supply voltage conductor, and wherein the voltage is received from an adaptive power source, through a power adapter connector, through a cable, and onto the wireless power transmitter; (b) receiving a wireless control communication from a wireless power receiver onto the wireless power transmitter; (c) in response to the wireless control communication sending a power control command from the wireless power transmitter, through the cable, through the power adapter connector, and to the adaptive power source, wherein the power control command is a command to change the voltage on the supply voltage conductor; and (d) at a second time receiving onto the wireless power transmitter the voltage on the supply voltage conductor, wherein the voltage on the supply voltage conductor in (d) is different than the voltage on the supply voltage conductor in (a).",0.8981631016039839,0.20367379679203212
9798375,"1. A system, comprising: a plurality of processor cores; and a credit distribution circuit configured to provide respective credits to ones of the plurality of processor cores, wherein a quantity of the provided credits is based on a total credit budget and requests for additional credits corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of processor cores, wherein the total credit budget is based on an amount of energy available to the plurality of processor cores during a particular window of time, and wherein a particular processor core of the plurality of processor cores is configured to:",0.7224497640796815,0.5551004718406369
8463018,"1. A robot controlled by area features, comprising: a plurality of sensor modules to collect feature information of a predetermined area along a moving path of the robot; and an analyzer to analyze the collected feature information of the predetermined area and to classify the collected feature information into a plurality of groups according to a predetermined numeric reference range, wherein the feature information comprises at least one of information regarding a distance between the robot and an obstacle above the robot, information regarding a floor material in the area where the robot is located, and information regarding an obstacle on a moving path of the robot.",0.31231631777285557,0.6246326355457111
9046057,"1. A method for adding substances to a gaseous flow of a jet engine by means of a multiplicity of breakable members containing an expandable fluid substance capable of being increased in volume, wherein the jet engine comprises a body having an interior extending between a jet inlet and a jet outlet discharging an exhaust gas flow, said method comprising the steps of: delivering the breakable members containing the fluid substance to the jet engine outlet; mixing said exhaust gas flow with said breakable members; breaking said breakable members; and releasing said fluid substance into the gaseous flow causing creation of an increased pressure zone behind the jet engine outlet.",0.817902178365968,0.364195643268064
8946541,"1. A photovoltaic device comprising: a first reflector element; a second reflector element spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first reflector element; a holder mechanically coupled to the first reflector element and extending along a length between a first end and a second end, the holder comprising a holding cavity and defining a slit along the length of the holder; and a photovoltaic receptor having an active face and a reverse face opposite the active face, the photovoltaic receptor positioned in the holding cavity of the holder such that a central longitudinally extending band of the active face is exposed through the slit, wherein the second reflector element is positioned to reflect and concentrate incoming light onto the central longitudinally extending band of the active face; wherein the holder comprises a pair of webs extending from the reverse face of the photovoltaic receptor to the active face on opposite sides of the photovoltaic receptor and a pair of projections extending towards each other from the pair of webs, the pair of projections terminating at distal ends, the distal ends of the pair of projections defining the slit.",0.48998980532800285,0.9799796106560057
9821224,"1. A data holding device holding instructions executable by a logic sub system to: render a driving game for display on a display device; receive a virtual skeleton including a plurality of joints, the plurality of joints including a left hand joint and a right hand joint, the virtual skeleton providing a machine readable representation of a human target observed with a three-dimensional depth camera; translate an angle between a reference line and a line connecting the left hand joint and the right hand joint into a gestured steering angle control; and steer a virtual vehicle of the driving game in proportion to the gestured steering angle control.",0.04625219733530767,0.09250439467061533
8791043,"1. An ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) composite catalyst, comprising: an OMC; and metal particles and at least one component selected from a group consisting of nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) uniformly dispersed in the OMC, wherein the nitrogen-containing component is derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of quinoxaline, propylene diamine, 4,4-dipyridyl and phenanthroline.",0.9675517227176648,0.06489655456467047
8405127,"1. A heterojunction bipolar transistor, comprising: a collector layer; an intrinsic base formed over the collector layer; an emitter formed over the collector layer and the intrinsic base; and an extrinsic base surrounding the emitter, the extrinsic base comprising:",0.26406403526452515,0.5281280705290503
9088154,"1. A tidal or tidal stream turbine array comprising: a plurality of tidal or tidal stream turbines together creating a local grid; an electrical machine connected to each of the turbines and to an electrical grid; wherein at least one of the electrical machines is a motor-generator which can operate in a motor mode or a generator mode, and wherein the other electrical machines are generators; and a controller for detecting a loss-of-main-grid event; wherein the controller is configured to switch motor-generator to the motor mode when a loss-of-main-grid event is detected, the motor-generator being driven by the generators and thereby providing a load to the generators, thereby allowing the generators to drive the motor-generator via local grid power.",0.9935844988415959,0.012831002316808116
9581532,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a pneumatic cylinder having opposite first and second ends and having a bore having a longitudinal axis, a piston within said bore connected to a piston rod, said piston free to slide along said longitudinal axis within said bore, said piston rod extendable from said first end of said pneumatic cylinder, a gas port communicating with said bore in said second end of said pneumatic cylinder; a two-position three way valve having a vent, an outlet and an inlet, said inlet connected to said gas port and to a pressure gauge, in a first position of said valve said outlet connected to said inlet and said vent is not connected to said outlet or said inlet, and in a second position of said valve said outlet is connected to said vent and said inlet is not connected to said vent or said inlet; a pressure gauge connected to said inlet and connected to said bore through said gas port; and a first adapter connected to said second end of said pneumatic cylinder and a second adapter connected to an external end of said piston rod, said first and second adapters configured to engage clamping elements of a substrate holder configured to edgewise engage a substrate.",0.3556831207069578,0.7113662414139156
8440905,"1. A dye-sensitized semiconductor, comprising: a semiconductor, and a copper(I) coordination compound comprising 2,9-dialkyl-diphenyl-1,10 phenanthrolinedisulfonate, on the semiconductor.",0.427095388548327,0.854190777096654
8632855,"1. A method of preparing a two-dimensional (2D) carbon-based sheet, the method comprising: aligning a plurality of carbon-containing materials on a substrate, the plurality of carbon-containing carbon materials being at least one selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes and fullerenes, wherein the aligning of the plurality of carbon-containing materials includes arranging a plurality of metal catalyst particles on the substrate, and supplying a gaseous carbon source to the substrate having the plurality of metal catalyst particles thereon; and forming the 2D carbon-based sheet on the substrate by performing an annealing process on the substrate including the plurality of carbon-containing materials, wherein performing the annealing process includes heating portions of the substrate that contact the plurality of carbon-containing materials to a temperature that is greater than a zone melting temperature or a recrystallization temperature of the substrate.",0.6781963802643687,0.6436072394712626
9195560,"1. A device configured to calculate a battery usable time period of a mobile station, the device being provided separately from the mobile station, the device comprising: circuitry configured to",0.9009661026675477,0.19806779466490454
9318650,"1. A light emitting device comprising: an n-type layer; a p-type layer, and, an active region sandwiched between the n-type layer and the p-type layer, and the active-region comprising one or more quantum wells each sandwiched by quantum barriers, wherein each of the quantum wells has a polarization induced electric field, respectively, and each of the quantum barriers is doped to generate a PN junction maximum electric field equal to or greater than the polarization induced electric field of a corresponding quantum well to substantially cancel out the polarization induced electric field within each of the quantum wells; wherein the polarization induced electric field equal to or greater than 10 wherein the n-type layer and p-type layer are made of group III nitride semiconductors, respectively, and the n-type layer is doped with Si or Ge with a concentration within 1×10",0.6432478813584888,0.7135042372830225
9671236,"1. A method comprising: identifying two or more map tiles; accessing a compatibility matrix; performing an analysis of the two or more map tiles and the compatibility matrix, wherein the compatibility matrix includes a tile version value and an object version value; determining whether one or more object version conflicts between the two or more map tiles are present based on the analysis; generating a route based on the one or more version conflicts; and sending the route to a mobile device.",0.20836525514369977,0.4167305102873995
9520757,"1. A dual-shaft gas turbine power generation system comprising: a compressor which pressurizes air and generates compressed air; a combustor which mixes and combusts the compressed air and a fuel; a high-pressure gas turbine which is driven by a combustion gas obtained in the combustor; a first rotating shaft which connects the compressor and the high-pressure gas turbine; an electric motor connected to the first rotating shaft; a governor which adjusts an amount of air taken into the compressor thereby controlling an output of the high-pressure gas turbine; a low-pressure gas turbine driven by the combustion gas after driving the high-pressure gas turbine; a second rotating shaft connected to the low-pressure gas turbine; a synchronous power generator connected to the second rotating shaft generating power of an external grid frequency and connected to an external grid; a frequency converter which is disposed on a power transmission path for transmitting power between the synchronous power generator and the electric motor, and which converts a frequency of power to be transmitted between the synchronous power generator and the electric motor; and a control device which controls a frequency converter control device for controlling the frequency converter and the governor, on the basis of a power output command value indicating power to be outputted to the external grid, and thus controls a total output of the gas turbines and the electric motor, wherein a capacity of the electric motor is less than a capacity of the synchronous power generator.",0.9919225110782213,0.01615497784355746
9029056,"1. A toner comprising toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin, a colorant, and a charge controlling resin, wherein the charge controlling resin is a polymer having a structure A represented by a formula (1) and a structure B represented by a formula (2): wherein in the formula (1), R R g represents an integer of not less than 1 and not more than 3; h represents an integer of not less than 0 and not more than 3; if h is 2 or 3, R in the formula (2), R B * sites in the structure A and the structure B are coupling sites in the polymer.",0.22794262270194757,0.4558852454038951
8513360,"1. A planar modular plastic structural composite comprising at least one pair of a grooved side and an integrally molded tongue-forming side positioned parallel opposing to each other, defining therebetween a width or length dimension of the composite, wherein said width dimension is between about two and about ten times the size of the height (thickness) dimension of the composite, each side perpendicular to the plane of the composite, in which the composite is formed from a co-continuous immiscible polymer blend consisting essentially of a high-density polyolefin and a thermoplastic polymer-coated fiber material or a thermoplastic polymer having fiber material embedded therein, wherein the grooved side defines a groove comprising a top surface, a side surface, and a bottom surface and the tongue-forming side is dimensioned to possess a tongue-shaped member comprising a top surface, a side surface, and a bottom surface that interlockingly engage a groove having the dimensions of the groove defined by the grooved side, and the grooved side and tongue-forming side are dimensioned so that the top surface, the side surface, and the bottom surface of the tongue-shaped member directly contact each corresponding top surface, side surface, and bottom surface of the groove and a plurality of the essentially planar modular plastic structural composites may be interlockingly assembled to distribute a load received by one assembly member among other assembly members.",0.5552027459988398,0.8895945080023204
8653616,"1. A photoelectric conversion device, comprising: an electrode layer; a first semiconductor layer located on the electrode layer and comprising a chalcopyrite-based compound semiconductor of group I-III-VI and oxygen; and a second semiconductor layer located on the first semiconductor layer and forming a pn junction with the first semiconductor layer, wherein in the first semiconductor layer, a molar concentration of oxygen in a part located on the electrode layer side with respect to a center portion in a lamination direction of the first semiconductor layer is higher than a molar concentration of oxygen in the whole of the first semiconductor layer.",0.8059703561921225,0.3880592876157549
9373856,"1. A method of generating power comprising: reforming a hydrocarbon fuel into hydrogen and other components, separating said hydrogen from said other components, said separated other components being removed from the hydrogen stream, wherein the reforming and separating steps are performed upstream of an anode of a fuel cell, feeding the separated hydrogen to the anode of the fuel cell, recycling hydrogen from an outflow stream of the anode of the fuel cell back to the anode such that the fuel cell has a minimum cell operating voltage of 0.8 volts, varying the amount of hydrogen recycled during normal operation to meet an immediate requirement for purified hydrogen or differing electrical load requirements, and tapping off for external use hydrogen which is not recycled.",0.9948112206129357,0.010377558774128604
8949568,"1. A storage device comprising: memory divisible into multiple zones, each zone comprising a plurality of physical blocks of the memory and for associating with a zone-based address map for mapping between logical and physical addresses of said zone, wherein the multiple zones are configurable independently of each other and wherein the storage device further comprises a Flash Translation Layer (FTL) configured to dynamically apply page-based address mapping or block-based address mapping for each zone.",0.14018312116728612,0.2803662423345723
9755023,"1. A photoelectric cell, comprising: an electrolyte vessel; an electrolyte held in said vessel; a first semiconductor electrode in contact with said electrolyte, said first semiconductor electrode including a substrate with a first face and a first semiconductor layer of Ga(Sb a counter electrode in contact with said electrolyte.",0.7597501709880433,0.48049965802391337
9485734,"1. An apparatus including one or more processors and circuitry to synchronize communication with another apparatus in compliance with a first wireless communication protocol, the circuitry configured to: determine a first time-offset value from an Access Point broadcast beacon signal in compliance with a second wireless communication protocol; select an event time window as a function of the first time-offset value; and conduct communication with the other apparatus in compliance with the first wireless communication protocol during the event time window; wherein the circuitry is further configured to determine the first time-offset as a function of one or more least significant bits of a shared time data (N",0.6034765584682422,0.7930468830635156
8764844,"1. An implant for implantation in a femur, comprising: an implant stem comprising: a modular femoral head; and wherein said bone engagement surface defining said single stop point and said lip is defined by said implant stem and not by said modular femoral head; wherein said modular femoral head is releasably attached to said implant stem by a connector extending from said base portion of said implant stem; wherein said base portion of said implant stem does not include any portion extending distally beyond said distally-facing bone engagement surface defined by said lip, and said modular femoral head extending distally beyond said lip when attached to said implant stem; and wherein said modular femoral head is detached from said implant stem during said engagement of said bone engagement surface with the resected head of the femur to thereby provide an indication of proper engagement of said bone engagement surface defined by said lip with the resected head of the femur.",0.03179851582963,0.06359703165926
9181871,"1. An indirectly heated gas turbine system comprising: a combustion chamber for the combustion of air and supplied fuel whereby flue gas is formed, the combustion chamber having a length along a central axis of the gas turbine system; a turbine driven by a working medium; a compressor rotatably connected to the turbine for compressing the working medium; and a first heat exchanger device for the transfer of heat between the flue gas and the working medium, the first heat exchanger receiving the flue gas from the combustion chamber and the working medium from the compressor, wherein the first heat exchanger device and the combustion chamber are integrally formed as a monolithic unit, the first heat exchanger device being substantially arranged within the length of the combustion chamber along the central axis.",0.9469824233510412,0.10603515329791757
9805652,"1. An organic light emitting display device comprising: a plurality of pixels defined on a flexible substrate; an organic light emitting diode disposed on each of the plurality of pixels; a first scan line, a second scan line, an emission signal line, and an initialization voltage supply line extended in a first direction with respect to each of the plurality of pixels; and a data line and a Vdd voltage supply line extended in a second direction with respect to each of the plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes: a first switching thin-film transistor connected with the first scan line and the data line; a second switching thin-film transistor connected with the second scan line and the initialization voltage supply line; a third switching thin-film transistor connected with the emission signal line and the Vdd voltage supply line; and a driving thin-film transistor including a gate electrode connected with the first switching thin-film transistor, a source electrode connected with the second switching thin-film transistor and the organic light emitting diode, and a drain electrode connected with the third switching thin-film transistor, wherein the first scan line and the second scan line are grouped and disposed on one side on a plane of each of the plurality of pixels, and the driving thin-film transistor and the emission signal line are grouped and disposed on another side in each of the plurality of pixels, and wherein when the organic light emitting diode emits light, the first scan line and the second scan line transfer a low-level signal, the emission signal line transfers a high-level signal, and a high-level signal is transferred to the source electrode of the driving thin-film transistor.",0.18766148412696465,0.3753229682539293
8600465,"1. A superconductive cable that transmits an electric power by using superconductive material, comprising a conductive portion that is constructed by superconductive members spirally arranged at either a positive angle or a negative angle with respect to a standard direction defined as a longitudinal direction of the superconductive cable characterized by the fact that said conductive portion comprises a plurality of layers, that the spiral angles of the respective layers gradually becomes larger in relation to said standard direction in order from an innermost layer toward an outermost layer, and that magnetic fields are produced by electric currents flowing into said conductive portion in the same direction as a direction in which the electric currents flow.",0.8354380556383005,0.3291238887233989
9373096,"1. A method for dynamically optimizing workload of a cloud computing system, said method comprising: configuring, by a processor of a computer system using a smart cloud workload balancer (SCWB), the cloud computing system into an operative status by defining a virtual machine (VM) topology representing a respective virtual machine assignment for each physical server of the cloud computing system, wherein the cloud computing system services a workload of the cloud computing system by use of the VM topology, and wherein the cloud computing system comprises an objects database (ODB) storing system configuration parameters comprising: business policies, a respective software cost per software application in one or more software license pools, a power cost of the cloud computing system, and at least one virtual machine (VM); and determining, by the processor, that the cloud computing system does not perform optimally with respect to a total cost of the cloud computing system, wherein said total cost is a sum of the respective software cost and the power cost; and redistributing, by the processor, the workload of the cloud computing system pursuant to a new VM topology that has a minimum total cost of the cloud computing system pursuant to the business policies stored in the ODB.",0.491198992443436,0.982397984886872
8501636,"1. A method for fabricating silicon dioxide layer, comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate; cleaning the semiconductor substrate with a solution containing hydrogen peroxide to form a chemical oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate; heating the chemical oxide layer in no oxygen atmosphere, such that the chemical oxide layer forms a compact layer; and heating the semiconductor substrate in oxygen atmosphere to form a silicon dioxide layer between the semiconductor substrate and the compact layer; wherein the step of cleaning the semiconductor substrate, the step of heating the chemical oxide layer in no oxygen atmosphere, and the step of heating the semiconductor substrate in oxygen atmosphere are performed sequentially.",0.824713254433878,0.350573491132244
9707059,"1. A self-tapping implant comprising: a body comprising a generally cylindrical portion having an outer circumference; a helical thread wound around at least a portion of the outer circumference; first and second blades formed at spaced locations in the thread and each having an arcuate cutting edge that curves helically aft and radially outward from adjacent a minor thread diameter to merge with a thread ridge at a major thread diameter, thereby providing a gradual arcuate slashing-type cutting action as the thread travels helically forward along a helical insertion path when the implant is being driven into bone tissue, a forward surface of the first blade being in helical alignment with a forward surface of the second blade, the helical alignment of the forward blade surfaces being in opposite handedness to the helical thread.",0.05031595423609305,0.10063190847218606
8901857,"1. A light-emitting module, comprising: a protective housing that encompasses at least one receiver, the receiver comprising a resonant circuit having at least one inductance, and the receiver being configured to wirelessly tap off energy from an alternating field, wherein the alternating field is radiated through the housing, and a support for self-alignment that is also encompassed by the protective housing, at least one light source, which is connected to the at least one receiver, and a substrate, wherein the support is positioned on one side of the substrate and the at least one light source is positioned on another side of the substrate, and wherein the protective housing is self-aligning by rolling of the protective housing.",0.3409090674249856,0.6818181348499712
8670888,"1. A computing device-implemented method comprising: receiving information representative of an amount of electrical energy stored over a first period of time in an electrical energy storage device of a hybrid vehicle that includes a combustion engine; receiving information representative of a performance measure of the hybrid vehicle for a second period of time, shorter than the first period of time; determining, by a processor, an assistance adjustment from an estimated value of stored electrical energy from the information representative of the amount of electrical energy stored over the first period of time in the electrical energy storage device; determining a level of assistance for an electric motor based system included in the hybrid vehicle from the received information representative of the performance measure; and adjusting the level of assistance using the assistance adjustment determined from the estimated value of the stored electrical energy.",0.9654325295378301,0.0691349409243398
8519656,"1. A synchronous machine starting device comprising: a power conversion unit for converting supplied power into AC power and supplying the AC power to an armature of a synchronous machine; an AC voltage detection unit for detecting AC voltage supplied to the armature of said synchronous machine; a rotor position detection unit for detecting a rotor position of said synchronous machine, based on said detected AC voltage; and a power conversion control unit for controlling said power conversion unit, based on the detected rotor position, said rotor position detection unit including a level monitoring unit for outputting a first position signal indicating a timing at which a level of AC voltage supplied to the armature of said synchronous machine reaches a prescribed value, based on said detected AC voltage, a feedback operation unit for calculating an error of an estimated phase based on said estimated phase indicating said rotor position and said detected AC voltage, calculating said estimated phase based on the calculated phase error, and outputting a second position signal indicating the calculated estimated phase, and a selector circuit receiving said first position signal or a position signal obtained based on said first position signal, and said second position signal, selecting one of said received two position signals, and outputting the selected signal to said power conversion control portion as a signal indicating the rotor position of said synchronous machine.",0.8261254506022562,0.34774909879548765
8786126,"1. A wind turbine, comprising: a wind turbine having two blades connected by a shaft extending between an upper and a lower portion of the two blades and being rotated about the shaft by omnidirectional gas motion with vertical and horizontal gas components; the turbine being a generally spherical shell consisting of the two blades, each of which is an identical areal segment comprising half the surface area of the spherical shell and having a blade edge formed of a single two-wavelength sinusoid that extends from the upper portion to the lower portion of the spherical shell and then back to the upper portion on a far side of the shell; and a generator connected by the shaft to the wind turbine for generating electrical power by the rotation of the wind turbine.",0.9574085055662954,0.08518298886740916
8754042,"1. An oligopeptidic compound comprising: (i) the amino acid sequence YGRKKRRQRRRGKTLRVAKAIYKRYIE (SEQ ID NO: 40); or (ii) an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 40; wherein the compound has activity in inhibiting the growth and/or viability of bacterial cells and/or cancer cells selected from the group consisting of brain cancer cells, breast cancer cells, melanoma cells, neuroblastoma cells, and sarcoma cells.",0.7698206485500156,0.4603587028999687
9586391,"1. A bonding apparatus bonding a first substrate and a second substrate, the bonding apparatus comprising: a substrate holder having a holding surface, the second substrate held on the holding surface in a horizontal state; a pusher provided on a back side of the second substrate, the pusher pushing a back surface of the second substrate by performing a lifting operation; a substrate support unit including a support talon supporting a circumferential edge portion of the first substrate, the first substrate being supported on an upper side of the second substrate, the first substrate being supported to oppose the second substrate with a prescribed spacing between the second substrate and the first substrate; and a controller controlling a lifting/lowering operation of the pusher, wherein the pusher pushes one prescribed point of the back surface of the second substrate, the one prescribed point corresponding to a position where a distance between a bonding surface of the first substrate and a bonding surface of the second substrate is shorter than a distance from the circumferential edge portion of the bonding surface of the first substrate to the bonding surface of the second substrate.",0.3386160535352844,0.6772321070705688
8861294,"1. A method for detecting a bridge between two memory cells in a memory array having a plurality of memory cells coupled to wordlines and bitlines, the method comprising: receiving a test mode command; and in response to an active command, enabling a first sense amplifier and a second sense amplifier for respectively sensing a state of a first memory cell and a second memory cell; wherein the first and second memory cells are adjacent one another, and the test mode command causes the second sense amplifier to be enabled a predetermined amount of time after the first sense amplifier is enabled.",0.09147706084797669,0.18295412169595338
9853567,"1. A multi-phase, power conversion device, comprising: a plurality of multi-level inverter phases, each inverter phase comprising: a controller coupled to the power conversion switches of the plurality of inverter phases and to the input switches.",0.9602444776698013,0.07951104466039749
8668851,"1. A method for producing a fluorinated hollow structural body, said method of comprising the steps of: providing a non-hollow structural body made of a hydrocarbon polymer, wherein said non-hollow structural body comprises an outer surface and a center portion, wherein said hydrocarbon polymer forms said outer surface and said center portion, and wherein said hydrocarbon polymer optionally has a nitrogen-containing group, a silicon-containing group, an oxygen-containing group, a phosphorus-containing group, or a sulfur-containing group; bringing said non-hollow structural body into contact with a treating gas containing fluorine under a predetermined processing condition to allow the treating gas to permeate the structural body from the outer surface toward the center portion and to fluorinate the structural body except for the center portion thereof; exposing the unfluorinated center portion after said fluorination treatment; and removing the exposed, unfluorinated center portion by heating at a temperature within a range from 50 to 400° C. under an inactive gas atmosphere in order to melt or fire the exposed center portion, thereby forming the fluorinated hollow structural body.",0.7099239367111527,0.5801521265776945
9822714,"1. A method for an engine, comprising: boosting intake air with a compressor; and responsive to engine knock,",0.8328996962981362,0.3342006074037276
9528732,"1. A heat pump apparatus comprising: an outdoor unit comprising a first compressor to compress a first refrigerant, a first heat exchanger to cause a heat exchange to occur between the first refrigerant and outdoor air, and a first expansion valve to expand the first refrigerant and having one side connected to the first heat exchanger; an indoor unit connectable to the outdoor unit via at least a first refrigerant pipe and to an other side of the first expansion valve of the outdoor unit via at least a second refrigerant pipe and comprising a second heat exchanger to cause a heat exchange to occur between the first refrigerant and indoor air, and a second expansion valve to expand the first refrigerant and to control flow rates of the refrigerant introduced into the outdoor unit and the indoor unit; a hydro unit connectable to the outdoor unit via at least a third refrigerant pipe and to the second expansion valve of the indoor unit via at least a fourth refrigerant pipe and comprising a second compressor to compress a second refrigerant, a third heat exchanger to cause a heat exchange to occur between the first refrigerant and the second refrigerant, a fourth heat exchanger to cause a heat exchange to occur between the first refrigerant and water, a fifth heat exchanger to cause heat exchange to occur between the second refrigerant and water, a third expansion valve arranged to allow the first refrigerant to flow to the first or the second heat exchanger when open or to prevent the first refrigerant from flowing to the third heat exchanger when closed, and a fourth expansion valve to expand the first refrigerant, and a fifth expansion valve to expand the second refrigerant; a refrigerant flow path switching unit to switch among flow paths of the first refrigerant between the first compressor of the outdoor unit and the first heat exchanger of the outdoor unit, between the first compressor of the outdoor unit and the second heat exchanger of the indoor unit, between the first compressor of the outdoor unit and the third heat exchanger of the hydro unit, and between the first compressor of the outdoor unit and the fourth heat exchanger of the hydro unit; and a water flow path switching unit to switch between flow paths of the water to allow the water to flow to one of the fourth heat exchanger of the hydro unit and the fifth heat exchanger of the hydro unit, wherein the refrigerant flow path switching unit comprises a fourth flow path switching valve to allow the first refrigerant to flow to one of the fourth heat exchanger of the hydro unit and the third heat exchanger of the hydro unit.",0.8153142647768764,0.3693714704462472
8562905,"1. A method, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first solution that contains a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs); (b) providing a second solution that contains a plurality of platinum (Pt) nanoparticles; (c) combining the first solution and the second solution to form a third solution; and (d) filtering the third solution through a nanoporous membrane using vacuum filtration to obtain a film of nanocomposites of CNTs and Pt nanoparticles, wherein the step of providing the second solution comprises the steps of:",0.7126939503205965,0.5746120993588071
9486565,"1. A system comprising: a connecting element for connecting a blood pump or a cannula to a heart, the connecting element comprising a sealing element designed to at least temporarily close an opening formed in a cardiac wall of the heart and to be opened via insertion of a cylindrical object in the direction of an axis of the opening, and comprising an anchoring element for permanent attachment of the connecting element on a cardiac muscle of the heart, wherein the connecting element further comprises a connector ring for connection to at least one of the heart or a suture ring; and a tool for forming the opening in the heart, wherein the tool comprises a first component and at least one blade, which are displaceable in a longitudinal direction of the tool relative to one another and relative to the rest of the tool, and wherein at least the sealing element of the connecting element is disposable in a front region of the tool for forming the opening in the heart, in such a way that the sealing element of the connecting element is opened when pressed by the first component of the tool and, subsequently, permits the blade of the tool for forming the opening in the heart to pass through the sealing element, wherein the tool for forming the opening in the heart comprises a sliding element, which forms a contact surface for the sealing element and is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the tool in order to push the sealing element into the connector ring.",0.0678006996113873,0.1356013992227746
8385039,"1. A portable electronic device configure to anticipate a user's operational desires such that the portable electronic device is ready to perform a user function without input from the user, comprising; one or more sensors configured to sense one or more environmental attributes surrounding the portable electronic device; and a control mechanism that provides a first mode and a second mode for the portable electronic device, wherein the control mechanism is operatively coupled to the one or more sensors and predicts the user's operational desires by determining whether the device should be in the first mode or the second mode based on information collected by and received from the one or more sensors, and wherein the control mechanism automatically switches between the first and second modes based on the information received from the one or more sensors.",0.7773431549119126,0.4453136901761747
9399467,"1. A method for controlling alternator voltage during a remote engine start event, the method comprising: receiving a remote engine start command into at least one control unit of a vehicle control system; starting an engine in response to receiving the remote engine start command; operating an alternator operatively connected with the engine in a first voltage mode where the alternator is operating at a first voltage V detecting a brake pedal has been pressed with a brake switch in communication with the at least one control unit of the vehicle control system; and operating the alternator in a second voltage mode where the alternator is operating at a second voltage V",0.9680774586160057,0.06384508276798861
8584970,"1. A water jet massage apparatus comprising: a nozzle spraying a mixed water jet comprising air and water; and a lamp disposed in the nozzle, wherein: the mixed water jet is sprayed between the lamp and the nozzle while surrounding the lamp; the lamp emits light in a spray direction of the mixed water jet; and the nozzle comprises: a first nozzle part having a cylindrical shape and having a plurality of air spray holes along an inner circumferential surface thereof; and a second nozzle part detachably disposed in the first nozzle part and having at least one water spray hole, wherein the first nozzle part has a water jet spray hole through which the mixed water jet is sprayed, and the mixed water jet is discharged from the water jet spray hole through a space between the inner circumferential surface and an outer circumference of the lamp.",0.14309484346191273,0.2861896869238254
8763389,"1. A wave energy converter (WEC) buoy comprising: a floating body designed to extend along the surface of a body of water and to be responsive to motion of waves in the body of water; first and second pulleys, located within said floating body, mounted on a shaft and arranged to rotate in tandem; first cabling means connected at one end to a reaction mass and at its other end around the first pulley; second cabling means connected at one end to a spring and at its other end around the second pulley; and wherein the diameter of the second pulley is different than the diameter of the first pulley to cause the reaction mass to travel a different distance than the spring.",0.9196713125051786,0.16065737498964272
8787230,"1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first communication device, a radio frequency (RF) signal including a plurality of packets from a second communication device of a communication network; determining that the plurality of packets include audio data; determining a power level of each of a plurality of communication frequencies based, at least in part, on the audio data, wherein the plurality of communication frequencies are associated with an operating frequency band of the first communication device; determining whether the audio data associated with the plurality of packets includes voice information based, at least in part, on comparing the power level of each of the plurality of communication frequencies against a corresponding power level threshold; and switching to a power save mode at the first communication device based, at least in part, on determining that the audio data does not include voice information.",0.6574567120913988,0.6850865758172024
9155044,"1. A method of performing power management at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring, by the UE, a DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle, the DRX cycle including a DRX ON duration and a DRX opportunity, wherein the same DRX ON duration is applied to all of two or more activated component carriers; and monitoring, by the UE, a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control CHannel) for each of the two or more activated component carriers during the DRX ON duration of every DRX cycle, the two or more activated component carriers including an activated primary component carrier assigned to the UE and at least one activated non-primary component carrier assigned to the UE and excluding any deactivated non-primary component carriers assigned to the UE, wherein non-primary component carrier activation/deactivation is indicated using a field of Layer 2 (L2) message, the field having a fixed bit size regardless of a number of configured component carriers.",0.9410324769203692,0.11793504615926165
8603685,"1. A method for the activation of a fuel cell, the method comprising: periodically operating the fuel cell partially in an electrolysis regimen at least briefly during continuous galvanic operation, wherein the fuel cell is operated below a critical oxidant flow rate calculated for given conditions comprising a surface area of the fuel cell, the current density of alcohol permeation, the average molar alcohol flow through a cell membrane, and a mean current density in the fuel cell, wherein the load current is consequently lowered so that galvanic process is established in an area of an oxidant inlet of the fuel cell, and that an electrolysis process is established in an area of an oxidant outlet of the fuel cell, whereby a direction of oxidant flow is periodically reversed.",0.9883724709806221,0.023255058038755827
8886685,"1. A computerized method executable by a processor of a computing device comprising: receiving a list of user-selected media files having associated grouping criteria to define a first playlist, said selected media files being accessible by the computing device; selecting one or more additional media files based on the user-selected media files according to a grouping criteria of the user-selection-based associated grouping criteria to define a second playlist; generating a container group associated with the first playlist and the second playlist, said generated container group comprising a first value identifying the first playlist and a second value identifying the second playlist, wherein the first playlist references the user-selected media files and the second playlist references the user-selected media files and the second selected additional media files selected from user-selection-based associated grouping criteria defined therein; and providing the first playlist, the second playlist, the user-selected media files associated with the first playlist, the user-selected media files and the additional media files selected according to user-selection-based associated grouping criteria and associated with the second playlist, and the container group to a user.",0.016985309262799033,0.03397061852559802
9744878,"1. A hover engine comprising: an electric motor including a winding, a first set of permanent magnets, a shaft and a first structure which holds the first permanent magnets wherein the first structure is coupled to the shaft such that, when an electric current is applied to the winding, the shaft, the first structure and the first set of permanent magnets rotate about an axis of rotation; a second structure, coupled to the shaft, the second structure holding a second set of permanent magnets wherein the second set of permanent magnets are rotated to induce eddy currents in a substrate such that the induced eddy currents and the second set of permanent magnets interact to generate a lift force; wherein the second set of permanent magnets is located between a first radial distance and a second radial distance that is greater than the first radial distance, as measured along a line perpendicular to the axis of rotation wherein the second set of magnets includes at first plurality of pole magnets each pole magnet having a polarity direction which is approximately parallel to the axis of rotations and a second plurality of guide magnets each guide magnet having a polarity direction which is approximately perpendicular to the axis of rotation; a housing, which at least partially encloses the electric motor and the second structure, the housing having a top, a bottom and sides, wherein a first portion of the bottom is disposed beneath the second set of permanent magnets and between the first radial distance and the second radial distance.",0.6310245214044712,0.7379509571910576
8856026,"1. A rebate system for administering rebates on a global scale, the system comprising: a rebate processing device including: a first rebate center device of a plurality of rebate center devices that are distributed in different geographic areas, the first rebate center device selected by the processor based on: (i) residency in the same country as the detected location of the consumer device; and (ii) a calculation of proximity of an address of a corresponding first rebate center to the detected location of the consumer device, wherein the first rebate center device receives a completed first rebate form from the consumer device and extracts the first rebate identifier, wherein the processor receives from the first rebate center device the extracted first rebate identifier corresponding to the respective completed first rebate form that identifies a rebate to transact with the consumer device, wherein the processor verifies that the rebate to transact is not fraudulent and has not already been transacted, and generates a payment in real time or near real time for the verified first rebate identifier using a currency that is based on the geographic area of the first rebate center device.",0.5453101448893646,0.9093797102212708
9284257,"1. A separation method in a toluene to dinitrotoluene process, said method comprising: i) feeding a toluene comprising first stream ( ii) reacting the toluene comprising first stream ( iii) feeding the first reaction mixture ( iv) separating the first reaction mixture ( v) feeding the first forward stream ( vi) feeding a nitric acid comprising third stream ( vii) reacting the first forward stream ( viii) feeding the second reaction mixture ( ix) separating the second reaction mixture ( wherein a fine separation of at least one of the streams (",0.9166780204872221,0.16664395902555573
9751917,"1. A polynucleotide for cell surface expression, comprising various heterologous elements: a) an SED1 promoter of SEQ ID NO: 5, b) a sequence encoding a secretion signal peptide of Rhizopus oryzae -derived glucoamylase or Saccharomyces cerevisiae α factor, c) a sequence encoding an intended protein, and d) a sequence encoding a cell surface-localized protein SED1 of SEQ ID NO: 2 or a cell membrane-binding domain thereof including positions 110 to 338 of SEQ ID NO: 2, said intended protein being a protein selected from the group consisting of enzyme, antibody, ligand and fluorescent protein.",0.6903733073729313,0.6192533852541373
8380354,"1. A method of controlling an air-conditioner fan using a motor controller, said motor controller comprising a central processor, a power drive module, a power supply module, and a communication interface circuit, said method comprising: transmitting a control instruction to said central processor via an instruction input port; changing parameters in said central processor corresponding to different instruction input ports by said communication interface circuit; connecting to an instruction input port by said central processor, whereby obtaining a target value of a gear position corresponding to said instruction input port; and controlling a motor of said air-conditioner fan to operate at said target value by said power drive module.",0.9189001006402122,0.16219979871957557
9744966,"1. A startup control device for a hybrid vehicle which includes an engine, a traveling motor disposed between the engine and driving wheels, a high power battery arranged to supply a power to the traveling motor, a clutch disposed between the engine and the, traveling motor and arranged to be engaged when a hydraulic pressure is supplied, and a starter arranged to rotationally drive a crank shaft of the engine, and thereby to start the engine, the startup control device comprising: a controller comprising: wherein the vehicle startup controller is configured to select the second vehicle startup mode in a low temperature state in which the temperature of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than at least a first temperature judgment value when the request of the startup of the vehicle is sensed, and to select the third vehicle startup mode in an extremely low temperature state in which the temperature of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a second vehicle temperature judgment value which is smaller than the first temperature judgment value when the request of the startup of the vehicle is sensed, and wherein the startup control device further comprises: wherein the high power relay is connected in the third vehicle startup mode after the engine is started by the starter.",0.983111298325794,0.03377740334841195
9829155,"1. A storage tank configured to store a cryogenic liquid, the storage tank being characterized by a gravitational bottom and a gravitational top, comprising: a lateral wall that defines and substantially surrounds a fluid storage space, the lateral wall forming an inner shell characterized by a direct-lateral-contact surface area that is configured to be in direct lateral contact with the cryogenic liquid, wherein the direct-lateral-contact surface area of the inner shell is laterally surrounded by an insulator characterized by a thermal conductivity that is different near the gravitational top of the direct-lateral-contact surface area than it is near the gravitational bottom of the direct-lateral-contact surface area.",0.48779873420839687,0.9755974684167937
8653792,"1. A power storage system comprising: a plurality of battery modules that are connected in parallel and that are connected to a power converter that controls charging and discharging; a plurality of first on/off devices that are provided between each of the battery modules and the power converter; a resistive part that is connected in parallel with each of the first on/off devices; a second on/off device that is connected in series with the resistive part; and a control unit that controls the first on/off devices and the second on/off device, each of the battery modules having a battery pack with a plurality of batteries connected in series; and a cell balancing circuit provided in correspondence to the battery pack, wherein the control unit sets the first on/off devices and the second on/off device corresponding to the battery module where cell balance control is conducted to an open state when the cell balance control by the cell balancing circuit is started; and sets the second on/off device corresponding to the battery module where the cell balance control has been conducted to a closed state when the cell balance control of the battery module is completed; and sets the second on/off device to an open state and sets the first on/off device that is connected in parallel with the second on/off device to the closed state when the difference between the terminal voltage of the battery module where the cell balance control has been conducted and the terminal voltages of the other battery modules falls within a preset allowable range.",0.9621905610280848,0.07561887794383049
8984333,"1. A method of providing storage medium diagnostics, comprising: receiving an error message associated with a first data storage medium unit; determining whether a threshold number of error messages associated with the first data storage medium unit are received prior to placing a second data storage medium unit online; placing the second data storage medium unit online; copying data content from the first data storage medium unit to the second data storage medium unit; placing the first data storage medium unit offline from operation within a computing system while the second data storage medium unit is online; and performing diagnostics on the first data storage medium unit while the first data storage medium unit is offline.",0.372688321325663,0.745376642651326
9370270,"1. A beverage drinking straw for cooling beverages, comprising: an elongated body extending from a first end to a second end, the elongated body having: a hollow center; an outer surface; a first elongated channel; and a second elongated channel integral with the first elongated channel; an opening extending through a wall thickness of the body and in fluid communication with the hollow center; and an attachment device secured to the outer surface of the first end of the elongated body; wherein the attachment device is configured to secure to an inner surface of a second straw; a removable airway device configured to engage with the opening; wherein the airway device provides air passage to the hollow center.",0.15457152017718467,0.30914304035436935
8662839,"1. Aircraft engine nacelle air intake assembly comprising an air intake structure including an air intake lip and an acoustic shroud extending downstream of this air intake lip and designed to be mounted on a fixed structure, said air intake structure being designed to be able to move with respect to said fixed structure between an operating position, in which said lip is in contact with said shroud, and a maintenance position, in which said lip is moved upstream away from said shroud, this assembly further comprising rolling means for making it possible to center this lip with respect to said shroud.",0.5818755731381101,0.8362488537237798
8473919,"1. A method executable by a processor, comprising: storing function call data in one or more files by serializing the function call data; retrieving the stored function call data from the one or more files by deserializing the function call data; recreating an execution path of a program using the function call data; and analyzing the execution path to determine a source of an error in the program, and parsing the program with a script to identify a function associated with the function call data and, in response to identifying the function, inserting code at an entry point and at an exit point of the function to enable record and replay of inputs and outputs of the function.",0.10325163555530006,0.20650327111060007
8607684,"1. A flexible, multi-functional, multi-ply material mix capable of providing ballistic protection, the flexible, multi-functional, multi-ply material mix comprising: a first layer having antenna fibers weaved therein; a second layer of insulating fibers, the first layer overlaying the second layer; a third layer of ground plane EMI shield fibers, the second layer overlaying the third layer; a fourth layer of flexible electronics and hybrid power storage, the third layer overlaying the fourth layer; a fifth layer of insulating fibers, the fourth layer overlaying the fifth layer; a sixth layer of power and data distribution fibers, the fifth layer overlaying the sixth layer; a seventh layer of insulating fibers, the sixth layer overlaying the seventh layer; an eighth layer of ground plane EMI shield fibers, the seventh layer overlaying the eighth layer; a ninth layer of ballistic fibers, the eighth layer overlaying the ninth layer; and a tenth layer of thermal electric generator fibers, the ninth layer overlaying the tenth layer.",0.6150992028575404,0.7698015942849192
8950058,"1. A method for producing and stacking lamina elements in an aligned manner, the lamina elements for a stator of an electrical generator, the method comprising: cutting out a first lamina element from a foil at a first position within the foil; transferring the first lamina element to a container by utilizing the gravitational force; cutting out a second lamina element from the foil at a second position within the foil, wherein with respect to a centerline of the foil, the first position has a first distance and the second position has a second distance being different to the first distance; and transferring the second lamina element to the container on top of the first lamina element by utilizing the gravitational force, wherein the container comprises an inner shape, which is at least partially complementary to an outer shape of the first lamina element and to the second lamina element, wherein the method further comprises orienting the container such that a surface of the first lamina element and of the second lamina element, when being received within the container, is slanted with respect to the direction of the gravitational force.",0.8709147923336056,0.25817041533278884
8696590,"1. A small animal capnometry apparatus configured for use with a monitoring equipment, the apparatus comprising: a first chamber comprising a first volume and a first cross-sectional dimension; a second chamber in fluid communication with the first chamber, the second chamber comprising a second volume and a second cross-sectional dimension, the second chamber being sized to receive a nare of a small animal; a respiratory gas sampling conduit having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the second chamber proximate a small animal nare positioned therein, the second end for coupling to a monitoring system to provide a respiratory gas sample from a small animal nare; an outer fixed cylinder arranged and configured around the first chamber and the second chamber, the outer fixed cylinder defining an anesthesia access port; an anesthesia gas exhaust conduit and an anesthesia gas inlet conduit, the anesthesia gas inlet conduit comprising a delivery end positioned between the outer fixed cylinder and the first and second chambers, wherein the second chamber defines at least one open port configured to allow anesthesia gas to diffuse into the second chamber for inspiration by a small animal, the first end of the respiratory gas sampling conduit being positioned closer to a small animal nare than the at least one open port; and a connector component disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber, and spaced apart from the at least one open port, the connector component defining a third cross-sectional dimension smaller than each of the first cross-sectional dimension and the second cross-sectional dimension.",0.27835201799738746,0.5567040359947749
9029507,"1. A process for preparation of polypeptide fractions with random amino acid sequence similar to that of Glatiramer acetate, which serve as molecular weight markers for Glatiramer acetate, comprising the steps of, a) subjecting a polypeptide mixture with random amino acid sequence, which is similar to Glatiramer acetate in terms of amino acid composition and molar ratio of amino acids, to Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC)/Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) to obtain polypeptide fractions having molecular weights in the range of 2 kD to 30 kD and having random amino acid sequence; b) selecting polypeptide fractions from said polypeptide fractions obtained in step a) such that one of the fractions represents the peak apex molecular weight and other fractions are distributed on either side of the peak apex molecular weight; and c) calculating tailing factor of the selected polypeptide fractions.",0.47218582283940325,0.9443716456788065
8610686,1. A method comprising: determining a first velocity of a detected presence of a conductive object relative to movement of the conductive object in a direction towards a surface of the capacitive sensing device; determining a second velocity of the detected presence relative to movement of the conductive object in a direction away from the surface of the capacitive sensing device; detecting a first peak of the first velocity in the direction towards the surface at a first time; detecting a second peak of the second velocity in the direction away from the surface at a second time; and recognizing a gesture based on a difference between the first time and the second time.,0.1619493381176073,0.3238986762352146
9053441,"1. A qualified computer system comprising: a qualified application server; a qualified software application residing in the qualified application server, a qualified workstation connected to the qualified application server via a public computer network, the qualified workstation configured to access the qualified software application during the intended ordinary use of the qualified software application; developing the qualified software application in a controlled environment consistent with predetermined regulatory requirements, the controlled environment configured and operated by an application service provider (ASP), the controlled environment located at a site of the ASP; developing the qualified software application to meet a set of standardized functional requirements; providing the qualified computer system in the controlled environment, wherein providing said qualified computer system comprises: performing, at the location where the qualified computer system resides during its intended ordinary use, one or more activities required by one or more regulatory requirements; and generating documented evidence that the qualified computer system performs as expected and in a manner appropriate for its intended ordinary use; installing the qualified software application on the qualified computer system; qualifying the software application on the qualified computer system prior to involvement of a prospective customer of the ASP, the prospective customer being an entity having operations that are subject to the regulatory requirements; making the qualified software application available to the customer via a public computer network, wherein the customer operates at a facility that is remotely located with respect to the qualified computer system located at the ASP, and wherein the qualified software application is configured to require that the customer connect to said qualified computer system during the ordinary intended use of the qualified software application; generating evidence, as required by the customer, of proper development, operation, and suitability for use of the qualified software application and qualified computer system to meet the regulatory requirements; wherein the customer relies on testing performed by the ASP to comply with the regulatory requirements; and wherein the customer is not directly involved in generating the qualified software application requirements, the core components of the qualified software application, or the hardware of the qualified computer system configured to cooperate with the qualified software application.",0.4388648531339448,0.8777297062678896
9147568,"1. A mass spectrometer, comprising: means for producing a primary beam of ions for bombarding a sample under vacuum; and a detector for detecting a secondary beam of ions released from the sample; wherein the primary beam of ions includes water clusters where each water cluster contains between 1 and 10,000 water molecules.",0.20619937573632735,0.4123987514726547
9077280,"1. A method of supporting a solar panel array comprising: providing a plurality of columns including a grouping of spaced first, second and third columns, and a grouping of spaced fourth, fifth and sixth columns; providing a pair of first support cables connected between the first, second and third columns, the pair of first support cables comprising a first upper support cable and a first lower support cable; providing a pair of second support cables connected between the fourth, fifth and sixth columns, the pair of second support cables comprising a second upper support cable and a second lower support cable; providing a plurality of compression members disposed between the pair of first support cables and between the pair of second support cables; disposing the pair of first support cables such that the first upper support cable is above the first lower support cable between the first and second columns, and is below the first lower support cable between the second and third columns; securing one or more solar panel receivers to the pair of first support cables and to the second pair of support cables; and securing a plurality of solar panels to each panel receiver.",0.870370543491632,0.259258913016736
9199727,"1. A wing tip device for fixing to the outboard end of a wing, the wing defining a wing plane, the wing tip device comprising: an upper wing-like element projecting upwardly with respect to the wing plane and having a trailing edge; and a lower wing-like element fixed with respect to the upper wing-like element and having a root chord and a trailing edge, the lower wing-like element root chord intersecting with the upper wing-like element, and the lower wing-like element projecting downwardly from the intersection, wherein the upper wing-like element is larger than the lower wing-like element and the trailing edge the lower wing-like element is adjacent the trailing edge of the upper wing-like element at the intersection, wherein an included angle between the upper and lower wing-like elements at the intersection is less than, or equal to, 160 degrees, and wherein the lower wing-like element has an element planform area less than approximately 25% of the upper wing-like element planform area.",0.205267077434351,0.41053415486870204
9461573,"1. A system, comprising: a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) comprising a rotor and a stator coupled to an electrical grid, the DFIG being configured to generate power for the electrical grid; grid-side converter (GSC) circuitry coupled to at least the electrical grid, the GSC being configured to control the power generation on the grid side of the DFIG; and fault handling circuitry coupled to at least the GSC, the fault handling circuitry being configured to convert the system from a shunt connection configuration to a series compensation configuration on the occurrence of a fault, wherein the fault handling circuitry includes at least three switches and a transformer, the at least three switches being configured to connect the transformer in series with the GSC circuitry in the series compensation configuration.",0.9580876258697306,0.08382474826053876
9168230,"1. A method of forming a delivery system, comprising: binding a DNA or RNA molecule with polyethylenimine such that an end of the DNA or RNA molecule is exposed, wherein the polyethyienimine has a positive electrostatic charge, and wherein the end of the DNA or RNA molecule has a negative electrostatic charge; thereafter, capping the end of the DNA or RNA molecule that is exposed with a crosslinked polyspermine, the crosslinked polyspermine having an N/P ratio greater than 5 and wherein the crosslinked polyspermine has been crosslinked via reaction of a polyspermine and a disulfide crosslinker, the crosslinked polyspermine having a positive electrostatic charge such that the crosslinked polyspermine is electrostatically bonded to the end of the DNA or RNA molecule and a core is formed that includes the polyethylenimine, the DNA or RNA molecule, and the crosslinked polyspermine; and encapsulating the core with hyaluronic acid or alginate to form the delivery system, wherein the hyaluronic acid or alginate has a negative electrostatic charge, and wherein the hyaluronic acid or alginate is electrostatically bonded to the core, wherein the hvaluronic acid or alginate is present in a weight ratio of up to 50 comparing the weight of the DNA or RNA molecule.",0.2970877558080752,0.5941755116161505
9315496,"1. A benzopyrone derivative having the structure of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein, Z is —O(CH Y is O or S; Q is N or CH; X is O, S or NH; the dashed line represents a single bond or a double bond; R R",0.30239119473247666,0.6047823894649533
8867353,"1. A switch, comprising: a plurality of ingress ports in an input/output section of the switch, said plurality of ingress ports receiving traffic from a corresponding plurality of network devices that are coupled to said plurality of ingress ports via a respective plurality of network communication cables; and a packet rate control module in a processing core section of the switch, said packet rate control module determining whether a combined arrival rate of traffic received on said plurality of ingress ports in said input/output section of the switch exceeds a packet processing rate of said processing core section of the switch in routing said traffic received on said plurality of ingress ports to a plurality of egress ports in said input/output section of the switch, said packet rate control module initiating a delivery of packet rate control messages to said plurality of network devices via said network communication cables upon a determination that said combined arrival rate of traffic received on said plurality of ingress ports in said input/output section of the switch exceeds said packet processing rate of said processing core section of the switch, said packet rate control messages instructing said plurality of network devices to reduce a delivery rate of traffic to said plurality of ingress ports.",0.49287677056700735,0.9857535411340147
9156275,"1. A continuous ink supply (CIS) apparatus comprising: an off-axis ink supply to source liquid ink to a printhead of a printer; and a one-way valve positioned along a fluid conduit between the off-axis ink supply and an input port of the printhead to control a flow of the liquid ink to the printhead through the fluid conduit, the one-way valve is directly connected to the input port of the printhead and provides a minimum negative activation pressure at a printhead side of the one-way valve, the minimum negative activation pressure being at least enough to substantially preclude drooling from the printhead.",0.4678982342388696,0.9357964684777392
9433648,"1. A method of treating renal cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering an effective amount of a refined, whole leech saliva extract to the subject, the extract having a peptide molecular weight distribution with molecular weights of 3496 Daltons or greater; wherein the whole leech saliva extract functions as a cytotoxic agent in the treatment of renal cancer, wherein the extract is produced from a process comprising: feeding a phagostimulatory agent to a leech; inducing a regurgitation in the leech, the inducing including placing the leech in an environment having a temperature of less than 0° C. or about 0° C.; and, collecting an unrefined, whole saliva in the regurgitation of the cooled leech.",0.38967818487695416,0.7793563697539083
9198942,"1. A method of preparing a bioactive compound from solid-state cultivated A. cinnamomea mycelium for anti-metastasis against lung-cancer cells, comprising steps of: (a1) providing (b1) extracting said wherein said bioactive compound has a formula of 2,3,6-trimethoxy-4-methylphenol having a structure as follows:",0.6879991830092176,0.6240016339815648
8370828,"1. A method, comprising: installing a new version of an application program onto a computing device; converting a data set stored in a database accessible by the computing device for a previous version of said application program to a data schema used by said new version one data segment at a time; identifying a domain name for said previous version; creating a temporary domain name for said previous version; renaming said domain name to said temporary domain name; receiving one or more access requests with said domain name for said previous version; and redirecting said access requests with said domain name for said previous version to said temporary domain name until said data set has been converted.",0.06058291622872909,0.12116583245745816
8747951,"1. A method for manufacturing a hose having a protector layer formed on an outer periphery of a tubular polyamide resin layer, the method comprising steps of: preparing an unvulcanized rubber composition for forming the protector layer by separately preparing a first rubber material that contains following components (A) to (C): mixing the first rubber material and the second rubber material in a mixer to prepare the unvulcanized rubber composition for forming the protector layer; and forming the protector layer by continuously vulcanizing the unvulcanized rubber composition after the unvulcanized rubber composition is continuously extruded onto the outer periphery of the previously formed polyamide resin layer.",0.2863940010782607,0.5727880021565214
8675214,"1. A device management device that is connected to devices and an asset management device via a network, the asset management device arranged to manage assets of the devices on the network, the device management device comprising: a storage unit to store device information of the devices; an acquisition unit to acquire device information of one of the devices via the network in accordance with a communication protocol that conforms to the one of the devices; a detection unit to compare the device information acquired by the acquisition unit with each of the device information stored in the storage unit, and to detect at least one of installation, movement, addition, change, and disposal events with respect to the one of the devices; a transforming unit to transform both identification information of the one of the devices and device information corresponding to the at least one event detected by the detection unit into data that enables the asset management device to manage the data; and a transmission unit to transmit the data from the transforming unit to the asset management device via the network.",0.3009644108787363,0.6019288217574726
8999881,"1. A method for preparing a Cu/Zn/Al catalyst, comprising: preparing a metal precursor solution by dissolving a copper precursor, a zinc precursor and an aluminum precursor in an organic solvent; mixing an aqueous basic solution with the metal precursor solution and precipitating metal particles; and preparing a Cu/Zn/Al catalyst by collecting and sintering the precipitated metal particles.",0.8345126882760556,0.33097462344788875
8800574,"1. A dental cleaning kit, comprising: a container having a generally rectangular shape with a top, a bottom, opposite sides, a front, a rear, and an external surface, said top, bottom sides, front and rear defining a container interior, each of said sides having a nub near to the container top; a cover pivotally attached to a junction formed between the top and rear, said cover having an attachment end joined to the said junction, said cover extending over the container top to the container front, said cover having a forward end removably attached to the container front by means of a hook and pile fastener; a stiff cutting piece at the container top and one of the sides to cut a desired length of dental floss; dental floss held within the container interior, said dental floss having a plurality of tiny bristles formed thereto, a portion of said bristles being soft and a portion of said bristles being stiff; a coating of dried toothpaste on said soft bristles, said dried toothpaste adapted to being activated by saliva, said dried toothpaste having an intense flavor; and a tongue scraper removably attached to said container, wherein, the tongue scraper has an elongated body with two ends, each end having a finger hole incorporated therein, wherein the tongue scraper is removably attached to the container by placing the tongue finger holes over the container side nubs, wherein the tongue scraper body snugly fits against the container sides and bottom until removed from the container; wherein, the dental floss is colored to correspond to a selected flavor and the container has said external surface colored to match the color of the dental floss held within the container interior.",0.026047426658452444,0.05209485331690489
8379402,"1. A wiring board having a lead pin comprising: a connecting pad which is formed on the wiring board, and to which the lead pin is bonded through a conductive material, wherein the lead pin includes:",0.6628680481373572,0.6742639037252856
9459075,"1. An occluded sight for a weapon, the occluded sight comprising: a mount having a mount first end portion and a mount second end portion opposite the mount first end portion; an occluded sight assembly including a body, the body having a body first end portion, a body second end portion opposite the body first end portion, and a body bottom surface extending between the body first end portion and the body second end portion; wherein the body first end portion is pivotally mounted at or near the mount first end portion and an image viewed through the sight assembly is substantially blackened; and a launch angle adjustment mechanism having an upstanding member extending upward from the mount second end portion and a setting assembly affixed to the body bottom surface at or near the body second end portion, operatively connecting the mount second end portion and the body second end portion and configured to adjust between a first position wherein the body is substantially parallel to a barrel of the weapon and a second position wherein the barrel of the weapon substantially obstructs a line of sight of the sight assembly to set a predetermined launch angle.",0.028033777339092136,0.05606755467818425
8509260,"1. A system for use in a communication network having a plurality of subnetworks, the system comprising; a mobile computing device comprising: a communication processor coupled between the base processing unit and the first and second communication transceivers for converting data received by the first and second communication transceivers to a format for processing by the base processing unit in accordance with the set of communicating software routines and for converting data processed by the base processing unit to a format for transmission by a selected one of the first and second communication transceivers, thereby isolating the base processing unit from differences between the first and second operating characteristics of the first and second communication transceivers, wherein the communication processor is operable to initiate a test communication by the second communication transceiver and respond to the absence of receipt of a reply test communication by the first communication transceiver following initiation of a test communication by the second communication transceiver by conducting data communications with the second communication transceiver.",0.7031789535457118,0.5936420929085764
9424750,"1. A specific object determination device comprising: a radar unit configured to irradiate an electromagnetic wave to an area around a vehicle and output information about a received reflected wave; a positional information output unit configured to output positional information about a reflection point from an obstacle on the basis of the information about the reflected wave, output from the radar unit; an index value calculation unit configured to generate an intensity distribution of the reflected wave from the reflection point on the basis of the information about the reflected wave, a statistic singular point determination unit configured to determine whether there is a statistic singular point in an intensity distribution of the reflected wave from the reflection point; wherein the index value calculation unit is configured to calculate an index value, which indicates a probability that the reflection point is from a metal plate; and a determination unit configured to determine that the reflection point is from a metal plate when the index value exceeds a threshold, and wherein, the index value calculation unit is configured to increase the index value when the statistic singular point determination unit determines there is no statistic singular point and a lateral positional deviation of the obstacle in a last predetermined period is smaller than a predetermined value, and the index calculation unit is configured to reduce the index value when the statistic singular point determination unit determines existence of the statistic singular point.",0.39719799412977763,0.7943959882595553
9267425,"1. An air supply device of a gas engine, which is located in a facility provided at a gas source, including a turbocharger, comprising: a first intake passage configured to guide a mixture of outdoor air obtained from outside of the gas source and unpurified gas discharged from the gas source into the turbocharger; a second intake passage configured to guide indoor air obtained from an inside of the facility into the turbocharger; a filter configured to remove a solid impurity in the unpurified gas, the filter being disposed in the first intake passage; a first damper capable of opening and closing the first intake passage, the first damper being disposed on a downstream side of the filter in the first intake passage; a heating unit for heating the indoor air, the heating unit being disposed in the second intake passage; a second damper capable of opening and closing the second intake passage, the second damper being disposed on a downstream side of the heating unit in the second intake passage; and a damper control device configured to control an opening degree of each of the first damper and the second damper.",0.8610939395562818,0.27781212088743645
8901841,"1. A method of dimming an alternating current (AC) light-emitting diode (LED) utilizing a pulse width modulation generator, comprising: converting an AC input voltage having a first frequency to a first direct current (DC) voltage having a constant value; generating a square-wave voltage having a second frequency higher than the first frequency using the first DC voltage, the square-wave voltage having a first positive voltage value for a first half-cycle and a negative voltage value for a second half-cycle; full-wave rectifying the square-wave voltage to generate a second DC voltage having a second voltage value; half-wave rectifying the square-wave to generate a pulse enable signal having the second frequency, the pulse enable signal having the second voltage value for a first half-cycle and a zero voltage value for a second half-cycle; generating a pulse width modulation signal having the second frequency using the second DC voltage and the pulse enable signal, the pulse modulation signal having a duty ratio varying according to a dimming level; and driving the LED by using a switch to selectively apply the AC input voltage to the LED according to the duty ratio of the pulse width modulation signal.",0.39743302608234177,0.7948660521646835
8893908,"1. An extrusion blow molded container comprising: a neck; a body; and a base, wherein said base comprises at least one base parting line resulting from the formation of said container in a blow molding apparatus, wherein said base further comprises a parting line support bead for reinforcing at least a portion of said base parting line, wherein said support bead has a height-to-width ratio of at least 0.05:1 and not more than 2:1.",0.055631781640274304,0.11126356328054865
9568513,"1. A device for detecting poorly damped oscillation modes in an electric power delivery system, the device comprising: a communications interface configured to receive a plurality of measurement signals comprising real-time electric power delivery system information; a frequency transform calculator configured to compute a frequency transform of at least one of the plurality of measurement signals; an oscillation mode detector configured to determine an oscillation mode of interest based on the frequency transform; an amplitude calculator configured to: determine a sliding window size based on a predetermined multiple of a period of the oscillation mode of interest; determine a step size for the sliding window based on a predetermined multiple of the period of the oscillation mode of interest; determine a static window size based on a predetermined multiple of the period of the oscillation mode of interest; calculate amplitudes of the oscillation mode of interest over the sliding window; and, a damping calculator configured to compute a damping of the oscillation mode of interest based on changes over time in the amplitudes of the oscillation mode of interest in the plurality of measurement signals, wherein the frequency transform calculator is further configured to compute the amplitudes over the sliding window during the static window, and wherein the changes over time in the amplitudes are determined by shifting the sliding window by the step size, and computing updated amplitudes; and the device configured to take a control action when the poorly damped oscillation modes are detected, wherein the control action comprises one of: connecting a capacitor bank, disconnecting the capacitor bank, tripping a relay, or tripping a breaker.",0.7693961762437226,0.46120764751255483
9778142,"1. A method for controlling an injected fuel quantity for an internal combustion engine based on detection of fuel discharge from a lubricant located in a housing of the internal combustion engine, the method comprising: measuring a first lambda deviation by a lambda probe during a first air mass flow fed into an intake section of the internal combustion engine, measuring a second lambda deviation by the lambda probe during a second air mass flow fed into the intake section of the internal combustion engine, the second air mass flow differing from the first air mass flow, determining an actual comparison value from the measured first lambda deviation and the measured second lambda deviation, determining a setpoint comparison value from a first setpoint lambda deviation during the first air mass flow and a second setpoint lambda deviation during the second air mass flow, wherein the setpoint comparison value is indicative of the fuel discharge, detecting the fuel discharge based on a comparison of the actual comparison value with the setpoint comparison value, wherein the actual comparison value is determined from an actual difference between the first measured lambda deviation and the second measured lambda deviation, the setpoint comparison value is determined from a setpoint difference between the first setpoint lambda deviation and the second setpoint lambda deviation, and the setpoint difference between the first setpoint lambda deviation during the first mass flow and the second setpoint lambda deviation during the second mass flow is indicative of a characteristic mass flow of the fuel discharge, such that the fuel discharge is determinable from the comparison of the actual comparison value with the setpoint comparison value, and adjusting the injected fuel quantity based on the detected fuel discharge from the lubricant.",0.7836060653984367,0.4327878692031266
9352987,"1. A method of preparing a supported reactant for remediation of soil, wastewater, or groundwater, comprising: providing a quantity of an adsorbent material comprising activated carbon capable of absorbing halogenated hydrocarbon contaminants; treating the adsorbent material with a solution of water soluble iron salt to produce an intermediate product with iron salt impregnated into pores of the adsorbent material; and subjecting the intermediate product to reducing conditions including heating the intermediate product to a reducing temperature to form elemental iron free of surface oxides within the pores of the adsorbent material, wherein the reducing temperature is between 700 and 800° C.",0.9559678447717631,0.08806431045647378
8610518,"1. An acoustic wave device comprising: a first piezoelectric substrate having a first interdigital transducer on a surface of the first substrate; a second piezoelectric substrate having a second interdigital transducer on a surface of the second substrate; and a dielectric layer interposed between the first and second piezoelectric substrates, wherein the first and second interdigital transducers are positioned at an interface between the respective first and second piezoelectric substrates and the dielectric layer, and wherein the first and second interdigital transducers are electrically isolated yet acoustically coupled to each other.",0.16787090555442616,0.3357418111088524
8957303,"1. A strain isolation layer assembly comprising: a rigid solar layer; a sandwich structure attached to the rigid solar layer, the sandwich structure comprising a core layer bonded between a first facesheet layer and a second facesheet layer, the first and second facesheet layers each comprised of a thermoplastic material selected from the group consisting of one or more of carbon fiber reinforced polypheylene sulfide (PPS), carbon fiber reinforced polyetheretherketone (PEEK), carbon fiber reinforced polyetherketoneketone (PEKK), and carbon fiber reinforced polyethyleneimine (PEI), and the first facesheet layer continuously mounted above the core layer and bonded to the rigid solar layer, and the second facesheet layer continuously mounted below the core layer; a strain isolation layer bonded below the second facesheet layer, the strain isolation layer having a discontinuous configuration, a vertical rigidity in an out-of-plane direction, and a horizontal shear flexibility in an in-plane direction; and, an underlying substrate layer; wherein the strain isolation layer is coupled between the rigid solar layer and the underlying substrate layer to form a strain isolation layer assembly, such that the strain isolation layer isolates the rigid solar layer to reduce one or more strains induced on the rigid solar layer.",0.8295666202428619,0.34086675951427625
8545975,"1. An article comprising a solvent cast film, the film comprising: a thermoplastic polyimide comprising structural units derived from polymerization of a dianhydride component comprising a dianhydride selected from the group consisting of 3,4′-oxydiphthalic dianhydride, 3,3′-oxydiphthalic dianhydride, 4,4′-oxydiphthalic dianhydride, and combinations thereof, with a diamine component comprising 4,4′-diaminodiphenylsulfone and p-phenylene diamine; wherein the polyimide has a glass transition temperature from 190° C. to 400° C.; and wherein the film has",0.2945669580573271,0.5891339161146542
8807955,"1. An airfoil comprising: a substrate, the substrate extending along a tip section of the airfoil from a leading edge to a trailing edge; and a residual abrasive coating on the tip section of the airfoil, the residual abrasive coating comprising a two-phase abrasive and metal matrix material bonded to the substrate; a supplemental abrasive coating on the tip section of the airfoil, the supplemental abrasive coating comprising a two-phase abrasive and metal matrix material bonded to the residual abrasive coating and to the substrate adjacent the residual abrasive coating; wherein the supplemental abrasive coating restores the tip section of the airfoil to a nominal tip height.",0.6732947885779501,0.6534104228440998
9111546,"1. A method of providing a task assistant associated with an application comprising: receiving a speech input from a user; associating the speech input with a destination field in the application; categorizing the speech input as either a dictation or a command based on a flag associated with the destination field, wherein: providing a response to the user through a multimodal output.",0.06614070657889144,0.13228141315778286
8921690,1. A light concentrator comprising: a primary optical element which has an optical axis; a core comprising a rigid body which is substantially co-linear with the optical axis and configured to support the primary optical element; and a secondary optical element arranged to receive light concentrated by the primary optical element and direct that light towards a photovoltaic device; wherein the secondary optical element includes a homogenizer and a concentrating lens.,0.5705427086307345,0.8589145827385309
9405720,"1. A method comprising: receiving a first edge of a latch signal from a non-volatile memory device that indicates a start of a memory access performed by the non-volatile memory device; receiving a first edge of a system bus clock signal that corresponds to a start of a first cycle of the system bus clock; based on the first edge of the latch signal and the first edge of the system bus clock signal, setting a latch delay signal to a first state; conditioned on the latch delay signal being in the first state, setting a system bus data ready signal to the first state to indicate an initiation of a wait state for a central processing unit (CPU), wherein the wait state is associated with reading data from the non-volatile memory device, and wherein the latch delay signal is distinct from the system bus data ready signal; receiving a second edge of the latch signal from the non-volatile memory device that indicates that data is available; and based on the second edge of the latch signal and the system bus clock signal, setting the system bus data ready signal to a second state to indicate completion of the wait state for the CPU.",0.6945666005809533,0.6108667988380934
9820229,"1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: operating at a first voltage level in a wireless communications device; detecting, based at least in part on information within a first portion of a received frame, a throughput category corresponding to a bandwidth of one or more packets of the received frame; and determining whether to transition, during processing of the first portion of the received frame, to a second voltage level to process at least a portion of the one or more packets including a second portion of the received frame based at least in part on the detected throughput category, wherein the transition to the second voltage level occurs during processing of the first portion of the received frame, and wherein the second portion of the received frame is subsequent to the first portion of the received frame.",0.5610611564232133,0.8778776871535734
9010088,"1. A working machine, comprising: an engine, a variable displacement hydraulic pump drivable by the engine, an electric assist motor for assisting the engine in driving the variable displacement hydraulic pump or generating electric power, an exhaust gas purification system for trapping, by a filter, particulate matter in exhaust gas produced from the engine, an actuator control valve that is interposed between the variable displacement hydraulic pump and a hydraulic actuator and that is switchable to one of a feed state in which hydraulic oil from the variable displacement hydraulic pump is to be fed to the hydraulic actuator and a non-feed state in which the hydraulic oil is returned to a hydraulic oil reservoir without feeding the hydraulic oil to the hydraulic actuator, an electrical storage device connected to the electrical assist motor, and a load application circuit that is configured to apply a load to the engine such that a temperature of the exhaust gas is raised to a temperature required to burn the particulate matter, wherein:",0.9458457914535255,0.10830841709294892
9209464,"1. An electrode assembly comprising: a current collector comprising a conductive layer having an electrode-facing surface and an opposing second surface, each surface having an area; a textured coating formed over and in contact with substantially all of the area of the electrode-facing surface; and an electrode in physical contact with the textured coating, wherein the textured coating comprises peaks having an average height ranging from about 5 micrometers to about 13 micrometers and covering from about 40% to about 60% of the area of the electrode-facing surface, wherein the textured coating comprises valleys having an average height ranging from about 0.5 micrometers to about 3 micrometers and covering from about 40% to about 60% of the area of the electrode-facing surface, and wherein the electrode assembly has a thru-plane area-specific resistance less than or equal to about 0.25 ohm-cm",0.46058943999562274,0.9211788799912455
9063326,"1. An aperture adjusting device comprising: a chamber; a first fluid and a second fluid disposed in the chamber, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid are not mixed with each other and wherein the first fluid is a light transmitting fluid and the second fluid is a light blocking or absorbing fluid; and a first electrode unit, disposed on an inner surface of the chamber, comprising one or more electrodes to which a voltage may be applied to form an electric field in the chamber; wherein an aperture within the chamber through which light is transmittable is adjustable by adjusting an interfacial location between the first fluid and the second fluid by modifying the electric field; wherein the chamber defines an interior space within which the first fluid and the second fluid are disposer, the interior space comprising: wherein the chamber comprises:",0.3314849242103358,0.6629698484206716
9197362,"1. A method for global state synchronization in a communications session over a network utilizing transmission control protocol (TCP), the method implemented on a processor and comprising the steps of: receiving a first SYN packet from source address A1 to destination address A2, wherein source address A1 refers to a client and destination address A2 refers to a server providing resources desired by the client; sending a first SYN/ACK packet to the client; receiving a first ACK packet from the client; storing the first ACK packet; sending a second SYN packet to the server, wherein a source address of the second SYN packet is source address A1; receiving a second SYN/ACK packet from the server; sharing state session information with a remote network apparatus; and sending the stored first ACK packet to the server.",0.25289562964071877,0.5057912592814375
8449726,"1. A solar thermal system for the partial desalination of sea water while producing electrical energy and brackish water, said system consisting of: a mass of an asphalt composition having an upper surface exposed to the sun and acting as a black body for heating by the direct rays of the sun light and a lower surface and in which said asphalt is a roadway of sufficient thickness and length for supporting a plurality of motor vehicles; a network of interconnected copper tubes forming a serpentine passage between said upper and said lower surface of said mass of asphalt; a liquid pump for pumping a mass of sea water through said network of copper tubes for conversion into pressurized steam by the heat in said mass of asphalt; an electrical generator and a pipe for conveying pressurized steam into said electrical generator to thereby produce electrical energy and a condenser and a second pipe for connecting said generator to said condenser for producing brackish water; and a temperature sensor for activating said liquid pump when the heat of said mass of asphalt is sufficient to produce steam and for disconnecting said liquid pump when the heat of said mass of asphalt is insufficient to drive said generator.",0.9955871423285148,0.008825715342970497
9419307,"1. An organic electrolyte comprising 1,1-diphenylethane and a compound represented by formula (2) below: wherein R",0.8640870189560722,0.2718259620878556
8837466,"1. A method, comprising: receiving a selection of a first listing from a user, the first listing including a reference to be used to request a connection for real time communications between the user and a first entity; responsive to the selection of the first listing, determining one or more entities related to the first listing, the one or more entities including a prior customer of the first entity; selecting a second listing based at least in part on data representing one or more recommendations from the one or more entities, wherein the second listing is selected based on the prior customer recommending both the first entity and the second entity, and wherein the prior customer recommending the first entity and the second entity includes the prior customer providing ratings for the first entity and the second entity above a threshold after receiving paid services from the first entity and the second entity; and presenting the second listing to the user, the second listing including a reference for the user to request a connection with a second entity for real time communications.",0.03969158024404992,0.0793831604880999
8798180,"1. A transmitter configured to transmit time domain signals over a network, the transmitter comprising: a prime factor inverse Fourier transform module configured to i) receive a frequency domain symbol comprising n samples, and ii) to convert the frequency domain symbol into a time domain signal, wherein the prime factor inverse Fourier transform module comprises:",0.3695849081711049,0.7391698163422098
9176512,"1. A multi-current-source comprising: a voltage converter having an input and an output to provide a voltage; a first current source with a first terminal which is adapted to be coupled to the output of the voltage converter and with a second terminal which is adapted to be coupled to the input of the voltage converter; and at least a second current source with a first terminal which is adapted to be coupled to the output of the voltage converter and with a second terminal which is adapted to be coupled to the input of the voltage converter; wherein the first current source is adapted to provide a first load current at its first terminal, the first load current being regulated to a first constant value and to provide a first unidirectional error current at its second terminal, wherein the at least one second current source is adapted to provide a second load current at its first terminal, the second load current is regulated to a second constant value and to provide a second unidirectional error current at its second terminal, such that a sum of the first unidirectional error current and the second unidirectional error current adjusts the first and the second load current, wherein each error current is directly fed back to the input of the voltage converter.",0.6759375165207128,0.6481249669585745
9157402,"1. A multi-valve injection fuel system, comprising: an electronic unit pump disposed in the multi-valve injection fuel system, the electronic unit pump operable to output high pressure fuel; a low-pressure fuel pipe disposed in the multi-valve injection fuel system, the low-pressure fuel pipe operable to input fuel into plunger hole of the electronic unit pump; a supply cam disposed in the multi-valve injection fuel system, the supply cam operable to generate high pressure fuel by pushing the plunger of the electronic unit pump; at least two electronic injectors disposed in the multi-valve injection fuel system, the electronic injectors operable to inject fuel; one or more high pressure fuel injection pipes operable to connect the electronic unit pump and the electronic injectors to transport the high pressure fuel outputted by the electronic unit pump to the claimed electronic injectors; an electronic control unit operable to connect the electronic unit pump and the electronic injectors respectively to control the opening and closing of a solenoid valve of the electronic unit pump and the electronic injector.",0.8449163062573776,0.31016738748524486
9133827,"1. A method for lubricating at least one blade pitch bearing of a variable-pitch wind turbine comprising a rotor hub with a plurality of rotor blades, with each rotor blade being supported to the rotor hub by at least one blade pitch bearing, at least one rotor blade is pitchable and comprising a rotor blade pitch control device adapted to control pitching of the at least one rotor blade; the method comprising: generating with a lubrication detection device, at least one lubrication information signal indicating a degree of lubrication of the at least one blade pitch bearing by measuring an electrical capacitance of the at least one blade pitch bearing; and actuating the rotor blade pitch control device to change the pitch angle of at least one rotor blade in order to lubricate the at least one blade pitch bearing and actuating a rotor blade lubricating device to perform at least one action to lubricate the at least one blade pitch bearing when the lubrication information signal indicates that the at least one blade pitch bearing is not sufficiently lubricated.",0.9543339080991282,0.09133218380174357
9073760,"1. A method for manufacturing a multiple oxide, the method comprising: a solution preparing step of adding a lithium compound soluble in acidic aqueous solution and an oxoanion raw-material compound to iron and steel pickling waste liquid to prepare a mixed solution; a roasting step of introducing the mixed solution into a roasting furnace to roast the mixed solution; and a collecting step of collecting the multiple oxide obtained in the roasting step wherein an organic compound which reduces an iron ion in the iron and steel pickling waste liquid is further added in the solution preparing step.",0.7845056989996257,0.4309886020007485
8467749,"1. An FM-band transmit power amplifier having an input and an output, comprising: a pre-filter including: an output driver coupled between said second passive RC notch filter and said output and having separately biased PMOS and NMOS transconductors configured to receive an output from said second passive RC notch filter.",0.14299515780766262,0.2859903156153252
9351460,"1. An F1 hybrid maize variety X00D864 seed, wherein representative seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH18KW with a second plant of variety PH1W03, and wherein representative seed of said varieties PH18KW and PH1W03 have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120326 and PTA-121968, respectively.",0.5507279381289283,0.8985441237421434
8828585,"1. A connecting member for connecting two or more devices to an external circuit, the connection member including: a first connection circuit having a first end connected to a connection point of the external circuit, and a second end disposed distal from the first end; and second connection circuits sequentially connected to the first connection circuit at different locations in regular intervals between the first end of the first connection circuit and respective devices, the second connection circuits being constructed in a structure in which widths of the second connection circuits are increased with an increase of a connection distance between the connection point of the external circuit and connection points of the two or more devices, under the condition that the second connection circuits have the same thickness as that of the first connection circuit, thereby equalizing internal resistances between the connection point of the external circuit and the connection points of the two or more devices, wherein the first connection circuit and the second connection circuits are of a single metal plate, and wherein the widest one of the second connection circuits is connected to the second end of the first connection circuit.",0.06872263354371422,0.13744526708742844
8381518,"1. An engine system for a combustion engine having an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold, comprising: a turbine having a turbine inlet for receiving exhaust gas and a turbine outlet for discharging exhaust gas; a diesel particulate filter (DPF) having a DPF inlet in flow-communication with the exhaust manifold and a DPF outlet in flow-communication with the turbine inlet, wherein the engine system comprises an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) path haying an EGR inlet in flow-communication with the DPF outlet, and an EGR outlet in flow-communication with the intake manifold, wherein the turbine is in mechanical communication with a compressor, the compressor having a compressor outlet in flow-communication with the intake manifold and a compressor inlet in flow-communication with fresh air, wherein the EGR outlet is split into a first EGR path and a second EGR path, the first EGR path is at least partially in flow-communication with the compressor inlet, and further comprising a compressed air cooler haying a cooler inlet in flow-communication with the compressor outlet, and a cooler outlet in flow-communication with the intake manifold, and wherein the second EGR path is at least partially in flow-communication with the cooler inlet, bypassing the compressor inlet.",0.9676080043660682,0.0647839912678636
9174802,"1. A chute liner for use in lining the impact surface of a bulk material conveyor chute comprising: a) a first layer, said first layer of ceramic material arranged for direct contact with the aggregate bulk material being moved through said chute; b) a second layer, said second layer of metallic material disposed directly underneath said first layer and arranged to couple closely with said first layer; c) a third layer, said third layer of elastomeric material disposed directly underneath said second layer and arranged to couple closely with said second layer; and d) a fourth layer, said fourth layer of metallic material disposed directly underneath said third layer and arranged to couple closely with said chute.",0.23995427991075552,0.47990855982151104
8856336,"1. A method comprising: receiving a request to move a first partition from a source computer to a destination computer while the first partition is executing on the source computer, said first partition using a fee-based first resource to perform work on behalf of at least one user; in response to the request, halting charging for the first resource used by the first partition at the source computer, wherein the first partition continues to execute using the first resource to perform work on behalf of the at least one user after halting charging for the first resource and wherein continued execution using the first resource is limited to a predetermined time limit after halting charging for the first resource; in response to the request, allocating a fee-based second resource to a second partition at the destination computer for performing work on behalf of the at least one user, wherein said allocating a fee-based second resource to a second partition is performed while the first partition continues to execute using the first resource to perform work on behalf of the at least one user after halting charging for the first resource; in response to the request, charging for the second resource at the destination computer; and in response to the request, starting execution of the second partition at the destination computer.",0.3252131150610338,0.6504262301220676
9232665,"1. A method of fabricating a packaging substrate having a passive element embedded therein, comprising: providing a carrier board having two surfaces, each of which has a release film and a metal layer sequentially; forming positioning pads on the metal layers; encapsulating the metal layers disposed on the two surfaces of the carrier board with a first thermalplastic dielectric layer; providing at least a passive element having a plurality of electrode pads formed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the passive element, and disposing the at least a passive element on the first thermalplastic dielectric layer, with the positioning pads as positioning sites; providing a second thermalplastic dielectric layer that is stacked above the first thermalplastic dielectric layer and the at least a passive element; heating and compressing the first and second thermalplastic dielectric layers, to form two dielectric layer units, each of which has top and bottom surfaces, wherein the at least a passive element is embedded in the dielectric layer unit, and the positioning pads are embedded in the bottom surface of the dielectric layer unit; removing the carrier board and the release film, so as to separate the two dielectric layer units; and forming first and second circuit layers on the top and bottom surfaces of the dielectric layer units, wherein the first circuit layer is formed with a plurality of first conductive vias electrically connected to the electrode pads formed on the upper surface of the at least a passive element, and the second circuit layer is formed with a plurality of second conductive vias electrically connected to the electrode pads disposed on the lower surface of the at least a passive element.",0.405778832279457,0.811557664558914
9730670,"1. A stand-alone imaging station comprising: a first housing modules; a second housing module, the first housing module and the second housing module being separate and configured to be assembled together; a diagnostic imaging device contained within the first housing module, the diagnostic imaging device including a radiation source and a radiation detector; a door coupled to the first housing module and configured to allow a patient to enter the first housing module, the door including a lock configured to maintain the door in a locked state at least while the diagnostic imaging device captures the diagnostic image; and a device configured to receive payment information and including one selected from a group consisting of a magnetic stripe reader, a bill pay unit, a user identification card dispenser, and a scanner.",0.12284189939490348,0.24568379878980695
9605661,"1. A solar thermal power plant comprising:— a first tower; a plurality of heliostats adjacent the tower and forming a heliostat field, the plurality of heliostats comprising a controllable first subset of the heliostats and a second separately controllable second subset of the heliostats; a solar radiation receiver mounted on the tower to receive solar radiation reflected by the heliostat field; the solar radiation receiver comprising first receiver panels mounted on the tower; second receiver panels separate from the first receiver panels; a power generation circuit including a steam turbine for driving an electrical generator to produce electrical power, water in the power generation circuit being capable of being heated directly by solar radiation reflected onto the first receiver panels by the heliostat field to generate steam to drive the steam turbine; an energy storage circuit including a thermal energy storage fluid that circulates through the second receiver panels and is capable of being heated directly by solar radiation reflected by the second subset of heliostats of the heliostat field onto the second receiver panels; a heat exchanger for recovering thermal energy from the thermal energy storage fluid in the energy storage circuit in a recovery mode of the solar thermal power plant when there is insufficient thermal energy to directly heat the water circulating in the first receiver panels, the heat exchanger configured in the power generation circuit such that energy from the energy storage fluid is transferred directly to the water in the power generation circuit to generate steam in the heat exchanger in the recovery mode; the first subset of heliostats controlled by a computer tracking system to direct solar radiation exclusively to the first receiver panels; the second subset of heliostats controlled by the computer tracking system to direct solar radiation to either of the first or second receiver panels; and further comprising a second tower spaced from the first tower, the second receiver panels configured on the second tower.",0.9936178272827658,0.01276434543446836
8884796,1. A delta-sigma modulator comprising a delta-sigma modulator input for receiving a delta-sigma modulator input signal; a delta-sigma modulator output for providing a sequence of delta-sigma modulator output values; a first delta-sigma modulator stage for forming an integral of the delta-sigma modulator input signal and at least one first feedback signal multiplied with a first coefficient for providing a first stage output signal a final delta-sigma modulator stage for forming an integral of a preceding stage output signal and the at least one first feedback signal multiplied with a second coefficient for providing a final stage output signal a quantizer for quantizing the final stage output signal into the sequence of delta-sigma modulator output values a feedback signal modifier for modifying the at least one first feedback signal as a function of a current delta-sigma modulator output value and one of a at least one preceding delta-sigma modulator output value that is temporaly preceding the current delta-sigma modulator output value.,0.1626321087323764,0.32526421746475287
9111298,"1. A computer implemented method comprising: providing, by a processor, a framework for building a visual representation of a product concept, the visual representation including one or more of a textual component or a graphical component; receiving, by the processor, a designation of a first element within at least one of the textual component or the graphical component as a first dynamic element; receiving, by the processor, a designation of a second element within at least one of the textual component or the graphical component as a second dynamic element; associating, by the processor, the first dynamic element with a first variant list including first element variants; associating, by the processor, the second dynamic element with a second variant list including second element variants; associating a constraint between one of the first element variants and one of the second element variants; in response to associating the constraint, updating the first variant list or the second variant list to include a constraint indicator; receiving, by the processor, a selection of a first element variant from the first variant list; receiving, by the processor, a selection of a second element variant from the second variant list; and generating, by the processor, a first instantiation of the visual representation including the first element variant as the first dynamic element and the second element variant as the second dynamic element based upon the constraint.",0.13395341864172383,0.26790683728344766
8667785,"1. A catalysed substrate monolith for use in treating exhaust gas emitted from a lean-burn internal combustion engine, which catalysed substrate monolith comprising a first washcoat coating and a second washcoat coating, wherein the first washcoat coating comprises a catalyst composition comprising at least one platinum group metal (PGM) and at least one support material for the at least one PGM, wherein at least one PGM in the first washcoat coating is liable to volatilise when the first washcoat coating is exposed to relatively extreme conditions including relatively high temperatures, wherein the second washcoat coating comprises at least one metal oxide for trapping volatilised PGM and wherein the second washcoat coating is oriented to contact exhaust gas that has contacted the first washcoat coating and wherein: (i) at least the first washcoat coat comprises a NO (ii) the at least one PGM in the first washcoat coating comprises both platinum and palladium, and the weight ratio of Pt:Pd is ≦2.",0.9812928154998455,0.03741436900030903
8652250,"1. A composition used for high-strength impermeable concrete, which contains sand, stone, cement, water reducer and water, characterized in that the composition also contains reinforced impermeable sand, which includes aeolian sand and binder covering the surface of the aeolian sand, wherein the average particle strength of the reinforced impermeable sand is 20-60 N.",0.7246192637077673,0.5507614725844654
8598117,"1. A hybrid toxin active against Ostrinia nubilalis (European corn borer), comprising in an amino- to carboxy-terminal direction an N-terminal region of a first Vip3 protein joined to a C-terminal region of a second Vip3 protein different from the first Vip3 protein, wherein the first Vip3 protein is not active against European corn borer, and wherein the C-terminal region comprises amino acids 579-787 of SEQ ID NO:2.",0.6121162072924058,0.7757675854151884
9542713,"1. A method for signing digital certificates, the method comprising: cryptographically coupling a token to a manufacturing station, wherein the token includes a counter representing a number of signed digital certificates and a maximum value for the counter; enabling the token based on a personal identification number received by the manufacturing station; determining that a value stored in the counter is less than the maximum value; in response to determining that the value stored in the counter is less than the maximum value; obtaining a public key from an electronic device, binding the public key to a digital certificate that is currently unsigned, determining that a serial number associated with the digital certificate matches a serial number associated with a serial number tracker in the token, and in response to determining that the serial number associated with the digital certificate matches the serial number associated with the serial number tracker in the token, signing the digital certificate with the public key; modifying the serial number in the serial number tracker to the next serial number expected; incrementing the counter following the signing of the digital certificate; and returning the signed digital certificate to the electronic device.",0.07821732837548329,0.15643465675096657
9812594,"1. A solar cell comprising: a photoelectric conversion section; and a collecting electrode on one main surface of the photoelectric conversion section, wherein the collecting electrode includes a first electroconductive layer and a second electroconductive layer in this order from a photoelectric conversion section side, and further includes an insulating layer between the first electroconductive layer and the second electroconductive layer, wherein an opening section is formed in the insulating layer; the first electroconductive layer is covered with the insulating layer; the first electroconductive layer includes a first-melting-point material and a second-melting-point material, a thermal-fluidization onset temperature T a part of the second electroconductive layer is conductively connected with the first electroconductive layer through the opening section of the insulating layer, wherein the first-melting-point material includes a metallic material.",0.9831448455911352,0.03371030881772952
8806481,"1. A computer system comprising: a plurality of hardware components; and a processor executing a computing environment comprising: a virtualization layer implementing a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) within the computer system, wherein the virtualization layer controls the sharing of one or more of the plurality of hardware components by the plurality of VMs; and an authentication service running in a first virtual machine of the plurality of VMs, the authentication service using the one or more of the plurality of hardware components to perform a user authentication process; wherein the authentication service performs the user authentication process and returns a result of the user authentication process to a second virtual machine of the plurality of VMs, in response to a remote procedure call from the second virtual machine and upon determining that an authentication of a user of the computer system is required; the virtualization layer operates to dynamically provide the first virtual machine with exclusive access to the one or more of the plurality of the hardware components when the authentication service performs the user authentication process by accessing each of the one or more hardware components; and the virtualization layer further operates to release the one or more hardware components for use by other VMs executing within the computing environment upon the completion of the user authentication process.",0.1816872298019066,0.3633744596038132
8896475,"1. A converter, comprising: a plurality of converter stages connected in series, each receiving a clock signal and a respective continuous-time analog input voltage, and generating a respective analog output signal and a respective digital output signal; wherein intermediate converter stages each comprise:",0.7161318254072349,0.5677363491855303
8552610,"1. An alternator comprising: a rotatably-assembled permanent magnet, the magnetization direction of the magnet being orthogonal to the rotation axis, and a winding with no iron core surrounding the magnet and having each turn in a plane substantially parallel to a plane containing the rotation axis, the winding extending across a dihedral angle from the rotation axis smaller than 75 degrees and, radially, over a distance ranging between one quarter and half of the magnet diameter from a circumference of the magnet.",0.7690503412981953,0.46189931740360946
8480770,"1. An offgas flow controlling method for a system, wherein the system includes: a pressure swing adsorption gas separator that executes pressure swing adsorption, the pressure swing adsorption gas separator being designed to repeat a cycle including an adsorption process and a desorption process, the adsorption process being performed for extracting first component gas as target gas from raw material gas, the desorption process being performed for extracting offgas from the raw material gas, the raw material gas containing, besides the first component gas, second component gas which is more easily adsorbable than the first component gas, the offgas containing the second component gas and the first component gas; an offgas consumption unit that consumes the offgas; an offgas supply pipe that supplies the offgas extracted from the pressure swing adsorption gas separator to the offgas consumption unit; a buffer tank provided at the offgas supply pipe that temporarily holds the offgas extracted from the pressure swing adsorption gas separator; and a flow control unit that controls a flow of the offgas supplied via the buffer tank to the offgas consumption unit; the method comprising a step of using the flow control unit to change the flow of the offgas supplied from the buffer tank to the offgas consumption unit in accordance with a load change in the pressure swing adsorption gas separator, wherein the change in the flow of the offgas takes place when a cycle time of the cycle including the adsorption process and the desorption process is changed, the flow of the offgas is changed continuously with time during at least part of a time of the change of the cycle time from a preceding cycle to a following cycle, and the pressure swing adsorption gas separator is operating continuously in the preceding cycle and the following cycle.",0.9443336829786094,0.11133263404278115
8939126,"1. A vehicle, comprising: an air intake system including a first air inlet port, a second air inlet port, a common air intake duct for the first and second air inlet ports and an air filter providing filtered air; an engine receiving the filtered air; a valve disposed in the second air inlet port and operable to move between a closed position and an open position responsive to a controller coupled to the engine and the valve; and at least one sensor disposed between the filter and the engine and in communication with the controller for controlling movement of the valve between the closed and the open position to provide the filtered air to the engine.",0.7538516878468511,0.49229662430629784
9847351,"1. A method for fabricating semiconductor device, comprising: providing a substrate having a first region and a second region; forming a gate layer extending from the first region to the second region on the substrate; forming a first gate dielectric layer on the gate layer; forming a first channel layer on the first region and a second channel layer on the second region; and forming a first source/drain on the first channel layer and a second source/drain on the second channel layer, wherein the top surfaces of the first source/drain and the second source/drain are higher than the top surfaces of the first channel layer and the second channel layer, and an edge of the first channel layer is aligned with an edge of the first source/drain and an edge of the first gate dielectric layer.",0.18353992910550151,0.3670798582110031
9138548,"1. A fluid warmer for tempering of a medical fluid guided in a fluid line, the fluid warmer comprising: a first and a second resistance heating element for alternating voltage; a heat exchanger thermally coupled to the first and second resistance heating elements, the heat exchanger comprising a holder for the fluid line; wherein each resistance heating element has a first and a second electrical supply connection conductor, respectively, for connection of the resistance heating elements to an alternating voltage source; wherein the first electrical supply connection conductor includes a first drivable switch and wherein the second electrical supply connection conductor includes a second drivable switch; a voltage measurement device connected to the heat exchanger and a neutral conductor of the alternating voltage source for determining a voltage between the heat exchanger and the neutral conductor of the alternating voltage source; a control device connected to the first and second drivable switch for synchronized transfer of the switches into their open switching state in dependence on the voltage; a temperature measurement device comprising an evaluation unit, the evaluation unit being connected to a temperature sensor via an electrical connecting line, where the temperature sensor is arranged on or in the heat exchanger, wherein the connecting line includes a third drivable switch which is transferable into its open switching state synchronously with the first and second drivable switches of the first and second electrical supply connection conductors; wherein the heat exchanger is electrically conductively connected to a functional grounding conductor, wherein the functional grounding conductor is provided with a fourth drivable switch, which is transferable into its open switching state synchronously with the first and second drivable switches of the first and second electrical supply connection conductors or with the third drivable switch of the temperature measurement device; wherein the control device includes a current measurement device detecting a leakage current via the functional grounding conductor; wherein the control device is programmed to jointly transfer the switches into the open switching state on occurrence of a leakage current via the functional grounding conductor, which is equal to or less than a defined minimum threshold current conduction; and wherein a respectively inversely phased alternating voltage is applied to each resistance heating element during a tempering mode; or wherein respectively in-phase alternating voltages are applied to the resistance heating elements during the tempering mode and a compensation alternating voltage, which is substantially inversely phased with respect to the alternating voltage, is applied to the heat exchanger using a compensation circuit.",0.34596198248395177,0.6919239649679035
9073540,1. A system for controlling deceleration of a vehicle comprising: a continuously variable transmission (CVT); a sensor configured to detect a plurality of vehicle speeds; and a processor coupled to the CVT and the sensor and configured to:,0.6246076261202649,0.7507847477594702
9539525,"1. A centrifugation device comprising: (a) a feeding tube defining a longitudinal axis; (b) a plurality of centrifugal plates extending longitudinally and radially around the feeding tube and rotatable about the longitudinal axis, the centrifugal plates having coarse surfaces coated with one or more layers of polymer material; and (c) a centrifugation tank disposed coaxially with the feeding tube and around the centrifugal plates, a sidewall of the tank being provided with a filter selected from the group consisting of micro filter and nano filter.",0.16452649063185212,0.3290529812637042
9250159,"1. An apparatus for detecting and responding to whiskers comprising: at least one detection compartment; a first structure disposed within said at least one detection compartment formed to have at least some physical, chemical, or structural characteristics corresponding to a device under surveillance having tendencies to form whiskers; an interaction generating unit formed to influence or generate whisker related interactions with said first structure in said at least one detection compartment, wherein said whisker related interactions include temperature, humidity, and stress conditions associated with said first structure; a control unit adapted to control said interaction generating unit so as to approximate or match whisker generation related conditions associated with said device under surveillance, wherein said control unit receives whisker related condition data from said device under surveillance and alters whisker generation related conditions or interactions generated by said interaction generating unit which are applied to said first structure; a sensor system adapted to detect whiskers formed on said first structure comprising at least one moveable optical sensor; a response system adapted to generate a detection signal based on detection of at least one of said whiskers formed on said first structure, wherein said detection signal indicates presence and at least one approximate location of said detected at least one whisker; a user interface adapted to display a whisker detection indicator to an operator associated with detection signal.",0.44568361578937815,0.8913672315787563
9221495,"1. A steering control device for steering a vehicle upon failure of a steering apparatus, comprising: a steering wheel; first and second motors driving left and right front wheels respectively; a failure determination means for determining whether the steering apparatus providing a steering angle to said front wheels in accordance with an operation angle of said steering wheel has failed, upon detecting a failure the failure determination means sends a failure signal to a control means, and upon detecting no failure the failure determination means produces a steering signal based on the operation angle of the steering wheel; and the control means for receiving the failure signal and for producing a torque difference between an output torque of the first motor and an output torque of the second motor based upon the operation angle of said steering wheel when said failure determination means determines that said steering apparatus has failed, the vehicle being steered according to the torque difference and not according to the steering signal, and wherein the left front wheel being driven based on a left torque instruction and the right front wheel being driven based on a right torque instruction, the left torque instruction being increased or decreased by a torque increase/decrease rate for said first motor and the right torque instruction being increased or decreased by a torque increase/decrease rate for said second motor only upon a determination that the steering apparatus has failed, wherein said control means calculates, when it is determined that said steering apparatus has failed, the torque increase/decrease rate for said first motor and the torque increase/decrease rate for said second motor based on the operation angle of said steering wheel, an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal, and respective rotation speeds of said first and second motors, using a relational expression or a map in which the respective torque increase/decrease rates for said first and second motors in accordance with the operation angle of said steering wheel are predetermined for each amount of operation of said accelerator pedal and for each rotation speed of said first and second motors, wherein the first and second motors each have a rotation angle sensor for determining a rotation angle of the first and second motors, respectively, and wherein the control means calculates the left torque instruction and the right torque instructions based on a signal of the rotation angle from each rotation angle sensor.",0.3144549792712734,0.6289099585425468
9582011,"1. An integrated attic ventilation, air conditioning and heating system electronic controller comprising: a housing configured to be secured within an attic space in a building structure having a living area, the attic space including an intake vent and an exhaust vent, a powered intake and exhaust pathway overlaying the attic space from the intake vent to the exhaust vent, the building structure including an air conditioning and heating system; the powered intake pathway moves air from the exterior of the building structure to the attic space; the powered exterior pathway moves air from the attic space to the exterior of the building structure; a temperature input configured to receive an ambient temperature (T a control output configured to send a control signal to the powered intake and exhaust pathway to effect operation thereof; an intermittent operational mode dependently operating with ON and OFF cycles of the air conditioning and heating system; a constant operational mode independently operating with ON and OFF cycles of the air conditioning and heating system, the constant operational mode overriding an intermittent operational mode, the constant operational mode being OFF unless the ambient temperature (T an HVAC communication connection configured to facilitate data exchange with a master electronic control board of the air conditioning and heating system; a processor disposed in the housing and coupled to the temperature input, a humidity input, the first control output, a second control output, and the HVAC communication connection; and a memory accessible to the processor, the memory including processor-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:",0.8992958117928466,0.20140837641430687
8877187,"1. A method of treating a mammal infected with a virus in the Flaviviridae family comprising administering to the infected mammal a composition comprising polyclonal goose antibodies against a virus in the Flaviviridae family, wherein the mammal has not been de-sensitized to goose antibodies prior to said step of administering the composition comprising the polyclonal goose antibodies against the virus in the Flaviviridae family.",0.5976393548313935,0.804721290337213
8575128,1. A method for transdifferentiating mammalian cells that have been destabilized by radiation comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the cells with an amount of guanosine monophosphate effective to cause transdifferentiation of said cells; and (b) contacting said cells from step (a) with an amount effective for stabilization of an agent which causes stabilization of cells produced in step a.,0.5627358769190327,0.8745282461619346
9403342,"1. A cermet coating comprising: a hard phase; and a binder phase that binds said hard phase, wherein said cermet coating is bonded directly to a metal substrate; said hard phase comprises a carbide phase composed of at least one type of WC and CrC; and said binder phase includes at least one type of metal phase selected from Co, Ni, NiCr, and CoCr, and has a structure of a metal polycrystalline body.",0.38711953515773356,0.7742390703154671
8397492,"1. An exhaust emission control device comprising a particulate filter, a selective reduction catalyst arranged downstream thereof for selectively reacting NO x with ammonia even in the presence of oxygen, a communication passage for introduction of the exhaust gas from an exit side of the particulate filter to an entry side of the selective reduction catalyst and urea water addition means for adding urea water intermediately of said communication passage, characterized in that an upstream portion of said communication passage is constituted by a gas gathering chamber surrounding an exit end of the particulate filter to gather the exhaust gas from said exit end through substantially perpendicular turnabout and a mixing pipe for extracting the exhaust gas gathered in said gas gathering chamber through substantially perpendicular turnabout over again, a downstream end of the gas gathering chamber being connected to an entry end of mixing pipe to cover a periphery of the entry end of the mixing pipe with a required intervening space and to close the open entry end of the mixing pipe, the entry end of said mixing pipe being formed with a first opening at a position near the exit side of the particulate filter and being formed with a second opening at a position away from the exit side and diametrically opposite to said first opening, and that arranged in the downstream end of said gas gathering chamber are a first partition which guides all of the flow of the exhaust gas from the exit side of the particulate filter into one-way swirling flow around the entry end of the mixing pipe with its uppermost stream being at said first opening, a second partition which divides the flow of the exhaust gas guided by said first partition into two to cause an inner one of the divided swirling flows to tangentially enter into said first opening and a third partition which causes the remaining outer swirling flow to tangentially enter into said second opening.",0.8651263024074703,0.2697473951850593
8544799,"1. An aircraft comprising a flush air inlet formed in a surface of the aircraft, and a vortex generator (VG) mounted to the aircraft surface upstream of the flush air inlet to generate vortexes that will sweep away a boundary layer in front of the flush air inlet thereby inducing a downwash effect in a freestream airflow, wherein the VG comprises: a delta-shaped wing structure; and a pair of laterally spaced apart airfoil-shaped supports each having an upper end connected to the wing structure and a lower end for attachment to the aircraft upstream of the flush air inlet, wherein the supports are oriented with respect to one another so as to diverge in a direction of the freestream airflow into the flush air inlet.",0.737272016776982,0.5254559664460361
9246706,"1. A method, comprising interworking an originating message from a first messaging service to a second messaging service at a network-based service level interworking gateway, storing, at the service level interworking gateway, correlation information particular to an interworked originating message, the correlation information including time information related to the originating message, sending, from the service level interworking gateway, the interworked originating message of the second messaging service with a service center address, interworking, at the service level interworking gateway, a received terminating message of the second messaging service to an interworked terminating message of the first messaging service by using the correlation information to correlate the received terminating message with the originating message, and sending, from the service level interworking function, the interworked terminating message of the first messaging service to the originating user equipment, in order for the interworked terminating message to be delivered to an application present in the originating user equipment which sent the originating message from the first messaging service and not to be delivered to a different application present in the originating user equipment capable of handling messages of the second messaging service.",0.16775747837009833,0.3355149567401967
9774262,"1. A current resonance type power supply device, comprising: a first switch element and a second switch element connected in series across ends of a DC (direct current) power supply; a series circuit connected to a junction of the first switch element and the second switch element and to one end of the DC power supply, and having a series connection of a reactor, a primary winding of a transformer, and a capacitor; a full-wave rectifier/smoothing circuit configured to perform full-wave rectification and smoothing on a voltage generated in a secondary winding of the transformer thereby to extract a DC voltage; a control circuit configured to set a first ON time of the first switch element and a second ON time of the second switch element to a same predetermined time under heavy-load conditions thereby to alternately turn on and off the first switch element and the second switch element; a detector configured to detect the DC voltage from the full-wave rectifier/smoothing circuit; and a first ON time controller comprising at least a current source and an adder, the adder adding a current from the current source and a feedback current, the first ON time controller configured to use the feedback current to set one of the first ON time of the first switch element and the second ON time of the second switch element, shorter than the predetermined time under light-load conditions, based on the DC voltage detected by the detector.",0.8893034200552983,0.22139315988940345
9012189,"1. A modified alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) comprising one or more modifications at positions corresponding to amino acids selected from the group consisting of: (a) tyrosine 50 of the wild-type Lactococcus lactis AdhA (SEQ ID NO: 185); (b) glutamine 77 of the wild-type Lactococcus lactis AdhA (SEQ ID NO: 185); (c) valine 108 of the wild-type Lactococcus lactis AdhA (SEQ ID NO: 185); (d) tyrosine 113 of the wild-type Lactococcus lactis AdhA (SEQ ID NO: 185); (e) isoleucine 212 of the wild-type Lactococcus lactis AdhA (SEQ ID NO: 185); and (f) leucine 264 of the wild-type Lactococcus lactis AdhA (SEQ ID NO: 185), wherein said modified ADH is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 185 and has ADH activity.",0.572014171055038,0.8559716578899239
9752201,"1. A method for detecting a human parvovirus target nucleic acid in a sample, said method comprising: (A) providing a sample, wherein said sample is suspected of containing at least one of human parvovirus; (B) contacting said sample with an oligomer combination for amplifying a human parvovirus nucleic acid target region and an HAV nucleic acid target region, said oligomer combination comprising (C) performing an in vitro nucleic acid amplification reaction, wherein any parvovirus target nucleic acid present in said sample is used as a template for generating a parvovirus amplification product; and (D) detecting the presence or absence of the parvovirus amplification product, thereby indicating the presence or absence of parvovirus in said sample.",0.44587498663393405,0.8917499732678681
8521110,"1. A communication device comprising: a first transceiver for communicating first data with at least one of a plurality of remote communication devices via a first protocol; a second transceiver for communicating second data with at least one of the plurality of remote communication devices via a second protocol; and a communication control module, coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver, for coordinating the communication of the first data and the second data with the at least one of the plurality of remote communication devices and for establishing a mesh network between the communication device and the plurality of remote communication devices wherein communication control module generates a routing table to facilitate communication between the communication device and the plurality of remote communication devices, wherein the routing table specifies a plurality of possible routes between the communication device and one of the plurality of remote devices.",0.5933886371295289,0.8132227257409421
9495776,"1. A computing method comprising: calculating, by a processor, distances representing degrees of dissimilarity between different records included in a set of data, the records each being a combination of values of a plurality of input variables and values of a plurality of output variables produced by a computer simulation using the values of the input variables, wherein the values of the input variables are obtained as a result of multi-objective optimization performed with respect to the computer simulation;",0.050958814632452824,0.10191762926490566
9589221,"1. A method of operating a smart card comprising: deactivating, by a power management unit, a plurality of sub-units based on a plurality of enable signals during a first idle time interval, a first stop signal set to a second logic level and a second stop signal set to a first logic level during the first idle time interval after data transmission is completed, the second stop signal being generated from a frequency detector based on an external clock signal; controlling, by the power management unit and the frequency detector, voltages based on a control signal and level control signals during a clock stop time interval, the voltages being provided to the sub-units, the control signal being generated from the frequency detector, the level control signals being generated from the power management unit based on the control signal, the first stop signal set to the second logic level and the second stop signal set to the second logic level based on the external clock signal during the clock stop time interval after the first idle time interval; and activating, by the power management unit, the plurality of sub-units based on the plurality of enable signals during a second idle time interval, the first stop signal set to the second logic level and the second stop signal set to the first logic level based on the external clock signal during the second idle time interval after the clock stop time interval.",0.8811668998926888,0.23766620021462237
9534823,"1. A motor driving device comprising: a rectifier to rectify input alternate current (AC) power; a boost converter to boost power rectified by the rectifier; a capacitor to store a voltage from the boost converter; an inverter that includes a plurality of switching elements, the inverter to transform AC power, using a voltage across the capacitor, and to provide the transformed power to a motor; a regenerative power consuming device, between the capacitor and the inverter, to consume regenerative power from the motor, the regenerative power consuming device includes a switching element; an inverter controller to control the inverter; and a switching driving device to provide a switching control signal to the switching element of the regenerative power consuming device and to provide an operation control signal to the inverter controller when the voltage across the capacitor is equal to or greater than a predetermined voltage.",0.9869277053732662,0.02614458925346752
9609657,"1. A mobile communication method comprising the steps of; notifying a mobile station of an initial value of a first offset value by a radio base station; notifying the mobile station of an initial value of a second offset value by the radio base station; and performing a demodulation process on a downlink data signal in an Almost Blank Subframe (ABS) by the mobile station based on the initial value of the first offset value and the initial value of the second offset value, wherein the first offset value is a value representing a ratio between transmission power on a physical downlink shared channel in a first period in which a cell-specific reference signal is transmitted in ABS, and transmission power on the physical downlink shared channel in a second period in which no cell-specific reference signal is transmitted in ABS, and the second offset value is a value representing a ratio between the transmission power on the physical downlink shared channel in the second period in which no cell-specific reference signal is transmitted in the ABS and transmission power of the cell-specific reference signal.",0.38247798662661103,0.7649559732532221
9083462,"1. An optical communication system comprising: an acousto-optic modulator configured to receive an electrical signal and modulate a light beam in accordance with the received electrical signal to produce an undiffracted beam and at least one diffracted beam, the undiffracted beam having a first polarization and the at least one diffracted beam having a second polarization, the first polarization and the second polarization being different; and a waveplate configured to receive the at least one diffracted beam as an input, convert the second polarization of the at least one diffracted beam to correspond to the first polarization and provide the at least one diffracted beam having the converted polarization.",0.09184606782937815,0.1836921356587563
9455208,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: an insulating substrate having one main surface and the other main surface that are formed in a horizontal-direction and having a wiring pattern on the one main surface side; a semiconductor element formed on the one main surface side of said insulating substrate; an external electrode having electrical connection with said wiring pattern or said semiconductor element and provided on the one main surface of said insulating substrate; and a housing case that houses said insulating substrate and said semiconductor element, said housing case including an electrode insertion region on the one main surface side of said insulating substrate, the electrode insertion region containing at least part of an electrode insertion part of said external electrode, wherein said external electrode includes a horizontal-direction electrode region formed in said horizontal direction, said horizontal-direction electrode region being configured to have an upper surface that is in physical contact with said electrode insertion region.",0.1272168938200364,0.25443378764007285
9685157,"1. A vehicle, comprising: a communication unit configured to receive text data stored in an external apparatus; a data converter configured to convert the received text data into voice data; a speech input unit configured to receive a speech from a user; a speech recognizer configured to recognize the received speech using at least one of an acoustic model and a language model corresponding to a language that is set in the external apparatus; and a controller configured to search for voice data corresponding to the recognized speech in the converted voice data, to generate a control command including the voice data found by the controller based on the recognized speech, and to transmit the control command to the external apparatus through the communication unit.",0.3026916220011472,0.6053832440022944
8785413,"1. A method of reducing or preventing ocular neovascularization in a subject, wherein the method consists of administering, into one or more target ocular tissues of the subject, said target ocular tissues selected from the group consisting of the retinal, choroidal and corneal ocular compartments, an expression vector comprising a transgene encoding a therapeutic molecule, wherein the transgene is operably linked to an ocular-specific promoter and becomes hypoxia-responsive when said ocular-specific promoter is placed under the control of a hypoxia responsive element and selectively drives gene expression in retinal cells, retinal pigment epithelial cells, Muller cells, choroid cells and combinations thereof; wherein said hypoxia responsive element is a hypoxia regulated silencing element (HRSE) including at least one hypoxia responsive element (HRE) sequence which upregulates gene expression under hypoxia or inflammation and at least one neuron-restrictive silencer element (NRSE) sequence which silences gene expression under normoxia, wherein the ocular-specific promoter selectively drives gene expression in the ocular tissue having, or at risk of developing, neovascularization, wherein the hypoxia-responsive element upregulates gene expression under hypoxia or inflammation but not under normoxia, whereby ocular neovascularization is reduced or prevented.",0.10610643313682522,0.21221286627365044
9136063,"1. A container of an electrochemical double-layer capacitor comprising: a housing; a cap portion adapted to be coupled to the housing; an orifice passing through at least one of the housing or the cap portion; and a resealable vent assembly in fluid communication with the container and secured within the orifice, wherein:",0.5668573932499177,0.8662852135001646
9832979,"1. An artificial reef comprising: (a) environmentally-friendly homogenized organic and inorganic materials, wherein the organic materials are selected from the group consisting of: (a) coconut peat, shredded mixed coconut fibers, copra residuals, shredded coconut tree trunks and leaves; (b) sugar cane bagasse; (c) wood industry residuals selected from the group consisting of wood chips, wood dust, wood shavings, shredded leaves, trunks, twigs, and bark; (d) paper industry residuals selected from the group consisting of wood pulp and post-consumer paper discards; (e) shredded plants and plant parts; and (f) peat moss or derivatives thereof; (b) cement; and (c) sand and gravel aggregates; wherein the organic materials, the cement, and sand and gravel aggregates are molded to form the artificial reef, wherein the environmentally-friendly homogenized organic and inorganic materials comprise from about 40% to about 60% of organic materials, and wherein the inorganic materials include a mixture of metal oxides wherein the metal is not a heavy metal, wherein the mixture of the metal oxides comprises about 0.5% of the volume.",0.9886654747522031,0.022669050495593757
9852264,"1. A method for generating an authenticated wellness activity report for an individual user with a biometric device comprising a touch screen unit with a display, a front camera, first finger print scanner, second finger print scanner, and extendable voice recorder, a start press button and a separate stop press button to start and stop tracking wellness activity data respectively, two separate speakers located at a side panel of the unit, two separate motion sensor inputs, located at the side panel of the unit, an audio output, a micro USB input, and a power input located at the side panel of the unit, and an integrated circuit board with processor and network card, the steps comprising: a) connecting the power input of the biometric device to a power supply, b) accessing the internet via the network card, c) creating an individual user account profile comprising user information including biometric data obtained from the at least one finger print scanner, voice recorder, and camera, d) updating the user profile with user fitness equipment, e) connecting the biometric device with user equipment via the micro-USB, f) configuring motion sensors, connected to the motion sensor inputs of the biometric device, with the user equipment, g) sensing a user's biometric data with the biometric device, h) authenticating the user based on the sensed biometric data, i) recording the user's wellness activity data with the biometric device start and stop buttons respectively, including at least calories burned, duration of wellness activity, fitness equipment used, heart rate, and blood pressure, j) updating the user profile with the recorded wellness activity data, and k) generating the user's wellness activity report, comprising at least the wellness activity data.",0.12245934633330735,0.2449186926666147
9612986,"1. An apparatus comprising: protocol layer logic, link layer logic, and physical layer logic; the physical layer logic comprising a drift buffer, a transmitter, and a receiver, wherein the physical layer logic is to support differential signaling, wherein the drift buffer is to transfer received bit streams to a local clock domain; the physical layer logic to enter a polling state from another state defined in a state machine, wherein the polling state is one of a plurality of states defined in the state machine for initialization of a link, and the physical layer logic, when in the polling state, is to",0.420373258375809,0.840746516751618
9385366,"1. A positive electrode for a secondary battery comprising: a current collector; and an active material layer over the current collector, wherein the active material layer comprises an active material, graphene, and a binder, wherein a carbon layer is in contact with a surface of the active material, wherein a proportion of the graphene in the active material layer is greater than or equal to 0.1 wt % and less than or equal to 1.0 wt %, and wherein a maximum value of discharge capacity (mAh/g) of the positive electrode is more than or equal to 140 mAh/g at a discharging rate of 1 C.",0.9638371123515309,0.07232577529693818
9800509,"1. A method for transporting a data file, comprising: dividing the data file into a plurality of data frames; concatenating the plurality of data frames into at least one chain with a predefined transparency degree; associating the at least one chain with a control packet comprising information regarding at least a chain length of the at least one chain and the predefined transparency degree; scheduling transmission of the at least one chain along a predetermined path of a network based on the control packet; and transmitting each data frame along the predetermined path at a time derived from an expected time of arrival parameter.",0.3748159532418208,0.7496319064836416
9249597,"1. A tower construction for a wind turbine, comprising: a plurality of axially disposed hollow cylindrical tower sections, wherein each of the tower sections comprises an upper end and a lower end, and comprises a plurality of circumferentially disposed alternating first and second tower section segments defining an overlapping portion having a width and extending axially between the upper and lower end; and wherein the width of the overlapping portions of each tower sections increases in an upward axial direction resulting in the overlapping portion at the lower end of one tower section having a width less than the overlapping portion at the upper end of an adjoined tower section.",0.9156530512736221,0.16869389745275587
8670558,"1. A cryptographic processing apparatus for executing a common-key block cipher process, the cryptographic processing apparatus comprising: a cryptographic processing part configured to perform a data transformation process of repeating a round function for a plurality of rounds; and a key scheduling part configured to generate a round key to be applied in execution of the round function, wherein the key scheduling part is configured to include: an intermediate key generating part configured to generate an intermediate key by using a secret key transformation process, a register configured to store the generated intermediate key, and a data transformation part configured to execute the data transformation process on register-stored data that is stored in the register, the data transformation part being configured to execute a double-swap process of dividing the register-stored data into sets of data segments and swapping the data segments in each set to generate the round key, and thereafter repeatedly execute the double-swap process based on the round key generated in a previous iteration to generate a plurality of different round keys, wherein the key scheduling part is configured to further include: a constant generation part configured to generate a constant which is different for each round, wherein the constant generation part is configured to generate small-number-of-bits data which is different for each round by performing a data transformation on small-number-of-bits data having a smaller number of bits than a constant to be generated, and generate the constant which is different for each round by using a combination of shifted data items of the generated small-number-of-bits data, and an exclusive-OR operation part configured to execute an exclusive-OR operation between the constant generated by the constant generation part and the register-stored data to generate the round key.",0.16450631046929043,0.32901262093858086
8544294,"1. A subassembly for an adsorption chiller, comprising: an adsorption component including: a condensation component including: a evaporation component including: wherein the plurality of adsorption plates are arranged in the stack between the plurality of evaporation plates and the plurality of condensation plates and refrigerant ports of the plurality of adsorption plates, the plurality of evaporation plates and the plurality of condensation plates are aligned to form a single refrigerant channel that connects the evaporation component, the adsorption component, and the condensation component so as to form a unitary structure.",0.6769124645374057,0.6461750709251886
9108371,"1. Injection moulding device ( 1 ) for two stage injection moulding a flexible sleeve body and a shoulder body for a squeezable tube by injection moulding a runner body and the flexible sleeve body in a first stage, and injection moulding the shoulder body adjacent the runner body and the flexible sleeve body in a second stage, such that the shoulder body is injection moulded integral with the runner body and the flexible sleeve body, the injection moulding device comprising: a male mould part ( a female mould part ( a runner end part ( a shoulder end part (",0.06571220343556407,0.1314244068711281
9032152,"1. A device configured for managing cache access, comprising: a probabilistic cache filter component configured for receiving a request from at least a computer processor; and a probing component configured for:",0.5106783231727684,0.9786433536544632
9023647,"1. A diagnostic kit comprising: (i) a microtiter plate comprising a plurality of microtiter wells shaped such that, when cells are contained in each well, the cells are concentrated, as compared to a flat-bottomed microtiter well, wherein the surface of each well comprises a polypropylene coating or is composed of polypropylene; and (ii) a cryopreserved monocyte-containing reagent, wherein the cryopreserved monocyte-containing reagent is provided to an end-user separately from the microtiter plate.",0.3264647637556328,0.6529295275112657
9444663,"1. A resource allocation apparatus in a cognitive radio system, comprising: processing circuitry configured to:",0.524529222331623,0.950941555336754
8971319,"1. A method, comprising: performing character recognition on data to identify a second computer in a network as a routing destination; making a non-network enabled device, coupled to a first computer in the network, accessible to the second computer such that the non-network enabled device functions as if it were a network enabled device from a perspective of the second computer such that, from a standpoint of a user at the second computer, there is not a perceived difference between the non-network enabled device and an actual network enabled device, where the non-network enabled device is not directly coupled to the second computer; and enabling routing of at least some of the data from the non-network enabled device to the second computer.",0.15614011958104726,0.31228023916209446
9090997,"1. A fabrication process for producing natural cellulose fibers with flame-retarding properties which comprises the following steps: (a) blending a raw material of wood pulp with a solvent of N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMMO) to form a slurry; wherein, said wood pulp is a hard wood or soft wood cellulose pulp with an α-cellulose content being over 65% and a degree of polymerization (DP) being between 500-1200; (b) evaporate extra water content from the slurry by a Thin Film Evaporator (TFE) under a temperature between 80 and 120 degrees Celsius and heating for 5 minutes to remove extra water content so that a spinning dope is formed with a water content of 5%-13%; (c) by means of Dry-Jet Wet Spinning method, spin the prepared spinning dope and extrude said spinning dope out of a plurality of spinnerets and into a coagulation bath, then coagulate said spinning dope in the coagulation bath and regenerate it into spinning filaments; (d) water-rinse and dry the spinning filaments under a temperature between 100 and 130 degree Celsius heating for 3-5 minutes to form a natural cellulose fiber; (e) rolling soak the natural cellulose fiber with a flame retardant composition of of N-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(methoxy phosphorus acyl) such that the proportion of rolling liquid is 65%-70% and the concentration of N-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(methoxy phosphorus acyl) is 250 g/L-500 g/L; (f) orderly heating dry, twice baking, neutralizing, soaping clean, water rinse and baking dry the soaking rolled natural cellulose fiber, wherein the heating dry is performed under temperature at 105 degrees Celsius heating for 10 seconds, wherein the first bake is performed under temperature between 130 and 155 degrees Celsius, heating for 60-120 seconds; the neutralizing is performed in an alkaline solution with concentration of 50 g/L under temperature between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius, and the soaping clean is performed in an alkaline solution with concentration of 2 g/L having soaping powder concentration of 3 g/L under a temperature between 20-30 degrees for 10 seconds; and (g) successively alkaline clean, water rinse, dry and oil the natural cellulose fiber to produce natural cellulose fiber with long-acting flame retarding capacity, then either obtain long filament via coiling means or short staple via cutting means.",0.8053194671911704,0.38936106561765915
9779930,"1. A mass analyzer for performing multiplex electrostatic linear ion trap mass spectrometry, comprising: a beam splitter that receives a beam of ions and splits the beam into N beams of ions, wherein N is two or more; and an electrostatic linear ion trap with N entrance apertures that",0.3477548262609358,0.6955096525218716
8619704,"1. A power saving method for a wireless local area network comprising a plurality of access points providing at least one mobile station in each access point cell with an access service, a mobile station transiting between an active mode and an idle mode, the method comprising the steps of: grouping the plurality of access points into at least one paging group with a paging group boundary; determining if the mobile station is in the idle mode in which the mobile station switches between an awake state and a doze state every predetermined time interval, or in the active mode in which the mobile station is in the awake state; if the mobile station is in the idle mode, activating an idle handoff, which occurs only when the mobile station moves across the paging group boundary, the idle handoff being performed in a media access control level; and performing handoff operations related to an activation of an internet protocol layer after a successful completion of paging, wherein the idle handoff comprises a home access point of the mobile station transmitting, to a most recently associated access point of the mobile station, a page-notify message that initiates an access point receiving the page-notify message to page the mobile station, and the most recently associated access point transmitting the page-notify message to at least one access point in a paging group of the most recently associated access point.",0.9534980474928711,0.0930039050142577
9012655,"1. A compound having a sulfur-containing ring, or prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, of one of Formulas I: in which E is —CH R additionally, R additionally, R R R and R",0.5118100583400826,0.9763798833198347
9496964,"1. An apparatus comprising: an array of photodetectors; an optical splitter having an optical input port and a plurality of optical output ports, with each of the optical output ports being connected to illuminate a respective one of the photodetectors in the array of photodetectors; a bank of optical delay elements, with each of the optical delay elements being coupled between a respective one of the optical output ports and the respective one of the photodetectors such that light of each of the optical output ports passes through a respective one of the optical delay elements; and an array of variable optical-gain elements coupled between the optical splitter and the array of photodetectors such that, for at least some of the optical output ports, the light also passes through a respective one of the variable optical-gain elements; wherein each photodetector in the array of photodetectors is configured to convert received light into a respective electrical signal; wherein the apparatus further comprises an electrical signal combiner configured to combine the respective electrical signals to generate an electrical output signal in a manner that causes a first subset of the photodetectors and a second subset of the photodetectors to contribute the respective electrical signals to the electrical output signal with opposite polarities; and wherein the apparatus further comprises an electronic controller operatively coupled to the bank of optical delay elements and configured to cause at least one optical delay element in the bank of optical delay elements to change a respective delay time.",0.2888264278482172,0.5776528556964344
9225024,"1. A method of forming a solid oxide fuel cell, comprising the steps of: a) combining a lanthanum-doped strontium titanate (LST) with a compound including Mn or a compound including Nb to form a precursor interconnect composition; b) combining the precursor interconnect composition with a precursor cathode layer of a solid oxide fuel cell; and c) sintering the precursor interconnect composition and the precursor cathode layer to form an interconnect and a cathode, wherein the interconnect is in direct contact with the cathode and has a theoretical density of greater than about 95%, and wherein Mn or Nb is a dopant to replace Ti within the lanthanum-doped strontium titanate and the amount of the compound including Mn or the compound including Nb present in the precursor composition is sufficient to cause the precursor composition to be sintered to the theoretical density of greater than about 95% at a temperature in a range of 1,200° C. to 1,350° C.",0.8742825899854038,0.2514348200291925
9517454,"1. A method for producing a filter comprising spraying a dry particulate aerosol onto an inlet surface of a porous filter for filtering particulate matter from a lean-burn exhaust gas, to form a filter cake having a density of 0.3 to 1.2 g/in 3 , wherein said aerosol comprises inorganic particles selected from the group consisting of silicate zeolite, aluminosilicate zeolite, metal-substituted aluminosilicate zeolite, non-zeolitic molecular sieve, and metal oxide, provided that said metal oxide particles have an average size of greater than 0.2 μm and less than 5 μm, wherein the filter comprises: (a) a porous substrate having an inlet surface and an outlet surface, wherein the inlet surface and the outlet surface are separated by a porous structure; and (b) a catalytic filter cake in the form of a bridge network on the inlet surface, said bridge network comprising interconnected inorganic particles selected from the group consisting of silicate zeolite, aluminosilicate zeolite, metal-substituted aluminosilicate zeolite, non-zeolitic molecular sieve, and metal oxide, provided that said metal oxide particles have an average size of greater than 0.2 μm and less than 5 μm, where the interconnected inorganic particles are dry aerosol deposited, the particles form a bridge over the pores.",0.9598029165366702,0.08039416692665968
8776721,"1. An arthropod rearing system comprising an arthropod containment vessel, including an arthropod egg repository comprising a plurality of substrates that are connected by binding the substrates together in a tablet-type formation so that each substrate abuts an adjacent substrate, the substrates being suspended within the vessel so that arthropods implant eggs on the substrates, the substrates being structured so that an operator can manually remove individual substrates and thereby remove implanted eggs from the repository; wherein at least one surface of the substrates has a non-smooth surface, or at least one surface of the substrates is coated with an arthropod attractant or nutritional substance.",0.2598999332773598,0.5197998665547195
9694065,1. A vaccine for chikungunya virus (CHIKV) comprising an attenuated CHIKV produced by isolating said CHIKV from cells transfected by a vector comprising: (a) DNA encoding an infectious RNA molecule; and (b) a eukaryotic RNA polymerase promoter;,0.705488189055667,0.589023621888666
9777693,"1. A control device for operating an internal combustion engine of a portable work device, the control device comprising: a memory, in which a starting ignition curve for the internal combustion engine after a startup time and an operating ignition curve for an engine speed range in the normal operation of the internal combustion engine are stored; and a processor configured to: wherein the processor is further configured to repetitively monitor whether both the time value lies above a time threshold value and an engine speed value lies below a speed threshold value, the processor only at least one of determines and initiates the switchover when both the time value lies above the time threshold value and the engine speed value lies below the speed threshold value, and the time threshold value, which is between 0 and 2000 ms, defines an upper time limit that is required for increasing an engine speed to the speed threshold value.",0.971246418094825,0.057507163810349926
8764345,"1. A method of abandoning an underwater pipeline on a bed of a body of water from a laying vessel, the method comprising: lowering a free end of the pipeline into the body of water and onto the bed of the body of water using a first rope and a second rope, both connected to the free end of the pipeline and extending from the laying vessel to the free end of the pipeline; disconnecting the first rope from the free end of the pipeline, once the free end of the pipeline is laid on the bed of the body of water; and rewinding the first rope onto the laying vessel, while the second rope is still connected to the free end of the pipeline.",0.3765377958926059,0.7530755917852118
8586443,"1. A method of fabricating a phase change memory device, comprising: forming a plurality of word lines on a semiconductor substrate such that the plurality of word lines substantially extend in parallel to each other and are spaced evenly apart from each other; forming an interlayer insulating layer over the semiconductor substrate; forming a plurality of heating electrodes through the interlayer insulating layer such that the heating electrodes are connected to the plurality of word lines; adjusting the interlayer insulating layer to include at least one of curving portions; and forming a plurality of phase change lines on the interlayer insulating layer and on the heating electrodes such that the phase change lines substantially extend in parallel to each other and extend along a bit line direction which is substantially orthogonal to the plurality of word lines, wherein the phase change lines include a substantially uniform thickness along curved upper surfaces of the interlayer insulating layer, wherein one of the plurality of the phase change lines includes a plurality of phase change areas at contact regions with the heating electrodes, and wherein the curving portions are positioned between the plurality of phase change areas in one of the phase change lines.",0.25973470064685833,0.5194694012937167
8848501,"1. A detection lens, comprising: a lens portion; and a flange portion including a first surface, to which the lens portion is connected, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the flange portion includes a base disposed along an optical axis of the lens portion, a first projection, which projects along a first axis orthogonal to the optical axis, a second projection, which is point-symmetric to the first projection around the optical axis and projects from the base, a third projection, which projects along a second axis orthogonal to the optical axis and the first axis, and a fourth projection, which is point-symmetric to the third projection around the optical axis and projects from the base, the flange portion does not have a projection which extends beyond the second surface, the first projection includes a first intersecting surface which intersects with the first axis, the second projection includes a second intersecting surface which intersects with the first axis, the third projection includes a third intersecting surface which intersects with the second axis, the fourth projection includes a fourth intersecting surface which intersects with the second axis, and a first distance between the first and second intersecting surfaces is longer than a second distance between the third and fourth intersecting surfaces.",0.011632586204882035,0.023265172409764112
8562394,"1. A polishing head for use in a polishing machine for optical surfaces, comprising: an axis of rotation and a base body, the base body having a bottom side comprising a holding structure with at least one latch and at least one driving lug, the base body having a fixing element having a continuous groove in a circumferential direction U and a locking element comprising one or more of a depression and elevation in a surface of the base body which is limited to a partial circumference at least in the circumferential direction U, wherein the groove is located axially below the locking element, and wherein a surface of the base body comprises a shoulder extending over the circumference of the base body, the locking element being formed within the shoulder as a pitch-surface-shaped depression or elevation extending in the axial direction relative to the axis of rotation.",0.05873871839722312,0.11747743679444622
9200559,"1. A gas engine combustion chamber applied in a gas engine including: a main combustion chamber including, at a central portion of its ceiling, an auxiliary combustion chamber having nozzle holes exposed within the main combustion chamber; and a piston inserted in the main combustion chamber in a slidable manner, wherein a peripheral portion of a top surface of the piston is a flat surface, a raised portion is formed at a central portion of the top surface of the piston, the raised portion being raised upward from the peripheral portion, the nozzle holes of the auxiliary combustion chamber are formed such that, when the piston is positioned at a top dead center, central axes of the respective nozzle holes are directed to a portion, of the piston, at which the raised portion and the flat surface are joined together, and when the piston is positioned at the top dead center, the nozzle holes of the auxiliary combustion chamber jet out a nozzle gas to the portion, of the piston, at which the raised portion and the flat surface are joined together.",0.8624567178609059,0.2750865642781881
9775729,1. A drug delivery system comprising a. a substrate; and b. a plurality of bioabsorbable polymer layers combined with said substrate; and at least one active agent combined with said substrate; wherein each of said plurality of bioabsorbable polymer layers comprises a separately sintered bioabsorbable polymer layer;,0.5038563240668272,0.9922873518663455
8919500,"1. A motorcycle primary drive compensator hub lubricating system comprising: a lubricant-collection plate extended from a wall of a sprocket-gear housing of a motorcycle, the lubricant-collection plate including: the retainer-extension lubricator orifice being tapered predeterminedly with a taper minor diameter at an entrance from the hex sprocket retainer and a major taper diameter at an exit at the outside periphery of the cylindrical retainer extension of the hex sprocket retainer.",0.4104641335373007,0.8209282670746014
8885506,"1. A method, comprising: operating a network device in an active mode where a physical layer device in said network device communicates with a link partner over a network link at a one Gbit/s transmission rate in both directions of communication; monitoring, by said network device, a link utilization level for a first direction of communication over said network link; and transitioning, in response to said monitoring, said physical layer device from said active mode to an asymmetric low power idle mode, wherein said asymmetric low power idle mode supports a configuration of said physical layer device where said first direction of communication is inactive between a transmission of periodic refresh signals that are configured to maintain synchronization of said first direction of communication, and said second direction of communication that is opposite said first direction of communication continues to communicate at said one Gbit/s transmission rate, wherein said periodic refresh signals used in said first direction of communication while in said asymmetric low power idle mode enables communication of data bits that creates a fixed data rate logical channel having a data transmission rate lower than one Gbit/s.",0.9397621123040178,0.1204757753919643
9273717,"1. A connector comprising: a carabiner including a carabiner body and a gate having a rotating barrel; and an insert including,",0.0516828158173983,0.10336563163479662
8513895,"1. A controller for LED driver comprising: a voltage-feedback circuit coupled to LEDs to sense a voltage-feedback signal for generating a voltage loop signal; current sources coupled to the LEDs to control LED currents; a detection circuit coupled to sense voltages of the current sources for generating a current-source loop signal in response to a minimum voltage of the current sources, wherein the detection circuit comprises: a buffer circuit generating a feedback signal in accordance with the voltage loop signal and the current-source loop signal; wherein the voltage-feedback signal is correlated to a maximum supply voltage to the LEDs; the feedback signal is coupled to limit the maximum voltage of the LEDs and control the minimum voltage across the current sources.",0.7493597099500339,0.5012805800999323
8789216,"1. A method of circulating liquid in a vessel for forming a stream of liquid within the vessel, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a circulation pump in fluid communication with a body of liquid in the vessel; b) delivering pressurized fluid from the circulation pump to an adjustable diverter valve that is in fluid communication with the circulation pump; c) adjusting the diverter valve to change a rate of flow of liquid delivered to a supply conduit; d) delivering liquid from the diverter valve through the supply conduit to at least one exit port; and e) providing a discharge line in fluid communication with the diverter valve and a discharge port positioned within the vessel; wherein the discharge line diverts pressurized liquid from the circulation pump to the vessel via the discharge port when the diverter valve is adjusted to divert at least a portion of the liquid from the at least one exit port.",0.5236828795716965,0.9526342408566071
8860813,1. A method for detecting similarity between objects comprising: detecting a first target object from a first image with a first pose and a second target object from a second image with a second pose; extracting a first set of patches from the first image and a second set of patches from the second image; mapping between the first set of patches and the second set of patches using distance measures; warping the first set of patches and the second set of patches locally based on the mapping to create a locally warped first set of patches and a locally warped second set of patches; calculating a similarity measure between the locally warped first set of patches and the locally warped second set of patches; and determining that a match exists between the first target object and the second target object when the similarity measure exceeds a predetermined threshold.,0.01902900331407944,0.038058006628158836
8911714,"1. A nontherapeutic method for applying lipstick, comprising: bringing an outer surface of a piece of lipstick composition into contact with or in the vicinity of a heating device so as to heat said piece of lipstick composition locally-to soften essentially only said outer surface and to lower its coefficient of dynamic friction, and then applying the outer surface of the lipstick composition thus heated, said lipstick composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium: at least 4% by weight, relative to the total weight of the lipstick composition, of at least one structuring agent, said structuring agent selected from the group consisting of waxes, organophilic clays, hydrophobic fumed silicas, block copolymers resulting from the polymerization or copolymerization of at least one monomer containing an ethylenic group, and mixtures thereof, less than 10% by weight of glossy oil(s), relative to the total weight of the lipstick composition, said oil(s) being hydrocarbon-based oil(s) and/or silicone oil(s) with a molecular mass of greater than 400 g/mol; and less than 20% by weight of fluid oil relative to the total weight of the lipstick composition, wherein the heating device comprises batteries or accumulators as a source of electrical power.",0.10986359819800089,0.2197271963960018
8617336,"1. A method for molding a continuous fiber prepreg part comprising prepreg tape comprising a plurality of unidirectional continuous fibers that are aligned to form tape and impregnated with a thermoplastic resin, the method comprising: a winding step of winding prepreg tape around a plurality of rods so as to form a rolled continuous fiber prepreg part; a slack-removing step of removing slack from the prepreg tape by shifting the plurality of rods in opposite directions so as to generate tension in the continuous fiber prepreg part; a molding step of pressing the continuous fiber prepreg part with a press jig so as to mold the prepreg part into the final shape; and a curing step of curing the continuous fiber prepreg part by heating and cooling after heating, wherein in the winding step, a cored bar portion is placed in an area defined by the plurality of rods such that a semi-arc is formed between any two neighboring rods, the prepreg tape is wound around the rods and the cored bar portion, and the cored bar portion is removed from the area after winding of the prepreg tape, wherein in the molding step, the continuous fiber prepreg part is partially welded in the lamination direction of the prepreg tape via ultrasonic welding for temporary fixation.",0.285682188834663,0.571364377669326
9489869,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, at a processor of a training system, task-performance data from at least one sensor of the training system, wherein the training system further comprises at least one block component and at least one actuating component, wherein the at least one sensor, the at least one block component, and the at least one actuating component are associated with a training task, wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one of: a touch sensor, an accelerometer, a light sensor, an infrared sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a compass sensor, a radio-frequency sensor, and a motion tracking sensor, and wherein the at least one block component comprises at least one of: a connector, a brick, a rod, and a gear; determining, via the processor, an optimal motion plan to describe a collision-free trajectory to accomplish the training task by at least: determining, based on the received task-performance data, at least one trial task-performance metric corresponding to a trial performance of the training task; selecting at least one reference task-performance metric from a plurality of reference task-performance metrics, wherein each reference task-performance metric in the plurality corresponds to a respective reference performance of the training task; determining, based on a comparison of the at least one trial task-performance metric to the at least one reference task-performance metric, a task-performance classification level of a plurality of task-performance classification levels that are specified by a plurality of transitional points, and wherein the plurality of transitional points are determined based on received task-performance data whose trial task-performance metrics satisfy a metric range limit; and causing the graphical display of the training system to provide an indication of the task-performance classification level.",0.13404232877742342,0.2680846575548468
8707304,"1. A method comprising: at a processor, identifying available resources of a first virtual machine, the first virtual machine containing a first operating system, the virtual resources comprising at least virtual memory and virtual CPU allocation; at a processor, identifying resource requirements from one or more applications to be run on the first virtual machine; at a processor, identifying resource requirements of one or more of the applications using a virtual image of the one or more applications; at a processor, identifying resource requirements by querying metadata from the one or more applications, wherein the metadata stores parameters of the virtual resources including java virtual machine heap settings; at a processor, determining the allocation of the available resources of the first virtual machine after identifying the resource requirements from the one or more applications; and setting resource allocations for the first virtual machine for the one or more applications consistent with the determined allocation of available virtual machine resources available to the first virtual machine.",0.39072079268274623,0.7814415853654925
8404613,"1. A catalyst comprising: a carbon nanostructure conformally coated with an atomically thin shell of a transition metal, wherein the atomically thin shell of the transition metal has a dual-layer structure comprising an inner transition metal shell and an outer noble metal shell; wherein the inner transition metal shell comprising copper, nickel, or zinc with a thickness selected from the group consisting of an atomic submonolayer, monolayer, bilayer, and trilayer; and an atomically thin layer of a catalytically active noble metal at least partially encapsulating the atomically thin shell of the transition metal, wherein the selected transition metal is not the same as the selected active noble metal; and wherein the carbon nanostructure is selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes, nanohorns, nanocones, nanoparticles, nanofibers, graphene, and fullerenes.",0.8550221921979887,0.2899556156040226
9024317,"1. A circuit comprising: a diode comprising a first electrode and a second electrode; a first capacitor electrically connected to the second electrode of the diode; a second capacitor comprising a first electrode and a second electrode; and a transistor comprising a back gate, wherein the first electrode of the diode is configured to be input with a signal, wherein the first electrode of the diode is electrically connected to the first electrode of the second capacitor, wherein the second electrode of the diode is electrically connected to the second electrode of the second capacitor to form a node, and wherein the back gate is electrically connected to the node.",0.356852634526583,0.713705269053166
9610536,"1. A recirculated-suspension pre-calciner system, comprising: a vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment comprising a plurality of devices connected in series from highest to lowest, with a bottom side of each higher device of the vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment in the series directly connected through a rotary valve or flange to a next lower device of the vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment in the series; a vertical combustion kiln comprising a top side and a bottom side, wherein the top side of the vertical combustion kiln is connected to a lowest device of the vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment, and the bottom side of the vertical combustion kiln is connected to a highest device of the vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment; a blower is connected between the highest device and the second highest device of the vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment to transport flue gas directly from the second highest device to the highest device; and a powder purge system is directly connected to the lowest device of the vortex cyclone dust collecting equipment.",0.9208675032174745,0.15826499356505108
8534079,"1. A freezer for using liquid cryogen as a refrigerant comprising: a) an inner vessel defining a storage chamber; b) an outer jacket generally surrounding the inner vessel so that an insulation space is defined there between; c) a heat exchanger positioned in the storage chamber, said heat exchanger having an outlet and an inlet adapted to communicate with a supply of the liquid cryogen refrigerant so that the liquid cryogen refrigerant may flow through the heat exchanger to cool the storage chamber while being vaporized; d) a purge line in communication with the outlet of the heat exchanger, said purge line including a purge outlet positioned adjacent to an exterior of the heat exchanger; e) a purge valve positioned within the purge line so that the vaporized liquid cryogen from the heat exchanger may be selectively directed to the exterior of the heat exchanger to reduce ice formation on the heat exchanger; f) an exhaust line in communication with the outlet of the heat exchanger and the purge line; g) the exhaust line having an exhaust vent; h) an exhaust valve positioned within the exhaust line; i) a feed line in communication with the inlet of the heat exchanger and adapted to communicate with the supply of liquid cryogen; j) as bypass line in communication with the feed line; k) a bypass valve positioned in the bypass line; l) a feed temperature sensor in communication with the feed line; m) a purge gas temperature sensor in communication with the purge line; n) an exhaust gas temperature sensor in communication with the exhaust line; o) a chamber temperature sensor in communication with the storage chamber; p) a controller in communication with the feed, purge gas, exhaust gas and chamber temperature sensors and the bypass, purge and exhaust valves, said controller programmed to:",0.7295624035669349,0.5408751928661302
8476101,"1. A method of making a semiconductor radiation detector, comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate comprising front and rear major opposing surfaces; forming a solder mask layer over the rear major surface; patterning the solder mask layer into a plurality of pixel separation regions; after the step of patterning the solder mask layer, forming anode pixels over the rear major surface, wherein each anode pixel is formed between adjacent pixel separation regions; wherein a cathode electrode is located over the front major surface of the substrate; and wherein both the front and rear major surfaces of the semiconductor substrate are passivated prior to forming the solder mask layer.",0.1711127521717332,0.3422255043434663
8645901,"1. A method for displaying shape information in a graphical interface using a computer system, the method comprising: causing a display of a view of at least a portion of a design on a display device, wherein one or more shapes of the design are displayed in the view, and wherein each of the one or more shapes is associated with one of a plurality of labels; causing a display of a cursor on the display device, a displayed position of the cursor being controlled by a user of the graphical interface using an input device; and in response to the cursor being positioned within the view, causing a display in the view of a first subset of the labels in a predetermined zone relative to the displayed cursor, the zone covering only a portion of the view, and wherein a second subset of the labels outside of the zone and in the view are not displayed in the view.",0.01679965885891301,0.03359931771782598
9608208,"1. A compound of a formula (I), (II) or (III) where the following applies to the symbols occurring: Z is on each occurrence, identically or differently, CR X and Y are on each occurrence, identically or differently, a divalent group selected from the group consisting of BR R R R R Ar",0.25474435266286116,0.5094887053257223
9099709,"1. A fuel cell power generation system for performing power generation using hydrogen-containing gas generated from a raw material containing a hydrocarbon component and an odorizer component, the fuel cell power generation system comprising: a raw material supply section configured to control a flow rate of the raw material; a water supply section configured to supply water; an adsorptive removal section configured to cause the raw material to pass therethrough and adsorb the odorizer component contained in the raw material; a reformer configured to generate the hydrogen-containing gas by a reforming reaction of the raw material which has passed the adsorptive removal section and water supplied from the water supply section; a fuel cell configured to perform power generation using the hydrogen-containing gas as a fuel; an accumulated flow volume measuring section configured to measure an accumulated flow volume of the raw material supplied to the adsorptive removal section from the raw material supply section; and a controller including a processor and a memory storing a program, wherein the program, when executed by the processor, causes the controller to perform operations including: as the accumulated flow volume of the raw material measured by the accumulated flow volume measuring section increases, decreasing the flow rate of the raw material to be supplied to the adsorptive removal section from the raw material supply section, the flow rate being set with respect to an amount of power to be generated by the fuel cell when the fuel cell generates power.",0.9903124990790968,0.019375001841806405
9358892,"1. A pre-charging system for improving reverse direction hill climb performance of a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a battery having a state of charge value; a motor for powering a movement or an operation of the hybrid vehicle using energy stored in the battery; an engine configured to output power for at least one of driving the hybrid vehicle or charging the battery; a grade sensor for detecting a grade value of a surface upon which the hybrid vehicle is positioned; a gear selection sensor for detecting a gear selection by a driver; and an electronic control unit configured to determine whether to activate a pre-charge mode based on the gear selection, the grade value, and the state of charge value, and when or after the pre-charge mode is activated, the electronic control unit is configured to:",0.9829143682293011,0.03417126354139777
8721264,"1. A compressor rotor of a turbomachine, the rotor comprising: at least first and second successive disks on a common axis carrying blades which are successive along the axis, the at least first and second successive disks being connected together by a generally tubular wall forming a surface of revolution about said axis; and centripetal air bleed means comprising air passages passing through the generally tubular wall near the second disk, the centripetal air bleed means opening out, near the first disk, into a chamber formed radially inside the generally tubular wall and between the two disks, wherein the centripetal air bleed means comprises:",0.6941657349465192,0.6116685301069615
8666773,"1. A system for supporting patient status at a first health care facility with one or more hospitalists, comprising: a computer management system having a computer processor, input/output devices, one or more subprograms for operation of the computer processor, a data buffer, and one or more input/output ports for receipt and transmission of patient data, hospitalist information, and administration messages and information, a database maintaining an archive of information relating to patient data and hospitalist information including a diagnosis frequency factor for one or more hospitalists, said diagnosis frequency factor being calculated by the computer management system based on the frequency of a particular diagnosis being given by the one or more hospitalists, an entry subprogram operated on the computer processor that executes a program to enter information onto the computer management system related to patients, the entry subprogram supporting the entry of patient data on the patient data port, said patient data being in a normalized format when the patient is received into said first health care facility as a new patient and one or more hospitalists being notified of their responsibility for the new patient at the first health care facility by an electronic information message issued by the computer management system, a quick entry interface screen used by said one or more hospitalists assigned to one of said patients at the health care facility to enter patient information, said interface screen initially pre-populating a diagnosis window on said quick entry user interface screen with one of the most frequent diagnosis entered by a particular hospitalist at the first health care facility based on the retained diagnosis frequency factor information retained on the database for said particular hospitalist, said most frequent diagnosis being entered in said diagnosis window by said particular hospitalist if appropriate or alternatively said quick entry user interface screen pre-populating an alternative diagnosis in the diagnosis window based on the first letters entered by the particular hospitalist in said diagnosis window, said alternative diagnosis being entered in said diagnosis window by said particular hospitalist if appropriate, said computer management system calculating said diagnosis frequency factor for one or more hospitalists and allowing hospitalists to access said stored information from said database about one of the patients at the first health care facility from the computer management system to support the treatment of the new patient, and a discharge subprogram operated on the computer processor that executes a program to discharge patients from the first health care facility, said discharge subprogram requiring the entry of electronic information regarding treatments received by patients being discharged, said entry of treatments is electronically input into patient data port by one or more hospitalists prior to discharge of the patient from said first health care facility.",0.08101552265832593,0.1620310453166518
9834465,"1. An optical glass that is a phosphate-based glass containing at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of TiO 2 , Nb 2 O 5 , WO 3 and Bi 2 O 3 , wherein a total content (HR) of the TiO wherein in the equation (1), t denotes a thickness (mm) of the glass used for a measurement of an external transmittance, A denotes the external transmittance (%) at a wavelength of 2500 nm when a light enters into said glass in parallel to a thickness direction thereof, B denotes the external transmittance (%) at the wavelength of 2900 nm when a light enters into said glass in parallel to the thickness direction thereof, and ln is a natural logarithm.",0.3086313807236213,0.6172627614472426
9491540,"1. An electret condenser microphone comprising: a single electret condenser microphone unit including a three-pin plug including a hot terminal, a cold terminal, and a ground terminal, and being capable of producing a balanced output from the hot terminal and the cold terminal, wherein the hot terminal is coupled to a first field effect transistor (FET) and the cold terminal is coupled to a second FET, and each of said first and second FETs function as an impedance converter, a gate terminal of one of the first and second FETs is coupled to the diaphragm of the single electret condenser microphone unit, a gate terminal of the other of the first and second FETs is coupled to the fixed pole of the single electret condenser microphone unit, and the gate terminal of the FET coupled to the cold terminal is AC-grounded and is coupled to the ground terminal.",0.05951245207740818,0.11902490415481637
9204355,"1. A cell reselection method performed by a mobile terminal, comprising: determining, by the mobile terminal, according to a neighboring cell list and a reselection prohibited list, whether a cell on which signal measurement needs to be performed exists, wherein the cell is in the neighboring cell list but is not included in the reselection prohibited list; when the cell exists, performing, by the mobile terminal, the signal measurement on the cell and on a first cell currently serving the mobile terminal to obtain a measurement result; and when the measurement result satisfies a trigger condition of cell reselection, triggering cell reselection to select a second cell to serve the mobile terminal, wherein the neighboring cell list includes a plurality of neighboring cells of the first cell, and the reselection prohibited list includes a plurality of cells on which cell reselection is prohibited, wherein the reselection prohibited list is generated or updated based on a rule:",0.2338047618196518,0.46760952363930364
9383885,"1. A method for providing shape hit testing, the method comprising: receiving a touch input at an area of a user interface; identifying at least one user interface element associated with the area of the user interface being comprised of a tessellated element, wherein the tessellated element is a polygon-based shape translated from a vector graphic; determining whether the touch input comprises a selection of the at least one user interface element according to the polygon-based shape; and in response to determining that the touch input comprises the selection of the at least one user interface element according to the polygon-based shape, performing an operation associated with the at least one user interface element.",0.01633729824722158,0.03267459649444315
8394352,"1. A method for synthesis of a porous particle, the method comprising forming a solution from a leaving agent, a surfactant, a soluble metal salt, and a solvent, wherein the surfactant defines a surfactant molecule having a hydrophobic tail and a hydrophilic head; evaporating the solvent from the solution to cause a plurality of the surfactant molecules to congregate to form a nanoparticle core as the solvent evaporates from the solution, wherein the metal salt forms about the nanoparticle core to form a plurality of nanoparticles having an average diameter of from about 1 nm to about 50 nm; and heating the solution to cause the leaving agent to form gas bubbles in the solution, wherein the plurality of nanoparticles congregate about the gas bubbles to form a porous particle having an average diameter from about 0.5 μm to about 50 μm.",0.7306495823515473,0.5387008352969054
9357888,"1. A hygiene compliance monitor for attachment to a dispensing container having a pump that dispenses material through a dispensing nozzle when the dispensing nozzle is actuated, the hygiene compliance monitor comprises: an elongated first flexible section having a receiving aperture disposed therethrough that is adapted to receive the dispensing nozzle therethrough, said first flexible section having a first and second end that are configured to be removably coupled together to retain said first flexible section to the dispensing container; a second flexible section having a first end and a second end, such that said first end of said second section is attached to said first flexible section; an attachment sleeve attached to said second end of said second flexible section, said attachment sleeve adapted to removably retain the dispensing nozzle of the dispensing container therein; a sensor carried by said first flexible section; a token carried by said attachment sleeve, said sensor configured to detect the presence and non-presence of said token, as said dispensing nozzle is actuated; a controller coupled to said sensor, said controller maintaining a count value; and a data interface coupled to said controller, said data interface adapted to be in operative communication with a remote computing device to enable the acquisition of said count value; wherein when the dispensing nozzle is actuated to dispense material from the dispensing container, said controller updates said count value based on the detection of the presence or non-presence of said token.",0.2353417487680419,0.47068349753608385
8784533,"1. A temperature swing adsorption process for separating a target species from a feed gas mixture containing said target species, which process comprises: a) subjecting said feed gas mixture containing said target species to an adsorption step by introducing the feed gas mixture into the feed input end of an adsorbent bed that is comprised of an adsorbent material that is selective for adsorbing said target species, which adsorbent bed having a feed input end and a product output end, and which adsorbent bed is operated at a first pressure and at a first temperature wherein at least a portion of the said target species in the feed gas mixture is adsorbed by the adsorbent bed and wherein a gaseous product stream containing a lower mol % of said target species than said feed gas mixture exits the product output end of said adsorbent bed; b) stopping the introduction of said feed gas mixture to said adsorbent bed before breakthrough of said target species from the product output end of said adsorbent bed; c) reducing the pressure in said adsorption bed to a second pressure in a manner to induce a flow in the adsorption bed that is counter-current to the flow of the feed gas mixture in step a); d) externally heating said adsorbent bed to a second temperature higher than said first temperature while simultaneously passing a flow of purge gas, substantially free of target species, counter-current to the direction of the flow of the feed gas mixture in step a), thereby desorbing and recovering at least a portion of the desorbed target species and resulting in the product outlet end of said adsorbent bed being reduced in the amount of the target species; e) cooling at least a portion of said adsorbent bed to a third temperature which is lower than said second temperature used in step d); and f) increasing the pressure in said adsorbent bed to a third pressure.",0.8809982895948877,0.23800342081022463
9359746,"1. A two-story sewer system comprising: a lower chamber; and an upper chamber, wherein the upper chamber is coordinatedly disposed substantially over the lower chamber, wherein further the lower chamber and the upper chamber are releasably attached to each other, wherein the lower chamber comprises a box culvert, wherein the upper chamber comprises an open canal, wherein the lower chamber conveys combined sewer overflow or sanitary sewer overflow to a holding reservoir.",0.4126926747644653,0.8253853495289306
8597277,"1. A method of instrumenting a body lumen comprising the steps of: inserting a dilator into a sheath, said sheath having a radially collapsible distal end; collapsing the distal end of the sheath radially inward around the dilator such that the distal end of the sheath is smaller in diameter than the proximal end of the sheath; inserting the sheath and dilator into the body lumen transurethrally and advancing said sheath to a target treatment site of a bladder, ureter, or kidney; expanding the dilator, wherein the dilator expansion causes the distal end of the sheath to expand to a diameter substantially the same as that of the proximal end of the sheath; removing the dilator, wherein a central lumen remains that is substantially the same diameter moving from the proximal end to the distal end of the sheath; and introducing instruments or catheters through the central lumen of the sheath for a therapeutic or diagnostic procedure.",0.05407270012848488,0.10814540025696973
8624418,"1. A device for converting wave energy into electricity, comprising: a) a float ( b) a guiding-accelerating wheel ( c) an impeller ( d) an electric generator ( wherein the float ( the guiding-accelerating wheel ( the wheel center ( water channels ( the impeller ( a plurality of blades ( the blades ( the electric generator ( the rotor ( a plurality of vertical anti-rotating boards ( a plurality of anti-rotating ear-shaped plates ( the vertical anti-rotating boards (",0.9283401390588312,0.14331972188233766
9620272,1. A superconducting magnet device comprising: a refrigerator having a cooling stage; a tubular former having a hollow structure; a permanent current switch formed by a superconducting wire wound on the former; a heater to heat the former; a heat transfer member that has a smaller coefficient of thermal expansion than the former and that has a shape that is insertable in the former when the former is thermally expanded by the heater; an elastic thermal conductor connecting the heat transfer member and the cooling stage; and a superconducting coil connected in parallel to the permanent current switch.,0.5506746629812083,0.8986506740375835
8512037,"1. A method of providing a custom orthodontic appliance for treatment of a patient, the method comprising: maintaining a database, accessible by a computer, and containing data related to each of a plurality of orthodontic practitioners; storing in the database, information identifying each of the practitioners of the plurality and information relating to treatment plan options including default preferences as to orthodontic prescriptions associated with each of the respective practitioners; receiving information from an orthodontic practitioner of the plurality for providing a custom orthodontic appliance for a patient; in response to the information from the orthodontic practitioner, determining parameters for the configuration of a custom orthodontic appliance for the patient based at least in part on the stored treatment plan options associated with the orthodontic practitioner; and providing to the orthodontic practitioner an orthodontic appliance design for the patient having a configuration that includes the determined parameters.",0.023711904916114288,0.0474238098322286
9305951,"1. A pixel structure of a CMOS image sensor comprising: a photosensitive element and a multi-layer structure of a standard CMOS device formed on a silicon substrate; wherein a deep groove having a light-transmitting space therein is formed above the photosensitive element, the horizontal projection area of the deep groove completely covers the photosensitive element; wherein the side wall of the deep groove is surrounded by a light reflection shielding layer which is continuously arranged in a longitudinal direction to reflect the light incident on the light reflection shielding layer; wherein, the light reflection shielding layer is a metal reflection layer which is deposited after the formation of the deep groove to be arranged inward and attached to the side wall of the deep groove, or the light reflection shielding layer is a metal reflection layer which is formed together with a top first metal interconnect layer of the multi-layer structure before the formation of the deep groove and is arranged outward surrounding the side wall of the deep groove with a dielectric layer formed between the metal reflection layer and the deep groove, or the light reflection shielding layer is formed together with the multi-layer structure before the formation of the deep groove, including a second polycrystalline silicon layer formed by polysilicon in a circle, a second contact hole layer formed by multiple contact holes closely arranged in a circle, a second metal interconnect layer formed by metal connects arranged in a circle and a second via layer formed by multiple vias closely arranged in a circle which are stacked continuously from bottom to top and is arranged outward surrounding the side wall of the deep groove with a dielectric layer formed between the light reflection shielding layer and the deep groove.",0.07654747825797792,0.15309495651595584
8926932,"1. An activated carbon adsorbent, wherein the adsorbent comprises a total pore volume from about 1.5 cc/g to about 2.37 cc/g , a surface area of from about 2700 m 2 /g to about 3421 m 2 /g , a particle size of at least 149 microns, a pore volume from about 1.5 cc/g to about 2.00 cc/g for pores with diameters less than about 50 Å, and a pore volume from about 0.8 cc/g to about 1.13 cc/g for pores with diameters ranging from about 20 Å to about 50 Å.",0.7253317129265542,0.5493365741468916
9593016,"1. A nonaqueous electrolyte for secondary battery, which comprises; a nonaqueous solvent containing at least a hexafluorophosphate as an electrolyte lithium salt; and 1×10 −3 to 0.5 mol/kg of lithium difluorophosphate, wherein the nonaqueous solvent is a mixed solvent consisting of three nonaqueous solvent ingredients comprising both of cyclic carbonate and linear carbonate, wherein said cyclic carbonate is ethylene carbonate; and said linear carbonate is dimethyl carbonate and ethyl methyl carbonate.",0.9510762026474198,0.09784759470516047
9337695,"1. A single-layer coil for an electrical machine, the single-layer coil comprising: a first winding run; a second winding run substantially parallel to the first winding run, the first and second winding runs extending in a first direction; a first endwinding joining from the first winding run and the second winding run at one end, the first endwinding extending in the first direction; and a second endwinding joining the first winding run and the second winding run at another end, the second endwinding extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.",0.41826856857581524,0.8365371371516305
9506916,"1. A method for detecting and quantifying in at least one sample the presence or absence of at least one biomolecule, comprising: (a) contacting said at least one sample with an array which comprises a substantially planar substrate having a conducting surface and a number of discrete areas containing probes being labeled with at least one rare, stable or unstable isotope or exogenous isotope; (b) washing and drying the array; (c) detecting and counting by dynamic secondary ion mass spectrometry (D-SIMS) the common secondary ions along with the corresponding rare secondary ions; and (d) detecting and quantifying in at least one sample the presence or absence of at least one biomolecule.",0.773538954505237,0.45292209098952596
9405724,"1. A reconfigurable logical tree apparatus to be implemented in a multiple-agent network regardless of physical topology, the reconfigurable tree comprising: a plurality of support circuits, each support circuit to couple to an associated block of the multiple-agent network, the multiple-agent network comprising a plurality of blocks arranged in a tree hierarchy, each block comprising one or more agents, each support circuit of the plurality of support circuits comprising:",0.39227595030403456,0.7845519006080691
9084962,"1. A fluid separation assembly comprising: a hollow fiber bundle comprising a plurality of hollow fiber membranes; a first tubesheet and a second tubesheet encapsulating respective ends of the hollow fiber bundle, wherein one or both of the first and second tubesheets has a plurality of radial through openings formed in one or both of the first and second tubesheets; and, a housing surrounding the hollow fiber bundle and the first and second tubesheets, the housing having a feed inlet port, a permeate outlet port, and a non-permeate outlet port; wherein feed gas, permeate gas, or non-permeate gas are introduced into or removed from the hollow fiber membranes via the plurality of radial through openings formed in one or both of the first and second tubesheets, and further wherein the radial through openings of one or both of the first and second tubesheets are formed along a circumference of and radially through a body portion of one or both of the first and second tubesheets, and intersect each or substantially each of the hollow fiber membranes.",0.3312933680666236,0.6625867361332471
9695092,"1. An organically-enhanced, inorganic fertilizer, comprising captured fugitive odorants which comprise uniformly blended: ammonium nitrogen bound to organic compounds as a salt; and plant nutrients, at least some of which comprise the captured fugitive odorants; wherein the fertilizer contains at least 8% nitrogen by weight, is sterile, meets USEPA Class A biosolid standards, meets USEPA Exceptional Quality (“EQ”) standards for metals with levels of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium and zinc below harmful levels for fertilizer, biologically active compounds are denatured or hydrolyzed, is safe for handling, comprises a pH of between pH 5.0 and 7.0, and is at least 98% dry solids by weight; wherein the fertilizer is in a form of granules or pellets of between 2 mm and 3 mm in diameter; and wherein the organic compounds comprise odor-causing components that are chemically altered and inactivated.",0.7259557068795619,0.5480885862408762
9602374,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a receiver node, at least one of sender timestamps and sequence numbers in continuity check (CC) frames sent by a sender node; determining receiver timestamps at the receiver node; detecting instability based on one or more of the at least one of sender timestamps and sequence numbers and the receiver timestamps; and performing a remedial action based on the detecting instability; wherein the CC frames comprise periodically transmitted control frames during an entire session between the sender node and the receiver node for continuity, and the at least one of sender timestamps and sequence numbers are appended to an end of the CC frames with a delimiter indicating presence of the at least one of sender timestamps and sequence numbers, and wherein the at least one of sender timestamps and sequence numbers are sent on an ongoing basis during the session, wherein the detecting instability comprises:",0.13343116369963604,0.26686232739927207
9236599,"1. A method for making an electrode for an energy storage device, the method comprising: a) providing powder materials including active material particles in a working range of about 70-97 weight percent, conductive material additives in a working range of about 0-10 weight percent, and binder material in a working range of about 3-8 weight percent; b) activating the binder material by: c) forming a film by pressing the mixed materials into a sheet; and d) laminating the sheet on to a current collector to form the electrode.",0.9617623581672156,0.07647528366556888
8378577,"1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a main body; a screen positioned on the main body; a backlight module positioned in the main body and supplying light to the screen; a controller for controlling brightness of the backlight module; and an ambient light sensor positioned on the main body and comprising a barrel, an optical sheet positioned at an end of the barrel and a photosensitive unit positioned in the other end of the barrel and surrounded by the barrel, the optical sheet comprising a first surface away from the photosensitive unit, a second surface opposite to the first surface and a plurality of V-shaped micro structures formed on the first surface; wherein the photosensitive unit creates a signal according to the ambient light received via the optical sheet, and sends the signal to the controller, and then the controller adjusts the brightness of the backlight module accordingly.",0.18146019404294703,0.362920388085894
9091201,"1. A “two-cycle” spark ignition internal combustion engine that has the functionality of a four-cycle combustion engine, comprising: one or more combustion cylinders, each cylinder having a total cylinder volume, an intake volume, a top dead center (TDC) and a bottom dead center (BDC), and each cylinder having one or more intake valves and one or more exhaust valves, and each cylinder containing an axially reciprocating piston mechanically connected to a crankshaft and a flywheel, wherein the crankshaft, the intake valves and the exhaust valves are configured and controlled so that each cylinder executes a two-cycle combustion process, comprising an expansion cycle, during which the intake valves and the exhaust valves are closed and during which the piston moves through a first crankshaft angle interval axially toward the BDC of the cylinder without reaching the BDC, followed by an exhaust cycle, during which the intake valves remain closed and the exhaust valves are opened and during which the piston continues moving axially toward the BDC until the piston reaches the BDC, and then moves through a second crankshaft angle interval axially toward the TDC of the cylinder and drives a portion of an exhaust gas out of the cylinder, followed by a combined exhaust-intake cycle, during which the intake valves are opened and the exhaust valves remain opened and during which the piston continues moving axially toward the TDC of the cylinder through a third crankshaft angle interval and during which pressurized intake air is forced into the cylinder through the opened intake valves to expel a remainder of the exhaust gas through the opened exhaust valves, followed by an intake cycle, during which the intake valves remain opened and the exhaust valves are closed and during which a pressurized intake volume of an air-fuel mixture is forced into the cylinder through the opened intake valves, while the piston moves axially through a fourth crankshaft angle interval toward the TDC, followed by a compression cycle, during which the intake valves are closed and the exhaust valves remain closed and during which the piston continues to move axially toward the TDC of the cylinder through a fifth crankshaft angle interval and compresses the air-fuel mixture to a pre-ignition compression volume, a pre-ignition compression pressure, and a pre-ignition compression temperature, followed by a spark ignition of the air-fuel mixture, which drives the piston toward the BDC of the cylinder in a next expansion cycle, followed by a next exhaust cycle, and wherein a ratio of the intake volume to the pre-ignition compression volume defines an effective compression ratio; one or more pre-stage air compressors, each compressor connected to the crankshaft, and each compressor having a compressor air volume, wherein the crankshaft is configured and controlled so that each compressor compresses the compressor air volume of ambient air at an atmospheric pressure and at an ambient air temperature, to generate a pressurized pre-intake air volume having a pre-intake air temperature and a pre-intake air pressure of more than 2.1 Bars; one or more heat-exchangers, each of which is controlled by a central processing unit (CPU) that is configured and programmed to regulate the heat-exchangers so that the pressurized pre-intake air volume is cooled, without volume expansion, to an intake air pressure of more than 1.8 Bars and an intake air temperature, so as to produce an intake air volume, which is mixed with a fuel that has an auto-ignition temperature, so as to constitute the intake volume of one of the cylinders; and wherein the heat exchangers are regulated by the CPU so that the intake air temperature remains constant, regardless of the ambient air temperature, and so that the intake air temperature is sufficiently low that the pre-ignition compression temperature, at a designated effective compression ratio, is below the auto-ignition temperature of the fuel.",0.9297464271567616,0.14050714568647682
8671048,1. A method including: receiving by an electronic trading device an indication that a first leg of a spread trade is at least partially filled; and in response to the indication and before an order associated with a second leg of the spread trade is placed:,0.12367507417806484,0.24735014835612967
8943446,"1. A generation method of generating data of patterns of a plurality of masks used in an exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate, comprising the following steps being performed by a computer: a first step of specifying, from a plurality of points on a grid having pattern elements to be formed on the substrate as intersections, an allowable point that allows a pattern to be transferred on the substrate other than points of target pattern elements constituting a target pattern to be formed on the substrate; a second step of, for a pattern element group including a target pattern element whose distance to an adjacent target pattern element is shorter than a resolution limit of the exposure apparatus, grouping the adjacent target pattern elements on the grid a space between which is filled with the allowable point; and a third step of generating the data of the patterns of the plurality of masks such that mask pattern elements corresponding to the target pattern elements grouped in the second step are arranged in the same mask, wherein the target pattern is a pattern for cutting a line pattern extended in one direction formed on the substrate, wherein the line pattern is cut by a pattern transferred at points of the target pattern elements grouped in the second step and the allowable point between the target pattern elements grouped in the second step, and wherein there is no influence on a device to be manufactured from the substrate when the line pattern is cut by a pattern transferred at the allowable point.",0.26496754750767987,0.5299350950153597
8609526,"1. A method of forming an integrated circuit structure, the method comprising: forming a copper-containing seed layer on a wafer; performing a descum step on an exposed surface of the copper-containing seed layer, wherein the descum step is performed using a process gas comprising fluorine and oxygen; performing a reduction/purge step on the exposed surface of the copper-containing seed layer using a nitrogen-containing gas, the nitrogen-containing gas of the reduction/purge step comprising oxygen (O plating a copper-containing layer on the copper-containing seed layer.",0.5345783896264253,0.9308432207471493
9493854,"1. A converter steelmaking method of producing molten steel by supplying gaseous oxygen from a top blowing lance into a converter to perform decarburization refining of molten iron while adding a CaO-containing powdery dephosphorizing agent to simultaneously decarburize and dephosphorize the molten iron, comprising: joining the dephosphorizing agent and the gaseous oxygen together in the same lance; supplying the dephosphorizing agent to a bath surface of the molten iron together with at least one gas jet from the top blowing lance; and controlling a dynamic pressure determined from formulae (1)-(4) including an increasing amount of dynamic pressure due to a kinetic energy of the dephosphorizing agent when a gas jet including the gaseous oxygen accompanied by the dephosphorizing agent blown from respective lance nozzles of the top blowing lance impinges onto the bath surface of the molten iron to be not less than 0.10 kgf/cm wherein P: dynamic pressure at a center of the jet exerted on the bath surface of the molten iron by the gas jet blown from the lance nozzle [kgf/cm ρg: density of the gas jet [kg/Nm U de: outlet diameter of the lance nozzle [mm] P Lh: lance height [m] Fj: supply rate of the gas blown from the lance nozzle [Nm dt: throat diameter of the lance nozzle [mm] ρj: density of the gas blown from the lance nozzle [kg/Nm Vp: supply rate of the powdery dephosphorizing agent [kg/min].",0.6996686022062776,0.6006627955874448
9271350,"1. A lighting control circuit comprising: a rectifier connected to an electric ballast to which a commercial AC power is supplied, and configured to convert an AC to a DC output; a smoothing capacitor provided in parallel with a series light emitter in a current supply line between the rectifier and the series light emitter, and configured to eliminate an AC component included in the DC output from an output side of the rectifier; an impedance element provided in series in the current supply line to generate an output voltage as a startup voltage in startup of the series light emitter, said output voltage applied in the startup of the series light emitter being equal to an output voltage from the electric ballast when a fluorescent lamp, connected instead of the series light emitter to the electric ballast, starts up while connected to the electric ballast; a short-circuiting switching element provided in parallel with the impedance element; and a timer control circuit configured to short-circuit the short-circuiting switching element after a predetermined time has passed since the startup of the series light emitter, wherein the output voltage applied to the series light emitter in the startup of the series light emitter is equal to the output voltage from the electric ballast when the fluorescent lamp starts up while connected instead of the series light emitter to the electric ballast, and the output voltage from the electric ballast is set to be lower than the startup voltage after a predetermined time has passed since the startup of the series light emitter.",0.8635327542768465,0.272934491446307
9157039,"1. Process for obtaining simultaneously several compositions comprising fatty acid alkyl esters, glycerol formal and the bioester fatty acid glycerol formal ester, comprising the steps of: (A) reacting triglyceride, glycerol and dialkoxymethane in the presence of an acid homogeneous or heterogeneous catalyst, thus forming two layers, wherein the upper layer comprises a mixture of fatty acid alkyl esters, fatty acid glycerol formal esters and an excess of dialkoxymethane and alkyl alcohol and the lower layer comprises a mixture of glycerol formal, excess glycerol, and homogeneous catalyst if an homogeneous catalyst has been used in the reaction; (B1) separating the dialkoxymethane and the alkyl alcohol from the upper layer for obtaining a composition comprising fatty acid alkyl esters and fatty acid glycerol formal esters; or instead of step (B1), (C) reacting the compounds from the upper layer obtained according to step (A) with a mixture of alkyl alcohol and acid catalyst for obtaining a composition comprising fatty acid alkyl esters and a composition comprising glycerol formal; (B2) separating the glycerol formal from unreacted glycerol and the homogeneous catalyst if an homogeneous catalyst has been used in step (A) from the lower layer for obtaining a composition comprising glycerol formal; (D) carrying out a transesterification reaction between the composition obtained in step (B1) or the composition comprising fatty acid alkyl esters obtained in step (C) and the composition comprising glycerol formal obtained in step (C) in the presence of a transesterification homogeneous or heterogeneous catalyst to form a composition comprising fatty acid glycerol formal ester.",0.41722878199010893,0.8344575639802179
8852654,1. A method of treating gastrointestinal disorders caused by antimicrobial agents in a human in need thereof comprising administering a capsule containing 250 mg-550 mg of a dry standardized extract of Globosa buddleja to said human in need thereof to treat the gastrointestinal disorder in said human.,0.46531506324400973,0.9306301264880195
8503498,1. A multi-beam semiconductor laser apparatus comprising: at least four stripe semiconductor laser emission units disposed in parallel on a substrate; a plurality of isolation grooves configured to separate the semiconductor laser emission units from each other; and a plurality of pad electrodes disposed on outer sides of outermost semiconductor laser emission units; wherein the isolation grooves are formed between the pad electrodes and the semiconductor laser emission units adjacent to the pad electrodes and between adjacent semiconductor laser emission units; wherein a distance between two isolation grooves formed on both sides of the outermost semiconductor laser emission units is smaller than a distance between two isolation grooves formed on both sides of inner semiconductor laser emission units; and wherein a difference between the distance between the two isolation grooves formed on both sides of the inner semiconductor laser emission units and the distance between the two isolation grooves formed on both sides of the outermost semiconductor laser emission units is between 13.15 μm and 15.00 μm.,0.13274125253496075,0.26548250506992144
9254329,"1. A coating material containing a mixture of i) a polymer obtained by radical polymerization from ii) one or more antioxidants comprising N-acetylcysteine, arginine, lysine, butyl hydroxytoluene, butyl hydroxytoluene plus Na-EDTA, sodium carbonate, or combinations thereof, as component B, iii) one or more plasticizers as component C, and iv) other excipients as components D, wherein the total amount of the mixture of components A-D is 100 wt. %.",0.5283673986693167,0.9432652026613666
9757714,"1. A process for producing a gas rich in methane by reacting a synthesis gas comprising carbon oxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a catalyst support comprising in oxide form: aluminum, zirconium, and one or more lanthanoid elements of the lanthanoid group of the periodic system, wherein at least a part of the aluminum is present as transition alumina selected from the group consisting of χ, κ, γ, δ, η, ρ and θ-alumina, and wherein the concentration of zirconium is at least 1.5 wt %, the concentration of lanthanoid is at least 0.5 wt %, and the combined concentration of zirconium and lanthanoid is at least 4 wt %.",0.9705584631220112,0.058883073755977566
9382160,"1. A sand-free masonry block, consisting of: a homogeneously dispersed mixture of cement, water, and crumb rubber.",0.3950716298233856,0.7901432596467712
8393437,"1. A method of making an acoustic side branch resonator structured to be coupled to a standpipe, the acoustic side branch resonator including a plurality of wire mesh elements for damping purposes, the method comprising: determining a resonant frequency of the standpipe; determining an active length of the acoustic side branch resonator using the resonant frequency; and determining a particular number of the wire mesh elements to be used in the acoustic side branch resonator and a pitch of each of the wire mesh elements using momentum and continuity equations of a compressible fluid.",0.3408670337296317,0.6817340674592633
8925109,"1. A method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising: obtaining a license, from a remote server, for a content item to be presented using a player file executed by a virtual machine multimedia player on a computing device, the license including an encryption key and an authorization to present the content item using one or more authorized player files that include one or more predetermined hash values; receiving the player file for use in presenting the content item; making a determination whether the player file is authorized for use in presenting the content item based on the authorization, said making the determination includes: decrypting the content item using the encryption key; and presenting the content item using the player file executing on the virtual machine multimedia player in accordance with the determination.",0.003590672516023666,0.00718134503204737
9061829,"1. A flat wire conveyor belt comprising: a plurality of spaced tractive rods; a plurality of rows of flat wire wickets transversely disposed with respect to a direction of travel and interconnecting said plurality of spaced tractive rods; a plurality of reinforcing bars; a plurality of belt drive clips, each of said plurality of belt clips being generally J-shaped with a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a connecting portion, the first and second leg portions defining two substantially parallel planes and the connecting portion defining a plane intersecting the two substantially parallel planes, each of said plurality of belt clips having at least one opening in the first leg portion or the second leg portion and no openings in the connecting portion, the openings of each belt drive clip existing entirely in the planes of the first and second leg portions; and a plurality of belt hold-down clips; wherein said conveyor belt includes opposing first and second outer edges and said plurality of reinforcing bars, belt drive clips and belt hold-down clips are disposed on at least one of the first and second outer edges of the flat wire conveyor belt such that said reinforcing bars, belt drive clips and belt hold-down clips improve the edge drive capability of said conveyor belt; and wherein each of said plurality of belt hold-down clips includes a base member having at least one opening and an upstanding member disposed substantially perpendicular to said base member, each of said plurality of belt hold-down clips further including opposing wing portions extending from opposing sides of said base member.",0.14055697008505635,0.2811139401701127
9089812,"1. A gas scrubbing apparatus including: at least two modules, each module including at least one process vessel adapted for use in a gas scrubbing process in which a gas stream contacts a regenerable liquid absorption medium in an absorber, carbon dioxide being absorbed from the gas stream into the regenerable liquid absorption medium, the absorbed carbon dioxide being subsequently stripped from the regenerable liquid absorption medium in a regenerator to regenerate the liquid absorption medium for return to the absorber, each process vessel being selected from an absorber, a regenerator, a scrubber, a reboiler, a heat exchanger or a combination thereof, each process vessel having a top wall, a base wall, and at least three sidewalls formed from a cementitous material, each process vessel having inlet and outlet ports for fluid entering and leaving the process vessel when in use, formed within at least one of the top wall, base wall, or sidewall of each process vessel, wherein the sidewalls of each process vessel define a polygon shaped cross-section, wherein at least one side wall of a first process vessel in a first module can be connected or abutted to at least one side wall of a second process vessel in a second module, wherein each module includes at least two process vessels selected from an absorber, regenerator, gas scrubber, reboiler or heat exchanger, wherein each module includes at least one absorber and at least one regenerator, the gas scrubbing apparatus further including at least one heat exchanger in fluid communication with at least one of the at least one regenerator or the at least one absorber, the at least one heat exchanger being located under the base of the respective regenerator or absorber.",0.7504128141248841,0.4991743717502317
8701662,"1. A humidifier for use with a pressure support device, comprising: a body having an inlet adapted to be operatively coupled to an outlet of a pressure support device such that a flow of gas generated by such a pressure support device is communicated to the inlet, a liquid holding chamber, and an outlet, wherein the inlet is positioned upstream and in fluid communication with the liquid holding chamber, and the outlet is positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with the liquid holding chamber, and wherein the inlet comprises a horizontally disposed conduit portion; and a valve positioned upstream of the liquid holding chamber, wherein the valve is movable between an open position in which the inlet is substantially unblocked and a closed position in which the inlet is substantially blocked, and wherein the valve is positioned in the horizontally disposed conduit portion so as to be in a path of horizontally travelling gas, and wherein the valve is constructed to be in the closed position to seal the horizontally disposed conduit portion when the liquid holding chamber is tilted to prevent liquid from substantially exiting the inlet.",0.5729545886773019,0.8540908226453963
8674333,"1. An apparatus comprising: a first electrode disposed upon a semiconductive substrate; a variable resistance material coupled to the first electrode, wherein a first minor-axis surface of the first electrode forms an interface with the variable resistance material; and a second electrode coupled to the variable resistance material.",0.47421486826463066,0.9484297365292613
9069542,"1. A power consumption amount management system in which a device and a management apparatus for managing the device are connectable to a network, comprising: a measurement unit configured to measure a power consumption amount of the device; a determination unit configured to determine whether or not measurement of the power consumption amount by the measurement unit is successful; a notification unit configured to send notification of information on the power consumption amount measured by the measurement unit and a result of the determination performed by the determination unit to the management apparatus; a reception unit configured to receive the notification sent by the notification unit from the device; and a correction unit configured to correct the information on the power consumption amount by referring to the result of the determination received by the reception unit.",0.9708833107410165,0.05823337851796695
8621029,"1. A storage system for use in a storage system cluster with a partner storage system, comprising: a processor and a memory; a network adapter of the storage system configured to be coupled to a transport medium that does not support remote direct memory access operations; a network driver of the storage system configured to control the network adapter; and an emulated protocol module, stored in the memory, operatively interconnected with the network driver configured to emulate a protocol supporting remote direct memory access operations, the emulated protocol module further configured to generate a protocol packet that is supported by the network adapter and the transport medium, wherein the protocol packet comprises the remote direct memory access operations, the emulated protocol module further configured to implement reliable reception of the packets over the transport medium.",0.3517589886690263,0.7035179773380525
9686555,"1. A video decoding method, comprising: reconstructing a skip mode flag, partition type information, motion information, transform subblock partition information, and quantized transform coefficients by decoding encoded data, the skip mode flag indicating whether a skip mode is used; reconstructing one or more residual subblocks by inverse-quantizing and inverse-transforming the quantized transform coefficients, the residual subblocks being identified by the transform subblock partition information; generating one or more predicted subblocks by predicting one or more subblocks, identified according to the partition type information, by using the motion information; and reconstructing a current block by adding the predicted subblocks and the reconstructed residual subblocks, wherein a batch mode flag, indicating whether a batch mode is used, is further reconstructed for generating the predicted subblocks, when the skip mode flag does not correspond to the skip mode; and when the batch mode is used, the predicted subblocks are predicted, using a motion information candidate group which includes motion information of at least one of spatially adjacent blocks and motion information of a colocated block, and using the motion information as selection information of the motion information candidate group, the spatially adjacent blocks being spatially adjacent to the current block and the collocated block being temporally adjacent to the current block, wherein the at least one of the spatially adjacent blocks and the colocated block has a priority order in the motion information candidate group, and wherein the spatially adjacent blocks include",0.04455335038335176,0.08910670076670346
9472732,"1. An electronic device comprising: a solid shaped volume of a polymeric binder; suspended within the polymeric binder, a semiconductor die having a first face, a second face opposite the first face, and at least one sidewall spanning the first and second faces, the semiconductor die being a bare-die light-emitting element comprising a plurality of active semiconductor layers that cooperatively emit light; a reflecting layer disposed between the polymeric binder and the semiconductor die; and disposed over the first face of the semiconductor die, at least two spaced-apart contacts each (i) having a free terminal end not covered by the polymeric binder, (ii) being available for electrical connection, and (iii) contacting a different active semiconductor layer of the semiconductor die, wherein (i) at least a portion of the polymeric binder is transparent to a wavelength of light emitted by the light-emitting element and (ii) the reflecting layer has a reflectivity of at least 50% to a wavelength of light emitted by the light-emitting element within the polymeric binder.",0.1587372266398256,0.3174744532796512
9541034,"1. An EGR device comprising: a housing defining an inner passage internally and having an EGR inlet; and a diffusing device extended from the EGR inlet into the inner passage, wherein the diffusing device is a hollow member having, a root end, a tip end, and an intermediate portion between the root end and the tip end defining an interior, the intermediate portion has a plurality of through holes communicating the interior with the inner passage, the tip end is twisted relative to the root end, and the intermediate portion includes lateral walls and a downstream wall located on the downstream side of the lateral walls and relative to mixture gas flow, wherein the lateral walls and downstream wall are projected inward into the inner passage so as to expose exteriors of the lateral walls and downstream wall to the fresh air or mixture gas flow.",0.7236622938484456,0.5526754123031088
8472881,"1. A test device, comprising: a microprocessor; a switching network comprising a plurality of switches; said microprocessor controls said switching network; a signal booster; an uplink antenna and a downlink antenna; a diagnostic device; a first 50 ohm load; a second 50 ohm load; a power source for said signal booster and said diagnostic device; said microprocessor controls said switching network which, in turn, controls the interconnection of said power source, said signal booster, said uplink and downlink antennas, said diagnostic device, said first 50 ohm load, and said second 50 ohm load; said diagnostic device includes an analyzer port, and said signal booster includes an uplink port and a downlink port, and wherein: said uplink port of said signal booster is in electrical communication with said first 50 ohm load, said downlink port of said signal booster is in electrical communication with said second 50 ohm load, said analyzer port is in electrical communication with said uplink antenna, and, said diagnostic device is measuring the efficiency of said uplink antenna.",0.5611070577916035,0.877785884416793
8784537,"1. A process for absorption of an acid gas from a gas mixture, comprising contacting the gas mixture with an absorption medium, wherein said absorption medium comprises at least water as solvent and at least one amine (A) of formula (I): wherein: R R",0.7573682768007903,0.48526344639841934
8485816,"1. A method for adjustment a patient's tooth using an orthodontic appliance, comprising: securing an orthodontic appliance to a patient's tooth, wherein the appliance includes: providing the archwire in an open side along a length of the first archwire retaining channel for receiving the archwire in the first archwire retaining channel; applying a force to the archwire for inducing a predetermined second bow therein when the archwire enters the first archwire retaining channel, wherein the mesial and distal archwire retaining portions are on a first side of the first archwire retaining channel, and the first retaining ridge is on an opposing second side of the first archwire retaining channel, and contacts the archwire at a location between the mesial and distal archwire retaining portions for providing the predetermined bow in the archwire in a direction toward the first side; providing the second archwire in an open side along a length of the second archwire retaining channel for receiving the archwire in the second archwire retaining channel; applying a force to the second archwire for inducing a predetermined bow therein when the second archwire enters the second archwire retaining channel, wherein the second mesial and second distal archwire retaining portions are on a first side of the second archwire retaining channel, and a second retaining ridge is on an opposing second side of the second archwire retaining channel, and contacts the second archwire at a location between the second mesial and second distal archwire retaining portions for providing the predetermined second bow in the second archwire in a direction toward the first side of the second archwire retaining channel.",0.04938526213003539,0.09877052426007082
8878651,"1. A food source information transferring system for a livestock slaughterhouse, the food source information transferring system comprising: a data scan zone defined by an RFID signal projection from an RF antenna operatively connected to an RFID reader; a hook that holds multi-carcass grouped meat parts derived from a multiple number of animal carcasses, wherein the multi-carcass grouped meat parts hung on the hook embed a multiplicity of livestock RFID tag information corresponding to the multiple number of animal carcasses; a hook RFID tag incorporated or embedded in the hook that holds the multi-carcass grouped meat parts derived from the multiple number of animal carcasses, when the hook is hung on a hook machine, wherein the hook machine is designed to transport the multi-carcass grouped meat parts on the hook from one location to another location; the RFID reader reading from the hook RFID tag and the multi-carcass grouped meat parts embedding the multiplicity of livestock RFID tag information corresponding to the multiple number of animal carcasses, when the hook RFID tag is inside the data scan zone; a food source information database operating on a CPU and a memory unit of a computer system device which is operatively connected to the RFID reader, wherein the food source information database pairs the multiplicity of livestock RFID tag information in the multi-carcass grouped meat parts per hook with the hook RFID tag, so that a multi-carcass source-to-single hook data correlation is traceably established; and a slaughterhouse operation controller unit operatively connected to the RFID reader and the food source information database, wherein the slaughterhouse operation controller unit at least partially controls the RFID reader and the food source information database.",0.4723414173458503,0.9446828346917006
9823415,"1. An energy converter for converting multi-frequency radiant energy into electrical energy, the converter comprising: a plurality of superposed waveguides, at least a first and a second of the superposed waveguides each having an inlet and comprising: a core having a photoactive conversion zone for converting radiant energy entered via the inlet into electrical energy, the photoactive conversion zone forming a transducer; the core being disposed between charge collectors for collecting electrical energy from the conversion zone, and a superposed waveguide cladding disposed about the core; wherein each of the first and second superposed waveguides is constructed to guide incoming energy in a direction substantially along the respective waveguide; at least one spectral refractor comprising: a tapered core having a first end and a second end, the first end defining an aperture, the tapered core having a depth with direction and magnitude the depth direction extending between the first end and the second end, wherein the depth magnitude increases with distance from the first end towards the second end; the tapered core having a width in at least one direction transverse to the depth direction; the tapered core width monotonically decreasing in magnitude as a function of the depth; a refractor cladding disposed at least partially about the tapered core; wherein the first end of the tapered core is dimensioned to allow passage of radiant energy comprising at least a first and a second spectral components each having at least one frequency associated therewith, wherein the first spectral component has a lower frequency than the second spectral component; and, wherein the tapered core will cause the first and the second spectral components reaching a respective cladding penetration state at which they will respectively penetrate the refractor cladding and be emitted from the at least one spectral refractor at a respective first and second depths, wherein the first depth is of lesser magnitude than the second depth; wherein the at least one spectral is at least partially disposed within the plurality of the superposed waveguides such that the first spectral component will couple into the inlet of the first superposed waveguide, and the second spectral component will couple into the inlet of the second of the superposed waveguide.",0.9358769581652107,0.12824608366957868
8692399,"1. Method for operating a wind energy plant having a doubly-fed asynchronous machine, a grid-sided converter and a generator-sided converter both being controlled by a control means, the method comprising the following steps: in a regular operating mode the converters are controlled by the control means by means of command variables for the regular operating mode, in case of a grid fault the converters are controlled by at least one control module which (i) controls the torque and/or the active power and (ii) controls the reactive current and/or the reactive power by means of command variables such that a disconnection of the asynchronous machine from the grid will be performed only if the grid voltage falls below a predetermined voltage-time-characteristic curve, wherein the shape of the voltage-time-characteristic curve is configured by a plurality of pre-selectable parameters in the at least one control module, wherein at least one first command variable function is provided which in the case of fault provides a command variable for the torque and/or the active power and which comprises at least two basic functions, a first basic function thereof determining the set point for the torque and/or the active power following the occurrence of a fault, and a second basic function thereof determining the set point for the torque and/or the active power following completion of the fault, and wherein at least one second command variable function for the reactive current and/or the reactive power is provided which in the case of fault provides a command variable for controlling of at least one of the converters and which comprises at least two basic function, a third basic function thereof determining the set point for the reactive power and/or the reactive current following the occurrence of a fault, and a fourth basic function thereof determining the set point for the reactive power and/or the reactive current following completion of the fault.",0.9971564543424044,0.005687091315191184
8765013,"1. A polymerizable compound-containing liquid crystal composition comprising, as a first component, at least one polymerizable compound represented by general formula (I): wherein R and X wherein R wherein R wherein R",0.31246351461942123,0.6249270292388425
9460383,"1. A neural network circuit, comprising: plurality of digital electronic neurons; and an electronic synapse array comprising a plurality of digital synapses interconnecting the neurons; wherein each synapse has a corresponding multi-bit fine-grain value representing a synaptic weight of the synapse; wherein each neuron includes a learning module for updating a synaptic weight of a connected synapse based on one or more learning rules; wherein each learning module is independently reconfigurable; and wherein each learning module of each neuron includes one or more digital counters, each digital counter decays at a corresponding decay rate during each timestep, and each digital counter resets to a pre-determined value in response to the neuron generating a spike signal.",0.26753895247576437,0.5350779049515287
8690658,"1. A computer-implemented method of conducting a wagering game on a gaming system including an input device, and at least one display device, operably connected to one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving an indication of a wager; displaying outcomes of wagering games on the at least one display device in response to a wager indication being received, the displayed outcomes being randomly generated by at least one of the one or more processors; accumulating a bonus-event playing time upon satisfying at least one predetermined condition as the wagering games are played; initiating a bonus game in which a player is eligible to receive awards for a period of time; determining, via at least one of the one or more processors, the accumulated playing time accrued prior to the initiation of the bonus game; allowing the player to participate in the bonus game for at least as long as the accumulated playing time; and providing any awards earned by the player during their participation in the bonus game.",0.017942804342632013,0.035885608685264025
8397847,"1. An electric power converter for a vehicle comprising: an electric power conversion unit connected as a multi-phase bridge circuit configuration between a rotating electrical machine unit driven from the outside to generate multi-phase alternating current electric power, and a direct-current device, each phase arm of the multi-phase bridge circuit including a switching element having a parallel-connected diode; a synchronous rectification permission means which generates a diode ON signal corresponding to the energization state of the diode; and a synchronous rectification control means which generates a switching timing signal for a switching element corresponding to the diode ON signal on the basis of the diode ON signal, and performing switching control of the corresponding switching element on the basis of the switching timing signal from the synchronous commutation control means, thereby executing synchronous rectification, wherein the switching timing signal is obtained by subtracting a control allowance time from a synchronous commutation available time calculated on the basis of the ON time of at least one diode, and wherein the control allowance time is determined as a sum of a control delay time which is constant irrespective of the operating state of a generator, and a control allowance which is an allowance time which varies depending on the operating state of the generator.",0.9918669618729522,0.016266076254095596
8468806,"1. An exhaust aftertreatment system comprising an oxidation catalyst, a selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst arranged in an exhaust line of an engine, a particulate filter arranged upstream of the selective catalytic-reduction catalyst, an engine and intake air flow arrangement operable to adjust at least one desired ratio among one or more pairs of the one or more constituents by varying a space velocity of the exhaust gas in at least the oxidation catalyst by varying one or more operation parameters of the engine; means for establishing the ratio to a value at least approaching the desired ratio among the one or more pairs of the one or more constituents at the inlet of the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst depending on a non-zero amount of NO2 which is generated or consumed in the particulate filter; and a control unit configured to operate the engine and intake air flow arrangement to adjust the desired ration and to control the establishing means to establish the desired ratio at the inlet of the selective-catalytic-reduction catalyst.",0.9898304154551797,0.02033916908964062
9135751,"1. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a mapping application executable by at least one processing unit of a device, the application comprising sets of instructions for: displaying a set of banners associated with a set of locations on a displayed map; and upon selection of a selectable user interface (UI) item displayed on a particular banner associated with a particular location, displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) that overlaps the displayed map, the GUI comprising:",0.1558600636169636,0.31172012723392717
9720403,"1. A method for securely controlling a manufacturing process, the method comprising: providing an electronic measuring device that monitors the manufacturing process and produces measurement information related thereto; providing a process control computer that is capable of monitoring the manufacturing process from a remote location; electronically receiving the measurement information from the electronic measuring device via a network, the measurement information comprising electronic instrument data that is output by the electronic measuring device; applying rules to the received measurement information to determine a desired response for communication to at least one control device that is issued commands as part of the manufacturing process to affect the output of the manufacturing process; and electronically sending control information to the least one control device that is issued commands as part of the manufacturing process via the network, the control information comprising an electronic control signal for facilitating control of the at least one control device according to the desired response, the method comprising the further steps of storing the measurement information, the rules, and administrative information in a common database wherein access to the database is limited to authorized users and communicating with the process control computer via radio frequency.",0.4045107663046964,0.8090215326093928
9478746,"1. A photovoltaic cell comprising: an at least partially light transparent electrode; an active layer disposed upon the at least partially transparent electrode, the active layer formed of a plurality of electron donor molecules, whereby at least one of the plurality of electron donor molecules is linked through conjugation with at least one fullerene molecule, so as to form a first channel of the electron donor and a second channel of the fullerene, such that holes generated in the active layer are transported by the first channel and electrons generated in the active layer are transported by the second channel; and a second electrode disposed upon the active layer, wherein the at least one electron donor molecules linked through conjugation with the at least one fullerene molecule includes the formula where each Ar is an electron donor molecule and Full is a fullerene molecule.",0.9362208277559196,0.12755834448816072
8397614,"1. System for communicating data to a detonating fuse of a projectile of a firearm, for sending said data to a processing unit inserted in said detonating fuse, said projectile being under-calibre with respect to the size of the barrel, for which inserting the projectile correctly into the barrel, said system comprising: a cap and an adaptor formed by the cap, the cap fitting on the projectile, having an external diameter substantially corresponding to that of the barrel, electrically conductive elements provided on the detonating fuse and on the cap for connection between the elements, to create an electrically conductive path from a central electronic unit, which controls the firearm, to said processing unit on the detonating fuse; wherein said electrically conductive elements comprise: a plurality of electrical contacts positioned on a lateral surface of the cap, the contacts creating electrical continuity from the outside to the inside of the cap; a connector on the detonating fuse, the connector electrically connecting the processing unit within the detonating fuse with the outside of the cap; and an electronic connection board, set between the connector and the contacts, the board being positioned within the cap, in a position to provide engagement of a plurality of conductive paths provided thereon with the contacts of the cap and to enable insertion of a pin into the connector of the detonating fuse.",0.17561625577162598,0.35123251154325197
8536405,"1. An isolated nucleic acid fragment comprising the deoxyribonucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:12 wherein (i) nucleotides 94 to 114 SEQ ID NO:12 are replaced by a first variable nucleotide subsequence ranging in size from 19 to 24 nucleotides depending upon the target sequence whose expression is to be reduced, (ii) nucleotides 163 to 183 of SEQ ID NO:12 are replaced by a second variable nucleotide subsequence ranging in size from 19 to 24 nucleotides, said second variable nucleotide subsequence being capable of hybridizing to the first variable subsequence, and (iii) a precursor miRNA produced by said isolated nucleic acid fragment has the same stem structure as a precursor miRNA produced by endogenous SEQ ID NO:12.",0.3108323075395749,0.6216646150791498
9821963,1. An infeed device comprising: at least one infeed ( at least one sensor ( at least one ejection means ( wherein the infeed (,0.46982547252570855,0.9396509450514171
8636975,1. A method for generating hydrogen comprising the steps of: a) providing a hydrogen carrier fluid comprising hydrogen carrier molecules or particles being dissolved or dispersed in an inert fluid medium; b) providing an activator fluid comprising water having a conductance value below 0.5 μS; c) injecting the hydrogen carrier fluid and the activator fluid into a first reaction chamber; wherein d) the hydrogen carrier fluid and the activator fluid are injected into the reaction chamber in order to cause an intensive mixing of the hydrogen carrier molecules or particles with the activator fluid.,0.9071108643317229,0.1857782713365541
9453450,"1. A method of estimating a mass flow rate of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in exhaust gas produced by an engine, the method comprising: sensing a mass flow rate of a flow of exhaust gas from the engine; defining a nitrogen oxides base concentration for when the engine is operating at a reference state, with an engine control unit; calculating a nitrogen oxides ratio for a current operating state of the engine, with the engine control unit; and multiplying the mass flow rate of the flow of exhaust gas, the nitrogen oxides base concentration, and the nitrogen oxides ratio for the current operating state of the engine to define an estimated value of the current mass flow rate of nitrogen oxides in the flow of exhaust gas from the engine.",0.8089102044585705,0.3821795910828589
8656934,"1. A hair treatment applicator to chemically treat a section of hair for highlighting, frosting, perming, coloring, decoloring, straightening, neutralizing, relaxing, or conditioning comprising an elongated body of flexible, resilient porous material having an outer surface and an inner core including at least one hair section treatment channel extending from said outer surface into said inner core of said elongated body, said hair section treatment channel including at least two interior absorbent surfaces, said channel retaining the entire length of a section of hair to be treated and separating the section of hair to be treated from adjacent strands of hair while said elongated body of flexible resilient porous material and the section of hair are manually manipulated to distribute a treating chemical over the section of hair within said hair section treatment channel and to shield the section of hair to be treated from the environs to reduce the effects of temperature and humidity on the treating chemical.",0.07697320255828435,0.15394640511656865
8385871,"1. A frequency dependent signal attenuation apparatus, comprising: an input signal receiver coupled to a first directional coupler, which splits the input signals into a first signal path and a second signal path; a bandstop filter coupled to the first signal path, said bandstop filter provides its output signal to a first RF/Analog frequency down converter, the first RF/Analog frequency down converter having one or more down converter mixers coupled to a first filter and an analog to digital converter, and said one or more down converter mixers being controlled by a local frequency oscillator signal; a second filter coupled to the one or more down converter mixers in the first RF/Analog frequency down converter through the first filter and analog to digital converter in the first RF/Analog frequency down converter; a second RF/Analog frequency up converter coupled to the second filter, which has one or more up converter mixers coupled to the second filter through a third filter and a digital to analog converter, each of said one or more up converter mixers being controlled by a local frequency oscillator signal, said second RF/Analog frequency up converter provides its output signal to a second directional coupler that also receives a second signal along the second path from the first directional coupler, said signal from the first directional coupler passes through a component before being received at the second directional coupler; and a signal output provided by the second directional coupler that includes recombined signals that have passed through the first and second paths, said signal from said first signal path attenuates the signal from the second signal path at the second directional coupler.",0.06725260828754778,0.1345052165750955
9210547,1. A method comprising: generating a warning message indicative of sobriety of a first user at a mobile device; accessing a contact database of the first user for a plurality of users; initiating a communication session between the mobile device and at least one of the plurality of users; receiving a plurality of sobriety assessments for the first user from the plurality of users; calculating an assessment score from the plurality of sobriety assessments; and comparing the assessment score to a sobriety threshold.,0.12492570771776511,0.24985141543553024
9321341,1. A transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle comprising: a first shaft connected to an engine and provided with a first externally-meshing drive gear fixedly disposed thereon; a first hollow shaft disposed without rotational interference with and at a radial exterior of the first shaft and provided with a first output gear; a second hollow shaft disposed without rotational interference with and at a radial exterior of the first hollow shaft and provided with a second output gear; a second shaft disposed in parallel with the first shaft and provided with a first externally-meshing driven gear fixedly disposed on the second shaft and engaged with the first externally-meshing drive gear and a second externally-meshing drive gear fixedly disposed on the second shaft; a second externally-meshing driven gear engaged with the second externally-meshing drive gear and selectively connected to the first hollow shaft through a clutch; a first motor/generator directly and operably connected to the second hollow shaft; and a second motor/generator directly and operably connected to the second shaft.,0.9044245664809564,0.19115086703808726
8837756,"1. A dynamic microphone unit comprising: a diaphragm that vibrates in response to received sound waves; a voice coil that is fixed to the diaphragm and vibrates together with the diaphragm; a magnetic circuit that generates a magnetic field in a magnetic gap, the voice coil being disposed in the magnetic gap; a resonator that is disposed adjacent to the obverse of the diaphragm; and a noise canceling coil fixed to a surface of the resonator, the surface facing the diaphragm, the noise cancelling coil facing the voice coil, wherein the resonator has a convex surface positioned on the surface facing the diaphragm, wherein the convex surface is being formed by a flattened cylindrical surface along a circle concentric with the voice coil, and wherein an inner circumferential surface of the noise canceling coil is fit along the convex surface to align and fix the noise canceling coil to the convex surface of the resonator.",0.03752439123288924,0.07504878246577851
8835501,"1. A pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of: (a) a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor; and, (b) at least one basic in situ salt former, wherein the salt former is free arginine, meglumine or free meglumine, and, (c) a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient or carrier; wherein said HDAC inhibitor is selected from compounds of the following formula and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein: A is a substituted or unsubstituted: Q J is: R Q",0.17442210028532995,0.3488442005706599
9758860,1. An indium metal sputtering target having purity of 99.99 mass % or more and having a surface to be sputtered with an arithmetic average roughness Ra of from 5 μm to 70 μm in advance of sputtering time.,0.34445570947952386,0.6889114189590477
8818942,"1. A method of handling subscriber data in a database system comprising a master database and a plurality of slave databases to act as memory caches, each slave database connected with a number of applications allowed to request execution of operations to the database system, the method comprising: configuring data clusters at the master database, wherein each data cluster identifies subscriber data associated with an operation and is associated with said operation, and wherein each data cluster is assigned a priority per slave database basis, per application basis, or per combination of slave database and application basis; receiving at a slave database an operation request for a requested operation for a given subscriber from a requester application connected with the slave database; sending the operation request for the requested operation from the slave database to the master database; determining at the master database a data cluster associated with the requested operation, and the priority assigned to the data cluster as configured for at least one of the requester application and the slave database; when the priority of the data cluster associated with the requested operation is higher than priorities for previous requested operations associated with the data cluster, providing the data cluster associated with the requested operation from the master database to the slave database, replicating the provided data cluster at the slave database, and executing the requested operation with the provided data cluster at the slave database; when the priority of the data cluster associated with the requested operation is lower than priority for a previous requested operation associated with the data cluster, executing the requested operation with the data cluster associated with the requested operation at the master database; and, returning the execution result towards the requester application.",0.13816880645429372,0.2763376129085875
9592051,"1. A shell assembly for use with a surgical instrument, the shell assembly comprising: a shell including a ramp and a locking aperture; a staple guide configured to house a plurality of staples; and at least one engagement feature disposed on the staple guide, the at least one engagement feature including a surface configured to slidably contact the ramp of the shell prior to the at least one engagement feature engaging the locking aperture; wherein the locking aperture of the shell is formed on a flexible tab; and wherein the flexible tab is positioned adjacent a distal end of the shell.",0.0472259850196997,0.09445197003939942
8527164,"1. A method of at least one of controlling and regulating an automated transmission of a vehicle, in which, in an automatic mode and under predetermined conditions either a rolling function or a coasting function of the vehicle is activated, during which the drive-train is disengaged and the drive motor is either operated in the idling mode or switched off at times, the method comprising the steps of: automatically terminating the rolling or the coasting function if at least one of the predetermined conditions is no longer present; and manually terminating the rolling function or the coasting function and initiating a manually influenced predetermined shifting strategy with the predetermined shifting strategy being independent of a normal shifting strategy.",0.7031170046844843,0.5937659906310313
8516802,"1. An exhaust system for an engine having a plurality of combustion chambers, comprising: a housing; a first array of parallel positioned emission treatment devices; a second array of parallel positioned emission treatment devices, the first and second arrays being spaced apart within the housing; a first exhaust passageway in fluid communication with the combustion chambers and containing the first array of emission treatment devices; a second and separate exhaust passageway in fluid communication with the combustion chambers and containing the second array of emission treatment devices; a first valve for restricting the exhaust flow through the first exhaust passageway; and a second valve for restricting the exhaust flow through the second exhaust passageway.",0.88276442113833,0.23447115772334004
9509999,"1. An apparatus configured to code video information, the apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store video information; and computing hardware operationally coupled to the memory and configured to:",0.22114760017350088,0.44229520034700176
9813014,"1. A solar cell array comprising: a first solar cell module and a second solar cell module that each include, at external peripheral edge portions in plan view, a first side portion and a second side portion that is opposite to the first side portion, the first solar cell module and the second solar cell module being arranged side by side in an inclination direction at an inclined surface in such a manner that the first solar cell module is tilted and disposed at a lower side of the inclined surface and the second solar cell module is tilted and disposed at an upper side of the inclined surface to cause the first side portion of the first solar cell module to face the second side portion of the second solar cell module; a holding member that is interposed between the first side portion of the first solar cell module and the second side portion of the second solar cell module, wherein the holding member includes: a pressing member which is supported by the third supporting portion and includes a securing portion and a stopper, wherein the stopper is mounted on the third supporting portion by using the securing portion, extends along the second side portion through a length that is less than a length of the second side portion in a longitudinal direction, sandwiches the second side portion together with the second supporting portion of the second holding portion, and presses the upper end surface of the second side portion.",0.8224986937996773,0.35500261240064535
8842448,"1. A parallel-connected resonant converter circuit comprising: a plurality of resonant converters, each of which has two input terminals and two output terminals, a DC power source having a positive and a negative terminals, an output capacitor, and a plurality of input capacitors, each of the plurality of input capacitors has a first and a second terminals and is electrically parallel-connected to the two input terminals of a corresponding one of the plurality of resonant converters, wherein the output capacitor is electrically parallel-connected to the two output terminals of each the resonant converter, and the series-connected resonant converters are connected in paralleled with the DC power source at the positive and the negative terminals, wherein all the two input terminals of the plurality of resonant converters are electrically series-connected, and all the two output terminals of the plurality of resonant converters are electrically parallel-connected, wherein the output capacitor is electrically connected at one end with one of the two output terminals of one of the plurality of the resonant converters, and electrically connected at the other end with one of the two output terminals of another one of the plurality of the resonant converters, and wherein the resonant converter circuit is controlled by a method comprising steps of:",0.6481823043263925,0.7036353913472151
8828013,"1. A method for positioning a bone cut on a tibia, the method comprising: coupling a bone cut positioning apparatus to a tibia, the positioning apparatus including a bone cutting guide; attaching a laser light emitter to a swing arm of the positioning apparatus, the attaching including activating the laser light emitter such that it can emit laser light; positioning the swing arm and the laser light emitter into a first orientation relative to the tibia; adjusting, with the swing arm and the laser light emitter in the first orientation, the positioning apparatus in a varus/valgus orientation relative to the tibia, including using emitted laser light from the laser light emitter to position the bone cutting guide in reference to an anterior surface of the tibia; positioning, by pivoting, the swing arm and the laser light emitter into a second orientation such that the laser light emitter can emit laser light to provide orientation along a medial or a lateral surface of the tibia; adjusting, with the laser light emitter in the second orientation, the positioning apparatus in an anterior/posterior orientation relative to the tibia, including using emitted laser light from the laser light emitter to position the bone cutting guide in reference to the medial or the lateral surface of the tibia; and adjusting the positioning apparatus up or down to select a tibial bone resection level wherein at least one of the adjusting the positioning apparatus operations includes adjusting a screw coupled with a captured ball to move a portion of the positioning apparatus about a pivot, the screw coupled with the captured ball via a threaded shaft through the captured ball.",0.05099841129225413,0.10199682258450826
9162496,"1. A printing method comprising: printing a plurality of images on a continuous sheet and forming a mark in a non-image area between adjacent two images; and cutting the sheet on a basis of a detection of the mark, wherein a length of the non-image area is set on a basis of image data in a rear end part of a precedent image of the two images, and a position where a mark detecting operation in the non-image area is started, is determined on a basis of the length of the non-image area.",0.03209331986908612,0.06418663973817229
8825161,"1. An implantable medical device comprising: a housing defining a hermetically sealed chamber, the housing including a diaphragm portion with an inner surface, the diaphragm portion having a first resonance frequency; an acoustic communication circuit within the chamber; and an acoustic transducer within the chamber including: a substantially rigid pin member having a first end attached to the inner surface in the diaphragm portion and a second end opposite the first end; and an active portion coupled to the second end of the pin member, the active portion being electrically coupled to the acoustic communication circuit and having a second resonance frequency; wherein the pin member offsets the active portion from the diaphragm portion to allow deformation of the active portion such that the first resonance frequency can be configured independently of the second resonance frequency; and wherein the pin member is configured to transmit induced mechanical vibrations between the diaphragm portion of the housing and the active portion of the acoustic transducer, wherein the pin member has an outer diameter that is smaller than an outer diameter of the active portion.",0.06836106970567891,0.1367221394113578
9319923,"1. A node in an ad-hoc network, the node comprising: a memory configured to store a concatenated counter value composed of two counter values, the concatenated counter value including, as higher order digits, an erasure counter value indicating number of erasure sessions at the node and including, as lower order digits, a transmission counter value indicating number of transmission sessions from the node; and a processor configured to:",0.4079105884751689,0.8158211769503378
9773469,"1. A data processing apparatus comprising: a compressor circuit, arranged for receiving an input display data and generating an output display data according to the input display data; and an output interface circuit, arranged for packing the output display data into an output bitstream, and outputting the output bitstream via a display interface, wherein the display interface is a display serial interface (DSI) standardized by a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) or an embedded display port (eDP) standardized by a Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) and compressed display data generated by the compressor circuit is transmitted over the display interface; wherein the compressor circuit adaptively adjusts a compression algorithm applied to the input display data according to context characteristics of the input display data, wherein the content characteristics include at least one bit rate, wherein at least one of a complexity and a compression efficiency of the compression algorithm scales proportionally to the at least one bit rate, and wherein the display interface is not a network interface, and the display interface is coupled between the data processing apparatus and another data processing apparatus that are located on different chips.",0.23246476034854532,0.4649295206970907
9243166,"1. A curable composition, comprising: (A) a polyorganosiloxane having an average compositional formula of Formula 1; (B) a polyorganosiloxane which has an average compositional formula of Formula 2 and in which a ratio (Ep/Si) of moles of an epoxy group (Ep) to moles of a silicon atom (Si) is 0.15 or less; and (C) a compound having a hydrogen atom binding to a silicon atom, wherein R",0.7868261146465729,0.42634777070685415
9088011,"1. A bipolar plate for a fuel cell with a core layer consisting of a steel material, the surfaces of said core layer, which are associated with the respective electrolyte carriers of the fuel cell, being provided in each case with a corrosion protection layer, protecting the core layer against corrosion, wherein the corrosion protection layers consist in each case of a metal material and extend in each case on both sides over the whole surface of the core layer; wherein the corrosion protection layers are in turn coated in each case over the whole surface with an electrically conductive functional coating, which is essentially entirely impermeable for the metal ions emerging from the core layer, the corrosion protection layers, or both; wherein the metal material of at least one of the corrosion protection layers is a steel material with a higher corrosion resistance than the steel material of the core layer; and wherein the functional coating comprises two layers in which the first layer is applied directly onto the corrosion protection layer and formed as an amorphous C/H coating or plasma polymer coating and in which the second layer is applied on the first layer and formed from a conductive inorganic compound.",0.8870954828311323,0.22580903433773547
9567386,"1. A method of treating a patient having a fibrotic disorder, comprising administering to said patient an effective amount of a biologically active modified relaxin polypeptide, wherein (a) said modified relaxin polypeptide comprises an A chain and a B chain linked by at least one disulfide bond, wherein said A chain comprises SEQ ID NO: 4 substituted with a non-naturally encoded amino acid at position 1 and said B chain comprises SEQ ID NO:5 or SEQ ID NO:6, and (b) the non-naturally encoded amino acid is linked to a linker, polymer, or biologically active molecule, wherein said non-naturally encoded amino acid comprises a first functional group and the linker, polymer, or biologically active molecule comprises a second functional group, wherein the first functional group and second functional group are not identical and each comprise a carbonyl group, an aminooxy group, a hydrazide group, a hydrazine group, a semicarbazide group, an azide group, or an alkyne group, and the non-naturally encoded amino acid is linked to the linker, polymer, or biologically active molecule by the resultant covalent linkage created by the reaction of the first and second functional groups.",0.2580884019463538,0.5161768038927076
8875675,"1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a cylinder head including two cylinders arranged in an inline configuration, a first cylinder included in the two cylinders having a first exhaust valve positioned in a first exhaust port and a second exhaust valve positioned in a second exhaust port, each exhaust port in fluidic communication with a separate exhaust gas line, the exhaust gas lines converging downstream forming an exhaust manifold; a boosting device providing boosted air to the two cylinders; and a valve actuating assembly including a first valve actuating mechanism cyclically actuating the first exhaust valve and a second valve actuating mechanism cyclically actuating the second exhaust valve, where the first valve actuating mechanism opens the first exhaust valve for a different duration of time than the second valve actuating mechanism; wherein a difference between the valve opening durations of the first and second exhaust valves is greater than 2 crank angle degrees and less than or equal to 10 crank angle degrees.",0.9499868873114803,0.10002622537703942
9101914,"1. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst, comprising: an oxide having an oxygen storage and release capacity; and an oxide represented by formula (1) supported on the oxide having the oxygen storage and release capacity, (wherein La represents lanthanum, M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of barium (Ba), strontium (Sr) and calcium (Ca), M′ represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni) and manganese (Mn), δ represents an oxygen deficiency amount, and x and δ fulfill conditions represented by 0<x≦1 and 0≦δ≦1, respectively), wherein a particle diameter of the oxide having the oxygen storage and release capacity is in a range from 1 nm to 50 nm, a particle diameter of the oxide represented by the formula (1) is in a range from 1 nm to 30 nm, the exhaust gas purifying catalyst does not include a noble metal, and the particle diameter of the oxide represented by the formula (1) is smaller than the particle diameter of the oxide having the oxygen storage and release capacity.",0.9249201611246715,0.15015967775065708
9297592,"1. A moisture separator reheater comprising: a horizontal cylindrical body drum having a steam inlet at a bottom of the body drum for receiving steam to be heated and a steam outlet at a top of the body drum for discharging heated steam; end plates formed at both end portions of the body drum in a longitudinal direction thereof, and exposed outside; a moisture removal section for removing moisture in the steam distributed inside the body drum; a heat transfer tube group disposed above the moisture removal section, wherein a heating fluid for heating the steam is distributed in the heat transfer tube group; a heater header arranged to supply the heating fluid to the heat transfer tube group and exhaust outside the heating fluid that has been heat exchanged with the steam; and a partition plate disposed inside the body drum and between the end plates so as to guide the steam from the moisture removal section to the heat transfer tube group; the heat transfer tube group including a plurality of heat transfer tubes each having a forward passage part, a backward passage part, and a bent tube part, the forward and the backward passage parts extending in the longitudinal direction of the body drum and the bent tube part connecting the forward and the backward passage parts, the bent tube part being provided outside at least one of the end plates, and the heater header being exposed outside the end plates.",0.6791066377865045,0.641786724426991
9740900,"1. Apparatus comprising: a portable device operative to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records, wherein the device is configured to be operated by a purchaser of goods that are delivered to the purchaser from a remotely located vendor, wherein the device includes: at least one reader, wherein the at least one reader is configured to read a portable device display, at least one portable input device, wherein the at least one portable input device is operative to receive inputs from the purchaser, at least one wireless communication interface, at least one circuit in operative connection with at least one data store, wherein the at least one circuit is operative to cause,",0.4122111556890091,0.8244223113780182
8810176,"1. A converter control device for a vehicle having a converter, which includes a resonance circuit formed of a capacitor and a coil and generates a drive voltage for driving a motor by converting a DC voltage supplied from a DC power source into a DC drive voltage at a conversion ratio determined based on an input control signal, the converter control device comprising: a basic command value calculation section which, to equalize the drive voltage generated by the converter with a predetermined target voltage, calculates a basic command value based on the target voltage; a variation state detection section which detects a state of variation of the drive voltage outputted from the converter; a correction value calculation section which calculates, based on the variation state of the drive voltage, a correction value for correcting the basic command value to suppress the variation of the drive voltage; and a control signal generation section which calculates a control command value by correcting, using the correction value, the basic command value, generates the control signal according to the control command value and outputs the control signal to the converter; wherein: the variation state detection section detects the variation state by calculating a variation rate of the drive voltage outputted from the converter at each predetermined detection timing; and the correction value calculation section calculates, based on the variation rate, the correction value that reduces an absolute value of the variation rate; the variation state detection section includes",0.8928550225874337,0.2142899548251327
8361597,"1. Solar heat-reflective roofing granules comprising: (a) a base particle comprising an inert mineral; (b) a first coating on the base particle, and (c) a second coating on the first coating, wherein the second coating comprises a plurality of infrared-reflective metal films.",0.9676635229273896,0.0646729541452209
9080113,"1. An integrated process for upgrading crude shale-derived oils produced by oil shale retorting or by in situ extraction or by mixtures thereof that includes the following steps: a. fractionating the whole shale oil into a first fraction comprising naphtha, kerosene and diesel and an atmospheric bottoms fraction comprising gas oil and residuum; b. contacting the first fraction and hydrogen in a first-stage hydroprocessing reactor containing a hydrogenation catalyst to saturate diolefins contained in the first fraction and recovering an effluent from the first-stage hydroprocessing reactor; c. feeding the effluent from the first-stage hydroprocessing reactor of step (b) without phase separation to a second-stage hydroprocessing reactor operated in an upflow mode and containing catalysts to perform hydrodemetallization and saturation of mono-olefins in the effluent from the first-stage hydroprocessing reactor and recovering an effluent from the second-stage hydroprocessing reactor; d. feeding the effluent from the second-stage hydroprocessing reactor of step (c) without phase separation to a third-stage hydroprocessing reactor having one or more beds of catalyst to perform hydrodenitrogenation, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodeoxygenation, and aromatics saturation of the effluent from the second-stage hydroprocessing reactor and recovering an effluent from the third-stage hydroprocessing reactor; e. feeding the atmospheric bottoms fraction and hydrogen to a fourth-stage hydroprocessing reactor operated in an upflow mode and containing catalysts to perform hydrodemetallization of the atmospheric bottoms fraction and recovering an effluent from the fourth-stage reactor; f. feeding the effluent from the fourth-stage hydroprocessing reactor of step (e) without phase separation to a fifth-stage hydroprocessing reactor having one or more beds of catalyst each containing a catalyst to perform one or more of hydrotreating and hydrocracking of the effluent from the fourth-stage hydroprocessing reactor and recovering an effluent from the fifth-stage hydroprocessing reactor; g. processing the effluents from the fifth-stage hydroprocessing reactor of step (f) and the third-stage hydroprocessing reactor of step (d) in a separation train to recover two or more hydrocarbon fractions.",0.7474354810331351,0.5051290379337299
8431180,"1. A paint shop, comprising at least one painting device incorporating at least one application unit for painting workpieces with a fluid paint and a device for separating fluid paint overspray from a stream of crude gas which comprises at least one filter element for separating the overspray from the stream of crude gas, wherein the device for separating fluid paint overspray from a stream of crude gas comprises at least one filter device which incorporates at least one filter element for separating the overspray from the stream of crude gas and at least one auxiliary material reservoir for accommodating an auxiliary material, wherein the filter device comprises at least one inlet opening through which the stream of crude gas enters the filter device, wherein the inlet opening is configured and oriented in such a manner that the stream of crude gas enters the filter device such that it is directed into the auxiliary material reservoir in such a way that it is diverted in an interior space of the auxiliary material reservoir, and wherein the inlet opening is in the form of an inlet channel extending in a direction of flow of the stream of crude gas and having a through-flow cross section which narrows in the direction of flow of the stream of crude gas up to a narrow section.",0.25021080852281746,0.5004216170456349
8869154,"1. A method for controlling processor usage on a computing device, comprising: identifying targeted processes on a computing device; obtaining a total processor usage for a processor on the computing device; determining, on the computing device, an amount of suspension percent time to suspend threads within the targeted processes based on one or more processor usage limits, wherein the amount of suspension percent time to suspend the threads is based on a regular processor usage limit if the total processor usage is not greater than a threshold and is based on a high processor usage limit if the total processor usage is greater than a threshold; maintaining without suspension, on the computing device, high priority threads within the targeted processes; and suspending, on the computing device, remaining threads for the amount of suspension percent time; wherein determining the amount of suspension percent time to suspend the threads is based on a processor usage limit, whether the computing device is in a low-use state and whether the total processor usage is greater than a threshold.",0.8756248031394747,0.24875039372105068
9682695,"1. A vehicle control apparatus that controls a vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a power generation unit that converts at least one of an engine output of the internal combustion engine and a kinetic energy of the vehicle into electric power, and a power storage unit that stores the electric power converted by the power generation unit, the vehicle control apparatus comprising: a first control unit configured to control the vehicle to alternate repeatedly between acceleration travel, in which the vehicle accelerates using the engine output, and coasting travel, in which the vehicle coasts without using the engine output, such that a vehicle speed of the vehicle is maintained within a predetermined speed region; and a second control unit configured to control the power generation unit to convert at least one of the engine output and the kinetic energy into electric power during a coasting period in which the vehicle performs the coasting travel, wherein the second control unit is further configured to control the power generation unit to convert at least one of the engine output and the kinetic energy into electric power during the coasting period when (i) the power storage amount decreases and (ii) it is not possible to increase an amount of power obtained by the power generation unit by converting the engine output into electric power during an acceleration period in which the vehicle performs the acceleration travel so as to stop the power storage amount decreasing.",0.9956204967312504,0.00875900653749917
8995210,"1. A method of avoiding a write collision in single port memory devices from two or more independent write operations, comprising: receiving, by a module, a first write operation having a first even data object and a first odd data object from a first data sender, receiving, by the module, a second write operation having a second even data object and a second odd data object from a second data sender at substantially a same time as the first write operation; delaying the second write operation so that the first even data object writes to a first single port memory device at a different time than the second even data object writes to the first single port memory device, and delaying the second write operation so that the first odd data object writes to a second single port memory device at a different time than the second odd data object; and writing the first even data object and first odd data object to respective first and second single port memory devices and writing the second even data object and second odd data object to the respective first and second single port memory devices.",0.3215864361505353,0.6431728723010706
8838305,"1. A boat comprising: a hull; a boat propulsion device rotatably disposed on the hull; a boat propulsion device operating unit provided on the hull and arranged to be steered by an operator; a steering motor arranged to steer the boat propulsion device according to a steering operation of the boat propulsion device operating unit; a motor output power detector arranged to detect an output capability value that the steering motor can generate; and a signal cable arranged to electrically connect the steering motor with the boat propulsion device operating unit; a steering load detector arranged to calculate a required output value of the steering motor necessary to steer the boat propulsion device while the boat is in operation, the required output value necessary to steer the boat propulsion device being based on at least one of a boat running state, a steering state, a state of the boat propulsion device, and a driving state of the steering motor; an output predictive determination unit arranged to compare the required output value from the steering load detector with the output capability value from the motor output power detector; a charge amount predictive determination unit arranged to compare an actual charge amount of a battery supplying an electric power to the steering motor or a predicted charge amount of the battery calculated from a predicted working current, with a threshold; and a steering load controller arranged to control the required output value to be lower than a present output value and reduce a steering load on the boat propulsion device when the charge amount predictive determination unit determines that the threshold is larger than the charge amount of the battery.",0.8767442571352689,0.24651148572946213
8950126,"1. A wooden building skeleton, comprising: a wooden column erected on a foundation or a beam of a lower story, the wooden column having a flat rectangular cross-section; a wooden beam joined to the wooden column with a lower surface thereof facing an upper surface of the wooden column, the wooden beam having an axis extending in a direction of a longitudinal axis of a cross-section of the wooden column; and a load-bearing wall having two shaft columns erected at a predetermined distance on the foundation or the beam of the lower story for supporting the wooden beam by an axial force, and a board member or a plurality of board members secured to the shaft columns, each of the plurality of board members having a predetermined width and being secured to the shaft columns at a first end and a second end of each of the plurality of board members and arranged obliquely between the shaft columns; wherein the wooden column has a lower end joined to the foundation or the beam of the lower story via two first bolts, wherein the two first bolts are positioned vertically in a vicinity of a first end and a second end of a cross-section of the lower end of the wooden column, wherein the first end and the second end of the cross-section of the lower end of the wooden column are positioned in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the cross section of the lower end of the wooden column in such a way that a bending moment is transferred from the wooden column to the foundation or the beam of the lower story; wherein the wooden column and the wooden beam are joined to each other via two second bolts positioned vertically in a vicinity of both a first end and a second end of a cross-section of an upper end of the wooden column, wherein the first end and the second end of the cross-section of the upper end of the wooden column are positioned in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the cross-section of the upper end of the wooden column in such a way that a bending moment is transferred between the wooden beam and the wooden column; and wherein a length of a portion of each of the first bolts, a length of a portion of each of the second bolts, and a length of the wooden column in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the cross-section of the wooden column are set such that a first relative displacement between the wooden beam and the foundation or the beam of the lower story, which is generated before the wooden column is fractured, is equal to or greater than a second relative displacement between the wooden beam and the foundation or the beam of the lower story, which is generated before the load-bearing wall is fractured, wherein the portion of each of the first bolts and the portion of each of the second bolts undergo elongation when the first and second relative displacements are generated between the wooden beam and the foundation or the beam of the lower story, wherein the portion of each of the first bolts and the portion of each of the second bolts are located where the elongation is respectively generated when the first and second relative displacements are generated.",0.2059078850197688,0.4118157700395376
9276237,"1. A method for manufacturing an organic EL element by laminating, on a supporting substrate, a cathode, an electron injection layer, a light-emitting layer and an anode in this order to manufacture an organic EL element using a roll to roll method, the manufacturing method comprising a step for forming the electron injection layer, on the cathode of the supporting substrate on which the cathode has been formed, by applying an ink including an ionic polymer so as to form a film, a step for forming the light-emitting layer on the electron injection layer, and a step for forming the anode on the light-emitting layer, wherein the ionic polymer comprises one or more structural units selected from the group consisting of a structural unit represented by formula (13), a structural unit represented by formula (15), a structural unit represented by formula (17) and a structural unit represented by formula (20): wherein R wherein R Q wherein in formulae (4) to (12), R′ represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having or not having a substituent, R″ represents a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having or not having a substituent, —COOH, —SO m1 and m2 individually represent an integer of 1 or more respectively and, in a case in which there are a plurality of Q wherein R Q Q m3 and m4 individually represent an integer of 1 or more respectively, and in a case in which there are a plurality of Q wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein R wherein R",0.7238949229309039,0.5522101541381923
9242989,1. A compound of formula (I) wherein: R R R,0.36383006534065054,0.7276601306813011
9135064,"1. One or more computer readable non-transitory storage mediums storing one or more sequences of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause: monitoring utilization of a shared resource by one or more background processes and one or more foreground processes, wherein the one or more foreground processes and the one or more background process execute at respective frequencies of execution; dynamically adjusting a frequency at which the one or more background processes are executed based on a comparison of a current utilization of the shared resource with a threshold value, without adjusting the frequency in which the one or more foreground processes are executed, the dynamically adjusting including decreasing the frequency of the one or more background processes in accordance with a determination that the current utilization is above the threshold value; determining, without user input, whether the monitored utilization of the shared resource exceeds a ceiling threshold value which is greater than the threshold value, wherein the threshold value and the ceiling threshold value correspond to resource utilization levels; in accordance with a determination that the monitored utilization of the shared resource exceeds the ceiling threshold value, updating, without user input, the threshold value; and dynamically adjusting a frequency at which the one or more background processes are executed based on a comparison of the current utilization of the shared resource with the updated threshold value.",0.4363204227438715,0.872640845487743
9449566,"1. A display device which displays images towards two or more different directions by supplying image signals to two or more pixels connected respectively to two or more scanning lines and two or more data lines, the device comprising: two or more pixel units each including neighboring pixels for displaying images respectively to two or more different directions; an optical element which distributes light emitted from each of the pixels that configure the display unit to the two or more different directions; one or more video signal lines for outputting image signals, with which images are displayed towards the two or more directions, to the two or more data lines connected respectively to the two or more pixels that configure the display unit; and a wiring switching element having two or more control lines for controlling connections between the two or more data lines and the video signal lines, and wiring switches for distributing image signals to the pixels based on a control signal inputted to the control line, wherein: a plurality of the pixel units each containing N-number of neighboring pixels for respectively displaying images for N-number (N is 2 or larger) of viewpoints are arranged, and each of the pixels is disposed in vicinity of each proximal point between a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines; the optical element respectively distributes light emitted from each of the pixels configuring the pixel units towards different directions for the N-number of viewpoints; and the wiring switches successively supply image data for an i-th viewpoint (i is an integer, and 1≦i≦N) that is supplied from the video signal lines, through successively switching and connecting M-number (M is an integer of 2 or larger) of the data lines for each of the video signal lines, to the pixel connected to each of the M-number of the data lines, the display device further comprising a plurality of pixel switches for transmitting the display data to each of the pixels from each of the data lines, wherein: the scanning lines have a function of controlling the pixel switches; the scanning lines are extended along an uniaxial direction, M-number each of the data lines are extended in a direction that is orthogonal to the uniaxial direction and disposed along the uniaxial direction and N-number each of the display unit pixels are disposed along a direction that is orthogonal to the uniaxial direction; and the light distributing direction of the optical element is different from the uniaxial direction.",0.2129126249905133,0.42582524998102667
9362434,"1. A solar cell module comprising: at least one solar cell element; a filler disposed to seal said solar cell element, said filler being made of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin; and a back side protective sheet fixedly attached to an outer surface of the filler on a back side of the solar cell module, wherein the back side protective sheet includes: a dry laminate adhesive layer containing a urethane resin disposed between the first film and the second film, whereby said first and second films are integrally laminated by said dry laminate adhesive layer containing the urethane resin.",0.9704740259675882,0.0590519480648235
9390712,"1. A method performed by a computer processor for recognizing mixed speech from a source, comprising: training a first neural network to recognize a speech signal spoken by a speaker with a higher level of a speech characteristic from a mixed speech sample; training a second neural network to recognize a speech signal spoken by a speaker with a lower level of the speech characteristic from the mixed speech sample, wherein the lower level is lower than the higher level; and decoding the mixed speech sample with the first neural network and the second neural network by optimizing the joint likelihood of observing the two speech signals.",0.053301887933548626,0.10660377586709724
8542576,"1. A method for auditing a network comprising a plurality of network elements and communications links adapted to support a plurality of services, the method comprising: using at least one processor for:",0.2970332713415461,0.5940665426830922
9624408,"1. A method for coagulating an aqueous polymer dispersion, the method comprising: coagulating the aqueous polymer dispersion comprising thermally expandable, thermoplastic microspheres and a polymer in dispersion in an aqueous phase by energy input, thereby obtaining a coagulated composition, wherein the coagulation takes place thermally by heating or the coagulation takes place thermally by heating and simultaneously by shearing; and delivering the coagulated composition via an outlet aperture.",0.41850409081843504,0.8370081816368701
9741569,"1. A method for manufacturing a memory device, comprising: forming a strip of semiconductor material having a memory region, a first contact landing region and a switch region between the memory region and the first contact landing region; forming a hole through layers of the semiconductor material in the switch region; forming a memory layer on surfaces of the strip in the memory region, on surfaces of the hole in the switch region, and not on any surfaces of the strip between the first contact landing region and the switch region; forming a plurality of memory cells over the memory region of the strip; depositing a doped insulating material over a portion of the strip between the first contact landing region and the memory region; and causing diffusion of dopant from the doped insulating material into the strip in said portion of the strip.",0.21720669255131633,0.4344133851026326
9728454,"1. A semiconductor structure, comprising: a substrate; a dielectric layer disposed on the substrate; a first gate structure and a second gate structure disposed in the dielectric layer; a hard mask disposed in the dielectric layer, and the hard mask covers a sidewall of the first gate structure, and covers the second gate structure; and a contact structure disposed in the dielectric layer, the contact structure at least crosses over the hard mask, and the contact structure comprises a first contact region and a second contact region, both the first contact region and the second contact region belong to one part of the contact structure, wherein the first contact region directly contacts the first gate structure, the second contact region directly contacts the substrate, and wherein the hard mask is only disposed within a region that is between the first contact region and the second contact region.",0.15063610159819021,0.3012722031963804
8959362,"1. A system comprising: a machinery disposed on an industrial plant; at least one sensor disposed on an industrial plant component of the machinery; a hardware controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the hardware controller configured to :",0.8198652369949244,0.36026952601015116
8802976,"1. A dye-sensitized solar cell comprising: a working electrode comprising a conductive substrate that is capable of transmitting light, and a porous oxide semiconductor layer that is provided on the conductive substrate; a counter electrode that is provided to face the porous oxide semiconductor layer of the working electrode; a photosensitizing dye that is supported in the porous oxide semiconductor layer of the working electrode; and an electrolyte that is disposed between the working electrode and the counter electrode, wherein the average particle size of the entirety of the semiconductor particles that constitute the porous oxide semiconductor layer is 100 nm or less, the electrolyte contains inorganic particles and is gelled by the inorganic particles, and the reflectance of the electrolyte is higher than the reflectance of the porous oxide semiconductor layer.",0.9339832287014167,0.1320335425971666
8975769,"1. A surfboard with active shark repellant electronics comprising: a buoyant elongated body section having a planar top surface and opposing planar bottom surface which sandwich an internal portion having a cavity that is hollow; an induction section located within the cavity, the induction section including a coil winding section, the coil winding section having a hollow cylindrical insulator with an inner diameter and an outer diameter at a top and a bottom thereof, and a conductive wire forming a closed circuit around the insulator such that the conductive wire is wound, alternating from the inner diameter to the outer diameter and from top to bottom, around the surface of the insulator to form a plurality of coil windings, and a magnet, the magnet being located within the inner diameter of the coil winding section such that the plurality coil windings and insulator surround the magnet, wherein an outer circumference of the magnet is less than an inner circumference of a cavity formed by the inner diameter of the coil winding section and the plurality of coil windings such that the magnet moves freely relative to the plurality of coil windings when the surfboard is rotated about any axis; and a loop antenna formed in the elongated body and configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave at 20 kHz or less so as to repel sharks from the buoyant elongated body; the induction section further comprising: a rectifier that converts an AC input voltage to a DC output voltage, the AC input voltage being received from the coil winding section as an induced voltage created by motion of the magnet relative to the coil winding section; a battery having a battery voltage output; an electromagnetic field transmission unit that includes the antenna and transmits an electromagnetic field; and a controller including a processor programmed to measure the converted DC output voltage, determine when the converted DC output voltage exceeds a threshold voltage corresponding to a trigger voltage that generates the electromagnetic field with the electromagnetic field transmission unit, supply, when the converted DC output voltage is greater than or equal to the threshold voltage, the converted DC output voltage to the electromagnetic field transmission unit, calculate, when the converted DC output voltage exceeds the threshold voltage, an excess voltage, the excess voltage being equal to the converted DC output voltage minus the threshold voltage, and supply the excess voltage to the battery for charging the battery, calculate, when the converted DC output voltage is less than the threshold voltage, a compensating voltage, the compensating voltage being equal to the threshold voltage minus the converted DC output voltage, and supply the compensating voltage and the converted DC output voltage to the electromagnetic field transmission unit such that a sum of the compensating voltage and the converted DC output voltage equals at least the trigger voltage, wherein the compensating voltage is supplied by the battery.",0.8775457159839644,0.24490856803207128
9351352,"1. A converter coupled to drive a light emitting diode (LED) load comprising: an input terminal for receiving an input voltage; a boost portion of the converter, the boost portion being controlled to supply a boosted voltage higher than the input voltage, the boost portion comprising: a buck mode portion of the converter, the buck portion being controlled to supply an output voltage to an LED load that is less than the boosted voltage, the buck mode portion comprising: a controller receiving a first feedback signal corresponding to a current through the first switch or the second switch in their on-states, and the controller receiving a second feedback signal corresponding to an LED load current or LED load voltage, wherein the controller controls the first switch and the second switch to have the same duty cycle and regulates a peak current through the first switch or the second switch to regulate the LED load current or load voltage, wherein the controller comprises:",0.8935999005967574,0.21280019880648515
9451535,"1. An evolved packet core (EPC) node, comprising: a processor circuit to implement an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) according to a management object that includes a branch comprising one or more policies to select a wireless local area network (WLAN), the processing circuitry to receive capabilities information and location information for a user equipment (UE) and determine access network information for the UE based on the capabilities information and the location information.",0.7633931160076357,0.4732137679847286
8804861,"1. A method comprising: multicarrier transmission by a transmitter of a signal representing a source signal, comprising symbols including a set of subcarriers, transmitted simultaneously and comprising pilot subcarriers intended for at least one processing operation for assisting and/or improving decoding in at least one receiver, and data subcarriers, the location in time-frequency space and a reference value of said pilot subcarriers being known to the at least one receiver, wherein transmission comprises: a phase of modifying, for a given symbol, the reference value of at least one subset of said pilot subcarriers, by correction data configured to correct phase and/or amplitude for each of said pilot subcarriers of said subset, so as to minimise peak-to-average power ratio, said correction data taking at least three distinct correction values, a transition between the correction values of two successive pilot subcarriers of said subset on a frequency axis being constant, and wherein the transition is predetermined according to a multiplicative or additive transition law.",0.21682712357764083,0.43365424715528167
8810056,"1. An apparatus for converting the kinetic energy of ocean waves into electricity, comprising: a main body member; a generator located within the main body member for generating electricity, the at least one generator having: a drive rod having a buoy attached to one end, the drive rod freely movable between an upstroke position and a downstroke position, the drive rod driving the generator as the drive rod reciprocates between the upstroke position and the downstroke position; whereby the undulation of the ocean waves relative to the buoy of the drive rod reciprocates the drive rod between the upstroke position and the downstroke position.",0.973371444864814,0.053257110270372054
9412801,"1. An organic light-emitting diode display device comprising: a display area defined on a substrate and configured to display images; a non-display area defined on the substrate to include the periphery of the display area and configured to apply signals to pixels within the display area; a first thin film transistor on the non-display area of the substrate; a second thin film transistor on the display area of the substrate; a passivation layer on the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor; a planarization film on the passivation layer; a first electrode on the planarization film in the non-display area and including at least one first opening; a second electrode on the planarization film within the display area and connected to an electrode of the second thin film transistor; a bank pattern directly on the second electrode and the first electrode, the bank pattern configured to define light-emission cells and expose a part of the second electrode, wherein the bank pattern is arranged to be adjacent to the first electrode within the non-display area, the bank pattern extending over a conductive pattern in the non-display area to connect to the first electrode to a supply voltage source; an organic light-emitting layer formed directly on the second electrode; and a third electrode formed directly on the organic light-emitting layer, wherein the first electrode is directly connected to the third electrode within the non-display area, wherein the at least one first opening of the first electrode is placed in a gate-in-panel (GIP) area in the non-display area.",0.3982415087662225,0.796483017532445
9822778,"1. A fan assembly comprising: an air inlet; at least one air outlet; an impeller and a motor for rotating the impeller to draw air through the air inlet; at least one heater assembly; a user interface for allowing a user to select a speed setting for the motor from a single, user selectable range of speed settings, and for allowing a user to select one of a first operational mode of the fan assembly and a second operational mode of the fan assembly, wherein the first operational mode of the fan assembly is a fan mode during which the at least one heater assembly is not actuated and the second operational mode of the fan assembly is a heater mode during which the at least one heater assembly is actuated; a current detector configured to detect a magnitude of a current drawn by the at least one heater assembly; and a controller for setting a rotational speed of the motor; wherein the controller is configured to select the rotational speed of the motor from a first range of values in the first operational mode of the fan assembly, from at least one second range of values independently from the user selected speed setting depending on the magnitude of the current detected during a first operational period in the second operational mode of the fan assembly, and from at least one third range of values depending on at least the user selected speed setting during a second operational period in the second operational mode of the fan assembly, and wherein, within each of the first and third range of values, each value is associated with a respective one of the user selectable speed settings and the first range of values has a maximum value which is higher than the values of each of the at least one third range of values.",0.8890435743804973,0.2219128512390054
9219905,"1. A method for formatting data usable for 3-D image formation, the method comprising: receiving data based on one or more images, the data including information representative of an interference of an optical intensity image of the object and a reference beam, phase and amplitude information included in said data or being extractable from said data, wherein the data includes a plurality of color components; and performing data compression on the data so as to reduce bits used to represent said data, said data compression compressing at least one of said phase and amplitude, wherein said phase is compressed in a non-identical manner than said amplitude if both said phase and amplitude are compressed, wherein if said phase is compressed then less than all of the plurality of color components present in the phase are compressed.",0.058764261147916864,0.11752852229583377
8907516,"1. A power generation system comprising: an airborne electricity generator; a tether assembly configured to carry electricity between the airborne electricity generator and ground, the tether assembly including a first end portion coupled to the airborne electricity generator; and a ground-based winch assembly including a transition assembly and a drum onto which the tether assembly is reeled, wherein the transition assembly is configured to adjust a winch to maintain a reel angle at which the tether assembly is reeled onto the drum in a range between 0 and 10 degrees.",0.9207367630608256,0.15852647387834873
8883629,"1. A method of placing a dummy fill layer on a substrate, comprising: a) determining a global target layer density and a local target layer density; b) identifying a sub-region of the substrate; c) determining a density of a layer in the sub-region; d) selecting a pattern of the dummy fill layer to produce a predetermined density; and e) placing the pattern of the dummy fill layer in the sub-region.",0.08186941914327332,0.16373883828654667
9233613,"1. An electrically powered vehicle comprising: a chargeable/dischargeable power storage device; a motor configured to generate vehicle driving power when receiving electric power supplied from said power storage device, and to regenerate electric power, which is generated during regenerative braking of the vehicle, to said power storage device; an auxiliary load; a charging control unit that sets a fully charged state of said power storage device so as to have a margin for a fully charged capacity of said power storage device, and that sets a charging power upper limit value permitted in said power storage device, in accordance with an upper limit value of a charge state value of said power storage device, said upper limit value of said charge state value being defined to be associated with said fully charged state; and a traveling control unit that controls charging power for said power storage device within a range defined by said charging power upper limit value, said charging control unit setting said fully charged state to be variable in accordance with a degree of deterioration of said power storage device such that said margin becomes smaller as the degree of deterioration of said power storage device is larger, said traveling control unit switching between first control and second control in accordance with a degree of decrease of said margin when regenerative electric power generated by said motor during regenerative braking of the vehicle exceeds said charging power upper limit value, said first control being control for regenerating, to said power storage device, an excess of said regenerative electric power relative to said charging power upper limit value, said second control being control for consuming the excess of said regenerative electric power using said auxiliary load.",0.9837893261223563,0.03242134775528749
9852663,"1. A personal sign assembly configured to be supported by a person's fingers while taking a self-portrait, said personal sign assembly comprising: a pair of finger engaging members, each of said finger engaging members being configured to engage a person's finger; a pair of mounts, each of said finger engaging members having one of said mounts attached thereto such that said mount is laterally aligned with said finger engaging member, each of said mounts including a respective spindle, each said spindle being oriented to be parallel to said finger engaging member to which said mount is attached; and an elongated panel having first end and a second end, each of said first and second ends being rotatably coupled to one of said spindles wherein each of said first and second ends having one of said mounts attached thereto and said panel extends perpendicularly between and in alignment with said finger engaging members, said panel having indicia thereon, said panel having a length from said first end to said second end being less than 5.0 inches.",0.006814966800112901,0.013629933600225796
9814075,"1. A communication method by a terminal in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a first base station, system information including a first random access response window for a first cell group associated with the first base station; receiving, from the first base station, a configuration message for adding a second cell group associated with a second base station, the configuration message including information on a second random access response window size for the second cell group; transmitting, on a cell of the second cell group, a random access preamble; and monitoring, on the cell of the second cell group, a random access response based on the second random access response window size for the second cell group.",0.6329827724761844,0.7340344550476312
9123953,"1. A method for modifying a positive electrode material for a lithium-ion battery, the method comprising: a) stirring a liquid polyacrylonitrile (LPAN) solution at a temperature of between 80 and 300° C. for between 8 and 72 h to yield a cyclized LPAN solution; b) adding positive electrode material for a lithium-ion battery, in a powder form, to the cyclized LPAN solution, and evenly mixing a resulting mixture; c) grinding the mixture, and drying the mixture at room temperature; and d) calcining the mixture at a temperature of between 500 and 1800° C. for between 6 and 24 h in the presence of an inert gas whereby forming a graphene-like structure by the cyclized LPAN, the graphene-like structure being evenly distributed in the positive electrode material of the lithium-ion battery to yield a graphene-like structure modified positive electrode material of the lithium-ion battery.",0.8001845307223905,0.39963093855521903
9514619,"1. A system for configurable communication, the system comprising: A. at least one signaling device comprising a first stored communication configuration comprising one or more first configuration elements; B. one or more receiving device(s) comprising: (i) one or more external stimuli generator(s); and (ii) a second stored communication configuration comprising one or more second configuration elements; wherein the at least one signaling device is configured to: a. receive an activation command; b. in response to said activation command, generate at least one signal comprising said first stored communication configuration; and c. transmit said at least one signal; and wherein the one or more receiving device(s) are configured to: d. directly receive the at least one signal transmitted by the at least one signaling device; e. activate at least one of said one or more external stimuli generator(s) when said at least one signal comprises at least one of said one or more first configuration elements identical to at least one of said one or more second configuration elements; and f. do nothing when none of said one or more first configuration elements are identical to any of said one or more second configuration elements.",0.46144398353013355,0.9228879670602671
9317090,"1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause the data processing system to perform a method, the method comprising: receiving load information about processing loads for one or more processing units; receiving, from one or more thermal sensors, thermal data about the data processing system; transitioning between multiple power states for each of the one or more processing units based on the load information and the thermal data, the multiple power states including multiple states with different processor voltages or processor frequencies, and wherein the data processing system is configured to transition to a lower power state to reduce heat produced by the data processing system; throttling thread scheduling based on the load information.",0.835059591906247,0.329880816187506
9396493,"1. A method of recommending décor items in a networked system comprising: receiving, from a user interface via a wireless communication channel, a color image of a room from a camera device, the camera device sampling the image to provide an image comprising a plurality of pixels; receiving, from the user interface via the wireless communication channel, an identification of a type of the room; fitting a box to the image of the room; using the fitted box, detecting line segments of the room; based on analyzing an intersection of the detected line segments, grouping the line segments to detect vanishing points of the line segments; using the vanishing points to detect intersecting planes of the image of the room and classifying respective ones of the detected planes as one of wall, ceiling or floor; extracting a color signature and a pattern signature from the image of the room and the detected planes, the color signature providing information about one of the type of the room, the look of the room or the construction materials of the room, and the pattern signature providing information about items used on ceilings, items used on walls and items used on floors; and using the provided information, recommending décor items for the room, via the wireless communication channel.",0.03292022695338644,0.06584045390677284
8639093,"1. An apparatus for encrypting and recording a broadcasting program, comprising: a packet input unit configured to receive packets of a broadcasting program to be recorded and sequentially output the packets; an encryption selector configured to receive the packets sequentially output from the packet input unit, selectively output the received packets to a first path and to a second path, wherein packets to be encrypted are outputted to the first path and packets not to be encrypted are outputted to the second path; an encryption processor configured to encrypt the packets outputted to the first path based on a predetermined encryption method; and a storing unit configured to store the encrypted packets from the encryption processor or store the packets outputted to the second path, wherein, when one path of the first path and the second path overflows, the encryption selector outputs the received packets to a non-overflow path.",0.11654252551101081,0.2330850510220216
9515550,"1. A method of detecting an inductor current zero-crossing in a switching power supply, the method comprising: a) determining a present output voltage of said switching power supply; b) generating a zero-crossing detection threshold voltage with a predetermined fixed value when said output voltage is less than or equal to a predetermined minimum output voltage; and c) generating a zero-crossing detection signal according to said zero-crossing detection threshold voltage, wherein said zero-crossing detection signal is used to turn off a synchronous rectifier switch in said switching power supply, wherein said zero-crossing detection threshold voltage is generated to vary with said output voltage when said output voltage is greater than said predetermined minimum output voltage.",0.8533693249118706,0.2932613501762589
9614219,"1. A composite cathode active material comprising: a layered lithium manganese oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 shown below; and a lithium-containing metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 3 shown below, wherein a mixing ratio of the layered lithium manganese oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 and the lithium-containing metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 3 is in a weight ratio ranging from 90:10 to 70:30, wherein, 0<a<1 and M1 is one or more metals selected from the group consisting of manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), vanadium (V), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), titanium (Ti), aluminum (Al), magnesium (Mg), and boron (B); and wherein, 0.45≦x≦0.90, 0.05≦y≦0.35, 0.005≦z≦0.20, and x+y+z=1.",0.8318533964687062,0.3362932070625877
8765068,"1. A honeycomb structural body comprising: a honeycomb body comprised of a cell formation part and an outer skin part of a cylindrical shape, the outer skin part covering the cell formation part; and a pair of electrodes formed on an outer peripheral surface of the outer skin part so that the electrodes face to each other in a diameter direction of the honeycomb body, wherein each of the electrodes comprises a reference electrode part formed at a central part of the electrode in a circumferential direction of the honeycomb body, one or more outside electrode parts formed at both ends of the reference electrode part, an electrode terminal is formed on the reference electrode part of each of the electrodes, the reference electrode part of one electrode and the reference electrode part of the other electrode face each other in a radial direction of the honeycomb body, and the outside electrode parts of one electrode face the outside electrode parts of the other electrode in a radial direction of the honeycomb body, and an electrical resistivity of the reference electrode part is smaller than an electrical resistivity of each of the outside electrode parts in each of the electrodes, wherein each of the electrodes has a gap between the reference electrode part and the outside electrode part placed adjacent to the end of the reference electrode part in the circumferential direction of the honeycomb body.",0.49065644898246324,0.9813128979649265
8399728,"1. A process for the conversion of methanol to olefins, the process comprising: feeding at least a portion of a methanol-to-olefins reactor effluent comprising methane and ethylene to an extractive distillation column; countercurrently contacting the reactor effluent with a hydrocarbon solvent consisting essentially of propane in the extractive distillation column to produce an overheads fraction comprising methane and a bottoms fraction comprising the hydrocarbon solvent and ethylene.",0.9366004540304531,0.12679909193909378
8956710,"1. A vacuum insulation panel, comprising: a core material; a surface material for covering the core material; and an absorbent placed in a securing part of the core material, wherein the securing part of the core material is a groove formed by cutting the core material in shape and depth corresponding to shape and thickness of the absorbent and pressing the cut portion, wherein the surface material is a multilayer film which includes a thermal bonding layer, a gas barrier layer, a first protective layer and a second protective layer, and wherein the first protective layer is a polyamide layer and the second protective layer is a polyethylene terephthalate film (K-PET) of which outside is coated with polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC).",0.6894847786429257,0.6210304427141486
9685315,"1. A method of producing an epitaxial wafer, comprising: a step of preparing a semiconductor wafer having a beveled portion formed on its end portion, a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and edges on both of the first surface and the second surface, wherein each edge has a boundary with the beveled portion; a step of processing an outer peripheral portion of the first surface to form a roll-off region having a width of 5 mm or less, the outer peripheral portion is extending outward of the wafer from a predetermined position inner than the position of the edge on the first surface; and a step of forming a first epitaxial film on the second surface to obtain an epitaxial wafer, wherein a roll-off amount of the outer peripheral portion is determined in a range of 50 nm to 500 nm based on a film thickness of a second epitaxial film which attaches to the outer peripheral portion of the first surface when the first epitaxial film is formed on the second surface, wherein the first epitaxial film formed on the second surface has a thickness of 3 μm or more, wherein an ESFQRmean value which represents the flatness of a surface including at least a surface of the second epitaxial film on the first surface is 100 nm or less, immediately after the first epitaxial film is formed and before any treatment is applied to top and rear surfaces of the epitaxial wafer.",0.21125090765042404,0.42250181530084807
9753858,"1. A method comprising: storing in a same row of a plurality of rows in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) at least one or more cache tags and one or more cache lines indicated by the one or more cache tags; receiving a memory request from a processing unit coupled to the DRAM; and in response to receiving the memory request, performing a memory access according to the received memory request on a given cache line indicated by a first cache tag within the received memory request, wherein performing the memory access comprises:",0.2600552491744218,0.5201104983488436
8889981,"1. A photoelectric device, comprising: a first semiconductor structure and a second semiconductor structure on a substrate, the first semiconductor structure including a different conductivity type from the second semiconductor structure; a first electrode on the first semiconductor structure and a second electrode on the second semiconductor structure; and a single insulating layer integrally formed as one piece and adjacent to the second semiconductor structure, the single insulating layer separating the first semiconductor structure from the second semiconductor structure and separating the first semiconductor structure from the second electrode, wherein the single insulating layer has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the second portion having a through hole with a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the first portion, wherein: the second semiconductor structure has an island shape such that lateral sides of the second semiconductor structure are continuously surrounded by the first portion and the first semiconductor structure.",0.357848052213184,0.715696104426368
9379390,"1. A process for producing an electrode catalyst for a direct-liquid fuel cell comprising: Step A of mixing at least a transition metal-containing compound with a nitrogen-containing organic compound to obtain a catalyst precursor composition, and Step C of heat-treating the catalyst precursor composition at a temperature of from 500 to 1100° C. to obtain an electrode catalyst, wherein part or entirety of the transition metal-containing compound comprises, as a transition metal element, at least one transition metal element M1 selected from Group IV and Group V elements of the periodic table, wherein the nitrogen-containing organic compound comprises a carbonyl group, wherein to an α-carbon of the carbonyl group, a nitrogen atom is bonded.",0.9839365146809705,0.032126970638058916
9341088,"1. A control system for a vehicle, comprising: a motor driver module that controls an electric camshaft phaser of an engine based on a desired phase angle between a position of a crankshaft and a position of a camshaft; a correlation triggering module that selectively generates a signal based on the position of the camshaft; a target phase angle module that adjusts the desired phase angle to a predetermined phase angle in response to the generation of the signal; and a correlation control module that, in response to the generation of the signal:",0.8764657087782922,0.24706858244341556
9797253,"1. A method for repairing a blade, the method comprising: providing a blade having an airfoil, a platform and a slash face; providing a fixture for supporting the blade, the fixture further comprising, heating the platform and slash face in an inert atmosphere; and welding a damaged region of the platform or slash face in the inert atmosphere.",0.3470439331289596,0.6940878662579192
9071809,"1. A mobile display system configured to be repositioned on a surface comprising: a base having one or more caster affixed thereto; a support structure configured to extend therefrom said base; a sub-frame supported by said support structure; one or more display sub-assemblies configured with a plurality of light emitters, said one or more display sub-assemblies configured to be releasably affixed to said sub-frame to form a flat panel display having a display edge, wherein at least one said display edge is a minimal distance above the surface; a media player configured to communicate content to said one or more display sub-assemblies; and a portable power supply configured to power said one or more display sub-assemblies of said flat panel display.",0.2646377135928142,0.5292754271856284
8420702,"1. A process for recycling a fiber reinforced polymer article, comprising: the article, optionally cut in fragments, is dissolved in a solvent capable of dissolving the polymer but not the fibers and wherein the solvent forms an azeotrope with water, forming a solution; the fibers are recovered from the solution; the fibers are washed with a solvent by putting the fibers in the form of a slurry in the washing solvent and by agitating the slurry, by making the washing solvent circulate through the slurry or both agitating the slurry and making solvent circulate through the slurry, wherein the washing by slurry substantially removes the polymer from the fibers and prevents the fibers from sticking together; the washed fibers are recovered from the slurry; and the recovered fibers are submitted to a stripping with steam in order to substantially remove the washing solvent.",0.6705273942638968,0.6589452114722063
8646538,"1. A method for sequestering carbon dioxide in an aquifer comprising: providing a carbon dioxide stream in which at least 50 weight % of the stream is carbon dioxide; providing an aquifer that includes water and porous rock, the porous rock having interstitial pores; injecting the carbon dioxide stream into the aquifer under conditions suitable for laterally dispersing the carbon dioxide so as to trap at least about 20 vol % of the injected carbon dioxide into the interstitial pores of the porous rock of the aquifer, wherein the lateral dispersion is created by injecting the carbon dioxide into a well and selecting a density and a point of injection wherein the ratio of densities of aquifer fluids/carbon dioxide stream is less than about 2, the overpressure of the carbon dioxide stream at the point of injection is from about 150-500 atmospheres, and wherein the lateral dispersion causes at least 20 vol % of the injected carbon dioxide to be trapped in the interstitial pores.",0.5088676852952313,0.9822646294095374
9644898,"1. A thermal management system comprising: a first hydraulic system for circulating a first hydraulic fluid to at least a first hydraulically activated component, said first hydraulic system comprising a first pump, a first case drain line, a first reservoir, and a first return line coupled between said first hydraulically activated component and said first reservoir; a second hydraulic system for circulating a second hydraulic fluid to at least a second hydraulically activated component, said second hydraulic system comprising a second pump, a second reservoir, and a second case drain line coupled between said second pump and said second reservoir; and a sealed heat transfer device coupled between said first reservoir and said second case drain line, said sealed heat transfer device is not in flow communication with either of said first reservoir and said second case drain line, wherein said sealed heat transfer device is configured to transfer heat from the second hydraulic fluid to the first hydraulic fluid such that a temperature of the first hydraulic fluid in said first reservoir is stabilized above a threshold temperature that corresponds to a threshold amount of hydraulic power for operation of said first hydraulically operated component, wherein said sealed heat transfer device comprises: a cold interface coupled to said first hydraulic system; a hot interface coupled to said second hydraulic system; a sealed tube extending longitudinally between said cold interface and said hot interface; and a working fluid disposed within said tube in an amount such that said working fluid exists partially in a liquid phase and partially in a vapor phase within said tube throughout an operating temperature range of said sealed heat transfer device, wherein said sealed heat transfer device further comprises a wicking structure extending longitudinally within at least a portion of said tube, said wicking structure configured to induce liquid to flow therethrough due to capillary action.",0.508399607175004,0.983200785649992
9167756,"1. A method of managing timberland to optimize the plot growth rate for a plot including a softwood tree crop and an energy crop, comprising: (a) planting a softwood tree crop in adjacent first and second rows, wherein the softwood tree crop has a tree spacing between adjacent trees and a row spacing in the range of about 15 to about 25 feet between the first and second rows; (b) planting an energy crop in the row spacing, wherein the energy crop is a regenerating lignocellulosic energy crop; and (c) periodically measuring the plot growth of the softwood tree crop and the energy crop.",0.9588122825544225,0.08237543489115495
8693330,"1. A multipoint delivery entity for receiving multipoint transmissions from an upstream entity and delivering said multipoint transmissions downstream to multipoint receivers as multimedia broadcast multicast service transmissions, said entity comprising: a conflict detector for detecting a presence of a delivery conflict with respect to scheduling among said multipoint transmissions downstream of said multipoint delivery entity; and a conflict resolver for performing a conflict resolution procedure in the event of a delivery conflict being detected; wherein the conflict resolution procedure comprising:",0.252542458752557,0.505084917505114
8679204,"1. A compression ignition (CI) fuel formulation comprising (i) a C4 to C8 dialkyl ether (DAE), (ii) a naphtha fuel component and (iii) a low boiling component having a boiling point of from −20 to +20° C. selected from low boiling hydrocarbons, ethers and mixtures thereof.",0.6393584323604157,0.7212831352791687
8435759,"1. An isolated plasmid, wherein the plasmid is a native plasmid found in a Clostridium botulinum type A strain and encodes BoNT/A3, wherein the Clostridium botulinum type A strain is Loch Maree.",0.49492179486876126,0.9898435897375225
9313837,"1. A control circuit for light emitting diodes, comprising: a plurality of control channels; a logical AND unit; and a balancing device for balancing the currents in the individual control channels, the balancing device including a control unit that is connected to a power factor correction circuit (PFC), to a bridge circuit and to a primary-side current measuring device, such that:",0.8311994228263051,0.3376011543473898
9295775,"1. A medical device for separately injecting into a patient's cardiovascular system during an imaging procedure of a targeted internal part of a patient's body a first fluid as a contrast medium and a second fluid which changes concentration of the first fluid so as to achieve a mixing of the first fluid and second fluid inside the patient's cardiovascular system and thereby obtain a contrast medium of selected concentration at the targeted internal part of the patient's body when imaged, wherein the medical device comprises: at least first and second separate reservoirs respectively containing fluids which cannot mix with one another in either one of the at least first and second separate reservoirs, wherein the first separate reservoir contains the first fluid as the contrast medium and the second separate reservoir contains the second fluid which changes concentration of the first fluid when mixed therewith, an injector adapted to bringing the at least first and second separate reservoirs and the first fluid and the second fluid contained therein into fluid communication with the patient's cardiovascular system, a directional control valve system operatively connected to each of the at least first and second separate reservoirs so as to place the at least first and second separate reservoirs and the first and second fluids respectively contained therein alternately in fluid communication with the injector to thereby cause separate alternating injections of the first fluid and the second fluid through the injector and into the patient's cardiovascular system, and a controller for controllably achieving a contrast medium of selected concentration in the targeted internal part of the patient's body being imaged by operating the directional control valve system to provide alternating communication between each of the at least first and second separate reservoirs and the injector for a minimum of two consecutive cycles to cause respective separate alternating injections of the first fluid and the second fluid through the injector and into the patient's cardiovascular system, the controller alternating communication between each of the at least first and second separate reservoirs at a sufficiently high frequency of 0.2 and 5 Hz in correlation with a cardiac frequency of the patient's cardiovascular system to cause separately injected first and second fluids to mix with one another in the patient's cardiovascular system in advance of the targeted internal part of the patient's body being imaged to thereby achieve a contrast medium of selected concentration at the targeted internal part when imaged.",0.14043121103342443,0.28086242206684886
9094990,"1. A wireless communication device including: a wireless communication unit including a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter to transmit a multi-user multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) transmission to a plurality of user devices according to a MIMO beamforming scheme, the multi-user MIMO transmission including two or more transmission streams directed to a user device of said plurality of user devices, wherein the receiver is to receive a plurality of channel feedback transmissions from the plurality of user devices, respectively, wherein a channel feedback transmission from the user device represents a plurality of dominant eigenvectors corresponding to a respective plurality of dominant eigenvalues of a MIMO channel matrix between the wireless communication unit and the user device, and wherein the wireless communication unit is to determine the MIMO beamforming scheme based on the plurality of channel feedback transmissions, said MIMO beamforming scheme being based on a plurality of beamforming matrices corresponding to said plurality of user devices, said wireless communication unit to determine a beamforming matrix corresponding to the user device based on a plurality of beamforming vectors, said wireless communication unit to determine said plurality of beamforming vectors based on an interference matrix corresponding to the user device, the interference matrix including a plurality of eigenvector matrices corresponding to other user devices of said plurality of user devices, an eigenvector matrix corresponding to a respective other user device including a plurality of eigenvectors represented by the channel feedback transmission from the other user device.",0.24166219890247692,0.48332439780495384
9233373,"1. A tube mill, comprising: a body disposed for rotation about an axis of rotation and receiving material to be ground for comminution; an electric motor for rotationally driving the body, said electric motor having a rotor disposed around the body in fixed rotative engagement with the body, and a stator yoke disposed stationarily around the rotor; and a concrete element running around at least half a circumference of the stator yoke, said stator yoke being connected to the concrete element such that a force acting on the stator yoke is transferred to the concrete element.",0.2429119011339591,0.4858238022679182
8942103,"1. A method for wideband short range wireless communication, the method comprising: checking information of a reception device by performing signaling with the reception device; receiving information about a state of a receive buffer from the reception device based on the information of the reception device; and transmitting data based on the information about a state of the receive buffer; wherein the checking comprises receiving a beacon frame from the reception device and verifying whether the receive buffer is implemented by a unit buffer of a predetermined size based on a beacon message.",0.4873351572737337,0.9746703145474674
9385687,1. Circuitry comprising: a radio frequency (RF) attenuator configured to provide an attenuation response between an input node and an output node; a control system coupled to the RF attenuator and configured to:,0.2316751180218963,0.46335023604379266
8834639,"1. Method of draining a system for anchoring a structural cable to a construction element, the anchor system comprising a first chamber delimited by an envelope, the first chamber containing a first part of the structural cable and a first filling material, the method comprising inserting at least one heating element into the first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber; heating the first filling material using the heating element to fluidize at least some of the first filling material; and extracting the fluidized first filling material via an opening in the envelope of the first chamber.",0.6936643669521695,0.612671266095661
9791066,"1. A valve comprising a pipe fitting, the pipe fitting comprising an inlet and at least one outlet, the at least one outlet being at an angle to the inlet; and an inner collapsible bellows, the bellows comprising a first end and a second end, the first end being fixed at a position opposite the inlet, the bellows having a support annulus at the second end and adjacent the inlet, the bellows being configured to be collapsed to allow fluid to flow from the inlet to the at least one outlet; and be extended to trap the fluid within the bellows to prevent fluid flow from the inlet to the at least one outlet.",0.5263497719117957,0.9473004561764087
8628300,"1. A configuration of cooling channels through the interior of a turbine rotor blade having a platform at an interface between an airfoil and a root, wherein the rotor blade includes an airfoil cooling channel that includes a cooling channel formed within the airfoil and an outboard airfoil supply channel, which comprises a coolant supply channel that stretches from a first coolant inlet formed through the root to a connection with the airfoil cooling channel; the configuration of cooling channels comprising: a platform cooling channel that comprises a cooling channel that traverses at least a portion of the platform, the platform cooling channel having an upstream end and a downstream end; an outboard platform supply channel, which comprises a cooling channel that stretches from a second coolant inlet formed in the root to the upstream end of the platform cooling channel; an inboard platform return channel, which comprises a cooling channel that stretches from the downstream end of the platform cooling channel to a termination point formed in the root; wherein the root comprises an inboard portion that includes a connecting means and an outboard portion that extends between the connecting means and the platform; wherein the first coolant inlet, the second coolant inlet and the termination point of the inboard platform return channel are located within the connecting means; wherein the outboard platform supply channel, the platform cooling channel, and the inboard platform return channel comprise a platform cooling circuit; wherein the outboard airfoil supply channel and the airfoil cooling channel comprise an airfoil cooling circuit; a separating structure that separates the platform cooling circuit from the airfoil cooling circuit at radial positions outboard of the connecting mean; and a connector formed in the connecting means; wherein the connector comprises a channel that connects the termination point of the inboard platform return channel to the outboard airfoil supply channel.",0.7151867329399972,0.5696265341200055
9819776,"1. A radio wave receiving apparatus capable of receiving two different radio waves, comprising: a display configured to: display a first graphic symbol indicating a first intensity of a first radio wave; and display a second graphic symbol indicating a second intensity of a second radio wave, wherein the second radio wave has a different radio wave frequency than a radio wave frequency of the first radio wave; an input configured to select between a first mode and a second mode, wherein in the first mode, the first and second graphic symbols are simultaneously displayed on the display and in the second mode, the first graphic symbol is displayed on the display while the second graphic symbol is not displayed on the display; and a controller configured to switch between the first and second modes in response to a user operating the input, wherein the second graphic symbol comprises at least one first sub-symbol indicating a first intensity range of the second radio wave and at least one second sub-symbol indicating a second intensity range of the second radio wave, wherein the second intensity range is greater than the first intensity range.",0.17774373946001143,0.35548747892002286
8393276,"1. A cable transportation system comprising: a pull cable; at least one transportation unit configured to: at least one passenger station positioned where the at least one transportation unit is detached from the pull cable; and an auxiliary drive device extending along the at least one passenger station and configured to move the at least one transportation unit along a portion of said designated path, said auxiliary drive device including a linear electric motor having a linear stator extending along said portion of said designated path, said linear stator including an elongated body having two opposite parallel faces, each facing a slide associated with the at least one transportation unit.",0.38591236523861,0.77182473047722
8574118,"1. A turbomachine epicyclic gear system comprising: a sun gear rotatable around an axis; a ring gear radially outward of the sun gear; a plurality of intermediate gears meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear; and a plurality of journal pins each configured to support one of the plurality of intermediate gears, each of the plurality of journal pins having an asymmetric rim, wherein the rim has a maximum thickness circumferentially aligned with a normal load applied to the journal pins, wherein the normal load is perpendicular to the axis, wherein the rim has a first position with the maximum thickness and a second position with the maximum thickness that is 180° offset from the first position with the maximum thickness, and the rim has a first position with a minimum thickness and second position with the minimum thickness that is 180° offset from the first position with the minimum thickness.",0.8063238766524735,0.38735224669505297
8673969,"1. A compound of general formula 3 wherein R and R1 are an aryl group and R is selected from 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl or 2-methoxy phenyl and R1 is selected from the group consisting of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl, 3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl, 4-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl, 3-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl, 2-fluoro-5-methoxyphenyl, 2-fluoro-4-methoxyphenyl, 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl, 4-methoxy-3-nitrophenyl, 4-nitrophenyl, 3-nitrophenyl, 2-nitro phenyl, 4-methoxyphenyl, 3-methoxyphenyl and 4-hydroxyphenyl.",0.3247415194698702,0.6494830389397404
9385356,"1. An electric vehicle battery assembly, comprising: a battery cell; a side rail securing the cell and provided adjacent a side of the cell; an upper rail securing the cell and provided adjacent an upper surface of the cell; and a terminal holder in direct contact with both the side rail and the upper rail.",0.9253477523121634,0.14930449537567325
9129485,"1. A video poker gaming system comprising: a housing; a plurality of input devices supported by the housing, the plurality of input devices including a payment acceptor and a validator; at least one display device supported by the housing; at least one processor; and at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one display device and the plurality of input devices to: a) when a physical item that indicates a monetary value is received via the payment acceptor: b) provide a five card pay table; c) provide an initial deck of playing cards to be used in a play of a poker card game; d) after receiving an actuation of a wager button, place at least one wager on a five card poker hand; e) after placing the at least one wager on the five card poker hand, activate a dream card indicator to determine if a dream card will be used for the five card poker hand; f) display to the player four cards face up representing a partial initial poker hand; g) provide a first depleted deck of playing cards representing the initial deck of playing cards less the four cards of the partial initial poker hand; h) if the dream card is used, select a fifth card from the first depleted deck of playing cards and display the fifth card face up to the player so that the displayed five cards constitute a complete initial poker hand, the fifth card having a static suit and rank, said fifth card selected based on the four cards initially displayed for the partial initial poker hand so that the complete initial poker hand has a highest expected value based on the pay table; i) receive, via one of the plurality of input devices, a selection of none, one, a plurality, or all of the displayed face up cards from the complete initial poker hand as cards to be held; j) discard each unselected card and display a replacement card for each card that was discarded, thereby forming a final five card poker hand; k) determine a final five card poker hand ranking; l) display an award based on the pay table to the player if the final five card poker hand is a winning hand according to the pay table and modify the credit balance based on the displayed award; and m) when an actuation of a cashout button is received, initiate a payout associated with the credit balance.",0.021986718577920738,0.043973437155841455
9752198,"1. A method of detecting the presence of a nucleic acid molecule that is unique to event MIR162 in a sample comprising corn nucleic acids, the method comprising: (a) contacting the sample with a pair of primers that, when used in a nucleic-acid amplification reaction with genomic DNA from event MIR162 produces an amplicon that is diagnostic for event MIR162; (b) performing a nucleic acid amplification reaction, thereby producing the amplicon; and (c) detecting the amplicon.",0.21943179026567627,0.43886358053135255
8973794,"1. A baby carrier comprising: two strap loops, which are separate elements for an entirety of their length and which are interconnected and arranged to extend around two shoulder areas of a wearer, each of the strap loops including a first part and a second part; a carrying pocket that is mounted to the strap loops and that has a front piece having at least one free side edge that is attachable to an adjacent strap loop via at least one upper first and one upper second connection device for the carrying of the front piece at the strap loop; and a seat part that includes an elongated tongue, the seat. part being adjustably attached to the respective strap loop by a lower connection device, the front piece and the respective strap loop below the upper second connection device defining a leg opening for a. child sitting in the baby carrier, with a first part of at least one of the strap loops being detachably connected with the lower connection device, the second part of the respective strap loop being connected with the first part on a level with the upper second connection device, and a regulation of a size of the baby carrier according to a length of the child solely being carried out by the regulation of a length of the elongated tongue of the seat part so that the upper second connection device always is situated immediately below arms of the child.",0.034415489882053917,0.06883097976410779
8667310,"1. A circuit, comprising: a control circuit; a voltage sensor coupled to the control circuit; and an indicator signal coupled to the control circuit, wherein the control circuit, responsive to the voltage sensor, is configured to:",0.6218137783144088,0.7563724433711825
9599458,"1. A method for determining a distance between two spatial points, thus between a first point and a second point, comprising the following steps: recording a first picture from a first viewing point, wherein the first picture comprises a reference object and the first point, wherein the first point is arranged outside the reference object, recording a second picture from a second viewing point, wherein the second picture comprises the reference object and the second point and wherein the second viewing point is different than the first viewing point, and determining the distance between the first point and the second point by evaluating picture data of the first picture and picture data of the second picture, while using a known dimension of the reference object, wherein the first picture and the second picture are two-dimensional optical reproductions of reality.",0.018187712501620407,0.03637542500324087
8966884,"1. An exhaust gas treatment device, comprising: an exhaust gas treatment component having an inflow side and an outflow side, the exhaust gas treatment component configured to conduct exhaust gas from the inflow side to the outflow side in a flow direction; a porous layer completely spanning the outflow side such that the exhaust gas which flows through the exhaust gas treatment component must also completely pass through the porous layer, said porous layer including a metal fabric or a metal fleece; and a metering device disposed downstream of the outflow side in the flow direction, the metering device configured to inject reducing agent into the exhaust gas treatment device in a metering direction running at least partly counter to the flow direction; the metering device and the exhaust gas treatment component disposed at a mutual spacing selected to cause injected reducing agent to reach the porous layer.",0.9186845039672916,0.16263099206541676
9576286,1. A merchant device comprising: a display configured to present interactive displays; communications circuitry configured to facilitate communications with a consumer device and a central system; and processing circuitry configured to:,0.11492291753790033,0.2298458350758007
9313755,"1. A method for synchronizing a physical layer state, comprising: receiving relevant information about a first feature reported by a terminal; judging whether the terminal has a specified state at a physical layer after configuration at a radio resource control (RRC) layer corresponding to the first feature is updated according to the relevant information about the first feature; notifying a base station to control, according to whether the terminal has the specified state at the physical layer after the configuration at the RRC layer corresponding to the first feature is updated, the physical layer state of the first feature after re-configuration; or, notifying the base station of whether to control the physical layer state of the first feature according to whether the terminal has the specified state at the physical layer after the configuration at the RRC layer corresponding to the first feature is updated; judging a version of the terminal and judging whether the terminal has a capability of supporting the first feature according to access layer version information of the terminal in the relevant information about the first feature and further according to capability information about the first feature; determining that the terminal has no specified state at the physical layer after the configuration at the RRC layer corresponding to the first feature is updated when the version of the terminal is a first version and the terminal has the capability of supporting the first feature; and determining that the terminal has the specified state at the physical layer after the configuration at the RRC layer corresponding to the first feature is updated when the version of the terminal is a second version and the terminal has the capability of supporting the first feature; wherein the first version is one of universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) release 8 (R8) or a UMTS version earlier than UMTS R8, and wherein the second version is one of UMTS release 9 (R9) or a UMTS version later than UMTS R9.",0.7903280206485789,0.41934395870284225
9785141,"1. A computer implemented method for schematic driven, unified thermal and electromagnetic interference compliance analyses for electronic circuit designs, comprising executing a sequence of instructions by using at least one processor or processor core executing one or more threads of the computing system to perform a process, the process computing: identifying or generating an electrical representation in a schematic abstraction level of an electronic design; generating a thermal schematic representation in the schematic abstraction level of the electronic design by associating thermal RC circuits comprising at least one thermal capacitive element for the electronic design with the electrical representation; performing, at a plurality of analysis modules stored at least partially in memory of one or more computing systems, a thermal analysis in an electrical context of one or more electrical analyses and the one or more electrical analyses comprising an electromagnetic interference compliance (EMC) analysis in a thermal context of the thermal analysis respectively with the thermal schematic representation and the electrical representation of the electronic design; and improving thermal behavior of the electronic design at least by reducing heat generation of the electronic design based in part or in whole upon one or more implementation constraints that are correlated with one or more modified thermal characteristics obtained from results of the thermal analysis.",0.7586343519356503,0.48273129612869936
8889148,"1. A modified flavivirus envelope protein (E) comprising a E protein N-terminal transmembrane domain (E-T1 domain) having at least one mutation relative to wild type E-T1, such a mutation consisting of a proline substituted for the central glycine, which is designated as position 0 wherein a flavivirus comprising the modified flavivirus E protein has an ability to infect mammalian cells but a reduced ability to replicate therein relative to the wild-type flavivirus.",0.620406799132549,0.7591864017349019
9647161,"1. A method for manufacturing a photovoltaic device comprising at least one photovoltaic cell (PV cell) connected to an electronic integrated circuit, the method comprising the following steps: providing a stack comprising a substrate topped with an insulating layer and a semi-conducting layer, the semi-conducting layer comprising at least one upper portion extending from an upper face of the semi-conducting layer and having a P or N doping, and a lower portion located under the upper portion and having a P or N doping opposite to the doping of the upper portion; forming the at least one PV cell in the stack by etching the semi-conducting layer so as to form one or more island(s) distant from each other, each island comprising a superimposition of the lower and upper portions of the semi-conducting layer, and having a front face formed by the upper portion, each island forming a respective PV cell; forming first connections comprising at least one receiving area located on a front face of the insulating layer, intended to electrically connect the at least one PV cell with the electronic integrated circuit; and transferring, onto said stack comprising the at least one PV cell, a previously manufactured electronic integrated circuit, with the step of transfer being executed so as to electrically connect the at least one receiving area with an electrical contact area carried by the electronic integrated circuit, wherein the step of forming each island by etching the semi-conducting layer is executed so as to preserve, at the root of each island a contact area formed in said lower portion of the semi-conducting layer and which is not located under said upper portion, wherein the contact area is doped so as to make it electrically conducting.",0.8544035732364297,0.29119285352714064
8694639,"1. A system, comprising: a memory of a server that, during operation, stores instructions; and one or more processors of the server that, during operation, execute the instructions to implement a capacity reservation system (CRS), wherein the CRS includes: wherein to determine the bounded amount of resource S",0.6145167943476898,0.7709664113046204
9274095,"1. A computer-implemented method of determining in vitro whether a substrate comprising stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells is acceptable for implantation in an eye, the computer-implemented method comprising: directing by a light source light at the substrate; obtaining by a detector an image of the substrate; determining by a computer system a number of stem cell-derived RPE cells on the substrate; determining by the computer system whether the number of stem cell-derived RPE cells is at or above a first pre-stored threshold value; detecting by a detector light transmitted through the substrate; determining by the computer system a light transmittance level; determining by the computer system whether the light transmittance level is at or above a second pre-stored threshold value, wherein the determined light transmittance level indicates pigmentation of the stem cell-derived RPE cells, wherein a certain level of pigmentation of the stem cell-derived RPE cells is an indication of cell functionality sufficient for implantation to the eye; and generating by the computer system a notification that the substrate is acceptable for implantation to the eye based on the determining of whether the number of stem cell-derived RPE cells is at or above the first threshold value and the determining of whether the light transmittance level is at or above the second threshold value, wherein the computer system comprises a computer processor and an electronic storage medium.",0.24903079980007375,0.4980615996001475
8829915,"1. A leakage resistance detection device for an on-board high voltage device, which is connectable to an on-board high voltage device including an on-board high voltage DC power source and a high voltage electric load to be fed and driven by the on-board high voltage DC power source, the on-board high voltage device having a leakage resistance Rx with respect to a vehicle body, as typified by an equivalent leakage resistance on a positive potential side and an equivalent leakage resistance on a negative potential side, the leakage resistance detection device comprising a constant voltage control power source which is fed and driven by a low voltage DC power source having a negative terminal connected to the vehicle body and which generates a control power supply voltage Vcc, the leakage resistance detection device being configured to measure a value of the leakage resistance Rx via a coupling capacitor having one terminal B connected to a predetermined position of the on-board high voltage device, the leakage resistance detection device further comprising a repetitive signal output circuit, a monitoring signal processing circuit, and an arithmetic control circuit, the arithmetic control circuit comprising a microprocessor and a program memory which cooperate with each other, wherein the repetitive signal output circuit alternately repeats, in response to a switching operation of a charge/discharge switching element that operates in response to a repetitive command signal PLS, a charge period and a discharge period in which a measurement point A is intermittently connected to the control power supply voltage Vcc via a charge/discharge resistor, the measurement point A being another terminal of the coupling capacitor, to thereby one of gradually increase and gradually decrease a monitoring voltage Vx which is a potential between the measurement point A and the vehicle body, wherein the monitoring signal processing circuit is configured to one of: wherein the arithmetic control circuit is configured to: wherein the repetitive command signal PLS comprises one of a pulse signal with a fixed cycle having one of the charge period and the discharge period longer than at least the limit transition time Tx",0.4258345986877789,0.8516691973755578
9241052,"1. A method comprising: monitoring data from a first sensor in a handheld electronic device; determining an orientation of the handheld electronic device by analyzing the data from the first sensor; and when the orientation indicates that the handheld electronic device is face down, activating a microphone on the handheld electronic device.",0.4198904140186676,0.8397808280373352
9345125,"1. A wiring substrate comprising: a core substrate including a first surface, a second surface located opposite to the first surface, and an accommodation hole extending through the core substrate from the first surface to the second surface; a first wiring layer formed on the first surface of the core substrate; a second wiring layer formed on the second surface of the core substrate; an electronic component accommodated in the accommodation hole, wherein the electronic component includes a connection terminal; a conductive film formed on a wall surface of the accommodation hole at a location corresponding to the connection terminal of the electronic component, wherein the conductive film is connected to at least one of the first wiring layer and the second wiring layer; a thermal conductor comprising at least in part a metallic conductor that thermally and electrically connects the connection terminal of the electronic component and the conductive film; a first insulation layer formed on the first surface of the core substrate; a second insulation layer formed on the second surface of the core substrate; a first via wire extending through the first insulation layer; and a second via wire extending through the second insulation layer, wherein each of the first via wire and the second via wire is electrically and directly connected to the connection terminal of the electronic component, the connection terminal of the electronic component is in contact with the thermal conductor, the first via wire, and the second via wire so that each of the thermal conductor, the first via wire, and the second via wire serves as an electric and heat conductive path, and an area of the thermal conductor in contact with the connection terminal is larger than an area of the first via wire in contact with the connection terminal and an area of the second via wire in contact with the connection terminal.",0.47065237861987574,0.9413047572397515
9120364,"1. A trailer mounted solar power system comprising: a trailer having a roof, a front, a back and a pair of sides extending therebetween; at least one photovoltaic solar panel for mounting on a roof of the trailer; at least one trailer lift gate operable to move a load from ground level to a trailer bed; at least one battery; at least one charge controller electrically connected between the at least one solar panel, the at least one trailer life gate and the at least one battery, the at least one charge controller being configured to automatically: a first circuit interruption device (CID) between the at least one solar panel and the at least one charge controller; and a second circuit interruption device (CID) between the at least one battery and the at least one charge controller; wherein the charge controller and the at least one trailer lift gate can be completely isolated from any power source by opening the first and second CIDs; wherein controls for the first and second CIDs are mounted on one of the pair of sides of the trailer for safe operation by an operator; and wherein the first and second CIDs are mounted on the front of the trailer separately from the controls therefor.",0.9877557213659965,0.024488557268006916
9014947,"1. A method for operating a boosted gasoline engine, the method comprising: diluting an intake air charge of the engine to a first level of dilution within a first dilution tolerance limit when operating at a stoichiometric air-to-fuel ratio; and diluting the intake air charge of the engine to a second, greater level of dilution within a second, greater dilution tolerance limit while operating at an enriched air-to-fuel ratio, in response to a condition of excessive exhaust temperature downstream of the engine.",0.9195480920183401,0.16090381596331982
9752209,"1. A method for producing hematite for ironmaking, utilizing a leach residue as a raw material, the leach residue being obtained from a hydrometallurgical refining plant where a nickel oxide ore treated by a high pressure acid leach process, the method comprising, in sequence: a first separation step of separating the leach residue into an overflow containing hematite and chromite and an underflow containing gypsum by using a wet cyclone under a condition that the wet cyclone is adjusted to have a setting between 1 μm or less and 2 μm or less as a classification particle size for the overflow; and then a second separation step of separating the hematite and the chromite contained in the overflow using magnetic force having a magnetic field intensity of 5 to 20 [kGauss] by a strong-magnetic-field magnetic separator having a mesh that applies magnetic force to powders when the powders pass through the mesh, thereby producing a hematite cake.",0.7437246320611531,0.5125507358776937
8738944,"1. A method, comprising: determining an available power level at a communication device of a communication network; estimating a power requirement to receive an expected transmission at the device from a transmitter of the communication network; determining whether the available power level is sufficient for the estimated power requirement; and providing feedback to the transmitter regarding whether the available power level is sufficient for the estimated power requirement, wherein when the available power level is insufficient for the estimated power requirement, the feedback triggers the transmitter to adjust a routing of the expected transmission.",0.7873640059029626,0.42527198819407475
9085995,"1. An assembly for use with a power-producing unit, the assembly comprising: an annular case; a hub positioned radially inward of the case, wherein a fluidic flow path is defined between the case and the hub; a plurality of support tubes each extending between the case and the hub; and a flow modifying structure positioned on an exterior surface of at least a first one of the support tubes and configured to reduce vortex shedding of a passing fluid, wherein the flow modifying structure comprises a plurality of discrete elements spaced apart along an axis of the first one of the support tubes, and wherein the discrete elements each comprise a substantially elliptical shape.",0.4203623072358031,0.8407246144716062
9781985,"1. A method comprising: providing an umbrella comprising a shaft and umbrella shade, wherein the umbrella comprises an open position during which the umbrella shade is extended into a position away from the shaft and a closed position during which the umbrella shade is folded into a position closer to the shaft; coupling a cap above the umbrella shade to the shaft; coupling a first strut comprising a first solar panel to the cap via first hinge at the cap; coupling a second strut comprising a second solar panel to the cap via second hinge at the cap, wherein each strut comprises a sleeve having transparent top surface that allows solar radiation to pass through to a respective solar panel housed by the sleeve; changing the umbrella from the closed to the open position, wherein the umbrella shade pushes against a bottom of the struts while the umbrella shade is extended, causing the struts to rotate via the first and second strut hinges in a first turn direction, so that an angle between a top of the first strut and a top of the cap increases from a first angle in the closed position to a second angle in the open position, and the second angle is greater than the first angle; and changing the umbrella from the open to the closed position, wherein the bottom of the struts rest against the umbrella shade while the umbrella is folded, causing the struts to rotate via the first and second strut hinges in a second turn direction, so that the angle between the top of the first strut and the top of the cap decreases from the second angle to the first angle, and the second turn direction is opposite of the first turn direction coupling a rechargeable battery to a battery charging circuit; charging the rechargeable battery using the battery charging circuit with solar power received from the first and second solar panels; enclosing the rechargeable battery and battery charging circuit in a battery housing comprising a hole extending through the housing; and coupling the battery housing to the umbrella by passing the shaft through the hole of the housing; coupling the solar panels to at least one wireless charging port of the umbrella, whereby when a battery-operated device is within or near the wireless charging port, the battery-operated device will be charged wirelessly, wherein the umbrella comprises a shelf, wherein the wireless charging port of the umbrella is coupled to the shelf, a marking on the shelf indicates a positioning of the wireless charging port, the wireless charging port is coupled to the rechargeable battery of the umbrella by a wire, the wireless charging port is integrated into the shelf, and the wire is hidden from view.",0.9610650289016464,0.07786994219670729
9306060,"1. A semiconductor device structure comprising: a body region of semiconductor material having a first conductivity type; a source region of semiconductor material within the body region, the source region having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type; a junction isolation region of semiconductor material having the second conductivity type; a drain region of semiconductor material having the second conductivity type; a first drift region of semiconductor material having the second conductivity type; and a second drift region of semiconductor material having the second conductivity type, wherein:",0.2192338415352265,0.43846768307045303
9007570,"1. An airborne wind profiling method performed by an aircraft mounted system comprising an airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR system, a INS/GPS system, and a computing device connected to the airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR system and the INS/GPS system, the computing device comprising a display, a memory, and a processor connected to the display and the memory, the method comprising: receiving airborne Doppler Wind LIDAR data and associated INS/GPS data, wherein the Doppler Wind LIDAR data includes data segments for two or more lines of sight; distributing the data segments of each line of sight into range gate bins; determining a power spectra of each range gate bin; performing a data validity test based at least in part on the power spectra of each range gate bin to determine a reference signal for each of the data segments; determining a frequency change from the reference signal for each of the data segments; determining a zero Doppler alignment for each of the data segments based on the frequency change; determining a power frequency for each of the data segments based on the data segment's zero Doppler alignment; determining a Doppler shift f for each line of sight based on the line of sight's respective maximum power frequency; determining a power spectra p for each line of sight based on the line of sight's respective maximum power magnitude; determining a line of sight range for each line of sight; plotting the line of sight range for each line of sight versus the line of sight's Doppler shift f and power spectra p; determining east, north, and up wind components for each line of sight based on the plot of the line of sight range for each line of sight versus the line of sight's Doppler shift f and power spectra p; computing a wind speed and a wind direction using the east, north, and up wind components for each line of sight; computing an altitude based on the INS/GPS data and line of sight range for each line of sight; and plotting the wind speed versus the altitude and the wind direction versus the altitude on the display.",0.44791365317069076,0.8958273063413815
8774846,"1. A method of operating a first wireless terminal comprising: transmitting a beacon signal burst during a beacon transmission time period in accordance with a timing structure including said beacon transmission time period and a beacon receive time period which recur in accordance with said timing structure, said beacon receive time period being longer than said beacon transmission time period, said beacon signal burst including one or more beacon symbols, each beacon symbol occupying a beacon symbol transmission unit; monitoring for beacon signals from other devices during said beacon receive time period in accordance with said timing structure, said other devices including a second wireless terminal; communicating data symbols using OFDM symbol transmission units during a user data time period which occurs in said timing structure following said beacon receive time period, said user data time period being distinct from said beacon receive time period in said timing structure; and wherein said timing structure is used by both the first and second wireless terminals but with the start of the timing structure used by the first wireless terminal being offset from the start of the timing of the timing structure used by the second wireless terminal by an amount which is greater than the duration of the beacon transmission time period and less than the duration of the beacon receive time period and the start of the of the beacon transmission time period of the second wireless terminal following the end of the beacon transmission time period of the first wireless terminal by an amount which is less than the duration of the beacon transmission time period.",0.5101304856063289,0.9797390287873422
9224273,"1. Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine that is operative to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records, wherein the machine includes at least one processor associated with the machine, wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the card reader, the display and the at least one input device, wherein the at least one processor is operative to cause wherein the at least one processor is operative to cause the display to provide at least one display output corresponding to at least one symbol included in a user input received through the at least one device, wherein the at least one display output is in an undistorted format and subsequently in a distorted format, wherein in the distorted format the at least one display output is human decipherable but generally not machine decipherable.",0.11778783311903217,0.23557566623806436
9586574,"1. A control apparatus for a hybrid electric vehicle comprising: an electric motor configured to drive a driving wheel of the hybrid electric vehicle; a battery configured to supply an electric current to the electric motor; a generator configured to supply an electric current to the electric motor; and an engine configured to allow the generator to generate electric power, the control apparatus comprising: a temperature detector configured to detect a temperature of the battery; a temperature increase rate calculator configured to calculate a temperature increase rate based on the detected temperature of the battery, the temperature increase rate that is an amount of increase per unit time in the temperature; and an engine controller configured to start the engine and activate the generator when the temperature increase rate is equal to an engine start determination value, so as to generate the electric power, wherein the engine controller is configured to set the engine start determining value so that the engine start determination value increases as the detected battery temperature decreases, the engine controller controls a rotational speed of the engine so that an electric power generation amount of the generator increases as the calculated temperature increase rate increases, the engine controller starts the engine when the detected temperature of the battery is equal to or higher than a preset first temperature, and maintains the engine in a stopped state when the detected temperature of the battery is lower than the preset first temperature, and the engine controller identifies the electric power generation amount from the increase rate based on a map illustrating a relationship between the temperature increase rate and an electric generation amount by the generator, and controls the rotational speed of the engine so that the identified electric power generation amount is generated by the generator.",0.9939696284312555,0.01206074313748906
9517960,"1. A combustion process for melting glass in a glass melting furnace, which includes a melting chamber having side walls and a roof wall above the side walls, the process comprising: determining a total quantity of fuel necessary for melting a predetermined quantity of glass; supplying, at a first location, on a first of the side walls of the melting chamber, into the melting chamber, a first fuel quantity, constituting a part of the total quantity of fuel determined; supplying into the melting chamber, at a second location, located on at least one of (i) the roof wall and (ii) a second of the side walls of the melting chamber, different from the first of the side walls, and spaced from the first location, a second fuel quantity constituting the total quantity of fuel determined less the first fuel quantity; supplying, at a combustion air intake located on the first of the side walls of the melting chamber, into the melting chamber, the quantity of combustion air necessary for combustion of the total quantity of fuel determined, and combusting the first and second fuel quantities with the combustion air to produce combustion products, that circulate within the melting chamber past the second location, wherein the second location is located between the roof wall and a horizontal plane that is positioned at least as high as a horizontal plane passing through a lower edge of the combustion air intake; and mixing the second fuel quantity with the combustion products circulating in the melting chamber and thereafter combusting the second fuel quantity with the combustion air that is not consumed in the combustion of the first fuel quantity.",0.8911094649495924,0.21778107010081516
8922382,"1. A reusable noninvasive physiological sensor configured to store sensor use information, the sensor comprising: a first and second emitter configured to emit light of at least two wavelengths through tissue; a detector configured to sense the light after it has passed through the tissue and to generate a signal indicative of the sensed light; a memory device configured to store at least one indication of sensor use information and a plurality of sensor life functions for use in determining a useful life of the sensor by a separately housed patient monitor, wherein the plurality of sensor life functions indicate to the separately housed patient monitor how to calculate the useful life of the sensor and identify one or more indications of sensor use information to use to calculate the useful life of the sensor; and a communication port configured to communicate the signal, the at least one indication of sensor use information and at least one of the plurality of sensor life functions to the separately housed patient monitor, wherein the separately housed patient monitor calculates the useful life of the sensor using the at least one indication of sensor use information and the at least one of the plurality of sensor life functions received from the sensor.",0.2987379947716505,0.597475989543301
9126055,"1. An automated external defibrillator (AED), comprising: an ECG sensor that obtains an ECG signal corresponding to patient heart activity; a prompting device that provides cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instructions; a control system including a microprocessor programmed to run two rhythm analysis algorithms, each algorithm separately commencing at different start times after instructions to terminate CPR have taken place, that analyze segments of the ECG signal for determining a presence of a shockable rhythm, one of the two rhythm analysis algorithms providing a delayed start shockable rhythm verification algorithm of partially overlapping and concurrent analysis between the two rhythm analysis algorithms; and a therapy generation circuit for treating the shockable rhythm with a defibrillation pulse in response to the control system determining the presence of a shockable rhythm.",0.028724687013028837,0.057449374026057654
9073563,"1. A drive mechanism for a reciprocating power tool, comprising: a drive shaft having a front end adapted for attachment to an external shaft or to a tool attachment, a rear end, a center longitudinal axis, and forming a slot oriented perpendicular to the center longitudinal axis between the front end and the rear end; a motor having a driven shaft for imparting rotary movement to a pinion gear connected to the driven shaft; a trigger switch to operate the motor; a crown gear adapted to mesh with the pinion gear to impart rotary motion to the crown gear about a center axis of the crown gear; and a drive pin connected to the crown gear, the drive pin forming an eccentric pin which is eccentrically offset relative to the center axis of the crown gear for engagement in the slot of the drive shaft so as to impart reciprocating movement along the center longitudinal axis of the drive shaft on rotation of the crown gear, the drive pin being connected to the crown gear at two or more points centered on and straddling the center axis of the crown gear.",0.721792013923667,0.556415972152666
8493131,"1. A capacitive touch panel detection circuit, comprising a boost circuit, a scanning circuit and a receiving circuit, wherein the boost circuit comprises a plurality of charge pumps in series, a sequence circuit and a voltage-stabilizing circuit, the charge pump comprising a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor, the first end of the first switch being connected with the first end of the third switch in sequence as an input end of the charge pump, the second end of the first switch being connected with the first end of the second switch, the second end of the third switch being connected with the first end of the fourth switch, the first capacitor being connected between the second ends of the first and the third switches, the second end of the fourth switch being connected with the ground, one end of the second capacitor being connected with the second end of the second switch, the other end being connected with the ground, the second end of the second switch serving as an output end of the charge pump, the switches being controlled by the sequence circuit, during the first half working cycle of the charge pump, the first and the fourth switches being closed, and the second and the third switches being open, during the second half of the working cycle of the charge pump, the first and the fourth switches being open, and the second and the third switches being closed, wherein the boost circuit, the scanning circuit and the receiving circuit are all integrated into an IC chip, wherein said boost circuit for the capacitive touch panel detection circuit further comprises an off-chip voltage-stabilizing capacitor which comprises a low dropout (LDO) linear regulator, the output end of a final-stage charge pump being connected with the power end of a LDO linear regulator, the control end of the LDO linear regulator being connected with the reference voltage, the output end of the LDO linear regulator serving as the output end of the boost circuit, one end of the off-chip voltage-stabilizing capacitor being connected with the output end of the LDO linear regulator, the other end being connected with the ground, all of circuit components of the boost circuit except the off-chip voltage-stabilizing capacitor being integrated into an IC chip.",0.5780428231860336,0.8439143536279328
9643251,"1. A method for additive manufacturing a multilayered part comprising: optimizing a powder material based on at least one parameter characterizing the powder material; individually optimizing each layer of the multilayered part formed from the optimized powder material based on at least one parameter characterizing the layer; and forming the multilayered part using additive manufacturing based on the optimized powder material and optimized layers constituting the multilayered part, the multilayered part being optimized based on at least one parameter characterizing the multilayered part.",0.512205786088098,0.9755884278238041
8460848,"1. A process comprising: contacting at least on bio-based polyester resin including components selected from the group consisting of a fatty dimer diol, a fatty dimer diacid, D-isosorbide, L-tyrosine, glutamic acid, and combinations thereof, with an optional crystalline resin and an optional plasticizer in an extruder to form a resin mixture; neutralizing the resin mixture in the extruder with a neutralizing agent; contacting the resin mixture in the extruder with a surfactant; melt-mixing the resin mixture in the extruder; contacting the melt-mixed mixture with de-ionized water in the extruder to form an oil in water emulsion possessing a latex; recovering the latex from the extruder; contacting the latex with an optional crystalline resin, an optional colorant, and an optional wax to form a second mixture; aggregating the mixture to form particles; adjusting the pH of the mixture to from about 3 to about 10 to stop growth of the particles; coalescing the particles at a pH from about 5 to about 8 to form toner particles; and recovering the toner particles.",0.31255179664962507,0.6251035932992501
9811389,"1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of processor cores; at least one memory coupled to the plurality of processor cores; and task assigning circuitry to assign a first task, based the usage history, to one processor core for execution at maximum frequency with minimum power usage in comparison to other processor cores of the plurality, the usage history being based on monitored core temperature, frequency and power usage for a first set of tasks previously executed by the plurality of processor cores, wherein the usage history is created by collecting data for a predetermined number of executions of an application, including monitoring execution times of tasks per quantum of time, monitoring processor utilization levels for each group of related tasks, monitoring memory utilization levels for each group of related tasks and overall memory utilization per quantum of time, and preprocessing gathered data, including calculating an estimate of dynamic power consumption based on measurements of core voltage, core frequency, and core capacitance; and computing an estimate of a probability density function based on a joint distribution of power, execution time, frequency, and processor and memory utilizations for each core per time period.",0.7721101565171871,0.4557796869656259
9534583,"1. A wind turbine system, comprising: a tower; a plurality of blades; a rotor supported by the tower and rotatably coupled to the plurality of blades; a pitch control device for regulating pitch angles of the plurality of blades; a torque control device for regulating torque of the rotor; a processing subsystem programmed to slowdown the wind turbine system by:",0.9702306966294828,0.059538606741034394
8516787,"1. A combined-cycle power plant useful for switching between single-cycle and combined-cycle operating modes, comprising: a gas turbine having a compressor and a turbine; a heat recovery steam generator connected downstream to the gas turbine, the heat recovery steam generator configured and arranged to produce steam in a water/steam cycle, said heat recovery steam generator having a feed-water supply outlet and a discharge steam inlet; a first steam discharge line connected to said heat recovery steam generator discharge steam inlet; a first feed-water supply line connected to said heat recovery steam generator feed-water supply outlet; a once-through cooler through which flows compressed air when compressed in the compressor for cooling the gas turbine, the once-through cooler having a steam discharge outlet connected to said first steam discharge line and a feed-water inlet connected to said first feed-water supply line, the once-through cooler being configured and arranged to convert feed water received from the heat recovery steam generator via said first feed-water supply line into steam, and to discharge said steam to the heat recovery steam generator via said first steam discharge line; an exhaust duct configured and arranged to guide hot exhaust gases from the gas turbine to the heat recovery steam generator; a secondary exhaust stack branching off from the exhaust gas duct; a deflection flap arranged in the exhaust gas duct configured and arranged to selectively divert hot exhaust gases from the heat recovery steam generator to the secondary exhaust stack; a first shut-off valve arranged in the first steam discharge line; a second steam discharge line branching off from the first steam discharge line upstream of the first shut-off valve; a second shut-off valve arranged in the first feed-water supply line; a feed-water bypass line configured and arranged to bypass the second shut-off valve; a cold water mixing line leading into the first feed-water line between the feed-water bypass line and the once-through cooler; a third shut-off valve and a second control valve arranged in series in the feed-water bypass line; a fourth shut-off valve and a second control valve arranged in series in the second steam discharge line; a fifth shut-off valve and a third control valve arranged in series in the cold water mixing line; a separate single-cycle feed-water system; a second feed-water line connecting the separate single-cycle feed-water system and the first feed-water line between the feed-water bypass line and the once-through cooler; and a sixth shut-off valve arranged in the second feed-water line.",0.9904459705964733,0.019108058807053352
8841516,"1. A plant of a cucumber breeding line comprising an introgression from cucumber inbred line URS 189, a representative sample of seed of which has been deposited with the NCIMB, Aberdeen, Scotland under accession number NCIMB 41612 and depositors reference URS 189, or comprising an introgression from a Fusarium -resistant offspring plant of line URS 189, wherein said introgression confers to said plant of said cucumber breeding line resistance to the causal agent of Fusarium stem and root rot, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis cucumerinum (Forc); wherein said introgression contains a Fusarium -resistence QTL from cucumber inbred line URS 189, or a Fusarium -resistance-conferring part thereof, wherein said QTL is indicated by the combination of markers for linkage group N as shown in Table 6.",0.8140435771953589,0.37191284560928217
8929294,"1. A method for rapid decoding of wireless communications network uplink data, the method comprising: in a wireless communications network data analyzer that is distinct from a wireless access node: and decoding the uplink data using the stored uplink decode keys.",0.47246360115484964,0.9449272023096993
8646790,"1. A frame structure for a land vehicle, the frame structure extending under a front portion of the vehicle body, the improvement of the frame structure comprising: a rear sub-frame located below in front of and extending laterally across a pair of side frame under-members relative to a front of a vehicle; and at least one ramp connected to the pair of side frame under-members for directing rearward sliding movement of the rear sub-frame and attached structures downwardly beneath a battery assembly.",0.696540705912365,0.6069185881752699
9657909,"1. A self-contained, solar-powered illuminator module, comprising: a housing having an upper end and a lower end; a solar collection module coupled to the upper end of the housing, the solar collection module having an upper surface and one or more solar panels embedded therein; one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs) extending upwardly from the upper surface of the solar collection module, each LED having a bottom surface; a plurality of holes formed entirely through the solar collection module enabling the bottom surface of each LED to be positioned directly against the upper surface of the solar collection module; at least one rechargeable battery disposed within the housing; and control electronics disposed within the housing, the control electronics being operatively connected to the solar panel, LEDs and the rechargeable battery to recharge the battery using sunlight and activate the LEDs when ambient light falls below a predetermined level.",0.9730335518823492,0.05393289623530162
9224482,"1. An integrated circuit memory, comprising: at least one word line that includes a row of split gate memory cells, each split gate memory cell including a selection transistor section, having an embedded vertical selection gate, and a floating-gate transistor section having a horizontal floating gate and a horizontal control gate; a selection line configured to apply a selection voltage to the selection gates of the memory cells of the row; a control gate line configured to apply a gate voltage to the control gates of the memory cells of the row; bit lines configured to individually apply a programming current to the memory cells; a source plane embedded beneath the memory cells and common to the memory cells of the word line, the source plane being configured to collect programming currents for programming the memory cells, wherein the selection transistor sections of the memory cells are electrically coupled to the source plane and the floating-gate transistor sections of the memory cells are electrically coupled to the bit lines; and a programming control circuit configured to control production of hot electrons in a vertical channel region of the selection transistor second and thereby simultaneously control hot electron injection into the floating gate of the memory cell by controlling the voltage applied to the vertical selection gate.",0.24839715373834037,0.49679430747668074
9607190,"1. A factory-configurable RFID transponder—comprising: a receiver configured for receiving a continuous wave RF signal and a modulated RF signal, and a logic circuit configured by setting a bit to be either capable or not capable of detecting whether said receiver is receiving said continuous wave RF signal or said modulated RF signal and to cause the RFID transponder to transmit a first response if said continuous wave signal is detected and a second response if said modulated signal is detected and wherein said logic circuit is further configured to be capable of receiving an input designating either one of said continuous wave RF signal and said modulated RF signal as a dominant mode and the other one of said continuous wave RF signal and said modulated RF signal as a recessive mode; and wherein said logic circuit is further configured to be capable of operating according to rules for transition from said dominant mode to said recessive mode, wherein said rules are configured to be more or less stringent at the factory.",0.3705311156091155,0.741062231218231
8400040,"1. A permanent magnet type rotary electric machine comprising a stator with a stator core and coils provided into slots of the stator core, and a rotor that is disposed so as to face the stator with a gap, the rotor having a rotor core and permanent magnets buried into the rotor core by being incorporated into permanent magnet slots formed at an outer circumferential-side portion of the rotor core so as to be a plurality of poles, wherein the permanent magnet slot for each pole is divided at least into four permanent magnet slot segments along an outer circumferential direction in the rotor core so that the permanent magnet slot segments of all poles are arranged along the outer circumferential direction in a row as a whole while having rest core-portions between respective adjacent permanent magnet slot segments, and in the rest core-portions between the respective adjacent permanent magnet slot segments in the rotor core, a width of a first rest core-portion at a middle of each pole and a width of a second rest core-portion between each pair of adjacent poles of different polarities are formed larger than that of the other rest-core portions.",0.5030892518133476,0.9938214963733047
8635615,"1. An apparatus for managing hypercalls in a hypervisor, which is adapted to said hypervisor having an interrupt handler and a scheduler, said apparatus comprising: a deferrable low-overhead hypercall (DLH) module configured to assign a separate DLH queue to each of a plurality of virtual machines when said virtual machine is initialized, where each entry in the separate DLH queue represents a hypercall routine; wherein when one of said plurality of virtual machines that is running notifies said interrupt handler of one or more deferrable hypercalls to be executed, said interrupt handler saves the virtual central processing unit (VCPU) context of said running virtual machine, and said scheduler selects at least a VCPU and assigns the at least a VCPU to said virtual machine to run on at least a physical CPU (PCPU), and said DLH module executes said at least a deferrable hypercall inserted in a corresponding DLH queue assigned to the virtual machine having the at least an assigned VCPU before said hypervisor restores VCPU context to the virtual machine having the at least an assigned virtual CPU.",0.5571760356806511,0.8856479286386978
8861364,"1. An integrated circuit (IC), comprising: a link controller; and a plurality of queue controllers in communication with the link controller, each queue controller of the plurality of queue controllers operable to be coupled to a corresponding external dedicated buffer, wherein each external dedicated buffer resides in a remote transmitter of data that is external to the IC, and wherein each queue controller of the plurality of queue controllers is operable to: monitor and detect a buffer full level for the corresponding external dedicated buffer, transmit a signal indicating one of the buffer full condition or buffer below full condition associated with the corresponding external dedicated buffer to the link controller, and wherein the link controller is operable to: receive, from a first queue controller, the signal indicating the buffer full condition associated with a first external dedicated buffer, transmit a priority flow control signal to discontinue sending data to the first external dedicated buffer based on the received signal from the first queue controller, communicate to the first queue controller a second signal interpreted by the first queue controller as indicating completion of the transmission of the priority flow control signal, receive, from the first queue controller, a pause time associated with the first external dedicated buffer, the pause time indicating a time period that the link controller waits before rechecking a buffer level.",0.40179436162686144,0.8035887232537229
9507534,"1. A method comprising: receiving at a controller a transaction request from a processor comprising a command to access data stored in local memory; determining if the data is in a main memory or a second level memory; managing access to the local memory in response to the command, wherein data in the main memory is evicted to the second level memory in accordance with a cache coherence policy; and managing the local memory in a low power mode by shutting down the main memory.",0.6302892659519778,0.7394214680960445
9825497,1. A motor winding comprising a high density multi-conductor wire bundle comprising a compacted Litz wire bundle comprising: a) a serpentine configuration comprising a central portion and end turns; b) wherein the central portion comprises compacted Litz wire and wherein the end turns comprise non-compacted rectangular cross section Litz wire; and c) wherein the motor winding comprises a coreless winding.,0.9270560627280534,0.14588787454389318
9772618,"1. A method of controlling a cutting tool, which controls a position relation between the cutting tool of a machine and a workpiece, comprising: providing a swing angle for the cutting tool; obtaining a swing vector of the cutting tool through kinematics calculation according to the swing angle; using the swing vector of the cutting tool to calculate a set of possible solutions of a swaying angle of the cutting tool; selecting a possible solution satisfying an operation condition of the machine from the set of possible solutions; using the selected possible solution to calculate an offset of positions of the cutting tool before and after swaying, so as to generate a compensation vector; calculating required compensation values for three axes of the machine according to the compensation vector; and outputting a control command including the compensation values, such that the cutting tool of the machine or a working table for placing the workpiece thereon of the machine moves correspondingly.",0.26334368939906816,0.5266873787981363
8954303,"1. A system configured to generate a geostatistical model of a geological volume of interest, the system comprising: one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the computer program modules comprising: a conditioning information module configured to obtain conditioning information associated with the geological volume of interest, wherein the conditioning information includes information derived from measurements made at or near the geological volume of interest; a process model module configured to generate a process-based model of the geological volume of interest, wherein the process-based model is generated using one or more algorithms which model original geological processes and are based on at least one of physical laws, empirical rules, or combinations thereof, and wherein the process-based model is conformed to the conditioning information associated with geological volume of interest; a statistics module configured to generate statistics from the process-based model that are faithful to the process information in the process-based model, wherein at least one or more values of the statistics are extracted locally within the process-based model such that the value of a given statistic varies as a function of location within the process-based model; a statistical model module configured to generate a geostatistical model of the geological volume of interest that is constrained by the statistics generated by the statistics module; a match quantification module configured to determine one or more match metrics that quantifies a closeness of match between the process-based model generated by the process model module and the conditioning information associated with the geological volume of interest, wherein the match quantification module is configured such that at least one of the match metrics is determined locally across the process-based model such that the match metric as a function of location in the process-based model; and a match verification module configured to verify, based on the match metric, that the closeness of match between the process-based model and the conditioning information meets a hatch threshold.",0.547568587543719,0.9048628249125621
9567659,"1. A method for manufacturing a high-strength structural steel comprising the following: a providing step for providing a steel slab, a heating step for heating said steel slab to a temperature in the range 950 to 1300° C., a temperature equalizing step for equalizing the temperature of the steel slab, a hot rolling step including a hot rolling stage of type I for hot rolling said steel slab in the no-recrystallization temperature range below the recrystallization stop temperature (RST) but above the ferrite formation temperature A a quenching step for quenching the hot-rolled steel at cooling rate of at least 20° C./s to a quenching-stop temperature (QT), which quenching-stop temperature (QT) is between M a partitioning treatment step for partitioning the hot-rolled steel in order to transfer carbon from martensite to austenite, and a cooling step for cooling the hot-rolled steel to room temperature by forced or natural cooling.",0.3314915603602054,0.6629831207204108
8841789,"1. An apparatus comprising: (a) a first reservoir containing a first pressurized fluid therewithin; (b) a second reservoir containing a second pressurized fluid therewithin; (c) a gearbox, (d) a pump mounted axially with and coupled to said gearbox; (e) a turbine assembly mounted axially with said pump and said gearbox; (f) a conduit and valve assembly connecting, in fluid communication, said first and second reservoirs with each of said gearbox, pump and turbine assembly; (g) a controller; (h) a magnetically levitated drive axially disposed with and coupled to said gearbox; and (i) a housing, wherein said first reservoir, said second reservoir, said gearbox, said pump, said turbine assembly, said conduit and valve assembly, said controller, and said magnetically levitated drive mounted within said housing.",0.5570386282728437,0.8859227434543127
8927463,"1. A high throughput method for rapidly screening a plurality of genotoxicants to simultaneously detect degree and type of DNA damage comprising the steps of: (a) adding a volume of dsDNA to test wells; (b) adding a volume of genotoxicants to be evaluated to the test wells; (c) adding dsDNA specific dye and reference dye to the test wells; (d) monitoring a detectable signal, using fluorescent or spectrophotometric technique, emitted from test wells while melting the DNA; and (e) analyzing melting curves for the and comparing these parameters to those of controls so that degree and type of DNA damage caused by the genotoxicants can be simultaneously detected.",0.2096880115241164,0.41937602304823285
8757504,"1. A temperature unifying and heat storing system for transferring heat from a semiconductor application installation ( 103 ) and storing the heat in a heat storing block ( 1500 ) surrounded by a natural heat carrier ( 101 ) for release to a predetermined heat release target ( 2000 ), comprising: at least one heat equalizer ( the semiconductor application installation ( a fluid transmission duct ( a control unit (",0.5199345926379623,0.9601308147240755
9121321,"1. A passive noise cancelling assembly for a vehicle having an exhaust system, comprising: a carrier rod having a first and second end; a pair of clamps adapted to secure to an exhaust pipe of a vehicle, said clamps supports said first and second end of said carrier rod; a first and second support plate disposed along said carrier rod, said support plates comprising planar structures having one or more apertures therethrough; at least one tuning rod disposed between said first and second support plate; said at least one tuning rod having an elongated length between said first and second support plate, each elongated length being adjustable whereby each tuning rod is compressible between said first and second support plate whereby the stiffness of each tuning rod can be adjusted; said pair of clamps having a rounded construction with a central axis therethrough, each clamp adapted to support said carrier rod at a desired angle with respect to said central axis.",0.5580656804269776,0.8838686391460449
9171747,"1. An apparatus for generating ultraviolet light and irradiating a 450mm diameter semi-conductor wafer, the apparatus comprising: a plenum; and an array of nine RF irradiator units coupled with said plenum, each irradiator unit including a plasma lamp bulb and an RF generator operable to generate a radiation energy field to excite said plasma lamp bulb and emit the ultraviolet light, wherein said nine RF irradiator units are arranged in three rows with three of said RF irradiator units in each row to uniformly irradiate the surface area of the 450mm diameter semi-conductor wafer with the ultraviolet light.",0.5761347006516077,0.8477305986967847
9453175,"1. A fuel package comprising a biomass fire-log bound by an adhesive consisting of a starch and a hydroxide and at least one ignition aid, wherein the at least one ignition aid is either pressed directly into a depression in the fire-log or is placed into a cup that is disposed within the depression in the fire-log.",0.7713047724906632,0.4573904550186736
8840536,"1. An apparatus, comprising: an actively-controllable magnetic field generator configured to deliver a varying magnetic field stimulus at a dose sufficient to cause heat generation from hemozoin nanoparticles within a biological sample; and a controller operatively coupled to the actively-controllable magnetic field generator, the controller including one or more processors for controlling at least one of a magnetic field ON duration, a magnetic field strength, a magnetic field frequency, and a magnetic field waveform; wherein the controller includes one or more processors for generating a control signal associated with actively controlling a polarization of a generated magnetic field.",0.7443934549985066,0.5112130900029868
9371818,"1. A wind turbine comprising a blade rotor having one or more blades and being encased into a substantially circular portion of a shell, the shell having an interior curved surface, an exterior surface, a first end, an opposite second end, and an inward narrowing intake opening between the first and the second end, wherein the shell has an airfoil on a side of the intake opening that increases an amount of the ingested wind by capturing a portion of a wind outside the shell that would otherwise escape the intake opening of the shell, wherein the first end is closed and wherein the shell has an exhaust opening at or near the second end, wherein wind ingested into the shell through the inward narrowing intake opening is forced to become a vortex having a higher speed than the ingested wind and concentrating the ingested wind substantially near the interior curved surface of the shell into a spiral air stream traveling toward the exhaust opening, in order to increase an amount of energy harvested by the one or more blades from the ingested wind before the ingested wind, devoid of the amount of energy harvested, exits the shell through the exhaust opening.",0.9613983263512816,0.07720334729743672
8572953,"1. An exhaust waste heat utilizing system for a vehicle, the vehicle including a vehicle body, and an exhausting device mounted on the vehicle body, the exhaust waste heat utilizing system comprising: a raw-water containing mechanism adapted to be mounted on the vehicle body and adapted to contain raw water; a heating pipe mechanism in fluid connection with said raw-water containing mechanism and adapted to be mounted on the exhausting device, said heating pipe mechanism having a heating compartment in fluid communication with said raw-water containing mechanism such that said raw-water containing mechanism supplies the raw water into said heating compartment, said heating compartment being adapted to be heated by the exhausting device to boil the raw water to thereby form boiled water; a boiled-water conveying mechanism in fluid connection with said heating pipe mechanism for receiving and conveying the boiled water flowing from said heating pipe mechanism; and a boiled-water processing mechanism adapted to be mounted on the vehicle body and including a boiled-water storing box in fluid connection with said boiled-water conveying mechanism for receiving and storing the boiled water flowing from said boiled-water conveying mechanism, and a boiled-water passable one-way valve connected between and in fluid communication with said boiled-water storing box and said raw-water containing mechanism for limiting flow of the boiled from said boiled-water storing box into said raw-water containing mechanism; wherein said boil-water conveying mechanism includes a first boiled-water pipe in fluid communication with said heating compartment for conveying the boiled water flowing from said heating compartment, and a second boiled-water pipe disposed between and in fluid connection with said boiled-water storing box and said heating compartment for conveying the boiled water flowing from said heating compartment, said first and second boiled-water pipes having outlet ends that are not connected together by any element.",0.9335095423436559,0.13298091531268819
9282939,"1. A radiation imaging apparatus comprising: an electronic cassette and an imaging stand or an imaging table for detachably mounting said electronic cassette thereon, said electronic cassette having a flat panel detector for detecting a radiographic image and a housing containing said flat panel detector, said radiation imaging apparatus further comprising: an irradiation surface formed in a surface of said housing, for receiving irradiation with radiation; a connection terminal provided in a first side surface of said housing, said first side surface being orthogonal to said irradiation surface; an imaging surface provided in said imaging stand or imaging table, said imaging surface facing said irradiation surface in a state where said electronic cassette is mounted on said imaging stand or imaging table; first and second catch members provided in said imaging stand or imaging table, said first catch member coming in contact with said first side surface of said housing and said second catch member coming in contact with a second side surface opposed to said first side surface so as to catch said electronic cassette and hold said electronic cassette in a state of facing said irradiation surface to said imaging surface; a connector provided in said first catch member, said connector being connected to said connection terminal when said electronic cassette is held on said imaging stand or imaging table; a cassette holder provided in said imaging stand or imaging table, said cassette holder having said imaging surface; and a tray provided in said imaging stand or imaging table, said tray having said first and second catch members and being insertable into and pullable out of said cassette holder, and a catch of said electronic cassette with said first and second catch members allowing connection between said connection terminal and said connector and mounting of said electronic cassette on said tray, wherein said tray is pulled out of said cassette holder in a direction orthogonal to a catching direction of said electronic cassette with said first and second catch members.",0.052733347372187024,0.10546669474437409
9636172,"1. A medical system for treating cardiac arrhythmia within a patient's heart, the system comprising: a console including: a treatment device including: a mapping device including a plurality of mapping elements and being slidably movable within the treatment device lumen, the mapping device further including a flexible distal end that is configurable into a loop that is in contact with an inner surface of a pulmonary vein such that a diameter of the loop determines an inner diameter of the pulmonary vein, the mapping device being in communication with the computer, the computer being programmed to:",0.029898038965828107,0.0597960779316562
8948693,1. A wireless communications system comprising: a near field communication (NFC) reference device configured to store reference data associated with a geographic location of said NFC reference device; and an electronic device comprising,0.3534850100301136,0.7069700200602272
9803692,"1. A bearing comprising a moving element that rotates with respect to a ground element for the bearing, a circular member that is adapted to support a rotating load transmitted to the circular member by the moving element, and an inner race, an outer race concentric with the inner race, and rolling elements between the inner and outer races, one of said races comprising said circular member, wherein said circular member is adapted to idle in rotation on the ground element in a controlled manner, wherein the idling rotation is continuous, and wherein rotation of the circular member of the ground element is by drag from rolling elements.",0.6759669372546857,0.6480661254906286
8532063,"1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having embodied therein a computer program instructions for use by a wireless communication device associated with a current access point on one channel, the computer program instructions configured to cause the wireless device to implement operations comprising: ascertaining whether the wireless device should attempt to associate with another access point operating on another channel; and requesting association with the access point operating on another channel if it is ascertained that the wireless device should attempt to associate with said access point, wherein the ascertaining includes ascertaining that the wireless device should attempt to associate with another access point operating on another channel if the access point on said another channel is closer to the wireless device than the current access point, based on a distance measure computed for a particular access point using a received power from the particular access point and a transmit power backoff value associated with the particular access point.",0.6182926093603471,0.7634147812793057
9676083,"1. A device comprising: a. a first element comprising an aperture and including a channel having a first side with a channel bottom on a first side of the aperture and a second side with a channel bottom on a second side of the aperture, wherein the second side of the channel defines a free and open end away from the aperture; and b. a second element comprising: wherein the second element is movable to a plurality of positions by movement around the lockable hinge, wherein the lockable hinge further comprises a locking mechanism for locking the second element into a selective one of the plurality of positions, and further wherein the first side of the channel receives the elongated neck, the aperture receives the ratchet mechanism and the second side of the channel extends beyond the aperture and ratchet mechanism when the second element is configured in one of the plurality of positions.",0.17117627270830624,0.34235254541661253
9416026,"1. A method of collecting water on a spaceship traveling in space, comprising: coating an exterior surface of the spaceship with a drying agent, nanocoating, or nanostructures having predetermined drying properties to collect ambient water moisture from space.",0.9574929954251806,0.08501400914963875
9834826,"1. A method for leaching beryllium from a beryllium-containing concentrate or a beryllium-containing ore, comprising: contacting the concentrate or the ore with a leaching solution, said leaching solution containing a technical grade hydrochloric acid in an amount from 0.2-12% HCl, said solution containing no sulfuric acid, no nitric acid, and no potassium chlorate, and extracting beryllium via a heating for 8 hours from 25° to 80° C., and adding ammonium fluoride to the leaching solution in contact with the concentrate or ore, wherein said ammonium fluoride is added in three or more doses, each dose being administered at least two hours apart.",0.7622734658776574,0.47545306824468514
9211042,"1. A pinch roller assembly for a sheet product dispenser, comprising; a pinch roller body having a plurality of grooves; and a plurality of clips rotatably coupled to and supported by the pinch roller body, each one of the plurality of clips being disposed in one of the plurality of grooves; wherein each one of the plurality of clips is configured to remain approximately rotatably stationary with respect to the pinch roller body, when the pinch roller body rotates, wherein each one of plurality of clips is snap-fit to the pinch roller body or completely encircles the pinch roller body.",0.036984977073375024,0.07396995414675
8819400,"1. A computer apparatus, comprising: a main board, comprising: an external sub-board, coupled to the main board through the connector, wherein the external sub-board comprises an external input output memory and the external input output memory comprises an external input output system, wherein the first basic input output memory and the external input output memory provide different connection interfaces for different peripherals; wherein when the management chip detects that the external sub-board is coupled to the main board, the management chip generates the first detecting signal to cut off the switch, an enable signal enables the external input output system through the connector, and a disable signal disables the first basic input output system, and when the management chip detects that the external sub-board is not coupled to the main board, the management chip generates the second detecting signal to turn on the switch, the enable signal enables the first basic input output system through the switch; wherein detection that the external sub-board is coupled to the main board and generation of the first detecting signal to cut off the switch in response are performed automatically by the management chip, and detection that the external sub-board is not coupled to the main board and generation of the second detection signal to turn on the switch in response are performed automatically by the management chip.",0.47665934345798155,0.9533186869159631
9772777,"1. A system for improved access to a flash memory, said system comprising: control state circuitry to receive memory access commands; at least a first and a second operation sequencer circuit, each operation sequencer circuit associated with one or more flash memory die of said flash memory and configured to sequence execution of said memory access commands based on a pipeline schedule for performance of said received memory access commands, said pipeline schedule configured to cause, over a given time T, the first and second operation sequencer circuit to perform parallel execution of a first type of said memory access commands on said associated one or more flash memory die, and while parallel execution of the first type of said memory access commands occur, perform sequential execution of a second type of said memory access commands, wherein only one of said first and second operation sequencer circuits performs execution of said second type of said memory access commands at a time during time T; and an operation generator module associated with each of said operation sequencer, said operation generator module configured to translate said memory access commands to a format compatible with said flash memory.",0.39269437175012606,0.7853887435002521
8501354,"1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising: a positive electrode having a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material-containing layer formed on a surface of the positive electrode current collector, the positive electrode active material-containing layer containing a conductive agent and a positive electrode active material including lithium iron phosphate; a negative electrode containing a carbon material; and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing vinylene carbonate and/or a derivative thereof in an amount of from 16 mg to 40 mg per 1 g of the lithium iron phosphate, wherein the lithium iron phosphate is superficially coated with carbon, and the amount of the carbon is from 0.5 mass % to 2.2 mass % with respect to the amount of the lithium iron phosphate.",0.9671539165030381,0.06569216699392388
9424204,"1. A caching method performed by a lock server node in a distributed storage system which includes the lock server node and a plurality of lock client nodes, the method comprising: receiving a first lock request sent by a first lock client node for locking a first data stripe, wherein the first lock request contains an identity (ID) of the first data stripe; determining that the first lock request is a read lock request received for the first time on the first data stripe or a write lock request on the first data stripe; recording, in recorded attribute information of data stripes stored in the distributed storage system, that the first lock client node is an owner of the first data stripe; and returning to the first lock client node a first response message indicating that the first lock client node is the owner of the first data stripe and instructing the first lock client node to cache the first data stripe; receiving a second lock request sent by the first lock client node for locking a second data stripe, wherein the second lock request contains an ID of the second data stripe; determining that the second lock request is a read lock request which is not received for the first time on the second data stripe; and returning to the first lock client node a second response message which contains owner information identifying an owner of the second data stripe other than the first lock client node, wherein the second response message is configured to instruct the first lock client node to obtain the second data stripe from the owner of the second data stripe.",0.12521727785945094,0.25043455571890183
8759036,"1. A method for synthesizing a pool of probes comprising a plurality of full length probes, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a plurality of precursor probe oligonucleotides, each comprising a full length probe from the plurality of full length probes, flanked by a first recognition site for a first nicking enzyme and a second recognition site for a second nicking enzyme; (b) amplifying the precursor probe oligonucleotides by hybridizing a first primer to the 3′ end of the precursor probes and extending the first primer to make a first extension product and then hybridizing a second primer to the 3′ end of the first extension product and extending the second primer to make a double stranded precursor; (c) amplifying the double stranded precursor by PCR using first and second primers labeled with a first hapten; (d) treating the product of step (c) with terminal-transferase and a labeled nucleotide to label the 3′ ends of the product of step (c) with a second hapten; (e) digesting the product of step (d) with the first and second nicking enzymes to generate nicks on either side of each full length probe; and (f) separating the full length probes from the nucleic acids that are labeled with the first or the second hapten by mixing the product of (e) with a solid support coated with the binding partners for the first and second haptens and then separating the solid support phase from the solutions phase, wherein the full length probes remain in the solution phase.",0.19079559090262813,0.3815911818052562
8890826,"1. A position detection apparatus, comprising: a housing in which a position detection sensor unit is disposed, said position detection sensor unit including: wherein the housing includes a first surface that supports the detection sensor unit and a second surface opposite from the first surface, and the housing defines a slanted through-hole which extends in an oblique direction from the first surface to the second surface through which the flexible cable is threaded to extend obliquely.",0.13296657761569147,0.26593315523138294
8375900,"1. A method of converting a conventional internal combustion engine to a hydrogen fuel external combustion engine, comprising: installing a high density fluid reservoir to store a high density fluid; installing a hydrogen fuel tank to store a hydrogen fuel; installing a hydrogen flash vaporizer to combust the hydrogen fuel received from the hydrogen fuel tank and vaporize the high density fluid received from the high density fluid reservoir into an expanding fluid vapor; modifying the conventional internal combustion engine to receive the expanding fluid vapor and to convert an expansion force of the expanding fluid vapor into mechanical motion: and modifying coolant passages defined in the conventional internal combustion engine to receive at least a portion of heat produced by the hydrogen combustion in the hydrogen flash vaporizer to shroud the conventional internal combustion engine and heat the expanding fluid vapor therein.",0.9437538689857184,0.1124922620285631
8826397,"1. A method for securely authenticating a user at an access device, said method comprising: sending to a consumer device a dynamic data element and a set of transactional information for a payment transaction conducted between the consumer device and the access device; receiving from the consumer device, an authentication code wherein the authentication code is created by the consumer device as a function of at least a subset of the set of transactional information, the dynamic data element, and a password, wherein the subset of the set of transactional information includes an amount of the payment transaction and a terminal identifier of the access device; sending an authentication request message to a service provider containing at least the authentication code and additional information sufficient to allow the service provider to recreate the authentication code; and receiving from the service provider an authentication response message wherein the authentication response message indicates if the recreated authentication code corresponds to the authentication code sent in the authentication request message.",0.05781922622892591,0.11563845245785176
9315835,"1. A cDNA or recombinant vector comprising a nucleic acid of any one of (a)-(e) below: (a) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence with deletion, substitution or addition of one to 50 amino acids in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity; (b) a nucleic acid that hybridizes under hybridization conditions of 0.1×SSC-1×SSC at 60° C.-65° C. and washing conditions of 0.2×SSC-2×SSC at 50° C.-68° C. to a nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence full length complement to the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 and that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity; (c) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the nucleotide sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 and encoding a protein having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity; (d) a nucleic acid that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence sharing an identity of 90% or more with the amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2 and having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity; and (e) a nucleic acid that hybridizes under hybridization conditions of 0.1×SSC-1×SSC at 60° C.-65° C. and washing conditions of 0.2×SSC-2×SSC at 50° C.-68° C. to a nucleic acid consisting of a nucleotide sequence full length complement to a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 and that comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein having lysophospholipid acyltransferase activity.",0.6395360576207548,0.7209278847584903
9268334,"1. A method of operating an automated guided cart, the method comprising the steps of: (a) directing, using a controller, the cart on a production operation path; (b) automatically detecting a state-of-charge in an on-board battery pack; (c) signaling to a remote station the state-of-charge; and (d) when the state-of-charge is below a predetermined charge limit, the remote station automatically signaling the cart to automatically veer from the production operation path to a low battery charge path and stop at a battery station.",0.793661078615664,0.4126778427686719
9164662,"1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising: displaying, in a feed window of a user interface of a business software architecture, a dynamically updated personal feed content stream, the personal feed content stream comprising feed content items generated by one or more feeds to which a business user of the business software architecture is subscribed; creating a trending topic based on one or more of a plurality of feed content items generated by a plurality of feeds across at least a subset of a customer organization using the business software architecture, the creating comprising identifying an activity underlying the one or more of the plurality of feed content items, the activity relating to a business process or scenario of the customer organization; generating, using one or more trending algorithms, a list of currently trending topics, the list comprising the trending topic; and displaying the list of trends in a trends window of the user interface that is displayed concurrently with the feed window.",0.12149247202832823,0.2429849440566565
9468890,"1. A pervaporation membrane comprising a polymer comprising a first type of repeating unit represented by formula (IA), said repeating unit is derived from a monomer of formula (I): wherein: each occurrence of X independently represents —CH m is an integer from 0 to 5 inclusive; at least one of R represents —CH R remaining one or more of R wherein each of aforementioned groups, where valence is permissible, is optionally substituted with one or more groups selected from (C wherein: D is (CH E is methyl, ethyl, CF R",0.7937709990113042,0.4124580019773916
8528263,"1. A rainwater diverter for diverting rainwater flowing through a roof gutter downspout, the diverter comprising a base member and a sleeve member, the base member including a tubular conduit having a lower end sized to closely fit an upper end of a lower downspout section, a fluid chamber surrounding the tubular conduit having an open upper end and a closed bottom, and a discharge opening adjacent the bottom, and the sleeve member including a lower end sized to have a close sliding fit inside the open upper end of the chamber, and an upper end sized to have a close sliding fit over a lower end of an upper downspout portion, wherein the sleeve member has a radial inner wall portion that angles radially outwardly and axially downwardly relative to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve member around a radial outer surface of an uppermost end of the tubular conduit and in close proximity to the tubular conduit to provide a narrow annular gap between the radially outwardly and axially downwardly angled radial inner wall portion of the sleeve member and the uppermost end of the tubular conduit leading into the chamber surrounding the tubular conduit for flow of at least a portion of the rainwater entering the sleeve member through the upper downspout portion into the chamber through the gap, wherein the bottom of the chamber slopes downwardly at an angle between opposite sides of the chamber outwardly of all sides of the tubular conduit toward the discharge opening for directing diverted drain water in the chamber to the discharge opening.",0.8629813156877977,0.27403736862440464
9670933,"1. A compressor control apparatus, comprising a first alternating current (AC) switch and a second AC switch switched in response to a first control signal and a second control signal to drive a first compressor and a second compressor; a controller configured to generate the first and second control signals based on a load of the first and second compressors and to output the first and second control signals to the first and second AC switches, wherein the controller is configured to selectively operate the first and second compressors in a simultaneous mode in which the first and second compressors operate together, in a first separate mode in which only the first compressor operates, and in a second separate mode in which only the second compressor operates; a first current detector and a second current detector configured to detect a first motor drive current and a second motor drive current applied to a first motor and a second motor provided in the first compressor and the second compressor, respectively; a first voltage detector and a second voltage detector configured to detect a first motor drive voltage and a second motor drive voltage applied to the first and second motors, respectively; a first stroke calculator and a second stroke calculator configured to calculate a first stroke and second stroke of the first compressor and the second compressor, respectively, using the first and second motor drive currents and the first and second motor drive voltages; and a direct current (DC) power supply configured to convert the commercial alternating current power into direct current power and to apply the converted power to the controller and the first and second alternating current switches, wherein the load of the first and second compressors is detected using any one of a phase difference between the first and second motor drive currents and the first stroke and second stroke, a phase difference between the first and second motor drive voltages and the first stroke and second stroke, a gas spring constant, or a gas damping constant.",0.8727682185287684,0.2544635629424632
8843305,"1. A vehicle weapon launcher safety system, comprising: a processor; a navigation position source in electronic communication with the processor; an external interface in electronic communication with the processor; a memory in electronic communication with the processor; a system mode controller in electronic communication with the processor; an arm power interrupt in electronic communication with the processor; and a noise filter residing in the memory; wherein the processor controls operation of the arm power interrupt based on geographic position information obtained by the navigation position source.",0.33168715241342595,0.6633743048268519
9310320,"1. A method for wafer inspection, comprising: scanning a wafer with an inspection system thereby generating image patches in inspection image frames for the wafer, wherein the scanning step is performed with an optical subsystem of the inspection system; aligning each of the image patches in each of the inspection image frames to design information for the wafer; detecting defects in the image patches; deriving multiple layer design attributes at locations of the defects from the image patches corresponding to the locations of the defects; building a decision tree with the multiple layer design attributes, wherein the decision tree separates the defects into bins with different yield impacts on a device being formed on the wafer, and wherein the decision tree is built such that the defects that are one type of defects of interest and have a first of the different yield impacts are separated into a first of the bins and defects that are the one type of the defects of interest and have a second of the different yield impacts are separated into a second of the bins; and binning the defects with the decision tree to thereby separate the defects into the bins with the different yield impacts on the device being formed on the wafer and to separate the one type of the defects of interest having the first of the different yield impacts into the first of the bins and the one type of the defects of interest having the second of the different yield impacts into the second of the bins, wherein the aligning, detecting, deriving, building, and binning steps are performed with one or more computer subsystems of the inspection system.",0.13663568900226714,0.27327137800453427
8974905,"1. A curable adhesive film formed from an adhesive composition comprising: at least two different multifunctional epoxy resins selected from difunctional, trifunctional, and tetrafunctional epoxy resins; smaller core-shell rubber particles having particle sizes less than 100 nm and a larger core-shell rubber particles having particle sizes greater than 100 nm, the weight ratio of the smaller particles to the larger particles being in the range of 3:1 to 5:1; at least one of an elastomeric polymer with an epoxy functional group and a polyethersulfone polymer having an average molecular weight in the range of 8,000-14,000; inorganic filler particles; and a latent amine-based curing agent selected from dicyandiamide (DICY), guanamine, guanidine, aminoguanidine, and derivatives thereof, and an imidazole-based catalyst encapsulated within a crystalline polymer network, wherein, upon curing, the adhesive film has the following properties: a glass transition temperature (T",0.25801478145929624,0.5160295629185925
9616878,"1. A hybrid vehicle, comprising: an internal combustion engine and an electric motor as driving sources for traveling; a power transmission control device configured to be operated with a clutch pedal, provided in a power transmission path lying between the internal combustion engine and a drive wheel, and configured to shut off a power transmission between the internal combustion engine and the drive wheel; a control apparatus configured to control the internal combustion engine; wherein the electric motor is configured to drive the drive wheel even when the power transmission control device shuts off the power transmission between the internal combustion engine and the drive wheel; wherein the hybrid vehicle is configured to execute an EV traveling mode, wherein the internal combustion engine is stopped, the power transmission between the internal combustion engine and the drive wheel is shut off, and the drive wheel is drive by the electric motor; and wherein the control apparatus is programmed to: when the required torque is equal to or less than the required transmission torque, set the required value to the required torque with the required value setting programming instructions, and start the internal combustion engine when the required value set by the required value setting programming instructions is greater than a predetermined determination value.",0.9562210250819493,0.08755794983610143
9114617,"1. A method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head having a flow path communicating with a discharge port for discharging liquid, comprising in the following order: preparing a substrate with an evenly provided first layer; forming, from the first layer, a pattern of the flow path for forming the flow path, and a first member provided outside the pattern via a gap; providing a second layer to fill the gap and to cover the pattern and the first member; forming, from the second layer, a second member for forming the discharge port above the pattern; removing the first member and providing, at least on the substrate, a third layer to fill at least a part of an area where the first member is removed, and to contact with the second member; and removing the pattern to form the flow path.",0.2517894766965916,0.5035789533931831
9204508,"1. An LED decorative light comprising: a DC power supply, a main controller, and a plurality of LED light chains, said main controller including a key switch, a crystal oscillating access circuit, and a main control chip, wherein said key switch and said crystal oscillating access circuit is connected to said main control chip respectively; wherein a pulse width modulation end of said main control chip outputs a variable duty ratio PWM, said crystal oscillating access circuit used to provide an instruction cycle required for said main control chip; wherein said key switch is used to control an operating state of said main control chip; wherein said main controller also includes a voltage adjustment circuit, used to adjust the DC power supply voltage to a value required for the plurality of LED light chains, with an input end of the voltage adjustment circuit connected to said DC power supply, a control end connected to the pulse width modulation end of said main control chip, and an output end connected to a LED light chain input end; wherein said key switch has a point contact type structure and a conductive silicon rubber layer provided on an internal end face, further wherein the key switch is used for controlling the main control chip to switch on and off the voltage adjustment circuit; wherein said key switch is also used to send an input signal to the main control chip for selecting a flashing mode when the voltage adjustment circuit is switched on.",0.46029165878926454,0.9205833175785291
8380600,"1. A system, comprising: a catalog database including a plurality of product definitions, the product definitions including a plurality of rules and attributes associated with a plurality of products; and a pricing engine in communication with the catalog database, the pricing engine adapted for charging for the products based on the rules and the attributes; wherein the products include financial products; wherein the catalog database and the pricing engine interface an existing banking system; wherein the plurality of the products are bundled; wherein the rules of the bundled products are interdependent; wherein a plurality of components are pre-defined to include the plurality of rules; wherein the system is operable such that upon selection of the plurality of products for a customer utilizing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface allows for the selection of one or more rule variations for the plurality of products for that customer and also allows for the entry of one or more values to be associated with attributes of the plurality of products for that customer; wherein the rules include pricing information, eligibility and fulfillment rules, and interest calculations; wherein the system is operable such that the rules are edited using a product catalog editor; wherein one of the rules requires a first product to be in place before another product is made available; wherein the system is operable such that an order engine in communication with the catalog database receives an order indicating the bundled plurality of products and forms a contract in response to the receipt of the order, where the contract is stored in a database; and wherein the rules include commitment terms, eligibility rules, compatibility rules, price plans, charge codes, documents, and processes.",0.19400459531037229,0.38800919062074457
8361531,"1. A composition comprising triglycerides, wherein the triglyceride content of the composition comprises: SSS in an amount of from 10 to 20%; SUS in an amount of from 25 to 65%; SSU in an amount of from 25 to 45%; SU2 in an amount of less than 15%; and S2U in an amount of greater than 70%; wherein: the weight ratio of SUS:SSU is from 0.5:1 to 3.0:1; S is a saturated fatty acid residue having from 12 to 24 carbon atoms; U is an unsaturated fatty acid residue having from 12 to 24 carbon atoms; and all percentages are by weight based on the total triglycerides present in the composition.",0.4717570899235738,0.9435141798471476
9488197,"1. A hydraulic circuit for an automatic transmission that is adapted to supply hydraulic pressure to a plurality of friction members provided in the automatic transmission so as to realize a plurality of shift speeds, the hydraulic circuit comprising: a plurality of proportional control solenoid valves controlling the hydraulic pressure such that an operating hydraulic pressure required by the friction members is supplied to the friction members; a plurality of supply hydraulic paths each connecting a corresponding one of the proportional control solenoid valves with a corresponding one of the friction members, and adapted to supply the operating hydraulic pressure controlled by the corresponding proportional control solenoid valve to the corresponding friction member; a plurality of switch valves each disposed in a corresponding one of the supply hydraulic paths so as to selectively open or close the corresponding supply hydraulic path; an on/off solenoid valve operating at least two of the switch valves; and an elastic member provided to each of the at least two switch valves for returning the switch valves to an original position, wherein foreign materials having flowed into the proportional control solenoid valves which are connected with the friction members are simultaneously removed in a case in which the plurality of switch valves are connected with the one on/off solenoid valve by stopping the switch valves and operating the one on/off solenoid valve in a full stroke.",0.7571871959394415,0.485625608121117
8999021,"1. A method of gasification of carbonaceous materials in a gasifier to produce a product gas, said method comprising: adding one or more carbonaceous materials; adding a molecular oxygen-containing gas; adding a methane-containing gas; and optionally adding water or steam into said gasifier; wherein amount of total oxygen added to said gasifier in pounds per pound of total carbon added to said gasifier comprises greater than 2.0 and less than about 3.0; wherein the gasifier produces ash comprising ash-carbon and wherein said ash comprises less than about 10% of ash-carbon; wherein said product gas is produced comprising carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and tar; wherein said product gas is treated at a temperature of about 1750° F. to about 3500° F. in the presence of molecular oxygen to produce a raw syngas comprising carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and syngas-carbon; wherein said raw-syngas comprises less than about 0.5 pound syngas-carbon per 1000 SCF raw-syngas produced; wherein said gasifier comprises non-catalytic gasification.",0.9181073559314327,0.16378528813713467
9781156,"1. A device, comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising: obtaining data relating to a set of collision events on a shared channel of a communication network, wherein a plurality of terminals attempt to access the channel contemporaneously according to an access protocol, the data comprising time intervals between access attempts for each of the plurality of terminals, the channel being associated with a set of resource blocks, the terminals communicating with a base station on the network; estimating a probability of collision in the channel; generating a first probability distribution of the time intervals for each of the terminals, based on the estimated probability of collision; calculating a second probability distribution of the time intervals for each of the terminals, based on the data; calculating for each terminal a first cumulative distribution function and a second cumulative distribution function from the first probability distribution and the second probability distribution respectively; comparing the first cumulative distribution function and the second cumulative distribution function for each terminal to identify a malfunctioning terminal not operating in accordance with the protocol, wherein the base station, responsive to estimating an angle of arrival of a signal incoming to the base station from the malfunctioning terminal, blocks the signal from the malfunctioning terminal; and responsive to determining that the base station is not capable of estimating an angle of arrival of a signal incoming to the base station from the malfunctioning terminal, re-assigning the channel to a different set of resource blocks.",0.5129668512658898,0.9740662974682204
8393174,"1. A stone assembly, comprising: a setting that includes: a plurality of ribs with beveled sides that divide the setting into a plurality of contiguous compartments; posts having a first height from a top-side of the ribs; the posts are substantially diagonally split at a top-end commencing from a vertex of a corner of the posts to form prongs to secure a stone that is set within an adjacent compartment of the plurality of compartments; the posts are split along an orientation that substantially follows rib-orientation, and the prongs formed are bent towards adjacent respective compartments and onto a pre-cut section of the stone set within the adjacent respective compartment; the first height accommodates a top-section of the stone enabling setting of various cut configurations, and the beveled sides of the ribs accommodate a lower-section of the stone.",0.4302854649950563,0.8605709299901126
9127404,"1. A pulp supply device incorporated in a used paper recycling apparatus of furniture size capable to be installed at an originating source of used paper, being a device for composing the pulp supply section of a paper making device for producing recycled paper by processing used paper pulp manufactured in a pulp making section in a preceding process, said pulp supply device comprising: a frame body and a partition member disposed at the upper and lower side positions of a running mesh endless belt disposed obliquely upward to the running direction, wherein the partition member is a louver structure slidably supporting the lower side of the mesh endless belt, and the flow-down supply position of pulp suspension at the base end side has a flat plate member for supporting the mesh of the mesh endless belt in closed state, wherein the frame body has a flat U-shaped main body frame opened at the leading end in the running direction side of the mesh endless belt, wherein the main body frame has its inner width set in the width size of the paper to be recycled, and defines the supply width of pulp suspension, and its lower end side slides on the upper side of the mesh endless belt, and wherein the pulp suspension supplied in the frame body from the pulp making section is diffused uniformly on the surface of the running, mesh endless belt with the supply width of pulp suspension by a retention action provided by cooperation of the main body frame of the frame body and the partition member.",0.6203523746468913,0.7592952507062174
8719256,"1. A computer implemented method for improving resource utilization, comprising: receiving from a source a request comprising media including at least one of audio, video, text and an image; creating, by a processor, a task based on the request and a conversion selected for the request; selecting a resource based on a ranking of the resource for the conversion; providing the task to the resource when a human assistant activates an indicator of the resource; obtaining a response from the resource comprising metadata regarding the media; determining whether a review of the response by a person is required based on a predetermined criterion; delivering an answer to the source of the request based on the response when determining that the review is not required; providing, to the human assistant, information of the task and the response when determining that the review of the response by the person is required; delivering the answer to the source of the request based on the response and the review when determining that the review of the response is required; presenting information based on the review to one or more resources which perform the conversion; and updating the ranking of the resource for the conversion based on the answer being generated, wherein the updated ranking is used for the selecting of the resource for future requests.",0.1845801628770534,0.36916032575410673
9385702,"1. An input/output (I/O) module configured to connect a controller and a field device, the I/O module comprising: a PWM (pulse width modulation) demodulator configured to demodulate a PWM signal that is input from the controller; a current source configured to output a current based on an output signal of the PWM demodulator to the field device; a resistance connected in line with the current source, and a feedback circuit configured to feed back an output current of the current source to the PWM demodulator via the controller.",0.4317764573467095,0.863552914693419
8863503,"1. An exhaust purification system for an internal combustion engine comprising: a selective reduction catalyst that is provided in an exhaust channel of the internal combustion engine and purifies NOx in exhaust under the presence of NH a reducing agent supply means for supplying NH an exhaust gas sensor that detects a concentration of a component combining NOx and NH an upstream-side detection means for detecting or estimating a concentration of NOx in exhaust on an upstream side from the selective reduction catalyst; a downstream-side estimation means for modeling an estimated value of the concentration of NOx in exhaust on a downstream side from the selective reduction catalyst with a value obtained by multiplying a predetermined purification coefficient by an output value of the upstream-side detection means; an identification means for identifying a value of the purification coefficient so that error between an output value of the exhaust gas sensor and an output value of the downstream-side estimation means, or error of a value corresponding to a filter value of each of the output values becomes a minimum; and a supply amount determination means for determining a supply amount of the reducing agent supply means based on the output value of the downstream-side estimation means.",0.9709424557221012,0.0581150885557975
8362015,"1. A compound of the formula in which n is 1 or 2, X is an oxygen atom, a sulphur atom or NH, R R R or R",0.7099570998286088,0.5800858003427825
8866542,"1. A low frequency filter, comprising: a non-integrating operational amplifier circuit having an input and an output; a two-integrator loop filter circuit having a first operational amplifier integrator and a second operational amplifier (Op-Amp) integrator fed by the first operational amplifier integrator, the non-integrating operational amplifier circuit feeding the first integrator, the second Op-Amp integrator having an output feeding the input of the non-integrating operational amplifier in a loop path, thereby forming a second-order low pass filter; the first and second integrators each having an inverting input and a non-inverting input; and a first pair of resistors R",0.22683218627553614,0.4536643725510723
9598170,"1. A kite system comprising: a kite, wherein the kite includes at least one perch peg; a tether coupled to said kite on a first end; and a ground station for launching, landing, and storage of the kite, wherein the ground station comprises:",0.7061647329017895,0.587670534196421
8456732,"1. A light source wavelength modulator, comprising: a substrate, made of a material having a high light transmittance and a thermal conduction effect; a wavelength modulation layer in a multilayer form, formed on the substrate, and made of a wavelength modulation material, and a spacer with an indirect contact being disposed between the wavelength modulation layer and a corresponding light source.",0.13778722775049618,0.27557445550099235
9757040,"1. A wearable device for use with a smart phone or tablet, the wearable device comprising: a measurement device including a light source comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) for measuring one or more physiological parameters, the measurement device configured to generate, by modulating at least one of the LEDs having an initial light intensity, an input optical beam having one or more optical wavelengths, wherein at least a portion of the one or more optical wavelengths is a near-infrared wavelength between 700 nanometers and 2500 nanometers; the measurement device comprising one or more lenses configured to receive and to deliver a portion of the input optical beam to tissue, wherein the tissue reflects at least a portion of the input optical beam delivered to the tissue; the measurement device further comprising a reflective surface configured to receive and redirect at least a portion of light reflected from the tissue; the measurement device further comprising a receiver configured to: the measurement device configured to improve a signal-to-noise ratio of the input optical beam reflected from the tissue by differencing the first signal and the second signal; the light source configured to further improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the input optical beam reflected from the tissue by increasing the light intensity relative to the initial light intensity from at least one of the LEDs; the measurement device further configured to generate an output signal representing at least in part a non-invasive measurement on blood contained within the tissue; and the wearable device configured to communicate with the smart phone or tablet, the smart phone or tablet comprising a wireless receiver, a wireless transmitter, a display, a voice input module, a speaker, and a touch screen, the smart phone or tablet configured to receive and to process at least a portion of the output signal, wherein the smart phone or tablet is configured to store and display the processed output signal, wherein at least a portion of the processed output signal is configured to be transmitted over a wireless transmission link.",0.30695941424912115,0.6139188284982423
8696179,"1. A lighted exterior mirror assembly configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle, said lighted exterior mirror assembly comprising: a foldable portion and a non-foldable portion; wherein said non-foldable portion is configured to mount at a side of a vehicle equipped with said lighted exterior mirror assembly; wherein said foldable portion comprises a housing, wherein said housing houses a reflectance element; wherein, when said lighted exterior rearview mirror assembly is attached at the side of the equipped vehicle, said reflectance element is movably positionable by a driver of the equipped vehicle to adjust its rearward field of view; wherein said reflectance element is movably positionable via actuation of an electrical actuator, and wherein said electrical actuator is operable, responsive to actuation by the driver of the equipped vehicle, to position said reflectance element about two axes; wherein said foldable portion is movably attached at said non-foldable portion via a breakaway joint, and wherein said breakaway joint comprises a pivoting member of said foldable portion that pivots about a stationary member of said non-foldable portion; wherein at least one wire passes through a passageway of said breakaway joint and wherein said at least one wire supplies electrical power to at least one of (i) said electrical actuator and a defroster heater ad for said reflectance element; a turn signal indicator unit disposed at a portion of said housing of said lighted exterior mirror assembly; wherein said turn signal indicator unit comprises an enclosure and a light-transmitting cover joined with said enclosure; wherein said turn signal indicator unit is fixedly disposed at said housing separate from said reflectance element whereby movement of said reflectance element is independent of said turn signal indicator unit; wherein said light-transmitting cover comprises a portion configured for facing rearward of the vehicle and another portion that at least partially wraps around the outboard portion of said housing of said exterior mirror assembly; wherein said turn signal indicator unit comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes; wherein, when said lighted exterior mirror assembly is attached at the side of the equipped vehicle and when said plurality of light emitting diodes is powered, said plurality of light emitting diodes emits light that is viewable at least rearward of the equipped vehicle; wherein at least some light emitting diodes of said plurality of light emitting diodes, when individually operating at about 25 degrees C. at a forward voltage of at least about 2 volts and at a forward current of at least about 20 mA, individually emit light with a luminous intensity of at least about 500 mcd; wherein, when said plurality of light emitting diodes is powered, the pattern of light emitted by said turn signal indicator unit is principally directed away from the side of the equipped vehicle at which said lighted exterior mirror assembly is attached; and wherein the pattern of light emitted by said turn signal indicator unit is substantially viewable by a driver of another vehicle overtaking the equipped vehicle at the side and to the rear of the equipped vehicle.",0.48028367298801095,0.9605673459760219
8667137,"1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein a resource-allocation management program for performing an auction process for a predetermined resource for each predetermined interval to determine the amount of resources allocated to each of a plurality of clients, the resource-allocation management program causing a computer to execute a process comprising: generating budget-allocation-plan information indicating how a budget used by each client for auction is allocated to each interval on the basis of demand-estimation information indicating an estimation value of the amount of resources each client needs for each interval and of budget-estimation information indicating an estimation value of a budget each client uses in an auction, the budget-allocation-plan information indicating the proportion of budget for each client that is expected to be used for an auction at each interval; and determining the upper limit of a budget each client uses in the auction on the basis of the budget-allocation-plan information.",0.18558214682969681,0.37116429365939363
9833868,"1. A method for chatter avoidance, comprising steps of: a) providing a stable operating condition plot with a safe removal depth and a condition of a removal tool; b) performing a first part of a removal operation to partially remove a first layer of a workpiece with a predetermined first removal depth of the first layer according to the safe removal depth of the stable operating condition plot, and performing a sensing operation to sense a chatter caused by the removal operation; c) if no chatter is sensed, completing the removal operation; or if a chatter is sensed, continuing to partially remove the first layer of the workpiece with a second removal depth of the first layer less than the predetermined first removal depth of the first layer and sensing a chatter caused by the removal operation, and if a chatter is sensed again, reducing the second removal depth of the first layer and continuing the removal operation and the sensing operation until the first layer of the workpiece is completely removed; d) determining a minimum removal depth of the first layer according to the removal operation of the first layer in step c); and e) removing a last layer of the workpiece with a last removal depth less than or equal to the minimum removal depth, allowing the workpiece to have a target thickness.",0.12160558196484014,0.24321116392968034
8829081,"1. A method of preparing core-shell submicron spheres, comprising: heating an emulsion to a temperature from 10° C. below the emulsion's boiling point to the emulsion's boiling point, the emulsion comprises at least a core monomer being styrene, methyl methacrylate, n-butyl methacrylate, or any combinations thereof; performing a core forming step by adding an aqueous solution of an initiator to the heated emulsion to form a plurality of cores composed of a core polymer polymerized by the core monomer, wherein the weight ratio of the core monomer to the initiator is 20:1 to 1000:1; and performing a shell forming step by adding at least a shell monomer to the emulsion when the conversion rate of the polymerization is 10-95% at a temperature 50° C. below the emulsion's boiling point to the boiling point thereof, and then stirring the emulsion to form a plurality of shells respectively enclosing the cores and composed of a shell polymer polymerized by at least the shell monomer, wherein the compositions of the core polymer and the shell polymer are different, and wherein the shell forming step includes adding a phase transition material to the emulsion, wherein the phase transition material is n-octadecane less than 60 wt % of the unsaturated monomer.",0.578902957147512,0.8421940857049759
9742484,"1. A system that provides broadband access to aerial platforms, the system comprising: an aerial platform comprising a radio sub-system that communicates using a single fixed satellite service (FSS) downlink frequency band from among a set of available bands and an antenna tuned to one or more bands from the set of available bands; and a plurality of cell sites that communicate with the aerial platform using the single FSS downlink frequency band, each cell site including:",0.63880565205337,0.7223886958932599
9056609,1. A powertrain control system for a motor vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine and a transmission operable in a high range and a low range; the powertrain control system comprising: a stop/start controller for issuing an engine stop request signal; and an inhibitor for inhibiting operation of the stop/start controller when the low range is selected.,0.9702707870253846,0.059458425949230787
8681614,"1. A method of controlling incoming network traffic to a network device, the method comprising: identifying, by a network device, first active incoming network traffic classes at a first time; determining minimum guaranteed bandwidth values for the incoming network traffic classes; determining available link-share bandwidth for the first incoming network traffic classes at the first time; and allocating first portions of the available link-share bandwidth to the first incoming network traffic classes based on their respective minimum guaranteed bandwidth values, wherein said allocating comprises adding phantom packets to at least a portion of scheduling queues associated with the incoming network traffic classes.",0.42694880173483435,0.8538976034696687
9507673,"1. A method for performing an incremental restore from block-based backup, the method comprising: parsing a plurality of entries in a first block allocation table (BAT) associated with a first full backup information of a parent volume to determine a BAT entry corresponding to a start of the parent volume; generating a merged BAT associated with a resultant image based on the first BAT and incremental BATs respectively associated with one or more incremental backup information, wherein the one or more incremental backup information is based on incremental changes to the parent volume subsequent to the first full backup information being generated; generating volume used blocks information based on the merged BAT, wherein the volume used blocks information includes a start location of each volume used block; reading data in blocks identified by each entry in the merged BAT starting from the entry corresponding to the start of the parent volume; and writing the read data to target volumes corresponding respectively to each entry in the merged BAT.",0.2929911179339634,0.5859822358679267
8460147,"1. A device ( 2 ) for a vehicle drivetrain ( 1 ), the device comprising a transmission unit ( 3 ) for changing various transmission ratios, a hydraulic device ( 4 ) which is drivable to provide drive torque to a drive output ( 5 ) of the vehicle drivetrain ( 1 ), a drive machine which is drivable to provide a drive output torque to the drive output of the vehicle drivetrain ( 1 ), the drive torque from the hydraulic device at least partially supplements the drive output torque provided by the drive machine to the drive output of the vehicle drivetrain, a reversing gear system ( 6 ) is located upstream of the transmission unit ( 3 ) and is connected to an input shaft of the transmission unit, for reversing a direction of rotation of the input shaft of the transmission unit, and the hydraulic device ( 4 ) is connected to the input shaft of the transmission unit ( 3 ) upstream of the input shaft of the transmission, in a flow of drive, and between the reversing gear system ( 6 ) and the transmission unit ( 3 ), and a hydrostatic device is connected to the input shaft of the transmission downstream of the input shaft.",0.44632086539986476,0.8926417307997295
9062263,"1. A method for the gasification of coals, comprising: utilizing gravity to move reaction components in a gasifier of vertical type; creating a protective boundary layer to block coking of the gasifier walls using a protective gas to harden liquid slag; feeding the protective gas into the gasifier in rotatory motion through orifices located in the walls of the gasifier while a part of the combustible components of the protective gas is oxidized, wherein liquid activated coal-water fuel of high homogeneity, with droplets of identical dimensions and with coal particles in these droplets of close particle-size composition, is fed into the gasifier; introducing the fuel droplets intermittently as separate fuel doses with a predetermined amount of motion being imparted thereto, the vector component of which motion allows rotatory motion to be imparted to each fuel dose of droplets and forms a stable two-phase gas-liquid vortex structure; maintaining the initial motion of the fuel dose of droplets by injection downwards from the top through the center of the spiral structure of the gas vortex being formed and by injection of gas mini-jets at the periphery of this vortex structure being formed from the side walls of the gasifier at a tangent to it, the injected gases consisting of volatiles liberated as a result of the mechanical breakdown of the coal during the grinding thereof, with the addition of syngas where there is an insufficiency of the former; thermal activation of the droplets of fuel doses for conversion combustion of an explosive nature is carried out primarily by radiation from the side walls of the gasifier, which are also the walls of the combustion chamber of a gas turbine, while synchronization of the explosive nature of conversion combustion is performed by successive injections of fuel doses into the gasifier with process periods corresponding to the measured periods of time from injection of a fuel dose to the explosive combustion thereof, wherein measurement of the actual periods of time from injection of a fuel dose to the explosive combustion thereof is performed by generating acoustic information on this explosive combustion by acoustic sensors, wherein, with the object of protecting the inside surfaces of the gasifier walls at the moment of explosive conversion combustion, shock protection is employed in this combustion zone by increasing briefly the density of a protective gas boundary layer; performing after-burning of the fuel components as they travel through the gasifier primarily by radiation from the side walls of the gasifier, which are also the walls of the combustion chamber of the gas turbine, wherein the protective gas boundary layer on the inside surfaces of the gasifier walls is formed by syngas combustion products which are injected tangentially from the side walls of the gasifier in the form of micro-vortexes through active interceptors connected to the combustion chamber of the gas turbine; and the intermediate products of conversion, which have vertical and tangential components of motion and contain hardened fly ash and heavier particles of slag, are retarded in respect of rotatory motion, and in the course of the discharge thereof from the gasifier thermal energy of the slag is withdrawn into the technological process of preparation of activated coal-water fuel for gasification.",0.8842921195812303,0.23141576083753934
9220867,"1. A catheter comprising: an elongated catheter body having a proximal portion and a distal portion; a hub assembly disposed adjacent the proximal portion of the elongated catheter body; a first laterally accessible lumen extending distal of the hub assembly and a second lumen extending side-by-side within and along the proximal portion, and the first lumen and the second lumen forming a single common lumen within the distal portion which extends to a distal end of the distal portion; and a restriction disposed within a distal portion of the second lumen such that a distal end of the restriction is generally aligned with a distal end of the second lumen; wherein the first lumen and the second lumen each terminate as an open end proximal of the distal end of the distal portion and the open end of the first lumen and the open end of the second lumen are in fluid communication with the single common lumen which extends distally from the open ends of the first and second lumens.",0.09458442173708051,0.18916884347416096
8925355,"1. A method comprising: polishing, repeatedly, an inner surface and an outer surface of a glass cylinder, wherein the repeated polishing of the inner surface of the glass cylinder includes, before the final polishing, polishing the inner surface of the glass cylinder while passing water containing cutting fluid over the inner surface and, in at least the final polishing, rubbing the inner surface while passing water that does not contain a cutting fluid over the inner surface; inserting a glass core rod into the glass cylinder; and heating the glass cylinder and the core rod to form a single optical fiber preform body including a core portion and a cladding portion, the core portion having a higher refractive index than the cladding portion, wherein the glass cylinder substantially forms the cladding portion and the glass core rod substantially forms the core portion.",0.4633825211759282,0.9267650423518564
9640696,"1. A concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) module, comprising: a lens disc comprising at least one lens for concentrating radiation; and a sensor carrier disc including at least one solar cell array having a plurality of solar cell assemblies (SCAs), each SCA of the plurality comprising at least a solar cell and a cooling and contact plate, the solar cell having a first contact pole of a first polarity and a second contact pole of an opposite second polarity, the solar cell mounted to the cooling and contact plate such that the second contact pole is in electrical contact with the cooling and contact plate; wherein the SCAs of the plurality are interconnected with each other to form a combination of parallel and serial connections, and wherein an indirect parallel connection between the first contact poles of the same polarity of a first SCA and a second SCA of the plurality is achieved via a third SCA and a fourth SCA of the plurality, the indirect parallel connection comprising:",0.818117527158597,0.36376494568280604
9567602,1. A transgenic plant comprising a DNA encoding the Cry1Ca insecticidal protein of SEQ ID NO:5 and a DNA encoding the Cry1Fa insecticidal protein of SEQ ID NO:4.,0.8924958010751832,0.21500839784963355
9356983,"1. A method comprising: identifying, based on a mobile device, that a user consuming media content via a non-mobile device at a first location, has moved to a second location; determining, via a processor and according to an analysis of a user profile and the media content, a likelihood the user wants to continue consuming the media content at the second location; and when the likelihood is above a threshold:",0.07689491088600349,0.15378982177200695
9592555,"1. A method for producing uniformly sized nanoparticles comprising: blending at least a first precursor and at least a second precursor together to form a liquid precursor mixture; conducting the liquid precursor mixture along a continuous flow path; activating the liquid precursor mixture with one or more of multimodal and multivariable microwave energy from a microwave energy source along the continuous flow path for a first duration at a first energy level thereby allowing uniform nucleation of the mixture of precursors; heating the liquid precursor mixture with a heating source along the continuous flow path for a second duration at a controlled temperature, thereby promoting uniform thermodynamic growth around previously formed nucleates to form desired core sized nanoparticles; and quenching the growth of the nanoparticles after heating.",0.6984593464820156,0.6030813070359688
8794057,1. A method of determining aging of a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) in an engine exhaust system comprising: receiving a first sensor signal from a first nitrogen oxides (NOx) sensor positioned in exhaust flow upstream of the DOC; wherein the first sensor signal is indicative of an amount of NOx in the exhaust flow upstream of the DOC; receiving a second sensor signal from a second NOx sensor positioned in the exhaust flow downstream of the DOC; wherein the second sensor signal is indicative of an amount of NOx in the exhaust flow downstream of the DOC; calculating via a controller a difference between the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal; determining via the controller whether at least one predetermined operating condition is satisfied; determining via the controller a DOC aging level based on a predetermined correlation between the calculated difference and DOC aging only if the predetermined operating condition is satisfied; determining a mass flow rate of NOx flowing past the first NOx sensor based at least partially on the first sensor signal; determining an amount of time over which a predetermined amount of NOx passes the first NOx sensor at the mass flow rate; periodically receiving additional sensor signals from the first and the second NOx sensors during the amount of time; and wherein said calculating the difference includes averaging differences between the first and the second sensor signals and the additional sensor signals periodically received during the amount of time.,0.8047259229856276,0.39054815402874477
8844796,"1. A method of making a structure by ultrasonic welding and superplastic forming, the method comprising: assembling a plurality of workpieces having thicknesses of about 0.1 mm to about 2 mm, the plurality of workpieces comprising a first workpiece and a second workpiece with at least one of the first workpiece and the second workpiece being a heterogeneous workpiece, wherein the first workpiece comprises a first material having superplastic characteristics and a first melting point and the second workpiece comprises a second material having a second melting point higher than the first melting point; welding the first workpiece to the second workpiece solely by an ultrasonic welding process, to form an assembly; heating the assembly to a temperature at which the first material having superplastic characteristics is capable of superplastic deformation; and injecting a fluid between the first workpiece and the second workpiece to form a cavity between the first workpiece and the second workpiece; wherein the first workpiece is a heterogeneous workpiece, the method further comprising friction welding a plurality of sections comprised of different materials together to form the first workpiece.",0.6953264619051449,0.6093470761897102
9665915,"1. A system configured to facilitate gifting of virtual items between users of an online game, the system comprising: one or more processors configured by machine-readable instructions to:",0.02821659645816046,0.05643319291632087
9255550,"1. A powertrain comprising: a combustion chamber configured for combusting an air and fuel mixture; an intake assembly configured to supply air to the combustion chamber; an exhaust manifold configured to draw exhaust gas from the combustion chamber; and a pump operatively disposed between the intake assembly and the exhaust manifold such that the pump is in fluid communication with each of the intake assembly and the exhaust manifold; wherein the pump is configured to operate in a first mode to draw exhaust gas from the exhaust manifold and supply the exhaust gas to the intake manifold at a positive EGR flow rate such that exhaust gas is supplied to the combustion chamber, and wherein the pump is also configured to operate in a second mode to draw fresh air from the intake assembly at a fresh air intake flow rate and supply the fresh air directly to the exhaust manifold such that the fresh air entering the exhaust manifold mixes with the exhaust gas entering the exhaust manifold to increase the oxygen content within the exhaust gas and to increase a combustion temperature of the exhaust gas exiting the exhaust manifold.",0.97636616974246,0.04726766051507991
8729197,1. An adhesive comprising: (a) an epoxy resin component comprising: (b) a first amine curing agent having a high amine equivalent weight of at least 50 grams per mole of amine equivalents; (c) a second amine curing agent having a low amine equivalent weight of no greater than 45 grams per mole of amine equivalents; (d) an acetoacetoxy-functionalized compound; (e) a metal salt catalyst; and (f) a multifunctional acrylate.,0.23800651052389543,0.47601302104779086
8975205,"1. A photocatalytic structure comprising: a substrate; a first layer comprising an aligned array of WO a second layer deposited on each of the nanorods of the array of the first layer, the second layer comprising TiO",0.6806841644322968,0.6386316711354063
8936272,"1. A base assembly for a gas generating system, the assembly comprising: a base having at least one opening formed therein, the base having an interior cavity; an initiator assembly attached to the base so as to form a gas-tight seal surrounding the at least one opening; and a retainer including a base portion directly attached to the base, the base portion including an opening into which a portion of the initiator assembly extends, the retainer including an inner wall extending from a first edge of the base portion into the base interior cavity, the retainer also including an outer wall extending from a second edge of base portion opposite the first edge into the base interior cavity wherein the retainer inner wall defines a portion of the retainer opening, and wherein the initiator assembly extends along at least a portion of the inner wall, and wherein the initiator assembly is attached to the retainer wall by welding.",0.7050836700205986,0.5898326599588029
9781044,"1. A method for operating a network tool optimizer (NTO) device having one or more input ports, one or more output ports, one or more filter engines, and a tool processor coupled to the one or more output ports, comprising: communicating, with the tool processor, through the one or more output ports with a newly connected network tool device to receive tool information from the newly connected network tool device after it is connected to the one or more output ports for the network tool optimizer (NTO) device; automatically discovering, with the tool processor, relevant traffic information for the newly connected network tool device based upon the tool information received from the newly connected network tool device; automatically generating, with the tool processor, packet forwarding rules for the one or more filter engines for the NTO device based upon the relevant traffic information discovered for the newly connected network tool device, the packet forwarding rules being configured to forward relevant network traffic to the newly connected network tool device; applying the packet forwarding rules to the one or more filter engines; receiving network input traffic at the one or more input ports for the NTO device; and forwarding relevant network traffic from the network input traffic to the newly connected network tool device through the one or more output ports using the one or more filter engines.",0.5649571299087163,0.8700857401825675
8697984,"1. A solar cell encapsulant, comprising a resin composition, which comprises: component (A), comprising an ethylene•α-olefin copolymer; and at least one selected from the group consisting of component (B) comprising an organic peroxide and component (C) comprising a silane coupling agent, wherein the ethylene•α-olefin copolymer has characteristics (a1) to (a4) and (a5) or (a6) (a1) a density of 0.860 to 0.920 g/cm (a2) a ratio, (Mz/Mn), of Z average molecular weight (Mz) and number average molecular weight (Mn) determined by a gel permeation chromatography (GPC), of 8.0 or less, (a3) a melt viscosity (η* (a4) a melt viscosity (η* (a5) a branch number (N) derived from a comonomer in a polymer satisfying expression (a) wherein N represents a branch number per total 1000 carbon atoms in a main chain and a side chain, measured by NMR, and E represents a Tensile Modulus of a sheet, measured in accordance with ISO1184-1983, or (a6) a flow ratio (FR): a ratio (I",0.9469686222245631,0.10606275555087374
9594165,"1. A method comprising: sampling, by a sampling circuit, a first plurality of signals to produce a first plurality of sampled values, the first plurality of signals being related to an intensity of reflections received at a first receiver from a first monitored region containing one or more individual particles; processing, by a processing device, the first plurality of sampled values to detect the one or more individual particles to determine a speed of one of the first receiver and the individual particles with respect to the other; and applying, by the processing device, a correction to the determined speed based on a known relationship between particle-based speed measurements made by detecting individual particles and either (i) cross-correlation-based speed measurements made using the first receiver or (ii) speed measurements from a reference device.",0.06854506583497005,0.1370901316699401
8445552,"1. A solid surface sheet comprising: a filler; a polyester resin; and recycled particles comprising a crosslinked, polymerized blend produced from post-consumer recycled polystyrene dissolved in a first liquid resin precursor is selected from the group consisting of acrylic group monomers and oligomers, wherein the post-consumer recycled polystyrene breaks down to a styrene monomer crosslinker upon dissolution in the first liquid resin monomer precursor.",0.7348954739665782,0.5302090520668437
9176050,"1. A system for nondestructive detection of gas in a sealed container, the system comprising: a light source housed inside a light source housing and configured to emit a light beam for absorption in a substance to be measured; a detector housed in a detector housing and configured to detect the emitted light beam; a zone that accepts one or more of the sealed containers, each container being substantially optically transparent and containing the substance to be measured, the zone located between the detector and the light source, the light source configured to transmit the light beam through the zone; and a light source purging system comprising a light source purge gas channel surrounding the light source and positioned between the light source and the light source housing, the light source purge gas channel configured to expel purge gas from a purge gas source into the zone.",0.580975936966201,0.838048126067598
9051110,"1. A package for receiving a vial, the package comprising: an inner portion constructed out of a first piece of material folded into a first shape configured to receive the vial therein; an outer portion constructed out of a second piece of material folded into a second shape configured to removably receive the first shape of the inner portion, the outer portion defining an opening in at least the second shape; and an identifying mark or label disposed on the inner portion and being viewable via the opening when the first shape of the inner portion is disposed within the second shape of the outer portion.",0.06954686637246864,0.1390937327449373
8889294,"1. A negative electrode material for a secondary battery with a non-aqueous electrolyte, the negative electrode material comprising, prior to a first charge: a silicon-silicon oxide composite doped with lithium; and a carbon coating formed on a surface of the silicon-silicon oxide composite, wherein:",0.9632619750089034,0.07347604998219315
8492945,"1. A starter-generator for a motor vehicle having a drive train that has a drive machine, a torque-transmission device and a transmission, the starter-generator having an external rotor that is rotatable about a rotational axis and a stator, the rotor having a rotor base body and a rotor flange extending integrally from the rotor base body and being aligned at an acute angle to the rotational axis, the rotor flange being connected in a rotationally fixed fashion to an attachment element of the input component of the torque-transmission device, the attachment element also being aligned at the acute angle to the rotational axis.",0.7252386088124163,0.5495227823751674
9300158,"1. A method for setting operating parameters in a battery powered device, comprising: detecting connection to a battery prior to fully powering up the battery powered device, determining, by the battery powered device, that the battery contains a memory having operating parameters stored therein, the operating parameters including at least two voltage thresholds, wherein the at least two voltage thresholds comprise a power up threshold and an undervoltage threshold; the battery powered device acquiring from the memory in the battery the power up threshold and the undervoltage threshold; and the battery powered device programming itself with the power up threshold and the undervoltage threshold, and wherein a voltage of the battery is compared to the power up threshold and the undervoltage threshold by the battery powered device; the battery powered device being substantially disabled between the undervoltage threshold and the power up threshold; the battery powered device fully powering when the battery voltage of the battery is above the power up threshold; the battery powered device operating at full functionality, when the battery is discharging between the power up threshold and the undervoltage threshold, resulting in the battery voltage decreasing as the battery powered device uses the battery charge for operation; and the battery powered device shutting off at least a portion of the battery powered device when the battery voltage of the battery falls below the undervoltage threshold.",0.9152100775779087,0.16957984484418254
9755403,"1. A method of modifying the emission wavelength of a semiconductor quantum well laser diode having at least one quantum well layer and at least two barrier layers, the method comprising the steps of: (i) depositing a dielectric layer onto the semiconductor quantum well laser diode, wherein the dielectric layer has a thickness effective to induce a strain in the quantum well layer; (ii) annealing the quantum well laser diode at an elevated temperature with respect to room temperature for a period of time sufficient to relax at least some of the strain in the quantum well layer, thereby modifying the emission wavelength of the semiconductor quantum well laser diode.",0.188987324059227,0.37797464811845405
9834658,"1. A rubber composition obtained by mixing 30 to 80 parts by mass of carbon black, whose DBP absorption value and CTAB adsorption specific surface area satisfy the following relational formulas (I) to (III), into 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, wherein macrodispersion D(%) of carbon black in the rubber composition is 1% or more and less than 10%: wherein an average amount of surface acidic functional groups of the carbon black satisfies a relational formula represented by the following formula (IV):",0.33602181127182,0.67204362254364
9176644,"1. A computer implemented method of displaying a discussion thread, comprising: detecting, in the discussion thread, a first group of replies organized such that a first reply of the first group is posted in response to a message posted to the discussion thread, and each remaining reply of the first group responds to an immediately preceding reply; determining a point in time when the first group of replies was last presented for display; detecting, in the discussion thread, a second group of replies, a first reply of the second group posted in response to the message; providing for display each group of replies in the discussion thread as a horizontally-aligned block of replies, the first and second groups being vertically separated from each other under the message; and displaying as a summary line of a predetermined height each reply in the first group that was presented with the first group at the point in time while displaying in an expanded state one or more replies created for the first group after the point in time.",0.29387120304539116,0.5877424060907823
8931457,"1. An Alternating Current (AC) ignition device, comprising: a switching network configured in a half bridge configuration; an ignition transformer with a primary coil attached as the load of the switching network; a controller configured to control the switching network; a comparator network configured to compare AC ignition system parameters to reference parameters; where the result of the comparison indicates to the controller how to operate the switching network.",0.8227075301536629,0.35458493969267413
8677592,"1. A method for separating electronic components, comprising the processing steps of: A) placing an assembly of electronic components on a manipulator, the assembly comprising a first substrate layer, a second component layer on the first substrate layer, and an outer conductive layer on the second component layer, B) transporting the electronic components with the manipulator relative to a first cutting tool and cutting to a first cutting depth of at least 10% or more of a thickness of the first and second layers of the assembly with the first cutting tool along first cutting lines such that the assembly is only partially cut through the thickness thereof to obtain a partially severed assembly of electronic components, C) transporting the partially severed assembly of electronic components with the manipulator relative to a second cutting tool and further cutting through the thickness of first and second layers of the partially severed assembly of electronic components to a second cutting depth along second cutting lines which overlap the first cutting lines so that the electronic components are at least substantially severed almost completely one from another, and D) separating the substantially severed electronic components along the cutting lines.",0.5012782062738711,0.9974435874522578
8513049,"1. A method for texturing an active surface of a photovoltaic cell in single-crystal silicon or poly-crystal silicon, the method comprising: depositing a resin on the active surface of the cell; texturing the resin on the active surface with geometric patterns; texturing the active surface of the cell by eliminating the deposited resin; wherein the depositing of the resin is preceded by pre-texturing the resin on a depositing tool; and wherein: wherein the texturing of the resin on the active surface is simultaneous with the depositing of the resin on the active surface.",0.4585795513423178,0.9171591026846356
9725980,"1. An annular barrier to be expanded in an annulus between a well tubular structure and an inside wall of a borehole for providing zone isolation between a first zone and a second zone of the borehole, comprising: a tubular part for mounting as part of the well tubular structure and having an expansion opening, an expandable sleeve surrounding the tubular part, each end of the expandable sleeve being connected with the tubular part, and an annular barrier space between the tubular part and the expandable sleeve, wherein the annular barrier further comprises a pressure intensifying assembly having an inlet in a first end in fluid communication with the expansion opening and having an outlet in a second end in fluid communication with the annular barrier space, and wherein the pressure intensifying assembly comprises a piston having a first end and a second end, the piston being slidably arranged within a piston housing, the piston housing comprising a first cylinder having a first inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the first end of the piston and having a first end surface area, and a second cylinder having a second diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the second end of the piston and having a second end surface area, the first end surface area being larger than the second end surface area, wherein the pressure intensifying assembly further comprises a feed fluid connection configured to be in fluid communication with the inlet and the expansion opening for allowing fluid to enter the second cylinder, and wherein the pressure intensifying assembly further comprises a first one-way check valve arranged in the feed fluid connection for preventing fluid from exiting the second cylinder during compression of fluid by the piston and for allowing fluid to enter the second cylinder during decompression of fluid by the piston, wherein the pressure within the annular barrier space is increased by the pressure intensifying assembly to expand the expandable sleeve, whereby pressure in the annular space is greater than a pressure inside the tubular part adjacent the annular barrier, and wherein each end of the expandable sleeve is connected to the tubular part by a respective connecting part, and wherein the pressure intensifying assembly is disposed at least partly within one of the respective connecting parts.",0.2833876905250197,0.5667753810500394
9530923,"1. A method of forming diffusion regions of a solar cell, the method comprising: forming a blanket layer of film comprising dopants of a first conductivity type over an entire exposed top surface of a silicon material; implanting ions of dopants of a second conductivity type, which is opposite to the first conductivity type, in discrete regions of the blanket layer of film that are exposed through a mask located above the blanket layer to form dopant source regions of dopants of the second conductivity type in the blanket layer of film; subsequently, diffusing dopants of the first conductivity type from the blanket layer of film into the silicon material to form diffusion regions of the first conductivity type of the solar cell in the silicon material and diffusing dopants of the second conductivity type from the blanket layer of film into the silicon material to form diffusion regions of the second conductivity type of the solar cell in the silicon material.",0.9035688193268293,0.19286236134634138
8507361,"1. A method for fabricating a semiconductor substrate which comprises: transferring a seed layer comprising a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient on to a support substrate comprising a second material having a second thermal expansion coefficient; and depositing a working layer comprising a third material having a third thermal expansion coefficient on the seed layer to form a composite substrate; detaching the seed layer and the working layer from the composite substrate to form the semiconductor substrate, wherein the seed layer and the working layer are detached from the composite substrate by the application of laser irradiation stress, and wherein the first material and the thickness of the seed layer are selected so that thermal expansion of the support substrate and of the working layer occurs without significant damage.",0.4766084600930397,0.9532169201860794
9801250,"1. An LED lighting device or LED lamp comprising: one or more LED packages; driver circuitry configured to provide a controllable electrical current to at least one of the one or more LED packages during operation of the LED lighting device or LED lamp; a switch comprising at least two selectable positions, at least one selectable position corresponding to a set operating mode and one selectable position corresponding to a configurable operating mode; and a communication interface element for communicating with a user-selection switch, the user-selection switch configured to provide an indication of received user input for selecting user-selected operating light qualities when the switch is in the selectable position corresponding to the configurable operating mode, wherein:",0.627275685196387,0.745448629607226
9403596,"1. A tray table for a passenger seat comprising: a body; an inner tray comprising one or more channels configured to receive an electronic device to secure the electronic device to the inner tray; an open portion in the body configured to accept the inner tray, wherein the inner tray is rotatably mounted in the open portion and connected to the body via one or more rotating mounts; a stop configured to hold the electronic device in at least one of the one or more channels; and a guide at the inner tray, wherein the stop is movably mounted to the inner tray via the guide.",0.0785807483783763,0.15716149675675262
8607082,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: executing, by a hypervisor of a host computer system, a plurality of VM power management modules each dedicated to a virtual machine (VM) of a plurality of VMs hosted by the host computer system, wherein each VM power management module of the plurality of VM power management modules is executed external to its associated VM by the hypervisor; for each VM of the plurality of VMs: wherein the power management system applies, in response to receiving a notification of inactivity of one of the plurality of VMs, a power reduction policy to the VM identified as inactive.",0.9243028065401986,0.15139438691960283
8939401,"1. An aircraft comprising at least two turbojet engines each housed in a nacelle, wherein the nacelle comprises: an air inlet forward section, a median section surrounding a fan of the turbojet engine, an aft section equipped with at least one thrust reverser system comprising at least one mobile cowl which, under action of at least one electromechanical actuation means, is able alternately to move from a closed position in which the mobile cowl provides the aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle, to an open position in which the mobile cowl opens a passage in the nacelle, at least one power control unit per turbojet engine able to convert a high voltage electric supply into at least one electric supply towards electromechanical actuation means, each power control unit being located within the nacelle of its respective turbojet engine, and at least one drive unit for the power control unit, wherein the at least one drive unit receives instructions from an engine controller and is physically distinct and separate from the at least one power control unit and comprises at least one control input and at least one drive output being connected to the power control unit, wherein the at least one separate drive unit is common to the at least two nacelles and is located outside the at least two nacelles.",0.9793193433613845,0.04136131327723103
9579153,"1. A method of vitreous humor surgery using a laser system, wherein the laser system comprises a femtosecond laser and a deflection unit for guiding the laser beam, the method comprising: determining geometric variables of a posterior eye segment; determining a desired incision geometry for the laser system from the geometric variables; and controlling the laser and the deflection unit correspondingly; and imaging a scanner mirror of the deflection unit that laterally shifts a focal position of the femtosecond laser beam with an optical beam guidance system such that the image of the scanner mirror lies in a conjugate plane to the scanner mirror; locating the conjugate plane at a pupil of the eye that is to be treated; emitting femtosecond laser radiation from the femtosecond laser via the scanner mirror and the optical beam guidance system; and treating the eye with the femtosecond laser radiation.",0.014245069679163957,0.028490139358327893
8510006,"1. A method of adapting a rapid filling time of a clutch of a drive-train, the method comprising the steps of: filling the clutch for adaptation by at least two successive rapid filling pulses each with increasing rapid filling times, for each rapid filling pulse used for the adaptation, monitoring a reaction generated as a result of the respective rapid filling pulse, and if a defined reaction is recognized for the first time, for one of the rapid filling pulses, whereas for the, or for each previous rapid filling pulse, the defined reaction was not observed, then as a function of the rapid filling time of that rapid filling pulse, for which the defined reaction was recognized for the first time, the adaptation of the rapid filling time is carried out and for each rapid filling pulse used for the adaptation, to determine the defined reaction, pressure gradients of the clutch pressure produced as a result of the respective rapid filling pulse are evaluated.",0.7284042835212434,0.5431914329575132
8824632,"1. An inspection system for inspecting an object, the system comprising: a. a conveyance capable of on-road travel; b. a deployable member coupled to the conveyance and adapted for rotation about a horizontal axis from a stowed position to an operational position; c. a first source of penetrating radiation disposed on the deployable member for providing a first beam of penetrating radiation directed in a substantially vertical direction; d. a second source of penetrating radiation disposed upon the conveyance for providing a second beam of penetrating radiation directed in a varying direction, the varying direction passing through a horizontal direction; e. a first detector for detecting penetrating radiation from at least the first source after interaction of the object with the first beam of penetrating radiation and for generation of a downward-looking scatter signal corresponding to radiation scattered from the first beam; and f. a controller for creating an image of contents of the object based at least on the downward-looking scatter signal.",0.12606691084185193,0.2521338216837039
9182135,"1. A window comprising: a first pane transparent to visible light; a second pane transparent to visible light, the second pane spaced from and in optical communication with the first pane, wherein the first and second pane define a generator chamber between the first pane and the second pane; a third pane transparent to visible light, the third pane in optical communication with the second pane, wherein the second pane and the third pane define an insulator chamber between the second pane and the third pane; a fourth pane transparent to visible light, the fourth pane in optical communication with the third pane, wherein the third pane and the fourth pane define an evaporator chamber in between the third pane and the fourth pane; an absorber chamber in fluid communication with the generator chamber, wherein the absorber chamber includes an absorbent; and a condenser chamber in fluid communication with the generator chamber; wherein",0.6636662897658137,0.6726674204683727
9550144,"1. A method of purifying a natural gas, comprising: combining an input natural gas and water in a first processing unit to form a natural gas-water mixture under conditions which cause formation of CO removing from the first processing unit an output natural gas having a reduced CO removing from the first processing unit a water-hydrate mixture comprising the CO exposing the water-hydrate mixture comprising CO recycling the CO transferring the residual hydrate mixture from the second processing unit to a heater-separator unit producing H",0.9323961626956461,0.13520767460870786
9221453,"1. A vehicle comprising: a powertrain; and a controller programmed to, in response to a change between first and second steady pedal conditions,",0.9287271881951392,0.14254562360972156
9509026,"1. A power station arrangement comprising an energy generating unit, provided for electric power generation, and which also provides usable thermal energy on the basis of physical and/or chemical processes, an electrochemical high-temperature storage unit which is to be supplied at least partially with heat for normal operation, and a piping system for thermally coupling the energy generating unit to the high-temperature storage unit, wherein the piping system includes a first heat exchanger adapted for utilizing a steam flow supplied with heat by the energy generating unit and tapped from a steam pipe for the transfer of heat to an air flow, which air flow is fed via the piping system to the high-temperature storage unit.",0.981726506668495,0.03654698666300993
9296717,"1. A method for the preparation of a compound selected from the group consisting of C-3 coupled bioflavonoid compounds and C-3 coupled biflavonoid analogues from flavan-3-ols or flavan-3-ones, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a flavan-3-one of Formula (I) or a corresponding flavan-3-ol: wherein each of R wherein, the hydrocarbyl group in any one of R (b) optionally, converting the C-3 hydroxy group of the flavan-3-ol to an oxo group to form the flavan-3-one; (c) providing a compound having a nucleophilic aromatic moiety, selected from the group consisting of a flavonoid base structure: wherein carbon C-3 is optionally substituted with —OH; and carbons C-2′ to C-6′ and C-5 to C-8 are unsubstituted or independently substituted with —OH, a saccharide moiety, R wherein R wherein R (d) contacting the flavan-3-one provided by step (a) or obtained by step (b) with the compound containing having a nucleophilic aromatic moiety in the presence of a Lewis acid; (e) forming an intermediate compound, wherein the compound having the nucleophilic aromatic moiety has a flavonoid base structure, the oxo group on the C-3 carbon of the flavan-3-one is converted to a hydroxy group and a I-3, II-6 or a I-3, II-8 C—C bond is formed by nucleophilic addition of the compound containing a nucleophilic aromatic moiety to the C-3 carbon of the flavan-3-one; or forming an intermediate analogue compound, wherein the compound containing the nucleophilic aromatic moiety is 1, 3, 5-tri-methylphloroglucinol, the oxo group on the C-3 carbon of the flavan-3-one is converted to a hydroxy group and a I-3/1,3,5-tri-methylphloroglucinol C—C bond is formed by nucleophilic addition of the 1, 3, 5-tri-methylphloroglucinol to the C-3 carbon of the flavan-3-one; (f) subjecting the intermediate compound or intermediate analogue compound to dehydration to introduce a double bond between the C-3 carbon and C-4 carbon contributed by the flavan-3-one portion to form a flavene compound substituted by the nucleophilic aromatic moiety on the C-3 carbon; (g) optionally, subjecting the C-3 substituted flavene compound substituted by the nucleophilic aromatic moiety on the C-3 carbon of step (f) to hydroboration-oxidation hydration, thereby converting the double bond between the C-3 carbon and the C-4 carbon to a single bond and introducing a C-4 hydroxy group to form a C-4 hydroxy intermediate compound or C-4 hydroxy intermediate analogue compound; (h) optionally, oxidizing the C-4 hydroxy intermediate compound or C-4 hydroxy intermediate analogue compound, wherein the C-4 hydroxy group converts to a C-4 oxo group, to form a biflavonoid, or a biflavonoid analogue which comprises 1,3,5-tri-methylphloroglucinol, which is substituted by the selected nucleophilic aromatic moiety on the C-3 carbon; wherein the C-3 coupled biflavonoid is formed from the nucleophilic aromatic moiety that has the flavonoid base structure and C-3 coupled biflavonoid analogue is formed from the nucleophilic aromatic moiety that is the 1,3,5-tri-O-methylphloroglucinol; or alternatively to steps (g) and (h), (i) optionally subjecting the flavene compound substituted by the nucleophilic aromatic moiety on the C-3 carbon of step (f) to OsO (j) optionally subjecting the dihydroxylated intermediate compound or dihydroxylated intermediate analogue compound to dehydration, introducing a double bond between the C-3 carbon and C-4 carbon to form an enol that rearranges to form the C-3 coupled biflavonoid or the C-3 coupled biflavonoid analogue having a C-4 oxo group and substituted by the nucleophilic aromatic moiety on the C-3 carbon, wherein the C-3 coupled biflavonoid is formed from the nucleophilic aromatic moiety that has the flavonoid base structure and C-3 coupled biflavonoid analogue is formed from the nucleophilic aromatic moiety that is the 1,3,5-tri-O-methylphloroglucinol.",0.36084015846163847,0.7216803169232769
8444847,"1. A method of conducting electrolysis at low voltages comprising: filling an electrolysis reactor having an aluminum or aluminum alloy anode and a copper or copper alloy cathode with a sufficient amount of solution such that at least a portion of the anode and the cathode are immersed in the solution; the solution comprising water, an electrolyte comprised of aluminum sulfate, and an ammonium salt catalyst; and applying a voltage V across the reactor, wherein 0<V≦0.4; and producing hydrogen gas and oxygen gas via electrolysis.",0.9757793648926826,0.048441270214634846
9522208,"1. A device comprising: an insertion section, wherein the insertion section includes: electrodes wherein the electrodes are effective to receive and conduct an electric current and further effective to secure the device to an electric source; a base, a first end of the base attached to the insertion section; a fan, wherein the fan is mounted to the base, and wherein the fan is electrically coupled to the electrodes; a collar including a charging column and a vent, the charging column including a port, wherein: a cap, where the cap has a ring shaped cross-section and is sized and shaped so as to be connectable to the collar around a second end of the collar such that the port of the charging column is accessible when the cap is connected to the collar.",0.6500175022714327,0.6999649954571345
8575411,"1. A process for converting at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms into at least one aromatic hydrocarbon, the process comprising: (a) reacting a feed stream, E, comprising at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, in the presence of a catalyst under nonoxidative conditions to give a product stream, P, comprising at least one aromatic hydrocarbon and hydrogen; and (b) electrochemically removing at least part of the hydrogen formed in the reacting from the product stream, P, with a gastight membrane-electrode assembly comprising at least one selectively proton-conducting membrane and at least one electrode catalyst on each side of the membrane, wherein at least part of the hydrogen is oxidized to protons over the anode catalyst on a retentate side of the membrane and the protons are, after passing through the membrane on a permeate side, reacted with oxygen to form water over a cathode catalyst, with the oxygen originating from an oxygen-comprising stream, O, which is brought into contact with the permeate side of the membrane.",0.9135472126376636,0.17290557472467283
9302779,"1. An aircraft cockpit comprising: at least one instrument panel, and a seat for a pilot, the instrument panel being curved to facilitate access to all of the instrument panel by the pilot when sitting in the pilot seat, and a hinged support carrying the instrument panel so as to enable the pilot to adjust the position of the instrument panel relative to the pilot seat.",0.4444475050483386,0.8888950100966772
9649949,"1. A connector converter for a vehicle comprising: a connection controller configured to control connection between the vehicle and an external charger; a communication protocol converter configured to perform message conversion between the vehicle and the external charger, the communication protocol converter employing at least a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol, when the vehicle is chargeably connected to the external charger under control of the connection controller; and a connector communicator configured to transmit a message output from the communication protocol converter to the vehicle or the external charger, wherein when a first message based on the first communication protocol is received from the vehicle, the communication protocol converter converts the first message into a second message based on the second communication protocol, wherein when the second message based on the second communication protocol is received from the external charger, the communication protocol converter converts the second message into the first message based on the first communication protocol, and wherein, upon receiving a communication protocol type charging state request message from the vehicle, stored first communication protocol type charging state information is converted into second communication protocol type charging state information and the stored first communication protocol type charging state information is updated using the converted second communication protocol type charging state information.",0.9059918601653464,0.18801627966930723
8677952,"1. A sleeve valve engine, wherein the sleeve valve which opens and closes the ports is driven by a first sleeve drive which imparts reciprocatory motion to the sleeve while a second sleeve drive imparts partial rotation to the sleeve; wherein in the first drive a block adjacent the sleeve describes an eccentric path in order to reciprocate the sleeve and the block engages a follower projecting from the sleeve which allows the sleeve to describe an arcuate path while reciprocating.",0.6177394839789808,0.7645210320420384
9281424,"1. An electromagnetic energy concentrator apparatus comprising: a prism having an entrance face and an exit face; a rectangular waveguide having a major axis and having a top planar surface and a bottom planar surface with the top planar surface aligned in parallel with the exit face of the prism, the waveguide including a waveguide core responsive to solar energy in a solar band, the waveguide core further guiding solar energy received from the prism in a direction along the major axis; a gap layer of uniform thickness disposed between the exit face of the prism and the top surface of waveguide and co-extensive with the exit face of the prism and the top surface of the waveguide; a plurality of solar energy detectors disposed adjacent to the waveguide and co-extensive with the bottom planar surface of the waveguide such that the detectors taken as a whole extend substantially along the same extent as the bottom surface of the waveguide, with at least two or more energy detectors operating in a first band, the first band being different from a second band in which at least two or more other energy detectors operate, the second band encompassing longer wavelengths than the first band, and the plurality of detectors thus collectively operating in each of at least two bands; one or more internal reflection mirrors disposed adjacent to or within the waveguide to further direct solar energy to the detectors; a plurality of intra-waveguide filter elements that each separate received light at a given position into two or more detectors; wherein a first distance between detectors operating in the first band depends on a wavelength in the first band; wherein a second distance between detectors operating in the second band depends on a wavelength in the second band, and wherein the second distance is longer than the first distance between detectors operating in the first band; and wherein the detectors include Metal Insulator Metal (MIM) rectennas disposed in a vertical series orientation perpendicular to the major axis of the waveguide and adjacent each mirror.",0.917291028942351,0.16541794211529792
9851500,"1. A light-diffusing element comprising: a glass core, said glass core having a diameter greater than 65 μm; and a cladding surrounding said glass core, said cladding having a lower refractive index than said glass core, said cladding including first scattering centers, said first scattering centers having a cross-section with a dimension of at least 25 nm; wherein said element exhibits light scattering losses of at least 0.1 dB/m.",0.5754938514699489,0.8490122970601022
8477584,"1. An optical head for reading and/or writing information from/on a storage medium that has a plurality of information storage layers, the optical head comprising: a light source that emits a laser beam; a collimator lens that is arranged in an optical path of the laser beam on the way toward the storage medium and in an optical path of the laser beam that has been reflected from the storage medium, and that is configured to condense the laser beam that has been reflected from the information storage layer of the storage medium; an objective lens that converges the laser beam on one of the information storage layers of the storage medium; a beam dividing element that is arranged in an optical path of the laser beam that has been condensed by the collimator lens, and that is configured to diffract the laser beam to produce at least two parts including a zero-order diffracted light and a first-order diffracted light; and a photodetector that is arranged to receives the laser beam diffracted by the beam dividing element and to generate a tracking error signal, wherein the beam dividing element has a transmitting portion and a shielding portion that has a transmittance with respect to the laser beam lower than that of the transmitting portion, the shielding portion being arranged to shield a central portion of the laser beam that has been reflected from the information storage layer of the storage medium.",0.01978201719232227,0.03956403438464451
8666266,"1. An image forming method, comprising: supplying toner from a toner cartridge to a developing device to perform a predetermined print operation in an image forming unit; detecting a parameter value for obtaining a use amount of the toner; storing first empty information when the parameter value reaches a previously inputted threshold of the parameter indicating a near empty state; storing second empty information when a toner remaining amount in the developing device reaches a first toner remaining amount; storing third empty information when the toner remaining amount in the developing device reaches a second toner remaining amount closer to an empty state than the first toner remaining amount; and determining necessity of a forcible toner supply operation based on the respectively stored first to third empty information.",0.14347629201986997,0.28695258403974
9664095,"1. A method for an engine, comprising: during selected conditions, correlating an output of an upstream exhaust oxygen sensor and a downstream exhaust oxygen sensor with a pressure drop across an exhaust particulate filter; wherein during the selected conditions, an exhaust oxygen concentration across the particulate filter is substantially constant; wherein the selected conditions include each of particulate filter load being less than a threshold load, exhaust flow rate being higher than a threshold rate, and the engine being in steady-state operating conditions; and wherein the output is a voltage output, and wherein the correlating includes,",0.969861296381432,0.06027740723713593
9456424,"1. A method for controlling transmission powers by a communication apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of component carriers, the method comprising: when a sounding reference symbol (SRS) transmission overlaps with a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission in a time domain, checking whether a total of a PUSCH transmission power for the PUSCH transmission on a first component carrier, a PUCCH transmission power for the PUCCH transmission on the first component carrier and a SRS transmission power for the SRS transmission on a second component carrier exceeds a maximum transmission power configured for the communication apparatus; and dropping the SRS if the total of the PUSCH transmission power, the PUCCH transmission power and the SRS transmission power exceeds the maximum transmission power configured for the communication apparatus.",0.6788333555468425,0.6423332889063149
9328008,"1. A supercritical water oxidation treatment system for organic wastewater with a high salinity comprising: a pre-desalination part, a supercritical water desalination part, a mix reaction part, and a separation recovery part: wherein said pre-desalination part comprises a first tube heat exchanger and a second tube heat exchanger, wherein an inlet on a tube side of said first tube heat exchanger is injected with the wastewater with the high salinity, and an outlet on said tube side of said first tube heat exchanger is connected to an inlet of a cooling crystallization device, and a top outlet of said cooling crystallization device is connected to an inlet of a storage tank with organic wastewater, and a bottom outlet of said cooling crystallization device is connected to an inlet of a filter centrifuge, and a top outlet of said filter centrifuge is connected to said storage tank, and a bottom outlet of said filter centrifuge discharges salts; an glycol solution is injected through a shell side of said first tube heat exchanger and a shell side of said second tube heat exchanger, liquid oxygen is injected through an inlet on a tube side of said second tube heat exchanger; said supercritical water desalination part comprises a heating furnace, an inlet of said heating furnace is connected to an outlet of said storage tank, and a middle outlet of said heating furnace is connected to an inlet of a hydrocyclone, and a top outlet of said hydrocyclone is connected to a middle inlet of said heating furnace, and an outlet of said heating furnace is connected to an inlet of a mixer, and then a bottom outlet of said hydrocyclone is connected to a desalination device; said mix reaction part comprises a first volume heat exchanger, wherein an inlet on a tube side of said first volume heat exchanger is connected to an outlet on a tube side of a second volume heat exchanger, an outlet on said tube side of said first volume heat exchanger is connected to an inlet of a first buffer, an outlet of said first buffer is connected to an inlet of a mixer, an outlet of said mixer is connected to an inlet of a tubular reactor, an outlet of said tubular reactor is connected to an inlet on a tube side of a volume heat exchanger group; said separation recovery part comprises a high-pressure gas-liquid separator, wherein an inlet of said high-pressure gas-liquid separator is connected to an outlet on said tube side of said volume heat exchanger group, and a top outlet of said high-pressure gas-liquid separator is connected to an inlet on a tube side of a fourth volume heat exchanger, and an outlet on said tube side of said fourth volume heat exchanger is connected to an inlet of a purification tower, and a top outlet of said purification tower is connected to an inlet of a second buffer, and an outlet of said second buffer is connected to an inlet of a high-pressure compressor, and an outlet of said high-pressure compressor is connected to said inlet of said first buffer; a bottom outlet of said high-pressure gas-liquid separator is connect to an inlet on a shell side of said first volume heat exchanger, and an outlet on said shell side of said first volume heat exchanger is connected to a post-treatment unit; an inlet on a shell side of said volume heat exchanger group is connected to a water softening device; an outlet on said shell side of said volume heat exchanger group outputs steam; an bottom outlet of said purification tower discharges CO",0.8097757309877089,0.3804485380245821
9474956,"1. A method for displaying representations of facial expressions on devices, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor on a device, data from a sensor coupled to the device; identifying, by the processor, responsive to the received data, a level of progress that a user of the device made towards a goal; selecting, by the processor, responsive to the identification, an icon representing a facial expression; and modifying, by the processor, a level of power for each of a plurality of light indicators embedded in the device to display the icon by, for each light indicator of the plurality of light indicators;",0.3604858183806474,0.7209716367612948
9783787,"1. A tetravalent immunogenic composition inducing an immune response against structural proteins of dengue serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4, comprising four attenuated chimeric dengue viruses, wherein each of the four chimeric viruses is attenuated by a deletion of about 30 nucleotides from the 3′ untranslated region of the dengue genome corresponding to the TL2 stem-loop structure, and each of the four chimeric viruses comprises a backbone of one serotype comprising nonstructural protein coding sequence and untranslated regions, and a sequence encoding at least one structural protein from a different serotype, wherein, i) when a backbone is serotype 1, the deletion is a deletion of about 30 nucleotides that removes nucleotides 10562 to 10591 from the serotype 1 background, and the at least one structural protein is serotype 2, 3, or 4; ii) when a backbone is serotype 2, the deletion is a deletion of about 30 nucleotides that removes nucleotides 10541 to 10571 from the serotype 2 background, and the at least one structural protein is serotype 1, 3, or 4; iii) when a backbone is serotype 3, the deletion is a deletion of about 30 nucleotides that removes nucleotides 10535 and 10565 from the serotype 3 background, and the at least one structural protein is serotype 1, 2,or 4; and iv) when a backbone is serotype 4, the deletion is a deletion of about 30 nucleotides that removes nucleotides 10478 to 10507 from the serotype 4 background, and the at least one structural protein is serotype 1, 2, or 3; and wherein the tetravalent immunogenic composition is not a combination of rDEN1/4Δ30, rDEN2/4Δ30, rDEN3/4Δ30, and rDEN4Δ30.",0.864820379429623,0.27035924114075405
8550769,"1. A wind turbine comprising a tower and a nacelle which is rotatably mounted on the tower and whose alignment is adjustable by means of a yaw system ( 2 ), wherein the yaw system has at least one adjusting drive ( 18 ), a rotatable yaw bearing ( 10 , 12 ), at least one brake disk ( 16 ) and at least two brake units (B 1 to B 14 ) which can exert a braking torque on the brake disk, characterised in that at least one of the brake units (B 1 , B 14 ) has a first brake pad ( 17 ) with a first coefficient of friction, and at least one of the brake units (B 2 to B 13 ) has a second brake pad ( 17 ) with a second coefficient of friction, wherein the first and the second coefficient of friction are different from each other.",0.9404763524558499,0.11904729508830014
9255520,"1. A compressed air energy storage module, comprising: a first regenerative heat exchanger including a first tank filled with a first particulate material that stores thermal energy and adsorbs air; and a second regenerative heat exchanger including a second tank filled with a second particulate material that stores thermal energy, wherein:",0.9547900317780063,0.09041993644398749
9070649,"1. A light-emitting device, comprising; a substrate; a first data line extending along a first direction; a selection line extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction; a power line disposed above a plane of the substrate, the power line extending along the second direction; a light-emitting element disposed above the plane of the substrate, the light-emitting element having: a first transistor having: a second transistor coupled between the first gate electrode and the first terminal of the first transistor, the second transistor having a second gate electrode, a third terminal and a fourth terminal; and a first connecting portion electrically connecting the first gate electrode of the first transistor to the third terminal of the second transistor, the first connecting portion being disposed on a negative side of the first transistor in the first direction such that a space is formed for the power line on a positive side of the first transistor, wherein the power line overlaps the first gate electrode when viewed from a vertical direction to the plane of the substrate, and the power line does not overlap the second gate electrode when viewed from a vertical direction to the plane of the substrate.",0.3653686529940932,0.7307373059881864
8850243,"1. A method of power management, the method comprising: predicting, by a computerized power manager, resource utilization associated with each computing device from at least a subset of computing devices of a plurality of computing devices without installing customized software, firmware or hardware on the computing device for predicting the resource utilization; receiving, by the computerized power manager, real-time information from an application delivery controller, the real-time information including information on a quantity of requests from client devices and information on size of a request from the client devices, wherein the application delivery controller receives the requests from the client devices and redirects the requests to one or more computing devices of the plurality of computing devices; and in response to receiving the real-time information, dynamically selecting, by the computerized power manager, a candidate computing device from the subset of computing devices for powering on or off based on the real-time information, the predicted resource utilization and a set of power utilization criteria.",0.9834012379688892,0.03319752406222154
9214678,"1. A method of making an electrode, comprising: depositing an electrode active material within the pores of a porous support structure that is made by removing at least a portion of at least one metal component from a metal alloy comprising nickel and aluminum.",0.8308919335967196,0.3382161328065607
9112441,"1. A turbo charger generator for supplying compressed intake air to an internal combustion engine by driving a gas turbine and a compressor with exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, and for supplying AC power generated by driving a generator connected to an end of a shaft of the compressor to an electric power system via a power conversion unit, wherein the power conversion unit comprises: a converter for converting the AC power generated by the generator into DC power and outputting the DC power; a rotor rotation angle estimation unit for estimating an angle of rotation of a rotor of the generator based on a rotor magnetic flux of the generator; and a control unit for coordinate-converting AC current output from the generator into DC current by using the estimated rotor rotation angle as a reference, and controlling the DC power output from the converter such that the magnitude of the DC current is maintained at a target DC current value that is set based on an output DC voltage value of the converter, wherein: the converter comprises a switching unit for short-circuiting an output terminal of the generator before starting synchronous operation of the generator; and the control unit is configured to short-circuit the output terminal of the generator for a predetermined time period within such a range that current will not become excessively large by driving the switching unit when the engine speed is low before starting the synchronous operation of the generator so as to flow the current from the generator.",0.9941875470241458,0.011624905951708397
9603938,"1. A method of making a water-soluble doxorubicin-theanine cocrystal composition comprising the steps of: providing a quantity of doxorubicin; adding a quantity of L-theanine to said quantity of doxorubicin to form a mixture comprising said quantity of doxorubicin and said L-theanine, where the ratio of doxorubicin to L-theanine is about 75%/25% (w/w); wetting said mixture with a solution of 70% isopropanol in water; and grinding said mixture for a length of time sufficient to produce a dried crystalline mass.",0.20156556753030513,0.40313113506061027
8690127,"1. An accessory device for operating a crank wheel of a vehicle lift system using a cordless power drill, the vehicle lift system including a base frame with at least one post element and a platform component, the accessory device comprising: an attachment component configured to assemble to the at least one post element of the vehicle lift system; an arm component including a first end and a second end, said first end of said arm component connected to said attachment component; and a winch drive component connected to said second end of said arm component, said winch drive component including a gear element, an input shaft element including a hex shank portion, and a wheel element, said input shaft element configured to be received and activated by the cordless power drill such that said gear element rotates said wheel element in a desired direction, wherein said wheel element is configured to receive the crank wheel of the vehicle lift system.",0.37864047705469117,0.7572809541093823
9326245,"1. A method of monitoring a control channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message indicating control information associated with a first discontinuous reception (DRX) mode and a second DRX mode different from the first DRX mode, wherein an on-duration and off-duration are defined in each DRX mode; monitoring a downlink control channel during a monitored duration; determining whether the downlink control channel is successfully decoded by a user equipment (UE) during the monitored duration; if the downlink control channel is successfully decoded by the UE during the monitored duration, continuing monitoring the downlink control channel during an extended duration; and after the extended duration, entering one of the first DRX mode and the second DRX mode.",0.8665220032720908,0.26695599345581833
9039542,"1. A wood-type golf club having a head disposed at a tip end of a shaft, a grip disposed at a butt end of the shaft, and a butt partial layer having a weight Wa that is disposed in a butt range extending from the shaft butt end to a point separated from the butt end by 250 mm, wherein the weight of the golf club is not larger than 340 g, the product of a ratio (head weight /club weight) of the head weight to the club weight, and a ratio (L if the weight of the shaft in said butt range is represented as Wb, then Wa/Wb is not lower than 0.4 but not higher than 0.7.",0.06115392239571895,0.12230784479143786
8903779,"1. A method of returning a corrupted database to a correct state, wherein a change queue is maintained that includes a plurality of changes made to the database, the plurality of changes including at least one change that corrupts the database, and one or more recovery points are maintained, at least one recovery point allowing for a copy of a correct database to be restored at the time of the recovery point, the method comprising: (a) detecting corruption of the database; (b) providing an algorithm that detects changes to the database which potentially caused corruption of the database; (c) restoring a correct copy of the database from one of the recovery points; (d) rolling forward through the change queue from the recovery point of step (c) to the first change corrupting the database as determined by the algorithm in step (b) and applying some or all changes to the database up to the first corrupting change; and (e) rolling forward through the change queue from the first change corrupting the database as determined by the algorithm in step (b) and applying the changes to the copy of the database of step (c) in a selective manner, wherein the selective manner of applying the changes occurs by: wherein the corrupted database is returned to a correct state.",0.23382311931668262,0.4676462386333653
8815818,"1. A delivery system for delivering an RNAi construct to a phagocytic cell and inhibiting expression of a target gene in the phagocytic cell, comprising an RNAi construct and a phagocytic cell-targeting moiety, wherein the RNAi construct is a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) construct of 25-30 nucleotides in length, comprising: (1) a sense strand having a 5′-end and a 3′-end, wherein the 5′-end 12 nucleotides and the 3′-end 10 nucleotides of the sense strand comprise 2′-modified ribose sugars and, (2) an antisense strand having a 5′-end and a 3′-end, which hybridizes to the sense strand, wherein the phagocytic cell-targeting moiety comprises beta-glucan, and wherein the RNAi construct inhibits expression of the target gene in the phagocytic cell.",0.5113289600716405,0.977342079856719
9829668,"1. A pass-through assembly comprising: an anchor member extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end, the anchor member being configured to receive an optical fiber cable through a sleeve at the first end, the anchor member also including a fanout section at the second end, the fanout section defining an open channel, the anchor member defining a longitudinal passage extending therethrough; and a cover configured to mount to the fanout section of the anchor member to cover the open channel of the fanout section to form a potting region, the cover defining an injection port through which potting material can enter the potting region, the cover also being configured to separate optical fibers of the optical fiber cable as the optical fibers extend outwardly from the potting region and outwardly past the second end of the anchor member.",0.22265708828141725,0.44531417656283456
9151702,"1. A sample comprising: a base material comprising a tunnel structure portion comprising a cavity portion; and a metal-based heavy element compound which fills the cavity portion of the tunnel structure portion, wherein the metal-based heavy element compound has a thickness that at least locally allows passage of a charged particle beam.",0.23018805642337245,0.46037611284674496
9695834,"1. A load sharing method for a compressor system, the compressor system including two or more compressors connected in series, the method comprising: identifying a process variable of a performance controller; identifying a load sharing parameter of a load sharing controller; determining, dynamically during operation of the two or more compressors by the load sharing controller, a process control setpoint for the process variable of the performance controller based on the load sharing parameter; controlling a control mechanism based on the process control setpoint and the process variable; wherein the control mechanism is a secondary control mechanism, and the performance controller is a secondary performance controller; wherein identifying the process variable of the performance controller comprises identifying pressure between the secondary control mechanism and a primary control mechanism controlled by a primary performance controller as the process variable of the secondary performance controller; and wherein controlling the control mechanism based on the process control setpoint and the process variable comprises controlling the secondary control mechanism to operate consistently with the primary control mechanism based on the process control setpoint and the pressure between the secondary control mechanism and the primary control mechanism; wherein controlling the secondary control mechanism to operate consistently with the primary control mechanism controlled by the primary performance controller comprises controlling the secondary control mechanism to move in the same direction as the primary control mechanism when responding to a change in a process variable or a setpoint of the primary, control mechanism.",0.7407151787362246,0.5185696425275508
9809609,"1. A benzoazepine compound represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group optionally protected with a protecting group, a mercapto group optionally protected with a protecting group, or an amino group optionally protected with one or two protecting groups; R",0.1954778373170736,0.39095567463414715
9292592,"1. A method comprising; invoking a multi-dimensional relational database application, the multi-dimensional relational database application comprising a set of source data; extracting a first set of data elements and a first set of functional relationships from a first column of cells of the set of source data, and a second set of data elements and a second set of functional relationships from a second column of cells of the set of source data; encapsulating the first set of data elements and the first set of functional relationships in a first component predictive model object, and the second set of data elements and the second set of functional relationships in a second component predictive model object; encoding, by a processor, a linkage in the second component predictive model object linking the second component predictive model object with the first component predictive model object; encoding a linkage in the first component predictive model object linking the first component predictive model object with the second component predictive model object, wherein the linkage in the first component predictive model object and the linkage in the second component predictive model object creates a composite predictive model object; simultaneously operating a plurality of modeling tools on the first component predictive model object and the second component predictive model object of the composite predictive model object; updating the first component predictive model object in the composite predictive model object via the simultaneously operating plurality of modeling tools without overwriting the second component predictive model object that is linked to the first component predictive model; and updating the second component predictive model object in the composite predictive model object via the simultaneously operating plurality of modeling tools without overwriting the first component predictive model object that is linked to the second component predictive model.",0.0649460809984216,0.12989216199684317
9798560,"1. A method comprising: extracting, from a first node of a first hosting system, a configuration comprising a first operating system and a first kernel that accesses a first set of virtualized hardware corresponding to a first set of physical hardware of the first node, the first set of virtualized hardware provided by a first hypervisor of a first type that operates on the first node; analyzing the configuration in order to determine compatibility with a second set of virtualized hardware corresponding to a second set of physical hardware of a second node of a second hosting system, the second set of virtualized hardware provided by a second hypervisor of a second type, different from the first type of the first hypervisor, that operates on the second node; and determining that the first kernel is incompatible with the second set of virtualized hardware; retrieving from a library, a second kernel that is compatible with a modified first operating system; swapping out the first kernel of the configuration with the second kernel in order to host the configuration with the second kernel that is compatible with the second set of virtualized hardware of the second node of the second hosting system provided by the second hypervisor of the second type.",0.27555731662965155,0.5511146332593031
8642473,"1. A method for removing oxide from a surface disposed on a substrate, comprising: forming a polymer layer on an oxide layer formed on a surface, the surface comprising at least one of silicon or germanium; activating the polymer layer to react with the oxide layer to form gas phase byproduct, and wherein forming a polymer layer comprises supplying a halogenated carbon gas or a halogenated hydrocarbon gas into a vacuum processing chamber; and performing an ash process to remove the polymer from the substrate.",0.8886616409188745,0.2226767181622511
8797930,"1. A method of saving power for stations configured to communicate via a direct link, the method comprising: communicating a wakeup schedule between the stations either via an access point (AP) or the direct link, the stations comprising a station and a peer station; waking up, at the station and the peer station, after a first scheduled wakeup interval and before a second scheduled wakeup interval, wherein the first and second scheduled wakeup intervals are defined by the wakeup schedule, the first and second scheduled wakeup intervals defined relative to a common timing reference received by the station and the peer station from the AP, and wherein the second scheduled wakeup interval successively follows the first scheduled wakeup interval; and after the start of the second scheduled wakeup interval, remaining awake at the station and the peer station according to the wakeup schedule in the absence of a service period between the station and the peer station, the station and the peer station remaining awake until at least a predefined time period has elapsed or a predefined number of idle slots have elapsed.",0.9715459539775035,0.05690809204499292
9272632,"1. A charging control apparatus for controlling a plurality of charging apparatuses, each of the charging apparatuses being configured to be capable of supplying electric power to a vehicle through a predetermined power supplying path, wherein the charging control apparatus is configured to perform pairing between the vehicle and one of the plurality of charging apparatuses based on a signal outputted from the vehicle which detects a first electric power having predetermined power pattern, the first electric power is supplied from the one of the plurality of charging apparatuses to the vehicle via the predetermined power supplying path, voltage of the first electric power is lower than voltage of second electric power which is supplied from the charging apparatus to the vehicle in normal power supply.",0.9819282848172417,0.03614343036551659
8911154,"1. A tolerance ring, comprising: a generally cylindrical body having a sidewall that defines a top, and a bottom, wherein the sidewall includes:",0.1194262834749566,0.2388525669499132
8794711,"1. A refuge chamber for miners in a mine, comprising: a) a rigid container; b) a tent having an inflatable support structure, wherein the tent is disposed within the container in an undeployed state and is expandable to a deployed state in which the tent extends from the container, wherein the tent is sealed to the container and is configured to form an integral unit with the container which is capable, in the deployed state, of providing a protected atmosphere for the miners therewithin; c) supplies, wherein the supplies are disposed within the container, and wherein the supplies are accessible from inside the tent in its deployed state; and d) compressed air bottles, wherein the tent is configured to expand from the undeployed state to the deployed state upon inflation of the tent support structure by compressed air from said bottles; and wherein the tent has an airlock that is configured to allow access, in the tent's deployed state, from the mine into the protected atmosphere within the deployed tent.",0.4399866039337418,0.8799732078674836
8570615,"1. An image scanning device comprising: a slider unit that is movable within the image scanning device during a scanning operation; a light source in the slider unit; a light guide provided with the light source in the slider unit, for converting light from the light source into a linear light beam and applying the linear light beam onto a reading position; an image reading element for receiving the light beam reflected from the reading position; and a light intensity sensor provided in the slider unit, for detecting an intensity of the light emitted from the light source.",0.07600275589912296,0.15200551179824595
9698360,"1. A method of manufacturing a package thin film, comprising the steps of: performing pretreatment to a substrate, thereby a surface thereof being provided with positive charges or negative charges; immersing the pretreated substrate in a nano material solution with contrary charges of performing pretreatment to the substrate; taking out and drying the substrate to form a nano material layer or a polycation organic material layer attached on the substrate; immersing the substrate with the nano material layer or the polycation organic material layer in a moisture absorbent solution with charges contrary to the nano material solution; taking out and drying the substrate again to form a moisture absorption layer attached on the nano material layer or the polycation organic material layer; immersing the substrate in a sealant solution; taking out the substrate again so as to cure the sealant adhered to the nano material layer or the polycation organic material layer and the moisture absorption layer to form a sealing layer; and stripping the sealing layer from the substrate.",0.5191125204785455,0.961774959042909
8415820,"1. A wind dam and vertical turbine system set on a ground surface that captures and directs wind to generate electricity, comprising: a wind dam portion with a front opening with two sides to receive said wind, a top side, a bottom side, a back side with two ends, and an airfoil above said front opening; a vertical turbine portion with a housing with two sides disposed on said dam portion back side with two sides and a turbine slide door and actuator; a front outrigger with a front wheel that is horizontally aligned to each said side of front opening for support with a pivot point disposed between said front outriggers underneath said front opening; a back outrigger with a drive wheel and an axle horizontally and movably aligned and adjacently attached to each said end of back side of dam portion for support to allow positioning and movement of said front opening; a power drive assembly for said vertical turbine with a turbine drive pulley and a main drive belt attached to a main drive shaft with a main clutch, a plurality of drive belts extending from said drive shaft attached to a plurality of clutches and a plurality of generators and a drive motor; and an exhaust door and actuator provided on each said dam portion side disposed behind said turbine housing to expel excessive wind.",0.9394627757894904,0.12107444842101911
9071785,"1. A method of correcting a three-dimensional distortion in an image of a document comprising the steps of: embedding a marker in the document, the marker including a predetermined marker orientation; capturing a full image that includes the image of the document, a marker orientation appearing in the captured full image, wherein the marker when captured in the full image is virtually altered to appear as the marker orientation, the marker orientation being a three-dimensional virtual projection of the marker and appearing in place of the marker; identifying the marker orientation of the marker within the image of the document; comparing the marker orientation of the marker within the image of the document to the predetermined marker orientation, wherein the predetermined marker orientation is a desired marker orientation, representing the marker orientation without the three-dimensional distortion; determining a transformation to remove the three-dimensional distortion in the image of the document; and applying the transformation to the captured full image.",0.011238626817985035,0.022477253635970085
8868023,"1. A method for use in a digital multi-tuner radio system for power management of the radio system, comprising: implementing a power control circuit that controls power to various circuits within the digital multi-tuner radio system, wherein the various circuits comprises a processor; receiving selections of one or more features by a user while the system is switched on; handling incoming audio signals in connection with the selected features from one or more radio stations while in a lower power mode; determining minimum power needed to meet the user's need by the power control circuit while the system is in low power mode; and in response, exiting low power mode and operating in a normal power mode when the system is without normal power and while handling the incoming audio signals from the one or more radio stations.",0.9675216542268892,0.06495669154622163
8811151,"1. A method for preserving stable calls during failover, comprising: during a dialog between two user endpoints, determining whether a standby call processor has become operational, the standby call processor becoming operational when a corresponding primary call processor is in fault; receiving a signaling protocol message from a requester after the standby call processor becomes operational, wherein the signaling protocol message comprises a session initiation protocol re-invite message from a user endpoint of the two user endpoints; determining whether the signaling protocol message includes an in-dialog signaling protocol request; responsive to determining that the signaling protocol message includes the in-dialog signaling protocol request, determining whether a call state associated with the dialog is found in memory; and responsive to determining that the call state associated with the dialog is not found in memory, returning a non-call terminating error response in response to the in-dialog signaling protocol request, the non-call terminating error response causing the requester to terminate the in-dialog signaling protocol request without terminating the dialog.",0.3581917151791794,0.7163834303583588
9770748,"1. A system for separating a sample from a leading end of a coil of metal strip thicker than 12 mm, the system comprising: a rotator having upstream and downstream supports spaced to generally engage a lower quadrant of the coil and rotatable to turn the coil about its center from the upstream to the downstream support and thereby unwind the leading end of the coil in an unwinding direction off the coil; an outer guide surrounding the coil above the supports by more than 180° about the coil center from the upstream support and having an inner surface directly juxtaposed with the leading end as the leading end unwinds from the coil; means on the inner surface directly engageable with the leading end of the strip for vibrating the inner surface of the outer guide and thereby reducing friction between the strip and the outer guide; and a separator upstream of the upstream support and downstream of the guide for cutting the leading end off the strip unwinding from the coil.",0.4075101832801745,0.815020366560349
9169823,"1. A device for generating electricity, the device comprising: a buoyant structure; a heave plate having an asymmetric geometry to facilitate a first level of resistance to movement in an upward direction and a second level of resistance in a downward direction, wherein the heave plate comprises a concave geometry on an upward surface, wherein the first level of resistance is higher than the second level of resistance; at least one load carrying structure that is mechanically coupled to both the buoyant structure and the heave plate, wherein the at least one load carrying structure is configured to taut-moor the heave plate to the buoyant structure; at least one magnetostrictive element wherein the magnetostrictive element is configured to experience force changes applied by the load carrying structure caused by hydrodynamic forces acting on the device.",0.7919124655033051,0.41617506899338985
8486756,"1. A method for dicing a wafer from a planar semiconductor chip, comprising: receiving a wafer, the wafer comprising a portion of a surface of a planar semiconductor chip; grinding the wafer to a pre-determined thickness; attaching a dicing tape to the front surface of the wafer; determining a position in a back surface of the wafer by referencing a laser imprint on the back surface of the wafer; cutting a peripheral edge of the back surface of the wafer such that a surface area of the back surface of the wafer is less than a surface area of the front surface to form a shelf; and flip-chip bonding the wafer onto a substrate by mounting the front surface of the wafer to an underfill material disposed over the substrate, wherein the back surface of the wafer comprises the surface of the wafer opposite of the surface mounted on to the underfill material over the substrate, further wherein, the shelf substantially prevents an excess portion of the underfill material from coating side surfaces of the wafer.",0.13354142531164778,0.2670828506232956
9774377,"1. A method for rank adaptation at a base station, comprising: performing, during a rank sounding time interval, data transmission for a user equipment by using a sounding rank, wherein said sounding rank is different from a transmission rank that is used in a transmission time interval immediately prior to said rank sounding time interval; determining whether spectrum efficiency for said user equipment under the condition of using said sounding rank is better than spectrum efficiency under the condition of using said transmission rank; and adjusting, in response to a positive result obtained from the determining step, said transmission rank to said sounding rank so as to be used during a transmission time interval immediately next to said rank sounding time interval.",0.4321676522719041,0.8643353045438082
9127013,"1. A compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R R NR Y is phenyl optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, (1-4C)alkoxy, CF X is —CH R each R n is 0, 1, or 2.",0.3340088721613853,0.6680177443227706
9297376,"1. A supply pump comprising: a housing that includes a cylindrical sliding wall; a tappet that is configured to be reciprocated along the sliding wall, wherein: a displacement direction of the tappet at time of compression operation of the supply pump is defined as an upper direction; a displacement direction of the tappet at time of suction operation of the supply pump is defined as a lower direction; a guide groove that is provided for one of the housing and the tappet, wherein one end of the guide groove includes a tapered surface; a stopper pin that is provided for the other one of the housing and the tappet, wherein: the stopper pin is fitted into the guide groove to stop rotation of the tappet relative to the housing; when the tappet is displaced in the upper direction abnormally as a result of the tappet being positioned outside of a predetermined range, the tapered surface is pressed on an end of the stopper pin to be engaged with the stopper pin; the guide groove is provided for the tappet; the tapered surface is provided only at a lower end of the guide groove, and an upper end of the guide groove is a non-tapered surface; and a longitudinal axis of the stopper pin passes through a central axis of the tappet.",0.16607283544791543,0.3321456708958308
9637589,"1. A method of continuously preparing a biodegradable aliphatic/aromatic polyester copolymer, the method comprising: performing a first esterification reaction of an aliphatic dihydroxy compound with an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid at a temperature of 185° C. or less; continuously performing a second esterification reaction of a reaction product obtained from the first esterification reaction; obtaining a prepolymer by continuously performing a first polycondensation reaction of a product obtained from the second esterification reaction; and continuously performing polycondensation reaction of the prepolymer, wherein an aromatic carboxylic acid is added to the step of performing the first esterification reaction or the step of continuously performing the second esterification reaction to prepare the biodegradable aliphatic/aromatic polyester copolymer.",0.7433398910266134,0.5133202179467733
9446997,"1. A method for producing BTX (benzene, toluene, and xylenes), the method comprising the steps of: thermally cracking a raw material to produce an effluent comprising heavy oil and ethylene; separating the effluent to obtain the heavy oil; hydrogenating the heavy oil to obtain a feedstock comprising 8 mass % or less of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with two or more rings and 50 mass % or more of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, wherein the feedstock has a distillation end point temperature of 400° C. or lower; and contacting the feedstock with a cracking reforming catalyst comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate to produce BTX, wherein the contacting of the feedstock with the cracking reforming catalyst is carried out under a pressure of 0.1 MPaG to 1.5 MPaG and a contact time between the feedstock and the catalyst is within a range of 5 seconds to 300 seconds.",0.8056738651978905,0.38865226960421895
8461220,"1. A process for converting synthesis gas to a hydrocarbon mixture comprising contacting a feed comprising a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen with a synthesis gas conversion catalyst comprising a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis component and an acidic component in an upstream catalyst bed and an olefin saturation catalyst in a downstream catalyst bed, wherein an intermediate hydrocarbon mixture containing paraffins and olefins and containing no greater than about 5 wt % C 21+ normal paraffins is formed over the synthesis gas conversion catalyst, and wherein said olefins are saturated over the olefin saturation catalyst, thereby resulting in a final hydrocarbon mixture containing no greater than about 25 wt % olefins and containing no greater than about 5 wt % C 21+ normal paraffins; wherein between the upstream catalyst bed and the downstream catalyst bed, the intermediate hydrocarbon mixture is passed through a separator and separated into gas which is recycled to the upstream catalyst bed, water which is removed and liquid hydrocarbons which are passed to the downstream catalyst bed.",0.9356373820594267,0.1287252358811466
8410171,"1. A sustained release adhesive preparation which is stable and has a low skin permeation rate ratio, comprising a sustained release adhesive layer containing two components, a C1-4 alcohol ester of 4-{[2-((1R,2R,3R)-3-hydroxy-2-{(1E,3S)-3-hydroxy-4-[3-(methoxymethyl)phenyl]but-1-enyl}-5-oxocyclopentyl)ethyl]sulfanyl}butanoic acid and a silicone adhesive.",0.052578554531057434,0.10515710906211484
9598367,"1. A compound selected from: 3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-fluorobenzyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-chloro-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-fluorobenzyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-fluorobenzyl)-3-(phenylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-(azetidin-1-yl)-1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-((1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)amino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-(1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)benzamide; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(ethylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3-(methoxymethyl)-5-methylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(phenylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-benzyl-5-(3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-morpholinopyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-3-(benzyloxy)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(isopropylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(pyridin-2-ylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(pyridin-3-ylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(pyridin-4-ylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisothiazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitrile; methyl 4-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-3-yl)-5-methylisoxazole-3-carboxylate; N-(1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)methanesulfonamide; 4-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-3-yl)-5-methylisoxazole-3-carboxamide; 3-amino-1-(4-chloro-3-fluorobenzyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-5-(3-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(4-chloro-2-fluorobenzyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(2-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-3-(cyclopentylamino)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-hydroxypyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-methoxypyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(3,4-difluorobenzyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(3-chloro-4-fluorobenzyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(5-(hydroxymethyl)-3-methylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(thiazol-2-ylmethyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 4-((3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxopyridin-1 (2H)-yl)methyl)benzonitrile; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-((3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)amino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-vinylbenzyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(thiophen-3-ylmethyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-methoxybenzyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(pyridazin-3-ylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-((5-chlorothiophen-2-yl)methyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-((5-fluoropyridin-3-yl)amino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-methylpyridin-2(1H)-one; 4-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-3-yl)-5-methylisoxazole-3-carboxylic acid; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(2-chlorobenzyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-((5-methoxypyridin-3-yl)amino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 5-((1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridin-3-yl)amino)picolinonitrile; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-((6-methoxypyridin-3-yl)amino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(pyrazin-2-ylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(pyrimidin-5-ylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(4-(azetidin-1-yl)benzyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-morpholinobenzyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-(pyrrolidin-3-ylamino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-((3-methylisoxazol-5-yl)methyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(4-bromobenzyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-isopropylbenzyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-((2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)amino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-((6-methylpyridin-2-yl)methyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-((6-methylpyridin-3-yl)amino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-3-((5-methylpyridin-3-yl)amino)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-((1H-indol-4-yl)methyl)-3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 4-(1-benzyl-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-3-yl)-N-methoxy-N,5-dimethylisoxazole-3-carboxamide; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-((2,5-dimethylthiophen-3-yl)methyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-((5-chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-((3-chloropyridin-4-yl)methyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-((3-chloropyridin-2-yl)methyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-((5-chloropyridin-2-yl)methyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethyl)-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-1-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-4-ylmethyl)-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-((6-methylpyridin-3-yl)methyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; methyl 4-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-3-yl)-3-methylisoxazole-5-carboxylate; 4-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-3-yl)-3-methylisoxazole-5-carboxylic acid; 4-((3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-1-yl)-2-oxopyridin-1(2H)-yl)methyl)-3-fluorobenzonitrile; 4-((3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxopyridin-1(2H)-yl)methyl)-2-fluorobenzonitrile; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(1-phenylethyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 5-((3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxopyridin-1(2H)-yl)methyl)thiophene-2-carbonitrile; 4-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-6-oxo-1,6-dihydropyridin-3-yl)-N,3-dimethylisoxazole-5-carboxamide; 3-(aminomethyl)-1-benzyl-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(4-iodobenzyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 1-benzyl-5-(5-oxopyrrolidin-3-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 4-(1-(3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxopyridin-1(2H)-yl)ethyl)benzonitrile; 1-((1H-indol-3-yl)methyl)-3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-((3-methyl-1H-indol-4-yl)methyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; 5-((3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxopyridin-1 (2H)-yl)methyl)-2-bromobenzonitrile; 4-((3-amino-5-(3, 5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxopyridin-1 (2H)-yl)methyl)-2-bromobenzonitrile; 3-amino-5-(3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)-1-(quinolin-5-ylmethyl)pyridin-2(1H)-one; and stereoisomers, tautomers, pharmaceutical acceptable salts, and hydrates thereof.",0.6399396799344854,0.7201206401310292
8357626,"1. An oxygen storage/release material, comprising a compound consisting of Pr 2 O 2 SO 4 and/or Pr 2 O 2 S and Fe supported thereon.",0.8164551219268248,0.3670897561463504
8751031,"1. A method of Mass Custom Manufacturing of dental crowns and crown components comprising the steps of: obtaining a single master electronic file including a virtual model including a final external shape of a virtual ideal tooth replacement of a restoration for a patient; utilizing said master file to manufacture in a coordinated, sequential, simultaneous or partly simultaneous and partly sequential, manner, from end-stage materials, two or more components of a single artificial tooth of a dental restoration; and wherein said two or more components of said dental restoration mate together to make up a single artificial tooth of a dental restoration; or wherein at least one of said two or more components is utilized to make one or more pieces that mates together with at least one other of said two or more components to make up a single artificial tooth of a dental restoration.",0.360015902593393,0.720031805186786
8703945,1. A process for the preparation of a compound of formula (7): wherein R R R R a) hydroxylating a compound of formula (1): wherein Y represents a halo group; P b) oxidising the compound of formula (2) to give a compound of formula (3): c) coupling the compound of formula (3) with a compound of formula (4): wherein R wherein R d) removing the P and e) subjecting the compound of formula (6) to ring-opening and removing any P,0.7285027078271236,0.5429945843457529
8956121,"1. A multilayer-type fan device having: a base being circular and having a major blade group mounted on the base and having multiple blades mounted on the external surface of the base at intervals, and each blade of the major blade group having at least one minor blade group mounted on the base and having multiple blades mounted on one of the at least one inclined plane of the base at intervals, and each blade of one of the at least one minor blade group having",0.7511710935939311,0.49765781281213783
9421182,1. A cocrystal of dimethyl fumarate and gentisic acid.,0.4453980031786122,0.8907960063572244
8581826,"1. A system, comprising one or more integrated circuits, wherein the one or more integrated circuits include: extraction logic configured to calculate a brightness metric associated with received video image data corresponding to at least one video image; analysis logic configured to analyze the brightness metric to identify a first subset of the video image and a second subset of the video image, wherein the first subset of the video image includes spatially varying visual information in the video image and the second subset of the video image includes the remainder of the video image that does not include spatially varying visual information; and adjustment logic configured to adjust a brightness of the second subset of the video image independent from the first subset, wherein a new brightness of the second subset of the video image is greater than a minimum brightness for a display that is configured to display a visual representation of the video image data, wherein the new brightness provides additional headroom to attenuate noise associated with displaying a portion of the visual representation that corresponds to the second subset of the video image.",0.2148573905143974,0.4297147810287948
8992839,"1. An apparatus for a radial-flow reactor, comprising: a generally annular outer partition assembly including an outer partition; a generally annular inner partition assembly support having an upper rim defining a socket positioned radially inward of the outer partition; an upper rim of the socket; a generally annular inner partition assembly including an inner partition and a base for being supported by the upper rim; a generally annular flange depending from the inner partition assembly base and configured to fit within an opening of the socket; and an inwardly tapered bottom edge portion of the flange.",0.5476693594335942,0.9046612811328116
9306962,"1. A system for classifying events on a computer network comprising: a feature engineering module on a host computer having a non-transitory memory and a processor, the feature engineering module comprising: a prediction model generated by a machine learning module on a host computer based on information received from the event clustering engine and the time-based weighting decay module, wherein the prediction model is utilized by a prediction engine on a computer to predict and classify received event and log data as malicious or non-malicious for each event within the event and log data.",0.23195385777678412,0.46390771555356825
8459685,"1. A gooseneck hitching apparatus for mounting on a tractor vehicle to enable a releasable connection between said tractor vehicle and a low bed trailer deck, said apparatus comprising a gooseneck having a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion, said substantially horizontal portion having a forward end, said horizontal portion and said forward end being selectively positionable in an aftward position for hitching said apparatus to said low bed trailer deck or in a forward position, wherein a transition of said horizontal portion and of said forward end between said aftward and forward positions is effected by arcuate movement of said forward end of said gooseneck in relation to said tractor vehicle.",0.201708004254962,0.403416008509924
8650979,"1. A drive system of an electric vehicle comprising: a drive motor; a transmission having an input shaft, a countershaft, an output shaft, a first transmission unit, a first clutch, a second transmission unit and a second clutch; wherein, the drive motor is attached to the input shaft; the input shaft is attached to the countershaft to provide power of the drive motor to the countershaft; the first transmission unit is placed between the countershaft and output shaft to transmit power between the countershaft and the output shaft; the second transmission unit is placed between the countershaft and the input shaft to transmit power between the countershaft and the input shaft; the first clutch is attached to the countershaft and connected to the first transmission unit, for linking or cutting off the power transmission between the countershaft and the first transmission unit; the second clutch is attached to the countershaft and connected to the second transmission unit, for linking or cutting off the power transmission between the countershaft and the second transmission unit; a first transmission ratio of the first transmission unit is greater than a second transmission ratio of the second transmission unit; and a hydraulic system connected to the first clutch to engage or disengage the first clutch, and connected to the second clutch to engage or disengage the second clutch.",0.794756841374094,0.41048631725181206
8865769,1. A composition comprising a synergistic combination of baclofen and acamprosate or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.,0.2377362663739963,0.4754725327479926
8461848,"1. A method for cable diagnostics for a network system, the method comprising: generating two or more auto-negotiation pulses; transmitting the two or more auto-negotiation pulses over a cable; receiving, at a receiver, reflections of the two or more auto-negotiation pulses; buffering the reflections of the two or more auto-negotiation pulses at a time after transmission of each pulse to form a received signal; filtering the received signal to create a filtered signal; identifying a near end echo corresponding to one of the two or more auto-negotiation pulses, wherein identifying the near end echo comprises detecting a first reflection having a first reflected value greater than a near end threshold, wherein the near end threshold is proportional to a noise level; removing the near end echo from the filtered signal; applying a threshold to the filtered signal to identify one or more reflections, wherein the one or more reflections correspond to the two or more auto-negotiation pulses; and processing the one or more reflections to evaluate the cable.",0.10282313074673638,0.20564626149347276
9116128,"1. A resonant micro-cavity sensor, comprising: a resonant micro-cavity having an outer surface and a Q factor greater than 10 a first polymer linking element bound to the outer surface; a second polymer linking element bound to the first linking element by click chemistry and a functionalization element for sensing a target molecule, the functionalization element being bound to the second linking element.",0.1522145734757357,0.3044291469514714
9068983,"1. A method of identifying a candidate compound for the modulation of body mass or adiposity in a mammal, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the compound with a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 80% identity to SEQ ID NO: 2; wherein the receptor couples to a G protein; (b) determining the ability of the compound to inhibit or stimulate functionality of the GPCR; and (c) identifying a compound that inhibits or stimulates functionality of the GPCR as a candidate compound for the modulation of body mass or adiposity in a mammal.",0.2801605733733926,0.5603211467467852
9573849,"1. A composition, comprising: one or more mine tailings present in an amount greater than 25% by weight of the composition; one or more cementitious binder materials present in an amount ranging from 0% to 12% by weight of the composition; purified attapulgite substantially free of non-attapulgite minerals present in an amount ranging from 0.01% to 0.7% by weight of the composition; and water; wherein the fines content (Fc) of the one or more mine tailings is greater than or equal to 3%.",0.4006939956363079,0.8013879912726158
8980961,"1. A method of preparing methanol from carbon dioxide and a methane source which comprises: combining a wet reforming of methane from the methane source with water and a dry reforming of methane from the methane source with carbon dioxide to form carbon monoxide and hydrogen; combining the carbon monoxide and hydrogen from the wet and dry reforming without separation of components to produce a molar mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in a specific ratio of between 2:1 and 2.1:1, wherein the combining of the wet and dry reforming is combined in a single step and the methane, carbon dioxide and water are present in sufficient stoichiometric amounts to provide the recited molar mixture and ratio of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and the combining is conducted at a temperature of about 800 to 1100° C.; and converting molar mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide under conditions sufficient to exclusively form methanol, wherein the combined wet and dry reforming is conducted in the presence of an added catalyst that includes single or mixed catalysts based on V, Ti, Ga, Mg, Cu, Mo, Bi, Fe, Mn, Co, Nb, Zr, La or Sn.",0.9603620164284548,0.07927596714309049
8870710,"1. A vehicle drive control system comprising: a motor, coupled with a driving shaft of an internal combustion engine mounted in a vehicle; wherein:",0.8729698978932751,0.2540602042134499
8753419,"1. A method for treatment of chrome-containing molten iron and slag, Comprising mechanically stirring a chrome-containing molten iron produced in an electric furnace and having a Cr content of from 8.0 to 35.0% by mass, and a Ca F2-free electric furnace slag formed during the molten iron production including Cr wherein a metal Al-containing substance, which is a reducing agent of Cr",0.6429679164714784,0.7140641670570431
8804907,"1. A method for obtaining an item of spectrum information relating to X-rays about pixels in a grid pattern, comprising: providing an X-ray detector having a plurality of pixel elements each corresponding to a pixel in the grid pattern, each pixel element including a photodiode for registering light quanta, and wherein a scintillator material that converts X-ray quanta into light quanta for the photodiodes is arranged over the photodiodes; establishing both a read-out frequency that can be realized because of the X-ray detector's structural design and with which the pixel elements will be read out and reset for an image recording, and a dose, assigned to an X-ray source, per image recording in such a way that at most only a predefined portion of the pixel elements will receive light quanta during image recording using the established dose and established read-out frequency; for a plurality of times, operating the X-ray source in such a way that it will emit only the established dose, reading out the pixel elements using the established read-out frequency for obtaining a respective total energy of the light quanta impinging upon the respective pixel element and at least for one X-ray quantum deriving the energy of the X-ray quantum for a respective pixel element from total energies of such kind in accordance with a predefined rule; and combining the thus obtained information about the energy of X-ray quanta that have been assigned to the pixel elements.",0.1530519611716077,0.3061039223432154
8950950,"1. An optical-electrical hybrid module comprising: a substrate on which a plurality of optical communication modules are arranged, the plurality of optical communication modules transmitting or receiving an optical signal through an optical fiber cable and performing conversion between the optical signal and an electrical signal, wherein a shield case covering the plurality of optical communication modules includes a surface inclined in a direction away from a position in which the optical fiber cable is mounted to each optical communication module, wherein a top surface of the shield case includes a first horizontal surface having a first height determined according to a thickness of a part having a greatest thickness among parts mounted on wiring substrates of the plurality of optical communication modules, and a second horizontal surface having a second height determined according to a thickness of a part having a smallest thickness among the parts mounted on the wiring substrates of the plurality of optical communication modules, and wherein a difference between the first height and the second height is 0.2 mm or more.",0.33892254797493815,0.6778450959498763
9375782,"1. A method to regenerate a component, the method comprising: additively manufacturing a component to have voids greater than 0 percent but less than approximately 15 percent by volume in a near finished shape; encasing the component in a shell mold; curing the shell mold; placing the encased component in a furnace and melting the component; solidifying the component in the shell mold; and removing the shell mold from the solidified component.",0.8523046138683485,0.2953907722633029
8863363,"1. A method for fabricating a supercapacitor electronic battery comprising: providing a substrate; forming a first current collector on said substrate; forming a first electrode on said first current collector, said first electrode being formed from a first solid state electrolyte and a first conductive material, said first conductive material being irreversible to mobile ions contained in said first solid state electrolyte, said first conductive material exceeding the percolation limit; forming an electrolyte on said first electrode; forming a second electrode on said electrolyte, said second electrode being formed from a second solid state electrolyte and a second conductive material, said second conductive material being irreversible to mobile ions contained in said second solid state electrolyte, said second conductive material exceeding the percolation limit; and forming a second current collector on said second electrode.",0.9555779290013344,0.08884414199733115
9561622,"1. A system for fabricating a three-dimensional object, the system comprising: a photosensitive medium adapted to change states upon exposure to a light source; an optical imaging system, configured to continuously move above the photosensitive medium, and having the light source and a spatial light modulator; a control system for controlling movement of the optical imaging system; and an XY motion stage with sub-micron position resolution, configured to move the optical imaging system.",0.05818714617295552,0.11637429234591101
9218050,"1. An apparatus for transmitting image data with high speed, comprising: a pixel buffer configured to include several line memories connected to one or more output taps of an image sensor and temporarily store image data; one or more line buffers (LBs); a buffer recording controller configured to sequentially record image data output from the pixel buffer in the one or more LBs; and a transmission controller configured to sequentially read the image data stored in one line buffer among the one or more LBs while the buffer recording controller writes another line buffer among one or more LBs, and control the image data to be sequentially output to one or more transmission channels with a recording speed corresponding to a bandwidth of the transmission channels, wherein the LBs are multiport memories having a plurality of write ports, the buffer recording controller is plural in number to correspond to the write ports, one or more output taps of the image sensor are divided into a plurality of groups, and the groups are allocated to the plurality of buffer recording controllers, respectively, and the plurality of buffer recording controllers record the image data output from the allocated groups of output taps in the corresponding write ports, respectively.",0.30822945278716446,0.6164589055743289
9174873,"1. A cement admixture for use in a cementitious composition, wherein the admixture comprises: a cementitious binder; microfibrillar cellulose; and/or a derivative thereof; and/or labile chemically modified cellulose pulp or labile chemically modified cellulose raw material which forms microfibrillar cellulose during the use of the admixture; wherein the amount of the microfibrillar cellulose is between 0.002% and 0.2% by weight of the cementitious binder in the cementitious composition; and optionally water.",0.6160028962093936,0.7679942075812127
9417616,"1. An electric product in communication with a network system and capable of receiving electricity information related to information related to time-based pricing and information other than the information related to time-based pricing, the electric product comprising: a first component to perform a function of the electric product; a second component to perform the function of the electric product; and a control unit to receive the electricity information and operates the first component or the second component selectively, wherein the control unit operates the first component when a condition to operate the second component has not been satisfied based on the electricity information, and stops operation of the first component and operates the second component to perform the function of the electric product if the condition to operate the second component is satisfied based on the electricity information during the operation of the first component, wherein a high cost time interval is a time interval in which the information related to time-based pricing indicates a value greater than a predetermined reference value, and a low cost interval is a time interval in which the information related to time-based pricing indicates a value less than the predetermined reference value, wherein the control unit determines that the condition is satisfied when the control unit determines that the time interval is in the high cost time interval, wherein the electric product comprises one of a refrigerator and a washing machine, when the electric product comprises the refrigerator, the first component is a compressor and the second component is a regenerating unit, if it is determined that the condition has been not satisfied, the control unit operates the compressor to supply cold air by driving of a refrigeration cycle, and if it is determined the condition is satisfied, the control unit operates the regenerating unit to supply cold air stored in the regenerating unit, and when the electric product comprises the washing machine, the first component is a heater and the second component is a warm water tank, if it is determined that the condition has been not satisfied, the control unit operates the heater to supply warm water, and if it is determined the condition is satisfied, the control unit operates the warm tank to supply warm water stored in the warm water tank.",0.9639854075695589,0.07202918486088228
9523338,"1. A control system for a vehicle equipped with an engine and an automatic transmission mechanism, the automatic transmission mechanism having a non-running position and a running position, a driver of the vehicle selecting between the non-running position and the running position, the automatic transmission mechanism automatically changing a speed of an output of the automatic transmission mechanism, the control system comprising: a position determiner which determines which of the non-running position and the running position of the automatic transmission mechanism is selected by the driver of the vehicle through a shift lever; an uphill road determiner which determines whether the vehicle is on an uphill road having an angle of inclination that is greater than or equal to a given reference value; and a controller which automatically stops the engine when a given automatic stop condition is encountered during running of the engine and also automatically restarts the engine when a given restart condition is met after the engine has been automatically stopped, the controller including a permission/inhibition determiner which inhibits the engine from being automatically stopped when (1) a road on which the vehicle is located is determined by the uphill road determiner to be the uphill road having the angle of inclination that is greater than or equal to the given reference value, and (2) the position determiner determines that the running position of the automatic transmission mechanism is selected, the permission/inhibition determiner alternatively permitting the engine to be automatically stopped when (i) the road on which the vehicle is located is determined by the uphill road determiner to be the uphill road having the angle of inclination that is greater than or equal to the given reference value, and (ii) the position determiner determines that the non-running position of the automatic transmission mechanism is selected.",0.6150580381436951,0.7698839237126098
8601338,"1. A method for operating a communication device, comprising: identifying a first test error pattern, having a weight, that covers at least one commonly located bit within each of a plurality of signals; applying the first test error pattern to each of the plurality of signals thereby generating first respective sets of possible signals, such that each one of the respective first sets of possible signals corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of signals; modifying the weight of the first test error pattern thereby generating a second test error pattern; applying the second test error pattern to each of the plurality of signals thereby generating second respective sets of possible signals, such that each one of the respective second sets of possible signals corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of signals; and for each of the plurality of signals, selecting a respective one possible signal from its respective first set of possible signals or its respective second set of possible signals as being an estimate thereof.",0.09983927313403539,0.1996785462680708
8934587,"1. A method for removing unwanted components from a signal, the method comprising: receiving a signal that includes a desired component and an unwanted component; receiving timing information of the desired component; selective sampling the signal with the timing information or sampling the signal after a demodulation of sum and delta channels to recover the unwanted component with a selective sampling receiver or a subtraction stage; and determining the desired component from the signal using the unwanted component.",0.10539109807563765,0.21078219615127525
9630384,"1. An optically clear window film comprising a clear first outer layer comprising polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a core layer comprising PET and one or more dyes chosen from Pigment Yellow 147, Pigment Red 177, Pigment Blue 60, Pigment Black 31, Pigment Red 149, and Pigment Red 122, and a clear second outer layer comprising PET, wherein the one or more dyes are dissolved in the PET of the core layer, wherein the window film is fade-resistant after more than 300 MJ/m",0.25825523560906705,0.5165104712181341
9303269,"1. A method of increasing abiotic stress tolerance, biomass and/or seed yield of a plant, comprising transforming a cell of the plant with a nucleic acid construct which comprises an exogenous polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide set forth by SEQ ID NO: 240, thereby increasing the abiotic stress tolerance, biomass and/or seed yield of the plant.",0.9176896449736934,0.16462071005261314
8693949,"1. A method of operating a near-field radio frequency (RF) communicator, comprising: transmitting an RF signal; comparing at least one measure of in-phase and quadrature-phase components of a signal in an inductive coupler that is disposed in the near-field RF communicator with at least one stored value; and determining whether to initiate polling for another near-field RF communicator based on the comparison; wherein transmitting, comparing and determining, together, require less time than polling for the other near-field RF communicator.",0.3185150770259748,0.6370301540519496
8543313,"1. A method of determining a vibration-optimized adjustment of an injection device of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: providing for a specific engine adjustment by the injection device for each cycle of the internal combustion engine a plurality of at least two individual injections per cylinder, each of which is defined at least by a relative injection instant and an individual injection quantity, wherein a time characteristic of a resulting pressure that is influenced by pressure waves caused by the individual consecutive injections is determined in a fuel-carrying part of the injection device, wherein said adjustment is determined by varying the injection instant of at least one of: at least one individual injection and an individual injection quantity of at least one individual injection in such a way that this adjustment is characterized by a reduced temporal fluctuation of the resulting pressure as a result of interferences between said pressure waves; wherein said adjustment is determined computationally, wherein the time characteristic of the resulting pressure is determined by simulation using a hydraulic model.",0.8476505370741989,0.3046989258516022
9319419,"1. A data processing system configured to facilitate identification of a first device seeking to communicate with at least one third party service provider, the data processing system comprising: a session handler configured to communicate with the first device to determine a multitude of unique identifiers associated with the first device, the session handler configured to request additional context verification from one or more of: the first device, an operator of the first device, or one or more other devices; a trust scoring engine, in communication with the session handler, configured to compute a trust score based on (i) the trustworthiness of the first device unique identifiers, and (ii) results from the additional context verification; a communication interface in which the third party service provider receives the first device unique identifiers and the computed trust score of the first device; wherein each unique identifier has a respective value indicative of a representative level of trust associated with that unique identifier, the respective value being configured for use as part of the trust score computation by the trust scoring engine; and if the computing of the first device's trust score satisfies a threshold, then the first device is granted access to certain restricted services of the third party service provider.",0.07000837609301525,0.1400167521860305
8991204,"1. A refrigerating apparatus comprising: a first refrigeration cycle circuit including a first compressor, a first radiator, a supercooler, a first pressure-reducing device and an evaporator that are successively connected to one another through a first refrigerant pipe, the first compressor, the first radiator, the supercooler, the first pressure-reducing device and the evaporator being successively connected in this order, the supercooler being disposed between the first radiator and the first pressure-reducing device; a supercooling hot water supply device including a second compressor, a second radiator, a second pressure-reducing device and the supercooler that are successively connected to one another through a second refrigerant pipe, a first refrigerant of the first refrigeration cycle circuit being supercooled by vaporization action of the supercooling hot water supply device in the supercooler, and hot-water supply water being warmed by heat radiation action of a second refrigerant of the supercooling hot water supply device in the second radiator, the supercooler supercooling the first refrigerant of the first refrigeration cycle circuit; a hot-water stock device having a hot water supply tank that is connected to the second radiator, the second radiator being connected to the supercooler; a third radiator that is disposed in parallel to the second radiator through the second refrigerant pipe and radiates heat from the second refrigerant to atmospheric air; a sensor for detecting an amount of hot water in the hot water supply tank; and a controller, wherein the controller is configured to determine that it is necessary to warm the hot-water supply water when the amount of hot water in the hot water supply tank, which is detected by the sensor, is equal to or smaller than a predetermined hot-water amount and to determine that it is unnecessary to warm the hot-water supply water when the amount of hot water in the hot water supply tank is larger than the predetermined hot-water amount, and to execute heat radiation from the second refrigerant to the atmospheric air by the third radiator when it is unnecessary to warm the hot-water supply water, wherein the third radiator disposed in parallel to the second radiator that is connected to the supercooler, the first compressor is a two-stage compression type compressor having a low-pressure side compressing element and a high-pressure side compressing element, the refrigerating apparatus further comprises:",0.9226057590430857,0.15478848191382855
8973780,"1. A can end for a two-piece beverage can, the can end comprising: a center panel positioned about a vertical center axis, the center panel having a means for opening the can end located on a public side, the means for opening comprising a non-detachable tear panel defined by a frangible score and a non-frangible hinge segment and a non-detachable tab attached to the center panel by a rivet; a circumferential countersink located about the center panel and spaced radially outwardly from the frangible score; a wall extending upwardly from the circumferential countersink; a curl joined to an upper end of the wall, the curl defining an outer perimeter of the can end; and a reinforcing bead located on the wall between an uppermost portion of the wall and a lowermost portion of the wall and spaced radially outwardly from the means for opening wherein the reinforcing bead is inwardly concave relative to the public side and comprises a first bend separated from a second bend by center portion, the first and second bends having radii of curvature less than a radius of curvature of the center portion wherein a length of a straight line joining the first bend to the second bend across an opening of the center portion is less than a length of the wall.",0.08161706152579846,0.1632341230515969
9333660,"1. A curtain cutting aid, comprising: a curtain holder comprising two hollow holder blocks arranged in parallel, a cutting groove defined between said two hollow holder blocks and a bearing plate connected between said two hollow holder blocks and facing toward said cutting groove, each said hollow holder block defining therein an insertion space, the insertion spaces of said two hollow holder blocks being disposed in communication with each other; and a stop rod selectively and detachably mounted in the insertion space in one of said two hollow holder blocks; wherein each said hollow holder block comprises a top wall, a bottom wall opposite to said top wall, a first sidewall connected between said top wall and said bottom wall at one side and a second sidewall connected between said top wall and said bottom wall at an opposite side relative to said first sidewall, said top wall, said bottom wall, said first sidewall and said second sidewall defining the insertion space of the respective said hollow holder block; said stop rod is selectively and detachably mounted between the first sidewall and second sidewall of one of said two hollow holder blocks.",0.031202746174884017,0.062405492349768
8578381,"1. A method for scheduling computing jobs for a compute farm, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of computing jobs at a scheduler; assigning a signature to each computing job based on at least one computing resource requirement of the computing job; storing each computing job in a signature classification corresponding to the signature of the computing job; assigning a hard to schedule indication to a first signature classification and an easy to schedule indication to a second signature classification, wherein the hard to schedule indication indicates a signature classification with computing jobs with resource requirements that include at least one of rare resources and large amounts of resources; selecting the first signature classification; determining if a computing job of the first signature classification can be scheduled during a first scheduling iteration, wherein if the computing job of the first signature classification cannot be scheduled during the first scheduling iteration, performing the operations of: wherein if the computing job of the first signature classification can be scheduled during the first scheduling iteration, scheduling the computing job of the first signature classification for processing in the compute farm as a function of the signature classification.",0.32821058087390287,0.6564211617478057
9347684,"1. A method of operating a water heater including a heating element arranged for heating aqueous liquid in the water heater, the method comprising: a. heating aqueous liquid in contact with the heating element b. applying a first AC voltage between the heating element and a counter electrode that is in contact with the aqueous liquid, said first AC voltage having a predetermined wave shape with a first frequency; and c. simultaneously applying a second AC voltage between the heating element and the counter electrode, said second AC voltage having a predetermined wave shape and a second frequency; where the second frequency is in a range of 0.02 Hz-5 Hz and the first frequency is at least twice the second frequency.",0.8540695156859621,0.29186096862807576
8844659,"1. A motor vehicle comprising: an electric motor comprising a rotor rotatably mounted on a stator, said electric motor being adapted to drive two axle shafts in rotation, respectively provided with driving wheels of the vehicle; at least one battery to electrically power said electric motor; and an electronic regulation unit connected to a potentiometer of the accelerator to adjust the power supply of said electric motor, wherein the stator of said electric motor is rotatably mounted on two fixed supports joined to the frame of the vehicle in order to rotate in opposite direction with respect to the rotation direction of the rotor; an axle shaft of a wheel being operatively connected to the stator in order to be driven into rotation by the stator; the axle shaft of the other wheel being operatively connected to the rotor in order to be driven into rotation by the rotor; said motor vehicle also comprising: a rotation reversing device to reverse the rotation of one of the two axle shafts of the wheels with respect to the rotation of the rotor or stator, respectively; an endothermic motor provided with a drive shaft; an electric generator separate from the electric motor and electrically connected to said at least one battery; and a three-way clutch configured to couple the drive shaft of said endothermic motor to the generator and/or stator of said electric motor.",0.915914177228571,0.1681716455428579
8483230,"1. A method, comprising: storing a plurality of packets from a data stream in a memory device; parsing, using a processing device, a schedule information packet from the data stream stored in the memory device; extracting, using the processing device, a bit pattern field from the schedule information packet; and temporally spacing, using the processing device, the plurality of packets stored in the memory device in response to the bit pattern field to generate a reconstructed data stream; wherein the data stream comprises a first bit rate; and wherein the parsing further comprises recalculating the bit pattern field to generate the reconstructed data stream comprising a second bit rate while preserving relative timing between the plurality of packets at the first bit rate.",0.22106014447640646,0.44212028895281286
8427318,"1. A non-transitory computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing a computer implemented method comprising: associating a tag with an object, wherein the tag is configured to store data and communicate the data using a wireless communications link; writing a plurality of carbon footprint values to the tag as the object moves through a plurality of stages of a supply chain, wherein each carbon footprint value is related to a weight of at least one greenhouse gas added to the atmosphere as a result of at least a portion of a stage in the supply chain, wherein the plurality of stages of the supply chain comprise at least two of: manufacture, transport, storage, or disposal of the object; and calculating a total carbon footprint value for the object based on the plurality of carbon footprint values written to the tag.",0.8804304528242368,0.23913909435152636
8766614,"1. An apparatus for the impedance matching of an electric load to the source impedance of a generator wherein the apparatus has input connections for connecting to the generator and output connections for connecting to the load; wherein the apparatus has a converter, which connects the input connections to the output connections by means of which an input voltage, which is applied between the input connections, can be converted into an output voltage different from this input voltage between the output connections; wherein the converter has an energy storage means, a controllable switching device which is connected to said energy storage means and an actuation device for said switching device; wherein the switching device is designed and can be moved to a first and a second switching state in such a way that, in the first switching state, energy from the generator can be stored in the energy storage means and, in the second switching state, energy stored in the energy storage means can be output to the load; wherein the apparatus has a detector, which is connected to the input connections, for detecting a measurement signal for the impedance matching; wherein the actuation device has an activation input by means of which it can be moved to a first and a second operating state; wherein the actuation device is designed in such a way that the first switching state is avoided in the first operating state and a changeover is made between the switching states in the second operating state; and wherein the detector is connected with its measurement signal output to the activation input characterized by the fact that the energy storage device is connected to at least one of the output connections by way of an active diode; that the active diode has a controllable switching element and a comparator having a first comparator input connected to a first load connection of the switching element and a second comparator input connected to a second load connection of the switching element; and that the output of the comparator is connected to a control connection of the switching element and a control input of the switching device.",0.7255536373998065,0.548892725200387
9224440,"1. A method of writing data to a memory device, the method comprising: receiving and buffering data in a first volatile memory space; modifying the buffered data responsive to receiving a command including a flush portion issued with a last write command; based on a determination that the flush portion of the command is active, storing the modified buffered data in a second volatile memory space; and writing at least portions of the modified buffered data from the second volatile memory space to a first non-volatile memory device.",0.5044366531502319,0.9911266936995362
8631270,"1. A method for operating an internet protocol television service system, comprising: a service control manager receiving a present network electronic programmer guide (EPG) server failure message sent by a content management system, wherein the message is a TCP message, wherein, information of a backup EPG server distributed for the failed present network EPG server is carried in the present network EPG server failure message; the service control manager sending an obtaining instruction message to the backup EPG server to instruct the backup EPG server to obtain service information of the failed present network EPG server, wherein the service information includes at least the information of content delivery nodes and an IP address of the backup EPG server; wherein after the backup EGP server obtains the whole service information of the failed present network EPG server, the backup EPG server notifies the service control manager that the backup EPG server has been in a serviceable state; and the service control manager sets a timer for receiving an obtaining response message sent by the backup EPG server, and sending a switching notification to the content management system to instruct the content management system to send internet protocol television service data of the failed present network EPG server through the backup EPG server.",0.32962285545786013,0.6592457109157203
8869913,"1. A rechargeable battery comprising: at least two rechargeable battery cells, the at least two rechargeable battery cells in electrical communication with each other through a cell connector; an electronic component connected to a first rechargeable battery cell of the at least two rechargeable battery cells by way of an electrical line; the electrical line having at least one contact element; wherein the cell connector is disposed between the at least two rechargeable battery cells and the contact element, the contact element is connected in an electrically conductive way to the cell connector with an electrically conductive adhesive, the electrical line and the contact element are arranged on a carrier element in the form of a carrier foil fixed to the first rechargeable battery cell, and the electrical line comprises a flexible conductor path on the carrier foil.",0.968823389690027,0.06235322061994597
9745583,"1. A liposome for topical administration consisting of: dioleylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE); a phosphatidylcholine comprising at least one unsaturated fatty acid chain containing a carbon-to-carbon double bond; and O,O′-ditetradecanoyl-N-(α-trimethylammonioacetyl)diethanolamine chloride (DC-6-14).",0.36942516203114967,0.7388503240622993
9630627,"1. A system comprising: a processor configured to: receive environmental context data, including vehicle location data, upon which automatic engagement of a fuel economic driving mode (eco-mode) is conditioned; evaluate the context data to determine if the eco-mode should be automatically engaged based on the vehicle location data indicating a predefined proximity to a predefined residential area; and engage the eco-mode upon the vehicle being within the predefined proximity to the predefined residential area.",0.9780896610065882,0.04382067798682354
8806115,"1. A method comprising: receiving at a storage system an input/output (I/O) request having a data and a parameter, wherein the storage system includes a volatile memory and a persistent memory; storing the data and the parameter in an entry of a log in the volatile memory, wherein the log is circular; updating a first pointer in the volatile memory, wherein the first pointer references the entry of the log in the volatile memory and wherein the first pointer further references an end of the log; copying the entry to the persistent memory; in response to copying the entry to the persistent memory, returning an acknowledgement to the I/O request; storing the data in one or more solid state drives (SSDs) attached to the storage system; and retiring the entry of the log in the persistent memory when the data is stored in the one or more SSDs.",0.3843372750836752,0.7686745501673504
9248395,"1. An adsorbent for carbon dioxide, comprising: a composite metal oxide including a first metal (M wherein the composite metal oxide has a spinel structure, and wherein the composite metal oxide is a calcined wet gel.",0.9023917976152165,0.19521640476956703
8922780,"1. An apparatus comprising a shape-measuring device for measuring a shape of a target object, wherein said shape-measuring device comprises a photonic integrated circuit comprising a phase shifter configured to accept input light and to emit a plurality of portions of light, each portion of light having a different phase, and an output element configured to output the light emitted from the phase shifter directly toward the target object, wherein said output element comprises a first output waveguide that directs light directly toward said target object and a second output waveguide that directs light directly toward said target object, wherein said first output waveguide is configured to act as a first point source and said second output waveguide is configured to act as a second point source, and a light detector positioned to receive reflected light from the target object; wherein the photonic integrated circuit comprises a plurality of phase shifters, each phase shifter configured to accept input light and to emit a plurality of portions of light, each portion of light having a different phase.",0.18457342828532142,0.36914685657064283
9600060,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a first switch of an input/output (I/O) interconnect switching fabric, to transport first data packets over a first path between a first port of the first switch and a second port of the first switch and second data packets over a second path between the first port and a third port of the first switch; a power management unit included in the first switch, to modify a respective power state of the first, second or third ports based at least in part on relative power states of the first and second paths; and a second switch to transport the first data packets between the first port of the first switch and a fourth port of the second switch over a third path.",0.817312920249691,0.3653741595006179
9242532,"1. A method of controlling an automotive air-conditioning system, wherein a water-cooled condenser condenses a refrigerant with cooling water from a cooling system which cools an intercooler or an electric device in a vehicle and an air-cooled condenser in a cooling module of a cooling system condenses the refrigerant from the water-cooled condenser through heat exchange with external air, the method comprising: compressing the refrigerant by sensing the operation of an air conditioner while a vehicle is driven after starting an engine of the vehicle; circulating the cooling water cooled by exchanging heat with external air in the cooling module to cool the intercooler or the electric device; and controlling operation speeds of a water pump in the cooling system and of a cooling fan, while keeping the vehicle idling or running, and ending control by determining whether vehicle speed, pressure of the air conditioner, temperature of the cooling water, and temperature of the intercooler or the electric device are within predetermined values, wherein circulating the cooling water cooled by exchanging heat with external air in the cooling module to cool the intercooler or the electric device comprises: operating the water pump so that cooling water circulates through the intercooler or the electric device from the cooling module; and operating the cooling fan to cool high-temperature cooling water in the cooling module into which the cooling water with a temperature increased by cooling the intercooler or the electric device flows, and wherein the water pump is operated in accordance with the temperature of the intercooler or the electric device, when the air-conditioning system does not compress the refrigerant by sensing the operation of the air conditioner while the vehicle is driven after starting the engine of the vehicle.",0.9696523682238107,0.06069526355237853
8441138,"1. A method of controlling a wind turbine having a rotor and a generator for producing power, the wind turbine being erected on a location and designed for a nominal load, the method comprising: defining a plurality of sectors each specifying a range of wind directions towards the wind turbine, defining, for each sector, an expected wind load from the specified directions and a sector control strategy which is based on a predetermined comparison between the expected wind load and the nominal load; and determining a current wind direction and controlling the wind turbine in accordance with the sector control strategy defined for the sector to which the current wind direction corresponds.",0.9795856990227658,0.04082860195446836
8343132,"1. A method, comprising receiving a syringe pre-filled by a dermal filler supplier such that a first portion of the syringe contains a dermal filler, the syringe having a piston movably disposed therein such that the syringe is divided into the first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the syringe being coupled to a needle; coupling the second portion of the syringe to a non-manual energy source via a hand piece such that the first portion of the syringe is unconstrained by the hand piece, the coupling including disposing a push rod of the hand piece within the second portion of the syringe such that the push rod is adjacent the piston of the syringe; inserting a distal end portion of a needle into a skin of a body; actuating the non-manual energy source such that a gas having a first pressure is supplied to the hand piece, the hand piece configured to amplify the first pressure such that the dermal filler is conveyed from the first portion of the syringe at a second pressure higher than the first pressure, the dermal filler conveyed into the skin through the distal end portion of the needle; and moving the distal end portion of the needle within the skin during the actuating.",0.2314772335927181,0.4629544671854362
9130455,"1. An apparatus for controlling a switched-mode power supply converting a source voltage into a supply output voltage, wherein said supply output voltage is indicative of a reference voltage, and wherein said power supply comprises a switch providing a switching voltage and controlled by a control signal, the apparatus comprising: a) an integrator characterized by an integration time constant and operable to receive an integrator input signal and to produce an integrator output signal, wherein said integrator output signal is proportional to an antiderivative of said integrator input signal; and b) a Schmitt trigger characterized by a hysteresis gap and operable to receive a Schmitt trigger input signal and to output said control signal; wherein said integrator input signal comprises a first integrator input component proportional to said switched voltage and a second integrator input component proportional to said reference voltage, and wherein said Schmitt trigger input signal comprises a first Schmitt trigger input component proportional to said integrator output signal; wherein said Schmitt trigger input signal comprises a second Schmitt trigger input component proportional to said supply output voltage and a third Schmitt trigger input component proportional to a frequency control signal, wherein said switching voltage is characterized by a switching frequency, and wherein said switching frequency is indicative of a frequency of said frequency control signal.",0.5932656009073238,0.8134687981853523
9660111,"1. A method of forming a luminescent material, comprising: providing a substrate; providing a source of A and X, wherein A is at least one of cesium, potassium, or rubidium, and X is at least one of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, or iodine; providing a source of B, wherein B is at least one of germanium, tin, or lead; subjecting the source of A and X and the source of B to vacuum deposition to form a precursor layer over the substrate; forming an encapsulation layer over the precursor layer to form an assembly of layers including the substrate, the precursor layer, and the encapsulation layer; and heating the assembly of layers to a temperature T",0.41557328783738484,0.8311465756747697
9240276,"1. A vehicle, comprising: a moveable panel comprising an electronic device; a power source; and a connector configured to selectively couple the movable panel to the vehicle, the connector configured to be electrically coupled to the power source and further configured to inductively couple the electronic device of the moveable panel to the power source, the connector comprising:",0.8388260228503274,0.32234795429934526
9185947,"1. A method comprising: distributing material scraps on a first carrier panel so as to form a recovered material layer from the distributed material scraps, wherein placing a second carrier panel over the recovered material layer so as to situate the recovered material layer between the first and second carrier panels, wherein the second carrier panel has an area at least as large as the area of the flattened shell of the footwear upper; simultaneously applying heat and pressure to the first and second carrier panels having the recovered material layer situated between the first and second carrier panels so as to melt the resized TPU remnants; allowing the recovered material layer to cool and form a pliable composite panel, and wherein the composite panel comprises the recovered material layer bonded to the first carrier panel and to the second carrier panel; and forming the footwear upper from at least a portion of the pliable composite panel.",0.6775597785002229,0.6448804429995543
8594089,"1. A method of broadcasting data from a multicast source to a plurality of receivers in a telecommunications network, wherein said source performs a process comprising: broadcasting data and an identifier, the data being broadcast in accordance with a first broadcasting strategy identified by the identifier; receiving, from a supervisor, parameters relating to the broadcasting of data by the source; adjusting said first broadcasting strategy as a function of said parameters to obtain a new broadcasting strategy; and broadcasting in a multicast signaling channel, an identifier of the new broadcasting strategy, wherein each of the first strategy and the new strategy take into account factors comprising the number of streams used by a source and the characteristics of each of those streams.",0.30207993695881225,0.6041598739176245
9045046,"1. An electrical charging system ( 1 ) for an energy accumulator ( 2 ) of a motor vehicle, the electrical charging system ( 1 ) comprising: a supply input ( the charging system ( a second side of the inverter ( the phase windings (u, v, w) of the rotating field machine ( a potential line ( the charging system (",0.9704616865800061,0.05907662683998782
8849652,"1. A system for processing natural language utterances where recognized words of the natural language utterances alone are insufficient to completely determine one or more commands or requests, the system comprising: one or more physical processors programmed with one or more computer program instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to:",0.30818085980663773,0.6163617196132755
9676677,"1. A method of creating a build sequence for a workpiece, comprising: a. storing the atomic coordinates of the workpiece in a data storage means; b. using computation chemistry algorithms in conjunction with computing means, coupled to the data storage means, to determine a set of mechanosynthetic reactions sufficient to build the workpiece; and c. determining an order in which said mechanosynthetic reactions may be performed to result in the workpiece.",0.6013906946659452,0.7972186106681096
9156010,"1. A system for sample analysis, comprising: a plurality of droplet generators that form a plurality of separate emulsions including droplets of partitioned samples, each droplet generator including a channel intersection at which one of the emulsions is formed from at least one carrier fluid stream and a sample stream, the samples being prepared as reaction mixtures for amplification of at least one nucleic acid target; containers defining cavities to hold the emulsions; a transport structure to transfer the emulsions from the droplet generators to the containers; a heating and cooling device to heat the emulsions in the cavities, with the emulsions held in an array, to induce nucleic acid amplification in droplets of the emulsions; a detection assembly to detect signals from intact droplets of the emulsions; a controller in communication with the detection assembly and programmed to estimate a presence, if any, of the nucleic acid target in the samples based on signals detected from the intact droplets; at least one pressure source that drives flow of the at least one carrier fluid stream and the sample stream to the channel intersection of each droplet generator; and a transport structure to transfer droplets of the emulsions from the containers to the detection assembly.",0.22708713697143418,0.45417427394286836
8853379,"1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a coding sequence that encodes a chimeric polypeptide, the chimeric polypeptide comprising at least one subdomain of an E protein of a dengue virus bound to at least one subdomain of a membrane M protein of a dengue virus, wherein the subdomain of the E protein comprises at least one ectodomain III peptide selected from amino acids 18 to 120 of SEQ ID NO: 20, amino acids 171 to 273 of SEQ ID NO: 20, amino acids 324 to 426 of SEQ ID NO: 20, and amino acids 477 to 579 of SEQ ID NO: 20, and wherein the subdomain of the membrane M protein comprises at least one peptide selected from amino acids 123 to 162 of SEQ ID NO: 3, amino acids 154 to 162 of SEQ ID NO: 3, and amino acids 122 to 132 of SEQ ID NO: 12.",0.861558505965072,0.276882988069856
8531534,"1. A lens driving apparatus comprising: a lens portion having at least one lens, a first driving portion to cause a movement of said lens portion relative to a base portion along a vertical direction of a light axis of said portion, a second driving portion to cause a movement of said lens portion relative to said base portion along side light axis, a focus portion having said lens portion and said second driving portion, and at least three suspension wires to connect said focus portion and said base portion so as to allow a relative movement, wherein said first driving portion causes a movement of said focus portion relative to said base portion along the vertical direction of said light axis, said first driving portion including a first magnet mount to said focus portion, and a first coil mounted to said base portion and arranged to face said first magnet, said focus portion comprises a focus base to be moved relative to said base portion by said first driving portion and a spring connecting to said lens portion movably relative to said focus base, said second driving portion comprises a second coil equipped to said lens portion and a second magnet equipped to said focus base and arranged to face said second coil, a tip end of at least on suspension wire among at least said three suspension wires is electrically connected to said second coil through said spring, a base end of said one suspension wire is electrically connected to an external connection base plate included in said base portion, said spring portion includes a B-spring arranged at a base side near said base portion in said lens portion and a F-spring arranged at an opposite side of said lens portion, the tip end of said at least one of said suspension wire is electrically connected to said second coil through said F-spring.",0.17939020560029748,0.358780411200595
8440479,1. A method of forming an organic light emitting diode device ( 10 ) comprising: depositing a color filter ( depositing a glass-based frit ( irradiating the glass-based frit with electromagnetic radiation to densify the glass-based frit on the first glass plate.,0.4887388822527448,0.9774777645054896
8773111,"1. A current estimation circuit for estimating a current flowing thorough an inductor in a switching power supply device that converts an alternating current or direct current input voltage into a direct current output voltage utilizing an energy accumulation and releasing action of the inductor accompanying a turning on and off of a switching element, said current estimation circuit comprising: current detection means for detecting a current flowing through the switching element, and outputting a corresponding signal voltage; a capacitor that is charged by the signal voltage from the current detection means; means for determining an amplification factor of a terminal voltage of the capacitor; instantaneous value detection means for detecting an absolute value of an instantaneous value of the input voltage and an instantaneous value of the direct current output voltage; means for determining a reduction factor of the terminal voltage of the capacitor in an off period of the switching element, based on the amplification factor of the terminal voltage of the capacitor, the absolute value of the instantaneous value of the input voltage, and the instantaneous value of the direct current output voltage; and discharging means for discharging the capacitor so that the terminal voltage of the capacitor decreases in accordance with the reduction factor in an off period of the switching element, wherein the current flowing through the inductor is estimated from the terminal voltage of the capacitor.",0.37690983676874773,0.7538196735374955
9589679,"1. A passive pressure regulating device configured to be placed in a pressurized chamber, the passive pressure regulating device comprising: at least one spray assembly configured to spray fluid into the chamber; a fluid feed pipe configured to feed fluid to the spray assembly; an intermediate fluid-distributing receptacle positioned between the fluid feed pipe and the spray assembly, the intermediate fluid-distributing receptacle being connected to the fluid feed pipe and comprising a fluid-evacuating sidewall delimiting at least one through orifice connected to the spray assembly, and a plurality of evacuation pipes configured to evacuate fluid towards the chamber, wherein the plurality of evacuation pipes open at one part into said chamber, and open at another part into the intermediate fluid-distributing receptacle, and project into the intermediate fluid-distributing receptacle opposite the sidewall, and wherein at least two of the plurality of evacuation pipes open into the intermediate fluid-distributing receptacle at different heights.",0.3462997885551998,0.6925995771103995
9799792,"1. A method for thermal exfoliation, comprising: providing a target layer on a substrate to form a structure; depositing a stressor layer with a pre-stress on the target layer, wherein the pre-stress is generated upon formation of the stressor layer; placing the structure in a temperature controlled environment to induce differential thermal expansion between the target layer and the substrate; and exfoliating the target layer from the substrate when a critical temperature is achieved such that the target layer is separated from the substrate to produce a standalone, thin film device.",0.6138529345528844,0.7722941308942313
8400314,"1. A fire alarm comprising: a housing having at least one fire condition sensor, at least one radiation source, and an optical window; and a reflector protection basket or ring disposed on top of the optical window, said reflector protection basket or ring being elastic and protecting the optical window against mechanical stress, while allowing UV and IR radiation emitted by a fire from the exterior to pass through the optical window, and reflecting UV and IR radiation emitted by the at least one radiation source from an interior of the housing back into the interior for testing for contamination of the optical window, said reflector protection basket or ring having cross-pieces that are connected with one another, said cross-pieces having ends in the form of tabs that terminate in an accommodation flange that extends around the optical window, wherein said tabs are configured in different widths from each other and engage into correspondingly sized recesses in the accommodation flange, and wherein the reflector protection basket is adapted to be compressed by hand for insertion and removal from the accommodation flange.",0.29876189337404885,0.5975237867480977
9660831,"1. A method of packaging an email, comprising the acts of: at a sender device: a memory, a processor accessing the memory: a transmitter controlled by the processor:",0.16512692989026723,0.33025385978053445
9562474,"1. A combustion chamber heat shield and seal assembly comprising a heat shield and a seal, the heat shield having an aperture, and the seal being located in the aperture in the heat shield, the seal comprising an annular member having an upstream end, a middle and a downstream end, the upstream end of the seal having an outer diameter greater than the diameter of the aperture in the heat shield, the middle having a diameter less than the diameter of the aperture in the heat shield and the downstream end of the seal having a diameter greater than the diameter of the aperture in the heat shield.",0.4667221774524063,0.9334443549048126
8586000,"1. A graphite material comprising: a plurality of graphene nanoribbons randomly layered on each other, wherein the graphene nanoribbons comprise a thickness of less than 0.4 nm, a width of less than 5 nm, and a length of less than 20 nm.",0.3879893029040543,0.7759786058081086
9534426,"1. A child protector mechanism, comprising: a base member configured to be assembled to a door of a vehicle; a first lever rotatably assembled to the base member and configured to be linked with a latch mechanism; a second lever rotatably assembled to the base member and configured to interlock with an inside door handle; a bush assembled so as to be movable with respect to the first lever and arranged between the first lever and the second lever, the bush being retainable at an unset position or a set position; a child protector lever that is assembled to the base member and is configured to move the bush to the unset position or the set position; a position retaining mechanism between the first lever and the bush and configured to retain the bush at each of the unset position and the set position with respect to the first lever; under a state in which the bush is retained at the unset position, movement of the second lever is transmittable to the first lever through intermediation of the bush, under a state in which the bush is retained at the set position, the second lever is idly swung with respect to the bush so that the movement of the second lever is untransmittable to the first lever; and the bush and the first lever together constitute a sub-assembly in which the bush is maintained at a predetermined position by the position retaining mechanism in the sub-assembly during assembly of the bush and the first lever to the base member, preventing movement of the bush, and the sub-assembly being assembled to the base and the child protector lever.",0.015881602604017074,0.031763205208034107
8731645,"1. An identification device comprising: a measuring unit configured to measure a potential difference signal between two contact electrodes which are contacted by a driver, one electrode of the two electrodes is from among a plurality of electrodes installed in a handling unit of a vehicle, and the other electrode is from among the plurality of electrodes or an electrode which is different from the plurality of electrodes installed in the handling unit; an electrode identifying unit configured to identify an electrode which is contacted by the driver from among the plurality of electrodes installed in the handling unit; a determining unit configured to acquire a rotational state of the handling unit from a control device of the vehicle, and determine whether a driver's hand, which is in contact with the electrode identified, is the right hand or the left hand on the basis of the rotational state of the handling unit and a position of the electrode identified in the handling unit; and a beat identifying unit configured to identify a heart beat from the potential difference signal which is amplified by an amplification factor, the amplification factor being determined on the basis of a result of determination by the determining unit.",0.10608755099255858,0.21217510198511713
8939014,"1. A method for the identification of an isomorphously substituted molecular sieve material having structural frameworks substituted with a preselected substitution element for a framework element of the molecular sieve material that will result in a preferred transport controlling window size range for the optimal separation of a target gas component from a gaseous mixture containing said target gas component, which method comprising: a) determining the optimum transport controlling window size range needed adsorb said target gas component from said gaseous mixture; b) selecting a molecular sieve material having a transport controlling window size close to, but outside of said optimum transport controlling window size range for the adsorption of said target gas component from said gaseous mixture; c) obtaining the following data thr the selected molecular sieve material: space group symmetry, lattice constants and vectors along three axes corresponding to said space group symmetry, and atomic positions with the transport controlling window; d) selecting at least one substitution element that can be isomorphously substituted for a portion of a framework element of the structured molecular sieve material; e) determining the amount of the substitution element necessary for an isomorphous substitution of the substitution element for the portion of the framework element to form an isomorphously substituted molecular sieve material; f) entering the data obtained in step c) above into a Density Functional Theory simulation package; and g) calculating the transport controlling window size value by use of a Density Functional Theory simulation package to model the framework structure of the isomorphously substituted molecular sieve material, which model comprises at least one predicted window size of isomorphously substituted molecular sieve material.",0.45439231615111686,0.9087846323022337
8776719,"1. A microwave plasma reactor comprising: a reactor chamber; a microwave resonant cavity located within the reactor chamber, wherein the microwave resonant cavity comprises a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a waveguide for conveying microwave radiation to the microwave resonant cavity, the waveguide having a convergent tapered portion and connected to one end of the resonant cavity; means for forming an electromagnetic standing wave within the microwave resonant cavity from the microwave radiation for initiating and sustaining a plasma within the microwave resonant cavity; and conduit means extending from the gas outlet for containing a plasma conveyed from the resonant cavity with a gas flowing from the gas inlet to the gas outlet, and an electrically conductive member comprising a replaceable tip protruding into the resonant cavity and located at a maximum intensity of the electromagnetic field formed within the resonant cavity during use of the microwave plasma reactor, the tip intensifying the electric field within the microwave resonant cavity, wherein the microwave resonant cavity further comprises at least one dielectric insert, wherein the at least one dielectric insert comprises a bore fluidly connected to the gas inlet and located in a propagation path of the microwave radiation along the waveguide, and defines a substantially cylindrical gas chamber for receiving gas from the gas inlet and conveying gas to the gas outlet, and wherein the gas outlet is substantially co-axial with the gas chamber, and the gas inlet is substantially tangential to the gas chamber.",0.2299163197322105,0.459832639464421
9753839,"1. A method for evaluating one or more test scripts used testing aspects target system, comprising: receiving, via a communications interface, a test script and a plurality of requirements for the test script wherein the plurality of requirements facilitate evaluation of the test script and are in pre-determined format; developing a set of protocol evaluators based on the plurality of requirements, wherein the set of protocol evaluators comprises a business requirements evaluator, a validation language requirements evaluator, a template evaluator, a completeness evaluator, and a descriptiveness evaluator, wherein each protocol evaluator of the set of protocol evaluators contains one or more factors; storing the developed set of protocol evaluators in a computer readable memory; executing each protocol evaluator with a protocol evaluation engine, wherein: wherein execution of each protocol evaluator with the protocol evaluation engine the further comprises",0.011002940050518595,0.022005880101037212
9186935,"1. A vehicle tire comprising: a tire tread having a circumferential center tread region comprising at least a circumferential tread center rib and a laterally adjacent intermediate rib adjacent the center rib, the intermediate rib being separated from the center rib by a circumferential tread groove; at least one tie-bar block element disposed within the circumferential tread groove, the one tie-bar element having a reduced height relative to a height of the center and intermediate ribs; the one tie-bar element comprising a quadrilateral body elongate in a circumferential direction and having terminal end surfaces circumferentially spaced apart and spanning the circumferential tread groove between the tread center rib and the adjacent intermediate rib; the one tie-bar element having longitudinal sides continuously bounded by the tread center rib and the adjacent intermediate rib from an upper surface of the tie-bar element to a bottom of the tie-bar element located at the bottom of the circumferential tread groove; the one tie-bar block element having a circumferentially oriented bisecting cut extending into the upper surface of the one tie-bar block element toward the bottom of the one tie-bar block element, the bisecting cut extending circumferentially through the tie-bar block element with the bisecting cut bounded by opposite inward facing cut sides; and wherein the circumferential tread groove has a nominal depth dimension lying within a range of 12 mm to 18 mm and the at least one tie-bar block element has a radial height within the circumferential groove lying within a range of 11 mm to less than 18 mm.",0.3562700616764974,0.7125401233529948
9428540,1. A compound defined as:,0.5792001900817193,0.8415996198365614
8886269,"1. A monitoring device, comprising: a band configured to at least partially encircle a portion of the body of a subject, the band comprising: at least one optical emitter and at least one optical detector attached to the band; wherein the light transmissive material is in optical communication with the at least one optical emitter and the at least one optical detector and is configured to deliver light from the at least one optical emitter to one or more locations of the body of the subject via the at least one window and to collect light from one or more locations of the body of the subject via the at least one window and deliver the collected light to the at least one optical detector.",0.13040708934879344,0.26081417869758683
9782994,"1. An erasing apparatus comprising: a sheet supply unit configured to supply a sheet on which an image is formed; a sheet conveying unit configured to convey the sheet; a reader arranged on the sheet conveying unit, and configured to read the sheet; and an erasing unit arranged on the sheet conveying unit, and configured to perform an erasing process to erase the image formed on the sheet, wherein: the sheet conveying unit includes a conveying roller controlled to:",0.017382878891713336,0.03476575778342672
8983019,"1. Article for increasing Leidenfrost temperature comprising: a surface with a plurality of multiscale hierarchical structures including microscale and nanoscale features both having super wetting properties and forming protrusions, cavities, or combinations of both on the surface, the structures having a median size a, median aspect ratio h/a and median spacing ratio b/a selected to increase Leidenfrost temperature.",0.9134004168462851,0.1731991663074297
9426023,"1. A method performed by a software defined network (SDN) controller for automatic network reconfiguration associated with a failover event, the method comprising: instructing a file system to capture a plurality of attributes associated with a plurality of data following the failover event, wherein the plurality of attributes comprises a fileset identifier associated with a fileset, a first gateway node identifier associated with a first gateway node, and a second gateway node identifier associated with a second gateway node, and wherein the first gateway node and the second gateway node are part of a node cluster; determining, based on the captured fileset identifier, a virtual local area network (VLAN) associated with the fileset, wherein the determined virtual local area network connects the first gateway node to the second gateway node within the node cluster; obtaining a software defined network (SDN) switch list from the SDN controller based on the determined virtual local area network, wherein the SDN switch list corresponds to at least one software defined network switch within the determined virtual local area network, and wherein the at least one software defined network switch is configured by the SDN controller; and sending a reconfiguration command to the SDN controller from a program layer, wherein the reconfiguration command instructs the SDN controller to reconfigure the at least one software defined network switch corresponding to the obtained SDN switch list to stop sending a plurality of network traffic to the first gateway node corresponding to the first gateway node identifier and to start sending the plurality of network traffic to the second gateway node corresponding to the second gateway node identifier, and wherein the plurality of network traffic is associated with the fileset.",0.317239932934837,0.634479865869674
9062600,"1. A method of increasing efficient operation of an internal combustion engine by reducing friction between cylinder walls and associated piston rings, wherein the engine has an air intake path for introducing air into combustion chambers, the method comprising the steps of: generating, by a High Voltage (HV) generator, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by an electrical discharge inside the air intake path, wherein the chemical reaction between NO2, oxygen of air, and water vapor in air provides reactant HNO3 which chemically dissolves the carbonaceous deposits that substantially contribute to the friction between the cylinder walls and associated piston rings, and wherein the HV generator is disposed external to the air intake path.",0.9623903783456329,0.0752192433087342
9745265,"1. A compound according to Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein: Y is CH, CR n=0, 1, 2, or 3; A A A A R R R R R  optionally substituted with one or more of the following: (C R (i) (C (ii) (C (iii) (C (iv) (C (v) (C (vi) (C (vii) (C (viii) (C R",0.2881792989524455,0.576358597904891
8802419,"1. A transgenic gram-negative bacterium that is derived from a wild-type bacterium that does not comprise high potency lipopolysaccharide (LPS), wherein said transgenic bacterium makes said high potency lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and comprises a heterologous nucleic acid sequence encoding an acyltransferase that permits the transgenic bacterium to produce high potency LPS, a) wherein the heterologous nucleic acid sequence is at least about 80% identical to a nucleic acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, b) wherein said nucleic acid sequence encodes a LPS biosynthetic enzyme LpxL or a LpxL functional analog, c) wherein said LpxL or said LpxL functional analog comprises an amino acid sequence which is at least about 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 4, and d) wherein said transgenic bacterium has reduced virulence relative to a control bacterium that contains a mutation in said heterologous nucleic acid sequence.",0.7322469377485216,0.5355061245029569
8438515,"1. A first memory device, comprising: a first ball grid array (BGA) that electrically couples the memory device to a set of signal lines in a memory module, wherein each ball in the BGA transfers an individual signal in the set of signals between the memory device and the memory module, and wherein at least a first signal routed through a first ball in the first ball grid array and a second signal routed through a second ball in the first ball grid array may be a mirrored signal pair, wherein being the mirrored signal pair causes the first signal to be routed through the second ball and the second signal to be routed through the first ball, wherein a set of outer connections, corresponding to interchangeable signals are to couple the first memory device to a substrate, wherein the interchangeable signals are arranged in first and second outer columns, and wherein the second outer column is located on a side of the integrated circuit that is opposite to a side of the integrated circuit on which the first outer column is located.",0.18997616088696898,0.379952321773938
9296962,"1. A system for gasifying biomass materials, comprising: a gasifying unit configured to convert biomass materials into a producer gas, the gasifying unit including a plurality of gasifying medium injection ports distributed along a cylindrical wall of the gasifying unit, wherein the plurality of gasifying medium injection ports have injection angles that include at least one of an upward tangential angle and a downward tangential angle; a feeder mechanism positioned below each of the plurality of gasifying medium injection ports distributed along the cylindrical wall of the gasifying unit and configured to introduce the biomass materials into the gasifying unit; a grate located on an internal bottom end of the gasifying unit and configured to receive the biomass materials; and an axisymmetric center body located above the grate on the internal bottom end of the gasifying unit, the axisymmetric center body extending into the vertical length of the gasifying unit.",0.9746105931915966,0.050778813616806806
8802187,"1. A method of manufacturing a solar cell, comprising: forming a buffer layer comprising a group-III nitride semiconductor on a substrate using a sputtering method; forming first and second group-III nitride semiconductor layers including a p-type layer and an n-type layer having a p-n junction therein and an electrode on the buffer layer, the forming of at least one of the first and second group-III nitride semiconductor layers is performed by a sputtering method comprising: forming another electrode on the group-III nitride semiconductor layer including a p-type layer and an n-type layer having a p-n junction therein; wherein the sputtering method comprises reacting nitrogen in a plasma, radical, or atomic state with a group-III element, thereby forming the layer.",0.9725213091368005,0.05495738172639908
9652139,"1. A system comprising: one or more processors; and a memory comprising instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising: providing for presentation, at a display device, of a first graphical representation of an output for a class; receiving a selection of a time range for the class; determining, based on the output for the class during the selected time range, a baseline output; in response to the selection of the time range, providing for presentation a second graphical representation of the output, during the time range, for a family from the class, the second graphical representation indicating a difference between the output for the family and an output value for the family predicted based on the baseline output.",0.33584600618159366,0.6716920123631873
8697425,"1. A yeast composition suitable for high concentration alcohol fermentation, consisting of thermostable Saccharomyces cerevisiae , acid protease, phytase, cellulase, β-glucanase, and pectinase in weight ratios of: thermostable acid protease 5-30 wt % phytase 3-10 wt % cellulase 2-10 wt % β-glucanase 1-2 wt % pectinase 1-2 wt %.",0.6258996540726032,0.7482006918547937
8869167,"1. A data processing system comprising a processor arranged to: define a plurality of profiles, each profile comprising a list of a plurality of applications and a list of at least one file linked to at least one of the plurality of applications listed in each profile; receive a defined user input requesting a switch from a first profile to a second profile; and responsive to receiving the defined user input, hibernate each application and file listed in the first profile and recall from hibernation each application and file listed in the second profile, wherein:",0.5193298869330808,0.9613402261338384
8951064,"1. A terminal structure for wiring devices for use within a housing of an electrical apparatus, the terminal structure comprising: a first spring assembly constructed of a first metal and having at least one spring finger with the first spring assembly being fixedly connected to a first conductive contact that is constructed of a second metal, wherein the terminal structure is configured to receive a conductive stripped end of a first wire when the conductive stripped end of the first wire is inserted directly between the at least one spring finger of the first spring assembly and the first conductive contact, wherein the first conductive contact includes an extension; a second spring assembly constructed of the first metal and having at least one spring finger with the second spring assembly being fixedly connected to a second conductive contact that is constructed of the second metal, wherein the terminal structure is configured to receive a conductive stripped end of a second wire when the conductive stripped end of the second wire is inserted directly between the at least one spring finger of the second spring assembly and the second conductive contact, and wherein the second conductive contact includes an extension; and wherein the extension of the first conductive contact is configured to be electrically connected to the extension of the second conductive contact when a movable non-conductive switch member is in an On position and to be electrically disconnected from the extension of the second conductive contact when the non-conductive switch member is in an Off position.",0.5421829712462123,0.9156340575075754
9605543,"1. A method of fabricating a turbine engine blade out of composite material comprising fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the method comprising: performing three-dimensional weaving to make a single-piece fiber blank; shaping the fiber blank to obtain a single-piece fiber preform having a first portion forming a preform for a blade root and an airfoil, at a second portion forming a preform for a blade inner platform or for wipers of a blade outer platform, and a third portion forming a preform for reinforcing a blade inner platform or for an overhang of a blade outer platform; and densifying the fiber preform with a matrix to obtain a composite material blade having fiber reinforcement constituted by the preform and densified by the matrix, and forming a single piece with at least one of an inner platform and an outer platform incorporated therein, wherein, in a longitudinal direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction of the fiber blank that is to be fabricated, the fiber blank comprises: wherein the yarns of the first set of yarn layers are not linked with the yarns of the second and third sets of yarn layers; and wherein the first set of yarn layers has yarns of the second and third sets of yarn layers crossing through the second portion of the fiber blank and through the third portion of the fiber blank.",0.9283420484386354,0.14331590312272913
9811212,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a body; a housing forming a cavity over the body and comprising a first opening; a first transducer connected to the body and configured to produce a first wave into a volume of airspace in proximity to the electronic device, wherein the first transducer is positioned inside the cavity and delivers the first wave from the cavity into the volume of airspace; a first receiving transducer configured to receive the first wave; a proximity sensing element configured to detect proximity of an object from an echoed first wave; the first transducer configured to produce a second wave, wherein a connection between the first transducer and the body is configured to deliver the second wave to the body; a second receiving transducer configured to receive the second wave from the body; and a touch sensing element configured to detect a touch by analyzing the second wave received by the second receiving transducer.",0.11864463066991719,0.2372892613398344
9263209,1. A keypad assembly comprising: at least one key; at least one light emitting source configured to emit light; a light guide assembly comprising:,0.4345593757364574,0.8691187514729148
9549753,"1. An ultrasonically pulsated waterjet system comprising: a handpiece apparatus comprising a handpiece body member and a cylindrical clamping member coupled with the handpiece body member, the handpiece body member having opposite distal and proximal ends and defining an elongate longitudinal passageway extending therein along a longitudinal axis, the elongate passageway forming a nozzle terminating in an elongate pressure tube exiting the handpiece body member at a distal end thereof; a set of biasing members disposed between the cylindrical clamping member and the handpiece body member; a fluid port comprising a coupling member configured to selectively connect the passageway of the handpiece body member with an associated source of a pressurized fluid for selectively permitting the pressurized fluid to flow into the passageway; an elongate delivery tube apparatus extending from the distal end of the handpiece body member to a working tip portion of the delivery tube apparatus, the delivery tube apparatus defining an elongate conduit in operative fluid communication with the passageway of the handpiece body member; an ultrasonic transducer member comprising an elongate piston member disposed in the passageway, the elongate piston member having opposite tip and coupling ends and an outwardly extending flange member arranged between the opposite tip and coupling ends, the tip end being shaped to correspond with a selected portion of the passageway, the coupling end comprising a coupling portion configured to selectively couple the ultrasonic transducer member with an associated source of ultrasonic vibrations whereby the ultrasonic vibrations cause the ultrasonic transducer member to vibrate along the longitudinal axis to periodically interrupt the pressurized fluid flow at the nozzle with the tip end thereby delivering a pulsated jet of the pressurized fluid to the delivery tube apparatus for dissociation of associated target tissue adjacent the working tip portion by the pulsated jet of the pressurized fluid impacting the associated target tissue, and a portion of the outwardly extending flange member being held between the set of biasing members for supporting the piston member relative to the handpiece body member and the cylindrical clamping member enabling the elongate piston member to vibrate in the passageway along the longitudinal axis; and, a suction aspirator apparatus comprising a cannula extending from the working tip portion along a selected length of the delivery tube apparatus, and an elongate flexible suction tube operatively coupled with an associated fluid collector, wherein the dissociated target tissue is drawn into the cannula at the working tip portion and communicated to the associated fluid collector via the elongate flexible suction tube.",0.2943943399895602,0.5887886799791204
8427818,"1. A collapsible support frame assembly, comprising: a support frame, said support frame comprising two sliding rails arranged in parallel at two opposite lateral sides thereof; a slide holder coupled to and movable along said sliding rails of said support frame; a constant force spring mounted between said support frame and said slide holder; and at least one locking device, each said locking device comprising a casing affixed to said support frame, an accommodation chamber defined in said casing, and a stop member pivotally mounted in said casing, said stop member having coupling device disposed at a top side thereof and pivotally connected to a part of said casing inside said accommodation chamber; wherein when said support frame is turned from a vertical position to a horizontal position, said stop member is forced by the gravity thereof to bias out of said accommodation chamber relative to said casing and to stop against said slide holder, thereby locking said slide holder; wherein said accommodation chamber extends vertically through top and bottom sides of said casing; said casing comprises two pivot holes axially aligned at two opposite lateral sides relative to said accommodation chamber and two stop flanges bilaterally suspending inside said accommodation chamber above said pivot holes.",0.06880990515197441,0.13761981030394876
8596571,"1. An airship comprising: a hull configured to contain a gas; at least one propulsion assembly coupled to the hull and including a propulsion device; and at least one longitudinally-oriented aerodynamic component disposed at a central portion of a top surface of the hull, the longitudinally-oriented aerodynamic component including a plurality of fairing structures including one or more slats, wherein the at least one longitudinally-oriented aerodynamic component is configured to direct airflow around the airship; and at least one transversely-oriented aerodynamic component disposed fore or aft of the longitudinally-oriented aerodynamic component, the at least one transversely-oriented aerodynamic component including a plurality of fairing structures including one or more slats configured to direct airflow.",0.8609395292590092,0.27812094148198163
9435808,1. A method for administering a lipid lowering agent to a human patient based on elevated levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) comprising: (a) performing an immunological assay comprising contacting a serum or plasma sample with an anti-MPO antibody to determine the MPO level in the serum or plasma sample; (b) selecting a human patient who has an elevated MPO level compared to the level of MPO in the general population or apparently healthy control subjects; and (c) administering a lipid lowering agent to the human patient.,0.46360371127319344,0.9272074225463869
9514279,"1. A medication delivery monitoring device comprising: a user interface configured to receive input information, wherein the input information includes patient information; a vascular access device (VAD) configured to deliver a medication to an infusion site region of a patient; a sensor that measures a plurality of fluid state parameters of a fluid delivery channel through which the medication is delivered by the VAD to the infusion site region of a patient; a processor that creates a model of a state of the infusion site region based on the plurality of measured fluid state parameters and the input information, wherein the state of the infusion site region comprises a fluid volume and protein mass for (i) plasma within a blood vessel at the infusion site region, (ii) tissue at the infusion site region, and (iii) tissue surrounding the infusion site region; and an output device that provides a communication, based on the model, regarding the state of the infusion site region.",0.20104750345548725,0.40209500691097455
9102691,"1. A single crystal metal-organic framework comprising one or more metal-ligand clusters, each metal-ligand cluster comprising (i) a metal cluster having an Al 3 O cornerstone, and (ii) one or more ligands having two or more carboxylate groups; wherein the single crystal has a size greater than or equal to 10 μm; the metal-organic framework comprises cavities having a free diameter of about 4 Å to about 40 Å; and the metal-organic framework comprising pores having a pore volume from about 0.1 cm",0.3225267523329486,0.6450535046658972
9478442,"1. A method of manufacture of a voltage converter device, comprising: arranging a first semiconductor device on a first portion of a conductive platform; arranging a second semiconductor device on a second portion of the conductive platform; forming an insulator between the first portion of the conductive platform and the second portion of the conductive platform; forming a reference voltage terminal; arranging a third semiconductor device between the reference voltage terminal and the first portion of the conductive platform; forming the first portion of the conductive platform on a phase output terminal; and forming the second portion of the conductive platform on the reference voltage terminal.",0.6568928253307561,0.6862143493384878
9847346,"1. A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor memory device, comprising: a stack comprising electrodes vertically stacked on a substrate; lower insulating patterns interposed between the stack and the substrate, the lower insulating patterns being adjacent to both sidewalls of the stack and being horizontally spaced apart from each other; a plurality of vertical structures penetrating the stack and being connected to the substrate; and a data storing pattern between the stack and the vertical structures, the data storing pattern including a portion that is disposed between a lowermost one of the electrodes and the substrate and laterally extends to contact the lower insulating patterns.",0.137390817095751,0.2747816341915019
9565726,"1. A lighting system, comprising: one or more light-emitting devices; and an alternating current to direct current (AC-DC) converter configured to convert an AC input voltage (Vin) to a DC output voltage (Vout) for use in powering said one or more light-emitting devices, said AC-DC converter including a plurality of switches and a control circuit including a first comparison circuit configured to compare the AC input voltage (Vin) or a scaled version thereof to the DC output voltage (Vout) and determine times when (Vin)>(Vout), a second comparison circuit including a second comparison circuit configured to compare the AC input voltage (Vin) to the negative of the DC output voltage (Vout) and determine times when (Vin)<(−Vout), and a switch control circuit configured to direct and control said plurality of switches to rectify the AC input voltage (Vin) based on the comparisons performed by said first and second comparison circuits.",0.8382020938831933,0.32359581223361333
9449281,"1. A statistical machine learning system comprising: an input module configured to receive user input that defines a hypothesis associated with a particular output, the hypothesis defining, based on an existing business knowledge associated to a purchasing process of a product, one or more starting criteria that are proposed as being correlated with the particular output; at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more processors configured to store data representative of the hypothesis defined by the user input; a recommendation engine configured to access the data representative of the hypothesis and provide, during a first period of time, a recommendation to a first plurality of customers, the recommendation comprising the particular output based on the one or more starting criteria defined by the hypothesis; and an experience analytics system configured to perform operations comprising: wherein the recommendation engine is further configured to provide, during a second period of time that is subsequent to the first period of time, an updated recommendation to a second plurality of customers, the updated recommendation comprising the particular output based on the modified hypothesis.",0.10017611132701836,0.20035222265403674
8738759,"1. A method for monitoring the response time for a web service provider, the method comprising: receiving a web service inbound transaction at a proxy; exiting from calls for inbound transactions to invoke a response time monitoring service from the proxy in response to the inbound transaction reception and providing the response time monitoring service with a unique transaction identifier for the inbound transaction; invoking on the web service provider a web service requested by the inbound transaction; receiving an outbound transaction in response to the requested web service from the web service provider at the proxy; invoking the response time monitoring service from the proxy in response to the outbound transaction reception and providing the unique transaction identifier to the response time monitoring service; determining a time for the inbound transaction and for the outbound transaction corresponding to the same unique transaction identifier; setting a response time as the difference in times between a time for the outbound transaction and a time for the inbound transaction.",0.09924762301102508,0.19849524602205015
8735689,"1. A seed of the hybrid corn variety 980008, produced by crossing a first plant of variety SLB24 with a second plant of variety XJH58, wherein representative seed of said varieties SLB24 and XJH58 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-10337 and PTA-10186, respectively.",0.34865690541124256,0.6973138108224851
9790535,"1. A method of detecting microbial presence in a fluid sample, the method comprising: filling at least a portion of a collection bottle with a fluid sample containing analyte microbes therein, said collection bottle comprising opposed top and bottom openings with at least one of said openings being sealed during said filling step; providing a first cap member on one opening of said openings, said first cap member comprising a first surface comprising fluid flow apertures therein and a membrane filter (MF) layer underlying said first surface; providing a second cap member on another opening of said openings, said second cap member comprising a fluid impervious needle penetrable surface; draining said fluid sample through said first cap member thereby depositing said analyte microbes on said MF layer; injecting a reagent into said fluid sample through said fluid impervious needle penetrable surface, said reagent configured to react with said analyte microbes to form a detectable presence on said MF layer, said reagent comprising a staining reagent or a luminescent agent configured to yield luminescent microbes on said MF layer; and placing a detector in operative association with said MF layer to detect said analyte microbes.",0.3741892348927242,0.7483784697854484
9591574,"1. A method to configure wireless circuitry in a wireless communication device, the method comprising: by the wireless communication device:",0.4535303062389948,0.9070606124779896
9436172,"1. A test installation, comprising: a plurality of virtual robot controls that each contain a robot control program and correspond to real robot controls of a real robot installation; at least one virtual control unit for coordination of the virtual robot controls, wherein the at least one virtual control unit includes a control program and corresponds to a real control unit of the real robot installation, a first data bus and a second data bus, wherein the first data bus corresponds to a data bus of the real robot installation; and a modelling equipment that is connected to the first data bus and that is configured to simulate peripheral components of the real robot installation so that the control program can be tested without the peripheral components; wherein the first data bus connects to each other at least one of the virtual robot controls, the at least one virtual control unit, and the modelling equipment, wherein the first data bus corresponds to a data bus of the real robot installation, the second data bus connects the virtual robot controls to one another and to the virtual control unit, an operator computer, and a graphics computer, and, of the first data bus and the second data bus, the operator computer and the graphics computer are directly connected only to the second data bus.",0.09416536027338568,0.18833072054677136
9496782,1. A power supply comprising a power factor correction circuit comprising: a switching power converter comprising a programmable controller programmed to operate the switch to increase a power factor of the power supply; and a diode connecting the inductor to the load and the storage capacitor; wherein: the programmable controller is programmed to periodically adjust a switching frequency of the switch while operating within a DCM to reduce electromagnetic interference; the programmable controller is programmed to operate the switch without sensing a voltage at the input of the switching power converter; the programmable controller varies during operation a rate of increase or decrease of an output voltage of the switching power converter by varying parameters of the programmable controller based on a voltage sensed between the diode and the load; and the programmable controller is programmed to increase the output voltage of the switching power converter at a slower rate than the output voltage is decreased.,0.8805686701458149,0.23886265970837028
9187761,"1. A polynucleotide comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a fusion protein comprising; (a) a DNA binding factor capable of specifically binding to a B-type Arabidopsis response regulator (ARR) DNA motif, the DNA motif comprising the sequence 5′-(A/G)GAT(T/C)-3′, wherein said DNA binding factor comprises a DNA binding domain of a B -type ARR, wherein said DNA binding domain is selected from the group consisting of: (b) a transcriptional repressor domain, wherein said transcriptional repressor domain is an EAR motif.",0.4337677794031818,0.8675355588063636
8835029,"1. A battery structure comprising: a substrate; a plurality of battery cells formed in the substrate; a patterned cathode electrode layer formed upon the substrate and structured to form a plurality of sub-arrays of the battery cells; and a patterned fuse layer formed above the cathode electrode layer comprising a plurality of fuse wires structured to interconnect at least two adjacent sub-arrays, wherein at least one of the plurality of fuse wires is structured to be blown to disconnect an interconnection having a defective sub-array.",0.9087118381724274,0.1825763236551452
9469067,"1. An apparatus for fabricating a fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite structure comprising a localised heat source arranged to heat a portion of a stack of fibre reinforced thermoplastic material layers and an ultrasonic transducer arranged to locally introduce ultrasonic energy waves to the heated portion of the fibre reinforced thermoplastic material layers whereby ultrasonic consolidation of the layers occurs, wherein the heat source is arranged to heat the portion of the stack to a temperature within a range extending substantially from the glass transition temperature and extending to a temperature 5° C. above a temperature corresponding to a peak value of the Tan delta of the thermoplastic material.",0.6545638961702491,0.6908722076595017
8608672,"1. A method of delivering target acoustic energy to body tissue using a transducer having a plurality of transducer elements, the method comprising: identifying a subset of transducer elements to be activated in order to transmit a targeted acoustic energy burst from the transducer; simultaneously providing as inputs to each of a plurality of first tier switching modules a plurality of drive signals having different phases; selectively outputting a respective one of the drive signals from each of the plurality of first tier switching modules based on a respective drive-signal selection signal received from a controller; providing as inputs to each of a plurality of second tier switching modules a respective one of the drive signals output from the first tier modules, each second tier module being fixedly connected to one of a plurality of groupings of transducer elements, and each of the plurality of transducer elements being part of one of the groupings; and for each of the plurality of second tier switching modules, selectively and simultaneously coupling the respective input drive signal, based on a respective transducer element selection signal received from the controller, to the identified transducer elements of the respective grouping, thereby activating the subset of transducer elements, wherein the subset of activated transducer elements consists of fewer than all of the transducer elements of at least one of the groupings.",0.26981126287697216,0.5396225257539443
9071543,"1. A method for reducing retransmission costs, the method comprising: determining, by a device, a packet loss rate associated with a connection between the device and a receiver; identifying, by the device, a number of retransmissions of a transmission of a packet corresponding to the packet loss rate and a packet loss rate threshold from a plurality of retransmission numbers associated with a corresponding plurality of packet loss rate thresholds; transmitting, by the device, a network packet to the receiver; and retransmitting the network packet, by the device, a number of times equal to the identified number of retransmissions.",0.3956350426680296,0.7912700853360592
9527068,"1. A method for producing a supported catalyst, comprising: mixing a metal oxide support material with a metal salt in a solvent; adding a monomer to the solvent containing metal salt and the metal oxide support materials, the monomer being of a type that can be polymerized in the solvent to form oligomers or polymers, or both; reducing the metal salt using the monomer by stirring the solvent containing the metal salt, the support materials and the monomer; separating the liquid from the solid in the solvent; and calcining the separated solid to produce the supported catalyst.",0.7196736921992937,0.5606526156014127
8571749,"1. A grille control mechanism for a vehicle, comprising: a movable members which is switchable between an opened position for allowing an ambient air to flow into a radiator provided at the vehicle and a closed position for inhibiting or restricting the ambient air from flowing into the radiator; an electric motor which actuates the movable member; and a control means which controls an electric current to be supplied to the electric motor by supplying the electric current to the electric motor until the control means detects a lock current value, in order to selectively execute one of an opening operation for moving the movable member to the opened position and a closing operation for moving the movable member to the closed position, wherein when the control means determines that a time required for detecting the lock current value exceeds a predetermined time, the control means executes a checking operation, the checking operation including the control means determines an operation state of the movable member is an abnormal state when a time for detecting the lock current value after the one of the selectively executed opening and closing operation is started after the movable member is returned to the initial position in the checking operation exceeds the predetermined time for a predetermined number of times.",0.8741731662028187,0.2516536675943626
9334726,"1. A plug assembly for pressure testing a shaft comprising: a. a generally cylindrical member that is deformable and a central void for reception of a sealing component having a sealable central bore, said member having a lower end having a circumference; b. a tubular adapter capable of releasable attachment to a drill pipe and releasably engaged to said member for pressurized engagement to said sealing component to seat said component in said member for pressurized engagement to said sealing component to seat said component in said member; c. a plurality of ports about said circumference of said member for selective flow of fluid through said member to permit pressurization of said member for sealing in said shaft; and d. a receptacle in said member for reception of said sealing component for fixed attached inside said cylindrical member for creating a seal in said shaft, wherein said ports are positioned above said seal to permit downward flow.",0.095340026726575,0.19068005345314998
9534120,"1. A process for protecting metal substrates from corrosion which comprises coating said metal substrates with up to about 10 mils of an electrochemically corrosion-resistant composition comprising, in parts by weight, from about 5 to 80 parts of a film-forming binder, and from about 20 to 80 parts of a galvanic-aluminum-alloy pigment prepared in an atmosphere selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen-inert gas and nitrogen-hydrogen and has a particle size ranging from about 2 to 100 microns; said aluminum-alloy pigment coated with an effective amount of a semi-conducting corrosion-inhibiting coating, having the formula Aluminum-X—Y wherein X is an element selected from the group consisting of zinc, cadmium, magnesium, barium and manganese and Y is an element selected from the group consisting of indium, gallium, tin and bismuth; said semi-conducting corrosion-inhibitor coating derived from an acidic aqueous solution consisting essentially of, in parts by weight, from about 0.01 to 22 parts of a trivalent chromium compound, from about 0.01 to 12 parts of a hexafluorozirconate, from about, 0.01 to 12 parts of at least one fluorometallate selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroborates, hexafluorosilicates, and hexafluorotitanates, from about 0.01 to 12 parts of at least one divalent zinc compound, from about 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of a corrosion inhibitor, and an effective amount of at least one stabilizing compound selected from the group consisting of carboxylic compounds, polyhydroxy compounds and mixtures of said compounds.",0.7677891014280609,0.4644217971438782
9015898,"1. An extraction cleaner for cleaning a floor surface, comprising: a supply tank configured to store a supply of cleaning liquid; a liquid distribution system configured to apply the cleaning liquid to the floor surface; a liquid recovery system configured to recover applied liquid and dirt from the floor surface, the liquid recovery system comprising: a motor-cooling air pathway providing cooling air to the motor and removing heated cooling air from the motor; and a duct system fluidly downstream of the motor and comprising:",0.43570806208647206,0.8714161241729441
9032231,"1. A system comprising: a modem operable to communicate with a network termination system and one or more local devices, wherein the one or more local devices are associated with voice communication services or data communication services; the modem including a primary processor and logic operable to provide the voice communication services; the modem including one or more auxiliary processors and logic operable to provide the data communication services; the modem further including power loss detection logic operable to detect loss of a first power source; the power loss detection logic operable to instruct power saving logic operable to provide power to the primary processor and logic associated with the voice communication services from a second power source upon loss of the first power source, the power saving logic further operable to instruct the primary processor to cease offloading work to the one or more auxiliary processors and communications with the one or more auxiliary processors for low priority services; the power savings logic operable to place the one or more auxiliary processors and logic associated with the data communication services in a power savings mode; and the power loss detection logic further including logic operable to detect restoration of the first power source and instruct the power savings logic to resume providing power from the first power source to both the primary processor and logic associated with the voice communication services and to the one or more auxiliary processors and logic associated with data communication services.",0.770635492584616,0.4587290148307679
8845780,"1. A method for recycling electric arc furnace (EAF) dust material, the method comprising: controlling a temperature of EAF dust material within a heat controlling region such that the temperature of the EAF dust material is sufficient to transform at least a portion of the EAF dust material into a mixture of gaseous zinc and one or more additional metals, wherein the one or more additional metals comprise iron-rich material and steel additives; separating the iron-rich material from the mixture of gaseous zinc and one or more additional metals within a separation unit; directing the gaseous zinc to a cooling region; and condensing the gaseous zinc within the cooling region, wherein condensing the gaseous zinc is performed after separating the iron-rich material, and wherein the condensing the gaseous zinc comprises condensing zinc oxide into different grades that fall out at different locations within the separation unit.",0.9895637169359063,0.020872566128187442
9415253,"1. An exercise machine, comprising: a frame having a track, a first end and a second end, wherein the track has a longitudinal axis; a carriage having an upper surface, a first end, a second end opposite of the first end, a first side and a second side opposite of the first side, wherein the carriage is movably connected to the track and adapted to be movable along a portion of the longitudinal axis of the track during execution of an exercise; a bias member connected between the frame and the carriage, wherein the bias member provides a biasing force to the carriage; a first handle connected to the carriage near the first side, wherein the first handle is adapted for grasping with a first hand of a user; a second handle connected to the carriage near the second side, wherein the second handle is adapted for grasping with a second hand of the user; wherein the first handle and the second handle are each comprised of an elongated structure and are substantially parallel with respect to the longitudinal axis of the track; a first opening between the first handle and the carriage, wherein the first opening is elongated in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the track; and a second opening between the second handle and the carriage, wherein the second opening is elongated in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the track.",0.025569720377025547,0.05113944075405108
9074440,1. A method comprising: introducing a slurry to a shaker having a first screen and a second screen; flowing the slurry over the first screen; applying a first pressure differential with a pressure differential device to at least a portion of the first screen to separate a solids component from a liquid component of the slurry; and pulling the liquid component and air or vapor together through a flow line in fluid communication with the pressure differential device into a degassing chamber while maintaining the first pressure differential across the first screen.,0.3081802190482792,0.6163604380965584
9833845,"1. An end mill with coolant holes, comprising: a tip portion configured to rotate around an axis and to serve as a cutting blade part; a plurality of chip discharge grooves that are twisted to a backward side in a rotational direction of the end mill toward a rear end side in a direction of the axis and are formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction at an outer periphery of the cutting blade part, peripheral blades that are respectively formed at outer-peripheral-side ridge portions of wall faces of the chip discharge grooves facing the rotational direction of the end mill; gashes that are formed at tip portions of the chip discharge grooves; and bottom blades extending from tips of the peripheral blades toward the axis, said bottom blades being formed at intersecting ridgeline portions between wall faces of the gashes that face the rotational direction of the end mill and tip flank faces of the end mill body, wherein at least one bottom blade among the bottom blades serves as a long bottom blade that is longer than the bottom blade adjacently provided at a forward side in the rotational direction of the end mill and the bottom blade adjacently provided at a backward side in the rotational direction of the end mill, wherein each of the coolant holes is formed between the chip discharge grooves, which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction of the end mill body, wherein a first coolant hole passes through a portion between a chip discharge groove connected to a gash along which the long bottom blade is formed and another chip discharge groove adjacently provided at a backward side of the chip discharge groove in the rotational direction of the end mill, said first coolant hole being open to a tip flank face connected to a backward side of the long bottom blade in the rotational direction of the end mill, and wherein a second coolant hole passes through a portion between the chip discharge groove connected to the gash along which the long bottom blade is formed, and second chip discharge groove adjacently provided at a forward side of the chip discharge groove in the rotational direction of the end mill, said second coolant hole being open to the gash along which the long bottom blade is formed.",0.5095664340707896,0.9808671318584208
9219240,"1. An organic image sensor, comprising: a first electrode; an organic photoelectrical conversion structure disposed over the first electrode to convert one or more photons having wavelength falling within a predetermined wavelength range into an electrical signal; a second electrode disposed over the organic photoelectrical conversion structure, wherein the second electrode is transparent in the predetermined wavelength range; and a first charge blocking structure disposed between the first electrode and the organic photoelectrical conversion structure to restrain a first kind of electric charge to move from the first electrode to the organic photoelectrical conversion structure; a second charge blocking structure disposed between the organic photoelectrical conversion structure and the second electrode to restrain a second kind of electric charge to move from the second electrode to the organic photoelectrical conversion structure; and a first protective structure disposed between the second charge blocking structure and the organic photoelectrical conversion structure covering a top surface and a sidewall of the organic photoelectrical conversion structure.",0.4328170886932055,0.865634177386411
9825584,"1. A method of controlling measurement of an electrical parameter of an energy source to obtain information for use in enhancing a power transfer efficiency between the energy source and a load, the method comprising: during a first measurement cycle, obtaining information indicative of the electrical parameter of the energy source using a measurement circuit during a first sampling duration in which the load is decoupled from the energy source; comparing the information indicative of the obtained electrical parameter with a threshold; and in response to the comparing, determining a different second sampling duration for use in obtaining information indicative of the electrical parameter during a subsequent measurement cycle wherein the different second sampling duration is capable of being specified without requiring adjustment of a duration of the first or subsequent measurement cycle; wherein the information indicative of the electrical parameter of the energy source includes information for use in enhancing the power transfer efficiency between the energy source and the load.",0.9004638405472075,0.19907231890558497
9134007,"1. A light source device, comprising: a lens having a light-emitting top surface which is flat and a bottom surface opposite to the light-emitting top surface, wherein the lens includes an outer wall surface extending from the bottom surface to the light-emitting top surface, wherein the outer wall surface includes a dome portion and a brim portion, the dome portion extends out from the light-emitting surface and is disposed on the brim portion, the brim portion extends out from the dome portion and extends to the bottom surface, wherein the light-emitting top surface and a top brim surface of the brim portion on the brim portion that is opposite to the bottom surface are flat surfaces, wherein the bottom surface concaves towards the light-emitting top surface to form a hole, and the bottom surface has a gouge surrounding the hole with an inclination towards the edge of the hole, and wherein the gouge has a curvature at an end of the inclination away from the hole and the curvature of the gouge substantially ends at the same distance away from a center axis as the dome portion and the curvature is lower than the top brim surface; and a light source disposed below the bottom surface and corresponding to the hole, wherein the light source has an illumination area and the hole covers a projection area of the illumination area onto the bottom surface.",0.17624288206077168,0.3524857641215433
9570320,"1. A method of opening a barrier film below copper structures in a stack in a dry plasma etch chamber, comprising: placing the stack in a dry plasma etch chamber; providing a pulsed gas into the plasma etch chamber, wherein the providing the pulsed gas comprises: forming the pulsed gas into a plasma; exposing the copper structures and the barrier film to the plasma, which etches the barrier film.",0.23670977452693093,0.47341954905386185
8718903,"1. A direct injection spark ignition internal combustion engine comprising: a fuel injection valve that injects fuel into a combustion chamber; an intake valve control portion keeps an intake valve open when a compression stroke is started and closes the intake valve after gas in the combustion chamber begins to flow back into an intake passageway through the intake valve during the compression stroke; and a fuel injection control portion apportions a required fuel injection amount between a first fuel injection and a second fuel injection during a single combustion cycle, and that executes the first fuel injection when the intake valve is open during the compression stroke, and executes the second fuel injection after the intake valve closes during the compression stroke, wherein the fuel injection control portion sets a first fuel injection timing such that the fuel injected by the first fuel injection is deflected upwards in the combustion chamber by gas flow moving toward the intake valve.",0.8384710042105813,0.3230579915788374
9374776,"1. A cell search control method for a mobile communication terminal including a first communication subsystem capable of accessing a first access network and a second communication subsystem capable of accessing a second access network, the first communication subsystem and the second communication subsystem being able to provide services simultaneously based on one identical (U)SIM, the cell search control method comprising: acquiring, when a coverage for the mobile communication terminal in the first access network is lost, system information received by the second communication subsystem, wherein the mobile communication terminal is currently camping on a cell of the second access network; selecting part or all of the cells belonging to the first access network from neighboring cells recorded in the system information to form a list of cells; and controlling the first communication subsystem to perform cell search procedure based on the list of cells, wherein, when the first communication subsystem cannot successfully camp on the cells meeting requirements after a first number of times of cell search procedure in a first time interval (period) based on the list of cells, the first time interval of cell search procedure performed by the first communication subsystem based on the list of cells is increased.",0.6764755744585141,0.6470488510829717
9297028,"1. A recombinant microbial host cell comprising heterologous DNA molecules encoding polypeptides that catalyze substrate to product conversions for each step below: a) acetyl-CoA to acetoacetyl-CoA; b) acetoacetyl-CoA to 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA; c) 3-hydroxybutyryl-CoA to crotonyl-CoA; d) crotonyl-CoA to butyryl-CoA; and e) butyryl-CoA to butyraldehyde, wherein said microbial host cell produces 1-butanol by the action of an endogenous alcohol dehydrogenase, wherein said microbial host cell produces 1-butanol through the substrate to product conversions of (a) to (e) under aerobic conditions.",0.9038910106325676,0.1922179787348648
8849430,"1. An appliance network comprising: a communication network having a plurality of interconnected nodes configured to communicate across the communication network; at least one appliance configured to perform a cycle of operation to complete a food preparation operation on an article, the at least one appliance having a plurality of components, each component of the plurality of components being associated with at least one of the plurality of interconnected nodes; a cooking sensor accessory connected to one of the plurality of nodes so as to be in communication with the communication network and configured to be in communication with a cooking vessel used to accomplish the food preparation operation and to detect a condition of the cooking vessel; and a software architecture having a plurality of software elements and configured to generate a plurality of messages, with at least one of the software elements residing in each of the nodes and in the cooking sensor accessory and configured to enable transmission of at least one of the plurality of messages between each of the nodes and between the cooking sensor accessory and the nodes wherein the software architecture includes a cycle engine in communication with the cooking sensor accessory and having a first data portion describing a plurality of elements comprising an ordered collection of steps, the actions to be taken during each step, and the conditions under which the current step should transition to a next step in the ordered collection of steps, and a second compiled portion that reads the data portion and builds a cycle structure in memory which can execute instructions comprising the cycle of operation corresponding to the description suggested by the data portion and wherein the food preparation operation is customized to the data portion at runtime.",0.7963954707129148,0.40720905857417034
8776500,"1. An exhaust treatment system for a hybrid vehicle, the exhaust treatment system comprising: an electrically-heated catalyst (EHC) configured to receive exhaust gas from an engine of the hybrid vehicle and including an electric heater and a hydrocarbon (HC) adsorber; a three-way catalyst (TWC) located downstream from the EHC, wherein the TWC is not electrically heated; an air/fuel ratio control module that selectively commands a rich air/fuel ratio for a first period upon starting an engine of the hybrid vehicle when a temperature of the EHC is less than a first temperature, wherein the first period is sufficient to fill the HC adsorber; an air pump control module that selectively activates an air pump supplying air into the exhaust system upstream from the EHC based on whether the engine is on and at least one of whether the HC adsorber is full and whether the EHC is saturated with oxygen; and an electric heater control module that selectively activates the electric heater of the EHC based on whether the engine is on and the temperature of the EHC, wherein the air pump control module selectively activates the air pump when the engine is off, the HC adsorber is full and the EHC is not saturated with oxygen.",0.9936337163458078,0.012732567308384457
9707569,"1. A method for separating slag material, the method comprising: size classifying the slag material into a first plurality of sized groups; magnetically separating at least one of the first plurality of sized groups to provide a first magnetic portion and a first non-magnetic portion, wherein the first non-magnetic portion is a finished low iron product; reducing the size of at least a portion of the slag material of the first magnetic portion to provide crushed material; and separating the crushed material prior to size classifying the crushed material to remove fine product from the crushed material, wherein the fine product is a finished low iron product; wherein the slag material comprises iron containing particles in a non-magnetic slag portion, the method further comprising: thermally stressing the slag material at an elevated temperature which is sufficiently high to liberate the iron containing particles from the non-magnetic slag portion.",0.7700370721459131,0.4599258557081738
8873024,"1. An illumination system for use in a stereolithography apparatus, comprising: a planar support supporting a two-dimensional array of individually controllable wide-angle light-emitting diodes (LEDs); and a multilens projector array arranged relative to the array, and adapted to project a focused image of each LED onto a work area; wherein for providing said image of each LED said multilens projector array has an edge area focus error which is smaller than a central area focus error.",0.13292167903077365,0.26584335806154735
9477191,"1. A fixing device for fixing an image on a recording material, comprising: a cylindrical film; a nip forming member contacting an inner surface of said film; and a back up member configured to form a nip in cooperation with said nip forming member via said film, the nip being a contact region where said film and said back up member contact each other to feed the recording material, the nip being a portion extending from an entrance where the recording material in an unnipped state enters the contact region to an exit where the recording material comes out of the contact region, wherein said nip forming member includes a projecting portion, at the exit, projecting toward said back up member, and wherein at least a part of said projecting portion with respect to a recording material feeding direction is provided inside the nip and contacts the inner surface of said film, and wherein with respect to the recording material feeding direction, a width of a point of said projecting portion at an end portion of said projecting portion in a longitudinal direction of the nip forming member is wider than that at a central portion of said projecting portion in the longitudinal direction, at least a part of the end portion of said projecting portion provided inside a feeding region of a maximum sized recording material usable in said fixing device.",0.030139057348171842,0.0602781146963437
8772767,"1. A process for making an OLED luminaire, comprising: providing a substrate having a first patterned electrode thereon; depositing a first liquid composition in a first pixellated pattern to form a first deposited composition, the first liquid composition comprising a first electroluminescent material in a first liquid medium, said first electroluminescent material having a first emission color; depositing a second liquid composition in a second pixellated pattern which is laterally spaced from the first pixellated pattern to form a second deposited composition, the second liquid composition comprising a second electroluminescent material in a second liquid medium, said second electroluminescent material having a second emission color; depositing a third liquid composition in a third pixellated pattern which is laterally spaced from the first and second pixellated patterns to form a third deposited composition, the third liquid composition comprising a third electroluminescent material in a third liquid medium, said third electroluminescent material having a third emission color; drying the deposited compositions to form pluralities of pixels; and forming a second electrode over all the pixels; wherein one of the emission colors is blue, one of the emission colors is green, and one of the emission colors is red-orange; wherein the electroluminescent material with blue emission color has Formula I wherein: R",0.6897771210106031,0.6204457579787939
9672158,"1. A method of managing a main memory that includes symmetric memory components associated with a first collection of memory operations and asymmetric memory components associated with a second collection of memory operations, where the symmetric memory components are each configured to enable random access write operations in which an address within a block of the symmetric memory component is written without affecting the availability of other addresses within the block of the symmetric memory component, and where the asymmetric memory components are each configured to enable block write operations in which an address within a block of one of the asymmetric memory components affects the availability of other addresses within the block of the asymmetric memory component, the method comprising: receiving, on a central processing unit (CPU), a command from an application to read data associated with a virtual address that is mapped to the main memory; in response to determining that the virtual address is mapped to one of the symmetric memory components of the main memory, tracking memory use characteristics indicating how the data associated with the virtual address is being accessed; determining, based on the memory use characteristics of the data associated with the virtual address, that the data associated with the virtual address is suitable for access on an asymmetric memory component of the main memory; migrating the data associated with the virtual address to the asymmetric memory component of the main memory such that the virtual address is updated to reflect the migration; receiving, after the loading and using the memory management unit, a command from the application to read the data associated with the virtual address; and retrieving, responsive to the received command, the data associated with the virtual address from the asymmetric memory component of the main memory.",0.37796168498413735,0.7559233699682747
9216852,"1. An actuator ( 18 , 18 ′) for actuating a valve ( 16 ) on a container ( 14 ) for dispensing a fluent product, the actuator ( 18 , 18 ) comprising: an exterior housing ( a rotatable member ( the rotatable member ( wherein the rotatable member (",0.5432002248437847,0.9135995503124306
8802119,"1. A method of treating an FAAH-mediated disorder comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or prodrug thereof, or mixture thereof, wherein: m is 1 when m is 0 when X X X n is 0 or 1; provided that at least one of X Z Z or alternatively, Z R R R R R R R R R R R R R p, q, r, and t, at each occurrence, each independently is selected from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; wherein the FAAH-mediated disorder is a pain disorder or an inflammatory disorder.",0.6814518765965593,0.6370962468068815
8964629,"1. A method for conducting a relayed communication in a network comprising a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes including a source node that transmits a signal, intermediate nodes that relay the signal, and a destination node that receives the signal, the method comprising: initiating the relayed communication by transmitting the signal from the source node; receiving multiple instances of the signal at one or more of the intermediate nodes; constructively combining energy from a subset of the multiple instances of the signal before relaying the signal from at least one of the one or more of the intermediate nodes; and receiving and decoding the constructively combined relayed signal at the destination node, wherein each of the plurality of nodes in the network are configured to initiate the relayed communication as the source node, relay the signal as one of the intermediate nodes, and receive and decode the relayed signal as the destination node.",0.5364374108222875,0.9271251783554251
9701738,"1. A method of treating Staphylococcus infection in a patient determined to have or be at risk for Staphylococcus infection comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of a composition comprising a Coa binding antibody that specifically binds to Domains 1-2 or the repeat Domain of a Staphylococcal Coa polypeptide, wherein the Coa binding antibody comprises the sequence of the six CDR domains of a 7H4.25, 4H9.20, 4B10.44, 2A3.1, 2H10.12, 6D1.22, 6C4.15, 6C10.19, 8C2.9, or 4F1.7 monoclonal antibody, wherein the 7H4.25 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QSVDYNGISY (SEQ ID NO:9), AAS (SEQ ID NO:21), and HQSIEDPRT (SEQ ID NO:30) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of GFNIKDIY (SEQ ID NO:12), IDPADGHS (SEQ ID NO:31), and SRSGAI (SEQ ID NO:32), wherein the 4H9.20 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QSVDYNGISY (SEQ ID NO:9), AAS (SEQ ID NO:10), and QQSIEDPRT (SEQ ID NO:11) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of GFNIKDIY (SEQ ID NO:12), IDPANGNT (SEQ ID NO:13), and SRSGAY (SEQ ID NO:14), wherein the 4B10.44 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QSVDYNGISY (SEQ ID NO:9), AAS (SEQ ID NO:21), and HQSIEDPRT (SEQ ID NO:22) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of GFNIKDIY (SEQ ID NO:12), IDPANGNT (SEQ ID NO:13), and SRSGAF (SEQ ID NO:23), wherein the 2A3.1 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QSLLNSRARKNY (SEQ ID NO:33), WAS (SEQ ID NO:34), and KQSYNLWT (SEQ ID NO:35) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of YTLTDYS (SEQ ID NO:37), INTETGEP (SEQ ID NO:38), and ARTARDY (SEQ ID NO:39), wherein the 2H10.12 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QSLLNSRARKNY (SEQ ID NO:40), WAS (SEQ ID NO:34), and KQSYYLWT (SEQ ID NO:36) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of GYTLTDYS (SEQ ID NO:41), INTETGEP (SEQ ID NO:38), and GRTARADY (SEQ ID NO:42), wherein the 6D1.22 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QSLLNSRARKNY (SEQ ID NO:40), WAS (SEQ ID NO:34), and KQSYNLWT (SEQ ID NO:35) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of GYTLTDYS (SEQ ID NO:41), INTETGDP (SEQ ID NO:43), and ARTARADY (SEQ ID NO:38), wherein the 6C4.15 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QSLLNSRTRKIY (SEQ ID NO:44), WAS (SEQ ID NO:34), and KQSYYLYT (SEQ ID NO:45) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3domain with the respective sequences of GFSFSNYW (SEQ ID NO:46), IRLKSDNYGT (SEQ ID NO:47), and SAYGDYEY (SEQ ID NO:48), wherein the 6C10.19 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QNIVHSNGNTY (SEQ ID NO:56), KVS (SEQ ID NO:25), and LQGSNCSNH (SEQ ID NO:57) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of GYEFTDFE (SEQ ID NO:50), FDPETGRS (SEQ ID NO:51), and SRFHYYGRTAY (SEQ ID NO:52), wherein the 8C2.9 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QSLLNSRARKNY (SEQ ID NO:40), WAS (SEQ ID NO:34), and KQSYNLWT (SEQ ID NO:35) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of GFTFSNYY (SEQ ID NO:53), IKSNGVST (SEQ ID NO:54), and VRHDGYYFAY (SEQ ID NO:55), and wherein the 4F1.7 monoclonal antibody comprises a light chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of QSLFNSRARKNY (SEQ ID NO:49), WAS (SEQ ID NO:34), and KQSYNLWT (SEQ ID NO:35) and comprises a heavy chain CDR1, CDR2, and CDR3 domain with the respective sequences of GFSIKDTT (SEQ ID NO:58), IDPTDGHN (SEQ ID NO:59), and KQSYNLWT (SEQ ID NO:60).",0.4397844006575147,0.8795688013150293
9277497,"1. A method to manage hybrid energy use in a cellular communication network through cell size adjustment, the method comprising: determining an energy consumption by base stations in the cellular communication network; instructing the base stations to perform a multistage energy allocation (MEA) for each of the base stations to determine an amount of the energy consumption to be allocated at each of the base stations during updates of cell sizes for each of the base stations, wherein an energy allocation for each of the base stations depends on energy allocations for remaining base stations; instructing the base stations to adjust a transmit power according to the energy allocation for each of the base stations; and controlling the hybrid energy use in the cellular communication network to reduce the energy consumption of each of the base stations, wherein the controlling includes:",0.9901087190710179,0.01978256185796412
8913956,"1. A mobile device, comprising: a calculation unit configured to calculate an energy efficiency degree, corresponding to a ratio of an amount of transmission of a data packet to an expected energy consumption, in response to the transmission of the data packet to a base station, wherein the energy efficiency is a ratio of an expected amount of received data to an energy consumption in acquiring a channel to transmit a single data packet; a setting unit configured to set a threshold value of the energy efficiency degree; and a determining unit configured to determine whether to access a channel of the base station, based on the threshold value of the energy efficiency degree.",0.9602003512011479,0.07959929759770423
8764471,"1. A connector system, comprising: an electrical connector having an electrically conductive front shell defining a plurality of contact-receiving cavities extending in an axial direction, each of the cavities having an opening at a front face of the front shell, the front shell including an electrically conductive insertion plug projecting from the front face in the axial direction from a location on the front face between the openings, the insertion plug having a plurality of cantilever members each including a radially outwardly projecting portion located proximate a free end of the cantilever member, and a mating connector that is configured to be mated to the electrical connector by sliding the electrical connector and mating connector together along the axial direction, the mating connector having a conductive front shell defining a connection bore sized to receive the insertion plug so that at least one of the radially outwardly projecting portions of the cantilever members of the insertion plug bears upon a conductive inner surface of the connection bore when the electrical connector and mating connector are mated, to thereby establish a low impedance connection between the front shell of the electrical connector and the front shell of the mating connector.",0.21544891493452384,0.4308978298690477
9108240,"1. A method for manufacturing a pipe having a reduced end portion, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a pipe; (b) providing a die set, wherein the die set includes a reducing die having a through hole and a drawing rod inserted into the through hole and coaxially aligned with the through hole, wherein the inner diameter of the through hole of the reducing die is smaller than the outer diameter of the pipe, wherein the drawing rod has an end portion, and wherein an end of the through hole of the reducing die has an enlarged portion and the end portion of the drawing rod is positioned in the enlarged portion; (c) pushing the reducing die and the drawing rod forward against an end portion of the pipe to a distance in order to reduce the outer diameter of the end portion of the pipe by the movement of the reducing die, thereby forming a preliminarily reduced end portion of the pipe, wherein the end portion of the drawing rod has a diameter larger than the inner diameter of the preliminarily reduced end portion of the pipe; (d) pulling the drawing rod backward from the pipe in order to enlarge the inner diameter of the preliminarily reduced end portion of the pipe by the movement of the end portion of the drawing rod, thereby forming the reduced end portion of the pipe; and (e) pulling the reducing die backward from the pipe.",0.14779889077447536,0.2955977815489508
8604814,"1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of semiconductor devices using a wafer as a substrate, each of the plurality of semiconductor devices including pads in electrical communication with integrated circuitry of the semiconductor devices; contacting a plurality of probe needles disposed on a probe card to corresponding pads of the semiconductor devices; connecting each of a plurality of tester electrical connectors disposed on a tester to a first set of probe card electrical connectors disposed on the probe card; testing a first group of semiconductor devices connected to a first set of probe needles that are in electrical communication with the first set of probe card electrical connectors; disconnecting the plurality of tester electrical connectors from the first set of probe card electrical connectors; while the plurality of probe needles remain in contact with the corresponding pads of the semiconductor devices, connecting the plurality of tester electrical connectors to a second set of probe card electrical connectors; testing a second group of semiconductor devices connected to a second set of probe needles that are in electrical communication with the second set of probe card electrical connectors; and disconnecting the wafer from the plurality of probe needles.",0.2948977323464024,0.5897954646928047
8623811,"1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a cationic peptide, wherein the cationic peptide comprises an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, and SEQ ID NO: 5 and a pharmaceutically or cosmetically acceptable carrier and/or diluent.",0.6111369456661547,0.7777261086676905
9623356,"1. A V-bank air filter assembly comprising: a top panel and bottom panel coupled in a spaced apart relation, each of the top and bottom panels having a first edge and a second edge; a plurality of filter panel receiving tracks disposed on the top and bottom panels and oriented to align replaceable filter panels disposed in the filter panel receiving tracks, wherein each of the tracks has a recess tapered towards the second edge of the top panel; a plurality of panel end seal struts, each panel end seal strut extending from the top panel to the bottom panel and having a face extending perpendicularly across the filter panel receiving tracks, wherein the face is oriented to abut an end face of a respective filter panel disposed in the filter panel receiving tracks, wherein the plurality of panel end seal struts are located adjacent the second edge; and a first mating sealing feature recessed inward from or extending outward from the face of the panel end sealing strut, the first mating sealing feature facing the first edge of the top and bottom panels, wherein the first mating sealing feature is aligned within the bounds of the receiving tracks and is oriented to continuously abut and sealingly engage an end face of a replaceable filter panel.",0.5840334786240061,0.8319330427519878
9378363,"1. A computing device, comprising: a memory; a processor comprising one or more processing cores, coupled to the memory and operating in a multi-tenant environment, wherein the one or more processing core are configured to execute at least a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine simultaneously, and a hardware resource configured to be shared by the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine executing simultaneously on the one or more processing cores; a hardware timer configured to generate a timer value using at least a phase locked loop; and a virtual timer module configured to provide a virtual timer value in response to a request by the first virtual machine for the timer value, wherein the virtual timer value is derived by at least:",0.8022411234478235,0.395517753104353
9103277,"1. An internal combustion engine comprising a first cylinder having a first piston and a second cylinder having a second piston, a first crankshaft operably connected to the first piston and a second crankshaft operably connected to the second piston, a cylinder head comprising at least one intake port and at least one exhaust port per cylinder, said at least one intake port connected to the first cylinder such that fluid can pass through the at least one intake port into the first cylinder and said at least one exhaust port connected to the first cylinder such that fluid can pass from the first cylinder through the at least one exhaust port, a movable intake valve positioned at least partially within the at least one intake port configured to control the flow of fluid through the intake ports, a movable exhaust valve positioned at least partially within the at least one exhaust port configured to control the flow of fluid through the at least one exhaust port, the at least one intake port having a minimum intake port diameter, a first inside radius positioned toward an intake port valve seat from the minimum intake port diameter, said first inside radius transitioning to a second inside radius positioned toward the intake port valve seat from the first radius so that the intake port expands to meet the intake port valve seat, the first inside radius being greater than 0.4 inches and less than 1.5 inches, the second inside radius being greater than 0.13 inches and less than 0.7 inches, the at least one intake port having a non-symmetric variable shape along at least a portion of a length of the at least one intake port, said movable intake valve defining an intake valve seat angle measured between the surface of the movable intake valve most distal from an intake valve stem of the movable intake valve and a plane perpendicular to the axis of movement of the movable intake valve, said intake valve seat angle being between about 40-52 degrees, said movable intake valve defining an intake valve undercut angle measured between the surface of the movable intake valve adjacent to an intake valve seating surface defined b the intake valve seat angle and positioned radially inward therefrom and a plane perpendicular to the axis of movement of the movable intake valve, said intake valve undercut angle being between about 30-42 degrees, said movable exhaust valve defining an exhaust valve seat angle measured between the surface of the movable exhaust valve most distal from an exhaust valve stem of the moveable exhaust valve and a plane perpendicular to the axis of movement of the movable exhaust valve, said exhaust valve seat angle between about 40-52 degrees, said movable exhaust valve defining_an exhaust valve undercut angle measured between the surface of the movable exhaust valve adjacent to an exhaust valve seating surface defined by the exhaust valve seat angle and positioned radially inward therefrom and a plane perpendicular to the axis of movement of the movable exhaust valve, said exhaust valve undercut angle being between about 30-48 degrees, and an intake port angle of the at least one intake port is between about 45 and 65 degrees, wherein the first crankshaft rotates in a first direction and the second crankshaft rotates in a second direction such that the second direction is an opposite direction from the first direction.",0.8318089277005996,0.3363821445988009
9133662,"1. An awning type solar protection device equipped with an electrical power production system, the device including a flexible panel, at least one photovoltaic panel arranged on the outer face of the flexible panel, a furling tube on which the flexible panel is rolled and a system for tensioning the flexible panel during its deployment or its furling, wherein the proximal edge of the flexible panel is fixed to the furling tube with an adhesive layer and is configured to form around said furling tube a rolled-up portion that cannot be unrolled when the flexible panel is in its fully deployed state, electrical connection device being arranged in the interior of the furling tube and passing through said furling tube in the portion of the flexible panel that cannot be unrolled, said electrical connection means being hooked up to the at least one photovoltaic panel at the proximal edge of the flexible panel wherein said device includes an electrical transfer system comprising a movable part fixed to one of the ends of the furling tube, a fixed part and sliding contact device configured for transferring electrical power from the movable part to the fixed part, the electrical connection device being hooked up to the movable part, and wherein said device includes a motor for driving the furling tube in rotation having a proximal end, and the movable part of the electrical transfer system includes a central opening to receive the proximal end of the motor therethrough.",0.9506071190156157,0.09878576196876865
8820056,"1. A method of improving performance of an engine system having a driven turbocharger that is both mechanically driven by said engine system and driven by exhaust gases from said engine system comprising: operating an engine of said engine system with a rich fuel mixture substantially continuously to increase output power of said engine; generating an amount of compressed air from a compressor; mixing said amount of said compressed air with exhaust gases from said engine to produce a gaseous mixture of said exhaust gases and said compressed air; supplying said gaseous mixture to a catalytic converter that produces an exothermic reaction that adds heat to said gaseous mixture to generate a converted gaseous mixture at an output of said catalytic converter; detecting oxygen levels of said gaseous mixture that enter said catalytic converter; detecting said temperature levels of said converted gaseous mixture exiting said catalytic converter; adjusting said amount of compressed air, in response to said oxygen levels, to provide a sufficient amount of said compressed air to substantially oxidize hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide present in said gaseous mixture in said catalytic converter, while maintaining a predetermined temperature level of said converted gaseous mixture; supplying said converted gaseous mixture to a turbine of said driven turbocharger to drive said turbine with said converted gaseous mixture so that said exothermic reaction in said catalytic converter increases power generated by said turbine.",0.9811169790207497,0.03776604195850064
8573807,"1. A light device, comprising: light emitting diodes (LEDs); power supply circuitry including a switching regulator that has switching elements to provide power to the LEDs, the power supply circuitry further including input conductors to receive input power, and wherein brightness of at least some of the LEDs is controllable responsive to changes in the switching elements in response to at least one external intensity control signal; a wireless receiver to receive the at least one external intensity control signal from an external intensity control circuitry; and a device connector configured to mate with a light socket to provide the input power, wherein the power supply circuitry is included in the device connector.",0.6343437961020802,0.7313124077958395
8682943,"1. A method, comprising: periodically determining which of a plurality of users is currently logged in to which of a plurality of computers; for each of those of the users determined to be logged in: querying, by a first computer, a database that stores data representing a plurality of counters and a plurality of user/computer pairs, each counter being associated with a different one of the user/computer pairs, via a network external to the computer, to determine whether one of the user/computer pairs exists for the respective user and computer in the database, the data further representing an owner for each of the plurality of computers, and responsive to determining that the one of the user/computer pairs exists in the database, incrementing the one of the counters associated with the one of the user/computer pairs; and for each of the plurality of computers: determining which of the counters for the user/computer pairs that include the respective computer represents a highest count value, and updating the data representing the owner for the respective computer to indicate the user represented by the one of the user/computer pairs determined to exist in the database, wherein the database further stores data representing a build date of each of the computers, and wherein the method further comprises: for each of those of the users determined to be logged in to the computer: determining a current build date of the computer, comparing the current build date of the computer with the build date of the computer as stored in the database, and performing the incrementing of the counter responsive to determining that the current build date of the computer and the build date of the computer as stored in the database are a same date; and in response to determining, for each of the computers, that the build date as represented by the database has changed, deleting an entry in the database for a respective one of the computers.",0.1689010921744954,0.3378021843489908
8500384,"1. An aircraft cargo loader comprising: a longitudinal deck platform; a front and a rear wheel assembly units; and an articulate scissor assembly extending longitudinally under the platform for supporting the platform, the articulate scissor assembly comprising: a first and a second elongated arm pivotally connected by a swivel joint, allowing the scissor assembly to move between an open position where the deck platform is in a raised position and a closed position where the deck platform is in a lowered position; each of the first and second elongated members having an upper end pivotally attached to the deck platform and a lower end pivotally connected to the rear and front wheel assembly unit respectively; one of the first and second elongated members being articulated and comprising an upper segment pivotally connected to a lower segment, the upper segment being able to pivot relative to the lower segment; a first controllable actuator to move the scissor assembly between the open and closed positions and a second controllable actuator to actuate an articulation of the upper segment relative to the lower segment so as to tilt the deck platform longitudinally; wherein the first and second elongated members each comprises a pair of parallel arms, each pair of parallel arms of the first and second elongated members are secured to one another by an upper transverse rod and a lower transverse rod, respectively connecting an upper portion and a lower portion of said pair of arms, the swivel joint delimitating the upper from the lower portion; and wherein the articulated member is the second elongated member; and the second actuator is a cylinder having a first end connected to the upper transverse rod of second elongated member and a second end connected to the lower transverse rod of the first elongated member.",0.17505597526041844,0.3501119505208369
9727948,"1. A pixel interpolation device comprising: a same-color pixel mixture device for, in a color image in which a basic array pattern including a pixel of a first color and pixels of second and third colors having a lower contribution to brightness than the pixel of the first color is repeatedly arranged in a row direction and a column direction, mixing the pixels of the first color such that at least a first type of pixels of the first color which are arranged in the same row as the pixel of the second color or the pixel of the third color and a second type of pixels of the first color which are different from the first type of pixels of the first color and are arranged in the same column as the pixel of the second color or the pixel of the third color are separately mixed with each other in a pixel mixture block and for separately mixing the pixels of the second color and the pixels of the third color in the pixel mixture block such that a process of mixing the pixels of the same color is performed for each pixel mixture pattern having a plurality of pixels in the row direction and the column direction, thereby obtaining a plurality of types of mixed pixels of the first color, a mixed pixel of the second color, and a mixed pixel of the third color for each pixel mixture pattern; a correlation determination device for determining whether a correlation direction is the column direction or the row direction in the color image, on the basis of the plurality of types of mixed pixels of the first color obtained by the same-color pixel mixture device; and an interpolation device for generating an interpolation pixel of the first color, an interpolation pixel of the second color, and an interpolation pixel of the third color for each pixel mixture pattern, using the plurality of types of mixed pixels of the first color, the mixed pixel of the second color, and the mixed pixel of the third color obtained by the same-color pixel mixture device, on the basis of the determination result of the correlation determination device.",0.029851659446520993,0.059703318893042034
9065575,"1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a wireless communication unit configured to receive data; an output unit configured to output a received broadcast program; a memory unit configured to store broadcast relevant information; and a controller configured to:",0.4009117392338297,0.8018234784676594
8573803,"1. An illumination device, comprising: a housing having a light-emitting surface through which illumination light is irradiated; a plurality of LED units fixed to the housing in specified positions to emit the illumination light; a plurality of reflectors each having a reflection surface for reflecting the illumination light emitted from each of the LED units in a specified direction; and a reflector attachment plate removably fixed to the housing, each of the reflectors being adjustably attached to the reflector attachment plate in a specified orientation.",0.4106073610466519,0.8212147220933038
9538733,"1. A sustainable aquaponics system comprising: a man-made pond connected by a pump to a plurality of man-made raceways, each raceway lined with tarp and containing a variety of plant species including blue algae placed in the raceway to remove waste materials from raceway water and provide food for fish, wherein each raceway spills water through a man-made spillway into an adjacent raceway at a lower vertical level; a source of water from a natural ecosystem feeding into said man-made pond; at least one insulated and heated winter quarters for fish in colder temperatures; a poly-culture fish population wherein chosen predator fish eat other chosen fish in the system in a food chain wherein lower members in the food chain spawn faster than they are consumed by predator fish higher in said food chain; wherein said system includes monitoring equipment adapted to ascertain that water contains at least 8.3 ppm of dissolved oxygen; a plurality of man-made plant growing areas adjacent to or on said raceways, at least some of said plant growing areas producing legal cannabis with a yield of four to five pounds of buds per plant or hemp; a plurality of micro-electric generators situated in said raceways producing electricity from moving water, said electricity used to partially power said pump.",0.9620087349460441,0.07598253010791178
8669397,"1. A process for preparing an adipic acid product, the process comprising: reacting, in the presence of a hydrodeoxygenation catalyst and a halogen source, a hydrodeoxygenation substrate and hydrogen gas to convert at least a portion of the hydrodeoxygenation substrate to an adipic acid product, wherein the hydrodeoxygenation substrate comprises a compound of formula I wherein X is independently hydroxyl, oxo, halo, acyloxy or hydrogen provided that at least one X is not hydrogen and R 1 is independently a salt-forming ion, hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, or substituted hydrocarbyl; or a mono- or di-lactone thereof and wherein the adipic acid product is a compound of formula II wherein R 1 is as defined for formula I.",0.6474934196973098,0.7050131606053804
9243985,"1. A method for preventing the mechanical failure of a metallic object; wherein the metallic object is subject to cyclic loading; and wherein said method comprises the following steps: (a) measuring the temperature of the surface of the metallic object, in the vicinity of the location of incipient mechanical failure, using a temperature sensor; (b) approximating the accumulated volumetric entropy production γ in the vicinity of the location of incipient mechanical failure of the metallic object, using a relationship that is equivalent to: (c) predicting the time of mechanical failure of the metallic object when γ is approaching the value of γ (d) stopping the cyclic loading of the metallic object, using a controller, when γ approaches the value of γ",0.737202936899426,0.5255941262011481
9415345,"1. A control method for monitoring a selective catalytic reduction (“SCR”) device of an exhaust gas treatment system included in a vehicle, the control method comprising: monitoring a plurality of operating conditions existing during a current driving condition controlled by an engine of the vehicle, and an SCR temperature by an electronic control module including a hardware processor with electronic circuitry configured to execute operative circuit logic, the plurality of operating conditions related to determining an efficiency of the SCR device; determining if each of the operating conditions are operating within a respective predetermined range, and if the SCR temperature is below an operating temperature range; activating a hydrocarbon supply including an injector configured to inject unburned hydrocarbon based on each of the plurality of operating conditions operating within the respective predetermined range regardless of the current driving condition controlled by the engine, and the SCR temperature being below the operating temperature range, the hydrocarbon supply located upstream of the SCR device to generate heat if activated; monitoring the SCR temperature to determine if the SCR device is operating within the operating temperature range after the hydrocarbon supply is activated; and when the SCR temperature is below the operating temperature range within a predetermined amount of time, setting a diagnostic code and disabling the hydrocarbon supply.",0.9598509820024318,0.08029803599513641
8460432,"1. A membrane comprising a porous support layer, a gas tight electronically and ionically conducting membrane layer, and one or two catalyst layers, wherein the electronically and ionically conducting membrane layer is formed from a material having a crystallite structure with a crystal size of about 1 to 100 nm.",0.8672732972069842,0.2654534055860316
9487093,"1. A control device ( 7 ) for actuating a DC-to-DC converter ( 6 ), comprising: a voltage regulator ( a current regulator ( wherein the control device (",0.9299625006631286,0.14007499867374285
9070806,"1. A self-powered solar tracker comprising: an altitude adjustment optical sensor unit comprising one or more first optical sensors formed on an upper side of a first convex support surface to face the sun and one or more second optical sensors formed on a lower side of the first convex support surface, the altitude adjustment optical sensor unit being configured to sense sunlight so as to adjust an altitude of a solar collector panel; a horizontal rotation optical sensor unit comprising one or more third optical sensors formed on a left side of a second convex support surface to face the sun and one or more fourth optical sensors formed on a right side of the second convex support surface, the horizontal rotation optical sensor unit being configured to sense sunlight so as to horizontally rotate the solar collector panel; a passive element circuit comprising one or more first comparison circuits for comparing a difference in output light intensity between the first optical sensors and the second optical sensors and one or more second comparison circuits for comparing a difference in output light intensity between the third optical sensors and the fourth optical sensors, and to output a driving value for adjusting the altitude of and horizontally rotating the solar collector panel in a direction having a larger light intensity value; an altitude adjustment driving unit configured to receive a driving power source from solar cells of the solar collector panel and to adjust the altitude of the solar collector panel in response to the driving value of the passive element circuit; and a horizontal rotation driving unit configured to perform the horizontal rotation, wherein the horizontal rotation optical sensor unit further comprises one or more fifth optical sensors being disposed on the second convex support surface, the horizontal rotation optical sensor unit being configured to be adjusted such that one or more fifth optical sensors are positioned on a side of the second convex support surface that is opposite to a light incident side.",0.9680825668301812,0.06383486633963753
9606031,"1. An acoustic treatment system, comprising: a transfer apparatus including: a vessel defining an internal volume for holding the transfer end of the transfer apparatus; and an acoustic energy source configured to generate focused acoustic energy having a frequency of about 100 kHz to 100 MHz through a wall of the vessel to expose the portion of the sample material to a focal zone of acoustic energy while the transfer end of the transfer apparatus and the portion of the sample material are located within the internal volume of the vessel.",0.18787316687069314,0.3757463337413862
9169119,"1. An apparatus for producing fuel for a fuel cell car comprising: a main reaction chamber including an aluminum coil and configured to produce gas; a sub-chamber including a sodium aqueous solution, the sub-chamber connected to the main reaction chamber to allow the produced gas to flow between the sub-chamber and the main reaction chamber; a circulation pump configured to supply a sodium hydroxide aqueous solution in the sub-chamber to the main reaction chamber when producing the fuel, and further configured to return the sodium hydroxide aqueous solution in the main reaction chamber to the sub-chamber when stopping production of the fuel; and a separator configured to separate hydrogen gas from the produced gas, and supply the hydrogen gas to a fuel cell, wherein the main reaction chamber includes a winding member and a restriction frame, the winding member configured to wind a coil while rotating at the center and the restriction frame configured to restrict the thickness of the wound coil.",0.984740069650088,0.030519860699824042
8599983,"1. A clock and data recovery circuit, comprising: a first transmission line including a plurality of first segments of a first predetermined length, the first transmission line being configured to facilitate propagation of a clock signal through the plurality of first segments to provide a plurality of delayed clock signals corresponding to propagation of the clock signal through the plurality of first segments; a second transmission line including a plurality of second segments of a second predetermined length, the second transmission line being configured to facilitate propagation of a data signal including a serial bit stream through the plurality of second segments to provide a plurality of delayed data signals corresponding to propagation of the data signal through the plurality of second segments; and a first sampling circuit configured to sample a first delayed data signal from among the plurality of delayed data signals at a sampling rate corresponding to a first delayed clock signal from, among the plurality of delayed clock signals, wherein a time to propagate the clock signal through the first predetermined length and a time to propagate the data signal through the second predetermined length each correspond to a partial period of a transmission bit time within the serial bit stream.",0.16543820654272243,0.3308764130854449
8654080,"1. A keyboard for an electronic device, comprising: a main body comprising a plurality of keys; a test indicator positioned on an outside surface of the main body, the test indicator comprising an anode and a cathode; and an interface electrically connected to both the main body and the test indicator; the interface comprising a first idle pin and a second idle pin; wherein the main body is electrically connected to a main board of the electronic device through the interface, such that the electronic device can be operated using the plurality of keys of the main body, and the anode and the cathode of the test indicator are electrically connected to the main board through the first idle pin and the second idle pin, respectively; when a power supply of the electronic device works normally, the power supply provides a voltage to the first idle pin through the main board, and the test indicator is switched on by the voltage and emits light to indicate that the power supply works normally.",0.7374410560171701,0.5251178879656597
8938477,"1. A method for simulating a data storage configuration comprising: generating first data describing a simulated data storage configuration of a data storage system including a plurality of physical and logical entities, said first data describing the plurality of physical and logical entities that are included in the simulated data storage system configuration; populating a database using said first data; and retrieving first information from said database in connection with processing a request from a client, wherein said first information includes at least a portion of said first data, wherein the request from the client is a data storage management operation that performs any of read and modify configuration information of the database describing the simulated data storage configuration of the data storage system, and wherein the first data is generated using one or more inputs and, prior to said generating, validity and consistency processing is performed that, using the one or more inputs, determines whether the simulated data storage configuration is a valid and consistent data storage configuration, said validity and consistency processing including determining whether a first logical entity is valid and consistent with respect to one or more physical entities associated with the first logical entity.",0.07355352302320561,0.14710704604641123
9080796,"1. A method for a vehicle climate control system, comprising: during a summer mode, driving first and second adsorbers with heat transfer fluid (HTF) heated by engine exhaust in a hot HTF circuit and HTF cooled by an HTF cooler in a cold HTF circuit, and charging a standalone cold phase change material (PCM) battery communicating with the adsorbers; and during a winter mode, coupling the hot HTF circuit with a heater core.",0.9752421136412607,0.049515772717478646
9733661,"1. A power management circuit, comprising: a voltage sensing circuit, for sensing a plurality of voltages respectively of a plurality of nodes of a printed circuit board (PCB) to generate a sensing result, wherein the voltage sensing circuit comprises: a supply voltage adjusting circuit, coupled to the voltage sensing circuit, for determining a voltage level of a supply voltage supplied to a power plane of the PCB by referring to the sensing result.",0.8429656385586708,0.3140687228826584
8641028,"1. Apparatus for clamping and holding an edge of a flexible film sheeting comprising: an assembly for clamping and holding the edge which comprises: an elongate flexible channel member for extending along the edge; the channel member having a bottom wall with a bottom surface and a first and a second upstanding sides; and an elongate locking strip detachably engagable within said elongate flexible channel member for clamping the associated film sheeting therebetween, the elongate locking strip having; and a tool for engaging the elongate locking strip into the elongate flexible channel member comprising: a guide body having a bottom portion arranged for movement across a support surface on which the film sheeting is located; the guide body having a guide slot therein in which the elongate flexible channel member is received; the guide slot having an elongate base engaging and supporting the bottom surface of the elongate flexible channel member lying along the elongate base and first and second upstanding side walls of the guide slot engaging and locating said first and second sides of the elongate flexible channel member to hold the elongate flexible channel member extending along the guide slot; the guide slot being located above the bottom portion with the upstanding side walls extending upwardly away from the bottom portion and held relative to the bottom portion so that the elongate base of the guide slot is held by the guide body generally parallel to the support surface over which the guide body moves; the guide body carrying a lever mounted on the guide body for pivotal movement about a forward end of the lever so that a rearward end of the lever can move toward and away from the elongate base of the guide slot in a direction generally at right angles to the elongate base between a raised position of the lever and a lowered operating position of the lever; the lever carrying a first guide element at a position above the guide slot engaging and guiding the locking strip into the guide slot so that the locking strip is guided to enter the channel member lying in the guide slot; the first guide element being shaped so that the first side edge of the locking strip is guided by the first guide element to enter an adjacent the first side of the channel member; the lever carrying a second guide element at a position above the guide slot engaging and guiding the locking strip into the guide slot so that the locking strip is guided to enter the channel member lying in the guide slot; the second guide element being shaped so that the second side edge of the locking strip is guided by the second guide element to enter the second side of the channel member; the first guide element comprising a pair of legs defining a channel shape receptacle therebetween receiving the locking strip in the channel shape receptacle, with the legs defining the channel shape receptacle at an angle to the elongate base of the guide slot; the second guide element comprising at least one wheel with a peripheral surface of said at least one wheel extending, when the lever is in the lowered operating position of the lever, into the guide slot to a position within the guide slot between the first and second upstanding side walls of the guide slot; the guide body being movable along the support surface with the channel member lying in the guide slot so that the guide body moves along the channel member; the locking strip thus being inserted to lie within the channel member after the guide body has moved along the channel member relative to the channel member and the locking strip.",0.04961718079780457,0.09923436159560917
9743969,"1. A method comprising: identifying a bone site comprising a first bone segment, a second bone segment, and a joint between the first and second bone segments; providing an elongated bone fusion device having a longitudinal axis and a rectilinear cross section transverse to the longitudinal axis and including an exterior surface treated to provide bony in-growth; forming a bore having a longitudinal axis in the first bone segment; forming a bore having a longitudinal axis in the second bone segment that faces the bore in the first bone segment across the joint, the bores in the first and second segments each being non-parallel to the joint and having a rectilinear cross-sectional profile sized and configured to tightly engage the exterior surface of the elongated bone fusion device, wherein the rectilinear cross-sectional profile of each bore is transverse to the longitudinal axis of each bore; and fusing the joint by inserting the elongated bone fusion device across the joint and into tight engagement within the bores of the first and second bone segments, to thereby restrict movement of the elongated bone fusion device across the joint and provide bony in-growth within the bores along the exterior surface of the bone fusion device.",0.1012135153693266,0.2024270307386532
9046019,"1. A method of regenerating a particulate filter comprising: flowing an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine into a particulate filter; determining a particulate level in the particulate filter; performing a primary regeneration when the particulate level is below a first value, the primary regeneration comprising flowing exhaust gas with a selected amount of hydrocarbons in the exhaust gas into the particulate filter; increasing, when the particulate level is above the first value, an amount of nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas from the engine by at least one of reducing EGR flow to the engine and adjusting an engine air to fuel ratio to produce increased nitrogen oxide; and performing a secondary regeneration when the particulate level is above the first value, the secondary regeneration comprising flowing exhaust gas from the engine with an increased amount of nitrogen oxide into the particulate filter, wherein the primary regeneration is performed when the particulate level is between 40 g and 70 g, and the secondary regeneration is performed when the particulate level is between 70 g and 75 g.",0.9889769871308196,0.022046025738360786
8795672,"1. A cancer therapeutic agent, comprising an antibody, wherein said antibody is a murine, chimeric, humanized, or human form of murine antibody TNT-1, TNT-2, TNT-3 or NHS76, linked to a liver-expressed chemokine (LEC), wherein said LEC comprises an amino acid sequence which has at least 95% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO: 3 and acts as a chemotactic factor for one or more of macrophages, monocytes, dendritic cells, T cells, PMNs and lymphoid cells or the production of IFN-(gamma) or IL-12, and wherein said agent is a fusion protein and wherein the C-terminus of said LEC is fused to the N-terminus of said antibody.",0.4264417812716466,0.8528835625432932
8841311,"1. A compound of formula (I) in which R R R X represents —NH—, Y represents —O— or —NH—, A represents a phenyl or monocyclic heteroaryl ring, n represents 1 or 2, and R and their salts, diastereomers and enantiomers.",0.2829270315047947,0.5658540630095894
9847093,"1. An apparatus for processing a speech signal for a wearable device, the apparatus generating vibration based on a speech signal received from an external device and comprising: a communicator configured to receive a speech signal received from the external device; an actuator configured to generate vibration based on the received speech signal; a microphone configured to obtain an audio signal comprising a user speech signal articulated by a user of the apparatus; and a processor configured to convert the received speech signal based on impulse response characteristics of a body of the user to which the vibration is to be delivered, and to generate vibration from the converted speech signal, wherein the vibration generated by the actuator is delivered from a first part of the body to a second part of the body, and the microphone is included in a band of the wearable device, the actuator configured to generate the vibration is located spaced apart from the microphone on an inner circumferential surface of the band of the wearable device, and the processor is further configured to convert the received speech signal by applying a filter for enhancing a formant of the received speech signal to the received speech signal based on the impulse response characteristics of the body and to generate the vibration based on the converted speech signal.",0.253337972888185,0.50667594577637
8598624,"1. A hybrid IGBT device having VIGBT and LDMOS structures comprising: at least a drain trenched contact filled with a conductive plug penetrating through an insulating layer and an epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type, and further extending into a substrate of a second conductivity type undereneath said epitaxial layer; a vertical drain region of said first conductivity type surrounding at least sidewalls of said drain trenched contact, extending from top surface of said epitaxial layer to said substrate, wherein said vertical drain region having a higher doping concentration than said epitaxial layer; and said vertical drain region contacting to a drain-anode metal layer on bottom surface of said substrate.",0.5458098902553018,0.9083802194893964
9041642,"1. A display apparatus, comprising: a display element; a display controller first displaying a left eye image and second displaying a right eye image on the display element; in a viewing space adjacent a display surface of the display element, an illuminator assembly operable to provide infrared (IR) light in the viewing space; and a back light assembly generating visible light to back light the display element only in response to reflection of portions of the IR light from one or more viewers positioned at viewing locations in the viewing space, wherein the display element is transparent to the reflected portions of the IR light, whereby the reflected portions of the IR light passes through the display element prior to the reflected portions striking the back light assembly to trigger the generating of the visible light to back light the display element, wherein the back light assembly includes a light bar comprising a row of IR receivers detecting the reflected portions of the IR light and a row of visible light sources each independently and selectively operating only when a paired one of the IR receivers detects the reflected portions of the IR light to provide the visible light to back light the display element, and wherein the viewing space includes a number of tiered rows of individual seats for defining the viewing locations for the viewers and wherein the back light assembly comprises the number of the rows of the IR receivers and the visible light emitters arranged in tiers.",0.14345239040741534,0.2869047808148306
9074333,"1. A fluid level control system comprising: a structure comprising a heating strip and a plurality of sensors arranged circumferentially along said structure, wherein said plurality of sensors comprises at least an upper set of sensors above the heating strip and a lower set of sensors below the heating strip; a fluid off-take located on said structure; a flow controller fluidly connected to said fluid off-take; a sensor located on said structure and adapted to measure a property of said oil and said water; a computer for interpreting a signal from said plurality of sensors; and a capture device located over a source of hydrocarbons near a bottom of a body of water.",0.7597230097617388,0.4805539804765224
9178233,"1. A method for determining when to perform a stack voltage recovery process, said method comprising: providing a fuel cell stack in a fuel cell system, said fuel cell stack including at least one anode side and at least one cathode side, with a membrane-electrode assembly between each of the at least one anode side and the at least one cathode side; providing a water vapor transfer unit in a cathode input line of the fuel cell stack, said water vapor transfer unit being capable of humidifying cathode input air; a controller that is programmed with algorithms for: providing an estimate of an irreversible voltage loss of the fuel cell stack by determining a voltage that the stack is capable of producing; providing an estimate of an actual voltage of the fuel cell stack at a stack current density; determining a difference between the irreversible voltage loss and the actual voltage; determining whether the difference between the irreversible voltage loss and the actual voltage is greater than a predetermined voltage threshold; performing the stack voltage recovery process when the difference between the irreversible voltage loss and the actual voltage loss is greater than the predetermined voltage threshold; and resetting a counter to zero once the stack voltage recovery process is complete.",0.976624086416856,0.046751827166287896
9141668,"1. A computer-implemented method to determine individuals having desired skills, the method comprising: receiving, by an application and from a requesting entity, a request to identify individuals having a desired skill specified in the request, wherein the application includes a semantic layer, a knowledge management system (KMS) layer, and a collaboration layer, wherein the request comprises a query composed according to a query language not supported by the KMS layer; reformulating the query by the semantic layer and into a different query language supported by the KMS layer; identifying, by accessing a data store using the reformulated query: (i) a first individual having the specified skill and (ii) a first characterization of a skill level of the first individual in the specified skill, wherein the first characterization is stored in the data store and is determined based on input from a plurality of individuals, wherein the data store contains a body of knowledge represented by the KMS layer; and upon determining, by the collaboration layer and by operation of one or more computer processors, that a count of the plurality of individuals is less than a desired count of individuals characterizing the skill level of the first individual, confirming the skill level of the first individual by requesting at least a second individual to provide a second characterization of the skill level of the first individual in the specified skill, wherein the second individual is not included in the plurality of individuals.",0.008694530090571122,0.01738906018114228
9755514,"1. A voltage converter comprising: a switching logic including a plurality of transistors, wherein a portion of the plurality of transistors are configured to be switched on and off when the voltage converter changes between a shed state and an unshed state; a first comparison logic configured to compare a voltage from the voltage converter to a reference voltage, the first comparison logic configured to generate a shed comparison signal based on a comparison of the voltage from the voltage converter to the reference voltage; a second comparison logic configured to determine whether a current from the voltage converter has crossed zero and generate a zero cross signal that indicates the current from the voltage converter has crossed zero; a first ripple counter logic configured to sample the shed comparison signal for a first number of clock cycles to generate shed comparison sampled values; a second ripple counter logic configured to sample the zero cross signal for a second number of clock cycles to generate zero cross sampled values, wherein the second number of clock cycles are less than the first number of clock cycles; and a shed signal logic configured to determine a change between the shed state and the unshed state corresponding to the portion of the plurality of transistors based on monitoring the shed comparison sampled values for the first number of clock cycles and the zero cross sampled values for the second number of clock cycles to determine either the shed comparison sampled values have essentially a first same value or the zero cross sampled values have essentially a second same value.",0.7177165838225905,0.564566832354819
8884707,"1. An oscillator for generating an oscillation signal, the oscillator comprising: a latch including a reset input, a set input, a first output to generate the oscillation signal, and a second output to generate a complementary oscillation signal; a first delay element including an input coupled to the first output of the latch, and including an output coupled to the reset input of the latch; and a second delay element including an input coupled to the second output of the latch, and including an output coupled to the set input of the latch, wherein the first delay element is associated with a first start signal and provides a first externally adjustable delay period proportional, at least in part, to a first control voltage, and wherein the second delay element is associated with a second start signal and provides a second externally adjustable delay period proportional, at least in part, to a second control voltage.",0.27255340981533327,0.5451068196306665
9318991,"1. An apparatus comprising: a controller configured to identify a switching frequency meeting a desired operating condition from information relating to operation of an electric motor and control switching of a current supplied to the electric motor with the switching frequency identified; wherein the switching frequency is identified based on a motor load, a controller temperature, a controller temperature rate of change, a stator temperature, and a stator temperature rate of change.",0.9162847621025167,0.1674304757949665
9180769,"1. A control system for a vehicle, the vehicle including: a driving force generation unit which includes at least an internal combustion engine as a drive source; an automatic transmission which changes a ratio of a rotation speed of an input shaft to which a driving force is inputted from the driving force generation portion to a rotation speed of an output shaft; an electric oil pump which is driven by electric power supplied from a battery to supply a working hydraulic pressure to the automatic transmission; and a vehicle speed detection unit, wherein the control system executes an idling stop in the driving force generation unit, and wherein the control system controls the electric oil pump to start before the idling stop is brought about, when a condition of a vehicle speed is satisfied which is set in accordance with a variation of a running speed of the vehicle while the vehicle is running based on the driving force generated by the driving force generation unit.",0.9738691836676203,0.05226163266475936
9414911,"1. A prosthetic heart valve comprising: an annularly collapsible and re-expandable supporting structure extending between an inflow end and an outflow end, the supporting structure including a plurality of struts; a plurality of leaflets disposed inside the supporting structure; a cuff disposed on a surface of the supporting structure; a plurality of commissure features for attaching the leaflets to the supporting structure; a plurality of first eyelets disposed on the supporting structure, the first eyelets being disposed adjacent the inflow end at a position farthest from the outflow end, and spaced from the plurality of commissure features, selected ones of the plurality of first eyelets being coupled to the cuff.",0.07868998633029156,0.15737997266058312
9016894,"1. A method of color mixing, the method comprising: directing a first light from a first light source toward a white OLED device, wherein the first light has a first color, said first light source comprising a red, green, or blue inorganic LED, wherein the first light is diffused; reflecting the first light from the first light source on a reflective layer in the OLED device to form a reflected light; emitting a white second light from the OLED device, wherein the second light has a second color; and combining the reflected light with the second light to form a third light, wherein the third light has a third color that is different than the first color and the second color.",0.2015137315183962,0.4030274630367924
9127625,"1. An air filter for a fresh air system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: a housing having a first housing shell and a second housing shell, an intermediate panel disposed therebetween separating a crude chamber from a clean chamber in the housing, the intermediate panel defining a periphery coupled to the housing and including an inside edge delimiting a passage opening, a filter element arranged in the passage opening, the filter element having a surrounding seal disposed thereon and extending in a circumferential direction around the filter element, wherein the intermediate panel has a surrounding seal contour on the inside edge bordering the passage opening, and the seal interacts with the seal contour and the filter element, and a fixing frame configured as a separate component with respect to the intermediate panel, the two housing shells and the filter element, the fixing frame encompassing the filter element in the circumferential direction on a side of the seal facing away from the seal contour, wherein the fixing frame mounts the side of the seal facing away from the seal contour and is secured to the intermediate panel.",0.7300082417722965,0.539983516455407
8429992,"1. An automotive transmission mechanism for transmitting torque from an engine input shaft of an engine to a drive train comprising: an input shaft of the engine having an engine input member in simultaneous driving relation with a first clutch drive member and a second clutch drive member, the first clutch drive member configured to transfer torque from the engine input member to an input side of a first clutch at first gear ratio and the second clutch drive member configured to transfer torque from the engine input member to an input side of a second clutch at a second gear ratio, the second gear ratio different from the first gear ratio; a first layshaft rotatable about a first layshaft axis and selectively engagable to be driven by the first clutch and to receive torque transferred from the engine input member at the first gear ratio; a second layshaft rotatable about a second layshaft axis that is spaced from the first layshaft axis and selectively engagable to be driven by the second clutch and to receive torque transferred from the engine input member at the second gear ratio; and the first layshaft having a first set of a plurality of coaxial pinions, the second layshaft having a second set of a plurality of coaxial pinions; a countershaft rotatable about a countershaft axis that is spaced from the first layshaft axis and the second layshaft axis, the countershaft having a first set of gears and a second set of gears mounted coaxially thereon, each gear from the first set of the gears in intermeshing, driven relation with a pinion from the first set of pinions with a gear ratio therebetween, and each gear from the second set of the gears in intermeshing, driven relation with a pinion from the second set of pinions with a gear ratio therebetween, the gear ratio of each pair of pinions and gears differing from the gear ratios of other pairs of pinions and gears; and each of the first set of pinions independently engagable with the first layshaft when the first clutch is engaged to transfer torque to the countershaft at an effective gear ratio that is a product of the gear ratio between the engaged pinion and the gear pair and the first gear ratio between the engine input member and the first clutch drive member, and each of the second set of pinions independently engagable with the second layshaft when the second clutch is engaged to transfer torque to the countershaft at an effective gear ratio that is a product of the gear ratio between the engaged pinion and gear pair and the second gear ratio between the engine input member and the second clutch drive member, each of the effective gear ratios provided thereby differing from the other effective gear ratios, wherein a first gear pinion of the first set of pinions is selectively engaged for rotation with first layshaft using a one way clutch, the one way clutch engaging the first gear pinion for rotation with the first layshaft when the first layshaft is rotating within a predetermined range of speeds and not engaging the first gear pinion for rotation with the first layshaft when the first layshaft is rotating at a speed exceeding the predetermined range of speeds.",0.4234147826485745,0.846829565297149
9760085,"1. A production support system, comprising: a production information storage unit configured to store data relating to a production volume; a manufacturing apparatus information storage unit configured to store data relating to a manufacturing apparatus; an inspection/measurement apparatus information storage unit configured to store data relating to an inspection apparatus or measurement apparatus; a planned lot number calculation unit configured to a first control mode calculation unit configured to select an appropriate control mode from the first control mode calculation unit calculating a first number of products and a second number of products, the first number of products being a number of products corresponding to a same fluctuation as the first fluctuation in the relationship between fluctuation of the final quality and the number of products when performing the predetermined feedback type/feedforward type combined APC, the second number of products being a number of products corresponding to a same fluctuation as the second fluctuation in the relationship between fluctuation of the final quality and the number of products when performing the predetermined feedback type/feedforward type combined APC, when the number of products to be subjected to the control of the final quality being between 0 and the second number of products, the first control mode calculation unit selecting not performing feedback type/feedforward type combined APC, when the number of products to be subjected to the control of the final quality being between the second number of products and the first number of products, the first control mode calculation unit selecting performing feedforward type APC, and when the number of products to be subjected to the control of the final quality being exceeding the first number of products, the first control mode calculation unit selecting performing feedback type/feedforward type combined APC.",0.6171567499683733,0.7656865000632533
8493590,"1. A method for transmitting data directly between a plurality of Dual Access Point and Station (“DAS”)-enabled devices in a wireless network, in which the plurality of DAS-enabled devices also communicate with each other by transferring data via an Access Point (“AP”) device in the wireless network, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast message wirelessly in a management action frame directly from a first DAS-enabled device of the plurality of DAS-enabled devices at a second DAS-enabled device of the plurality of DAS-enabled devices, wherein the first DAS-enabled device operates as a station when communicating with the AP device and as a subsidiary AP (“SAP”) to the AP device when communicating directly with other DAS-enabled devices and wherein the broadcast message includes information indicating a basic transmission bit rate that is not supported by the wireless network for communicating via the AP device, in order to prevent non-DAS-enabled devices from directly connecting to the first DAS-enabled device when the first DAS-enabled device is operating as the SAP, and in which the management action frame is not a beacon frame that would cause the AP device to change to a different channel; identifying in the second DAS-enabled device that the basic transmission bit rate that is not supported by the wireless network is an indication that the first DAS-enabled device is operating as the SAP to attempt to communicate directly with the second DAS-enabled device without accessing the AP device and in which the basic transmission bit rate that is not supported by the wireless network prevents non-DAS-enabled devices from accessing the wireless network by connecting to the first DAS-enabled device, when the first DAS-enabled device is operating as the SAP; determining minimum requirements imposed by the first DAS-enabled device in the broadcast message; determining in the second DAS-enabled device, if the second DAS-enabled device meets the minimum requirements imposed by the first DAS-enabled device to establish a direct communication path in the wireless network between the first DAS-enabled device and the second DAS-enabled device for direct data transfer without communicating via the AP device; and establishing the direct communication path between the first DAS-enabled device and the second DAS-enabled device for direct data transfer, without utilizing the AP device to establish the direct communication path, when the first DAS-enabled device is operating as the SAP and when the second DAS-enabled device meets the minimum requirements imposed by the first DAS-enabled device.",0.5710596394581486,0.8578807210837027
9517445,"1. A process for making an activated carbon adsorbent having a predetermined pore size distribution and surface area, the process comprising contacting a char with KOH for one hour at an activation temperature ranging from 700° C. to 900° C. and a KOH:C ratio ranging from 3 to 4.5, wherein the activated carbon adsorbent has a total pore volume of at least 1.5 cc/g and a surface area of at least about 2700 m 2 /g.",0.7449705648821824,0.5100588702356352
9504389,"1. A core temperature sensor for non-invasively measuring a temperature of a core thermal compartment of a human body or other mammal comprising: a skin temperature sensor that is adapted to be placed in conductive thermal contact with the skin over-laying a portion of the core thermal compartment; a heater comprising a first surface adapted to face the skin, wherein a central region of the first surface of the heater is positioned to surround the skin temperature sensor; a layer of thermal insulation proximate a second surface of the heater and opposite the first surface of the heater facing the skin; and a controller to start and stop heat from the heater and to determine the core thermal compartment temperature, the controller configured to drive the heater to a predetermined temperature greater than the temperature of the core thermal compartment and then discontinue heating, permitting heat to rapidly diffuse into the core thermal compartment through thermal load dissipation, the controller operable to analyze a skin temperature-versus-time dissipation curve that occurs when the heat from the heater is stopped, wherein determination of the core thermal compartment temperature is established based on a slow temperature decrease portion of the curve determined by waiting for an empirically determined amount of time following the discontinuation of the heating, wherein the slow temperature decrease portion of the curve reflects a decreasing rate of change in the temperature measured by the skin temperature sensor and is indicative of reaching thermal equilibrium between the skin and the core thermal compartment.",0.4692162752055857,0.9384325504111714
9587616,"1. An internal combustion engine ignition device, in which an on-off control of current for energizing an ignition coil is performed by a switching element upon receiving a control signal, and an output terminal for externally outputting an ignition state of the ignition coil is provided, the internal combustion engine ignition device comprising: voltage converting means for converting the current to a voltage, the converted voltage being referred to as a sense voltage; first comparing means for comparing the sense voltage with each of two reference voltages, the two reference voltages being a first detection reference voltage for detecting the sense voltage at a time of rise and a first release reference voltage which is a voltage lower than the first detection reference voltage, to output a first output signal, the first comparing means having a hysteresis characteristic; second comparing means for comparing the sense voltage with each of two other reference voltages, the two other reference voltages being a second detection reference voltage for detecting the sense voltage at a time of rise and a second release reference voltage which is a voltage lower than the second detection reference voltage and higher than the first detection reference voltage, to output a second output signal, the second comparing means having a hysteresis characteristic; output means for receiving the first output signal output from the first comparing means and the second output signal output from the second comparing means and for outputting a third output signal; and switch means for controlling the output terminal to be on or off using the third output signal output from the output means; wherein the first comparing means is formed of an inverting input switching-type comparator.",0.8327704013435125,0.3344591973129749
9183565,"1. A system, comprising: a processor; and a computer-readable memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:",0.3374759945880884,0.6749519891761768
8465876,"1. A system configured to simultaneously reduce environmental enteric fermentation methane emissions and produce energy, comprising: (a) one or more ruminant animals contained in an enclosure; (b) a first, second, and third gas, wherein said first gas comprises enteric fermentation-derived methane gas that has been emitted by and collected from said animals, wherein said second gas comprises enclosure air comprising oxygen, wherein the concentration of said enteric fermentation-derived methane in a combination of first and second gases is above 1.7 ppm, and wherein said third gas comprises methane; (c) an energy-generating device that oxidizes methane to produce energy; and (d) a conveyor configured to direct, move, and/or convey said second gas and/or to contact a combination of two or more of said gases with said device; wherein introduction of a combination of said first, second, and third gases to said device results in oxidation of a portion of said methane in both said first and third gases to methanol, water, and/or carbon dioxide, thereby simultaneously reducing environmental enteric fermentation methane emissions and producing energy.",0.9838051551969209,0.03238968960615818
9625756,"1. A liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising: a first substrate comprising a display area comprising a plurality of pixels, a pad disposed outside the display area, and an isolated metal pattern; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a sealer coupling the first substrate to the second substrate, the sealer positioned outside the display area, the sealer further having an inner surface facing the display area and an opposing outer surface; a plurality of gate lines disposed on the first substrate and connected to at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels; and a plurality of data lines disposed on the first substrate and connected to at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels, wherein the isolated metal pattern is disposed adjacent to at least one data line of the plurality of data lines, and disposed at a different layer from the plurality of data lines without overlapping the plurality of data lines, and wherein at least a portion of the isolated metal pattern is disposed between the pad and the sealer, and the isolated metal pattern is disposed entirely outside the inner surface of the sealer.",0.06851239765793464,0.1370247953158693
9097215,"1. An exhaust gas control system of an engine, the system comprising: an EGR line that recirculates exhaust gas of an exhaust line to an intake line; an EGR valve that is disposed on the EGR line to control the recirculated exhaust gas; and an ECU that is configured to control the EGR valve according to a driving condition, wherein the ECU performs: wherein the target mass flux of the EGR gas is calculated by the following formula: wherein {dot over (m)} wherein the {dot over (m)}  η wherein the curve fitting formula is as follows: wherein the EGR valve lift denotes a target valve opening of the EGR valve, P",0.9719906819051956,0.056018636189608895
8525419,"1. A plasma source comprising: a reactor chamber within which a plasma is generated to produce at least one plasma product for processing or imaging the substrate, as an ion source for proton therapy, as ion thrusters, or in high energy particle accelerators, the reactor chamber including outer walls that are all actively biased to a high voltage; a gas source coupled to the reactor chamber to provide gas into the reaction chamber; an exit aperture coupled to the reactor chamber to allow extraction of ions from the reactor chamber; a first source of radio frequency power; a plurality of induction coils adjacent to the reactor chamber and coupled to said first source of radio frequency power to inductively couple power into the plasma from said first source of radio frequency power; a coolant fluid circuit defined within the plasma source in contact with the induction coils and reactor chamber; and a source of dielectric fluid in fluid communication with the coolant circuit wherein both the reactor chamber and induction coils are electrically isolated from each other and from ground and cooled by the dielectric fluid.",0.6284390195064468,0.7431219609871065
9060337,"1. A method for preserving the life of a power source of a wireless end node of a wireless communication system for use in a mobile environment, the wireless end node including an electrical assembly powered by a power source, the electrical assembly including an operation sensor configured to sense an operation of a transport refrigeration system, a transceiver configured to transmit a data signal to and receive a data signal from the network coordinator, a memory storage, a sleep timer configured to count down a time period that the wireless end node operates in a sleep mode, and a controller including the sleep timer, the controller being connected to the operation sensor, the transceiver and the memory storage, and the controller configured to manage, command, direct and regulate behavior of the wireless end node and configured to operate the wireless end node in a normal operation mode and the sleep mode, the method comprising: deploying, installing, pairing and setting the wireless end node in the normal operation mode, wherein in the normal operation mode the electrical assembly drawing current from the power source, the operating sensor monitoring a portion of the transport refrigeration system and the transceiver transmitting data to and receiving data from the network coordinator; the wireless end node wirelessly transmitting a wireless end node acknowledgment message to a network coordinator during a normal operation mode of the wireless end node; the wireless end node monitoring for a network coordinator acknowledgment message from a network coordinator in response to the wireless end node acknowledgement message during the normal operation mode of the wireless end node; incrementing a missed acknowledgment counter value stored in a memory storage of the wireless end node when the network coordinator acknowledgment message is not received; switching from the normal operation mode to the sleep mode for a first time period after incrementing the missed acknowledgement counter value or after the wireless end node receiving the network acknowledgement message from the network coordinator, wherein in the sleep mode the electrical assembly powering down and reducing the amount of current drawn from the power source to a level sufficient for operating the sleep timer, for receiving an interrupt request via the transceiver, and for powering up the electrical assembly from the sleep mode back to the normal operation mode; and increasing a time period of the sleep timer of the wireless end node from the first time period to a second time period when the missed acknowledgment counter value equals a missed acknowledgment threshold in order to reduce current being drawn from the power source of the wireless end node; the wireless end node receiving a network coordinator acknowledgement message from the network coordinator during the normal operation mode; clearing the missed acknowledgement counter and returning the time period of the sleep timer from the second time period to the first time period when the wireless end node receives the network coordinator acknowledgement message from the network coordinator; the wireless end node receiving the interrupt request from a user; and clearing the missed acknowledgement counter and returning the time period of the sleep timer from the second time period to the first time period when the wireless end node receives the interrupt request from the user.",0.9333741369691029,0.13325172606179425
9527888,1. A composition comprising an isolated peptide 6 amino acids in length having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 117.,0.3742120620512447,0.7484241241024894
9284430,"1. A process for component separation in a polymer production system, comprising: separating a polymerization product stream into a gas stream and a polymer stream, wherein the gas stream comprises ethane, unreacted ethylene, and unreacted hexane; distilling the gas stream, in singe distillation column, into a light hydrocarbon stream and a bottoms stream, wherein the light hydrocarbon stream comprises ethane and unreacted ethylene, wherein the bottoms stream comprises isobutane, and wherein the bottoms stream is substantially olefin-free; contacting the light hydrocarbon stream with an absorption solvent system, wherein at least a portion of the unreacted ethylene from the light hydrocarbon stream is absorbed by the absorption solvent system; and recovering a waste gas stream from the absorption solvent system, wherein the waste gas stream comprises ethane, hydrogen, or combinations thereof.",0.6251221765071225,0.7497556469857549
9273086,1. A method of deprotecting a solid support bound polynucleotide comprising at least one 2′-protected ribonucleotide residue comprising the structure: wherein: B R X is O or S; and PG is a thionocarbamate protecting group selected from one of the structures: said method comprising: contacting said polynucleotide with a composition comprising a diamine under conditions sufficient to deprotect said at least one 2′-protected ribonucleotide residue.,0.3412454605169717,0.6824909210339434
9708592,"1. A nucleic acid construct or expression vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding a GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to one or more heterologous control sequences that direct the production of the GH61 polypeptide in an expression host and wherein the GH61 polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity has at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of amino acids 20 to 399 of SEQ ID NO: 2.",0.7772950218199537,0.4454099563600926
8766919,1. A method comprising: receiving a keypad wakeup interrupt at an electronic device; awakening the electronic device from a low power mode at least partly in response to the receiving of the keypad wakeup interrupt; when a pre-rendered image cache of the electronic device does not store a pre-rendered image: when the pre-rendered image cache of the electronic device does store a pre-rendered image: when the pre-rendered image cache is empty after presentation of the stored pre-rendered image: when the pre-rendered image cache is not empty after presentation of the stored pre-rendered image:,0.6988927956071783,0.6022144087856434
8924909,"1. A method for producing layout data corresponding to a reference microdevice, the method comprising performing the following steps using a controller: receiving a three-dimensional model of the reference microdevice, the three-dimensional model including respective coordinates of a plurality of nodes and including one or more parameter(s); receiving a design-rule set including respective constraint(s) on the parameter(s); receiving respective parameter range(s) for the parameter(s), each parameter range including a plurality of values within the constraint(s) corresponding to the respective one of the parameter(s); and using the controller, automatically producing the layout data using the three-dimensional model and the parameter range(s), wherein the layout data includes two-dimensional data for each of one or more layer(s) and the layout data are produced by determining a plurality of combinations, each including one of the values in each of the parameter range(s), and, for each of the plurality of combinations, adjusting at least some of the coordinates in the three-dimensional model according to the values in that combination and converting the adjusted coordinates in the three-dimensional model to x-y coordinates and layer numbers, so that the layout data includes data for a plurality of microdevices.",0.2107398832879166,0.4214797665758332
9038418,"1. A method of managing pulling force applied to a glass ribbon in a draw apparatus, the method comprising: applying a front-side pulling force to a front side of the glass ribbon with a front-side stub roller; applying a rear-side pulling force to the glass ribbon with a rear-side stub roller that contacts a rear side of the glass ribbon opposite the front-side stub roller; receiving with at least one electronic controller a front-side instantaneous drive torque signal indicative of a front-side drive torque applied by the front-side stub roller to the glass ribbon, wherein the front-side instantaneous drive torque signal is based on an electrical current directed to a front-side motor coupled to the front-side stub roller; receiving with the at least one electronic controller a rear-side instantaneous drive torque signal indicative of a rear-side drive torque applied by the rear-side stub roller to the glass ribbon wherein the rear-side instantaneous drive torque signal is based on an electrical current directed to a rear-side motor coupled to the rear-side stub roller; calculating automatically with the at least one electronic controller a front-side average pulling force applied to the glass ribbon and corresponding to a first time period of at least one rotation of the front-side stub roller; calculating automatically with the at least one electronic controller a rear-side average pulling force applied to the glass ribbon and corresponding to a second time period of at least one rotation of the rear-side stub roller; comparing the front-side average pulling force to the rear-side average pulling force to establish a pulling force differential between the front-side average pulling force and the rear-side average pulling force; and modifying one or more of the front-side pulling force or the rear-side pulling force to adjust the pulling force differential between the front-side average pulling force and the rear-side average pulling force.",0.21236199041868045,0.42472398083736085
9441616,"1. An optical condenser that includes a mirror structure having one or more mirrors and reflects sunlight with the mirrors of the mirror structure to condense the sunlight onto a predetermined condensed position, the optical condenser comprising: a first driving part that turns the mirrors with a first rotational axis as a center, and a second driving part that turns the mirrors with a second rotational axis perpendicular to the first rotational axis as a center, wherein the first rotational axis is set to be parallel to a central axis of a cone drawn by a track of an optical axis of the mirror structure that directs the light from the sun making a diurnal motion to the condensed position.",0.2389953874580328,0.4779907749160657
8610399,"1. A resonance type non-contact power supply system, the system comprising power supplying equipment and an electric vehicle, wherein the power supplying equipment includes an alternating-current power source and a primary-side resonance coil for receiving power from the alternating-current power source, the electric vehicle includes power receiving equipment and a vehicle height control device mounted on the electric vehicle, the power receiving equipment includes a secondary-side resonance coil that receives power from the primary-side resonance coil, a rectifier that rectifies the power received by the secondary-side resonance coil, and an electrical storage device, to which the power rectified by the rectifier is supplied, and a resonance system, which includes the primary-side resonance coil and the secondary-side resonance coil, in which the resonance system is configured such that impedance thereof is adjusted by the use of the vehicle height control device when the electrical storage device is being charged.",0.9475712907409686,0.10485741851806285
8851213,"1. A safety system for a motorized wheel chair comprising a seat, an upright backrest having front and back surfaces, a pair of drive wheels, motor means configured to operably propel said drive wheels, a power source, a control circuit including a joystick and a main on-off power switch connected in said control circuit, said control circuit configured to electrically connect said power source to said motor means, said safety system being capable of disabling operation of said motor means of said wheel chair, said safety system comprising: pressure-sensitive switch means mounted to said upright backrest of said wheel chair, said switch means comprising first and second internal opposing contact elements configured to contact each other when said switch means is closed in response to force from a wheel chair user's back pressing against said upright backrest and said contact elements of said switch means further configured to be out of contact with each other when said switch means is open in response to a removal of said force from said upright backrest when said wheel chair user voluntarily or involuntarily moves forwardly away from said upright backrest so as to no longer press against said upright backrest; power switching means connected in said control circuit, said power switching means responsive to said switch means being open or closed, said power switching means being activated to allow power from said power source to be supplied to said motor means when said switch means is closed and said power switching means being deactivated when said switch means is open, thus not allowing power from said power source to be supplied to said motor means, thereby disabling operation of said motor means and further stopping said wheel chair when said wheel chair is already in a state of motion; delaying means connected in said control circuit and in communication with said power switching means, said delaying means configured to delay immediate deactivation of said power switching means for a predetermined amount of time upon said switch means being open; alarm means mounted on said wheel chair and configured to be noticeable by said wheel chair user, said alarm means providing immediate audio and/or visual alerts when said alarm means is activated; and condition detection means responsive to said switch means being open, said condition detection means activating said alarm means when said condition detection means detects said switch means as being open.",0.10364077008860184,0.20728154017720368
8893843,"1. A protection structure for an in-vehicle appliance, the in-vehicle appliance equipped with a corner portion, a first face that is adjacent to the corner portion, and a second face that is adjacent to the corner portion, the protection structure comprising: a protrusion provided on the second face of the in-vehicle appliance; a protector covering the corner portion, the protector being equipped with a first portion which is a face that is opposed to the first face, and a second portion which is a face that is opposed to the second face, the protector being equipped with a notch at an edge of the second portion, and the protrusion abutting on an edge of the notch, wherein the protrusion is flattened such that a longitudinal direction of the protrusion coincides with a straight line that passes through the corner portion, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the second face, and wherein an end of the protrusion close to the corner portion abuts on the edge of the notch; and a protector fixation portion provided on the first face of the in-vehicle appliance, the protector being fixed to the in-vehicle appliance through the protector fixation portion.",0.3494235143986023,0.6988470287972046
8828590,"1. An electric storage device, comprising: a case; an electrode assembly housed in the case and including a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate which are wound together while being isolated from each other; an external terminal arranged outside the case; and a current collecting member arranged inside the case to electrically connect the electrode assembly with the external terminal, wherein the current collecting member comprises: wherein the second portion comprises: wherein a pair of combinations each including the twisted portion, the insertion portion, and the reverse-twisted portion is provided at intervals to one another, and wherein the leading end portion couples the second end portions of the pair of reverse-twisted portion with each other.",0.17823832095013467,0.3564766419002694
9433711,"1. A wound dressing for treating a wound on a patient's limb, the wound dressing comprising: a tubular sleeve member for receiving the patient's limb; wherein the tubular sleeve member comprises: a pressure source fluidly coupled to the pathway member and configured to force a gas into the pathway member; at least one exhaust port fluidly coupled to the pathway member for allowing fluids to exit the wound dressing; and at least one filter fluidly coupled to the at least one exhaust port for removing odors.",0.03543446363587333,0.07086892727174665
9798806,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a search category and a current query from a current user; determining, by the computing device, relevance of documents comprising a corpus of documents relating to the search category; obtaining, by the computing device, degree of interest data by users in one or more documents of the corpus of documents, the degree of interest data determined by a degree of interest data group including one or more of measuring how fast a user reads the one or more documents based on page scroll speed and average reading time based on length of the one or more documents, whether the user chose to cut and paste a portion of the document for further reading, whether the user bookmarked the one or more documents, or combinations thereof; determining, by the computing device, documents comprising a search result and an order of the documents comprising the search result based on the determined relevance and obtained degree of interest data; obtaining, by the computing device, direct search query terms from the users; identifying, by the computing device, document query terms from content of the corpus of documents; determining, by the computing device, query to query correlations from a query correlation data structure, where the determining of the query to query correlations comprises tracking query terms provided by the users in past search sessions which the users selected and where the query correlation data structure comprises, for each pair of the query terms, a measure selected from a group of measures consisting of a probability of co-occurrence in past user sessions and a degree of co-occurrence in a document of the corpus of documents; determining, by the computing device, at least one query suggestion, the at least one query suggestion obtained from the direct search query terms, document query terms, and the query to query correlations; tracking, by the computing device, (a) the search category and the current query specified by the current user, (b) interaction with each document clicked through from the documents comprising the search result, and (c) a query selected from the at least one query suggestion, to develop session history for both the users in the past search sessions and the current user; and generating, by the computing device, a search results web page from the interaction with the each document and the documents comprising the search result, ordered in the determined order, the search result web page comprising the at least one query suggestion.",0.04791779603944199,0.09583559207888404
9562452,"1. A method for controlling regeneration within an after-treatment component of an engine, comprising: estimating at least one of a quantity of NOx and particulate matter accumulated in the after-treatment component; receiving a signal indicative of whether the engine is in one of an operating state and a non-operating state; detecting, based on the signal, when the engine has departed an operating state and entered a non-operating state; and initiating a regeneration event of the after-treatment component when the engine has departed the operating state and entered the non-operating state, and the estimated accumulation of the at least one of NOx and particulate matter exceeds a predetermined threshold indicative of a need for regeneration of the after-treatment component, wherein initiating the regeneration event comprises:",0.9602526213128807,0.07949475737423861
9762435,"1. A processor-based system that forms a base platform that enables a non-transitory medium, housed by the system, to be used to store a plurality of objects to be used in forming a plurality of different domain models, the system including: a database forming a common data model repository having an object relational mapping layer for mapping instances of the objects to persistent storage; wherein the instances of objects represent information that that fails within base classes, and wherein the base classes include specific base classes for helping to define connection capabilities by which each one of said instances of objects is able to connect with one or more other objects, and one or more other control capabilities for at least certain ones of the instances of objects which enable said certain ones of the instances of objects to implement a specific control feature, so that different managed elements represented by instances of Objects are modeled with base classes in accordance with a common connection capability and a common control capability; and where wherein the common data model repository implements the connection capabilities and control capabilities in relation to managed elements.",0.3722385252195268,0.7444770504390535
9667786,"1. A computerized process implemented within a call center for assisting a user in obtaining help with issues comprising the following steps: receiving information provided by the user in natural language, the information comprises at least three words; determining a statement type for the information provided by the user, the statement type is one of either declarative, interrogative, or imperative; transforming information received from the user into a first subroutine based on the statement type and a relationship model, the relationship model includes an indication of tying words in the information; retrieving from memory a second subroutine based on whether the information is declarative, interrogative, or imperative; for each step in the first and second subroutines, if a current step in the first subroutine matches a current step in the second subroutine, execute the current step in the first subroutine by outputting a natural language response to the user, wherein the natural language response includes at least a portion of the information provided by the user and proceed to the next step in both the first and second subroutines, otherwise i) for the current step in the first subroutine and the current step in the second subroutine that have identical meaning, merge the current step in the first subroutine and the current step in the second subroutine and replace the current step in the second subroutine with the merged step and ii) connect the user with a live agent via a telephone network or internet to establish a two way communication between the user and the live agent.",0.05971716320271375,0.1194343264054275
8819912,"1. A method of adaptively assembling first and second workpieces utilizing shape memory polymer activation to facilitate alignment, wherein the first workpiece presents at least one nub and the second workpiece defines at least one receptacle configured to receive the nub during assembly, and the nub, the receptacle, or both the nub and receptacle include a shape memory polymer, said method comprising the steps of: a. applying a normal load to the workpieces, so as to cause a portion of the nub of the first workpiece to sit upon an exterior surface of the second workpiece and adjacent to a vertical boundary of its respective receptacle, whereby the nub and the receptacle are misaligned; b. activating the shape memory polymer by exposing the nub, the receptacle, or both the nub and the receptacle to an activation signal, thereby causing the nub, the receptacle, or both the nub and the receptacle to achieve a lower modulus state; c. continuing to apply the normal load while the nub, the receptacle, or both the nub and the receptacle is/are in the lower modulus state, thereby i) causing the nub, the receptacle or both the nub and the receptacle to deform from an original shape and ii) creating a reaction force non-parallel to a force of the normal load, the reaction force causing the nub to fully enter and align with the respective receptacle, wherein the nub, the receptacle, or both the nub and the receptacle elastically recover the original shape once the nub fully enters the respective receptacle; d. aligning the first and second workpieces as a result of performing steps a) through c); and e. deactivating the shape memory polymer by occluding the shape memory polymer from the activation signal, thereby causing the nub, the receptacle, or both the nub and the receptacle to achieve a higher modulus state and to serve as a lateral hold that locks the first and second workpieces together.",0.2565308707036876,0.5130617414073751
9409777,"1. A carbon material, wherein the maximum theoretical capacitance of the carbon material is greater than 25 F/cm 3 as measured at a current density of 0.5 Amp/g employing an electrolyte comprising tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborane in acetonitrile, and wherein the carbon material comprises a specific surface area of at least 1,500 m 2 /g and less than 500 ppm of all atoms having a molecular weight between 11 and 92, as measured by photon induced x-ray emissions.",0.9506611967600086,0.0986776064799828
9326779,"1. A soft tissue protector and drill guide for guiding elements of an implantation kit during a surgical intervention, comprising: a soft tissue protector main body extending along a central longitudinal axis, a gripping portion attached to the soft tissue protector main body; an adjustment cap rotatably mounted on the main body, the adjustment cap having a plurality of radially extending slots; a guide plate fixed to the main body and spaced from the adjustment cap along the central longitudinal axis, the guide plate having a plurality of arcuate circumferentially extending slots formed therein; a plurality of jaws defining a through going cavity along the central longitudinal axis of the soft tissue protector main body, the jaws having inner jaw surfaces, each jaw having an upper and a lower surface, each upper and lower surface having an axially extending pin extending outwardly therefrom; wherein the through going cavity has an upper and a lower opening for receiving the element to be guided, wherein the axially extending pin on the upper surface of each of the jaws engages the radial slots in the adjustment cap and the axially extending pin on the lower surface of each jaw engages the arcuate circumferential slots in the guide plate; wherein the soft tissue protector main body has a lower contact surface to be positioned on an object on or into which said element of the implantation kit is to be guided; wherein the adjustment cap can be rotated against the soft tissue protector main body causing the axially extending pins in the upper and lower surface to move radially in the respective slots in the adjustment cap and guide plate forcing the jaws radially apart providing a diameter which can be varied of the through going cavity with the inner jaw surfaces; and each jaw comprises a flexible guiding extension that ends near the lower opening of the drill guide and extends along a longitudinal axis, wherein the flexible guiding extension comprises, adjacent a free end of the guiding extension, a guide spring formed from the guiding extension and oriented away from the longitudinal axis of the guiding extension, the guide spring contacting an inner wall of the soft tissue protector main body and pushing the inner jaw surfaces of the flexible guiding extension towards the central longitudinal axis of the soft tissue protector main body while allowing passage of said elements against the action of the spring.",0.006103192758602419,0.012206385517204876
8861427,"1. A method in an access node for reducing interference, the access node communicating with a user equipment over a wireless access interface in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: obtaining timing information indicative of one or more periods when a relay node communicates with a donor node over a wireless backhaul interface, identifying that the user equipment is receiving a signal from the relay node communicating with the donor node over the backhaul interface that is stronger than a predetermined threshold, and in response to identifying that the user equipment is receiving a signal from the relay node that is stronger than a predetermined threshold, prioritising communication between the access node and the identified user equipment via the access interface during the periods when the relay node communicates with the donor node over the backhaul interface.",0.5355901882386276,0.9288196235227448
8358393,"1. A liquid crystal (LC) display device, comprising: a substrate, an electrode insulating layer, and an LC layer; a first plurality of pixel electrodes, including a first pixel electrode, formed between the substrate and the electrode insulating layer; a second plurality of pixel electrodes, including a second pixel electrode, formed between the LC layer and the electrode insulating layer; a pixel region including the first and second pixel electrodes and a storage capacitor electrode, the second pixel electrode including first and second enclosed slits, wherein the first slit does not overlap the first pixel electrode and the second slit overlaps the first pixel electrode, and the storage capacitor electrode partially overlaps the first slit and the second slit; and a first auxiliary storage metallic layer and a second auxiliary storage metallic layer disposed on the storage capacitor electrode, wherein the first auxiliary storage metallic layer overlaps the second slit and the second auxiliary storage metallic layer overlaps the first slit.",0.12399853230889091,0.24799706461778181
8450536,"1. A method of producing liquid fuel from synthesis gas, the method comprising reacting the gas at pressures between about 500 and about 3000 psi and temperatures between about 200° C. and about 400° C. over a catalyst, wherein the catalyst consists of (i) copper, zinc, and potassium, (ii) copper, zinc, potassium, and cobalt, (iii) copper, zinc, potassium, and manganese, or (iv) copper, zinc, potassium, cobalt, and manganese, on a substrate selected from the group consisting of silica, carbon nanotubes, and aluminum oxide.",0.9671941790286112,0.06561164194277769
9337476,"1. A process for producing a lithium sulfide-carbon composite, the process comprising: placing a mixture consisting of lithium sulfide and a carbon material having a specific surface area of 60 m applying a pulsed direct current to the mold while pressurizing the mixture in a non-oxidizing atmosphere, thereby subjecting the lithium sulfide and the carbon material to heating reaction, wherein lithium sulfide-carbon composite comprises lithium sulfide and a carbon material bonded together, the composite having a carbon content of 15 to 70 weight %, and a tap density of 0.4 g/cm",0.9550613483362825,0.08987730332743493
9464619,"1. The combination of an inlet fluid pipe, an outlet fluid pipe and a generator, mounted between said inlet and outlet pipe, the generator comprising a stator and a rotator, where said stator is mounted to said inlet or said outlet fluid pipe, wherein said rotator comprises a turbine comprising a tubular sidewall defining a cylinder having an open top and open bottom and an interior surface, said tubular sidewall defining a hollow interior from said open top to said open bottom, said hollow interior having a center portion substantially equally distant from said tubular sidewall, said sidewall having a vertical extent from said open top to said open bottom, said sidewall being substantially closed to fluid flow, said turbine further comprising a plurality of blades mounted to said interior surface of said sidewall, said blades offset from one another on said interior surface, each of said blades extending from said interior surface into said hollow interior but not into said center portion, and a bearing coupled to said sidewall to allow said sidewall to rotate about said bearing, said turbine tubular sidewall sealingly and rotatably coupled to said inlet fluid pipe and said outlet fluid pipe, and wherein said inlet fluid pipe is fluidly connected to a source of liquids containing entrained solids and wherein said center portion of said hollow interior is sized to allow expected entrained solids in said liquid to pass through said center portion.",0.9254364316451644,0.14912713670967115
9567904,"1. A method for controlling a gas turbine power plant equipped with a carbon-containing fuel gasifier including a gasifier unit that gasifies a fuel containing carbon to produce a synthetic gas and a coolant wall that is disposed on the gasifier unit and to which a coolant is directed, a combustor that combusts the synthetic gas to produce combustion gas, a gas turbine that is rotated by the combustion gas produced by the combustor, and a power-generating unit that generates electrical power as the gas turbine is rotated, the method comprising: controlling the amount of fuel fed to the carbon-containing fuel gasifier depending on the amount of heat absorbed by the coolant directed to the coolant wall.",0.9925655953535704,0.014868809292859275
8994493,"1. A control network system that controls a wireless field device which is a control target by using control data, the control network system comprising: the wireless field device configured to transmit the control data, identification data identifying the wireless field devices, a network ID identifying the wireless network that the wireless field devices join, and a flag which is one of a non-steady state flag showing that the wireless field device is under commissioning and a steady state flag showing that the wireless field device has finished commissioning, through a wireless communication; a relay apparatus configured to relay the control data from the wireless field device, the identification data, the network ID, and the flag, the relay apparatus comprising a storage unit configured to store an instrument commissioning state control table in which the identification data of the wireless field device, the network ID and the flag are associated with each other; and a host system configured to receive the control data, the identification data, the network ID, and the flag from the wireless field device through the relay apparatus by transmitting access request information that requests the control data from the wireless field device which is the control target, the identification data, the network ID, and the flag to the relay apparatus, the host system comprising a control unit configured to discontinue operation of controlling the wireless field device which is the control target when the flag is in a nonsteady state flag, wherein the relay apparatus is configured to receive access request information, which is output from the host system, and to determine whether or not the wireless field device which is the control target is under commissioning based on the flag of the wireless field device which is the control target, the relay apparatus includes:",0.6713135660766458,0.6573728678467083
9312423,"1. A photo detector, comprising: a first substrate, having a sensor element array for receiving light with a spectrum in a specific wavelength range; a photo conversion element, disposed on the sensor element array, wherein the photo conversion element comprises a photo conversion material layer and a doped photo conversion material column structure layer, a luminescent spectrum of the doped photo conversion material column structure layer is overlapped with the spectrum in the specific wavelength range, and a luminescent spectrum of the photo conversion material layer is non-overlapped with the spectrum in the specific wavelength range; and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, wherein the photo conversion element is disposed on the second substrate, a reflective layer is further disposed between the second substrate and the photo conversion element, and the photo conversion material layer is located between the reflective layer and the doped photo conversion material column structure layer.",0.24157955775585466,0.4831591155117093
9684637,"1. A method comprising: generating, by a processor, a message associated with a first application, the message including an embedded version of a document associated with a second application, wherein the document is accessible to a plurality of users, and wherein when the message is opened in the first application, the second application executes within the first application and outputs for display the embedded version of the document inline in the message, the embedded version of the document being included without user interaction; receiving, by the processor, a modification of the document from a first user of the plurality of users, the modification being received via the embedded version of the document inline in the message; and transmitting, by the processor, the modification of the document to a second user of the plurality of users, the second user being different than the first user.",0.033124531893090246,0.06624906378618045
9356528,"1. A switching converter comprising: a transformer T inducing primary energy to secondary side; a switch SW connected to a primary coil of the transformer T to switch a primary voltage; a synchronous rectifier SR connected to a secondary coil of the transformer T to rectify a secondary voltage; and a delay locked loop connected between the secondary coil and the synchronous rectifier SR, wherein the delay locked loop comprises an edge detector detecting a rising edge in a voltage (SR Sensing Voltage) having a same waveform as that of a control signal of the switch SW to generate a signal (Rising Edge Signal): and wherein the delay locked loop generates a generated signal synchronized with a turn-on control signal of the switch SW and outputs the generated signal to the synchronous rectifier SR to control a turn-off operation of the synchronous rectifier SR.",0.8711686464454748,0.2576627071090505
9272615,"1. A fuel intake system comprising: a fuel tank for holding a liquid fuel, the fuel tank and the liquid fuel defining a void space above the liquid fuel that contains an evaporated fuel vapor; an air inlet tube coupled to the tank and in fluid communication with the void space, the air inlet tube having a first end terminating outside of the tank for receiving air and a second end terminating in the void space; and a vapor conditioner coupled to the tank and in fluid communication with the void space, the vapor conditioner receiving the evaporated fuel vapor, the vapor conditioner having an outer tube and a sliding inner sleeve, the vapor conditioner regulating a fuel vapor/air mixture ratio by selective positioning of the sliding inner sleeve.",0.860424277547587,0.279151444904826
9656206,"1. A combined desulfuration, denitration, and demercuration apparatus using semi-dry process in circulating fluidized bed, comprising a flue and a circulating fluidized bed reaction column connected in sequence, the flue being connected to a bottom inlet of the circulating fluidized bed reaction column; the flue is further connected to an ozone generation apparatus.",0.8251047931538702,0.3497904136922596
8516950,"1. A centre arm for holding an upper grilling or roasting plate, comprising: a vertically directed supporting section and a holding section, wherein the holding section is pivotably arranged on the vertically directed supporting section and adapted to be connected to the upper grilling or roasting plate, wherein the holding section includes a pivot shaft positioned approximately at a point of intersection of a centre axis of the holding section and a centre axis of the vertically directed supporting section, wherein the holding section includes a housing and an inner housing arranged within the housing, wherein the pivot shaft is mounted in the inner housing of the holding section, and wherein the inner housing divides an inner chamber of the housing into several chambers directed in a longitudinal direction of the centre arm.",0.2529250518070658,0.5058501036141316
8714379,"1. A package that includes: a container having a neck finish with an open mouth surrounded by a container sealing surface, a closure including a shell secured to the container over the open mouth to establish a package interior, said shell having a base wall and a skirt extending from the base wall, and also including a gasket on the shell having a base surface in contact with the base wall of the closure shell and an oppositely disposed gasket sealing surface in sealing engagement with the container sealing surface, a product within the package under vacuum, and an elongated flexible member extending between the closure shell and the sealing surface of the gasket and having one end extending out of the package interior, another end extending into the package interior, and a portion extending along the package radially between the container neck finish and the closure shell skirt, such that removal of the elongated flexible member opens a channel extending between the closure shell and the sealing surface of the gasket to vent the vacuum and facilitate removal of the closure from the container.",0.07924378180547115,0.1584875636109423
8880041,"1. A method for exchanging calling and called roles of communication terminals, comprising: a virtual calling party initiating a service request, and sending service request information to a virtual called party; the virtual called party matching a characteristic field carried in the received service request information with data in a preset calling-called role exchange rule base of the virtual called party, and after determining that the characteristic field and the data can be matched successfully, initiating a corresponding callback service to the virtual calling party according to contents of matched items; and the virtual calling party receiving the corresponding callback service initiated by the virtual called party; wherein, after determining that the characteristic field and data can be matched successfully, the method further comprises: wherein, the service response state information is a service delay short message, and the method further comprises:",0.07570966733867611,0.15141933467735225
8788142,"1. A method, for a device including processing circuitry, for continuous measurement of efficiency of a battery, installed in a vehicle, the method comprising: computing by the processing circuitry, a state of charge SOC of the battery installed in the vehicle throughout both a key-off phase and a key-on phase, without a direct measurement of current, the computing being performed by progressively reading a battery voltage, both in absence and in presence of an electrical load and considering a time elapsed since a beginning of each discharge phase; determining a state of health SOH, of the battery by applying a controlled current load and comparing a resulting voltage drop to predetermined parameters; determining a state of function SOF, of the battery by estimating a residual autonomy that is a function of a discharge rate or current rate, and of an evolution of the SOC; correlating and normalizing the SOC, SOH, and SOF based on an operating temperature of the battery; and storing at least an initial SOC and SOH that are determined during the key-off phase.",0.9278254617472051,0.1443490765055897
9025452,"1. A method of oversubscription monitoring, comprising: accumulating an amount of data that arrives at a network component over an epoch of time; calculating a core processing rate at which the data can be processed by the network component; determining whether the network component is operating in an oversubscribed region of operation based on the amount of data and the core processing rate; when the network component is operating in the oversubscribed region of operation, measuring at least one quality of service metric of the network component; and generating a network operation display object that identifies whether the network component operated in the oversubscribed region over at least one epoch of time.",0.5807305177098357,0.8385389645803285
9181564,"1. A method of production of a biofuel comprising contacting vegetal biomass comprising xylan, cellulose and/or hemicellulose with a bacterium of the genus Deinococcus or with an extract of said bacterium, culturing said Deinococcus in contact with said vegetal biomass comprising xylan, cellulose and/or hemicellulose to produce a biofuel or reacting said extract with said vegetal biomass under conditions that permit the formation of a biofuel and collecting said biofuel, said biofuel being produced by said bacterium or extract thereof.",0.9032963592121279,0.19340728157574416
9151517,"1. A substantially two-dimensional construction element for roof-construction, comprising a solar energy photovoltaic converter panel comprising photovoltaic cells and a panel substrate, the photovoltaic converter panel extending along and defining one surface of said construction element and providing for solar energy conversion; a building construction member, extending along and defining the second surface of said construction element and providing for construction requirements; wherein the photovoltaic converter panel is integral with the construction member and is one layer of a layer stack comprising the construction member,",0.9911554721215943,0.017689055756811456
9004721,"1. A light source heat dissipation structure, comprising: at least one light bar, having two lateral faces and a lower surface, wherein the lateral faces are perpendicular to the lower surface, and the lateral faces of the light bar are two elongated faces; and a heat dissipation base, comprising: wherein the elastic abutting walls are fixed on the open edges, and the light bar is embedded in the open, and the two elongated faces of the light bar are in contact with the two elongated surfaces of the two elastic abutting walls; wherein the heat dissipation base is an aluminum extruded section and the light bar divides the inner space of the frame into two heat dissipation airflow channels; and wherein a width of the light bar is larger than a distance between two bottoms of the attached surfaces of the elastic abutting walls before the light bar is assembled to the heat dissipation base, and the width of the light bar is identical to the distance between the two bottoms of the attached surfaces after the light bar is assembled to the heat dissipation base.",0.9252428188270267,0.1495143623459465
9253725,"1. A communication terminal, comprising: a communication device configured to communicate with a network; a connection processing unit, implemented by a processor, configured to establish a connection with a first communication terminal on the network; a communication managing unit, implemented by a processor, configured to detect a start and an end of a session on the connection; and a device power managing unit, implemented by a processor, configured to control feeding of power to the communication device in accordance with a detected result by the communication managing unit, wherein the device power managing unit sets the communication device in a first power supply state where transmission and reception are allowed when a start of the session is detected, and sets the communication device in a second power supply state where at least one of transmission and reception is disallowed when an end of the session is detected, the device power managing unit sets the communication device in the first power supply state when a permitted delay time elapses after a start of the session is detected, and the permitted delay time is set to a larger value as a remaining battery level is lower.",0.9069539372329795,0.1860921255340411
8851219,"1. A moving body with fuel cells that are mounted thereon as a power source and generate electric power with production of water as a by-product, said moving body comprising: a water discharge module that releases water produced by the fuel cells from a water outlet to the atmosphere, wherein the water outlet is located behind a front wheel on a driver's lateral side of said moving body; and an air flow regulation module that extends from a front side of the moving body substantially parallel to a front-rear direction and bends toward the driver's lateral side near a rear end of the front wheel to a neighborhood of the water outlet and regulates an air flow caused by motion of said moving body in the neighborhood of the water outlet of said water discharge module, wherein the water outlet is arranged to release the water from the bottom side of said moving body substantially downward in a vertical direction, and said air flow regulation module makes the air flow obliquely backward to the driver's lateral side of said moving body, where the water outlet is located, thereby making the released water from the water outlet flow away from a longitudinal center of the moving body and away from the driver's lateral side of the moving body.",0.994067968779146,0.011864062441707901
8364366,"1. A method for operating a vehicle carrying at least one implement, the method comprising: collecting, by a sensing system, position data associated with one or more obstacles within a range of a vehicle; determining, by a data processor, a reaction distance and a deceleration distance associated with a vehicle at a regular time interval during an operational state, the reaction distance based on a reaction time; determining, by the data processor, a safety zone for said vehicle based on the position data, the determined reaction distance, and the deceleration distance; determining, by a data processor, an implement safety zone comprising a region surrounding at least one implement attached to the vehicle; and controlling, by a vehicle controller, said vehicle consistent with the safety zone and the implement safety zone.",0.5350627351105713,0.9298745297788573
9557385,"1. A computer program product for performing symbol timing recovery in a parallel recording channel system, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to: receive, by the processor, a plurality of timing-error estimates for a plurality of read channels, each of the timing-error estimates corresponding to one of the read channels; calculate, by the processor, a common phase based on the plurality of timing-error estimates; calculate, by the processor, a skew of a transducer array based on the plurality of timing-error estimates; and calculate, by the processor, a different total phase estimate for each read channel based on the calculated common phase and the calculated skew of the transducer array.",0.11461709032075185,0.2292341806415037
8582882,"1. A segmentation unit for assigning a first pixel of a first image of a sequence of images to a segment, comprising a processor configured to perform the acts of: receiving the first image and a second image; assigning a first homogeneity value to the first pixel on basis of the first image and a second homogeneity value to a second pixel of the second image of the sequence of images, the first pixel and the second pixel being related by a motion vector; setting a weighting factor to a high value when a quality of the motion vector is a high amount, and setting the weighting factor to a low value when quality of the motion vector is a low amount, wherein the high value is higher than the low value and the high amount is higher than the low amount; calculating a weighted average homogeneity value using the weighting factor in averaging the first homogeneity value and the second homogeneity value; comparing the weighted average homogeneity value with a threshold; and determining whether the first pixel belongs to the segment based on results of the comparng act.",0.051660772097182506,0.10332154419436501
9453783,"1. A method of detecting misfire of an engine for a vehicle, comprising: calculating an angular acceleration factor value on the basis of an engine speed; calculating a variation value of an angular acceleration factor on the basis of the angular acceleration factor value; calculating a threshold point of misfire starting and a threshold point of misfire ending; comparing the variation value of the angular acceleration factor with the threshold point of misfire starting; comparing the variation value of the angular acceleration factor with the threshold point of misfire ending; and detecting a cylinder of the engine where the misfire occurs by the comparison results of the variation value of the angular acceleration factor with the threshold point of misfire starting and the threshold point of misfire ending.",0.4082705807697155,0.816541161539431
8830036,"1. A method for transmitting power using a power transmission apparatus, the method comprising: searching for a device to be charged located in an area while the power transmission apparatus moves along a path; determining whether the found device should be charged in response to finding the device to be charged; and transmitting power to the found device in response to determining that the found device should be charged.",0.9084405342283415,0.18311893154331704
9316659,1. A sample tube transport system comprising: a track adapted to provide a path for one or more carriers between a plurality of modules; at least one upper conveyor system comprising: at least one lower conveyor system comprising:,0.1626440867692771,0.3252881735385542
9098374,"1. A software version control method comprising: installing a software configurable component on an aircraft; automatically setting a listen switch of the software configurable component to an on state upon installation of the software configurable component in a new installation location, wherein the software configurable component does not command power outputs to a configuration manager on a power path while the listen switch is in the on state and wherein automatically setting the listen switch of the software configurable component to an on state comprises: manually setting the listen switch to an on state if no previous tag value has been read by the software configurable component; listening for a software version from the configuration manager on a communication bus; turning off the listen switch if a software version of the software configurable component matches the software version of the configuration manager; and downloading an updated software version to the software configurable component if the software version of the software configurable component does not match the software version of the configuration manager.",0.6646753815588945,0.670649236882211
9157467,"1. A thread-forming screw comprising, at least in part, a shaft provided with a screw thread and further comprising a screw tip at one end of the shaft, wherein the shaft comprises a thread-forming screw-threaded portion that extends away from the screw tip and an adjoining load-bearing screw-threaded portion, wherein the load-bearing screw-threaded portion has a round cross-section, wherein the load-bearing screw-threaded portion includes, in a direction away from the screw tip, an increase in at least one of a flank diameter DF and an outside diameter DA of the screw thread at a gradient of approximately 1:100 to 1:500 based on a length LG of the load-bearing screw-threaded portion, wherein the increase in at least one of the flank diameter DF and the outside diameter DA remains constant over the length LG of the load-bearing portion.",0.07787331429505284,0.15574662859010568
9599500,"1. An ink level sensor comprising: a sense capacitor whose capacitance changes with a level of ink in a chamber; a first switch to apply a voltage Vp to the sense capacitor, placing a charge on the sense capacitor; a second switch to share the charge between the sense capacitor and a reference capacitor, resulting in a reference voltage Vg; and an evaluation transistor configured to provide a drain to source resistance in proportion to the reference voltage.",0.1794785950090052,0.3589571900180104
8889313,"1. An electrochemical system comprising: at least one cell comprising an electrolyte plate that includes: a first face and a second face, facing each other, each of these faces comprising ribs, wherein the ribs of the first face are linear in a direction parallel to the first and second face and protrude in a direction orthogonal to and away from the second face, the ribs of the second face are linear in a direction parallel to the first and second face and protrude in a direction orthogonal to and away from the first face, and the linear direction of the ribs of the first face form a non-zero degree angle with the linear direction of the ribs of the second face; an anode on one of the first and the second faces; and a cathode on the other of the faces thereof.",0.5663692859213236,0.8672614281573527
8903622,"1. A vehicle power generation system, wherein the vehicle comprises an engine that supplies power to the vehicle, the engine comprises a crankshaft and a vehicle transmission unit connected to and driven by the crankshaft, and the vehicle transmission unit is connected to wheels of the vehicle; wherein, the vehicle power generation system comprises:",0.9490530985675234,0.1018938028649532
9720392,"1. Method to dispatch a request for coupling an electronic device and a remote control with an input interface to input a control instruction for controlling the electronic device on a radio channel, wherein the remote control is adapted to control the electronic device via the radio channel or an infrared channel, the method comprising: receiving the control instruction from the input interface of the remote control; appending the request for coupling to the received control instruction; and transmitting the control instruction together with the request for coupling via the infrared channel.",0.6567771602383535,0.6864456795232929
8466751,"1. A precise, low-consumption low-frequency oscillator, comprising: a low-consumption low-frequency oscillator A, operating at a frequency F a temperature-compensated quartz (TCXO) oscillator B used as a frequency standard, operating at a frequency F a digital circuit suitable for supplying a stable frequency Fcor comprising at least:",0.5715015874939408,0.8569968250121185
9491910,"1. A gardening container, comprising: a base for a raised-bed gardening container, the base being a single substantially fluid-impervious body of a single material and comprising: a bottom edge; a top rim above the bottom edge; an exterior sidewall extending between the bottom edge and the top rim; an interior sidewall extending from the top rim to a bottom interior, the interior sidewall and bottom interior defining an interior volume for containing a gardening media, the interior volume having a diameter of greater than approximately four feet; a single substantially fluid-impervious feeding tube support generally centrally disposed in the base and comprising a compost access panel; and a gardener passage extending to and in contact with the feeding tube support and having a width configured to allow a gardener to walk through the gardener passage to the feeding tube support; a single substantially fluid-impervious feeding tube configured to be directly coupled to the feeding tube support at a height at or above the top rim, and residing approximately centrally within the interior volume to collect compost and convey water into the gardening media, wherein the feeding tube comprises: a plurality of apertures operable to convey water into the gardening media; and an upper aperture disposed adjacent the gardener passage when the feeding tube is coupled to the feeding tube support and operable to receive water and compost material; and wherein said feeding tube further comprises an aperture behind said access panel through which processed compost can be removed, wherein said access panel and aperture are positioned at a height where fluids collecting at the bottom of said feeding tube flow into the gardening medium before reaching a bottom edge of said compost access panel to prevent draining through said access panel; and a circular plate near the bottom of said feeding tube configured to allow lifting of compost up to at least said access panel; and a cover frame configured to be coupled to the base and support a protective cover over the interior volume of the base.",0.4472337285932405,0.894467457186481
8415553,"1. A photoelectrochemical photovoltaic panel comprising a number of individual substrates and a shared substrate, wherein the individual substrates and the shared substrate are electrical conductors or at least partially coated by an electrically conducting material; at least one the individual substrates and the shared substrate is substantially transparent to at least a part of solar radiation (optically transparent); at least two of the individual substrates are provided on a common surface of the shared substrate; photoelectrochemical photovoltaic cells, each comprising a photosensitive electrode, a counter electrode and an electrolyte dispensed between the photosensitive electrode and the counter electrode are formed between the shared substrate and the individual substrates; and at least one of the photoelectrochemical photovoltaic cells associated with each individual substrate is electrically connected to another photovoltaic cell associated with another individual substrate by way of the shared substrate, or by way of the electrically conductive material with which the shared substrate is coated and the individual substrate has a surface that is exposed and forms an exterior of the cell; wherein the at least one of the photoelectrochemical photovoltaic cells associated with each individual substrate is individually sealed.",0.9711148191040135,0.057770361791972924
8624700,"1. An electromechanical device, comprising: magnetic material; and a conductor disposed to create a magnetic field interacting with the magnetic material, wherein the conductor and magnetic material are configured such that motion occurs between the magnetic material and the conductor to affect the electrical impedance of the conductor so as to create a large electrical impedance on the conductor.",0.2551135249714936,0.5102270499429872
9331189,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a first conducting layer; a second conducting layer; and an insulating layer provided between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer; wherein the electronic device includes at least one side wall that extends from the first conducting layer to the second conducting layer and that includes at least a portion of each of the first conducting layer, the second conducting layer and the insulating layer, wherein the electronic device is structured such that responsive to a bias voltage being applied between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer, a two dimensional electron system is induced in at least one of the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer, and such that electrons from the two dimensional electron system are emitted from the at least one side wall side wall as a result of Coulombic repulsion and travel in air from the one of the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer to the other of the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer, wherein the first and second conducting layers are made of conductive materials that can provide mobile charge carriers (electrons or holes) and may include metal, semiconductor, oxide semiconductor, graphene and graphite material, and the insulating layer is made of an insulating material and may include air/vacuum and dielectric material such as oxide, nitride, wide bandgap semiconductor material, and wherein the conductive material is n-type silicon semiconductor, wherein responsive to the bias voltage the two dimensional electron system is induced in the second conducting layer, and wherein the electrons emitted from the at least one side wall travel in air from the second conducting layer to the first conducting layer.",0.49375874458699887,0.9875174891739977
8500410,"1. A turbomachine blade made of composite material, comprising: an airfoil formed of filaments or fibers impregnated with a heat-curable resin, with an intrados wall and an extrados wall between a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a damping device for damping the vibrations incorporated in at least one of the intrados or extrados walls, the damping device being formed of at least one layer made of viscoelastic material and a layer made of rigid material, the rigid material being more rigid than the viscoelastic material, these layers being superposed, wherein the layer made of rigid material comprises a first zone and a second zone adjacent to the first zone, the first zone of the rigid layer comprising at least two lobes, the two lobes being attached to the second zone, wherein the layer made of viscoelastic material is interposed between the airfoil and said first zone of the rigid layer, wherein said second zone of the rigid layer is attached to the wall of the airfoil without interposition of viscoelastic material via a rigid attachment means, and wherein the rigid attachment means is disposed in the entirety of the second zone and a thickness of the rigid attachment means is substantially equal to a thickness of material in said first zone between the rigid layer and the wall of the airfoil.",0.775805906803852,0.44838818639229605
8841036,"1. A fuel cell comprising: one or more cell sections; one or more sealing sheets covering the one or more cell sections, wherein each of the one or more cell sections comprises a pair of electrode sheets forming an anode and a cathode, and wherein one of the anode and the cathode has an oxidoreductase present at a surface thereof; a separator disposed between the pair of electrode sheets and comprising a proton-permeable membrane; a pair of current collectors electrically conductively connected respectively to the pair of electrode sheets with a conductive adhesive; and a fuel reservoir section disposed such that the fuel reservoir section makes contact with at least the anode, and wherein the fuel reservoir section contains a fuel solution containing a fuel component, wherein the fuel cell has a bellows structure comprising a mountain fold and a valley fold that are repeatedly formed.",0.9752340211359553,0.04953195772808949
9255849,"1. An apparatus comprising: a down hole tool; at least two temperature sensors attached to the down hole tool, the at least two temperature sensors to provide environmental temperature data and axial temperature data; a down hole sensor attached to the down hole tool, the down hole sensor to provide down hole log data; and a processor housed by the down hole tool, the processor to apply temperature effects compensation associated with combination of the environmental temperature data and one or more of the axial temperature data and radial temperature data, and the down hole log data using a fitting function model obtained from a trained neural network to transform the down hole log data into corrected log data.",0.3751688336715391,0.7503376673430782
9069610,"1. A method of operating a scheduler within a computing cluster to schedule a plurality of jobs for concurrent execution on resources of the computing cluster, the method comprising: with at least one processor: de-allocating a resource from the second job and allocating the de-allocated resource to the first job, wherein: identifying a second job of the plurality of jobs more than the respective desired allocation of resources comprises identifying as the second job a job using a resource usable by the first job, wherein identifying the second job comprises evaluating the plurality of jobs in reverse order of priority, with lowest priority jobs being evaluated first; and de-allocating the resource from the second job comprises de-allocating the resource usable by the first job.",0.391427341892661,0.782854683785322
8769283,"1. A machine type communication (MTC) device authentication method, comprising: performing, by an MTC gateway, mutual authentication with a core network node; performing, by the MTC gateway, mutual authentication with an MTC device; reporting, by the MTC gateway, a result of the mutual authentication with the MTC device to the core network node; providing, by the MTC gateway, a non access stratum link protection key K between the MTC device and the core network node according to keys K delivering, by the MTC gateway, the non access stratum key K wherein the key algorithm A",0.20858030772942737,0.41716061545885474
8430061,"1. A method for processing a large number of fish eggs, providing: an egg case having an egg-arranging plate on which a large number of concave portions are formed at predetermined positions on an upper surface of the egg-arranging plate; an egg-arranging apparatus for arranging each fish egg into each concave portion of the egg-arranging plate; and an injecting apparatus for injecting materials to a large number of the fish eggs arranged in the concave portions; wherein the production method comprises the steps of: a first case-setting step for setting the egg case at the predetermined arranging position of the egg-arranging apparatus; an egg-arranging step for arranging each of fish eggs in each of the concave portions by means of draining water through the concave portions; a second case-setting step for setting the egg case at the predetermined injection position of the gene-injecting apparatus; and an injecting step for injecting materials to a large number of the fish eggs arranged in the concave portions of the egg-arranging plate wherein each of the concave portions has each drainage-through-hole through which the water in each of the concave portions flows downwardly; the egg case holds a cover plate capable of sliding on the egg-arranging plate; the cover plate opens the concave portions, when the cover plate is positioned at a first position; and the cover plate closes the concave portions, when the cover plate is positioned at a second position.",0.29535043600658906,0.5907008720131781
8928833,"1. A backlight module, comprising: an LGP and rivet(s) for fixing the LGP; the outmost edge(s) of said LGP is provided with separated lug bosses each overstepping corresponding outmost edge(s), each said lug boss is provided with a positioning hole, and a buffer structure is arranged between said rivet and the wall of said positioning hole.",0.2999688596874162,0.5999377193748324
8698348,"1. A method for managing a power source in a vehicle having an engine and an electric machine operable to provide torque to start the engine, the power source having a variable power capability, the method comprising: setting a first discharge power limit for the power source that is at least partly based on an amount of power that can be supplied by the power source for a first predetermined amount time; setting a second discharge power limit for the power source that is higher than the first discharge power limit, the second discharge power limit being a function of at least the first discharge power limit and an amount of power that can be supplied by the power source for a second predetermined amount of time that is less than the first predetermined amount of time; and limiting discharge of the power source to at least one of the first or second discharge power limit.",0.9872230609191838,0.02555387816163246
9233930,"1. An oligomer, polymer or copolymer, comprising at least two structural units of formula II′ or comprising at least two structural units of formula III′ wherein: R R Y and Y′ independently are selected from the group consisting of n and p independently range from 0 to 6; R neighbouring residues R R m denotes the number of structural units of formula III' ranging from 2 to about 50000; X is a divalent linking group X′ is a trivalent linking group derived, together with a moiety integrated into a chain, from  such that X′ comprises one of R R R or R R R R R R q is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; R R R the substituent, if present, is independently selected from the group consisting of a halogen, OR, C R, R′ and R″ independently are selected from the group consisting of C R is optionally hydrogen; each of the substituent, or R, R′ and R″, which is C neighboring substituents are not linked together to form an annelated carbocylic or heterocyclic ring system.",0.6983822660372601,0.6032354679254799
9741322,"1. A device comprising: a tube portion configured to capture a fluid accumulated in an instrument, said tube portion disposed to join with said instrument, said tube portion comprising a body portion, in which said body portion comprising;",0.23963718756774627,0.47927437513549254
9150844,"1. A chimeric protein construct comprising streptokinase produced by Streptococcus equisimilis , or a streptokinase homolog with at least 90% homology to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 112, and further comprising the 4, 5, and 6 epidermal growth factor-like domains (EGF 4,5,6) of thrombomodulin.",0.7858695787624982,0.4282608424750036
9238411,"1. A non-rail-bound vehicle, comprising: a longitudinal vehicle axis; a current collector configured to feed in electrical energy from an overhead line installation having at least one contact wire, said current collector including at least one contact strip configured to make contact with the at least one contact wire, said at least one contact strip having a working range, being oriented horizontally and being adjustable transversely with respect to said longitudinal vehicle axis, a rocker carrying said at least one contact strip, said current collector having two support arms being articulated, rotatable on the vehicle and configured to be swiveled transversely with respect to the longitudinal vehicle axis in a common swivel plane, said support arms being connected in an articulated manner to said rocker; an actuating device coupled to said current collector for adjusting said at least one contact strip, said actuating device having an actuator and a linearly guided actuator rod coupled to said current collector and configured to be displaced transversely with respect to said longitudinal vehicle axis by said actuator; a sensor configured to sense a position of the vehicle relative to the at least one contact wire; and a controller connected to said sensor and to said actuating device and configured to actuate said actuating device as a function of the vehicle position sensed by said sensor to cause said at least one contact strip to maintain contact with the at least one contact wire within said working range.",0.6998155658870101,0.6003688682259798
9746587,"1. A shape-variable optical element, comprising: a shape-variable lens; a first electrode unit configured to be connected to the shape-variable lens; a second electrode unit configured to face the first electrode unit; and a deformation part configured to be disposed between the first electrode unit and the second electrode unit, wherein the shape-variable lens includes a first side which faces the first electrode unit and a second side opposite to the first side, wherein both a width of the deformation part and a thickness of the deformation part change when currents are supplied to the first and second electrode unit and an electrostatic attraction is generated between the first and second electrode units, a shape of the first electrode unit and a shape of the second electrode unit change according to a change in the width of the deformation part, and a shape of the second side of the shape-variable lens changes according to a change in the shapes of the first and second electrode units, and wherein the first side is maintained to be flat irrespective of amounts of the currents supplied to the first and second electrode units.",0.078004922091943,0.15600984418388597
9838553,"1. An image reader comprising: a document table configured to support a document placed thereon, the document table having: a document cover movable between an open state and a closed state, the document cover being configured to cover an upper surface of the document table when the document cover is in the closed state; a reading unit comprising a light source configured to emit light toward the document placed on the document table, the reading unit being configured to perform image reading on a line-by-line basis along the main scanning direction, and output analog data as read data; a converter configured to convert the analog data output from the reading unit into digital data; a moving mechanism configured to change a reading position where the reading unit performs image reading, in the sub scanning direction by moving the reading unit along the sub scanning direction; and a controller configured to:",0.05545775100431282,0.11091550200862565
8788267,"1. A system for activating a plurality of functions based on speech input, wherein the system is embedded in an apparatus, comprising: a memory storing a plurality of states, wherein each state is associated with at least one function from the plurality of functions and a data model from a set of data models; an automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine for interpreting, based on the data model, the speech input into a functional input for activating the function; a plurality of controls, wherein there is one control for each state forming one-to-one correspondence between a control and a state, and wherein the control, upon activation, generates a signal associated with the state; a state transition module for transitioning the system to the state based on the signal, such that the system interprets the speech input using only the data model associated with the state, and execute the function associated with the state according to the functional input; and a processor operatively connected to the memory for executing the ASR engine and the state transition module.",0.30321047140886914,0.6064209428177383
9026310,"1. A method for use in a vehicle, comprising: receiving by a control unit a signal from one or more sensors indicating wading and wading depth; receiving by said control unit a signal from a sensor indicating attitude of the vehicle; and estimating, by said control unit and based upon: (i) a wading depth (D) as indicated by said signal from said one or more sensors, (ii) attitude as indicated by said signal from said sensor, and (iii) a distance (R",0.5640614608907765,0.8718770782184471
9028051,"1. A piezoelectric mechanism comprising: first and second electrodes, the second electrode interdigitated in relation to the first electrode; and, a thin film sheet of piezoelectric material within which the first and the second electrodes are embedded, the thin film sheet polarized in a direction at least substantially perpendicular to a surface of the thin film sheet, wherein the thin film sheet is to physically deform in a shear mode, responsive to an electric field induced within the thin film sheet at least substantially parallel to the thin film sheet via application of a voltage across the first and the second electrodes, wherein the surface of the thin film sheet is a first surface of the thin film sheet at least substantially parallel to and opposite a second surface of the thin film sheet, and wherein the first and second electrodes start at the first surface and extend to and end at the second surface.",0.43186950077001934,0.8637390015400387
8621999,"1. A method for generating a coruscative white light to obscure a vehicle from a remote observer for a period of time, comprising: affixing a shaped charge to the vehicle, the shaped charge comprising a casing, a line-shaped charge positioned in an interior of the casing and a shaped coruscative liner fabricated from a coruscative material; detonating the shaped charge while the shaped charge is affixed to the vehicle to initiate a coruscative reaction and generate a white light between the vehicle and the remote observer.",0.5634352186041796,0.8731295627916409
9366439,"1. A system comprising: a multi-tube fuel nozzle of a combustor for a gas turbine engine, wherein the multi-tube fuel nozzle comprises a plurality of fuel-air mixing tubes and a plurality of fuel injectors, wherein each tube of the plurality of fuel-air mixing tubes has one of the fuel injectors; an end cover of the combustor having a first end and a second end disposed opposite the first end; at least one fuel plenum defined by a first wall, a second wall disposed opposite the first wall, and a third wall extending between the first wall and second walls, wherein an entirety of the at least one fuel plenum is removable from the end cover, the first wall contacts the second end of the end cover when the at least one plenum is coupled to the end cover, and the second wall is coupled to the plurality of fuel injectors, and wherein the at least one fuel plenum is configured to provide fuel to each of the plurality of fuel injectors.",0.9569632593435483,0.08607348131290338
9082711,"1. An organic solar cell module comprising: a transparent substrate; a transparent electrode layer formed on the transparent substrate; a photoelectric conversion layer that is formed in a pattern on the transparent electrode layer and includes plural kinds of photoelectric conversion sections, each kind of which has a different absorption wavelength region; a plurality of back surface electrode layers respectively formed on the photoelectric conversion sections; an insulating layer that is formed so as to cover the plurality of back surface electrode layers and has an opening for each of the photoelectric conversion sections; and a plurality of charge collecting wirings that are formed on the insulating layer and are disposed so as to be connected to the back surface electrode layers located at the opening of the insulating layer for the respective kinds of the photoelectric conversion sections, wherein each kind of the photoelectric conversion sections includes plural numbers of photoelectric conversion sections which have the same absorption wavelength region, and the photoelectric conversion sections are regularly arranged, wherein the charge-collecting wirings do not connect plural numbers of photovoltaic cells which are part of the organic solar cell module and include the plural kinds of photoelectric conversion sections respectively, but only plural numbers of photovoltaic cells with the same absorption wavelength region, which are part of the organic solar cell module and include the photoelectric conversion sections with the same absorption wavelength regions respectively, in parallel, wherein the openings of the insulating layers are disposed so as to connect the back surface electrode layers formed on the photoelectric conversion sections with the same absorption wavelength regions by means of the charge-collecting wirings, while the openings of the insulating layers are disposed so as to be matched with positions in the photoelectric conversion sections for the respective kinds of the photoelectric conversions sections, and are disposed within a single region when the photoelectric conversions sections are partitioned into the same number of regions as the number of kinds of the photoelectric conversion sections in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the charge-collecting wirings and wherein the charge-collecting wirings are disposed so as to connect the back surface electrode layers that are located at the openings of the insulating layer provided on the photoelectric conversion sections with the same absorption wavelength regions, the plurality of charge-collecting wirings are arranged in a stripe pattern, and the same number of charge-collecting wirings as the number of kinds of the photoelectric conversion sections are respectively disposed on the photoelectric conversion sections.",0.9599264618319867,0.08014707633602658
9230709,"1. A paste composition for an electrode of a solar cell comprising: a conductive powder; an organic vehicle; and a glass frit composite; wherein the glass frit composite includes a first glass frit having a first glass transition temperature and a second glass frit having a second glass transition temperature lower than the first glass transition temperature, both the first glass transition temperature and the second glass transition temperature being lower than 450° C.; wherein the second glass transition temperature is lower than the first glass transition temperature within a range of 10° C. to about 50° C.; wherein the first glass frit acts to assist sintering by widening a sintering temperature range of the second glass frit; wherein the glass frit composite comprises about 5 to 30 parts by weight of the first glass frit per 100 parts by weight of the glass frit composite; and wherein the glass frit composite correspondingly comprises about 95 to 70 parts by weight of the second glass frit per 100 parts by weight of the glass frit composite.",0.9696285046278972,0.06074299074420564
8615241,"1. A method for facilitating a forward handover in a communications system, comprising: establishing, by a user terminal, a connection with a first base station of a first cell, the connection including a Radio Resource Control Connected (RRC_Connected) state and a data connected state; storing at the user terminal first identity information associated with the connection to the first cell, the identity information comprising a Physical Cell Identity (PCI) and a Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI); selecting, by the user terminal, a second base station of a second cell based on a first criterion determined by the user terminal; initiating, at the user terminal, a forward handover to the second base station of the second cell; receiving, at the user terminal, second identity information associated with the second cell; re-establishing the RRC_Connected state with the second base station; declaring, by the user terminal, a Radio Link Failure (RLF) between re-establishment of the RRC_Connected state and completion of establishment of the connection to the second base station, based on a second criterion determined by the user terminal; and initiating, by the user terminal, reestablishment of the connection with a third base station of a third cell using the first identity information.",0.2723669044545974,0.5447338089091948
9210951,1. A tobacco cut filler for a smoking article comprising between 10% and 40% by weight of cut rolled tobacco stems having been rolled to a mean thickness of 0.6 mm to 0.8 mm and having a mean cut width of 0.1 mm to 0.2 mm and a mean cross-sectional area of 0.12 to 0.15 square millimeters.,0.38278064473100465,0.7655612894620093
8721368,"1. A power terminal connector comprising: a multi-layered buss bar having a first mounting portion, a second mounting portion and a flexible section between the first and second mounting portions, the multi-layered buss bar having multiple layers of metal sheets in a stacked configuration, the metal sheets being folded over multiple times to define multiple layers of metal sheets spanning the first mounting portion, the flexible section and the second mounting portion, the metal sheets having folds at edges of the folded over portions along the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion, the flexible section being devoid of any folds along the edges; a first terminal assembly coupled to the first mounting portion and a second terminal assembly coupled to the second mounting portion, the first and second terminal assemblies being configured to be coupled to corresponding pins of corresponding power terminals; wherein the multi-layered buss bar is configured to electrically interconnect the power terminals coupled to the first and second terminal assemblies.",0.7664876330107567,0.46702473397848654
9346912,"1. A polymer comprising m repeating units, wherein an n wherein at least one of a first dihedral angle between an A wherein the first aromatic ring is bound to the A the second aromatic ring is bound to the A R X of Formula 1 is the same or different in each repeating unit and is each independently absent, or a linker comprising a C m is an integer from 2 to 1000; n is a variable from 2 to m−1; A of Equation 1 is 26.03, and B is 0.0445; φ of Equation 1 is an angle between the A θ of Equation 1 is an angle between a first imaginary line extending from a bond between the A wherein the first dihedral angle, the second dihedral angle, φ of Equation 1, and θ of Equation 1 are calculated by application of density functional theory with a B3LYP/6-31+G(D) basis set, and wherein the polymer further comprises a second repeating unit represented by Formula 5A, 5B, 5D, or 5E: wherein, in Formulae 5A, 5B, 5D, and 5E, R Y",0.4393840046697803,0.8787680093395606
9236601,"1. A plate-like particle for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material, wherein the plate-like particle has a structure in which numerous primary particles are bound to one another, each primary particle having a layered rock salt structure, wherein the plate-like particle has a thickness of 5 μm or more and less than 30 μm, a ratio of intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (003) plane to intensity of X-ray diffraction by the (104) plane, [003]/[104], of 2 or less, a mean pore size of 0.1 to 5 μm, a voidage of 3% or more and less than 15%, and wherein the intensity of X-ray diffraction is attained by measuring an X-ray diffraction profile of only the plate surface of the plate-like particle.",0.9012027410485851,0.19759451790282978
9040810,"1. A solar cell module, comprising: a solar panel that includes a transparent substrate and is configured by aligning solar cells; a rectangular frame surrounding an entire perimeter of an edge of the solar panel, and the rectangular frame includes a pair of opposing long frames and a pair of opposing short frames, and a notch is provided in a center, in a longitudinal direction, of a back surface of each of the long frames; a reinforcing frame engaged with the notch of each of the long frames and arranged across a back surface of the solar panel; and a shock absorbing unit arranged between the solar panel and the reinforcing frame, wherein the shock absorbing unit has a first main surface facing the solar panel, and the first main surface is a flat surface, and a second main surface facing the reinforcing frame, the second main surface including a plurality of projections extending in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing frame, in which a curved line smoothly connecting ridge lines of the projections to one another defines a line having only a single curve between terminal ends of the second main surface in a longitudinal direction of the reinforcing frame, and is an arc-in-section curved surface line convexed facing the reinforcing frame, wherein the projections arranged at the terminal ends are configured to be triangular in cross section and a top surface thereof continues to the flat surface such that the shock absorbing unit has no end surfaces in the longitudinal direction of the reinforcing frame.",0.8926081565130115,0.21478368697397698
9537043,"1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a converter circuit including a transistor, the converter circuit being provided adjacent to a first substrate; a photoelectric conversion element including a photoelectric conversion layer provided so that external light is delivered from a first side of the photoelectric conversion element through a protective member and the transistor and a second side of the photoelectric conversion element through the protective member, the photoelectric conversion element being provided over a second substrate; and the protective member configured to encapsulate the photoelectric conversion element, the protective member comprising the first substrate, the second substrate, and a wiring electrically connecting the photoelectric conversion element and the converter circuit; wherein the converter circuit is configured to step up or down an output of the photoelectric conversion element, wherein the transistor overlaps the photoelectric conversion layer, and wherein the transistor has a channel formation region including an oxide semiconductor film.",0.5386486016271583,0.9227027967456833
9276505,1. A flat opposing cylindrical see-through glass tube-enclosed smaller than said inner glass tube walls magnet positioned above a vertically and upward repelling flat opposing base electromagnet positioned at the bottom of said tube with both said magnets able to manipulate the elevating system with the outer edges of said elevated magnet in close proximity to the inside surface of said glass tube as to reduce said elevated magnet flipping attached to a cylindrical see-through glass tube-enclosed triangular shaped component-attached and glass tube wall touching flip-resisting and glass tube inside diameter-dependent stabilization apparatus.,0.01865884330453852,0.03731768660907708
9472381,"1. A plasma reactor for abating hazardous materials included in process gases, and installed on an exhaust path of the process gases toward a vacuum pump, comprising: an insulator having a pipe shape through which the process gases pass; a first ground electrode connected to a front end of the insulator facing a process chamber; a second ground electrode connected to a rear end of the insulator, and provided with a facing part that faces a center of the inside of insulator along the moving direction of the process gases; and a driving electrode fixed to an external circumferential surface of the insulator, and connected to a power supply applying an AC or RF voltage, wherein a predetermined space is provided between the inside was of the facing part and the second ground electrode through which the process gases are released.",0.42138000725377556,0.8427600145075511
9394834,1. A system for a four-stroke internal combustion engine comprising: at least two cylinders; a fuel direct injection device; a variable valve timing system; and a control system with computer readable non-transitory instructions stored in memory and executable by a processor to:,0.8507702233253992,0.2984595533492016
8736286,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a chassis; a printed wiring board (PWB) secured to the chassis by a fastener, the PWB having a pair of conductive traces, and a conductive cap filling electrically insulating gaps between the pair of conductive traces and the fastener to thereby form a conductive path that connects the two traces; and a sensing circuit coupled to the pair of conductive traces and configured to: detect a change in impedance of the path, and, in response, signal an alert to a data processor that evaluates and logs tamper events in the electronic device.",0.36979328294394354,0.7395865658878871
8967260,"1. A method for enhancing hydrocarbon recovery from a reservoir using a heating well, the method comprising: placing a heat source into the heating well above and proximate to the reservoir, below and proximate to the reservoir, or both; heating the subsurface formation proximate to the reservoir via the heating source by applying heat from the heat source in the heating well only outside of the reservoir to form an expansion pillar in the subsurface formation proximate to the reservoir; and producing a hydrocarbon from the reservoir.",0.8153479825772209,0.3693040348455583
9579338,"1. A method for preparing a lipid nanoparticle encapsulating a RNA molecule, comprising the steps of (a) transferring to a mixing container a first aqueous buffer, pH 3.5-6.5, comprising the RNA molecule at 0.08 to 0.8 mg/ml; (b) injecting a lipid solution comprising a cationic lipid, a helper lipid, a sterol, and a PEG lipid dissolved in a water-miscible organic solvent into the aqueous solution in the mixing container at a constant rate for 1-100 minutes while stirring the aqueous solution until a mixture comprising 25-45% (v:v) organic solvent is reached; (c) diluting the organic solvent in the mixture to less than 10% (v:v); and (d) removing the organic solvent from the diluted mixture by diafiltration against a second aqueous buffer, pH 6.5-8; wherein step (b) is performed batchwise, and wherein the mixture comprises lipid nanoparticles having a RNA:lipid ratio 0.06 to 0.16 (w:w), and a RNA:lipid charge ratio of 1:2.5 to 1:1.",0.24494413002593204,0.48988826005186414
9181575,"1. A method for detecting and enumerating viable microorganisms in a sample suspected of containing said microorganisms, the method comprising: (1) contacting said microorganisms of said sample with at least one repair compound and a growth medium, and (2) incubating the product of step (1), and (3) detecting and quantifying said viable microorganisms, in which the microorganisms are of the species in which the repair compound directly or indirectly causes an effect on the metabolism to reduce the oxidative stress of the microorganism, wherein the growth medium is a buffered charcoal yeast extract (BCYE) or glycine, vancomycine, polymyxine B, cycloheximide (GVPC) agar growth medium, wherein the repair compound is a mixture of pyruvic acid or a salt thereof and glutamic acid or a salt thereof and wherein the ratio of glutamic acid or a salt thereof and pyruvic acid or a salt thereof is in the range between 1:1 and 50:1.",0.7621522522857226,0.4756954954285548
9595501,"1. A circuit arrangement, comprising: a flexible substrate having first and second major surfaces, the first major surface opposite the second major surface; a first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) having a third major surface and a fourth major surface, the third major surface opposite the fourth major surface, and the fourth major surface directly adhered to the first major surface of the flexible substrate; one or more metal foil pads attached directly on the third major surface of the first layer of PSA layer; electrically conductive round wire attached directly on the third major surface of the first layer of PSA, the wire having a round cross-section and one or more portions directly connected to the one or more metal foil pads with one or more weld joints, respectively; and an electronic device attached directly on the third major surface of the first layer of PSA and electrically connected to the one or more portions of the round wire by one or more bond wires, respectively.",0.522534453556522,0.9549310928869561
9431616,"1. A phosphaphenanthrene-carbazole-based organic light-emitting compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: in Chemical Formula 1, R R R R aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or amino of R",0.5602693257812704,0.8794613484374592
9240509,"1. A solar cell, comprising: a first substrate; a first transparent electrode on the first substrate; a first positive-intrinsic-negative (PIN) junction semiconductor layer on the first transparent electrode, wherein the first PIN junction semiconductor layer includes a negative (N) type semiconductor layer on the first transparent electrode, an intrinsic semiconductor layer on the N type semiconductor layer and a positive (P) type semiconductor layer on the intrinsic semiconductor layer, and wherein the N type and P type semiconductor layers include silicon doped with N type and P type impurities, respectively, and the intrinsic semiconductor layer includes hydrogenated silicon; a second transparent electrode on the first PIN junction semiconductor layer; a second substrate directly on an entire surface of the second transparent electrode; and a light collecting means on the second substrate and second transparent electrode, wherein the light collecting means includes a self assembly monolayer having at least one hydrophobic portion directly contacting an entire surface of a third substrate, and a plurality of hydrophilic microlenses directly on the self assembly monolayer, wherein the self assembly monolayer and the plurality of hydrophilic microlenses are between the second substrate and the third substrate, and wherein the plurality of hydrophilic microlenses include a plurality of hardened ink droplets.",0.9432103134584128,0.11357937308317445
8983438,"1. A system for enabling a mobile communication device having a secure memory element to operate as a financial presentation device (FPD) which is presentable to providers of goods or services, the system comprising: a memory storing a security key corresponding to an issuer of the FPD, wherein the security key is an encryption key; a processor coupled to the memory; and a provisioning module executable by the processor and adapted to: monitor incoming authorization requests for financial transactions to retrieve an authorization request of a financial transaction that was initiated with the FPD, the authorization request received from a point of sale (POS) terminal through an acquirer, wherein the authorization request comprises FPD data including an FPD identifier associated with the FPD; retrieve the FPD data contained in the authorization request; store the FPD data contained in the authorization request in the memory; and transmit via a wireless communication network the stored security key and the stored FPD data to the mobile communication device for storage into the secure memory element so as to enable the mobile communication device to operate as the FPD.",0.0257463445356388,0.051492689071277575
9767840,"1. A method for driving a display from a computer system, comprising: storing display content in protected memory; determining an operating state of a display pipe that couples the protected memory to an external display, the display pipe being external to the display; when the display pipe is operating in a protected mode, driving, by the display pipe, the display content to the external display from the protected memory; and when the display pipe is operating in an unprotected mode:",0.21650848422708235,0.4330169684541647
8589283,"1. A method of post offer borrower query for an on-line lending system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an electronic loan application over a network from a client terminal, the electronic loan application comprising applicant credential data; presenting electronically, over the network, on the client terminal, at least one loan offer; waiting at least a predetermined time for an electronic signal from the client terminal comprising an acceptance indication of the at least one loan offer; upon failing to receive the electronic signal from the client terminal within the at least a predetermined time, electronically transmitting the at least one loan offer and the applicant credential data to a call center terminal; and generating electronically a prompt on the call center terminal for a customer service representative to initiate communication with a prospective borrower.",0.08256124791482863,0.16512249582965732
9099252,"1. An electrode, comprising: a conducting layer configured to act, in use, as a charge collector to provide an electrical path for generated and/or stored charge through the conducting layer; a barrier layer, the barrier layer configured to cover a first portion of a surface of said conducting layer such that, when the electrode is in contact with an electrolyte, the electrolyte is prevented from substantially contacting and corroding the conducting layer at the covered portion; and an active electrode element configured for use in generation and/or storing charge, the active electrode element configured to cover a second portion of the surface of the conducting layer adjacent to the first portion of the surface of the conducting layer, the second portion of the surface of the conducting layer defined by an interface of the conducting layer and the active electrode element not covered by the barrier layer, and the active electrode element positioned in electrical contact with the conducting layer to prevent the electrolyte from substantially contacting and corroding the conducting layer in the non-covered portion and to also be exposed to said electrolyte to allow for the generation and/or storage of charge and provide the generated/stored charge to the conducting layer; wherein the electrolyte is prevented from substantially contacting and corroding the conducting layer only by the barrier layer or by the active electrode element.",0.76129397959962,0.47741204080076005
8664174,"1. A liquid composition encapsulated within a water-soluble film comprising a microcapsule, said microcapsule comprising an aldehyde-containing resin, from about 0.001% to about 2.0%, by weight of said composition of one or more sulfur-based formaldehyde scavenger, wherein the one or more sulfur-based formaldehyde scavenger is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal pyrosulfites, sulfites, bisulfite, and mixtures thereof, and from about 0.0001% to about 1%, by weight of said composition of a non-sulfur-based formaldehyde scavenger, wherein the non-sulfur-based formaldehyde scavenger is acetoacetamide, wherein said microcapsule comprises a microcapsule wall material having a ratio, by weight, of said one or more sulfur-based formaldehyde scavenger to said microcapsule wall material of from about 0.05:1 to about 10:1; said formaldehyde scavengers react with formaldehyde to achieve more than about 60% reaction completeness in about 15 minutes time at pH 8 and at about 21° C.; said composition, after four months storage at 35° C., has a detergent discoloration score, Panel Score Unit (PSU), of less than 2; and said composition comprises anionic surfactant.",0.2741958993729281,0.5483917987458562
8566620,"1. A method for operating a data processing system having a memory, the memory coupled between a first power supply voltage terminal and a second power supply voltage terminal, the first power supply voltage terminal for receiving a first variable potential and the second power supply voltage terminal for receiving a second variable potential, wherein an initial difference between the first variable potential and the second variable potential is not less than a first voltage, the method comprising: receiving a command to transition the data processing system from a first power supply voltage to a second power supply voltage; changing the second variable potential so that a difference between the second variable potential and the first variable potential is greater than the first voltage; and after changing the second variable potential, changing the first variable potential, wherein a difference between the first variable potential and the second variable potential is not less than the first voltage.",0.8191062959227525,0.36178740815449495
8871169,"1. A method of manufacturing cast silicon, comprising: loading a seed layer of silicon comprising near-monocrystalline silicon into a crucible; loading solid silicon feedstock into the crucible; placing a lid over an opening of the crucible; flowing an inert gas into the crucible through at least one hole in the lid; expelling the inert gas from the crucible through at least one other hole in the lid; melting the silicon feedstock while maintaining a part of the seed layer in a solid state; forming a solid body of silicon comprising near-monocrystalline silicon; and cooling the solid body.",0.6204622524679341,0.7590754950641319
9091172,"1. An apparatus comprising: a gas turbine engine having a compressor rotatably coupled to a turbine with a spool shaft; a flow path formed internal to the spool shaft structured to provide a working fluid to the turbine; a cooling flow path coupled to a turbine rotor and rotatable therewith, the cooling flow path having an inlet for receiving the working fluid from the flow path internal to the spool shaft and an outlet for delivering the working fluid to suppress temperatures of the turbine rotor; wherein the cooling flow path radially extends from an inner portion of the turbine rotor and is bounded by an axially forward cooling flow path portion and an axially aft cooling flow path portion, the axially forward cooling flow path portion and axially aft cooling flow path portion being separate components from one another, and the axially forward cooling flow path portion and the axially aft cooling flow path portion separate from the turbine rotor and located on a common side of the turbine rotor; and wherein the cooling flow path is coupled to an axially aft portion of the turbine rotor.",0.787009744957526,0.4259805100849481
9467461,"1. A method operative in a domain name system (DNS) server, the method comprising: receiving a request to resolve a domain name from a client, the client being a recursive DNS server or an end-user device, and the request including an internet protocol (IP) address of the client; determining a threat score for the request, based at least in part on the IP address; upon a determination that the threat score does not exceed a threshold, responding to the client's domain name resolution request with a first set of one or more IP addresses, wherein the first set of IP addresses is associated with a first set of one or more servers in a first point of presence (PoP) of a content delivery network; upon a determination that the threat score exceeds a threshold, responding to the client's domain name resolution request with a second set of one or more IP addresses, wherein the second set of IP addresses is associated with a second set of one or more servers in a second point of presence (PoP) of the content delivery network, the second PoP being remote from the first PoP; wherein the second set of one or more IP addresses is selected for inclusion in the response at least in part because the second set of one or more servers in the second PoP are known to have a higher latency for the client than the first set of one or more servers in the first PoP, due to relative locations of the first and the second PoPs.",0.017530228121934412,0.035060456243868776
8816865,1. A method of calculating the quality of a steam mixture comprising the steps of: passing the steam mixture from a high pressure region to a low pressure region through a first pressure reducer; heating the steam mixture in the low pressure region; measuring both the temperature and pressure of the steam in both the high pressure region and the low pressure region; and calculating the quality of the steam mixture from the measured temperatures and pressures.,0.49543784750213354,0.9908756950042671
9819046,"1. A rechargeable battery comprising: an electrode assembly spirally wound by interposing a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode that include uncoated regions and coated regions; a case for accommodating the electrode assembly; a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab coupled to the first and second electrodes to be drawn out of the case; laminating tape attached to opposite surfaces of a front end portion at the first and second electrodes disposed at a center of the electrode assembly and attached to opposite surfaces of a terminal end portion disposed at an outermost side of the electrode assembly, wherein the second electrode tab is coupled to the uncoated region of the second electrode toward the uncoated region of the first electrode in the terminal end portion that is disposed at the outermost side of the electrode assembly, the first electrode tab is coupled to the uncoated region of the first electrode while being disposed closer to the coated region than the second electrode tab in the terminal end portion that is disposed at the outermost side of the electrode assembly; and an insulating laminating tape for inhibiting the second electrode tab and the uncoated region of the first electrode from electrically contacting each other.",0.6768604875185698,0.6462790249628605
9433671,"1. A composition comprising a first multilayer film comprising a plurality of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte layers, wherein one of the polyelectrolyte layers in the multilayer film comprises a first antigenic polypeptide polyelectrolyte,",0.3346637514217305,0.669327502843461
8370547,1. A system comprising: a printed circuit board including,0.2678543088631032,0.5357086177262064
8513737,"1. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection element using an NPN bipolar transistor, comprising: a trigger element connected at one end with a pad, wherein said NPN bipolar transistor comprises:",0.46897461139463437,0.9379492227892687
9839160,"1. A water-based data center, comprising: a platform in a body of a water; and a plurality of interconnected computer nodes secured to the platform; wherein at least one of the computer nodes comprises a plurality of flexing electroactive polymer power devices and a plurality of contracting electroactive polymer power devices, the plurality of flexing electroactive polymer power devices generating power when flexed in response to movement of the plurality of interconnected computer nodes, and wherein the plurality of contracting electroactive polymer power devices are configured to receive the power from the plurality of flexing electroactive polymer power devices when wave energy of the water exceeds a threshold, the plurality of contracting electroactive polymer power devices contracting in response to receiving the power from the plurality of flexing electroactive polymer power devices, slowing down power generated from the plurality of flexing electroactive polymer power devices.",0.7960748565534086,0.4078502868931828
9292287,"1. A loop scheduling method comprising: scheduling, using a processor, a higher priority loop using execution units; scheduling, using the processor, a lower priority loop using execution units available as a result of the scheduling of the higher priority loop; unrolling, using the processor, a result of the scheduling of the higher priority loop in response to the lower priority loop not being scheduled using the available execution units as a result of the scheduling of the higher priority loop; and scheduling, using the processor, the lower priority loop using execution units available as the unrolled result of the scheduling of the higher priority loop.",0.2941757324326534,0.5883514648653068
9312404,"1. A method of manufacturing an electrode, comprising the step of: forming an electrode by coating a composition for manufacturing an electrode on a base material using a wet-coating method, wherein the composition comprises metal nanoparticles dispersed in a dispersive medium, a content of the metal nanoparticles is 2.5 to 95.0 weight %, 75 weight % or more of the metal nanoparticles is constituted of nanoparticles consisting of silver, the metal nanoparticles being chemically modified by a protective agent having an organic molecular main chain comprising a carbon backbone of carbon number of 1 to 3, and the number of the metal nanoparticles having a primary grain size of 10 to 50 nm is 70% or more of the total number of the metal nanoparticles contained in the composition.",0.8055648130644462,0.3888703738711077
9712044,"1. A power converter including at least one bridge circuit configured to have upper and lower arms in which a first power semiconductor device and a second power semiconductor device are connected in series, the power converter comprising: a first gate driving circuit connected to a first control gate terminal and a first control source terminal in the first power semiconductor device, to supply a charge to the first power semiconductor device to drive the first power semiconductor device; and a second gate driving circuit connected to a second control gate terminal and a second control source terminal in the second power semiconductor device, to supply a charge to the second power semiconductor device to drive the second power semiconductor device, wherein a first main current source terminal of the first power semiconductor device is connected to a second main current drain terminal of the second power semiconductor device, and an end of the connection is connected to a load by an output line, and the first gate driving circuit monitors a first voltage developed by an output inductor between the connection end and the load, and performs control to protect the first power semiconductor device based on a value of the monitored voltage.",0.8994693660193915,0.20106126796121693
8344555,"1. A control device for a plurality of power supply circuits composed of power storage mechanisms and a plurality of relays, each of said power supply circuits including a circuit that has a first relay controlling electric conduction/non-conduction between a load and one electrode of the power storage mechanism and a resistor connected in series to said first relay, a second relay connected in parallel to said circuit, and a third relay controlling electric conduction/non-conduction between the load and another electrode of the power storage mechanism, said control device comprising: a voltage detection unit detecting a voltage value of said load; a voltage detection unit detecting a voltage value of each of said power storage mechanisms; a processing unit performing a precharge process upon power supply startup, the precharge process being performed by causing a conductive state of said first relay and said third relay before causing the conductive state of said second relay and said third relay in each of said power supply circuits; and a detection unit identifying a power supply circuit of said plurality of power supply circuits in which said third relay is welded based on said voltage value of the load and said voltage value of each of the power storage mechanisms detected when outputting a conduction command to said first relay in each of said power supply circuits before performing said precharge process, wherein said detection unit determines that said third relay is welded in a power supply circuit of said plurality of power supply circuits when the control device detects that said voltage values of said power storage mechanisms are greater than a first predetermined voltage value of the power storage mechanisms and said voltage value of the load is greater than a second predetermined voltage value, the second predetermined voltage value being greater than said first predetermined voltage value, and said first predetermined voltage value being a value other than a zero value of each of said power storage mechanisms.",0.9226622447601103,0.15467551047977945
8598838,"1. An electric vehicle comprising: a chassis; a battery; wind generators configured to charge the battery when the vehicle is stationary and to retract when the vehicle is in movement; a first aerodynamic element, placed on the top of the wind generators, extending away on the front and back part of these, defining a first end, the first end being bent upward, and a second end opposite the first end, the second end being bent upward; a second aerodynamic element including a roof oblique forming together with the windshield a continuous surface longitudinally oblique-flat or slightly concave/convex-extending from the low front end to the high rear end of the car, the second aerodynamic element being configured to cooperate with the first aerodynamic element, to accelerate air speed of wind and direct the wind to the wind generators when the vehicle is stationary; a surface of photovoltaic cells configured to charge the battery; the second aerodynamic element supporting the surface of photovoltaic cells in orthogonal position as regards to the sun, being positioned in its longitudinal development at an oblique angle in relation to a horizontal plane; a jack configured to vary the angle of incidence of the second aerodynamic element to improve the aerodynamics of the vehicle during movement of the vehicle; the lower end of the retractable wind generators being placed on the top of the rear high end of the second aerodynamic element; the wind generators with the first aerodynamic element placed on top of them being retractable to improve the aerodynamics of the vehicle during movement of the vehicle.",0.9934435067222358,0.013112986555528394
8539591,"1. A document management system, comprising: a management device that manages unique identification information and confidentiality level information, each of which correspond to a component of a plurality of components in an electronic document or in a paper document, the electronic document or the paper document having the plurality of components that are at least one of a graphic, a table, an image, and a text; a setting device that sets the unique identification information to each component of the plurality of components included in the electronic document or included in the paper document; an instruction receiving device that receives an instruction from a user to print the electronic document or an instruction from the user to read the paper document; an authority information receiving device that receives authority information of the user; a confidentiality level information obtainment device that obtains the confidentiality level information corresponding to each component of the plurality of components of the electronic document or the paper document; and a confidentiality processing device that performs image processing on each component of the plurality of components of the electronic document or the paper document based on a comparison between the confidentiality level information corresponding to the unique identification information of the component and the authority information of the user, wherein the setting device sets the unique identification information to each component of the plurality of components after the image processing is completed by the confidentiality processing device.",0.01658403844350653,0.033168076887013065
9790532,"1. A mutant of a parent Fusarium venenatum strain, comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide and pyrG and alpA genes, wherein both of the pyrG and alpA genes are modified rendering the mutant strain deficient in the production of orotine-5′-monophosphate decarboxylase and alkaline protease compared to the parent Fusarium venenatum strain when cultivated under identical conditions.",0.8950818118049977,0.20983637639000463
8830145,"1. A pixel circuit comprising: a light emitting element whose cathode is connected to a first power source for supplying a first power supply voltage; a first transistor that has a first terminal connected to a data line and is selectively conducted with a voltage applied to a gate terminal; a second transistor that is connected between the gate terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal of the first transistor and is selectively conducted in response to a first scan signal applied to a gate terminal; a third transistor that is connected between the second terminal of the first transistor and an anode of the light emitting element and is selectively conducted in response to a light emission control signal applied to a gate terminal; a fourth transistor that is connected between the gate terminal of the first transistor and an initialization power source and is selectively conducted in response to a second scan signal applied to a gate terminal; and a capacitor element, one end of which is connected to a power source for supplying a voltage having a fixed potential and the other end of which is connected to the gate terminal of the first transistor, wherein, during a non-light emission period of one frame in which the light emitting element emits no light, a data signal is applied to the data line, and during a light emission period of one frame in which the light emitting element emits light in response to the data signal, a second power supply voltage having a higher potential than the first power supply voltage is applied to the data line.",0.5311754541823032,0.9376490916353937
9784203,"1. A method for limiting an engine torque when a failure occurs in a water sensor of a fuel filter, the method comprising steps: sensing, by an engine control unit (ECU), the failure of the water sensor installed in the fuel filter through a failure diagnosis logic in a diesel hybrid vehicle; checking, by the ECU, a current vehicle driving mode when the failure of the water sensor is sensed; determining, by the ECU, whether a first time period elapses a first delay time after sensing the failure of the water sensor when the current vehicle driving mode is an engine driving mode; and limiting and reducing, by the ECU, the engine torque when the first time period elapses the first delay time.",0.9372501281360339,0.12549974372793216
9752601,"1. A fastener device for fastening a panel to a structure, the fastener device being provided with at least one fastener assembly including a movable stud suitable for being fastened to the panel and a stationary stud suitable for being fastened to the structure, the movable stud including first magnetization means co-operating with second magnetization means of the stationary stud, at least one of the first and second magnetization means including a magnet, wherein at least one magnetization means is carried by a ball joint of the associated stud, each magnetization means being constrained to move in translation with movement means so as to be moved in translation in reversible manner along a first longitudinal axis of the associated stud from an engagement position to a disengagement position, the first longitudinal axis of the movable stud being substantially parallel to a second longitudinal axis of the stationary stud, the magnetization means being strongly magnetically attracted to each other when they are facing and each is in the engagement position, and being magnetically attracted only slightly or not at all when at least one magnetization means is in the disengagement position.",0.1862896950101649,0.3725793900203298
9547413,"1. A method for advertising in a virtual universe (VU), comprising: providing a computer infrastructure structured and arranged to:",0.15012785879896048,0.300255717597921
9254047,"1. An inflatable mattress comprising; an air bladder, a pressure sensor line, a pressure sensor, an air pump, a mattress port, and an air hose, having said mattress port sealed to said air bladder and having said air hose connected to said mattress port and at one end, and connected to said air pump, forming a pump connection, at other end of said air hose, wherein; one end of said pressure sensor line is connected to said pressure sensor and said pressure sensor line is routed through said formed pump connection and into and through internal wall of said air hose and extending through said air hose connected to said air mattress and through said mattress port into said mattress whereby said pressure sensor reads the air pressure within said mattress while pumping.",0.24833493834121548,0.4966698766824309
8596404,"1. A method for commissioning a hybrid vehicle comprising: providing a vehicle having: determining a neutral position of the pump/motor assembly, wherein the neutral position corresponds to an average of the recorded signals, the neutral position determination step includes: wherein the pump/motor assembly of the second power source is coupled to the prime mover of the first power source during pumping mode of the pump/motor assembly; and purging gas from the second power source by routing fluid from the energy storage unit to the fluid reservoir.",0.9781065999643435,0.04378680007131308
9004759,"1. A sleeve formed from two flat panels each having a top edge, a bottom edge, and two side edges, the side edges being spaced apart to define the width of the sleeve, the two panels being joined to each other along the opposite side edges to form a pair of seams, the sleeve including a first handle defined by a line of perforations through the two panels that extends from one of the two seams across part of the width of the two panels toward the other seam, the panels being separable from each other across their top edges to enclose a space into which an article such as a floral grouping may be placed, the sleeve including a second handle defined by a line of perforations extending from the other of the two seams toward the one seam, the first and second handles being separable from the first and second panels along their respective line of perforations and can be lifted upward to span the space between the top edges of the panels, and including a reinforcement formed by sealing the front and rear panels to each other at a location between the lines of perforations and the top of the panels inward of the side seams.",0.12335321539014636,0.24670643078029275
8962020,"1. A once-a-day 2-(3-chlorophenylamino) phenylacetic acid dosage formulation which comprises: (a) a core element comprising a compressed tablet containing a therapeutic dose of 2-(3-chlorophenylamino) phenylacetic acid blended with a solubility modulating substance consisting of at least one hydrogel forming polymer in an amount effective to control the release of said 2-(3-chlorophenylamino) phenylacetic acid to provide a therapeutic level over a period of about 24 hours; and (b) an enteric coating which is placed around said core element, wherein said dosage formulation controls the release of said 2-(3-chlorophenylamino) phenylacetic acid to provide a therapeutic level meeting drug-to-target relationships according to the albumin concentration in the blood and the rate of reaction between free glucose and albumin over a period of about 24 hours.",0.46403809407469643,0.9280761881493929
9700493,"1. A UVA and UVB protective slurry powder cosmetic composition in the form of an evaporation residue of a slurry mixture comprising an aqueous based composition containing water and an alcohol selected from ethanol, isopropanol, butanol or mixtures thereof and having solvated or dispersed therein at least one water soluble or water dispersible synthetic polymer selected from the group consisting of ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP copolymer; ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate/beheneth-25 copolymer; ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate copolymer; acrylates copolymers; acrylates/ethylhexyl acrylate copolymer; acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer; butyl acrylate/hydroxypropyldimethicone acrylate copolymer; acrylates/C 12-22 alkylmethacrylate copolymers; sodium polystyrene sulfonate; styrene/acrylates/ammonium methacrylate copolymer; ammonium acrylates copolymer; acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer; PVP; ammonium polyacrylate; acrylamides copolymer; acrylates/acrylamide copolymer; acrylates ammonium acrylate copolymer; acrylates C 10-20 alkyl acrylate cross polymer; acrylates/carbamate crosspolymer; acrylates ceteth-20 itaconate copolymer; acrylates/dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer; ammonium acrylates copolymer; ammonium polyacrylate; ammonium styrene/acrylates copolymer; ammonium vinyl acetate/acrylates copolymer; aminomethylpropanol/acrylates/di methylaminoethylmethacrylate copolymer; and mixtures thereof, and particulates pre-treated with a binder composition comprising at least one silicone oil, at least one ester oil and at least one silicone film former prior to incorporation into the slurry mixture, wherein the binder composition additionally comprises methoxycinnamate.",0.3143959093832721,0.6287918187665442
9593814,1. An assembly comprising: at least one electrical device; the at least one electrical device being operatively connected to a support; at least one movable solar element for creating electric power from solar power; at least energy storage device for storing electricity generated by the solar element; at least one wind vane operatively associated with the support; at least one energy converter for generating electric power from the at least one wind vane; and at least one shaft operatively connected to the at least one energy converter and the support; the at least one energy converter being operatively connected to the at least one battery for storing electric power therein; wherein the at least one movable solar element is movably positioned so as to increase exposure to the sun.,0.9821742734508611,0.035651453098277885
8538622,"1. A method comprising: connecting first and second sensor resistances to a vehicle device that varies between a minimum position and a maximum position, wherein the minimum position corresponds to a minimum resistance of the first sensor resistance and a maximum resistance of the second sensor resistance, and wherein the maximum position corresponds to a maximum resistance of the first sensor resistance and a minimum resistance of the second sensor resistance; monotonically increasing a resistance value of the first sensor resistance and monotonically decreasing a resistance value of the second sensor resistance as the vehicle device moves from the minimum position to the maximum position, wherein the maximum resistance of the second sensor resistance is at least 1.5 times the maximum resistance of the first sensor resistance, and wherein a mid-point resistance of the second sensor is at least 1.5 times a mid-point resistance of the first sensor; determining first and second measured positions of the vehicle device based on the resistance values of the first and second sensor resistances, respectively; and controlling a vehicle system based on the first and second measured positions.",0.43792495816319393,0.8758499163263879
9567876,"1. A power generator system comprising: a fluidized-bed reactor having a height substantially greater than diameter, the fluidized bed including a plurality of axially spaced apart heating zones permitting separate injection of fuel thereto, each heating zone having resident loose particles therein and being operable to generate heat in a fluidized bed of the resident loose particles; a heat exchanger carrying supercritical carbon dioxide and having a heat-exchanging portion within the fluidized bed of each of the plurality of heating zones and that is hermetically sealed from the plurality of heating zones, the heat-exchanging portion comprising a main supply tube centrally located within and perpendicular to a plurality of horizontal layers of tubing each spaced apart from an adjacent horizontal layer of tubing, wherein each of the horizontal layers of tubing is oriented at an acute angle angled to the adjacent horizontal layer of tubing; and a steam-powered electric generator in thermal communication with the heat exchanger.",0.9603038769447994,0.0793922461104013
8836290,"1. A method of pre-balancing voltage levels for a plurality of battery cells of a battery pack, said method comprising: converting a first analog voltage signal from a first battery cell in said battery cells to a first digital signal representative of a first voltage level of said first battery cell for each time period of a plurality of first time periods, to obtain a set of first digital signals; converting a second analog voltage signal from a second battery cell in said battery cells to a second digital signal representative of a second voltage level of said second battery cell for said each time period of said plurality of first time periods, to obtain a set of second digital signals; determining a difference between said first voltage level and said second voltage level for said each time period according to said set of first digital signals and said set of second digital signals; comparing said difference for said each time period of said plurality of first time periods to a battery cell balance threshold; determining whether an imbalance condition between said first battery cell and said second battery cell occurred in said plurality of first time periods according to said comparing; and in response to determining that said imbalance condition occurred, providing a pre-balance signal during a second time period, subsequent to said first time periods, before a difference between a voltage level of said first battery cell and a voltage level of said second battery cell exceeds said battery cell balance threshold.",0.8120837459312815,0.37583250813743696
8376511,"1. An image forming apparatus for a printer which forms images by injecting inks on a printing paper being fed on a feeding path, the apparatus comprising: a head holder surface provided on the feeding path with being opposed to a surface of the feeding path; and a plurality of ink heads for injecting inks from injection ports thereof, wherein the injection ports of the plurality of ink heads are projected outward from the head holder surface the plurality of the ink heads is aligned along a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction to form a plurality of columns, the plurality of the ink heads is aligned in a staggered manner, the plurality of columns is aligned at predetermined intervals to form primary flow paths therebetween so as not to overlap each other, the primary flow paths extending along the direction perpendicular to the feeding direction, the ink heads in each column are aligned at predetermined intervals to form secondary flow paths therebetween so as to overlap the ink heads in the each column with the ink heads in other columns adjacent to the each column along the feeding direction, and the primary flow paths and the secondary flow paths are communicated with each other to form retiform mist eduction paths.",0.07620375424569634,0.15240750849139273
8971201,"1. A method for planning allocation of time-frequency resources to sustain communication links from a common transmitter (TX) to multiple receivers (RX 1 , . . . , RX K ) in a wireless Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) communication system, the method comprising: selecting a set (RBS) of time-frequency resource blocks (RB) for transmission of one packet for each communication link; determining a gain-to-interference-plus-noise ratio measure (G jointly estimating within the selected set of time-frequency resource blocks, transmit power (P wherein jointly estimating includes: setting initial transmit power estimates P* where: rounding the initial estimates P*",0.36418561194264215,0.7283712238852843
8859393,"1. A Method for performing a passivation process on a silicon-on-insulator wafer in a chamber, the method comprising the steps of: cleaving a bonded wafer pair within the chamber to form the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer, the SOI wafer having a cleaved surface; passivating the cleaved surface of the SOI wafer in-situ by exposing the cleaved surface to a gaseous form of ozone, wherein exposing the cleaved surface to the gaseous form of ozone result in a thin layer of oxide on the cleaved surface and wherein the ozone is introduced into the chamber after the bonded wafer pair has been cleaved, and no intermediate steps are performed between cleaving and passivating; and removing the silicon-on-insulator wafer from the chamber.",0.5740307309363679,0.8519385381272642
9751673,"1. A lubrication package to be shredded by a paper shredder so as to lubricate the paper shredder, said package comprising: two juxtaposed cover layers having peripheral edges; a peripheral seal bonding the peripheral edges of the two cover layers together; a lubricant disposed in a space between the two bonded cover layers; and inner seals spaced apart from the peripheral seal, said inner seals not in contact with the peripheral seal or in contact with or continuous with any seals in contact with the peripheral seal, to separate the space into at least two interior regions not in contact with the peripheral seal and one peripheral region in contact with the peripheral seal, wherein the inner seals do not contact the peripheral seal.",0.07937603020642688,0.15875206041285372
9816821,"1. A portable electronic device having a housing, comprising: a global navigation satellite system receiver that produces satellite location data from received satellite signals; an accelerometer in the housing that detects movement of the portable electronic device and that produces corresponding accelerometer signals; wherein the accelerometer comprises at least one vibrating element; a sensor with a magnetic element that measures how the portable electronic device is oriented with respect to the Earth's magnetic field and that produces corresponding compass signals; and processing circuitry in the housing that computes where the portable electronic device is geographically located based on the satellite location data, the accelerometer signals, and the compass signals, wherein the processing circuitry in the portable electronic device uses at least the compass signals to compute a geographic location of the portable electronic device and wherein the processing circuitry in the portable electronic device uses the compass signals at least to compute a heading change of the portable electronic device.",0.5052346082194844,0.9895307835610312
8750668,"1. A cable management device, comprising: a base comprising a first body and a plurality of first arms radially extending from a periphery of the first body and spaced evenly from each other, the first body defining a shaft hole, and a stop fixed to a free end of each of the plurality of first arms, the first body defining a first recess and a second recess; and a locking member comprising a second body, a shaft extending from one side of the second body, and a plurality of second arms radially extending from a periphery of the second body and evenly spaced apart from each other, each of the plurality of second arms comprising a locking portion defining an open opposite to the stop of the first arm, the second body comprising a projection, wherein the plurality of second arms corresponds to the plurality of the first arms, respectively; wherein the locking member rotatably connects with the base by an engagement of the shaft and the shaft hole; the locking member is configured to rotate on the base between a first position and a second position; at the first position, the second arms of the locking member stagger with the first arms of the base to expose the opens with the projection inserted in the first recess, a cable wraps the plurality of locking portions of the plurality of second arms from the opens; in the second position, the first arms overlap with the second arms with the stops of the first arms blocking up the opens of the second arms to form a plurality of latching hole, so that the cable is fixed in the latching holes, and the projection is inserted in the second recess.",0.03850403274253787,0.07700806548507577
9441660,"1. A method for inserting and fixing a mounting insert into a lightweight sandwich panel by means of an adhesive bonding technique, said method comprising the steps of: providing said lightweight sandwich panel comprising a core layer having a first surface and an opposed second surface; and two cover layers, wherein each cover layer is applied to a different one of the first and second surfaces; providing said mounting insert; wherein said mounting insert includes a recessing section; removing material from the core layer of the lightweight sandwich panel to form an opening therein; wherein the opening has a depth that extends into a depth of the core layer such that the depth of the core layer is greater than the depth of the opening and a region of the core layer remains between a bottom of the opening and the cover layer applied to the second surface; filling the opening with a filler material; bonding the filler material to the lightweight sandwich panel that bounds the opening; subsequently removing material from the filler material to form a recess in said filler material, the recess having a depth less than the depth of the filler material; inserting the recessing section of the mounting insert into the recess defined in the filler material in the lightweight sandwich panel; wherein an end face of the recessing section is opposed to the bottom of the recess; defining an air gap between the end face of the recessing section and the bottom of the recess; adhesively bonding the mounting insert to the lightweight sandwich panel, wherein no adhesive is placed into the air gap.",0.2399315632303306,0.4798631264606612
8545565,"1. A prosthesis comprising a core of a gel material and a fibre envelope which surrounds the core, wherein the fibre envelope consists of a woven material and comprises at least two layers of the woven material which are connected to one another and surround the core.",0.25430383298963527,0.5086076659792705
9787526,"1. Apparatus for providing a gateway between a local area network and a wide area network, comprising: a network address translation module; a foreign agent module configured to advertise a care-of address on the local area network via an agent advertisement message and to process mobile internet protocol (IP) registration traffic and mobile IP communication traffic for a mobile device associated with the care-of address on the local area network and the wide area network; and a control module configured to identify the mobile IP registration traffic and the mobile IP communication traffic to omit processing thereof by the network address translation module, the identification classifying the mobile IP registration traffic and the mobile IP communication traffic for processing by the foreign agent module and not by the network address translation module, wherein the control module is further configured to classify traffic other than the mobile IP registration traffic and the mobile IP communication traffic for processing by the network address translation module and not by the foreign agent module, wherein the classifying of the mobile IP communication traffic for processing by the foreign agent is based on a home IP address of the mobile device.",0.16875756193685967,0.3375151238737193
8680713,"1. An over-voltage suppression apparatus in which over-voltage generated when a circuit breaker that opens and closes a connection of a power system having a power source and a transmission line is closed after opening of said circuit breaker is suppressed, comprising: power source side voltage measurement means for measuring a waveform of a power source side voltage, which is a voltage with respect to ground on a power system side of said circuit breaker; transmission line side voltage measurement means for measuring a waveform of a transmission line side voltage, which is a voltage with respect to ground on a transmission line side of said circuit breaker; multiplication means for calculating a waveform obtained by multiplying a waveform of said power source side voltage measured by said power source side voltage measurement means and a waveform of said transmission line side voltage measured by said transmission line side voltage measurement means; extraction means for extracting a waveform of a component of a frequency band lower than a frequency of said power source but higher than a frequency of a DC component from said waveform calculated by said multiplication means; period detection means for detecting a period with which said waveform extracted by said extraction means is a maximum; and closure means for closing said circuit breaker in accordance with said period detected by said period detection means.",0.5106063683053549,0.9787872633892902
8596574,"1. A propulsion assembly for an aircraft comprising at least one pylon and a propulsion system comprising a thrust propeller downstream from the pylon, the pylon configured to support said propulsion system, wherein a profile of the pylon is streamlined to reduce a speed deficit in a wake of the pylon, said pylon comprising a scoop inlet device for suction of air from a boundary layer formed on the profile of the pylon, said scoop inlet device including an opening end that comprises a discharge nozzle, wherein an outlet of the discharge nozzle is situated at a trailing edge of the profile of the pylon.",0.7928352466234827,0.4143295067530346
9437403,"1. An arrangement for feeding in HF current for a rotatable tubular cathode serving as a sputtering target in a vacuum chamber of a plasma coating system, the rotatable tubular target comprising a support tube supporting a target shell, the target shell comprising target material to be removed during sputtering and deposited on a substrate, in combination with a high frequency current source and a matching network and, located inside said tubular cathode, a stationary magnet arrangement that extends along said tubular cathode, wherein the HF current source is coupled via the matching network to the tubular cathode inside the vacuum chamber by a coupling capacitor, the coupling capacitor consisting of a part of a surface of the tubular cathode and a metal plate or metal film surrounding approximately half of the rotatable tubular cathode at a specified distance from said surface, wherein the metal plate or metal film extends substantially over an entire free length of the tubular cathode inside the vacuum chamber, and wherein the metal plate or metal film is located diametrically opposite the stationary magnet arrangement so as not to impede sputtering of the target material of the target shell, and wherein the coupling capacitor serves as a capacitor of the matching network or the coupling capacitor replaces a capacitor of the matching network at the same time as serving as a capacitive infeed of HF current to the rotatable tubular cathode, and wherein the specified distance is readjusted during sputtering as a function of decreasing diameter of the tubular cathode due to removal of target material from the target shell.",0.30055485461006054,0.6011097092201211
9148453,"1. A method of operating an internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem, the method comprising: in a call session control function (CSCF), receiving a session initiation protocol (SIP) registration message transferred by a user communication device and responsively transferring a registration request to a home subscriber server (HSS); in the HSS, processing the registration request to obtain initial filter criteria (IFC) for the user communication device, wherein the IFC comprises processing instructions indicated using a markup language that direct the CSCF to perform an operation to dynamically obtain and load data into the IFC; in the CSCF, receiving a SIP invite message transferred by the user communication device; in the CSCF, processing text from the SIP invite message against a set of keywords to determine a dynamic parameter based on a keyword match; in the CSCF, processing one of the processing instructions in the IFC to obtain and load the dynamic parameter into the IFC; in the CSCF, processing the IFC with the dynamic parameter to determine a communication session parameter; and in the CSCF, transferring a SIP message with the communication session parameter responsive to the SIP invite message.",0.05667430729418225,0.11334861458836454
8928273,"1. A display device for displaying information of a rechargeable battery of an electric vehicle on an external charging device, comprising: a battery capacity unit, for detecting charging state of the rechargeable battery; a lifetime unit, for detecting lifetime of the rechargeable battery; an information collecting unit, for determining cycle count and health state of the rechargeable battery; a processor for confirming identification of the rechargeable battery to determine ownership of the rechargeable battery, wherein the rechargeable battery is charged only when confirmation is positive; and a display unit, connected to the battery capacity unit, lifetime unit and information collecting unit, for displaying the charging state, lifetime, cycle count and health state of the rechargeable battery on the external charging device outside of the rechargeable battery such that information of the rechargeable battery is shown on the external charging device while electrically connected to the rechargeable battery.",0.9182326792238342,0.16353464155233155
8958470,"1. A receiver comprising: an analog receiver chain to process a signal received from a wireless channel, the analog receiver chain to generate an analog output signal; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to convert the analog output signal to a digital representation; and a digital equalizer to process the digital representation of the analog output signal to reduce nonlinear distortion components therein, wherein the digital equalizer is configured with a sparse set of non-zero Volterra series coefficients, wherein the sparse set of coefficients is selected based on measured receiver output data resulting from known receiver input signals.",0.22110688929663763,0.44221377859327526
9647102,"1. A field effect transistor, comprising: a substrate; a first semiconductor layer, disposed over the substrate; a second semiconductor layer, disposed over the first semiconductor layer, wherein an interface between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer has a two-dimensional electron gas; a p+III-V semiconductor layer, disposed over the second semiconductor layer; a depolarization layer, disposed between the second semiconductor layer and the p+III-V semiconductor layer; and a dielectric layer disposed over the p wherein the depolarization layer comprises a metal oxide layer.",0.16809645683161242,0.3361929136632249
9472342,1. A capacitor stack comprising: multilayered ceramic capacitors wherein each multilayered ceramic capacitor of said multilayered ceramic capacitors comprises: first electrodes and second electrodes in an alternating stack with a dielectric between each first electrode of said first electrodes and each adjacent second electrode of said second electrodes wherein said first electrodes have a first polarity and terminate at a first side of said multilayered ceramic capacitor and said second electrodes have a second polarity and terminate at a second side of said multilayered ceramic capacitor; a first layer of transient liquid phase sintering compatible material on said first side and in electrical contact with each said first electrode; and a second layer of transient liquid phase sintering compatible material on said second side and in electrical contact with each said second electrode.,0.8109199175299429,0.3781601649401143
9524274,"1. A computer implemented method of hierarchically segmenting a sequence of elements associated with a digital version of a document comprising: a) obtaining a sequence of elements representing the document; b) defining a set of named features associated with each element of the sequence of elements, each named feature defined by a feature value type; c) computing a set of feature values associated with the set of named features for each element of the sequence; d) generating a set of n-grams from the sequence of elements, an n-gram including an ordered sequence of n features provided by a sequence of n named elements; e) electing sequential n-grams from the set of n-grams, the sequential n-grams defined as similar contiguous n-grams; f) selecting the most frequent sequential n-gram from the elected sequential n-grams; g) generating a new sequence of the elements by matching the selected most frequent sequential n-gram against the sequence of elements associated with the document, replacing matched elements of the sequence of elements with a respective node, and associating the matched elements of the sequence of elements as children of the respective node; and h) iteratively repeating steps d)-g) on the new sequence of elements generated in step g) until all sequential n-grams associated with the sequence of elements are matched against the sequence of elements associated with the document, the respective matched elements of the sequence of elements are replaced with a respective node, and the respective matched elements of the sequence of elements are associated as children of the respective node, wherein step d) includes: wherein step g) includes:",0.03955442324359186,0.07910884648718375
9105335,"1. A semiconductor memory device comprising: a first memory string including a first plurality of memory cells and a first selection transistor; a first line coupled to a gate of the first selection transistor; and a row decoder including a block decoder, a first transistor, and a second transistor, a first output terminal of the block decoder being coupled to a gate of the first transistor, a second output terminal of the block decoder being coupled to a gate of the second transistor, the first transistor and the second transistor being a high-withstand-voltage and enhancement type transistor, a first terminal of the first transistor being coupled to the first line, a first terminal of the second transistor being coupled to the first line, a negative voltage being capable of being applied to back gates of the first transistor and the second transistor.",0.09117305637175024,0.18234611274350043
8793712,"1. A disc conveying device comprising: a route adjuster which is pressed and turned by a disc-shaped recording medium being conveyed in a direction orthogonal to a central axis direction in a lead-in direction of being extracted and led in from a disc cartridge and an ejecting direction of being stored in the disc cartridge after being ejected, wherein a positioning groove is formed to said route adjuster, in which a peripheral portion of said disc-shaped recording medium is inserted at the time of said disc-shaped recording medium being conveyed, so as to position said disc-shaped recording medium, wherein a plurality of holding grooves which respectively stores a plurality of disc-shaped recording media is arrayed and formed in the central axis direction of said disc-shaped recording mediums in said disc cartridge, and wherein said route adjuster is provided with a positioning protrusion which, when said disc-shaped recording medium is conveyed in said ejecting direction and said route adjuster is turned, is inserted in a holding groove different from the holding groove where said disc-shaped recording medium is inserted and performs positioning as to said disc cartridge of said route adjuster.",0.04754055738113243,0.09508111476226488
9747606,"1. A method for providing advertising in a system for advertising on a beverage preparation and dispensing machine, the method comprising: receiving input, by the system for advertising on a beverage preparation and dispensing machine, from a user or from a device of the user, wherein the system includes a computer processor and a non-transitory memory coupled to the computer processor; automatically selecting, by the system for advertising on a beverage preparation and dispensing machine, media to be presented to the user based on the received input; electronically presenting, by the system for advertising on a beverage preparation and dispensing machine, the selected media; automatically activating, by the system for advertising on a beverage preparation and dispensing machine, operation of one or more beverage preparation or dispensing mechanisms, or a displaying of a beverage selection menu, causing the operation or displaying to occur at least partially concurrently with the electronically presenting the selected media; associating, by the system for advertising on a beverage preparation and dispensing machine, a beverage dispensing cycle of the beverage preparation or dispensing mechanisms with compensation for the presenting of the selected media; and recording, by the system for advertising on a beverage preparation and dispensing machine, information regarding the association between the beverage dispensing cycle of the beverage preparation or dispensing mechanisms and the compensation for the presenting of the selected media.",0.1272850833047957,0.2545701666095914
8616846,"1. An active flow control system for use with a wind turbine that includes at least one blade having a longitudinal axis and a chord wise axis, said active flow control system comprising: an air distribution system at least partially defined within said at least one blade, said air distribution system comprising at least one aperture defined through said at least one blade; and, an aperture control system in operational control communication with said air distribution system, said aperture control system comprising:",0.965734266939175,0.06853146612165006
9533601,"1. A control apparatus for a rotary electric machine of a vehicle, the vehicle being equipped with a drivetrain for transmitting power output from the rotary electric machine to driving wheels, the control apparatus comprising: a filter processor that filters target torque for the rotary electric machine to suppress a vibrational frequency component of the drivetrain using a filter having a frequency transfer characteristic; a controller that performs drive control of the rotary electric machine according to the filtered target torque; a parameter calculator that calculates, according to a running condition of the vehicle, a parameter associated with a request value for responsivity of output torque of the rotary electric machine with respect to the target torque; a variable setter that variably sets the frequency transfer characteristic of the filter to decrease a degree of attenuation of the vibrational frequency component with an increase of the request value for responsivity of the actual output torque; and a limiter that limits a rate of change of the degree of attenuation to suppress vibrations of the drivetrain.",0.8136035748762233,0.3727928502475535
9313975,"1. A seed of hybrid corn variety CH448920, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV483519 with a second plant of variety I285291, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV483519 and I285291 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-12082 and PTA-7994, respectively.",0.3038494943427467,0.6076989886854934
8468194,"1. A computer-implemented method of providing expertise based referrals, the method comprising: receiving, from a first messaging client associated with a first user, a voucher specifying a second user associated with a second messaging client seeking expertise and a third user associated with a third messaging client as a potential subject matter expert, wherein the voucher is a programmatic object representing a right of an individual to query another about a particular subject or topic; assigning a role of potential maven to the first user and a role of potential subject matter expert to the third user; responsive to execution of the voucher, establishing an instant messaging session between the second messaging client and the third messaging client; receiving an input from the second messaging client indicating whether a question posed by the second user is resolved; and when the question is resolved, assigning a role of maven to the first user and a role of subject matter expert to the third user, and storing, as part of a referral transaction, a transcript of the instant messaging session between the second messaging client and the third messaging client, a reference to the first user with the assigned role, and a reference to the third user with the assigned role.",0.010518373271127974,0.021036746542255957
9839099,"1. A light switch module comprising: a light switch actuator comprising an electrical contact component, the light switch actuator configured to pivot with respect to a base housing portion so as to move the electrical contact component from a first position to a second position to connect an electrical flow path by pivoting of an actuation surface of the light switch actuator, the actuation surface comprising a foot portion extending outwardly from a plane of the actuation surface so as to facilitate pivoting of the light switch actuator; and a tactile display housed in the light switch actuator and configured for activation by the pivoting of the actuation surface moving the electrical contact component to the second position, the tactile display configured to pivot contemporaneously with the actuation surface, the tactile display configured to cause selection of a lighting setting selected from a plurality of lighting settings in response to one or more tactile motions on the actuation surface, the tactile display configured to discretely display a distinct icon in response to a change in the selection of the lighting setting.",0.3444368104977129,0.6888736209954258
9230673,"1. A method for reading data stored in a flash memory, comprising: performing a plurality of read operations upon each of a plurality of memory cells of the flash memory to obtain a plurality of bit sequences respectively corresponding the memory cells, wherein the read operations utilizes a plurality of control gate voltages to read bits from each of the memory cells as one of the bit sequences; and determining readout information of the memory cells according to binary digit distribution characteristics of the bit sequences.",0.24006593144211366,0.48013186288422727
9299235,"1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program causing a processor to execute a procedure, the processor being provided in a portable electronic apparatus, the procedure comprising: detecting acceleration in a gravitational acceleration direction of the portable electronic apparatus; detecting a walking frequency of a user; determining whether or not the acceleration in the gravitational acceleration direction is a threshold value or less for a predetermined amount of time, the threshold value being stored in a determination threshold value table; raising an alarm for predicting stumbling of the user when the acceleration in the gravitational acceleration direction is the threshold value or less; and changing the threshold value so that the threshold value is increased as the detected walking frequency is increased, the threshold value being calculated depending on an average value of the detected walking frequency in a certain time period, wherein the detecting of the acceleration in the gravitational acceleration direction includes calculating a ratio of acceleration for each coordinate axis, the ratio of acceleration for each coordinate axis corresponding to detected acceleration in each coordinate axis as detected by an acceleration sensor of the portable electronic apparatus being held by the user in a static state with respect to the sum of the detected acceleration in all of the coordinate axes, wherein the acceleration in the gravitational acceleration direction of the portable electronic apparatus is calculated based on the calculated ratio of acceleration for each coordinate axis with respect to the gravitational acceleration direction.",0.19998553401920938,0.39997106803841875
9154349,"1. A wireless transmitter which performs reconfiguration for high mobility and high throughput, the wireless transmitter comprising: memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform operations comprising: determining a mobility level according to a movement speed of a wireless terminal; deciding an operation mode according to at least one among the mobility level, a required data rate, and wireless link performance; generating a plurality of clock signals having different frequencies from each other; selecting clock signals corresponding to the operation mode among the plurality of clock signals according to the operation mode; and modulating transmission data by adjusting a signal bandwidth of a frequency domain and a transmission time of a time domain using the selected clock signals, wherein the signal bandwidth and the transmission time are adjusted according to the operation mode, wherein the operation mode includes a multi-bandwidth mode and a multi-interval mode, wherein the multi-bandwidth mode includes a full bandwidth mode, a half bandwidth mode, and a quarter bandwidth mode, wherein the multi-interval mode includes a basic interval mode, a 2× interval mode of the basic interval mode, and a 3× interval mode of the basic interval mode, wherein the signal bandwidth and the transmission time are adjusted in the multi-bandwidth mode and the multi-interval mode to optimize the reconfiguration, and wherein the operation mode is decided by using a combination of reserved bits of plural signal fields in a frame.",0.524020338810906,0.9519593223781879
9444619,"1. A randomized message generation system comprising: at least one hardware processor; a primary randomization hardware module coupled to the hardware processor, the primary randomization module: a secondary randomization hardware module coupled to the hardware processor to:",0.4790499915635859,0.9580999831271718
9434841,"1. An ordinary temperature construction type hot asphalt mixture comprising an aggregate, an asphalt, a lubricative solidification material and an alkaline additive material that are mixed together, wherein the lubricative solidification material contains a fatty acid and a resin acid with a ratio of 99.5:0.5 to 80:20 as a weight ratio of “fatty acid:resin acid”, the lubricative solidification material contains palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid including conjugated linoleic acid as the fatty acid, and each component in the fatty acid has a content ratio of 1-6 wt % of palmitic acid, 1-4 wt % of stearic acid, 30-50 wt % of oleic acid, and 30-45 wt % of total of linoleic acid including conjugated linoleic acid.",0.8972097377977113,0.2055805244045774
8397418,"1. A Weapon Accessory Power Distribution System for providing a supply of electrical power for use by at least one power-consuming accessory operatively associated with a weapon, said weapon power distribution system comprising: a handguard, which extends along a length of a barrel of a weapon and which mechanically supports one or more power-consuming accessories; a receiver extension attached at a distal end of a receiver of a weapon and containing a mechanical feature formed along a length thereof; a power source mounted on said receiver extension by the interconnection of a mechanical feature on the power source with the mechanical feature of the receiver extension, comprising: an adjustable buttstock containing an aperture formed along a length thereof which aperture encloses the receiver extension and the attached power source and which provides a slideable attachment of said adjustable buttstock to said receiver extension for positioning said adjustable buttstock at one of a plurality of predetermined positions on said receiver extension; a powered rail, incorporated in said handguard and extending along at least a portion of a length of a barrel of said weapon and connected to said power source, for providing a source of electrical power to a one or more power-consuming accessories which are mechanically and electrically attached to the powered rail; and a power distribution system for electrically interconnecting said power source and said powered rail.",0.16591268510790116,0.3318253702158023
8697554,"1. A method for fabricating a photodetector array having lateral collection architecture, comprising: providing a substrate suitable for depositing thereon one or more photosensitive layer structures; depositing on the substrate a first electrically conducting layer having a single carrier type; depositing on the first electrically conducting layer a second electrically conducting layer of a photosensitive quantum confined detector material having the same carrier type as the first electrically conducting layer; masking the second electrically conducting layer to locate unmasked regions for conversion; forming an anisotropic cavity in the second electrically conducting layer at the unmasked regions prior to diffusing a dopant into the anisotropic cavity; converting at least a portion of a surface and at least a portion of a near surface part of the unmasked regions to doped regions having a carrier type opposite that of the first and the second electrically conducting layers; masking the doped regions to define locations for deposition of first Ohmic contacts on each of the doped regions; depositing the first Ohmic contacts on the locations defined in the previous step; and providing electrical connections to the first Ohmic contacts, and to the first electrically conducting layer via a second Ohmic contact.",0.2726016216001151,0.5452032432002302
9710490,"1. An information processing apparatus comprising: at least one processor configured to: wherein the transmission is for controlling, by the device, searching images based on the metadata and displaying the searched images related to the metadata.",0.08786346139335313,0.1757269227867062
8561823,"1. A food service container having a stacked configuration and a food containment configuration, the container comprising: a. A first stackable member made from a fibrous natural material, b. A second stackable member identical to the first stackable member; c. The first stackable member and the second stackable member each comprising: d. Wherein when the first stackable member and the second stackable member are in the stacked configuration, the base of the second stackable member is within the recess of the first stackable member, the first locking bead of the first stackable member is mated with the hollow open bottom recess of the second stackable member and the hollow open top recess of the first stackable member is mated with the second locking bead of the second stackable member; and e. Wherein when first and second stackable members are in their food containment configuration, the bases and sidewalls of the first and second stackable members cooperate to form a food containment chamber, the first locking bead of the first stackable member is mated with the hollow open top recess of the second stackable member and the hollow open top recess of the first stackable member is mated with the first locking bead of the second stackable member.",0.26737834475785915,0.5347566895157183
9399943,"1. A method, comprising: diverting exhaust gas from an exhaust pipe to parallel first and second exhaust pathways outside the exhaust pipe, where the second exhaust pathway includes a filter coupled to an electric circuit; and adjusting engine operation based on an estimated exhaust flow rate ratio of flow rates through the first and second exhaust pathways, the flow rates based on pressure drops through respective venturi tubes of the first and second exhaust pathways.",0.986673656193037,0.02665268761392592
9272240,"1. A method for purifying exhaust gas of cement clinker production comprising: arranging a regenerative non-catalytic thermal post combustion plant to receive exhaust gas from cement clinker production wherein the cement clinker production is configured to generate exhaust gas comprising carbon monoxide and other carbon compounds, and nitrogen oxides; wherein the regenerative non-catalytic thermal post combustion plant comprises at least two regenerators ( wherein the regenerative thermal post combustion plant is selectively configurable to allow exhaust gas to flow alternatively through the combustion chamber; wherein in one path, the exhaust gas flows through one of the heat storage bodies ( wherein the second zone has jets ( wherein the first zone ( the method further comprising: using a secondary fuel for producing the cement clinker, so that the exhaust gas comprises sufficient carbon monoxide content for reducing nitrogen oxides present in the first zone ( alternating the flow of the exhaust gas between the regenerators ( feeding a first quantity of a nitrogen-hydrogen compound into the combustion chamber (",0.9833393658595205,0.03332126828095894
9332378,"1. A wireless communication device that performs a wireless communication with other wireless communication devices comprising: a memory unit that stores a communication setting information used for the wireless communication; and a communication control unit that controls the wireless communication in accordance with the communication setting information stored in the memory unit so as to control a first wireless communication and a second wireless communication; wherein the communication control unit controls the first wireless communication in accordance with the communication setting information of the first wireless communication stored in the memory unit, when the first wireless communication switches to the second wireless communication, the communication setting information of the first wireless communication is kept stored in the memory unit, the communication setting information of the second wireless communication is added in the memory unit and the communication control unit controls the second wireless communication in accordance with the communication setting information of the second wireless communication stored in the memory unit, when the second wireless communication is turned off, the communication control unit controls the first wireless communication in accordance with the communication setting information of the first wireless communication kept storing in the memory unit, the first wireless communication performs a wireless communication with the other wireless communication devices through an external access point, and the second wireless communication performs a peer-to-peer wireless communication with the other wireless communication devices through without the external access point.",0.5784475262362013,0.8431049475275973
9364521,"1. A composition comprising a first mature human tissue kallikrein-1 (KLK1) polypeptide and a second mature human tissue kallikrein-1 (KLK1) polypeptide: wherein the first mature human KLK1 polypeptide has three glycans attached at three different positions per said first mature human KLK1 polypeptide and the second mature human KLK1 polypeptide has two glycans attached at two different positions per said second mature human KLK1 polypeptide; wherein the three glycans of the first mature human KLK1 polypeptide are Asn-linked glycans at residues 78, 84, and 141 as defined by SEQ ID NO:1; wherein the two glycans of the second mature human KLK1 polypeptide are Asn-linked glycans at residues 78 and 84 but not 141 as defined by SEQ ID NO:1; and wherein the first mature human KLK1 polypeptide and the second mature human KLK1 polypeptide are present in the composition in a ratio ranging from 45:55 to 55:45.",0.26748605123014957,0.5349721024602991
8753589,"1. An apparatus for processing stranded or associated gas, wherein the apparatus comprises one or more modules for performing at least one of steam methane reforming and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, wherein each module comprises a plurality of reactors, and at least one module comprises a plurality of Fischer-Tropsch reactors and wherein at least one reactor comprises a compact reactor comprising a plurality of metal sheets arranged to define first and second flow channels, the channels being arranged alternately to ensure good thermal contact between fluids within the channels.",0.8796693942166228,0.24066121156675435
9756605,"1. A method to operate a terminal of a communication system, wherein the terminal is in a power saving mode, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a message including first information during a listening interval, wherein the first information indicates a reception of multicast data; and receiving, from the base station, the multicast data for a group of terminals to which the terminal belongs.",0.9744602967744764,0.05107940645104714
9502509,"1. A device comprising: an active region; a p-type contact layer located on a first side of the active region; and a n-type contact layer located on a second side of the active region opposite the first side, wherein the n-type contact layer is located between the active region and a semiconductor structure comprising:",0.613542846752043,0.7729143064959141
9813521,"1. A computer-implemented method for pre-fetching data from a remote mapping system to client computing devices for use by mapping applications, the method comprising: determining, by one or more processors, a map location for which a user of a client computing device is likely to request data via a mapping application, prior to receiving an explicit request corresponding to the one map location from the user; obtaining, by one or more processors: in response to receiving a request from the client computing device, specifying the first zoom level, sending the map data and the matched place page data from the remote mapping system to the client computing device, including sending the map data separately from the place page data, so that the place page data is available independent of all or some of the memory burden of the corresponding map data; storing the map data and the matched place page data in a cache memory of the client computing device; and subsequently retrieving the map data and the matched place page data from the cache memory of the client computing device without further communication between the remote mapping system and the client computing device.",0.1073095816590522,0.21461916331810438
9441858,"1. A solar heating system comprising: multiple mirror row holders, the mirror row holders having a fresnel-shaped cross-section, each mirror row holder of the mirror row holders hold a row of mirrors at fixed respective angles to adjacent mirrors to track sun rays, each mirror row holder having a single pinion device of multiple pinion devices associated with the multiple mirror row holders, the singular pinion of each mirror row holder being located at the middle of each mirror row holder; the solar heating system being operatively coupled to a substantially circular base; a sun tracking latitudinal slider (STLS) rack operatively configured to interface with each pinion device of multiple pinion devices simultaneously, the STLS rack being comprised of a threaded rod, the interface automatically tilting the mirrors in each mirror row holder through the rotation of the STLS rack, said rotation causing each mirror row holder to tilt a latitude amount to adjust mirror angles to reflect latitudinal sun motion during daylight and to concentrate rays of the sun onto the focal point; a heat exchanger including a focal point, the heat exchanger being operatively coupled to a fluid input portion and a heated fluid output portion; an azimuth adjustment mechanism to control mirror angles with respect to the sun to reflect sun motion during daylight and to concentrate rays of the sun onto the focal point; and, a controller configured to:",0.8529958930020912,0.29400821399581756
9585037,"1. A method for evaluating performance of a mobile wireless communication network using a mobile communication device that is remote from a computer, the method comprising: communicating, from the remote computer through the mobile wireless communication network to the mobile communication device, an instruction to perform network services measurement; in response to receiving the instruction, executing in the mobile communication device a network evaluation application, wherein the network evaluation application includes: displaying, on the display screen of the remote computer, at least one of the communication parameters transmitted in real time by the network evaluation application as retrieved from the debugging utility and the calculated throughput, delay, or latency, or combination or sub-combination thereof, transmitted to the remote computer real time as it is calculated by the network evaluation application.",0.7117633870206611,0.5764732259586778
9045033,"1. A vibration-damping controlling apparatus comprising: a controller configured to control an engine, a motor, or a generator of a vehicle and suppress sprung vibration generated to the vehicle by an input from a road surface to wheels provided with the vehicle by controlling a driving force of the vehicle, wherein a sprung vibration damping as a suppression of the sprung vibration is executed by the controller by controlling a torque of a motor disposed as a power source when at least the vehicle travels, the sprung vibration damping, which is executed by the controller by controlling the torque of the motor, is restricted in response to any one of a state of a battery which supplies power to the motor and a state of a control which makes an influence on a power of the battery, the vehicle further includes an internal combustion engine as a power source in traveling, the sprung vibration damping is restricted by the controller at a time at which the internal combustion engine starts, or the internal combustion engine stops, the sprung vibration damping is restricted by the controller at a time at which the internal combustion engine starts, or the internal combustion engine stops as well as when a voltage of the battery is equal to or more than an upper limit threshold value, or the voltage of the battery is equal to or less than a lower limit threshold value, and the sprung vibration damping is not restricted by the controller when the voltage of the battery is between the upper limit threshold value and the lower limit threshold value even when the internal combustion engine starts or stops.",0.9550076327527407,0.0899847344945186
8636151,"1. A filter cartridge comprising: an inlet comprising an inlet opening, an inlet periphery, a top surface, and a bottom surface; an outlet comprising an outlet opening, an outlet periphery, a top surface, and a bottom surface; a first spacer seal, the first spacer seal comprising an outer periphery surface comprising an outer diameter rib; the inlet and the outlet are both formed from a plastic, wherein the first spacer seal is made from the same material or substantially the same material that forms the inlet and outlet; a filter media compressed between the bottom surface of the inlet and the top surface of the outlet, the filter media comprising a first filter media layer and a second filter media layer each comprising pores and an outer periphery, wherein the first spacer seal is positioned between the first filter media layer and the second filter media layer; a filter cartridge cavity formed between the inlet and the outlet; and a thermoplastic resin band molded over and bonded to the inlet periphery, the outlet periphery, the first spacer seal's outer diameter rib, and the outer periphery of each filter media layer, thereby forming a leak-proof matrix of thermoplastic material permeated through the pores along the outer periphery of the filter media layers.",0.6004565951462454,0.7990868097075092
8811041,"1. A power supply comprising: a first circuit comprising a first switch which transforms an input voltage to a middle voltage; a second circuit comprising a second switch which transforms a middle voltage to an output voltage; a feedback circuit electrically connecting to the output voltage; and a controller electrically connecting to the feedback circuit, producing a compensation voltage signal corresponding to the output voltage, and the controller comprising: a first sub-control unit electrically connecting to the first switch, wherein the first sub-control unit has an initial setting, and produces a first control signal according to the initial setting and the compensation voltage signal, further the first sub-control unit transmits the first control signal to the first switch; and a second sub-control unit electrically connecting to the second switch, wherein the second sub-control unit produces a second control signal according to the compensation voltage signal, and transmits the second control signal to the second switch, wherein the first sub-control unit decides a turn-on time of the first control signal according to the initial setting, and the first sub-control unit decides a turn-off time of the first control signal according to the compensation voltage signal.",0.7267790279674822,0.5464419440650357
9787350,"1. An electronic device for point-to-multipoint transmission of a digital signal over a radio communication network, the electronic device comprising: a transmitter-receiver ( a digital signal processor ( wherein the transmitter-receiver ( the electronic device further comprising: wherein the transmitter-receiver is configured to receive the radio-frequency input digital signal (S_DRF_I) on the basis of Bluetooth® technology and to transmit the radio-frequency output digital signal (S_DRF_O) on the basis of Bluetooth® technology, and wherein the microcontroller (",0.34915792380107974,0.6983158476021595
8583551,"1. A method for delivering energy to an electric vehicle, said method comprising: identifying, by an energy point server system, the electric vehicle at an energy delivery point, wherein the electric vehicle is associated with a customer account; determining, by the energy point server system, a current balance of the customer account, wherein the current balance includes at least a portion of a prepayment amount based on a predetermined amount of energy to be delivered to the electric vehicle at the energy delivery point; delivering energy to the electric vehicle; metering, by the energy point server system and the electric vehicle, an actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle; comparing the amount of delivered energy metered by the energy point server system and the electric vehicle; determining, by the energy point server system, a transaction amount based on a first billing rate for the actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle at the energy delivery point; determining, by the energy point server system, whether the transaction amount exceeds the current balance of the customer account; and applying, by the energy point server system, a second billing rate for the actual amount of energy delivered to the electric vehicle when the transaction amount exceeds the current balance of the customer account.",0.9884032121981353,0.023193575603729366
9096892,"1. A nucleic acid amplification apparatus comprising: a tissue sample chamber configured to receive a tissue sample therein; a temperature control configured to maintain the temperature of the tissue sample chamber at a substantially fixed temperature during nucleic acid amplification; at least one light source, the at least one light source providing a fluorescence excitation beam; an electronic signal modulator that produces an aperiodic waveform for imparting an aperiodic modulation on the fluorescence excitation beam to form a modulated fluorescence excitation beam configured to stimulate the tissue sample; at least one photodetector, the at least one photodetector detecting a fluorescence emission beam from said tissue sample and providing a corresponding output signal; a first conduit for directing the modulated fluorescence excitation beam onto the tissue sample chamber and the tissue sample; a second conduit for directing the fluorescence emission beam from said tissue sample onto said at least one photodetector; a logarithmic amplifier receiving the corresponding output signal from said at least one photodetector and generating a corresponding amplified signal; a demodulating signal processor configured to receive the amplified signal from the logarithmic amplifier and isolate therefrom a signal indicative of nucleic acid amplification in the tissue sample chamber from an electromagnetic noise signal wherein the signal indicative of nucleic acid amplification, in the tissue sample chamber substantially expresses the aperiodic modulation imparted by the modulator and the electromagnetic noise signal substantially expresses a characteristic distinguishable from the aperiodic modulation imparted by the modulator; a power source; and an output configured to communicate the signal indicative of nucleic acid amplification in the tissue sample chamber.",0.25168510000514466,0.5033702000102893
9396917,"1. A chamber system for transmitting ions generated by means of ion generation source, comprising: a) an ion generation source under atmospheric pressure to generate ions from a pre-determinable liquid or solid specimen material; b) a tube-like device for transferring ions generated by means of said ion generation source comprising a cylindrical middle portion and an inlet portion for introduction of the ions into the cylindrical middle portion, wherein a flow direction of the ions is along a longitudinal axis of the tube-like device, wherein the inlet portion is formed as a funnel tapering towards the cylindrical middle portion; c) a heating element for heating the ions; and d) a device for receiving the emitted ions,",0.5908718236142474,0.8182563527715052
9656663,"1. A powertrain operating method, comprising: predicting a transmission input shaft speed from a transmission output shaft speed; adjusting an actuator in response to an actual transmission input shaft speed minus the predicted transmission input shaft speed; and determining a negative powertrain wheel torque limit based on the actual transmission input shaft speed minus the predicted transmission input shaft speed.",0.8953477211263831,0.2093045577472339
8470078,"1. A process for removing tars from synthesis gas, comprising the steps of treating synthesis gas containing a first amount of tars that impede utilization with glycerol to produce a first stream of synthesis gas containing a second amount of tars less than the first amount and a second stream containing a rich glycerol and tars solution wherein the glycerol used in said treatment step is obtained by combining the crude glycerol from a biodiesel process and the rich glycerol and tars solution from said treatment step to make a combined solution; and conditioning the combined solution to obtain conditioned glycerol wherein said conditioning step includes stripping the glycerol and tars from the combined solution to produce a first stream containing steam and tars and a second stream containing conditioned glycerol.",0.9664384099912184,0.06712318001756312
8696043,"1. A multi-aperture vacuum tool comprising: a distributed vacuum tool portion driven by a coanda-effect vacuum generator, the distributed vacuum tool portion comprised of a plate having a material-contacting surface that does not conform to the contours of a part to be manipulated, the plate having a plurality of apertures that extend through an interior plate surface and an exterior plate surface, wherein air is able to pass through the plurality of apertures from the exterior plate surface towards the interior plate surface when the distributed vacuum tool portion is activated; and a refined vacuum tool portion driven by a venturi-effect vacuum generator, the refined vacuum tool is physically coupled to the first vacuum tool and adapted to manipulate a smaller material portion than the distributed vacuum tool portion.",0.2699801940171112,0.5399603880342224
9159707,"1. A flexible display comprising: (a) a plurality of light emitting rigid chixels affixed to a flexible substrate, said plurality of light emitting rigid chixels collectively providing a visible display, said flexible display having both vertical and horizontal directions defined in the plane of said visible display; (b) each of said plurality of light emitting rigid chixels comprising: (c) said plurality of light emitting rigid chixels arranged upon said flexible substrate to provide a spaced array of chixels, said spaced array of chixels providing a plurality of substantially equal second pixel gaps disposed across said non-functional edges between adjacent light emitting pixels in both vertical and horizontal directions; (d) further characterized in that each of said plurality of first pixel gaps is substantially equal to each of said plurality of second pixel gaps across said flexible display.",0.15918264502604432,0.3183652900520886
9174928,"1. A process for the epoxidation of ethylene comprising: (a) following start-up, contacting an epoxidation catalyst comprising silver and a rhenium promoter with a feed composition comprising a first concentration of ethylene (E (b) subsequent to step (a), adjusting the feed composition while maintaining the desired work rate W (c) subsequent to step (b), further adjusting the feed composition so as to maintain the desired work rate W",0.5788946516988888,0.8422106966022225
8693983,"1. A method for operating a mobile network, especially for charging traffic within the mobile network, wherein monitoring of chargeable events regarding traffic from and/or to a mobile node will be performed by a Charging Function for collecting charging data, characterized in that a Charging Function's sub-function for monitoring of chargeable events on a data flow level or IP (Internet Protocol) flow level will be additionally located—as an additional sub-function D-CEMF (Delegated Chargeable Event Monitoring Function)—on at least one further network element, which is different from the Charging Function and which assures the traversal of breakout and/or localized traffic of the mobile node, so that the Charging Function and the further network element each are comprising such a sub-function, and that the additional sub-function D-CEMF will report information regarding monitored chargeable events to the Charging Function.",0.7897116486738074,0.4205767026523852
8407725,"1. A method comprising: detecting an event of a source device; generating at least one data sequence comprising device event data specifying the event and state information of the event, wherein the device event data and state information are type-specific data having a type corresponding to an application of the source device; and forming a data capsule to include the at least one data sequence, the data capsule having a data structure comprising an application-independent representation of the at least one data sequence; transferring the data capsule from a first application having a first application type to at least one second application having at least one second application type, wherein the first application type is different than the second application type, wherein the generating of the at least one data sequence was executed by the first application; and maintaining intact the at least one data sequence of the data capsule during the transferring.",0.19549746420117026,0.3909949284023405
9547717,"1. A method for administration of search results, the method comprising: displaying a set of search results from a web search, each search result indicating a link to a web page; responsive to selection of a first of the set of search results for exclusion from display, identifying a subset of one or more of the set of search results that indicate related links, wherein the related links comprise links having a same domain name as the link of the first search result, and determining that the links of the subset of the set of search results match the link of the first search result up to a specified depth in the uniform resource locator pathway; excluding the first search result and the subset of the set of search results; and displaying the search results without the excluded ones of the set of search results; wherein said determining that the links of the subset of the set of search results match the link of the first search result up to a specified depth in the URL pathway comprises determining that the uniform resource locators of the links of the subset of the search results match the uniform resource locator of the link of the first search result up to a specified number of pathway delimiters, wherein the specified number of pathway delimiters represents the specified depth.",0.12279813486309875,0.24559626972619752
9498472,"1. A method of treating acute myelogenous leukemia in a human, which comprises cyclically administering for 21 days followed by seven days rest in a 28 day cycle to a human having acute myelogenous leukemia a therapeutically effective amount of 3-(4-amino-1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof at an amount of about 1 mg/day to about 50 mg/day.",0.7769601349087908,0.4460797301824184
8500910,"1. A process for converting biomass, said process comprising: (i) flash heating biomass particles having a moisture content of at least 20 wt. % to thereby provide modified biomass particles; and (ii) subjecting said modified biomass particles to pyrolysis, wherein said flash heating in step (i) comprises heating said biomass particles for less than 30 seconds, wherein said flash heating in step (i) comprises increasing the temperature from 90° C. or below to 110° C. or above, and wherein said flash heating in step (i) ruptures at least a portion of the ligno-cellulosic particle structure of said biomass particle.",0.9903058892782288,0.019388221443542353
8912651,"1. A structure comprising: a first substrate; stud bulbs coupled to a first surface of the first substrate, the stud bulbs comprising a first material composition; a die attached to the first surface of the first substrate; a second substrate; solder electrical connectors coupled to the second substrate, the solder electrical connectors comprising a second material composition, the second material composition being different from the first material composition, respective ones of the solder electrical connectors coupling respective ones of the stud bulbs; and respective ones of protection coatings on a surface of the respective ones of the stud bulbs, the respective ones of the protection coatings being between the respective ones of the stud bulbs and the respective ones of the solder electrical connectors, the protection coatings comprising a third material composition, the third material composition being different from the first material composition and the second material composition.",0.553445319746746,0.8931093605065079
9525361,"1. A rectifying circuit, comprising: a first diode coupled between a first terminal configured to receive application of an A.C. voltage and a first terminal configured to deliver a rectified voltage; a first anode-gate thyristor coupled between a second terminal configured to receive application of the A.C. voltage and a second terminal configured to deliver the rectified voltage, wherein an anode of the first anode-gate thyristor is connected to the second terminal configured to deliver the rectified voltage; and at least one stage for controlling the anode-gate thyristor, comprising:",0.5316489968549747,0.9367020062900506
9522991,"1. A cellulose solution manufacturing method comprising: providing a cellulose-containing material, wherein said cellulose-containing material comprises at least one of cotton, lyocell, rayon, and cupra; contacting said cellulose-containing material with ozone to obtain an ozonated cellulose-containing material; drying said ozonated cellulose-containing material at a temperature in the range of 50° C. to 160° C. to obtain a dried treated material; mixing said dried treated material with a 1N to 5N sodium hydroxide aqueous solution to obtain a mixture; and maintaining said mixture at a temperature of −10° C. to 50° C. for 0.1 minute to 60 minutes to dissolve at least cellulose and obtain a cellulose solution comprising dissolved cellulose having a polymerization degree of 50 to 50,000.",0.589439747989326,0.8211205040213481
9627266,"1. A method of forming an active device on a semiconductor wafer, the method comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of semiconductor fins on at least a portion of a semiconductor substrate; forming a first dielectric layer on at least a portion of the semiconductor substrate, the first dielectric layer filling gaps between adjacent fins; forming a plurality of first gate structures on an upper surface of the first dielectric layer; forming a channel region on the first dielectric layer and under at least a portion of the first gate structures, the channel region comprising a first crystalline semiconductor material; forming source and drain epitaxy regions on an upper surface of the first dielectric layer and between adjacent first gate structures, the source and rain regions being spaced laterally from one another; and replacing the channel region with a second crystalline semiconductor material after high-temperature processing used in fabricating the active device has been completed.",0.3660874504636625,0.732174900927325
9047251,"1. A method for providing failover connection mirroring between multi-core devices intermediary between a client and a server, the method comprising: (a) receiving, by a first multi-core device intermediary between a client and a server, a hash key of a second multi-core device, the hash key used by the second multi-core device for determining which cores to distribute packets received by the second multi-core device, the hash key different from a second hash key used by the first multi-core device for determining which cores to distribute packets received by the first multi-core device; (b) identifying, by the first multi-core device, a core of the second multi-core device using (i) the hash key of the second multi-core device and (ii) tuple information corresponding to a connection between the client and the server via the first multi-core device; (c) determining, by the first multi-core device, that the identified core of the second multi-core device is not a target core for providing a failover connection between the client and the server; (d) modifying, by the first multi-core device, the tuple information so as to identify the target core when used with the hash key of the second multi-core device; and (e) using, by the first multi-core device, the modified tuple information in establishing the failover connection in the second multi-core device.",0.030282141135064073,0.06056428227012811
9470992,"1. An image forming method comprising: charging a surface of an electrostatic latent image holder with a charging roller; exposing the charged surface so as to form an electrostatic latent image; and developing the formed electrostatic latent image with toner, wherein the toner contains at least a toner base particle and an external additive minute particle, the external additive minute particle contains a silica-polymer composite minute particle, a silicon atom abundance ratio obtained from abundances of a carbon atom, an oxygen atom and a silicon, atom present on an outermost surface and within 3 nm from the outermost surface in a depth direction of the silica-polymer composite minute particle measured with an x-ray photoelectron spectrometer satisfies at least a condition A below: the toner base particle has a domain-matrix structure, the matrix contains an acid group-containing vinyl-based polymer, the domain contains a polymer formed of a vinyl-based polymerization segment and a polyester polymerization segment binding to each other, and the polyester polymerization segment is crystalline polyester.",0.19579422027294716,0.39158844054589426
9617888,"1. A catalytic converter component comprising a honeycomb substrate body having a plurality of passages therein for the passage therethrough of exhaust gas, an emitter electrode at an upstream location in the flowing exhaust gas and a collector electrode at a downstream location in the flowing exhaust gas for collecting electrons in the flowing exhaust gas, and an energizing circuit to generate free electrons at the emitter electrode and to receive the free electrons at the collector electrode at least one of the electrodes being a metal mesh at an end of the substrate body, the mesh having apertures, the mesh apertures having areas greater than the cross-sectional areas of the passages, wherein the at least one of the electrodes further includes metal in at least some of the plurality of passages, the metal electrically and physically connected to the mesh.",0.9255188788716459,0.1489622422567083
9242653,"1. A driver assistance system for assisting a driver in achieving consumption-controlled driving, the driver assistance system comprising: a display providing a visual acknowledgement function, wherein in a defined economical driving mode, an efficiency range indication is displayed; an electronic control system; and wherein the electronic control system is operatively configured to activate a defined characteristic accelerator pedal curve at least in the defined economical driving mode, the defined characteristic accelerator pedal curve having a first metering range for an efficient driving method having a comparatively flat gradient, a second notification range for indicating a leaving of the efficient driving method having a gradient change toward zero, and a third dynamic range having a relatively steep gradient during which efficiency criteria are ignored; wherein said defined characteristic accelerator pedal curve provides a haptic acknowledgment function in a drive configuration; and wherein the displayed efficiency range indication corresponds to the characteristic accelerator pedal curve with respect to accelerator pedal angle, and wherein the efficiency range indication comprises a bar-shaped efficiency range that is always visible on the display and is visually highlighted when the accelerator pedal angle is in the first metering range, and wherein a marker is provided on the bar-shaped efficiency range to indicate a current accelerator pedal angle in the efficiency range.",0.8796050998020085,0.24078980039598297
9842513,"1. A device, comprising: a utensil configured to portion a foodstuff into a first portion and a second portion for consumption by at least one user; a detector coupled to the utensil configured to detect a first portion size for the first portion and to detect a second portion size for the second portion; a processor coupled to the detector configured to determine a cumulative amount of portioned foodstuff based upon the first portion size and the second portion size; and a determination module configured to measure a nutritional parameter for the portioned foodstuff.",0.2427431150511094,0.4854862301022188
8821721,"1. An oil recovery boom comprising: a plurality of eductors, each eductor having an eductor inlet, an eductor outlet, and an eductor jacket, said eductors arranged in a series configuration where the educator outlet faces the eductor inlet of an adjacent educator to form a linear arrangement of eductors having a first end and a second end, a first educator at said first end and a last educator at said second end; a plurality of connecting tubes having a connecting tube inlet, a connecting tube outlet, and a plurality of connecting tube ports between said connecting tube inlet and said connecting tube outlet, each said connecting tube inlet is in fluid communication with an eductor outlet of an eductor and said connecting tube outlet is in fluid communication to an eductor inlet of an adjacent eductor; a flexible manifold having an open first end, a closed second end, and a plurality of supply line exits between said first end and said second end; a pump having a pump inlet and a pump outlet, said pump outlet attached and in fluid communication with said open first end of said high pressure flexible manifold and said pump inlet in fluid communication with a fluid to provide a flow of pressurized fluid to said flexible manifold; a plurality of supply lines having a supply line inlet and a supply line outlet, each said supply line inlet in fluid communication with each said supply line exit of said manifold and each said supply line outlet in fluid communication with said eductor jacket of each said eductor to provide pressurized water to said eductor; a separation filter receiving said outlet of said last educator and configured to separate fluid from contaminates.",0.32101375089205836,0.6420275017841167
9091064,"1. A method for connecting an anchorage device to a steel rebar having first and opposite ends and being subject to tension and compression loads, said anchorage device including a barrel having a top, a bottom and a tapered bore running longitudinally between the top and the bottom of said barrel, a lid connected to and extending across the top of said barrel, said lid having a threaded opening formed therein, and a tapered jaw located within and slidable through the tapered bore of said barrel, said method comprising the steps of: surrounding the first end of the rebar with said barrel of said anchorage device such that the rebar is received within the tapered jaw located within said barrel, and the lid of said barrel lies adjacent and covers the first end of the rebar; locating a threaded fastener through the threaded opening in the lid connected to the top of said barrel and into axial alignment with the first end of the rebar within the tapered jaw that is located within the tapered bore of said barrel; and applying a force to the threaded fastener for advancing the threaded fastener towards and into end-to-end contact with the first end of the rebar for applying an axial pushing force directly against said first end and thereby causing the rebar to move through the tapered bore of said barrel and said tapered jaw to slide through said tapered bore and into locking engagement with the first end of the rebar by which said anchorage device is connected to the rebar; and covering the barrel of said anchorage device with concrete such that said barrel forms a bearing surface on the rebar for holding the rebar in place within the concrete.",0.24884149634693267,0.4976829926938653
9380683,"1. A lamp control system for controlling from one location one or more dimmable lamps at one or more remote locations each having access to an associated continuously powered unswitched electrical outlet and an associated selectively powered switched electrical outlet under control of at least one wall switch, comprising: a. A user-actuated control circuit at the one location for producing momentary lamp brightness command signals in response to the user setting a desired lamp brightness; b. A transmitter at the one location for transmitting said user brightness command signals; c. A receiver at each remote location for receiving said transmitted lamp brightness command signals; d. A control circuit at each remote location responsive to said lamp brightness command signals for generating a brightness control signal corresponding to said user-desired lamp brightness; f. A power detection circuit at each remote location connected to said switched outlet for producing a first momentary brightness override signal upon said switched outlet becoming powered, and a second momentary brightness override signal upon said switched outlet becoming unpowered; g. Said control circuit being responsive to occurrence of said first momentary brightness override signal for resetting said brightness control signal to correspond to a predetermined maximum brightness level, and being responsive to occurrence of said second momentary brightness override signal for resetting said brightness control signal to correspond to a predetermined minimum brightness level; and h. A dimmer circuit at each remote location connected between the associated unswitched outlet and the associated lamp and responsive to said brightness control signal for setting the lamp to said user-desired brightness level, to said predetermined maximum brightness level upon closure of the wall switch, and to said predetermined minimum brightness level upon opening of the wall switch.",0.7862219050470267,0.42755618990594657
9275600,"1. A source electrode driving module for providing a data signal to a liquid crystal display (LCD) unit, comprising: a Gamma correction chip and a source electrode driving chip, wherein, the Gamma correction chip comprises a P-GAMMA driving chip only having three to eight output channels, and resistors R the source electrode driving chip comprises a first resistor string and a second resistor string; the first resistor string and the second resistor string are respectively formed by 2 the multiple control voltages generated by the P-GAMMA driving chip connect into the first resistor string and the second resistor string according to turning points of a Gamma curve of the LCD unit, wherein, n is an integer, and 6≦n≦10; wherein, a control voltage VD wherein, a voltage signal which is from voltage dividing between the resistors R",0.38570268202926034,0.7714053640585207
9150170,"1. A circuit system for an electrical system of a vehicle, comprising: a first vehicle electrical subsystem that supplies a base vehicle power, the first vehicle electrical subsystem having: a DC/DC converter that has an insulating design, and the DC/DC converter being connected: (i) between the first base vehicle electrical subsystem and the second vehicle electrical subsystem and (ii) in parallel to at least one of the first energy store and the second energy store; and a generator that supplies a generator current to at least one of the first electrical subsystem and the second electrical subsystem via at least one switching device; wherein the first energy store is connected in series to the second energy store, and wherein a current supplied to one of the first energy store and the second energy store is varied according to an operating case that depends on: (a) the at least one switching device supplying the generator current to one of the first electrical subsystem or the second electrical subsystem; and (b) a state of the DC/DC converter; wherein the at least one switching device is a changeover switch connecting both the first energy store and the second energy store to the generator, and the DC/DC converter has a primary side and a secondary side, and during:",0.959867545220368,0.08026490955926402
8913204,"1. A method of driving a bi-stable chiral splay nematic mode liquid crystal display device including first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, first and second reset electrodes on one of inner surfaces of the first and second substrates, a pixel electrode on the inner surface of the first substrate and a common electrode on the inner surface of the second substrate, comprising: applying a data voltage and a common voltage to the pixel electrode and the common electrode, respectively, such that a vertical electric field is generated and the liquid crystal layer transitions from a splay state to a π-twist state during a writing period; and floating the pixel electrode and the common electrode such that the liquid crystal layer keeps the π-twist state and displays a first image having zeroth to nth grey levels during a memory period, wherein the data voltage includes zeroth to nth data voltages gradually increasing, and the writing period includes a first frame, and wherein single one of the zeroth to nth data voltages is applied to the pixel electrode during the first frame such that single one of the zeroth to nth grey levels is displayed according to a one-to-one correspondence with a magnitude of the single one of the zeroth to nth data voltages during the first frame.",0.39618648403683326,0.7923729680736665
8384389,"1. A method of monitoring a behavior of carbon dioxide in a stratum by using a marine Controlled-Sources Electromagnetic survey, the method comprising steps of: (a) collecting a sample of sandstone at a stratum for charging carbon dioxide; (b) calculating an effective porosity of the collected sample of sandstone; (c) measuring an electrical resistivity by saturating the collected sample of sandstone with a pore fluid having a different concentration; (d) calculating a change of an electrical resistivity of stratum by charging carbon dioxide; (e) carrying out a Marine CSEM exploration before and after charging the carbon dioxide separately in each step; and (f) monitoring a charging behavior of carbon dioxide in stratum by a Marine CSEM exploration.",0.7477678188740086,0.5044643622519829
9345121,"1. An apparatus, comprising: an electromagnetic waveguide comprising a first end, a second end spaced from the first end along a first direction, and an interior region between the first end and the second end, wherein the electromagnetic waveguide is configured to support propagation of an electromagnetic wave in the first direction between the first end and the second end; a first wall having a first aperture; a second wall opposite to the first wall and having a second aperture, wherein the first wall and the second wall at least partially define the interior region along a second direction nonparallel with the first direction; and an electromagnetic-field shaping structure within the electromagnetic waveguide, the electromagnetic-field shaping structure defining a channel therein extending from the first aperture to the second aperture, the channel having an axis extending in the second direction, wherein a distance between the first aperture and the second aperture in the second direction is less than a width of the interior region in the second direction both at the first end and at the second end.",0.21121192755978938,0.4224238551195787
8897902,"1. A computer-implemented method for recognizing the gingival margin of a tooth, comprising: receiving into the computer surface model data that digitally defines a three-dimensional surface of at least a portion of a mouth, the portion containing at least one tooth; presenting a rendering of the surface model data in a user interface; receiving input data specifying a point on the rendered surface model associated with a tooth; using a processor of the computer, deriving a perimeter on the surface model of the tooth based on the input data; and using the computer's processor, analyzing the surface model along a plurality of paths outwardly extending from points on the perimeter along the three-dimensional surface to produce gingival margin data, which is data that defines a boundary in the surface model separating the tooth surface and surrounding surfaces of the mouth.",0.2459185718816342,0.4918371437632685
9005570,"1. A method for treatment of a carbon dioxide-containing waste gas from an electric smelting process, comprising: supplying the waste gas to a re-combustion system and subjecting the waste gas to a re-combustion process performed in the re-combustion system to produce a re-combusted gas; feeding a hydrocarbon-containing gas to the re-combusted gas to produce a reacted gas, the hydrocarbon-containing gas converting at least a portion of the carbon dioxide of the re-combusted gas into a carbon monoxide-hydrogen mixture; cooling the reacted gas in a heat exchange process; and supplying the carbon monoxide-hydrogen mixture to the re-combustion system and using the carbon monoxide-hydrogen mixture as a combustion gas in the re-combustion system.",0.9896794466966892,0.020641106606621662
8876947,"1. A method for reducing the humidity of a gas in a battery housing interior, comprising: guiding a gas through a first selectively permeable membrane into an intermediate space which has the first selectively permeable membrane as an inlet and a second selectively permeable membrane as an outlet; and cooling the gas in the intermediate space by a cooling device in such a way that a water vapor fraction of the gas is condensed to form water and the gas with a reduced water vapor content is guided through the second selectively permeable membrane into the battery housing interior.",0.9770164121294067,0.04596717574118658
8653818,"1. A method of configuring a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system for scanning with a parallel transmission radio frequency (RF) pulse, the method comprising: compressing a model for a subject to be scanned by the MRI system into a plurality of voxel clusters, each voxel cluster defining a virtual observation point with a peak sensitivity to local specific absorption rate (SAR) for the voxel cluster; defining the parallel transmission RF pulse based on an approximation of a minimization criterion having a local SAR component based on the peak sensitivity of each virtual observation point, the approximation comprising a weighted sum of local SAR values for the virtual observation points; and storing the parallel transmission RF pulse for use by the MRI system.",0.09527542728599508,0.19055085457199017
9175856,"1. A combustion chamber for a turbomachine, comprising: an annular end wall fitted with injection systems regularly distributed around a longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber, each of the injection systems has a central fuel emission axis; two coaxial annular walls, which are respectively internal and external, connected to one another by the end wall and including multiple air inlets formed on at least one of the two coaxial annular walls and the multiple air inlets open radially towards an outside relative to the longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber, wherein the multiple air inlets include inlets of a first type shaped such that an orthogonal projection of each of the air inlets of the first type in a corresponding projection plane, which passes through the central fuel emission axis of the injection system closest to the air inlet of the first type, and which is perpendicular to a corresponding axial plane passing jointly through the central fuel emission axis and through the longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber, has an upstream edge which is of convex shape when seen from downstream, wherein the air inlets of the first type include primary inlets formed around an upstream region of the combustion chamber, and wherein each of the injection systems is configured to emit a layer of blended fuel and air having a region of maximum fuel concentration located roughly on a truncated right circular cone centered on the central axis of the injection system, and having an apex located at an exit of the injection system, and the orthogonal projection of each of the primary inlets of the first type in the corresponding axial projection plane is intercepted by a corresponding straight line resulting from the intersection of the corresponding truncated cone with the corresponding axial projection plane.",0.9550099541639627,0.08998009167207455
8686528,"1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a lower electrode; an insulating layer covering the lower electrode; a semiconductor layer provided on the insulating layer; a contact layer including a first contact layer, a second contact layer and a third contact layer each having at least a portion thereof overlapping with the semiconductor layer; and an upper electrode including a first upper electrode at least a part of which overlaps with the first contact layer, a second upper electrode at least a part of which overlaps with the second contact layer, and a third upper electrode at least a part of which overlaps with the third contact layer, with the second upper electrode located between the first upper electrode and the third upper electrode; wherein the second contact layer includes a first region, and a second region separate from the first region; the second upper electrode is directly in contact with the semiconductor layer in a region between the first region and the second region of the second contact layer; the first upper electrode and the third upper electrode are directly physically connected to each other; the semiconductor layer includes a slit; and the second contact layer is divided into the first region and the second region by the slit of the semiconductor layer.",0.1453433550454844,0.2906867100909688
9491739,"1. A method carried out in a wireless network that includes an access node, at least one end node, and a relay node, the end node being connected to the access node directly in a first area and via the relay node in a second area, and the method comprising: determining, at the relay node, a first type of medium access control (MAC) header for transmitting a first MAC message to the end node; determining, at the relay node, a second type of MAC header for transmitting a second MAC message to the access node; setting, at the relay node, a value of a notification field in the second MAC message, the value of the notification field indicating that the second type of MAC header is used for the second MAC message; and transmitting the second MAC message to the access node, and wherein the first type of MAC header is used with respect to communication between the end node and the access node.",0.506082037642374,0.987835924715252
8519484,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a peripheral region, the cell region including a cell trench and the peripheral region including a peripheral trench, wherein the cell trench is filled with a first core insulating material layer including silazene, the first core insulating material layer having a relatively high fluidity, wherein the peripheral trench is filled with: i) a padding insulating material layer conformably formed on an inner surface of the peripheral trench, the padding insulating material layer including silicate and having a relatively low fluidity, and ii) a second core insulating material layer formed on an inner surface of the padding insulating material layer, the second core insulating material layer including silazene and having a relatively high fluidity.",0.18127297126602515,0.3625459425320503
9388172,"1. A compound of formula (I): wherein: X is —CH R1 is benzoimidazolyl, benzimidazole ring substituted with a halogen, benzooxazolyl, benzoxazole ring substituted with a halogen, an unsubstituted 5-membered heteroaryl ring or a 5-membered heteroaryl ring substituted with halo-phenyl, methyl-pyridinyl or halo-pyridinyl, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.",0.2545999580663621,0.5091999161327242
9263007,"1. A pick for a musical instrument having strings, comprising: a body having a left, right, upper and lower edges, the upper edge and at least part of the left edge being arcuate; an arcuate wall extending upwardly from the left and upper edges at a first angle, the arcuate wall having a top edge, the top edge forming an acute predetermined angle relative to the left edge; a jut extending outwardly from the top edge at a second angle, the jut including an outer edge, the outer edge including a tip.",0.041468573660741574,0.08293714732148316
8989322,"1. A method, comprising: receiving a signal at a first receiver circuit on the basis of a mobile communications standard supporting multiple predefined modulation alphabets, wherein the received signal comprises first data transmitted by a transmitter to the first receiver circuit and second data transmitted by a transmitter to a second, different receiver circuit, and wherein the second data interferes with the first data; determining a modulation alphabet of the multiple predefined modulation alphabets during an operation of the first receiver circuit; and detecting the second data at the first receiver circuit on the basis of the determined modulation alphabet.",0.39740880444141835,0.7948176088828367
9022258,"1. A container for single-component or multi-component molding materials, the container comprising a container body having a constant outer contour in a longitudinal extent of the container, a piston movable in a direction of the longitudinal extent, and a cover having an outlet opening, wherein a variable volume for a molding material is defined between the piston and the cover in the direction of the longitudinal extent of, the container, wherein a thread is arranged in an interior of the container, the thread engaging in a counter thread of the piston and the piston being rotatably mounted relative to the thread, wherein the container body is rotatably mounted relative to the cover having the outlet opening and a rotation of the container body relative to the cover having the outlet opening leads to a rotation of the piston relative to the thread, such that the variable volume is varied and the content of the container is directly pressed out through the outlet opening, and wherein a ring gear is arranged peripherally around the container body to rotate the container body about the longitudinal extent thereof relative to the cover.",0.24081894370564008,0.4816378874112801
8933303,"1. A broccoli plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of broccoli line BRM 51-1221 CMS, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-12117.",0.25917723168060164,0.5183544633612033
8569021,"1. A composition comprising: a genetically modified microorganism comprising a nucleic acid encoding SEQ ID NO: 2 operably linked to a promoter, and a culture medium comprising C 2 to C 10 fatty acids.",0.4435033357500595,0.887006671500119
9462009,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: collecting information in connection with a domain, wherein the information relates to access to a web site by at least one communication; based on the collected information, generating a profile comprising at least one metric associated with the domain, wherein the profile comprises a domain profile relating to the website that includes count and/or frequency data aggregated over at least one time period; and based on the generated profile, determining a riskiness in connection with the domain; wherein determining the riskiness in connection with the domain, comprises:",0.029028382480576355,0.05805676496115275
9605587,"1. A method for operating an engine, comprising: adjusting, via an electronic controller, heating to a charge air inlet side of an air-to-air charge air cooler (CAC) by adjusting a valve coupled with the engine responsive to an operating condition to heat charge air flowing through the charge air inlet side of the air-to-air CAC with liquid coolant while ambient air flows across the air-to-air CAC to cool charge air flowing through the air-to-air CAC, the adjusting heating including increasing a temperature of the charge air entering the charge air inlet side of the air-to-air CAC in response to an increased condensate formation within the air-to-air CAC.",0.9735838387159775,0.05283232256804493
8765923,"1. A method of selectively extracting glutelin proteins from a wet freshwater or saltwater algal biomass or algal culture comprised of intact algal cells, the method comprising: a. providing a wet freshwater or saltwater algal biomass or algal culture comprised of intact algal cells; b. heating the freshwater or saltwater algal biomass or algal culture to generate a heated slurry comprising a liquid phase and a solid phase, wherein the heated slurry is heated to a temperature below the boiling point of the extraction mixture; c. raising the pH of the heated slurry to increase the concentration of glutelin proteins in the liquid phase; and d. separating at least a portion of said liquid phase comprising glutelin proteins from the solid phase, wherein the solid phase comprises lipids.",0.8380910849097281,0.3238178301805439
9097118,1. A gas turbine ( 22 ) comprising: at least one combustion chamber ( at least one mini heat shield (,0.9765001026897178,0.04699979462056447
9698065,"1. A method comprising: providing a wafer processing chamber; providing a plurality of radiant heating elements disposed in different zones outside the wafer processing chamber and operable to heat different portions of a wafer disposed within the wafer processing chamber during a wafer processing process; providing a plurality of sensors disposed in the different zones outside the wafer processing chamber between the wafer processing chamber and the plurality of radiant heating elements, the sensors being operable to monitor heat produced by the radiant heating elements during the wafer processing process; and performing a calibration process that characterizes response change of the radiant heating elements to thereby maintain a substantially uniform temperature profile across a surface of the production wafer disposed within the wafer processing chamber.",0.46408415505985945,0.9281683101197189
8579878,"1. A label for a liquid-filled bag, comprising: a first film with an upper side coated at least partially with adhesive and an underside; and a second film with an upper side and an underside; wherein the underside of the first film is securely bonded, at least in partial regions, to the upper side of the second film, in order to form a film composite having an edge, wherein the film composite possesses a punched cut having an open line contour with two end points, so that a strip-like flap configured to be passed through an opening in the bag and configured to be glued to a folded back part of the label, is formed and the strip-like flap is bonded to the rest of the film composite along a line between the two end points, wherein the punched cut is distant from the edge of the film composite, and wherein the film composite possesses a first further punched cut and a second further punched cut each being one of an open and a closed line contour for hanging the label.",0.027567242086995493,0.05513448417399103
9418196,"1. A method comprising: receiving a target pattern that is defined by a main pattern, a first cut pattern, and a second cut pattern; with a computing system, checking the target pattern for compliance with a first constraint, the first constraint associated with the first cut pattern and not the second cut pattern; with the computing system, checking the target pattern for compliance with a second constraint, the second constraint associated with the second cut pattern and not the first cut pattern; with the computing system, modifying the target pattern to create a modified target pattern in response to determining that a violation of either the first constraint or the second constraint is found during the checking; and fabricating an integrated circuit associated with the modified target pattern, the fabricating using a first mask associated with the first cut pattern and a second mask associated with the second cut pattern, the first mask being a different mask than the second mask.",0.27825482685215436,0.5565096537043087
9583223,"1. A method of operating a nuclear core, the method comprising: loading an outer peripheral region extending from an edge of the core toward a center of the core with burnt fuel bundles; loading fuel bundles in a first type of control cell in an inner peripheral region extending from the outer peripheral region toward the center; and loading fuel bundles in a second type of control cell in an inner core region extending from the inner peripheral region toward the center, wherein,",0.9335534822999025,0.13289303540019493
8357239,"1. A geopolymerized fly ash generated by a method comprising the steps of: obtaining a quantity of fly ash that contains between 0.1 and 50% carbon, by weight, based upon foam index testing; and mixing the fly ash with a sufficient quantity of spray dryer ash and water to initiate a geopolymerization reaction and form a geopolymerized fly ash, wherein the spray dryer ash contains an unreacted flue gas desulfurization sorbent, wherein the geopolymerized fly ash is considered usable fly ash for concrete according to foam index testing.",0.8982036171094293,0.20359276578114138
9692746,"1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing a first mobile application comprising computer-executable instructions that responsive to execution by at least one processor configure the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: presenting, via a mobile device to a user of the mobile device, a user interface comprising an information presentation identifying one or more mobile applications associated with the first mobile application, wherein the one or more mobile applications comprise a second mobile application executable on the mobile device, the first mobile application is associated with a first server application, and a first session token indicative of a first active session between the first mobile application and the first server application is stored in data storage of the mobile device; receiving an indication of user interaction with the information presentation corresponding to a request to launch the second mobile application; determining that a second active session does not exist between the second mobile application and a second server application; generating a token request to enable initiation of the second active session based at least in part on information associated with the first active session; transmitting, to an application linking server, the token request; receiving a token response from the application linking server, the token response comprising a second session token associated with the second active session; storing the second session token in the data storage of the mobile device; and launching the second mobile application, wherein launching the second mobile application comprises transmitting, to the second mobile application, a parameter indicating that the second mobile application was launched from the first mobile application.",0.18770546715647832,0.3754109343129566
8884277,"1. A thick film conductive composition comprising: (a) metal particles, wherein the specific surface area of the metal particles measured by BET according to ISO 9277 is equal to or greater than 1.8 m (b) manganese oxide; (c) glass particles; and (d) an organic vehicle.",0.6786841011885898,0.6426317976228204
8465393,"1. A method of accelerating decoupling of a starting clutch ( 5 ) that releasably connects an electric machine ( 2 ) to a transmission input in a hybrid drive-train of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: regulating the electric machine (",0.8878063677106711,0.22438726457865776
8397517,"1. A method of heating a motorcycle rider by the steps of: transferring heat from atmosphere to a thermally conductive element mounted on a motorcycle by the Peltier effect; and circulating working liquid in a closed path from said thermally conductive element, through a garment worn by the motorcycle rider via an inlet coupling thereto and an outlet coupling therefrom, and then back to the thermally conductive element; a reservoir for liquid being coupled to said closed path; both the inlet coupling and the outlet coupling being separable to allow the motorcycle rider to leave the motorcycle while still wearing the garment.",0.46776144747049075,0.9355228949409815
8863531,"1. A cooling apparatus that bifurcates and regulates cooling airflow provided to a mid-turbine frame, the cooling apparatus comprising: a flow metering tube having a top portion and a tube portion, wherein the top portion includes a first central aperture that directs a first cooling airflow into the tube portion and a first plurality of apertures located circumferentially around the first central aperture that directs a second cooling airflow to a portion outside the tube portion; and a metering plate located on the top portion of the flow metering tube, wherein the metering plate includes a second central aperture aligned with the first central aperture of the flow metering tube and a second plurality of apertures located circumferentially around the second central aperture, wherein a size of the second central aperture meters the first cooling airflow and a size and number of the second plurality of apertures meters the second cooling airflow; wherein the tube portion of the flow metering tube provides the first cooling airflow to a hollow cooling rod that communicates the first cooling airflow to an inner portion of the mid-turbine frame.",0.6732387708779662,0.6535224582440675
8528124,"1. A vacuum-operated sanitary device for an aircraft, wherein the vacuum-operated sanitary device comprises a bowl and a flushing device, with the flushing device comprising: a nozzle arrangement with a first delivery device connected to the nozzle inlet; a second delivery device opening into the nozzle duct; and an air nozzle directed onto an interior wall of the bowl; wherein the nozzle outlet is directed onto the interior wall of the bowl; wherein the nozzle duct connects the nozzle inlet to the nozzle outlet; wherein the third cross section is smaller than both the first cross section and the second cross section; wherein the first delivery device is configured to deliver a first flushing medium; wherein the second delivery device is configured to deliver a second flushing medium; wherein the air nozzle comprises a nozzle inlet connected to the first delivery device, such that a first partial quantity of the first flushing medium is delivered to the nozzle arrangement and mixed with the second flushing medium, and a second partial quantity of the first flushing medium is delivered to the air nozzle; wherein the air nozzle is aligned such that a mixture of the first and second flushing medium leaves the nozzle arrangement in closer proximity to the interior wall of the bowl than the second partial quantity.",0.6515431961945384,0.6969136076109232
9655724,"1. A male sexual impotence treatment apparatus, comprising an operable restriction device implantable in a patient for engaging the penile tissue or the prolongation thereof to form a restricted blood flow passageway through which blood flow leaves the penis, the restriction device being operable to restrict the blood flow passageway to provide erection, a source of energy is provided, and a control device operable from ‘outside the patient's body is provided for controlling the source of energy to release energy for use in connection with the operation of the restriction device, when the restriction device is implanted, wherein the control device controls the restriction device and comprises: a first control unit operable from the outside of the patients body for providing a control signal, and a second control unit implantable in the patient adapted to control the restriction device in response to the control signal; and wherein the apparatus further comprises electrical components including at least one implantable voltage level guard.",0.12972400359699535,0.25944800719399064
9521346,"1. A readout integrated circuit, comprising: a memory for each of a plurality of pixels, wherein the memory maintains an initial bias voltage for each pixel during an initial integration frame time and during a sample and hold readout processing time, and wherein the sample and hold readout processing time is utilized to write a subsequent bias voltage for each pixel for a subsequent integration frame time to allow a first one of the pixels to have a different bias voltage than a second one of the pixels inside each integration frame time; an address selector to synchronize a subsequent bias voltage for each of the pixels; a reference voltage recover switch to subtract the initial bias voltage from an output voltage of the integrated circuit, and to result an integrator voltage for a sample and hold block; and a pulse-width control circuit to prevent crosstalk of the subsequent bias voltage between the first and second pixels while a pixel clock selects adjacent columns.",0.05650417386501384,0.11300834773002766
8693987,"1. A method performed by an access point connected to a home network, comprising: detecting, by the access point, a presence of a first device having a device identifier in a femtozone associated with the access point; matching, by the access point, the device identifier with a first personal policy server identifier among a plurality of policy server identifiers, said first personal policy server identifier being associated with a corresponding first personal policy profile, the first personal policy profile comprising a first set of rules; retrieving, by the access point, the first personal policy profile corresponding to the first personal policy server identifier; and applying, by the access point, the first set of rules in the first personal policy profile, including a rule to change the functionality of a second device connected to the home network based on a time of day.",0.22178434210005374,0.4435686842001074
8691790,"1. A method of treating a patient having a neurological inflammatory disease, the neurological inflammatory disease is selected form the group consisting of Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Poliomyelitis, the method comprising administering to the patient (5′-deoxy-5′-adenosyl)cobamide (AdoCbl), at a dose of between 1 μg and 2.5 g daily.",0.4189267668129306,0.8378535336258612
9840251,"1. A drive control method of a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: obtaining a current gear position and a current operating mode of the hybrid electric vehicle and a current electric charge level and a discharge power of a power battery; determining whether the current gear position and the current operating mode of the hybrid electric vehicle and the current electric charge level and the discharge power of the power battery meet a preset requirement; obtaining a slope of a road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving, if the current gear position and the current operating mode of the hybrid electric vehicle and the current electric charge level and the discharge power of the power battery meet a preset requirement, wherein the preset requirement comprises: the current gear position is at Drive-position, the current operating mode is at a hybrid economy mode, the current electric charge level of the power battery is greater than a first electric charge level threshold, and the discharge power of the power battery is greater than a first power threshold; and controlling a working state of an engine and a motor of the hybrid electric vehicle according to the slope of the road on which the hybrid electric vehicle is driving.",0.9718090021410034,0.05638199571799318
9682440,"1. A chip manufacturing method of forming a chip having a desired shape from a platelike workpiece, said chip manufacturing method comprising: attaching a protective tape to the platelike workpiece, applying a pulsed laser beam having a transmission wavelength to said platelike workpiece from focusing means included in pulsed laser beam applying means along a contour of said chip to be formed in a condition where the focal point of said pulsed laser beam is set at a predetermined depth from an upper surface of said platelike workpiece, thereby forming a plurality of shield tunnels inside said platelike workpiece along the contour of said chip to be formed, each shield tunnel being composed of a fine hole and an amorphous region formed around said fine hole for shielding said fine hole; placing the platelike workpiece supported through the protective tape to an annular frame on a silicon rubber table wherein a front side of the platelike workpiece is oriented upward, placing a lower surface of an ultrasonic vibration applying pad on the front side of the platelike workpiece, and applying ultrasonic vibration to said ultrasonic vibration applying pad to thereby break the contour of said chip where said shield tunnels have been formed, thereby forming said chip from said platelike workpiece.",0.1463581263561378,0.2927162527122755
9618256,"1. An installation for warehousing palletized product, comprising: a pallet racking assembly comprising: whereby air at a desired air temperature is induced by the fan to pass into the airflow pathway of the pallet assembly when the pallet assembly is pressed against the opening periphery and engaged with the swing seal, such that heat is transferred between the product and the air.",0.8145691818571829,0.3708616362856343
9035577,"1. A method for operating a closing device, a closing element being movable in a closing direction against a stop edge with the aid of a drive motor controlled by a control unit, the control unit being shiftable into a normal operating mode, in which position information is detected as the current position of the closing element, and into a sleep mode, in which no detection of the position information is carried out, with the following steps: interrogation as to whether a wake-up condition is present in which the control unit changes over from the sleep mode to the normal operating mode; when the presence of the wake-up condition is established and when the closing element last moved in the closing direction before the assumption of the sleep mode, loading of the position information with a stipulated correction value, in order to correct the position information with respect to an actual position of the closing element in an opening direction.",0.5208867766704071,0.9582264466591859
8831866,"1. A vehicle comprising: a fuel tank; a fuel amount detecting device configured to detect an amount of fuel inside the fuel tank; and a control device configured to calculate an estimated refueling amount that diminishes fuel inside the fuel tank from degrading based on a usage history of the vehicle, the control device being further configured such that the control device stops refueling based on an amount of fuel detected by the fuel amount detecting device and the estimated refueling amount.",0.8378186261408243,0.3243627477183515
8765576,"1. A method of manufacturing a laminated substrate, comprising: forming an oxide film on at least a surface of a first substrate having a hardness of equal to or more than 150 GPa in Young's modulus; smoothing the oxide film by mechanically and chemically polishing a surface of the oxide film such that a surface roughness of the oxide film is equal to or less than 0.5 nm rms; implanting hydrogen ions or rare gas ions, or mixed gas ions thereof from a surface of a second substrate to form an ion-implanted layer inside the substrate; laminating the first substrate and the second substrate through at least the oxide film, and then detaching the second substrate in the ion-implanted layer to form a laminated substrate; and heat-treating the laminated substrate and diffusing outwardly the oxide film, such that a thickness of the oxide film is reduced to a minimum thickness required to compensate for a roughness of the surface of the first substrate, such that the surface of the oxide film is at substantially the same elevation as the highest peak of the surface of the first substrate.",0.6247471386082971,0.7505057227834058
9114443,"1. A propelling tool for enabling a forward drive for operation in a pipeline, a casing, a well, or any other cavity, comprising: a supply tubing comprising a pressurised supply fluid, a housing connected to the supply tubing, having: a supply inlet provided in a rear end of the housing for supplying pressurised supply fluid from the supply tubing, a supply outlet provided in the rear end of the housing for ejection of the supply fluid, a suction inlet provided in a front end of the housing for an intake of cavity fluid surrounding the tool into the housing, and a pump for suction of cavity fluid in through the suction inlet and out through the suction outlet, the pump being driven by the pressurised supply fluid for pulling the tool forward in a cavity.",0.2727842752324891,0.5455685504649782
9017870,"1. A negative electrode material, comprising, in terms of mass %: 55 to 90% of a negative electrode active material comprising a compound containing at least, in terms of mol %, 45 to 95% of SnO and 5 to 55% of P 5 to 30% of a binder comprising a thermosetting resin, 3 to 20% of a conductive agent.",0.9279337506682007,0.14413249866359856
9753336,"1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a first field generating electrode; an opposed electrode facing the first field generating electrode; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first field generating electrode and the opposed electrode; a shielding electrode line separated from the first field generating electrode; and a second field generating electrode including a plurality of branch electrodes overlapping the first field generating electrode, wherein the first field generating electrode includes a main edge and an inner edge opposing and substantially parallel to each other as opposing major sides defining the first field generating electrode and each crossing a plurality of the branch electrodes in a plan view, a first sub-edge meeting the main edge at a first vertex, and a second sub-edge meeting the first sub-edge at a second vertex, the first sub-edge and the second sub-edge form a step portion of the first field generating electrode adjacent to and facing the shielding electrode line, and a first distance between the main edge and the inner edge is greater than a second distance between the second sub-edge and the inner edge.",0.1009802286814218,0.20196045736284363
8795287,"1. A targeting device configured for connection to a proximal end of an intramedullary nail, said targeting device comprising: a handle member, said handle member having a nail engaging end including a throughbore; and a guide barrel connected to said handle member, said guide barrel including:",0.01545073759291231,0.030901475185824645
9327231,"1. A tubular dual-phase membrane comprising: a tubular-shaped body comprising: an outer support layer comprising a first ceramic material that is non-wettable with carbonate; a thin inner layer bonded to the outer support layer made from a second ceramic material that is wettable with carbonate, wherein the second ceramic material is bonded to the carbonate; and a channel defined by the thin inner layer, wherein the channel is in communication with a proximal opening at a first end of the tubular body and a distal opening at a second end of the tubular body.",0.6071851391376177,0.7856297217247645
8994429,"1. An apparatus, comprising: an input circuit configured to generate complement data dependent upon received data; an output circuit configured to store the complement data dependent upon a clock signal; a clock circuit configured to generate one or more internal clocks dependent upon the clock signal and the complement data, wherein the one or more internal clocks include a first internal clock and second internal clock; and a feedback circuit configured to maintain a data state of the complement data dependent upon the one or more internal clocks; wherein the input circuit includes a pull-up network and a pull-down network, wherein the pull-up network is enabled by the second internal clock and the pull-down network is enabled by the first internal clock.",0.4680906157193503,0.9361812314387006
8879568,"1. A method for communication, the method comprising: in a broadband gateway that enables communication with a plurality of devices, wherein said broadband gateway is configured to handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider:",0.5257821895290398,0.9484356209419205
9493407,"1. A method for reducing ammonia emissions in a gaseous waste stream of a process for producing granular urea, comprising: granulating urea by the operation of a urea granulator; generating a dust and ammonia laden gaseous waste stream by the operation of the urea granulator; washing, in a first scrubber dust stage, the gaseous waste stream with at least one of water or an aqueous urea solution to generate a dust-laden liquid stream and a dust-reduced gas stream; after said washing step, reacting, in a formaldehyde stage, the dust-reduced gas stream with formaldehyde to generate a hexamethylenetetramine and urea-formaldehyde liquid stream, and an ammonia-reduced off-gas stream.",0.8971358374053213,0.20572832518935735
9175261,"1. A method for inhibiting an adverse immune response in a transplant recipient in need thereof comprising: (i) identifying a transplant recipient that is histocompatibility-mismatched to a transplant donor, (ii) Identifying a composition of human umbilical cord tissue cells exhibiting a lower stimulation index of naïve CD4+ T-cells, wherein the identification is by mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR), wherein the MLR comprises (a) a population of lymphocytes allogenic to the transplant recipient and (b) a composition of human umbilical cord tissue cells allogenic to the transplant recipient, wherein the composition of human umbilical cord tissue cells is a homogeneous population of allogeneic umbilicus-derived cells derived from human umbilical cord tissue free of blood, said cells being capable of self-renewal and expansion in culture, wherein the cells are capable of growth in an atmosphere containing oxygen from about 5% to at least about 20%, and wherein said homogeneous population comprise having the following characteristics: (a) potential for at least 40 doublings in culture; (b) production of CD 10, CD 13, CD44, CD73, CD90, PDGFr-alpha, PD-L2 and HLA-A,B,C; (c) lack of production of CD31, CD34, CD45, CD80, CD86, CD117, CD141, CD 178, B7-H2, HLA-G, and HLA-DR,DP,DQ, as detected by flow cytometry; (d) expression of interleukin 8; reticulon 1; and chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 3; (e) secretion of MCP-1, IL-6, IL-8, GCP-2, HGF, KGF, FGF, HB-EGF, BDNF, TPO, MIP1b, RANTES, I309, MDC, and TIMP1; and (f) lack of secretion of TGF-beta2, ANG2, PDGFbb, MIP1a, and VEGF, as detected by ELISA, (iii) administering the identified composition of homogenous human umbilical cord tissue cell to the transplant recipient in an amount effective for inhibiting the adverse immune response in the transplant recipient that is histocompatibility-mismatched to the transplant donor, wherein the identified composition inhibits the adverse immune response in the transplant recipient that is histocompatibility-mismatched to the transplant donor.",0.15836235524808912,0.31672471049617823
9662995,"1. A battery charging system for an electric vehicle comprising: at least one processing unit; and a plurality of modules coupled to the at least one processing unit, each of the plurality of modules including instructions to be executed by one or more of the at least one processing unit, the plurality of modules comprising: wherein the movement control module is further configured to control the feeding coupler to couple with the receiving coupler when the image of the location of the receiving coupler matches the predefined image.",0.9637715541246492,0.07245689175070158
8873394,"1. A client device having a networking layer and a network driver layer for transmitting network packets comprising: a plurality of transmit queues configured at the networking layer, each of the transmit queues having different packet service classifications associated therewith, packets being queued in one of the transmit queues according to traffic service classifications assigned to the packets; a classifier module for classifying packets according to the different packet service classifications, wherein classifying the packets comprises receiving default packet service classifications for each of one or more applications when the one or more applications open one or more corresponding sockets; queue management logic to store a packet to be transmitted in one of the transmit queues based on the packet service classifications; and a networking layer packet scheduler for scheduling packets for transmission from each of the transmit queues at the networking layer, the network networking layer packet scheduler scheduling packets for transmission according to the packet service classifications.",0.241505465981632,0.48301093196326406
9011580,"1. A method for making a hydrogen purifier apparatus, comprising: disposing one or more intermediate plates on a first end plate; disposing a second end plate on the one or more intermediate plates; pressing together the first end plate, the one or more intermediate plates, and the second end plate using a press to form a hydrogen purifier module; and placing a plurality of clips around the hydrogen purifier module to hold the first end plate, the one or more intermediate plates, and the second end plate together, wherein the one or more intermediate plates include a feed plate and a permeate plate and wherein the permeate plate includes a hydrogen-permeable membrane or a hydrogen-selective membrane.",0.8555508802172402,0.2888982395655195
9645394,"1. A method of creating a customized virtual configured environment, comprising: scanning a source physical environment including one or more real world features of the source physical environment; creating an environment definition of the source physical environment; associating one or more virtual objects with the environment definition; defining one or more allowable rendering environments; storing the one or more virtual objects associated with the environment definition to allow rendering of the configured environment in the one or more allowable rendering environments, the configured environment associated with the source physical environment and with the one or more allowable rendering environments; determining a user presence in the one or more allowable rendering environments; presenting a selection to view the configured environment, the configured environment having been enabled prior to selection, the selection comprising one or more configured environments available to map to a respective one of the one or more allowable rendering environments based on the determined user presence, the allowable rendering environment having a physical environment with real objects; and rendering the configured environment upon receiving a user selection to view the configured environment at the one or more allowable rendering environments corresponding to the determined user presence such that the one or more virtual objects are rendered in the allowable rendering environment in a position relative to a corresponding one of the one or more real features in the source physical environment and blocking rendering of the configured environment when the one or more allowable rendering environments are not associated with the configured environment.",0.17299809137414543,0.3459961827482909
9502082,"1. A system comprising: a sensor to monitor a power consumption of a non-volatile random access memory (RAM) and a volatile RAM; a switch, connected to an output of the sensor, to control power to the non-volatile RAM; a voltage regulator to regulate a voltage of the non-volatile RAM and the volatile RAM; one or more memory slots to receive the non-volatile RAM and the volatile RAM; and a processor to receive information from the sensor and control the voltage regulator based on the received information.",0.8041390669568349,0.3917218660863302
8916559,"1. A crystalline compound of 7-[(3R)-3-amino-1-oxo-4-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butyl]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazine (INN: Sitagliptin) of formula 1 with fumaric acid thereof, where the molar ratio of the compound of formula 1 to fumaric acid is 1:0.95 to 1:1.05, which has, by means of x-ray powder diffractometry (XRPD) d values (A) at 12.9 (w), 10.3 (w), 5.15 (m) and 4.30 (vs), which is subsequently referred to as form A.",0.229127849920668,0.4582556998413361
9018886,"1. A motor control system which corrects a backlash between a moving part which is driven by a motor and a driven part which is driven by that moving part, comprising: a first position detecting part which detects a position of said moving part, a second position detecting part which detects a position of said driven part, a difference calculating part which calculates a difference between a first position detection value which said first position detecting part detects and a second position detection value which said second position detecting part detects, a judging part which judges if said moving part has engaged with said driven part when said moving part is made to move from any initial position in a first drive direction and in a second driven direction opposite to said first drive direction, a holding part which holds said difference calculated by said difference calculating part as initial difference linked with said first drive direction or said second drive direction, when said judging part judges that said moving part has engaged with said driven part, and a correction amount calculating part which calculates a backlash correction amount of said backlash, wherein said correction amount calculating part using the difference calculated by said difference calculating part based on the current positions of said moving part and said driven part and said initial difference held by said holding part to calculate said backlash correction amount; and wherein said backlash correction amount is added to a first position difference between a position command value of the moving part and the first position detection value or is added to a speed command value of the moving part.",0.62057786259805,0.7588442748038999
8902789,"1. A network management system comprising; an internetworking unit for connecting networks; and a management device for making network connected apparatus information of an apparatus connected to a network, wherein said management device comprises: means for accessing said internetworking unit and obtaining adjacent apparatus information of an apparatus adjacent to said internetworking unit by an LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) function installed in said internetworking unit; means for updating the network connected apparatus information based on the adjacent apparatus information; and means for discriminating the presence or absence of said internetworking unit connected to a port other than an accessed port of said internetworking unit based on said obtained adjacent apparatus information, and when said internetworking unit is connected to the port other than said accessed port, adjacent apparatus information of said internetworking unit is obtained, and said network connected apparatus information is updated.",0.43938451940268913,0.8787690388053783
9425390,"1. A memory cell, comprising: a select device including:",0.1973670938268927,0.3947341876537853
8798012,"1. A method in a base station for switching between different MIMO-transmission modes in a communications network, said network comprising a number of transmit antennas and a number of receive antennas, said modes comprising a single-user mode and a multi-user mode, comprising the steps of: transmitting on a common or shared channel signalling information including at least an indication of the start of a preparation phase, wherein said preparation phase is related to switching between the single user-mode and the multi user-mode, wherein said signalling information is transmitted to all receiving user equipments in a reception area; and transmitting reference signals corresponding to both said MIMO-transmission modes with respective weighting matrices for the modes during said preparation phase for switching between the single user-mode and the multi user-mode comprising of one or more transmission time intervals (TTI).",0.4049412196777337,0.8098824393554674
9367967,"1. A method for monitoring an odometer, the method comprising: storing an odometer value and a vehicle position in response to an initial triggering event; determining a second odometer value and a second vehicle position in response to a subsequent triggering event; comparing the odometer value with the second odometer value to detect any odometer value change from the initial triggering event to the subsequent triggering event; comparing the vehicle position with the second vehicle position to detect any vehicle position change from the initial triggering event to the subsequent triggering event; and determining, from the comparing steps, whether odometer tampering has occurred.",0.26700396554934436,0.5340079310986887
9770934,"1. A multi-layer body comprising: a first layer having a multiplicity of opaque and/or reflective first zones, which are respectively separated from one another by one or a plurality of transparent second zones, wherein the first zones are shaped as micro images having a smallest dimension of less than 100 μm and are arranged in accordance with a micro image grid having a distance between adjacent micro images in a first spatial direction of less than 300 μm, wherein the micro image grid spans a first coordinate system having a coordinate axis x a second layer composed of a transparent material, said second layer being arranged below the first layer; and a reflection layer arranged below the second layer, wherein the second layer has a multiplicity of third zones, which are respectively separated from one another by one or a plurality of transparent fourth zones, each of the third zones having a microstructure impressed into the interface—facing away from the first layer—between the second layer and the reflection layer, which is covered with the reflection layer, and the reflection layer is not provided in the one or plurality of transparent fourth zones, and wherein each of the microstructures is configured such that it reflects back and/or diffracts back light incident perpendicularly with respect to the plane spanned by the first layer from the direction of the first layer in the region of the respective third zone onto a focus region of the first layer, the focus region having an area smaller than the area of the respective third zone by at least a factor of 10, and wherein the microstructures are arranged in accordance with a microstructure grid having a distance between adjacent microstructures in a second spatial direction of less than 300 μm, which microstructure grid spans a second coordinate system having a coordinate axis x wherein, in a first region of the multi-layer body, the microimages of the microimage grid and the microstructures of the microstructure grid are arranged in overlapping fashion in a fixed position with respect to one another and the microstructure distance determined by the distance between the area centroids of adjacent third zones and the microimage distance determined by the distance between the area centroids of adjacent first zones differ from one another in at least one third spatial direction in the first region by not more than 10%, and wherein, in the first region, the area occupied by the first zones is smaller than the area occupied by the third zones by at least a factor of 4, and wherein at least one of the micro image grid and the microstructure grid is a one-dimensional grid in the first region, and wherein the longitudinal axis of the micro images is extended relative to the transverse axis of the micro images by more than 10-fold by a transformation function.",0.35480177926344164,0.7096035585268833
8538235,"1. A producing device comprising: a reproducing part which reproduces video or sound; a list display instruction part which gives an instruction for list display of symbols of contents of video or sound relating to one unit of said video or sound being reproduced; a content relation information storing part in which content relation information is stored that is constituted by the symbol of said content and a keyword that is appended to the content; a keyword specifying part which specifies a plurality of keywords corresponding to said one unit being reproduced; a keyword switching part which switches the plural keywords that have been specified by said keyword specifying part, by every constant or different time interval, to choose one keyword; a symbol interchanging part which searches for, with a keyword that has been chosen by said keyword switching part, said keywords of said content relation information of said content relation information storing part, to detect relating contents, specifies the symbols of the relating contents and, every time the keywords are switched by said keyword switching part, interchanges said symbols that have been specified; and a list display controlling part which allows the symbols that have been specified by said symbol interchanging part to be switched by said reproducing part and to be listed on a screen, wherein said list display controlling part acts at least after said instruction for list display has been supplied, said one program or one tune of the video or sound is partitioned into plural periods of time, and said one unit is a predetermined one period of time out of said plural periods of time, in case said predetermined one period of time has terminated when said list display is being carried out, said keyword specifying part newly specifies a plurality of keywords corresponding to the next one period of time, said keyword switching part switches the plural keywords that have been newly specified by said keyword specifying part, by every constant or different time interval, to choose one keyword, said symbol interchanging part detects, with a keyword that has been chosen by said keyword switching part from among said plural keywords that have been newly specified, relating contents, specifies the symbols of the relating contents and, every time the symbols are switched by said keyword switching part, interchanges the specified symbols, and said list display controlling part allows the symbols that have been specified by said symbol interchanging part to be switched by said reproducing part and to be listed on said screen.",0.24009768076249854,0.4801953615249971
8602264,"1. A foam production pump for discharging liquefied contents in the form of foam, comprising: a button, having an outlet port defined therein, mounted at the upper end of a shaft; a housing forming an external appearance of the pump, the housing having an air space, into which external air is introduced, and a solution space, into which contents are introduced, defined therein; a closure coupled to an upper outside of the housing for mounting the housing to a predetermined container; a stem having a horizontal channel communicating with the solution space of the housing and a vertical channel communicating with the horizontal channel defined therein, the stem being mounted in the lower part of the shaft for performing an up-and-down motion; the shaft configured in a hollow channel structure, through which the contents pass, the shaft having an air hole, through which air from the air space is introduced, formed in an upper part thereof, the shaft being mounted in a lower part of the button, the shaft performing an up-and-down motion along an inside of a housing cap while a lower part of the shaft is coupled to an outside of the stem; a foam net mounted at an open hollow upper part of the shaft for mixing the contents with the air to produce foam; the housing cap for guiding the up-and-down motion of the shaft and isolating the air space and the solution space of the housing from each other; an air piston configured in a multiple-stage structure, the air piston performing an up-and-down motion along an inside of the air space of the housing while being mounted at the lower part of the button, the air piston having an air hole formed in a middle part thereof, a contact region between the air piston and the shaft being opened and closed during pumping; a solution piston mounted at the outside of the stem for opening and closing the horizontal channel of the stem, the solution piston performing an up-and-down motion along an inside of the solution space of the housing; an air valve having a vertical section configured in an L type structure coupled to the multiple-stage structure of the air piston, the air valve opening and closing the piston air hole during pumping; a first compression spring disposed between a lower end of the shaft and the solution piston for providing an elastic opening and closing force of the solution piston with respect to the horizontal channel of the stem during pumping; a second compression spring disposed between a side protrusion part of the shaft and a support groove of the housing cap for providing a restoring force to the shaft and the air piston during pumping; and an opening and closing member disposed at a lower end of the solution space for opening and closing a lower end inlet port of the housing when pumping, wherein: the button has an annular protrusion part formed therein; the air piston has an uppermost end disposed in contact with the annular protrusion part in a sliding fashion; and the annular protrusion part of the button and the uppermost end of the air piston are configured to provide a sliding distance in which the contact region is opened in a pressurization mode during pumping, and the contact region is closed in a relaxation mode, wherein the shaft air hole includes an outside opening formed outside the shaft and an inside opening formed inside the shaft, the outside opening being located at a higher position than the inside opening such that the contents in the hollow channel structure are prevented from flowing backward to the shaft air hole, wherein the stem has a vertical extension part formed at a lower end thereof, the opening and closing member is configured with a hollow structure in which the upper part of the opening and closing member is open, the opening and closing member having radial protrusions formed at a side thereof such that the radial protrusions extend outward, the vertical extension part moves along the inside of the opening and closing member and in contact with the opening and closing member, and micro grooves are formed vertically at the vertical extension part such that the inside of the opening and closing member communicates with the solution space of the housing even when the vertical extension part is coupled to the opening and closing member.",0.09665195772087476,0.19330391544174952
8861909,"1. A photonic structure comprising: a strip waveguide located over a substrate; a polysilicon material photodetector layer also located over the substrate and optically coupled with the strip waveguide, the polysilicon material photodetector layer contiguous with a semiconductor material slab also located over the substrate, the polysilicon material photodetector layer and the semiconductor material slab being formed of the same polysilicon material; and a pair of electrical contacts contacting a pair of doped semiconductor regions located within separated portions of the polysilicon material photodetector layer, wherein:",0.40823023389842655,0.8164604677968531
9608039,"1. A magnetic memory comprising: a plurality of magnetic junctions, each of the plurality of magnetic junctions including a reference layer, a nonmagnetic spacer layer and a free layer, the nonmagnetic spacer layer residing between reference layer and the free layer, at least one of the magnetic junction including a biasing structure for providing a magnetic bias in a first direction and the free layer having a length in the first direction, a width in a second direction and an aspect ratio, the aspect ratio being the length divided by the width, the aspect ratio being greater than one; and at least one spin-orbit interaction (SO) active layer adjacent to the free layer of the each of the plurality of magnetic junctions, the SO active layer having a line length in a third direction, the at least one SO active layer carries a current along the line length in the third direction, the third direction being at a nonzero acute angle from the first direction, the at least one SO active layer exerting a SO torque on the free layer due to the current passing through the at least one SO active layer; wherein the free layer is switchable using the SO torque.",0.05985519911202508,0.11971039822405016
8500763,"1. A device for treating the spine, comprising: a tubular body comprising a first end, a second end, an abluminal surface, a luminal surface, a lumen, a first edge, a second edge, a hinge region, and a flange extending radially from the abluminal surface along a primary axis substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tubular body from a location along a length of the tubular body between the first end and the second end such that an interface between the flange and the tubular body forms an arch; wherein the tubular body is adapted for positioning within an intervertebral foramen.",0.02309965244015484,0.046199304880309655
9743224,"1. A method comprising: executing an authentication protocol between a first communication device associated with a continuous glucose sensor and a second communication device associated with a glucose information display; transmitting by the second communication device to the first communication device a first encrypted message including an identifier, and a first challenge value provided by the first communication device, wherein the first encrypted message is encrypted using an encryption method based on the identifier and the first challenge value, and wherein the identifier is associated with the first communication device; generating by the first communication device a second encrypted message using at least the information in the first encrypted message, and upon receiving the first encrypted message; and verifying by the first communication device the first encrypted message to determine a status of the authentication protocol.",0.11423557779126345,0.22847115558252695
9169420,"1. An aqueous polyurethane resin dispersion in which a polyurethane resin is dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein the polyurethane resin is obtained by reacting (A) a polyurethane prepolymer which is obtained by reacting (a) a polyisocyanate compound, (b) a polyol compound containing a polycarbonate polyol having a number average molecular weight of 800 to 3500, and (c) an acidic group-containing polyol compound, and (B) a chain extender, (B) the chain extender contains a polyamine compound having three or more in total of an amino group(s) and/or an imino group(s) per molecule, and the polyurethane resin has, each based on a solid content, a content of urethane bonds of 5 to 10% by weight, a content of urea bonds of 2 to 7% by weight, a content of carbonate bonds of 15 to 40% by weight, has neither ether bond nor ester bond, has a density of cross-linking points of 1.0×10",0.3458128243022647,0.6916256486045294
9749528,"1. An apparatus comprising: a first sensor configured to generate a first signal in response to a detecting first type of non-video activity; a second sensor configured to generate a second signal in response to a detecting second type of non-video activity; a video processor configured to operate in one of a plurality of power consumption stages, wherein (i) a first power consumption stage waits for a wakeup signal and (ii) a second power consumption stage is configured to activate one of a plurality of power consuming video processing features of said video processor in response to said wakeup signal; and a controller configured to (i) generate a first intermediate signal if said first type of non-video activity is detected and (ii) generate said wakeup signal if (a) said first intermediate signal is present and (b) said second signal relates to said first signal, wherein (i) said power consuming video features comprise (a) detecting objects in a region of video frames of a video signal and (b) processing said video signal for recording and (ii) said video signal is processed for recording if said objects detected in said video confirm said non-video activity detected by said second sensor when detecting said second signal.",0.6729879679770802,0.6540240640458397
9575923,"1. An input/output interface for a memory device comprising: a mode selection circuit configured to generate a mode selection signal; and a plurality of input receiver circuits configured to receive an input data signal, each of the plurality of input receiver circuits being terminated with one of a VSSQ termination, a VDDQ termination and a termination off mode, wherein one of the plurality of input receiver circuits is configured to selectively operate upon receiving the input data signal based on the mode selection signal, wherein each of the plurality of input receiver circuits has different structure suitable for different operation speed.",0.27400509464541173,0.5480101892908235
9098578,"1. A method comprising: receiving requests, from a plurality of requestors, to execute a plurality of queries pertaining to a plurality of objects in a virtual machine system, wherein each of the plurality of queries is associated with one of the plurality of requestors; executing the plurality of queries pertaining to the plurality of objects in the virtual machine system to provide a plurality of query results to the plurality of requestors; receiving, by a processing device, change data indicative of a change in one or more of the plurality of objects; identifying one or more queries impacted by the change data and determining a priority for the change; determining a schedule time to re-execute the one or more queries based on the priority for the change; re-executing the one or more queries according to the schedule time to generate updated query results; refraining from re-executing queries not impacted by the change data; identifying one or more requestors associated with the one or more queries; and transmitting the updated query results.",0.2825513452120631,0.5651026904241262
8799685,"1. A method for providing adjustable power consumption, comprising: responsive to a change in a power conservation condition, selecting for a memory client at least one of a first and second memory controller, wherein the first memory controller has a first power consumption level and the second memory controller has a second power consumption level that differs from the first power consumption level, wherein the change in the power conservation condition is detected by determining that fewer than all memory clients need to access memory in order to perform a current operation, and wherein determining that fewer than all memory clients need to access memory in order to perform a current operation comprises evaluating a state of an engine that reads or writes to memory.",0.9854476950433476,0.02910460991330477
9152111,"1. An electronic equipment configured to control electric power consumption of the electronic equipment, comprising: an electric power control unit configured to execute an ordinary electric power control, as an electric power control of an ordinary mode, and configured to selectively execute a first electric power control and a second electric power control as electric power controls of electric power saving modes, the first electric power control being such that the electric power consumption is smaller than in the ordinary electric power control, the second electric power control being such that the electric power consumption is smaller than in the first electric power control; a recovery receiving unit configured to receive a recovery instruction indicating that the electronic equipment is recovered from the electric power saving mode to the ordinary mode; and a mode setting unit configured to selectively set a first power saving mode and a second power saving mode as the electric power saving modes, and configured to switch setting of the electronic equipment from the first power saving mode to the second power saving mode when a predetermined period is elapsed without receiving the recovery instruction by the recovery receiving unit after the electronic equipment is set to the first power saving mode; a counting unit configured to count the number of times of the recovery instruction received by the recovery receiving unit for a preset period, without elapse of the predetermined period, when the first power saving mode is set by the mode setting unit; and a period setting unit configured to set a ratio between the first electric power control period and the second electric power control period in accordance with the number of times of the recovery instruction counted by the counting unit after elapse of the preset period, wherein the electric power control unit executes an energy-saving control having a first electric power control period and a second electric power control period when the first power saving mode is set by the mode setting unit, executes the second electric power control when the second power saving mode is set by the mode setting unit, and executes the energy-saving control at the ratio between the first electric power control period and the second electric power control period set by the period setting unit.",0.9858774301319696,0.028245139736060798
9350230,"1. A power conversion device comprising: a transformer that transforms an input AC voltage; a frequency detector that detects, for each threshold in a plurality of thresholds in order from greatest to least, a frequency of the AC voltage based on an interval between time points at which the AC voltage via a band-pass filter exceeds the threshold; a filter adjuster that calculates, when the frequency of the AC voltage detected by the frequency detector is greater than a predetermined value, a filter characteristic with the detected frequency of the AC voltage as a center frequency of the band-pass filter, and adjusts the band-pass filter based on the filter characteristic; and a conversion unit that performs a control based on the AC voltage via the band-pass filter such that a power factor is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and that converts the AC voltage transformed by the transformer into a DC voltage, and outputs the DC voltage.",0.9550931121159535,0.08981377576809302
8624412,"1. A wind turbine comprising: a tower, a nacelle located on the tower, including an interior and provided with a machine support, a rotor shaft bearing and a generator, a rotor with a rotor shaft and a rotor hub, at least one rotor blade fixed to the rotor hub, and a locking device including a locking bolt driven into a locking bolt recess in order to positively lock the rotor, said locking bolt being located on the rotor hub and the locking bolt recess being located on the nacelle, wherein the locking bolt recess does not lead into the interior of the nacelle thereby providing the nacelle with protection against exposure to humidity and aerosols.",0.87932543381587,0.24134913236825994
8848082,"1. An image capturing apparatus including a viewfinder, a display, and at least one microphone, the image capturing apparatus comprising: a switching unit configured to switch a display mode for displaying an image on the viewfinder and a display mode for displaying an image on the display; a setting unit configured to set, in response to the display mode for displaying an image on the viewfinder being set, an input level of the at least one microphone to V an input unit configured to input by speech a control command based on the set input level, wherein a value of V",0.04720406530816953,0.09440813061633901
9150484,"1. A process for producing terephthalic acid comprising: providing a p-xylene stream enriched with p-toluic acid and optionally comprising terephthalic acid impurity levels of less than 4.5 weight percent; introducing the p-xylene stream into an oxidation reactor; and in the oxidation reactor, contacting the p-xylene stream enriched with p-toluic acid, a solvent comprising an ionic liquid, a bromine source, a catalyst, and an oxidizing agent to produce a product comprising terephthalic acid.",0.8231208079798731,0.35375838404025384
9401127,"1. An anti-saturation method for image data, adapted to an image processing device to perform an image processing, comprising: analyzing, by a global gain generator, one of a plurality of image frames to obtain an original conversion relationship curve of the image frame, and the original conversion relationship curve representing a gain processing of a plurality of grayscale values of the image frame commonly according to an original gain value, wherein the original gain value is greater than 1; obtaining a default conversion relationship curve by a conversion relationship generator coupled to the global gain generator, wherein the default conversion relationship curve is commonly used for performing an anti-saturation processing on image data of the image frames; combining, by the conversion relationship generator, the default conversion relationship curve and the original conversion relationship curve to perform the anti-saturation processing on the image frame, so as to obtain an adjusted conversion relationship curve; and performing a gain processing on the image data of the image frame according to the adjusted conversion relationship curve by a conversion circuit coupled to the conversion relationship generator.",0.05665989886391406,0.11331979772782808
9543858,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, including a main region and a sense region; unit cells provided in the main region and in the sense region of the semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type, each of the unit cells having a metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistor, the number of the unit cells in the sense region being smaller than the number of the unit cells in the main region, the metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistors being connected in parallel connection in each of the main region and the sense region; a gate pad on a principal face side of the semiconductor substrate; a first source pad and second source pad insulated from each other; and a drain pad on a back side of the semiconductor substrate, each metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistor including a first silicon carbide semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type located on the principal face of the semiconductor substrate, a body region of a second conductivity type in contact with the first silicon carbide semiconductor layer, a source region of the first conductivity type in contact with the body region, a second silicon carbide semiconductor layer on the first silicon carbide semiconductor layer and in contact with at least a portion of the body region and at least a portion of the source region, a gate insulating film on the second silicon carbide semiconductor layer, a gate electrode on the gate insulating film, a source electrode in contact with the source region, and a drain electrode on the back side of the semiconductor substrate, wherein: given that Vds is a potential of the drain electrode relative to a potential of the source electrode, Vgs is a potential of the gate electrode relative to the potential of the source electrode, and Vth is a gate threshold voltage of the metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistor, when Vds is positive, the metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistor allows a current to flow from the drain electrode to the source electrode if Vgs is equal to or greater than Vth, when Vds is negative, the metal-insulator-semiconductor field effect transistor functions as a diode to allow a current to flow from the source electrode to the drain electrode if Vas is less than Vth; an absolute value of an onset voltage of the diode is smaller than an absolute value of an onset voltage of a body diode which is constituted by the body region and the first silicon carbide semiconductor layer; the gate electrode of each of the unit cells in the main region and the gate electrode of each of the unit cells in the sense region are electrically connected to the gate pad; the drain electrode of each of the unit cells in the main region and the drain electrode of each of the unit cells in the sense region are electrically connected to the drain pad; the source electrode of each of the unit cells in the main region is electrically connected to the first source pad; the source electrode of each of the unit cells in the sense region is electrically connected to the second source pad; and at least a part of the second silicon carbide semiconductor layer comprises a first layer of the first conductivity type.",0.2578694992287405,0.515738998457481
8693610,"1. A computer implemented method of determining whether to approve a work permit in a nuclear power plant, comprising: receiving an electronic permit request for a permit to perform work in an area of the plant; determining a quantitative fire risk value associated with the work identified in the permit request; comparing the determined fire risk value to a predetermined quantitative threshold fire risk value associated with the area in which the work will be performed; and generating automatic electronic authorization for the permit if the determined fire risk value does not exceed the threshold fire risk value.",0.6811954560165402,0.6376090879669196
8821711,"1. A method of recycling coated substrates, comprising: subjecting a substrate comprising a thin film to an oxidation in an oxygen containing environment to produced an oxidized thin film; subjecting the oxidized thin film to an alkaline leach to produce a solid containing cadmium and a solution containing tellurium; and recovering tellurium from the solution containing tellurium.",0.8095045002716673,0.38099099945666537
8503143,"1. A battery state monitoring circuit, comprising: a first reference voltage circuit; a first voltage comparator circuit for comparing a reference voltage of the first reference voltage circuit and a voltage at an overcurrent detection terminal; a power supply voltage detection circuit which is provided between two power supply voltage terminals, for detecting an abrupt decrease in a power supply voltage; a first PMOS transistor including a gate connected to an output terminal of the first voltage comparator circuit; a second PMOS transistor including a gate connected to an output terminal of the power supply voltage detection circuit; a first delay circuit which is connected to a drain of the first PMOS transistor; a second delay circuit which is connected to a drain of the second PMOS transistor; and a control circuit which is connected to an output terminal of the first delay circuit and an output terminal of the second delay circuit.",0.9268244014782363,0.1463511970435274
8730492,"1. A printing apparatus to perform a printing operation by driving hardware provided thereto according to a printing command received from a user, comprising: a firmware unit to store function information of a plurality of models of the printing apparatus, supported by a common firmware, of the printing apparatus, and control the printing apparatus to selectively perform the function of one of the plurality of models which corresponds to a model index designated by a manufacturer using the common firmware as the printing apparatus is initialized, wherein the common firmware is a multi-model firmware that can be used in the plurality of models of the printing apparatus and is downloaded previously in the printing apparatus, and wherein the firmware unit comprises a storage unit to store the function information of the plurality of models therein, and a model index processing unit to store a model index designation command received from outside the firmware unit, extract from the storage unit the function information which corresponds to the model index designated by the model index designation command upon the initialization of the printing apparatus, and output the extracted function information.",0.293134642716538,0.586269285433076
8736202,"1. A drive control circuit of a linear vibration motor, having a stator and a vibrator at least one of which is constituted by an electromagnet, which vibrates the vibrator relative to the stator by supplying a drive current to a coil of the electromagnet, the drive control circuit comprising: a drive signal generating unit configured to generate a drive signal used to alternately deliver a positive current and a negative current to the coil; a driver unit configured to generate the drive current in response to the drive signal generated by said drive signal generating unit so as to supply the drive current to the coil; an induced voltage detector configured to detect an induced voltage occurring in the coil; and a comparator configured to compare the induced voltage detected by said induced voltage detector with a reference voltage used to detect a zero cross of the induced voltage, wherein after a running of the linear vibration motor has terminated, said drive signal generating unit generates a drive signal whose phase is opposite to that of the drive signal generated during the vibration motor running, said drive signal of the opposite phase including a high impedance period during which said driver unit is controlled to a high impedance state, wherein said induced voltage detector detects the induced voltage occurring in the coil during the high impedance period, wherein said comparator has a function as a hysteresis comparator in which an output level does not vary in a predetermined dead band, and said comparator outputs a high-level signal or a low-level signal during the high impedance period, and wherein when an in-phase signal is consecutively outputted from said comparator during the consecutive high-impedance periods, said drive signal generating unit determines that the linear vibration motor has come to a stop.",0.4344565265287383,0.8689130530574766
9048303,"1. A Group III-nitride-based enhancement mode transistor, comprising a heterojunction fin structure, wherein side faces and a top face of the heterojunction fin structure are covered by a p-type Group III-nitride layer.",0.8051699855961498,0.38966002880770034
8590523,"1. A truing and dressing machine comprising: a base plate having an X axis and a Y axis passing through a primary pivot; an abrasive wheel spindle supported for rotation in an abrasive wheel spindle housing, the abrasive wheel spindle housing attached to the base plate, and the abrasive wheel spindle operably connected to an abrasive wheel drive for rotation; a truing wheel assembly rotatably connected to the base plate for rotation about the primary pivot located in the base plate; the truing wheel assembly including a bottom support swivel plate, an infeed slide swivel attached to the bottom support swivel plate, an infeed slide attached to the infeed slide swivel, a reciprocation slide attached to the infeed slide, a truing wheel swivel attached to the infeed slide, a truing wheel spindle housing attached to the truing wheel swivel, a truing wheel spindle supported for rotation in the truing wheel spindle housing, and the truing wheel spindle operably connected to a truing wheel drive for rotation.",0.024625136388295128,0.04925027277659022
9303438,"1. A hinge assembly for moving a window sash relative to a window frame, the hinge assembly comprising: a track; a slider engaging the track and translatable along the track; a first link pivotably coupled to the track; a second link pivotably coupled to the slider; a third link pivotably coupled to the first and second links; and a stop member engaging the track and configured to limit translational motion of the slider, the stop member being movable between a plurality of positions, each of the plurality of positions corresponding to one of a plurality of ranges of translational motion of the slider; and wherein the stop member includes first and second ends, the first end is disposed between the slider and a pin pivotably coupling the first link to the track, the second end is disposed on an opposite side of the pin from the first end.",0.11701475359685479,0.23402950719370952
9173893,"1. A compound of Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein: R each R′ is independently H, a C W is, independently, N, CH, CF, CCN, CC≡CH, or CC(O)N(R′) Sugar is ribose or modified ribose of the general formula (II): wherein: Y is O or S; Z is selected from the group consisting of CL A is O, S, CH R wherein for formula (I) where sugar is formula (II), when A is O, and R wherein for formula (I) where sugar is formula (II), when A is O or S R R is independently a C R R (a) OR R R (b)  where R p is 0 to 2; r is 1 to 6; n is 4 or 5; m is 0 to 3; R R (c) an O attached lipid, an N or O attached peptide, an O attached cholesterol, or an O attached phytosterol; (d) R  where W a) when there are two heteroatoms and one is O, then the other can not be O or S, and b) when there are two heteroatoms and one is S, then the other can not be O or S; R R R (e)  where R f) R  where R (i) independently selected from the group consisting of H, C (ii) R p is 0 to 2; r is 1 to 6; m is 0 to 3, Q Q R R alternatively Sugar is a modified ribose of the general formula (III): wherein: A, R wherein for formula (I) where sugar is formula (III), when A is O or S R R is independently a C alternatively Sugar is a dioxolane or an oxathiolane of the general formulas (IV), (V), (VI), and (VII): wherein: alternatively Sugar is a phosphonylmethoxyalkyl of the general formula (VIII): wherein: R R alternatively Sugar is of the general formulas (IX) or (X): wherein: R Y R is independently a C R R alternatively Sugar is a modified ribose of the general formulas (XI): wherein: R R R R is independently a C wherein the compounds can be in the form of the β-L- or β-D-configuration, or a mixture thereof.",0.5578001235696288,0.8843997528607423
8397680,"1. An engine system, which comprises: first and second hydrogen supply devices for producing hydrogen rich gas from a medium which chemically repeats storage and release of hydrogen, and drives an engine by using hydrogen rich gas produced in the first and second hydrogen supply devices for fuel; a waste heat supply device for supplying waste heat from the engine to the first and second hydrogen supply devices; a generator which generates electricity by using power from the engine; an energy storage device for storing electric power produced by the generator; a motor for converting electric power supplied from the energy storage device into mechanical power; and a combustor installed in an exhaust pipe of the engine, the combustor burning the hydrogen rich gas produced by the medium or the first hydrogen supply device, wherein the first hydrogen supply device is provided on the upstream side of the exhaust pipe with respect to a position where the combustor is installed, the second hydrogen supply device is provided on the downstream side of the exhaust pipe with respect to a position where the combustor is installed, and heat from the combustor is supplied to at least the second hydrogen supply device.",0.9891530504059683,0.021693899188063304
8551289,"1. A plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma processing on a substrate to be processed by generating an inductively coupled plasma of a processing gas in a depressurized processing chamber, the plasma processing apparatus comprising: a mounting table, provided in the processing chamber, for mounting thereon the substrate to be processed; a gas supply unit for introducing the processing gas into the processing chamber; a gas exhaust unit for depressurizing the inside of the processing chamber; a planar high frequency antenna disposed opposite to the susceptor with a plate-shaped dielectric member therebetween; and a shield member covering the high frequency antenna, wherein the high frequency antenna includes an inner antenna element provided at a central portion of a region above the plate-shaped dielectric member and an outer antenna element provided at an edge portion of the region above the plate-shaped dielectric member to surround a periphery of the inner antenna element, wherein two ends of each of the antenna elements are open ends and the antenna elements are grounded at central points thereof or points close thereto to resonate at ½ wavelengths of high frequencies from individual high frequency power supplies, wherein the shield member includes: a cylindrical inner shield wall disposed between the antenna elements to surround the inner antenna element; a cylindrical outer shield wall disposed to surround the outer antenna element; an inner shield plate disposed above the inner antenna element to cover an opening of the inner shield wall; and an outer shield plate disposed above the outer antenna element to cover an opening between the inner and the outer shield wall, and wherein the shield plates are provided with shield height adjusting mechanisms for independently adjusting distances between the shield plates and the antenna elements, respectively.",0.1887934930068653,0.37758698601373064
9778260,"1. A process for detecting an NS1 protein of a dengue virus, comprising: contacting a blood sample from an individual with a ligand immobilized on a solid support that is specific for SEQ ID NO: 1 to capture NS1 protein if present in the blood sample; and detecting whether the NS1 protein has been captured with mass spectrometry.",0.45351656027507214,0.9070331205501443
9688931,"1. An engineered fuel feed stock comprising: a carbon content of between about 30 wt. % and about 40 wt. %, and a hydrogen content of between about 3 wt. % and about 10 wt. %, wherein the engineered fuel feed stock contains biodegradable waste and non-biodegradable waste and substantially no glass, metals, grit, and noncombustible waste; and is produced by a process comprising: a) receiving a plurality of MSW waste feeds; b) inventorying the components of the plurality of MSW waste feeds of step a) based on the chemical molecular characteristics of the components; c) comparing the chemical molecular characteristics of the components of the plurality of MSW waste feeds inventoried in step b) with the chemical molecular characteristics of the engineered fuel feed stock; and d) optionally adding additional components which contain chemical molecular characteristics, whose sum together with the inventoried components of step b) equal the chemical molecular characteristics of the engineered fuel feed stock.",0.9805971267855631,0.0388057464288738
8906404,"1. A 3-dimensional porous polymeric structure comprising a porous polymer structure, wherein the pores are formed by moulding the polymer structure around an array of particles, the particles optionally remaining within the pores of the polymer, and wherein the porous polymeric structure has a pore size range from between 10 to 1000% of the average pore size, wherein the porous polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyacrylamide, polyacrylic acid, polystyrene-divinylbenzene, silica, polystyrene, polydimethylacrylamide, polymethylmethacrylate, polyacrylate, polyurea, polyacryloylmorpholine, plyvinylalcohol, polybetahydroxy ester and polyacrylonitrile, polyalkylene glycol and polyHIPE.",0.5419672419556039,0.9160655160887923
8474441,"1. An automobile fuel pretreatment device, comprising: an instantaneous constant-temperature heating device, which comprises: a magnetization combustion-enhancing device, which comprises at least one permanent magnet that is located adjacent to an outside surface of the fuel tube to induce magnetization on the fuel flowing through the fuel tube.",0.67296684634731,0.6540663073053801
8742773,"1. A method of determining capacitance of an electrochemical biosensor test cell of a test strip having two electrodes disposed in the electrochemical test cell and coupled to a microcontroller via respective strip connectors, the method comprising: depositing a fluid sample in the electrochemical test cell; applying an oscillating signal of a predetermined frequency to the electrochemical test cell; determining a phase angle between an output signal and the oscillating signal from the electrochemical test cell; measuring an amplitude of the output signal from the electrochemical test cell; converting the measured amplitude into a complex impedance of the electrochemical test cell based on the oscillating signal, phase angle and electrical resistance between the test cell and the connectors; and deriving a capacitance of the electrochemical test cell based on the complex impedance and predetermined frequency of the electrochemical test cell.",0.4295068310446722,0.8590136620893444
8921684,"1. A solar cell module in which a solar cell including a transparent electrode film, a photoelectric conversion layer and a back face electrode film is laminated in this order on a light-transmitting insulating substrate, and an insulated lead wire and a back face protective sheet having an opening through which an output lead portion of the lead wire is passed, are sequentially laminated on the back face electrode film of the solar cell, wherein an insulating sheet is disposed between the back face electrode film and the back face protective sheet so as to entirely overlap all edges of the opening of the back face protective sheet, the back face protective sheet and the back face electrode film are bonded together using a resin sheet disposed directly on the back face electrode film, and the insulating sheet is disposed between the lead wire and the back face protective sheet, and the lead wire is fixed onto the resin sheet by a sticky material disposed on an underside of the insulating sheet facing the back face electrode film.",0.9820863729803619,0.03582725403927611
8851839,"1. A wide blade multiple generator wind turbine comprises, a plurality of wide blades; a plurality of blade arms; a torque transferring mechanism; a plurality of generators; a support structure; a yaw rotation mechanism; a main shaft; a wind alignment mechanism; a base structure; a squirrel deflector; a plurality of solar energy capturing surfaces; a shroud; a tech room; said torque transferring mechanism comprises at least one sun gear; said plurality of generators each consists of a bracket, a coupling device, and a planet gear; said support structure consists of a hollow cylinder and a generator support system; said main shaft consists of a front stop and a back stop; said generator support system comprises at least one circular armature; said hollow cylinder being centrally positioned on said support structure; said generator support system being concentrically positioned around said hollow cylinder; each of said plurality of generators being attached to said generator support system by said bracket of each of said plurality of generators; said hollow cylinder being traversed by said main shaft; said torque transferring mechanism being engaged to said planet gear of each of said plurality generators; each of said plurality of generators being engaged to said planet gear with said coupling device; said plurality of generators being covered by said shroud; said shroud being attached to said generator support system; said support structure being rotatably attached atop said base structure with said yaw rotation mechanism; said squirrel deflector being concentrically connected along said base structure; and said tech room being positioned within said base structure.",0.9851727030473358,0.02965459390532832
9205138,"1. A method of stimulating an immune response in a subject, comprising the step of administering to the subject a composition that includes a protein that includes, in sequence, an amino-domain 0 of a flagellin protein, an amino-domain 1 of the flagellin protein, an amino-domain 2 of the flagellin protein, at least a portion of at least one viral antigen, a carboxy-domain 2 of the flagellin protein, a carboxy-domain 1 of the flagellin protein and a carboxy-domain 0 of the flagellin protein, wherein the protein activates Toll-like Receptor 5.",0.41511937535388044,0.8302387507077609
8385054,"1. A support structure for supporting a computer device, the support structure comprising: a clamping frame for clamping a side of the computer device; two clamping members disposed on the clamping frame, at least one of the two clamping members having at least one angle positioning bump; and a support rod disposed at a side of the clamping frame for supporting the clamping frame, the support rod comprising:",0.14560034369731237,0.2912006873946247
8992171,"1. A climate control system for a wind turbine having a nacelle, comprising: a cooling circuit adapted to carry heat generated by a component of the nacelle to outside the nacelle; and an airflow system adapted to receive a warm outflow of coolant from the cooling circuit, across a variable flow control valve, the airflow system supplying clean ambient air to the nacelle at a predetermined relative humidity, wherein the variable flow control valve regulates a flow rate of the coolant through the airflow system to adjust the relative humidity of the air entering the nacelle.",0.9849097495600351,0.03018050087992985
8628972,"1. A method of identifying infection by a malaria parasite comprising: obtaining a sample of whole blood comprising RBCs from a subject; flowing the sample through a microfluidic device having a channel comprising a contact surface at a flow rate sufficient to produce a shear rate between about 2.1 sec identifying the presence of infected RBCs, wherein RBC's infected with the malaria parasite are at least temporarily trapped on the contact surface and indicate infection and wherein RBC's not infected with the malaria parasite flow past the contact surface and are not trapped on the same.",0.4671249916615875,0.934249983323175
9421867,"1. An electric vehicle having an electric motor and a high-voltage electric storage device for energizing at least the electric motor, comprising: a low-voltage electric storage device for energizing a plurality of auxiliary equipment loads of the electric vehicle including a plurality of general loads and at least one safety load; a step-down device connected between the high-voltage electric storage device and the low-voltage electric storage device for lowering the voltage of the high-voltage electric storage device to supply electric power to the low-voltage electric storage device; the plurality of auxiliary equipment loads connected to a low-voltage terminal of the step-down device and connected parallel to the low-voltage electric storage device; an output current detector for detecting an output current from the step-down device; and a step-down device controller for reducing only the electric power consumed by the plurality of general loads in accordance with predetermined priorities for the plurality of general loads to control the output current from the step-down device so that efficiency of the step-down device which is determined from the output current will become equal to or greater than a prescribed efficiency.",0.9749476995161228,0.050104600967754376
8791789,"1. A method, comprising: capturing, at a hand-held device, an acoustically propagated audio content transmitted by a speaker device, wherein the acoustically propagated audio content comprises inaudible signals with designed characteristics that improve robustness of the inaudible signals against impairments due to acoustic propagation of the audio content; recovering, at the hand-held device, information carried by the inaudible signals from the received audio content; and responsive to the recovered information, providing an electronic coupon to the hand-held device, wherein the electronic coupon is redeemable at a specified retail store, and wherein: the information carried by the inaudible signals includes a timing data, and the electronic coupon is provide only when the timing data included in the inaudible signals is received within a predefined time interval with respect to a locally-generated time data at the hand-held device.",0.08212137507063204,0.1642427501412641
8812573,"1. Circuitry for computing an inverse tangent function of an input, said circuitry comprising: circuitry for determining a relationship of said input to ‘1’ to generate an intermediate value; circuitry for multiplying said intermediate value by upper bits of said intermediate value to form a first product, to add said first product to ‘1’ to form a first sum, and to invert said first sum to form a first intermediate result; circuitry for multiplying lower bits of said intermediate value by said first intermediate result to form a second intermediate result; look-up table circuitry for determining a third intermediate result from said upper bits of said intermediate value; circuitry for adding said second intermediate result and said third intermediate result to form a preliminary result; and circuitry for deriving a final result from said preliminary result based on said relationship of said input to ‘1’.",0.23200817455120445,0.46401634910240896
9167560,"1. A method of transmission in a base station, the method comprising: transmitting first data on a first channel via a first carrier to a first wireless device, the first channel comprising multiple subchannels, wherein the first channel is transmitted in a first cell; transmitting second data on a second channel via a second carrier to the first wireless device, wherein the second channel is transmitted in a second cell, such that the first data and the second data are transmitted in a coordinated manner by aggregating the first channel and the second channel, the first wireless device supporting channel aggregation; transmitting third data on the second channel via the second carrier to a second wireless device, the second wireless device not supporting channel aggregation; and transmitting fourth data on the first channel via the first carrier to a third wireless device, the third wireless device not supporting channel aggregation; wherein each of the first channel and the second channel is formed so that the second wireless device is capable of initiating communication with the base station via the second channel and the third wireless device is capable of initiating communication with the base station via the first channel, wherein the first channel is located in a different band than the second channel, wherein the first channel and the second channel are provided in a set of channels, and wherein each channel in the set of channels can be individually and simultaneously used by wireless devices that do not support channel aggregation and by wireless devices that support channel aggregation.",0.5338962196204105,0.9322075607591791
8697392,"1. A process of producing a fermentation product, comprising the steps of: (a) saccharifying a starch-containing material with an alpha-amylase and a glucoamylase, (b) fermenting with one or more fermenting organisms by adding a carbonic anhydrase before or during fermentation; wherein steps (a) and (b) are performed simultaneously at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature of the starch-containing material.",0.7862832555494131,0.4274334889011737
9042123,"1. A full bridge direct current-direct current (DC-DC) converter to which a current doubler is applicable, comprising: a transformer that reduces a substantially high alternating current (AC) voltage supplied to a primary side thereof and outputs the AC voltage to a secondary side thereof; a switching circuit that converts a transmitted substantially high DC voltage into a substantially high AC voltage and outputs the substantially high AC voltage to the primary side of the transformer; and an output circuit that receives and processes the output of the secondary side of the transformer and supplies the processed output to an electric load, the output circuit including,",0.9377339284996727,0.12453214300065452
9416011,"1. A polymer composite comprising: (a) an organic polymer; and (b) a planar MXene composition comprising at least one layer having first and second surfaces, each layer comprising: a substantially two-dimensional array of crystal cells, each crystal cell having an empirical formula of M wherein M is at least one Group IIIB, IVB, VB, or VIB metal, wherein each X is C, N, or a combination thereof and n=1, 2, or 3; wherein at least one of said surfaces of each layer has surface terminations comprising alkoxide, carboxylate, halide, hydroxide, hydride, oxide, sub-oxide, nitride, sub-nitride, sulfide, thiol, or a combination thereof; wherein the planar MXene composition is distributed within the polymer.",0.6349207545457201,0.7301584909085599
8840937,"1. A mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) recovery composition comprising the following ingredients: vitamin C, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin B-6, folic acid, and vitamin B-12, biotin, magnesium, choline, feverfew extract, L-glutamine, L-tyrosine, acetyl L-carnitine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), dimethylglycine (DMG), ginkgo biloba, para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE), alpha lipoic acid, bromelain, bilberry extract, L-theanine, guarana extract, huperzine A, and turmeric extract, wherein said ingredients are provided in the following amounts per serving:",0.052064634680699586,0.10412926936139921
9565570,"1. A method for planning capacity of a wireless broadband network, comprising: in a network constructed according to a network planning parameter, performing access scheduling on a User Equipment UE in accordance with a type of a service of the UE; acquiring statistics on an indicator of performing access scheduling on the UE; and determining whether the indicator meets a requirement in network capacity planning; and when the indicator meets the requirement, determining a target planning parameter as the network planning parameter; otherwise when the indicator does not meet the requirement, adjusting the network planning parameter until the indicator meets the requirement in network capacity planning, wherein the performing access scheduling on a UE in accordance with a type of a service of the UE comprises: simulating a data flow of the service of the UE in accordance with the type of the service of the UE; allocating a resource for transmitting the data flow of the service of the UE in accordance with a pre-allocated Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio SINR; and scheduling a UE in an access queue in accordance with a service priority of the UE and the allocated resource, wherein the simulating a data flow of the service of the UE in accordance with the type of the service of the UE comprises: randomly determining a time interval for transmitting a real-time service in a Transmission Time Interval TTI, and randomly determining an amount of data transmitted in the time interval; and determining, in accordance with a random distribution, an amount of data transmitted for a non-real-time service in a TTI.",0.6719876878803449,0.6560246242393102
8880865,"1. A system for causing a device to enter an active mode starting from a standby mode, said system comprising: a first sensor for determining whether a first condition relating to a coarse level of interest of a user has been met; a second sensor for determining whether a second condition relating to a more refined level of interest of a user has been met in response to a first signal from the first sensor indicating that the first condition has been met, by measuring a different parameter, or by applying a stricter test to a measurement of the same parameter; and a device for entering an active mode in response to the second sensor determining that the second condition has been met, wherein the active mode is a mode in which the device advertises its presence to the user by making a noise, illuminating a display or flashing lights, wherein the first sensor is additionally configured for determining whether a third condition relating to a third interest level of a user has been met, the third interest level being more refined than the first interest level, by measuring a different parameter, or by applying a stricter test to a measurement of the same parameter, and wherein the device is additionally configured for transitioning from the active mode to a user interaction mode in response to the first sensor determining that the third condition has been met.",0.8816163165639104,0.23676736687217925
8482821,"1. A sensor device comprising: a member that has an aperture facing a target measuring position through which a target to be measured passes; a sensor that is provided in an opposing relation to the target measuring position, and that measures a physical quantity of the target at a sensor surface facing the aperture; and a moving member that reciprocates a movement in a predetermined direction, and includes: a cleaning unit that cleans the sensor surface by contacting the sensor surface while the moving member moves to at least one of an outward movement and a return reciprocal movement; an applying portion that applies to the moving member a force in one direction of the reciprocation movement; and a manipulation portion that is moved by an operator against the force applied by the applying portion in an direction opposite to that of a direction of the force.",0.1706609363151577,0.3413218726303153
9050744,"1. An apparatus for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms into plastics material containers, comprising: a blow-moulding station arranged on a movable conveying device, wherein the blow moulding station includes a blow-mould that forms a cavity in the interior of which plastics material pre-forms are capable of being expanded by being acted upon with a gaseous medium to form the plastics material containers; a stressing device configured to act upon the plastics material pre-forms with the gaseous medium in order to expand them; a clean room which surrounds the blow moulding station at least in part; a stretching unit configured to stretch the plastics material pre-forms along their longitudinal direction, wherein the stretching unit includes:",0.45332536541908475,0.9066507308381695
9677451,"1. An electronic control module for operating an internal combustion engine, wherein the electronic control module is configured to: monitor a first air-fuel equivalence ratio of engine exhaust gases upstream of a NOx trap; and activate a diagnostic routine for the NOx trap when the first air-fuel equivalence ratio is smaller than 1; wherein the diagnostic routine enables the electronic control module to: monitor a second air-fuel equivalence ratio of engine exhaust gases downstream of the NOx trap; use the first and second air-fuel equivalence ratios to calculate an index that is representative of a conversion efficiency of the NOx trap; and identify a failure of the NOx trap when the conversion efficiency index is lower than a predetermined threshold value; wherein the electronic control module is configured to: use the first air-fuel equivalence ratio to calculate a total quantity of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide entering the NOx trap in a given time period; use both the first and second air-fuel equivalence ratios to calculate a total quantity of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide converted in the NOx trap in the same time periods; calculate the conversion efficiency index as a ratio between the total quantity of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide converted in the NOx trap and the total quantity of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide entering the NOx trap; and wherein the electronic control module is configured to stop calculating total quantities of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide entering and being converted in the NOx trap when a breakthrough event occurs, wherein the breakthrough event occurs when following conditions are met temporarily: a value of the first air-fuel equivalence ratio is within a prescribed value range; and a value of the second air-fuel equivalence ratio is less than a second threshold value.",0.9807117117405078,0.038576576518984496
9352923,"1. A web-guiding system for guiding a web of media travelling from upstream to downstream along a transport path in an in-track direction, the web of media having a first side and an opposing second side, comprising: a fixed web-guiding structure having a convex exterior surface, wherein a pattern of air holes are formed through the exterior surface; an air source for providing an air flow through the air holes; and a web-guiding roller located in proximity to the web-guiding structure, the web-guiding roller being rotatable around a roller axis; wherein the web of media travels around the web-guiding roller with the web of media contacting an exterior surface of the web-guiding roller through a wrap angle of less than 5 degrees, wherein the web of media travels around the fixed web-guiding structure through a wrap angle of more than 10 degrees, the air flow through the air holes lifting the web of media away from the web-guiding structure such that the first side of the web of media is substantially not in contact with the web-guiding structure; wherein a distance along the transport path between the web-guiding roller and the fixed web-guiding structure is less than 10% of a cross-track width of the fixed web-guiding structure; and wherein the web-guiding roller has a width in the direction of the roller axis which is less than 20% of a cross-track width of the fixed web-guiding structure.",0.10143032501366739,0.20286065002733478
9056306,"1. A process for selectively removing a first and second acidic gaseous species from an adsorbent which has been contacted with a feed gas comprising at least the first and second gaseous species, the process comprising: (a) subjecting the adsorbent to a first purging gas, the first purging gas not comprising the first acidic gaseous species and comprising the second acidic gaseous species at a partial pressure which is at least the partial pressure of the second gaseous species in the feed gas; (b) subsequently subjecting the adsorbent to a second purging gas, the second purging gas not comprising the first gaseous species and, if comprising the second gaseous species, comprising the second gaseous species at a partial pressure which is lower than the partial pressure of the second gaseous species in the feed gas.",0.7281007462341292,0.5437985075317415
9557874,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a flexible display that is movable between a folded position and an unfolded position; a sensor that detects whether the flexible display is in the folded position or the unfolded position; and processing circuitry that automatically turns on the flexible display when the flexible display moves from the folded position to the unfolded position and that automatically turns off the flexible display when the flexible display moves from the unfolded position to the folded position.",0.6781012066496679,0.6437975867006642
9850349,"1. A room temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition comprising: (A) an alkoxysilyl-ethylene group-terminated organopolysiloxane having in one molecule at least one group represented by the following structural formula (1) wherein R 1 represents an alkyl group that has 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may have one or more substituent groups, and when said alkyl group has 3 or more carbon atoms it may be a cycloalkyl group; R 2 represents a hydrocarbon group that has 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may have one or more substituent groups; a represents an integer of 1 to 3; and n represents an integer of 0 to 10; (B) an organopolysiloxane in an amount of 10 to 250 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of said component (A), and represented by the following general formula (2) wherein R 2 represents a hydrocarbon group that has 1 to 20 carbon atoms and may have one or more substituent groups; and m represents a number at which the organopolysiloxane exhibits a viscosity of 10 to 1,000,000 mPa·s at 25° C.; and (C) a curing catalyst in an amount of 0.001 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of said component (A).",0.505041653988602,0.989916692022796
9687787,"1. A method of energy recovery in a reverse osmosis (RO) unit, comprising: expanding a volume of gauge pressurized brine removed from the RO unit by forward osmosis over a semi permeable membrane from a low salinity solution, to enhance power recovery from the expanded pressurized brine via a pressure exchanger, periodically injecting gauge pressurized low salinity flushing water instead of the gauge pressurized brine to remove concentration polarization from the semi permeable membrane, to enhance a forward osmosis efficiency thereof, and gauge pressurizing seawater feed to the RO unit by the enhanced power recovery via the pressure exchanger.",0.9395016130752478,0.12099677384950436
9481795,"1. A method, comprising: forming a feed material comprising a hydrocarbon resin into a resin melt, wherein the feed material comprises a Tg (DSC method) of from about 30° C. to about 110° C. and a melt viscosity less than 2500 mPa-s (2500 cP), measured at a temperature 60° C. above the softening point; introducing at least one reactant into the resin melt to functionalize the resin; extruding the resin melt through a multiple-orifice die into a water bath flowing across a surface of the die, wherein the water bath is supplied at a temperature below the Tg of the feed material, to form a plurality of resin extrudates; and cutting the resin extrudates adjacent the die surface to form a slurry of resin pellets.",0.5097811929628977,0.9804376140742046
8866334,"1. A method of converting a renewable power plant to a dispatchable power plant, comprising: providing a computer system with a processor; providing at least one intermittently available renewable energy source; providing at least one fully available energy source; providing a DC bus; wherein the at least one intermittently available renewable energy source is associated with an existing power electronics interface that connect the DC bus to a regulated AC power grid, the existing power electronics interface adapted to transform DC voltage to regulated AC voltage; converting power from the at least one intermittently available renewable energy source to DC power on a DC bus; the processor accessing whether the power delivered by the at least one intermittently available renewable energy source will be less than a predetermined amount of power; operating the at least one fully available energy source to supply sufficient DC power to the DC bus to supply an amount of power requested by a regulated AC power grid up to the maximum rated power of the at least one intermittently available renewable energy source; and supplying the power requested by the regulated AC power grid utilizing the existing power electronics interface, wherein the at least one fully available energy source is only associated with the existing power electronics interface as the existing power electronics interface are capable of carrying the maximum rated power of the at least one intermittently available renewable energy source.",0.9921424668760033,0.01571506624799346
9379174,"1. A reconstituted electronic device, comprising a substrate; at least one die disposed within the substrate; at least one piece of functional material disposed within the substrate, separated from the at least one die and having a first surface disposed in a same plane as a first surface of the substrate; at least one metallic redistribution layer formed on the first surface of the at least one piece of functional material and disposed above the first surface of the substrate; a metal coating formed on a second surface of the at least one piece of functional material separated from the at least one piece of functional material; and a metal via formed through the at least one piece of functional material and electrically connected to the metal coating and the at least one metallic redistribution layer.",0.47254233010043356,0.9450846602008671
8515832,"1. A system comprising: at least one processor for executing: a receiving module to receive, over a network at a social shopping platform, a request from a user in a first community of users, the social shopping platform includes a plurality of network-based marketplaces respectively associated with a plurality of communities, the plurality of communities includes the first community of users that is associated with a first network-based marketplace; a processing application to identify the first network-based marketplace from the plurality of network-based marketplaces based on the request, the request for an activity associated with the first network-based marketplace that is used by the first community of users to transact items of a single domain that is of interest to the first community of users; and a reputation module to update a reputation score based on a user reputation score for the user and based upon the activity associated with the first network-based marketplace, the reputation module further to update the user reputation score based on the reputation score.",0.06514499826695494,0.13028999653390994
9435062,"1. A sewing machine system comprising: a sewing machine that forms stitching; a container case provided separately from the sewing machine, and having a plurality of containers partitioned in a grid pattern; a detecting unit configured to detect a type of a thread spool contained in any of the containers and a contained position of the thread spool in the container case in association with each other; a detection result transmitting unit configured to transmit a result of the detection by the detecting unit to the sewing machine; a detection result receiving unit provided for the sewing machine, and configured to receive the detection result from the detection result transmitting unit; and a display unit configured to display, based on the detection result, a type of a thread spool to be required during sewing and a contained position of the thread spool in the container case.",0.033233160064142585,0.06646632012828513
9477293,"1. An embedded controller, applicable to a computer system and configured to execute a plurality of tasks, comprising: a timer module, comprising a plurality of timers, each corresponding to one of the tasks; and a control unit, coupled to the timer module and setting a wake-up period of each of the timers according to each of the tasks; tasks; and a clock generation unit coupled to the timer module, the clock generation unit receiving a first reference clock signal generated by a quartz oscillator and a second reference clock signal simultaneously to generate an operation clock signal, wherein the first reference clock signal and the second reference clock signal are transmitted simultaneously via a low pin count (LPC) bus which connects to the embedded controller and a chipset of the computer system, wherein the control unit controls the embedded controller to transfer to an active mode from an idle mode based on each of the received wake-up signals accordingly and controls the embedded controller to transfer back to the idle mode from the active mode after respectively executing the task corresponding to each of the timers which generates the wake-up signal, wherein the timers determine whether each of the wake-up period has expired according to the operation clock signal.",0.8488843806858072,0.30223123862838563
9606863,"1. A system comprising: a solid state drive (SSD); a fabric communicatively coupled to the SSD to write information to and read information from the SSD, the fabric being further coupled through a plurality of ports to one or more channel controllers, a host, one or more error correcting code (ECC) engines, a volatile memory, and one or more RAID engines, the one or more channel controllers coupled to a the at least one memory array and operable to transfer information from the at least one memory array to the fabric through the one or more channel controllers and one or more of the plurality of ports, the information including data; and a scheduler coupled to the fabric and the memory array and operable to schedule a transfer of information from the at least one memory array to the fabric, wherein the fabric sends a command header through one of the plurality of ports to the one or more channel controllers, the header identifying a location within the at least one memory array from which the information is to be retrieved or a destination to which the information is to be transferred, the header being decoupled from and independent of the information, further wherein, during a read operation, using the header, the information is read from the at least one memory array and appended with a new header by the one or more channel controllers and the information and the appended header are optionally encoded by one of the one or more ECC engines and asynchronously transferred to and through the fabric via the plurality of ports, as directed by the scheduler, and during a write operation, the data, encoded or not, is transferred through at least a portion of the fabric independently of the header before the data and the header are saved in a destination in the at least one memory array, the decoupled information and the header being decoupled from each other are transferred through the fabric independently of one another.",0.6336381768000855,0.732723646399829
9073937,"1. A photoactive composition comprising a cation and an anion, wherein the cation is Janus Green B, Astrazon Orange G, Crystal Violet, Rhodamine B, or Basic Yellow, wherein the anion is a dye-substituted fullerene or graphene, aliphatic sulfate, aliphatic carboxylate, aliphatic phosphonate, oleic acid, linoleic acid, oleate, linoleate, graphene, or protoporphyrin IX or a salt thereof, and wherein the cation and anion form an ion pair, an ionic liquid, are hydrogen bonded, form a complex, or form a cocrystal.",0.5329125827371604,0.9341748345256793
8581288,1. A light-emitting diode comprising: a carrier having a mounting surface; at least one light-emitting diode chip fixed to the mounting surface; and a reflective element comprising porous polytetrafluoroethylene which reflects electromagnetic radiation and is fixed to the carrier at least in selected places in a manner free of bonding agent.,0.6755503826045701,0.6488992347908598
8683114,"1. A memory management system comprising: a read only memory containing code to be executed during the initial boot sequence of the system, a read/write memory organized as a plurality of programmable memory segments, a plurality of segment registers equal in number to a number of programmable memory segments of said read/write memory, each segment register storing an indication of permissions required for access to a corresponding programmable memory segment of said read/write memory, a plurality of requestors operable to originate memory access requests of said read/write memory wherein said requestors may have secure supervisor, non-secure supervisor or user privileges, each memory access request including the security level of said requestor and the memory address to be accessed, an extended memory controller connected to said read/write memory, said segment registers and said plurality of requestors operable to control access to said memory segments, and further operable to",0.11646915017211296,0.2329383003442259
9515554,"1. A power supply comprising: a first connection terminal connectable with a DC power supply to which a first load and a generator are connected in parallel; a second connection terminal connectable with an electric storage which stores regenerative power generated by the generator; a third connection terminal connectable with a second load; a DC-DC converter; a controller which controls an operation of the DC-DC converter; a first power path comprising: one end connected to the first connection terminal; and the other end connected to a first input/output terminal provided in the DC-DC converter; a second power path comprising: one end connected to the second connection terminal; and the other end connected to a second input/output terminal provided in the DC-DC converter; a third power path comprising: one end connected to the third connection terminal; and the other end connected to the second power path; a fourth power path comprising: one end connected to the first power path; and the other end connected to the third power path; a rectifier which is provided on the fourth power path and which makes a current flow from a first power path side to a third power path side; a first switching element provided on the fourth power path; a second switching element provided between a connection point to the third power path on the second power path and the second connection terminal; and a third switching element provided between a connection point to the fourth power path on the third power path and the second power path, wherein the controller controls an on/off operation of each of the switching elements.",0.9033042203498163,0.19339155930036744
8715190,"1. An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, comprising: an ultrasound probe; and a processor having a program stored therein for causing the processor to perform executable units, the units including: a change amount calculating unit configured to calculate an amount of change of a pattern of each of a plurality of local regions among a plurality of ultrasound images generated along a time series based on a reflected wave of an ultrasound wave transmitted by the ultrasound probe, wherein the plurality of local regions are set in each of the plurality of ultrasound images and each of the local regions has a width and is set with a predetermined spacing in a lateral direction; an estimating unit configured to generate a position of a rotation axis of a scanning cross-section in each ultrasound image based on the amount of change of the pattern of each of the plurality of local regions calculated by the change amount calculating unit, wherein the estimating unit is configured to generate a graph in which the amount of change of the pattern of each of the plurality of local regions is plotted, generate, using curve-fitting, an approximate curve from the plotted points of the graph, and estimate the position of the rotation axis based on the generated approximate curve; and a display control unit configured to superimpose the rotation axis estimated by the estimating unit on each ultrasound image and display each ultrasound image on a predetermined display.",0.02954157473066939,0.059083149461338746
9242951,"1. A compound of formula I: in which n represents the number of carbons and n=1-18, and R",0.8012438297197201,0.39751234056055984
9252625,"1. A charging device for charging a battery of a battery-operated electric drive, the charging device comprising: a step-down converter which is connectable to a one- or three-phase AC network and is designed to provide a rectified current at its outputs; an intermediate circuit which is electrically connectable to at least one output of the step-down converter and has at least one inductor for smoothing the current; and a step-up converter which is designed to be electrically connected to the step-down converter at least one input via the intermediate circuit and is electrically connected to the battery at its outputs and which is suitable for converting the voltage provided by the step-down converter and/or the intermediate circuit into an equally high or higher voltage for charging the battery, wherein the step-up converter is formed by the drive converter of the electric drive and the intermediate circuit is formed by an electric motor of the electric drive, the electric motor including at least three coils which are connected to each other in a delta configuration; and during charging of the battery, a first connection of the coil of the electric motor is electrically connected to the step-down converter, and a switch ensures that, during charging of the battery, half of the respective charging current flows on average over time through one of the coils of the electric motor, and, during the operation of the electric motor, the switch electrically connects the same connection of the coil to the step-up converter.",0.912065355690912,0.17586928861817608
9491904,"1. A robotic vehicle comprising: a power module including: a working module configured to perform a function with respect to the defined area responsive to being propelled by the power module, wherein the working module is one of a plurality of interchangeable working modules that are attachable to the power module, wherein at least one of the interchangeable working modules has a different function than the working module, wherein the power module includes a universal frame support extending from a portion of the power module to engage the working module, and wherein the universal support frame includes an attachment joint that is rotatably attachable to the working module, and wherein the attachment joint is disposed at a distal end of the universal support frame, and wherein a releasable coupling engages another portion of the universal support frame to the working module during operation of the working module, and wherein the releasable coupling is released to enable the working module to be pivoted about the attachment joint.",0.6166112103084957,0.7667775793830085
9389671,"1. A power control method for an integrated machine comprising a thin client and a display, said power control method comprising: detecting the current flowing through a port in the thin client connected to a peripheral device using a current detecting resistance, and generating a control signal based on the intensity of the detected current to adjust the power consumption of the display and/or the thin client to maintain no increase in the power consumption of the integrated machine; wherein in case that the power consumption of the integrated machine is maintained no increase by adjusting the power consumption of the display, said generating a control signal comprising: amplifying the voltage drop generated on the current detecting resistance by the current flowing through the peripheral device port to generate an analog light modulation signal to be used by a backlit control unit of the display.",0.9251015738352855,0.14979685232942908
9624670,"1. A roofing shingle comprising: an overlay sheet including a mat and an asphalt coating applied to the mat, and defining a headlap portion and a tab portion; an underlay sheet including a mat and an asphalt coating applied to the mat, the underlay sheet being secured to the overlay sheet such that a region of the underlay sheet overlaps a region of the headlap portion of the overlay sheet; and a reinforcement material secured directly to the asphalt coating on the headlap portion of the overlay sheet without extending into the tab portion to provide a reinforced nail zone along a longitudinal axis of the shingle, with the reinforcement material and the headlap portion provide a nail pull-through value that is greater than an otherwise identical shingle having no such reinforcement material; wherein the reinforcement material extends beyond the overlapping regions of the headlap portion and the underlay, such that a first portion of the reinforcement material is disposed on a dual-layer portion of the shingle and a second portion of the reinforcement material is disposed on a single-layer portion of the shingle.",0.4700112428719852,0.9400224857439704
8465856,"1. A polymer electrolyte-containing solution which is obtained by a process comprising: preparing a first solution by dissolving a perfluorocarbonsulfonic acid resin (component A) having an ion-exchange capacity of 0.5 to 3.0 meq/g in a protic solvent, preparing a second solution, separate from the first solution, by dissolving a polyazole-based compound (component B) and an alkali metal hydroxide in a protic solvent, mixing the first and second solutions to prepare the polymer electrolyte-containing solution in which a weight ratio of the component A to the component B, (A/B), is from 2.3 to 199 and a total weight of the component A and the component B is from 0.5 to 30% by weight on the basis of the solution including the protic solvent, wherein the protic solvent is an aliphatic alcohol.",0.7278240231458583,0.5443519537082835
9514588,"1. A modular vehicle system, for an electric vehicle, having at least: an on-board power supply system for energy supply of an electric drive unit of the vehicle, a control device, an interface connected to the on-board power supply system, and a first locking device arranged at the interface; the system comprising an electrical energy supplying module having: the system further comprising an electrically operable locking drive, arranged at one of the locking devices to move at least one of the locking devices at least from a free position to a locking position; wherein the control device of the electric vehicle and the module control of the module are configured to communicate with each other using the interface in a compatibility mode upon connection of said connecting element of the module with the interface of the electric vehicle to determine an electrical compatibility of the electric vehicle with the module, during the compatibility mode, at least one electric operating parameter comprising at least a voltage or current of the module electric arrangement is compared with at least one electric compatibility parameter comprising at least a voltage or current of the on-board power supply system to determine whether a safe electrical operation of the electric vehicle with the module is possible, and wherein in case that the electric operating parameter corresponds to the electric compatibility parameter, an activation signal is sent to the at least one electrically operable locking drive to move at least one of the locking devices from the free position to the locking position, so as to lock the module with the vehicle.",0.9129303131177287,0.1741393737645427
8430792,"1. A system for preventing the speed of an electrical vehicle from increasing, said system comprising: an electric traction motor that is able to provide regenerative braking to the vehicle; and a controller for controlling the electric traction motor to prevent the speed of the vehicle from increasing, said controller being responsive to a vehicle speed signal and an enable signal, said controller comparing the speed signal to a speed set-point and providing a torque command that causes the traction motor to provide regenerative braking torque to the vehicle to prevent the speed of the vehicle from increasing above the speed set-point.",0.9027520051949202,0.19449598961015968
9215152,"1. A method for monitoring networks using a system comprising a processor and memory, the method comprising: (a) mapping resources of the system to determine an analytic capacity; (b) analyzing fundamentals respective to the analytic capacity to determine a subset of data to be analyzed, wherein the fundamentals are at least partially identifiable by analyzing metadata of network traffic; (c) analyzing the metadata for the fundamentals in the subset to determine a wireless connection to be monitored, further comprising: (d) optimizing the subset for analysis efficiency, further comprising: (e) monitoring the network traffic relating to the fundamentals to be analyzed prior to expiration of a grand reset period; and (f) resetting after the grand reset period has expired.",0.6494237359680294,0.7011525280639412
8673431,"1. An ink set for forming a multilayer comprising: a group of coloring ink compositions which include a yellow ink composition, a magenta ink composition, a cyan ink composition and a black ink composition, and, a clear ink composition, wherein each of the coloring ink compositions contain, the clear ink composition contains a (component A the relation of Formula (1) is satisfied when the content of the radical polymerization initiator in the clear ink composition is X and the content of the radical polymerization initiator included in the magenta ink composition is Y, and in Formula (a-2), R",0.0827730705553438,0.16554614111068755
9568982,"1. A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory includes a program configured to adjust a frequency of a multi-core processor, the operations comprising: inhibiting one or more processor cores from exiting an idle state; determining a number of processor cores requesting exit from the idle state and a number of non-idle processor cores; selecting a maximum frequency for the inhibited and non-idle processor cores based on the number of inhibited processor cores requesting exit from the idle state and the number of non-idle processor cores; setting the maximum frequency for both the inhibited and the non-idle processor cores; and uninhibiting the processor cores requesting exit from the idle state.",0.6346154167361472,0.7307691665277056
8582384,"1. A computer system comprising: a pipelined memory array, the pipelined memory array comprising a plurality of memory banks; a memory control circuit configured to select the number of clock cycles used for a read latency in the pipelined memory array partially based on the read access time information of a memory bank, wherein the read access time information of the memory bank is provided to the memory control circuit through one or more efuse registers.",0.5377652277329427,0.9244695445341147
9625555,"1. A method of shimming a magnetic field, the method comprising: applying radio frequency (RF) signals to an object, using a transceiver coil; acquiring reference phases of magnetic resonance (MR) signals using a set of phantoms; calibrating phase offsets of the MR signals acquired from the object through a set of receiver coils positioned around a concentric ring within the transceiver coil based on the reference phases; and generating RF signals to be applied through the transceiver coil based on MR signals acquired from the object through the transceiver coil and the calibrated MR signals, wherein the phantoms are positioned around the concentric ring and alternate with the receiver coils.",0.059693780153023866,0.11938756030604769
8763639,"1. A controlled valve comprising: a valve body comprising a top end, a bottom end, and a receiving area proximate the bottom end; a sleeve between the top end and the bottom end, wherein the sleeve comprises an inner bore and at least one opening, wherein the inner bore extends from a first end of the sleeve to a second end of the sleeve, and wherein the at least one opening extends through the second end of the sleeve; a valve body base comprising a first end and a second opposite end, wherein the sleeve is attached to the first end of the valve body base, and wherein the second end of the valve body base is configured to receive a first conduit; a spool movably disposed within the inner bore of the sleeve, wherein the spool is configured to be movable in a first direction; and an electromagnetic valve actuator assembly attached to the spool, wherein the electromagnetic valve actuator assembly is inside the valve body and proximate the top end of the valve body; wherein the valve is configured to receive a second conduit at the receiving area, wherein the valve is configured to provide for fluid communication through the at least one opening, wherein the spool is configured to be movable over at least a portion of the at least one opening to regulate fluid flow therethrough, and wherein the valve is configured to provide a fluid flow at the bottom end of the valve body that is substantially parallel to the first direction.",0.7372748595146547,0.5254502809706907
8506376,"1. A system, comprising: multiple video displays associated with an electronic table game, each video display for a participant playing at the electronic table game, the multiple video displays controllable to provide changeable display images assigned to the participants; a processor to perform at least the following functions: a card reader configured to identify real playing cards used with the electronic table game and create card identity information for the processor.",0.0409967368187893,0.08199347363757858
9494129,"1. A multiple oscillation-type generator for converting flow energy of a fluid into electric power, the multiple oscillation-type generator comprising: a first reciprocating member arranged inside a fluid and configured to make a first ascending movement or a first descending movement within the fluid by a flow of the fluid; a second reciprocating member arranged inside the fluid and configured to make a second ascending movement or a second descending movement by the flow of the fluid, the first and second reciprocating members being spaced apart from each other; a first conversion unit connected to the first reciprocating member and configured to convert the first ascending movement or the first descending movement into a first rotational movement; a second conversion unit connected to the second reciprocating member and configured to convert the second ascending movement or the second descending movement into a second rotational movement; a main power shaft rotatably connected to the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit and configured to rotate by the first rotational movement or the second rotational movement; and a generation unit connected to the main power shaft and configured to produce electric power using the first rotational movement or the second rotational movement, wherein the first conversion unit comprises: a first conversion module configured to convert the first ascending movement and the first descending movement of the first reciprocating member into first bidirectional rotational movements, wherein the first conversion module comprises: a swing member having one end coupled to the first reciprocating member; and a first rotation member coupled to the other end of the swing member and configured to make the first bidirectional rotational movements by the first ascending movement and the first descending movement of the first reciprocating member; wherein the swing member and the first rotation member are arranged inside the fluid; and wherein the first reciprocating member has a wing shape having a streamline cross-section and an inclination angle, and the inclination angle is configured to be adjusted to cause the first ascending movement or the first descending movement.",0.9332414914561158,0.13351701708776842
9120055,"1. A method for controlling, reducing or preventing mercury emission or re-emission levels in a cleaned combustion flue gas comprises: supplying a combustion flue gas to a WFGD system for direct contact with an aqueous alkaline slurry for removal of contaminants from the flue gas to produce a cleaned flue gas; measuring a dissolved mercury species concentration or mercury concentration to obtain a measured concentration value in the WFGD system for comparison to a predetermined concentration value; and adjusting an amount of cyclodextrin additive supplied to the WFGD system to increase or decrease the measured concentration value to reduce levels of mercury emission and/or re-emission in the produced cleaned flue gas.",0.9637078364837149,0.07258432703257012
9409880,1. A compound of the formula: wherein X each of Z X each of R each R R each R R,0.49630409420197885,0.9926081884039577
8851795,"1. A method for installing a cold water pipe offshore ocean thermal energy conversion facility mounted on a floating vessel on the surface of an ocean comprising: lowering a template to a seafloor; inserting a generally vertically-oriented pipe into a receptacle on the template; providing sufficient buoyancy at or near the top of the pipe to maintain the pipe in a generally vertical state; positioning a floating vessel having a cold water sump and a receptacle in fluid communication with the cold water sump configured to engage the upper end of the pipe over the template; raising the template with the inserted pipe from the seafloor until the upper end of the pipe engages the receptacle in the floating vessel; and, locking the pipe in the receptacle on the floating vessel.",0.9192576315106125,0.16148473697877508
9656229,"1. An apparatus for producing acetylene from a feed stream comprising methane comprising: a supersonic reactor for receiving the methane feed stream and heating the methane feed stream to a pyrolysis temperature; a reactor shell of the supersonic reactor for defining a reactor chamber wherein the reaction chamber operates at a temperature from about 1200 to about 4000° C.; a combustion zone of the supersonic reactor for combusting a fuel source to provide a high temperature carrier gas passing through the reactor space at supersonic speeds to heat and accelerate the methane feed stream to a pyrolysis temperature; and the reactor shell comprising a material having a thermal conductivity of between about 300 and about 450 W/m-K for conducting heat from the reactor chamber and having a melting temperature of between about 500 and about 2000° C.; the material being at least copper chrome, or copper chrome zinc, or copper chrome niobium, or copper zirconium or copper silver zirconium; or mixtures thereof.",0.951968108797266,0.09606378240546798
9831875,"1. A circuit, comprising: an output driver comprising: a pull-up device; and a pull-down device; a pre-driver, configured to generate a first signal for the pull-up device and to generate a second signal for the pull-down device; a first feedback circuit configured to increase the slew rate of the first signal in response to a transition in the second signal; and a second feedback circuit configured to increase the slew rate of the second signal in response to a transition in the first signal, wherein each the first and second feedback circuits comprises a first inverting stage and a second inverting stage, wherein: the first feedback circuit is configured to conduct current from the pull-up device in response to the transition in the second signal, and the second feedback circuit is configured to conduct current to the pull-down device in response to the transition in the first signal.",0.3346332573236809,0.6692665146473618
9617619,"1. A hydrometallurgical process for nickel oxide ore, the process comprising: a first step of slurrying a nickel oxide ore to prepare ore slurry; and a second step of adding sulfuric acid to the ore slurry and applying a leaching treatment using high pressure air and high pressure vapor to obtain a leachate containing nickel and cobalt; wherein, in the second step, a ratio of a blown gas made up of high pressure air and high pressure oxygen so as to attain an oxygen is adjusted purity of 21% to 60%, and, while the oxygen purity is maintained, an oxygen blowing amount is adjusted to 200 to 600[Nm",0.847359332186761,0.3052813356264781
8551419,"1. A container comprising: a hydrogen generator generating molecular hydrogen; a catalyst catalyzing a chemical reaction between said hydrogen and oxygen, said hydrogen generator and said catalyst combining to provide an oxygen scavenging capacity; and an indication system indicating when said oxygen scavenging capacity has been reduced; wherein said indication system comprises an oxygen sensitive label adhesive bonding a label to the container, said oxygen sensitive label adhesive becoming less adhered to said container in the presence of oxygen.",0.4735320634091567,0.9470641268183134
8819128,"1. A method for call conferencing in an Internet Protocol (IP) communications network, the method comprising: controlling a conference call with a server within the IP network; detecting an event associated with the conference call, the conference call associated with a plurality of participants within the IP network, generating at the server one or more instant message associated with the detected event the one or more instant messages having Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) format; and communicating the one or more SIP instant messages from the server to one or more of the participants.",0.13296888371507745,0.26593776743015485
8350525,1. A method comprising: using one or more processors to perform at least some portion of the following:,0.6871157221779901,0.6257685556440198
9800672,"1. A computerized method for sharing work between a client session and a server session comprising: a) on a client computer operating the client session: b) on the manager computer: c) on a server computer operating the server session, d) on the manager computer: e) on the backup manager computer: wherein the request message is stored in a request queue of messages comprising a plurality of request messages, and further wherein the request queue of messages is transmitted from the client session to the manager computer, stored on the manager computer, and transmitted from the manager computer to the server session, and wherein the response message is stored in a response queue of messages comprising a plurality of response messages, and further wherein the response queue of messages is transmitted from the server session to the manager computer, stored on the manager computer, and transmitted from the manager computer to the client session.",0.08150202384703935,0.16300404769407872
9450422,"1. A wireless power system comprising: a source resonator and a power supply coupled to the source resonator to provide power to the source resonator, the source resonator having a resonant frequency ω a device resonator and a load coupled to the device resonator to receive power from the device resonator and provide power to the load, the device resonator having a resonant frequency ω wherein the device resonator is configured to be movable relative to the source resonator over a range of distances D between the source resonator and the device resonator, wherein the source resonator and the device resonator are configured to resonantly and wirelessly couple electromagnetic power from the source resonator to the device resonator using non-radiative electromagnetic induction having a coupling coefficient κ, and wherein the intrinsic loss rates satisfy κ/√{square root over (Γ wherein the power provided to the load from the device resonator defines a work drainage rate Γ",0.8121674593015601,0.3756650813968798
9841608,"1. An inner focus lens consisting of sequentially from an object side: a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power; and a third lens group having a negative refractive power, and consisting of, sequentially from the object side: the second lens group is configured to move along an optical axis, whereby focusing from a focus state for an object at infinity to a focus state for a minimum object distance is performed, a lens group configured by a lens other than a lens that is disposed farthest on the object side is moved in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis to shift an image, and the inner focus lens satisfies a conditional expression (1) 0.15≦(1−βp)×βr≦4.50, where βp is transverse magnification of the lens group moved in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis and βr is composite transverse magnification of a lens group disposed farther on an image side than the lens group moved in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis.",0.09182321668550451,0.18364643337100905
8764004,"1. A sheet feeding device comprising: a sheet storing portion including a sheet stacking member that stores sheets and is capable of moving up and down; a nip portion formed by a feed roller and a separation member pressed to the feed roller; a sheet guide portion disposed upstream of the nip portion so as to guide a leading edge of a sheet sent from the sheet storing portion to the nip portion; a manual bypass sheet feeder disposed above the sheet storing portion for enabling to feed a manual bypass sheet; and a manual bypass guide member extending from the manual bypass sheet feeder, which has a leading edge disposed between the sheet guide portion and the nip portion, and is capable of being elastically deformed in up and down direction so as to guide the manual bypass sheet toward the nip portion, wherein as to the sheets in the sheet storing portion, only an uppermost sheet is separated by the nip portion from a plurality of sheets stacked in the sheet stacking member and is sent out by the feed roller to the sheet transport path, a sheet on the manual bypass sheet feeder is guided by the manual bypass guide member to the nip portion and is sent out by the feed roller to the sheet transport path, and when a sheet on the manual bypass sheet feeder is guided by the manual bypass guide member toward the nip portion, a leading edge of the manual bypass guide member is held between the sheet guide portion and the nip portion in a sheet transport direction.",0.12050896653450272,0.24101793306900543
8747172,"1. A water jet propulsion watercraft comprising: a hull including a sealed engine room; an engine installed in the engine room, the engine including a rear surface facing a rear direction of the water jet propulsion watercraft; a jet propulsion unit arranged to be driven by the engine so as to suck in water from around the hull and jet the water; a seat disposed above the engine room; a first exhaust pipe attached to a side of the engine inside the engine room, extending rearward from the side of the engine, and arranged to guide exhaust gas discharged from the engine; an exhaust pipe cooling unit arranged to cool the first exhaust pipe; and a catalyst unit connected to the first exhaust pipe, disposed inside the engine room so as to oppose the rear surface of the engine such that at least a portion of the catalyst unit overlaps with the rear surface of the engine when the engine is viewed from the rear direction of the water jet propulsion watercraft, disposed to extend in a width direction of the hull in a region that opposes the rear surface of the engine, and arranged to promote reaction of components contained in the exhaust gas.",0.9445521090929065,0.11089578181418691
8412904,"1. A method for managing concurrent storage requests in a RAID group, the method comprising: receiving concurrent storage requests for data in storage devices of a storage device set, the concurrent storage requests comprising two storage requests, each concurrent storage request received from a client, the storage device set comprising autonomous storage devices forming a RAID group, the two concurrent storage requests addressing a common portion of data; determining a first storage request and a second storage request from the concurrent storage requests by way of selection criteria; and ensuring completion of the first storage request prior to executing the second storage request by receiving an acknowledgment from each of the storage devices that received portions of the first storage request, the portions sent to the storage devices to execute the first storage request.",0.4131314541040402,0.8262629082080803
9608477,"1. A method of enhancing collection of electrical power in an energy collection system comprising a number of switching stations divided into a number of sets, each set comprising a number of pairs, the method comprising: for each pair of switching stations in a set, the pair comprising a first switching station having a first switching gear board and a second switching station having a second switching gear board:",0.9299579390464419,0.14008412190711628
9660878,"1. A computer program product for facilitating a plurality of heterogeneous hosts to use a range of priority values, the computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions readable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform a method comprising: wherein the at least one other host maps a plurality of workloads performed by the at least one other host to the priority values in the universal priority range; and wherein the network forwarding elements forward the data for the plurality of workloads between the at least one host and the storage devices based on the priority values mapped to the workloads, wherein data with a higher priority value is forwarded before data with a lower priority value, and wherein the priority values mapped to the workloads are stored in a packet header of the data.",0.17861268830779703,0.35722537661559406
8722266,"1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell configured to generate an electric power upon receiving supply of a reactant gas; a controller programmed to perform control for high potential avoidance with an upper limit of an output voltage of the fuel cell as a high potential avoidance voltage lower than an open end voltage thereof, and an accumulator configured to accumulate a part of the electric power generated by the fuel cell; wherein the controller is further programmed to compute as a first system requirement power, the electric power output from the fuel cell when the output voltage of the fuel cell matches the high potential avoidance voltage and to compute a larger system requirement power out of the first system requirement power and a second system requirement power calculated from a load requirement as a system requirement power for the fuel cell; wherein the controller is further programmed to perform a feedback control of the charging/discharging of the accumulator so that the amount of the electric power to be charged into the accumulator matches a target value, wherein, when the charge state of the accumulator has a predetermined value or less, the high potential avoidance control is allowed, and wherein the controller is further programmed to prohibit the feedback control on a condition that the high potential avoidance control is allowed.",0.9753681407055036,0.04926371858899281
9316014,"1. A lever viscoelastic damping wall assembly adapted for damping a relative movement between a first structural member and a second structural member in a first direction, the first and second structural members being spaced apart from each other, said lever viscoelastic damping wall assembly comprising: a first wall adapted to be connected to the first structural member, and formed with at least one pivot hole; a second wall adapted to be connected to the second structural member, and formed with at least one pivot hole, said pivot holes of said first and second walls being spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a viscoelastic damper including wherein, the first and second structural members drive a relative movement between said first and second walls in the first direction due to the relative movement therebetween, so as to pivot said swing rod relative to said first and second walls, and to thereby generate shear deformations of said first and second viscoelastic units to damp the relative movement therebetween; wherein said first wall is adapted to be connected to a lower end of the first structural member, said second wall being adapted to be connected to an upper end of the second structural member; and wherein: each of said first and second walls further has a main wall segment; and each of said first and second viscoelastic units includes",0.26865045505957674,0.5373009101191535
9131053,"1. A method for evaluating a call experience during a real time call in progress, the method comprising: receiving an ongoing call signal; generating a conversational balance data signal that indicates call symmetry of the ongoing call signal, wherein generating the conversational balance data signal comprises: generating a conversational engagement data signal indicating quality of participant activity in the ongoing call signal; generating a voice stress signal; and determining a conversational experience metric based on the conversational balance data signal, the conversational engagement data signal, and the voice stress signal.",0.06917908661378608,0.13835817322757216
8494662,"1. A controller comprising: a storage system; and at least one processor to execute one or more programs stored in the storage system, the one or more programs comprising: a receiving module operable to receive a status value “x” of a plant from a sensor connected to the controller and the plant, a limit capacity value “max” of the actuator, a ratio “ca” of the ideal control signal value to the limit capacity value “max”, and a ratio “i” of the actual control signal value to the limit capacity value “max” inputted by a user; a calculating module operable to calculate an ideal control signal value of the actuator “co” according to the status value “x”, and calculate an actual control signal value of the actuator by a formula of max*tanh(tanh a sending module operable to send a control signal to the actuator according to the actual control signal value, so as to control the actuator to drive the plant to move.",0.8740329954487263,0.2519340091025475
9586496,"1. A propulsion system comprising: an electric drive; a direct current (DC) link comprising a first bus and a second bus coupled to the electric drive; a first DC-DC converter directly coupled to the first bus of the DC link through a first connection; a second DC-DC converter directly coupled to the second bus of the DC link through a second connection and directly coupled the first DC-DC converter through a third connection, independent of the first connection and second connection: a first energy storage device (ESD) coupled to the first DC-DC converter; and a second ESD coupled to the second DC-DC converter.",0.9585015758295898,0.08299684834082033
8451584,"1. A solid state energy storage device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a separator membrane between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first electrolyte in contact with the first electrode and the separator membrane, the first electrolyte comprising dissociated salt ions, a mediator and a substantially solid solvent, the mediator of the first electrolyte being comprised of a reduced species of a molecule and an oxidized species of the molecule in a ratio of ten reduced molecules to one oxidized molecule; and a second electrolyte in contact with the second electrode and the separator membrane, the second electrolyte comprising dissociated salt ions, a mediator and a substantially solid solvent, the mediator of the second electrolyte being comprised of a reduced species of a molecule and an oxidized species of the molecule in a ratio of one reduced molecule to ten oxidized molecules; wherein the separator membrane is non-conductive, permeable to the dissociated salt ions and impermeable to the mediator.",0.8163216156012504,0.36735676879749923
9643860,"1. A method of desalinating water, the method comprising the steps of: pumping feed water into a desalination tank from a feed water tank; adding a hydrate former to said feed water in said desalination tank so as to form gas hydrates and concentrated saline water in said desalination tank; discharging said concentrated saline water from a bottom outlet of said desalination tank to at least one of a group consisting of said feed water tank so as to add to said feed water and a saline water tank so as to form a saline water in said saline water tank; washing said gas hydrates with a wash water so as to remove surface salt and so as to form washed gas hydrates; dissociating said washed gas hydrates so as to form desalinated water and re-formed hydrate former; wherein the steps of adding said hydrate former, discharging said concentrated saline water, washing said gas hydrates, and dissociating said washed gas hydrates are carried out in said desalination tank, and wherein said desalinated water is formed in a batch mode, and wherein the step of adding said hydrate former comprises: transferring said hydrate former from a storage tank to said desalination tank; and transferring said re-formed hydrate former to said storage tank from said desalination tank according to a pressure differential between said storage tank and said desalination tank, wherein said hydrate former is selected from at least one of a group consisting of C.sub.1-C.sub.5 hydrocarbons, CO.sub.2, O.sub.2, H.sub.2, N.sub.2, H.sub.2S, freon and inert gases.",0.8007416130185389,0.3985167739629223
9284061,"1. An apparatus comprising: a flying boom having a first end adapted to couple to a refueling tanker and a second end opposite the first end along a length of the flying boom, the flying boom including: a first channel disposed within the flying boom from the first end to the second end; a refueling tube within the first channel that is adapted to extend from the second end to refuel receptacle-equipped aircraft; a second channel disposed within the flying boom from the first end to the second end; and a retractable hose and drogue assembly within the second channel that is adapted to extend from the first end to the second end to refuel probe-equipped aircraft.",0.48348165454584835,0.9669633090916967
8826439,"1. A computer-implemented method for detecting malware, comprising: extracting a machine language instruction sequence from a computer file of unknown classification, wherein the machine language instruction sequence comprises opcodes of different length and associated operand values; encoding the opcodes in the machine language instruction sequence into a standardized opcode sequence, the standardized opcode sequence including the opcodes without the associated operand values, wherein the opcodes in the standardized opcode sequence have a uniform length; generating a static feature for the computer file based on the standardized opcode sequence, wherein the static feature comprises a vector describing the standardized opcode sequence; and classifying the computer file as malware based at least in part on the static feature, wherein the classifying comprises:",0.07321064568575483,0.14642129137150972
9175314,"1. A process for anaerobic digestion of moisture containing organic matter, the process comprising the steps of hydrolysis, acidogenesis, and methanogenesis, wherein the hydrolysis step comprises supercritical treatment of the organic matter having a moisture content of greater than 70%, in a first supercritical reactor by elevation of the organic matter to a temperature of at least 374° C. and a pressure of at least 221 bar for a supercritical residence time in the range of 60 s to 180 s, wherein an oxidant is introduced at a sub-stoichiometric level for the supercritical treatment, and wherein the supercritical treatment provides an effluent and said effluent is delivered to a venting vessel from which gases are recovered, and at least some of said effluent is delivered to said acidogenesis step.",0.9698890603784729,0.06022187924305422
8702974,"1. A process for desulphurising hydrocarbons comprising the steps of; (i) passing a mixture of hydrocarbon and hydrogen over a hydrodesulphurisation catalyst to convert organosulphur compounds present in said hydrocarbon to hydrogen sulphide, (ii) passing the resulting mixture over a hydrogen sulphide sorbent comprising zinc oxide to reduce the hydrogen sulphide content of the mixture, and (iii) passing the hydrogen sulphide-depleted gas mixture over a further desulphurisation material, wherein the further desulphurisation material comprises a shaped mixture of one or more particulate nickel compounds and a particulate zinc oxide support material, said desulphurisation material having a nickel content in the range 0.3 to 20% by weight, and wherein the particulate nickel compounds are neither impregnated on nor in the form of a co-precipitate with the particulate zinc oxide support material.",0.8284666773287269,0.34306664534254616
8761865,"1. A device for analysis of tissue cell characteristics in a living body, said device comprising: (a) a light source; (b) a stylet comprising an integral core of an optical fiber sensor enveloped in a tubular metallic jacket, wherein an unclad area of said sensor and a jacket window adjacent to said unclad area are proximate to the distal end of the stylet, thereby constituting a laterally facing optical sensing area along an outer surface of said stylet, wherein said stylet is configured at a proximate end to receive light from the light source and to transmit the light from the distal end into tissue at or around the sensing area, (c) a light analyzer configured to measure one or more qualities of light received from tissue at or around the laterally facing optical sensing area; (d) a data processor configured to receive signals about the qualities of the light from the light analyzer, to compare said signals with signals characteristic of healthy tissue, and thereby to determine whether tissue at or around the sensing area has optical properties characteristic of cancerous cells; (e) a display configured to receive information from the data processor and to display in real time whether tissue being analyzed by the device has optical properties characteristic of cancerous cells.",0.0641079016146311,0.12821580322926218
9182928,"1. A method of operating a block-erasable three-dimensional nonvolatile memory formed in a plurality of physical levels of memory cells disposed above a substrate comprising: determining whether a particular write operation is a burst write and selecting a write mode accordingly as either a burst write mode or a non-burst write mode prior to storing data of the write operation in the block-erasable three-dimensional nonvolatile memory; in the non-burst write mode, storing data in first Multi Level Cell (MLC) update blocks as both lower page data and upper page data along word lines of the first MLC update blocks without previously storing the data in the block-erasable three-dimensional nonvolatile memory; in the burst write mode, storing burst data in second MLC update blocks as only lower page data along word lines of the second MLC update blocks; and subsequently, after the burst write mode ends, filling upper pages of the second MLC update blocks with previously written data that is copied from elsewhere in the block-erasable three-dimensional nonvolatile memory array while the burst data remains in the second MLC blocks.",0.38318241348401555,0.7663648269680311
9133343,1. A kit comprising the compounds S25 and TOL-3.,0.7583625809669489,0.4832748380661023
9386600,"1. A method for coordinating in device coexistence (IDC) interference by a user equipment, the method comprising: triggering a first coordination of IDC interference on reception through a first frequency of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequency band; transmitting, to an eNodeB (eNB), first assistance information for the first coordination, the first assistance information comprising information of the first frequency; retriggering a second coordination of IDC interference after the first coordination is triggered, the second coordination being based on a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) technique when a change of the first assistance information occurs; transmitting, to the eNB, second assistance information for the second coordination; and receiving, from the eNB, a response responsive to the second assistance information, wherein the second assistance information comprises a bitmap for indicating an unusable subframe irrespective of uplink and downlink, wherein a subframe is a usable subframe if a value of the bitmap corresponding to the subframe indicates ‘1’, and the subframe is an unusable subframe if the value of the bitmap corresponding to the subframe indicates ‘0’, and wherein the response comprises information indicating whether the second assistance information is accepted or rejected.",0.39726202136167493,0.7945240427233499
8578651,"1. An apparatus comprising: a support structure configured to be oriented vertically with respect to the ground; and a plurality of connecting means extending inward from the support structure and configured to hold a stretchable grow media within the support structure in the vertical orientation, wherein the grow media comprises:",0.2577054436350737,0.5154108872701474
9441503,"1. A waste heat recovery system comprising: a Rankine cycle including: a power transmission mechanism including a belt, a pump pulley, and a crank pulley, that transmits the power regenerated by the expander to the engine; and an engine controller, wherein: the power transmission mechanism further includes an expander clutch to disconnect and connect the power being transmitted from the expander to the engine, the expander includes a rotational speed sensor that detects a rotational speed of the expander, and the engine controller, when the expander clutch is disconnected, determines an increase in friction of the expander based on an increase in the rotational speed of the expander being detected by the rotational speed sensor.",0.9718837636786296,0.05623247264274078
9276801,"1. A switching module comprising: an intra-vehicular network fabric interface for interface to an intra-vehicular network fabric contained within a vehicle; a switching circuit communicatively coupled to a plurality of local intra-vehicular network ports; memory configured to store intra-vehicular network information, the intra-vehicular network information including packet content type information and intra-vehicular network topology information; a first bypass module configured to receive and transmit packets via the intra-vehicular network fabric interface; a second bypass module configured to receive and transmit packets via one of the plurality of intra-vehicular network ports; a processing module coupled to the memory, the intra-vehicular network fabric interface and the switching circuit, the processing module to:",0.7576445102642337,0.4847109794715325
8763540,"1. A method for injecting a reducing agent for reduction of nitrogen oxides into a boiler of a waste incineration plant, using a gaseous propellant, the reducing agent being conducted, starting from at least one distributor, via lines which branch off from the distributor, in each case to a nozzle which is assigned to a respective line and by which the reducing agent and the propellant are injected into the boiler, and a quantity of the reducing agent to be conducted to a respective nozzle being set individually for each nozzle in the distributor, wherein the boiler is subdivided into multiple boiler sectors, in which the nozzles are arranged in a plurality of horizontal nozzle planes, and to each boiler sector at least one separate distributor is assigned, and the reducing agent and the propellant are combined upstream of a branch-off from the respective line, wherein the quantity of the reducing agent to be conducted to the respective nozzle is regulated as a function of a temperature profile in the boiler, wherein a first propellant quantity is set for the nozzles acted upon by the reducing agent, and a second propellant quantity that is less than the first propellant quantity is set for the nozzles not acted upon by the reducing agent, and wherein, in the nozzles acted upon by the reducing agent, a nozzle admission pressure of approximately 1 to 5 bar is set.",0.9586922145914147,0.08261557081717052
8604343,"1. An electrical device for providing electrical power between the interior and exterior sides of an opening in a building which comprises: a flattened portion comprising a plurality of flattened electrical conductors having rectangular cross-sectional shapes; a first length of electrical cord having a plurality of electrical conductors coupled to one end of the flattened portion with the plurality of electrical conductors of the first length of coupled to the plurality of electrical conductors of the flattened portion; a male electrical outlet plug on a free end of the first length of electrical cord with the plurality of electrical conductors of the first length of electrical cord coupled to the male electrical outlet plug; a second length of electrical cord having a plurality of electrical conductors coupled to another end of the flattened portion with the plurality of electrical conductors of the second length of electrical cord coupled to the plurality of electrical conductors of the flattened portion; and at least one female electrical outlet coupled to a free end of the second length of electrical cord with the electrical conductors of the second length of electrical cord coupled to the at least one female electrical outlet, wherein the flattened portion and the plurality of electrical conductors of the flattened portion having the rectangular cross-section are sufficiently flat to extend between a jamb/sill and sash of a fully closed window.",0.588466562380972,0.8230668752380561
9747823,"1. A system for mounting an electronic multimedia device to a poster board, the system comprising: a tri-fold poster board having a front face, a rear face, a top and a bottom; a plurality of score lines in the poster board dividing the poster board into three panels; a mount attached to the front face of the poster board, the mount including an upper portion including a groove for receiving at least a portion of an edge of an electronic multimedia device, and a lower portion including a groove for receiving at least a portion of an opposite edge of the electronic multimedia device, wherein the electronic multimedia device is removable from the mount; a bottom support extending past the front and rear faces of the poster board, the bottom support having a channel which receives a bottom end of at least one of the score lines, the bottom support being sized and shaped to stabilize the poster board in an upright position; and four identical corner covers each attached to a corner of the poster board to protect the corners from impact damage, wherein the two corner covers attached to the corners at the bottom of the poster board are sized such that, in conjunction with the bottom support, a level plane is maintained for the bottom of the poster board.",0.025482175300749716,0.0509643506014994
8800063,"1. A sock comprising a heel area and a foot area, wherein the heel area comprises a non-linear knitted patterned component having a selective point-by-point increased knitting relative to the foot area; wherein at least one point in the heel area, comprises at least double-knitting at said one point, and is surrounded exclusively by points having only single-knitting.",0.08449911564912234,0.16899823129824465
8531095,"1. A spark plug comprising: a rod shape center electrode; a cylindrical shape insulating body that has an axial hole extending in an axis direction and includes the center electrode at a leading end side of the axial hole; and a cylindrical shape metal shell that surrounds and holds a periphery of the insulating body in a state that a leading end section of the insulating body is extended further than its leading end surface, wherein the insulating body includes: wherein a step section and a leading end side inner periphery section that is positioned at a leading end side of the step section are formed in the inner periphery of the metal shell, wherein the insulating body is fixed at the metal shell in a state that the tapered section is directly or indirectly engaged with respect to the step section, wherein a maximum outer diameter of a portion, which is arranged within the foot section, of the center electrode is 3.0 mm or less, wherein assuming that A (mm",0.4024642090411297,0.8049284180822593
9806672,"1. A method of measuring solar cells, comprising the steps of: applying a voltage or a current to a solar cell, and measuring a current and voltage, respectively, resulting therefrom, and measuring prior to applying the voltage or current and during or after measuring the resulting current and resulting voltage, respectively, a relative distribution of radiation emitted across the solar cell surface area, wherein the voltage (U) or current (I) is applied as at least one pulse with a predeterminable, constant value for a predeterminable period of time, an energy value is calculated from the resulting current (I) and resulting voltage (U), respectively, a first relative distribution of radiation emitted across a solar cell surface area is measured prior to the pulse or each pulse and a second relative distribution of radiation emitted across the solar cell surface area is measured during or after the pulse or each pulse; a difference distribution is generated from the first and second relative distributions and scaled to the calculated energy value; a maximum energy of the entire solar cell, a variance, a standard deviation, a surface area or values above the maximum energy, a posture, a position, a half-width and/or a gradient of local maxima is determined from the scaled difference distribution, and an energy per unit surface area is calculated therefrom; and a resulting maximum operating temperature of the solar cell or a solar cell module comprising the solar cell is determined from the scaled difference distribution.",0.9319015832243642,0.13619683355127155
8510919,"1. A belt buckle comprising: a. a front surface; b. a rear surface; c. a first end operatively configured to fixedly and positionably couple to a belt; d. a second end operatively configured to fixedly couple to a belt; e. a receiving portion provided between the first end and the second end; f. a surface of the belt buckle defining an open area having an inner circumferential edge for receiving an identification tag having a substantially identical outer circumferential edge; g. wherein at least a portion of the open area extends from the front surface to the rear surface of the belt buckle; and h. a flange extending inward from the surface defining the open area toward the center open portion, wherein the flange is operatively configured to maintain the dog tag a prescribed distance from the front surface of the belt buckle; and i. a crossbar substantially adjacent the rear surface, extending from one side of the open area to an opposite side of the open area, and operatively configured to maintain the dog tag within the open area.",0.022532407674123095,0.045064815348246245
9363012,"1. A telecommunications monitoring method, comprising: receiving an incoming optical signal at a downstream termination point, located within an optical multiplexor box, of an optical fiber; splitting, within the optical multiplexor box, the incoming optical signal into a data optical signal and a test optical signal; tapping the data optical signal to produce a tapped optical signal; processing, within the optical multiplexor box, the data optical signal to produce a data electrical signal indicative of data encoded in the incoming optical signal; processing the tapped optical signal to produce an electrical signal indicative of a power of the data optical signal; and performing, by an optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) module within the optical multiplexor box, OTDR monitoring of an optical fiber selected from: an incoming optical fiber associated with the incoming optical signal and an outgoing optical fiber associated with an outgoing optical signal.",0.10789127834797631,0.2157825566959526
9727667,"1. A method for generating a three dimensional building management system, comprising: inputting, into a three dimensional graphics rendering engine, building information modeling data associated with a building; inputting, into the three dimensional graphics rendering engine, real time building management system data associated with the building, wherein the real time building management system data associated with the building includes a current operating state of a number of components of the building that changes over time; and generating, by the three dimensional graphics rendering engine, a three dimensional building management system for the building based on the building information modeling data and the real time building management system data, wherein generating the three dimensional building management system includes:",0.5944338075901584,0.8111323848196832
9219179,"1. A method for forming a photovoltaic element, comprising: disposing a dielectric layer on a back side of a polymer substrate; disposing a metal structure on a device side of the polymer substrate, the device side being opposite of the back side; disposing a CIGS photovoltaic structure on the metal structure; and before the steps of disposing, annealing the polymer substrate.",0.8783585035824181,0.24328299283516386
9423174,"1. A system for removing acid gases from a raw gas stream, comprising: a distillation tower for receiving and then separating the raw gas stream into an overhead methane stream and a bottom liquefied acid gas stream; a first solid adsorbent bed upstream of the distillation tower for at least partially removing a first contaminant from the raw gas stream; and a second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the distillation tower for adsorbing a least some of a second contaminant from the cooled overhead methane stream, wherein the distillation tower is a cryogenic distillation tower, the system further comprising: refrigeration equipment downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower for cooling the overhead methane stream and returning a portion of the overhead methane stream to the cryogenic distillation tower as liquid reflux; wherein the refrigeration equipment generates liquid reflux in a sufficient quantity to remove acid gases from the raw gas stream within the cryogenic distillation tower down to a first selected composition, and delivers the overhead methane stream to the second solid adsorbent bed downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower to remove the remaining acid gases down to a second selected composition.",0.8405077498126795,0.318984500374641
8512865,1. A polycrystalline diamond compact comprising: a substrate comprising a metal catalyst; and a diamond layer on the substrate and comprising:,0.5139080938253937,0.9721838123492126
9025249,"1. A solar light distribution system comprising: a first tubular member extending lengthwise along a central, longitudinal axis (CL one or more solar light concentrators affixed externally to said first tubular member and each one being located proximate to one of the one or more light receiving ports, said light concentrators for receiving solar light waves and directing the light waves through the one or more light receiving ports and into the first light transfer duct; a first turning reflector disposed inside of the first light transfer duct and located proximate to each one of the one or more light receiving ports, each of said first turning reflectors having a reflecting surface for reflecting the light waves from one of the light receiving ports, down the first light transfer duct, to the first light delivery port; and wherein each of said first turning reflectors also includes a deflecting surface that is separate from the reflecting surface for diverting the light waves, introduced through the one or more light receiving ports, away from the first turning reflectors to facilitate a summation of the light waves within the first light transfer duct.",0.8094023983100006,0.3811952033799988
9163922,"1. A three-dimensional (3D) measuring device comprising: an articulated arm coordinate measurement machine (AACMM), the AACMM including a base and a manually positionable arm portion having opposed first and second ends, the arm portion including a plurality of connected arm segments, each arm segment including at least one position transducer for producing a position signal, the first end attached to the base, a camera coupled to the second end, a non-contact 3D measurement device coupled to the second end, the noncontact 3D measurement device having a light source, the noncontact 3D measurement device configured to determine a distance to an object point based at least in part on the speed of light in air, and an electronic circuit which receives the position signal from the at least one position transducer and provides data corresponding to a position of the camera and the non-contact 3D measurement device; and a processor system including at least one of an AACMM processor, an external computer, and a cloud computer configured for remote access, wherein the processor system is responsive to executable instructions which when executed by the processor system is operable to:",0.11880208437744275,0.23760416875488555
8856839,"1. An electronic device comprising: a receiver configured to receive a first on-air content; and a communication module communicatively coupled to the receiver, wherein the communication module is configured to",0.290262173880108,0.580524347760216
9349308,"1. A method for dynamically applying a design across multiple product packages, the method comprising: receiving package input data that identifies a plurality of product packages of different three-dimensional shape and different three-dimensional size and a layout indicating a package position for each of the plurality of differently-shaped and differently-sized product packages; retrieving, in response to and as a function of the received package input data, a package geometry for each of the plurality of product packages; calculating a display field as a function of the package geometries and the layout, the display field comprising: mapping a source image to the display field to generate a field map using a computer-implemented package image generator, such that the field map indicates a first fragment of the source image corresponding to the first visible portion, and a second fragment of the source image corresponding to the second visible portion, wherein the first fragment is different from the second fragment and the two fragments manifest the spatial relationship with respect to the source image; generating, by the computer-implemented package image generator, a first package image comprising the first fragment mapped to a region of the first package image that corresponds to the first visible portion; and generating, by the computer-implemented package image generator, a second package image comprising the second fragment mapped to a region of the second package image corresponding to the second visible portion; wherein the plurality of package images, when the plurality of product packages are arranged in the layout, together form a composite image that replicates the source image, and wherein each of the plurality of package images individually form only a fraction of and less than all of the source image.",0.03229531676895789,0.06459063353791583
8653607,"1. A process for forming an integrated circuit, comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate, said substrate including an area defined for a logic NMOS (n-channel metal oxide semiconductor) transistor, an area defined for a low-noise NMOS transistor and an area defined for a logic PMOS (p-channel metal oxide semiconductor) transistor; forming a gate dielectric layer disposed at a top surface of said substrate in said low-noise NMOS area and in said logic NMOS area; forming a logic NMOS gate over said gate dielectric layer in said logic NMOS area; forming a low-noise NMOS gate over said gate dielectric layer in said low-noise NMOS area, so that a gate linewidth of said low-noise NMOS gate is less than four times a gate linewidth of said logic NMOS gate; forming n-type logic NMOS NMDD (n-channel medium doped drain) regions in said substrate adjacent to, and partially underlapping, said logic NMOS gate and p-type logic NMOS halo regions in said substrate adjacent to, and partially underlapping, said logic NMOS gate, wherein said logic NMOS NMDD regions are substantially free of fluorine; and forming n-type low-noise NMOS NMDD regions in said substrate adjacent to, and partially underlapping, said low-noise NMOS gate and low-noise NMOS fluorine-doped regions having at least 1×10",0.5161408736305909,0.9677182527388182
8417372,"1. A method for optimizing value of current wood products dried in one or more current drying processes, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining prior wood product data for prior wood products dried in one or more prior drying processes; (b) generating a value function based on the prior wood product data, the value function expressing average value of a specified population of wood products in terms of the specified population's moisture content distribution; (c) identifying one or more sources of variability in the prior wood product data; (d) quantifying a contribution to overall variability from each of the one or more sources of variability; and (e) using the value function and the one or more contributions to overall variability to quantify one or more value opportunities associated with each of the one or more sources, each value opportunity being associated with one or more executable steps for improving the one or more current drying processes; and (f) drying the current wood products in the one or more current drying processes, the one or more current drying processes being determined by the one or more value opportunities and the one or more executable steps.",0.573466694208812,0.853066611582376
8696592,"1. A breath biofeedback system comprising: a thoracic volume input module for measuring a thoracic volume data of a subject; a pattern module providing at least one target breathing pattern; and a display generator in communication with said thoracic volume input device and said pattern module, said display generator producing display information representing a displayable image for display on a display device, said displayable image including: wherein said display generator produces said display information so that said displayable image when displayed on said display device encourages the subject viewing said displayable image to modify respiration.",0.24974762909760193,0.4994952581952039
9510448,"1. A circuit board comprising: a substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a plurality of vias extending through the substrate from the first side to the second side; a plurality of via contact pads on the second side, each via contact pad surrounding a corresponding via; and a pair of surface mount contact pads on the second side, each surface mount contact pad having a surface area and one or more first edges adjacently opposite corresponding via contact pads, each first edge having a shape to maximize the surface area while maintaining a first predetermined minimum distance to a closet via contact pad, wherein the shape of each first edge is a same shape as a shape of an opposite portion of the closest via contact pad, a distance between each point of a plurality of points of the first edge and a closest point of a plurality of points of the opposite portion of the closest via contact pad being equal to the first predetermined distance.",0.2692407696879932,0.5384815393759864
8697783,"1. A method for forming a coating composition that has improved ultraviolet (UV) stability and which maintains a desired flexibility comprising: a) providing a petroleum liquid, said petroleum liquid including one or more materials selected from the group consisting of asphalt, modified asphalt, bitumen, modified bitumen, coal-tar and modified coal tar; b) providing polymer, said polymer including one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of block polymer and plastomer, said polymer includes oil extended SBS; c) providing solid pellets of thermoplastic polyurethane, said solid pellets of thermoplastic polyurethane includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of polyether backbone Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU), polyester backbone TPU, polyether/polyester backbone TPU and polycarbonate backbone TPU; and, d) mixing together said petroleum liquid, said polymer and said solid pellets of thermoplastic polyurethane at a temperature above 130° F. to form said coating composition, a weight percent of said petroleum liquid in said coating composition being greater than a weight percent of said polymer in said coating composition, said weight percent of said petroleum liquid in said coating composition being greater than a weight percent of said thermoplastic polyurethane in said coating composition, a weight percent ratio of said petroleum liquid to said polymer is about 1.05-40:1, a weight percent ratio of said polymer to said TPU is about 1.01-20:1, a weight percent ratio of said petroleum liquid to a combined weight percent of said polymer and said TPU is about 1.01-10:1.",0.2867823359436479,0.5735646718872958
9254746,"1. A driving force transmission device comprising: an engaging/disengaging unit capable of changing transmission of torque by operating along an rotation axis center thereof; a first spiral bevel gear attached to the engaging/disengaging unit so as to rotate together with the engaging/disengaging unit; and a second spiral bevel gear constituting, with the first spiral bevel gear, a paired spiral bevel gear that are hypoid gears by engaging with each other, wherein the first spiral bevel gear is moved along a rotation axis center thereof according to engaging tooth faces at a time when power is transmitted between the first spiral bevel gear and the second spiral bevel gear, and accordingly, the engaging/disengaging unit operates along the rotation axis center thereof, and wherein an operation direction of the engaging/disengaging unit along the rotation axis center thereof according to the engaging tooth faces of the respective spiral bevel gears is determined by a pressure angle and a helix angle of teeth of each of the spiral bevel gears, and an offset size between the rotation axis center of the first spiral bevel gear and that of the second spiral bevel gear.",0.46257422580191676,0.9251484516038335
9157557,"1. A gas distribution assembly for distributing a compressed gas, said gas distribution assembly comprising: an outer pipe having a first end and a second end, an inner pipe at least partly located inside said outer pipe and having a first end and a second end, a gas supply chamber being defined by said outer pipe and said inner pipe, means for supplying compressed gas to said gas supply chamber, a first end connection connecting the first end of the outer pipe and the first end of the inner pipe, and leaving an orifice of the first end of the inner pipe open outwards, a second end connection connecting the second end of the outer pipe and the second end of the inner pipe, and leaving an orifice of the second end of the inner pipe open outwards, wherein the inner pipe comprises a first pipe member including said first end of the inner pipe and a second pipe member including said second end of the inner pipe, the first pipe member and the second pipe member being in telescopic engagement with each other.",0.3395466531435245,0.679093306287049
8614359,"1. A process for producing ethanol, comprising the steps of: (a) reacting carbon monoxide with at least one reactant in a reactor containing a reaction medium to produce a liquid reaction product comprising acetic acid, wherein the reaction medium comprises water, acetic acid, methyl acetate, a halogen promoter, and a first catalyst; (b) directly feeding the liquid reaction product from the reactor to a distillation column; (c) withdrawing from the distillation column an overhead stream comprising methyl acetate, and/or halogen promoter, and a liquid acetic acid sidestream; (d) hydrogenating acetic acid of the liquid acetic acid sidestream in the presence of a second catalyst and under conditions effective to form a crude ethanol product comprising ethanol and water; and (e) recovering ethanol from the crude ethanol product.",0.9403439741528675,0.11931205169426495
9062548,"1. A rotary displacement system comprising: a chamber housing having a pressure-modifying chamber with a first port and a second port; a first passageway in fluid communication with the pressure-modifying chamber via the first port; a second passageway in fluid communication with the pressure-modifying chamber via the second port; a shaft positioned within the chamber housing and rotatable relative to the chamber housing about a rotational axis; a rotor positioned within the pressure-modifying chamber, wherein the rotor is alternately operable in a first mode in which a first volume of working fluid flow is provided from the second passageway to the first passageway via the pressure-modifying chamber and in a second mode in which a second volume of working fluid flow is provided from the first passageway to the second passageway via the pressure-modifying chamber; a heat exchanger positioned external to the pressure-modifying chamber and within at least one of the first passageway or the second passageway; and a pressure vessel having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the pressure vessel at least partially surrounds the chamber housing, the first passageway, the second passageway, and the heat exchanger, and further wherein the inner surface of the pressure vessel is positioned to contact at least one of the first volume of working fluid or the second volume of working fluid flowing through the rotary displacement system.",0.5162342196298804,0.9675315607402393
8595348,"1. A method of tracking a distribution of a content selection throughout a wireless mesh network, the method comprising: enabling a wireless device in the wireless mesh network to exchange the content selection according to a distribution plan that is based on a desired content placement goal that specifies a desired circulation of the content selection; exchanging the content selection using the distribution plan; recording, at the time that the content selection was exchanged, a network topology for the wireless mesh network in response to exchanging the content selection, wherein the network topology includes a description of a location of the wireless device in the wireless mesh network relative to a location of a remote device with which the wireless device exchanged the content selection, and distribution statistics reflecting the distribution of the content selection; generating a message with the recorded network topology for a reporting agent that includes the description of the location of the wireless device in the wireless mesh network relative to a location of the remote device with which the wireless device exchanged the content selection and the distribution statistics; reporting the message to the reporting agent; recording, at periodic intervals following reporting of the message to the reporting agent, an updated network topology for the wireless mesh network; periodically reporting the updated network topology to the reporting agent; analyzing the updated network topology to generate a modified distribution plan optimizing the distribution statistics of the content selection according to the desired content placement goal; and exchanging the content selection according to the modified distribution plan.",0.07045887744581589,0.14091775489163183
8976145,"1. A method for reducing noise in measurements used to determine a location of at least one finger on a touch sensor, said method comprised of the steps of: 1) providing a touch sensor having a first electrode axis which is orthogonal to but co-planar with a second electrode axis, wherein each of the electrode axes are comprised of a plurality of parallel electrodes, wherein the touch sensor receives sense signals on the axis that is selected to function as sense electrodes; 2) selecting a first set of contiguous sense electrodes and measuring a first set sense signal from each of the electrodes in the first set; 3) selecting a second set of contiguous sense electrodes and measuring a second set sense signal from each of the electrodes in the second set, wherein there are at least two overlapping sense electrodes that belongs to the first set and the second set, 4) subtracting the first set sense signal from the second set sense signal to create an offset for each of the at least two sense electrodes, averaging all of the offsets, and subtracting the average offset from the second set sense signal for each electrode in the second set; 5) calculating a corrected sense measurement for the at least two overlapping sense electrodes that compensate for noise by using the sense signal from the first and second set sense signals; and 6) using the corrected sense measurements to determine a location of the at least one finger on the touch sensor.",0.052029357329738006,0.10405871465947603
9428152,"1. An upgradeable windshield assembly comprising: a windshield including a notch in the windshield along an edge of the windshield; a motor pocket secured to the windshield on one side of the windshield adjacent the notch, the motor pocket including assembly components for securing a wiper assembly; and a pocket lid secured to the motor pocket, the pocket lid concealing the assembly components.",0.33762315036441093,0.6752463007288219
8749224,"1. A voltage detection circuit, comprising: a voltage selection circuit that outputs a voltage commensurate with a power supply voltage as a first voltage; a detection voltage selection circuit that selects either an external input voltage inputted from an external terminal or the first voltage according to a first control signal, and outputs it as a comparison voltage; a reference voltage generation circuit that generates a reference voltage; a comparator that compares the reference voltage and the comparison voltage, and outputs the comparison result as a detection signal; and a control circuit that generates the first control signal so that the detection voltage selection circuit may output either the first voltage or the external input voltage as the comparison voltage for adjustable selection periods, and when a variation of the first voltage or the power supply voltage is detected, generates the first control signal so that the detection voltage selection circuit outputs the first voltage as the comparison voltage.",0.40813322852025546,0.8162664570405109
8794652,"1. A bicycle frame comprising: a first frame section having a head tube, a first tube connected to the head tube and a top tube connected to the head tube at an angle with respect to the first tube, wherein the first tube has a distal portion; a second frame section having a bottom bracket, a second tube connected to the bottom bracket and a seat tube connected to the bottom bracket at an angle with respect to the second tube, wherein the second tube has a distal portion and wherein the first frame section and the second frame section are completely separable from each other; a first portion cable and a second portion cable that connect to form one of a derailleur cable and a brake cable, wherein the first portion cable is connected to a first part of a cable connector that is designed to be disengagably coupled with a second part of the cable connector that is connected to the second portion cable; wherein the distal portions of the first tube and the second tube are disengagably coupled to each other to form an interface at a first junction, and wherein the interface is releasably secured together by a connecting mechanism, and wherein the top tube and the seat tube are disengagably coupled with a post that is inserted into the top tube and the seat tube to form a second junction.",0.10149714196659532,0.20299428393319063
9181901,1. A gas carburettor ( 9 ) comprising: (a) an air inlet ( (b) a common section ( (c) an adjustable flapper ( (d) means for supplying air to the common section ( (e) means for supplying gas to the common section ( (f) a zero pressure regulator ( (g) a bypass line ( (h) a valve provided on the bypass line (,0.9333714754234366,0.13325704915312686
8500205,"1. A dump truck, comprising: a frame, a dump body secured to the frame to pivot relative thereto between a home position, a first raised position higher than the home position, and a second raised position higher than the first raised position, and a stay selectively positionable in a first use position in which the stay holds the dump body in the first raised position and a second use position in which the stay holds the dump body in the second raised position, the stay secured to the dump body and the frame when the stay is positioned in the first and second use positions, the stay comprising a first length in the first use position and a second length in the second use position, the second length shorter than the first length.",0.04514380486260263,0.09028760972520522
8596445,"1. A passenger conveyor balustrade assembly comprising: a skirt panel configured to be arranged adjacent a plurality of tread plates, the skirt panel having an inner face facing away from said tread plates; a frame member arranged laterally from the skirt panel away from the tread plates; a track arranged below the skirt panel; a plate connected to the inner face of the skirt panel and disposed generally parallel thereto; a first member adjustably connected to the plate opposite the skirt panel and extending away from the skirt panel generally perpendicular thereto, the first member being adjustable to engage the frame member such that the first member can adjust a position of the skirt panel in a first direction; and a second member adjustably connected to the plate and extending generally parallel to the skirt panel and configured to engage the track such that the second member can adjust the position of the skirt panel in a second direction.",0.33703950471031774,0.6740790094206355
8636560,"1. A method for removing magnetic or magnetized contaminants from a wiresaw cutting slurry during a wiresaw cutting process comprising the steps of: applying an abrasive slurry to a moving wiresaw from a recirculating slurry dispensing system, wherein the recirculating slurry dispensing system includes a heat exchanger; cutting a workpiece with the moving wiresaw and the applied abrasive slurry; conveying abrasive slurry from the workpiece back into the recirculating slurry dispensing system; sending at least a portion of the slurry through at least one magnetic separator to remove magnetic or magnetized contaminants from the slurry; and discharging the slurry sent through the magnetic separator back into circulation within the recirculating slurry dispensing system.",0.6424536026781493,0.7150927946437013
9600917,"1. An image processing device comprising: one or more processors; and a memory storing computer readable instructions, wherein the computer readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the image processing device to: acquire original image data indicating an original image, the original image including M lines of letter strings (the M being an integer of 1 or more) configured of a plurality of letters; and generate processed image data indicating a processed image by executing image processing on the original image data, the processed image having the plurality of letters expressed in an enlarged manner as compared to the original image, the image processing includes: a layout of the plurality of letters in the first type of processed image is equal to a layout of the plurality of letters in the original image, and the first type of processed image includes M lines of enlarged letter strings in which the plurality of letters is expressed in the enlarged manner, a layout of the plurality of letters in the second type of processed image is different from the layout of the plurality of letters in the original image, and the second type of processed image includes N lines of enlarged letter strings (the N being an integer of 1 or more) in which the plurality of letters is expressed in the enlarged manner, an aspect ratio of a region including the M lines of enlarged letter strings in the first type of processed image is equal to an aspect ratio of a region including the M lines of letter strings in the original image, and an aspect ratio of a region including the N lines of enlarged letter strings in the second type of processed image differs from the aspect ratio of the region including the M lines of letter strings in the original image.",0.06437165604532284,0.1287433120906457
8408779,"1. An illuminated mouse pad comprising a light guide having a top side, a bottom side and a perimeter side, a light source for directing emitted light through a first portion of the perimeter of the light guide, and an array of light diffusers located on the bottom side of the light guide, said light diffusers capable of diffusing or spreading out or scattering light emitted by the light source to give a soft back light to the top side and wherein the array of light diffusers comprises individual light diffusers that increase in size as they are further away from the light source.",0.08277551354241472,0.1655510270848295
9827831,"1. An air freshener for an automobile comprising: a housing unit attached to an underside of a dashboard air vent of an automobile, the housing unit having a back surface, a front surface, and a rectangular opening disposed in the housing unit from the front surface to proximal the back surface; a canister removably disposed within the housing unit opening, an outlet tube having a first end in fluid communication with the canister; a pair of apertures comprising a right aperture and a left aperture, each of the right aperture and the left aperture disposed through a bottom surface of the dashboard air vent proximal a right side of the dashboard air vent and a left side of the dashboard air vent, respectively, wherein each of the right aperture and the left aperture is in fluid communication with a second end of the outlet tube and a third end of the outlet tube, respectively; a pair of control valves comprising a right control valve and a left control valve, each of the right control valve and the left control valve in operational communication with an actuator and disposed on the outlet tube second end and the outlet tube third end, respectively; and a control unit attached to a continuous front edge of the dashboard air vent of the automobile, the control unit having an activation control, a timer control, and a battery compartment having a battery removably disposed within the battery compartment; wherein the activation control is configured to activate the pair of control valves to release a quantity of liquid in the canister through each of the pair of apertures; wherein the timer control is configured to activate the pair of control valves at one of a plurality of time intervals selected by a user; wherein the pair of control valves, the control unit, the activation control, the timer control, and the battery are in operational communication with each other.",0.905064536377348,0.18987092724530408
9042820,"1. A signal processor, comprising: a circuit having first and second inputs and an output, the circuit configured to receive an input signal including first and second waveforms on the first input and provide an error signal on the output, the error signal indicative of the presence of the second waveform in the input signal, the error signal including a signal component having a frequency of less than 1 kHz and a first magnitude; a feedback loop including a programmable source providing an offset signal, the feedback loop being configured to receive the error signal and combine the offset signal and the error signal to form a correction signal which is provided to the second input of the circuit, wherein the offset signal is selected to provide the signal component of the error signal with a second magnitude, the second magnitude being less than the first magnitude, and wherein the circuit further comprises first and second amplifiers each having an input and an output, and a difference element, the input signal being provided to the input of each of the first and second amplifiers, the output of the first amplifier provided to a first input of the difference element and the output of the second amplifier provided to a second input of the difference element, the difference element configured to provide the difference of the output from the first amplifier and the output of the second amplifier on an output of the difference element, the output of the difference element provided as the output of the circuit, wherein the correction signal is provided to the first and second amplifiers, the correction signal providing a first offset to the output of the first amplifier and a second offset to the output of the second amplifier.",0.09982916453327417,0.19965832906654835
8986239,"1. A method for salvaging blood comprising: removing a first disposable-set component from its hermetically sealed package, the first disposable set including a reservoir for collecting shed blood and a quick-connect coupling, wherein the reservoir includes a collection port for permitting shed blood to be drawn from a site into the reservoir and an outlet port for permitting blood to be drawn from the reservoir; attaching the reservoir to an automated base unit; installing a dummy disk into the base unit prior to removing a second disposable set from its hermitically sealed package; collecting a volume of shed blood in the reservoir of the first disposable-set component; monitoring the volume of shed blood in the reservoir; and if the volume of shed blood reaches a threshold, performing the following steps: removing the second disposable set component from its hermetically sealed package, the second disposable set including a separation chamber for separating a blood component from other fluids and a quick connect coupling for connecting the separation chamber to the collection reservoir; connecting the first disposable set component's coupling to the second disposable set's coupling; drawing shed blood from the reservoir into the separation chamber of the second disposable-set component; and separating a blood component from other fluids in the separation chamber.",0.10187515281933343,0.20375030563866692
9257650,"1. A method for producing a display device, comprising: forming a resin film on a substrate; forming a plurality of light emitting elements above the resin film; forming a plurality of first grooves in a surface of the resin film, the plurality of first grooves enclosing the plurality of light emitting elements individually in a multiple-fold manner; cutting the substrate at a position overlapping any one of the plurality of first grooves other than the first groove closest to one of the plurality of light emitting elements; and peeling off the substrate from the resin layer.",0.1577268953705016,0.3154537907410032
9306395,"1. A control system for controlling reactive power delivered from a wind power plant to an associated power supply grid, the control system comprising: a plurality of wind turbine controllers; and a wind power plant controller communicatively coupled with each of the plurality of wind turbine controllers, wherein the wind power plant controller is adapted to provide, based on a determined total amount of reactive power to be delivered to the power supply grid, a grid voltage reference to at least a first wind turbine controller of the plurality of wind turbine controllers, wherein the first wind turbine controller comprises a voltage control loop comprising means for mitigating a steady-state local voltage error in a wind turbine of the wind power plant that is controlled by the first wind turbine controller, and wherein the first wind turbine controller is configured to generate a reactive current reference for the wind turbine based on the received grid voltage reference and further based on an output of the voltage control loop.",0.9959800426204819,0.008039914759036204
8486097,"1. A tissue cutting device, comprising: an outer cannula configured for selective rotation and reciprocation, the outer cannula defined by an outer cannula distal end and an outer cannula proximal end; an axially fixed inner member disposed within the outer cannula, the inner member defined by an inner member distal end and an inner member proximal end; a housing that carries a first hub member, wherein a portion of the inner member is fixedly secured to the first hub member; an actuation assembly operatively connected to the outer cannula, a slidable shuttle member arranged along a first axis that is parallel with a second axis that extends through the outer cannula, wherein the shuttle member is formed with an upwardly extending carrier member secured thereto, wherein the shuttle member is connected to the actuation assembly and the carrier member is operatively connected to the outer cannula such that actuation of the actuation assembly causes outer cannula to reciprocate over the inner member; and a vacuum fitting configured to connect to a vacuum source to deliver vacuum to a distal end of the device.",0.06253523845886189,0.12507047691772377
8968534,"1. A process for oxidizing water, the process comprising: providing an electrode with a coating, the coating consisting essentially of amorphous cobalt tungstate; providing water; and placing the water into contact with the electrode, the amorphous cobalt tungstate catalyzing the oxidation of water with a catalytic activity as measured by current density at least 200% greater than a catalytic activity of crystalline cobalt tungstate.",0.7636188972916429,0.4727622054167142
9194876,"1. A sample inspection system for executing sample inspection, comprising: a sample inspection line to inspect each sample of a plurality of samples; a management server; a sample access system; and a monitor device of the management server; wherein the sample inspection line, the management server, the sample access system, and the monitor device of the management server, are connected via a network; wherein the management server is configured to include, for each sample of the plurality of samples, sample processing information generated on a basis of inspection request data accepted from the sample access system, and to include facility data having a processing time of the sample inspection line, and is configured to simulate, for said each sample of the plurality of samples, an inspection estimate finish time for said each sample based on the sample processing information and the facility data, to obtain simulation results for the plurality of samples, respectively; wherein the inspection request data, for said each sample, contains a patient identification (ID), a priority corresponding to the sample, an order time, a required time and inspection items; wherein the sample processing information contains an inspection start time in addition to the information of the inspection request data; wherein the management server is configured to generate a monitor window to include a work area concurrently illustrating, for said each sample of the plurality of samples, an individual sample-bar representation, respectively, where a collection of sample-bar representations are arranged side-by-side with respect to each other and parallel to an axis of a sample-bar representation chart, and each individual sample-bar representation includes a past record portion and a future schedule portion, with a present time used as a reference time; wherein the sample-bar representations display, for each of the plurality of samples: the inspection start time, the inspection estimate finish time, and the delay time determined from a difference between the required time and the inspection estimate finish time; and wherein the management server is configured to display the work area concurrently illustrating an individual sample-bar representation of said each sample of the plurality of samples, respectively, on the monitor window.",0.035424698088741664,0.07084939617748331
8450606,"1. A communication cable comprising: a plurality of pairs of individually insulated electrical conductors for transmitting communication signals within a frequency range; a tape wrapped around at least one pair of the plurality of pairs of individually insulated electrical conductors, the tape comprising electrically conductive patches that are electrically isolated from one another and that are longitudinally separated from one another, the electrically conductive patches each having a length between approximately one meter and approximately three meters to result in a spike in return loss within the frequency range; and a jacket circumferentially covering the tape.",0.14600953713695192,0.29201907427390383
8463673,"1. A method performed by at least one computer processor executing computer program instructions tangibly stored on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method for use with a system including a data source and a first billing code, the method comprising using the at least one computer processor to perform operations of: (A) receiving input from a user, wherein the input represents a verification status of the first billing code; (B) applying first inverse logic to the input, the billing code, and a set of forward logic, to identify first and second concept extraction components, wherein (B) comprises: (B)(2) applying first inverse logic to the input received from the user to identify at least one of the first and second sub-conditions; and (C) applying reinforcement to the first and second concept extraction components, comprising:",0.1973104596603176,0.39462091932063514
8974337,"1. A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a power split device which includes a first, a second, and a third rotor which are configured to rotate in conjunction with each other to split power among an electric rotating machine, an internal combustion engine, and a driven wheel of the vehicle, the first, the second, and the third rotor being so linked and configured as to have rotational speeds that are arrayed on a straight line when graphically displayed in a nomographic chart; a torque transmission control mechanism configured to selectively establish and block transmission of torque between the first rotor and the internal combustion engine; a connecting mechanism configured to establish a mechanical connection between the second rotor and the third rotor; and a speed variator configured to have a variable input-to-output speed ratio, the power transmission apparatus being configured such that when the second and third rotors are mechanically connected by the connecting mechanism, the electric rotating machine and the driven wheel are both mechanically connected to the second rotor and the third rotor, and wherein when the connecting mechanism establishes the mechanical connection between the second rotor and the third rotor, and when the torque transmission control mechanism establishes the transmission of torque between the first rotor and the internal combustion engine, powers of the second and third rotors are opposite in sign to each other, the power transmission apparatus further comprising a torque applying mechanism configured to establish a mechanical connection between the second rotor and the internal combustion engine to apply torque, as produced by the internal combustion engine, to the second rotor, wherein the torque applying mechanism is configured to serve as a one-way torque transmission mechanism which has an input leading to the internal combustion engine and an output leading to the second rotor and works to transmit the torque from the input to the output when a speed of the input is higher than a speed of the output.",0.9297739628742648,0.14045207425147033
9160127,1. A method comprising: moving a first latch mechanism associated with a service disconnect plug from a latched state to an unlatched state; removing said service disconnect plug from engagement with a service disconnect base; inserting a lockout plug into said service disconnect base; moving a second latch mechanism associated with said lockout plug from an unlatched state to a latched state to secure said lockout plug to said service disconnect base; and moving a locking mechanism associated with said lockout plug from an unlocked state to a locked state to prevent inadvertent movement of said second latch mechanism from said latched state to said unlatched state wherein preventing movement of said second latch mechanism from said latched state to said unlatched state includes moving one of a combination lock or a pad lock into a locked state to restrict movement of said second latch mechanism relative to said service disconnect base.,0.1367400240706764,0.27348004814135285
8975281,"1. A method of use comprising administering an effective amount of a dosage unit for treatment or prevention of pain in an awake, sedated or anesthetized human child comprising an effective amount of neosaxitoxin, a local anesthetic selected from the group consisting of bupivacaine, levobupivacaine, tetracaine, and ropivacaine in a concentration range between 0.1% (1 mg/ml) and 0.5% (5 mg/ml), and epinephrine in a concentration range between 2 mcg/ml (1:500,000) and 10 mcg/ml (1:100,000), to produce a minimum effective concentration at the site of administration to a human child in need thereof to treat or prevent pain or provide local anesthesia.",0.047656816630149645,0.09531363326029929
8739508,"1. A gas turbine engine, comprising; (a) high pressure turbine blades; (b) contra-rotating low pressure turbine vanes downstream from the high pressure turbine blades; (c) means for inducing a component of gas velocity, which penetrates a boundary layer along a high pressure surface of the low pressure turbine vanes equal and opposite to a velocity component of a shock wave from the high pressure turbine blades.",0.9010923460891436,0.19781530782171286
8794927,"1. A fluid flow modification apparatus having a surface over and along which a fluid flows when in use, the surface including an edge of length Y over or past which the fluid flowing over the surface flows when in use, the edge having a first virtual boundary of length X such that a first portion of the apparatus within the first virtual boundary comprises a first opening and a second portion of the apparatus comprises a first projection which extends beyond the first virtual boundary to provide the edge, where Y is greater than X, the edge being multi-scale; wherein the first portion is on an opposite side of the first virtual boundary from the second portion; wherein the first projection and the first opening define at least in part a second virtual boundary having a length greater than the length X of the first virtual boundary and less than the length Y of the edge, and at least one of the first projection and the first opening having at least one of a second projection and a second opening extending from the second virtual boundary; wherein the at least one of the second projection and the second opening define at least in part a third virtual boundary having a length greater than the length of the second virtual bound and less than the length Y of the edge, and at least one of a third projection and a third opening extending from the third virtual boundary, wherein the first opening and first projection are larger than the at least one of the second projection and the second opening, and the at least one of the second projection and the second opening are larger than the at least one of the third projection and the third opening.",0.335234523982655,0.67046904796531
8861770,"1. A headband assembly for holding a personal speaker relative to a user's ear, wherein the headband assembly comprises: a spring band; a sleeve in which is disposed a first end portion of the spring band, wherein the sleeve comprises: an arm, comprising:",0.02655853953623379,0.05311707907246754
8626371,"1. A method for auxiliary equipment electrically coupled to a generator that is operationally connected to a reciprocating engine, comprising: measuring a dc-link parameter associated with the generator during operation using a dc-link sensor; and diagnosing a condition of the auxiliary equipment based on frequency content of the dc-link parameter using at least a processor.",0.8283799870362293,0.34324002592754144
8492178,"1. A method of monitoring semiconductor fabrication processing, the method comprising: capturing at least one image relating to an edge of a semiconductor wafer being prepared by the fabrication processing; compressing the at least one captured image to generate a composite representation of an edge zone of the wafer; identifying an edge bead removal area in the representation; extracting at least one feature attribute from the identified edge bead removal area, comprising: automatically assessing the extracted feature attribute based on the value of the feature characteristic at each of the plurality of points; and generating information relating to a status of the fabrication processing based upon the assessment.",0.1756473827062099,0.3512947654124198
9837636,"1. An organic light-emitting device comprising: an organic light-emitting part which includes an anode, an organic light-emitting layer and a cathode which are stacked on each other, and a transparent substrate comprising a porous layer including pores in at least one portion of a surface thereof that adjoins the organic light-emitting part, a refractive index of the porous layer being smaller than a refractive index of the transparent substrate, wherein the porous layer is formed such that at least one component from among components of the transparent substrate except for silicon dioxide is eluted from the transparent substrate, and the pores are created inside the transparent substrate by the eluting the at least one component, and wherein the porous layer is configured as a pattern in plan view, and thereby comprises a porous layer pattern.",0.7349281540828781,0.5301436918342437
9412987,"1. A separator for an electric device, comprising: a porous substrate layer having a negative electrode facing surface and a positive electrode facing surface; a first ceramic layer formed on the negative electrode facing surface of the porous substrate layer and configured to contact a negative electrode; and a second ceramic layer formed directly on the positive electrode facing surface of the porous substrate layer, each of the first ceramic layer and the second ceramic layer containing ceramic particles and a binder, wherein a specific surface area of the first ceramic layer is smaller than a specific surface area of the second ceramic layer.",0.7038619114290431,0.5922761771419138
8407375,"1. An information processing system comprising an external information processing apparatus and an information processing apparatus, the external information processing apparatus including a display signal output device which outputs a display signal, the information processing apparatus including: a core processing unit; a built-in display unit configured to display a display signal supplied from the core processing unit; a built-in input unit configured to generate an input signal responsive to a user operation for provision to the core processing unit; a display signal input unit configured to receive the display signal from the display signal output device of the external information processing apparatus for provision to the display unit; and an output unit configured to selectively output the input signal received from the built-in input unit to the external information processing apparatus and to the information processing apparatus; wherein the display signal received from the external information processing apparatus is combined with the display signal supplied from the core processing unit and displayed in a part of a screen of the display unit displaying the signal supplied from the core processing unit, the information processing apparatus further comprising: a determining unit configured to determine whether the part of the screen of the display unit of the information processing apparatus displaying the display signal received from the external information processing apparatus is activated or inactivated, wherein the core processing unit causes the output unit to output the input signal received from the input unit only to the external information processing apparatus in response to the determining unit determining that the part of the screen is activated.",0.2849477069919114,0.5698954139838228
9227896,"1. A process for recovering purified ethylene glycol from a mixed diol stream, comprising (A) extracting said mixed diol stream, comprising (B) separating said raffinate phase and said extract phase.",0.8860627052431593,0.22787458951368134
9293607,"1. A collector sheet comprising; a circuit which is formed on a surface of a resin base material, and configured of a wiring section made of a metal and a non-wiring section; an insulating layer which is formed on the circuit; and a sealing material layer which is formed on the insulating layer, wherein the insulating layer and the sealing material layer on the wiring section are formed with a conductive recessed section where the wiring section is exposed in a shape which is able to provide conductivity between an electrode on a non-photoreception surface side of a solar cell element and the wiring section corresponding thereto via the insulating layer and the sealing material layer, and wherein the insulating layer is an ultraviolet curable insulating layer, Wherein the sealing material layer is a polyethylene-based resin or ionomer and the volume resistance value measured based on HS C6481 is less than 10",0.6598999249843605,0.6802001500312791
9445519,"1. A method of manufacturing a thick-film electrode comprising steps of: (a) applying a conductive paste onto a substrate, the conductive paste comprising, (b) firing the applied conductive paste to form the thick-film electrode, wherein thickness of the thick-film electrode is 0.5 to 15 μm.",0.918908901020214,0.1621821979595719
9044362,"1. A method of treating an individual, comprising the sequential steps of: (a) positioning a patient on a platform having a capital portion and a pedestal portion, said capital portion and pedestal portion independently capable of raising and lower; (b) raising the capital portion only; (c) raising the capital portion and pedestal portion simultaneously until capital portion reaches height (T); (d) raising the pedestal portion only until pedestal portion reaches height (T); (e) lowering the capital portion only; (f) lowering the capital portion and pedestal portion simultaneously until capital portion reaches height (B); (g) lowering the pedestal portion only until pedestal portion reaches height (B); and (h) sequentially repeating steps b through g at least 2 times.",0.12778336551833291,0.25556673103666583
9596062,"1. A base station comprising: a determining unit configured to determine whether: a mobile station is close to the base station; or the mobile station is close to an edge of a coverage of the base station; and a transmitter configured to transmit: a signal to the mobile station using a first time slot where all frequency channels are available, in a case where the mobile station is close to the base station; or the signal to the mobile station using a second time slot where a fraction of the all frequency channels is available, in a case where the mobile station is close to the edge of the coverage of the base station.",0.5868986058168459,0.8262027883663081
8820107,"1. A machine ( 1 ) for producing water by condensation, comprising: a wind rotor ( an air-dehumidifying unit ( means for recovering and storing condensed water vapor; and at least one electric power generation means ( the electric power generation means and said air-dehumidifying unit both installed inside a nacelle configured to be supported by a tower ( said air-dehumidifying unit comprised of wherein said electric power generation means is connected to an electric power device ( wherein the air-dehumidifying unit has at least one forced ventilation device located opposite the condenser and adapted to create a depression inside the air-dehumidifying unit that draws air from outside the nacelle into the air-dehumidifying unit through the first and second evaporators, the forced ventilation device configured to discharge said air after dehumidification by blowing said air on the condenser, the forced ventilation device creating a stream of air coming from outside the nacelle and penetrating inside the nacelle through the first and second evaporators, said stream of air being evacuated outside the nacelle by being blown through the condenser by the forced ventilation device, the forced ventilation device being placed downstream of the first and second evaporators and upstream of the condenser, wherein the first and second evaporators form opposite facing walls of the nacelle separating the interior of the nacelle from the exterior of the nacelle, the first and second evaporators facing each other and both extending along opposite sides of a line that extends through the interior of the nacelle and collinear with an axis of rotation of the wind rotor, wherein the condenser forms a wall that is perpendicular to said line, and wherein the forced ventilation device is intersected by said line, the forced ventilation device having rotating blades that rotate around an axis of rotation co-linear with said line and collinear with the axis of rotation of the wind rotor.",0.9388087518245891,0.12238249635082177
8361911,"1. An elementary fold comprising: at least three faces connected to one another by respective edges so as to form a first corner with three adjacent ridges, a fourth face connected to at least two faces from said at least three faces so as to form a second corner, wherein the at least three faces and the fourth face are woven with weaving threads including at least one weft thread, the weaving threads being continuous throughout the at least three faces and the fourth face, and the at least one weft thread being continuous for weaving an entirety of the elementary fold.",0.2627997369307167,0.5255994738614334
9535851,"1. A transactional memory, comprising: a memory; and interface and decoding circuit that receives a command onto the transactional memory via a bus, wherein the command includes an incoming address and a “Do Address Translation” (DAT) bit, wherein if the command is a command to access the memory and the DAT bit is set then the interface and decoding circuit performs address translation on the incoming address by deleting certain bits and shifting other bits of the incoming address thereby generating a translated address so that the transactional memory uses the translated address to access the memory, whereas if the DAT bit is not set then the interface and decoding circuit does not perform address translation but rather the transactional memory uses the incoming address to access the memory, and wherein the transactional memory is not a processor that fetches instructions.",0.2134107824696683,0.42682156493933654
9572118,"1. A system comprising: a first base station configured to manage a first cell; and a second base station configured to be connected with the first base station via an X2 interface, wherein the first base station is configured to execute processes of",0.6118690366096549,0.7762619267806903
9752815,"1. A method of controlling a heat source-side heat exchanger fan blowing air to a heat source-side heat exchanger performing heat exchange with refrigerant compressed in a compressor, the method comprising: converting a current detected temperature at a current time to obtain a current converted high pressure value at the current time, the current converted high pressure being a pressure of refrigerant inside a high pressure-side pipe of the compressor, and the current detected temperature being a temperature detected by a temperature detector attached to the heat source-side heat exchanger; converting a past detected temperature detected by the temperature detector at a past time before the current time to obtain a past converted high pressure value at the past time, the past converted high pressure being a pressure of the refrigerant inside the high pressure-side pipe; detecting an outdoor temperature of outdoor air that is an air-blowing target of the heat source-side heat exchanger fan; and determining whether the outdoor temperature is in a first temperature region or a second temperature region higher than the first temperature region,",0.8399397597709541,0.3201204804580917
8410237,"1. A compound for use as a curing agent for an epoxy having a formula selected from the group consisting of: where n is between 5 and 200, and R is any saturated, unsaturated, branched, unbranched or aromatic carbon.",0.42705414623481763,0.8541082924696353
8933409,"1. A method of determining the position of annihilation photon pairs along a line of response in a PET scanner, comprising the steps of: a capturing annihilation photons by a scintillator of the scanner; b converting, by the scintillator, the captured annihilation photons into optical photons; c collecting the optical photons by a photosensor of the scanner, each photon having a respective arrival time to the photosensor; d producing an electrical signal at the photosensor output for collected photons; and e determining the depth of interaction of the annihilation photons within the scintillator by evaluating the differences in the optical photon path lengths within the scintillator and the optical photon arrival times to the photosensor, wherein the determining step further comprises determining an accumulation rate of the collected photons.",0.23423760922530049,0.4684752184506009
8845270,"1. A rotor assembly comprising: a hub disposed for rotation about an axis of rotation; at least one blade fixed with said hub for concurrent rotation with said hub, said at least one blade extending along a height axis radially outward from said hub with a root portion proximate to said hub at a first end of said height axis and an airfoil portion extending radially inward from a second end of said height axis opposite said first end; a sheath extending at least partially around said root portion and being pivotally engaged with said at least one blade to pivot about said height axis to weathervane to a neutral position in all operating conditions; at least one damper connected with and operable to dampen pivoting movement of said sheath about said height axis, said at least one damper is positioned inside said sheath; and at least one biasing member connected with and operable to bias said sheath, said at least one biasing member is positioned inside said sheath.",0.3900077135585096,0.7800154271170192
9209330,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first member, including a chip mounting region and a peripheral region surrounding the chip mounting region; a semiconductor chip mounted in the chip mounting region; a second member which covers the semiconductor chip; and an adhesive arranged in a frame shape between the peripheral region and the second member to surround an entire periphery of the chip mounting region so as to bond the first member and the second member with each other, wherein a gap is locally formed between the adhesive and at least one of the first member and the second member to allow an internal space relative to the peripheral region to communicate with an external space relative to the peripheral region.",0.12605683152618338,0.2521136630523668
8912239,"1. A method of recycling carbon to produce a renewable fuel, the method comprising: harvesting carbon dioxide emitted from an industrial process; dissociating biomass waste under an anaerobic process to produce one or more carbon donors and hydrogen, wherein the biomass produced hydrogen includes low specific energy hydrogen; separating the biomass produced hydrogen from the biomass produced one or more carbon donors; generating thermochemically shifted carbon monoxide and additional hydrogen by reacting the harvested carbon dioxide with the biomass waste produced one or more carbon donors; and reacting the thermochemically shifted carbon monoxide with the biomass produced hydrogen and the additional hydrogen in a hydrogen-dense fuel generating reactor under pressure and heat to cause the low specific energy hydrogen to react with the thermochemically shifted carbon monoxide to generate a hydrogen-dense renewable fuel.",0.9952718448760198,0.009456310247960342
8460469,"1. An apparatus for etching a substrate, comprising: a chamber; a susceptor in the chamber, the susceptor including a plurality of first loading portions corresponding to a plurality of substrates, respectively; a gas supply over the susceptor, the gas supply including a hollow and a plurality of through holes corresponding to the plurality of first loading portions, respectively; and a plurality of shielding means interposed into the plurality of through holes, respectively, the plurality of shielding means each including a body part and a hanging part on the body part, the body part having a cross-sectional area smaller than the corresponding through hole, and the hanging part outwardly protruding from the body part, wherein the shielding means is suspended on the gas supply by the hanging part, and wherein the body part shields a central portion of the corresponding substrate and exposes an edge portion of the corresponding substrate, wherein each of the shielding means is configured to contact the corresponding substrate and be pushed up by an upward movement of the susceptor so that the hanging part is capable of being separated from the gas supply.",0.1052019984770748,0.21040399695414957
8566026,"1. An article of manufacture for generating travel route data, comprising: storage media; and logic stored on the storage media, wherein the stored logic is configured to be executable by a processor and thereby cause the processor to operate so as to: receive user route parameter data from a user, including a start location and end location for future travel; generate user route data based on said received user route parameter data, wherein the generated user route data includes geographic coordinate data with imbedded strings of geographic coordinate identifiers corresponding to strings of geographic coordinates defining a start point and an end point of each of multiple segments included in a travel path between the start and end locations included in the user route parameter data; direct storage, in a database, of the generated route data in association with an identifier of the user and contact information for contacting the user while in route; receive reported event data, including a description of an event and an event location; compare geographic coordinates corresponding to said received event location with said strings of geographic coordinates corresponding to the stored imbedded strings of geographic coordinate identifiers by (i) constructing, from the geographic coordinates corresponding to the received event location, a geographic coordinate area search range, (ii) identifying all midpoints of the multiple segments that lie within the constructed geographic coordinate search range, (iii) geographically constructing a set segments for a proximity search based on the identified midpoints, (iv) proximity searching the constructed set of segments to determine one segment within the searched set of segments in closest proximity to the received event location, and (v) identifying a closest offset event location along the determined one segment; determine, based on the coordinate comparison, if said stored user route data corresponds to said received event location; direct transmission of a message to the user based on the stored contact information for contacting the user only if it is determined that said stored user route data corresponds to said received event location; receive from the user, in response to the transmitted message, current travel location data, representing a current location of the user along the travel path defined by the stored user route data; compare the geographic coordinates corresponding to said received event location with geographic coordinates corresponding to said received user current travel location data by (i) constructing, from the geographic coordinates corresponding to the received user current travel location data, a geographic coordinate area search range, (ii) identifying all midpoints of the multiple segments that lie within the constructed geographic coordinate search range, (iii) geographically constructing a set segments for a proximity search based on the identified midpoints, (iv) proximity searching the constructed set of segments to determine one segment within the searched set of segments in closest proximity to the received user current travel location data, and (v) identifying a closest offset user location along the determined one segment; determine, based on the comparison with the geographic coordinates corresponding to said received user current travel location data, if the user has not traveled along the travel path defined by the stored user route data beyond the received event location; and direct transmission of another message, including a notification of the event, to the user based on the stored contact information for contacting the user only if it is determined that the user has not traveled beyond the received event location.",0.20185340067307894,0.4037068013461579
8817498,"1. A DC to DC converter system, comprising: inverter circuitry having a first and a second switch, said inverter circuitry further configured to generate a first and a second gate control signal configured to open and close said first and said second switch, respectively, and generate an AC signal from a DC input signal; transformer circuitry configured to transform said AC signal into a sinusoidal AC signal; second stage circuitry configured to rectify said sinusoidal AC signal to a DC output signal; and control circuitry configured to modulate said first and said second gate control signals, wherein said modulation comprises pulse frequency modulation (PFM) and pulse width modulation (PWM), the control circuitry configured to switch between the pulse width modulation (PWM) under first load conditions and the pulse frequency modulation (PFM) under second load conditions, the second load conditions being greater than the first load conditions.",0.7738211609139989,0.45235767817200223
9781872,"1. A tillage implement comprising: a substantially rigid main frame; a floating hitch coupled to and extending forwardly from a front portion of said main frame with respect to a direction of travel of the main frame; left and right front wheels positioned on opposite sides of an imaginary centerline of said main frame; left and right rear wheels positioned on opposite sides of said imaginary centerline of said main frame; a rear wheel support system coupling said left and right rear wheels to said frame; and a front wheel support system coupling said left and right front wheels to said main frame, wherein said front wheel support system is configured to allow non-corresponding shifting of said right and left front wheels relative to said main frame, wherein said implement comprises a mechanical linkage system coupling said front and rear wheel support systems in a manner such that shifting of said rear wheels relative to said main frame causes shifting of said front wheels relative to said main frame, said mechanical linkage system coupling said left and right front wheels in a manner such that shifting of one of said front wheels relative to said main frame causes shifting of the other of said front wheels relative to said main frame, wherein said front wheel support system comprises a left front wheel support system for supporting said left front wheel and a right front wheel support system for supporting said right front wheel, wherein said mechanical linkage system comprises a rocker bar configured to pivot relative to said main frame on a substantially upright rocker pivot axis, said left and right front wheel support systems being mechanically linked to said rocker bar on opposite sides of said rocker pivot axis.",0.16094267274736182,0.3218853454947237
9777967,"1. A thermosyphon system; comprising an evaporator; a condenser; a liquid line fluidly coupling the condenser to the evaporator; a vapor line fluidly coupling the evaporator to the condenser; a refrigerant, wherein the refrigerant vaporizes as it progresses through the evaporator, passes through the vapor line from the evaporator to the condenser wherein vapor condenses to a liquid and passes through the liquid line from the condenser to the evaporator; wherein the evaporator, condenser, liquid line and vapor line operate at substantially the same pressure; wherein the refrigerant is a non-azeotropic mixture of two or more fluids; and wherein a condenser coolant flows counter to the refrigerant inside the condenser.",0.5961954474497159,0.8076091051005683
8557491,"1. A toner comprising: a polyester resin as a binder resin, a colorant in an amount of 1% to 15% by mass based on total amount of toner, a fixing-assisting component in an amount of 2% to 25% by mass based on total amount of toner, a fatty acid in an amount of 0.5% to 5% by mass based on total amount of toner, and a releasing agent in addition to the fixing-assisting component and the fatty acid, wherein the releasing agent is present in an amount of 1% to 30% by mass based on total amount of toner, wherein the releasing agent is any one of carnauba wax, cotton wax, Japan wax, rice wax, bees wax, lanolin, ozokerite, cerecine, paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, petrolatum, Fisher-Tropsh wax, polyethylene wax, polypropylene wax, ketone wax, ether wax, poly-n-stearyl methacrylate, poly-n-lauryl methacrylate, a copolymer of n-stearyl acrylate-ethyl methacrylate, and a crystalline polymer having a long-chain alkyl group at its side chain; wherein the fixing-assisting component has a melting point of 60° C. to 120° C. and comprises at least is any one of an esterified compound obtained by esterification of the fatty acid and an amide compound obtained by amidation of the fatty acid.",0.08204752218586134,0.16409504437172262
8516729,"1. A less than lethal firearm comprising: a hand gun having a molded barrel member including a plurality of barrels formed as a unitary member, and a main housing supporting said unitary member, each barrel having a muzzle at a distal end and firing chamber at a proximal end, the proximal end of each one of said plurality of barrels being adapted to receive a shell cartridge comprising less than 3 grains of gun powder which can be fired from said hand gun, said unitary member being sufficiently strong to withstand the pressures generated by the firing of said shell cartridge comprising less than 3 grains of gun powder; a sliding trigger mounted for reciprocating movement with said main housing, said sliding trigger including a trigger latch pivotally mounted on said sliding trigger; a revolving member mounted within said main housing, said revolving member having a hammer located thereon, said revolving member being mounted to enable revolving and reciprocating motion such that the hammer will move in a circular path sequentially impacting a firing pin in successive order in response to successive pulls of the sliding trigger, said revolving member includes cam pins that are in operative engagement with slots formed on a stationary helical member.",0.009291349240787224,0.018582698481574456
8873445,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a memory storing executable instructions; and a processor in communication with the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to: wherein the DoS message is generated in response to a message from a server to an access network requesting communication with the access terminal.",0.2995999931162792,0.5991999862325584
8668052,"1. A method, comprising: disposing a cylindrical insert of a level adjustment tool in an oiler with a bottom of the insert supported by a level adjuster inside the oiler, wherein a laser coupled to the insert extends from the insert in a first direction and a counterweight coupled to the insert extends from the insert in a second direction opposite the first direction such that the tool is balanced on the level adjuster; projecting light from the laser onto a rotating equipment housing to identify position of the level adjuster relative to an oil level marker on the rotating equipment housing; and adjusting the level adjuster to a desired location based on the light projected onto the rotating equipment housing, wherein a first elongate member attached to the laser and the insert are securable together by a fastener that holds the first elongate member to the insert and extends through a slot in the first elongate member to enable adjustment of the laser.",0.13848287528658115,0.2769657505731623
9136650,"1. An electrical connector comprising: a pair of docking ports each for receiving a plug connector, the docking port extending along a front-to-back direction; an insulative housing receiving the docking ports; a pair of contact modules mounted in the housing, each of the contact modules comprising an insulative carrier, an inner printed circuit board mounted on the insulative carrier, a plurality of mating contacts extending from the inner printed circuit board into one of the docking ports, and a plurality of mounting contacts connecting the inner printed circuit board with an exterior substrate, each of the insulative carriers defining a gap at a side proximal to an adjacent insulative carrier; and a shielding wafer downwardly extending beyond the inner printed circuit board and fully shielding the contact modules, wherein the shielding wafer is soldered at the gaps to the inner printed boards.",0.43810009407094985,0.8762001881418997
8543576,"1. A method comprising: receiving a set of clusters of documents; for each cluster in the set of clusters, calculating a similarity score for the cluster wherein the similarity score is based at least in part on features included in the documents in the cluster and indicates a measure of similarity of the documents in the cluster; for each cluster associated with a respective similarity score greater than a first threshold, identifying the cluster as satisfying a quality assurance requirement; for each cluster associated with a respective similarity score less than a second threshold, identifying the cluster as failing the quality assurance requirement, wherein the second threshold is less than the first threshold; for each cluster associated with a similarity score less than or equal to the first threshold value and greater than or equal to the second threshold value, reviewing at least a subset of documents in the cluster to determine whether the cluster satisfies the quality assurance requirement; and associating a label with each cluster in the set of clusters, wherein the label indicates whether the cluster satisfied the quality assurance requirement.",0.04763552151433438,0.09527104302866873
9845246,"1. An improved process for recovering CO from a catalytic fast pyrolysis process product effluent comprising steps of: a) providing a first vapor phase stream resulting from a catalytic fast pyrolysis process comprising, on a water-free and solids-free basis, from 25 to 80% CO and at least 15% CO b) mixing the first vapor phase stream of step a) with solvent having an absorption capacity for CO c) separating the mixed phase stream of step b) into a second vapor phase stream comprising CO and a liquid phase stream, and d) recovering a product stream from the second vapor phase stream of step c) having a higher concentration of CO and a lower concentration of CO",0.9940782350143286,0.011843529971342859
9323055,"1. A framework comprising: a head-mounted display constructed and adapted to provide a user with an augmented view of a physical object being viewed directly by the user, wherein the physical object is not a digital representation of an object and is one of: (1) an apparatus, (2) a device, (3) an instrument panel and a (2) machine to be one of: (1) maintained and (2) repaired; a tracking mechanism constructed and adapted to repeatedly determine the position and orientation of the head-mounted display relative the object being viewed, wherein the tracking system is constructed and adapted to determine its position using a plurality of markers located on the object being viewed; and a computer system constructed and adapted to provide one of (1) maintenance and (1) repair instructions displayed overlaid over the user's direct view of the physical object at particular locations relative to the physical object being viewed to create the augmented view and to repeatedly update the augmented view of the physical object being viewed based, at least in part, on the determined position and orientation of the display.",0.19835133167063168,0.39670266334126336
8915806,"1. An arrow comprising: a hollow elongate shaft comprising at least one interior wall, wherein the interior wall intersects the shaft at a rounded edge, and wherein the elongate shaft comprises an outer wall and the interior wall comprises a plurality of interior walls comprising chord walls; a plurality of vanes located proximate a proximal end of the shaft; and a point located proximate a distal end of the shaft.",0.34622555269358884,0.6924511053871777
8752883,"1. An automotive vehicle comprising: a body having a driver's side, a passenger's side, and a centerline that extends from the front to the rear of the vehicle and is equidistant between the driver's side and the passenger's side, an undercarriage, and a front portion having a front surface; a drive system disposed within the body; and a plurality of protrusions extending from the front portion, the plurality of protrusions positioned around the centerline for protection of the undercarriage, wherein each of the plurality of protrusions comprises an inner portion extending from the front surface at a non-zero inner angle with respect to the front surface toward the centerline and an outer portion extending from the front surface at a non-zero outer angle with respect to the front surface toward the centerline; wherein each protrusion comprises a deflector plate having two sides exposed to outside air and that shields the undercarriage from high velocity, outside air.",0.4185915264096047,0.8371830528192094
9631581,"1. An engine system, comprising: a first bank of cylinders; a second bank of cylinders; a first intake manifold associated with the first bank of cylinders; a second intake manifold associated with the second bank of cylinders; a first exhaust manifold connecting the first bank of cylinders to the first and second intake manifolds; a second exhaust manifold connecting the second bank of cylinders to the atmosphere; a plurality of injectors, each associated with a different cylinder in the first and second banks of cylinders; and a controller in communication with the plurality of injectors, the controller configured to:",0.8076992337147579,0.38460153257048413
9749841,"1. A method for updating a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) identity state, comprising: obtaining, by an evolved Node B (eNB), updated CSG identity state information about a User Equipment (UE), and executing an update operation according to the updated CSG identity state information, the eNB being a Master eNB (MeNB) or a Secondary eNB (SeNB); the method further comprising: when the eNB is the MeNB, sending, by the MeNB, the updated CSG identity state information or CSG identity state update indication information to the SeNB; and when the eNB is the SeNB, sending, by the SeNB, the updated CSG identity state information or CSG identity state update indication information to the MeNB, wherein sending, by the MeNB or the SeNB, the updated CSG identity state information or the CSG identity state update indication information to the SeNB or the MeNB comprises: sending, by the MeNB or the SeNB, the updated CSG identity state information or the CSG identity state update indication information by means of an SeNB modification flow or an SeNB release flow.",0.17060840771922128,0.3412168154384425
9229457,"1. A method for determining a driving strategy for a vehicle, comprising: obtaining, by at least one computer processor, a driving condition specification; detecting, by the at least one computer processor, whether a following vehicle is present, wherein the following vehicle is at least partially behind the vehicle; and selecting, by the at least one processor and from a plurality of candidate driving strategies, a driving strategy for achieving the specified driving condition based on (a) a power consumption analysis and (b) the detection; wherein: the plurality of candidate driving strategies includes a first driving strategy and a second driving strategy that is more power-saving than the first driving strategy; the at least one processor is configured to select the second strategy responsive to presence of a relevant following vehicle not being detected, and to select the first strategy responsive to detection of the presence of the relevant following vehicle.",0.9130284923290684,0.1739430153418633
9309865,"1. A device for utilizing flow energy, comprising: a track; elements, having impingement surfaces, traveling along the track and guided at a distance from each other, wherein an axis of rotation around which the elements move, is arranged transversely of a flow direction; and a ring that is movable parallel to the track whereby forces that act in a direction tangential to the track are transferred and the flow energy picked up by the elements is transmitted to a generator, wherein the elements and the ring are mounted separately from each other in the device and the elements and the ring are connected to each other so that the forces acting between the elements and the ring tangentially relative to the track are transmitted and forces acting in directions other than the tangential direction are not transmitted to the ring or are transmitted only to a weakened extent.",0.5323501346909563,0.9352997306180875
8411041,"1. An information display method for a touchscreen-enabled device, comprising: detecting a touch on an information region of a touchscreen having a plurality of regions; determining a type of the touch from at least two or more types of touch, extracting a direction and an indication value of the type of touch, and determining a next information item on the basis of the direction and an indication value of the type of touch, and replacing the information item with the new information item in the information region; and processing display of information item according to the type of touch; wherein the touchscreen is configured to perform respectively different functions in at least two regions of the plurality of regions of the touchscreen that simultaneously display respective applications and perform respectively different functions in response to a same type of touch event occurring on said at least two regions of the touchscreen, wherein the same type of touch event on a first information window of the touchscreen changes a display of information into another application information, and on a second information window causes a display of the second window to disappear from the touchscreen, and wherein a respective indication value for each type of touch is mapped and checked by a control unit for a current information item, and information to be displayed is determined by the control unit on a basis of an ordered arrangement and not by an arithmetic increment or decrement of the indication value.",0.08647078114023297,0.17294156228046598
9581454,"1. A route information processing apparatus comprising: a processor configured to execute a program; and a memory configured to store the program, wherein, based on the program, the processor performs operations to:",0.37927359120848897,0.7585471824169779
8943808,"1. A reductant dosing system for an engine, comprising: a supply of reductant; a reservoir configured to hold pressurized reductant, the reservoir being an enclosed chamber; a pump configured to draw reductant from the supply and discharge reductant at an elevated pressure into the reservoir, the reservoir being mounted to the pump and the pump being mounted to the supply; two injectors fluidly connected to the reservoir and configured to independently inject pressurized reductant into exhaust from the engine upstream of an aftertreatment component; an annular mounting member configured to hold the injectors at equally spaced intervals around an exhaust duct; and a coolant jacket that surrounds and supplies engine coolant to the annular mounting member and the injectors; and a controller in communication with the injectors and being configured to activate the injectors to inject pressurized reductant when a pressure of reductant within the reservoir is a desired pressure, wherein the reservoir has an expandable volume.",0.7972339304697861,0.40553213906042784
8778644,"1. A process for producing a composition, the process comprising (i) obtaining a yeast cell comprising (ii) extracting oil comprising eicosapentaenoic acid from the cell, and (iii) processing the oil comprising eicosapentaenoic acid, thereby producing the composition comprising eicosapentaenoic acid.",0.6897445324020282,0.6205109351959437
9003068,"1. A computer system, comprising: a host adapter, including:",0.45083517048313415,0.9016703409662683
9319823,"1. A method for application control in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: detecting connection of earphones comprising a non-powered sensor for sensing earphone wearing; sending, upon detection of earphone connection, an interrogation signal comprising a preset reference wave to the sensor of the earphones; receiving a response signal comprising a reflected wave, corresponding to the interrogation signal, from the earphones; determining whether the earphones are worn by a user on a basis of comparing a reference value with a difference between the reference wave and the reflected wave; and controlling, when the earphones are not worn, to stop output of an audio signal to the earphones by an application being executed, wherein the reflected wave comprises a reflection of the interrogation signal modulated according to physical characteristics, corresponding to an external temperature or pressure, of the non-powered sensor.",0.3106032499122539,0.6212064998245078
9813991,"1. A method of controlling communications between devices in a network, comprising: receiving a beacon frame from a network hub during a beacon frame interval, the beacon frame identifying a beacon shift sequence and a current beacon period; transmitting a connection request frame to the network hub, the connection request frame comprising a list of one or more scheduled allocation requests; receiving a connection assignment frame from the network hub, the connection assignment designating one or more allocation intervals in a beacon period in response to the scheduled allocation requests; and identifying wakeup intervals during times inside the designated allocation intervals and the beacon frame interval, wherein the connection request frame further comprises a next wakeup field that identifies a sequence number of a beacon frame associated with a beacon period in which a node will wake up for frame reception and transmission and wherein the connection request frame further comprises a wakeup interval field that identifies a duration between a start of successive wakeups for a node sending the request.",0.5340515311059667,0.9318969377880666
9646791,"1. A circuit breaker device comprising: a power supply; a circuit that is connected to the power supply; a switch that is capable of switching between connection and disconnection between the power supply and the circuit; and a circuit breaker that is capable of disconnecting the power supply, wherein: the switch is provided with a driving part that switches between connection and disconnection between the power supply and the circuit, according to an energization state; and the circuit breaker is provided with: a main body connection part that has a pair of circuit terminals connected to the power supply; a connector connection part that has a pair of connector circuit terminals involved in energization of the driving part; a main body that can be attached to and detached from the main body connection part, and that has a shorting terminal capable of shorting the pair of circuit terminals in a state of being attached to the main body connection part; a connector that can be attached to and detached from the connector connection part, and that has a connector shorting terminal that shorts the pair of connector circuit terminals when attached to the connector connection part; and a restriction member that restricts attachment of the connector to the connector connection part.",0.4321497682517756,0.8642995365035512
8810035,"1. A semiconductor bonding structure body in which, on a substrate electrode, a first intermetallic compound layer that contains Sn, a third layer that is constituted by a third intermetallic compound part containing Sn and a phase containing Sn, and a second intermetallic compound layer that contains Sn are overlaid in order, and an electrode of a semiconductor element is placed thereon, wherein the first intermetallic compound layer and the second intermetallic compound layer have parts that allow interlayer bonding via the third intermetallic compound part, and the third intermetallic compound part is shaped like sticks.",0.40860463296600247,0.8172092659320049
9069414,"1. A touchscreen sensor for a touchscreen device comprising: a substrate; a light source attached to the substrate; a light-delivery unit, which is formed on the substrate and connected to the light source; a light-receiving unit formed on the substrate; a plurality of ridge waveguides extending between the light-delivery unit and the light-receiving unit; a plurality of touch-sensitive optical detectors, each one being formed in one of the ridge waveguides and dividing the respective ridge waveguides into light-input waveguides, which are located between the touch-sensitive optical detector and the light-delivery unit, and light-output waveguides, which are located between the respective detector and the light-receiving unit; and an external plate that covers at least the ridge waveguides, the touch-sensitive detectors being distributed on the substrate under the external plate with a density that changes optical conditions of the touch-sensitive optical detector when an object touches the external plate.",0.06407134861772368,0.12814269723544736
9246396,"1. A power supplying device with low standby power consumption electrically connected to an alternative power (AC) supplier and an electronic system, the power supplying device with low standby power consumption receiving an AC electric power outputted by the AC supplier and outputting a converted electric power to the electronic system, the power supplying device with low standby power consumption comprising: a rectifier comprising a power factor correction circuit, the rectifier used for converting the AC electric power into a direct current (DC) electric power, the power factor correction circuit correcting the rectified DC electric power for decreasing the inputting current; a power converter electrically connected to the rectifier and comprising a first electric power outputting terminal and a standby electric power outputting terminal, the electronic system electrically connected to the standby electric power outputting terminal, the power converter receiving the DC electric power decreasing the inputting current and outputted from the rectifier; a controller electrically connected to the power converter; a power manager electrically connected to the controller and the electronic system; and a switch component electrically connected to the first electric power outputting terminal, the power manager, and the electronic system, the switch component conducting or cutting-off an electric power outputted from the first electric power outputting terminal according to controls of the power manager, wherein when the electronic system is operated in a standby mode, the power manager makes the switch component open, such that the electric power outputted from the first electric power outputting terminal does not transmit to the electronic system.",0.9631776930314563,0.07364461393708743
9793813,"1. An apparatus comprising: a first capacitor; a first inductor in resonance with the first capacitor; a first electronic switch; a second electronic switch; and a third electronic switch; wherein a first side of the first electronic switch is connected to a power source, and a second side of the first electronic switch is connected to a first node, wherein a first side of the second electronic switch is connected to the first node, and a second side of the second electronic switch is connected to a second node, wherein a first side of the first capacitor is connected to the first node, and a second side of the first capacitor is connected to a third node, wherein a first side of the first inductor is connected to the second node, and a second side of the first inductor is connected to an output node, wherein a first side of the third electronic switch is connected to the second node, and a second side of the third electronic switch is connected to the third node, wherein a load is connected to the output node and a return side of the power source, wherein turning on the first electronic switch and the third electronic switch and turning off the second electronic switch cause energy from the power source to be stored at the first capacitor and the first inductor while energy is being transferred from the first inductor to the load, wherein turning off the first electronic switch and the third electronic switch and turning on the second electronic switch cause at least a portion of the energy stored at the first capacitor to be transferred to the first inductor while energy is being transferred from the first inductor to the load, and wherein flyback from the first inductor is clamped by at least keeping the third electronic switch turned on, when the first electronic switch is turned off before the second electronic switch is turned on.",0.8778015320513988,0.24439693589720246
9751427,"1. A vehicle traction battery, comprising: a plurality of battery cells; a battery energy control module in communication with the plurality of battery cells; and charge-balancing circuitry associated with the plurality of battery cells, the charge-balancing circuitry including positive temperature coefficient thermistors positioned within the traction battery to provide thermal conditioning to the plurality of battery cells in response to a current applied to the charge-balancing circuitry.",0.8656284913969552,0.2687430172060896
9796094,"1. A decoration system, comprising: a plurality of decorative covers each having a cover-to-cover fastening structure and an electrical component fastening structure; wherein said cover-to-cover fastening structure includes a fastening assembly for releasably connecting one of said decorative covers to a contiguously adjacent decorative cover; wherein said electrical component fastening structure defines at least one opening that selectively receives elements of an external electrical device into an interior compartment of a respective decorative cover.",0.4116793181386625,0.823358636277325
9378755,"1. A method of detecting a user's voice activity comprising: generating by a speech features model generator probabilistic models that respectively model features of speech dynamically over time, wherein the probabilistic models model each feature dependent on a past feature and a current state, wherein the features of speech include a nonstationary signal presence feature, a periodicity feature, and a sparsity feature; performing noise suppression by a noise suppressor on an acoustic signal to generate a nonstationary signal presence signal and a noise suppressed acoustic signal; performing by a Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) module residual analysis on the noise suppressed acoustic signal to generate a periodicity signal and a sparsity signal; receiving by an inference generator the probabilistic models and in real-time, the nonstationary signal presence signal, the periodicity signal, and the sparsity signal; and generating by the inference generator in real time an estimate of voice activity based on the probabilistic models, the nonstationary signal presence signal, the periodicity signal, and the sparsity signal.",0.21755314563622008,0.43510629127244016
9660572,"1. An aluminum frame structure and solar panel packaging assembly, comprising: a solar panel, comprising a lamination of glass covers and solar cell glasses packaged by a packaging material, wherein the packaging material forms a contact slope around the periphery of the lamination of glass covers and solar cell glasses, and when ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and a back film is used as a filling material, the EVA is filled and sandwiched between the glass covers and the solar cell glasses while allowing the contact slope and the glass covers to be sealed by the back film; and an the aluminum frame structure, comprising: wherein, the solar panel is framed inside the U-shaped member of the aluminum frame structure.",0.9786844232126187,0.04263115357476255
9605523,"1. A method of using an in-situ apparatus for generating carbon dioxide gas near an oil site for use in enhanced oil recovery, comprising: bringing an in-situ apparatus for generating carbon dioxide gas to an oil site, the apparatus comprising a steam generator adapted to boil and superheat water to generate a source of superheated steam; a source of essentially pure oxygen; a steam reformer, located adjacent to the oil site, adapted to react a carbonaceous material with the superheated steam and the pure oxygen, in an absence of air, to generate a driver gas comprising primarily carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas, wherein at least a portion of the carbonaceous material is obtained from a location outside the oil site; and a separator adapted to separate at least a portion of the carbon dioxide gas from the driver gas to generate a carbon dioxide-rich driver gas and a hydrogen-rich fuel gas, wherein the separator is a methanol-based separator operating in a temperature-swing cycle between approximately −60° C. and +40° C., or a pressure-swing cycle between approximately 1 bar and 100 bar, providing a source of superheated steam; providing a source of essentially pure oxygen; controlling an input oxygen-to-steam ratio based on a temperature, a pressure, and a gas composition of a driver gas in real-time; steam reforming a carbonaceous material with the superheated steam and the pure oxygen to generate a driver gas comprising primarily carbon dioxide gas and hydrogen gas, wherein the steam reforming reaction is performed adjacent to the oil site and in an absence of air; separating at least a portion of the carbon dioxide gas from the driver gas to generate a carbon dioxide-rich driver gas and a hydrogen-rich fuel gas; compressing the carbon dioxide-rich driver gas for use in enhanced oil recovery; and injecting the compressed portion of the carbon dioxide-rich driver gas, with substantially no oxygen, to a predetermined depth in order to enhance oil recovery at the oil site.",0.9855047638120099,0.02899047237598018
9820197,"1. A user equipment (UE) device, comprising: wireless communication circuitry; a memory medium; and one or more processing elements coupled to the wireless communication circuitry and the memory medium, wherein the one or more processing elements are configured to execute program instructions stored on the memory medium to:",0.3831758459601968,0.7663516919203937
9359975,"1. An internal combustion engine system comprising: an internal combustion engine; an electric supercharger which is placed in an intake air path of the internal combustion engine and is configured to supercharge air to be sucked into the internal combustion engine; a throttle valve which is placed in the intake air path of the internal combustion engine and is configured to control a flow amount of intake air into the internal combustion engine based on an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal; an EGR path which is connected to a downstream side of the electric supercharger and is configured to recirculate apart of exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine to an intake air side of the internal combustion engine; an EGR valve which is placed in the EGR path and is configured to adjust a flow amount of the exhaust gas; and an internal combustion engine control unit which is configured to control the electric supercharger, the throttle valve, and the EGR valve, wherein the internal combustion engine control unit includes a pressure drop map of the electric supercharger which maps the flow amount of intake air of the internal combustion engine relative to a corresponding operating state of the electric supercharger, and wherein the internal combustion engine control unit is configured to adjust a driving state of the electric supercharger according to the flow amount of intake air of the internal combustion engine when the intake air in an area of the intake air path corresponding to the electric supercharger experiences a pressure drop, and to adjust the EGR valve to have a predetermined opening degree.",0.9713754842443014,0.05724903151139715
8752385,1. A boiler system comprising: an electric power generation system including: a CO a chimney which exhausts exhaust gas after recovery of CO wherein the system has a device for increasing a temperature of fluid for the boiler system by using exhaust gas exhausted from the CO wherein the device for increasing the temperature of the fluid is a device in which the fluid contains the exhaust gas exhausted from the CO wherein the fluid for the boiler system is either a gas flowing into the boiler or an exhaust gas flowing into the chimney.,0.9821743845981744,0.03565123080365118
8862259,"1. A processing data managing system comprising: a data processing section for receiving raw data on processing conditions of film forming treatments for magnetic disks collected in a magnetic disk manufacturing apparatus that performs a same process treatment for each of repeated cycles and processing said raw data into a characteristic value for each of the repeated cycles, and a data storage unit for storing the characteristic value for each of the repeated cycles in a storage, said data processing section obtaining the characteristic value for each of the repeated cycles by converting the raw data for one cycle into the characteristic value representing characteristics of the raw data for one cycle, said data storage unit storing the characteristic values for the repeated cycles in the storage so as to visualize time-dependent changes of the characteristic values for the repeated cycles, the magnetic disk manufacturing apparatus being configured to form magnetic disk thin films on the surface of a substrate by generation of discharge in a processing chamber maintained in a predetermined gas pressure atmosphere; the raw data being such that the number of data per hour is 14400000 or more where at least the raw data on power supply output for generation of the discharge are collected at regular sampling intervals, one cycle is set to 6 seconds, and sampling is performed 40 times in each second; the characteristic value being repeatedly calculated for each cycle, based on the raw data on the power supply output, on five items including a discharge ON time and an average value, a maximum value, a minimum value, and a standard deviation of the power supply output so that one cycle is represented by plot data at one point.",0.5843019510560937,0.8313960978878125
9107843,"1. A sunscreen composition having a sun protection factor of 150 to 172 comprising the following combination of ultra violet filters: octocrylene, avobenzone, oxybenzone, octisalate, and homosalate, in the following ratios relative to avobenzone: the ratio of octocrylene to avobenzone is 1.6:1.0 to 2.4:1.0, the ratio of oxybenzone to avobenzone 1.0:1.0 to 1.6:1.0, the ratio of octisalate to avobenzone is 0.8:1.0 to 1.3:1.0, and the ratio of homosalate to avobenzone is 2.8:1.0 to 4.3:1.",0.6289446562379515,0.742110687524097
9377502,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first metal line disposed over a substrate comprising circuitry; a second metal line disposed adjacent the first metal line, wherein the first metal line and the second metal line are metal lines configured to supply different voltages to the circuitry; and a third metal line disposed between the first metal line and the second metal line, the third metal line not being part of any functional circuit in the substrate and not coupled to any potential node in the substrate, wherein the third metal line is configured to be isolated from all internal potentials, and wherein the third metal line is coupled to an exposed pad.",0.1992058575165391,0.39841171503307815
9644258,"1. An apparatus for manufacturing a display device, the apparatus comprising: a loading chamber configured to receive a substrate from outside; a transfer chamber connected to the loading chamber and comprising a robot arm configured to transport the substrate; a deposition chamber connected to the transfer chamber and configured to deposit a deposition material onto the substrate after the substrate is transported to the deposition chamber from the transfer chamber; a mask supply chamber connected to the deposition chamber and configured to supply, to the deposition chamber, one of a plurality of masks stacked in the mask supply chamber; and a station connected to the mask supply chamber and configured to supply the plurality of masks, one by one, to the mask supply chamber, wherein the mask is supplied directly from the mask supply chamber to the deposition chamber.",0.15424944222682357,0.30849888445364715
9363755,"1. An apparatus for wireless communications with a remote apparatus, comprising: a processing system configured to:",0.418653533804126,0.837307067608252
8680356,"1. A process for preparing isoolefins having 4 to 6 carbon atoms of the formula I by catalytic gas phase cleavage of a starting compound of the formula II to give a compound of the formula I and a compound of the formula III wherein, in the formulae I to III, the R radical is H or an alkyl radical having 1, 2 or 3 carbon atom(s), the R wherein the catalyst used in the gas phase cleavage comprises: (i) 0.5 to 20% by mass of a member selected from the group consisting of MgO, or a mixture of an alkaline earth metal oxide and MgO; (ii) 4 to 30% by mass of aluminum oxide; and (iii) 60 to 95% by mass of silicon dioxide; wherein a mean pore diameter of the catalyst is from 5 to 20 nm; wherein at least 50% of the total pore volume of the catalyst is accounted for by mesopores having a diameter of 3.5 to 50 nm; and wherein the total pore volume is a sum of the pore volume of the pores having a pore diameter of greater than or equal to 3.5 nm determined by mercury porosimetry according to DIN 66133.",0.7945093118206036,0.41098137635879284
8968151,"1. A vehicle comprising: an electric machine connected to an engine by an upstream clutch and connected to a transmission gearbox by a torque converter and a bypass, downstream clutch; and a controller configured to reduce lash in a driveline by controlling a torque of the electric machine to a designated rate of change within a time zone characterized by a vehicle torque changing direction and being substantially zero, and the electric machine is operating.",0.9642786958924522,0.07144260821509563
8556099,"1. A vessel comprising: a bottom cylindrical ring having an inwardly protruding groove running from the top of said bottom ring to a termination in a vicinity of the bottom of said bottom ring, said termination creating a locking pin; and an inwardly protruding locking dent running from the top of said bottom ring to the bottom of said bottom ring, and wherein said locking dent is substantially parallel to said groove; a middle ring, wherein the middle ring has a middle wall, the middle wall having upper and lower middle edges, inside and outside middle surfaces, upper and lower middle diameters, a groove extending from the upper middle edge to the lower middle edge, the groove having a pin block, an inwardly protruding locking dent running from the upper middle edge to the lower middle edge, and at least one pin located on the middle inside surface proximate to the middle bottom edge, wherein the middle ring is sized to be a nestable and twistable fit to the outer surface of the bottom ring and wherein the middle ring locking dent is being shaped, sized and located to be matching fit to said bottom ring locking dent such that when the grooves of the middle ring and the bottom ring are engaged, said locking dents are also engaged; and a top cylindrical ring sized to be a nestable and a twistable fit to the outer surface of said middle ring, wherein said top ring comprises:",0.17531414076642265,0.3506282815328453
9151196,"1. A ducting system for feeding air and exhaust gases to an internal combustion engine and for discharging the exhaust gases produced by the internal combustion engine from the internal combustion engine, comprising a feed duct for feeding the air and exhaust gases to the internal combustion engine, a discharge duct for discharging the exhaust gases produced by the internal combustion engine from the internal combustion engine, in which one or more exhaust gas aftertreatment units are arranged for aftertreatment of the exhaust gases, a heater arranged in the feed duct, and a control unit storing instructions in memory executable to activate the heater to preheat the air that is fed to the internal combustion engine, wherein a duration of the activation of the heater and/or heat output given off by the heater is controlled as a function of a variable representing a state of ageing of at least one of the one or more exhaust gas aftertreatment units.",0.9732463408135009,0.05350731837299816
9500917,"1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate and including at least one unit pixel electrode; a second electrode including at least one unit electrode which faces the first electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules aligned approximately perpendicular to a surface of the substrate in an absence of an electric field in the liquid crystal layer, wherein a unit pixel electrode of the at least one the unit pixel electrodes include a stem disposed at a boundary between adjacent sub-regions and extending substantially in a first direction and a plurality of branches extending from the stem and disposed at the sub-regions, and the unit electrode includes an opening overlapping the stem in a plan view and extending substantially in the first direction, and wherein the stem has a first width in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the opening has a second width in the second direction, and the first width is equal to or smaller than the second width.",0.07192452426255358,0.14384904852510716
9242728,"1. A full-scale, multirotor vertical takeoff and landing (vtol) electric aircraft system capable of transporting a plurality of human occupants and payload, comprising: a. a multirotor vtol electric aircraft having a plurality of components; b. a system comprising the plurality of components where the system comprises safety and reliability attributes necessary to safely and reliably transport human occupants and satisfy Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) or International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regulatory safety-of-flight rules; c. a physical airframe structure which mounts the plurality of components, capable of supporting a weight of the multirotor vtol electric aircraft with one or a plurality of human occupants and payload; d. a physical motor attachment structure that provides mounting attachments for a plurality of electric motor and propeller subassemblies, and that transfers lift generated by the motor and propeller subassemblies to the airframe, passengers, and payload; e. a plurality of electric motor and propeller subassemblies reliably attached to the multirotor attachment structure and connected to the airframe or fuselage; f. the plurality of electric motor and propeller subassemblies comprising pairs of motor and propeller subassemblies where each pair comprises two counter-rotating motors and counter-rotating propellers; g. the plurality of electric motors being controlled by a plurality of electric motor controllers; h. a ground support structure comprising landing skids or wheels capable of supporting the airframe structure and a plurality of occupants, avionics, motors, electronics and batteries; i. the plurality of motor electric controllers to control a commanded voltage and torque generated by each motor and to measure its performance, comprising RPM and voltage and current; j. a motor control or autopilot system comprising the plurality of motor electric controllers or autopilots, where the redundancy satisfies the safety and reliability required to meet regulatory safety-of-flight rules; k. an On/Off switch connected to a high-current fuse and high-current contactor that isolates a battery system from a remainder of the system when the battery system is not required or is being charged, the battery system comprising a plurality of rechargeable high-energy density batteries connected in serial and parallel configurations to supply a required voltage and current; l. a battery charger comprising a unit configured to receive external power accessed through a charging connector to recharge the batteries after use; m. a battery display system that outputs performance metrics for the batteries; n. a safety switch configured to provide a means of disabling and enabling an entire motor system; o. an external charging connector compatible with infrastructure chargers for the multirotor vtol electric aircraft to enable multirotor vtol electric aircraft recharging; p. a dual display system comprising an application software operating on a touch-tablet computer or an avionics display system, the dual display system capable of displaying a planned three-dimensional path from origin to destination; q. an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-B (ADSB) unit configured to provide the avionics display system with collision avoidance, traffic, and weather information to and from the multirotor vtol electric aircraft; r. a motor management computer or autopilot comprising a computer and input/output interfaces, Controller Area Network (CAN), analog voltage inputs, analog voltage outputs, embedded or stand-alone air data computer capabilities, embedded or stand-alone inertial measurement capability, and a cross-communications channel or network; s. a DC-DC converter configured to down-regulate motor battery voltage for the multirotor vtol electric aircraft to either 12V or 24/28V standards, with a 12 or 24/28V battery to provide local storage, enabling the battery system to be recharged from one external connector; t. a throttle to provide a single or dual-redundant variable voltage or potentiometer setting indicative of commanded thrust; u. a two-axis joystick or control yoke to provide two independent sets of single- or dual-redundant variable voltage or potentiometer settings indicative of pitch command and bank command; and v. control algorithms operating within the single or redundant motor management computer or autopilot to perform analysis, comparisons, and generate commands to individual motor controllers and monitor results to control the multirotor vertical takeoff and landing (vtol) electric aircraft for transporting multiple occupants and payload.",0.9784924369956098,0.043015126008780324
9590028,1. A device comprising: a polymer block on a front surface of an interposer wafer; a capacitor formed on an upper surface of and in one or more trenches in the polymer block; a first metal layer in the one or more trenches and on the upper surface of the polymer block; and a dielectric layer on the first metal layer and side surfaces of the polymer block.,0.23115642514069215,0.46231285028138425
8786116,"1. A vehicle control device comprising: a converter configured to receive, from an alternating-current end side, input of alternating-current power generated by a generator, convert the alternating-current power into direct-current power, and output the direct-current power from a direct-current end side, the generator generating the alternating-current power with an output of a diesel engine; a first inverter configured to receive, from a direct-current end side, input of direct-current power discharged by a power storage device or the direct-current power output by the converter, convert the direct-current power into alternating-current power, and output the alternating-current power from an alternating-current end side to a motor that drives a vehicle, the power storage device charging and discharging the direct-current power; a second inverter configured to receive, from a direct-current end side, input of the direct-current power discharged by the power storage device or the direct-current power output by the converter, convert the direct-current power into alternating-current power, output the alternating-current power from an alternating-current end side, and supply the alternating-current power to an auxiliary machine; a first switcher including a function of connecting the generator and the alternating-current end side of the converter, a function of connecting a connection destination of the alternating-current end side of the converter to the motor or the auxiliary machine, and a function of connecting a connection destination of the generator to the motor or the auxiliary machine; a second switcher including a function of connecting the alternating-current end side of the first inverter and the motor, a function of connecting the alternating-current side of the second inverter and the auxiliary machine, a function of connecting a connection destination of the motor to the first switcher, a function of connecting a connection destination of the alternating-current end side of the second inverter to the first switcher, a function of connecting the connection destination of the second inverter connected to the auxiliary machine to the motor, a function of connecting a connection destination of the auxiliary machine to the first switcher, a function of connecting a connection destination of the alternating-current end side of the first inverter to the first switcher, and a function of connecting the connection destination of the alternating-current end side of the first inverter to the auxiliary machine; and a control unit configured to control operations of the converter, the first inverter, and the second inverter and the first and second switchers, wherein when the diesel engine is being started up and when the converter and the first inverter are broken down or when the converter and the second inverter are broken down, the control unit performs control for controlling the first and second switchers, switching a connection destination of the generator connected to the alternating-current end side of the converter from the converter to the motor via the first and second switchers, controlling number of revolutions of the diesel engine, and controlling the alternating-current power generated by the generator to desired alternating-current power to drive the motor.",0.9439482874384905,0.11210342512301907
9487209,"1. A hybrid vehicle provided with an engine and an electric motor that is used to drive the hybrid vehicle, comprising: an electricity storage device that outputs electric power to the electric motor and receives electric power from the electric motor and that is charged with electricity generated by using output of the engine; an external charging portion that charges the electricity storage device with electric power supplied from outside the vehicle; and a control device that controls switching between traveling of the vehicle which does not use the engine but uses the electric motor and traveling of the vehicle which uses the engine, wherein the control device restrains the traveling of the vehicle which uses the engine, when an accumulated value of travel distance that is covered by the vehicle when the vehicle travels using the engine, following a previous execution of charging by the external charging portion, exceeds an accumulated value of the travel distance that is covered by the vehicle when the vehicle travels without using the engine but with using the electric motor for driving the vehicle, following the previous execution of the charging by the external charging portion, and wherein the control device initializes the accumulated value of the travel distance covered by the vehicle when the vehicle travels with using the engine and the control device initializes the accumulated value of the travel distance covered by the vehicle when the vehicle travels without using the engine but with using the electric motor, in response to cancellation of the restraint of the traveling of the vehicle which uses the engine, wherein the control device makes the cancellation of the restraint of the traveling of the vehicle which uses the engine when charging is newly executed by the external charging portion.",0.9828567163640867,0.03428656727182666
9188701,"1. A power generation predicting apparatus, comprising: a first storage configured to store photovoltaic (PV) power generation data including actual results of a power generation amount by a PV power generation system in time series; a second storage configured to store PV facility data representing an installation position and a power generation ability of the PV power generation system; a third storage configured to store meteorological situation data of three-dimensional cells, wherein the three-dimensional cells form a three-dimensional space above a prediction target area at which the PV power generation system is placed; and a microprocessor connected to the first to third storages and storing a program which when executed causes the microprocessor to be configured to: estimate a maximum power generation amount capable of generating by the PV power generation system at each time based on the PV power generation data; estimate a power generation inhibitor total amount at each time based on the maximum power generation amount wherein the power generation inhibitor total amount is a total of power generation inhibiting substances which are present until a solar light reaches the PV power generation system; calculate a solar radiation weight for each of the three-dimensional cells at each time based on a straight line passing through the three-dimensional cells the straight line is a line connecting between a solar position and the PV power generation system, and the solar radiation weight expresses an influence degree of each of three-dimensional cells with respect to the power generation inhibitor total amount; estimate a power generation inhibitor amount in each of the three-dimensional cells at a prediction target time based on the power generation inhibitor total amount, the solar radiation weight, and the meteorological situation data; and calculate a power generation inhibitor total amount at the prediction target time based on the power generation inhibitor amount and the solar radiation weight of each of the three-dimensional cells at the prediction target time, and predict a power generation amount at the prediction target time based on the power generation inhibitor total amount at the prediction target time, and the maximum power generation amount corresponding to the prediction target time.",0.8877394818602918,0.22452103627941633
8869524,"1. Apparatus for connecting a power cable to a marine vessel, where the vessel is capable of moving in all directions, and where the power cable includes an outer protective layer and an inner core containing conducting wires for connection to selected components located within the marine vessel, the apparatus comprising: a ball and a socket; said socket being mounted within said marine vessel for holding said ball; said socket shaped to allow the ball to rotate and move around the socket while restraining any up and down movement of the ball; means for securely attaching the outer protective layer of the power cable to said ball while allowing the inner core and all the conducting wires to pass through said ball and all the conducting wires being electrically insulated from said ball; means connecting the conducting wires of the inner core to an internal connector; and flexible wire connections connected between the conducting wires at the internal connector and preselected points within the marine vessel.",0.5515007342748949,0.8969985314502102
9562592,"1. A method for controlling a power-split gear shift device in a vehicle, comprising: providing a transmission with variable gear shift for connecting a drive motor to a traction drive of the vehicle, an electric variator having a compound gear train with at least one first electric machine and at least one second electric machine, and a controller of the first and second electric machines for steplessly varying a gear shift of the compound gear train; detecting an external power requirement by an electric consumer; setting a gear shift region of the transmission with variable gear shift; operating the first electric machine and the second electric machine, the first electric machine being operated in a generator mode; and compensating for an existing power deficit or a power excess relative to an external power demand.",0.8858420458260094,0.2283159083479811
9049443,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a video encoder for encoding at least a block in a picture by selecting a transform to apply to a residue of the block between contiguous pictures in a video sequence from a set of two or more different transforms predetermined with respect to the block, wherein the transform is selected responsive to at least one of: (i) one or more values corresponding to a motion vector, (ii) a value of a residue of one or more previously encoded blocks between contiguous pictures in the video sequence, (iii) a value of prediction data for the block, (iv) one or more transform selections of one or more neighboring reconstructed blocks, and (v) a quantization step applied to transform coefficients for the residue of the block, wherein the set of two or more transforms is derived from reconstructed video data from one or more previous pictures.",0.03935045001263471,0.07870090002526942
8397974,1. Self-reacting friction stir welding tooling comprising: friction fabrication tooling having a non-consumable body with a throat for feeding filler material into a weld joint and upper and lower shoulders disposed at a fixed distance with their surfaces facing one another; wherein the upper shoulder surface and the lower shoulder surface are capable of trapping filler material loaded into substrates in a volume between the tool shoulders and are capable joining the substrates with frictional heating and compressive/shear loading; and wherein the upper and lower shoulders are connected by a fixed split-pin.,0.1768051847612133,0.35361036952242664
8841183,"1. A method for manufacturing a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, comprising: forming a stacked body by alternately stacking a plurality of first films and second films on a substrate, the second films being formed with a material which is different from a material forming the first films; forming a trench in the stacked body; forming a charge storage film, a tunnel insulating film, and a channel film made of a silicon in this order on exposed surfaces of the second films of an inner surface of the trench; and forming a silicon oxynitride layer at an interface between the tunnel insulating film and the channel film by performing thermal treatment in a nitrogen monoxide gas atmosphere, a cavity being formed in the trench when the thermal treatment is performed, the cavity communicating with outside of the trench, and the channel film being exposed to an inner surface of the cavity.",0.1708950864025495,0.34179017280509894
8613746,"1. A drill bit for preparatory reaming of a spinal facet surface, comprising: a) a shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, b) a drill attachment feature extending from the proximal end portion of the shaft, and c) a cutting bit extending from the distal end portion of the shaft, wherein the cutting bit has a distal face comprising: i) a plurality of circumferentially-disposed inner cutting surfaces having a height, ii) a plurality of circumferentially-disposed outer cutting surfaces having a height, and iii) a planar circumferential flat located radially between the inner cutting surfaces and the outer cutting surfaces, wherein the heights are measured with respect to the circumferential flat, wherein the height of an inner cutting surface is greater than the height of an outer cutting surface.",0.013925898637242471,0.027851797274484946
9332410,"1. A method for answering a call, comprising: after a call is received from a calling party, answering the call by using an automatic call answering function of a terminal; communicating, by the terminal, with the calling party; determining, while communicating with the calling party, if an instruction of an owner was received over a communications network by the terminal prior to the call being received; determining, after answering the call and while communicating with the calling party, that a call answering instruction sent by the owner is received; when a determination is made that the instruction was received over a communications network by the terminal prior to the call being received, performing an operation according to the instruction of the owner, the performing the operation according to the instruction of the owner comprising quitting communicating with the calling party according to the call answering instruction sent by the owner and in response to determining that the call answering instruction has been received; and when a determination is made that the instruction is not received, determining an emergency level of the call according to call content and performing an operation according to the determined emergency level.",0.4580094927920613,0.9160189855841226
9174168,"1. A method for cleaning a gas stream containing carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide, said method including removing, at least partly, carbon dioxide from the gas stream in a carbon dioxide removal step by bringing the gas stream into contact with a liquid comprising ammonia such that the gas stream is depleted in carbon dioxide and enriched in ammonia, said method comprising the steps of: a) bringing the gas stream into direct contact with a liquid stream in a first upstream gas-liquid contacting device upstream of the carbon dioxide removal step, cooling the gas stream, and absorbing into the liquid at least a part of the sulfur dioxide of the gas stream such that the gas stream is depleted in sulfur dioxide and said liquid stream is enriched in sulfate, b) bringing the gas stream depleted in sulfur dioxide into direct contact with a liquid stream in a second upstream gas-liquid contacting device upstream of the carbon dioxide removal step, cooling the gas stream, and absorbing into the liquid at least a part of the sulfur dioxide of the gas stream such that the gas stream is depleted in sulfur dioxide and said liquid stream is enriched in sulfate, c) removing, at least partly, carbon dioxide from the gas stream by bringing the gas stream depleted in sulfur dioxide into contact with a liquid comprising ammonia such that the gas stream is depleted in carbon dioxide, d) bringing the gas stream depleted in carbon dioxide into contact with a liquid stream enriched in sulfate in a first downstream gas-liquid contacting device downstream of the carbon dioxide removal step, cooling the liquid stream, and absorbing into the liquid at least a part of the ammonia of the gas stream such that the gas stream is depleted in ammonia and said liquid stream is enriched in ammonia, e) bringing the gas stream depleted in ammonia into contact with a liquid stream enriched in sulfate in a second downstream gas-liquid contacting device downstream of the carbon dioxide removal step, cooling the liquid stream, and absorbing into the liquid at least a part of the ammonia of the gas stream such that the gas stream is depleted in ammonia and said liquid stream is enriched in ammonia, f) withdrawing at least a portion of the liquid stream used in the second upstream gas-liquid contacting device and reusing the withdrawn liquid in a downstream gas-liquid contacting device and forwarding the remaining portion to the first upstream gas-liquid contacting device, or withdrawing at least a portion of the liquid stream used in the second downstream gas-liquid contacting device and reusing the withdrawn liquid in an upstream gas-liquid contacting device and forwarding the remaining portion to the first downstream gas-liquid contacting device.",0.8385324013168236,0.3229351973663528
8745956,"1. A method for lifting asymmetric integral construction, comprising steps as following: 1) determining proper lifting points on a construction to be lifted, according to the position relationship between the construction and a base supporter, with the following rules: i. the lifting points must surround most of a plane extent of the construction; ii. the centroid of the lifting points must be close to the gravity center of the construction; 2) setting a dragging point on the bottom of the construction, and the dragging point is located on the extension line of the connection between the gravity center of the construction and the centroid of the lifting points; 3) determining a projection point of the dragging point on the ground; 4) arranging a dragging device between the dragging point and the projection point; 5) installing a lifting system at a proper position; 6) conducting lifting operation by means of the lifting system cooperated with the dragging device; 7) rectifying and fixing the construction after it is in place.",0.35750515809677197,0.7150103161935439
8884496,"1. A device comprising: a frame; an elongated stalk member defining a direction of elongation, a first end and second end; a pendular member; and a set of electrical terminal(s) wherein: the stalk member comprises a frame connection portion that is at least substantially fixedly mechanically connected to the frame; the stalk member includes a piezoelectric type material portion; the stalk member is sized, shaped, connected, structured, located and/or has an appropriate degree of rigidity so that it will exhibit at least a first mode of cantilever motion when the device is placed in a fluid stream with the fluid stream having a first direction and the stalk member having a first orientation with respect to the fluid stream; the piezoelectric type material portion is located so that the first mode of cantilever motion of the stalk will be transduced by the piezoelectric type material portion into transduced electrical energy; the set of electrical terminal(s) is electrically connected to the stalk so that the transduced electrical energy is communicated to the first set of electrical terminals; and the pendular member is mechanically connected directly to the stalk member in the vicinity of its second end and extends from the stalk member in a direction that is at least substantially parallel to the direction of elongation.",0.4173303720097141,0.8346607440194282
8571829,"1. A method for using a vibration analysis to detect an object within a freight shipping container, based on a mass of the object, comprising the steps of: (a) while the container is being supported, using a vibration source for exciting the container to vibrate; (b) coupling a plurality of vibration sensors to the container at a plurality of spaced-apart locations; (c) using the plurality of vibration sensors to sense resonant vibrations of the container due to the vibration source, wherein an arrangement of the spaced-apart locations of vibration sensors can effectively sense the resonant vibrations of two or more classes of container; (d) sensing resonant vibrations of the container in response to the excitation of the container by the vibration source; and (e) using a computing device, identifying a location of one or more objects disposed within the container by at least analyzing the resonant vibrations of the container that were sensed at one or more locations of the plurality of spaced apart locations, so as to detect a resonant vibration response of the container caused by a presence of the object disposed within the container, the response being a function of the object's mass.",0.1237477180187544,0.2474954360375088
9082101,"1. A method of facilitating commerce, comprising: receiving, at a management system and from a first mobile client device of a first customer, a request to check-in at a merchant facility; receiving, at the management system and from the first mobile client device of the first customer, a request to access real-time pre-sale transaction data associated with the first customer; processing, at the management system, the request to access real-time pre-sale transaction data, said processing including: transmitting, at the management system, a status update message to a set of social networking servers associated with a set of social networks of the first customer, the status update message notifying a set of users associated with the set of social networks that the first customer has checked-in at the merchant facility; receiving, at the management system and from a second mobile client device of a second customer, an order request to modify an item of goods and/or services associated with the itemized pre-bill included in the real-time pre-sale transaction data, the second customer being a user of the set of users associated with at least one of the set of social networks of the first customer, wherein the order request to modify comprises a request to pay for the item of goods and/or services at the merchant facility for the first customer; responsive to the order request received from the second customer, transmitting, at the management system, the order request to the first mobile client device for approval by the first customer; and in an event the first customer approves the order request:",0.07643335297728775,0.15286670595457552
9080863,"1. A method for monitoring alignment between contact holes and polycrystalline silicon gate, comprising the following steps: providing a poly-silicon gate on an active area of a semiconductor structure; setting a plurality of equidistant contact holes with a same shape on said poly-silicon gate and residual active area; and detecting and calculating a deviation value of the aligned process by electron method; wherein a length of the poly-silicon gate is determined by the diameter of the contact hole, pitch of contact holes and the width of poly-silicon gate; wherein a first contact hole of a row that is comprised of said contact holes is disposed on the poly-silicon gate while a last contact hole of said row is disposed on the active area; and wherein said deviation value is L/2−T*Z, L is a width of the poly-silicon gate, Z is an interval between adjacent contact holes along the width of said poly-silicon gate, T is a count value of a contact hole disposed on the poly-silicon gate whose luminance begins to change in said contact hole row detected by an electron method.",0.2697474934826884,0.5394949869653768
8486370,"1. A compound having a formula selected from: wherein the subscripts n, m and q are each independently selected integers of from 0 to 2; R R R R X is S, O or NH; Y is a peptide having r independently selected amino acids, wherein at least one amino acid is selected from the group consisting of an unnatural amino acid and a D-amino acid; and",0.5175514135838548,0.9648971728322904
8680234,"1. A polymyxin derivative of the general formula (I), wherein R1 is optional; and R1, R2 and R3 represent any amino acid residue, if present; R4 is an amino acid residue comprising a functional side chain able to cyclize said derivative; R6 is a hydrophobic amino acid residue; R7 is a hydrophobic amino acid residue or Thr; R5, R8 and R9 are cationic or neutral amino acid residues; R10 is Leu, Thr or any non-hydrophobic amino acid residue; and R(FA) is an optionally substituted fatty acyl or alkyl residue, or a hydrophobic oligopeptide; with the proviso that R8 and R9 are not both formylated when R(FA)-R1-R2-R3 constitutes the native polymyxin B side chain; wherein said amino acid residues are selected so that the total number of positive charges at physiological pH is at least two but no more than three, and the total number of positive charges in the side chain portion, R(FA)-R1-R2-R3, does not exceed two, whereby said polymyxin derivative still possesses antibacterial activity against Gram-negative bacteria, and/or possesses the ability to sensitize Gram-negative bacteria to antibacterial agents; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said derivative.",0.5675504957888305,0.8648990084223389
9728725,"1. A white light emitting device comprising: (i) a radiation transmissive first electrode; (ii) a second electrode; (iii) a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the light emitting layer comprising a conjugated polymer or oligomer capable of white light emission and comprising repeating units A, B and C: wherein (iv) a dielectric layer disposed between the light emitting layer and the first electrode and/or the second electrode.",0.44798224692278643,0.8959644938455729
9504988,"1. A plurality of macroreticular polymer beads comprising a copolymer having a plurality of complexing cavities which selectively bind a target metal ion, wherein the copolymer is prepared from: (a) a ligand monomer which is cationic or anionic and is complexed to a non-metal surrogate ion, (b) a non-ligand monomer, and (c) a crosslinking monomer; wherein: (i) the charge of the copolymer in the complexing cavity is opposite the charge of the target metal ion, and (ii) the non-metal surrogate ion has substantially the same shape and charge as the target metal ion.",0.25344638993973534,0.5068927798794707
9423790,"1. A method for adjusting a recovery time for a processing system having a process tool and an auxiliary device to recover from an idle mode to a normal operation mode, comprising: setting a target recovery time, a target value of a first parameter at which the auxiliary device operates in the normal operation mode, and an initial idle value of a second parameter at which the auxiliary device operates at the idle mode; adjusting the second parameter from a normal value at which the auxiliary device operates in the normal operation mode to the initial idle value in response to an idle command; adjusting the second parameter from the initial idle value to the normal value in response to a recovery command; and adjusting the initial idle value based on a difference between a measured recovery time, defined as a time period for the first parameter to return from a value at which the auxiliary device operates in the idle mode to the target value, and the target recovery time.",0.7313102947643633,0.5373794104712735
9441217,"1. A method of increasing the production of UDP-galactose in situ in the chloroplast for mono-galactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG) biosynthesis in a plant, the method comprising expressing from a DNA construct comprising a nucleic acid encoding a chloroplast UDP-glucose epimerase under the control of at least one regulatory promoter element in the plant, wherein the chloroplast UDP-glucose epimerase comprises a chloroplast transit peptide, and wherein the UDP-glucose epimerase is a monocot polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1.",0.4251150211710293,0.8502300423420586
8984818,"1. A solar panel racking system, comprising: a solar module comprising a laminate solar panel and at least one laminate strip adhered along a proximal side to a first side of the laminate solar panel, wherein the at least one laminate strip comprises two extended portions extending away from the solar panel in a first direction, and wherein a distal end of each one of the two extended portions comprises a notch extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and at least one mounting rail comprising two sidewalls, wherein each one of the two sidewalls is configured to detachably couple to the notch of a respective one of the two extended portions.",0.9586825632067378,0.08263487358652433
8705226,"1. A capacitor comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode includes:",0.7201965979329297,0.5596068041341407
8764497,"1. An electrical contact arrangement for use in a modular expandable bus bar arrangement, comprising: (a) a planar resilient conductive metal blank ( (b) said component contact sections being bent upwardly about said first fold lines toward generally vertical positions with their upper ends terminating in adjacent relation, thereby to permit the insertion of an electrical component ( (c) said support sections being bent downwardly about said second fold lines toward vertical positions in which said bus blade contact sections extend horizontally in spaced relation away from said central core section, thereby to permit connection of said electrical contact arrangement with a similar bus arrangement.",0.5889662122838512,0.8220675754322977
9174794,"1. A spherical container allowing rapid extraction comprising a shell ( 1 ), wherein an airtight cavity ( 2 ) is formed inside the shell ( 1 ) for storing food ingredients; the shell ( 1 ) is made by easily penetrable hard material; a filter net ( 3 ) is mounted in the cavity ( 2 ) of the shell ( 1 ); the filter net ( 3 ) separates the cavity ( 2 ) into an upper cavity and a lower cavity mutually independent from each other; the shell ( 1 ) comprises an upper shell ( 11 ) and a lower shell ( 12 ); the upper shell ( 11 ) and the lower shell ( 12 ) are removably connected with the filter net ( 3 ); the spherical container allowing rapid extraction also comprises a ring-shaped connector ( 4 ) connecting the upper shell ( 11 ) and the lower shell ( 12 ); the connector ( 4 ), the upper shell ( 11 ) and the lower shell ( 12 ) together form the airtight cavity ( 2 ); the filter net ( 3 ) is securely connected at inner cavities of the connector ( 4 ); the connector ( 4 ) has inwardly recessed upper surfaces to form ring-shaped upper locking slots ( 41 ) for locking; the connector ( 4 ) also has inwardly recessed lower surfaces to form ring-shaped lower locking slots ( 42 ) for locking: upper locking portions ( 111 ) tightly fitted with the upper locking slots ( 41 ) are provided at an opening position of the upper shell ( 11 ); lower locking portions ( 121 ) tightly fitted with the lower locking slots ( 42 ) are provided at an opening position of the lower shell ( 12 ).",0.43768378539326863,0.8753675707865373
9367514,"1. A communication method for wireless communication between end hosts through end nodes wirelessly connected to a backbone network through an access network, comprising: receiving, by a transmission end node connected to the backbone network, a transmission frame including a network frame header regarding the access network to which a transmission end host is connected and an Internet protocol (IP) packet including identifier information regarding a reception end host from the access network, removing, by the transmission end node, the network frame header from the transmission frame; adding, by the transmission end node, the TCP header to the packet; and routing, by the transmission end node, the IP packet including the TCP header to a reception end node through the backbone network.",0.3432585289575172,0.6865170579150344
8978089,"1. A method to receive data, comprising: configuring a receiving device to receive program event data and miscellaneous event data, the miscellaneous event data optionally including a recurring data flag; receiving across a network at least one stream of program event data; presenting the stream of program event data to a display; receiving across the network a first segment of miscellaneous event data in a first data stream; receiving across the network a second segment of miscellaneous event data in a second data stream, the second data stream separate from the first data stream; locally storing the first segment of miscellaneous event data and second segment of miscellaneous event data; assembling the first segment of miscellaneous event data and the second segment of miscellaneous event data to form assembled data; and in response to receiving a trigger across the network, presenting the assembled data to the display.",0.15359128948547882,0.3071825789709577
9800072,"1. A communication terminal which is connected via a serial communication network, the communication terminal comprising: a control unit having an input port and an output port; a first connector electrically connected to the input port and the output port; a second connector electrically connected to the input port and the output port; a first-first diode electrically connected between the first connector and the input port to allow an electric current to flow in a direction from the first connector toward the input port; a first-second diode electrically connected between the first connector and the output port to allow an electric current to flow in a direction from the output port toward the first connector; a second-first diode electrically connected between the second connector and the output port to allow an electric current to flow in a direction from the output port toward the second connector; and a second-second diode electrically connected between the second connector and the input port to allow an electric current to flow in a direction from the second connector toward the input port, wherein the control unit measures an electrical characteristic value of a secondary battery.",0.6247834061143291,0.7504331877713417
8895807,"1. A method for promoting late stage xylem development of a plant comprising: overexpressing a gene encoding a mutant RabG3b protein in the plant, wherein the mutant RabG3b protein comprises the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 having a leucine at the 67th residue of the sequence SEQ ID NO: 1; and selecting a plant having a phenotype of promoted tracheary element differentiation compared to the wild-type.",0.7932299234283562,0.4135401531432876
9260485,1. A method for producing an isolated cyclic pentadepsipeptide of the following Chemical Formula 1 or 2 comprising a step of culturing the bacterial cell of the genus Fusarium solani strain KCCM90040 (accession No. KCCM10881P).,0.7962488063129596,0.40750238737408084
9059597,"1. A system for reducing leakage current in a mobile device with an embedded battery, the system comprising: a power management integrated circuit (PMIC); a switch device electrically coupled to the embedded battery and the PMIC; and a low power personal area network (PAN) module coupled to the embedded battery, the PMIC, and the switch device, the low power PAN module configured to maintain the switch device in an open state while an application processor (AP) of the mobile device is off and to close the switch device in response to a receipt of an AP ON request signal to wake up the AP, wherein the open state of the switch device blocks leakage current flowing from the battery to the PMIC.",0.8715240425848751,0.2569519148302497
8834584,"1. A syngas cooler for use in a gasification system, said syngas cooler comprising: a head portion comprising a plurality of conduit headers and a substantially vertical annular wall coupled to an exterior surface of said head portion, said annular wall extending about a centerline axis of said head portion, said plurality of conduit headers extending through said annular wall; an annular shell portion comprising a plurality of conduits, said plurality of conduits coupled in flow communication with said plurality of conduit headers; a quench portion configured to remove particulates entrained in a flow of syngas flowing through said syngas cooler; and at least one circumferential seam weld coupling said annular shell to said head portion, wherein each of said plurality of conduits comprise a segment that is oriented generally radially inward from said shell portion and substantially circumferentially about said shell portion to facilitate access to said circumferential seam weld from inside said syngas cooler.",0.7447841395900135,0.5104317208199729
8808214,1. A variable-impedance active ankle foot orthosis comprising: an actuator comprising a motor operatively coupled to a spring; and a controller for modulating an impedance of an orthotic joint during a walking cycle for treating an ankle foot gait pathology by modulating deflection of the spring with the motor.,0.5771681580704078,0.8456636838591844
8694411,"1. A method for managing orders in an electronic trading environment comprising: submitting a first order to trade a first quantity of a first tradeable object at a first price to a first electronic exchange from a client computing device, the submitted first order pending in a first order book at the first electronic exchange for the first tradeable object; in response to submitting the first order, submitting a second order to trade a second quantity of a second tradeable object at a second price, the second quantity being set according to a predetermined quantity relationship between the second quantity and the first quantity, the second order being submitted from the client computing device to a second electronic exchange substantially simultaneously as submitting the first order, the submitted second order pending in a second order book at the second electronic exchange for the second tradeable object; receiving, at the client computing device, a user input changing at least one order parameter associated with the first order pending at the first electronic exchange; in response to receiving the user input, submitting, from the computing device, a first update to the first exchange to change the at least one order parameter of the first order pending at the first electronic exchange; and in response to submitting the first update message to the first exchange, submitting, from the computing device, a second update to the second electronic exchange to change at least one order parameter of the second order in the second order book.",0.03811991770128514,0.07623983540257029
9185409,"1. An image predictive encoding device comprising: a processor; a region partitioning unit executable by the processor to partition an input image into a plurality of regions that include a target region serving as an encoding target; a prediction information estimation unit executable by the processor to sub-partition the target region into a plurality of prediction regions, determine a prediction block partitioning type for the target region, predict motion information from a previously-reconstructed signal for acquisition of each of a plurality of signals highly correlated with the respective prediction regions, and obtain prediction information containing the prediction block partitioning type and the motion information, the prediction block partitioning type indicating a number and region shapes of the prediction regions; a prediction information encoding unit executable by the processor to encode the prediction information associated with the target region; a predicted signal generation unit executable by the processor to generate a predicted signal of the target region based on the prediction information associated with the target region; a residual signal generation unit executable by the processor to generate a residual signal based on the predicted signal of the target region and a pixel signal of the target region; a residual signal encoding unit executable by the processor to encode the residual signal generated by the residual signal generation unit; a residual signal restoration unit executable by the processor to decode the encoded residual signal to generate a reconstructed residual signal; and a recording unit executable by the processor to add the predicted signal to the reconstructed residual signal to generate a restored pixel signal of the target region, and to store the restored pixel signal as the previously-reconstructed signal, wherein the prediction information encoding unit includes a prediction information storage means executable by the processor to store previously-encoded prediction information, and the prediction information encoding unit is further executable to encode the prediction block partitioning type of the target region and store the prediction block partitioning type into the prediction information storage means based on: the prediction information of a region neighboring the target region, a number of previously-encoded prediction regions in the target region, and the previously-encoded prediction information of the target region; the prediction information encoding unit further executable to select a candidate for motion information, the candidate for motion information for use in generation of a predicted signal of a target prediction region serving as a next prediction region, and the candidate for motion information selected from previously-encoded motion information of a region neighboring the target prediction region; the prediction information encoding unit further executable to encode, according to the number of candidates for the motion information selected, merging block information indicative of generation of the predicted signal of the target prediction region, or encode either one of the merging block information or the motion information, wherein the merging block information is encoded using the selected candidate for motion information and the motion information detected by the prediction information estimation unit; and the prediction information encoding unit further executable to store the motion information for use in generation of the predicted signal of the target prediction region into the prediction information storage means.",0.04402962391365291,0.08805924782730579
9449238,"1. In a computing system environment, a method for recognizing objects in images defined by pixels, comprising: searching pixels of a source image; correlating the searched pixels to a plurality of predefined image templates of pixels and selecting a best matching image template therefore; extracting certain pixels from the source image that delimit features of the objects; correlating the extracted certain pixels to a plurality of predefined feature templates of pixels and selecting a best matching feature template therefore; and combining together results of said correlating; and display to a user.",0.034581471815584276,0.0691629436311686
9113811,"1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a processing circuit configured to",0.11242445299317487,0.22484890598634977
8846339,"1. A method for generating resources from organic feedstocks, the method comprising: receiving an organic feedstock and an isolated rumen in a fermenter; fermenting the organic feedstock with the isolated rumen to produce a continuous managed ecosystem fermentation (MEF) to generate a resource comprising biomass; separating the biomass through particulate separation; and dewatering the separated biomass.",0.9676221030328372,0.06475579393432551
8350112,"1. A method for controlling an aromatic transalkylation process, the method comprising: introducing a feed stream comprising aromatic hydrocarbon compounds to a transalkylation zone; introducing a water source to the transalkylation zone; contacting the feed stream with a sulfided catalyst comprising an aluminosilicate zeolite component having an MOR framework type selected from the group consisting of UZM-14 and mordenite; an MFI molecular sieve component; an inorganic oxide binder comprising a material selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica, zirconia, titania, thoria, boria, magnesia, chromia, stannic oxide, and combinations thereof; and between about 3% and about 5% molybdenum in the transalkylation zone under transalkylation conditions including the presence of water; producing a benzene product stream; determining a purity of the benzene product stream; and controlling the introduction of the water source in response to the purity of the benzene product stream to obtain a product having a higher purity of benzene.",0.6662605204074059,0.6674789591851882
8947427,"1. A method of arranging objects within a three-dimensional virtual space, the method being performed on a virtual worlds service provider, the method comprising: maintaining, on a virtual worlds service provider comprising one or more computer processors, an instance of a virtual world scene comprising a plurality of objects in a first spatial arrangement; identifying a first non-player object of the plurality of objects, the first non-player object having a first spatial position; receiving an original spatial position for the first non-player object, the original spatial position identifying a default position to which the first non-player object is to be returned to within the virtual world scene across a plurality of instances of the virtual world scene, the plurality of instances including the maintained instance; comparing the first spatial position of the first non-player object to the original spatial position of the first non-player object, said comparing including determining a distance between the first spatial position and the original spatial position; computing a transition path for replacing the first non-player object from the first spatial position to the original spatial position, based on the comparison of the first spatial position of the first non-player object and the original spatial position; and automatically transitioning the first object based on the computed transition path.",0.09562445391908792,0.19124890783817583
8983753,"1. A system for a vehicle, comprising: a first setpoint generation module that generates a first target value for a combustion parameter of an engine using a first relationship, wherein the first relationship is calibrated based on a predetermined value of a combustion stability of the engine; a second setpoint generation module that generates a second target value for the combustion parameter using a second relationship, wherein the second relationship is calibrated based on a predetermined fuel efficiency; a scaling module that generates a scaled value for the combustion parameter based on the first and second target values and a scalar value; a third setpoint generation module that generates a third target value for the combustion parameter based on the first target value and the scaled value; and an actuator control module that controls at least one engine actuator associated with the combustion parameter based on the third target value.",0.9126717662178612,0.17465646756427766
9764901,"1. A conveyor belt module comprising: a module body extending longitudinally in the direction of belt travel from a first end to a second end, laterally from a first edge to a second edge and in thickness from a top surface to an opposite bottom surface; a first set of hinge elements spaced apart across first gaps along the first end; a second set of hinge elements spaced apart across second gaps along the second end; a slot formed in and open to the upper surface and extending from the first edge towards the second edge, wherein the slot is open to the first edge and includes an opening to a passageway in the module body below the slot; an insert inserted into the slot, the insert including a magnetic element and a channel on a bottom surface of the insert; and a rod retention element inserted in the passageway for retaining a hinge rod, wherein the rod retention element includes a detent passing through the opening that engages the channel on the bottom surface of the insert to retain the insert in the slot.",0.09533810089356907,0.19067620178713818
9682981,"1. A compound of Formula Ia, or a salt thereof, wherein: Y L Cy R R R each R",0.38239906222873515,0.7647981244574703
9091442,"1. A method of modifying operation of a burner, comprising (A) providing a burner having at least two concentric conduits, wherein a stream of air mixed with particulate solid carbonaceous fuel can be conveyed through an innermost conduit of said burner, and wherein one or more streams of air other than the air mixed with said fuel can be conveyed through a central conduit surrounding the innermost conduit, and wherein said fuel and air can be combusted in a stable flame at said burner, (B) determining the maximum content of noncombustible matter of particulate solid carbonaceous fuel above which combustion of said fuel with air as the only source of oxygen for said combustion cannot be maintained in a stable flame at said burner, (C) inserting through said burner a lance the outlet end of which is positioned to eject gas into the base of a flame at said burner and the inlet end of which is connected to a source of gaseous oxidant comprising more than 21 vol. % oxygen, (D) feeding through said innermost conduit a stream of air mixed with said particulate solid fuel having a content of noncombustible matter above said maximum, and feeding through said central conduit said one or more streams of air other than the air mixed with said fuel, (E) feeding gaseous oxidant comprising more than 21 vol. % oxygen through the outlet end of said lance, and (F) combusting said fuel and air fed in step (D) with said oxidant fed in step (E) in a stable flame at said burner, wherein said oxidant is fed into the base of said flame at a mass flow rate that maintains said stable flame.",0.9439417736567552,0.11211645268648951
8789421,"1. A device for detecting a selvage of a material web or the selvage position in one measuring direction, the device comprising: at least one ultrasonic sensor operable to detect the selvage or the selvage position, wherein the ultrasonic sensor comprises a transmitter element and a receiver element, wherein the external contour of the transmitter element, the external contour of the receiver element, or the external contours of both the transmitter element and the receiver element comprises at least one arc segment side and at least one flattened side, wherein at least one of the transmitter element or the receiver element comprises a piezoelectric element surrounded by a sound transmission material, and wherein the external contour of the sound transmission material comprises at least one arc segment side and at least one flattened side.",0.16575026011883215,0.3315005202376643
9356045,"1. A semiconductor structure, comprising: a substrate; a non-column III-V doped semiconductor layer disposed over the substrate, the non-column III-V doped semiconductor layer having a non-column III-V transistor formed therein; a transistor comprising a column III-V material disposed above a different region of the substrate and laterally spaced from the non-column III-V transistor; an isolation barrier comprising a column III-V material disposed vertically through the semiconductor layer and spaced laterally between the non-column III-V transistor and the column III-V transistor, the isolation barrier electrically isolating the column III-V transistor from the laterally spaced non-column III-V transistor; and a column III-V material disposed between a bottom of the transistor and the substrate; and wherein the column III-V material disposed between the bottom of the transistor and the substrate is the same as the material of the isolation barrier and is different from the column III-V material of the transistor.",0.18091710028791816,0.3618342005758364
8649446,"1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless device, an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed packet; computing a channel estimate corresponding to a channel traversed by a packet between the wireless device and a source device; partitioning the channel estimate into a plurality of windows, each window representing a range of time of the channel estimate; and assigning a delay spread classification to the channel based on a distribution of energy over the windows.",0.3001008776908005,0.600201755381601
8899511,"1. A roll medium support device comprising: a shaft member including an insertion part having a rectangular shape in cross section taken along a plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the shaft member, the insertion part being configured to be inserted through a center hole of a roll medium, the rectangular shape being defined by a pair of long sides and a pair of short sides that are shorter than the long sides; a support member having a rectangular first insertion hole through which the insertion part is inserted along an insertion direction so that the support member supports the roll medium from a width direction of the roll medium, a rectangular shape of the first insertion hole being defined on a plane perpendicular to the insertion direction by a pair of first long sides and a pair of first short sides that are shorter than the first long sides; a rotating member rotatably provided to the support member and having a rectangular second insertion hole through which the insertion part is inserted along the insertion direction, a rectangular shape of the second insertion hole being defined on a plane perpendicular to the insertion direction by a pair of second long sides and a pair of second short sides that are shorter than the second long sides; a pair of interlocking members extending along the second long sides of the second insertion hole in the rotating member, a distance between the interlocking members being shorter than a distance between short-side surfaces of the insertion part and longer than a distance between long-side surfaces of the insertion part; and an urging member urging the interlocking members towards each other.",0.00966474309991516,0.019329486199830326
9660271,"1. A resin composition consisting essentially of: (A) 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin, (B) 1 to 60 parts by mass of carbon nanotubes, and (C) 1 to 100 parts by mass of acetylene black, wherein an amount of graphite in the resin composition comprises 0 parts by mass of the total amount of the resin composition.",0.32230594889369496,0.6446118977873899
8868524,"1. A method of merging different versions of a file within a software development system, said method comprising: within a first window, presenting at least one graphic object, wherein each graphic object is associated with one difference between a portion of code of a base version of the file and a portion of code of at least one contributor version of the file; receiving a user selection of the at least one graphic object; responsive to the user selection of the graphic object, displaying a floating window having a first section and at least a second section, wherein the first section consists of the portion of code of the base version of the file and the second section consists of the portion of code of the at least one contributor version of the file, wherein the first and second sections of the floating window are selectable; receiving a user selection of one of the sections of the floating window; and responsive to the user selection of one of the sections of the floating window, including the portion of code of the version of the file of the selected section within a merge file in lieu of the portion of code of the version of the file not selected.",0.05355158254120957,0.10710316508241913
9563232,"1. A wrist-mounted device to assist individual pilgrims, comprising: a case; attachment means for attaching the case onto an individual; an electronic processor mounted in the case; an electronic display mounted in the case, the display being connected to the processor; and a sensor housed in the case for detecting the color of a light source, detecting the location of the light source, and transmitting data signals to the processor corresponding to the light source detected; wherein the light source is an indicator of a start point; and the data signals track a number of complete rotations the individual has completed around a holy site.",0.16870730687133464,0.33741461374266923
9716951,"1. A speaker box, comprising: a case having a bottom wall, a sidewall extending upwardly and perpendicularly form the bottom wall, and an acoustic window formed in the sidewall; a speaker unit mounted in the case and having a diaphragm positioned below the bottom wall of the case for forming an acoustic passage communicating with the acoustic window, a voice coil, and a magnetic circuit driving the diaphragm to vibrate; the diaphragm having a dome and a suspension surrounding the dome, the dome having a first reinforcement configured in one row, and a second reinforcement configured in other row paralleled to the first reinforcement, the area of the first reinforcement greater than that of the second reinforcement in plan view.",0.023732339306002756,0.04746467861200554
8372687,"1. A method for forming multiple layers in a single process chamber comprising: placing a substrate in a first holder in the single process chamber having a plurality of processing sources, the first holder includes a first plurality of contact fingers; forming a conductive layer on the substrate in the process chamber, wherein the first plurality of contact fingers contacting the substrate in locations other than a plurality of bottom layer contact locations and wherein forming the conductive layer on the substrate includes forming the conductive layer in the plurality of bottom layer contact locations; and forming a copper indium gallium selenium (CIGS) layer including iteratively forming a plurality of thin CIGS layers, each one of the thin CIGS layers has a thickness of between 100 and 400 Angstroms, wherein forming each one of the thin CIGS layers including:",0.2072467467978782,0.4144934935957564
9481202,"1. A bicycle wheel comprising: a hub; a rim coupled to the hub and having an annular panel with inner and outer surfaces, the annular panel including an access hole defining inner and outer edges corresponding with the inner and outer surfaces, the access hole having a hole area sized to facilitate passage of a nipple; and a plug positioned over the access hole, the plug including:",0.2223766150979779,0.4447532301959558
8424293,1. A method comprising: operating a vehicle including a diesel engine at an idle condition; applying a load to the diesel engine through a transmission of said vehicle coupled to said diesel engine during the idle condition to increase an exhaust temperature of the diesel engine relative to a nominal idle condition wherein applying said load includes: regenerating a diesel particulate filter during the idle condition when said exhaust temperature exceeds a predetermined limit.,0.9747024177832465,0.05059516443350698
9644358,"1. A method for automatically cleaning a toilet bowl using self-cleaning automatic toilet bowl cleaning system, wherein a programmable microprocessor implements upon activation automatic scheduling and operation of the self-cleaning automatic toilet bowl cleaning system to function in timed cycle steps, comprising: flushing a toilet, cleaning while brushes spin vertically in the forward direction along the walls of said toilet bowl, cleaning while the brushes retract and spin horizontally in the backward direction along the walls of said toilet bowl and along the upper rim of said toilet bowl when fully retracted, and optionally repeating any prior steps as frequently and as intermittently as desired.",0.41805024200609603,0.8361004840121921
9139120,"1. A seat cushion frame for a vehicle comprising: longitudinal frame bodies that are disposed on both sides of a seat cushion framework; a front-side lateral frame body that couples front portions of the longitudinal frame bodies, and a rear-side lateral frame body that couples rear portions of the longitudinal frame bodies; and a panel that is fixed to both of the longitudinal frame bodies to cover, from above, a space that is located between front ends of the longitudinal frame bodies and the front-side lateral frame body, wherein the panel is fixed to the longitudinal frame bodies such that the panel is spaced from the front-side lateral frame body along its entire length, and a panel side of the front-side lateral frame body includes a concave portion to increase a distance between the panel and the front-side lateral frame body.",0.43460947227681074,0.8692189445536215
9177087,"1. A method of measuring a performance of a communication link that comprises a transmitter circuit, a receiver circuit, and a communication channel therebetween, the method comprising: generating, by a pattern generator circuit, an inter-symbol interference inducing short pattern comprising: transmitting, by the transmitter circuit, the inter-symbol interference inducing short pattern to the communication channel; receiving, by the receiver circuit, the inter-symbol interference inducing short pattern from the communication channel; and measuring the performance of the communication link to obtain measured performance data.",0.11839266865985898,0.23678533731971796
8445076,"1. A method of producing a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane, comprising: exposing a surface of a base membrane to an impinging atmospheric pressure plasma source to produce an activated surface, wherein the base membrane has a higher water permeability relative to a target water permeability, and the base membrane has a lower salt rejection relative to a target salt rejection; and exposing the activated surface to a solution including a vinyl monomer so as to produce a RO membrane including polymer chains that are chemically and terminally bonded to the base membrane, wherein the RO membrane has the target water permeability and the target salt rejection.",0.754795250737371,0.49040949852525806
8983785,"1. A method comprising: receiving a first input signal at a first input channel of a data acquisition (DAQ) device; after receiving the first input signal at the first input channel, refreshing a display to visually present the first input signal at the first input channel as a first present-time waveform for the first input channel; receiving, while the first input signal at the first input channel is visually presented as the first present-time waveform for the first input channel, a first user input at a user interface and responsively tagging the first input signal at the first input channel as a first historical waveform for the first input channel; and after receiving the first input signal at the first input channel, receiving a second input signal at the first input channel and responsively refreshing the display to visually present, simultaneously, the second input signal at the first input channel as a second present-time waveform for the first input channel and the first input signal at the first input channel as the first historical waveform for the first input channel.",0.09085964390471113,0.18171928780942226
9310422,"1. A test system for testing a device under test having device under test contacts, comprising: a device receiving structure having first and second opposing sides and device receiving structure contacts configured to receive the device under test contacts when the device under test is mated with the device receiving structure; a device retention structure configured to press the device under test against the device receiving structure with a calibrated amount of pressure; a radio-frequency tester that is coupled to the device receiving structure and that is configured to obtain radio-frequency measurements from the device under test; a first radio-frequency connector that is attached to the first side of the device receiving structure and coupled to the radio-frequency tester, wherein the first radio-frequency connector comprises a first core signal conductor that is coupled to a first device receiving structure contact; and a second radio-frequency connector that is attached to the second side of the device receiving structure and coupled to the radio-frequency tester, wherein the second radio-frequency connector comprises a second core signal conductor that is coupled to a second device receiving structure contact, the first and second device receiving structure contacts contact respective first and second device under test contacts, the first and second device under test contacts are positioned at respective first and second opposing sides of the device under test, the device receiving structure contacts comprise third, fourth, and fifth device receiving structure contacts, and the third device receiving structure contact is coupled to a ground plane.",0.06992147578900437,0.13984295157800875
8685358,"1. A method for producing ammonia comprising; exothermically reacting a first portion of a hydrocarbon feed stream with an oxidant gas comprising molecular oxygen to produce an exothermically generated syngas product, wherein the step of reacting occurs in a partial oxidation reactor (POX) or an autothermal reforming reactor (ATR); endothermically reforming a second portion of the hydrocarbon feed stream with steam over a catalyst in a heat exchange reformer to produce an endothermically-reformed syngas product, wherein at least a portion of heat used in generation of the endothermically-reformed syngas product is obtained by recovering heat from the exothermically-generated syngas product and the endothermically reformed syngas product; combining the exothermically generated syngas product and the endothermically-reformed syngas product to produce a combined syngas stream cooling the combined syngas stream to produce steam in a heat recovery boiler; catalytically reacting the combined syngas stream in one or more catalytic carbon monoxide shift reactors to generate a shifted stream including additional H cooling the shifted stream to near ambient temperature in a heat exchanger by transferring heat to water for steam production in syngas generation; removing CO removing a high pressure, substantially pure H combining the high pressure, substantially pure H",0.9695255709844479,0.06094885803110417
9080483,"1. A method for controlling regeneration for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, wherein the exhaust system comprises a particulate filter, the method comprising: determining a mass flow rate of oxygen received from the internal combustion engine; determining a particulate mass within the particulate filter; determining a desired particulate burn rate based on the mass flow rate of oxygen and the particulate mass; determining a current particulate burn rate at the particulate filter during a regeneration of the particulate filter; determining, by a controller comprising a processor coupled to a memory, a correction value based on the desired particulate burn rate and the current particulate burn rate; determining a temperature set point for an exhaust gas entering the particulate filter that is independent of a distance between the internal combustion engine and the particulate filter based on the correction value, an engine speed and an engine load; and performing a regeneration of the particulate filter based on the determined temperature set point.",0.9854799046044421,0.02904019079111575
9249070,"1. A biologically produced composition comprising: (a) greater than 2 mg of isoprene and (b) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of 2-heptanone, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, 2,4,5-trimethylpyridine, 2,3,5-trimethylpyrazine, citronellal, acetaldehyde, methanethiol, methyl acetate, 1-propanol, diacetyl, 2-butanone, 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol, ethyl acetate, 2-methyl-1-propanol, 3-methyl-1-butanal, 3-methyl-2-butanone, 1-butanol, 2-pentanone, 3-methyl-1-butanol, ethyl isobutyrate, 3-methyl-2-butenal, butyl acetate, 3-methylbutyl acetate, 3-methyl-3-buten-1-yl acetate, (E)-3,7-dimethyl-1,3,6-octatriene, (Z)-3,7-dimethyl-1,3,6-octatriene, and 2,3-cycloheptenolpyridine, wherein the amount of the one of the one or more compounds relative to the amount of the isoprene is between about 0.01% to 105% (w/w).",0.4653351858247121,0.9306703716494242
9406110,"1. A method implemented by a computing device for suggesting croppings of an image, the method comprising: generating a blurred version of the image; extracting a gradient map of the blurred version of the image; generating a plurality of candidate croppings of the image; calculating, for each of the candidate croppings, an average gradient value along a boundary of the candidate cropping from the gradient map; ranking the candidate croppings according to the average gradient values; and choosing at least one cropping from the candidate croppings based on the ranking.",0.019827822023533406,0.039655644047066785
8700313,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a communication module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device, the communication module configured to receive an indication of a status of an asset, the communication module being collocated with the asset, the communication module configured to send a signal to a computing device remote from the asset using a communication mode from a plurality of communication modes, the communication module configured to select the communication mode from the plurality of communication modes automatically based at least in part on the indication of the status of the asset.",0.4608651569420622,0.9217303138841244
9509029,"1. A mediator-type photocell system, comprising: a galvanic cell having a galvanic cell anode and a galvanic cell cathode; and a light capturing portion, comprising: a light capturing cathode corresponding to the galvanic cell anode; and a light capturing anode electrically connected to the light capturing cathode via a conductive element, and corresponding to the galvanic cell cathode, wherein the galvanic cell cathode and the light capturing anode have a first mediator and a first insulator therebetween, the first insulator separates the galvanic cell cathode from the light capturing anode, the galvanic cell anode and the light capturing cathode have a second mediator and a second insulator therebetween, the second insulator separates the galvanic cell anode from the light capturing cathode, an oxide is generated for providing to the galvanic cell cathode when the first mediator is illuminated, and a reducing substance is generated for providing to the galvanic cell anode when the second mediator is illuminated.",0.6069067097320691,0.7861865805358619
9084583,"1. A device for monitoring or treating a patient, the device comprising: a battery; circuitry configured to at least one of monitor or treat the patient, the circuitry comprising a processor; at least two electrodes configured to couple to tissue of the patient; a first switch coupled to the at least two electrodes, the battery and the circuitry, and wherein the first switch is configured to detect tissue coupling to the at least two electrodes and connect the battery to the circuitry in response to tissue coupling to the at least two electrodes; and a shunt switch coupled to the first switch and controlled by the processor to minimize parasitic current through the at least two electrodes coupled to the tissue detection circuitry, wherein the processor is configured to open the shunt switch at regular intervals to determine if the device has been removed from the patient.",0.4335610333473446,0.8671220666946892
8552881,"1. A method for providing situational awareness to a first individual using a first electronic device, comprising: generating, by at least one electronic circuit, a situational awareness display concurrently comprising a first photo of a second individual using a second electronic device and information indicating a distance between said first electronic device and said second electronic device; and displaying the situational awareness display on a display screen of the first electronic device; wherein at least one of said first electronic device and said second electronic device is a mobile electronic device having a non-stationary location within a geographic area.",0.20275055892365215,0.40550111784730425
8547055,"1. A method for controlling the electrical power consumption of an accessory device having first and second portions in a vehicle having an engine, a battery, and a power transmission unit adapted to generate electrical power, the method comprising: determining an amount of current that is being charged and discharged to and from the battery; and operating the accessory device in response to determining that current is being charged to the battery such that accessory device consumes increased power from the electrical power generated by the power transmission unit.",0.9861156351957909,0.02776872960841814
8734968,"1. A microbial fuel cell comprising: an anode portion comprising an anode, wherein a specific surface area of the anode is about 500 cm a cathode portion comprising a cathode, wherein the ratio of the distance between the anode and the cathode to the cross-sectional area (cm a cation exchange membrane positioned between the anode and the cathode, wherein the anode portion and the cation exchange membrane define an anode chamber having a volume of between about 1 μL and about 100 μL, and the cathode portion and the cation exchange membrane define a cathode chamber having a volume of between about 1 μL and about 100 μL; an anolyte in the anode chamber, the anolyte comprising L-cysteine as an oxygen scavenger; a catholyte in the cathode chamber; and an electrically conductive biofilm formed on the anode and comprising anode-respiring bacteria comprising wherein the Coulombic efficiency of the microbial fuel cell is at least 30%.",0.9612234192959697,0.07755316140806068
8435182,"1. A non-transitory medium storing processor-executable process steps for correcting aliasing, the process steps executable to: acquire color Doppler data with a pulse repetition frequency (f select a frame of the color Doppler data with a flow velocity substantially equal to a lowest flow velocity of the color Doppler data; based on the selected frame, determine a first area of non-aliased flow velocities and a first direction of the non-aliased flow velocities; detect, in another frame of the color Doppler data, a first transition between one or more velocities of the first area corresponding to Doppler shift frequencies greater than minus a first positive preset value minus the baseline shift if the first direction is positive or plus the baseline shift if the first direction is negative and one or more velocities of an adjacent second area of the color Doppler data in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction and corresponding to Doppler shift frequencies greater than minus a second positive preset value plus the baseline shift if the second direction is negative or minus the baseline shift if the second direction is positive; detect a second transition between the second area and an adjacent third area of the color Doppler data representing non-zero flow velocities in the first direction; subtract a velocity corresponding to a Doppler shift frequency of f add the velocity corresponding to a Doppler shift frequency of f",0.06384392463472773,0.12768784926945542
9144948,"1. A hat stiffener comprising: a cap; a first web and a second web extending from opposite ends of the cap, wherein the first web and the second web are non-linear and include two canted portions formed at first and second portions spaced apart from each other along a length of each of the first and second webs, the two canted portions dividing each of the first web and the second web into three individually linear sections, the linear sections being of substantially equal length and having a uniform thickness, and the hat stiffener defining a substantially hat-shaped cross-section configuration, the two canted portions each having a cant angle formed between the cap and each canted portion, the cant angle being greater than ninety (90) degrees; and, a first flange extending outwardly from a first web base portion and a second flange extending outwardly from a second web base portion.",0.0856263990299839,0.17125279805996785
9538546,"1. A method of controlling transmission of data blocks between a mobile network and at least one terminal device, the method comprising: a scheduling node of the mobile network determining, from a plurality of supported processing times, a processing time required by the terminal device for at least one of: the scheduling node scheduling the transmission from the transmitting node of a second one of the data blocks based on the determined processing time, wherein the second of the data blocks is scheduled to be transmitted from the transmitting node after the first one of the data blocks is transmitted from the transmitting node.",0.8362895201169361,0.32742095976612773
8556027,"1. An exhaust silencer assembly, comprising: an eductor disposed downstream of an auxiliary power unit and including an entrance opening at a forward axial end thereof, the entrance opening configured to receive exhaust airflow from the auxiliary power unit; an acoustic-attenuating porous liner disposed within an interior of the eductor axially downstream of the entrance opening, the porous liner separating a radially outer plenum from a radially inner plenum of the eductor; a discharge pipe extending from the auxiliary power unit and communicating with the exhaust silencer assembly downstream of the entrance opening of the educator, wherein the discharge pipe extends through both an outer casing of the eductor and the porous liner; and an air inlet duct secured to the eductor and communicating with the outer plenum of the eductor via a cooling air inlet opening therein.",0.39683150784878524,0.7936630156975705
8515508,"1. A method for measuring a concentration of a biological substance contained in a living body having a particle chip implanted therein, wherein the particle chip includes on the surface thereof, a plurality of particles each of which has a longitudinal axis, the method comprising steps of: applying a linear-polarized light to the particle chip; modulating, before the step of applying the linear-polarized light, a polarization direction of the linear-polarized light, in order to cause an angle θ to be periodically varied over time t through rotation of the polarization direction, wherein the angle θ is formed by the polarization direction and a direction x, and the longitudinal axes of the particles are oriented in the direction x; receiving a surface enhanced Raman scattering light generated from emission on the particle chip of the linear-polarized light that has undergone the rotation of its polarization direction in the step of modulating, to obtain a signal of the surface enhanced Raman scattering light; and calculating the concentration of the biological substance based on a magnitude of the obtained signal in the step of receiving, which varies in response to the periodically varied angle θ.",0.0847969007770994,0.1695938015541988
9310078,"1. An assembly for use in a fuel injection system within a combustor of a combustion turbine engine, wherein the combustor includes an inner radial wall, which defines a primary combustion chamber downstream of a primary fuel nozzle, and an outer radial wall, which surrounds the inner radial wall so to form a flow annulus therebetween, the assembly comprising: a first port formed through the outer radial wall; a second port formed through the inner radial wall; a plenum formed about the first port, the plenum comprising a volume disposed outboard of an outer surface of the outer radial wall; a tube comprising a first end positioned within the first port and a second end positioned within the second port, wherein at the first end, the tube is sized smaller than the first port such that two passages are defined therethrough: a first passage defined about an exterior of the tube; and a second passage defined through an interior of the tube; and fuel outlets disposed within the first passage.",0.8492963248447163,0.3014073503105674
8471529,"1. A battery circuit comprising a plurality of battery modules electrically coupled in parallel, each battery module including a plurality of battery cells electrically coupled in series, each battery module also including a control device operable to disconnect the battery module from the other battery modules in response to battery cell failure or potential failure, wherein the control device includes a logic circuit, a first current path including a first switch and a second current path including a second switch, where the first current path allows current to flow into the module and the second current path allows current to flow out of the module, and wherein the logic circuit opens the second switch and controls the opening and closing of the first switch when the module is being charged where the time that the first switch is closed is based on a state of charge range of the module compared to the state of charge range of a higher performing module in the battery circuit, and wherein the logic circuit opens the first switch and controls the opening and closing of the second switch when the module is being discharged where the time that the second switch is closed is also based on the state of charge range of the module compared to the state of charge range of the higher performing module in the battery circuit.",0.9648440438505136,0.07031191229897282
9482389,"1. A fuel tank plumbing structure adapted to be inserted into a through-hole formed in a wall portion of a fuel tank, comprising: a first pipe adapted to be attached to the fuel tank such that an inner end thereof is disposed inside the fuel tank and an outer end thereof is disposed outside the fuel tank; a second pipe coaxially connected to the inner end of the first pipe, and communicating with the first pipe; a flexible locking piece protruding from one of the first pipe or the second pipe, and having a protruding end displaced in a radial direction of the one of the first pipe or the second pipe; a locking portion formed in another of the first pipe or the second pipe, and engaging the locking piece to communicate the first pipe and the second pipe; and a lock member annularly formed, and externally fitted onto an outer peripheral surface of the one of the first pipe or the second pipe, and including an escape groove portion formed on an inner peripheral surface thereof and a control wall portion arranged adjacent to the escape groove portion, the lock member being arranged to move in an axis line direction of the one of the first pipe or the second pipe between a first position wherein the locking piece is separated from the lock member and the protruding end of the locking piece is displaced toward the escape groove portion to engage or disengage the locking portion, and a second position wherein the locking piece abuts against the control wall portion to prevent the locking portion from disengaging from the locking piece, when the first pipe and the second pipe are communicated, wherein the escape groove portion is adjacent to the control wall portion in an axis line direction of the lock member, and the lock member is a member separate from the first pipe and the second pipe, the one of the first pipe or the second pipe includes a guide convex portion protruding outwardly from the outer peripheral surface thereof, and the lock member includes a piece portion protruding in the axis line direction of the lock member from one end portion thereof and having a guide hole formed therein to engage the guide convex portion; and in the first position, the guide convex portion is positioned in one end of the guide hole such that the locking piece faces the escape groove portion, and in the second position, the guide convex portion is positioned in another end of the guide hole such that the locking piece contacts the control wall portion.",0.5250826543088823,0.9498346913822353
9549042,"1. A method comprising: receiving wireless sensor data from wireless sensor communication for an electronic device; forming information units using the wireless sensor data, the information units comprise wireless features including entropy features and at least one of count features and semantic features, each information unit comprises a minimum window size for capturing the wireless features, wherein the entropy features comprise a diversity of wireless readings reflecting contextual characteristics from multiple wireless devices; inferring user context using the information units; computing an entropy metric based on the inferred user context; and creating social profiling based on the entropy metric and at least one user context characteristic.",0.48161405767680754,0.9632281153536151
9430890,"1. A reader of a communication system comprising the reader and a tag that includes a reception processor that performs a reception process on a signal transmitted from the reader and that sets the reception processor to an activated state for a certain period of time with an intermittent operation period T, wherein the reader transmits a transmission frame, which includes a preamble with a length of T/N (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) and transmission data with a length shorter than T/N, N times within a time 2T such that transmission times do not overlap with each other.",0.5193151811954404,0.9613696376091192
8619959,"1. An apparatus for a phone, said apparatus comprising: a processor configured to:",0.637566866442155,0.72486626711569
9349971,1. A solid-state p-n heterojunction comprising an organic p-type material in contact with an n-type material wherein said n-type material comprises mesoporous SnO 2 coated with at least two materials and wherein the outermost coating closest to the p-type material is a surface-coating of a surface coating material having a conduction band edge closer to vacuum level and/or a higher band-gap than SnO 2 .,0.9209319988780409,0.15813600224391822
9732103,"1. A compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Q Q Q X R R or R or R or R or R each of which ring is unsubstituted or substituted with 1 or more substituents independently chosen from halogen, hydroxyl, cyano, —COOH, C or R or R A is R R X X X X one of R R R R R R R L is where R 17 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or —C 0 -C 4 alkyl(C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl), and R 18 and R 18′ are independently chosen from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxymethyl, and methyl; and m is 0, 1, 2, or 3; B is a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic; a monocyclic or bicyclic carbocyclic-oxy group; a monocyclic, bicyclic, or tricyclic heterocyclic group having 1, 2, 3, or 4 heteroatoms independently selected from N, O, and S and from 4 to 7 ring atoms per ring; C R R R R J is independently selected at each occurrence from a covalent bond, C",0.41867655546043225,0.8373531109208645
8476458,1. A p300/CBP inhibitor selected from the group of:,0.5668802730388465,0.8662394539223071
9181013,"1. A liquefied gas tank for storing liquefied gas, comprising: an inner tank that stores the liquefied gas and is disposed so as to be capable of self-standing on a floor surface; and an outer tank placed over the inner tank such that the outer tank rests on and is supported by a weight bearing upper face portion of the inner tank; wherein the outer tank is configured to be capable of sliding on the upper face portion of the inner tank in response to expansion and contraction in a horizontal direction of the inner tank and to be capable of moving in response to expansion and contraction in a vertical direction of the inner tank while continuously being supported on the weight bearing upper face of the inner tank.",0.6901985882675159,0.6196028234649682
8618383,"1. A seed of the hybrid corn variety CH892315, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV995128 with a second plant of variety CV597869, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV995128 and CV597869 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-11307 and PTA-10885, respectively.",0.3253099982682655,0.650619996536531
8935002,"1. A portable storage unit comprising: an external portable housing, comprising: an assembly, located within the storage housing, operative to store a plurality of internal storage units; a user input interface provided one of on and in the input/output housing operative to receive a plurality of user inputs, the plurality of user inputs including: a transport mechanism located within the storage portable housing and coupled to the assembly operative to manipulate a selected internal storage unit based on a received user input.",0.4682724044233253,0.9365448088466506
8517667,"1. A turbine stator vane comprising: an inner diameter endwall with an inner diameter impingement cavity; an outer diameter endwall with an outer diameter impingement cavity; an airfoil extending between the inner diameter endwall and the outer diameter endwall; the airfoil having a pressure side wall and a suction side wall; a collection cavity formed between the pressure side wall and a suction side wall; a plurality of downward flowing cooling air passages formed in the pressure side wall and a suction side wall with an inlet connected to the outer diameter impingement cavity and an outlet connected to the collection cavity; and, a plurality of upward flowing cooling air passages formed in the pressure side wall and a suction side wall with an inlet connected to the inner diameter impingement cavity and an outlet connected to the collection cavity.",0.8388546899175598,0.3222906201648803
9612908,"1. A memory system for a processor-based system, comprising: a memory; a memory controller configured to: a memory data scrubber circuit configured to:",0.5271746254960822,0.9456507490078356
9720903,"1. A method for improving a processor in communication with a memory storing a program which uses a parser to parse natural language text, said method comprising: (a) training said parser by accessing a corpus of labeled utterances; (b) using said parser to extract details from said corpus, where said details include at least two simple links, where the simple link consists of a source word in the utterance, a target word in the utterance that is distinct from said source word, and a link action, said link action is chosen from a set of link actions which includes at least 2 of Append, Insert Below, Insert Above, and Insert Above and Below; (c) said parser selects the target word and link action for a simple link by performing determination steps and repeating the determination steps until each source word has an associated simple link, where the determining steps include: i. finding a common ancestor of a source word and a previous word, finding a left-most descendent of the common ancestor, and assigning the left-most descendent of the common ancestor as the target word of the simple link, ii. determining if a parent of the source word is also a parent of the previous word, and if so, the link action selected is Append; iii. determining if the parent of the source word is a child of the parent of the previous word, and if so, the link action selected is Insert Below; iv. finding a child node of the common ancestor that is a parent or ancestor to the source word, and determining a position of the child node, which position will be numbered sequentially, and if the position of the child is 3 or greater, the link action selected is Insert Below; v. determining if the parent of the source word is the same as the common ancestor and the parent of the target word is not the common ancestor, then the link action is Insert Above; and vi. determining if none of the previous conditions exist, the link action selected is Insert Above and Below; (d) said parser uses at least one statistical classifier by training said statistical classifier on said details that were extracted from said corpus; using said parser to create a language model using said details; (f) using said language model to generate at least one new simple link for at least one source word in at least one additional utterance by using said statistical classifier to choose a target word and link action for the new simple link; and (q) outputting the results of said parsing of the additional utterance as an array of simple links with the additional utterance.",0.13922150512052017,0.27844301024104035
9676261,"1. A weatherstrip assembly for sealing between a frame and a closure member of a vehicle, said assembly comprising: a trim portion having a body and a flange extending from said body with said flange capable of moving between an initial position and a final position; a seal extending from said body for abutting and sealing the closure member; an adhesive disposed on said body for coupling said trim portion to the frame; and a retaining member selectively mounted to said flange and spaced from said adhesive, with said retaining member extending from said flange in an elongated configuration to an abutment end for selectively engaging the frame with said abutment end to selectively hold said flange in said initial position relative to the frame, with said retaining member being removed from said flange while concurrently moving said flange toward said final position.",0.2203873171790229,0.44077463435804587
8571625,"1. A method for processing sensor data, comprising: receiving sensor data from a continuous glucose sensor, wherein the sensor data is indicative of a glucose concentration in a host; receiving reference data from a reference glucose monitor, wherein the reference data is indicative of a glucose concentration in the host; determining, using a processor module, a conversion function based on the sensor data and the reference data, wherein the conversion function comprises a sensitivity value and a baseline value; validating the conversion function based on predetermined calibration information, wherein the predetermined calibration information comprises sensitivity information and baseline information derived from in vivo testing of at least one other continuous glucose sensor or in vitro testing; and adjusting the conversion function in response to the validation failing a criterion, wherein the adjusting is without reference data obtained from an in vitro self-monitoring blood glucose test after implantation in vivo.",0.41037996208444016,0.8207599241688803
9518105,"1. A method of treating a patient who is at risk for, or who has been diagnosed as having, a compromised bone, the method comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a substantially pure polypeptide comprising a fragment of a calcitonin receptor, wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence conforming to: and wherein the polypeptide is 12-18 amino acids in length and is amidated at the C-terminus.",0.215454010296793,0.430908020593586
9039940,"1. A conductive paste comprising: a conductive component including an amorphous metal, the amorphous metal having a lower resistivity after a crystallization process than before the crystallization process, and at least one of a weight gain of about 4 mg/cm an organic vehicle, wherein the resistivity of the amorphous metal is lower by about 34% or more after the crystallization process.",0.6504457046714099,0.6991085906571801
9551234,"1. A control device for controlling pivotable vanes of a turbo-machine, comprising: a plurality of pivotable vanes distributed in azimuth over at least 90° around an axis of the turbo-machine, the pivotable vanes being oriented substantially radially relative to the axis of the turbo-machine; and a control ring portion to control pivoting of the vanes, each vane being connected to the control ring portion by a link, the control ring portion being held around the axis of the turbo-machine by the links; wherein at least two of the links are connected to the ring portion by respective ball-joint connections, with other links among the links being connected to the ring portion via respective sliding pivot connections, and wherein the two ball-joint connections are spaced apart in azimuth by about 90°.",0.7016183143656035,0.596763371268793
8903561,"1. A computer implemented method for dispatching thermal energy in a power generating plant having thermal storage, a power block configured to generate electricity from thermal energy, and a processor having a computer readable medium encoded with an operating window of time comprising a plurality of generating time intervals, each having an associated relative revenue value, the method comprising: (a) estimating the thermal energy available from an energy collector field for each generating time interval during the operating window based on weather data; (b) adding the thermal energy available for each time interval to thermal storage on the condition that the power block can draw thermal energy only from thermal storage instead of from the energy collector field; (c) selecting a plurality of generating time intervals based on the relative revenue values for each generating time interval in which there is sufficient thermal energy in thermal storage to operate the power block, the plurality of selected generating time intervals defining a first thermal energy dispatch schedule; (d) determining whether additional generating time intervals may be added on the condition that the power block can draw thermal energy from one of the energy collector field, thermal storage, or a combination thereof; (e) adding additional generating time intervals based on said determining step (d) to the first thermal energy dispatch schedule to define a second thermal energy dispatch schedule; and (f) dispatching thermal energy between the energy collector field, thermal storage, and the power block according to the second thermal energy dispatch schedule.",0.9501667873007621,0.09966642539847581
9180926,"1. An inverted pendulum type moving body comprising: a pair of wheels that is suspended from a body of the moving body, uses a floor as a traveling plane, and is provided on the same plane vertical to its traveling direction; a driving mechanism for rotating these wheels; a posture sensor that measures an inclination angular velocity of its upper body that a straight line connecting a center of gravity of the body of the moving body and an axle of the one pair of wheels makes with a vertical direction; a mechanism control part that maintains an inverted state of the body of the moving body by controlling the driving mechanism; and a computer including a velocity planning part that, when a need to change a velocity arises during a movement of the moving body, performs a movement plan so that the inclination angular velocity of the upper body and an inclination angle of the upper body may be in a relationship of a quadratic function.",0.21506732484124896,0.4301346496824979
9471244,"1. A computer program product for sharing data, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code for receiving a write command to modify shared data; computer readable program code for determining an amount of shared content between (i) the shared data and (ii) the shared data if the write command were to be implemented; computer readable program code for comparing the determined amount of shared content to a predefined threshold; computer readable program code for, if the determined amount of shared content is above the predefined threshold, creating and storing a delta that describes a difference between (i) the shared data and (ii) the shared data if the write command were to be implemented, wherein the write command is not implemented such that the shared data is not modified; and computer readable program code for, if the determined amount of shared content is not above the predefined threshold, creating a copy of the shared data, modifying the copy of the shared data as indicated by the write command, and storing the modified copy of the shared data.",0.17756357782224258,0.35512715564448516
9505795,"1. A method for producing scyllo-inositol and a scyllo-inositol derivative comprising: preparing a transformed microorganism by transfecting a host microorganism with expression cassettes comprising an inositol-1-phosphoric acid synthase gene, inositol monophosphatase gene, myo-inositol dehydrogenase gene, and iolW gene to overexpress said genes in the transformed microorganism, wherein the host microorganism is contacting the transformed microorganism with glucose or disaccharides or polysaccharides having glucose units under conditions suited to the growth and/or maintenance of the transformed microorganism.",0.7894260454207065,0.421147909158587
8686658,"1. A multi-state switch network comprising: a serially connected diode pair configured to receive a single control signal at a control node, wherein the serially-connected diode pair is configured to control a pair of switches; wherein the single control signal is operative to drive the serially connected diode pair to a first state, a second state, or a third state based at least in part on a state of the single control signal; and wherein the single control signal is operative to alternatively:",0.6650434137680828,0.6699131724638343
8839698,"1. A wrench comprising: a generally elongate shaft defining an axis and having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; and a handle assembly attached to the shaft, the handle assembly terminating in a magnetic mount that is configured to magnetically engage a working surface, the magnetic mount having a passage for receiving the shaft therethrough, wherein the passage is sized and dimensioned to allow the shaft to pivot within the passage and with respect to the magnetic mount.",0.03256413537094018,0.06512827074188032
8770219,"1. A device for regulating the gas supply in a gas storage system of a biogas system, wherein the gas storage system has at least two gas stores connected in series in a cascade-like manner that each have an intermediate chamber between a gas store membrane and a protective covering the device comprises gas supply mechanisms ( wherein to each gas store ( wherein the at least one regulating mechanism (",0.7984179708982525,0.403164058203495
9318982,"1. A control apparatus for an AC motor, the control apparatus controlling driving of a polyphase AC motor in which applied voltage is controlled by an inverter, the apparatus comprising: a first current acquiring section which acquires a first current detection value from a first current sensor provided in a first phase of the AC motor; a second current acquiring section which acquires a second current detection value from a second current sensor provided in a second phase of the AC motor; a rotation angle acquiring section which acquires a rotation angle detection value from a rotation angle sensor, which detects a rotation angle of the AC motor; a two-phase control current value calculating section which calculates a two-phase control current value based on the first current detection value, the second current detection value, and the rotation angle detection value; an one-phase control current value calculating section which calculates an one-phase control current value based on either of the first current detection value and the second current detection value, and the rotation angle detection value; an abnormality monitoring section which monitors occurrence of an abnormality in the first current detection value and the second current detection value to specify an abnormal phase, in which the abnormality has occurred, and a normal phase, in which no abnormality has occurred; a switching section which selects the two-phase control current value or the one-phase control current value as a current fixing value depending on whether the first current detection value and the second current detection value are normal or not; a voltage command value calculating section which calculates a voltage command value associated with voltage to be applied to the AC motor based on the current fixing value and a command value associated with driving of the AC motor; a drive control section which generates a drive signal associated with drive control of the inverter based on the voltage command value, and outputs the drive signal to the inverter; a stabilization control section which stabilizes current supplied to the AC motor, when an abnormality is detected in part of the first current detection value and the second current detection value; and a stabilization determination section which determines whether or not the current supplied to the AC motor has been stabilized, after the abnormality is detected in part of the first current detection value and the second current detection value, wherein the switching section selects the two-phase control current value as the current fixing value when the first current detection value and the second current detection value are normal, and the switching section selects the one-phase control current value, which is calculated based on a normal phase current detection value, which is a value of the normal phase and is one of the first current detection value and the second current detection value, as the current fixing value, when the stabilization determination section determines that the current supplied to the AC motor has been stabilized after an abnormality is detected in part of the first current detection value and the second current detection value.",0.7191122227255999,0.5617755545488001
9444898,"1. A computer-implemented method for annotating a communication, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor: receiving, from a sender messaging identity or a recipient messaging identity, third-party information identified by the sender messaging identity or the recipient messaging identity as being associated with at least one of an identified trigger or at least one message category; storing the received third-party information in a database; receiving a first message sent from the sender messaging identity to the recipient messaging identity; identifying, within at least a portion of the first message, at least one of the triggers identifying data included in the first message that is to be annotated, the identified triggers being associated with the third-party information in the at least one message category; retrieving, from the database, information external to the first message and descriptive of at least one or the sender messaging identity or the recipient messaging identity; categorizing the portion of the first message based on the retrieved information external to the first message and descriptive of at least one of the sender messaging identity or the recipient messaging identity; comparing the at least one message category of the third-party information with the categorization of the portion of the first message; identifying, based on the comparison, third-party information applicable to the portion of the first message, at least a portion of the identified third-party information including one or more items of the received third-party information previously identified by the sender messaging identity or the recipient messaging identity as being associated with at least one of the identified triggers or the at least one message category that is applicable to the portion of the first message; annotating the portion of the first message to enable presentation of the applicable third-party information; presenting the first message including the annotated portion of the first message to a display device for viewing by at least one of the sender messaging identity or the recipient messaging identity; identifying, within at least a portion of a second message, other triggers identifying data included in the second message; accessing additional information external to the second message and descriptive of at least one of the sender messaging identity or the recipient messaging identity; identifying, based on the other identified triggers and the additional accessed information, other third-party information with which to annotate the second message; annotating the portion of the second message to enable presentation of the other third-party information; and presenting the second message including the annotated portion of the second message to the display device for viewing by at least one of the sender messaging identity or the recipient messaging identity.",0.01743168987327091,0.034863379746541856
9410702,"1. A combustor for a turbine engine, comprising: an annular liner portion comprising a first impingement hole positioned on a cold side annular surface of the annular liner portion; and an impingement chamber positioned in the annular liner portion, the impingement chamber comprising a chamber entry opening and a chamber exit opening, the impingement chamber connecting to a cooling air entry opening on the cold side annular surface via the first impingement hole and connecting to a cooling air outlet passageway that is angled with respect to a hot side annular surface of the annular liner portion and that connects to a cooling air exit opening positioned on the hot side annular surface of the annular liner portion, wherein the first impingement hole is connected to the impingement chamber at the chamber entry opening, wherein the cooling air outlet passageway is connected to the impingement chamber at the chamber exit opening, wherein the impingement chamber comprises an impingement surface disposed at a radially hot side end of the impingement chamber, and wherein the chamber exit opening is positioned radially outwardly toward to the cold side annular surface with respect to the impingement surface such that the chamber exit opening is disposed adjacent to a radially cold side end of the impingement chamber and is further oriented along the impingement chamber to allow cooling air to exit the impingement chamber in an axial direction, wherein the cooling air outlet passageway is configured to allow the cooling air onto the hot side annular surface, and wherein a ratio of a radial thickness of the annular liner portion to a diameter of the cooling air entry opening is from 2 to 6.",0.8419931537997403,0.31601369240051946
8791198,"1. An aqueous binder composition comprising: at least about 15% by weight, based on solids, of a water soluble, carboxy functional, hydroxy functional solution polymer; and a component comprising the binder composition, when dry, exhibiting a first glass transition temperature of at least 10° C. and a second glass transition temperature of at least 50° C.",0.22330100613460457,0.44660201226920915
9013135,"1. A power converting apparatus for electric motor vehicle propulsion comprising: a first power converting unit that converts a voltage input from an external power supply into a desired direct current and outputs the direct current and is configured to perform power regeneration from an output side to the external power supply side; a second power converting unit that is connected to the output side of the first power converting unit and drives a load; a power storing unit that is connected to the output side of the first power converting unit and includes a power storage element; and a first control unit that controls the first power converting unit, wherein the first control unit includes:",0.9889275577705249,0.022144884458950242
8639935,"1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more machine-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network system, cause the one or more processors to: establish, in cooperation with an end-user device communicatively coupled to the network system over a set of one or more wireless access networks, a service control link between the network system and the end-user device, the service control link secured at least in part by at least one security protocol, the service control link for supporting control-plane communications between the one or more processors and the end-user device, the end-user device comprising two or more device agents, the two or more device agents including a particular device agent; receive a server message from a particular server of a plurality of servers communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, the server message comprising a message payload, at least a portion of the message payload for delivery to the end-user device; generate an encrypted message comprising the at least a portion of the message payload and an identifier identifying the particular device agent, the identifier configured to assist in delivering the at least a portion of the message payload to the particular device agent, the identifier distinguishing the particular device agent from all other device agents of the two or more device agents; and send the encrypted message to the end-user device over the service control link, wherein establishing the service control link between the network system and the end-user device comprises executing a link initialization sequence, the link initialization sequence associating the service control link with a credential associated with the end-user device.",0.2950529248416869,0.5901058496833738
9634435,"1. An electric vehicle power supply equipment, comprising: an electronic module having a six-way module connector housing in which six module terminals are disposed, wherein a first and second module terminal of said six module terminals are connected to power supply circuitry within the electronic module, wherein a third module terminal of said six module terminals is connected to a power supply ground circuit, wherein a fourth and fifth module terminal of said six module terminals are connected to a resistance detection circuit within the electronic module, and wherein a sixth module terminal of said six module terminal is connected to a voltage detection circuit within the electronic module; a first power supply cord configured to supply electrical power at about 120 VAC from a socket conforming to the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) 5-15S technical standard having five wire conductors, a first plug connector conforming to the NEMA 5-15P technical standard, and a first cord connector housing configured to mate with the six-way module connector housing in which five first cord terminals are disposed, wherein a first and second power pin and a ground pin of the first plug connector are interconnected by a first, second and third wire conductor of said five wire conductors to a first, second, and third first cord terminal respectively of said five first cord terminals that are configured to interconnect with the first, second, and third module terminals respectively of said six module terminals, and wherein a first thermistor is disposed within the first plug connector and is interconnected by a fourth and fifth wire connector to a fourth and fifth first cord terminal of said five first cord terminals that are configured to interconnect with the fourth and fifth module terminals of said six module terminals.",0.8921542394571172,0.2156915210857655
8962995,"1. A layer system for thin-film solar cells, solar modules, or the like, comprising: an absorber layer and a first buffer layer, wherein the absorber layer is based on a Cu(In,Ga)(S wherein the first buffer layer comprises In the first buffer layer is amorphous, and a molar concentration ratio [S]/([Se]+[S]) declines from a surface of the absorber layer facing the first buffer layer from 20% to 60% to 5 10% in the interior of the absorber layer.",0.9801793041353405,0.03964139172931902
8917481,"1. A high frequency magnetic field assisted magnetic recording head comprising: a main magnetic pole that generates a recording field; a spin torque oscillator disposed on a trailing side of the main magnetic pole; a trailing shield disposed on a surface of the spin torque oscillator on a side opposite to a surface on a main magnetic pole side; a non-magnetic and electrically insulating side gap covering a side surface of the main magnetic pole and a surface of the spin torque oscillator; and a side shield disposed laterally of the main magnetic pole across the side gap, wherein A>B, where A is an angle formed by the side surface of the spin torque oscillator, and B is an angle formed by the side surface of the main magnetic pole, with respect to a plane perpendicular to a film stacked direction.",0.015056997704908214,0.030113995409816408
9301344,"1. A method of applying RF energy to a cavity for heating an object in the cavity, the method comprising: obtaining a value of an absorbability indicator (AI) at each of a plurality of excitation setups; identifying peaks, each being a group of excitation setups from among the plurality of excitation setups that together exhibit a maximum in an AI vs. excitation setup curve, and each having a maximum and a local minimum; and applying RF energy at excitation setups belonging to the peaks based on notability values of the corresponding peaks, wherein the notability value that corresponds to a peak is a ratio between a value of the absorbability indicator at the maximum of the peak and a value of the absorbability indicator at the local minimum of the peak.",0.2999895689646592,0.5999791379293185
8800107,"1. A rotating cleaning element configured to be inserted in a cleaning head compartment of a robotic vacuum, the rotating cleaning element comprising: a drive end comprising a drive protrusion configured to engage a drive mechanism of the cleaning head compartment and a retention device configured to limit axial motion of the cleaning element, the retention device including interlocking members configured to engage one or more recess in a drive gear that engages the drive protrusion; a bearing end and a shroud configured to surround at least a portion of the bearing end to lessen an amount of hair and similar matter that reaches the bearing, wherein the shroud comprises: the central member extending between the bearing end and the drive end; wherein each interlocking member has a proximal end attached to the central member and extends to an unattached distal end defining a retention feature configured to releasably engage a recess defined by the drive end of the cleaning element.",0.18554035747459768,0.37108071494919537
8661441,"1. A computer implemented method performed by one or more processors for reducing transaction loads for process instance completion, the method comprising the following operations: identifying an end event triggered by an initial token of a process instance; determining a type of end event associated with the identified end event; performing a search for additional tokens associated with the process instance that are distinct from the initial token; and performing a termination action based on the type of end event and a number of additional tokens identified in the search; wherein the type of end event is a non-terminating end event and the termination action includes:",0.24091716932202284,0.4818343386440457
9317645,"1. A method for modifying an integrated circuit layout design, the method comprising: providing an initial circuit layout design comprising a lower metal layer, an upper metal layer, and a first via electrically connecting the lower metal layer to the upper metal layer; altering, by using a computer, the initial circuit layout design by providing a second via, the second via being in electrical contact with no more than one of the upper metal layer and the lower metal layer, the second via further being in proximity to the first via; and further altering, by using the computer, the initial circuit layout design by providing a subresolution assist feature in proximity to the second via, wherein the altering the initial circuit layout design is used to manufacture integrated circuits or wherein the altering the initial circuit layout design is provided to a fabrication facility to fabricate integrated circuits.",0.27028519724620736,0.5405703944924147
9581933,"1. A developing device for an image forming apparatus, said developing device comprising: a developing roller including a surface for carrying developer; and a regulating member for regulating the developer carried on said surface of said developing roller, said regulating member including a plate-like metal portion and a resin portion provided on said metal portion, wherein said metal portion includes a facing surface facing said developing roller and a non-facing surface opposite from said facing surface, with said resin portion being provided on both of said facing surface and said non-facing surface, and with said metal portion being provided between a part of said resin portion contacting said developing roller and a part of said resin portion provided on said non-facing surface along a line perpendicular to said surface of said developing roller, and wherein, in a contact region between said developing roller and said regulating member, said resin portion on said facing surface is thicker than said resin portion on said non-facing surface.",0.07944041629183926,0.15888083258367858
8832617,"1. A computer-implemented method for determining resistance, said method comprising: receiving, by a computerized device, a structural design comprising a conductor having a first conductor portion and a second conductor portion, a first wire connected to said first conductor portion, a second wire connected to said second conductor portion, and a node connected to said first wire and said second wire, said first wire having a first length between said first conductor portion and said node, said second wire having a second length between said second conductor portion and said node, said first length being different from said second length; determining, using said computerized device, a first resistance value comprising resistances of said first wire and said first conductor portion; determining, using said computerized device, a second resistance value comprising resistances of said second wire and said second conductor portion, said first resistance value being different from said second resistance value; determining, using said computerized device, a first fraction of current that will flow from said node through said first wire and said first conductor portion and a second fraction of current that will flow from said node through said second wire and said second conductor portion based on differences between said first resistance value and said second resistance value; and calculating, using said computerized device, a final total resistance value of said conductor, said first wire, and said second wire based on said first fraction of current and said first resistance value, and based on said second fraction of current and said second resistance value.",0.19047890698211575,0.38095781396423156
9386847,"1. An adjustable mounting system, comprising: a left front support comprising a first forward entry opening leading to a first forward channel and a first forward lower channel, the first forward lower channel having a generally vertical orientation; a left rear support comprising a first rear entry opening leading to a first rear channel and a first rear lower channel, the first rear lower channel having an angled orientation; a right front support comprising a second forward entry opening leading to a second forward channel and a second forward lower channel, the second forward lower channel having a generally vertical orientation; a right rear support comprising a second rear entry opening leading to a second rear channel and a second rear lower channel, the second rear lower channel having an angled orientation; a first stud configured to enter the first forward entry opening, a second stud configured to enter the first rear entry opening, a third stud configured to enter the second forward entry opening, and a fourth stud configured to enter the second rear entry opening; and, the first stud seated in the first forward lower channel, the second stud seated in the first rear lower channel, the third stud seated in the second forward lower channel, and the fourth stud seated in the second rear lower channel.",0.10031112353526701,0.200622247070534
8672617,"1. A hydraulic installation for converting energy defining at least one path for a forced flow of water and comprising at least one machine, of the turbine, pump or turbine-pump type, a member provided with at least one deformable wall and delimiting at least one closed volume of variable size and means for supplying the closed volume with pressurized fluid wherein the member with a deformable wall is mounted in a hydraulic duct situated downstream of a rotating portion of the machine and wherein the deformable wall defines, locally and downstream of the rotating portion, an adjustable cross-section (S wherein the member comprises at least one deformable membrane attached to a structural element of the installation and defining with this structural element the closed volume of variable size, and wherein the installation further comprises at least one attachment linking a middle zone of the deformable membrane to the structural element, this attachment being capable of limiting the deformation of the membrane under the effect of the pressure of the fluid present in the closed volume of variable size.",0.5971531399915968,0.8056937200168064
9593675,"1. A heat driven liquid self-circulating system, comprises: a heat collector having a heat collector inlet and a heat collector outlet; said heat collector outlet is not lower than said heat collector inlet; a heat driven self-circulating device for heated liquid, used with said liquid heat collector, comprising: a first connecting conduit connecting to said heat collector outlet and said heated liquid inlet, wherein said heated liquid inlet is not lower than the heat collector outlet; wherein said heat collector is a solar heat collector.",0.9210706643440935,0.15785867131181308
9614057,"1. An electrically isolated feature of a fin-type field effect transistor (FinFET), the feature comprising: an upper portion comprising a first element diffused into the upper portion to a predetermined concentration level; and an electrically isolated region comprising an oxidized region having a predetermined oxidation level; wherein an upper limit of the predetermined concentration level of the upper portion is not limited by the predetermined oxidation level of the oxidized region.",0.6963463922993142,0.6073072154013717
9349994,"1. A light emitting device comprising: glass substrate with a flat surface; a high refractive index layer deposited on said flat surface, the high refractive index layer having a refractive index that is higher than that of the glass substrate; and a light emitting layer structure with a transparent electrode layer which is deposited on said high refractive index layer; wherein the flat surface comprises seed points for columnar cone shaped growth of the high refractive index layer, the seed points being formed by sub-μm particles, and wherein bumps are provided on the top surface of the high refractive index layer, said bumps being caused by columnar cone shaped growth of the high refractive index layer.",0.34601901430797005,0.6920380286159401
9293939,"1. A circuit configured to control a capacitor having a capacitance settable by a bias signal, comprising: at least one terminal configured to receive a digital set point value depending on a value selected for the capacitance; a determination circuit configured to determine a drift of the capacitance with respect to a nominal value; and an adder circuit configured to apply a correction to said digital set point value, depending on the determined drift.",0.4073901752041457,0.8147803504082914
9547354,"1. An information handling system for increasing current monitor accuracy, comprising: a current monitor; and a node manager communicatively coupled to the current monitor; wherein:",0.3569402353351607,0.7138804706703215
9813038,"1. An automatic gain control apparatus comprising: a first gain controlled element and a second gain controlled element, each of which has a signal input, a gain control input and a signal output, wherein the first gain controlled element and the second gain controlled element are coupled in series, with one or more power elements coupled therebetween, and wherein the signal input of the first gain controlled element constitutes an input of the automatic gain control apparatus; a first gain control device, having a pre-detection input which is coupled to the signal input of the first gain controlled element and an output which drives the gain control input of the first gain controlled element; a second gain control device, having a pre-detection input and having an output which drives the gain control input of the second gain controlled element; and a first simulator, coupled between the signal input of the first gain controlled element and the pre-detection input of the second gain control device, the first simulator being configured to make a signal received by the pre-detection input of the second gain control device be matched with a signal received by the signal input of the second gain controlled element.",0.2569140477317556,0.5138280954635112
8887685,"1. A tunable air filter for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a. a housing, said housing further comprising a base member and a cap member, said base member having an aperture there through for passing filtered air to said engine intake, said aperture circumscribed by a cylindrical neck extending from a surface of said base member for sealed engagement with said engine, and said cap member being removable from said housing; b. a filter element comprising a tubular filter media extending axially from an annular first end circumscribing said removable cap member to an annular second end circumscribing said base member and defining a plenum within said housing; c. a tuning sleeve sealingly engaged within the aperture of said housing and extending into said plenum, said tuning sleeve comprising cylindrical walls conforming to the cylindrical neck and removably inserted therein, whereby said tuning sleeve is removable from said cylindrical neck and housing independent of said filter element by removal of said cap member, said tuning sleeve further comprising a plurality of vents there through collectively defining a calibrated total open area to permit the passage of a calibrated flow of filtered air from said plenum to said engine.",0.5585313517379707,0.8829372965240585
9476599,"1. A hot water storage unit comprising a vessel, in which hot water is storable, an outer casing enclosing the vessel, insulation material provided between the vessel and the outer casing, a hot water outlet for heated water to exit from inside the vessel, a relief device, in use, to relieve excess pressure and/or temperature from inside the vessel by allowing water to escape from inside the vessel and exit from the relief device, wherein the relief device comprises a housing containing operational components of the relief device and the relief device is removably retainable relative to the vessel, such that the housing of the relief device is located substantially behind the outer casing on the inner side of the outer casing to provide insulation to the housing of the relief device; and wherein the operational components of the relief device include a seat and a seal, such that the seal seats against the seat in a closed condition of the relief device and the seal is spaced from the seat in an open condition of the relief device such that, in use, water can escape from inside the vessel and exit via the relief device in the open condition of the relief device.",0.6624241863014562,0.6751516273970877
8911547,"1. A moldable material comprising a mixture of calcined magnesium oxide, magnesium chloride, phosphoric acid, sodium dihydrogenphosphate, calcium silicate, iron II sulphate, tributyl phosphate, activated silicon oxides, and fiber.",0.652194482160577,0.6956110356788461
8579054,"1. A system for use with a vehicle comprising: a housing; an axle connected at each end to a wheel; one or more cups positioned about said axle, said cups configured to capture air moving through an opening in said housing to rotationally drive said axle; one or more spacers to which said cups are attached; a first set of magnets attached to said cups; a second set of magnets attached to said housing in proximity to said cups, said first and second set of magnets having the same polarity; a third set of magnets attached to said spacers, said third set of magnets having the same polarity as the first and second set of magnets wherein said third set of magnets comprises single strip magnets covering substantially the entire outer circumferential surface of said spacers; and means for transferring rotational energy from said axle to a generator.",0.6205407536183867,0.7589184927632266
9674380,"1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a communicator configured to receive information related to at least one processing setting for image processing stored in and specified with a terminal device; a display configured to display a screen in which the at least one processing setting received by the communicator is displayed, in response to the communicator receiving the information related to the at least one processing setting; an input receiver configured to, when a user wishes to change the at least one processing setting displayed in the display, allow the user to input change the processing setting from the processing setting received from the terminal device to a different processing setting to which the user wishes; and an image processor configured to perform the image processing, wherein the image processor functions as at least one of an image printing device that prints an image and an image reading device that reads an image of an original document, and wherein the at least one processing setting includes at least one of a setting for printing the image with the image printing device, a setting for reading the image with the image reading device, and a setting for outputting information of the image read by the image reading device to an external device.",0.06994447304548611,0.13988894609097224
8591769,"1. A method of reducing the carbon dioxide balance from a reformer furnace flue gas to a high pressure syngas exit water gas shift reaction unit, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a first gas mixture; b) heating said first stream mixture to a first temperature, then introducing said heated first gas mixture into a pre-reforming chamber to produce pre-reformed mixture; c) further heating said pre-reformed mixture in a primary reformer, thereby generating a second gas mixture comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and a flue gas, wherein said primary reformer comprises a reformer furnace and tubes filled with catalyst, wherein the second gas mixture and/or the flue gas provides said heating for step b); d) introducing said second gas mixture into at least one isothermal shift reactor, or a combination of high followed by a low temperature shift reactor, or a medium temperature shift reactor, thereby generating a third gas mixture; e) introducing said third gas mixture into a PSA unit, wherein said third gas mixture is separated into a hydrogen enriched stream and a PSA tail gas stream; f) introducing said PSA tail gas stream into a CPU system, wherein said PSA tail gas stream is separated into a carbon dioxide enriched stream, a hydrogen rich stream, and a residual stream; and g) introducing said residual stream as fuel into the reformer furnace along with natural gas, a portion of the feed hydrocarbon stream, a portion of the hydrogen enriched stream, or any other external make-up fuel for the reformer furnace, wherein step b) is repeated twice in a second pre-reforming chamber and a third pre-reforming chamber, for a total of three pre-reforming steps, such that the resulting temperature of the pre-reformed mixture is higher after each repetition, wherein each pre-reforming chamber comprises a bed of catalyst, wherein an outlet gas from each pre-reformer is heated up in a coil in exchange with the second gas mixture and/or the flue gas before going to the next pre-reforming chamber, wherein the flue gas is utilized for industrial purposes resulting in 100% recovery of the CO2 and no emission of nitrogen oxides from the primary reformer, wherein the flue gas is contacted with hydrogen from the PSA unit and passed over a bed of catalyst to promote combustion.",0.9797334525992968,0.04053309480140643
8524299,"1. A first wet pet food product comprising: (a) a first base food, the first base food having a volume of from about 0.256 cubic centimeters to about 16.4 cubic centimeters; (b) a first layer; wherein the first layer comprises a plurality of particles adhered together to form the first layer, wherein the particle size is about 5 to about 600 microns; and wherein the first layer is selected from the group consisting of plant protein, farinaceous matter, vegetables, fruit, and combinations thereof; and wherein said first layer is bonded with said base food using a coating, wherein said coating comprises a binder comprising egg whites.",0.35299138900042887,0.7059827780008577
9196455,"1. An ion beam sample preparation apparatus comprising: a) a first ion beam irradiating means disposed in a vacuum chamber and directing a first ion beam toward said sample, said first ion beam irradiating means operatively coupled to a first ion beam intensity control means, said first ion beam having a first central ion beam axis, said first ion beam intensity control means operative to produce at least two different ion beam intensities; b) a first ion beam tilt control means operatively coupled to said first ion beam irradiating means and configured to provide at least two different tilt angles of said first ion beam irradiating means; c) a rotation stage disposed inside said vacuum chamber having a rotation axis and coupled to a rotation drive, said rotation drive operative to rotate said rotation stage around said rotation axis, said rotation axis being positioned to intersect a portion of said first ion beam; d) an adjustable positioning stage that is adjustably coupled to said rotation stage, said adjustable positioning stage comprising a sample holder retention means configured to releasably retain a sample holder, said sample holder comprising: a sample holder retained portion; at least one sample support arm configured to support said sample; and a sample holder bore that allows an unobstructed line of sight through the entirety of sample holder retained portion onto said sample being held by said one or more sample support arms; said sample holder further characterized as positioning said sample so that said rotation axis and said first central ion beam axis both intersect substantially the same portion of said sample that is being prepared in said first ion beam; said sample holder further characterized in that no portion of said sample support arm is intersected by said rotation axis while said sample is being prepared by said ion beam; e) said adjustable positioning stage further comprising: a first position adjustment means configured to move said adjustable positioning stage along a first adjustment axis; and, a second position adjustment means configured to move said adjustable positioning stage along a second adjustment axis; f) a vacuum-tight optically-transparent vacuum window disposed to permit direct, line-of-sight viewing from outside the vacuum chamber of at least a portion of said sample while said sample is being prepared in said first ion beam; and, a shutter means disposed between said vacuum window and said sample holder; said shutter means further characterized as having a shutter closed position in which said vacuum window is substantially sealed from the interior of said vacuum chamber, and said shutter means further characterized as having a shutter open position that permits direct, line-of-sight viewing from outside the vacuum chamber of at least a portion of said sample while said sample is being prepared in said first ion beam; g) a first illumination source directing light through said sample holder bore toward said sample and further characterized in that at least a portion of the light emitted by said first illumination source strikes at least a portion of said sample while said sample is being prepared in said first ion beam; h) a sample viewing means having an optical axis directed toward the region where said first central ion beam axis substantially intersects said rotation axis, said sample viewing means further characterized as providing a magnified and substantially focused view of the region of said sample being prepared by said first ion beam.",0.06848282586603938,0.13696565173207875
9253415,"1. A method, comprising: accessing image data for an image sequence of a subject scene, the image sequence comprising a plurality of images captured at different respective times, the image sequence capturing relative movement in the subject scene between a foreground feature and a background during a time span of the image sequence; selecting from the image sequence a reference image that comprises a foreground portion and a background portion, the foreground portion capturing the foreground feature; in an automated operation using one or more processors, deriving from the image data spatially varying blur parameters for at least part of the background portion, wherein the spatially varying blur parameters include a plurality of blur kernels; and generating a modified image by blurring the background portion of the reference image based on the spatially varying blur parameters, to simulate the relative movement of the background during the image sequence time span, the modified image having a substantially unblurred foreground portion relative to the reference image.",0.024069427576391984,0.04813885515278393
9853535,"1. An external power supply, separably connecting with a positive input terminal and a negative input terminal of a system through a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal respectively for providing electrical power to the system, comprising: a power supply unit, electrically connected to the positive output terminal and the negative output terminal; and a system connection detection unit, electrically connected to the power supply unit for detecting the connecting status between the external power supply and the system, and having a system detection terminal which is used to connect with a system connection terminal of the system when the positive output terminal and the negative output terminal respectively connecting to the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal of the system, wherein the system connection terminal is electrically connected to one of the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal through at least one first resistive element; wherein the system connection detection unit detects the voltage of the system detection terminal and generates a connection status signal accordingly, and the connection status signal generated by the system connection detection unit switches the operation of the external power supply from a deep sleeping mode to a normal operation mode when the positive output terminal and the negative output terminal are respectively connecting to the positive input terminal and the negative input terminal of the system.",0.8020553848531311,0.3958892302937378
9769916,"1. A printed circuit board comprising: a first insulating layer having a mounting region for an electronic component and a wiring pattern provided on an upper surface; a second insulating layer provided so as to be in contact with a lower surface of the first insulating layer; and a heat transfer member embedded in the second insulating layer so as to vertically overlap the mounting region, wherein the heat transfer member is formed into a predetermined shape by cutting a metal plate, wherein one outer surface orthogonal to a thickness direction of the heat transfer member is a protruding surface having a curved portion formed at its edge, and is in contact with the lower surface of the first insulating layer, and wherein the other outer surface orthogonal to the thickness direction of the heat transfer member is a recessed surface having a protruding portion formed at its edge, and is exposed from a lower surface of the second insulating layer.",0.27233181640925097,0.5446636328185019
8782574,"1. An integrated circuit design layout processing system having computer software for processing a design layout including a plurality of geometries, the computer software comprising: code for receiving the design layout; code for creating a modified layout by applying a first process to a portion of the design layout having one or more geometries of the plurality of geometries of the design layout as a starting point, wherein the first process comprises smoothing at least one geometry of the design layout; code for sequentially further modifying the portion of the design layout by applying a second process to the modified layout as a starting point to create a further modified layout; code for effecting correction by applying the second process while targeting the design layout as a target to produce a corrected layout; and code for outputting the corrected layout.",0.18117492789868725,0.36234985579737455
9381956,"1. A vehicle body front structure comprising: a fender liner that is provided in a wheel house in which a front wheel is arranged, that has an arch portion covering an upper portion of the front wheel from a vehicle upper side, and that forms an air flow passage between the arch portion and a fender; a communication passage through which a front grill that is provided at a vehicle front portion and the air flow passage communicate with each other; and an opening portion that is provided in a vehicle longitudinal direction back side of a rear end portion of the arch portion, that is held in communication with the air flow passage, that is opened backward with respect to the vehicle, and that discharges air caused to flow into the air flow passage to a space below a floor that is located in a vehicle longitudinal direction back side of the front wheel, the air flowing into the air flow passage from a front side than a front end of the air flow passage in the vehicle longitudinal direction.",0.5643920304679684,0.8712159390640632
8803148,"1. A thin film transistor, comprising: a substrate; a buffer layer on the substrate; a semiconductor layer on the buffer layer; a gate insulating pattern on the semiconductor layer; a gate electrode on the gate insulating pattern; an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate electrode and the gate insulating pattern, the interlayer insulating layer having a contact hole and an opening extending therethrough, the contact hole exposing a source area and a drain area of the semiconductor layer, and the opening exposing an undoped channel area of the semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode on the interlayer insulating layer, the source electrode being connected with the source area and the drain electrode being connected with the drain area of the semiconductor layer.",0.17536309630388572,0.3507261926077714
9037414,"1. A method of identifying changes utilizing radio frequency polarization comprising: receiving dual-polarized components of at least a partially polarized radio frequency signal at a receiver, the radio frequency signal being at least one of reflected or transmitted through a target object; filtering the received signal; amplifying the received signal; conditioning the received signal; converting the received signal from an analog format to a digital format; processing the digital signal to elicit a polarization mode dispersion feature of the received signal; and detecting a change in a polarization response of the target object.",0.2314647262030952,0.46292945240619043
8958344,"1. A method to forward Ethernet frames associated with a service instance at a node (a “forwarding node”) in a first network supporting an implementation of a protocol for creating logical loop-free topologies, wherein the service instance identifies a service through the first network, wherein Ethernet frames are forwarded in links associated with the service instance within the first network, wherein media access control (MAC) address registration with the first network complies with an implementation of multiple MAC registration protocol (MMRP), wherein nodes of the first network with MAC address interests issue MMRP protocol data units (PDUs), multiple MAC registration PDUs (MMRPDUs), that follow the service instance within the first network, the method comprising: receiving a first plurality of MMRPDUs at the forwarding node from links in the first network (receiving links), wherein each MMRPDU of the first plurality of MMRPDUs contains a first interested node list including one or more interested nodes identified by MAC addresses; identifying a service instance identifier (SID) for the service instance by extracting information from at least one of: forming a first set of MAC addresses interested in the service instance, the first set of MAC addresses being associated with the forward node and the SID; sending a second plurality of MMRPDUs to links associated with the service instance (transmitting links), wherein the second plurality of MMRPDUs are encapsulated in a set of Ethernet frames identifying the service instance, wherein the set of encapsulated MMRPDUs contains a second set of MAC addresses, the second set of MAC addresses includes MAC addresses interested in the service instance not received from the transmitting link; and installing filtering at the forwarding node such that an Ethernet frame is forwarded at the receiving node to its destination if the Ethernet frame is destined to one or more interested nodes identified by the first set of MAC addresses.",0.13600741893997645,0.27201483787995295
9056610,"1. A method for controlling transmission input torque during an downshift, comprising: (a) using an engine to produce transmission input torque; (b) during a ratio change phase of the downshift, operating an electric machine as a motor to increase the transmission input torque; and (c) during a torque transfer phase of the downshift following the ratio change phase, operating the electric machine as a generator to decrease the transmission input torque.",0.918565906790613,0.16286818641877399
8470498,"1. A fuel cell manufacturing method for manufacturing a fuel cell, comprising: a process of feeding a polymer electrolyte membrane formed in strip form, comprising a catalyst layer formed at fixed intervals in advance, wound around a reel, and having conveyance holes formed in series at fixed intervals on both side portions thereof in a lengthwise direction, by rotating a conveyance roller comprising on an outer periphery thereof projections which engage with the conveyance holes; and a process of performing predetermined processing at a predetermined processing timing which is set on the basis of a rotation speed of the conveyance roller; wherein the predetermined processing performing process comprises: feeding two films to which a separator is affixed in advance at identical intervals to the catalyst layer, each film being formed in advance with positioning holes at identical intervals to the conveyance holes in the polymer electrolyte membrane, by rotating a pair of second conveyance rollers comprising on an outer periphery thereof projections which engage with the positioning holes; and positioning the separators relative to the catalyst layer, with the polymer electrolyte membrane sandwiched between the two films, using a pair of joining rollers each of the rollers having projections thereon, the pair of joining rollers being disposed such that the projections of one of the pair of joining rollers penetrate the positioning holes of the two films and the conveyance holes to engage with the projections of the other of the pair of joint rollers.",0.9381808143687472,0.12363837126250554
9226803,"1. An orthodontic appliance system, comprising: a self-ligating orthodontic bracket including a plurality of bracket archwire contacting surfaces that define an elongate archwire passage that is configured to receive an archwire, wherein at least one of the bracket archwire contacting surfaces includes a non-planar archwire contacting region that contacts an archwire when an archwire is received into the archwire passage; wherein the self-ligating orthodontic bracket comprises: a base adapted to be coupled to a patient's tooth; and a closure coupled to the base for selective movement relative to the base between an open position, in which the closure is coupled to the base and an archwire may be inserted into the archwire passage through an opening of the archwire passage, and a closed position, in which the closure is coupled to the base and the closure obstructs the opening to prevent removal of an archwire from the archwire passage through the opening; and a prescriptive insert adapted to be removably coupled to the bracket and including an insert archwire contacting surface, wherein when the prescriptive insert is coupled to the bracket, the bracket and prescriptive insert collectively define a first archwire passage configuration, wherein in the first archwire passage configuration, the archwire passage is defined by the plurality of bracket archwire contacting surfaces and the insert archwire contacting surface and imparts a first prescriptive force to an archwire when an archwire is inserted into the archwire passage, wherein when the prescriptive insert is not coupled to the bracket, the plurality of bracket archwire contacting surfaces define a second archwire passage configuration in which a second prescriptive force is imparted to an archwire when an archwire is inserted into the archwire passage; wherein the first archwire passage configuration is different than the second archwire passage configuration; wherein the first prescriptive force is different than the second prescriptive force; wherein the non-planar archwire contacting region contacts an archwire that is received into the archwire passage in the first archwire passage configuration and in the second archwire passage configuration; and wherein in the first archwire passage configuration and the second archwire passage configuration, a different portion of the non-planar archwire contacting region contacts an archwire that is inserted into the archwire passage.",0.10751153906444118,0.21502307812888233
9071313,"1. A receiver, comprising: a receiver filter/sampler for filtering, with a matched filter, a received signal containing a bandpass desired signal and a bandpass distorted-interference signal to produce period-T discrete-time receiver signals that include distorted-interference signals associated with the bandpass distorted-interference signal, and desired signals associated with the bandpass desired signal, wherein the matched filter has a complex conjugate, time-inverted impulse response of a waveform filter, wherein T is a positive real number or value; a synchronizer for tracking from the period-T discrete-time receiver signals a timing phase of the desired signals, and adjusting an interference-signal timing clock to produce a timing alignment between the desired signals and the distortion-interference signals; a block generator for producing, for each receiver signal, an associated block of successive interference signals that includes a center signal that is sequence-aligned with an associated distorted-interference signal in the receiver signal; an estimator signal generator for producing estimator signals that include signals that are products of one or more real values of products of interference signals in the block; an estimator weight calculator for producing estimator weights, each associated with a respective estimator signal, and that depend on previous receiver signals; a dot-product multiplier for multiplication of each of the estimator signals by the associated estimator weight and summation of the products to produce an estimate of the associated distorted-interference signal; a combiner for summation of the estimate and the associated receiver signal to produce a sequence of residual-interference signals; and a desired-signal demodulator for demodulation of the sequence of residual-interference signals to produce desired-signal estimates and for detection of said estimates to produce decision estimates of the desired digital-data; wherein the receiver is in a digital-data communication system including the receiver, a desired-signal transmitter, and an interference-signal transmitter, the desired-signal transmitter for modulation of desired digital-data into the bandpass desired signal including a sequence of desired signals that belongs to a complex constellation alphabet, and the interference-signal transmitter for modulation, using the waveform filter and the interference-signal timing clock, of interference digital-data into a bandpass interference signal that includes a sequence of interference signals that have period T and belong to a complex constellation alphabet, and that the bandpass interference signal traverses a nonlinear channel to produce the bandpass distorted-interference signal.",0.10206920404615286,0.20413840809230566
9522889,"1. A compound represented by formula (II): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X can be O, S(O) R R R wherein B′ and B″ are independently selected from the group consisting of monocyclic C 3-8 carbocyclyl, a monocyclic 3- to 8-membered heterocyclyl, phenyl or a 5- to 6-membered heteroaryl; wherein R 5 is optionally substituted with from 1 to 4 independently selected R 11 ; R R R R R R R R R R m is 0 or 1, provided that when m is 0, R n is an integer from 1 to 6; p is 0 or an integer from 1 to 6; r, for each occurrence, is independently 0, 1, or 2.",0.4463256909379171,0.8926513818758341
9616453,"1. A coating mist collection apparatus comprising: a filter that collects coating mist contained in processing target air discharged from a coating chamber; and a powder nozzle that is arranged in an air guiding passage that guides processing target air to the filter, and sprays powder into the processing target air passing through the air guiding passage, due to the processing target air, wherein the powder sprayed by, the powder nozzle is contained in a dispersed state, being passed through the filter, the coating mist in the processing target gas being collected by the filter in a state wherein a coating mist trapping filter covering layer made up of an accumulated powder layer is formed on a surface of the filter, wherein a powder dispersion apparatus is provided for obtaining a uniform powder concentration in air in a sealed powder tank by dispersing powder stored in the tank in a uniform floating dispersed state, and an ejector is provided for supplying the powder in the floating dispersed state in the powder tank along with carrier air to the powder nozzle through a powder supply passage in parallel with the uniformization of the powder concentration by the powder dispersion apparatus.",0.3900329715291895,0.780065943058379
9180298,"1. A method of treating pain in a patient, comprising: applying to a dorsal horn of the patient a non-paresthesia-producing neural modulation signal having a signal frequency in a frequency range of from 1.5 kHz to 100 kHz, to thereby desensitize one or more wide dynamic range neurons in the dorsal horn.",0.01797832230048099,0.03595664460096193
9425477,"1. A fuel cell stack comprising: a fuel cell stack module including end plates coupled to opposite side surfaces of a stack of fuel cells, respectively, and coupling bars coupled to the end plates; and an enclosure including wherein each of the upper enclosure and the lower enclosure are coupled to protruding portions of both the left enclosure and the right enclosure, wherein the protruding portions protrude forwards and backwards at side ends of each of a front and a back surface of the fuel cell stack module, and wherein the upper enclosure and the lower enclosure are bent toward surfaces of the fuel cell stack module from the protruding portions and are in surface contact with the surfaces of the fuel cell stack module.",0.9331082366165943,0.1337835267668115
9522679,"1. A vehicle controller for controlling a hybrid vehicle in which an internal-combustion engine, a first motor-generator, and a second motor-generator are connected to a drive axle and a drive wheel via a power splitting mechanism, the vehicle controller comprising: a hybrid vehicle (HV) electronic control unit (ECU) controlling the hybrid vehicle; a motor generator (MG) ECU controlling a drive of the first motor-generator and the second motor-generator; a brake ECU controlling a friction brake device, the control of the friction brake device provides a desired amount of braking force which is a sum total of a regenerative braking force from each of the first motor-generator and the second motor-generator and a braking force from the friction brake device; a first communication line connecting one-to-one the HV ECU and the MG ECU; and a second communication line connecting the HV ECU and other ECUs including the brake ECU and the MG ECU, wherein the MG ECU calculates a demand torque of the first motor-generator and the second motor-generator based on a total drive power of the vehicle calculated by the HV ECU, the MG ECU communicates with the brake ECU via the second communication line, and the MG ECU includes:",0.9540835582983367,0.09183288340332663
9647160,"1. A photovoltaic module comprising: a first photovoltaic cell comprising a front side surface; a second photovoltaic cell comprising a back side surface; a conductive wire network comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the conductive wire network in electrical contact with the front side surface of the first photovoltaic cell, the second portion of the conductive wire network in electrical contact with the back side surface of the second photovoltaic cell; and a first pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) provided adjacent to a first interface between the first portion of the conductive wire network and the front side surface of the first photovoltaic cell, wherein the first PSA has a sufficient mechanical stability to support the first portion of the conductive wire network with respect to the front side surface of the first photovoltaic cell at an operating temperature of the photovoltaic module, wherein the first PSA comprises a pattern corresponding to individual wires of the conductive wire network that does not completely extend over the surface of the photovoltaic cell in between the individual wires of the conductive wire network.",0.8836307372917956,0.23273852541640871
8730984,"1. A method, comprising: classifying respective Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) receive packets based on a hash of a network source, a network destination, a TCP source port, and a TCP destination port of the respective TCP/IP receive packets; store data in individual respective packet descriptors for individual respective TCP/IP receive packets, the individual respective packet descriptors each comprising an address of packet data in memory; and causing queuing of respective entries for the respective TCP/IP receive packets in a one of multiple receive queues based on the classifying such that respective TCP/IP receive packets having the same network source, network destination, TCP source port, and TCP destination port are queued to the same one of the multiple receive queues for TCP session updating based on the respective packet descriptors of the respective TCP/IP receive packets, the TCP session updating to comprise reassembly of TCP session segments.",0.10697740045873398,0.213954800917468
9492810,"1. A photocatalyst comprising an electrically conductive titanium substrate with an exposed titanium dioxide surface having a macroporous architecture, wherein the titanium dioxide surface has a surface area of over 5 m 2 per gram of titanium dioxide, and wherein the titanium dioxide surface comprises a volume fraction of at least about 70% of the anatase phase.",0.8578902131879963,0.2842195736240074
9713690,"1. A method for determining a flow in a respiratory flow generating apparatus comprising: determining a measure of pressure produced by a respiratory flow generating apparatus; determining a measure of a frequency of the respiratory flow generating apparatus; deriving, with a processor, an estimate of patient respiratory flow as a function of the measure of pressure and the measure of frequency; triggering, with the processor, an increase in pressure for inspiration by the respiratory flow generating apparatus by comparing the derived estimate of respiratory flow to a first threshold, the first threshold comprising a function of a peak value of a prior respiratory cycle of the derived estimate of respiratory flow; and triggering, with the processor, a decrease in pressure for expiration by the respiratory flow generating apparatus by comparing the derived estimate of respiratory flow to a second threshold, the second threshold being different from the first threshold.",0.5313238886511197,0.9373522226977606
9608922,"1. A method of controlling traffic on an on-chip network, the method comprising: injecting a packet at a first rate into the on-chip network by a first node coupled to the on-chip network; receiving the packet at a second node coupled to the on-chip network; determining that the received packet is to be deflected and not buffered by the second node; modifying a first bit in the received packet by the second node in response to determining that a rate at which packets are injected into the on-chip network should change and a second bit different than the first bit in the received packet to indicate that the received packet was deflected; returning the packet with the first and second bits modified to the first node by the second node; and changing the first rate by the first node in response to detecting that the first and second bits in the packet were modified.",0.4427203229124168,0.8854406458248336
8347848,"1. A rotary engine comprising: a rotor having a circumferential surface with a plurality of combustion chambers formed therein and having a plurality of vane-receiving slots distributed around said circumferential surface and located between said combustion chambers; a central shaft on which said rotor is mounted; a plurality of vanes each mounted in a respective one of the plurality of vane-receiving slots and movable in a radial direction into and out of the respective one of the plurality of said vane-receiving slots as the rotor rotates; a stator including an engine block forming a rotor chamber in which said rotor is rotatbly mounted, said stator, rotor and vanes in combination forming chambers which vary in size as the rotor rotates, said stator having an inlet for a fuel and air mixture, and an outlet for discharge of exhaust gases; a cam arrangement for controlling radial movement of said vanes as the engine operates and said rotor rotates; and a plurality of plugs each insertable into a respective one of said combustion chambers thereby reducing the size of the combustion chamber, each plug being adapted for attachment to the rotor in its combustion chamber, whereby insertion of said plugs into the combustion chambers and attachment of said plugs to the rotor increases compression of a fuel and air mixture in each variable chamber prior to combustion during engine operation.",0.851239865183181,0.2975202696336381
9588504,"1. A method for managing operation of a machine, comprising: communicating, to a collection computer, component identification data separately stored in each of a plurality of component identification (ID) Tags that correspond to one or more components for the machine, wherein the component identification data includes a component type; determining a combination of the component types based on at least the component identification data; automatically determining a machine type for the machine based on a comparison of the combination of the component types and one or more previously provided combinations of component types that correspond to a previously determined machine type, wherein the likeliest comparison is employed to determine the machine type; automatically determining a machine configuration for the machine based on one or more of the machine type and the combination of component types, wherein a statistical evaluation of a look up table that maps correlations between specific combinations of component types and machine types is employed to determine the machine type; and controlling one or more characteristics of usage of the machine for one or more users permitted to operate the machine or maintenance of the machine based on at least the machine configuration.",0.2859221993994061,0.5718443987988122
9488404,"1. A refrigeration apparatus, comprising: a cabinet having a freezer compartment maintained within a predetermined temperature range by a refrigeration unit; a door to seal the cabinet when engaged with the cabinet; a pressure equalization valve that receives ambient air from outside of the freezer compartment in response to a vacuum created in the freezer compartment; and a dehumidifying unit fluidly connected to the freezer compartment so as to circulate interior air from the freezer compartment through the dehumidifying unit and back to the freezer compartment, the dehumidifying unit being directly connected to the pressure equalization valve, the dehumidifying unit being located entirely downstream of the pressure equalization valve, such that the ambient air flowing through the pressure equalization valve flows directly to the dehumidifying unit, the dehumidifying unit actively dehumidifying the interior air within the freezer compartment as the interior air is circulated from the freezer compartment through the dehumidifying unit and back to the freezer compartment, the dehumidifying unit dehumidifying the ambient air received by the pressure equalization valve and directly passing dehumidified ambient air from the dehumidifying unit into the freezer compartment.",0.5738935033164427,0.8522129933671145
9378789,"1. An apparatus comprising: first and second full voltage level shifters configured to receive self-clocked true and complement data input signals in a first voltage domain and generate voltage level shifted self-clocked intermediate true and complement signals in a second voltage domain, based on the self-clocked true and complement data input signals in the first voltage domain; and first and second complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuits configured to generate voltage level shifted self-clocked tristated true and complement output signals in the second voltage domain based on the voltage level shifted self-clocked intermediate true and complement signals.",0.2720513855721975,0.544102771144395
9727566,"1. A content adaptation method for controlling a content selection system, the method comprising: generating first metadata associated with a first time point of primary content and second metadata associated with a second time point of primary content, wherein the first time point is before an insertion point for inserting secondary content and the second time point is after the insertion point; obtaining a primary metadata profile generated by a metadata generator based on the first metadata and the second metadata, wherein the primary metadata profile is to be associated with the insertion point; obtaining secondary metadata profiles generated by the metadata generator, each associated with corresponding secondary content of a plurality of secondary content; identifying one of the plurality of secondary content associated with a secondary metadata profile having a similarity value closest to a desired value with the primary metadata profile associated with the primary content; matching a selected secondary content with the insertion point of the primary content; and outputting to a content distribution system information related to the matched selected secondary content for insertion into the insertion point of the primary content.",0.12178427579798914,0.24356855159597823
9660649,"1. A method for scaling voltages provided to different modules of a system-on-chip (SOC), the method comprising: receiving, at a processor of the SOC, a first indication of usage history for a first module coupled to the processor and a second indication of usage history for a second module coupled to the processor, the usage history for the first module indicating how frequently the first module is used and the usage history for the second module indicating how frequently the second module is used; receiving a battery life indication that indicates a remaining battery life for a battery coupled to the processor; adjusting a first supply voltage provided to the first module based on the first indication, the second indication, and the battery life indication; and adjusting a second supply voltage provided to the second module based on the first indication, the second indication, and the battery life indication.",0.6499498928824936,0.7001002142350128
9631529,"1. A mounting mat comprising one or more first portions comprising fibres at least partially coated with a silica precursor, which forms an erosion resistant inorganic gel composition on the fibres, wherein said silica precursor comprises a compound having the general formula: where R",0.7927818236761514,0.4144363526476973
9695784,1. A spark ignition engine which is fueled with gasoline and ethanol where ethanol is introduced into at least one engine cylinder in such a way that vaporization of ethanol provides a rate of octane enhancement as a function of ethanol energy fraction that is at least 20 octane numbers for an increase in ethanol energy fraction of 0 to 100%.,0.8769267922369073,0.24614641552618544
8931206,1. A method of treating an article comprising: a. placing an article suspected of being infested with bed bugs and a CO b. sealing the enclosure; c. releasing CO d. leaving the article inside of the sealed enclosure with the CO,0.613437312702799,0.773125374594402
9005322,"1. The method of upgrading coal and other carbonaceous fuels comprising: subjecting the carbonaceous fuel to a pyrolyzing process, thereby forming upgraded carbonaceous fuel and a flow of lean fuel gases; combusting auxiliary fuel in an auxiliary fuel combustor to produce auxiliary fuel combustion gases; indirectly heating the lean fuel gases with the auxiliary fuel combustion gases without combining the lean fuel gases with the auxiliary fuel combustion gases; combusting the heated lean fuel gases in a lean fuel combustor, thereby producing a gas stream of products of combustion; and directing at least a portion of the gas stream of products of combustion to the pyrolyzer.",0.9833924029885615,0.03321519402287709
9014864,"1. A method for aggregate load management, comprising: determining whether a load capacity limit within a utility power network will be exceeded; selecting an aggregated demand reduction target to remain within capacity bounds if the load capacity limit is to be exceeded; selecting a demand reduction strategy; sending a first control signal that includes a first pulse width modulation level to a first controller in at least a first load component of the utility system based on the aggregated demand reduction target; and sending a second control signal that includes a second pulse width modulation level different than the first pulse width modulation level to a second controller in at least a second load component of the utility system based on the aggregated demand reduction target, wherein respective magnitudes of the first and second pulse width modulation levels are based on the strategy selected, load levels at the first and second load components, types of loads at the first and second load components, availability of loads suitable for reduction at the first and second load components, and a local need for load reduction at the first and second load components, and wherein the first and second controllers include respective randomization algorithms to randomize on and off times of duty cycles for respective loads in the first and second load components over a control period.",0.8691243544094609,0.2617512911810782
9379264,"1. A multilayered film comprising: a substrate; and a resin layer directly disposed on the substrate and including a fluorine-based polymer and an acrylic polymer containing a reactive functional group, wherein an equivalent weight of the reactive functional group with respect to a mixture of the fluorine-based polymer and the acrylic polymer of the resin layer is 2,000 to 20,000, wherein the acrylic polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of a hundred thousand to five million, and wherein the acrylic polymer is contained at a content of 2 to 30% by weight in the mixture of the fluorine-based polymer and the acrylic polymer containing the reactive functional group, which are included in the resin layer.",0.5368670585907986,0.9262658828184027
9774891,"1. A method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising: receiving, at a video distribution system, a request for media content to present on a user device, the request including a second request for third-party content to present with the media content; identifying, by the video distribution system and from data transmitted with the request, user device capabilities that describes information about system compatibility for the user device; determining, based on the second request, third-party content to present with the media, the third-party content including a first presentation time duration indicative of a length of time the third-party content is presented; determining that an end cap is compatible with the user device and related to the third-party content, the end cap being content beyond that provided by the media content and providing an interactive opportunity to request subsequent resources for the user device; and transmitting, to the user device, data to present the third-party content, the end cap, and the media, wherein end cap data is appended at the end of the third-party content data such that the end cap is presented after the third-party content, wherein the end cap extends the first presentation time duration of the third-party content to a second presentation time duration that is a cumulative time of presentation for the third-party content and the end cap; and wherein the end cap extends the first presentation time duration of the third-party content to a second presentation time duration that is a cumulative time of presentation for the third-party content and the end cap.",0.05124542236234761,0.10249084472469527
8816598,"1. A circuit for driving a luminous means, the circuit comprising: a driver circuit having an input and an output, wherein the output of the driver circuit is connected to the luminous means; and a detector circuit, on the basis of which, depending on an input signal of the driver circuit, a capacitor is configured to be connected to the output of the driver circuit or to the input of the driver circuit, wherein the capacitor is configured to be connected to the input of the driver circuit during a pause of the input signal of the driver circuit, wherein the capacitor is configured to be connected to the input of the driver circuit during the pause of the input signal of the driver circuit for a predefined time duration.",0.6734287701706251,0.6531424596587498
8754324,"1. A solar cell module in which a plurality of solar cells are arranged between a light-receiving surface protection member and a back-surface protection member and in which electrodes of the solar cells are electrically connected to each other through a wiring member, wherein each of the electrodes includes a bus bar electrode comprising a conductive resin paste that partially comes into direct contact with the wiring member along an interface between the bus bar electrode and the wiring member, an adhesive layer made of a resin is located along the interface between the bus bar electrode and the wiring member at non-contact portions between the bus bar electrode and the wiring member, the non-contact portions being areas along the interface wherein the bus bar electrode and the wiring member are not in direct contact with one another, and a residual stress of the resin of the adhesive layer is smaller than a residual stress of the resin contained in the bus bar electrode.",0.9643544401911867,0.07129111961762669
8903621,"1. A method for controlling braking of a vehicle equipped with an electronic wedge brake on a driving wheel that receives a torque of a driving motor comprising: obtaining, by a motor controller, a driver request to decelerate when a driver engages a brake pedal to perform a braking input; calculating, by the motor controller, a regenerative braking torque, a frictional braking torque from the driving wheel, and a friction braking torque from a coupled driving wheel when obtaining the driver request to decelerate during a regenerative braking entrance state; calculating, by the motor controller, an allowable frictional braking torque of the driving wheel from wheel speed data of the driving wheel; comparing, by the motor controller, the frictional braking torque of the driving wheel with the allowable frictional braking torque of the driving wheel; calculating, by the motor controller, a compensation frictional braking torque from the friction braking torque of the driving wheel and the allowable frictional braking torque of the driving wheel when the frictional braking torque of the driving wheel is greater than the allowable frictional braking torque of the driving wheel; and performing, by a brake controller, braking control of the coupled driving wheel using a torque as a final target torque, the torque obtained by compensating for the frictional braking torque from the coupled driving wheel using the compensation frictional braking torque.",0.5480743871259826,0.9038512257480349
9466262,"1. A method of controlling a display screen of an electronic apparatus, and the electronic apparatus having an accelerometer and a light sensor; the method comprising steps of: (a) acquiring a z-axis value of the electronic apparatus through the accelerometer; (b) acquiring a brightness value of the electronic apparatus through the light sensor when the z-axis value is less than a first threshold value; if the z-axis value is not less than the first threshold value, it is to return to the step (a) to reacquire the z-axis value; and (c) turning off the display screen when the brightness value is less than a second threshold value; if the brightness value is not less than the second threshold value, it is to return to the step (a) to reacquire the z-axis value.",0.33531701007673964,0.6706340201534793
8717994,"1. A method for transmitting reference signals for 8 or fewer antenna ports at a base station, the method comprising: transmitting common reference signals (CRSs) for four or fewer antenna ports in a downlink subframe including a first slot and a second slot, wherein the downlink subframe has an extended cyclic prefix (CP) configuration; and transmitting channel state information-reference signals (CSI-RSs) for the 8 or fewer antenna ports, the CSI-RSs being mapped to the downlink subframe according to a predetermined pattern, wherein the predetermined pattern defines the CSI-RSs for the 8 or fewer antenna ports to be mapped to two orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a data region of the downlink subframe, wherein the two OFDM symbols defined in the predetermined pattern for the CSI-RSs are second and third OFDM symbols of the second slot, and wherein the predetermined pattern for the CSI-RSs is used when the CRSs are configured for 2 or fewer antenna ports.",0.06492513046332204,0.1298502609266441
9650972,"1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, which is configured to control a variable valve control mechanism capable of changing a valve-closing timing of an exhaust valve and controlling the variable valve control mechanism so that the exhaust valve is closed at an optimum value of exhaust valve close (EVC) timing derived by optimizing a set valve-closing timing of the exhaust valve for each cycle, the control device comprising: a parameter acquiring section configured to acquire an exhaust gas temperature, an exhaust pressure, an intake-air temperature, and an amount of intake-air of the internal combustion engine; a heat of air-fuel mixture calculating section configured to execute first processing of calculating a heat of an air-fuel mixture as a heat of air-fuel mixture based on a relationship between an internal EGR gas heat and an intake-air heat, a ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture calculating section configured to execute second processing of calculating a ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture, the ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture being an index indicating how the heat of air-fuel mixture that is calculated by the heat of air-fuel mixture calculating section so as to correspond to the current set valve-closing timing in a current cycle changes from a heat of air-fuel mixture corresponding to an optimum value of exhaust valve close (EVC) timing derived in a previous cycle; and an optimum value of exhaust valve close (EVC) timing deriving section configured to execute third processing of determining whether or not the ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture falls within a preset allowable range, and execute fourth processing of deriving the current set valve-closing timing as the optimum value of exhaust valve close (EVC) timing in the current cycle when it is determined that the ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture falls within the allowable range, and deriving a corrected set valve-closing timing by correcting the current set valve-closing timing so that the ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture falls within the allowable range to update the current set valve-closing timing as the corrected set valve-closing timing when it is determined that the ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture does not fall within the allowable range, wherein the first processing executed by the heat of air-fuel mixture calculating section, the second processing executed by the ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture calculating section, and the third processing and the fourth processing executed by the optimum value of exhaust valve close (EVC) timing deriving section are repeatedly executed until it is determined that the ratio of change in heat of air-fuel mixture falls within the allowable range by using the updated current set valve-closing timing.",0.974631428156238,0.05073714368752391
8689232,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, a request from a first application executing on the computer system, the request indicating that the first application seeks access to an object stored in a shared object space, the shared object space including a memory space configured to store one or more data objects accessible by the first application and by a second application executing concurrently with the first application, the object having a header; determining, while processing the request, by the computer system, that the second application is accessing the object, the determining including obtaining from the header of the object a reference to a portion of a lock table that stores an identifier of the second application, the lock table being a data structure associated with the object and configured to store identifiers of applications seeking access to the object or currently accessing the object; upon receiving a notification from the second application indicating that the second application has finished accessing the object, by the computer system: allowing the first application to access the object in response to the received request.",0.15927303609882842,0.31854607219765685
9635654,"1. A method of transmitting, by a User Equipment (UE), Uplink Control Information (UCI) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by the UE, control information that configures an uplink control channel and an uplink shared channel to avoid being simultaneously transmitted on a single uplink subframe; determining, by the UE, whether a collision between the uplink control channel and the uplink shared channel is to occur, if first UCI for a first cell and second UCI for a second cell are required to be simultaneously transmitted through the uplink control channel and the uplink shared channel, respectively, on a single uplink subframe; if the UE determines that the collision is to occur, selecting, by the UE, any one of the uplink control channel and the uplink shared channel; and transmitting, by the UE, one or more pieces of the first UCI and the second UCI on the uplink subframe through the selected channel, wherein the UE piggybacks a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK)/negative ACK (NACK) to another channel other than the selected channel and transmits the HARQ ACK/NACK if each of the one or more pieces of the first UCI and the second UCI comprises the HARQ ACK/NACK.",0.13566303443007166,0.2713260688601433
9574459,"1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a fan, a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section; a rotating element and at least one bearing compartment including a bearing for supporting said rotating element, a seal for resisting leakage of lubricant outwardly of said bearing compartment and for allowing pressurized air to flow from a chamber adjacent said seal into the bearing compartment; said seal having a seal face facing a rotating face rotating with said rotating element, and said seal being a non-contact seal; and wherein said bearing compartment has a seal associated with each of two opposed axial ends, on either axial side of said bearing.",0.737175914366121,0.5256481712677581
9012125,"1. A resist composition comprising: a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid and can be used in a lithography process that employs light having a wavelength of 193 nm or less as an exposure light source, an acid generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, and a polymeric compound (C) having a structural unit (c0) comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of structural units represented by general formulae (c0-11), (c0-12), (c0-21), (c0-22) and (c0-3) shown below, wherein an amount of the polymeric compound (C) is within a range of 0.05 to 5 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the base component (A), wherein the amount of the structural unit (c0), based on a combined total of all structural units that constitute the polymeric compound (C), is within a range from 45 to 95 mol %: wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, each Q independently represents a single bond, an alkylene group, a divalent aliphatic cyclic group or a divalent linking group containing a hetero atom, A 01 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, each R 0 independently represents an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, wherein a plurality of R 0 groups within a formula may be the same or different from each other, p0 represents an integer of 0 to 3, p1 represents an integer of 1 to 3, and p2 represents an integer of 0 to 3.",0.48787375040557257,0.9757475008111451
9701551,"1. A hydromagnetic desalination cell, comprising: at least one hollow rectangular flow conduit with a conduit inlet on a first end and a conduit outlet on a second end; a first rectangular magnet and a second rectangular magnet each having a north pole face and a south pole face opposite of each other, wherein the first and second rectangular magnets are disposed along a longitudinal axis and on opposite sides of the rectangular flow conduit such that the north pole face of the first rectangular magnet contacts the rectangular flow conduit and the south pole face of the second rectangular magnet contacts the rectangular flow conduit; a first opening and a second opening on opposite walls of the rectangular flow conduit extending between the first and second rectangular magnets; a first chamber fluidly connected to the first opening of the rectangular flow conduit; a second chamber fluidly connected to the second opening of the rectangular flow conduit; a positive electrode connected to the first chamber; and a negative electrode connected to the second chamber; wherein the first and second rectangular magnets generate a magnetic field that causes cations to flow from the first opening of the rectangular flow conduit to the first chamber, and anions to flow from the second opening of the rectangular flow conduit to the second chamber.",0.7980211941128036,0.4039576117743928
9601227,"1. An isolated or recombinant Geobacteraceae nanowire peptide comprising a truncated nanowire peptide fused to a fusion partner peptide at the N-terminus of the nanowire peptide, wherein the truncation comprises a one to 29 amino acid truncation at the N-terminus or at the C-terminus of a nanowire peptide, and wherein the truncated nanowire peptide assembles into a conductive pilus and is electrically conductive, the nanowire peptide comprising an amino acid sequence selected from SEQ ID NO:1-10 and variants thereof.",0.4855116038019424,0.9710232076038848
8715264,"1. A method of insufflating a body cavity with an insufflating gas comprising the steps of: connecting an insufflator to a sealed inlet of a charged ready to use hydrator, the hydrator containing a hydration liquid therein with the hydrator having a sealed outlet, a first closure member preventing discharge of substantially all of the hydration liquid from the inlet prior to the hydrator being attached to another apparatus, and a second closure member preventing discharge of substantially all of the hydration liquid from the outlet prior to the hydrator being attached to another apparatus; connecting the sealed outlet of the hydrator to a trocar to deliver gas into a body cavity; opening the first closure member and the second closure member; and delivering gas to the body cavity from the insufflator through the hydrator which humidifies the gas prior to providing gas to the trocar using the hydration liquid within the charged ready to use hydrator.",0.20008073238539825,0.4001614647707965
8680311,"1. A hybrid monolith comprising a compound of the structural Formula I: wherein: X X R R W m is an integer from 1-15; and n is an integer greater than 1, wherein silanol groups on the surface of the monolith are substantially replaced by quaternary amine groups to generate the positive surface charge stable under operating conditions of pH between about 2 and 9.",0.8599913393777133,0.28001732124457335
8968056,"1. System for machining the running surface and the edges on skis and snowboards, comprising a machine frame for securing the machining tools and the holding elements for the skis or snowboards during the machining of their running surface and edges, wherein the skis or snowboards during the machining are held stationary by the support element and the machining tools are movable in the machine frame on a carriage in the longitudinal direction of the skis, comprising: a motor-driven sliding surface- and structure-grinding disk arranged on the carriage, and designed to machine the bottom; two tuning grinding disks designed to machine the edge underside, arranged on the carriage, of which at least one is axially displaceable relative to the other one; and two cup wheels designed to machine the outer surfaces of the edges arranged on the carriage, of which at least one is axially displaceable relative to the other one.",0.20162499700266712,0.40324999400533423
9293587,"1. A device comprising: a gate structure formed over a finned substrate; an embedded source and a drain (S/D) adjacent the gate structure and adjacent a fin of the finned substrate; and an epitaxial (epi) bottom region of the embedded S/D, the epi bottom region counter doped to a polarity of the embedded S/D.",0.15871681550133548,0.31743363100267097
8781539,"1. A method comprising: connecting an input of a bias circuit and an output of the bias circuit to another circuit while the other circuit is in a first power mode, such that the bias circuit has an operating state corresponding to the first power mode; switching the input of the bias circuit and the output of the bias circuit from the other circuit to a dummy circuit when a power mode of the other circuit is changed from the first power mode to a second power mode; and maintaining the bias circuit at the operating state corresponding to the first power mode using the dummy circuit while the other circuit is in the second power mode.",0.2824484018825024,0.5648968037650048
9231271,"1. An electrical charge accumulator comprising: a plurality of electrically separate energy storage units, wherein each electrically separate energy storage unit comprises:",0.9473273976231142,0.10534520475377152
8624163,"1. A flux cored electrode including a flux system, said flux system comprising titanium dioxide and a moisture resistant compound, said titanium oxide including purified titanium dioxide, said moisture resistant compound including a colloidal metal oxide, said colloidal metal oxide having an average particle size of less than about 800 nm, said purified titanium dioxide including less than about 5 weight percent impurities that can act as nucleation sites for carbide formation in a weld metal, wherein said flux system is located within the core of the electrode.",0.7509598772594919,0.49808024548101626
8459016,"1. An exhaust manifold connected to exhaust ports of at least three straightly arranged cylinders of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust manifold comprising: a primary exhaust pipe extending from the foremost cylinder of the cylinders in a rearward direction of the engine along a direction of the straight arrangement of the cylinders; and a plurality of secondary exhaust pipes extending from the other cylinders except for the foremost cylinder to the primary exhaust pipe, wherein each secondary exhaust pipe comprises an intermediate portion winding around an outer periphery of the primary exhaust pipe, wherein the intermediate portion of each secondary exhaust pipe extends in a direction apart from the cylinders so as to cross over the primary exhaust pipe, wherein the plurality of secondary exhaust pipes are collected to the primary exhaust pipe at a plurality of points of the primary exhaust pipe with respect to a rearward extending direction of the primary exhaust pipe, and are connected with the primary exhaust pipe, wherein a connecting point between the primary exhaust pipe and a first one of the plurality of secondary exhaust pipes is located upstream from a connecting point between the primary exhaust pipe and a second one of the plurality of secondary exhaust pipes, wherein a cylinder from which the first one of the plurality of secondary exhaust pipes extends is nearer to the foremost cylinder than a cylinder from which the second one of the plurality of secondary exhaust pipes extends and wherein the primary exhaust pipe extends from the foremost cylinder in the rearward and downward direction, the secondary exhaust pipes extend from the other cylinders upwardly above the primary exhaust pipe and to an upstream side of the primary exhaust pipe, and the secondary exhaust pipes then curve downwardly and to a downstream side of the primary exhaust pipe and are collected into the primary exhaust pipe.",0.9596117611063444,0.08077647778731123
8825583,"1. A utility data processing system for processing data relating to consumption of a utility, the system comprising: a non-transitory machine readable fact memory for storage of facts relating to utility consumption received from fact sources; at least one fact source module for deriving facts from utility consumption data and adding the derived facts to the non-transitory machine readable fact memory, wherein one of the at least one fact source modules comprises an appliance identification module configured to identify one or more appliances using data based on utility consumption by the one or more appliances and to add the identity of the one or more appliances as one or more facts in the non-transitory machine readable fact memory; an inference module for inferring new facts relating to utility consumption from one or more facts stored in the non-transitory machine readable fact memory, wherein the inference module is configured to instruct the appliance identification module to search for one or more further unidentified appliances, wherein the search for each of the one or more further unidentified appliances is identified based on the one or more appliances stored as one or more facts that are likely to be present in view of the presence of an identified appliance by analyzing the utility consumption data, and wherein the search comprises matching signature profiles of candidate appliances stored in a database with measured profiles of events of electricity consumption, wherein a signature profile is represented by a series of events associated with the rate of change in power demand from one time point to the next; and an interface module.",0.9339402559674422,0.13211948806511553
9362817,"1. A method of power factor correction in which an input voltage (Vin) is applied, through a rectifier, to an inductor (L1) which is cyclically discharged through a diode (D1) by operation of a switch (Q3), the switch (Q3) being controlled by a controller ( 24 ) which varies the on period of the switch (Q3), during which the inductor is charged, for adjusting an output voltage (Vbus) towards a target value (Vbus_target), the method comprising obtaining an indication of the inductor (L1) reaching a discharged state in response to the switch being in an off state, the controller ( 24 ) monitoring at least one of a switch on period (Ton) or a switch off period (Toff) to identify whether the input voltage (Vin) is an alternating voltage.",0.9309270390080954,0.13814592198380926
9236151,"1. A tensioning device for tensioning a preform along a longitudinal direction thereof, the preform being made from interlaced fibres and comprising a body and two opposite ends, the device comprising: a plurality of coaxial elements placed along an axis, the plurality of coaxial elements comprising a longitudinal main body, a control rod, a first bearing element, and a second bearing element, the longitudinal main body comprising a first end and a second end, the longitudinal main body being configured to support the body of the preform, the control rod being mounted on the first end of the longitudinal main body and rotatable about the axis, the control rod being configured to turn freely relative to at least one of the longitudinal main body and the first bearing element, the first bearing element being configured to bear one of the two opposite ends of the preform, the first bearing element being mounted on the second end of the longitudinal main body, the second bearing element being configured to bear the other one of the two opposite ends of the preform, the second bearing element being mounted on the control rod through a helical link, the rotation of the control about the axis being configured to cause the tensioning of the preform only along the longitudinal direction of and the translation of the second bearing element about the axis and a moving away of the second bearing element from the first bearing element without rotation of the first and second bearing elements in relation to each other, wherein the plurality of coaxial elements are configured to cooperate with each other when the two opposite ends of the preform are beared by the respective first and second bearing elements.",0.07342580259299145,0.14685160518598295
9652494,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: displaying a web page in a web browser at least in part by displaying web page text; receiving a search term via a search field of the web browser while the web browser is displaying the web page; determining that the search term occurs at least once within the web page text of the displayed web page; generating, in response to the determination, a first search query option and a second search query option based on the search term, wherein the first search query option comprises performing a web search of the search term and the second search query option comprises performing a search of the search term within the web page text of the displayed web page without performing the web search; displaying the first and second search query options within a drop-down list control element associated with the search field of the web browser; generating, based on the search term, a predicted search option based on the first or second search query option; dynamically updating the drop-down list control element to include the predicted search option; receiving a selection of the second search query option to perform the search of the search term within the web page text of the displayed web page; and providing for display, based on the selection of the second search query option to perform the search of the search term within the web page text of the displayed web page, a notification of at least one occurrence of the search term within the web page text of the displayed web page.",0.04580329554024197,0.09160659108048397
9079229,"1. A method for treating waste, comprising: (a) contacting the waste with an amount of a thrombolytic enzyme effective for decomposing the waste, and (b) decomposing the enzyme contacted waste for a period of time and temperature sufficient therefor, wherein the thrombolytic enzyme is produced by a wherein the temperature of the decomposing is 40° C. to 53° C.; and wherein the waste is jellyfish, fishery products, plankton, a jellyfish- or puffer-toxin, or any combination thereof.",0.7950482671144873,0.40990346577102543
9840855,"1. A bicycle parking lock apparatus adapted for locking a crank of a bicycle, the crank including a crank body, a first end portion connected to a crankshaft, and a second end portion connected to a pedal such that the crank has, relative to a bicycle frame of the bicycle, an inboard side facing the bicycle frame, and an outboard side distal from the bicycle frame, said parking lock apparatus comprising: a primary lock part having a free end, a restrained end opposite to said free end, and a recess distal from said restrained end and adapted to receive the crank, wherein said recess is provided with a sidewall such that when the crank is received in said recess, the outboard side of the crank at the first end portion is shielded by said sidewall; and a secondary lock part configured to be movable reciprocatingly relative to said primary lock part to be disposed in a standby position or a locked position, wherein when said secondary lock part is driven to be disposed in the locked position thereof, said secondary lock part is adapted to hold the crank in position in cooperation with said primary lock part; wherein said secondary lock part is configured to be movable reciprocatingly along a direction substantially parallel to said sidewall, and is spaced apart from said sidewall by a distance sufficient to accommodate the crank between said secondary lock part and said sidewall such that when the crank is received in said recess, said secondary lock part is adapted to hold the crank body of the crank in position.",0.1916146931011099,0.3832293862022198
8800265,"1. An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine comprising: an exhaust gas conduit in fluid communication with, and configured to receive an exhaust gas from, the internal combustion engine and to conduct the exhaust gas between a plurality of devices of the exhaust gas treatment system; a hydrocarbon source in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit to deliver hydrocarbon to the exhaust gas; an oxidation catalyst device disposed in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit and configured to oxidize hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide in the exhaust gas; a reductant injector in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit downstream of the first oxidation catalyst device to deliver a reductant to the exhaust gas; a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device disposed in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit downstream of the reductant injector; a first pressure sensor disposed in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit downstream of the SCR device; an exhaust gas filter assembly having an exhaust gas filter having an oxidation catalyst compound disposed thereon for collection of carbon and particulates entrained therein, in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit and located downstream of the first pressure sensor for receipt of the exhaust gas and combustion of carbon and particulates collected in the exhaust gas filter; a second pressure sensor disposed in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit downstream of the exhaust gas filter; a first temperature sensor located downstream of the second pressure sensor and having a temperature probe that is in fluid communication with the exhaust gas flow exiting the oxidation catalyst device; a second temperature sensor located downstream of the second pressure sensor and having a temperature probe that is in fluid communication with the exhaust gas flow exiting the oxidation catalyst device, the second temperature sensor temperature probe including a catalyst compound coating disposed thereon and operable to catalyze the oxidation of CO and HC, or a combination thereof, that exits the oxidation catalyst device; and a controller in signal communication with the first and second pressure sensors and the first and the second temperature sensors, the controller configured to monitor signals from the first and second pressure sensors to determine if a pressure differential across the exhaust gas filter has reached a predetermined level that is indicative of the need to regenerate the exhaust gas filter, the controller further configured to monitor signals from the first and second temperature sensors if the exhaust gas filter is being regenerated and determine if a temperature differential exceeds a predetermined threshold.",0.988032142160446,0.023935715679108016
9755894,"1. A network server for binding communication sessions of remote serially-connected devices, comprising: one or more data processors; a receiver for receiving one or more serial communications associated with a first serially-connected device located in a first location and a second serially-connected device located in a second location, wherein the first serially-connected device and the second serially-connected device are not configured to directly communicate with the network server, wherein the first serially-connected device is assigned a first universally unique identifier and is serially connected to a first device that enables communication with the network server, wherein the second serially-connected device is assigned a second universally unique identifier is serially connected to a second device that enables communication with the network server, and wherein a received serial communication includes the second universally unique identifier; a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions which when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations including: a transmitter for transmitting the serial communication to the second serially-connected device located in the second location, wherein the serial communication causes the second serially-connected device to perform an operation.",0.2078580154379853,0.41571603087597064
9670823,"1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a cylinder block defining a cylinder and a first coolant jacket; a cylinder head mounted to the cylinder block and configured to supply air and fuel to the cylinder for combustion therein, and defining a second coolant jacket; an exhaust manifold operatively connected to the cylinder head and configured to exhaust post-combustion gasses from the cylinder; a turbocharger having a turbine housing and configured to be driven by the post-combustion gasses from the exhaust manifold, to pressurize an airflow being received from the ambient, and to discharge the pressurized airflow to the cylinder; and a cooling module arranged between the turbine housing and the cylinder head and defining a third coolant jacket configured to remove heat energy from the post-combustion gasses prior to the heat energy soaking into the turbine housing.",0.9572537405895197,0.08549251882096054
9092828,"1. A method for allowing a plurality of payment card account holders which make payments with a payment card network to share payment card transaction data with at least one of a third party social network, a third party social matching web site, and a third party rating web site, said method comprising the steps of: maintaining, by at least one hardware processor, within said payment card network, a data sharing platform including a database containing said payment card transaction data from said plurality of payment card account holders, wherein said transaction data corresponds to payment card transactions made by said plurality of payment card account holders using said payment card network; providing, by said at least one hardware processor, a web server of a consumer control module of said data sharing platform, said web server hosting an internet-based user interface which presents at least one payment card account holder of said plurality of payment card account holders which make payments with said payment card network with at least one selection providing consent to sharing of at least a portion of said payment card transaction data with said at least one of a third party social network, a third party social matching web site, and a third party rating web site; obtaining, by said at least one hardware processor, said consent from said at least one payment card account holder of said plurality of payment card account holders which make payments with said payment card network, via said at least one selection, said at least one selection being obtained by said internet-based user interface; and interfacing, by said at least one hardware processod, via an application program interface of said consumer control module, with said at least one of a third party social network, a third party social matching web site, and a third party rating web site, to share said at least portion of said transaction data with said at least one of a third party social network, a third party social matching web site, and a third party rating web site.",0.03619026533597422,0.0723805306719485
9530852,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: an insulating layer including a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, the insulating layer including a trench including a side surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface being overlapped with the second region; an oxide semiconductor film which includes a third region, a fourth region and a channel formation region, and which is in contact with the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench and a top surface of the first region; a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer which are electrically connected to the third region and the fourth region, respectively; a gate insulating layer over the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer; and a gate electrode layer over the gate insulating layer, the gate electrode layer overlapping with the trench, wherein the channel formation region of the oxide semiconductor film is in contact with the side surface and the bottom surface of the trench, wherein the third region and the fourth region of the oxide semiconductor film are in contact with the top surface of the first region and an upper end corner portion where the top surface of the first region intersects the side surface of the trench, wherein the third region and the fourth region have higher impurity concentrations than the channel formation region, and wherein an end portion of the third region and an end portion of the fourth region are below the top surface of the first region.",0.10296789188246287,0.20593578376492572
8754780,"1. In a system comprising a plurality of wireless devices, a device comprising: a transceiver having a unique identification code and being electrically interfaced with a sensor, the transceiver being configured to receive select information and identification information transmitted from a second wireless transceiver in a predetermined signal type; the transceiver being further configured to wirelessly retransmit in the predetermined signal type the select information, the identification information associated with the second wireless transceiver, and transceiver identification information associated with the transceiver making retransmission; and a controller operatively coupled to the transceiver and the sensor, the controller configured to control the transceiver and receive data from the sensor, the controller configured to format a data packet for transmission via the transceiver, the data packet comprising data representative of data sensed with the sensor.",0.4083532269768297,0.8167064539536594
8709644,"1. A battery module comprising: a battery cell separator having first and second rib supports and a plurality of ribs connected between the rib supports, wherein the rib supports and the ribs form respective pockets fore and aft of the ribs with each pocket being configured to receive a battery cell, the first rib support and the ribs form a converging fluid inlet and the second rib support and the ribs form a diverging fluid outlet.",0.8429494499498025,0.31410110010039505
9675941,"1. A separation membrane for gas separation comprising high molecular weight polyimides obtained from 4-fluoro-4′,4″-diaminotriphenylmethane, and having as a repeating unit the following molecular structure: where Ar is an aromatic organic group derived from tetracarboxylic acids.",0.8724177212904086,0.25516455741918276
9468575,"1. An infant care system, comprising: an infant care tower, comprising a first rack, and a second rack, a graphical display, a user interface, and a tower interface; a first medical device removably received within the first rack; a second medical device removably received within the second rack; a processor communicatively connected to and configured to operate the infant care tower, graphical display, user interface, first medical device and second medical device; at least one connector connected at a first end to the tower interface; a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) computer communicatively connected to the processor of the infant care tower and connected to a non-transient computer readable medium, such that the NICU computer operates the first medical device and the second medical device through the processor of the infant care tower; and a bassinet configured to receive an infant patient within a microenvironment defined and maintained by the bassinet, the bassinet further physically connected to at least one of the first medical device and the second medical device through the infant care tower by a removable connection of a bassinet interface to the at least one connector and communicatively connected to the processor through the infant care tower by removable connection of the bassinet interface to the at least one connector; wherein the processor operates to control both the infant care tower and the bassinet in maintaining the microenvironment of the bassinet, and the processor operates the first and second medical devices of the tower to provide care to the infant patient.",0.20906443009595077,0.41812886019190154
9641076,"1. A switching regulator comprising: a direct current (DC)-DC converter configured to generate a comparison signal based on a comparison between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage sensed at a feedback node, and to generate an output voltage at an output terminal based on the comparison signal, the feedback voltage sensed at the feedback node resulting from a pulse current and a feedback voltage output from the output terminal to the feedback node; and a ripple injection circuit configured to generate the pulse current based on the comparison signal.",0.546092486981646,0.9078150260367079
9698896,"1. On-board satellite equipment for combining received digital user signals from a plurality of origination beams to produce a plurality of destination beams, the satellite equipment comprising: a first digital decoder comprising a processor and computer readable media containing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the first digital decoder to apply on a received digital signal a first code unique to a particular received origination beam to extract digital user signals received in the particular origination beam to create a first intermediate digital signal; a digital summing circuit comprising a processor and computer readable media containing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the digital summing circuit to combine the first intermediate digital signal with isolated user signals from other origination beams to produce a summation signal; a second digital decoder comprising a processor and computer readable media containing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the second digital decoder to apply on the summation signal a second code to extract digital user signals of the summation signal that are destined for a particular destination beam, to produce other isolated user signals from the plurality of origination beams and destined for the particular destination beam; and a digital encoder comprising a processor and computer readable media containing computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the digital encoder to apply on the other isolated user signals a third code for further isolating the particular destination beam.",0.3054925511621558,0.6109851023243116
8449754,"1. A portable hydrogen supplemental system for supplying hydrogen gas to an internal combustion engine comprising: a housing unit; an electrolyzer mounted inside the housing unit that separates nonelectrolyte water into the hydrogen gas and oxygen gas in response to electrical power; a nonelectrolyte water tank mounted inside the housing unit and positioned to supply nonelectrolyte water to the electrolyzer; a power supply for supplying the electrical power to the electrolyzer; and an engine sensor for detecting operation of the internal combustion engine wherein the power supply supplies electrical power to the electrolyzer only when the engine sensor detects that the internal combustion engine is in operation, wherein the electrolyzer, when supplied with the electrical power, then produces the hydrogen gas and the oxygen gas from the nonelectrolyte water being supplied from the nonelectrolyte water tank, and supplies, via the nonelectrolyte water tank, the hydrogen gas being produced to the internal combustion engine for combustion therein, wherein the electrolyzer is disposed external of the nonelectrolyte water tank, wherein the nonelectrolyte water tank includes first and second dividers provided at opposite ends of the nonelectrolyte water tank to divide the nonelectrolyte water tank into a hydrogen section and an oxygen section; wherein each divider is formed along an inner wall of the nonelectrolyte water tank and extends to a predetermined position from the bottom surface of the nonelectrolyte water tank such that when the nonelectrolyte water is input into the nonelectrolyte water tank, the nonelectrolyte water tank fills evenly on both sides of each of the dividers, wherein the nonelectrolyte water tank includes at least first and second gas collection cavities at a top portion thereof for collecting the hydrogen gas and the oxygen gas respectively, the first and second gas collection cavities each being formed by a top surface of the nonelectrolyte water tank, the first and second dividers, and a surface of the nonelectrolyte water in the nonelectrolyte water tank; wherein the first gas collection cavity includes a fitting at the top thereof for outputting the hydrogen gas out of the nonelectrolyte water tank to the internal combustion engine for combustion therein; wherein the second gas collection cavity includes a fitting at the top thereof for outputting the oxygen gas out of the nonelectrolyte water tank, wherein the hydrogen gas supplied from the electrolyzer to the nonelectrolyte water tank is input into the hydrogen section, travels through the nonelectrolyte water in the hydrogen section and collects in the first gas collection cavity, wherein the oxygen gas supplied from the electrolyzer to the nonelectrolyte water tank is input to the oxygen section, travels through the nonelectrolyte water tank in the oxygen gas section, and collects in the second gas collection cavity, wherein the electrolyzer is a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer, wherein said PEM electrolyzer includes: a plurality of layers, the layers being non-liquid and each layer is adjacent contact with another one of the layers, wherein the plurality of layers include at least two external layers and an internal layer which is disposed in adjacent contact between the external layers, wherein a first external layer is connected to a positive terminal of the power supply and as such applies the positive side of the voltage to a first side of the internal layer and a second external layer is connected to a negative terminal of the power supply and as such applies the negative side of the voltage to a second side of the internal layer, the first and second sides being opposite sides of the internal layer, wherein when the voltage is applied across the first external layer, the internal layer and the second external layer, the electrolyzer separates the nonelectrolyte water into the oxygen gas which is output on the first side of the internal layer and the hydrogen gas which is output on the second side of the internal layer, the first and second external layers include external electrodes disposed opposite to each other, one of which being an anode and the other of being a cathode, electrocatalysts disposed respectively on the anode and the cathode, and the internal layer includes a membrane disposed between the electrocatalysts, and an external circuit which applies the electrical power to the anode and the cathode in a manner such that electricity power in the form of electrons flow from the anode, along the external circuit, to the cathode and protons are caused to flow through the membrane from the anode to the cathode.",0.9041356559850634,0.1917286880298732
9178479,"1. A dynamic range control apparatus comprising: a volume level calculating unit that calculates a volume level value approximately proportional to a volume level of an input sound signal; a gain calculating unit that calculates a gain factor corresponding to the volume level value calculated by the volume level calculating unit; a first filter group including N filters that split the sound signal into N (>1) frequency bands, and output N band-limited signals; N multipliers that multiply the N band-limited signals output from the first filter group by the gain factor calculated by the gain calculating unit to carry out gain control; a second filter group including N filters that extract prescribed frequency bands from the N band-limited signals output from the N multipliers, respectively; and a signal synthesis unit that combines the N band-limited signals output from the second filter group into a single signal.",0.08711028763662601,0.17422057527325197
9308912,"1. A drive force control system for a vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, comprising: a distribution mechanism, which distributes power outputted from a prime mover to a right wheel and to a left wheel of said pair of rear wheels, and which changes a distribution ratio of the power to those right and left rear wheels by engaging or disengaging an engagement mechanism to change a drive force for driving the right and left rear wheels; a first motor connected to a right wheel of the pair of front wheels to control drive force for driving the right front wheel and a second motor connected to a left wheel of the pair of front wheels to control drive force for driving the left front wheel; a means which calculates a target yaw moment of the vehicle; a means which calculates an achievable yaw moment of the vehicle based on a difference between the drive forces for driving the right and the left rear wheels due to a delay in changing such a difference therebetween by actuating the engagement mechanism; a means which calculates a difference between the achievable yaw moment and the target yaw moment of the vehicle; and a means which sets a difference between the drive forces of the motors for driving the right and the left front wheels to compensate for the calculated difference and to achieve the target yaw moment of the vehicle.",0.7636160264748575,0.472767947050285
9231258,"1. A method for operating a cooling system for a fuel cell; the cooling system comprising a main circuit of heat-conveying fluid comprising a circulation pump and a heat exchanger that feeds an upstream conduit delivering the fluid to cells of the fuel cell, which fluid exits from the cells via a downstream conduit in order to return to the circulation pump, the main circuit comprising a controlled three-way valve on each of the upstream and downstream conduits, whereby a third port of the valve in the upstream conduit is connected to an entrance of the pump and a third port of the valve in the downstream conduit is connected to an outlet of the pump in order to establish a secondary fluid circuit, wherein the upstream conduit and the downstream conduit each comprise a temperature sensor that is positioned close to connections of the upstream and downstream conduits with the cells; wherein the method comprises a step of varying, as a function of operating parameters of the fuel cell, the frequency (F) of alternations of simultaneous switching of the two three-way valves in order to establish the secondary circuit or reestablish the main circuit, with an elevated frequency at the starting of the cell in such a manner as to minimize the mass of fluid to be heated, then a low alternating frequency in order to limit too great an elevation of the heated fluid; wherein the maximum frequency of the alternations (F) is essentially equal to twice the output (D) delivered by the pump divided by the volume of fluid (V) used between two temperature sensors arranged close to the connection of the conduits with the cells.",0.980902893780195,0.038194212439609965
8890447,"1. A startup control circuit of a drive circuit which controls driving of a motor at startup, the startup control circuit comprising: a full-drive waveform outputting circuit which outputs a full-drive waveform which is an alternating waveform in which positive and negative are inverted at 180°; a limited drive waveform outputting circuit which outputs a limited drive waveform in which a predetermined drive stop period is provided at a time when the positive and the negative are inverted; a PWM circuit which obtains a PWM drive waveform by applying pulse-width modulation to the limited drive waveform; a selector which selects one of the full-drive waveform and the PWM drive waveform; and a control circuit which controls the selector to apply control to output the full-drive waveform at startup and then output the PWM drive waveform.",0.8915069471049437,0.21698610579011257
9542893,"1. An image display device in which a plurality of light sources are arranged in a matrix on a back of a display panel, the image display device comprising: an approximate curve generating module to generate a horizontal component approximate curve and a vertical component approximate curve by approximating a distribution of values of an input image, the horizontal component approximate curve and the vertical component approximate curve including amounts of change are less than or equal to a predetermined value; a light source data calculating module to calculate light source data for controlling outputs of the plurality of light sources based on the horizontal component approximate curve and the vertical component approximate curve generated by the approximate curve generating module; a light transmittance calculating module to calculate a light transmittance for controlling a light transmittance of the display panel based on the input image and the horizontal component approximate curve and the vertical component approximate curve generated by the approximate curve generating module; a light source driving circuit to drive the plurality of light sources based on the light source data calculated by the light source data calculating module; a display panel driving circuit to drive the display panel based on the light transmittance calculated by the light transmittance calculating module; and an image evaluating module to divide the input image into a plurality of areas with respect to a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, identify an evaluation value indicating a magnitude of a luminance of each area, and generate an evaluation value string of horizontal components and an evaluation value string of vertical components in which the evaluation values of the areas are arranged in order with respect to the horizontal direction and the vertical direction, respectively, wherein the generating of the respective horizontal component approximate curve and the vertical component approximate curve includes approximating the evaluation value string of the horizontal components and the evaluation value string of the vertical components, respectively.",0.06016634150261505,0.12033268300523015
8452999,"1. Data processing apparatus comprising: a data processor having an operating system to perform tasks of an application program; and a power and performance controller to control parameters and modes of execution of said tasks by said data processor, said power and performance controller including a performance predictor to calculate an estimation of required performance of said data processor for said tasks taking account of inactive periods of said tasks, and to adjust the parameters and modes of execution of said tasks by said data processor in response to said estimation; said performance predictor being arranged to distinguish for each of said tasks between: —",0.7615203423416095,0.47695931531678104
9474996,"1. A method of carbon sequestration, the method comprising: exposing an oxide of carbon to a carbon sequestration device and splitting the oxide of carbon to form carbon black and oxygen; the carbon sequestration device comprises a photocatalytic composite material; and the photocatalytic composite material generates a photoexcited electron; adsorbs or absorbs the oxide of carbon; and splits the oxide of carbon into the carbon black and oxygen with the photoexcited electron.",0.9158906279335787,0.16821874413284266
9276317,"1. A user device comprising: a circuit board comprising a transceiver and a ground plane, wherein the transceiver is configured to output radio frequency (RF) signals; an antenna carrier comprising a top surface, a first side, a second side, a front surface, and a back surface; an antenna structure disposed on the antenna carrier, wherein:",0.35620575320410935,0.7124115064082187
9112137,"1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a first metal nitride film having a first metal material and a first nitride material on a word line, as a barrier metal; forming a second metal nitride film having a second metal material and a second nitride material on the first metal nitride film, as the barrier metal: and forming a conductive layer on the second metal nitride film to form a Schottky diode between the conductive layer and the barrier metal, wherein the first metal material is richer than the first nitride material in the first metal nitride film or the second metal material is richer than the second nitride material in the second metal nitride film to reduce a work function of the barrier metal, and wherein forming the first metal nitride film comprises: providing a first metal precursor on the word line; performing a purge to remove impurities; performing a hydrogen (H 2 ) process to remove ligands from the first metal material precursor; performing a second purge to remove impurities, and forming the first nitride material by nitrifying the first metal material using an ammonia NH 3 gas or a NH 3 plasma process.",0.36322073612170697,0.7264414722434139
9033917,"1. A system for intravascular treatment, comprising: a catheter having an elongate axis defining a lumen configured for receiving a hypotube, the lumen terminating at a distal opening in an external side wall of the catheter; a hypotube slidably received within the lumen, the hypotube having a sharpened distal tip and being configured in relation to the catheter to have a retracted condition in which the distal tip is contained entirely within the lumen, and an advanced condition in which the distal tip protrudes from the distal opening; a plurality of positioning wires extending external to the catheter, the wires being configured in relation to the catheter to have an unexpanded condition for intravascular delivery in which each wire is collapsed against an external wall of the catheter, and an expanded condition for positioning the catheter within a vessel in which each wire is flexed away from the catheter along an imaginary plane extending radially away from the elongate axis, wherein all imaginary radial planes occupied by a flexed wire are included within an angular arc about the elongate axis of not more than 180 degrees; and further a pull element slidably received within a lumen of the catheter, wherein a distal end of each positioning wire is connected to the pull element whereby proximal movement of the pull element causes the positioning wires to flex and assume the expanded condition, wherein the pull element defines a lumen for receiving a guidewire; wherein the flexed wires in the expanded condition are located in relation to the catheter so that the angular arc has a center that is diametrically opposite the position of the distal opening.",0.03519622080579802,0.07039244161159608
8440422,"1. A method for measuring phosphoric acid in a test sample, comprising the steps of: step 1) incubating a solution comprising: such that the concentration of free phosphoric acid in the solution is reduced; step 2) then adding to the solution: step 3) determining spectrophotometrically the change in concentration of thio-NADPH, thio-NADH, NADPH or NADH, and interpreting the change as corresponding to the amount of phosphoric acid in the test sample.",0.1528026085331671,0.30560521706633414
8893893,"1. A method of controlling operation of a froth flotation cell for separating substances, the method comprising: introducing gas into liquid in the cell and creating a froth, and controlling the cell by a closed loop process, said closed loop process comprising the step of continuously monitoring a gas recovery for the cell based on current operating conditions of the cell by monitoring overflow of froth from the cell and deriving therefrom the gas recovery for the cell in operation, and said closed loop process further comprising the step of controlling a gas flow rate into the cell solely in order to maximize the gas recovery for the cell.",0.854716265288811,0.2905674694223781
9114718,"1. A power receiving device comprising: an antenna circuit configured to generate a first electric signal and a second electric signal from a first radio wave and a second radio wave sequentially transmitted from a power feeding device, respectively; a signal processing circuit configured to extract data on a positional relationship between the antenna circuit and the power feeding device, using the first electric signal; a secondary battery configured to store electric energy using the second electric signal; an oscillator circuit configured to generate a signal having a certain frequency; and a modulation circuit configured to apply a voltage to the antenna circuit in accordance with a start signal and the signal having the certain frequency, wherein the start signal is generated in the signal processing circuit.",0.8393365235785959,0.3213269528428082
9810697,"1. A method of treating a subject having an elevated risk for developing a diabetic condition, the method comprising: (a) obtaining biomarker measurement data for an individual, wherein the biomarker measurement data is representative of measurements of biomarkers in at least one biological sample from the individual; wherein said biomarkers comprise: (i) glucose, (ii) at least three protein biomarkers selected from the group consisting of: adiponectin, C-reactive protein, ferritin, glucose, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), insulin, and interleukin-2-receptor alpha (IL2RA) and (iii) at least one lipid metabolite selected from the group consisting of: cholesteryl palmitoleate (CE16:1n7), cholesteryl homo gamma linoleate (CE20:3n6), cholesteryl linoleate (CE18:2n6), cholesteryl palmitate (CE16:0), cholesteryl petroselinate (CE18:1n9), 1-linoleoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (LY18:2n6), and 1-oleoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (LY18:1n7 and LY18:1n9); (b) identifying the individual as having an elevated risk for developing a diabetic condition based on an output from a model, wherein the model is executed based on an input of the biomarker measurement data; and (c) treating the individual identified as having an elevated risk for developing a diabetic condition with a treatment regimen to delay or prevent the onset of diabetes.",0.4064611885514078,0.8129223771028156
9839084,"1. A lighting system comprising: a lightsheet comprising: wherein (i) the first power conductors of the illumination modules are electrically connected to the one or more first electrical contacts, (ii) the second power conductors of the illumination modules are electrically connected to the one or more second electrical contacts, (iii) the illumination modules are collectively energizable via application of power to a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact, and (iv) the first and second power conductors of the illumination modules are electrically connected to enable energization of all remaining illumination modules upon removal of any illumination module from the lightsheet.",0.8881251441849689,0.2237497116300622
8503883,"1. A method for facilitating infrared (IR) communications from a first device to a second device in the presence of an external IR noise source being generated by a third device, comprising: initiating an IR transmission from the first device to the second device; detecting at the second device a level of external IR noise being generated by the third device; and causing the IR transmission to be dynamically attenuated at the second device as a function of the detected level of external IR noise being generated by the third device.",0.3354514499459222,0.6709028998918444
8858869,"1. A method of treating a porous work piece, comprising: spreading successive layers of a metal powder and selectively consolidating the metal powder of each layer using an electron beam to form a work piece having surface porosity, wherein the work piece has a non-porous body portion on which the surface porosity is located; infiltrating a liquid metallic alloy into the surface porosity; solidifying the liquid metallic alloy to at least partially fill the surface porosity; and diffusing at least one constituent of the liquid metallic alloy into the work piece such that there is a concentration gradient of that constituent in the work piece.",0.728691787672769,0.542616424654462
8760705,"1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an interface unit configured to detachably connect to an external memory medium, the external memory medium storing medium identification information for identifying the external memory medium; an image size detection unit configured to detect a size of image data that is to be stored to the external memory medium; a usable capacity detection unit configured to detect a usable capacity in the external memory medium connected to the interface unit; a size comparison judgment unit configured to compare the size of the image data with the usable capacity in the external memory medium, and judge as to whether or not the size of the image data is larger than the usable capacity in the external memory medium; a medium identification information reading unit configured to read out the medium identification information from the external memory medium; and a registration image data memory unit configured to, in a case where the size comparison judgment unit judges that the size of the image data is larger than the usable capacity in the external memory medium, associate the judged image data with the medium identification information, and store the judged image data as registration image data, wherein in a case where the external memory medium is reconnected with the interface unit, the medium identification information reading unit reads the medium identification information from the external memory medium, and wherein in a case where the size comparison judgment unit judges that the size of the registration image data is smaller than the usable capacity of the external memory medium, the registration image data, which are stored in the registration image data memory unit in association with the medium identification information read out by the medium identification information reading unit, are written to the external memory medium reconnected with the interface.",0.05845236011236617,0.1169047202247323
9854229,"1. A method for controlling a location of a sweet spot for displaying a three-dimensional image using a multi-view image including a plurality of view images, the method comprising: detecting a plurality of users from an image obtained by taking a watching zone and acquiring user location information indicating locations of the plurality of detected users; calculating distance information indicating a distance between the detected users by using the acquired user location information; and controlling the location and a size of the sweet spot based on the calculated distance information and a length of a dead zone of the multi-view image by controlling a three-dimensional image pixel period and an interval between a display panel and a filter, including calculating the three-dimensional image pixel period based on the distance information and the length of the dead zone of the multi-view image, wherein controlling the location and the size of the sweet spot is performed by arranging the dead zone of the multi-view image between the plurality of users such that a center of the dead zone is located at the center between two users among the plurality of users when the distance between the plurality of users is greater than the length of the dead zone of the multi-view image, wherein controlling the location and the size of the sweet spot is performed by arranging the plurality of users at the same sweet spot such that the sweet spot is located between two users among the plurality of users when the distance between the plurality of users is less than the length of the dead zone of the multi-view image, and wherein calculating the distance information is performed by moving an actual location of one of the plurality of users as much as the distance corresponding to a viewing zone, the viewing zone corresponding to sum of the dead zone and the sweet spot.",0.021902723747009054,0.04380544749401816
9598685,"1. A polypeptide comprising a modified receptor binding domain of Clostridial botulinum serotype B (B-H c ) comprising an amino acid substitution mutation at the amino acid position E1191 of the polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 4 with M, Q, C, V, Y, T or I, wherein the substitution mutation produces enhanced binding of the modified B-H c to human SytII as compared to an identical molecule lacking the substitution mutation.",0.6264491626128712,0.7471016747742576
9581464,"1. An apparatus for outputting reachable distance comprising: a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in performance of steps comprising, wherein the processor varies, when the equipment is operated, the reachable distance of the mobile unit computed in conformity with the operation, and performs display control of displaying the reachable range of the mobile unit on the map data.",0.3226761159611135,0.645352231922227
9392697,"1. A method of manufacturing a package, the method comprising: forming a package module by disposing a plurality of components on an insulating plate filled with a viscous insulating liquid and curing the viscous insulating liquid; exposing at least portions of terminals of the plurality of components by polishing the insulating plate to have a predetermined thickness and then etching at least one portion of the insulating plate; forming a conductive stud on the at least exposed portions of the terminals and cutting the package module into a plurality of unit packages; and examining reliability of a printed circuit board and bonding the unit package to the printed circuit board having confirmed reliability using the conductive stud.",0.29786519508521564,0.5957303901704313
8413422,"1. A method of diagnosing faults in an oxidation catalyst which, in an exhaust purification apparatus of an internal combustion engine that delivers a reducing agent capable of generating ammonia to an exhaust passage on an upstream side of a reduction catalyst and selectively reduces and purifies NOx in exhaust with the reduction catalyst, is placed on a downstream side of the reduction catalyst, the oxidation catalyst fault diagnosis method comprising: calculating a quantity of ammonia for purification that is needed in order to purify NOx an exhaust flowing into the reduction catalyst; determining a current estimated adsorption quantity; determining a saturated adsorption quantity corresponding to a temperature of the reduction catalyst; calculating an adsorbable quantity of ammonia by subtracting the current estimated adsorption quantity from the saturated adsorption quantity; setting a dosage of the reducing agent by adding a predetermined quantity to the reducing agent quantity with respect to the adsorbable quantity and the quantity of ammonia for purification; delivering the reducing agent with the dosage such that a predetermined quantity of the ammonia flows out to the downstream side of the reduction catalyst; and performing fault determination of the oxidation catalyst by comparing a predetermined reference value and an oxidation efficiency (X) where and where the predetermined quantity of ammonia is oxidized and purified by the oxidation catalyst when the predetermined quantity of ammonia passes through the oxidation catalyst.",0.9474974827967859,0.10500503440642817
9627889,"1. A renewable energy, utility-size electric power system comprising: a high voltage, renewable energy harvesting network comprising: a centralized grid synchronized multiphase regulated current source inverter system having a plurality of grid inverter package modules, each of the plurality of grid inverter package modules having an input connected to the system DC link.",0.9891679917486635,0.02166401650267291
8808480,"1. A method of molding a flanged fiber-reinforced resin hollow part, the method being adapted to mold a fiber-reinforced resin hollow part with a flange portion integrally formed at one end thereof by an internal-pressure molding method, comprising: a step of connecting a second core to one end of a preformed hollow resin core, wherein the preformed hollow resin core is closed at the one end and open at an opposite end; a step of forming a hollow laminate by laminating at least reinforced fibers on a circumference of the hollow resin core and the second core; a step of pulling the second core out from the hollow laminate, and pressing inwardly together a region of the hollow laminate, from which the second core has been pulled out, into a flattened shape to form a flange portion, so as to form a hollow laminate with the flange portion formed at one end thereof; a step of disposing the hollow laminate within a shaping mold; and a step of shaping the hollow laminate with the flange portion disposed within the shaping mold into a flanged fiber-reinforced resin hollow part by an internal-pressure molding method.",0.39595710616860347,0.7919142123372069
8655489,"1. An air-conditioning controller configured to receive an operation input for an air-conditioning apparatus capable of being set to a plurality of airflow direction settings, the air-conditioning controller comprising: a switching button for switching between the airflow direction settings including constant airflow direction settings, each of the constant airflow direction settings setting an airflow direction of the air-conditioning apparatus to a constant direction which is distinct for each of the constant airflow direction settings, the constant airflow direction settings having a prestored order for changing between the constant airflow direction settings; a determination unit configured to determine a currently selected airflow direction setting based on an operation input inputted via the switching button; and a display unit configured to simultaneously display an image corresponding to the currently selected airflow direction setting and an alphanumeric character corresponding to the currently selected airflow direction setting, the image and the alphanumeric character each corresponding to the currently selected airflow direction setting in a one-to-one correspondence, a number of the alphanumeric character on the display unit changing sequentially according to the prestored order in response to the currently selected airflow direction setting being switched among the constant airflow direction settings in a first direction of the prestored order corresponding to a first direction of change of the airflow direction.",0.5756535190113885,0.848692961977223
8602742,"1. A method for regulating a charge air pressure of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle having an exhaust gas turbocharger, a fresh gas supply device, a vehicle air system with an air conditioning system and with a compressor, which can be supercharged by the exhaust gas turbocharger, and an engine control unit, the method comprising the acts of: (i) registering of a torque request to the internal combustion engine, the determination of a current charge air pressure and the determination of a current pressure of the vehicle air system; (ii) comparison of the current charge air pressure with a setpoint charge air pressure which corresponds to this torque request, and comparison of the determined, current pressure of the vehicle air system with a setpoint operating pressure of the vehicle air system; and (iii) regulation of the charge air pressure by suspending the supply of compressed air, supplied by the exhaust gas turbocharger, to the compressor if the determined, current charge air pressure is lower than the corresponding setpoint charge air pressure and the current pressure of the vehicle air system is higher than or equal to the setpoint operating pressure of the vehicle air system.",0.9833622780346988,0.033275443930602444
8788503,"1. A method, comprising: generating, by a device comprising a processor, a plurality of distinct clusters from training content, wherein the plurality of clusters represent features of content items in the training content; identifying one or more conjunctions of the plurality of distinct clusters based on a respective probability of observing a feature of a cluster of the one or more conjunctions in a collection of the content items; scoring an identified one or more conjunctions based on a conditional probability that the identified one or more conjunctions is associated with a label; selecting, as a current conjunction, one of the scored identified one or more conjunctions that has a score that meets a defined condition; and generating one or more higher-order child conjunctions for the current conjunction, wherein at least one of the one or more higher-order child conjunctions is a conjunction of the conjoined clusters of the current conjunction with one or more additional clusters not included in the conjoined clusters, and wherein the generating the one or more higher-order child conjunctions is performed if a stopping condition has not been reached.",0.04002503760097803,0.08005007520195606
8368074,"1. A display substrate comprising: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area; a pixel electrode disposed in the display area, and electrically connected to gate and data lines; and a dummy pattern part disposed in the peripheral area, wherein the dummy pattern part includes, a plurality of first dummy electrodes connected to each other through connection electrodes; a plurality of second dummy electrodes respectively disposed over the first dummy electrodes; and a plurality of dummy active patterns respectively disposed on corresponding first dummy electrodes, and wherein each of the second dummy electrodes includes a first electrode pattern directly on a corresponding one of the dummy active patterns and a second electrode pattern directly on a corresponding one of the first electrode patterns.",0.16968653364194103,0.33937306728388206
8750228,"1. A base station apparatus which receives uplink control information from a mobile station apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising: in a case that the mobile station apparatus is enabled to perform a simultaneous transmission on a physical uplink shared channel and a physical uplink control channel in a sub-frame:",0.47189690569378806,0.9437938113875761
9748803,"1. An electric machine having a sator and rotor, the stator comprising; circumferentially spaced posts defining slots between the posts, conductive elements arranged around the posts, and each conductive element defining a respective electrical flow path that extends through a respective selection of the slots in order of circumferential arrangement of the slots of the respective selection of the slots, the respective selection of the slots either being consecutive slots of the stator or not being consecutive slots of the stator, and extending in alternating opposition directions through successive slots of the respective selection of slots; in which the posts have a post height in mm, and the electric machine firther comprising: the rotor having electricmagnetic element definging magnetic poles, the rotor being arranged to move relative to the sator; an airgap between the stator and the rotor; the stator and the rotor together defining a size of the electric machine; the magnetic poles having a pole pitch S in mm; the size of the electric machine, pole pitch and post height being selected to fall within a region in a space defined by size, pole pitch and post height, the region being defined by either 1) a first union of: the first set of inequalities and the second set of inequalities being respectively sets of inequalities A and B, or B and C, or C and D, in which the set of inequalities A is for a size of 25mm , the set of inequalities B is for a size of 50 mm, the set of inequalities C is for a size of 100mm, the set of inequalities D is for a size of 200 mm; or 2) a second union of a surface as defined by set of inequalities D and a corresponding set of all points with size greater than the surface but with pole pitch and post height corresponding to points within the surface; where A is selected from the group of sets of inequalities consisting of: Set A1: Set A2: Set A3: B is selected from the group of sets of inequalities consisting of: Set B1: Set B2: Set B3: C is selected from the group of sets of inequalities consisting of: Set C1: Set C2: Set C3: and D is selected from the group of sets of inequalities consisting of: Set D1: Set D2: Set D3:",0.7443015278142929,0.5113969443714141
9488357,"1. A high mast lighting apparatus, comprising: a ballast housing; a lighting element housing comprising a lighting element, wherein the lighting element housing is substantially sealed except for a vent; a ventilation chamber disposed between the ballast housing and the lighting element housing, wherein the ventilation chamber comprises: a perforated screen enclosing the ventilation chamber, the vent, and the one or more spacers.",0.8455525921886127,0.30889481562277465
8900044,"1. A server device for providing a game to be played using game contents to a plurality of players via a network, the server device comprising: one or more processors; and at least one memory device configured to store instructions which when executed by the processor, causes the one or more processors to:",0.125555272961098,0.25111054592219606
8786189,"1. An illuminated safety device for a facility coupled to a power source, the device comprising: a light source powered by the power source and having a luminescent panel emitting light; at least one sensor disposed adjacent the luminescent panel and detecting emitted intensity thereof; and control circuitry operatively coupled to the light source, the at least one sensor, and the power source, the control circuitry monitoring the emitted intensity detected by the at least one sensor and adjusting the power to the luminescent panel to control the emitted intensity.",0.6973518138838822,0.6052963722322355
8574601,"1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a polymer micelle composition; and a drug encapsulated in the polymer micelle composition, the drug having a molecular weight of 1,500 or more and being selected from the group consisting of water-soluble physiologically active polypeptides and water-soluble physiologically active proteins, wherein: the hydrophobic polymer chain segment of the first block copolymers comprises a polyamino acid including repeating units of a hydrophobic derivative of an amino acid, wherein the amino acid derivative comprises a side chain to which a sterol residue is covalently attached; the hydrophobic polymer chain segment of the second block copolymers comprises a polyamino acid including repeating units of a hydrophobic derivative of an amino acid, wherein the amino acid derivative comprises a side chain to which a hydrophobic group having a linear or branched structure is bound; and detachment of the first block copolymers from the polymer micelle composition is inducible by adhesion of the first block copolymers to HDL, such that at least one gap formed by the detachment of the first block copolymers permits release of the encapsulated drug, which is not bound to the first or second block copolymers, through the at least one gap and the second block copolymers promote resealing of the at least one gap.",0.40994464183584634,0.8198892836716927
8810440,"1. A stochastic time-digital converter (STDC), comprising an STDC array, an encoder, and an input switching circuit, wherein, a clock circuit inputs two clock signals into two input terminals of the input switching circuit separately, the input switching circuit feeds the two clock signals input by the clock circuit into two input terminals of the STDC array in an interleaving manner, and outputs a trigger control signal to the encoder at the same time; each comparator in the STDC array judges speeds of the two clock signals separately, and sends a judgment result to the encoder for treatment; the encoder outputs a magnitude and positive/negative of phase difference between the two clock signals.",0.28202474276636774,0.5640494855327355
9523059,"1. A sliding member formed of fluorine rubber, the sliding member comprising: a substrate with a sliding surface on which another member slides; and a coating that covers at least the sliding surface, wherein the coating contains an epoxy resin in which fluorine resin powder is dispersed and has a scratch hardness (Pencil Method) of F to 2H.",0.19877905952252364,0.39755811904504723
9796639,"1. A method for mixing water absorbent polymer particles with additives, the method comprising: blending a water absorbent polymer with food grade emulsifier, stabilizers, preservatives and growth enhancers to form a polymer blend; coating the polymer blend with an agent to retard absorption of water; and formulating the coated polymer blend into a liquid.",0.5704125904388396,0.8591748191223207
8543668,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: generating, by a server system, one or more webpages each including a link to a respective destination document hosted on a respective destination server; specifying, by the server system, a style for the link in each of the webpages according to a style sheet language, the style including a behavior trigger and a display property; providing, by the server system in response to a search query received from a client, the webpages, each with the specified style, to the client; receiving, at the server system, a plurality of requests for a resource from the client, wherein each request for the resource is caused by an activation of a behavior trigger, and wherein the behavior trigger is specified in a style in one of the webpages for a link to a destination document; and counting, at the server system, how many times the client has selected the destination document in response to receiving the plurality of requests, and transmitting, from the server system, a respective reply to the client in response to each of the received requests for the resource, the respective reply having no cacheable content with regard to how many times the client has selected the destination document.",0.020192054676702754,0.04038410935340553
9848403,"1. A method, on an electronic device, the method comprising: collecting data regarding: comparing, according to a set of criteria for a point of interest, at least one item of data for one of the unique wireless access point IDs with the at least one item of data for at least one other of the unique wireless access point IDs; associating a set of the unique wireless access point IDs with the point of interest based on a result of a comparison; and calculating a centroid for the point of interest based on geographic locations of the set of the unique wireless access point IDs associated with the point of interest.",0.25013558899060756,0.5002711779812151
8945916,"1. An apparatus configured to contain a light dependent chemical process comprising an enclosure having transparent walls defining an inner chamber to hold a liquid medium, whereby the shape of the inner chamber is structurally stabilized and defined in part or in full by bridging elements formed by integral inwardly projecting extensions of the enclosure walls defining hollow cavities, wherein the hollow cavities are open to the outside of the enclosure at a first sidewall of the enclosure and extend therefrom to planar surfaces of a second opposite sidewall of the enclosure, and said hollow cavities further having truncated ends formed by planar surfaces parallel to the planar surfaces of the second sidewall that directly engage planar surfaces of the second sidewall of the enclosure.",0.5663799226986492,0.8672401546027015
9580781,"1. A process for producing a cold-rolled dual-phase steel, the process comprising: providing a steel slab with a chemical composition within the range, in weight percent, of 0.085-0.11 C, 1.4-2.0 Mn, 0.09-0.21 Mo, 0.02-0.05 Al, 0.16-0.5 Si, 0.13-0.5 Cr, 0.016 max Ti, 0.06 max Ni, 0.003 max S, 0.015 max P, 0.006 max N, balance Fe and incidental melting impurities; soaking the steel slab at temperatures between 1160-1280° C.; hot rolling the steel slab into a transfer bar using a roughing treatment; hot rolling the transfer bar into the hot-rolled strip using a finishing treatment, the finishing treatment having an entry temperature between 1050-1120° C. and an exit temperature between 860-910° C.; and cooling the hot-rolled strip at a cooling rate between 15-35° C/sec; coiling the hot-rolled strip at temperatures between 600-680° C., the coiled hot-rolled strip having a ferrite-pearlite microstructure; cold rolling the coiled hot-rolled strip into cold-rolled sheet, the cold-rolled sheet having at least a 60% reduction in thickness compared to a thickness of the coiled hot-rolled strip; intercritical annealing the cold-rolled sheet at temperatures between 760-800° C.; and rapidly cooling the intercritically annealed cold-rolled sheet to a temperature less than 450° C. using “Ultra Rapid Cooling” using an air plus hydrogen gas mixture and adjustable plenum positions to move cooling fans closer to the intercritically annealed cold-rolled sheet during the Ultra Rapid Cooling; the ultra rapidly cooled sheet having a ferrite-martensite microstructure with less than 6 vol% bainite, a 0.2% yield strength of at least 330 MPa, a tensile strength of at least 590 MPa, a total elongation to failure of at least 18% and a uniform elongation of at least 10%.",0.6714691421719972,0.6570617156560057
8549508,"1. A method comprising: performing a preliminary register pressure minimization on program points of a software program; calculating a register pressure at a first program point and a subsequent second program point; prior to instruction scheduling, determining an impact of the instruction scheduling for an instruction on the register pressure at the first program point and the potential register pressure at the subsequent second program point; performing by a computer system, after the preliminary register pressure minimization, the instruction scheduling of the instruction that is at the first program point of the software program in view of the register pressure at the first program point and the potential register pressure at the subsequent second program point of the software program; and updating the register pressures at the first and the subsequent second program points.",0.31619845470609764,0.6323969094121953
9168947,"1. A power steering system mounted in an engine room in a vehicle and providing a steering assist force to steered road wheels, comprising: a steering shaft to which a turning force from a steering wheel is transmitted; a pinion shaft which is provided at the steering shaft and housed in a pinion shaft housing portion, the pinion shaft supported by a pair of bearings in the pinion shaft housing portion; a torque sensor which is provided at the steering shaft, has a coil in a sensor housing, and detects a steering torque generated at the steering shaft; a rack housing whose inside space communicates with an inside space of the sensor housing the rack housing forming a gear housing part along with the pinion shaft housing portion; a rack shaft which is provided movably in a shaft direction thereof in the rack housing and converts a turning motion of the steering shaft to a shaft direction movement of the steered road wheels by engaging with the pinion shaft; a motor housing whose inside space communicates with the inside space of the rack housing; an electric motor which is provided in the motor housing, has a stator and a rotor and provides the steering assist force to the pinion shaft or the rack shaft through a speed reducer; an ECU housing which is formed integrally with the motor housing and whose inside space communicates with the inside space of the motor housing, an inside space of the pinion shaft housing portion communicating with the sensor housing, the rack housing, the motor housing, and the ECU housing; a motor control unit which is housed in the ECU housing and has electronic elements that control drive of the electric motor on the basis of the steering torque; and a respiration valve which is provided at any of the sensor housing, the rack housing, and the motor housing and is located at an upper side with respect to an upper end, in a vertical direction, of the ECU housing so as to open to space located at an upper side with respect to the bearing that is the bearing positioned at an upper side, in the vertical direction, of the pair of bearings in a state in which the power steering system is mounted in a vehicle body, the respiration valve having a function by which air can pass through the housing at which it is provided and between an inside and an outside of the ECU housing in a bidirectional direction so as to absorb change of expansion/contraction of the air in the ECU housing while suppressing entry of water from the outside.",0.7419366933337869,0.5161266133324263
8724608,"1. A method of configuring a radio link between a first device and a second device, each of the first device and the second device comprises radio means and wherein at least one of the first device and the second device comprises proximity detection means and timing means, wherein said method comprises the acts of: detecting proximity between the first device and the second device when the first device and the second device are within a predetermined distance of each other, detecting a duration of the proximity of the first device and the second device to each other, exchanging identifiers between the first device and the second device in response to the duration of the proximity exceeding a predetermined duration, determining that the identifiers received by the first device and the second device are known; and establishing the link if the identifiers are known and the link is not already established.",0.3709731451743374,0.7419462903486748
8484990,"1. A method for operating an air-cooled chiller system at optimal energy efficiency rating, the chiller system including a cooling fluid circuit and at least one refrigeration unit having a refrigerant circuit disposed in heat exchange relationship with the cooling fluid circuit, the refrigeration unit having a condenser wherein refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant circuit passes in heat exchange relationship with a flow of ambient air and a condenser fan for passing the flow of ambient air through the condenser, said method comprising: determining the instantaneous values of a plurality of selected operating parameters of the refrigeration unit; determining a desired saturated discharge temperature set point (SDTSP) indicative of an optimal energy efficiency rating for the refrigeration unit as a function of said selected operating parameters; sensing the instantaneous value of said saturated discharge temperature (SDTi); comparing the sensed instantaneous value of said saturated discharge temperature (SDTi) to said calculated saturated discharge temperature set point (SDTSP); and adjusting an operating speed of the condenser fan in response to the comparison of the sensed instantaneous value of said saturated discharge temperature (SDTi) to said calculated saturated discharge temperature set point (SDTSP).",0.8985612560031351,0.20287748799372984
9095803,"1. A neck-worn personal air filtration device for filtering aero-allergens from air flowing through the device, the device comprising: a blower adapted to provide an airflow; a collapsible U-shaped plenum comprising an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper and lower surfaces forming a neck portion and two chest portions, at least a portion of the upper surface of the plenum having an air permeable surface, the plenum being adapted to be worn about a neck of a user; a hose connecting the blower to the plenum; and a filter adapted to filter aero-allergen contaminants from the air flowing through the personal air filtration device, the blower being adapted to provide airflow to the plenum via the hose, the airflow being caused to accumulate within the plenum and exit the plenum through the air permeable surface.",0.5536779785606669,0.8926440428786662
8648988,"1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a TFT substrate in which an alignment film is formed over a pixel including a pixel electrode and a TFT; an opposing substrate which faces the TFT substrate and in which an alignment film is formed over color filters; and liquid crystals of a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the alignment film of the TFT substrate and the alignment film of the opposing substrate, wherein at least one of the alignment films includes a first alignment film adjoining the liquid crystal layer and a second alignment film formed underlying the first alignment film, wherein the first alignment film is formed of a precursor of polyamide acid ester, 80 percent or more of which is polyamide acid ester including cyclobutane, at least the first alignment film being a photo-aligned first alignment film, wherein the second alignment film is formed of a precursor of polyamide acid not including cyclobutane, and wherein the first alignment film accounts for between 30% and 60% of the alignment film.",0.05008150548907791,0.10016301097815583
9236214,"1. A magnetron having an axial direction, comprising: a vacuum envelope; an electrically insulating sleeve forming part of the vacuum envelope; supply leads for connecting to a magnetron cathode and extending through the insulating sleeve; and having an absorber to absorb stray microwave radiation radiated through the electrically insulating sleeve, the absorber comprising a non-metallic jacket containing a dielectric liquid, wherein the jacket surrounds the electrically insulating sleeve.",0.14452137549209826,0.2890427509841965
8597139,"1. A golf club head, comprising: a first portion comprising a sole, a face, and a plurality of elongated support members extending from an upper portion of the face to a rear portion of the sole, wherein the first portion comprises a first material having a first density; and a second portion comprising a crown and a skirt coupled to the sole, the face, and the support members, wherein the second portion comprises a second material having a second density, and wherein about 50 percent and about 90 percent of the crown and the skirt are formed of the second material, and wherein the second portion comprises less than about 5 percent of the total weight of the golf club head, wherein a ratio of the first density to the second density is about 2:1 or greater, and wherein the plurality of elongated support members comprise one or more recesses that correspond to one or more protrusions formed in the second portion.",0.0554138577848128,0.11082771556962556
9510319,"1. A location estimation method comprising: (a) performing a primary wireless scan to identify a first set of access points at a user location, the user location associated with a first user location estimate; (b) performing a secondary wireless scan at pre-defined time intervals subsequent to the primary wireless scan, a set of access points is identified corresponding to each secondary wireless scan, and for each secondary wireless scan, a number of shared access points is identified and compared with a pre-defined threshold value, a shared access point being an access point identified to be present in the first set of access points and the set of access points corresponding to the secondary wireless scan; (c) detecting with a location estimation device: (d) estimating a current user location with the location estimation device, based on: (e) detecting, with the location estimation device, if a difference between the second user location estimate and the first user location estimate is greater than a pre-defined distance threshold; and (f) detecting subsequent user motion, with the location estimation device, based on:",0.09824080922026743,0.1964816184405349
9751765,"1. A method for annealing multi-walled carbon nanotubes comprising: applying a high-frequency electromagnetic field to the carbon nanotubes; and causing the carbon nanotubes to self-heat to a temperature and for a time effective to reduce defects and reduce a number of walls in some of the carbon nanotubes, wherein causing the carbon nanotubes to self-heat includes reducing the number of walls in some of the carbon nanotubes through sublimation.",0.6316412523580885,0.7367174952838229
9533034,"1. A method of improving reproductive function of a ruminant comprising subcutaneously administering to the ruminant a veterinary composition comprising inactivated whole cells of Escherichia coli ( E. coli ), Trueperella pyogenes ( T. pyogenes ), Fusobacterium necrophorum ( F. necrophorum ), and F. necrophorum leukotoxin (LKT) protein, E. coli type 1 fimbrial adhesin (FimH) protein, and T. pyogenes pyolysin (PLO) protein, such that the reproductive function of the ruminant is improved, wherein the improving the reproductive function of the ruminant comprises reducing a calving-to-conception interval relative to a calving-to-conception interval of a control, wherein the control is a calving-to-conception interval from a ruminant that received an intravaginal administration of the veterinary composition.",0.5955266415227474,0.8089467169545053
8503188,"1. A mountable electronic circuit module comprising: a baseboard including a ferrite material; a first mountable electronic component including at least one first external connection electrode, the first mountable electronic component being mounted on a surface of the baseboard via the at least one first external connection electrode; at least one electrode provided on an external surface of the first mountable electronic component and defining at least one module connection electrode arranged to mount the electronic circuit module to a separate circuit board; and a second mountable electronic component having a height less than a height of the first mountable electronic component; wherein the second mountable electronic component includes at least one second external connection electrode that is connected to the at least one module connection electrode via an external surface of the baseboard; and the second mountable electronic component is a DC-DC converter IC that is mounted on the surface of the baseboard on which the first mountable electronic component is mounted.",0.65240036119272,0.6951992776145599
8568619,"1. A glass frit for forming an electrode to be used for forming a light-receiving surface electrode for a solar cell, which comprises from 3 mol % to 20 mol % of SiO 2 , from 10 mol % to 40 mol % of Bi 2 O 3 , from 15 mol % to 45 mol % of B 2 O 3 , from 10 mol % to 60 mol % of ZnO and from 2 mol % to 10 mol % of TiO 2 , wherein the total content of Bi 2 O 3 and ZnO is from 35 mol % to 70 mol %, which does not contain an alkali metal oxide, an alkaline earth metal oxide, iron oxide and aluminum oxide.",0.9662628451334491,0.06747430973310187
8702560,"1. A construction machine comprising: wheels for running which are mounted on a vehicle body; an engine; a motor-generator having two functions as a generator and a motor; a capacitor electrically connected to the motor-generator; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine; and a power transmission mechanism that performs power transmission between the engine and the motor-generator, power transmission between the motor-generator and the wheels, and power transmission between the engine and the hydraulic pump, wherein: the power transmission mechanism that performs the power transmission between the engine and the motor-generator includes a clutch and clutch switching means that switches the clutch between an engaged state and a disengaged state; and when the clutch switching means is used to switch the clutch to the engaged state, a drive force of the wheels is transferred to the engine and the hydraulic pump through the power transmission mechanism, so that engine braking by the engine and a hydraulic brake force by the hydraulic pump are obtained for deceleration of the wheels.",0.8627069138939659,0.27458617221206816
8963311,"1. A semiconductor device package assembly, comprising: a top package comprising one or more first terminals on a lower surface of the top package; a bottom package, the bottom package having a substrate with an encapsulant at least partially covering the upper surface, comprising one or more second terminals on an upper surface of the bottom package, wherein the second terminals comprise solder, and wherein the second terminals are coupled to corresponding first terminals on the top package; and a cured electrically insulating material located between the lower surface of the top package and the upper surface of the bottom package, wherein the electrically insulating material has a curing temperature that is at or lower than a melting temperature of the solder in the second terminals.",0.2875569180120932,0.5751138360241864
8766485,"1. A system, comprising: a source resonator configured to be coupled to an energy source to generate a near field region comprising a temporally oscillating magnetic field; and at least one device resonator configured to be freely moving within the near field region of the source resonator, wherein the source resonator and the at least one device resonator are configured to be coupled to transfer electromagnetic energy wirelessly from said source resonator to said at least one device resonator at a rate κ as the at least one device resonator moves freely within the near field region when the source resonator is coupled to the energy source, wherein the source resonator has a resonant frequency ω wherein the device resonator has a resonant frequency ω wherein κ/sqrt(Γ wherein Q",0.6968643619342951,0.6062712761314097
8546666,"1. A seed of hybrid maize variety X85A670, wherein representative seed is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PHWJH with a second plant of variety PHWHE, and wherein representative seed of said varieties PHWJH and PHWHE have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-13337 and PTA-11435, respectively.",0.2934752626872997,0.5869505253745994
8950527,"1. A control actuator for a vehicle hybrid system, the control actuator comprising a control knob, the control knob comprising a grip and a body that is positioned within at least a portion of the grip, the body comprising a cavity, the cavity being substantially closed by a base, a potentiometer being positioned within the cavity and being secured to the base, a shaft of the potentiometer extending upward relative to the base, and the shaft of the potentiometer being rotatable about an axis of movement.",0.3576658531923863,0.7153317063847726
9828943,"1. A variable area fan nozzle comprising: an actuator flap and a follower flap, said actuator flap having a portion in contact with a portion of said follower flap, a bias member biasing said follower flap outwardly; an actuator for actuating said actuator flap inwardly and outwardly to, in turn, move said follower flap against the bias member and to vary an area of an exhaust nozzle; and said actuator being operable to drive said actuator flap out of contact with said follower flap into a thrust reverser position.",0.6856140399536339,0.6287719200927322
8972524,"1. In an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system in which a server communicates with a wireless network of metering devices in accordance with a first communications protocol, each metering device defining a node on the wireless network and each node having a unique identifier on the wireless network, a method for communicating between the server and a network device that is designed to communicate in accordance with Internet Protocol (IP), wherein the first protocol of the wireless network of metering devices is a different protocol than the IP protocol, the method comprising: connecting a communications interface of the network device to a corresponding communications interface on one of the nodes of the wireless network; receiving at the server a message addressed to the network device, the message being formatted in accordance with the IP protocol; determining the unique identifier of said one node on the wireless network to which the network device is connected; using the determined unique identifier, transmitting a request to said one node via the wireless network and in accordance with the first communications protocol thereof, the command requesting that said one node write the IP message to a first ANSI C12.19-compliant table in a memory of the node, said one node thereafter retrieving the message from the first ANSI C12.19-compliant table and transmitting the message to the network device via its communications interface in accordance with the IP protocol, said one node storing a response to the message received from the network device in a second ANSI C12.19-compliant table in its memory; transmitting a second request to said one node via the wireless network and in accordance with the first communications protocol thereof, the second command requesting that the response be read from the second ANSI C12.19-compliant table of said one node and transmitted to the server via the wireless network in accordance with the first communications protocol; and receiving the response at the server.",0.36679457193504383,0.7335891438700877
8413421,"1. A deterioration diagnosing apparatus for an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, which has functions for trapping and discharging oxygen, comprising: a sensing device provided in an exhaust system of an engine at a downstream side of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst and for detecting density of oxygen contained in exhaust gas; and an electronic control unit for receiving an output from the sensing device and configured to perform a first diagnosing step for diagnosing deterioration of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst based on a difference between a first response delay time and a second response delay time, wherein: the first response delay time is measured when the engine is operated in a first operational mode, in which a flow amount of the oxygen contained in the exhaust gas at an upstream side of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is changed by a first variational amount, and the first response delay time is measured as a first time period from a first time point at which the flow amount of the oxygen is changed from a rich side to a lean side of an air-fuel ratio to a second time point at which the output of the sensing device is changed from the rich side to the lean side as a result of the change of the flow amount of the oxygen, the second response delay time is measured when the engine is operated in a second operational mode, in which the flow amount of the oxygen contained in the exhaust gas at the upstream side of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is changed by a second variational amount, and the second response delay time is measured as a second time period from another first time point at which the flow amount of the oxygen is changed from the rich side to the lean side of the air-fuel ratio to another second time point at which the output of the sensing device is changed from the rich side to the lean side as a result of the change of the flow amount of the oxygen, the second variational amount is larger than the first variational amount, the electronic control unit determines that the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is deteriorated when the difference between the first and second response delay times is lower than a predetermined value, the second operational mode corresponds to a fuel-cut control for the engine, the electronic control unit is further configured to performed a step for forcibly changing flow amount of the oxygen contained in the exhaust gas at the upstream side of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst, the electronic control unit is further configured to performed a step for selling a ratio-change time period, based on which the flow amount of the oxygen is forcibly changed, the ratio-change time period is decided in accordance with the first response delay time, which is obtained in the first operational mode of the engine in which the variational amount for the flow amount of the oxygen is set at a maximum value, and the flow amount of the oxygen is changed, based on the above ratio-change time period, in the second operational mode of the engine in which the variational amount for the flow amount of the oxygen is set at a value other than the maximum value.",0.9510831317972078,0.09783373640558435
9233593,"1. An air-conditioning system for an automobile, comprising: a coolant loop having a first coolant circuit, a second coolant circuit, a module circuit, and a bypass circuit; a first three-way valve having a first inlet in fluid communication with the first cooling circuit, a first outlet in fluid communication with the module circuit and a second outlet in fluid communication with the bypass circuit; a second three-way valve having a second inlet in fluid communication with the second coolant circuit, a third outlet in fluid communication with the module circuit and a fourth outlet in fluid communication with the bypass circuit; an interior air-conditioning module connected in a heat-transporting manner to the module circuit; and a controller selectively controlling the first and second three-way valves in response to a coolant temperature in the first and second coolant circuits such that the module circuit is in fluid communication with one of the first or second coolant circuits which has a higher coolant temperature while the bypass circuit is in fluid communication with the other of the first or second coolant circuits which has a lower coolant temperature.",0.8556715918200802,0.28865681635983953
9811145,"1. An electronic device, comprising: a downstream port comprising a physical layer to send and receive data to an upstream device via a link, the physical layer comprising: a pull-down resistor to determine presence of the upstream device; and a switch coupled to the pull-down resistor, the switch to disable the pull-down resistor in response to the downstream port initiating a low power state of the link between the downstream port and the upstream device, wherein the switch is controlled by input from a link layer of the downstream port; and wherein the physical layer comprises a timer to perform periodic monitoring of the presence of the upstream device, the link layer of the downstream port to start the timer upon entering the low power state and, at the expiration of the timer, enable the pull-down resistor for a predetermined amount of time to determine whether the upstream device has been disconnected, wherein if the upstream device is detected as present, the downstream port is to disable the pull-down resistor and restart the timer.",0.6780735759571788,0.6438528480856425
8541254,"1. A method for manufacturing a solar cell module, comprising: forming a front protective member including a hardened first silicone resin on a first surface of a front substrate; disposing a plurality of solar cells on the front protective member; forming a back protective member including a hardened second silicone resin and a fiber material on the plurality of solar cells, the fiber material including individual fibers divided by a space; and disposing a back substrate on the fiber material, wherein the forming of the front protective member comprises coating a liquid first silicone resin on the first surface of the front substrate and hardening the coated liquid first silicone resin, wherein the forming of the back protective member comprises coating a liquid second silicone resin on the plurality of solar cells, disposing the fiber material on the coated second silicone resin, and hardening the coated second silicone resin, and wherein a thickness of the fiber material including the individual fibers is less than a thickness of the hardened second silicone resin, and the fiber material is positioned closer to the back substrate than the plurality of solar cells.",0.9664567109646077,0.06708657807078455
8906121,"1. A fluidized bed apparatus comprising: a vessel having a top and a bottom, and a conically shaped injection grid sloping downward in the vessel, wherein the grid is underneath and defining the bottom of a fluidized bed region, and comprises a center connected to a venturi through which a fluidizing medium is provided into the fluidized bed region, and wherein fluid inlet holes are formed on the grid, wherein the inlet hole each has a cross-sectional area, and the cross sectional area of the inlet holes decreases with increasing distance from the center of the grid; wherein the inlet holes are arranged in a plurality of successive concentric rings around the center of the grid, wherein the cross sectional area of the holes in each ring is about the same but smaller than that of the holes in a ring closer to the center.",0.2303324692781638,0.4606649385563276
9852792,"1. A non-volatile multi-level cell (“MLC”) memory device, comprising: an array of non-volatile memory cells, each non-volatile memory cell to store multiple groups of bits, each group of bits among the multiple groups being mapped to logically separate memory addresses; a row buffer having multiple buffer portions, each buffer portion to store one or more bits from the memory cells and having different read and write latencies and energies; and a memory controller to issue write requests to different bits in a set of non-volatile memory cells in the array of non-volatile memory cells and instruct the memory device to coalesce the write requests to make a single write to the set of non-volatile memory cells.",0.5017166279175804,0.9965667441648391
9129848,"1. A method for fabricating an integrated circuit, comprising: fabricating a wafer to comprise logic circuitry devices, the fabricated wafer having an outer surface; disposing a semiconductor material onto the outer surface of the wafer elevationally outward of the logic circuitry devices; and fabricating at least one capacitor-less memory cell on the semiconductor material elevationally outward of the logic circuitry devices after disposing the semiconductor material onto the outer surface of the wafer elevationally outward of the logic circuitry devices.",0.5848250923056887,0.8303498153886226
8736120,"1. An Oldham coupling comprising: a first coupling part fixed to a rotational shaft of an electric motor; a second coupling part fixed to a rotational shaft of a detector for detecting information on rotational movement of the electric motor; and an intermediate part provided between the first coupling part and the second coupling part, the intermediate part including a pair of fitting portions extending perpendicular to each other, the fitting portion on one end surface of the intermediate part being fitted on the first coupling part, the fitting portion on the other end surface of the intermediate part being fitted on the second coupling part, wherein the first coupling part, the second coupling part, and the intermediate part have a fitting indication portion for determining a positional relationship between the first coupling part and the second coupling part about a rotational axis, such that a reference position of the rotational shaft of the electric motor and a reference position of the rotational shaft of the detector match each other, thereby allowing information on rotational movement of the electric motor to be precisely detected by the detector.",0.2606696489293077,0.5213392978586154
8802922,"1. A recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a recombinant FAD2 sequence and a recombinant FATB sequence, wherein said recombinant FAD2 sequence consists of less than the entire sequence of a soybean FAD2-1 intron that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 1 and is between 20 to about 420 contiguous nucleotides in length and said recombinant FATB sequence is a soybean FATB-1 sequence between 40 and 500 nucleotides in length, and said soybean FATB-1 sequence is at least 95% identical to 25 contiguous nucleotides of a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 28 to 37, or said soybean FATB-1 sequence is a combination of sequences that is selected from the group consisting of a 25 contiguous nucleotide sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NOs: 28 to 37, wherein said recombinant nucleic acid molecule when expressed in a soybean plant cell suppresses the expression of endogenous soybean FAD2-1 and FATB-1.",0.7277288967367809,0.5445422065264383
9247507,"1. An apparatus comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit, according to a first protocol, a first wireless signal, wherein a fundamental frequency of the first wireless signal is in a first frequency band; and a receiver configured to receive, according to a second protocol, a second wireless signal, wherein a fundamental frequency of the second wireless signal is in a second frequency band, wherein the second frequency band is adjacent to or overlaps the first frequency band; and an arbiter configured to operate in a combined mode to allow the transmitter to transmit the first wireless signal according to the first protocol while the receiver receives the second wireless signal according to the second protocol, wherein the arbiter is configured to operate in the combined mode if i) a signal power level of the first wireless signal is less than a first signal power threshold, or ii) a signal power level of the second wireless signal is greater than a second signal power threshold.",0.5985049670408679,0.8029900659182643
8619849,"1. A multi-phase digital pulse width modulator adapted to operate over a plurality of modulator phases incorporating a duty cycle control and a number of subcycles; said modulator comprising a controller adapted to implement a distribution scheme which controls a duty cycle and number of switching actions per phase and switching cycle by taking a number of available phases into account, wherein each available phase is adapted to switch up to twice per switching cycle, such that only a next available phase in a next subcycle is additionally turned ‘on’, and if a phase is still on at the end of a subcycle, the phase is kept ‘on’, if required, wherein the controller comprises of input logic, a one-phase finite-state-machine per each controlled phase, a cyclic-counter unit, and a timing block.",0.6552863557303792,0.6894272885392416
8640652,"1. A pet house comprising: a module formed from a sheet of self-supporting material, comprising: wherein the module supports the weight of at least one common house pet, wherein the perimeter of the removable window panel ( wherein the removable door panel and removable window panel form an aperture sized for admittance of a common house pet, and wherein the top panel removably attaches to at least the second side panel, the bottom panel removably attaches to at least the second side panel, and the module may selectively be unfolded into an essentially flat blank or folded to form the module.",0.7563276203900311,0.4873447592199378
8995483,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor device integrated onto the substrate, the semiconductor device comprising a quantum cascade laser (QCL) formed of a first ridge of an epitaxial material on the substrate and having at least one temperature-tunable property; a heterostructure heater, formed of a second ridge of the epitaxial material on the substrate and integrated onto the substrate and in thermal communication with the semiconductor device, to heat the semiconductor device so as to vary the at least one temperature-tunable property of the semiconductor device, the heterostructure heater comprising a plurality of semiconductor layers; and a heat-transfer layer, integrated onto the substrate between the first ridge and the second ridge, to transfer heat from the heterostructure heater to the QCL.",0.2594788505224323,0.5189577010448646
9148801,"1. A multicarrier packet communication system comprising: a transmitter adapted to transmit a packet including a header portion and a data portion, wherein the header portion indicates one or more communications parameters for transmission of the data portion of the packet and includes a receiver station identifier, and the data portion used for communication of a number of data bytes at a data rate, the receiver station identifier usable to determine whether a receiver is an intended recipient of the packet, the receiver entering a low power mode when it is not an intended recipient of the packet, wherein the header portion also includes a legacy header portion containing a Rate field indicating a legacy data rate value and a Length field indicating a legacy number of bytes, a number of data bytes communicated in the data portion of the packet is different than the legacy number of data bytes indicated in the legacy header portion of the packet, and a data rate used in the data portion of the packet is different than the legacy data rate value indicated in the legacy header portion of the packet, wherein the Rate field and Length field are used to defer transmission for a period of time and wherein station identifier bits in an extended header field are decoded to determine if the receiver is the intended recipient of the packet.",0.3894076012721443,0.7788152025442886
8416595,"1. An arrangement for exchanging power, in shunt connection, with a three-phase electric power network, said arrangement comprising: a Voltage Source Converter having at least three phase legs, each of the at least three phase legs having a series connection of switching cells, detecting means configured to detect electrical conditions of said three-phase electric power network; and a control unit configured to control said semiconductor devices of said semiconductor assemblies of each of said switching cells, wherein each of said switching cells is dependent upon information received from said detecting means to deliver a voltage across the terminals of each of said switching cells, the voltage being zero or U, in which U is the voltage across said at least one energy storing capacitor, wherein together with other switching cells of the phase leg at said second end, each of said switching cells delivers a voltage pulse being the sum of the voltages so delivered by each switching cell, and wherein said control unit is configured, upon receipt of information from said detecting means causing a need to generate a negative-sequence current, to calculate a value for amplitude and phase position for a second negative-sequence current or a zero-sequence voltage or a value of a dc current for which, when added to said three phase legs upon generation of said negative-sequence current, the resulting energy stored in said energy storing capacitors in each said phase leg will be constant and to will control the semiconductor devices of said switching cells of the least three phase legs to add such a zero-sequence voltage, second negative-sequence current or dc current to the currents and voltages, respectively, of each phase leg of the converter.",0.8792980434221973,0.2414039131556054
9815312,"1. A print medium, comprising: a porous top coating comprising pigment particles sized less than a hundred nanometers and frictional control additives; and an undercoating disposed between a base material and said top coating, said undercoating comprising: wherein the top coating forms a protective and low friction coating over the undercoating; and wherein the friction control additives are non-polar and liquid at room temperature.",0.06873825506966227,0.1374765101393245
9011576,1. A method for concurrently sorbing carbon dioxide and water vapor components from a gas stream comprising: flowing an ionic liquid sorbant having an ionic component with the formula [A] contacting the ionic liquid sorbant with the gas stream which comprises at least the carbon dioxide vapor component and the water vapor component; and concurrently sorbing at least part of the carbon dioxide vapor component and the water vapor component from the gas stream into the ionic liquid sorbant.,0.8579619398329846,0.28407612033403074
8486667,"1. A method of producing sugar from a biomass, said method comprising contacting a biomass with an enzymatic composition comprising an isolated polypeptide having endoglucanase activity and comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO:2 under conditions sufficient to convert the cellulose in the biomass composition to sugar.",0.9666253051341486,0.06674938973170286
8957342,"1. A sealed solenoid, mechanically operated, high voltage electric power switch, comprising: a high voltage insulator forming a sealed container filled with a dielectric gas; a contactor located within the container movable into and out of electrical connection to selectively connect a line terminal with a load terminal to open and close an electric power circuit through operation of the switch, wherein the line terminal and the load terminal extend from outside to inside the container and are stationary with respect to the container; an actuator located outside the container and positioned to magnetically couple with the contactor to selectively move a portion of the contactor in an opening stroke between a closed position and an open position, and in a closing stroke between the open position and the closed position; and a non-magnetizing container wall separating the contactor and the actuator to provide magnetically coupled operation of the contactor without a moving physical element extending through the container wall.",0.9034040556690188,0.19319188866196235
8569984,"1. A motor controller controlling a motor, comprising a thermal detector for detecting environmental temperature around the motor to dynamically determine a first reference voltage based on the detected environmental temperature; a first capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is coupled to a second reference voltage; a first operational amplifier coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor to receive a third reference voltage and compare the third reference voltage with the first reference voltage; a charging/discharging circuit charging/discharging the first capacitor based on a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to change the third reference voltage; a flip-flop having a set terminal receiving a signal at an output terminal of the first operational amplifier, a reset terminal receiving a clock signal, and an output terminal coupled to the charging/discharging circuit to provide the charging/discharging circuit with the PWM signal; and a logic circuit coupled to the output terminal of the flip-flop to determine a duty cycle of a driving current of the motor based on the PWM signal.",0.9599030488144876,0.08019390237102475
9796283,"1. An apparatus for pre-conditioning a vehicle, vehicle systems and its elements, the apparatus comprising: a battery in the vehicle configured to store electric power and supply the stored electric power; a wireless power receiver configured to wirelessly receive electric power from an external power supply device; a power controller configured to transfer the electric power received at the wireless power receiver to the battery and to control charging and discharging of the battery; and a pre-conditioner connected to the battery and configured to pre-condition a device which needs to be operated before the vehicle is operated using off-board energy of the battery, wherein the pre-conditioner automatically pre-conditions the device at a pre-set time earlier than a point in time at which operation of the vehicle is predicted based on a vehicle use pattern related to the operation of the vehicle, the pre-conditioner is further configured to exchange data with the power controller through a communication link, and off-board energy required for pre-conditioning the device is transferred from the battery to the pre-conditioner according to the data exchanged by the pre-conditioner with the power controller.",0.9753954623259625,0.04920907534807495
9430449,"1. A method for managing an editable preview of a webpage, the method comprising: receiving a request to generate a plurality of editable previews of a webpage, each editable preview comprising a rendering of the webpage that allows a content editor to edit content of the webpage in context view and to view edits to the webpage in a visual format that conforms to how the webpage will actually be rendered by a particular browsing application, the editable preview generated via a preview server, the preview server being used to generate each of the various editable previews of the same webpage, the webpage comprising assets arranged according to a layout; responsive to the request, obtaining, via the preview server, assets of the webpage from at least one content repository; generating, via the preview server, a first editable preview of the plurality of editable previews of the webpage using the obtained assets, the layout, and selections of a plurality of emulation attributes from an emulation template that determine how to generate a view of the webpage as it would be rendered by a particular browser application on a particular computing device having a selected operating system, the plurality of emulation attributes comprising any of visitor preferences and ambient data; providing, via the preview server, the first editable preview of the webpage to an authoring environment for editing by a first content editor, the first editable preview emulating the webpage as it would be rendered for the particular browser application, the particular computing device, and the selected operating system; receiving a selection of at least one obtained asset for editing by the first content editor, the selection of the at least one obtained asset within the first editable preview causing the preview server to lock the at least one obtained asset to prevent editing by additional content editors; providing a second editable preview of the plurality of editable previews of the webpage to a second content editor, the second editable preview emulating the webpage as it would be rendered for another particular browser application, another particular computing device, and another selected operating system, the at least one obtained asset of the second editable preview of the webpage being in the locked format; providing a locked notification to the second content editor when the second content editor attempts to modify the at least one obtained asset in the locked format; and updating the at least one obtained asset in the second editable preview of the webpage provided to the second content editor in real-time as the first content editor edits the at least one obtained asset.",0.027146926527206898,0.05429385305441381
9061254,"1. A process for preparing an amino-functionalized block copolymer comprising: in an inert hydrocarbon solvent and in the presence of an initiator, (a) polymerizing a hard end block A, the block A having a melting temperature of at least about 20° C.; (b) polymerizing a soft interior block B, the B block having a T (c) polymerizing a block D from a plurality of p-vinylbenzylamino derivative monomers, the p-vinylbenzylamino derivative monomers capable of being polymerized at a temperature range of from 20° C. to 60° C.; thereby forming a block polymer or a living block polymer comprising the blocks A, B and D.",0.26216410203727564,0.5243282040745513
9085590,1. A protected organoboronic acid of formula: where: n is 2 or 3; R R R R,0.4899014471795223,0.9798028943590446
9755092,"1. An optical device comprising: a barrier stack on a substrate, the barrier stack including at least two barrier layers; a first channel layer on the substrate, the first channel layer including, a second channel layer on the substrate, the second channel layer including, a drain electrode connected to the first channel layer, such that the drain electrode is connected to the bottom channel layer and the top channel layer via the side channel layer; and a source electrode connected to the second channel layer, such that the source electrode is connected to the horizontal channel unit via the side channel unit.",0.05454367292766915,0.1090873458553383
9688783,"1. Process for functionalising an ethylene-based (co)polymer comprising the step of contacting an ethylene-based (co)polymer at a temperature in the range 100-250° C. with an azide of formula (I) wherein Y is either m is 0 or 1, n is 0 or 1, n+m=1 or 2, and X is a linear or branched, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon moiety with 1-12 carbon atoms, optionally containing heteroatoms.",0.7987918469739927,0.4024163060520145
9644784,"1. A stabilized platform comprising: a support frame; a supporting structure, rotatably mounted relative to the support frame around a main axis of rotation; a supported structure, rotatably mounted relative to the supporting structure around a secondary rotation axis substantially perpendicular to the main rotation axis; and a first drive assembly, able to drive into rotation the supported structure, wherein the first drive assembly is housed in the central ring, wherein the supported structure comprises at least one support intended to receive a load, wherein the support frame comprises a first and second bearing, wherein the supporting structure comprises a central bearing, a central ring housing the central bearing and first and second end trunnions, surrounding the central ring at either side thereof according to the direction of the main rotation axis, wherein the first end trunnion and the second end trunnion being rotatably mounted in the first and second bearing respectively, wherein the supported structure is guided in rotation around the secondary rotation axis by the central bearing, which is positioned on a single side of the support according to the secondary rotation axis, wherein the supported structure comprises a central trunnion rotatably mounted in the central bearing, the support being positioned at one respective end of the central trunnion according to the direction of the secondary rotation axis, and wherein the first drive assembly comprises a first electric motor, the first electric motor comprising a stator and a rotor, the stator being fixedly mounted to the supporting structure and circumferentially surrounding the rotor, the rotor being secured to the central trunnion of the supported structure, which the rotor drives into rotation.",0.4110693473786359,0.8221386947572717
8534255,"1. An internal combustion engine, comprising: at least one gas flow channel; a valve unit configured within the channel, wherein the valve unit at least one of influences and controls a gas flow, wherein the valve unit has at least one valve member for changing a cross-section of the gas flow channel through which a fluid can flow; and a drive train for rotatingly driving the at least one valve member, wherein the drive train has an input shaft and is coupled on an input side to a drive device for rotatingly driving the input shaft, wherein the drive train has at least one valve member shaft, which is rotationally fixedly connected to the valve member, wherein the drive train has at least one phase adjuster for drivingly coupling the input shaft to the valve member shaft, wherein at least one of the phase adjuster and a rotational position of the input shaft relative to the valve member shaft can be varied, wherein the valve unit is arranged in a fresh air path of the internal combustion engine and is configured for adjusting an exhaust gas recirculation rate of an exhaust gas recirculation device, which has a recirculation line connected to the fresh air path, wherein the drive train has an actuatable coupling, which on the input side is rotationally fixedly connected to an input section of the input shaft, which on the output side is rotationally fixedly connected to an output section of the input shaft, which in a coupled state rotationally fixedly connects the two sections of the input shaft to each other, and in a decoupled state, allows rotational movements of the sections of the input shaft relative to each other.",0.9747531468183567,0.05049370636328665
8645745,"1. A computer program product for scheduling jobs in a distributed computing environment, the computer program product comprising: a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising computer-readable program code configured to:",0.09197847414721246,0.18395694829442488
9123905,"1. A solar cell comprising: a substrate having a surface in which a plurality of concave portions are formed, the substrate comprising a first electrode that is formed on the surface in which the plurality of the concave portions are formed and has concave shapes corresponding to the plurality of the concave portions; a plurality of vertical nanostructures that are disposed directly on a surface of the first electrode in each of the plurality of concave portions; a photoactive layer that is disposed in the concave portions and completely covers the plurality of nanostructures; and a second electrode that is disposed on the photoactive layer.",0.9707560156875081,0.05848796862498373
9827737,"1. A composite structural torsion box rib or torsion box spar comprising: a substantially planar main section defining a coordinate system with a first axis extending along a longitudinal axis of the structural element and a second axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis within a planar main section and defining an angle of +90° with the first axis; wherein the main section comprises a lay-up of single plies comprised of a fiber-reinforced composite material with a substantially unidirectional fiber orientation, wherein the lay-up comprises at least one pair of a first and a second ply which are arranged in the lay-up such that the direction of fiber orientation extends in the coordinate system at an angle in the range of substantially −17° to −23° for the first ply and substantially +37° to +43° for the second ply; and wherein the first ply is directly adjacent to the second ply.",0.09580609127658386,0.1916121825531677
9363743,"1. A method of selecting a cellular network, the method comprising: detecting a Wi-Fi signal; obtaining a country code from the Wi-Fi signal; prioritizing cellular network frequency bands to scan based on the obtained country code to define a band priority; selecting a cellular network based on band priority; and applying a first timer to set a threshold amount of time to elapse before performing the detecting of the Wi-Fi signal and the obtaining of the country code from the Wi-Fi signal and applying a second timer to limit a total scan time.",0.5065533729303909,0.9868932541392181
9140702,"1. A method of identifying an E. canis or E. chaffeensis infection using a sample from an individual suspected of having such an infection, comprising assaying the sample for an antibody that immunologically binds a polypeptide consisting of: (a) a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:45 and SEQ ID NO:22; or (b) a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:26, SEQ ID NO:27, SEQ ID NO:28, SEQ ID NO:23 and SEQ ID NO:24 wherein the sample is assayed by means of an ELISA or immunoblot in which antibodies from the sample, if present, will bind to an immobilized polypeptide comprising the sequence of (a) or (b) or a sequence 90% identical thereto, and further wherein bound antibodies are detected by means of a detectable label.",0.4507331927680879,0.9014663855361758
8831913,"1. A method of design optimization of a geometric object using Directly Manipulated Extended Free Form Deformation (DM-EFFD) comprising: a. receiving an initial definition of the geometric object from a computer aided design (CAD) system, in terms of locations of surface construction points in a global coordinate system; b. simulating fluid flow around the geometric object using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mesh of the geometric object to produce a measure of fluid dynamic performance of the geometric object; c. defining a control volume that encloses the geometric object using a 3D extended free form deformation (EFFD) lattice of control points with non-parallelepiped shaped lattices; d. defining a local coordinate system within the control volume and obtaining local coordinates of the surface construction points; e. receiving from a user, locations of one or more direct manipulation (DM) points positioned on the geometric object in terms of the global coordinate system and converting them to local coordinates; f. receiving from the user required positions of the direct manipulation points where they will be after deformation and converting them to local coordinates; g. computing the locations of the lattice control points required to produce the required positions of the direct manipulation points where they will be after deformation; h. computing the locations of the surface construction points of the geometric object where they will be after deformation from the computed locations of the lattice control points and converting them to global coordinates, wherein the computed surface construction points define a deformed geometric object; i. simulating fluid flow around the deformed geometric object using a CFD mesh of the deformed geometric object to produce a measure of the fluid dynamic performance of the deformed geometric object; and j. identifying an optimal design of the geometric object using the measures of fluid dynamic performance of the initial geometric object and the deformed geometric object produced in steps b and i respectively.",0.2850021811447446,0.5700043622894893
9395035,"1. A method of producing a collapsible stand, comprising: providing a plurality of side members each having a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of opposed side edges, each one of said pair of opposed side edges configured to abuttingly engage to form a base having a base internal surface which encloses a tubular volume between a base top opening and a base bottom opening; coupling a fastener element to each of said pair of opposed side edges of said plurality of side members, each said fastener element extending from a first of said plurality of side members at a location to removably fasten with said fastener element of a second of said plurality of side members on abutting engagement of each one of said pair of opposed side edges to fix configuration of said base; and providing a support member configured to removably insert into said base top opening of said base.",0.2241413028811588,0.4482826057623176
9257411,"1. A method of making a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a first semiconductor die including a plurality of bumps formed over a surface of the first semiconductor die; completely embedding the bumps within a penetrable adhesive layer to displace the penetrable adhesive layer and reduce shifting of the first semiconductor die; and depositing an encapsulant over the first semiconductor die.",0.19798092986870255,0.39596185973740505
8425739,"1. A method of processing a photovoltaic materials using a sputtering process, the method comprising: providing at least one transparent substrate having an overlying first electrode layer; forming, using a first sputtering process within a first chamber, an overlying copper and gallium layer from a first target including a copper species and a gallium species; forming, using a second sputtering process within the first chamber, an indium layer overlying the copper and the gallium layer from a second target including an indium species; forming, using a third sputtering process within the first chamber, a sodium bearing layer overlying the indium layer, thereby forming a composite film including the copper and gallium layer, the indium layer, and the sodium bearing layer, wherein forming the sodium bearing layer is performed by sputtering on a target bearing Na2SeO3 with total 8 at % of sodium mixed with copper and gallium; and subjecting the composite film to at least a thermal treatment process to form a chalcopyrite absorber layer comprising copper, indium, gallium, and sodium therein.",0.8516595075215783,0.2966809849568435
8673619,"1. A method of producing biomass comprising the steps of: preparing an aqueous medium; adding a composition comprising at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of chitin and chitosan to the aqueous medium: inoculating the aqueous medium with at least one photosynthetic organism that uses chitin or chitosan, or a breakdown product of chitin or chitosan metabolism in the composition as a nitrogen source; exposing the inoculated aqueous medium to light; exposing the inoculated aqueous medium to carbon dioxide; detecting growth of the at least one photosynthetic organism that uses chitin or chitosan, or a breakdown product of chitin or chitosan metabolism as a nitrogen source; and harvesting the at least one photosynthetic organism for biomass.",0.9573976494843255,0.08520470103134903
9551499,"1. A buttressed hinge assembly with combination with a fan assembly positioned on a roof vent structure, the roof vent structure being mounted around a vent on a roof, to provide for an easy cleaning and servicing procedure for both the fan assembly and the vent on the roof, the buttressed hinge assembly comprising: a first hinge side cooperating with a second hinge side to form the buttressed hinge assembly, the first hinge side being similar in structure to the second hinge side, and each of the first and second hinge sides having:",0.8093919069353632,0.38121618612927355
9279005,"1. A method for detecting asymptomatic or sub-clinical Leishmania infection in a biological sample comprising: (a) contacting a biological sample with a fusion polypeptide comprising (b) detecting in the biological sample the presence of antibodies that bind to the fusion polypeptide, thereby detecting asymptomatic or sub-clinical",0.40443444622653985,0.8088688924530797
9169008,"1. A method of arranging a buoyancy system on an aircraft, said buoyancy system comprising an inflatable float and a cover, the method being characterized by the step of connecting said cover to a compartment of a fuselage of said aircraft via at least one extensible connection means in order to enable the cover to be retained and to be moved transversely away from the compartment while the float is inflating.",0.35317690601954016,0.7063538120390803
9427324,"1. A fusion device system comprising: a fusion member, including a proximal-most end and a distal-most end, configured to position between two vertebral bodies, the fusion member comprising a channel and an indentation at the distal-most end of the fusion member; and a delivery member configured to traverse the channel from the proximal-most end to the distal-most end of the fusion member in order to couple to the fusion member while delivering the fusion member between the two vertebral bodies, the delivery member comprising a permanently affixed tooth for rotatably coupling with the indentation at the distal-most end of the fusion member, wherein a diameter of the indentation and a length of the tooth varies along a direction of rotation in order to ensure that the tooth and indentation unlock in only one direction of rotation.",0.02343876174597411,0.04687752349194818
8931519,"1. A pin valve assembly comprising: a pin block housing a valve pin configured for axial movement, the valve pin constructed and arranged for at least one of a load stage and an inject stage of a chromatography operation; a fluid plate with a fluid channel for fluidically communicating with the valve pin, the fluid plate having a first outer surface and a second outer surface opposite the first outer surface, the fluid plate including a pin valve seat that intersects the fluid channel between a first portion of the fluid channel and a second portion of the fluid channel, wherein the fluid plate includes a smooth cylindrical surface extending from the second surface and the pin valve seat extends from the smooth cylindrical surface, the pin valve seat in alignment with the pin block housing to receive the valve pin; and a fitting block housing a fitting for fluidic communication with the fluid plate, wherein the fitting block engages the entire first outer surface of the fluid plate and the pin block engages the entire second surface of the fluid plate, wherein, when the valve pin is seated in the pin valve seat, the first and second portions of the fluid channel are blocked from fluidically communicating with each other.",0.11091293676157024,0.22182587352314043
9514739,"1. An acoustic processing device for traversing a Hidden Markov Model (HMM), the device comprising: a senone scoring unit (SSU) configured to receive feature vectors over a physical data bus from a computing device external to the acoustic processing device and to calculate senone scores; a memory device configured to store the senone scores and HMM information, wherein the HMM information comprises HMM IDs and HMM state scores; an HMM module configured to traverse the HMM based on the senone scores and the HMM information while the computing device searches for additional HMMs, wherein the HMM module comprises a buffer, an HMM generator, a histogram pruning module, an HMM scoring module, a histogram generator, a pre-pruning module, and an arc generator, wherein the buffer, the HMM generator, the histogram pruning module, the HMM scoring module, the histogram generator, the pre-pruning module, and the arc generator traverse the HMM in a pipelined manner, wherein pruning by the histogram pruning module is performed after the HMM generator, and wherein pre-pruning by the pre-pruning module is performed after the pruning by the histogram pruning module and before analysis of a subsequent frame of data; and an interface module configured to transfer one or more HMM scoring requests associated with the HMM and additional HMMs from the computing device to the HMM module over the physical data bus and to transfer the HMM state scores to the computing device over the physical data bus.",0.19811998964929442,0.3962399792985889
9020111,"1. A method of setting up a communication session arbitrated by a given server at an originating communication device within a wireless communications system, comprising: sending a full-duplex call request in a half-duplex message to the given server to initiate a full-duplex communication session with at least one target communication device; and sending, along with the full-duplex call request in the half-duplex message, a session description request in half-duplex, the session description request requesting alerting data to be sent in half-duplex to the at least one target communication device from the given server in addition to the full-duplex call request in the half-duplex message for requesting the full-duplex communication session to the at least one target communication device, the alerting data describing a nature of the requested full-duplex communication session, and wherein the session description request comprises a forced answer data instruction configured to force the at least one target communication device to accept the full-duplex call request.",0.14413076063485514,0.2882615212697103
9462034,"1. A system comprising: a device that includes at least one processor, the device including a computer readable storage medium storing instructions for execution by the at least one processor, for implementing a bibliography collection engine that includes:",0.3583843512633817,0.7167687025267634
9037766,"1. A system, comprising: a multi-address Inter-Integrated Circuit (I wherein the multi-address I",0.3696928003353408,0.7393856006706816
8497139,"1. A magnetic memory device comprising: a memory layer having a vertical magnetization on the layer surface, of which the direction of magnetization is changed according to information; and a reference layer provided against the memory layer through a nonmagnetization layer, and being a basis of information while having a vertical magnetization on the layer surface, wherein the memory device memorizes the information by reversing the magnetization of the memory layer by a spin torque generated when a current flows between layers made from the memory layer, the nonmagnetization layer and the reference layer, and a coercive force of the memory layer at a memorization temperature is 0.7 times or less than a coercive force at room temperature, and a heat conductivity of a center portion of an electrode formed on one side of the memory layer in the direction of the layer surface is lower than a heat conductivity of surroundings thereof.",0.07667364127557923,0.15334728255115848
9517003,"1. An insertable lighting device comprising: (a) an optical fiber assembly comprising, (b) an introducer sheath having a second length that is less than said first length and comprising, (c) a light source assembly attached to said second optical fiber assembly end, said light source assembly comprising a light source that introduces light into said optical fiber, wherein said second introducer sheath end comprises a ring extending outwardly from an exterior surface of said introducer sheath, and said insertable lighting device further comprises, a ring stop extending outwardly from an exterior surface of said pliable sheath, said ring stop being positioned between said second optical fiber assembly end and said second introducer sheath end,",0.23177510084323646,0.463550201686473
8550791,"1. A torsional restraint system for a jet pump assembly, the jet pump assembly including a riser pipe located between, and in fluid communication with, a first and a second inlet mixer, the jet pump assembly including a restrainer bracket with first and second yolk members clamping the first and second inlet mixers to the riser pipe, the jet pump assembly being located in an annulus between a shroud wall and a reactor pressure vessel wall, the torsional restraint system comprising: a first contact member operatively attached to a side of the jet pump assembly; a second contact member operatively attached to the side of the jet pump assembly and disposed from the first contact member, the first and second contact members horizontally extending from the jet pump assembly toward the reactor pressure vessel wall to restrain movement of the first and second inlet mixers toward the reactor pressure vessel wall such that the riser pipe is restrained from rotating about a centerline of the riser pipe; a first bracket supporting the first contact member; and a second bracket supporting the second contact member wherein the first and second brackets are attached to the first and second yolk members of the restrainer bracket and are arranged between the first and second yolk members and the reactor pressure vessel wall.",0.3975894134725786,0.7951788269451572
8651700,"1. A LED lamp string, including: a base having a peripheral wall and an accommodating space formed inside the peripheral wall, the peripheral wall being provided with a plurality of through-holes; a plurality of electrical conductive elements penetrating the through-holes respectively, each electrical conductive element comprising an electrical wire and an electrical conductive pin; a light-emitting diode fixedly received in the accommodating space, the light-emitting diode having a substrate, and a plurality of metallic supports protruding around peripheries of the substrate and corresponding to the electrical conductive pins, the electrical conductive pins being electrically and directly connected to the metallic supports, respectively, so that the electrical conductive elements are directly contact with the light-emitting diode; and a shroud assembled with the base.",0.3876104527849496,0.7752209055698992
8434925,"1. A surface light source device comprising: a light source device including a first frame formed in a box-shaped, the first frame having an opening; and a second frame that has a side surface arranged opposite to a surface of an inner wall of the first frame, the second frame being fitted to the first frame, wherein the support member of the light source device is arranged opposite to the side surface of the inner wall of the first frame, wherein the first frame comprises a projection which is arranged on part of a bottom surface opposite to the opening and includes one side of the bottom surface, the first frame fits the light source device to an inner wall of the projection, and wherein the second frame includes a support member supporting a part of a front surface of the light source substrate.",0.2801581201844175,0.560316240368835
8597827,1. An electric storage device comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode; a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; a nonaqueous electrolyte solution in which an electrolyte is dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent; and an inorganic filler layer disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; wherein the nonaqueous electrolyte solution contains lithium difluorobis(oxalato)phosphate.,0.7735866816969869,0.4528266366060263
9077021,"1. A solid oxide cell comprising a support layer, an anode layer, an electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer, wherein the cell further comprises an impurity sink layer between the support layer and the anode layer or on top of the cathode layer, or combinations thereof, wherein the impurity sink layer comprises an electrolyte material selected from the group consisting of doped zirconia, doped ceria, doped gallates and proton conducting electrolytes, wherein the impurity sink layer comprises agglomerated particles selected from the group consisting of MgO, CaO, CaZrO wherein the agglomerated particles have a particle size in the range of 0.5 to 10 μm, and a pore diameter between 10 nm and 0.5 μm.",0.853252583561053,0.2934948328778939
8575794,"1. A linear vibration motor comprising: a top cover; a bracket coupled with the top cover to provide an internal space and including a bobbin having a cylindrical shape; a vibration unit having a mass body mounted in the internal space and moving linearly in a horizontal direction; an actuator having a coil insertedly fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin and a magnet fixed to the mass body and inserted into an inside of the bobbin such that both ends of the magnet are exposed outwardly of the coil, and the actuator generating electromagnetic force through interaction with the coil to allow the vibration unit to move linearly in the horizontal direction; and a buffer member disposed in a space between the mass body and the bracket and limiting displacement of the vibration unit, wherein the mass body includes an accommodation space for accommodating the coil and the magnet therein.",0.12095673143531409,0.2419134628706282
9005813,"1. A negative active material for a secondary lithium battery comprising lithium titanate, wherein a portion of the lithium in the lithium titanate is substituted by at least one selected from the group consisting of strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), a mixture thereof and an alloy thereof, wherein the peak of the surface (111) of the lithium titanate is in a region with a Bragg angle 2θ of 18.7°±about 0.2°; wherein the lithium titanate is represented by Formula 1: Li wherein 0<x<0.6 and M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ba, a mixture thereof and an alloy thereof.",0.8169725488674354,0.36605490226512916
9601650,"1. A method for forming a thin-film photovoltaic cell, comprising: depositing from vapor (a) Copper, (b) Indium, (c) Aluminum or Gallium, and (d) Tellurium on a back contact layer of a substrate to form a first semiconductor material; reacting the first semiconductor material to form a first semiconductor solar absorber sublayer on the back contact layer; after the step of reacting the first semiconductor material, depositing from vapor, on the first semiconductor solar absorber sublayer, at least (a) Copper or Silver, (b) Indium, (c) Aluminum or Gallium, and (d) Selenium to form a second semiconductor material; reacting the second semiconductor material to form a second semiconductor solar absorber sublayer; after the step of reacting the second semiconductor material, depositing from vapor, on the second semiconductor solar absorber sublayer, (a) Silver, (b) Indium, (c) Aluminum or Gallium, and (d) Selenium to form a final semiconductor material; reacting the final semiconductor material to form a final semiconductor solar absorber sublayer; forming a heterojunction partner layer on the final semiconductor solar absorber sublayer; and forming a top contact layer on the heterojunction partner layer, the first semiconductor material having a greater concentration of Tellurium than the final semiconductor material, and the final semiconductor material having a greater concentration of Silver than the first semiconductor material.",0.9283670980507572,0.14326580389848553
9339752,"1. A flue gas treatment plant, comprising: a flue gas conditioning unit configured to cool a flue gas ( a desublimation unit comprising a plurality of desublimators that are fluidly coupled to each other and the flue gas conditioning unit such that:",0.9398950271715628,0.12020994565687437
9784141,"1. A vehicle comprising: a vehicle system having a waste heat fluid; an expander, a condenser, a pump, and an evaporator in sequential fluid communication in a thermodynamic cycle containing a working fluid, the evaporator configured to transfer heat from the waste heat fluid to the working fluid; a plurality of chambers arranged in parallel fluid connection and positioned between the condenser and the pump; at least one valve in fluid communication with the plurality of chambers and configured to selectively control flow of the working fluid between the plurality of chambers; and a controller configured to control the at least one valve to vary a volume of the thermodynamic cycle such that a pressure of the working fluid at an inlet to the pump is at a threshold pressure, the threshold pressure being a saturated vapor pressure of the working fluid plus a pressure offset, wherein the saturated vapor pressure is a function of a temperature of the working fluid at an outlet of the condenser, the temperature and the saturated vapor pressure varying with ambient temperature.",0.9501367711961513,0.0997264576076975
9660930,"1. A system comprising: one or more computer-readable storage devices storing a data repository, the data repository comprising a plurality of different data collections; one or more computing devices comprising at least one or more memories and one or more processors; data server nodes, implemented at least partially by the one or more processors, configured to perform data operations on data collections, each particular data server node assigned to one or more data collections among the plurality of different data collections and configured to process messages by performing particular data operations on the one or more data collections to which the particular data server node is assigned; wherein each data collection among the plurality of different data collections is associated with a particular configuration data that describes various aspects of the data collection and impacts how a data server node processes the data collection and includes at least: an identification of the data collection, and data processing instructions to be used for parsing one or more fields in the data collection; a message distribution component, implemented at least partially by the one or more processors, configured to receive particular messages, determine particular data collections of the plurality of different data collections that each particular message is associated with, and distribute the particular messages to particular data server nodes that are assigned to the associated particular data collections; a node creation component, implemented at least partially by the one or more processors, configured to, when a message of the particular messages is associated with one or more particular data collections to which none of the existing data server nodes are assigned, retrieve a configuration data associated with the one or more particular data collections and dynamically create a new data server node based on the retrieved configuration data associated with the one or more particular data collections, assign the new data server node to the one or more particular data collections, and send the message to the new data server node; a node monitoring component configured to cause certain data server nodes to terminate, wherein the node monitoring component is configured to determine whether a particular data server node should be terminated based on one or more expected usage patterns for one or more data collections associated with the particular data server node, the one or more expected usage patterns are dynamically determined based on monitoring a frequency of usage for each of the one or more data collections associated with the particular data server node.",0.4351641197583389,0.8703282395166778
9165725,"1. An off-circuit tap changer, comprising: a switch base; and a rotation shaft penetrating the switch base, wherein an upper end of the rotation shaft is connected to an operation positioning device, a lower end of the rotation shaft is disposed with moving contacts, and fixed contacts corresponding to the moving contacts are circumferentially disposed at a spacing on the switch base; the moving contacts are radial elastic rolling moving contacts, and the radial elastic rolling moving contacts span between two adjacent fixed contacts and closely contact the fixed contacts; wherein each radial elastic rolling moving contact comprises a roller moving contact disposed in a stopping cavity of the rotation shaft, a radial elastic pin is arranged at an inner side of the roller moving contact, and an outer side of the roller moving contact fits with the fixed contacts; and wherein the radial elastic pin comprises a pin disposed in a radial pin socket and a spring sleeved outside the pin.",0.12886879233755041,0.2577375846751009
9046001,"1. A gas turbine engine, comprising: an engine housing; a rotor assembly disposed within the engine housing; a rotor bearing supporting the rotor assembly within the engine housing; and an annular bearing support damper positioned between the rotor bearing and the engine housing, the annular bearing support damper comprising: wherein the annular housing assembly comprises:",0.8684954084295419,0.26300918314091626
8846221,"1. A battery pack, comprising: a bare cell having a cap plate that defines a first surface and a first electrode that extends outward from the first surface of the cap plate and a second electrode; and a protection circuit assembly electrically connected with the bare cell and including a protection circuit board having a first and a second side and a protection circuit and a PTC thermistor extending outward from the second side of the protection circuit board wherein the protection circuit board is mounted between the first and second electrode so as to be positioned above the first surface of the cap plate with the protection circuit and PTC thermistor being positioned between the first and second electrode, wherein the protection circuit board includes a protection circuit module having an encapsulating part formed of a first material, and the encapsulating part of the protection circuit module extends from the second side of the protection circuit board towards the first surface wherein the protection circuit board and the encapsulating part define an encapsulated volume containing the protection circuit, the PTC thermistor, and an empty space that extends at least between the protection circuit and the PTC thermistor wherein the encapsulating part is supported by the first surface of the cap plate of the bare cell between the locations where the protection circuit board is connected to the first and second electrodes such that the contact of the bare cell and the protection circuit module inhibits damage to the bare cell as a result of application of external forces to the bare cell and wherein the protection circuit board is directly connected to and supported so as to be suspended over the cap plate by the electrode and the contact of the protection circuit module to the first surface of the cap plate; and a shock absorbing member formed of a second material different than the first material that is directly positioned on the surface of the cap plate and wherein the encapsulating part is directly in contact with the shock absorber member.",0.4261497620337594,0.8522995240675189
8771550,"1. A system, comprising: a slag additive slurry feed system configured to combine a slurrying agent, a mineral slag additive, and a liquid slurrying medium to generate a stabilized mineral slurry, wherein the slurrying agent is configured to increase a viscosity of the stabilized mineral slurry, the slag additive slurry feed system comprises a slurry tank having the stabilized mineral slurry, and the slurrying agent comprises at least one of carboxymethyl cellulose, sucrose, long-chain polymers, soluble polymers, or polymers capable of colloidal suspension, or a combination thereof; and a partial oxidation system configured to receive the stabilized mineral slurry, a feedstock, and oxygen into a gasifier reaction chamber, wherein the partial oxidation system is configured to partially oxidize the feedstock to produce a gaseous product and a solid product.",0.7252033382958315,0.549593323408337
8546684,"1. An organic photoelectric conversion element comprising a transparent substrate, a first electrode unit, an organic power generation layer unit, and a second electrode unit; the first electrode unit, the organic power generation layer unit, and the second electrode unit are successively arranged on the transparent substrate with the first electrode unit nearest to the transparent substrate; wherein the first electrode unit comprises at least two layers each containing a metal nanowire and a transparent electro-conductive material, and among the at least two layers containing a metal nanowire in the first electrode unit, the layer located nearest the transparent substrate has an average haze value of EH1, and the layer located nearest the organic power generation layer unit has an average haze value of EH2, wherein the average haze values satisfy the relationship of EH1 <EH2.",0.9704580502944579,0.05908389941108427
9295168,"1. A flexible display device, comprising: a flexible display unit to display images, the flexible display unit having two opposing width edges and two opposing length edges, the length edges being longer than the width edges; and a slap portion on the flexible display unit, the slap portion having a curvature and being bendable together with the flexible display unit, the slap portion including: wherein the flexible display unit is bonded onto the slap portion, and a non-transforming portion extends from one width edge of the flexible display unit, the non-transforming portion including a rigid element that does not overlap the slap portion.",0.17322335483846985,0.3464467096769397
9416924,"1. A light-emitting module including a plurality of light-emitting element blocks two-dimensionally arranged on a substrate and connected in parallel, each of the light-emitting element blocks including a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements connected in series, wherein the light-emitting element blocks are divided into: one or more light-emitting element blocks belonging to a first block group, located in a middle portion; and a plurality of light-emitting element blocks belonging to a second block group, located on opposite sides of the first block group, and one or more of the light-emitting element blocks belonging to the second block group each consume more power than each of the one or more light-emitting element blocks belonging to the first block group, wherein the number of light-emitting elements in the first block group and the second block group are the same.",0.5955720513344169,0.8088558973311661
9713921,"1. An ink composition comprising: a color material; water; and polymer particles, wherein the ink composition does not substantially contain an alkyl polyol having a standard boiling point of 280° C. or higher, the polymer particle has a core-shell structure having a core polymer and a shell polymer, a glass transition temperature of the core polymer is 41° C. or higher, a glass transition temperature of the shell polymer is more than 10° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of the core polymer, the core polymer includes an aromatic monomer as a constituent unit, and the polymer particle is substantially synthesized without using an emulsifier.",0.38715644968238044,0.7743128993647609
8653647,"1. A stacked plastic package formed by stacking a plurality of plastic packages, each plastic package comprising: a plurality of terminal members, each terminal member having: a semiconductor device provided with terminal pads that are connected to the contact surfaces of the inner terminals with bond wires; and a resin molding in which the plurality of terminal members, the semiconductor device and the bond wires are sealed; the inner terminals of the terminal members are thinner than the outer terminals in a thickness direction of the each plastic package, the contact surfaces of the inner terminals, the upper surfaces of the outer terminals, and the lower surfaces of the outer terminals of the terminal members are included in planes, respectively, the upper surfaces, the lower surfaces, and the outer side surfaces of the outer terminals of the terminal members, and a surface of the semiconductor device opposite a surface provided with the plurality of terminal pads are exposed to an outside of the each plastic package, the inner terminals, the bond wires, the semiconductor device and the resin molding are included in a space defined by a thickness of the outer terminals in the thickness direction, the inner terminal of each terminal member is bent, in a plan view, towards a corresponding terminal pad of the semiconductor device, the plan view being a view perpendicular to a plane on which the plurality of terminal pads are aligned and parallel to the thickness direction of the each plastic package, the inner terminals of terminal members on both ends of a row of terminal members have a tapered shape in the plan view and the inner terminals of terminal members that are positioned toward a center of the row of terminal members have a constant width toward the corresponding terminal pads in the plan view, the outer terminal of each terminal member has a cut part formed on the outer side surface of the outer terminal, and the semiconductor device is thinner in the thickness direction than the inner terminal of the each terminal member.",0.42087211512209527,0.8417442302441905
9200939,"1. A flow rate measurement apparatus comprising: a flow rate measurement section comprising an ultrasonic flowmeter, the ultrasonic flowmeter measures a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a flow path at a given time interval; a computation section that computes a series of difference values corresponding to consecutive flow rates measured by the flow rate measurement section at the given time intervals over a predetermined time period, each of the difference values indicating an absolute magnitude of a difference between a flow rate measured at a first time interval and a flow rate measured at a second time interval next to the first time interval, wherein the given time interval occurs multiple times during the predetermined time period; a flow rate class table stored in a memory, the flow rate class table comprising a plurality of codes, each code corresponding to a different range of difference values of the flow rate such that an identical code is assigned to an identical difference value of the flow rate, regardless of a type of appliance and a flow rate pattern; a difference value conversion section that converts, for each of the given time intervals occurring during the predetermined time period, each of the difference values computed by the computation section into the corresponding code based on the flow rate class table; a code sequence generation section that generates a measurement code sequence corresponding to the predetermined time period by consecutively aggregating the codes corresponding to the given time intervals occurring within the predetermined time period; and an appliance identification section that identifies an appliance which uses the fluid based on the measurement code sequence.",0.2945764220468743,0.5891528440937486
8457910,"1. A method for analyzing an electrical power system which includes at least one line carrying electrical power between a generating station and a customer, comprising: (a) acquiring data representing one or more line parameters of the electrical power being carried on the electrical power system; (b) using an electronic computing device, identifying a power system event within the data by: (c) using the computing device, analyzing the data contained in the data window; (d) based on the analysis, associating the power system event with a root cause from among a plurality of possible root causes, where the root cause is an incipient or actual failure within the electrical power system; and (e) using the computing device, suggesting a remedial action for the electrical power system consistent with the type of incipient or actual failure determined to be present.",0.9355607302786684,0.12887853944266325
9217386,"1. A system comprising: a stochastic pre-ignition module that determines whether an operating condition of an engine satisfies predetermined criteria associated with stochastic pre-ignition, wherein the engine operating condition includes at least one of a speed of the engine and a load on the engine, and wherein the engine operating condition satisfies the predetermined criteria when at least one of: a fuel control module that enriches an air/fuel ratio of the engine when the engine operating condition satisfy the predetermined criteria.",0.9682386046488752,0.06352279070224953
8785718,"1. A method of making a nonhuman transgenic animal whose genome comprises a hypermethylated transposon construct comprising hypermethylating a transposon, introducing the hypermethylated transposon comprising a transcriptional unit comprising a regulatory region operably linked to an interfering RNA (RNAi) encoding nucleic acid into a nonhuman animal egg, said transposon being inserted into a genome of the egg, and allowing the egg to develop in a recipient female to produce the nonhuman transgenic animal, wherein the nonhuman animal expresses the RNAi sequence.",0.4569531081431162,0.9139062162862324
9689893,"1. A scanning probe microscope comprising: a cantilever provided with a probe that approaches or comes in contact with a surface of a sample; a sample stage that supports the sample thereon; a three-dimensional moving mechanism that three-dimensionally moves the sample stage; and a measurement chamber having an internal space that is sealed not to be exposed to external air, wherein at least the cantilever, the sample stage, and the three-dimensional moving mechanism are accommodated in the measurement chamber, wherein the measurement chamber includes: an introduction hole through which the sample stage is introduced into the measurement chamber; and a pair of guide rails that transport the sample stage introduced through the introduction hole to a predetermined position in the measurement chamber, wherein the sample stage is provided with an engagement portion that is engaged with the guide rails and is installed to travel along the guide rails, wherein the three-dimensional moving mechanism is installed in the vicinity of the predetermined position, is installed to move up above the guide rails and down below the guide rails between the pair of guide rails, and wherein when the sample stage is transported to the predetermined position, the three-dimensional moving mechanism is lifted from below the guide rails and mounted to a bottom surface of the sample stage so that measurement of the sample is performed.",0.03593379778485561,0.07186759556971123
8899023,"1. An emission treatment system for treatment of an exhaust stream comprising NOx and particulate matter, the emission treatment system comprising: a) an oxidation catalyst; b) an injector in fluid communication with and downstream of the oxidation catalyst, wherein the injector periodically meters ammonia or an ammonia precursor into the exhaust stream; and c) an SCR catalyst article consisting essentially of a wall flow monolith and catalytic material, the wall flow monolith in fluid communication with and downstream of the injector, wherein the wall flow monolith has a plurality of longitudinally extending passages formed by longitudinally extending walls bounding and defining said passages, wherein the passages comprise inlet passages having an open inlet end and a closed outlet end, and outlet passages having a closed inlet end and an open outlet end, the wall flow monolith having a porosity of from 50% to 60% and an average pore size of from 10 to 25 microns, and the wall flow monolith contains the catalytic material comprising an SCR catalyst composition including a slurry-loaded washcoat of a zeolite and base metal selected from one or more of a copper and iron component, the washcoat permeating the walls at a loading up to 2.4 g/in 3 , the wall flow monolith having integrated, NOx and particulate removal efficiency in which presence of the catalytic material in the wall flow monolith catalyzes the oxidation of soot.",0.9234682975968408,0.15306340480631841
9644335,"1. An apparatus for mechanical recovery of hydrocarbons in broken ocean ice conditions comprising: a) at least one suction pod, having an outer wall and a hollow interior, fixedly attached to an exterior surface of a hull of a vessel such that it remains in one position on said vessel, said at least one suction pod having an opening formed in said outer wall; b) a horizontal floating suction bar, installed within said suction pod, said horizontal floating suction bar having at least one input opening and one output opening formed therein; and c) an expandable suction hose, attached to the output opening of said horizontal floating suction bar.",0.6881682960042473,0.6236634079915053
9043805,"1. A reconfigurable processor comprising: a plurality of memories divided into a plurality of different areas, the different divided areas corresponding to respective different threads from a plurality of threads and with sizes proportional to the respective different threads, with corresponding areas of the different divided areas storing context information of the respective different threads; and a plurality of function units to perform a corresponding calculation based on received context information stored in an area, from the different divided areas, corresponding to a respective thread indicated to be executed, wherein the plurality of memories include a plurality of local register files each divided into a plurality of local register file areas, where each local register file area of a local register file is respectively configured to collectively store information for different threads from a particular function unit configured to execute the different threads, with the particular function unit being paired with the local register file distinguished from a different particular function unit paired with a different local register file, and wherein the plurality of memories receive identification information of the respective thread to be executed and make available to the plurality of function units the area, the area being mapped to the identification information.",0.3916402235182641,0.7832804470365282
8535834,"1. A battery, comprising: an electrolyte activating a positive electrode and a negative electrode,",0.9188857536471884,0.16222849270562323
8943828,"1. A lean premix burner of a gas-turbine engine comprising: an annular central body being essentially concentric to a burner center axis and including an annular duct connected to a supply line, a film applicator conically widening toward a fuel exit side, and at least one fuel exit opening connected to the annular duct and issuing into a radially inward area of the film applicator, wherein the film applicator includes a step-like, annular protruding area adjacent to and downstream of the at least one fuel exit opening toward the fuel exit side, the protruding area protruding radially toward the burner center axis; wherein the protruding area is cone-shaped; wherein the protruding area has a cone angle which is equal to an angle of a conical area of the film applicator upstream of the at least one fuel exit opening; wherein an inflow area of the protruding area is rounded.",0.69552307035968,0.60895385928064
9724568,"1. A golf ball comprising a core and a cover of one layer or a plurality of layers, wherein the core is formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition comprising the following components A to C: (A) a base rubber, (B) an organic peroxide, and (C) water and/or a metal monocarboxylate, and has a hysteresis loss of 50% or less when compressed at a load cell speed of 500 mm/min and under a constant load of 5,000 N.",0.11396444611972535,0.22792889223945068
9110382,"1. A computer-implemented method for improving a lithographic process simulation, comprising: representing each source point in a group of source points at a pupil plane of an illumination source by one or more variable parameters, wherein at least some of the one or more variable parameters characterize a polarization state at individual ones of the source points, wherein the one or more variable parameters create a customizable polarization condition at a particular source point, wherein the customizable polarization condition at the particular source point comprises a mix of two or more different polarization states; forming a cost function comprising an aerial image intensity of a representation of a design layout projected using the group of source points; computing a gradient of the cost function with respect to the at least some of the one or more variable parameters; iteratively reconfiguring one or both of the group of source points in the illumination source and the representation of the design layout based on the computed gradient until a desired lithographic response is obtained.",0.14236949857655445,0.2847389971531089
8523827,"1. A medicament injection apparatus suitable for the self-administration of a medicament, comprising: a display; and a timer, the timer being actuated upon commencement of an injection operation, wherein the timer runs to a predetermined time following completion of the injection operation, the predetermined time following completion of the injection operation being a time sufficient to allow the injected medicament adequately to disperse locally from an injection site within a patient, and the display operates while the timer runs; wherein the display runs from the commencement of the injection operation without any indication of the completion of the injection operation until said predetermined time has elapsed and then stops, thereby indicating to the user when to remove a needle from a body of the user after said dispersion of the injected medicament; and the timer and the display automatically stop upon expiration of the predetermined time.",0.1323130391670614,0.26462607833412277
9140590,"1. A system comprising: a plurality of sensors; a first logic unit coupled to an output of at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors, the first logic unit estimating user dynamics in response to an output signal from the at least one sensor; second logic unit coupled to the first logic unit, the second logic unit generating a sampling rate value of a first MEMS sensor in response to an output signal from the first logic unit, and wherein the first MEMS sensor comprises a selectable sampling rate and wherein the selectable sampling rate is selected in response to the generated sampling rate value.",0.49242822811029036,0.9848564562205807
9669713,"1. An automotive vehicle having a battery, comprising: an exterior vehicle panel of the automotive vehicle defining a recess within a surface of the exterior vehicle panel; and a portable power pack removably mounted within the recess, the power pack including:",0.9142998977242616,0.17140020455147686
9527584,"1. An electromechanical actuator (“EMA”) comprising: a stationary body; an actuator drive unit (“ADU”) housing; an ADU housed within and operably coupled to the ADU housing; a ball screw operably coupled to the ADU; a ball nut piston operably coupled to the ball screw; a back drive mechanism comprising a torsion spring disposed between the stationary body and the ball screw, wherein the torsion spring comprises a stationary end and a rotating end configured to rotate about the ADU housing and wherein the stationary end is at least one of directly or indirectly coupled to the stationary body and the rotating end is coupled to the ball screw; and a clutch attached to the stationary end of the torsion spring, wherein the clutch is configured to control a back drive potential energy stored in the torsion spring.",0.26335721774931453,0.5267144354986291
8868405,"1. A computer-implemented method of comparing the semantic content of two or more documents, comprising: accessing a plurality of documents; performing a linguistic analysis on each document; defining a semantic vector for each document based on the linguistic analysis, said semantic vector having multiple components, wherein each component of said semantic vector has at least: comparing a semantic vector of an identified document to the semantic vector for each document in the plurality of documents to determine at least one document semantically similar to the identified document, and wherein the comparing of the semantic vectors includes using a defined metric, wherein said defined metric is related to: Sqrt(f1 Sqrt(sum((w−Delta)^2*w−Avg))/(Log(n)^3*1000), wherein w−Delta is the difference in weight between two common terms, w−Avg is the average weight between two common terms, and n is the number of common terms if the component has a frequency value.",0.05397711361202435,0.10795422722404868
8524319,"1. A process for producing a crucible for holding molten material, the crucible having a base and one or more sidewalls, the process comprising contacting a silicon and oxygen-containing gas with a crucible-shaped substrate having a base and one or more sidewalls to deposit silica onto the substrate, deposited silica continuously growing to form a surface layer of silica of at least about 1 mm.",0.6506148349041553,0.6987703301916894
8456045,"1. A heat-generating portion cooling structure comprising: a drawing unit confirmed to draw oil stored in a case into a catch tank provided in the case; and an oil circulation passage fowled in the case configured to circulate the oil in the case through the catch tank while the oil is being supplied to first and second heat-generating portions respectively positioned at one and the other sides of the catch tank, the oil circulation passage comprising a first passage configured to allow the oil to flow down to the first heat-generating portion when a surface of the oil in the catch tank is raised to a first height, the first passage having a first opening opened on an inner wall surface of the catch tank and a third opening different from the first opening and opened on the inner wall surface of the catch tank, and a second passage configured to allow the oil to flow down to the second heat-generating portion when the surface of the oil in the catch tank is raised to a second height lower than the first height, the second passage having a second opening opened on the inner wall surface of the catch tank, wherein an amount of oil flowing down to the second heat-generating portion is greater than the amount of oil flowing down to the first heat-generating portion when the surface of the oil in the catch tank is raised to the second height while not being raised to the first height, wherein the first and second openings are positioned different from each other in a vertical direction, and wherein the third opening is positioned to have a vertical height equal to the height of the second opening and the third opening has a cross sectional area smaller than that of the second opening.",0.4473786588051078,0.8947573176102156
9589973,"1. A pillar-shaped semiconductor memory device comprising: a substrate; a first semiconductor pillar disposed on the substrate and extending in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate; a tunnel insulating layer surrounding an outer periphery of the first semiconductor pillar; a data charge storage insulating layer surrounding an outer periphery of the tunnel insulating layer; a first interlayer insulating layer surrounding an outer periphery of the data charge storage insulating layer; a first conductor layer surrounding an outer periphery of the first interlayer insulating layer; and a second interlayer insulating layer that is in contact with an upper surface or a lower surface of the first conductor layer, in which a side surface of the second interlayer insulating layer facing a side surface of the first interlayer insulating layer is separated from the side surface of the first interlayer insulating layer with a distance therebetween, the distance being larger than a distance from the side surface of the first interlayer insulating layer to a side surface of the first conductor layer facing the side surface of the first interlayer insulating layer, wherein the side surface of the first conductor layer is in contact with or separated from the side surface of the first interlayer insulating layer, at least one stacked material layer including the first conductor layer and the second interlayer insulating layer as one set is formed in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, data writing and erasing due to a data charge transfer between the first semiconductor pillar and the data charge storage insulating layer through the tunnel insulating layer or a data charge retention by the data charge storage insulating layer is performed by application of a voltage to the first conductor layer, and a space is formed between the side surface of the first interlayer insulating layer and the side surface of the second interlayer insulating layer.",0.08743630026843228,0.1748726005368646
9584237,"1. A method comprising: receiving an indication of a plurality of weather stations within a predefined area, wherein the predefined area comprises a first location; determining, for each of the plurality of weather stations, a distance of the weather station from the first location; calculating, for a plurality of different combinations of subsets of the plurality of weather stations, an average distance of the weather stations of each of the plurality of different combinations from the first location; calculating, for each of the different combinations of subsets of the plurality of weather stations, an average location relative to the first location; and selecting a combination of a subset of the plurality of weather stations based on the average distance for the combination relative to the first location and the average location for the combination relative to the first location for use in conjunction with at least one of subsequent weather updates, mapping, or navigation.",0.5911567887079682,0.8176864225840637
9435246,"1. A catalyst deterioration detection system comprising: a pre-catalytic converter gas sensor; a post-catalytic converter gas sensor; at least one computing device in communication with the pre-catalytic converter and post-catalytic converter gas sensors, the at least one computing device programmed to monitor catalyst deterioration by performing actions including:",0.9433376753211327,0.11332464935773467
9806609,"1. A converter, comprising: a switching unit; an energy storage unit configured to store energy from a direct current (DC) input voltage and to generate an output voltage according to a switching operation of the switching unit; and a switching controller configured to control the switching unit to selectively execute a first operation mode to turn on the switching unit at a fixed frequency or a second operation mode to turn on the switching unit, in response to a voltage between an end and another end of the switching unit reaching a zero point of a resonance waveform, wherein the switching controller comprises an operation mode selection unit comprising a selection unit configured to execute the first operation mode or the second operation mode, and an operation selection signal output unit configured to output an operation selection signal to the selection unit and to control an operation of the selection unit according to whether the voltage between the end and the another end of the switching unit resonates.",0.9738815619478017,0.052236876104396535
9398661,"1. An LED-based light, comprising: one or more LEDs; a sensor arranged to detect a brightness level in an area resulting from the combination of light emitted by the one or more LEDs with light from at least one ambient light source other than the one or more LEDs, and operable to output a signal corresponding to the detected brightness level; a controller operable to regulate an amount of power provided to the one or more LEDs in response to the signal and to estimate an efficiency of the one or more LEDs; a light transmitting housing for the one or more LEDs, the sensor and the controller; a connector shaped for connection with a light socket disposed at an end of the light transmitting housing; and a transmitter operable to transmit the estimated efficiency of the one or more LEDs from the controller.",0.5196406231907112,0.9607187536185775
8924431,"1. A method for generating a pluggable domain-specific data type, the method comprising: determining a schema for the domain-specific data type, the schema including a data protocol that defines how data units are to be encoded into a domain-specific data unit and locations of a plurality of acceptable data sources, the domain-specific data unit including first data unit having a first unit of measure and a second data unit having a second unit of measure, the first and second data units; assigning a third unit of measure to the domain-specific data unit, the third unit of measure based upon the first and second units of measure; generating the domain-specific data type utilizing the determined schema, the domain-specific data type having a pluggable format such that the domain-specific data type may be utilized by a third-party application; and storing the domain-specific data type in a pluggable domain-specific data type library, the pluggable domain-specific data type being at least one of transferable to other applications or incorporable into other domain-specific data type libraries.",0.1655870853883436,0.3311741707766872
8457598,"1. A communications system comprising: a radio access network for providing local wireless access for a mobile device, an authentication entity in a public land mobile network, the authentication entity being configured to authenticate the mobile device accessing the radio access network based on authentication signalling messages between the authentication entity and the mobile device, authorization of access for the mobile device connected to the radio access network being arranged based on a result of the authentication, and a proxy entity via which transfer of the authentication signalling messages between the mobile device and the authentication entity is arranged, wherein the system is configured to provide encapsulated transmission of the authentication signalling messages between the mobile device and the authentication entity in messages of a cryptographic client-server transport layer encapsulation protocol between the mobile device and the proxy entity such that a TLS protocol specific header is added in a message, and wherein the system is further configured to provide encapsulated transfer of the authentication signalling messages between the mobile device and the authentication entity in messages of an authentication, authorization, and accounting client-server protocol between the proxy entity and the authentication entity.",0.12754881690569794,0.25509763381139594
9257676,"1. A light-emitting device comprising: a first light transmissive substrate; a first electrode that is formed on a first surface of the first light transmissive substrate and has light transmissivity; an organic functional layer that is located on an opposite side to the first light transmissive substrate with the first electrode interposed therebetween and includes a light-emitting layer; a second electrode that is located on an opposite side to the first electrode with the organic functional layer interposed therebetween; and a second light transmissive substrate to which a second surface which is a surface of the first light transmissive substrate on an opposite side to the first surface is fixed, and which has a bending rigidity higher than that of the first light transmissive substrate, wherein a plurality of first irregularities are formed in the second surface of the first light transmissive substrate, and wherein a plurality of second irregularities are formed in a surface of the second light transmissive substrate which faces the first light transmissive substrate.",0.34683491188239185,0.6936698237647837
8506273,"1. A capsule manufacturing apparatus that releases a droplet from a nozzle into a capsule forming pipe through which a hardening liquid flows so as to cause a surface portion of the droplet to solidify in the hardening liquid to produce a seamless capsule, said apparatus comprising: a hardening liquid supply pipe configured to surround an outside surface of the capsule forming pipe, an upper end of said hardening liquid supply pipe being set higher than an upper end of the capsule forming pipe so that the hardening liquid supplied from a bottom portion of said hardening liquid supply pipe flows into the capsule forming pipe having an opening at a central portion of said hardening liquid supply pipe; a removable cap member to be mounted on an upper end of the capsule forming pipe, said cap member being replaceable so as to conform to a diameter of the capsule forming pipe, said cap member having a hardening liquid introduction section shaped as a curved surface at an inner surface side of an upper end of said cap member; an overflow pipe configured to surround an outside of said hardening liquid supply pipe, an upper end of said overflow pipe being set higher than said upper end of said hardening liquid supply pipe so that the hardening liquid in said hardening liquid supply pipe spills over said upper end of said hardening liquid supply pipe into said overflow pipe so as to stabilize a liquid surface of the hardening liquid; and a low-pulsatory-motion rotary pump for supplying the hardening liquid into said hardening liquid supply pipe.",0.22782975768578645,0.4556595153715729
8422235,"1. A semiconductor device that uses at least a single power semiconductor element that, by switching, can either short circuit together or disconnect the electrical potentials at the two ends of the power semiconductor element, and comprising: a power semiconductor element of a thin plate shape equipped with electrodes on both sides; an insulating board upon one surface of which at least a first wiring pattern, a second wiring pattern, and a third wiring pattern are formed; and a metallic base that is adhered to the surface of the insulating board opposite to its surface upon which the wiring patterns are disposed; and wherein: an electrode of one side of the power semiconductor element is electrically connected upon the first wiring pattern of the insulating board, and an electrode of other side of the power semiconductor element is connected to a second wiring pattern and a third wiring pattern; the first wiring pattern is approximately shaped as a letter-T, and the second and third wiring patterns are disposed on both sides of a vertical bar of the approximate letter-T shape of the first wiring pattern; a first current path of the first wiring pattern, the power semiconductor element, and the second wiring pattern, and a second current path of the first wiring pattern, the power semiconductor element, and the third wiring pattern, constitute two current paths that turn around in letter-U shapes; and two eddy currents that are induced in the metallic base due to current flowing when the power semiconductor element is switched are created so as to eddy in mutually opposite directions.",0.41263584597206737,0.8252716919441347
9435187,"1. A method for estimating drilling parameters of a drill rig for drilling a borehole in an earth material, the method comprising: drilling the borehole with the drilling rig in operable communication with a drill string having a mud motor and a drill bit, the drill rig being receptive to adjustable rotational speed of the drill string and adjustable rotational speed of the mud motor; constructing a mathematical model of a system comprising the drill string, the mud motor, and a geometry of the borehole using a processor, the model comprising dimensions, mass distribution, material density, and material stiffness; calculating a mud motor lateral excitation force imposed on the drill string by the mud motor for one or more combinations of drill string rotational speed and mud motor rotational speed using the processor; calculating, with the processor, lateral motion of the drill string and a value of a force related parameter imposed on the drill string at a plurality of positions along the drill string for the one or more of combinations of drill string rotational speed and mud motor rotational speed using the mathematical model and the mud motor lateral excitation force; selecting a range of combinations of drill string rotational speed and mud motor rotational speed that result in the value of the force related parameter imposed upon the drill string being less than a threshold value using the processor, wherein the drilling parameters comprise drill string rotational speed and mud motor rotational speed; and displaying the range of combinations to a user using a display.",0.1326427375999368,0.26528547519987367
9461880,"1. A method supporting network and intra-portal link (IPL) sharing in a link aggregation group at a network device, wherein the network device and a neighbor network device are included in a first portal of the link aggregation group, wherein the network device is communicatively coupled to the neighbor network device via an intra-portal port (IPP) using an IPL, and wherein the IPL is a logical point-to-point link between the network device and the neighbor network device, the method comprising: transmitting frames on the IPL, wherein a physical link or aggregation link of the link aggregation group is dedicated to the IPL; receiving a first type/length/value (TLV) message transmitted from the neighbor network device; determining that the network device is configured with a network and IPL sharing method that is consistent with the neighbor network device, the network and IPL sharing method including sharing by at least one of time, tag, and encapsulation, wherein the network and IPL sharing method indicates sharing of the physical link or link aggregation between frames for the IPL and frames for another IPL or a network link of the link aggregation group, wherein the determining includes: comparing a recorded neighbor network and IPL sharing method with a home network and IPL sharing method of the network device, wherein the recorded neighbor network and IPL sharing method is received from the first type TLV message; and transmitting the frames between the network device and the neighbor network device using the network and IPL sharing method.",0.4115427521942101,0.8230855043884202
9832191,"1. A system for authenticating through a touch-screen interface, comprising: a screen configured to be biometrically engaged by a user; one or more sensors configured to detect biometric engagements on the screen; and one or more hardware processors configured to:",0.07898028303549567,0.1579605660709913
9074201,"1. An isolated lysozyme protein having a reduced electrostatic charge relative to the wild type lysozyme protein, wherein the lysozyme protein is of SEQ ID NO: 1.",0.7603152853811513,0.4793694292376973
8784059,"1. A sensing module for a wind turbine blade comprising: a plurality of ports, wherein a first port of the plurality of ports is housed on a suction side of the blade and a second port of the plurality of ports is housed on a pressure side of the blade; a local sensing device; and a load mitigation device, wherein the plurality of ports, local sensing device, and load mitigation device are operably coupled and the sensing module is configured to: monitor air pressure, determine if proper sensing operation is occurring, and eradicate an obstruction if proper sensing operation is being prevented by the obstruction.",0.8734163160215246,0.25316736795695083
9733005,"1. A system, comprising: a refrigerant circuit configured to flow a refrigerant, comprising: a chilled fluid pump coupled to the cooling heat exchanger, wherein the chilled fluid pump is configured to pump the load fluid from a load to the cooling heat exchanger in the subcooling mode; and a subcooling circuit configured to flow a cooling fluid, comprising:",0.7668079490869788,0.4663841018260424
8466789,"1. A method for theft recognition of at least one solar module ( 5 ) on a photovoltaic unit, said solar modules ( 5 ) being connected in normal mode via connector lines ( 9 , 10 ) to at least one inverter ( 1 ), with the voltage of the solar modules ( 5 ) being monitored, and in a monitoring mode, when a defined voltage of the solar modules ( 5 ) is measured, an electric signal is generated and applied to at least one of the connector lines ( 9 , 10 ) of the solar modules ( 5 ), and the signal received by the at least one solar module ( 5 ) is measured and analyzed to assess a theft, wherein in monitoring mode a signal unit ( 19 ) integrated in an inverter ( 1 ) is activated by a control device ( 8 ) of the inverter ( 1 ), and wherein electric signals differing in form and amplitude are sent by the signal unit ( 19 ) in succession to the at least one solar module ( 5 ), with that electric signal, which causes a useful received signal when the solar modules ( 5 ) are present, depending on the respective type of solar module ( 5 ), being selected as a reference signal for assessing a theft.",0.9257683958460396,0.1484632083079207
9315715,"1. A method for reducing the apparent viscosity of a hydrocarbon fluid comprising heavy crude oil encountered in petroleum operations having an American Petroleum Institute (API) gravity of about 20 or less, the method comprising: (i) contacting said hydrocarbon fluid with an effective emulsifying amount of a composition comprising at least one hydrophobically modified non-ionic polymer having the general formula below: wherein each R is independently hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an hydroxyalkyl group, or an alkoxy group, and n is from 5 to 5,000; and (ii) creating a water external emulsion comprising the hydrocarbon fluid and the composition wherein the water external emulsion has a lower apparent viscosity than the hydrocarbon fluid.",0.42413683904672134,0.8482736780934427
9166073,"1. A method for producing a conjugated polymer, the method comprising: polymerizing a monomer via a coupling reaction, wherein the coupling reaction is carried out in the coexistence of a combination of a homogeneous transition metal complex catalyst and a heterogeneous transition metal complex catalyst, wherein the monomer is an aromatic compound having formula (A4) or formula (A4′): wherein: R R X X X",0.6150808677451933,0.7698382645096133
9019780,"1. A non-volatile memory apparatus, comprising: a plurality of memory cells; a page buffer, coupled to the memory cells, storing a plurality of buffered data and programming the plurality of memory cells according to the plurality of buffered data; a sense amplifier, sensing data read from the memory cells for generating a read-out data; a write circuit, coupled to the page buffer, receiving a program data or a rewrite-in data and writing the program data or the rewrite-in data to the page buffer to be one of the buffered data; and a sense and compare circuit, coupled to the page buffer and the write circuit, reading the buffered data, and comparing the read-out data and the buffered data to generate a compared result, wherein, the sense and compare circuit determines the rewrite-in data to be the program data or an inhibiting data according to the compared result, wherein the page buffer comprises:",0.22244257528956216,0.44488515057912426
8794200,"1. An engine assembly comprising: an engine block defining a cylinder; a crankshaft having a first axis of rotation and a crankpin offset from the first axis of rotation; a second shaft offset from the crankshaft and having a second axis of rotation and an eccentric portion offset from the second axis of rotation; a piston operatively connected to the crankshaft and movable in the cylinder to drive the crankshaft; wherein the piston is pivotably connected to the connecting rod to pivot at a pivot axis; and wherein the cylinder is configured so that the pivot axis is aligned with the first axis of rotation along a center axis of the cylinder; a connecting rod extending from the piston; a four jointed linkage assembly pivotably connected to the connecting rod, the crankpin, and the eccentric portion; a drive system operatively connecting the crankshaft and the second shaft to drive the second shaft via the crankshaft; and a phasing mechanism operatively connected to the second shaft and controllable to vary the rotational position of the second shaft relative to the crankshaft to thereby vary the operation of the piston within the cylinder between an Otto cycle and an Atkinson cycle.",0.8257552803688096,0.34848943926238074
9548414,"1. An optical device, comprising a substrate; and an optically active pseudomorphic superlattice formed on the substrate, the superlattice comprising alternating InAsBi layers with InAs or InAsSb layers, wherein each of InAsBi layers has upper and lower surfaces contacting one of InAs layers or one of InAsSb layers.",0.1580571959800707,0.31611439196014146
8427581,"1. A method for processing a menu of an external device, comprising the following steps of: step a: storing external interface information into a memory; step b: associating a displaying position of the menu of the external device with interface position information of the external interface of a display device when it is detected that the external device is connected to the display device through the external interface; and step c: displaying the menu of the external device on a corresponding position of a display screen according to the interface position information in the external interface information.",0.14064792622150157,0.28129585244300315
8347135,"1. A method comprising: monitoring a device, configured to present content to a user, for input from the user; determining whether the user input is within a first predetermined time period; and when there is no user input within the first predetermined time period, generating a control signal to change the presentation of the content without explicitly notifying the user of the change, wherein the presentation of content will cease if the user input is not within a second predetermined time period initiated concurrently with generating the control signal, wherein changing the presentation of the content does not interrupt displaying the content.",0.1983237892816032,0.3966475785632064
9189439,"1. A system-on-a-chip (SoC) comprising: a plurality of cores; interface logic coupled to the plurality of cores, wherein the interface logic is permanently configured during manufacture to enable the SoC either as a first product stock keeping unit (SKU) with a first number of cores or as a second product SKU with a second number of cores for product differentiation; a chipset logic coupled to the interface logic and including a memory controller to provide for communication with a memory coupled to the SoC; and a virtual firewall logic coupled between the chipset logic and one or more of the plurality of cores, wherein the one or more cores are to be disabled during normal operation to enable the SoC with the first product SKU based on the permanent configuration of the interface logic for the first product SKU.",0.5917514690838959,0.8164970618322083
8346489,"1. A method for determining output torque capabilities in a transmission having a first node, a second node, and a third node, each of which has a speed and an acceleration, the method comprising: controlling the speed of the first node; calculating a real maximum long-term output torque capability (raw max LT) as a function of at least the acceleration and the speed of the first node and the second node; calculating an inertialess maximum long-term output torque capability (inertialess max LT), wherein the inertialess max LT is identical to the raw max LT except that the inertialess max LT ignores torque capability due to the acceleration of the first node; and comparing the raw max LT to the inertialess max LT, and:",0.47121877721311317,0.9424375544262263
9377307,"1. A semiconductor device, comprising: an atmospheric pressure value obtaining unit configured to obtain an atmospheric pressure value from an atmospheric pressure sensor; a moving state determining unit configured to determine a moving state of the semiconductor device as one of a moving state in an automobile, a moving state on a train, a walking state, and a running state; and a control unit configured to detect a variance state of the atmospheric pressure value obtained with the atmospheric pressure value obtaining unit, wherein said control unit is configured to control an on state and an off state of a power source of a GPS (Global Positioning System) device according to a determination whether the variance state satisfies a specific condition, said control unit is configured to control the on state and the off state of the power source of the GPS according to the specific condition corresponding to the moving state determined with the moving state determining unit, said moving state determining unit includes a geomagnetic sensor configured to determine the moving state of the semiconductor device as the moving state in the automobile or the moving state on the train, and wherein said control unit is configured to determine whether the semiconductor device is located in a tunnel according to the variance state and the specific condition, and said control unit is configured to control the power source of the GPS to turn off when the control unit determines that the semiconductor device is located in the tunnel, wherein said control unit is configured to control the power source of the GPS to turn on when the control unit determines that the semiconductor device is not located in the tunnel, said GPS device is configured to detect a position thereof based on a GPS signal received therewith and output positional information.",0.6625633612007091,0.6748732775985817
9228515,"1. A vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine having an exhaust passage; a supercharger provided in the internal combustion engine and having a wastegate valve and a turbine; an air-fuel ratio sensor provided downstream of the turbine of the supercharger in the exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; and an electronic control unit configured to control the internal combustion engine, the electronic control unit includes control logic, which when executed: determines a first learning value in an open state of the wastegate valve by performing air-fuel ratio learning in the internal combustion engine on the basis of an output of the air-fuel ratio sensor,",0.9645648888303054,0.07087022233938911
9843382,"1. A method of high-efficiency wireless frequency division multiplexing, comprising: receiving, at a first wireless device from an access point, a reference signal for reserving an entire wireless medium including a set of wireless frequencies available for use by both the first wireless device and a second wireless device, the reference signal including a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) indication of a power level at which at least one of the first and second wireless devices should transmit communications; in response to receiving the reference signal, transmitting, from the first wireless device to the access point, a first communication on a first subset of the set of wireless frequencies, the first communication being transmitted at least partially concurrent with a second communication transmitted on a second subset of the set of wireless frequencies from the second wireless device to the access point, and the first and second subsets of the set of wireless frequencies being mutually exclusive subsets of the set of wireless frequencies; and receiving, from the access point on only the first subset of the set of wireless frequencies, an acknowledgment of the first communication.",0.5076348784012559,0.9847302431974883
9478615,"1. A field effect transistor comprising: a conformal dielectric layer on a semiconductor channel region of a substrate, said conformal dielectric layer having a u-shape when viewed in cross-section; a conformal gate metal layer on said conformal dielectric layer, said conformal gate metal layer having a u-shape when viewed in cross-section, said u-shape of said conformal gate metal layer fitting within said u-shape of said conformal dielectric layer, when viewed in cross-section; a gate conductor positioned on said conformal gate metal layer, said gate conductor filling said u-shape of said conformal gate metal layer when viewed in cross-section, and said conformal dielectric layer, said conformal gate metal layer, and said gate conductor forming a gate stack; sidewall spacers on said gate stack, said sidewall spacers contacting vertical sections of said conformal dielectric layer, said vertical sections of said conformal dielectric layer being vertical relative to a horizontal upper surface of said substrate; conductive source/drain regions in said substrate, said source/drain regions having edges below said sidewall spacers; a compensating implant in said channel region of said substrate aligned below said gate conductor, said compensating implant having vertical edges that are essentially aligned with vertical interfaces between said gate conductor and said conformal gate metal layer; and, portions of a well implant in said substrate positioned between said compensating implant and said source/drain regions.",0.31129202377796644,0.6225840475559329
8653662,"1. An integrated circuit, comprising: an integrated circuit chip comprising a semiconductor substrate and an array of solder bumps, said array of solder bumps comprising a monitor solder bump and normal solder bumps; a stack of interlevel dielectric layers between said substrate and said array of solder bumps; two or more ultra-low K layers of said interlevel dielectric layers, each of said two or more ultra-low K layers comprising an ultra-low K layer having a dielectric constant of 2.4 or less; a dielectric structure failure monitor in a region directly under said monitor solder bump, said dielectric structure failure monitor comprising physically abutting and electrically conductive conductors embedded in said two or more ultra-low K layers, said dielectric structure failure monitor extending vertically through said two or more ultra-low K layers; and wherein the conductor density in at least one ultra-low K layer of said two or more ultra-low K layers in said region directly under said monitor solder bumps is less than the conductor density in corresponding regions of each layer of said two or more ultra-low K layers directly under each normal solder bump of a plurality of said normal solder bumps.",0.428848777226829,0.857697554453658
9644550,"1. A control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an engine having a turbocharger; an automatic transmission; and a controller configured to control an air-fuel ratio of the engine and an operating state of the turbocharger based on a parameter indicating a load of the engine, wherein the controller controls the turbocharger to perform turbocharging and operate the engine in a turbocharging lean combustion mode, in which the air-fuel ratio is set to a predetermined lean air-fuel ratio, when the parameter is within a predetermined range, and the controller operates the engine in a predetermined operation mode, in which the air-fuel ratio is set to a richer air-fuel ratio than the predetermined lean air-fuel ratio, instead of the turbocharging lean combustion mode in at least a part of the predetermined range only when the engine is operated in the turbocharging lean combustion mode during a downshift of the automatic transmission.",0.9899205967788632,0.020158806442273525
9293984,"1. A power supply circuit for converting alternating current to direct current of any output voltage, comprising: rectification circuit for rectification of alternating current and conversion thereof to direct current; a step-down section for stepping down the direct current voltage converted by the rectification circuit, the step-down section including a first switching element, a coil, and a first diode; a step-up section for stepping up the direct current voltage converted by the rectification circuit, the step-up section including a second switching element, the coil, and a second diode; and control section for on/off control of the first switching element and the second switching element, based on the rectification voltage rectified by the rectification circuit, the control section outputting to the first switching element and the second switching element a control signal for either step-up control by turning on the first switching element and switching the second switching element, or step-down control by turning off the second switching element and switching the first switching element, the control section dividing a half-wave of a rectified wave outputted by the rectification circuit into a first region that is part of a portion in which voltage rises from 0 V, a second region beginning after the first region and ending in a portion in which the voltage falls after passing the maximum value of the rectified wave, and a third region beginning after the second region and continuing until the voltage reaches 0 V, and outputting a control signal in the first region and the third region to bring about step-up control and outputting a control signal in the second region to bring about step-down control, and the control section assigning a point in time at which the rectified wave has reached a predetermined first voltage as a timing for toggling between the first region and the second region, and assigning a point in time at which the rectified wave has reached a predetermined second voltage as a timing for toggling between the second region and the third region, wherein the predetermined first voltage is set to be greater than the predetermined second voltage.",0.9209843083972922,0.15803138320541565
9775322,"1. A lettuce plant designated 45-193 RZ, representative seed of which having been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 42344, wherein said plant comprises at least the following combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew ( Bremia lactucae Regel) races B1:1 to B1:31 and CA-I to CA-VIII, currant-lettuce aphid ( Nasonovia ribisnigri ) biotype Nr:0, and root aphids ( Pemphigus bursarius ), and which has a medium head size, medium sized outer leaves, and moderately incised leaves.",0.32442631260410315,0.6488526252082063
8717342,"1. A mobile device comprising: an image source; a laser light source; an image processing component to drive the laser light source based on pixel data received from the image source; a scanning mirror to reflect the laser light, the scanning mirror to nonlinearly scan in at least one dimension; and an optical filter positioned in a light path after the scanning mirror to variably attenuate the light beam in the at least one dimension; wherein the scanning mirror scans in two dimensions; and wherein the scanning mirror scans sinusoidally in a first dimension and substantially linearly in a second dimension.",0.08825646425602214,0.17651292851204425
8776425,"1. A method for producing a gun barrel, in which the barrel is formed from a pipe blank ( 1 ), wherein barrel rifles ( 2 , 14 ) are formed in the pipe blank ( 1 ) using moulding techniques against a mandrel ( 3 ) having grooves ( 2 b ) shaped as the rifles, said moulding is performed by means of press rolls ( 4 ) substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis ( 5 ) of the pipe blank ( 1 ) and the press rolls ( 4 ) are rotated around the pipe blank ( 1 ) so that the wall of the pipe blank is pressed against the mandrel ( 3 ) and the barrel rifles ( 2 ) are produced in the inner wall of the pipe blank.",0.054728442764804056,0.10945688552960808
9071038,"1. A semiconductor laser, comprising: a substrate; a first cladding layer provided on the substrate; a grating layer provided on the substrate, the grating layer including: first and second gratings, the first grating extending to a first edge of the grating layer, and the second grating extending to a second edge of the grating layer; and first and second pluralities of segmented gratings, each including a non-grating portion and a grating portion, the first plurality of segmented gratings spaced from the second plurality of segmented gratings along a longitudinal axis of the grating layer to define a cavity, a length of the cavity being different than a length of each non-grating portion of each of the first and second pluralities of segmented gratings; a second cladding layer provided on the grating layer; an active layer provided on the second cladding layer; a third cladding layer provided on the active layer; a contact layer including semiconductor material provided on the third cladding layer; and a conductive layer provided on the contact layer.",0.05288323889130458,0.10576647778260917
9018790,"1. Wind power generation equipment, comprising a support bar, wherein an annular hood, with a stator assembly mounted and fixed therein, is fixed on the support bar; the stator assembly comprises an annular stator mounting plate which is fixed with an inner stator ring and an outer stator ring distributed concentrically; the inner stator ring is formed of multiple inner stators distributed uniformly at interval in the peripheral direction, and the outer stator ring is formed of multiple outer stators distributed uniformly in the peripheral direction; an annular track is formed between the inner stator ring and the outer stator ring; a rotor assembly and the stator assembly are coaxially and pivotally connected on the support bar, and the rotor assembly is formed of a rotor holder and multiple rotors distributed uniformly on the periphery of the rotor holder at interval; the rotor holder is formed of an outer ring and an inner ring, multiple blade fixing members of a spoke structure are arranged between the outer ring and the inner ring of the holder, and blades are fixed on the blade fixing members; and the rotors are protruded and fixed on the outer ring of the holder axially, and a steel magnet of the rotors is located in the annular track between the inner stator ring and the outer stator ring.",0.8789500182122865,0.24209996357542707
8641376,"1. A wind turbine, comprising: a rotor including a plurality of blades; and a deicing unit, wherein said deicing unit performs a deicing operation only on one or more of said plurality of blades, which has an azimuth angle within a predetermined range, and said predetermined range is within a range from 90 to 270 degrees, wherein said deicing unit includes: wherein, in said deicing operation, said pitch angle controller holds said one or more of said plurality of blades in a fine state or an inversion state in which the pitch angle thereof differs in 180 degrees from that of the fine state, and wherein said acoustic generator outputs acoustic wave to said one or more of said plurality of blades.",0.9129137100573587,0.17417257988528267
8584857,"1. A card package, comprising: a PTP sheet and a mount sheet, the PTP sheet including a molded product which has multiple projecting portions accommodating products therein and a flat portion provided in the circumference of the projecting portions, and a rupturable sheet which is affixed to the molded product to seal openings of the projecting portions, the PTP sheet being affixed to the mount sheet, wherein: the mount sheet includes: a first surface to be placed on the PTP sheet on a surface on which the projecting portions are projecting; multiple holes formed in the first surface and in which the projecting portions are placed; a second surface to be placed on an opposite surface of the PTP sheet; multiple rupturable portions formed in the second surface at positions corresponding to each of the projections when the second surface is folded and placed on the PTP sheet; a fixing means which holds the PTP sheet between the first surface and the second surface; and an ejector tool formed on the first surface and has a pressing portion which faces the projecting portions of the PTP sheet.",0.033463993863207135,0.06692798772641428
9113513,"1. A method for controlling changes in light intensity in an illumination system that emits light in response to an output drive signal updatable at a plurality of times separated by a time period P 2 , the method comprising: (A) receiving a dimming signal indicating a desired light intensity; (B) sampling the dimming signal with a sampling period P (C) sampling the dimming signal with the sampling period P (D) computing a change increment for the output drive signal by multiplying a difference between the first and second average dimming signals by (P (E) changing the output drive signal by the change increment; and (F) repeating steps (A)-(E) until a light intensity emitted by the illumination system substantially matches the desired light intensity indicated by the dimming signal.",0.44255459226510285,0.8851091845302057
9291091,"1. A method comprising: providing an internal combustion propulsion engine of a vehicle coupled to road- engaging drive wheels through a drivetrain; providing a turbocharger comprising a turbine in the exhaust passageway operated by exhaust gas from the exhaust manifold and a compressor in the intake passageway upstream of the intake manifold through which air passes prior to entering the plurality of cylinders; providing an exhaust gas recirculation valve and an exhaust gas recirculation passageway for diverting some exhaust gas from the exhaust passageways to the intake passageway to create an air-exhaust mixture, entering the intake manifold: and providing a controller operatively connected with the exhaust gas recirculation; providing a compression release brake that is activated by releasing air compressed in at least one of the plurality of cylinders into the exhaust passageway when the pistons are reciprocated by the drive wheels through the drive train rather than by in-cylinder combustion so that energy of the released air is not recovered as a contribution to propulsion of the vehicles; in response to activation of the compression release brake when the vehicle is operating at an elevation above sea level and the compressor is operating in a region of an operating map that causes the compression release brake to decelerate the vehicle more slowly at said elevation than if at sea level for otherwise the same operating conditions, controlling the compression release brake to decelerate the vehicle less slowly by controlling the exhaust gas recirculation valve to reduce at least one of an amount of exhaust gas being diverted from the exhaust passageway to the intake passageway and the diverted exhaust gas being cooled by an exhaust gas recirculation cooler.",0.9755031806640571,0.048993638671885886
8828499,"1. A method of holographically structuring a target suitable for use in a spark evaporation coating process for producing metal oxide coatings, the method comprising: forming a matrix of aluminum with non-conducting aluminum oxide particles being embedded therein, the embedded particles having a diameter that is less than 100 μm and being configured to raise a melting point of the matrix above a melting point of the aluminum, the forming of the matrix comprising: structuring a lattice of the particles, the structuring of the lattice comprising forming lattice grooves; and forming a conducting surface of the target, the conducting surface being configured to enable unhindered movement of the spark about the target, the forming of the conducting surface comprising filling the lattice grooves with the aluminum.",0.587998785651261,0.8240024286974781
9112079,"1. A photovoltaic cell comprising: a block including at least one semiconductor substrate, the semiconductor substrate comprising a first main face, a second main face, a first side face and a second side face, the side faces being orthogonal to the main faces; at least one photovoltaic junction formed in the at least one semiconductor substrate, the at least one photovoltaic junction being connected to a first electrical contact element disposed on the first main face and to a second electrical contact element on the second main face; a first electrically conducting wire element connected to the first electrical contact element or the second electrical contact element; and a first transparent cover arranged on the first main face which includes a first groove in an external face of the photovoltaic cell extending along the entire length of the first main face or the second main face in a direction from the first side face to the second side face the first electrically conducting wire element being embedded into the first groove.",0.8675008635995084,0.2649982728009832
9036940,"1. A method for use in reducing noise in a video that includes a series of frames, said method comprising: determining an expected value corresponding to each area of a plurality of areas within a first frame of the series of frames; calculating a surprise value associated with each area of the plurality of areas based at least in part on the expected value and an actual value corresponding to the area, wherein the surprise value represents a divergence of the actual value from the expected value; executing a fast gain filter process to the first frame by: applying a fixed pattern noise filter to the first frame by:",0.05475207394430539,0.10950414788861074
8584604,"1. A method for controlling combustion in an oxygen fired boiler, comprising the steps of: separating air into oxygen and other nitrogen-prevailing gas by an air separation unit, burning the oxygen obtained by the air separation unit and fuel in a boiler body to heat feedwater to produce steam, partly recirculating combustion exhaust gas from the boiler body, at least after dust removal treatment, as recirculation gas to the boiler body, supplying oxygen to the boiler body in a setting amount in accordance with a boiler load demand, measuring a heat absorption amount of the boiler using an inlet temperature of the feedwater supplied to the boiler body and an outlet temperature of steam and/or a combustion exhaust gas temperature in the boiler, and controlling a recirculation flow rate of said recirculation gas to said boiler body to make the heat absorption amount equal to a targeted heat absorption amount to thereby control a concentration of oxygen in all gas guided to the boiler body, wherein the boiler is provided with a line for supply of said oxygen mixed with the recirculation gas to the boiler body and a line for supply of said oxygen directly to the boiler body, further comprising the steps of",0.894881518431704,0.2102369631365919
9635759,"1. A flexible circuit comprising: a flexible substrate; a plurality of conductor pads disposed on the flexible substrate, each of the plurality of conductor pads comprising: a plurality of electronic packages, each of the plurality of electronic packages being coupled to the first contact region of one of the conductor pads and the second contact region of an adjacent one of the contact pads.",0.7112621837167031,0.5774756325665937
8422416,"1. A method of updating a sleep mode parameter in a terminal, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, a service flow configuration request (DSx-REQ) message in sleep mode, the service flow configuration request (DSx-REQ) message comprising a service flow parameter for service flow configuration and a sleep cycle identifier (SCID) for changing or switching sleep cycle setting; applying the sleep cycle identifier (SCID) included in the service flow configuration request (DSx-REQ) message, and updating the sleep cycle identifier (SCID) to the sleep cycle identifier (SCID) included in the service flow configuration request (DSx-REQ) message, wherein the service flow configuration request (DSx-REQ) message further comprises a start frame number field indicating a frame to which the sleep cycle identifier (SCID) included in the service flow configuration request (DSx-REQ) message is applied, and wherein the updated sleep cycle identifier (SCID) is applied based on the start frame number field.",0.6849027589855181,0.6301944820289638
9560593,"1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: receiving, at a station of a first independent basic service set (IBSS) network, a first beacon from a second IBSS network, wherein the first beacon identifies a timing synchronization function (TSF) of the second IBSS network; and transmitting, by the station, a second beacon at a next target beacon transmission time (TBTT) of the first IBSS network based on a comparison of the TSF of the second IBSS network with a TSF stored by the station, wherein the second beacon identifies a TSF of the second IBSS network.",0.2616499433086112,0.5232998866172224
9739268,"1. A transient liquid pressure power generation system, comprising: a liquid source; a transient pressure drive device fluidly coupled to the liquid source to receive liquid from the liquid source, the transient pressure drive device comprising a drive component, and a valve to cause a high pressure transient wave in the liquid traveling toward the liquid source to operate the drive component; a liquid velocity continuation component downstream of the transient pressure drive device; a bypass conduit fluidly coupled to the liquid source and the liquid velocity continuation component; and a heat source fluidly coupled to the liquid velocity continuation component and the liquid source to receive liquid from the liquid velocity continuation component and heat liquid returning to the liquid source, wherein the liquid velocity continuation component operates to maintain continuous liquid flow from the liquid source to the heat source from the transient pressure drive device or the bypass conduit to cause substantially immediate maximum liquid flow velocity from the transient pressure drive device upon opening the valve.",0.9149562990131598,0.17008740197368044
9809130,"1. An electric motor control system for a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle speed module that determines a vehicle speed; a closed loop (CL) module that determines a CL torque based on a difference between a target vehicle speed and the vehicle speed; a motor torque module that determines a motor torque based on the CL torque and a motor torque request determined based on a position of an accelerator pedal; a target speed module that selectively sets the target vehicle speed based on adjusting the vehicle speed to a predetermined speed of zero in response to receipt of an input by a driver to an input device that is different than the accelerator pedal and a brake pedal; and a switching control module that controls switching of an inverter based on the motor torque to control application of power to an electric motor of the vehicle.",0.9576169799764148,0.08476604004717037
8789579,"1. A downhole tool for incorporation in a drill pipe for selective operation of the tool from surface level when the tool is in a wellbore, said selectively operable tool comprising: a controller electrically powered by a power source separate from surface level; a first sensor of the controller to detect a dynamic variable of the tool in the wellbore and produce an output signal dependent thereon; a second sensor of the controller to detect a mechanical signal transmitted from an operator at surface level; a motor driven by the power source under the control of the controller when said mechanical signal is received; and an actuator driven by the motor to actuate the tool; wherein the controller switches between at least two states in response to changes in said dynamic variable, only in said second state the controller being receptive to said mechanical signal from the operator to drive the motor.",0.5178155563025633,0.9643688873948735
9105269,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting a change in a context associated with a computing device; in response to detecting the change in the context associated with the computing device, classifying a changed context as a context that likely indicates that ambient sounds will include one or more trigger terms that correspond to a request from a user for the computing device to perform an operation; in response to classifying the changed context as a context that likely indicates that ambient sounds will include the one or more trigger terms that correspond to the request from the user for the computing device to perform an operation, switching the computing device to a mode of operation in which the computing device monitors the ambient sounds for the one or more trigger terms that correspond to the request from the user for the computing device to perform an operation; receiving the ambient sounds; receiving data indicating that the ambient sounds include the one or more trigger terms that correspond to the request from the user for the computing device to perform an operation; and in response to receiving data indicating that the ambient sounds include the one or more trigger terms that correspond to the request from the user for the computing device to perform the operation, providing an output that is responsive to the request.",0.22593636508316794,0.4518727301663359
8660118,"1. A system for address next hop scaling, the system comprising: a packet forwarding device including:",0.2937286905600797,0.5874573811201594
9693289,1. A network device comprising: a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and processing circuitry to execute the processor executable instructions to:,0.45588184840494056,0.9117636968098811
9660686,"1. A portable terminal provided with a display unit, the portable terminal comprising: a display unit cabinet including a reinforcing sheet metal which has been provided by insert molding so as to be arranged close to a backside of the display unit; a signal conductor extending from the display unit toward a backside of the portable terminal; a main substrate arranged close to a backside of the reinforcing sheet metal; and a signal conductor through hole which is formed in the display unit cabinet and through which the signal conductor runs in a curved manner such that a tip end of the signal conductor extends toward the main substrate, wherein a portion of the reinforcing sheet metal surrounding a peripheral edge of the signal conductor through hole is bent toward the backside of the portable terminal, thereby forming a yet-to-be filled recess, the peripheral edge of the signal conductor through hole is covered with a resin material injected to fill the recess during the insert molding, and a front surface of the reinforcing sheet metal is continuous with a front surface of the resin material with which the recess is filled.",0.2630369803687963,0.5260739607375926
9765426,"1. A sputter target for electrochemical device layer deposition, comprising: a composite lithium-containing target material comprising:",0.8142489518054513,0.37150209638909737
8610258,"1. A package comprising: a first die; a second die: an interface connecting said first die and said second die, at least one of said first and second dies comprising a memory, said interface configured to transport both control signals and memory transactions; a sampling circuit configured to sample a data value of said control signals before transport on said interface; and a control circuit configured to control timing of the data value sampling operation performed by the sampling circuit in dependence on at least one quality of service parameter associated with a respective control signal.",0.093171956090037,0.18634391218007407
8354085,"1. A process for separating minor actinides from lanthanides in the reprocessing of a spent nuclear fuel comprising providing a fluid mixture comprising, a trace amount of fission products, lanthanides, minor actinides, rare earth elements, nitric acid and water; adding at least one first organic complexing agent to the fluid mixture; extracting the fluid mixture with a solvent comprising a mixture a first extractant, a second extractant and an organic diluent to form a first organic extractant stream and a first aqueous raffinate comprising fission products, performing at least a first scrubbing step on the first organic extractant stream with a mixture of dicarboxylic acid and a first chelating agent to form a first scrubber discharge; in a first stripping step, stripping the scrubber discharge with a buffer and a second chelating agent in the pH range of from about 2.5 to about 6.1 to produce an actinide and lanthanide stream and a spent organic diluent, where the first extractant is selected from the group consisting of bis(2-ethylhexyl)hydrogen phosphate (HDEHP) and mono(2-ethylhexyl)-2-ethylhexyl phosphonate (HEH(EHP)) and the second extractant is selected from the group consisting of N,N,N,N-tetra-2-ethylhexyl diglycol amide (TEHDGA) and N,N,N′,N′-tetraoctyl-3-oxapentanediamide (TODGA).",0.8016230648415927,0.3967538703168145
9219443,"1. A solar panel mounting for installing a solar cell panel on a seam-type folded-plate roof, the mounting comprising: a metal foundation fixedly attachable to a ridge of the folded-plate roof; a plurality of first brackets including a foundation-side-bracket and a panel-side-bracket, the first brackets each comprising: a base of elongated shape; and a mounting bracket to mount the foundation-side bracket and the panel-side bracket on the base, wherein the metal foundation, the foundation-side bracket, and the panel-side bracket being stacked, in order, in a stacking direction, and the sloped surfaces of the hypotenuse portions of the first triangular portions of the foundation-side and panel-side brackets are in surface contact with each other such that the first triangular portions of the foundation-side and panel-side brackets are arranged in opposite orientation to each other in the stacking direction.",0.9876388326591389,0.024722334681722247
8462914,"1. A method for providing automated incident response information, comprising: receiving a call from a caller about an incident; obtaining information from the caller about the incident; selecting one or more presentations from a display of presentations in sequence based on the information provided from the caller, wherein the sequence of displayed presentations corresponds to an appropriate response protocol to the incident; and providing incident response instructions based on information provided in the presentations; wherein the one or more presentations are stored in an accessible data repository; and wherein the appropriate response protocol is provided by a response protocol source and is instantly updated when the response protocol source is updated.",0.06870906433288458,0.1374181286657692
9344327,"1. A network system, comprising: a computing unit; and a management controller configured to control a device operation of the computing unit, the device operation including at least one of an operation to power up, an operation to power down, an operation to reset, an operation to power cycle, or an operation to refresh the computing unit; wherein the computing unit includes: a wireless element configured to allow wireless communication between the computing unit and the management controller over a management network; and a wired element configured to allow wired communication between the computing unit and a client device over a data network that is independent from the management network; and wherein the management controller is also configured to route network data to the client device over the management network via the wireless element and reduce a communication bandwidth demand for routing the network data below a prior level in response to detecting a loss of connection to the data network at the computing unit.",0.8679919360116771,0.26401612797664575
9343762,"1. A relative humidity and condensed water estimator for a fuel cell, comprising: a plurality of controllers programmed to dynamically estimate relative humidity and condensed water in a fuel cell system, wherein the relative humidity and condensed water estimator is utilized in control of the fuel cell system involving control of an anode condensed water drain by inputting flow rate of air supplied to a cathode of the fuel cell, cooling water temperature at an inlet or an outlet of the fuel cell, air pressure sensor data or air flow-based map data at the inlet or the outlet of the fuel cell, and hydrogen pressure sensor data at the inlet or the outlet of the fuel cell; and by outputting air-side relative humidity, hydrogen-side relative humidity, membrane water contents, oxygen supercharging ratio, hydrogen supercharging ratio, or residual water in the fuel cell, wherein outputs of the relative humidity and condensed water estimator are dynamically calculated at intervals of 2 milliseconds to 500 milliseconds for controlling the fuel cell without a relative humidity sensor monitoring the relative humidity inside the fuel cell.",0.9760695000277062,0.04786099994458759
9322314,"1. A method for operating a dosing unit for dosing reducing agent into an exhaust-gas treatment device for purification of exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising the following steps: providing the dosing unit with at least one delivery pump, at least one injector disposed at the exhaust-gas treatment device and at least one line section conducting reducing agent from the at least one delivery pump to the at least one injector; a) operating the dosing unit at an operating pressure to dose reducing agent into the exhaust-gas treatment device; b) deactivating the dosing unit; and c) maintaining a first pressure, being higher than the operating pressure, in the at least one line section, for at least one first time period; and carrying out a pressure increase from the operating pressure to the first pressure in the at least one line section during the deactivation in step b); and opening a relief valve on the at least one line section only after the first time period has elapsed and leading the reducing agent back to a reducing agent supply tank via the relief valve.",0.9625527568539053,0.07489448629218942
9658344,"1. An apparatus comprising: an array of scintillator crystals, each scintillator crystal having a polished end, a roughened end opposite the polished end, and a plurality of polished sides extending between the polished end and the roughened end; a specular reflector layer between adjacent polished sides of adjacent ones of said array of scintillator crystals; and a diffusive reflector layer adjacent the roughened ends of said array of scintillator crystals.",0.1192088351006557,0.23841767020131144
8714172,"1. A pole grip with a hand loop attached thereto, the pole grip comprising: a fastening mechanism for the hand loop, which allows the hand loop to be fixed with variable length, wherein the fastening mechanism is arranged in a recess in a head region of the pole grip, wherein the fastening mechanism comprises a triggering element pivotably mounted about a pivot axis, arranged transversely in relation to a pole axis or pole grip axis, and arranged in the recess, wherein the recess is designed as a through-opening which is aligned at an acute angle to the pole axis and the lower opening of which opens outwards within or above a rear grip region facing the palm of the hand, and the upper opening of which opens upwards towards the upper side of the pole grip, wherein the hand loop is fastened by a first end portion to the triggering element, passes through the lower opening outwards towards the hand, and the hand loop is inserted with a second end portion through the lower opening into the recess, in a securely clamped state is guided between an inner wall and a retaining region of the triggering element arranged above the pivot axis, and is clamped in a force-fitting and/or form-fitting manner, and is guided through the upper opening out of the pole grip, and wherein the clamping is released by a tilting of the triggering element about the pivot axis and the second end portion can be moved downwards in the pole grip.",0.003697052944262718,0.007394105888525404
9722193,"1. A phosphorescent compound comprising a metal and a monoanionic, bidentate ligand selected from the group below, wherein the metal is selected from the group consisting of the non-radioactive metals with atomic numbers greater than 40, and wherein the bidentate ligand may be linked with other ligands to comprise a tridentate, tetradentate, pentadentate or hexadentate ligand; wherein: E R",0.6619522208154214,0.6760955583691572
9394162,"1. A method, comprising: forming a plurality of cavities in a layer of silicon oxide on a first side of a first wafer, the first wafer having a second side opposite the first side; bonding a second wafer with the first wafer such that the second wafer seals the plurality of cavities in the layer of silicon oxide; annealing the first wafer and the second wafer after bonding them together the annealing utilizing a first temperature; thinning the first wafer or the second wafer after the annealing to create a thinned wafer; etching a plurality of trenches in the thinned wafer, the plurality of trenches defining a plurality of electrode regions of the thinned wafer; filling the plurality of trenches in the thinned wafer with an insulating material; forming metal contacts on the plurality of electrode regions of the thinned wafer; aligning the thinned wafer with an integrated circuit wafer having integrated circuitry formed therein; bonding the thinned wafer with the integrated circuit wafer having integrated circuitry formed therein using the metal contacts on the thinned wafer to contact bonding points on the integrated circuit wafer, wherein bonding the thinned wafer with the integrated circuit wafer is performed at a second temperature less than the first temperature; and forming a flexible membrane by thinning, after bonding the thinned wafer with the integrated circuit wafer, the first wafer or the second wafer, whichever was not previously thinned as part of forming the thinned wafer.",0.6704312623501708,0.6591374752996584
9422917,"1. A safety system for a wind turbine, wherein the wind turbine includes a tower, a nacelle, and a rotor with blades, the safety system comprising: at least one load sensing system configured to provide a load signal significant for a load on the tower or rotor; a validation sensor configured to provide an additional load signal; and an electronic system that:",0.8432731394328437,0.3134537211343127
9737804,"1. A method for facilitating video games amongst multiple users, the method comprising: providing a video game; monitoring a communication directed from one user to at least another user while simultaneously providing the video game, the communication comprising at least one of a non video game event and a video game event; generating a duplicate version of the monitored communications; determining if the non-video game event has occurred within the duplicate version of the monitored communication; determining if the video game event has occurred within the duplicate version of the monitored communication; and providing a video game input in response to determining that the video game event has occurred.",0.008444750853352275,0.016889501706704557
9130479,"1. An adaptive controlling method for controlling energy, E in , supplied by an electrical source to a resonance tank connectable to an electric load, the method comprising controlling the electrical source to maintain a buffer component of a resonance tank energy of the resonance tank to be proportional to the energy, E in , supplied by the electrical source, wherein a fraction α of the energy, E wherein with and subject to: wherein i",0.9578933706076933,0.08421325878461339
9338725,"1. A mobile end-user device for use in a dynamic and stochastic asynchronously updated wireless ad-hoc network comprising: a. a wireless communication portal for wirelessly connecting to neighboring wireless end-user devices that are part of the dynamic and stochastic asynchronously updated wireless ad-hoc network; b. one or more processors; and c. a computer-readable medium coupled to the one or more processors having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform at least the following steps:",0.4811890847235021,0.9623781694470042
8746271,"1. A flow control valve comprising: a housing, which defines a longitudinally extending passage between an flow inlet and a flow outlet of the housing; a closing element in the passage, wherein at least a portion of the closing element is movable between a fully open position, in which a gas is allowed to flow past the closing element, and a fully closed position, in which the closing element closes said passage near the flow inlet, so that no gas is allowed to flow past the closing element, wherein a clearance for gas flow is provided between the closing element and an inner wall of the housing when said portion of the closing element is in the open position; a motor casing provided in the passage downstream of the closing element, wherein the closing element is arranged to slide along the motor casing, the motor casing comprising an electric motor for causing the closing element to move between the open and closed positions and wherein the motor is connected to the closing element via a driving element; a pressure difference sensor for detecting a pressure difference across the closing element; a position sensor for detecting a position of the closing element or said portion thereof between the fully open and the fully closed position; and an electronic memory loaded with a table of positions of the closing element or said portion thereof and corresponding valve-specific constant values; and an electronic processor programmed to determine a flow rate based on the pressure difference, the position and the corresponding valve-specific constant at any detected position of the closing element or said portion thereof.",0.6756843796702996,0.6486312406594008
8479011,"1. A method for providing authentication of a user to a first peripheral device connected to a host computer using an authentication of the user on an independently connected second peripheral device also connected to the host computer, allowing the user access to both devices through a single authentication, comprising: operating the host computer to detect that the user is attempting use of the first peripheral device; operating the second peripheral device to cause the user to authenticate to the second peripheral device; operating the host computer to cause the second peripheral device which is independently connected to the host computer to execute a security function that utilizes a unique characteristic of the second peripheral device to produce a result that uniquely links the first peripheral device to the second peripheral device and that ensures that the first peripheral device cannot be accessed without authentication via the second peripheral device, and the result of which may be used by the host computer to compute an authentication phrase that may be validated by the first peripheral device as a credential allowing access to the first peripheral device conditioned upon the presence of and successful authentication to the second peripheral device; operating the host computer to calculate the authentication phrase based on the result of the security function returned from the second peripheral device; transmitting the authentication phrase from the host computer to the first peripheral device; operating the first peripheral device to allow the user access to private assets stored on the first peripheral device only upon positive determination by the first peripheral device that the user has been authenticated based on verification of the authentication phrase as corresponding to an accepted authentication phrase.",0.022608446549540483,0.045216893099080946
9545998,1. A bunk assembly comprising: a first plurality of bunks comprising:,0.6124345835106892,0.7751308329786215
9109068,"1. An anionic hybrid copolymer composition comprising: a hybrid copolymer derived from at least one anionic ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, ethacrylic acid, α-chloro-acrylic acid, α-cyano acrylic acid, β-methyl-acrylic acid, α-phenyl acrylic acid, β-acryloxy propionic acid, sorbic acid, α-chloro sorbic acid, angelic acid, cinnamic acid, p-chloro cinnamic acid, β-styryl acrylic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, citraconic acid, mesaconic acid, glutaconic acid, aconitic acid, fumaric acid, tricarboxy ethylene, muconic acid, 2-acryloxypropionic acid, 2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, sodium methallyl sulfonate, sulfonated styrene, allyloxybenzene sulfonic acid, vinyl phosphonic acid, and mixtures thereof; and a naturally derived hydroxyl containing chain transfer agent as an end group, wherein the chain transfer agent is obtained from a renewable source; and a hybrid synthetic copolymer derived from the at least one anionic ethylenically unsaturated monomer with at least one initiator fragment as an end group, said hybrid synthetic copolymer having the structure: wherein I is the initiator fragment, H is a proton abstracted from the naturally derived hydroxyl containing chain transfer agent and M hsc is a synthetic portion of the hybrid synthetic copolymer derived from the at least one anionic ethylenically unsaturated monomer; and wherein the chain transfer agent is present in amounts greater than 80% by weight to about 99% by weight, based on the total weight of the hybrid copolymer; and wherein the chain transfer agent is a monosaccharide, disaccharide, oligosaccharide or polysaccharide.",0.7259412929306861,0.5481174141386278
8864100,"1. An apparatus for connecting adjacent panels having aligned openings, the apparatus comprising, a pin assembly including: a) an engagement pin having an attachment end and an engaging end and a longitudinal axis; b) a latch coupled to the engagement pin and having a locked and an unlocked position with respect to the adjacent panels, wherein the latch being in the locked position the latch overlaps and holds together the adjacent panels and wherein the latch being in the unlocked position the latch does not engage the panels; and c) a biasing member having forward and rearward ends, the biasing member forward end being attached to the attachment end of the engagement pin and wherein the biasing member has a compressed configuration and an expanded configuration, in the expanded configuration: the biasing member, as a result of pin assembly being struck drives the engagement pin engaging end through the aligned openings in the adjacent panels, while the latch is rotated about the longitudinal axis from the unlocked position into the locked position to lock the adjacent panels together.",0.11792196742607862,0.23584393485215727
9084856,"1. A reperfusion system for use in treating a patient undergoing an interventional procedure in which a blood flow to a tissue has been reduced comprising: a vascular perfusion catheter; and an oxygenation controller in fluid communication with the vascular perfusion catheter, the oxygenation controller comprising",0.40933393206966867,0.8186678641393373
9466165,"1. A method of maintaining equipment, said method comprising: a) locating at a first location on said equipment a FOB reader, said FOB reader adapted to interface with an operational component of said equipment such that said operational component is controlled by said FOB reader; b) attaching to a single system component of said equipment a FOB that includes identifying data that uniquely identifies said single system component, said single system component and said FOB located during normal operation of said operational component of said equipment at a second location that is physically separated from said first location by a distance that said FOB reader is unable to read said identifying data when said FOB is at said second location, and wherein said single system component is checked by an operator to evaluate an operating condition of said operational component of said equipment; c) moving said FOB and the attached single system component from said second location to said first location by said operator into proximity to said FOB reader to cause said FOB reader to read said identifying data; and d) controlling said operational component of said equipment with said FOB reader in response to said FOB reader reading said identifying data.",0.29414487507963916,0.5882897501592783
9792834,"1. A computer for identifying problems concerning accessibility in content, the computer comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to said memory; a persistent storage device coupled to said memory and said processor; a display device coupled to said memory and said processor; a screen reader software module stored in said persistent storage device; a text-to-speech engine software module stored in said persistent storage device; a speaker device coupled to said memory and said processor; an input device coupled to said memory and said processor; and a reporter software module stored in said persistent storage device; wherein said processor is operative to: wherein the web content is described in a document object model (DOM) and the plurality of structured objects correspond to a plurality of DOM nodes, and wherein said processor is further operative to execute said reporter software module to determine which of said plurality of structured objects is associated with said flaw in said web content manifested in said audible reading by determining an identification result by examining at least a portion of said DOM nodes corresponding to a portion of said operational history adjacent said specification operation input.",0.047290675766613006,0.094581351533226
9605605,"1. A vehicle control apparatus comprising: an internal combustion engine; an electric motor connected with wheels of a vehicle; a clutch that switches between a disengaged state in which the internal combustion engine is disconnected from the electric motor and an engaged state in which the internal combustion engine is connected with the electric motor; and a wheel disconnecting clutch that switches between a disengaged state in which the wheels are disconnected from the electric motor and an engaged state in which the wheels are connected with the electric motor, wherein the vehicle control apparatus is configured to start the internal combustion engine by the electric motor after switching the clutch to the engaged state by: controlling the electric motor to rotate and controlling the clutch to switch to the engaged state from the disengaged state to cause the internal combustion engine and the electric motor to both rotate at a synchronous rotational speed lower than a target rotational speed, controlling the electric motor to increase a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine and the electric motor from the synchronous rotational speed to the target rotational speed, and starting the internal combustion engine at the target rotational speed, and wherein the vehicle control apparatus is further configured to: cause the wheel disconnecting clutch to switch to the disengaged state in response to starting rotation of the electric motor.",0.9274087154603422,0.1451825690793156
8430716,"1. A polishing method for polishing a workpiece, the polishing method comprising: carrying out processing of a surface to be polished of a workpiece by supplying a liquid to a polishing surface of a turntable and pressing the surface to be polished of the workpiece held by a holding device against the polishing surface while moving the workpiece and the polishing surface relative to each other at a first relative speed; attracting the workpiece after the processing to the holding device while moving the workpiece and the polishing surface at a second relative speed, which is lower than the first relative speed, thereby detaching the workpiece from the polishing surface; and lifting up the holding device together with the workpiece.",0.19682135926881184,0.39364271853762367
9147882,"1. A binder for a lithium ion secondary battery electrode, being obtained by emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing, as essential constituents, 15 to 70 mass % of styrene with respect to the total mass of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, 0.1 to 5 mass % of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester having a polar group with respect to the total mass of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, another ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, and an internal cross-linking agent in the presence of a surfactant, and having a glass transition temperature of 30° C. or lower.",0.7493754459728292,0.5012491080543415
8888609,"1. A golf club head defining recesses for receiving removable weights, the club head defining a threaded opening in a wall of each recess, the golf club head comprising: a body comprising a face plate positioned at a forward portion of the golf club head, a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt positioned around a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown, wherein the body defines an interior cavity; and at least one weight comprising a head and a threaded body extending from the head and configured to cooperatively engage the threaded opening of the club head; wherein the head defining a socket for receiving an engagement end of a tool, the head configured to substantially conform to the recesses of the club head; wherein the threaded body having an annular ledge located in an intermediate region thereof, the annular ledge having a diameter greater than that of a threaded portion of the body, the weight having a total mass between about 1 gram and about 18 grams; wherein the golf club head has a volume between about 250 cm",0.02569830013965338,0.0513966002793067
9112332,"1. A vertical external cavity surface emitting laser (VECSEL) structure, comprising: a first reflector; a second reflector; a heterostructure comprising an active region that includes one or more quantum well structures configured to emit radiation at a wavelength, λ an electron beam source configured to generate the electron beam which is directed toward the active region; and at least one electrical contact electrically coupled to the heterostructure and configured to provide a current path between the heterostructure and ground, the electrical contact configured to discharge electrons arising from the electron beam pumping of the heterostructure to ground.",0.24560227017435787,0.49120454034871575
9711100,"1. A common voltage distortion detecting circuit, comprising: a current sensor disposed between a circuit configured to apply a common voltage to a liquid crystal display panel and an input power terminal providing a power voltage; a voltage difference detecting circuit configured to detect a difference voltage between two terminals of the current sensor; and a comparator configured to compare the difference voltage and a reference voltage to output an over current signal to convert an inversion method of the liquid crystal display panel when the difference voltage is greater than the reference voltage.",0.25861159723485433,0.5172231944697087
9853568,"1. A power conversion device, comprising: a resonant inverter circuit including two or more switch elements; a detector to detect output currents of the switch elements; a resonance determiner to determine that a resonance frequency of the resonant inverter circuit is abnormal when a number of times, in which an absolute value of a current detected by the detector at turn-off of the switch elements is equal to or greater than a threshold, is equal to or greater than a predetermined number of times that is two or more during a predetermined period that is equal to or longer than two switching periods of the switch elements; and a controller to cause the resonant inverter circuit to stop a switching operation when the resonance determiner determines that the resonance frequency of the resonant inverter circuit is abnormal.",0.9587983447948273,0.08240331041034543
9424417,"1. A method for authenticating a computing device to access functionalities, comprising: receiving, in the computing device, a first signal from a proximity beacon device; obtaining, from the received first signal, information that indicates whether the proximity beacon device has detected movement; determining whether the obtained information from the received first signal matches stored data corresponding to the validity of a known location of the proximity beacon device; performing an abbreviated authentication operation for the computing device to access the functionalities in response to determining that the obtained information from the received first signal matches the stored data; and performing a normal authentication operation for the computing device to access the functionalities in response to determining that the obtained information from the received first signal does not match the stored data.",0.49095698218317896,0.9819139643663579
9538600,"1. An LED driver for controlling an intensity of an LED light source, the LED driver comprising: an LED drive circuit configured to conduct a load current through the LED light source and to control the intensity of the LED light source; a current sense circuit configured to provide a load current feedback signal that indicates a magnitude of the load current; and a control circuit configured to generate at least one drive signal for controlling the LED drive circuit to adjust an average magnitude of the load current, the control circuit configured to adjust an operational characteristic of the at least one drive signal in response to the load current feedback signal in order to control the intensity of the LED light source towards a target intensity, wherein the control circuit is configured to operate in a normal mode to regulate the average magnitude of the load current towards a target load current that ranges from a maximum rated current to a minimum rated current, the control circuit further configured to operate in a burst mode to regulate the average magnitude of the load current below the minimum rated current; wherein, during the burst mode, the control circuit is configured to control the LED drive circuit in an active state during a first time period in which the control circuit adjusts the operational characteristic of the at least one drive signal to regulate a peak magnitude of the load current towards approximately the minimum rated current in response to the load current feedback signal, the control circuit further configured to control the LED drive circuit in an inactive state during a second time period in which the control circuit stops generating the at least one drive signal and maintains the operational characteristic of the at least one drive signal constant, such that the average magnitude of the load current is less than the minimum rated current.",0.7669334727939761,0.4661330544120479
9758793,"1. A construct comprising a heterologous promoter operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence having pesticidal activity, wherein said nucleotide sequence is selected from the group consisting of: a) the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1; and b) a nucleotide sequence that encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3 or 4.",0.7519065648747302,0.49618687025053965
9311716,"1. A method comprising: segmenting a static image containing a target object into multiple regions based on one or more visual features of the static image; analyzing video content containing the target object to determine a similarity metric across the multiple segmented regions based on motion information associated with each of the multiple segmented regions; and applying the similarity metric to the static image to identify two or more of the multiple segmented regions as being portions of the target object; wherein at least one of said segmenting, said analyzing, and said applying is carried out by a computing device.",0.011903414822853047,0.02380682964570613
9237525,"1. A method of saving power for a millimeter wave (mmW) station capable of operating in both a mmW personal basic service set (PBSS) and an infrastructure BSS including an access point and associated stations, the method comprising: providing a control point in the mmW PBSS having a data transfer time schedule including contention-based periods and service periods; and providing a plurality of mmW stations in communication with the control point via the mmW PBSS, each mmW station having an awake mode and a sleep mode, the plurality of mmW stations being configured to",0.8720648521516873,0.25587029569662545
9078268,"1. A method of transmitting an uplink (UL) access signal at a terminal in a communication system, the method comprising: selecting a first downlink (DL) transmitting (TX) beam in a first set of DL TX beams based on measurements of a plurality of first reference signals for the first set transmitted by a Base Station (BS); selecting a second DL TX beam in a second set of DL TX beams based on measurements of a plurality of second reference signals for the second set transmitted by the BS, the second set being mapped to the first DL TX beam; and receiving, from the BS, signaling information including information about the second set of DL TX beams constituting each of DL TX beams included in the first set of DL TX beams; transmitting the UL access signal using resource allocation information for a second UL receiving (RX) beam corresponding to the second DL TX beam, obtained from the signaling information, wherein the selecting of the first DL TX beam comprises selecting a combination of the first DL TX beam and a first DL RX beam having a lowest path loss, among combinations of the first set and a third set of DL TX beams, using the first measurements.",0.1588801999407323,0.31776039988146465
8664138,"1. A method for regenerating deactivated alumina brought from regenerating working fluid in making hydrogen peroxide to become activated alumina consisting of following steps: adding the deactivated alumina containing precipitation of degradation products and polymers with fire resistant alumina into a reactor through a top of the reactor and settling by gravity; adding oxidizing atmosphere which runs upwardly into the reactor from a bottom of the reactor, and discharging regenerated alumina and the fire resistant alumina through a discharging device on the bottom of the reactor, discharging exit gas through a discharge port on the top of the reactor; wherein, a reaction temperature is from 360° C. to 800° C., a stay time of the deactivated alumina and fire resistant alumina in the reactor is from 3 h to 15 h, and a volume-weight ratio of the oxygen contained in the oxidizing atmosphere to the deactivated alumina plus fire resistant alumina is: carbureted hydrogen organics in the deactivated alumina are exhausted by self-burning in the oxidizing atmosphere.",0.9634155730795637,0.07316885384087257
8798222,"1. A method for linearizing a phase interpolator, comprising: obtaining a mapping of up to 2 identifying an M bit value corresponding to a desired phase value; determining an N bit value that is mapped to said identified M bit value, where M is a value greater than N; applying said determined N bit value to a selector indexed by said N bit value to obtain said identified M bit value; and applying said identified M bit value to said phase interpolator to obtain said desired one of said 2",0.18565426593534953,0.371308531870699
9457794,"1. A hybrid vehicle control device comprising: an engine and a motor provided as drive sources of a vehicle: a drive-wheel-side clutch provided in a drive transfer system from the drive sources to a drive wheel and configured to vary a transfer torque between the drive sources to the drive wheel; an EV-mode slip control section configured to execute a minute slip processing such that a minute slip of the drive-wheel-side clutch is generated in an EV mode where only a drive force of the motor is used as a drive force of the vehicle, the EV-mode slip control section including an engine start control section configured to execute an engine start control such that the engine is started by slipping the drive-wheel-side clutch and increasing a drive torque of the motor when a start of the engine is determined, the engine start control section including a correction limiting section configured to execute a correction limiting processing such that a reduction amount given by the correcting processing is limited under a condition that a reduction of the slip-in torque given by the slip-in processing occurs with a reduction of correction amount given by the correcting processing.",0.9355693801884983,0.12886123962300333
8657146,"1. A vessel comprising: a main body defining a hollow interior for receiving a fluid therein; and a filling material disposed in the hollow interior of the main body, wherein the filling material completely plastifies before a fragmentation of the main body to minimize a rate of flow of the fluid from the main body by dissipating energy produced as a result of a sudden release of pressure from the vessel, and wherein the filling material is not bonded.",0.5738585113425189,0.8522829773149623
9397294,"1. A composition comprising: a first semiconducting organic material (SOM 1); a second semiconducting organic material (SOM 2) different from the SOM 1; at least one solvent system, wherein the SOM 1 is a hole injection material (HIM) and the SOM 2 is a hole transporting material (HTM) different from the hole injection material, wherein the SOM 2 is functionalized to encourage surface enrichment of the SOM 2 away from a substrate when the solvent system is removed and a film is formed on the substrate, wherein the SOM 2 comprises N4,N4′-bis(4-tridecafluorononyloxyphenyl)-N4,N4′-diphenyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4,4′-diamine.",0.311428741229633,0.622857482459266
9250850,"1. An information processing apparatus including a printer driver and an adaptor, the printer driver comprising: a first transmission unit configured to transmit print data to the printer adaptor via a standard port monitor, and the printer adaptor comprising: a reception unit configured to receive the print data, which has been transmitted by the first transmission unit, from the printer driver via the standard port monitor; a spool unit configured to spool the print data which has been received by the reception unit; a checking unit configured to check a memory of an image forming apparatus; and a second transmission unit configured to transmit to the image forming apparatus the print data, which has been spooled by the spool unit, on a band-by-band basis depending on a state of the memory of the image forming apparatus.",0.1121726422147717,0.22434528442954338
9277688,"1. An air seed meter, comprising: a housing including an inner chamber; a disc mounted in said housing for rotation about an axis and having a plurality of seed cells spaced radially about the axis for retaining seeds; and an adjustable singulator for eliminating seed multiples from said seed cells, said singulator including two blades adjacent to and at least partially surrounding the seed cells; wherein the blades of the singulator are simultaneously adjustable such that a first blade is translated radially away from the axis while a second blade is adjusted radially toward the axis, and that the first blade is adjustable radially toward the axis while the second blade is adjusted radially away from the axis; and said singulator comprising a curved rim portion extending perpendicular to the disc and at least partially biased towards the axis of the disc.",0.3459889175764531,0.6919778351529062
8493531,"1. A display device comprising: a base body having a pixel area in which pixels are arranged in a matrix; an organic planarizing film composed of an organic film on the base body; a protective film on the organic planarizing film; a dry-etched layer on the protective film; a conductive film on the dry-etched layer; and a groove formed by removal of at least a portion of the organic planarizing film so as to expose a primary surface of the base body, the groove located outside the periphery of the pixel area, wherein,",0.030414201564970707,0.06082840312994142
9730566,"1. A floor treatment apparatus, comprising: a chassis comprising a front, a back, a lower surface, a front surface adjacent the front, an upper surface, a rear surface located substantially behind a center point of the chassis, a left surface, and a right surface; a platform located partially between a portion of the right surface and the left surface and at least partially behind the rear surface, wherein the platform includes a top surface adapted to receive the feet of an operator; a throttle and an operator presence device associated with a portion of the top surface; one or more batteries electrically connected to an electric monowheel drive; a steering mechanism associated with the chassis and having a portion accessible to an operator; and a floor treating device connected adjacent to the lower surface of the chassis, the floor treating device configured to scrub floors, clean carpets, vacuum floors, wax floors, burnish floors, remove wax from a floor, or remove varnish from a floor.",0.5452188400027694,0.9095623199944611
9055465,"1. A method of managing wireless communication link resources, comprising: determining a static overhead load, a data traffic load, and a signaling load of a wireless communication link between an access node and at least one wireless device; calculating a wireless communication link load based on the static overhead load, the data traffic load, and the signaling load; comparing the wireless communication link load to a first load criteria; comparing the signaling load to a second load criteria; and performing a load control process when the wireless communication link load meets the first load criteria or the signaling load meets the second load criteria.",0.7793887234461966,0.44122255310760683
9838017,"1. An apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive signals via a multi-wire bus, the receive signals representing symbols of a ternary codeword of a vector signaling code, the receiver configured to detect, for each receive signal, if the signal corresponds to a low, a medium, or a high symbol value; and a decoder configured to receive the detected symbol values of the ternary codeword, to responsively form a set of difference bits based on differences between symbol values in the received ternary codeword and symbol values in a prior received ternary codeword, and to apply the set of difference bits to a previously received data word to obtain a received data word.",0.14467675033013508,0.2893535006602701
8958198,"1. A supercapacitor apparatus, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode, said first and said second electrodes spaced apart defining an open channel therebetween; a monolith in said first electrode, said monolith including a multiplicity of electrical conductive fibers encased in said monolith; a dielectric coating on said electrical conductive fibers; a planned surface on said monolith, said planned surface exposing at least some of said electrical conductive fibers from said dielectric coating; and a non-electrical potted layer infused into said planned surface of said monolith.",0.6913721614896794,0.6172556770206412
8753858,"1. A method for stabilizing alkaline phosphatase or a conjugate thereof, the method comprising: mixing alkaline phosphatase or a conjugate thereof with an aqueous alkaline phosphatase stabilizer solution; wherein the aqueous alkaline phosphatase stabilizer solution comprises:",0.6862659362169444,0.6274681275661111
9695758,"1. A method of operating a dual fuel engine, comprising: detecting a performance parameter of gaseous fuel in a fuel system; selecting a combustion mode from a plurality of combustion modes based on the performance parameter, injecting gaseous fuel and liquid fuel into at least one cylinder of the engine according to an injection timing corresponding to the selected combustion mode.",0.9072352806386924,0.18552943872261518
9267684,"1. A soil remediation unit comprising: a canopy; a burner tube attached to the canopy including an upper securing element and a lower adjustment element; and a burner supported in a desired position by the upper securing element and the lower adjustment element; wherein the canopy comprises a first panel, a second panel and a bar, the first panel and the second panel connected together with a hinge at one edge of the first panel and the second panel, the first panel and the second panel fixed at a desired angle relative to each other with the bar.",0.923430154751906,0.15313969049618792
8985004,"1. In combination, a semi-automatic or automatic shotgun loaded with a rimless shotshell ammunition, comprising: a barrel having an interior surface defining a bore without a forcing cone; a firing chamber in which the rimless shotshell ammunition is chambered; a generally cylindrical inner surface extending through a headspace within the firing chamber, the generally cylindrical inner surface having a length of at least about 1.270 centimeters (about ½ of an inch); a seat surface within the firing chamber, the seat surface abutting against a complementary seat surface of a hull of the rimless shotshell ammunition and preventing longitudinal forward movement of the hull within the shotgun when the shotshell ammunition is fired from the shotgun, the interior surface of the barrel defining the bore having an at least substantially uniform diameter extending from the seat surface within the firing chamber to a location proximate a distal end of the barrel; and wherein the rimless shotshell ammunition comprises:",0.08510016582845034,0.17020033165690074
9171186,"1. A method comprising the steps of: calling by an application a respective function call of an operating system, the application including executable native or interpretable code; transmitting from the operating system a result of the respective function call to the application, and checking by the application the result of the respective function call for a falsification to detect an attack by the application calling a further function of the operating system, wherein the further function called by the application is different from the respective function called, and the method is performed on a data carrier in the form of a chip card, security module, or USB token.",0.25477651054640016,0.5095530210928003
9450132,"1. A photoelectric conversion device comprising: a single crystal semiconductor layer having one conductivity type over a substrate; a buffer layer including a single crystal region and an amorphous region over the single crystal semiconductor layer; a first semiconductor layer including a single crystal region and an amorphous region over and in direct contact with the buffer layer; and a second semiconductor layer having a conductivity type opposite to the one conductivity type over the first semiconductor layer, wherein a proportion of the amorphous region in the first semiconductor layer gradually increases with respect to a proportion of the single crystal region in the first semiconductor layer as the distance from the buffer layer in the direction of the second semiconductor layer increases forming a conical shape, and wherein the first semiconductor layer has i-type conductivity.",0.6033795051253535,0.7932409897492929
9779732,"1. A method for voice recognition in an electronic device, the method comprising: detecting, in a first processor operating on a first clock frequency, a previously-set keyword inputted through a microphone; buffering, by the first processor, a voice signal input through the microphone after the previously set keyword is input and before a state of a second processor is switched from an idle state to an active state; performing, by the second processor, voice recording of the voice signal using at least the buffered voice signal; detecting a completion of the voice recording; and in response to detecting the completion of the voice recording, changing a clock frequency of the first processor to a second clock frequency higher than the first clock frequency.",0.10963363171686337,0.2192672634337267
9252018,"1. A transistor comprising: a silicon layer including a source region and a drain region; a gate stack disposed on the silicon layer between the source region and the drain region, the gate stack comprising a first layer of high dielectric constant material, a second layer comprising a metal or metal alloy, and a third layer comprising silicon or polysilicon; an L-shaped gate encapsulation layer disposed on sidewalls of the gate stack, the gate encapsulation layer comprising a vertical portion covering the sidewalls of the first, second, and third layers of the gate stack and a horizontal portion covering a portion of the silicon layer that is adjacent to the gate stack; an L-shaped spacer layer comprising a vertical portion covering sidewalls of the vertical portion of the L-shaped gate encapsulation layer, and a horizontal portion covering the horizontal portion of the L-shaped gate encapsulation layer, where the L-shaped er is formed with a thickness that is less than a thickness of the L-shaped gate encapsulation layer; a spacer disposed above and on the horizontal portion of the L-shaped spacer layer and adjacent to and in contact with the vertical portion of the L-shaped spacer layer, wherein the L-shaped gate encapsulation layer, the L-shaped spacer layer, and the spacer are formed with a combined width that is greater than a width of the gate stack; and source/drain extensions in the silicon layer, the source/drain extensions not underlying the first layer of the gate stack, the source/drain extensions underlying and extending beyond part but not all of the vertical portion of the gate encapsulation layer, and the source and drain regions not underlying the first layer of the gate stack.",0.15170628167420241,0.30341256334840483
9209629,"1. A charge-discharge control device comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive schedule information that indicates a schedule time at which a plurality of electric power devices, each having at least either a charging function or a discharging function and having first feasibility information set therein that indicates whether or not it is allowed to simultaneously receive a plurality of different charge controls, performs at least either charging or discharging, receive characteristic information that indicates electric power characteristics including a rated value of each of the plurality of electric power devices, and receive the first feasibility information; a group controller configured to, according to the schedule information, perform grouping in such a way that each of the electric power devices belongs to either one of a charging group for performing charging and a discharging group for performing discharging and control, on a group-by-group basis, each of the electric power devices put in the charging group and each of the electric power devices put in the discharging group; a calculator configured to, according to the characteristics information, calculate a total amount of charging of the charging group and calculates a total amount of discharging of the discharging group; and a determining unit configured to, according to the first feasibility information, determine whether or not the electric power device is allowed to simultaneously receive a plurality of charge controls, wherein according to a determination result of the determining unit and according to the schedule information, the group controller performs the grouping in such a way that the electric power device that is not allowed to simultaneously receive a plurality of charge controls do not simultaneously receive a plurality of charge controls and in such a way that the electric power devices belong to one or more charging groups, and controls the electric power devices put in the charging groups on the group-by-group basis.",0.9866031226451689,0.026793754709662165
9173518,"1. A boiler and dispenser system for a hot beverage vending machine, comprising: a pressurized, closed boiler, which comprises a water intake; a dispenser, configured to allow a passage of water towards a selected hot beverage serving; a first pipe, interconnecting the boiler and the dispenser; a first three-way valve, which comprises a seat and a pilot joined to said seat, wherein the seat of the first three-way valve is integrated in the boiler, the said first three-way valve being disposed adjacently to the boiler and comprising: the first three-way valve being designed for selectively: a control card configured to control opening of the first three-way valve and operation of the dispenser, for allowing drainage of the first pipe after dispensation of the selected hot beverage serving to purge water from the boiler and dispenser system downstream from the boiler towards the dispenser.",0.4390984867872106,0.8781969735744212
8969638,"1. A styrene monomer reclamation process comprising: providing a waste plastic, the waste plastic comprising a styrenic polymer; particulating the waste plastic; dissolving at least a portion of the product of the preceding step to form a polymer stream; depolymerizing the dissolved polymers in the polymer stream to form a styrene monomer stream; and after the dissolving step but before the depolymerizing step: caustic treating the polymer stream.",0.8686225787134512,0.26275484257309767
8626347,"1. A household appliance system, comprising: an appliance control system having a common appliance interface provided on an appliance; a demand side management module connected to the common appliance interface, the module corresponding to one select utility of an associated plurality of utilities and configured to communicate with the one select utility, wherein the appliance control system operates the appliance based on communications with the one select utility through the module; the appliance control system configured to operate the appliance in one of several states of operation including a normal state and at least one of a low energy and a lower energy mode; and the appliance control system being configured to operate the appliance in the low energy mode or the lower energy mode when the communications with the one select utility indicate the one select utility is providing power at a higher rate of a power rate cost schedule.",0.976541225025243,0.046917549949514026
9573485,"1. A battery pack for use in an electric machine, the battery pack comprising: a first receiving antenna including a first inductor for receiving electric power from a power supply source located outside the electric machine by coupling with a first resonant magnetic field generated by the power supply source; and a transferring antenna including a second inductor for generating a second resonant magnetic field produced from a radio-frequency power derived from the electric power received by the first receiving antenna; wherein a primary surface of the first inductor included in the first receiving antenna is located within the battery pack and is parallel to a first plane of the battery pack, and a primary surface of the second inductor included in the transferring antenna is located within the battery pack and is parallel to a second plane of the battery pack, wherein the second plane facing the second inductor intersects with the first plane facing the first inductor at an angle of a range of between 45° and 90° including 45° and 90°.",0.881311044633296,0.23737791073340797
8931936,"1. A height-adjustable pendant lamp canopy assembly comprising: an overhead-mounted junction box; a base-plate mounted transformer received in the junction box; an insulating spacer plate formed with a central opening and located below the base plate in insulating relation; a braided lamp cord grip comprising an elongate, cable-receiving, body with a lower, tubular, externally threaded end portion having an axial cable-receiving passageway and being suspended from the base plate extending downward through the central opening of the insulating spacer plate exposing the threaded end portion, the cord grip being releasable to permit longitudinal cord movement there-through to raise and lower the lamp; a canopy cover with a central opening receiving the threaded end portion of the cord grip extending there-through; a clamping nut on the threaded end portion securing, releasably, the canopy cover to the cord grip adjacent the end portion; a cord braid connecting assembly comprising:",0.4432301470450403,0.8864602940900806
9825298,"1. An apparatus for manufacturing an electricity storage material containing at least a thickener and an active material, comprising: a dissolving device that dissolves a powder into a liquid solvent of the electricity storage material as the thickener, the powder being ionized when dissolved; and a dissolution-rate-to-solubility determining device including a conductivity meter inserted into a liquid solution of the thickener dissolved by the dissolving device, and configured to measure a conductivity of the liquid solution of the thickener and to determine a dissolution rate to solubility of the liquid solution of the thickener based on the measured conductivity.",0.8900544456155576,0.21989110876888485
9668398,"1. An agricultural system comprising: a tow bar for attachment to a towing vehicle in a trailing position relative to a direction of movement along a field; a first row-cleaning device attached via a first frame to the tow bar, the first row-cleaning device including at least one first furrow-opener disk and a first roller device, the first roller device being in a trailing position relative to the at least one first furrow-opener disk and having a first longitudinal axis perpendicular to a direction of movement V along the field, the first roller device being configured to crush standing residual plant matter along a first path on the field; and a second row-cleaning device attached via a second frame to the tow bar, the second row-cleaning device including at least one second furrow-opener disk and a second roller device, the second roller device being in a trailing position relative to the at least one second furrow-opener disk and having a second longitudinal axis perpendicular to the direction of movement V along the field, the second longitudinal axis of the second roller device being offset from the first longitudinal axis of the first roller device, the second roller device being configured to crush standing residual plant matter along a second path on the field.",0.33582060813496517,0.6716412162699303
9804727,"1. A method of displaying and panning magnified sections of an extended computer desktop on first and second display devices, the extended computer desktop being divided by a boundary into at least a first section corresponding to the first display device and a second section corresponding to the second display device, the method comprising: displaying a first viewport of the extended computer desktop on the first display device, wherein the first viewport redisplays a first portion of the extended computer desktop magnified at a first magnification level on the first display device; displaying a second viewport of the extended computer desktop on the second display device, wherein the second viewport redisplays a second portion of the extended computer desktop magnified at a second magnification level on the second display device; providing a first control via which a user can pan the extended computer desktop displayed at the first magnification level within the first viewport on the first display device, independently of the second viewport of the extended computer desktop displayed on the second display device, whereby the user can pan the extended computer desktop in its entirety within the first viewport including panning across the boundary between the first section and the second section of the extended computer desktop; and providing a second control via which the user can pan the extended computer desktop displayed at the second magnification level within the second viewport on the second display device, independently of the first viewport of the extended computer desktop displayed on the first display device, whereby the user can pan the extended computer desktop in its entirety within the second viewport including panning across the boundary between the first section and the second section of the extended computer desktop.",0.12328176780798775,0.24656353561597544
8418584,"1. A clutch-type drive, comprising: a drive unit having a rotatable driving shaft; a gear module being internally provided with at least one reduction gear set and being mounted on the rotatable driving shaft of the drive unit; the gear module having an output shaft for outputting a rotating force; and a first steering gear being mounted on the output shaft; a shaft support being fitted around the first steering gear; a pedal shaft being transversely and rotatably extended through the shaft support; a shaft sleeve being correspondingly fitted around the pedal shaft, and having an inner end extended into the shaft support; and a second steering gear being mounted on the inner end of the shaft sleeve to be correspondingly driven by the first steering gear to rotate; a transmission sprocket assembly including a plurality of adjacent sprockets, which are correspondingly fitted around the shaft sleeve; a first one-way bearing being correspondingly mounted on the transmission sprocket assembly and connected to the shaft sleeve; and a second one-way bearing being correspondingly mounted on the transmission sprocket assembly and connected to the pedal shaft.",0.24361057102542122,0.48722114205084244
9153054,"1. A method comprising: facilitating receipt of a source image; compressing a plurality of images based on the source image, wherein the plurality of images are associated with compression values generated on compression of the plurality of images; identifying an at least partially matching image to the source image from among the plurality of images based on the compression values; selecting the identified at least partially matching image as a next source image; compressing remaining images of the plurality of images based on the next source image, wherein the remaining images are associated with compression values generated on compression of the remaining images; and identifying an at least partially matching image to the next source image from among the remaining images based on the compression values.",0.025915042828213164,0.05183008565642633
8666280,"1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said image forming apparatus comprising: an openable member provided in a main assembly of said apparatus and rotatable about a rotational axis thereof, said openable member being movable between an opening position for opening an opening provided in said main assembly of said apparatus and a closing position for closing said opening; a belt for receiving an image or carrying the recording material; a movable member movable between a first position for contacting a photosensitive drum to said belt and a second position for spacing said photosensitive drum from said belt, wherein a cartridge is mountable and demountable relative to said movable member at the second position; and a connecting member for moving said movable member in an interrelation with movement of said openable member, wherein said connecting member positions said movable member at the first position when said openable member takes the closing position, and said connecting member positions said movable member at the second position when said openable member takes the opening position, said connecting member having an axis crossing with the rotational axis of said openable member.",0.02136914082020502,0.04273828164041005
9724792,"1. A method for recovering steel reinforcements from a conveyor belt carcass having steel reinforcements which are bonded to the carcass of the conveyor belt, said method comprising (1) heating the steel reinforcements in the conveyor belt by induction heating to a temperature which is sufficient to substantially breakdown bonding between the steel reinforcements and the carcass of the conveyor belt and (2) separating the steel reinforcements from the conveyor belt carcass, wherein the steel reinforcements are separated from the conveyor belt by (a) pulling every other steel reinforcement in the conveyor belt in a first direction with remaining steel reinforcements being pulled in another direction to split the conveyor belt into a first split component and a second split component, and (b) reeling the steel reinforcing elements from the first split component onto a first steel cord take-up spool and a rubber component from the first split component onto a first rubber take-up spool, and simultaneously reeling the steel reinforcing elements from the second split component onto a second steel cord take-up spool and a rubber component from the second split component onto a second rubber take-up spool.",0.37597468667032846,0.7519493733406569
9431767,"1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative body comprising a rear part, a front widened tongue, and a front narrowed tongue, the widened tongue and the narrowed tongue arranged side by side with respect to each other; a plurality of contacts received in the insulative body and held in the widened tongue and the narrowed tongue; a metallic shell enclosing the insulative body; a spacer assembled to the insulative body for supporting the contacts; and a cable connected with the contacts and comprising two STP (Shielded Twisted Pair) wires for high speed signal transmission, each of the two STP wires wrapped by an aluminum foil except a front section thereof; wherein the metallic shell comprises a front shell and a rear shell assembled with each other, the rear shell defines a blade bent downwards from a wall thereof, and the blade is located between the front sections of the STP wires; the front shell defines an extension portion extending rearwards from an upper wall thereof, and the extension portion is separated from both side walls of the front shell; and the rear shell defines an opening on one side of the blade, and the extension portion of the front shell extends rearwardly to shield the opening.",0.3359513678596889,0.6719027357193778
9803568,"1. A control system of an internal combustion engine which performs diffusion combustion by compression autoignition on fuel injected in a main injection in at least a partial operating range and which performs stratified combustion by spark ignition using a spark plug on fuel injected prior to the main injection, the control system comprising: a controller configured to: determine whether or not the diffusion combustion occurs; and perform combustion by spark ignition using the spark plug on the fuel injected in the main injection when determining that the diffusion combustion does not occur.",0.9412232550366375,0.11755348992672499
9726061,"1. A method for operating a doser for adding an additive to an exhaust-gas treatment device, the method comprising the following steps: a) determining a dosing amount of the additive required by the exhaust-gas treatment device; b) determining an operating mode for the doser by carrying out at least the following steps: c) operating the doser with the set operating mode to supply the dosing amount required in accordance with step a) to the exhaust-gas treatment device; and d) setting a number of repetitions in which the method is executed with the steps a) and c), increasing a counter in each case, until the counter has reached the number of repetitions, and then executing steps b.1) and b.2).",0.8572892485681348,0.28542150286373036
9833049,"1. A multi-purpose telescoping perambulation aid with concealed locking means comprising; an essentially straight tube comprising, an essentially straight sliding tube inserted into the first tube with minimum clearance sufficient to allow said sliding tube to move in a telescoping manner relative to said first tube, said sliding tube having; a flexible sheath essentially ensheathing portions of the first tube not covered by other components, said sheath comprising one or more indicia each indicium proximal to a corresponding lock hole rendering the location of said lock hole discernable visually or alternatively or concurrently by touch; a locking button extendable through the locking button hole and into any essentially aligned lock hole, the lock hole having sufficient diameter to permit depression of the locking button by a digit as to allow the first tube and the sliding tube to move in a telescoping manner relative one another; a bias element biasing the locking button to a disposition extended through the locking button hole and into any essentially aligned lock hole, said biased disposition of the locking button causing essentially no distension of the sheath; a walking surface contact tip on the distal end of the sliding tube; a handle on the proximal end of the first tube; a compression ring having threads communicable with said first tube distal end threads; and a friction gasket within said compression ring capable of being tightened against the sliding tube in such a way as to prevent free play or rattle.",0.0026149873045176932,0.005229974609035404
9017858,"1. A conductor for connecting positive and negative electrode terminals comprising: a first surface including a first region having a first metal and a second region having a second metal, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface including a fourth region that is opposed to the first region, wherein a melting point of the second metal is higher than a melting point of the first metal, a boundary of the first region and the second region is substantially flat and exposed to an air current, the first metal is exposed at the first region, and the second metal is exposed at the second region and the fourth region.",0.4428098613495173,0.8856197226990346
9730806,"1. A spinal implant comprising: a first member; a second member; a rotatable element defining an axis and being engageable to rotate the members about the axis; a cam extending through an opening in the first member; and an actuator that is spaced completely apart from the rotatable element, the actuator comprising a first part and a second part disposed in a telescoping configuration with the first part, the actuator including a housing having a wedge that axially translates relative to the members and includes spaced ramps, the first part being fixed to the housing, the second part engaging the cam, the second part being rotatable relative to the first part to translate the first part relative to the second part to move the members between a first, contracted configuration and a second, expanded configuration.",0.01696424828329458,0.03392849656658914
9260749,"1. A method for cloning a second nucleotide sequence adjacent to a known first nucleotide sequence, consisting of: 1) preparing a DNA fragment with cohesive ends by cleaving a DNA that contains the known first nucleotide sequence and the second nucleotide sequence adjacent thereto using a restriction enzyme; 2) modifying the 3′ end of the DNA fragment with a dideoxynucleotide triphosphate to block further elongation of the DNA fragment; 3) linking the cohesive ends of the 3′ end-modified DNA fragment with a linker, adapter or cassette having a cohesive end sequence complementary thereto; 4) performing PCR using a known first nucleotide sequence-specific primer, and a linker, adapter or cassette sequence-specific primer, and thereby amplifying the second nucleotide sequence; and 5) cloning the second nucleotide sequence.",0.17522199031278096,0.3504439806255619
8399895,"1. A semiconductor light emitting device in which a plurality of hexagon-shaped semiconductor light emitting elements are formed two-dimensionally on a substrate, the semiconductor light emitting device comprising: in each semiconductor light emitting element, a positive electrode and a negative electrode are formed on a hexagon-shaped light outputting surface side; and a positive electrode of one of each two neighboring ones of the semiconductor light emitting elements and a negative electrode of the other element are arranged adjacent to each other with an isolation groove in between, the isolation groove isolating the semiconductor light emitting elements from one another.",0.24813201098785675,0.4962640219757135
9506371,1. A turbocharger ( 1 ) with variable turbine geometry (VTG) having a turbine housing ( a turbine wheel ( a guide grate (,0.9455104742456578,0.10897905150868437
9276214,"1. A composition for an organic thin film comprising: a first compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1a: wherein, in the Chemical Formula 1a, a second compound including one of a conductive polymer, a metal salt, a hydrate of the metal salt, and a combination thereof, the conductive polymer including, n, m, and l denote mole numbers of each moiety represented by Chemical Formulae 2 to 4 and satisfy 0.0001≦n/m≦1 and 0.0001≦1/m≦1,",0.40933046494940867,0.8186609298988173
8825939,"1. A system, comprising: a point-to-point ring topology comprising a plurality of semiconductor memory devices; and a controller for communicating with the devices, said controller comprising:",0.3517764814484879,0.7035529628969758
9617983,"1. A system for collecting, storing, and conveying thermal energy, comprising: a transmissive film assembly having a planar lower surface disposed in or on a body of water, an upper surface, and a plurality of cells between the upper and lower surfaces, the film assembly having an inner region and an outer region; an outer curtain coupled to the outer region and an inner curtain coupled to the inner region to define a volume of water under the film between the inner and outer curtains; at least one intermediate curtain carried by the film assembly between the inner and outer curtains to define a channel; a conduit communicating with the volume of water proximate to the inner curtain; a TCP reactor system disposed proximate to the film assembly, the TCP reactor system comprising at least one non-combustive chemical reactor in communication with a source of hydrocarbons, the at least one non-combustive chemical reactor configured to dissociate hydrocarbons; a generator electrically coupled to the at least one non-combustive chemical reactor, and a turbine coupled to the volume of water proximate to the inner curtain to extract power from the volume of water, the turbine being coupled to the generator to drive the generator.",0.9458861593555009,0.10822768128899818
9034529,"1. A method for operating a fuel cell system in a vehicle, the method comprising: switching the fuel cell system to a temporary stop mode; and restarting the fuel cell from the temporary stop mode, wherein the fuel cell system comprises at least one fuel cell supplied on a cathode side via an air conveying device with an air mass flow and on an anode side via a device for combustion gas supply with a combustion gas mass flow, wherein on the basis of the vehicle in certain driving situations a requirement for a switch to the stop mode arises, wherein it is determined whether current operating conditions of the fuel cell system allow a switch to the stop mode, wherein if the switch to the stop mode is allowed said switch takes place, and wherein the settings of the stop mode are cancelled again if a restart of the fuel cell system is required, wherein operation in the stop mode involves, with continued electric contacting of the fuel cell, drawing current from the fuel cell, the air mass flow conveyed by the air conveying device being stopped or reduced to a predefined value and a pressure of the combustion gas supplied being reduced to a predefined value without interrupting the combustion gas supply, and wherein upon switching to the stop mode a flow connection is opened between the air mass flow to the fuel cell after the air conveying device and an exhaust gas flow from the fuel cell system.",0.9827451260587555,0.03450974788248895
9178130,"1. A laminated piezoelectric/electrostrictive element comprising: an electrode film being a sintered body of either platinum or an alloy composed mainly of platinum and having a thickness of 2.0 μm or less; and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film, directly contacting said electrode film and comprising a sintered body of a piezoelectric/electrostrictive material including 0.1 to 0.5 part by weight of calcium oxide to 100 parts by weight of platinum contained in said electrode film and containing 0.2 to 3.0 parts by mol of cerium oxide to 1 part by mol of calcium oxide.",0.7536576427699008,0.49268471446019846
8700930,"1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a power switch which is turned ON and OFF for supplying and cutting off power; a power supply portion which supplies power to each portion through the power switch; an operation control portion to which power is supplied from the power supply portion regardless of the ON or OFF state of the power switch, and which controls power supply to a main storage device including a built-in cache memory based on software; a measurement portion which measures temperature of a measurement target; a power control portion which is controlled by the operation control portion and controls power supply to the main storage device from the power supply portion, wherein when the measurement portion detects abnormal temperature, the operation control portion controls the power control portion after a time necessary for recording all data, which is temporarily held in the cache memory so as to be recorded in the main storage device, has elapsed, thereby stopping the power supply to the main storage device from the power supply portion; and a switching switch which connects either a battery for a normal mode or an emergency battery to the power switch, wherein the operation control portion switches the switching switch so that the battery is connected to the power switch in the normal mode, and the emergency battery is connected to the power switch in an emergency mode.",0.9277938390648225,0.14441232187035502
8787955,"1. A network device comprising: a management unit configured to manage a cell-to-be-monitored and a cell-to-be-controlled in association with each other; and an instruction unit configured to give a predetermined instruction to a radio base station which manages the cell-to-be-controlled in association with the cell-to-be-monitored, upon detection of a predetermined trigger in the cell-to-be-monitored, wherein the predetermined trigger is detected when the number of mobile stations on standby, or in process of establishing a radio connection in the cell-to-be-monitored, exceeds a predetermined number, and the instruction unit instructs the radio base station to activate the cell-to-be-controlled, and wherein an area covered by the cell-to-be-controlled geographically differs from and does not overlap an area covered by the cell-to-be-monitored.",0.7655846018425171,0.4688307963149658
8799402,"1. A method for sharing data content of a community channel over a broadcast network, comprising: defining the community channel based upon one or more tags used to filter data content of one or more available broadcast channels; receiving a comment from at least one member of the community channel regarding the data content and referencing a scene of the data content; aggregating requests to receive data content associated with the one or more tags across the broadcast network, wherein the requests to receive are received from less than all of a plurality of members of the community channel; and analyzing system capacity requirements to determine a re-broadcasting time by determining a time during which loading on the broadcast network is reduced; re-broadcasting the requested data content over the broadcast network at the determined re-broadcasting time to each of the plurality of members of the community channel based at least in part on the number of requests and irrespective of whether each of the plurality of members requested the data content, wherein the re-broadcasted data content comprises the received comment located at the referenced scene.",0.24156792073798575,0.48313584147597144
8865119,"1. A method for treating acid solution containing iodide ions and iron (II) ions, comprising oxidizing the iron (II) ions in said solution into iron (III) ions by iron-oxidizing microorganisms, wherein the oxidizing is carried out in the presence of activated carbon.",0.883011331423022,0.23397733715395597
8664889,"1. A load control device for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load to a desired amount of power, the load control device comprising: a bidirectional semiconductor switch adapted to be coupled in series electrical connection between the AC power source and the electrical load for conducting a load current from the AC power source to the electrical load, the bidirectional semiconductor switch having a control input for rendering the bidirectional semiconductor switch conductive and non-conductive; and a control circuit receiving a signal representative of a voltage developed across the bidirectional semiconductor switch, the control circuit operable to determine a half-cycle start time near the beginning of a half-cycle of the AC power source in response to the signal representative of the voltage developed across the bidirectional semiconductor switch; wherein the control circuit: further comprising a rectifier circuit for receiving the voltage developed across the bidirectional semiconductor switch and generating a rectified voltage; wherein the signal representative of a voltage developed across the bidirectional semiconductor switch comprises the rectified voltage generated by the rectifier circuit; wherein the control circuit is operable to determine the half-cycle start time in response to the magnitude of the rectified voltage exceeding a threshold when the rectified voltage is increasing in magnitude with respect to time, such that the half-cycle start time occurs after the beginning of a half-cycle of the AC power source; and wherein the control circuit comprises a microprocessor.",0.9023866068295489,0.1952267863409023
9500399,"1. A water purifier with an ice maker, comprising: an ice making part ( a circulation cooling part ( wherein the circulation cooling part ( wherein at least a part of the flow pipe ( wherein the cooled water returns to the cold water tank ( wherein a portion of the evaporator (",0.7096016815244925,0.5807966369510149
9276240,"1. A laminate battery comprising: a flat electrode assembly having a main face and a side face having a smaller area than the main face; and a laminate casing having a cup portion that is capable of housing therein the electrode assembly, wherein the laminate casing is sealed with the electrode assembly housed in the cup portion and has a reduced pressure interior, wherein the cup portion includes: wherein an angle of a vertex of the bend is within a range of 40° to 85° inclusive, wherein the base portion of the cup portion has a rectangular shape, wherein lengths of the longitudinal and lateral sides of the base portion are equal to or greater than 90 mm, and wherein a depth of the cup portion is equal to or greater than 5 mm.",0.8432027346919242,0.3135945306161516
9551307,"1. A combustion engine system comprising: an intake manifold body comprised of molded polyamide defining a plurality of runners, an air intake passage, and parallel slotted ribs projecting from an external surface of the body oriented longitudinally and juxtaposed with a first edge of the body, wherein each slotted rib has a C-shaped slot with a mouth directed away from the first edge; an engine cover comprised of a shroud section adapted to cover the intake manifold body and a hinge section adapted to join with the slotted ribs, wherein the hinge section includes a spindle rotatably received by the slots; and elastomeric grommets disposed over the slotted ribs and within the slots adapted to compress within the mouth to capture the spindle within the slots, and wherein the spindle and cover are rotatable with respect to the slots.",0.8301268222886723,0.3397463554226554
8409516,"1. A catalyst converter for purifying exhaust gas, the catalyst converter comprising: a heater having a winding portion which is wound so as to have a space therein and a pair of electric power terminals which are extended to both sides from the winding portion; an inner monolith called a catalyst support which is inserted in an inner circumferential portion of the heater winding portion wherein the inner monolith comprises a number of hollow cells on surfaces of which a catalyst has been coated and which are formed in a lengthy direction; an outer monolith called a catalyst support which is inserted in an outer circumferential portion of the heater winding portion wherein the outer monolith comprises a number of hollow cells on surfaces of which a catalyst has been coated and which are formed in the lengthy direction; and a housing which comprises an inlet through which the exhaust gas to be processed is introduced and an outlet through which processed exhaust gas is exhausted near both side ends thereof, wherein a support assembly where the inner monolith and the outer monolith are assembled in inside/outside of the heater winding portion is assembled in the housing.",0.989357933090613,0.02128413381877392
9300856,"1. An image processing apparatus of a camera, the apparatus comprising: a table which stores one or more factors for determining compression rate of an image; a processor which processes an image acquired from the camera in a unit of a line, and determines a complexity of the image using edge data of the image; a compression rate determiner which configures at least a part of the image acquired from the camera as a window, extracts auto focus filter values by filtering pixels in the window, and identifies, in the table, a factor corresponding to the complexity of the image by comparing the auto focus filter values with a predetermined value; and a still image codec which compresses line images output from the processor at a compression rate corresponding to the identified factor.",0.15975868102830906,0.31951736205661807
9234492,"1. A method of testing a hydroelectric turbine comprising a stator and a rotor housed for rotation within the stator, the method comprising the steps of: securing the turbine to a transport vessel; transporting the turbine and vessel to open water; locating the turbine such that at least the rotor is submerged; and displacing the transport vessel and turbine through the water in order to effect rotation of the rotor.",0.7795725903246481,0.4408548193507038
9700033,"1. A coiled wave spring in use for a fishing reel, comprising: a first coiled portion including a single turn, the single turn of the first coiled portion having a plurality of first valley parts and a plurality of first peak parts, the first valley parts and the first peak parts being alternately disposed in a circumferential direction; and a second coiled portion including a single turn, the single turn of the second coiled portion extending continuously from the first coiled portion, the second coiled portion having a plurality of second peak parts and a plurality of second valley parts, the second peak parts respectively corresponding to the first valley parts, the second valley parts respectively corresponding to the first peak parts, the first peak parts being disposed away from the respectively corresponding second valley parts at a first interval in an axial direction, the first valley parts contacting the respectively corresponding second peak parts, and apices of the first valley parts being shifted from respective apices of the corresponding second peak parts in the circumferential direction, the first valley parts being disposed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction, and the first peak parts being disposed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.",0.22085208434390202,0.44170416868780404
8736766,"1. An image processing device for correcting a luminance value of each pixel included in an image, comprising: counting means for counting, for each of a plurality of luminance ranges into which an entire luminance range, within which the luminance value falls, is divided, the number of pixels as a first correction value, each of the pixels being included in the image and having a luminance belonging to the each of the plurality of luminance range; luminance correcting means for correcting the luminance value of each pixel included in the image; and setting means for setting a second correction value for each of the plurality of luminance ranges, in a case where (i) a first luminance range is provided on a low-luminance side with respect to a second luminance range, among the plurality of luminance ranges, and (ii) a first correction value for the first luminance range and a first correction value for the second luminance range are approximately equal to each other, the luminance correcting means correcting the luminance value of each pixel so that an amplification rate in the correcting carried out for the second luminance range is greater than an amplification rate in the correcting carried out for the first luminance range, the luminance correcting means correcting, for each of the plurality of luminance ranges, a luminance value so that (i) the greater a first correction value of the luminance range is, the higher an amplification rate in the correcting carried out for the luminance range is, and (ii) the greater a second correction value of the luminance range is, the higher the amplification rate in the correcting carried out for the luminance range is, the amplification rate in the correcting carried out for the first luminance range being an amplification rate of a difference between a maximum luminance and a minimum luminance, among luminances of pixels, belonging to the first luminance range included in the image, the amplification rate in the correcting carried out for the second luminance range being an amplification rate of a difference between a maximum luminance and a minimum luminance, among luminances of pixels, belonging to the second luminance range, and the setting means carrying out the setting so that a second correction value(s) set for a part of the plurality of luminance ranges, which is located on a high-luminance side with respect to the other part of the plurality of luminance ranges, is greater than a second correction value(s) set for the other part of the plurality of luminance ranges.",0.04239947152075601,0.08479894304151203
9537309,"1. A power supply circuit comprising: a first series regulator including a first semiconductor element and a first constant voltage source; and a second series regulator including a second semiconductor element and a second constant voltage source, wherein the first series regulator and the second series regulator are cascaded and wherein the first series regulator is configured to be input with a high voltage equal to or greater than 500 V.",0.6443368388580862,0.7113263222838275
8578898,"1. A valve train control device for use in a reciprocating piston internal combustion engine having a camshaft with a primary cam lobe defining a primary cam lobe profile constructed to directly or indirectly translate camshaft rotational motion into linear motion of a corresponding valve in accordance with the profile, the device comprising: a primary cam follower positioned in an operational path between the primary cam lobe and the corresponding valve, the primary cam follower constructed to follow the primary cam lobe; a secondary cam lobe projecting from the camshaft; a secondary cam follower constructed to follow the secondary cam lobe; and an auxiliary motion transfer device maintaining a continuous secondary operational path between the primary cam follower and the secondary cam follower, the auxiliary motion transfer device being operable to shift the primary cam follower through a plurality of alternative positions relative to the primary cam lobe during at least a portion of the camshaft rotation in response to at least one engine parameter to alter at least one valve operating parameter relative to a set of valve parameters defined by the primary cam lobe profile interacting with an unshifted primary cam follower.",0.506572415900619,0.9868551681987621
8751135,"1. A method of diagnosing a fault in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, comprising: commanding an injection pulse for injecting a test quantity of fuel into a cylinder of the internal combustion engine; determining a torque released to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine due to a combustion of said test quantity of fuel; calculating a difference between the torque and an expected torque value; and diagnosing the fault if said difference exceeds a threshold value.",0.6421516949515914,0.7156966100968172
8437008,"1. An apparatus for interferometric measurement of a sample, the sample comprising an eye, the apparatus comprising: a short-coherence interferometer arrangement, which comprises a measurement beam path through which a measurement beam is incident on the sample, and a reference beam path, through which a reference beam passes wherein the measurement beam is superimposed on the reference beam and interference occurs between the reference beam and the measurement beam; and a spectrometer arrangement that detects the superimposed beams, said arrangement comprising an element which spectrally spreads the superimposed beams and a detector array which comprises at least 7,000 individual photo-sensitive cells arranged such that two signal peaks are captured in a short period of time, one of the two signal peaks representing an anterior structure and another of the two signal peaks representing a posterior structure and such that eye measurements over a full axial length of the eye are performed in the single measurement over a short period of time.",0.03851369225772782,0.07702738451545565
9600407,"1. An apparatus, comprising: storage circuitry to store a signal characteristic, said signal characteristic being descriptive of at least one of a), b) and c): a) signal waveform shape, b) signal voltage and c) signal current; wherein, a signal comprising said signal characteristic is to be generated when performing a read or write transaction on a non volatile system memory device, said storage circuitry to provide said signal characteristic at an output, said signal characteristic provided at said output by said storage circuitry in response to reception at an input of said storage circuitry of a usage statistic of said memory device for a set of addresses of which said read or write transaction's address is a member; circuitry to determine, based on the read or write transaction's address, the set of addresses that said read or write transaction's address is a member of; second storage circuitry comprising a second output coupled to said input of said storage circuitry, said second storage circuitry to store said usage statistic, said usage statistic provided at said second output by said second storage circuit in response to reception at a second input of said second storage circuit an identifier of said set of addresses provided by said circuitry to determine the set of addresses.",0.14946702815485913,0.29893405630971825
9378937,"1. In a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer (TOF-SIMS) for imaging analysis of secondary ions comprising (a) an ion source to create a primary ion beam to irradiate a sample and create secondary ions, said source possessing a heatable ion emitter that is coated in the area exposed to the field with a liquid-metal layer that contains an ionizable metal that is emitted and ionized as the primary ion beam, wherein the primary ion beam contains metal ions with various stages of ionization and cluster statuses, and (b) a spectrometer unit for mass analysis of the secondary ions, the improvement wherein the liquid metal layer is essentially comprised of pure metallic Bismuth or of a low-melting-point alloy containing, in essence, Bismuth; wherein the ion emitter is wettable by such pure metallic Bismuth or such Bismuth alloy; wherein a Bismuth ion mixed beam is emitted by the ion emitter under the influence of an electric field and from which Bismuth ion mixed beam, one of a number of Bismuth ion types whose mass is a multiple of monatomic singly or multiply charged Bismuth ions Bi 1 p+ , is filtered out, using a filtering device, as a mass-pure ion beam that is solely comprised of ions of a type Bi n p+ , in which n≧2 and p≧1, and n and p are each a natural number; whereby Bi",0.7466373920901761,0.5067252158196478
8757853,"1. A method for controlling at least one vehicle headlamp, said at least one vehicle headlamp being equipped with an automatic switching unit between high beam and low beam lighting modes and with a DBL bending light function that causes said at least one vehicle headlamp to move in response to a turn or bend in a road, wherein said method comprises the steps of: detecting a combination of conditions comprising an active state of the automatic switching unit between high beam and low beam lighting modes and an active state of the high beam lighting mode; said bending light function being capable of automatically controlling movement of said at least one headlamp, wherein during said bending light function, an angular position of said at least one vehicle headlamp is moved when it is active or said at least one vehicle headlamp is not moved when said bending light function is inactive; wherein if it is detected during said detecting step that said at least one vehicle headlamp is in said high beam mode and said automatic switching unit is active, then at least one of the following steps is performed: (i) causing said state of said bending light function to be changed from a first active state to at least one second state, wherein said at least one second state is an inactive state or (ii) changing a logic controlling the bending light function so that angular position and movement of said at least one vehicle headlamp is controlled.",0.8246266877545236,0.35074662449095273
8997563,"1. A sensor system for a vehicle, the sensor system comprising: a housing defining a cavity therein; an actuator attached to the housing within the cavity and formed from a shape memory alloy transitionable in response to a thermal activation signal between a first temperature-dependent state and a second temperature-dependent state; a plunger attached to the actuator and translatable within the cavity; wherein the plunger is not translatable within the cavity during a first condition in which a coating of debris is disposed on the housing as the shape memory alloy transitions between the first temperature-dependent state and the second temperature-dependent state to thereby define a first stress on the actuator; wherein the plunger is translatable within the cavity during a second condition in which the housing is substantially free from the coating of debris as the shape memory alloy transitions between the first temperature-dependent state and the second temperature-dependent state to thereby define a second stress on the actuator that is less than the first stress; wherein the shape memory alloy transitions from the first temperature-dependent state to the second temperature-dependent state at a first transformation temperature during the first condition; and wherein the shape memory alloy transitions from the first temperature-dependent state to the second temperature-dependent state at a second transformation temperature that is less than the first transformation temperature during the second condition; and a resilient member configured for translating the plunger within the cavity after the shape memory alloy transitions from the second temperature-dependent state to the first temperature-dependent state.",0.34167984211045516,0.6833596842209103
8362113,"1. A self-repairing concrete for a concrete structure, comprising a predetermined amount of concrete, micro-capsules and water being mixed together, wherein a mass ratio of said concrete, micro capsules, and water is 100:1-15:15-50, wherein each of said micro-capsules comprises a capsule wall and an adhesive received in said capsule wall, wherein when said capsule wall of one of said micro-capsules is cracked, said adhesive is released from said micro-capsule for flowing to a fracture surface of said concrete structure so as to repair said fracture surface thereof.",0.5922356678959991,0.8155286642080017
9088031,"1. A battery module comprising: a plurality of cells, wherein a cooling unit in which a coolant is sealed is disposed in a vicinity of the cells, the coolant is liquid adjusted to have a viscosity within a range of 2 Pa·s to 350 Pa·s, and the cooling unit includes an unsealable portion which is partially unsealed to release the coolant when at least one of the cells abnormally generates heat.",0.9331427649430282,0.13371447011394366
8932002,"1. An air turbine starter, comprising: a rotor including turbine blades, which is rotatable about a rotational axis; a housing including a portion thereof radially surrounding the turbine blades to define a pathway along which fluids flow to interact with the turbine blades, the portion of the housing having an axial length extending between a forward position defined forward of the turbine blades and an aft position defined aft of the turbine blades; a containment ring affixed to an exterior of the portion of the housing radially surrounding the turbine blades, the containment ring extending along an entirety of the axial length of the portion of the housing, and wherein the housing comprises a curved portion which is curved in an axial direction as viewed in a circumferential direction and substantially straight portions tapering away from one another and extending radially inwardly from the curved portion to define a circumferentially extending radial recess coaxial with and radially interposed between the containment ring and the turbine blades.",0.7825151798594817,0.4349696402810366
8766460,"1. A semiconductor package, comprising: a substrate; an interposer frame, wherein the interposer frame includes a plurality of through substrate holes (TSHs) and an opening defined therein, wherein at least one TSH of the plurality of TSHs is lined with a conductive layer, wherein a thickness of the conductive layer is in a range from about 2 microns (μm) to about 40 μm; and a semiconductor die bonded to the substrate and disposed in the opening within the interposer frame, wherein the substrate has a plurality of bumps aligned with the plurality of TSHs, and wherein a portion of solder material of the plurality of bumps fill at least partially the plurality of TSHs.",0.09742149203797225,0.19484298407594447
8780949,"1. An optical semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor laser part on the semiconductor substrate and having a vertical ridge; and an optical modulator part on the semiconductor substrate, having an inverted-mesa ridge, and modulating light emitted by the semiconductor laser part.",0.049632893237228054,0.09926578647445616
9644334,"1. A breakwater construction block system for constructing diverse kinds of erosion-protection structures designed to break water waves impacting said erosion-protection structures and providing protection against erosion along bodies of water, said breakwater construction block system comprising: a plurality of breakwater construction blocks closely arranged together with a selected inter-spacing between said neighboring breakwater construction blocks so as to provide multiple sets of neighboring breakwater construction blocks; and a plurality of trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key blocks for linking said multiple sets of neighboring breakwater construction blocks loosely together; wherein each said set of neighboring breakwater construction blocks includes first and second neighboring breakwater construction blocks; wherein each said breakwater construction block is formed from molded concrete material and includes (i) a central trapezoidal core portion of substantially trapezoidal cross-sectional dimensions and having a height-wise dimension and a set of four trapezoidal sidewall surfaces arranged about a central axis extending along said central trapezoidal core portion of said breakwater construction block, (ii) a top portion axially extending from said central trapezoidal core portion of said breakwater construction block, and (iii) a set of four trapezoidal support legs, each said trapezoidal support leg extending from one corner of said central trapezoidal core portion in a radially-extending manner and having a set of trapezoidal leg surfaces, and wherein said plurality of breakwater construction blocks are arranged closely together, forming trapezoidal interstices between adjacent sets of trapezoidal support legs associated with neighboring sets of said breakwater construction blocks, wherein each said trapezoidal interstice is bounded by the trapezoidal surfaces of said first and second neighboring breakwater construction blocks, and wherein each said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key block is formed from molded concrete material, has trapezoidal wall surfaces, a volume defined by X and Y cross-sectional dimensions and a length dimension along which said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key block extends; wherein each said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key block has an integrated pick-up device for picking up, transporting and lowering said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key block along a path parallel to the central axis of the central trapezoidal core portion of each said set of neighboring breakwater construction blocks, and into place within one said trapezoidal interstice formed between one said neighboring set of said breakwater construction blocks; wherein the elongated length dimension of each said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key block extends substantially parallel to the central axis of each said neighboring breakwater construction block and the trapezoidal wall surfaces of each said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key block extend substantially along said length dimension and match up with mated trapezoidal side wall surfaces on said neighboring set of breakwater construction blocks so that the trapezoidal wall surfaces of said trapezoidal-shaped shear key block engage with the trapezoidal side wall surfaces of said neighboring set of said breakwater construction blocks, and together said plurality of breakwater construction blocks and said plurality of trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key blocks are linked together to form an erosion-protection structure having a structural interface between each said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key block and said neighboring set of breakwater construction blocks employed in said breakwater construction block system; and wherein, sufficient flexibility is provided at the structural interface of each said neighboring set of breakwater construction blocks and said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key block so that when said erosion-protection structure is struck, hit and/or hammered by water waves in a body of water, said water waves exert forces on said breakwater construction blocks causing said breakwater construction blocks to lift up, roll and/or tilt in some way, and in response to the impact of said water waves and associated breakwater construction block movement, said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key blocks generate sufficient shear forces between the mated trapezoidal side wall surfaces at said structural interface so as to (i) interlock together said closely arranged breakwater construction blocks, and (ii) allow said closely arranged breakwater construction blocks and said trapezoidal-shaped interlocking shear key blocks to respond to said water waves without breakage, while (iii) maintaining the structural integrity of said erosion-protection structure, and (iv) allowing said erosion-protection structure to continue performing as intended.",0.2854757996526926,0.5709515993053852
9392540,"1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising: analyzing, using firmware, a channel list for roaming; detecting, using the firmware, a state of the electronic device; determining whether the firmware is to execute the roaming based on the channel list and the state of the electronic device, wherein the channel list is a DHCP link; determining whether a BSSID of a currently roamed AP is included in the DHCP link list when it is determined that the firmware is to execute the roaming; completing, using the firmware, the roaming when it is determined that the BSSID of the currently roamed AP is included in the DHCP link list; and storing information related to the roaming connection in the firmware.",0.521304792303858,0.9573904153922841
8654306,"1. An exposure apparatus that exposes a substrate with exposure light that passes through an exposure liquid, comprising: an optical member, which has an emergent surface wherefrom the exposure light emerges; a first supply port, which supplies the exposure liquid; a liquid immersion member having an opening through which the exposure light from the emergent surface can pass, the opening being disposed below the emergent surface and the exposure liquid being supplied from the first supply port to an upper side space on the upper side of the opening; a second supply port, which supplies a cleaning liquid to a lower side space on the lower side of the opening, so as to contact the liquid immersion member; and a preventive apparatus, which prevents the cleaning liquid from flowing into the upper side space from the lower side space through the opening by supplying the exposure liquid via the first supply port to the upper side space, wherein",0.111885355666428,0.22377071133285598
9187076,"1. A method of operating a vehicle engine having a torque converter with a clutch, and an automatic transmission with a forward clutch comprising: stopping the engine while the vehicle is moving; via a controller, applying fluid pressure to the forward clutch; restarting the engine while the vehicle is moving; and increasing the fluid pressure applied to the forward clutch based on engine speed relative to a turbine speed of the transmission.",0.9724641555108073,0.055071688978385325
9640417,"1. A cassette transfer apparatus comprising: a body; first and second arms connected to the body, the first and second arms extending parallel to each other to a first direction, the first and second arms configured to support a cassette; a third arm extending parallel to the first and second arms, the third arm configured to support the bottom surface of the cassette; and a first recess formed on a distal portion of the first arm and a second recess formed on a distal portion of the second arm, the first and second recesses each configured to receive a corresponding protrusion of the cassette so that the first and second recesses provide pivot points to define a rotating axis of the cassette, extending in a second direction from the first recess to the second recess, wherein the cassette transfer apparatus is configured to support the cassette in a first position in which the cassette is supported by the first and second arms with a bottom surface of the cassette being horizontal, and to support the cassette in a second position in which the cassette is supported by the first and second arms with a bottom surface of the cassette being positioned at a non-zero angle with respect to an upper surface of the third arm so that a first side of the cassette is raised with respect to a second side of the cassette opposite the first side of the cassette, wherein the cassette transfer apparatus is configured to support the cassette in each of the first position and the second position while the protrusions of the cassette are received by the first and second recesses.",0.009430881490736188,0.018861762981472352
8975715,"1. A photodetector comprising: a substrate; an insulating arrangement formed in the substrate and electrically insulating a confined region of the substrate, the confined region being configured to generate free charge carriers in response to an irradiation; a read-out electrode arrangement comprising at least two electrodes contacting different portions of the confined region and being configured to provide a photocurrent formed by at least a portion of the free charge carriers that are generated in response to the irradiation; and a biasing electrode arrangement electrically insulated against the confined region by means of the insulating arrangement, the biasing electrode arrangement being configured to be electrically biased which causes an influence on a spatial charge carrier distribution within the confined region so that fewer of the free charge carriers recombine at boundaries of the confined region compared to an unbiased state.",0.294433906753786,0.588867813507572
8493962,"1. A method of transmitting data in a network, said network comprising a first transceiving station and a further transceiving station, said method comprising transmitting data in a sequence of frames, and for each frame of the sequence of frames: selecting a frame structure of a frame, wherein said frame structure comprises a synchronization portion for transmitting synchronization data and one or more further portions for transmitting and/or receiving data different from said synchronization data; and transmitting data from said first transceiving station to said further transceiving station according to the selected frame structure, in which said selecting comprises: selecting a first frame structure for a first frame of said sequence of frames, the first frame structure having a first synchronization portion of a first length; and selecting a second frame structure for a second frame of said sequence of frames, the second frame structure having a synchronization portion of a second length, the first and second frame structures being selected according to an amount of data to be transmitted and/or received within said one or more further portions of said first and second frames, respectively, such that:",0.19338060264470178,0.3867612052894036
9005488,"1. An aqueous ink for high-temperature electrochemical cell electrodes and/or electrolyte, said ink comprising: particles of at least one mineral filler, at least one binder, and at least one dispersant selected from the group comprising hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, and polyelectrolytes, wherein 50% of the mineral filler particles have a diameter smaller than 10 μm and 90% of the mineral filler particles have a diameter smaller than 50 μm.",0.6688252018388706,0.6623495963222588
8727721,"1. A vane comprising: a composite airfoil having pressure and suction sides extending outwardly from an airfoil base to an airfoil tip, chordwise spaced apart leading and trailing edges of the composite airfoil at or near forward and aft ends of the vane, the composite airfoil supported by a vane mount, the vane mount including one or more spars extending radially away from a bridge of the vane mount, one or more pockets disposed in the composite airfoil, and the one or more spars completely received within the one or more pockets respectively and the one or more spars completely encased by the composite airfoil.",0.733650951821724,0.532698096356552
9404479,1. A wind turbine comprising: one or more turbine blades that are joined at a hub assembly; a rotor shaft attached to the hub assembly; one or more electrical generators coupled to the rotor shaft; a nacelle that at least partially houses the rotor shaft and one or more electrical generators; and one or more airflow components positioned externally of the nacelle for inducing a secondary airflow that emanates from a rearward location on the wind turbine and that travels in a downstream direction relative to the wind direction.,0.967240903391018,0.06551819321796404
8890275,"1. An optoelectronic device, comprising: a semiconductor structure combination, comprising at least one P-N junction and having an upper surface, wherein the semiconductor structure combination has a plurality of nanorods on the upper surface; a first surface passivation layer, being formed to overlay the upper surface of the semiconductor structure combination, and having a first interfacial state density and a first fixed oxide charge density; and a second surface passivation layer, being formed to directly overlay and come into contact with the first surface passivation layer, and having a second interfacial state density and a second fixed oxide charge density; wherein the first interfacial state density is lower than the second interfacial state density, and the second fixed oxide charge density is higher than the first fixed oxide charge density.",0.644091638629603,0.7118167227407941
8896373,"1. An amplifier system comprising: a main amplifier configured to amplify an in-phase signal during a low power mode and a high power mode, and a peak amplifier configured to amplify a quadrature signal in the high power mode and present a predetermined output impedance is the low power mode; an impedance matching network coupled to at least the peak power amplifier; and an impedance transformation device coupled to at least a portion of the impedance matching network, the impedance transformation device being configured as a balun in the high power mode, the balun including a first input and second input coupled to the main amplifier and the peak amplifier respectively, the impedance transformation device being configured as an unbalanced line impedance transformer in the low power mode whereby the predetermined output impedance substantially grounds the second input, the Doherty device being characterized by an impedance transformation ratio of at least 4:1 and a relative bandwidth greater than or equal to 40%.",0.18651911828877468,0.3730382365775493
9378962,"1. A nonvolatile semiconductor storage device comprising: an n-type semiconductor layer; a first insulating film formed on the semiconductor layer; a charge storage layer formed on the first insulating film and having metal grains that are coated with a first organic substance; a second insulating film formed on the charge storage layer; a gate electrode formed on the second insulating film; a molecular layer formed between the first insulating film and the charge storage layer, the molecular layer including a second organic substance different from the first organic substance; and a p-type source region and a p-type drain region formed in the semiconductor layer on a first side and a second side of the gate electrode, respectively.",0.5237658776557592,0.9524682446884816
8760876,"1. A USB memory stick, comprising: a metal shell structure comprising opposing top opening and bottom opening and a locating hole; a PC board comprising at least one USB interface circuit and a memory chip package; and a tray comprising a support panel for supporting said PC board, a clip extended from one side of said support panel for clamping on said memory chip package of said PC board, a spring plate extended from said clip for holding down said PC board on said support panel, and an oblique retaining leaf obliquely extended from said spring plate for engaging into said locating hole of said metal shell structure; wherein said spring plate comprises a transverse impression component, and two oblique arms obliquely upwardly extended from said clip in a parallel manner and terminating in said transverse impression component; said oblique retaining leaf is extended from a distal end of said clip remote from said support panel.",0.024996964679557768,0.04999392935911551
8836726,"1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing: one or more executable instructions that when executed on processing logic, cause the processing logic to:",0.0737572597220538,0.14751451944410765
9290415,"1. A fire resistant cementitious composite, comprising: a binder mixture comprising Portland cement and fly ash, wherein a weight ratio of the fly ash to the Portland cement in the binder mixture is between from about 1.0 to about 1.3; sand, wherein a weight ratio of the Portland cement to the sand is between from about 0.85 to about 1.0; polyvinyl alcohol fibers; a polycarboxylic ether polymer, and water, wherein a weight ratio of the water to the binder mixture is between from about 0.28 to about 0.33.",0.7972459452437641,0.40550810951247174
9686705,"1. A method of capturing a signal of interest periodically transmitted by a wireless wide area network (WWAN) at a user equipment (UE) comprising both a wireless local area network (WLAN) receive chain and a WWAN receive chain, the method comprising: obtaining access to at least a part of the WLAN receive chain of the UE for a period of time corresponding to a WWAN measurement gap; refraining from capturing the signal of interest transmitted by the WWAN using the WWAN receive chain; capturing the signal of interest transmitted by the WWAN, the capturing occurring during the measurement gap and being done using the WLAN receive chain; and periodically repeating the obtaining and the capturing.",0.62948722958569,0.7410255408286199
9753508,"1. A method, comprising: determining whether a human is in contact with a computer based on a signal from a proximity sensor in the computer; and in response to determining the human in contact with the computer: detecting whether the temperature threshold has been exceeded and, in response to detecting that the temperature threshold has been exceeded, throttling a processor.",0.7609919098914915,0.4780161802170171
9727504,"1. A data transfer apparatus that burst-transfers data stored in a transfer source region of a memory to a transfer destination region of the memory, the data transfer apparatus comprising: a buffer write control unit that obtains the data stored in the transfer source region of the memory and writes the data into a ring buffer; a buffer read control unit that reads the data written by the buffer write control unit from the ring buffer; a transfer destination write control unit that writes the data read by the buffer read control unit into the transfer destination region of the memory, the transfer destination control unit generating a burst write command for writing the data in an ascending direction into respective divided regions of the memory obtained by dividing the transfer destination region of the memory, when the transfer source region and the transfer destination region of the memory overlap with each other, and executing decremental transfer of writing for each of the divided regions of the memory in a descending order of start addresses for the divided regions of the memory when the transfer source region and the transfer destination region of the memory overlap in the ascending direction of addresses; and a data non-destructive control unit that determines whether or not to permit writing of the data to the transfer destination region of the memory, based on a magnitude relation between a number of times of wraparounds by the buffer write control unit and a number of times of wraparounds by the buffer read control unit when the transfer destination write control unit executes the decremental transfer; wherein when the data non-destructive control unit determines to permit writing, the transfer destination write control unit outputs the burst write command for the decremental transfer.",0.1943850736981889,0.38877014739637783
8606132,"1. An image forming apparatus in which four developing units can be provided, comprising: a developing unit that contains an invisible toner which can hardly be observed under visible light; a developing unit that contains a visible toner of black; a developing unit that contains a visible toner of a specific color which is a chromatic color; a developing unit that contains a gloss adding toner for adding gloss to an image, a first image processor configured to create print data for the visible toner of black and print data for the visible toner of the specific color with use of functions of full-color image processing for creating, based on image data of a document image, print data for respective visible toners of black, yellow, magenta, and cyan; a second image processor configured to create print data for the invisible toner on basis of image data of an additional information image, wherein the second image processor is separate from the first image processor; a data creator configured to create print data for the gloss adding toner which print data is for forming a toner image of the gloss adding toner on an entire surface of a recording sheet; and an image forming section that forms toner images according to the image data of the document image with use of the print data for the visible toners which print data are created in the first image processor, forms a toner image according to the image data of the additional information with use of the print data for the invisible toner which print data is created in the second image processor, forms an image on a recording sheet from the toner images thus formed, and forms a toner image according to the print data for the gloss adding toner with use of the print data for the gloss adding toner created in the data creator, the developing units being disposed so that the toner image that is formed with use of the gloss adding toner is located at a top layer after transfer onto the recording sheet is completed.",0.039496224642460845,0.07899244928492166
9360802,"1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium with a powdery material, the image being sized so as to extend beyond an edge of the recording medium; a collecting device configured to collect the material that has extended off the recording medium as a result of the image forming device forming the image; and a restricting unit configured to control the image forming device in such a manner that the image forming device reduces an amount of use of the material in a region of the image that extends off the recording medium to a larger degree on an outer side of the image than a side of the image near the recording medium, wherein the restricting unit is further configured to restrict the amount of use of the material in an inner region and in an outer region and the amount of use of the material is restricted to a larger degree in the outer region than in the inner region, the inner region being located inward of the edge of the recording medium and the outer region being located outward of the edge of the recording medium, the inner region and the outer region being included in the region of the image that extends off the recording medium.",0.07338870927374341,0.14677741854748683
9676698,"1. A method of producing a product comprising ingenol-3-angelate (I), comprising the steps of: esterifying ingenol protected with a dihydroxyl protecting group at the 5 and 20 positions, with angelic acid or a derivative thereof selected from the group consisting of angelic acid, methyl angelate, vinyl angelate, angeloyl chloride, angelic anhydride, angeloyl 2,4,6-trichlorobenzoyl anhydride, [(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]2,4,6-trichlorobenzoate, and angeloyl 4-nitrobenzoyl anhydride in the presence of a base to produce 5, 20 hydroxyl-protected ingenol-3-angelate (VI), wherein D represents a dihydroxyl protecting group; and removing the dihydroxyl protecting group at the 5 and 20 positions to produce the product comprising ingenol-3-angelate (I).",0.06519688768456146,0.1303937753691229
9002170,"1. A dust cap adapted to fit over a fiber optic adapter, the dust cap comprising: an elongate dust cap body having a light-entering end and an opposite indicating end, wherein the dust cap body is shaped such that the light-entering end is adapted to create an interference fit with the fiber optic adapter; at least one gap-creating projection extending from the light-entering end; and a light pipe running from about the light-entering end to about the indicating end, the light pipe comprising: a receiving extension located proximate the light-entering end; a displaying extension located proximate the indicating end; and a light pipe body running from the receiving extension to the displaying extension.",0.5199405114351516,0.9601189771296967
9242558,"1. An electricity supply vehicle that is provided with an electricity storage device charged with generated energy of an electric generator driven by an internal combustion engine mounted on the electricity supply vehicle or with regenerated energy of the electricity supply vehicle and that is operable to supply electricity to an external equipment located outside of the electricity supply vehicle during stop of the electricity supply vehicle, the electricity supply vehicle comprising: a setting unit configured to set expected supply electric energy to be supplied to the external equipment; and a determining unit configured to determine, based on the expected supply electric energy, a target charging amount of the electricity storage device to be charged during running of the electricity supply vehicle, wherein the setting unit includes, a selecting unit configured to select a type of the external equipment, and a calculating unit configured to calculate the expected supply electric energy based on a maximum output value of the external equipment selected by the selecting unit.",0.9498774406760023,0.10024511864799535
8546972,"1. A vertical wind power generator, comprising a tower column, at least one generator unit and at least two blades; is characterized in that: a central axis of the tower column is perpendicular to a horizontal plane; the at least one generator unit includes a bracket, a generator and an exciter; the bracket includes an outer bracket and an inner bracket; the generator includes a stator and a rotor, the stator is fixedly ringed on the tower column, the rotor is provided outside of the stator and is fixedly provided on the inner bracket, a generator stator winding is provided on the stator, and a generator rotor winding is provided on the rotor; the exciter includes an exciter stator and an exciter rotor, the exciter stator is fixedly ringed on the tower column, the exciter rotor is provided outside of the exciter stator and is fixedly provided on the inner bracket, an exciter stator winding is provided on the exciter stator, and an exciter rotor winding is provided on the exciter rotor; an excitation control device and a rotation rectifying device are provided inside the bracket, the generator stator winding links with the exciter stator winding through the excitation control device, and the generator rotor winding links with the exciter rotor winding through the rotation rectifying device; the generator stator winding is linked with one end of a bidirectional frequency converter; the other end of the bidirectional frequency converter is linked with a power grid, and linked with the excitation control device; a lower end of the bracket is provided with a first flange with different cross sections on an upper end and a lower end of the first flange, the lower end of the first flange is provided with a first bearing, an outer ring of the first bearing connects with a small end of the first flange, an inner ring of the first bearing is fixedly ringed on the tower column, and a big end of the first flange connects with the lower end of the bracket; an upper end of the bracket is provided with a second flange with different cross sections on an upper end and a lower end of the second flange, the upper end of the second flange is provided with a second bearing, an outer ring of the second bearing connects with a small end of the second flange, an inner ring of the second bearing is fixedly ringed on the tower column, and a big end of the second flange connects with the upper end of the bracket; a third bearing is provided above the second bearing and an inner ring of the third bearing is fixedly ringed on the tower column; each of the at least two blades includes at least one blade unit; a cross section of the blade unit is olive-shaped with big middle and two small ends, and one end of the two small ends is arc-shaped and the other end is a tip; the blade unit includes a skeleton and a blade body, the blade body is installed on the skeleton, one end of the blade body is provided with a first blade tip and the other end of the blade body is provided with a second blade tip on a radial direction of the blade unit, a tail of the first blade tip is the arc shape of the blade unit, the tail of the second blade tip is the tip of the blade unit, a head of the first blade tip stretches into the blade body, and the head of the second blade tip stretches into the blade body; a first moving device, which drives the first blade tip to move along the radial direction of the blade unit, is provided between the skeleton and the first blade tip, and, a second moving device, which drives the second blade tip to move along the radial direction of the blade unit, is provided between the skeleton and the second blade tip; a first guide rail group is provided between the first blade tip and the blade body, a second guide rail group is provided between the second blade tip and the blade body, and the blade unit after connected is arc-shaped; an upper end of the blade connects with an outer ring of the third bearing, and a lower end of the blade connects with the outer ring of the second bearing; a cooling system is provided on the generator unit, the cooling system includes a fan blade, a cooler, a seal plate and a fan; a bracket duct is provided between the outer bracket and the inner bracket; a duct is provided on the stator, the rotor, the exciter stator and the exciter rotor; an air outlet is provided on a lower end of the inner bracket, and an air inlet is provided on an upper end of the inner bracket; the bracket duct connects with the air outlet and the air inlet; the fan blade is provided obliquely on an outer wall of the outer bracket; the seal plate is provided on the tower column, and is located in the upper end of the inner bracket; the fan is provided on the seal plate, and the cooler is provided above the fan; a crane is provided on a top of the tower column; and wherein the tower column is a hollow tower column, and a lift system is provided in the tower column.",0.884496230307963,0.23100753938407403
9089233,"1. A wine glass, comprising: a shell-shaped body defining an upwardly narrowing tapered flume terminating at an upper perimeter thereof in an open mouth; a base having a generally recessed annular moat defined at least in part by a moat-forming wall extending upwardly angularly inwardly away from said shell-shaped body and terminating at an upper margin thereof, said moat-forming wall and said shell-shaped body diverging from each other at an angle between 10 and 20 degrees; and a central punt formed downwardly and angularly inwardly away from said upper margin and away from said moat-forming wall, wherein said central punt has a predetermined volumetric capacity for pour-in reception of a measured quantity of liquid through said open mouth.",0.10963864154091672,0.21927728308183347
8717647,"1. A method to improve color consistency across a media path, the method comprising: calibrating respective light-to-voltage values for a plurality of densitometers, each of the densitometers comprising a light detector, each of the densitometers further comprising a plurality of light emission sources for a plurality of different colors, the plurality of densitometers fixed at substantially equidistant positions across the media path, the calibration comprising: measuring a plurality of optical densities corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of different spatial locations within a printed color image using the plurality of respective densitometers, compensating the measurements of the optical densities based on the calibrated light-to-voltage values; and calibrating at least one operation of an image formation engine based on the measured optical densities to adjust a first optical density of a printed color at a first location across the media path relative to a second optical density of the same printed color at a second location across the media path.",0.04257828703422252,0.08515657406844501
8718946,"1. A method of evaluating the efficacy of a therapeutic agent on an inflammatory condition, the method comprising: a) producing a first index for a sample from a subject, the sample providing a source of RNAs comprising: (b) evaluating the efficacy of the agent based on a value of the first index prior to treatment and comparing to the value of the first index after treatment, wherein the first index is greater than 1 prior to treatment and the first index after treatment is less that 1 when treatment is efficacious.",0.38310522372120737,0.7662104474424147
9283670,"1. A robot cleaner comprising: a main body; a light transmitting unit that emits light; an image sensor that senses light reflected or scattered by an obstacle from the light emitted from the light transmitting unit; a base supporting the light transmitting unit and the image sensor and rotatably and vertically movably disposed in the main body; a rotation drive unit that rotates the base; and an elevation drive unit that allows the base to retract and protract from the main body, wherein when the elevation drive unit locates the base at a first location, the light transmitting unit emits light to the obstacle through a front side of the main body, and when the elevation drive unit locates the base at a second location, the light transmitting unit emits light to the obstacle from an upper side of the main body.",0.2648347530019145,0.529669506003829
9199306,"1. Support head configured to support a ladle shroud for casting liquid metal, comprising a canal along which the metal can pass, extending essentially along an axis, the support head configured to communicate with a tube handling device, wherein the support head comprises control means for controlling an angular orientation of the shroud with respect to the head, about an axis corresponding to the axis of the canal, wherein the support head comprises an upper surface, wherein the control means comprise at least one notch having an interior surface and configured to extend in a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the support head, and wherein the support head comprises a chamfer in communication with the upper surface of the support head and the interior surface of the notch.",0.09521168557545687,0.1904233711509138
8752349,"1. A concrete form system comprising: a first panel including a first plurality of apertures; a first connection assembly including a first bearing structure on a first side of the first panel and a first plurality of cross members penetrating the first plurality of apertures, the first plurality of cross members including a first plurality of retaining portions exposed on a second side of the first panel; a first retaining member extending through the first plurality of retaining portions; and a lath between the first retaining member and the first bearing structure.",0.2520633634730304,0.5041267269460608
9025891,"1. An image coding method of coding an image that includes coding units, each of the coding units including a plurality of transform units, the image coding method comprising: performing transformation on luminance data and chrominance data of each of the plurality of transform units; arranging, for each of the plurality of transform units, transformed luminance data and transformed chrominance data into a set; and coding, into a bitstream on a per coding unit basis, the sets arranged for the plurality of transform units, the sets being coded into the bitstream in order, wherein the coding units include a coding unit having a first transform unit and a second transform unit, wherein, in the coding of the coding unit having the first transform unit and the second transform unit, the set of the transformed luminance data and the transformed chrominance data arranged for the first transform unit is coded into the bitstream before the set of the transformed luminance data and the transformed chrominance data arranged for the second transform unit is coded into the bitstream, wherein the coding units are included in a slice of the image, wherein each of the coding units corresponds to a square region included in the slice, wherein the performing transformation on the luminance data and the chrominance data of each of the plurality of transform units includes: wherein, for each of the transform units included in the coding unit, the transformed luminance data is arranged with the transformed combined chrominance data into the set, when the transform unit is smaller than the predetermined size.",0.05075414543499176,0.10150829086998348
9826915,"1. A system, comprising: a computing device configured to store data and execute machine readable instructions, the data including electrical data representing measurements of electrical activity for a plurality of points across at least one spatial region of a patient's heart, wherein the plurality of points across the patient's heart is divided into a plurality of segments, each containing some of the plurality of points, the instructions to at least: a therapy system to deliver therapy based on the at least one therapy parameter, the computing device to adjust the at least one therapy parameter in response to feedback corresponding to updated measurements of electrical activity.",0.24898144161073554,0.4979628832214711
8965728,"1. A method of measuring an exhaust temperature distribution at a gas turbine exhaust frame comprised of a plurality of radially extending struts, the method comprising: for each strut of the plurality of struts, mounting a plurality of thermocouples on a skin of the strut at a plurality of positions extending radially along a longitudinal length of the strut, for each strut of the plurality of struts, obtaining data related to strut skin temperature from each of the thermocouples mounted on the skin of the strut, for each strut of the plurality of strut, using the strut skin temperature related data obtained from the thermocouples mounted on the skin of the strut to obtain turbine exhaust gas flow path temperatures at the thermocouples mounted on the skin along the longitudinal length of the struts, using the turbine exhaust gas flow path temperatures to produce an actual profile of gas turbine exhaust temperature at the gas turbine exhaust frame to thereby measure the exhaust temperature distribution at the gas turbine exhaust frame.",0.5831597065744564,0.8336805868510873
9250797,"1. A method for defining and invoking a shortcut comprising: detecting an object touch on a touch screen display of a mobile device; displaying a touch gesture menu interface on said touch screen display of said mobile device in response to said object touch, said touch gesture menu interface comprising a first plurality of selectable options representing a plurality of user selectable operational modes of said mobile device on said touch screen display of said mobile device; tracking, on said touch screen display of said mobile device and while said touch gesture menu interface is displayed on said touch screen of said mobile device, a directional touch gesture in a direction away from a position of said object touch on a surface of said touch screen display of said mobile device and toward a selectable option included in said first plurality of selectable options displayed in said touch screen display of said mobile device, said selectable option representing an operational mode included in said plurality of operational modes of said mobile device; selecting said selectable option representing said operational mode based on said tracked directional touch gesture; defining, in response to said tracking of said directional touch gesture and said selecting of said selectable option based on said tracked directional touch gesture, said shortcut to include said tracked directional touch gesture associated with said selection of said operational mode; after said defining of said shortcut, detecting said directional touch gesture on said touch screen display of said mobile device without displaying said touch gesture menu interface on said touch screen display of said mobile device; and invoking, in response to said detecting of said directional touch gesture after said defining of said shortcut, said shortcut to select said operational mode.",0.050805310397199675,0.10161062079439931
8396458,"1. A wireless end-user device comprising: one or more modems for enabling the end-user device to communicate over at least a first wireless access network; memory configured to store a first service policy to be applied when the wireless end-user device communicates or attempts to communicate over the first wireless access network, the first service policy associated with a first service activity, the first service activity including a data communication associated with a particular application of a plurality of applications on the wireless end-user device; and one or more processors configured to perform the following steps, when the wireless end-user device communicates or attempts to communicate over the first wireless access network:",0.6374383590957785,0.725123281808443
9592495,1. An ammonia synthesis catalyst synthesizing ammonia from nitrogen in a presence of moisture comprising: a catalyst particle including an inorganic material that has a photocatalytic function; and an inorganic acid.,0.9571396283386338,0.0857207433227325
9254465,"1. An interfacial polymerization process for preparing a highly permeable reverse osmosis (RO) membrane, comprising: contacting on a porous support membrane, recovering a highly permeable RO membrane.",0.6567648803817244,0.6864702392365511
8847514,"1. A programmable luminaire comprising: a microcontroller; a light map storage; a plurality of arrays of Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs), each array of LEDs for outputting light at a different wavelength; a program memory for storing a lighting program that is executed by the microcontroller to read a light map from the light map storage, and to adjust output-light intensities of the plurality of arrays of LEDs for different wavelengths in response to wavelength specifications in the light map; a timer for triggering the microcontroller to apply to the plurality of arrays LEDs a next set of wavelength specifications from the light map after a period of time has elapsed; and a host interface that receives an edited light map from a host and writes the edited light map to the light map storage as the light map; wherein the light map comprises a first growth-stage daily light map, a second growth-stage daily light map, and a third growth-stage daily light map; wherein each growth-stage daily light map specifies at least 5 different wavelengths of output-light intensities that change multiple times over a virtual day; wherein the light map further comprises: a first-stage day count that specifies a first number of virtual days to repeat the first growth-stage daily light map during a seedling growth stage; a second-stage day count that specifies a second number of virtual days to repeat the second growth-stage daily light map during a middle growth stage; a third-stage day count that specifies a third number of virtual days to repeat the third growth-stage daily light map during a flowering growth stage, whereby edited light maps from the host control output-light intensities for the different wavelengths that are adjusted multiple times during a virtual day, and between multi-day growth stages.",0.7705558482877973,0.45888830342440534
9275763,"1. A nuclear fuel rod spacer grid for a fuel assembly, the nuclear fuel rod spacer grid comprising at least two meshed grid parts including a first grid part and a second grid part, the first and second grid parts being superposed in a longitudinal direction, each of the first and second grid parts extending in a transverse plane, the first and second grid parts being movable relative to one another in at least one transverse direction between an open configuration for insertion of nuclear fuel rods in the longitudinal direction through the first and second grid parts, and a closed configuration allowing each rod inserted through the first and second grid parts to be clamped transversely between the grid parts, and immobilization elements for transversely immobilizing the first and second grid parts in the closed configuration, the immobilization elements being arranged to come into engagement as the superposed first and second grid parts are brought together in the longitudinal direction, each rod being clamped transversely between a support plate of the first grid part and a support plate of the second grid part in the closed configuration.",0.860437390219364,0.2791252195612719
8901583,"1. An emitter package, comprising: a casing comprising a cavity extending into the interior of said casing from a top surface of said casing, wherein said casing comprises a stepwise gradation such that the length and width of the bottom of said casing are greater than the length and width of the top of said casing; an electrically conductive lead frame integral to said casing, wherein said lead frame comprises features that cooperate with said casing to provide a rigid connection between said lead frame and said casing; and a plurality of light emitting devices arranged on conductive parts of said lead frame, said light emitting devices and portions of said lead frame exposed through said cavity; wherein the bottom of said cavity comprises a different shape than the top of said cavity, with the shape of said cavity bottom increasing the surface area of said exposed lead frame portions.",0.2534582282465786,0.5069164564931572
9130496,"1. A drive signal generating circuit, comprising: a current detecting unit configured to detect a current flowing through a three-phase motor, wherein the current detecting unit includes: the differential amplifier circuit is configured to amplify, by the predetermined gain, a difference between a voltage outputted from the selection circuit and the reference voltage, and output the amplified difference as the detection output; a calculating unit configured to calculate a d-axis current and a q-axis current based on a detection output of the current detecting unit; a reference signal output unit configured to output a first reference signal indicative of a first reference value of the q-axis current for rotating the three-phase motor at a target rotational speed, based on a speed signal indicative of a rotational speed of the three-phase motor and a clock signal indicative of the target rotational speed of the three-phase motor; a magnetic flux control circuit configured to output a second reference signal indicative of a reference value of the d-axis current; an angle detecting circuit configured to generate a signal indicative of the rotational speed of the motor based on a Hall signal outputted from a Hall sensor; a first control signal output unit configured to output a first control signal corresponding to an error between a current value of the d-axis current and the second reference value; a second control signal output unit configured to output a second control signal corresponding to an error between a current value of the q-axis current and the first reference value; a drive signal output unit configured to output, to a drive circuit configured to drive the three-phase motor, such a drive signal that a current value of the d-axis current becomes equal to the second reference value and a current value of the q-axis current becomes equal to the first reference value, based on the first and the second control signals; and an adjusting unit configured to adjust the detection output based on the second control signal so that a ripple of the second control signal becomes smaller, after a rotational speed of the three-phase motor reaches a predetermined rotational speed corresponding to the target rotational speed, wherein the adjusting unit includes: a rotational speed determining unit configured to determine whether or not a rotational speed of the three-phase motor has reached the predetermined rotational speed; a first offset adjusting unit configured to, when it is determined that a rotational speed of the three-phase motor has reached the predetermined rotational speed, adjust an offset of the differential amplifier circuit so that a ripple of the second control signal becomes smaller, wherein the first offset adjusting unit is configured to adjust an offset of the differential amplifier circuit, after an offset of the differential amplifier circuit is adjusted by the second offset adjusting unit and a voltage corresponding to a current flowing through the three-phase motor is outputted from the selection circuit; a second offset adjusting unit configured to, when the predetermined voltage is outputted from the selection circuit, adjust an offset of the differential amplifier circuit so that the detection output becomes equal in value to a voltage determined by a product of the gain and a difference between the predetermined voltage and the reference voltage, and a control unit configured to, when an offset of the differential amplifier circuit has been adjusted by the second offset adjusting unit, control the selection circuit so that a voltage corresponding to a current flowing through the three-phase motor is outputted from the selection circuit.",0.4054932928910513,0.8109865857821026
8560530,"1. A computer-implemented method to rank the influence of a web site, comprising: filtering out a post that is not relevant to a topic term from a first plurality of posts to a web site; determining a number of inbound links to the web site based on the topic term; determining a time between the inbound links to the web site based on the topic term; determining a number of posts that are relevant to the topic term by: generating a rank of the web site based on the number of inbound links, the number of posts, and the time between the inbound links.",0.020891583423626334,0.041783166847252695
9172345,"1. A device, comprising: a memory configured to store tuning data associated with a tuning process for a user identity in which the device is trained with the tuning data according to a defined hearing level based on an audio frequency control mechanism and an audio level control mechanism associated with the device, and other tuning data generated based on at least one predetermined tuning value that is not associated with the user identity; and a processor configured to select an audio signal from a plurality of audio signals based on speech data, to repeatedly monitor a noise level associated with environmental noise, and to adjust, in response to a determination that the noise level is above a threshold level, the audio signal selected from the plurality of audio signals according to a plurality of filter bands associated with a digital transformation and based on the tuning data and the other tuning data.",0.17185786198144154,0.3437157239628831
9018540,"1. A wired circuit board, comprising: an insulating layer formed with an opening extending therethrough in a thickness direction of the wired circuit board; a conductive layer formed on one surface of the insulating layer in the thickness direction and including a one-side terminal portion; an other-side terminal portion formed on an opposite surface of the insulating layer in the thickness direction, disposed so as to overlap the opening and the one-side terminal portion when projected in the thickness direction, and used to be connected to an electronic element via a conductive adhesive; and a conductive portion filling the opening to provide electrical conduction between the one-side terminal portion and the other-side terminal portion, wherein the opening is disposed on an outside of the one-side terminal portion so as to be spaced apart therefrom, and wherein the other-side terminal portion is continuously and integrally formed so as to overlap both the opening and the one-side terminal portion when projected in the thickness direction.",0.32027583288186356,0.6405516657637271
9397174,"1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a semiconductor layer comprising a first doped region including a first dopant and a second doped region including a second dopant; and a diffusion barrier separating the first doped region and the second doped region, wherein the first doped region and the second doped region are oppositely doped, wherein the third doped region is a different region than the first doped region and the second doped region, wherein the first doped region is a different region than the second doped region, wherein the diffusion barrier is self-aligned between the first doped region and the second doped region.",0.40931979695823933,0.8186395939164787
8683096,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of data terminals, wherein the plurality of data terminals includes at least 64 bi-directional data terminals; no more than two pairs of differential data strobe terminals associated with the plurality of data terminals and configured to transfer data strobe signals; and digital logic circuitry coupled to the data terminals and configured to use the no more than two pairs of differential data strobe terminals concurrently with the plurality of data terminals to transfer data.",0.3092506663259905,0.618501332651981
9567376,1. An adeno-associated virus (AAV) having a recombinant AAV capsid protein comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2.,0.64019105607172,0.71961788785656
9773655,"1. A radio-frequency voltage generator that generates radio-frequency voltage from direct-current voltage and applies the radio-frequency voltage to a load, the radio-frequency voltage generator comprising: a) a first direct-current voltage generation section for generating first direct-current voltage; b) a second direct-current voltage generation section for generating second direct-current voltage having a value different from that of the first direct-current voltage; c) a transient alternating voltage generation section for oscillating transient alternating voltage having a cycle shorter than a cycle of the radio-frequency voltage, a maximum value of the transient alternating voltage being one of the first direct-current voltage and the second direct-current voltage, and a minimum value of the transient alternating voltage being the other one, starting with an initial value being the first direct-current voltage or the second direct-current voltage; and d) a voltage switch section for switching voltages applied to the load, during a cycle of the radio-frequency voltage, from the first direct-current voltage, to the transient alternating voltage the initial value of which is the first direct-current voltage, to the second direct-current voltage, to the transient alternating voltage the initial value of which is the second direct-current voltage, in this order, the voltage switch section switching the voltages applied to the load such that a time period of the transient alternating voltage becomes a multiple of a half-integer of the cycle of the transient alternating voltage and shorter than a half cycle of the radio-frequency voltage, the half-integer being equal to or greater than 1.5.",0.8525430977712463,0.2949138044575075
8389389,"1. A semiconductor layer manufacturing method of forming a semiconductor layer inside a reaction chamber capable of being hermetically sealed, comprising: an impurities removing step of removing impurities inside said reaction chamber using a replacement gas; and a semiconductor layer forming step of forming said semiconductor layer, said impurities removing step being a step in which a cycle composed of a replacement gas introducing step of introducing the replacement gas into said chamber is repeated a plurality of times, said impurities removing step being performed at least before the semiconductor layer forming step in said replacement gas introducing step, said replacement gas is introduced into said reaction chamber to have a pressure greater than or equal to a pressure after introducing the replacement gas that has been set beforehand, in said exhausting step, the inside of said reaction chamber is exhausted to have a pressure less than or equal to a pressure after exhaust that has been set beforehand, and a number n (unit: number of times) of said cycle satisfies an expression: where [N] (unit: atoms/cm",0.4267015152038824,0.8534030304077648
9198190,"1. A method in a first communication node for estimating pre-coding weights for a transmission on a radio channel between the first communication node and a second communication node in a communication network, wherein the first communication node comprises at least two transmit antennas, and wherein each respective transmit antenna is configured to transmit on each of at least two sub-bands, and wherein the at least two sub-bands are comprised in the radio channel, the method comprising: obtaining at least two pre-coding reports, wherein each pre-coding report is for a different time instance, wherein each pre-coding report comprises pre-coding weights or indications to pre-coding weights, wherein the pre-coding weights are associated with each of the respective transmit antennas and associated with each of the respective sub-band; and for each transmit antenna, estimating pre-coding weights for at least one of the at least two sub-bands based on the pre-coding weights in the at least two obtained pre-coding reports, wherein the estimated pre-coding weights are different from a most recent of the obtained pre-coding reports, wherein the estimating pre-coding weights comprises: estimating a correlation of the at least two pre-coding reports for different time instances; and based on the estimated correlation, estimating a time shift between the pre-coding weights associated with each of the respective transmit antennas and associated with each of the respective sub-band comprised in the obtained pre-coding reports.",0.24766700947613407,0.49533401895226814
8523256,"1. A self contained mobile trailer assembly for facilitating repair and maintenance of a punctured aircraft fuel tanks; the trailer comprising: an undercarriage which supports a housing having walls defining an internal space; wherein the internal space receives and retains therein technical equipment for use in and to facilitate field repair of the punctured fuel tank; the undercarriage comprising a chassis mounted on a wheel assembly, the trailer assembly being configurable between a non-working state suitable for transportation in which the housing is closed and a deployed working state in which the housing is opened for access to the technical equipment wherein the technical equipment includes desealing and decontamination equipment of treating the punctured tanks, gas monitors to enable monitoring of gas inside the tanks and gas masks.",0.6481041703946347,0.7037916592107305
9472885,"1. An electrical connector assembly, comprising: a wire; a terminal having a first end, a second end secured to the wire, and a terminal body between the first and second ends, said terminal body defining a pair of terminal wings protruding from opposite side surfaces of the terminal body; a connector body having a terminal receiving cavity formed therein and having a first opening configured for insertion of the terminal therethrough and having a second opening opposite the first opening configured to receive a mating terminal therethrough, said terminal receiving cavity defined in part by a bottom wall, a top wall opposing the bottom wall, and two opposed side walls adjacent the top and bottom walls, each of said side walls defining terminal guides protruding into the terminal receiving cavity, said terminal guides having guide rails and a guide slots beneath the guide rails; and a retainer affixed to the second opening and configured to engage the first end of the terminal, thereby preventing the terminal from being inadvertently withdrawn from the terminal receiving cavity through the second opening, wherein the guide rails urge the pair of terminal wings toward the top wall as the terminal and the wire are inserted within the terminal receiving cavity through the first opening until the pair of terminal wings reach an end of the guide rails, and wherein the pair of terminal wings enter open ends of the guide slots as the wire is withdrawn from the terminal receiving cavity and the pair of terminal wings traverse the guide slots until the pair of terminal wings engage closed ends of the guide slots, thereby preventing the terminal from being inadvertently withdrawn from the terminal receiving cavity through the first opening.",0.20145042630033186,0.40290085260066366
9821584,"1. An image recording method comprising: a liquid composition-applying step of applying a liquid composition containing a reacting agent that precipitates or aggregates components of an ink to an intermediate transfer body; an intermediate image-forming step of forming an intermediate image by applying the ink to the intermediate transfer body; a temperature adjusting step; a liquid removing step of removing a liquid from the intermediate image formed on the intermediate transfer body; and a transfer step of transferring the intermediate image onto a recording medium, in this order, wherein the ink comprises polymer particles and a surfactant which is at least one selected from a compound represented by general formula (1) below and a compound represented by general formula (2) below, in the temperature adjusting step, a temperature of the intermediate image is adjusted to a temperature higher than or equal to a minimum film-forming temperature of the polymer particles, and a temperature of the intermediate image in the transfer step is lower than the minimum film-forming temperature of the polymer particles and a temperature difference between the temperature of the intermediate image in the transfer step and the minimum film-forming temperature of the polymer particles is 17° C. or more and 40° C. or less, where R 1 and R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a methyl group, R 2 and R 3 each independently represent a single bond or an organic group, I and n each independently represent 0 or more, I +n represents 2 or more and 300 or less, and m represents 1 or more and 70 or less, and where R 5 and R 8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a methyl group, R 6 and R 7 each independently represent a single bond or an organic group, p and r each independently represent 0 or more, p +r represents 2 or more and 70 or less, and q represents 1 or more and 300 or less.",0.11537912599737046,0.23075825199474087
9085496,"1. An organic composition for use with plants comprising: (a) topsoil; (b) dirt; (c) wood chips; (d) leaves; (e) manure; (f) sand; and (g) a filtration waste which includes carbon, diatomaceous earth, and sugar, said sugar consumable by organisms within said organic composition.",0.9034758246593921,0.19304835068121573
9159245,"1. A closed loop system for training an equestrian rider, comprising: a plurality of rider position sensors operable for attachment to a rider in locations that provide a plurality of rider joint, head, torso, and limb position information; a plurality of horse position sensors operable for attachment to a horse in locations that provide a plurality of horse joint, head, torso, and limb position information; a plurality of video cameras operable to be spaced apart from the horse and the rider, the plurality of video cameras operable to be time-synced and positioned to capture video of the horse and rider from a plurality of viewing directions; at least one force sensor operable to be functionally coupled between the horse and the rider; a plurality of inertial measurement units operable to couple to at least one of the horse or the rider; a data acquisition system operable to collect and store data from the rider position sensors, the horse position sensors, the at least one force sensor, and the inertial measurement units; a data display system operable to display the data collected from the data acquisition system; and a training system operable to train the equestrian rider based on the data collected from the data acquisition system and displayed on the data display system.",0.07646034050281063,0.15292068100562128
9252616,"1. An apparatus for charging a zinc-air cell or zinc-air battery, said apparatus comprising: a. a reservoir, said reservoir comprising: b. an export feed operationally connected to said reservoir; c. a fluid drainer; and wherein:",0.8533318613034587,0.29333627739308255
8684924,"1. A device for determining a stress level of a person and providing feedback on a basis of the stress level as determined, comprising: a textile structure; at least one body sensor including a patch of electronically conductive textile material integrated in the textile structure, the electrically conductive textile patch measuring electrical signals which are representative of electrical activity inside a body of the person when the textile structure contacts the person's body; and a stress assessing device which processes the electrical signals from the at least one body sensor, and determines a stress level of the person and controls parameters for controlling a feedback device in accordance with the determined stress level; the feedback device being configured to communicate the stress level to the person; wherein the feedback device includes LEDs embedded in the textile structure to change color of at least a portion of the textile structure in accordance with the stress level of the person.",0.24955723284642503,0.4991144656928501
9600595,"1. A method for redrawing a first web page window addressed by a first URL and a second web page window addressed by a second URL, moved from a first display screen to a second display screen, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an indication that a first web page window and a second web page window are to be opened on a first display screen; identifying, by one or more processors, from a configuration file: a first scaling factor corresponding to a first URL of the first web page window and the first display screen; and a second scaling factor corresponding to a second URL of the second web page window and the first display screen; displaying, on the first display screen, the first web page window scaled according to the first scaling factor, and the second web page window scaled according to the second scaling factor; receiving a selection of: a third scaling factor corresponding to the first URL of the first web page window and a second display screen; and a fourth scaling factor corresponding to the second URL of the second web page window and the second display screen; writing, by one or more processors, the third scaling factor and the fourth scaling factor to the configuration file; receiving an indication that: the first web page window is being moved from the first display screen to the second display screen; and the second web page window is being moved from the first display screen to the second display screen; identifying, by one or more processors, from the configuration file: the third scaling factor corresponding to the first URL of the first web page window and the second display screen; and the fourth scaling factor corresponding to the second URL of the second web page window and the second display screen; and",0.028328849772986317,0.05665769954597266
8672689,"1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulating housing ( a printed circuit board (PCB) ( a plurality of terminals ( a flex flat cable (FFC) ( wherein the first, second, third, and fourth contacts ( wherein a space ( wherein the PCB (",0.404834573219889,0.809669146439778
9125906,"1. A method of improving blood flow in ischemic tissue in a patient having peripheral ischemia, comprising administering by intramuscular injection or injection into adipose depots in muscle a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a mixture of fibrin and an isolated homogenous population of cells obtained from human umbilical cord tissue in an amount effective to improve blood flow in the ischemic tissue, wherein the umbilical cord tissue is substantially free of blood, and wherein said isolated homogenous population of the cells is capable of self-renewal and expansion in culture, has the potential to differentiate and further has the following characteristics: (a) expresses oxidized low density lipoprotein receptor 1, chemokine receptor ligand 3, and granulocyte chemotactic protein; (b) does not express CD117, CD31, CD34, or CD45; (c) expresses, relative to a human fibroblast, mesenchymal stem cell, or iliac crest bone marrow cell, increased levels of interleukin 8 and reticulon 1; (d) has the potential to differentiate into cells of at least a skeletal muscle, vascular smooth muscle, pericyte or vascular endothelium phenotype; and (e) expresses CD10, CD13, CD44, CD73, and CD90.",0.20222347096441567,0.40444694192883135
9583747,"1. A traction battery assembly comprising: an array of battery cells; a pair of endplates each disposed on opposite ends of the array and defining edges and a receiving groove extending between the edges; a strap sized to sit within the groove, and wrap around the array and endplates; and an aluminum alloy or aluminum core over-molded with a thermoplastic material attachment fitting to connect ends of the strap such that the endplates compress the cells.",0.570015108697093,0.8599697826058139
9382709,"1. A wall comprising: a plurality of metal studs; an acoustical insulation layer woven between the plurality of metal studs; a first inner wall panel adjacent to the acoustical insulation layer; a second inner wall panel adjacent to the acoustical insulation layer on a surface opposite the first inner wall panel; a head section on a top portion of the plurality of metal studs, an inside of the head section lined with magnesium oxide boards, wherein vertical sides of the head section are offset and spaced inwardly from the first and second inner wall panels; and a base section on a bottom portion of the plurality of metal studs, an inside of the base section lined with magnesium oxide boards, wherein vertical sides of the base section are offset and spaced inwardly from the first and second inner wall panels.",0.2740856432980302,0.5481712865960604
8383928,"1. A concentrator photovoltaic generator, comprising at least one photoelectric cell covered by a transparent protection layer and further comprising a reflecting concentrator for directing luminous flux toward said at least one photoelectric cell, said concentrator having a reflecting surface for reflecting incident radiation, characterized in that the reflecting surface of said concentrator is covered by a filter such that the incident radiation must pass through said filter to reach said reflecting surface in order to be reflected, and after reflection by said reflecting surface must pass again through said filter in order to be directed toward said at least one photoelectric cell, said filter eliminating in the luminous flux directed by the concentrator toward said at least one photoelectric cell most of “unwanted” radiation that is not able to excite said at least one photoelectric cell.",0.9442192892420693,0.11156142151586135
9258092,"1. A method for transmitting a sounding reference symbol (SRS) comprising: defining, in conjunction with carrier aggregation, a SRS configuration for a plurality of uplink component carriers (UL CCs) being aggregated for use by one user equipment transmitter, the SRS configuration comprising: determining whether a SRS and other uplink channels are transmitted in the Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) on multiple uplink (UL) component carriers (CCs) in a subframe; and, specifying, based on determining that the SRS and the other uplink channels are transmitted in the PUSCH on multiple uplink component carriers, a multiplexing rule for simultaneous transmission during the subframe of a SRS transmission and the other uplink channels on the multiple uplink component carriers, the specifying the multiplexing rule comprising specifying transmission of an SRS on at least one secondary component carrier (SCC) with at least one secondary offset value indicator within the plurality of secondary offset value indicators.",0.04053002610589054,0.08106005221178103
9541307,"1. A thermoregulation kit for installation into a solar thermal energy capture system, wherein the solar thermal energy capture system comprises a piping infrastructure in fluid communication with a liquid storage tank and one or more solar thermal energy collectors, the thermoregulation kit comprising: a self-actuated temperature-responsive valve for installation interposed the piping infrastructure downstream from the one or more solar energy collectors and upstream from the liquid storage tank; and piping for interconnecting the self-actuated temperature-responsive valve with the piping infrastructure, and the liquid storage tank; wherein the self-actuated temperature-responsive valve either: (i) completely diverts the flow of a liquid working fluid away from the liquid storage tank when the temperature of the liquid working fluid is below a selected set point, or (ii) completely diverts the flow of the liquid working fluid to the liquid storage tank when the temperature of the liquid working fluid is about or greater than the selected set point.",0.9758473374523635,0.048305325095272966
8737634,"1. A wide area noise cancellation system for reducing the effect of noise generated by at least one noise source within a noise producing area at locations outside the noise producing area, the system comprising: a plurality of spaced apart microphone arrays positioned within the noise producing area, each microphone array detecting noise from at least one noise source located in the noise producing area and generating an output signal indicative of the detected noise; a noise signal processor configured to receive the output signals from the plurality of microphone arrays, the processor processing the output signals to determine noise cancellation signals to reduce the effect of noise from the at least one noise source; and a plurality of speaker arrays located at spaced apart locations around a periphery of the noise producing area, the plurality of speaker arrays receiving the noise cancellation signals from the processor and generating inverse sound waves to reduce the effect of the noise from the at least one noise source before the noise from exits the noise producing area; wherein the noise signal processor generates signals to drive the at least one speaker array to produce calibration sound waves, the calibration sound waves being detected by the at least one microphone array, the processor processing output signals from the at least one microphone array representing the detected calibration sound waves to determine areas of sound interference within a noise producing area, and wherein the processor adjusts the determined inverse sound wave based on the determined areas of sound interference within the noise producing area.",0.22750856372542738,0.45501712745085476
9666722,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first transistor comprising: wherein a bottom surface of the gate electrode is positioned lower than a bottom surface of the first oxide semiconductor layer, wherein a sum of a height of the projecting portion and a thickness of the first oxide semiconductor layer is greater than or equal to 30 nm and less than or equal to 300 nm, and wherein the first transistor has a switching speed lower than 100 nanoseconds.",0.2637142786519907,0.5274285573039814
9801107,"1. A method of performing a handoff of a communication call, comprising: receiving notification, at a first base station operating on a licensed frequency, of a need to perform a handoff of a communication call of a wireless access terminal, wherein the communication call is on a first unlicensed frequency and is serviced by a second base station; obtaining a location of the wireless access terminal; identifying any base station operating in an unlicensed frequency spectrum and having a service area corresponding to the location of the wireless access terminal; and providing to the wireless access terminal identification information for a target base station for use in handing off the communication call based on the identifying.",0.33999561952098606,0.6799912390419721
9122405,"1. A method of creating a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) in a storage device, said method comprising: creating, for a first time, a RAID array on factory fresh drives installed in the storage device; connecting the storage device to an uninterruptable power supply; and rebuilding the RAID array in the storage device based on initiating a forced rebuild of the RAID array.",0.5547054394205765,0.890589121158847
9780724,"1. A transparent solar heat absorbing apparatus comprising: a transparent member that allows sunlight to pass through; a wavelength selective member disposed beneath the transparent member, the wavelength selective member allowing light in a transmission range including at least a visible wavelength range to pass through and reflecting light in a reflection range including at least an infrared wavelength range; and a heating tank formed between the transparent member and the wavelength selective member, the heating tank being filled with a heating medium, wherein at least one of the transparent member and the wavelength selective member has a waveform structure on at least one of its upper surface and bottom surface; wherein the transparent member has the waveform structure on at least one of the upper surface and the bottom surface of the transparent member in a first cross sectional view, and a pseudo traveling direction of the waveform structure of the transparent member is a first direction, and wherein the wavelength selective member has the waveform structure on at least one of the upper surface and the bottom surface of the wavelength selective member in a second cross sectional view, and a pseudo traveling direction of the waveform structure of the wavelength selective member faces to a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction.",0.7461224935524146,0.5077550128951709
9531399,"1. A digital to analog converter circuit to convert a digital input signal to an analog output signal, wherein the digital input signal comprises a plurality of Least Significant Bits (LSBs) and a plurality of Most Significant bits (MSBs), the digital to analog converter circuit comprising: a line decoder configured to receive the plurality of LSBs of the digital input signal and configured to generate a line information based thereon; a column decoder configured to receive the plurality of MSBs of the digital input signal and configured to generate a column information based thereon; one or more source cells arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein the one or more source cells are configured to be selectively activated and consequently generate an individual output signal based on the line information and the column information respectively; a control circuit configured to supply a source signal to selectively energize one or more source cells of the plurality of columns based on the column information; and a compensation circuit comprising one or more cells configured to linearize the source signal.",0.2892488442818589,0.5784976885637177
8815678,"1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprising: forming source and drain regions and a gate electrode of a transistor, forming a metal silicide layer over said source and drain regions, wherein said metal silicide undergoes aggregation at temperatures of 600° C. and above, forming a metal plug in contact with one of the source and drain regions of said transistor, forming a lower metal electrode of a capacitor in contact with said metal plug and in contact with an interlayer insulating film, forming a capacitor dielectric film on said lower metal electrode by atomic layer deposition (ALD), forming an upper metal electrode on said capacitor dielectric film, and after formation of said dielectric film, carrying out a heat treatment at a temperature not lower than a film deposition temperature in the ALD, wherein said capacitor dielectric film is selected from the group consisting of ZrO wherein said method is conducted at temperatures less than 600° C. after formation of said metal silicide layer.",0.6419623684886151,0.7160752630227698
9617974,"1. A wind turbine blade for a rotor of a wind turbine having a substantially horizontal rotor shaft, the rotor comprising a hub, from which the wind turbine blade extends substantially in a radial direction when mounted to the hub, the wind turbine blade extending in a longitudinal direction parallel to a longitudinal axis and having a tip end and a root end, the wind turbine blade comprising a profiled contour including a pressure side and a suction side, as well as a leading edge and a trailing edge with a chord having a chord length extending therebetween, the profiled contour, when being impacted by an incident airflow, generating a lift, wherein the wind turbine blade further comprises a plurality of serrations provided at the trailing edge of the contour, said serrations projecting free of said trailing edge, said plurality of serrations operable to reduce noise generated during operation of the blade by modulation of the airflow at the trailing edge of the contour, said plurality of serrations each comprising a substantially triangular serration body having a proximal base end located adjacent said trailing edge and a distal tip end projecting away from said trailing edge and serration side edges extending between said proximal base end and said distal tip end, wherein at least one through-going aperture is defined in said substantially triangular serration body between said base end and said tip end.",0.7971552594849136,0.40568948103017277
8781661,"1. In a machine of the type having a transmission, a differential, and a drive shaft disposed therebetween, the improvement comprising: a stator defining a substantially cylindrical opening extending therethrough; a rotor disposed to be rotated relative to the stator, the rotor attached to the drive shaft along a length thereof such that rotation of the drive shaft causes a corresponding rotation of the rotor, at least a portion of the drive shaft extending through the opening defined by the stator; and a coupling attached to the stator and the transmission and extending therebetween.",0.4766196092172589,0.9532392184345178
8614363,"1. A process of making 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane, the process comprising: heating a reaction mixture comprising 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane, ferric chloride and chlorine to produce 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane.",0.734414232818288,0.531171534363424
9614215,"1. A lithium secondary battery, comprising: a negative electrode; a positive electrode using a lithium compound as an active material; an electrolyte between the negative electrode and the positive electrode; and a separator dividing the negative electrode and positive electrode from each other, and the lithium secondary battery does not use a negative electrode wherein a negative electrode active material layer is applied on a surface of a negative electrode collector, the negative electrode material comprising one of iron foil and iron-base alloy foil, wherein the one of the iron foil and the iron-base alloy foil has a thickness of 5 μm to 20 μm, and has a surface profile having a plurality of concave shaped hollows formed by heat treating with laser beam irradiation, melting and transforming the surface, and a depth from a plane surface of the concave shaped hollow at an edge of the hollow to a lowermost part of the hollow is 0.5 μm to 2.5 μm, the surface is a surface of the negative electrode which contacts with the electrolyte solution.",0.9342386271820776,0.13152274563584476
9333948,"1. A connecting device ( 10 ) for connecting a joining element ( 46 , 48 , 50 , 52 , 54 , 56 , 58 , 60 , 62 , 64 , 66 ) of a wiper arm to a wiper blade ( 12 ) in an articulated manner, a supporting element ( 16 ) of said wiper blade being rigidly connected to a connecting element ( 20 ) of the connecting device ( 10 ), wherein the connecting element ( 20 ) has at least one mounting web ( 26 ) which runs in a longitudinal direction, protrudes into an interior of at least one type of adapter ( 36 , 38 , 40 , 42 , 44 ) and supports a mounting pin ( 28 ) that runs transversely to the longitudinal direction, the at least one type of adapter ( 36 , 38 , 40 , 42 , 44 ) being pivotably mounted on said mounting pin by mounting means ( 88 ), wherein the at least one type of adapter ( 36 , 38 , 40 , 42 , 44 ) is detachably connected to the joining element ( 46 , 48 , 50 , 52 , 54 , 56 , 58 , 60 , 62 , 64 , 66 ), characterized in that the mounting web ( 26 ) is integrally formed on one longitudinal edge of a base ( 22 ) of the connecting element ( 20 ) only in a short region on an outer end of the connecting element ( 20 ) and the mounting pin ( 28 ) is secured on the mounting web ( 26 ) in a cantilevered manner towards an other longitudinal edge of the base ( 22 ), while a lateral web ( 30 ) is integrally formed on the other longitudinal edge of the base ( 22 ) in an offset manner with respect to the outer end of the connecting element ( 20 ).",0.3193039339244357,0.6386078678488714
9790699,"1. A sump drain for handling pool water, submerged in a swimming pool having a plastered surface, the sump drain comprising: a uniformly elongated arcuately convex channel having opposed sidewalls extending between semi-spherically rounded axial ends and a plurality of mutually spaced outlet drain ports disposed inward of the semi-spherically rounded axial ends for guiding water flow therethrough out of the channel, the channel further having an opening for receiving the pool water, the channel being embedded in a surface of the swimming pool and forming a solid surface underneath the opening interrupted only by the plurality of outlet drain ports, the channel defining a plurality of anchor points disposed over bulbous portions of the sidewalls contoured to protrude into the opening for anchoring the sump drain to the plastered surface of the swimming pool underneath; a water stop abutting and substantially encircling the opening; the water stop including a trough for retaining and collecting the pool water, the trough defining at least first and second portions endlessly looped about the opening, the first portion projecting laterally from the channel to the second portion extending transversely therefrom; wherein the sump drain is configured for installation in the pool with the water stop buried in the plastered surface, such that the pool water seeping between the opening and the plastered surface is trapped by the trough, thereby preventing the pool water from intruding beyond the plastered surface; wherein the mutually spaced outlet drain ports upon partial blockage thereof provide alternate drainage support for one another.",0.32264622813821237,0.6452924562764247
9617964,"1. A starting device for an internal combustion engine, having a starter pinion ( 22 ), which is adjustable axially between a non-functional position and an advanced drive position and which is seated on a shaft, having a securing ring ( 304 ) which is seated on the shaft and which serves for limiting axial movement of the starter pinion ( 22 ), wherein the securing ring ( 304 ) is configured to be spread and expanded radially for removal from the shaft, wherein there is formed into a face side of the starter pinion ( 22 ) a securing recess ( 306 ) into which the securing ring ( 304 ) projects and which fixes the securing ring ( 304 ) radially on the shaft to prevent the securing ring ( 304 ) from spreading, characterized in that the starter pinion ( 22 ) can be displaced axially into a removal position in which the securing ring ( 304 ) is situated axially outside the securing recess ( 306 ) and when removed from the securing recess ( 306 ), the securing ring ( 304 ) can be expanded radially.",0.4101133623348441,0.8202267246696882
8826901,"1. A compact furnace heat exchanger, comprising a first pass having an inlet end; a second pass in fluid communication with the first pass; and a third pass having an outlet end; the third pass in fluid communication with the second pass and having a plurality of irregularities, and the first pass, the second pass and the third pass forming a continious flow passage, the plurality of irregularities including at least one up bead extending partially upwardly from a lower surface/edge of the third pass towards an upper surface/edge of the third pass and at least one down bead extending partially downwardly from the upper surface/edge towards the lower surface/edge of the third pass.",0.6934106611391238,0.6131786777217525
9078679,"1. A skull pin for use with a stabilizing device, wherein the pin comprises: a. a tip, wherein the tip is configured to contact a patient's skull, wherein the tip comprises a conical member, wherein the conical member comprises: b. a molded body, wherein the molded body comprises;",0.03540541949486904,0.07081083898973806
8871897,"1. An amine-containing difluoro benzotriazolyl polymer, having a structural formula (I): wherein both R",0.27015557574721505,0.5403111514944301
9050975,"1. A vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; a power storage device configured to store electric power; a rotating electric machine configured to generate a driving force using the electric power from said power storage device; and a control device configured to detect a malfunction in said internal combustion engine, said vehicle having, as an operation mode: a CS (Charge Sustaining) mode and a CD (Charge Depleting) mode, said vehicle being configured to run with said operation mode selectively switched between the CS mode and the CD mode, each of said CS mode and CD mode having a state where said internal combustion engine is operated and a state where said internal combustion engine is not operated, and in response to: (i) detecting a malfunction in said internal combustion engine during past operation of the vehicle, and (ii) said operation mode being said CD mode during present operation of the vehicle, said control device switches said operation mode to said CS mode and performs a malfunction detection process when said internal combustion engine is operated.",0.932542313165121,0.13491537366975792
9783191,"1. A control system for a hybrid vehicle, the hybrid vehicle including an engine, a first motor, a second motor, a differential mechanism, and a clutch, the second motor configured to output drive torque to a drive wheel, the differential mechanism configured to perform a differential action by at least three rotary elements, any one of the rotary elements in the differential mechanism serving as an input element to which drive power is transmitted from the engine, another one of the rotary elements in the differential mechanism being connected to the first motor and serving as a reaction force element, and remaining one of the rotary elements in the differential mechanism serving as an output element for outputting torque to the drive wheel, the clutch configured to connect the engine to the input element not used to connect to the first motor or to the drive wheel, and disconnect the engine from the input element, the control system comprising: an electronic control unit configured to: (a) set an EV mode in which a vehicle travels at least by drive power of the second motor among the first motor and the second motor in a state that the engine stops; (b) prohibit setting of the EV mode in a state that the clutch is fully engaged when a vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a predetermined first vehicle speed threshold value; and (c) prohibit setting of the EV mode in a state that the clutch is disengaged when the vehicle speed of the vehicle that travels in the EV mode is less than or equal to a predetermined second vehicle speed threshold value, the second vehicle speed threshold value being smaller than the first vehicle speed threshold value.",0.9706342863203713,0.058731427359257404
9140650,"1. A method for detection of stress in a cell, the method comprising: introducing a labeled tRNA into the cell; detecting the subcellular localization of the tRNA over the course of a predetermined period of time, wherein said subcellular localization comprises nuclear localization and/or cytoplasmic localization, and wherein the detection is based on a signal emitted from the labeled tRNA; and detecting a change in the subcellular localization of the labeled tRNA in the cell, wherein an increased subcellular nuclear localization of the tRNA is indicative of increased stress or wherein a decreased subcellular cytoplasmic localization of the tRNA is indicative of increased stress.",0.1206527709626973,0.24130554192539466
9838175,"1. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from an eNB, a specific subframe, the specific subframe including a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), the PDCCH including downlink control information (DCI), wherein the DCI has a first predetermined length or a second predetermined second length, and the first predetermined length has an additional bit compared to the second predetermined length, and wherein each subframe for the UE is dynamically used as a normal subframe or a reduced power-almost blank subframe (r-ABS); dynamically selecting an eNB Tx power level from among a normal eNB Tx power level for the normal subframe and a reduced eNB Tx power level for the r-ABS, wherein the dynamically selecting comprises: demodulating the received PDSCH based on the selected Tx power level.",0.5077904595689401,0.9844190808621198
8647998,"1. Continuous catalyst regeneration device comprising at least one burning zone formed by at least one annular combustion zone ( 3 ), centered along a longitudinal axis (A), in which the catalyst circulates, an inlet conduit of the catalyst ( 4 ) and an outlet conduit of the catalyst ( 4 ′), an external zone ( 11 ) for circulation of a combustive gas ( 13 ) disposed outside and around the annular combustion zone ( 3 ) and an internal circulation zone ( 15 ) disposed inside the annular combustion zone ( 3 ), wherein the burning zone is divided into sectors ( 14 ) by hermetic longitudinal plates ( 10 ) disposed radially relative to the longitudinal axis (A) of the regenerator, and wherein the external zone ( 11 ) of each sector ( 14 ) is in communication with the internal circulation zone ( 15 ) of a following sector ( 14 ′) until the last sector ( 14 ″), through a connection conduit ( 7 ) in which the combustive gas ( 13 ) circulates, and is supplied with oxygen through an oxygen conduit ( 8 ) opening into the connection conduit ( 7 ).",0.8580463745182447,0.28390725096351055
9447882,"1. A gasket compressible between a first and a second interfacing surface, the gasket in an uncompressed orientation comprising: a body formed of a resilient material, the body having a first side and a second side defining a body thickness therebetween and a first edge and a second edge defining a widthwise extent therebetween, one or both of the first and the second edge being formed as a having a generally tubular profile, and the body having one or more apertures extending through the body thickness from an opening in the first side to an opening in the second side; and one or more generally tubular compression limiters each received in a corresponding one of the apertures, each of the limiters being formed of a rigid material and extending through the body thickness from a first flanged portion disposed about the opening in the body first side and extending radially outwardly over the body first side to a second flanged portion disposed about the opening in the body second side and extending radially-outward over the body second side, the first and the second flanged portion of the limiters clamping the body thickness directly therebetween to thereby fasten the limiters to the body, each of the limiters comprising a first member including the first flanged portion, and a second member including the second flanged portion, the second member being fitted onto the first member, the first member having an opening aligned generally coaxially with the corresponding opening in the body first side, the second member having a shank portion extending from the second flanged portion through the corresponding one of the apertures to a distal end, and the distal end of the second member being received through the opening in the first member and fitted thereover interlocking the second member to the first member without deforming the body, whereby as the profile of the one or both of the first and the second edge of the gasket body is compressed between the first and the second interfacing surface, each of the first and the second interfacing surface abuttingly engages a corresponding one of the first and the second flanged portion of each of the compression limiters to thereby delimit the further compression of the profile of the one or both of the first and the second edge of the gasket body therebetween the first and the second interfacing surface, and to delimit the compression of the gasket body between the first and the second edge thereof such that each of the first and the second flange portion extends radially-outwardly over, respectively, the body first side and the body second side.",0.2375687619106393,0.4751375238212786
9484588,"1. A composite membrane comprising a composite, which is a reaction product of a composition comprising: at least one compound comprising a cage-type structure of silsesquioxane, selected from compounds represented by Formulae 9 and 10: and a conductive polymer comprising at least one selected from an azole-based polymer, polyimide, polyoxazole, and a sulfonated polymer",0.9293218484955044,0.14135630300899127
8866106,"1. A method to assess the quality of a surface coating process or of the surface coating resulting therefrom, wherein said assessing comprises the steps of: producing said surface coating by applying to the surface of said product a coating composition comprising an aqueous suspension comprising a coating substance and a marker system comprising at least one phosphorescent marker, wherein the coating substance and the phosphorescent marker are present at a fixed ratio, and wherein the marker system serves as an internal standard to the coating substance, and optionally drying said coating composition; quantitatively or qualitatively measuring the intensity of said at least one phosphorescent marker in said surface coating on the surface of said product; and determining from the measured intensity of the phosphorescent marker the amount of coating substance on said product surface thereby assessing the quality of said surface coating or of said surface coating process, wherein said product is a seed and wherein said surface coating process comprises the application of a desired amount or concentration of a seed coat to said seed.",0.2325685708802809,0.46513714176056187
8569683,"1. A method for monitoring an automatic drift compensation of a scintillation counter having a scintillator, comprising: applying the radiation from a working radiation source with a working radiation source energy spectrum to the scintillator for automatic drift compensation, applying the radiation from a monitoring radiation source with a monitoring radiation source energy spectrum, which differs from the working radiation source energy spectrum, to the scintillator, and evaluating a counting rate caused by the monitoring radiation source for the purpose of monitoring the automatic drift compensation wherein the automatic drift compensation comprises:",0.47717742148631515,0.9543548429726303
9745051,"1. An engine control device, comprising: a full authority digital engine control computer configured to calculate a pitch setpoint for at least one propeller of the engine using a propeller performance model that takes account at least of a flight speed in order to adapt a pitch setpoint while taking account of a shaft power setpoint, said propeller performance model being based on predicting losses associated with the operation of the propeller and an absorbed power coefficient.",0.870707123031167,0.2585857539376659
9305950,"1. A solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising: a plurality of pixels arrayed on a substrate and each including a photoelectric conversion portion; and element isolation regions formed between the plurality of pixels on the substrate, wherein the plurality of pixels include among the element isolation regions, a first region between the pixel for focus detection and the first pixel has a potential barrier against a signal charge, which is lower than that of a second region between the first pixel and the second pixel.",0.11820930801051942,0.23641861602103886
9448644,"1. A touch control system connected to a display surface, the touch control system comprising: at least two sensing devices; and a stylus, comprising: a housing, including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end; a first opening, formed at the first end; a second opening, formed between the first end and the second end; a contacting member, protruding from the first opening; and a reflecting member, disposed in the housing, situated between the first opening and the second opening, and connected to the contacting member, wherein when the contacting member contacts the display surface and moves along a direction from the first opening toward the second opening, the reflecting member is exposed to the second opening and reflects a light signal emitted from the sensing devices.",0.04116925152153601,0.082338503043072
8745526,"1. A method for providing information about multiple applications running concurrently on a device having a display, the method comprising: while a screen of a first application of the multiple applications is shown in the display, showing in the display a subscreen that includes precisely one representation for each of the multiple applications and enabling navigation through the representations without indicating to which application to switch, wherein the subscreen is smaller than the screen of the first application and obscures a portion of the screen of the first application; and in response to navigation to a representation of a second application of the multiple applications without switching to the second application, ceasing to show in the display the screen of the first application and instead showing in the display a screen of the second application; wherein the subscreen obscures a portion of the screen of the second application, wherein the subscreen is smaller than the screen of the second application.",0.16357731890415245,0.3271546378083049
9249776,"1. An aerodynamic dome, the aerodynamic dome comprising: a plurality of arcuate radial spar supports together forming a dome-shaped frame positioned upstream of a rotor hub assembly of a wind turbine; and at least one cover segment enveloping at least a portion of the dome-shaped frame to form at least a portion of an outer dome structure of the wind turbine, wherein at least one of the dome shaped frame and the outer dome structure are attached to at least one of a wind turbine rotor, a wind turbine rotor hub, a rotor blade, a rotor blade extension structure or a rotor hub extension structure of the wind turbine.",0.9242777893923136,0.15144442121537272
9758548,"1. An isolated anti-microbial peptide being between 3 and 5 amino acids, the peptide comprising the amino acid sequence CMYW (SEQ ID NO: 39).",0.5841538773738143,0.8316922452523714
8402341,"1. A method comprising: accessing, by a processor of a device, memory storing information representing a predetermined structured parity check matrix of a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) code for encoding information bits, the information representing the structured parity check matrix being organized in tabular form, wherein each row represents occurrences of one values within a respective column of the parity check matrix, wherein the columns of the parity check matrix are derived according to a predetermined operation based on the respective rows of the tabular information; and encoding the information bits, and outputting an LDPC coded signal comprising the encoded information bits, wherein the LDPC code is of a structure that facilitates use of a plurality of parallel engines for decoding the coded signal; wherein the encoding comprises:",0.1758354392060868,0.3516708784121736
8987929,"1. A method for operating a wind farm, the method comprising: detecting a corrective action taken by an upwind wind generator, the upwind wind generator located upstream of a downwind wind generator relative to a wind flow direction, the corrective action comprising an adjustment to a characteristic of the upwind wind generator; communicating a control signal to the downwind wind generator, the control signal based on the corrective action; and, beginning to adjust the downwind wind generator according to the control signal before the wind flow is experienced by the downwind wind generator, wherein the corrective action is one of a pitch adjustment, a pitch rate adjustment, a yaw adjustment, a yaw rate adjustment, or a generator torque adjustment.",0.9529062411951956,0.09418751760960875
8892039,"1. A method of controlling power and pairing of 3D glasses, the method comprising: performing pairing between 3D glasses and a display apparatus; sensing whether a user wears the 3D glasses; scanning whether 3D data is input; and controlling specific power of the 3D glasses according to a result of the pairing, the sensing and the scanning.",0.2571387926321474,0.5142775852642948
8514094,"1. A lighting device, comprising: an at least partially light-transmissive diffuser having a lower aperture and generally enclosing a chamber; at least one electrical light source located to direct light upwards through at least an upper portion of said at least partially light-transmissive diffuser via said chamber; a circuit for controlling power to said at least one electrical light source; at least one solar cell; a base portion attached to a lower portion of said at least partially light-transmissive diffuser, wherein said base portion comprises: wherein said closure member includes at least one electrical contact to provide electrical connections between said at least one vertically-oriented rechargeable battery and said at least one solar cell when said closure member is secured to said battery compartment; wherein said at least one solar cell is exposed to said chamber so that said at least one solar cell receives ambient light through at least part of said at least partially light-transmissive diffuser to charge said at least one vertically-oriented rechargeable battery; and wherein said neck portion has a substantially tubular outer dimensional structure such that said neck portion and said closure member may be removably inserted into a cylindrical recessed region at an upper region of a support member during use and wherein said neck portion is supported by said support member when said neck portion is inserted into said recessed region.",0.8564328793111149,0.2871342413777702
9845356,"1. An isolated monoclonal antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, that specifically binds both PD-L1 and PD-L2 comprising six CDRs: CDR-L1, CDR-L2, CDR-L3, CDR-H1, CDR-H2, and CDR-H3, wherein CDR-L1 consists of the amino acid sequence encoded by nucleotides 70-102 of SEQ ID NO: 13, CDR-L2 consists of the amino acid sequence encoded by nucleotides 148-168 of SEQ ID NO: 13, CDR-L3 consists of the amino acid sequence encoded by nucleotides 265-291 of SEQ ID NO:13, CDR-H1 consists of the amino acid sequence encoded by nucleotides 91-108 of SEQ ID NO: 15, CDR-H2 consists of the amino acid sequence encoded by nucleotides 151-198 of SEQ ID NO: 15, and CDR-H3 consists of the amino acid sequence encoded by nucleotides 295-330 of SEQ ID NO: 15.",0.1427321944946187,0.2854643889892374
9331603,"1. A method of collecting energy comprising: suspending at least one collection device with, in operation, microscopic points of a cross-section of the collection device exposed to the environment from a support structure, the at least one collection device electrically connected to the support structure, the support structure comprising at least one of an airplane, drone, blimp, balloon, kite, satellite, train, motorcycle, bike, skateboard, scooter, hovercraft, electronic device, electronic device case, billboard, cell tower, radio tower, camera tower, flag pole, telescopic pole, light pole, utility pole, water tower, building, sky scraper, coliseum, roof top, solar panel and a fixed or mobile structure exceeding 1 inch in height above ground or sea level; and providing a load with an electrical connection to the at least one collection device to draw current.",0.9661764001282163,0.06764719974356748
9315481,"1. A method for treating leukemia selected from the group consisting of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), infant ALL, T-cell ALL (T-ALL), relapsed ALL, refractory ALL, and glucocorticoid-resistant ALL in a patient, the method comprising the step of administering an effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of -(5-(2,3-dimethoxy-6-methyl 1,4-benzoquinoyl)]-2-nonyl-2-propenoic acid (E3330)) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.",0.33765713232429145,0.6753142646485829
8914314,"1. A computer implemented method, comprising: obtaining an indication that a decision has been requested, selected, or applied with respect to one or more users; and after obtaining the indication that a decision that has been requested, selected, or applied, updating a time dependent value function, including performing or providing one or more updates to the time dependent value function, wherein a time at which each of the one or more updates is performed or provided is independent of activity of the one or more users; wherein the time dependent value function approximates an expected reward as a function of one or more time based variables corresponding to one or more time based values, the expected reward being associated with the one or more users, at least one of the time based variables indicates an elapsed time since a prior or last user event pertaining to at least one of the one or more users, the one or more updates to the value function indicate update(s) to one or more weights associated with one or more parameters of the time dependent value function, and the update(s) to the one or more weights include a modification or replacement value for each of the one or more weights.",0.15543564894603573,0.31087129789207146
8477240,"1. A quick shoe comprising: a female quick shoe coupled with a head of a tripod to mount a camera to the tripod; and a male quick shoe coupled with a lower end of the camera in such a manner that the male quick shoe is received in the female quick shoe and the camera is detachable from the tripod through one touch scheme, wherein the male quick shoe is provided at a central portion having a plate shape thereof with a recess section and includes a through hole formed in the recess section such that a fastening unit is inserted into the through hole to fix the camera, mounting holes formed at both sides of the fastening unit, and first inclined mount surfaces formed inside the mounting hole symmetrically to each other, wherein the female quick shoe is provided at an upper portion thereof with a pressing protrusion having second inclined mount surfaces having an angle identical to an angle of the first inclined mount surfaces of the mounting hole, and wherein, as an operating lever of the female quick shoe is fastened or released in a state in which the pressing protrusion is fitted into the mounting hole, the first and second inclined mount surfaces are pressed so that the male quick shoe is attached to or detached from the female quick shoe.",0.03747738289317453,0.07495476578634908
9039570,"1. A driveline disconnect clutch adaptation method, comprising: adjusting application force of a driveline disconnect clutch in a vehicle driveline in response to a driveline disconnect clutch torque estimate that is based on torque converter output torque and a driveline integrated starter/generator torque.",0.6936930312057175,0.6126139375885651
9474041,"1. A system comprising: a receiver configured to receive, at a first access point of a wireless network, a first frame from a client station, wherein the first frame includes a fine timing measurement frame, wherein the first frame is also received by a second device and a third device in the wireless network, and wherein the first access point, the second device, and the third device (i) are separated from each other by predetermined distances and (ii) are located at predetermined locations in the wireless network; a transmitter configured to transmit, from the first access point to the client station, a second frame including an acknowledgement to the first frame, wherein the second frame is also received by the second device and the third device; a feedback module configured to receive, at the first access point, a location determining module configured to determine, at the first access point, a location of the client station based on (i) times of arrival and departure of the first frame and the second frame at the first access point; (ii) the first feedback; (iii) the second feedback; and (iv) the predetermined locations of the first access point, the second device, and the third device.",0.3113218032142796,0.6226436064285592
9096603,"1. A method for the treatment of a cognitive impairment of learning and/or memory comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I) wherein Hc is selected from the group of tetrahydropyranyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, piperidinyl and pyrrolidinyl; R phenyl, 2-, 3- and 4-pyridyl-, pyrimidinyl, pyrazolyl, thiazolyl, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cycloheptyl, cyclopentylmethyl, cyclohexyl, ethyl, 1- and 2-propyl, 1- and 2-butyl-, 1-, 2- and 3-pentyl-, tetrahydrofuranyl and tetrahydropyranyl, where these R R and in cases wherein R where the above-mentioned R R H—, hydroxy and C R x is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; y is 0 or 1; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a tautomer or a stereoisomer thereof.",0.25053901798932265,0.5010780359786453
8649293,"1. A control information transmission method, comprising: notifying a terminal of setting information of control information in a downlink subframe; and transmitting the control information to the terminal in one preset subframe or more than one preset subframes and other subframes determined according to the setting information; wherein the setting information is a subframe bitmap; wherein the subframe bitmap is set according to the following manner: except the first downlink subframe, setting as 1 one or more bitmap bits, corresponding to the downlink subframe which contains the control information, and setting as 0 one or more bitmap bits corresponding to the downlink subframe which does not contain the control information; alternatively setting as 0 one or more bitmap bits corresponding to the downlink subframe which contains the control information, and, setting as 1 one or more bitmap bits corresponding to the downlink subframe which does not contain the control information; and wherein the control information which is sent in the Nth downlink subframe comprises information related to the Nth downlink subframe, the (N+1)th downlink subframe, . . . , the (N+L)th downlink subframe, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 1, L is the number of bitmap bits",0.08676255756855787,0.17352511513711577
9832911,"1. An air handling unit comprising: an enclosure defining a rectangular prism; a return air inlet arranged in a first quadrant of the enclosure; a supply air outlet arranged in a second quadrant of the enclosure opposite the first quadrant; an ambient cooling air inlet arranged in a third quadrant of the enclosure; an ambient cooling air outlet arranged in a fourth quadrant of the enclosure opposite the third quadrant; and a cross-flow air to air heat exchanger generally centrally located within the enclosure, wherein the second quadrant and the third quadrant are located in the lower half of the enclosure and the first quadrant and the fourth quadrant are located in the upper half of the enclosure; a make-up air section arranged between the second quadrant and the fourth quadrant; a plurality of supply air blowers located within the second quadrant; a plurality of exhaust air blowers located within the fourth quadrant; a first make-up air flow path extending through the make-up air section from a first location within the fourth quadrant and downstream of the exhaust air blowers to a second location within the second quadrant and upstream of the supply air blowers; and a second make-up air flow path extending through the make-up air section from the exterior of the enclosure to the second location.",0.7774889376790564,0.4450221246418873
8614486,"1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a gate structure including at least a gate dielectric, a gate electrode, and a first gate spacer and located on a semiconductor layer in a semiconductor substrate, wherein outer sidewalls of said first gate spacer is vertically coincident with sidewalls of said gate dielectric; source and drain extension regions that contact said sidewalls of said gate dielectric; planar source and drain regions that contact sidewalls of said source and drain extension regions, wherein topmost surfaces of said planar source and drain regions are coplanar with top surfaces of said source and drain extension regions and bottommost surfaces of said planar source and drain regions are coplanar with bottom surfaces of said source and drain extension regions; and raised source and drain regions located on said semiconductor layer and having top surfaces located above said topmost surfaces of said source and drain extension regions and having bottom surfaces that are coplanar with said top surfaces of said source and drain extension regions.",0.20780320918565073,0.4156064183713015
8782052,"1. A tagging method for tagging content in a portable terminal, comprising: detecting selection of a still image as particular content; extracting first tag information contained in the still image, the first tag information containing a first plurality of tags corresponding to a respective first plurality of objects in the still image; detecting selection of an area of the still image less than an entirety of the still image and creating edited content as a new still image including the selected area, in which a portion of the selected still image is removed; extracting second tag information corresponding to the edited content automatically upon detecting the selection of the area, wherein the second tag information is part of the first tag information corresponding to the selected area, wherein tags corresponding to objects of the selected still image outside the selected area are excluded, and automatically, tagging the edited content with the second tag information; wherein extracting second tag information comprises: recognizing feature information regarding an object included in the edited content via operation of a photography subject recognition program; and comparing the feature information regarding a stored photography subject with that of the recognized object, and extracting the second tag information.",0.03570882676667592,0.07141765353335183
8595387,"1. A computer, comprising: a microprocessor having a system management mode; a storage device for storing, responsive to a write signal, a state of a data signal; a general-purpose input/output (GPIO) operable to respond to the state stored in the storage device, wherein the storage device is separate from the GPIO; and logic operable to enable the write signal without system initialization or reset when either the microprocessor is in the system management mode or a lock signal is not asserted, and to disable the write signal without system initialization or reset when the lock signal is asserted and the microprocessor is not in the system management mode.",0.35982534263522725,0.7196506852704545
8562902,"1. A direct smelting plant for producing molten metal from a metalliferous feed material using a molten bath based direct smelting process that includes: (a) a fixed direct smelting vessel to hold a molten bath of metal and slag and a gas space above the bath, the vessel including a hearth and a side wall; (b) a solids feed assembly to supply solid feed material, including metalliferous feed material and carbonaceous material, from a solid feed material supply location away from the vessel into the vessel, the solids feed assembly including a plurality of solids injection lances extending through openings in the side wall of the vessel; (c) an oxygen-containing gas feed assembly to supply an oxygen-containing gas from an oxygen-containing gas supply location away from the vessel into the vessel, the oxygen-containing gas feed assembly including a gas delivery main and a plurality of gas injection lances extending through openings in the side wall of the vessel to inject the oxygen-containing gas supplied via the gas delivery main into the gas space, the gas delivery main extending around at least a majority of a perimeter of the vessel and spaced away from the vessel; (d) an offgas duct assembly to facilitate flow of offgas from he vessel; (e) a metal tapping assembly to tap molten metal from the bath during a smelting operation; (f) a slag tapping assembly to tap slag from the bath during a smelting operation; and (g) a superstructure surrounding the vessel and supporting the gas delivery main and wherein the superstructure is configured with crane access zones inboard of the gas delivery main to enable the gas injection lances to be removed from and replacement lances to be positioned in the openings in the side wall of the vessel and configured with crane access zones outboard of the gas delivery main and inboard of an outer perimeter of the superstructure to enable the solids injection lances to be removed from and replacement lances to be positioned in the openings in the side wall of the vessel.",0.9577534521265654,0.08449309574686925
9261106,"1. An air induction system, comprising: a first compressor having a first compressor wheel mounted on a shaft supported in a center housing and an annular space formed between an annular first seal and an annular second seal, at least one surface of the annular space defined by the shaft; a second compressor having a second compressor wheel; a passageway configured to direct compressed air from an area downstream of the second compressor wheel to the area between the first compressor wheel and the center housing; and a control device disposed in the passageway, the control device configured to control the flow and/or pressure of the compressed air in the passageway that is directed to the area between the first compressor wheel and the center housing.",0.5906674197322147,0.8186651605355706
9055509,"1. A text message processing system for use in a mobile environment, the system comprising: a mobile messaging application for processing user text messages during a user messaging session; a user state model characterizing a cognitive load of the user based upon situational parameters including vehicle sensor information for a vehicle driven by a user, wherein the situational parameters are dependent upon user action, wherein the situational parameters include passenger compartment environment and vehicle speed, wherein the system determines, using a processor, a plurality of distraction levels from the situational parameters, wherein each of the plurality of distraction levels corresponds to the cognitive load of the user, wherein a first one of the distraction levels is based upon a first one of the situational parameters corresponding to the passenger compartment environment and a second one of the distraction levels is based upon the vehicle speed; and a functionality control module for adjusting functional performance of the mobile messaging application based on the distraction levels, such that a first one of the plurality of distraction levels corresponds to no message playback at all and a second one of the plurality of distraction levels corresponds to not playing back a message having a low priority.",0.5252544087621873,0.9494911824756254
8601807,"1. A braking energy recovery system for use on a vehicle having a powertrain with a driving portion that includes an engine, and with a driven portion that includes a transmission and a driveshaft connecting the transmission to a wheelset, the driving portion of the powertrain being disengageably coupled to the driven portion, the braking energy recovery system comprising: a first pump, being a variable displacement hydraulic pump, coupled to the driven portion of the powertrain; a hydraulic accumulator connected to receive hydraulic fluid from the first pump, the accumulator being operative to store hydraulic fluid under pressure; a hydraulic motor connected to receive hydraulic fluid from the accumulator, the hydraulic motor being isolated from the driven portion of the powertrain such that they can turn independently, the hydraulic motor also being coupled to the driving portion of the powertrain; an auxiliary hydraulic system; and a second hydraulic pump adapted to power the auxiliary hydraulic system, the second hydraulic pump being coupled to the hydraulic motor, such that it can be operated by the hydraulic motor.",0.7431625281283393,0.5136749437433215
8584357,"1. A method for manufacturing blades for gas turbines, wherein at least one section of a turbine blade is generatively produced in layers, the method comprising the following steps: providing a base body of a blade; fixing the base body in a holding device; forming a powder layer over a predetermined section of the base body; heating the predetermined section of the base body using locally limited direct inductive heating with an induction coil positioned within the powder layer to a temperature that is greater than a preset minimum temperature without significantly heating the powder layer; and irradiating, with a laser, a selected portion of the powder layer overlying the locally limited, heated predetermined section of the base body to locally fuse the selected portion of the powder layer to the underlying base body; whereby following irradiation with a laser, the fused powder of the selected portion of the powder layer that was overlying the predetermined section of the base body becomes a new layer of the base body.",0.9650369396212762,0.06992612075744753
9623945,"1. A wave-powered water vehicle that travels across the surface of wave-bearing water, the vehicle comprising: (1) a float, (2) a swimmer, and (3) a tether connecting the float and the swimmer; the float, swimmer and tether being such that, when the vehicle is in still water, the swimmer comprising",0.7846721180405271,0.4306557639189459
9084006,"1. A method for coordinating media guide settings between a first interactive media guide and a second interactive media guide, wherein the media guide settings include at least one of a media guide setting related to a user profile, a setting related to favorites, a reminders setting, a recording option, a pay-per-view option, and a message option, the method comprising: receiving, from the first interactive media guide, a first indication of a first of the media guide settings related activity performed on a primary first user equipment device implementing the first interactive media guide, wherein the first media guide setting related activity is associated with a first program; receiving, from the second interactive media guide, a second indication of a second of the media guide settings related activity performed on a second user equipment device implementing the second interactive media guide, wherein the second media guide setting related activity is associated with a second program; and generating video content, for display at the first user equipment device, using the first interactive media guide, based on the first indication of the first media guide setting related activity from the first interactive media guide and the second indication of the second media guide setting related activity from the second interactive media guide.",0.021335850173310716,0.04267170034662149
9663693,"1. A method for producing multilayer abrasive particles, said method comprising: providing a substrate support and at least one dispersion of an abrasive particle precursor; positioning at least one grid structure above the substrate support, said at least one grid structure covering areas being defined by at least partially covered grid meshes and printing areas being defined by open grid meshes; applying the at least one dispersion onto the grid structure to form a contact between the grid structure and the substrate support or layers arranged on the substrate support; depositing a dispersion layer in the printing areas on the substrate support or on the layers previously arranged on the substrate support when the contact is lifted; and subsequently drying each deposited dispersion layer to form a layer, wherein closed hollow bodies each having a shell made of layers and a hollow space enclosed by the shell are produced, and a grid structure whose covering areas are each completely surrounded by a printing area is used in at least one depositing process, and grid structures whose printing areas are each completely surrounded by a cover area are used in a first and in a last depositing process.",0.42108860448746555,0.8421772089749311
9222360,"1. A combined heat and power plant for a district heating plant or a local heating plant, in which at least one primary heat source in the form of a biomass fuel burning boiler is thermally connected to a heat distribution network for distribution of heat enemy at a temperature not higher than 120° C. via one or more primary heat exchangers the combined heat and power plant comprising at least one secondary heat source in the form of a biomass fuel burning boiler that is thermally connected to one or more energy converters in the form of one or more heat engines arranged to, when an amount of heat energy at a temperature considerably higher than 120° C. is supplied from the at least one secondary heat source, generate an amount of electrical energy for an internal electricity distribution network in the combined heat and power plant.",0.996406748321786,0.007186503356428009
9464031,"1. A dehydroxylation process for preparing an alkyl amine from an aminoalcohol comprising: (A) contacting the aminoalcohol with a dehydroxylation catalyst selected from the group consisting of hydroiodic acid and iodine, in a reaction zone, under hydrogen pressure; and (B) heating the reaction zone and contents to a reaction temperature between 50° C. and 250° C. to form the alkyl amine.",0.7640617554207845,0.47187648915843106
9292155,"1. A tool-tip presentation system comprising: a list of screen captured images of terminal displays of a text based legacy host application; a store of multimedia samples, each multimedia sample corresponding to a particular screen captured image; and, tool-tip logic configured to detect a placement of a user interface input device proximate to an entry in said list of screen captured images, and responsive to said detection, to retrieve and present a corresponding one of said multimedia samples, wherein said multimedia samples are audio samples providing an audible summary corresponding to said screen captured images.",0.006427145671567899,0.01285429134313576
9586122,"1. A golf putting training device, comprising: a first substantially flat and elongated base; a vertical structure movably mounted on said base, wherein said vertical structure is movable along said base in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of said base; a motion sensor configured to detect movement of a golf putter along said longitudinal axis of said base; an illuminable backswing indicator in communication with said motion sensor; and a means for maintaining a face of a golf putter in an orientation that is perpendicular to an intended path of a golf ball.",0.02407828112472819,0.048156562249456414
9829792,"1. A polymer comprising recurring units (a) having the formula (A): wherein R 1 is hydrogen or methyl, R 2 is hydrogen or a straight, branched or cyclic C 1 -C 15 monovalent hydrocarbon group in which any constituent —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, —C(═O)—, —C(═O)—O— or —O—C(═O)—, R 3 is each independently hydrogen, cyano, nitro, or a straight, branched or cyclic C 1 -C 6 monovalent hydrocarbon group in which any constituent —CH 2 — may be replaced by —O—, —C(═O)—, —C(═O)—O— or —O—C(═O)—, R 4 is each independently hydrogen or an acid labile group, X 1 is a single bond, a C 1 -C 12 linking group having an ester moiety, ether moiety or lactone ring, a phenylene group or naphthylene group, m is an integer of 1 to 4, and a is a positive number in the range: 0<a≦1.0.",0.41270210467831053,0.8254042093566211
8508906,"1. A device for identifying a control mode for a voltage or current release of a voltage-release or current-release switching device, comprising: at least one control unit having first and second control inputs, the at least one control unit including a signal detection device configured to detect a signal state at the first control input, and a blocking device configured to disable the second control input when a control signal is detected at the first control input.",0.47450724720725324,0.9490144944145065
9719039,"1. A system for a constituent rendering of carbon-based feedstock comprising: a pressure chamber comprising: a feedstock input system in communication with the feedstock input port, wherein the feedstock input system comprises: a liquid hot mix heat transfer medium positioned within the interior volume of the pressure chamber forming a pool of hot mix transfer medium having an upper surface level, wherein carbon-based feedstock input into the pressure chamber through the feedstock input port is broken into at least one constituent component by the hot mix transfer medium, and wherein at least a gas constituent component can exit the pressure chamber through the at least one gas output port.",0.9157903760874259,0.16841924782514828
8813350,"1. A ball grid array presentment apparatus comprising; a stationary guard defining a first passage; a core mounted adjacent to the stationary guard operably moveable between an unload position and a second position, the core defining a second passage and supporting a workpiece fixture operably retaining a ball grid array, the unload position of the core operably aligning the second passage to the first passage, the aligned passages being sized to permit access to unload the ball grid array from the workpiece fixture, and the second position of the core operably misaligning the second passage from the first passage so that the stationary guard covers the second passage of the core when the core is at the second position to contain a supply of balls that are not retained in the ball grid array.",0.11058525653106074,0.22117051306212154
8915301,"1. A method for separating alkaline earth cations, brucite, and calcium in the form of chloroaluminate or chloroferrate from produced water to produce partially de-salted produced water, said method comprising the steps of: (a) removing said alkaline earth cations from said produced water by (b) removing said brucite from said second intermediate stream by (c) removing said calcium in the form of said chloroaluminate or said chloroferrate from said third intermediate stream by (d) injecting said partially de-salted produced water into subterranean formation for hydrocarbons recovery; or (e) using said partially de-salted produced water for oil-fields fire extinguishing; or (f) using said partially de-salted produced water for dust control; or (g) producing de-ionized water from said partially de-salted produced water by membrane distillation or other desalination processes.",0.82554779069493,0.34890441861014
9834901,"1. A support device, comprising: a hollow elongate member, the hollow elongate member being in a form of a pile; a substantially fluid tight confined space with at least a first seal at a distance above ground level within the hollow elongate member; wherein a first fluid is arranged in said confined space; wherein at least one damping means is arranged in pressure connection with said first fluid in said confined space; and wherein the at least one damping means comprises at least one of:",0.19360427811157643,0.38720855622315287
9173989,"1. A method for treating a subject in need thereof, by extracorporeal removal of Staphylococcus aureus , said method comprising: a) contacting said subject's whole blood with heparin immobilized on a solid substrate, said heparin having a terminal residue, wherein heparin immobilization consists of a single covalent link of said terminal residue to said solid substrate by covalent end-point attachment, under conditions allowing binding of said b) separating the whole blood from the solid substrate; c) recovering said whole blood containing a reduced amount of said d) reintroducing into said subject said whole blood containing a reduced amount of said",0.29096807216441906,0.5819361443288381
8380710,"1. A computer-implemented method comprising: determining that documents encountered in a most recent check of the web feed are not ranked in chronological order or reverse chronological order by a publisher of the web feed; determining that the web feed is an editorially ranked web feed based on determining that the documents encountered in the most recent check of a web feed are not ranked in chronological order or reverse chronological order; assigning, as a content-based ranking of a ranked subset of the documents, a ranking based on a degree to which an editorial rank of one or more of the documents of the ranked subset has increased by more than a predetermined threshold amount between a prior check of the web feed and the most recent check of the web feed; obtaining in a data processing apparatus one or more lists of the documents that have been published in the web feed, a time that each document was published in the web feed, and the content-based ranking of a ranked subset of the documents, the documents collectively including ranked documents, ranked documents being documents which are members of the ranked subset of the documents, and unranked documents, unranked documents being documents which are not members of the ranked subset of the documents; and based on determining that the web feed is an editorially ranked web feed, providing a user interface which displays links to a plurality of the ranked documents, ordered according to the content-based ranking, and which simultaneously displays links to a plurality of the unranked documents, ordered chronologically based on the time that each respective document was published in the web feed, wherein the links to the plurality of the ranked documents and the links to the plurality of the unranked documents are displayed as a list in which the links to the plurality of ranked documents and the links to the plurality of unranked documents share a same hierarchical level.",0.03698155961201456,0.0739631192240291
9337298,"1. A silicon carbide semiconductor device comprising: a first or second conductivity type substrate made of silicon carbide; a first conductivity type drift layer made of silicon carbide, the first conductivity type drift layer being disposed on the first or second conductivity type substrate and having an impurity concentration lower than that of the first or second conductivity type substrate; a second conductivity type base region made of silicon carbide, the second conductivity type base region being disposed on the first conductivity type drift layer; a first conductivity type source region made of silicon carbide, the first conductivity type source region being disposed in an upper layer portion of the second conductivity type base region and having an impurity concentration higher than that of the first conductivity type drift layer; a trench extending from a surface of the first conductivity type source region to a position deeper than the second conductivity type base region, the trench having a shape that defines a longitudinal direction in one direction and has an end; a second conductivity type layer made of second conductivity type silicon carbide, the second conductivity type layer being disposed only at a bottom portion of the trench and the end of the trench with respect to the longitudinal direction by epitaxially growing, the second conductivity type layer including a rounded bottom layer disposed at the bottom portion of the trench and a rounded end layer disposed at the end of the trench; a gate insulation film disposed on the second conductivity type layer, on an inner wall surface of the trench; a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulation film, in the trench; a source electrode electrically connected to the first conductivity type source region and the second conductivity type base region; and a drain electrode disposed on a rear side of the first or second conductivity type substrate, wherein the silicon carbide semiconductor device is provided with a semiconductor switching element with an inversion type trench gate structure in which an inversion type channel region is formed on a surface portion of the second conductivity type base region located on a side surface of the trench by controlling an application voltage to the gate electrode to allow an electric current between the source electrode and the drain electrode through the first conductivity type source region and the first conductivity type drift layer.",0.18953796151929264,0.3790759230385853
8844705,"1. A cash container for receiving cash, comprising: a top wall and a bottom wall, wherein the cash container is box-shaped; an inlet opening closable by a cover, wherein the inlet opening is arranged on the top wall of the cash container; an emptying opening for emptying the cash container, wherein the bottom wall comprises the emptying opening; a sliding door for opening or closing the emptying opening; a locking mechanism having a locked state in which the cover is locked in a position closing the inlet opening, and a release state in which the cover is unlocked in a position uncovering the inlet opening, a positioning element coupled to the sliding door, wherein the cover automatically closes the inlet opening when the cash container is removed from a vending machine, wherein the locking mechanism comprises the positioning element, and the positioning element comprises a lever mechanism, wherein by opening the sliding door, the lever mechanism forcibly transfers the locking mechanism from the locked state to the release state automatically and unlocks the cover to a position uncovering the inlet opening, wherein the sliding door only forcibly actuates the positioning element when the door has almost reached an open end position.",0.030696177574650263,0.061392355149300526
9438388,"1. A method for transmitting a broadcast signal, comprising: formatting input data into at least one DP (data pipe); encoding data of the DP; generating at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded data; and modulating data of the generated signal frame using an OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) scheme and transmitting a broadcast signal comprising the modulated data of the signal frame, wherein the signal frame includes a preamble, a PLS (Physical Layer Signaling), and the data of the DR, the preamble being located at a beginning of the signal frame and the preamble and the PLS carrying signaling data for the signal frame, wherein the preamble includes EAC (Emergency Alert Channel) flag information indicating whether there exists an EAS (Emergency Alert System) message in the signal frame, wherein when the EAC flag information indicates that there exists the EAS message in the current signal frame, the PLS further comprises EAC length information and wherein the control information includes at least one of an EAC code and an EAC counter and a value of the EAC counter is a down counter which indicates a number of signal frames remaining until a next signal frame including the EAS message is received.",0.34639479084511376,0.6927895816902275
8459780,"1. A piezoelectric element comprising: electrodes; and a piezoelectric layer provided between the electrodes, wherein the piezoelectric layer is made of a complex oxide which contains bismuth, iron, chromium, and cerium; and wherein the complex oxide is represented by the following formula:",0.6573504602411598,0.6852990795176803
8667815,"1. A setting plate arrangement for a glass molding machine, which machine molds a glass article having a base and an annular surface which forms an external edge of the base, and which article further has a standing surface defined by the annular surface; said setting plate arrangement comprising: a hollow glass article having a base; at least one setting plate held horizontally, said setting plate having at least one said hollow glass article standing upright to be cooled thereon and extending vertically therefrom, said setting plate having a facing surface which is that part of the setting plate facing said glass article base, said facing surface and said base of the hollow glass article forming a cavity between the base and the facing surface and which is delimited peripherally by the standing surface; a cooling air supply conduit for providing cooling air; orifices provided in said setting plate for the passage of cooling air; a first part of said orifices, disposed within the facing surface is arranged for the supply of cooling air to the article base, and is connected to the cooling air supply conduit to receive cooling air therefrom; a second part of said orifices, which are not included in the first part of said orifices, disposed within the facing surface and arranged for the removal of cooling air; said first and second parts of said orifices being positioned within said facing surface so as to be in fluid communication with said cavity such that said first part of said orifices provides said cooling air from said cooling air supply to said cavity and said second part of said orifices provides for the removal of cooling air from said cavity; and wherein an all-over flow guide for the cooling air providing a transfer of heat with the base of the hollow glass article is arranged between said first and second parts of the orifices, and wherein the orifices situated within the facing surface are arranged for the supply and removal of cooling air so as to provide the largest possible throughput of cooling air while retaining the stability of the hollow glass article as it stands upright on the standing surface and limiting the development of a back pressure.",0.2123172129963424,0.42463442599268486
8693166,"1. A capacitor comprising: a first collector having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first collector being made of metal foil; a first electrode layer placed on the first surface of the first collector, the first electrode layer mainly containing a carbonaceous material; a resin layer provided on the first electrode layer; a second electrode provided on the resin layer, the second electrode layer mainly containing a carbonaceous material; a second collector having a first surface situated on the second electrode layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface of the second collector, the second collector being made of metal foil; a case accommodating the first collector, the first electrode layer, the resin layer, the second electrode, and the second collector therein; and an electrolyte accommodated in the case, wherein the resin layer has a non-woven fabric form of fibers made of resin irregularly bonded to one another, and the fibers of the resin layer are entangled with the first electrode layer.",0.7744063528182005,0.45118729436359906
8872528,"1. A capacitive physical quantity detector comprising: a capacitance unit having an electrostatic capacitance, which is changeable according to a physical quantity; a converting unit for converting an electrostatic capacitance change to a voltage; a selecting unit; and a processor, wherein the converting unit includes a capacitance-voltage converting circuit, which has an operational amplifier for amplifying an first output signal from the capacitance unit, a main switch disposed between an input terminal and an output terminal of the operational amplifier, a plurality of feedback capacitors and a plurality of feedback switches, wherein each feedback switch is connected in series with a corresponding feedback capacitor, wherein each feedback switch connects a corresponding feedback capacitor in parallel to the main switch when the feedback switch is closed, wherein the selecting unit selects at least one of the feedback switches based on a second output signal of the converting unit so that the at least one of the feedback switches is closed, wherein the selecting unit includes a comparator and a switching element, wherein the comparator compares a voltage of the second output signal from the converting unit with a predetermined threshold voltage, wherein the switching element switches the feedback switches according to a third output signal from the comparator so as to set a voltage of the second output signal of the converting unit smaller than a saturated voltage of the second output signal of the converting unit and larger than the threshold voltage, wherein the converting unit further includes a sample hold circuit for temporary storing a fourth output signal from the operational amplifier, wherein the fourth output signal of the operational amplifier is input as the second output signal into the selecting unit via the sample hold circuit, wherein the processor processes the second output signal from the converting unit, wherein the second output signal from the converting unit, a first signal from the switching element representing information about the feedback capacitors connected in series with selected feedback switches, and a second signal from the comparator representing information about a start of a signal processing are input into the processor, and wherein the processor adjusts an electrostatic capacitance change sensitivity of the capacitance unit based on the first signal of the switching element so that the processor corrects an error at a time when the feedback capacitors are switched.",0.171574086483283,0.34314817296656597
9727514,"1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a communication-mode determination circuitry configured to detect a signal level at one or both of a first data line and a second data line, the communication-mode determination circuitry configured to determine whether a communication mode of the first data line and the second data line is a first universal serial bus (USB) communication mode or a second USB communication mode; a first transceiver circuitry configured to operate in one of a first plurality of modes, based on the communication mode determined; and a second transceiver circuitry configured to operate in one of a second plurality of modes, based on the communication mode determined, wherein at least one of the second plurality of modes is associated with a higher maximum signal level than each of the first plurality of modes, wherein a maximum signal level of the first USB communication mode is greater than a maximum signal level of the second USB communication mode, and wherein the second plurality of modes comprises a second speed mode of the first USB communication mode and a third speed mode of the first USB communication mode.",0.6340592930532746,0.7318814138934508
8557322,"1. A feed composition for aquaculture comprising a canola protein isolate having a protein content of at least about 90 wt % (N×6.25) on a dry weight basis and having a canola protein profile which is about 40 to about 50 wt % of 2S canola protein, about 50 to about 60 wt % of 7S canola protein and about 1 to about 5 wt % of 12S canola protein.",0.6610100407230257,0.6779799185539486
8776496,"1. A system for managing emissions of an engine of a vehicle, the system comprising: a first exhaust passage including an emission control device, the first passage including a downstream section, the downstream section downstream of the emission control device and including a tailpipe of the vehicle; a second exhaust passage coupled to the first exhaust passage downstream of the emission control device, the second exhaust passage including a hydrocarbon retaining system, the hydrocarbon retaining system including an atmospheric vent passage separate from an exit of the tailpipe and communicating with ambient, where at least a portion of the atmospheric vent passage is positioned adjacent and thermally coupled to at least a portion of the downstream section of the first exhaust passage; and a control system configured to route exhaust gases to the second exhaust passage during a first condition to stored exhaust hydrocarbon in the hydrocarbon retaining system, and during a second condition, purging the hydrocarbon retaining system to an engine intake the system further configured to switch from the first condition to the second condition based on temperature, where the temperature varies based on fuel alcohol content such that the temperature increases with increasing fuel alcohol content.",0.9758816580779017,0.04823668384419655
8669512,"1. A system for measuring one or more characteristics of light of a photon energy E ph from a light source, that can be determined from measuring three-photon absorption events, the system comprising: a) a detector having a band gap material characterized by gap energy between 2.1 and 3 times E b) an optical element configured to concentrate a beam of light from the light source on the detector; c) a signal amplifier that amplifies an output signal indicative of when three photons produced by the light source undergo a three-photon absorption event in the band gap material; and d) an analyzer that analyzes the output signal to count or measure a rate of the three-photon absorption events, and determines the one or more characteristics of the light from the light source.",0.24184232043787826,0.48368464087575647
9639608,"1. A computer processor implemented method to match recommendations to a user for an event, said method comprising: receiving or collecting, by a network environment, one or more portions of user data, event data, or social data from users or third party data sources via said network; whereby the network environment comprises one or more servers connected to one or more user devices via a network; identifying, by said network environment, one or more portions of user data, event data, or social data from users or third party data sources via said network; determining recommendations by calculating a relevancy score of said user data, said social data, or said event data for users when one or more of said data points of user, social, or event data exceeds one or more thresholds; wherein said determining is based upon a significance analysis, by a computer processor implemented method, which ranks said user data, said event data, or said social data to be of interest to one or more users based on awareness of entities, activities, interests, desires, or location; wherein said calculated relevancy score is greater than a threshold and includes said user data, said social data or said event data; categorizing said recommendations by applying a relevancy popularity analysis thereby narrowing down most relevant data based upon interests, activities, experiences, people, deals, specials, desired matchups, advertisements, or recommendations which have previously elicited engagement; matching said identified said user data, social data, or said event data based at least on said relevancy score for each categorized recommendation; determining one or more recommendation results based at least on said relevancy score for each categorized recommendation; transmitting to said user the one or more recommendation results based at least on said relevancy score for each categorized recommendation by displaying matched identified said user data, social data, or said event data based on calculated recommendations.",0.08334257035458974,0.1666851407091795
9659710,"1. A multilayer ceramic component comprising: a multilayer ceramic capacitor including a ceramic body including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed to opposite end surfaces of the ceramic body in a length direction with respective dielectric layers interposed between the plurality of first and second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes disposed to be connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively, on the opposite end surfaces of the ceramic body in the length direction; first and second insulation frames respectively including first and second horizontal insulation portions disposed on portions of the ceramic body in a thickness direction, and first and second vertical insulation portions extended perpendicularly from end portions of the first and second horizontal insulation portions of the first and second insulation frames, respectively, and disposed on the opposite end surfaces of the ceramic body in the length direction, respectively; first and second external conductive electrodes respectively including first and second horizontal conductive portions disposed on external surfaces of the first and second horizontal insulation portions of the first and second insulation frames, respectively, and first and second vertical conductive portions disposed on external surfaces of the first and second vertical insulation portions of the first and second insulation frames, respectively; first and second internal conductive electrodes disposed on internal surfaces of the first and second vertical insulation portions of the first and second insulation frames and connected to the first and second external electrodes, respectively; and electrical connection portions connecting the first and second vertical conductive portions of the first and second external conductive electrodes and the first and second internal conductive electrodes to each other, respectively, wherein the first and second external electrodes respectively comprise first and second connection portions formed on the opposite end surfaces of the ceramic body in the length direction, respectively, and first and second band portions extended from the first and second connection portions to cover portions of a circumferential surface of the ceramic body, respectively, the first and second internal conductive electrodes are bonded to upper portions of the first and second connection portions, respectively, and space portions are provided between lower portions of the first and second vertical insulation portions of the first and second insulation frames and lower portions of the first and second connection portions of the first and second external electrodes, respectively, the electrical connection portions are first and second via electrodes penetrating through the first and second vertical insulation portions of the first and second insulation frames, respectively, and the first and second external conductive electrodes further comprise cut portions formed in the first and second vertical conductive portions, respectively.",0.5750842714515498,0.8498314570969003
9337274,"1. A method for transfer of a two-dimensional material, comprising: forming a spreading layer of a two-dimensional material on a first substrate, the spreading layer having at least one monolayer; forming a stressor layer on the spreading layer, the stressor layer being configured to apply stress to a closest monolayer to the stressor layer of the spreading layer; exfoliating the closest monolayer by mechanically splitting the spreading layer, leaving remnants of the two-dimensional material from the at least one monolayer, on the closest monolayer, wherein the closest monolayer remains on the stressor layer; stamping the closest monolayer against a second substrate to adhere the remnants of the two-dimensional material on the closest monolayer to the second substrate to provide a single monolayer on the stressor layer; and transferring the single monolayer to a third substrate.",0.1082510822771885,0.21650216455437699
8444962,"1. A bioremediation method for accelerated biological degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in a sea ice-covered polar region comprising contacting the petroleum hydrocarbons under sea ice conditions with an inoculum comprising: a) a bacterial mixture comprising a plurality of isolated cold-adapted autochthonous bacterial strains, wherein the bacterial strains have petroleum hydrocarbons degrading activity at ambient temperature of −3° C., and wherein each of the bacterial strains has a different temperature tolerance range, a different salinity tolerance range, a different degradation spectrum, and a different petroleum hydrocarbons capacity to emulsify oil; b) nutrients; and c) an environmentally friendly carrier material on which the bacterial strains are immobilized, wherein the petroleum hydrocarbons are degraded by said bacterial strains.",0.9158989560897695,0.1682020878204611
8820411,"1. A deepwater blow out throttling apparatus for use with at least one riser pipe oil discharge flow, said apparatus comprising: a diffusion transition spool section, said transition spool section comprising a feed orifice and an exit orifice assembly, said feed orifice having a surface area less than said exit orifice assembly, said exit orifice assembly comprising between one and four orifices aligned along a horizontal plane; at least one throttling device proximate to said exit orifice assembly of said diffusion transition spool section; a connecting device for connecting said exit orifice assembly of said diffusion transition spool section to said throttling device; a riser pipe flange connection for connecting the diffusion transition spool section to the riser pipe, said riser pipe flange connection comprising an outlet, said outlet having an area equal to said feed orifice of said transition spool section; and an external downward pressure source for applying pressure on the throttling device and the diffusion transition spool section to minimize vertical stresses created by throttling on said riser pipe flange, wherein the oil flow enters through said feed orifice section and exits through said throttling device and wherein said throttling device is adjustably and gradually closeable to minimize said vertical stresses on said riser pipe flange.",0.41601092168946574,0.8320218433789315
9021278,"1. A method comprising: transmitting at least one broadcast message from a client network device to a plurality of target network devices; comparing attenuation information received from one or more target network devices of the plurality of target network devices with an attenuation threshold to determine whether to associate with one of the plurality of target network devices; determining to associate with a first target network device of the plurality of target network devices based, at least in part, on determining first attenuation information received from the first target network device does not exceed the attenuation threshold; and determining to retransmit the at least one broadcast message based, at least in part, on determining the attenuation information received from each of the one or more target network devices exceeds the attenuation threshold.",0.33249845478774065,0.6649969095754813
9720564,"1. A method of compiling personal preferences of a user using an electronic device, the electronic device including a display, a user interface, and a processor communicatively coupled to the display and the user interface, the method comprising: simultaneously displaying, on the display, a plurality of moving icons in a randomized and clustered arrangement, each of the plurality of moving icons being assigned to a respective one of a plurality of values; receiving, via the user interface, a first input in association with a first moving icon of the plurality of moving icons, the first input indicating a preference for the value assigned to the first moving icon; adjusting, on the display, a size of the first moving icon in response to the first input; redistributing, within the randomized and clustered arrangement, the moving icons of the plurality of moving icons to accommodate the size adjustment of the first moving icon; receiving, via the user interface, a second input in association with a second moving icon of the plurality of moving icons, the second input indicating a dislike for the value assigned to the second moving icon; deleting, from the randomized and clustered arrangement, the second moving icon in response to the second input; and redistributing, within the randomized and clustered arrangement, the moving icons of the plurality of moving icons to fill a space emptied by the deletion of the second moving icon.",0.1079611495394919,0.21592229907898375
9181139,"1. A soil-amendment composition for enhancing plant growth, the composition comprising: (a) an effective amount of a treated crude glycerin composition, wherein the treated crude glycerin composition is treated by adding an organic acid to a crude glycerin composition, wherein the organic acid is a carboxylic acid, and wherein the treated crude glycerin composition is further treated by adding a phosphorus-containing acid; and (b) an effective amount of a glycerin-soluble nitrogen source.",0.4647823859637111,0.9295647719274222
9051787,"1. A coupling for releasably connecting a fluid conduit to a port, the coupling comprising: a stinger assembly affixed to the conduit, the stinger assembly having a generally cylindrical stinger for carrying fluid from the fluid conduit to the port and a generally cylindrical breech lock barrel radially surrounding the stinger and presenting at least one raised key upon the breech lock barrel; a breech lock connector associated with the port, the breech lock connector comprising a bore that is shaped and sized to receive the stinger and the breech lock barrel within the bore and having at least one radially inwardly projecting ridge; wherein, the stinger assembly can be secured to the breech lock connector by inserting the stinger assembly within the bore at a rotational angle wherein the at least one key is angularly unaligned with the at least one ridge and then rotating the stinger assembly so that the at least one key is located behind and angularly in line with the at least one ridge; and a locking assembly comprising a locking pin that is retained within a sleeve and is axially shiftable within the sleeve between a locked position, wherein the pin is inserted into an indentation on the breech lock barrel, thereby preventing rotation of the stinger assembly within the bore, and an unlocked position, wherein the pin is removed from the indentation, thereby allowing rotation of the stinger assembly within the bore.",0.5554646533844604,0.8890706932310792
8715617,"1. A hydrogen production process comprising: introducing reactants comprising steam and a hydrocarbon feed into a first reactor wherein the hydrocarbon feed comprises methane and at least one C2-C5 hydrocarbon, reacting the reactants in the presence of a reforming catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to form a reformate comprising H introducing an oxygen-containing stream and the reformate from the first reactor into a second reactor, reacting the oxygen and the reformate in the presence of a second reforming catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to form additional H recovering heat from the reformate from the second reactor thereby cooling the reformate; reacting the cooled reformate in the presence of a shift catalyst under reaction conditions sufficient to shift the reformate to form additional H recovering heat from the shifted reformate thereby cooling the shifted reformate; removing H separating the water-depleted reformate into a CO separating the pressure swing adsorber feed stream in a plurality of at least 4 pressure swing adsorption beds, each adsorption bed containing an adsorbent selective for the secondary gas components thereby forming a H introducing a first portion of the tail gas stream into at least one of the first reactor, and the second reactor; and introducing a second portion of the tail gas stream into at least one of the plurality of pressure swing adsorption beds.",0.9646992931545495,0.070601413690901
9651389,"1. A method of generating location area boundaries to optimize the identification of routes, the method comprising: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: receiving at least one location map comprising a plurality of possible routes; identifying at least one location area configuration, wherein the location area configuration comprises a set of segments, relative to the at least one location map, of at least one location area boundary segment and wherein a location area boundary segment comprises a virtual boundary line between cellular network base station associations; computing a utility of the at least one location area configuration, wherein the utility comprises an identification of a number of routes that can be identified using the location area configuration, wherein a route comprises at least one identified traversable sub-route and wherein the at least one traversable sub-route is identified using the at least one location area boundary segment; identifying at least one prominent location area boundary segment, wherein a prominent location area boundary segment comprises a location area boundary segment having a computed utility exceeding a predetermined threshold; and generating a location area map comprising a plurality of identified prominent location area boundary segments, wherein the location area map defines boundary segments of a location area and wherein the location area map provides identification of a plurality of sub-routes that have been identified as having a utility exceeding a predetermined threshold.",0.25092682859067733,0.5018536571813547
9488084,"1. A device for the treatment of exhaust gases, the device comprising: an exhaust line; a first honeycomb body having channels through which the exhaust gas can flow in a flow direction, said first honeycomb body disposed eccentrically in said exhaust line and having a first cross-sectional area and a circumferential surface defining an outer periphery of said first honeycomb body being parallel to said flow direction and facing toward said exhaust line; said first honeycomb body being secured in said exhaust line and connected to said exhaust line in an electrically conductive manner by a welded joint or a brazed joint; said first honeycomb body and said exhaust line forming a gap therebetween having an angle-dependent gap width; at least one electrical conductor extending through said gap and being configured to connect said first honeycomb body to a power source in an electrically insulated manner through said exhaust line; a second honeycomb body having channels through which the exhaust gas can flow, said second honeycomb body having a second cross-sectional area larger than said first cross-sectional area and said second honeycomb body disposed in series with said first honeycomb body in said exhaust line; and at least one supporting pin disposed inside said exhaust line, secured directly on an outside of said circumferential surface of said first honeycomb body and partially delimiting said gap, said at least one supporting pin projecting into at least one of said channels of said second honeycomb body and directly mechanically interconnecting said first honeycomb body and said second honeycomb body.",0.883955590199965,0.2320888196000701
9029600,"1. A method for preparing a mono-hydrolyzed acyl halide compound as a precipitate from solution comprising the step of preparing a solution comprising: i) at least 80 v/v % of a hydrocarbon solvent having a water solubility of less than 800 ppm, ii) water at a molar concentration greater than its solubility limit within the solvent but less that its solubility limit in solution, iii) a tri-hydrocarbyl phosphate compound, and iv) a polyfunctional acyl halide compound at molar ratio to both water and the tri-hydrocarbyl phosphate compound of at least 1:1.",0.6955365209659142,0.6089269580681715
9657743,"1. An air conditioner comprising: a plurality of human body-detecting sensors configured to detect a human body; a blade configured to change a direction of a wind produced by the air conditioner; a blow fan configured to change a speed of the wind; and a controller configured: wherein a first sensing region in which the human body is detected in the first sensing mode is a fixed region, and a second sensing region in which the human body is detected in the second sensing mode is a part of the first sensing region, and is a sensing region that is relatively narrow with respect to the fixed region and whose location changes in a tangential direction over time.",0.6596260098358597,0.6807479803282805
9371787,"1. A method for combusting fuel within a combustion chamber, the method comprising: monitoring a region within a combustion chamber, wherein monitoring the region comprises providing light pipe transmission of radiation frequencies from the combustion chamber to an optoelectronic sensor and a varying strain signal corresponding to combustion chamber pressure conditions to a stress sensor via a dielectric insulator; determining a certain condition at the monitored region within the combustion chamber has been satisfied; and applying an ionization voltage across electrodes associated with the monitored region in response to determining the certain condition has been satisfied.",0.9391519194747698,0.12169616105046033
8932220,"1. A method of treating a cardiac condition of a patient, comprising: measuring heart rate variability (HRV) of the patient; measuring vital sign data of the patient; predicting, using a computing apparatus constructed and arranged for the purpose, a likelihood of survival of the patient to one or more selected time limits based on HRV in combination with the measured vital sign data, the one or more selected time limits being between four and seventy two hours; and treating the cardiac condition as indicated by the vital sign data when the likelihood of survival of the patient to the one or more selected time limits is below a desired threshold.",0.03304120380718641,0.06608240761437278
9469695,"1. A process for producing microcellulose comprising i) hydrolyzing fibrous cellulosic material comprising bleached or unbleached pulp made from softwoods or hardwoods with an acid comprising sodium bisulphate and/or sodium bisulfite at an elevated temperature, wherein the amount of acid is from 0.2 to 2% on dry weight of the cellulose, or ii) acidifying fibrous cellulosic material comprising bleached or unbleached pulp made from softwoods or hardwoods with an acid comprising sodium bisulphate and/or sodium bisulfite followed by washing and hydrolyzing the washed cellulosic material at an elevated temperature, to produce a microcellulose-hydrolysate mixture followed by separation of the microcellulose from the hydrolysate, wherein the mixture or separated hydrolysate or microcellulose is optionally neutralized, and wherein the microcellulose production is integrated to production of a pulp mill such that at least part of the sodium bisulphate and/or sodium bisulfite used in the acidification and/or acid hydrolysis or at least part of the sodium bisulphate and/or sodium bisulfite used in the acidification and/or acid hydrolysis and chemicals used in the neutralization are produced by an integrated chemical recovery process of the pulp mill, wherein the hydrolysis is carried out in a continuous bleaching tower, and wherein the produced microcellulose having an average particle size of 8-100 μm is obtained without a mechanical treatment.",0.8589415482290593,0.28211690354188135
8628862,"1. An electroluminescent (EL) device, comprising a compound of the formula selected from the group consisting of wherein m can be the same or different at each occurrence and is 0, 1, 2, or 3, R and R or R wherein R 7 , R 8 and R 9 are independently of each other H, C 1 -C 18 alkyl, C 1 -C 18 alkoxy, or C 1 -C 18 alkyl which is interrupted by O, R R -L -NA wherein A or A 1 and A 1′ , or A 3 and A 3′ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded form a heteroaromatic ring, or ring system, selected from the group consisting of wherein m′ is 0, 1, or 2; m1 can be the same or different at each occurence and is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; R substituents R R R R R R BU is wherein R 41 can be the same or different at each occurrence and is Cl, F, CN, NR 45 R 45′ , a C 1 -C 25 alkyl group, a C 4 -C 18 cycloalkyl group, a C 1 -C 25 alkoxy group, in which one or more carbon atoms which are not adjacent to each other could be replaced by —NR 45 —, —O—, —S—, —C(═O)—O—, or —O—C(═O)—O—, and/or wherein one or more hydrogen atoms can be replaced by F, a C 6 -C 24 aryl group, or a C 6 -C 24 aryloxy group, wherein one or more carbon atoms can be replaced by O, S, or N, and/or which can be substituted by one or more non-aromatic groups R 41 , or two or more groups R R R wherein R D is —CO—, —COO—, —S—, —SO—, —SO E is −OR G is E, or C wherein R",0.430558240362352,0.861116480724704
8523880,"1. A medical clip comprising a single platelet ( 1 ) of an elastic bio-compatible material, said platelet being provided with a central H-shaped cut so as to form in the platelet a frame structure ( 5 ) having side frame members 5 ″ and end frame members ( 5 ′) with flat plate-like tongues ( 3 ) surrounded by the frame structure ( 5 ) and extending from the opposite end frame members ( 5 ′) toward each other and having adjacent front edges ( 4 ) oriented generally along straight parallel lines thereby forming grasping elements, and said side frame members ( 5 ″) being curved in the area between the opposite end frame members ( 5 ′) about an axis extending parallel to the front edges ( 4 ) of the tongues ( 3 ) and elastically biasing said front edges ( 4 ) of said plate-like tongues toward each other.",0.04147248220923313,0.08294496441846622
9473057,"1. A wind power dispatch system comprising: a wind farm controller for controlling operation of wind turbines in a wind farm and regulating real time power output of the wind farm; a wind power dispatch management system for computing a difference between a predefined power output and the real time power output and dispatching a transient wind farm reserve to reduce the difference or, if the transient wind farm reserve is insufficient to reduce the difference, additionally or alternatively dispatching a storage reserve to reduce the difference; and a forecasting processor coupled to the wind power dispatch management system for supplying a forecasted wind speed to the wind power dispatch management system, wherein the wind power dispatch management system computes the total transient wind farm reserve from the forecasted wind for a predefined interval for use in determining whether and how to dispatch power from the transient wind farm reserve, the storage reserve, or both.",0.9947214327401044,0.010557134519791234
9257138,"1. A substrate assembly, comprising: a substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a chip coupled with a carrier, the carrier comprising a third surface facing the second surface of the substrate; and a support structure mounted to the second surface of the substrate and in contact with the third surface of the carrier.",0.29761369660334447,0.5952273932066889
8486339,"1. A reaction apparatus for producing trichlorosilane in which metal silicon powder is reacted with hydrogen chloride gas to generate trichlorosilane, comprising: an apparatus main body to which the metal silicon powder is supplied; a bottom plate portion, which is provided on a lower end of the apparatus main body and divides an internal space of the apparatus main body into an upper space, which is above the bottom plate portion, and a gas chamber, which is below the bottom plate portion and to which hydrogen chloride gas is supplied; and a gas introduction device that introduces the hydrogen chloride gas into the apparatus main body through the bottom plate portion, wherein the bottom plate portion has attachment holes penetrating the bottom plate portion; the gas introduction device comprises a plurality of the hydrogen chloride gas ejecting nozzles extending above and below the bottom plate portion with a majority of a length of which being below the bottom plate portion located in the gas chamber and each nozzle having a shaft portion detachably penetrating through the attachment holes of the bottom plate portion and fixed by a nut on the shaft portion provided under the bottom plate portion, and a head portion above the bottom plate portion is arranged on the bottom plate portion while being supported by the upper surface of the bottom plate portion; and each hydrogen chloride gas ejecting nozzle comprises: wherein the head portion comprises: wherein the equalizing pipe comprises: wherein a plurality of ejection holes are formed in the head portion, and each of the ejection holes is communicatively connected to the supply hole and has an opening in the outer side surface of the head portion.",0.5813563984305619,0.8372872031388763
9438605,"1. A method comprising: obtaining, by a computing device comprising an analyzer, signal characteristics of a signal sent along a physical path of a network between a sending device and a receiving device; generating, by the computing device comprising the analyzer and based on the signal characteristics, a response signature for the sending device; matching, by the computing device comprising the analyzer, the response signature with one or more stored response signatures respectively for one or more other devices that are different from the sending device; determining, by the computing device comprising the analyzer, one or more geographic locations respectively for the one or more other devices; and approximating, by the computing device comprising the analyzer, a geographic location of the sending device using at least one of the one or more geographic locations.",0.1608378956013369,0.32167579120267376
9372833,"1. A method for document generation and display, the method comprising: providing a first display presentation; generating edit events representative of and responsive to user input made relative to the first display presentation; wherein each said edit event is comprised of event content comprising an associated document change and an associated edit reference; wherein the event content is generated in a defined entry order of input; wherein each said associated edit reference identifies a position in the defined entry order of input for utilization of the associated said document change; storing the event content for each said edit event in non-transitory memory; generating a selected edit list for a set comprising at least two of said edit events that each have its said associated edit reference referring to another said event to which the associated document change is utilized; utilizing the edit events in the selected edit list to generate second display presentation data generated responsive to said document change and said edit reference associated with each said edit event in the selected edit list; generating a second display presentation responsive to said second display presentation data; wherein a missing event is one of the events not within the set of selected events, wherein the associated edit reference for the missing event identifies a relationship to one of: wherein a dangling event is one of the events within the set of selected events and the respective said edit reference identifies a relationship to one of:",0.07191360229185469,0.14382720458370934
9747111,"1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for managing execution of a security patch on a managed node communicatively coupled over a network to a management controller, the instructions, when executed by the management controller configured to: determine an estimated time needed to execute the security patch on the managed node; determine an execution policy for the security patch to be executed on the managed node based on the estimated time, the execution policy comprising: receive system information data from the managed node, wherein the system information data comprises network connectivity information and estimated availability time of the managed node, wherein the network connectivity information indicates time or duration of network connectivity of the managed node to the network, and wherein the estimated availability time of the managed node is determined based on a remaining battery life of the managed node; based on the received system information data, determine if the received system information complies with the execution policy by: based on the estimated availability time and network connectivity information of the managed node allowing execution of the security patch based on the execution policy, schedule the security patch on the managed node for execution.",0.5088557828000796,0.9822884343998408
9196446,"1. A hydrogen getter composition, comprising a mixture of the following particulate components: i) a hydrogen-getter, comprising: ii) 5-75 wt. % of a moisture absorbing material, relative to the total weight of the composition; wherein 0.01% to 5 wt. % of the first metal oxide is present, calculated as the metal and based upon the total weight of the first and second metal oxides.",0.8559570068804366,0.28808598623912673
9667199,"1. A Doherty amplifier comprising: an output combining network with N combining network inputs, multiple summing nodes, and a combining network output, wherein N is an integer greater than two, and the output combining network is configured to combine signals received at the N combining network inputs into a combined signal that is provided at the combining network output; a main amplifier path with an output coupled to a first combining network input of the N combining network inputs, wherein the main amplifier path includes a main amplifier stage and a first output matching network coupled to an output of the main amplifier stage, and wherein the first output matching network imparts a phase delay of 90 degrees and provides a single impedance inversion to a first RF signal conveyed through the main amplifier path; and N−1 peaking amplifier paths, wherein each peaking amplifier path has an output that is coupled to one of N−1 different combining network inputs of the N combining network inputs, and wherein each of the N−1 peaking amplifier paths includes a peaking amplifier stage and an output matching network coupled to an output of the peaking amplifier stage, wherein the output matching network of each of N-2 of the peaking amplifier paths imparts a phase delay of 90 degrees and provides a single impedance inversion to an RF signal conveyed through each of the N-2 peaking amplifier paths, and wherein a lowest-order peaking amplifier path is coupled to a lowest-order combining network input of the N combining network inputs, and wherein the multiple summing nodes of the output combining network include a final summing node and N-2 intermediate summing nodes, wherein the final summing node is coupled to the combining network output and is directly coupled to the first combining network input, the N-2 intermediate summing nodes each are directly coupled to a different one of N-2 other combining network inputs of the N combining network inputs, and wherein the output combining network further includes N-2 impedance transformers each coupled between different sets of adjacent summing nodes of the multiple summing nodes, and an offset line coupled between the lowest-order combining network input and a lowest-order summing node of the N-2 intermediate summing nodes.",0.06298408430270803,0.12596816860541604
8389751,"1. A process for manufacturing an alkylene oxide by reacting a feed gas comprising an alkylene, oxygen, and an at least one organic chloride over a high efficiency silver catalyst to yield a reaction product comprising the alkylene oxide, wherein the feed gas has an overall catalyst chloriding effectiveness, and the reaction is carried out at a reaction temperature, the process comprising: selecting a decrease in at least one of the concentration of the alkylene oxide in the reaction product and the yield of the alkylene oxide; varying the overall catalyst chloriding effectiveness and the reaction temperature in an alternating sequence such that when one of the overall catalyst chloriding effectiveness and the reaction temperature is varied, the other of the overall catalyst chloriding effectiveness and the reaction temperature is maintained at a substantially constant value for a selected period of time, wherein the step of varying the overall catalyst chloriding effectiveness and the reaction temperature in an alternating sequence comprises varying one of the overall catalyst chloriding effectiveness and the reaction temperature in response to the selected decrease in at least one of the concentration of the alkylene oxide in the reaction product and the yield of the alkylene oxide.",0.7192097313641684,0.5615805372716631
9614248,"1. An electrode assembly comprising a plurality of stack type unit cells which is stacked on one another with a continuous folding separator sheet interposed between each of the stacked unit cells, wherein the unit cells comprise a combination of at least two quad cells of a positive electrode/separator/negative electrode/separator/positive electrode/separator/negative electrode structure, and one bicell of a negative electrode/separator/positive electrode/separator/negative electrode structure, and unit cells, disposed above and below a central part or a winding start point, have an asymmetrical structure each other with the quad cell disposed at the central part, or unit cells, disposed above and below a central part or a winding start point, have a symmetrical structure each other with the bicell disposed at the central part.",0.7479995504348562,0.5040008991302876
9799904,"1. A polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell comprising a phosphoric acid-doped polyimidazole electrolyte membrane and a complex cathode catalyst, wherein the complex cathode catalyst comprises a carbon carrier and a mixture of ruthenium and a chalcogen element supported on the carbon carrier, wherein the phosphoric acid-doped polyimidazole is phosphoric-doped polybenzimidazole (PBI/PA), and wherein the ruthenium and the chalcogen element are present in an atomic ratio of 1:1.50 to 1:1.60.",0.9910110374325646,0.017977925134870842
8387152,"1. At a computer system including a processor, an operating system and one or more applications, a method for protecting content, the method comprising: establishing a protection policy to protect content regardless of where the content is initially or subsequently distributed, the protection policy being manageable by a rights management system that includes a separate rights management server, the protection policy including: a list of users that are authorized to access the protected content and a list of authorized computing environments that are permitted to access the protected content, wherein the list of authorized computing environments is separately specified for and is specific to each portion of protected content, and wherein each authorized computing environment comprises a specific combination of computer system attributes required for the computing environment to be authorized to access the protected content; determining by the processor that a user is attempting to access the protected content through an application of the one or more applications at the computer system; prior to allowing the application to access the protected content:",0.023742575812515387,0.04748515162503075
8795828,"1. A composite wear part to provide abrasion resistance for a tool, the composite wear part comprising: a mechanism to removeably couple the composite wear part to a tool to provide for replacing the composite wear part; a base metal; a plurality of preformed ceramic shapes embedded in the base metal, the base metal substantially permeating the plurality of preformed ceramic shapes, and the preformed ceramic shapes comprising:",0.3663805346304704,0.7327610692609408
8975483,"1. A seed of soybean variety DLL1143, representative sample seed of said variety is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-121583.",0.16625056601604965,0.3325011320320993
9574429,"1. A method for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation, comprising: introducing steam into the subterranean formation; and then introducing air and ammonia gas into the subterranean formation, wherein the air supports in-situ combustion of a portion of the hydrocarbon within a subterranean formation to form water and establish a combustion front, wherein the ammonia gas contacts the hydrocarbons ahead of the combustion front and reacts in-situ with naphthenic acid in the hydrocarbon to form a surfactant, and wherein the hydrocarbons, water and surfactant form an oil-in-water emulsion thereby suspending the hydrocarbons in the water; using a production well in fluid communication with the hydrocarbons ahead of the combustion front to remove the oil-in-water emulsion from the subterranean formation; and breaking the oil-in-water emulsion to separate the hydrocarbons from the water.",0.9075234182686646,0.18495316346267088
8962807,"1. Immunoglobulin single variable domain that specifically binds to OX40L (SEQ ID NO: 175), in which CDR1 is SEQ ID NO:133; CDR2 is SEQ ID NO:147; CDR3 is SEQ ID NO:161;",0.39818293193664145,0.7963658638732829
9442495,"1. A method for supplying a gas, which is stored in multiple vessels, to a drive assembly of a motor vehicle, comprising: opening and closing each vessel with a respective valve assigned to the vessel, each valve being open when energized and closed when not energized; measuring as state variables, a temperature of the gas stored in each vessel with a respective gas sensor in the form of a temperature sensor assigned to the vessel; supplying gas from the vessels to the drive assembly via a common line which connects the vessels to the drive assembly; measuring a state variable of the gas in the common line using a gas sensor arranged at the common line; energizing and thereby opening as an open valve only one of the valves while not energizing and thereby closing all other valves, to supply gas to the drive assembly; calculating a change between temperatures measured by the temperature sensor of the open vessel on a time-dependent basis, the change between the temperatures being calculated according to a Joule-Thomson effect; and closing the open valve when at least one of the state variables deviates from a setpoint value by a tolerance value, wherein the open valve, which supplies gas to the drive assembly while all other valves are closed, is closed at least when the state variable of the gas in the common line deviates from the setpoint value by the tolerance value.",0.8599231393194621,0.28015372136107586
9567515,"1. A white light emitting device, the device comprising: a light emitting diode (LED); and a polymer resin encompassing the LED, wherein the polymer resin comprises organic phosphors, inorganic phosphors, and organosilicates, wherein the organic phosphors are dissolved in the polymer resin and particles of both the inorganic phosphors and the organosilicates are dispersed in the polymer resin, wherein each of the organosilicates has porous channels for containing each of the inorganic phosphors therein, and wherein the weight of the inorganic phosphors is 2˜9 wt % while the weight of the organic phosphors is 0.0001˜0.01 wt % out of the total weight of the polymer resin.",0.4748918369896023,0.9497836739792046
9441869,"1. A control circuit comprising: a motor driver that has an input that receives an AC signal; a control circuit that pulse the motor driver at a first frequency to periodically turn the driver on, whereby allowing the AC signal to be converted to a DC signal suitable for driving a DC motor, wherein the motor driver is turned off when a portion of the AC signal crosses a threshold value so that the motor driver outputs only a constant DC output when the portion of the AC signal crosses the threshold value so that the AC signal is not output to the motor, thereby producing a DC output from the motor driver in response to applying the AC input to the motor driver.",0.9086791154828755,0.182641769034249
9666852,"1. An ionically conductive composite rechargeable battery separator, comprising: an ionically conductive polymer bulk material having an anode side and a cathode side and a thickness extending therebetween; and a region of aligned solid electrolyte particles extending within the bulk material in a straight line parallel to the bulk material thickness across an entire thickness of the separator, wherein a volume fraction of particles in the region of aligned solid electrolyte particles is at least 90%.",0.9647013719030204,0.07059725619395918
8758949,"1. A steam electrolysis system, comprising: an oxidizing compartment comprising a liquid metal anode and a reducing compartment comprising a cathode, said oxidizing and reducing compartments separated by an oxygen ion conducting solid electrolyte; a conduit for directing steam across the cathode in the reducing compartment; and a conduit for contacting a carbon feed with the liquid metal anode in the oxidizing compartment.",0.9006875543011917,0.19862489139761652
9819010,"1. A method for manufacturing a positive electrode for a secondary cell, the method comprising: mixing only insoluble sulfur and a conductive agent and producing a first product; dissolving a binder in a solvent and producing a second product; mixing together the first product and the second product and producing a third product; adding more of the solvent and the third product until a solid content of a resulting mixture is 20% by weight of the resulting mixture; blending the resulting mixture and producing a slurry containing at least 50% by weight of the insoluble sulfur; and applying the slurry onto a conductive substrate.",0.9121702628720656,0.1756594742558688
8616620,"1. A yard tractor apparatus comprising: a tractor cab having a driver's station and including a rear wall formed at one side with a rear door opening; a laterally extending door track on the rear wall; a door suspended from the track; rollers for mounting the door from the track; a retainer rail on the bottom of the rear wall for retaining the bottom of the door adjacent the rear wall; an air cylinder having opposite ends, connected between the door and the cab for moving the door between open and closed positions; an air pressure system for pressurizing the opposite ends of the cylinder and being operative when one end or the other is pressurized to selectively move the door in its respective open or closed position and to maintain the door in the respective open or closed position; interior and exterior control switches, the interior control switch mounted adjacent the driver's station in the cab, and the exterior switch being mounted to the exterior of the cab for controlling pressure to the opposite ends of the cylinder.",0.16870349715161154,0.3374069943032231
9676030,"1. A method for industrially producing an iron-based strengthened dispersion material, wherein: step 1, adding yttrium chloride into a waste hydrochloric acid pickling liquor containing iron to obtain waste pickling liquor containing matrix metal ions and dispersed-phase metal ions; step 2, transferring the waste pickling liquor containing matrix metal ions and dispersed-phase metal ions into a preconcentrator, and concentrating the waste pickling liquor containing matrix metal ions and dispersed-phase metal ions to obtain a concentrated waste pickling liquor; step 3, atomizing the concentrated waste pickling liquor into tiny droplets by spraying the concentrated waste pickling liquor through a nozzle on the top of a roasting furnace, roasting the tiny droplets to obtain an oxide mixture of ferric oxide and yttrium oxide, wherein particles of ferric chloride in the concentrated pickling liquid are roasted into free hydrogen chloride and iron oxide in a burning gas, and yttrium chloride is roasted into free hydrogen chloride and yttrium oxide; step 4, reducing the oxide mixture in H step 5, densifying the strengthened dispersion iron powders with yttrium oxide by a cold-pressing sintering process or a hot extrusion process to obtain the iron-based strengthened dispersion material, wherein the matrix metal ions result in elemental metal, and the dispersed-phase metal ions result in dispersed-phase oxide.",0.7182302232418523,0.5635395535162955
8902383,"1. An organic electroluminescent device comprising: a first electrode having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface and being light transmissive; a second electrode facing a portion of the first major surface; an organic light emitting layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an optical layer, the organic light emitting layer and the first electrode being disposed between the optical layer and the second electrode, the optical layer being able to transit between a first state where a traveling direction of light emitted from the organic light emitting layer is changed and a second state having a smaller degree of the change in the traveling direction of the light than the first state.",0.3636304511602223,0.7272609023204446
8400405,"1. A handheld electronic device comprising: a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory; an input apparatus comprising a plurality of input members and being structured to provide input to the processor apparatus, a first set of the input members each having one or more non-Roman characters assigned thereto, said non-Roman characters being employed in a first language, said first language having one or more rules which govern permissible character sequences in the first language; an output apparatus structured to receive output signals from the processor apparatus; the memory having stored therein a number of routines which, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to:",0.22464633978867238,0.44929267957734476
8603223,"1. A water desalination system comprising: at least one pair of evaporators, said pair comprising a high pressure and a low pressure evaporator, each for evaporating saline water to produce water vapour; wherein the high pressure evaporator is configured to operate at a higher pressure than the low pressure evaporator; at least three adsorption beds in selective vapour communication with each evaporator, said adsorption beds arranged to reversibly adsorb the water vapour from the corresponding evaporator; said adsorption beds in selective vapour communication with a condenser, and in heat transfer communication with a heat source for selectively desorbing the adsorbed water vapour; said condenser arranged to condense the water vapour to desalinated water; wherein said system is arranged to sequentially connect, for a pre-determined period, each evaporator to a corresponding adsorption bed, and the heat source to the third bed.",0.916017914758769,0.16796417048246193
8524427,"1. A method comprising: receiving a pattern layout having at least one feature; determining a size of the at least one feature is greater than a predetermined value; converting the at least one feature into a biased feature that has a plurality of sub-features having space interposing each of the plurality of sub-features; and writing an energy sensitive material layer according to the biased feature using an electron beam apparatus, thereby forming the at least one feature in the energy sensitive material layer, and wherein the writing is a direct writing without a photomask.",0.6374318543192683,0.7251362913614634
9577105,"1. A thin film transistor, the thin film transistor comprising: an insulating layer comprising a first surface and a second surface, opposite to the first surface; a semiconductor layer located on the first surface of the insulating layer; a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced from each other and electrically connected to the semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode located on the second surface of the insulating layer; wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a plurality of semiconductor fragments; each of the plurality of semiconductor fragments comprises a plurality of semiconductor molecular layers stacked together; each of the plurality of semiconductor molecular layers is a single molecular layer; a material of each of the plurality of semiconductor fragments is selected from the group consisting of transition metal sulfides, transition metal oxides, and non-metal nitrides; and a number of the plurality of semiconductor molecular layers ranges from about 1 to about 20.",0.34731688065433286,0.6946337613086657
8577696,"1. A system for transferring medical records from one or more source locations to one or more destination locations, the source locations and destination locations selected from a plurality of medical site clients connected via a network, each of which has access to medical records at a corresponding medical site, the system comprising: at least one request initiating client device configured to generate simultaneously an exam transfer request specific to the medical records desired and an exam transfer authorization that authorizes the transfer of the medical records, an exam distribution server configured to be connectable to each of the plurality of medical site clients via the network, the exam distribution server configured to receive the exam transfer request and to receive the corresponding exam transfer authorization, wherein said exam transfer request specifies exam criteria and the one or more destination locations to which medical exams that have the criteria should be transferred and a desired format of the records, wherein, upon receipt of the exam transfer request and the exam transfer authorization, the exam distribution server forwards the request and the authorization to the one or more source location medical site clients, wherein one or more source location medical site clients are configured to accept the exam transfer authorization and grant access to records authorized in the exam transfer authorization and stored at the source location medical site; wherein, the exam distribution server receives all exam records meeting the criteria of the exam transfer request from the source location medical site clients as a response to the forwarded request and exam transfer authorization, wherein the exam distribution server periodically receives a list of recent exams from each of the medical site clients and wherein the exam distribution server generates a data package containing all of the records that meet the request and are authorized by the authorization and subsequently forwards received the package containing the exam records to the one or more destination locations specified in the exam transfer request.",0.011525834447170832,0.023051668894341626
8469345,"1. An automated, adjustable, machine-tool work-piece-mounting system comprising: a substrate; linear actuators, which control extendable supports having non-circular and non-elliptical cross sections, mounted to the substrate to allow the extendable supports to be extended and retracted in a direction approximately normal to the substrate, the extension and retraction of the extendable supports powered by super capacitors within the linear actuators; compressed-air brakes mounted above and/or below the linear actuators to hold the extendable supports in a determined position; and a computer system that executes a control program that issues commands to the linear actuators to position the extendable supports and to control the compressed-air brakes to hold the extendable supports in order to generate a support structure that conforms to the surface of a work piece.",0.28315055235451136,0.5663011047090227
8522534,"1. An exhaust purification device of an internal combustion engine, comprising: an NOx storage catalyst disposed in an engine exhaust passage, the NOx storage catalyst storing NOx contained in an exhaust gas when an air-fuel ratio of an inflowing exhaust gas is lean and releasing stored NOx when the air-fuel ratio of the inflowing exhaust gas becomes the stoichiometric air-fuel ratio or rich; an NOx adsorption catalyst disposed upstream of the NOx storage catalyst in the engine exhaust passage that adsorbs NOx contained in the exhaust gas when the NOx adsorption catalyst is at a low temperature and that desorbs adsorbed NOx when the temperature of the NOx adsorption catalyst rises; and an electronic control unit (ECU) programmed to execute control of the exhaust purification device such that when the NOx storage catalyst is active and able to store NOx, the ECU executes programmed instructions to control a temperature of the NOx adsorption catalyst such that the temperature of the NOx adsorption catalyst is forcibly made to rise to a target temperature at which an amount of NOx which the NOx storage catalyst can store is desorbed, and the NOx desorbed from the NOx adsorption catalyst is made to be stored in the NOx storage catalyst.",0.9783472831547249,0.04330543369055029
8551366,"1. A capacitor comprising an anode composed of a porous material of valve metal, a dielectric layer formed by oxidizing a surface of the anode, and a cathode provided on the dielectric layer, wherein the cathode comprises a solid electrolyte layer containing a π conjugated conductive polymer, a dopant, and a nitrogen-containing aromatic cyclic compound, the nitrogen-containing aromatic cyclic compound having an aromatic ring including one or more nitrogen atoms, wherein the dopant is a solubilizing polymer containing an anion group, the solubilizing polymer containing the anion group solubilizing the π conjugated conductive polymer in a solvent.",0.7273810595178667,0.5452378809642666
9845426,1. A method of treating a well comprising: (A) forming a fluid comprising: (B) introducing the fluid into a well.,0.4924086753633318,0.9848173507266637
8795414,"1. A process for feeding a feed comprising a particulate solid and a carrier has through the wall of a duct or chamber through which a gas stream comprising a flue gas from a combustion source is flowing and from a feed source that is exterior of the duct or chamber, which process comprises: a. locating at least one elongated lance that is in fluid communication with the feed source and with the interior of the duct or chamber at a point that intersects at least a portion of the flowing gas stream, the lance defining at least a longitudinal bore through which, at least in part, the fluid communication occurs, the lance comprising b. feeding the feed to the lance bore whereby at least a portion of the feed mixes with at least a portion of the flowing gas stream that enters at least one of the upstream openings to form a mixture in the lance bore, whereby at least a portion of the mixture then exits at least one of the downstream openings.",0.7696830633180209,0.4606338733639581
9721145,"1. A central person determining system including an information terminal having a plurality of image data, or the information terminal and a server, the central person determining system comprising: a determination processing time estimator configured to estimate a determination processing time required for central person determining processing on the basis of the plurality of image data, in accordance with a communication speed between the information terminal and the server and respective data processing speeds of the information terminal and the server, in each of a first determining flow for performing central person determining processing by generating face image data from the plurality of image data in the information terminal and transmitting the face image data to the server and receiving a central person determining result from the server; a second determining flow for performing central person determining processing by transmitting the plurality of image data from the information terminal to the server, and receiving a central person determining result from the server; and a third determining flow for performing central person determining processing based on the plurality of image data and generate a central person determining result in the information terminal; a flow selector for selecting, from among the first determining flow, the second determining flow, and the third determining flow, a central person determining flow having the shortest the determination processing time obtained by the determination processing time having been estimated in the determination processing time estimator; and a determining flow executing section configured to perform central person determining processing on the plurality of image data on the basis of the central person determining flow selected by the flow selector; the determining flow executing section including:",0.059054403417344595,0.11810880683468916
9566563,"1. A method for preparing a carbon dioxide absorbent based on natural biomass, the method comprising: (S1) carbonizing a plant biomass material containing alkali metals or alkaline earth metals by raising the temperature of the plant biomass material from 700 to 1,800° C. under a nitrogen and hydrogen in a volume ration of 1:1 atmosphere in a closed state for 0.2 to 2 hours; and (S2) pulverizing the carbonized biomass material, wherein the plant biomass material containing alkali metals or alkaline earth metals is plant cellulose selected from the group consisting of henequen fibers, abaca, jute, ramie, and mixtures thereof.",0.9926096689308567,0.01478066213828666
8842730,"1. A method for enhancing the quality of a motion picture image sequence, the method comprising: receiving an original motion picture image sequence comprising digital data of a plurality of image frames; creating additional image details at multiple levels of image details and generating a first enhanced image sequence by applying a spatial resolution enhancement process to the original image sequence; and generating a second enhanced image sequence by applying a temporal resolution enhancement process to the first enhanced image sequence using frame interpolation by adding at least one synthesized image frame to the first enhanced image sequence, wherein the at least one synthesized image frame is created based on computed local motion vectors determined by a voting-based method applied to multiple initial local motion estimates for every pixel at each level of a multi-level representation of each image frame of the first enhanced image sequence, wherein the temporal resolution enhancement process includes creating synthesized image frames based on motion estimates calculated using a local motion estimation process that comprises: wherein the second enhanced image sequence has a greater frame rate than the original image sequence and the second enhanced image sequence has greater image detail than the original image sequence.",0.023643868525279232,0.04728773705055844
9303749,"1. A vehicle power switching device comprising: a power transmission unit including a differential, an axle aligned with said differential, and a coupler sleeved movably on one of said differential and said axle; and a driving unit including a controller, a first transmission mechanism driven by said controller, and a second transmission mechanism driven by said first transmission mechanism, said controller being one of a solenoid and an electric actuator and being operable to activate said first and second transmission mechanisms to thereby move said coupler to interconnect said differential and said axle, so as to allow for co-rotation of said axle with said differential; wherein said first transmission mechanism includes a push rod driven by said controller to activate said second transmission mechanism, and a first returning member for biasing said push rod to return to an original position, and said second transmission mechanism includes a coupler pushing member connected to and co-movable with said coupler, a connecting rod driven by said push rod to move said coupler pushing member, a second returning member sleeved on said connecting rod for biasing said connecting rod to an original position, and a prepressing resilient member sleeved on said connecting rod for biasing said coupler to interconnect said differential and said axle.",0.8088476102214051,0.3823047795571899
9622827,"1. A surgical robotics system comprising: a base for supporting the system on a floor; a column coupled to the base, the column having a center vertical axis oriented approximately perpendicular to the floor; a table coupled to the column and configured to support a patient undergoing a surgical procedure; one or more column rings coupled to the column, each column ring configured to vertically translate independently from each other ring along the center vertical axis, and configured to rotate independently from each other ring about the center vertical axis; and a plurality of robotic arms, each robotic arm coupled to one of the column rings, each robotic arm comprising a plurality of arm segments, each arm segment configured to move independently from each other arm segment, and wherein one or more of the robotic arms of the plurality of robotic arms are configured to manipulate a surgical instrument to perform the surgical procedure.",0.020404816764180354,0.040809633528360756
8463012,"1. A system for automatically processing different medical image sequences facilitating comparison of the sequences in adjacent respective display areas for use in Angiography or another medical procedure, comprising: an imaging system for storing first and second sets of data at different stages of a treatment procedure representing corresponding first and second image sequences individually comprising a plurality of temporally sequential individual images of vessels of a portion of patient anatomy, said sequential individual images encompassing introduction of a contrast agent into patient vessels; an image data processor for, a display for presenting first and second image sequences corrected for mis-alignment, in substantially adjacent display areas to facilitate user comparison.",0.025836790755441718,0.051673581510883415
9174848,"1. A process for purifying a silane-containing stream, the stream comprising silane, ethylene and one or more compounds with a boiling point less than silane, the process comprising: introducing the silane-containing stream into a reactor to convert ethylene to at least one of ethylsilane and ethane and to produce an ethylene-depleted stream relative to the silane-containing stream; and introducing the ethylene-depleted stream into a heavy-ends distillation column to produce a silane-enriched overhead fraction and a silane-depleted bottoms fraction relative to the ethylene-depleted stream, the silane-depleted bottoms fraction being enriched in at least one of ethylsilane and ethane relative to the ethylene-depleted stream; and introducing the overhead fraction produced from the heavy-ends distillation column into a light-ends distillation column to produce a silane-depleted overhead fraction and a silane-enriched bottoms fraction relative to the overhead fraction produced from the heavy-ends distillation column, the silane-depleted overhead fraction being enriched in compounds with a boiling point less than silane relative to the overhead fraction produced from the heavy-ends distillation column.",0.8747139839599469,0.25057203208010614
9828910,"1. A method of increasing efficiency of a spark ignition internal combustion engine by reducing friction between cylinder walls and associated piston rings, the method comprising: generating nitrogen dioxide (NO2) by high-voltage electric discharge, whereby the chemical reaction between NO2, oxygen of air, water vapor in air provides reactant HNO3, which chemically dissolves the carbonaceous deposits that substantially contribute to the friction between the cylinder walls and associated piston ring, wherein the nitrogen dioxide in the said method is generated inside combustion chambers of the engine during intake and/or compression strokes by a supplementary electric discharge(s) of spark plugs, wherein the high-voltage for said supplementary electric discharge(s) is coming from a specially designed or modified ignition system, capable of generating said supplementary electric discharge (s); and the amplitude of the high-voltage for said supplementary electric discharge(s) is low enough to not ignite the air/fuel mixture in said chambers during the intake and compression strokes.",0.9278319300753733,0.1443361398492533
9240846,"1. A method for use in user equipment (UE) having a radio component, comprising: sending an in-device coexistence (IDC) interference indication message to a radio access network; and receiving a random access response (RAR) message corresponding to the IDC interference indication message, wherein the RAR message comprises one or more control parameters for providing an IDC interference solution at the UE, and sending the IDC interference indication message comprises sending a dedicated IDC access preamble for the random access channel that has been allocated by the radio access network to provide an IDC indicator of IDC interference at the UE.",0.6200521587811264,0.7598956824377472
9440719,"1. A Magnus rotor comprising: a rotor body having an upper end that is open and a member in an interior of the rotor body, the member having at least two openings; a plate secured to the upper end of the rotor body and having at least two closeable openings that are configured to close off the upper end of the rotor body when closed, the at least two closeable openings being positioned over the at least two openings of the member; a carrier arranged in the interior of the rotor body, the carrier including at least two fasteners that are configured to be connected to a lifting apparatus that is configured to lift the Magnus rotor, the member of the rotor body extending over the carrier; and a bearing that is connected to the member of the rotor body and to the carrier and allows the rotor body to rotate relative to the carrier.",0.1215156836223829,0.24303136724476582
9299503,"1. A method of recovering performance of a degraded solar cell having first and second electrodes defining a solar cell polarity therebetween, the degraded solar cell having ions accumulated in an electrolyte of the solar cell so as to block ion transport channels of the electrolyte, comprising: connecting a power source to the first and second electrodes; and sequentially applying a series of voltage pulses with the power source across the solar cell at the solar cell polarity providing a forward electrical bias of the solar cell, each voltage pulse: spaced from an adjacent voltage pulse by a time period, the time period being in a range of 1 second to 3 seconds: and defined by a pulse height of between about 2 V and 3 V and a pulse width of between about 150 ms and 200 ms.",0.9780880372774997,0.04382392544500058
9606850,"1. A data processing apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to execute a stream of instructions; exception handling circuitry configured to select, from one or more exceptions, an exception to be handled by the processing circuitry, wherein any unselected exceptions remain pending; and trace generating circuitry configured to generate trace data packets in dependence on activity of the processing circuitry; wherein the trace generating circuitry is configured to detect pending exceptions and, in response to a pending exception being detected, to include in at least one trace data packet an indication of the pending exception.",0.3031771443338198,0.6063542886676396
8701403,"1. A system for generating energy from tuning masses relative to a ground plane and an external force, the system comprising: a first mass, the first mass movable relative to the ground plane, wherein the external force induces an oscillation in the first mass relative to the ground plane; a second movable mass carried by and movable relative to the first movable mass; the second movable mass creating kinetic energy as the result of varying the position of the second movable mass relative to the first mass; a mechanism to convert the kinetic energy of the second mass moving relative to the first mass into another form of energy; a mechanism for tuning the first mass relative to the external force to increase energy generated; a mechanism for tuning the second mass relative to the first mass to increase energy generated; and a controller for monitoring and adjusting the mechanism for tuning the first mass and the mechanism for tuning the second mass.",0.7889895852797443,0.42202082944051145
9068905,"1. A method for determining a rotational speed of a driveshaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the rotating driveshaft assumes various rotary positions at different points in time, the method comprising: determining an average gradient of rotary speed for the driveshaft from at least two rotary positions; and subsequently obtaining an average rotational speed for the driveshaft from the past average gradient of rotary speed at at least one later point in time.",0.9027711231545739,0.19445775369085228
8661962,"1. An apparatus for mounting an electronics unit to a mortar bipod, said electronics unit having a top plate thereon and a pair of side plates fixed to said top plate and extending generally perpendicular thereto, said apparatus for mounting comprising: a pair of spaced-apart, generally parallel mounting brackets having respective inner faces; a pair of support rails fixed to opposite outer edges of the mounting brackets; a pair of support rods fixed between opposite lower portions of the mounting brackets; a lower guide rod housing fixed to first ends of the support rails; a pair of fire control guide rods having first ends fixed to the lower guide rod housing; a plurality of shock mounts having respective bases and tops, the shock mount bases being fixed to the respective inner faces of the mounting brackets, and, the tops of the shock mounts being fixed to said side plates.",0.26627842008949815,0.5325568401789963
9054355,"1. A catalyst, comprising: (A) a support; (B) at least one catalytically active metal selected from the group consisting of rhodium, iridium, nickel, palladium, platinum, copper, silver, and gold, or an alloy comprising at least one of said catalytically active metals; and (C) an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Sn, Si, W, Mo, Zn, Ta, Nb, V, Cr, and Zr, wherein, based on a total weight of components (A), (B), and (C): a proportion of the at least one metal of the oxide (C) is in a range from 0.01 to 0.9% by weight; a proportion of component (B) is in a range from 10 to 50% by weight; and a proportion of component (A) is in a range from 49.1 to 89.99% by weight.",0.7899232702200212,0.42015345955995764
8362962,1. An antenna comprising; an isolated magnetic dipole (IMD) antenna element positioned above a ground plane and forming an antenna volume therebetween; a first parasitic element positioned outside of said antenna volume and adjacent to said antenna element for providing an electromagnetic coupling therebetween; and a first active tuning element associated with said first parasitic element wherein said first active tuning element is adapted to vary a reactance on said first parasitic element for altering a current mode of the antenna.,0.513530309044921,0.9729393819101579
9238416,"1. A vehicle battery charging station including a load management mechanism for providing a limitation on the current supplied to an electric vehicle, the station comprising: a) An electric cord and vehicle connector assembly; b) A pilot signal provided via the electric cord and vehicle connector assembly for regulating the current supplied to the electric vehicle; c) A sensor for determining thermal buildup in the electric cord and vehicle connector assembly; and d) A processor located on the vehicle battery charging station for receiving an input from the sensor correlating to the thermal buildup in the electric cord and vehicle connector assembly, the processor modifying the pilot signal based upon said input from the sensor so as to limit the level of current being supplied to the electric vehicle.",0.9942201628188653,0.011559674362269456
9034617,"1. A process anaerobic bioconversion of a gas substrate comprising carbon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon dioxide to an oxygenated organic compound in a fermentation broth wherein said gas substrate may contain from time to time hydrogen cyanide comprising: a. continuously introducing said gas substrate into a fermentation broth containing microorganisms suitable for bioconverting said substrate to an oxygenated organic compound, said fermentation broth being maintained under anaerobic fermentation conditions, and the gas substrate having sufficient contact with the fermentation broth to provide an oxygenated organic compound-containing fermentation broth and a substrate-depleted gas phase; b. maintaining the pH of the fermentation broth between about 4 and 6; c. continuously or intermittently supplying to said fermentation broth a metal cation of one or more of iron, cobalt, nickel and zinc capable of forming a substantially water insoluble complex with a cyanide anion, to provide said metal cation dissolved in said fermentation broth in an amount at least stoichiometrically sufficient to form under said anaerobic fermentation conditions and pH said water insoluble complex with the cyanide anion if introduced with said gas substrate into said fermentation broth; d. continuously withdrawing the substrate-depleted gas phase from the fermentation broth having a substantial absence of hydrogen cyanide; and e. continuously or intermittently withdrawing a portion of the fermentation broth for recovery of said oxygenated organic compound, said withdrawal being sufficient to maintain the oxygenated organic compound in said fermentation broth below a concentration that unduly adversely affects the microorganisms.",0.7354894280847659,0.5290211438304682
8801214,"1. A system for providing portable hand-held lighting comprising: A mounting bracket having a base at a base end of said bracket and a pair of resiliently operable tongs at an opposite distal end, distal from said base end, a shank extending between said base and distal ends, wherein said base lies substantially in a base plane and wherein said pair of tongs define a throat having an opening between ends of said pair of tongs wherein said opening opens and closes as said pair of resiliently operable tongs resiliently open and close to expand and contract a cross-sectional area of said throat, and wherein said throat has a bore axis passing substantially centroidally therethrough, said bore axis inclined relative to said base plane, further comprising a solar powered lantern having a solar powered lighting head at an upper end of said lantern and a rigid elongate stalk at a lower end of said lantern, said stalk mounted under said head so as to extend substantially linearly downwardly from said head and wherein said head has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of said stalk, and wherein said diameter of said stalk is substantially in the range of ⅜ inch to one inch, and wherein said stalk has a longitudinal axis extending substantially centroidally along and through said stalk and said head, and wherein said stalk is releasably mountable into said throat through said opening into a mounted position wherein said longitudinal axis is substantially co-linear with said bore axis and wherein said stalk is manually removable from said throat by pulling of said stalk through said opening as said opening said resiliently opens and closes, wherein said base is adapted for mounting to a rigid substantially vertical mounting surface so as to dispose said bore axis upwardly and outwardly inclined from said base plane when said base is mounted to said vertical mounting surface so that said base plane is adjacent and substantially parallel to said vertical mounting surface.",0.587855314865476,0.8242893702690479
8731752,"1. A method to control a plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV) having an electric motor and an engine, comprising: operating the electric motor and engine to correspond with a reference state of charge profile of a battery by controlling an engine on/off state to track the reference state of charge profile in a spatial domain, the reference state of charge profile based on a present state of charge (SOC) of the battery coupled to the electric motor, a desired minimum SOC, and a distance until charge (DUC), wherein the reference state of charge profile contains a decline period; and controlling, with an electronic controller, an engine on/off state to track the reference state of charge profile in the spatial domain using a power threshold value for engine pull up and pull down multiplied by a dynamic state control (λ) to change (i) an amount of time that the engine is operational and (ii) a base power level provided by the engine at pull up that alters a battery electricity depletion rate and a duration of electric-only operation for the vehicle thereby causing an actual state of charge profile of the battery to correspond with the reference state of charge profile; wherein, in response to the present SOC of the battery being less than the reference state of charge profile, the dynamic state control is less than one; and wherein, in response to the present SOC of the battery being greater than the reference state of charge profile, the dynamic state control is greater than one.",0.9688378746531396,0.06232425069372072
8600554,"1. A method for robot trajectory generation with continuous acceleration, comprising the steps of: receiving a user's motion command through a motion command interface, and sending the user's motion command to a Cartesian trajectory generator; converting the user's command to a plurality of trajectory path points of robot end effector in Cartesian space; transforming the plurality of trajectory path points of robot end effector in Cartesian space into a plurality of robot trajectory path points in a joint space, at least one of the plurality of trajectory path points forming a singluar configuration and at least one of the plurality of trajectory path points forming a non-singular configuration; calculating positions, velocities and accelerations of robot joints in each of a plurality of motion servo cycle, wherein a motion servo cycle is an interval of time; comparing the velocities and accelerations of the robot joints generated by a joint Trajectory Interpolator with a velocity's limit value and an acceleration's limit value of each robot joint stored in a robot parameter database respectively; and when a comparison result is in a range between a maximum velocity and a minimum velocity in a motion servo cycle, sending a joint motion command to a motion servo interface.",0.36256756903140414,0.7251351380628083
8610489,"1. A switch circuit comprising: a depletion-mode field-effect transistor (DMFET) having an ON-state and an OFF-state, wherein the DMFET is configured to couple a first node to a second node in the ON-state, and wherein the DMFET is configured to isolate the first node from the second node in the OFF-state; a negative charge pump that is coupled to a gate terminal of the DMFET, the charge pump configured to supply a negative charge pump voltage to the gate terminal of the DMFET; and a negative discriminator coupled to the charge pump, the discriminator configured to compare a first voltage at the first node and a second voltage at the second node and to determine the negative charge pump voltage based on the comparison.",0.4862731364509354,0.9725462729018708
8674669,"1. A switching regulator, comprising: a) a plurality of output switches, wherein each output switch is coupled to a common inductor node and to a corresponding output supply node, each said output supply node having a voltage converted from an input voltage received at an input supply node; b) an inductor coupled to said common inductor node and to first and second input switches, wherein said first input switch is coupled to ground, and said second input switch is coupled to said input supply node, said first and second switches controlling charge through said inductor; c) a third input switch coupled between said common inductor node and ground; d) a control circuit receiving a plurality of feedback signals indicating output voltages on said corresponding plurality of output supply nodes, said control circuit being configured to control a ratio of each of first, second, and third time intervals over a switching period of said second input switch in response to said plurality of feedback signals; e) wherein in said first time interval, said second input switch and a selected of said plurality of output switches are configured to be turned on to transfer a charging current of said inductor to a corresponding output supply node; f) wherein in said second time interval, said second input switch and said third input switch are configured to be turned on to charge said inductor directly by said input voltage, and said plurality of output switches are configured to be off; and g) wherein in said third time interval, said first input switch and a remaining one of said plurality of output switches are configured to be turned on to transfer a discharging current of said inductor to a corresponding output supply node, and said second and third input switches are configured to be off.",0.7052280975983353,0.5895438048033295
9199528,"1. A hybrid power train for vehicles, comprising: a drive shaft installed to be rotated by power of an engine; an engine-side drive gear concentrically installed on the drive shaft so as to be concentrically rotated by power of the drive shaft; a first power transmission control unit and a second power transmission control unit configured such that the first and second power transmission control units form different power transmission paths for transmitting the power from the drive shaft to the engine-side drive gear, and control respective power transmission states; an output shaft arranged in parallel to the drive shaft; an engine-side driven gear rotatably provided on the output shaft and meshed with the engine-side drive gear; a clutch unit provided switching an operating state of the engine-side driven gear between a fixed state and a released state relative to the output shaft; a motor-side drive gear rotated by power of a motor; and a motor-side driven gear fixedly provided on the output shaft and meshed with the motor-side drive gear, wherein the first power transmission control unit comprises an engine clutch installed between the drive shaft and the engine-side drive gear; and wherein the second power transmission control unit comprises a planetary gear mechanism installed between the drive shaft and the engine-side drive gear at a location separated from the engine clutch.",0.9350641465983839,0.12987170680323223
8768160,1. A motion mitigating flicker band automatic detection process comprising performing a motion mitigating process on an illumination intensity indication; minimizing content impacts on an said motion mitigated illumination intensity indication; and finding a correlation of said motion mitigated illumination intensity and a reference illumination intensity frequency.,0.1694567748947443,0.3389135497894886
8519626,"1. A light emitting diode (LED) fixture, comprising: a plurality of LED drivers, each LED driver having a plurality of output terminals, wherein output terminals of the plurality of LED drivers having the same polarity are connected in parallel with each other; and at least one LED operably coupled to the plurality of LED drivers, wherein at least two of the LED drivers in the plurality of LED drivers are configured to energize the at least one LED by (i) operating independently from one another in a first mode of operation and (iii) by operating simultaneously in a second mode of operation.",0.5528016527673857,0.8943966944652286
8948948,"1. A generation control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle comprising: a rechargeable battery which supplies electric power to an electric motor which is a drive source of the hybrid vehicle; a generation unit having an internal combustion engine and a generator which generates electric power by operation of the internal combustion engine and adapted to supply generated electric power to the electric motor or the battery, wherein: the generation control apparatus having one generation mode for suppressing a reduction of a state of charge of the battery by controlling the generation unit; and the generation control apparatus activates the generation unit with a high load state in which an electric power that is consumed in the hybrid vehicle over a predetermined period of time becomes larger than a maximum output electric power of the generation unit, while controlling the generation unit to operate in the one generation mode unless the battery reaches a target state of charge of the battery and continues to drive the generation unit until the state of charge of the battery reaches the target state of charge of the battery which is set at the high load state, when the electric power that is consumed in the hybrid vehicle over the predetermined period of time becomes smaller than the maximum output electric power of the generation unit; and a processor configured to count the number of cycles in which the battery is charged to the target state of charge in the high load state by generated electric power from the generation unit, and characterized in that when the number of cycles counted by the processor is equal to or larger than a predetermined number of cycles, the target state of charge which is set at the high load state is set as the target state of charge of the battery.",0.9976164954802602,0.004767009039479575
9846697,"1. A computer-implemented method for managing update information associated with items of an electronic catalog, comprising: under control of one or more computing devices: obtaining, from an archive data store, updates associated with an indexing key, wherein the updates comprise a change associated with an item of an electronic catalog, wherein at least a subset of the updates is purged from a live data store to the archive data store, and wherein the live data store is associated with a dynamic index that indexes the subset before the subset is purged; aggregating the updates into an object; indexing the updates in a static index of the archive data store by associating a pointer to the object with the indexing key in the static index; obtaining a request for update data associated with the electronic catalog, wherein the request for update data includes a query key that is matched to determine whether the update can be obtained from the static index or the dynamic index; and generating a response to the request based, at least in part, on a match to the indexing key on the static index, wherein the response includes the pointer to the object, wherein the pointer corresponds to the match to the indexing key.",0.09872318692340265,0.1974463738468053
8405345,"1. A site registering device that registers a site allowing charging where a vehicle battery can be charged, the device comprising: a position acquisition unit that acquires position information on a charging site where charging of the battery has been conducted; and a registering unit that specifies, on the basis of an actual charging result in the charging site, a category to which the charging site belongs among a plurality of predetermined categories, the predetermined categories include at least one of a category based on a charging frequency at the charging site or a category based on an amount of charging time at the charging site, the registering unit associates the charging site with the specified category and the position information, and registers the thus associated charging site as the site allowing charging.",0.9390471154311915,0.12190576913761708
8474107,"1. An attachment arrangement, comprising: a mounting structure having an opening; an attachment element to be inserted into the opening for attaching a part to the mounting structure; and two stop elements that delimit the insertion of the attachment element into the opening in the insertion direction, wherein the attachment element comprises a locking element for locking the attachment element to the mounting structure, wherein the locking element is configured to be inserted as a part of the attachment element along the insertion direction into the opening in the mounting structure up to an end position and to engage behind the opening in the end position such that the locking element prevents removal of the attachment element from the opening and thus locks the attachment element to the mounting structure, wherein the locking element comprises at least a first section and a second section that are configured to rest against an edge of the opening in succession when the attachment element is inserted through the opening such that, due to action of the edge of the opening, a return force is applied to the attachment element opposite to the insertion direction, wherein the first and second sections are configured such that, during insertion of the first and second sections of the locking element, a spring force occurs such that one component of the spring force exerts the return force to the attachment element in a direction opposite to the insertion direction, wherein the first and second sections are designed and arranged such that the return force on the attachment element when the second section is inserted through the opening is larger than the return force on the attachment element when the first section is inserted through the opening, wherein the locking element is configured such that the first and second sections reach behind the opening in the end position of the locking element, wherein the first section extends at a first angle from the insertion direction and the second section extends at a second angle from the insertion direction, wherein the first angle is different from the second angle, wherein the two stop elements each have at least one first section that essentially continues crosswise to the insertion direction, and at least a second section that is bent relative to the first section in the insertion direction, and wherein the two stop elements are configured in such a way that, before inserting the attachment element into the opening, the second section of one of the two stop elements is bent inwardly stronger in the insertion direction than the second section of the other of the two stop elements.",0.1132213205687776,0.2264426411375552
8780869,"1. A method for wireless communications, comprising: receiving, at a first apparatus, an association request transmitted from a second apparatus; allocating, as a response to the received association request, an association channel time allocation (CTA) to the second apparatus; transmitting, in response to the received association request, an association response message in the association CTA; receiving, from the second apparatus, another association request sent as a response to the association response message detected at the second apparatus; and allocating, as a response to the received other association request, another CTA to the second apparatus for beam training and data transmission.",0.12283434067577025,0.24566868135154052
9282609,"1. A controller used in an LED driving apparatus, wherein the LED driving apparatus includes a rectifier bridge providing a DC bus voltage at an output terminal, a bus capacitor coupled between the output terminal of the rectifier bridge and a reference ground, a bleeding circuit configured to provide a bleeding current for the bus capacitor and a switching converter configured to convert the DC bus voltage into a driving signal to drive an LED, and wherein the controller comprises: a dimming mode detector configured to receive a voltage sensing signal indicative of the DC bus voltage, wherein based on the voltage sensing signal, the dimming mode detector detects whether the LED driving apparatus is coupled to a leading edge dimmer or a trailing edge dimmer, and generates a leading edge dimming mode signal and a trailing edge dimming mode signal; and a bleeding control circuit coupled to the dimming mode detector, wherein based on the voltage sensing signal, the leading edge dimming mode signal and the trailing edge dimming mode signal, the bleeding control circuit generates a control signal to control the bleeding circuit; wherein if the LED driving apparatus is coupled to a leading edge dimmer, the bleeding circuit will provide a first bleeding current when the voltage sensing signal becomes smaller than a first threshold voltage; if the LED driving apparatus is coupled to a trailing edge dimmer, the bleeding circuit will provide a second bleeding current when the voltage sensing signal becomes smaller than a second threshold voltage.",0.7891765212435966,0.4216469575128068
9662018,"1. A surgical visualization apparatus, comprising: a planar, non-conductive mesh substrate having a plurality of hooks on a first side thereof and configured to attach the planar, non-conductive mesh substrate to patient tissue; and a plurality of cameras coupled to non-conductive portions of a second side of the planar, non-conductive mesh substrate, the plurality of cameras forming an array with predetermined spacing on the planar, non-conductive mesh substrate such that when the planar, non-conductive mesh substrate is coupled to patient tissue, the plurality of cameras is configured to visualize an entire surgical field as a single image, the single image formed from a plurality of images having overlapping fields of view and which are stitched together from the plurality of cameras by a processor.",0.047817564884283584,0.09563512976856714
9570599,"1. A method for manufacturing a transistor having a nitride semiconductor used therein, the transistor including: a channel layer through which electrons run; a barrier layer that is provided above the channel layer and contains at least one of indium, aluminum and gallium, and nitrogen; and a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode that are arranged on the barrier layer, the method comprising: a step of forming a spacer layer that is larger in polarization than the barrier layer, on the channel layer; a step of patterning a resist on the spacer layer except a portion where the spacer layer is removed; a step of removing by etching the spacer layer located in a region to be directly below the gate electrode using the patterned resist as a mask; a step of removing the patterned resist; a step of forming the barrier layer on top of the channel layer and the spacer layer; a step of forming an insulating film layer on the barrier layer; a step of removing the insulating film layer corresponding to positions to be formed by the source electrode and the drain electrode, and then forming the source electrode and the drain electrode; a step of re-patterning a resist on the insulating film layer, the source electrode, and the drain electrode except a portion where the gate electrode is formed; a step of removing by etching the insulating film layer in a region to form the gate electrode using the re-patterned resist as a mask; a step of removing the re-patterned resist; a step of finally patterning a resist having a larger opening than a region where the insulating film layer is removed by etching; a step of forming the gate electrode on the region where the insulating film layer is removed by etching, and on the insulating film layer; and a step of removing the finally patterned resist.",0.17072747336343108,0.34145494672686216
9725463,"1. A compound of Formula (I): wherein, ring D is Formula (a) or Formula (b): A and B, which may be same or different, are independently CR Y is CR L is selected from —NR R ring E is selected from the Formula (i) to (vii): X is N or CR Z is N or CR where R is selected from hydrogen, halogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl; R R R R R R R R R ‘n’ is an integer ranging from 1 to 4, both inclusive; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.",0.2948589200212824,0.5897178400425648
9603056,"1. A mobile device configured to optimize connections made by the mobile device in a wireless network, the mobile device comprising: a memory; a radio; and a processor, the mobile device configured to:",0.745371631352989,0.509256737294022
9144188,"1. A self-actuated tillage apparatus, comprising: a front implement frame ( wherein the front implement frame comprises at least one of a tillage implement ( wherein the rear implement frame comprises at least one of a tillage implement ( wherein when the front implement frame comprises at least one tillage implement, the rear implement frame comprises at least one anti-rollback means; wherein when the rear implement frame comprises at least one tillage implement the front implement frame comprises at least one anti-rollback means; wherein said anti-rollback means comprise at least one crampon ( wherein the at least one crampon ( an approaching and distancing means ( wherein the tillage apparatus is configured to, in operation, move forward by said alternate pushing and pulling by the approaching and distancing means, in combination with the action of the anti-rollback means (",0.4213555993934729,0.8427111987869458
9089529,"1. A lyophilized formulation of an antibody, comprising about: (a) 100 mg of a humanized version of antibody 2A4 (ATCC Accession Number PTA-9662) or antibody 7D8 (ATCC Accession Number PTA-9468) or antigen binding fragment thereof; (b) 27.2 mg L-histidine; (c) 15.7 mg L-histidine HCl monohydrate; (d) 870.2 mg of trehalose; and (e) 2.0 mg polysorbate 20.",0.0656600916940788,0.13132018338815765
8582367,"1. A semiconductor memory device, comprising: a plurality of cell strings, each of the cell strings comprising memory cells; and a plurality of page buffers, each of the page buffers coupled to the respective cell string through a bit line, wherein each of the page buffers comprises a latch unit configured to store data which is inputted in a test operation of the memory cells, and wherein each of the page buffers couples the bit line to a pad for the test operation of the memory cells according to the data stored in the latch unit in the test operation.",0.12875951369675442,0.25751902739350885
9089021,"1. A controller of an AC-DC converter for LED lighting, comprising: an AC power on/off recorder configured to receive an AC power on/off signal and measure on/off information of a power-on count, a power-off count, a power-on time, and a power-off time of AC power lines to output an AC power on/off recording signal; a first sensing circuit configured to generate a first setup signal according to a voltage or current of a first setup terminal; a brightness reference signal generator configured to receive the AC power on/off recording signal and the first setup signal to generate a brightness reference signal, wherein the brightness reference signal generator, based on the first setup signal, determines which of the power on/off information of the power-on count, power-off count, power-on time, and power-off time is to be considered when generating the brightness reference signal; an electrical signal processing circuit configured to process a voltage or current measured by the AC-DC converter for LED lighting and output an AC-DC converter state signal; and a switching signal generator configured to generate a switching signal so as to implement brightness corresponding to the brightness reference signal using the AC-DC converter state signal.",0.8510705872999565,0.2978588254000869
9376026,"1. An apparatus for wirelessly transferring power from a charging power source to a device, the apparatus comprising: a first strand wound in one or more turns and operationally coupled to the charging power source; a second strand wound together with the first strand in one or more turns and operationally coupled to the charging power source; and an inductor circuit connected to the first strand and disconnected from the second strand, the inductor circuit configured to reduce a current difference between a first current flowing through the first strand and a second current flowing through the second strand.",0.8316065295832428,0.33678694083351446
9352815,"1. A sail assembly, comprising: a slug having a plurality of rollers aligned along an inner edge of the slug and a swivel platform attached to an outer edge of the slug; a mast having a groove that receives the plurality of rollers; and a sail having straps attached to the slug.",0.7069560357628841,0.5860879284742317
8481160,"1. A feedstock comprising particles of one or more plant biomass materials having fibers aligned in a grain, wherein the particles are individually characterized by having a length dimension (L) aligned substantially parallel to the grain, a width dimension (W) normal to L and aligned cross grain, and a height dimension (H) normal to W and L, wherein the L×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel side surfaces characterized by substantially intact longitudinally arrayed fibers, the W×H dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel end surfaces characterized by crosscut fibers and end checking between fibers, and the L×W dimensions define a pair of substantially parallel top and bottom surfaces, and wherein the particles in the feedstock are collectively characterized by having a bimodal or multimodal size distribution.",0.9056285308522743,0.1887429382954513
8858223,"1. An engine for producing mechanical power by utilizing high viscosity, high auto ignition temperature, liquid fuel; said engine using the heat from the combustion products of said fuel with air in a sequential counterflow process consisting of 1) converting said fuel to a superheated vapor, 2) providing indirect air heating to a power generation unit to both produce mechanical power and to raise the temperature of said air above said auto-ignition temperature of said fuel and 3) preheating said fuel; whereby said sequential process meets the objective of providing fuel and air to the combustion process at a hypergolic condition; said engine comprising: a. said power generation unit for producing mechanical power using an indirectly fired brayton cycle, said power generation unit comprising: b. a fuel system for utilizing said high viscosity, high auto ignition temperature, liquid fuel to generate a controlled flow of fuel vapor heated to a temperature above said auto ignition temperature, said fuel system comprising: c. a burner for combining said air from said expander and said fuel vapor from said fuel vaporizer, both at a temperature above said auto ignition temperature, wherein said combined air and fuel vapor ignite hyperpergolicly to produce said hot combustion products; and d. a means for starting said engine comprised of: whereby the prior-art difficulties of using said high viscosity, high auto ignition, temperature, liquid fuels are overcome to produce said mechanical power and whereby the mechanical portions of said power generation unit are not exposed to corrosive combustion products contained in said combustion products so that said mechanical portions will have a favorable operating environment.",0.9889229870015478,0.022154025996904414
9155862,"1. A medical catheter assembly, comprising: an elongate catheter member including a septum defining at least a portion of each of a pair of internal lumens; a catheter tip coupled to a distal end of the elongate catheter member and is symmetric about a plane defined by the septum, the catheter tip including a distal portion and a proximal portion, an upper surface, a lower surface, and side surfaces between the upper and lower surfaces, the distal portion including a closed distal end, and the catheter tip defining: wherein a distance between the upper and lower surfaces of the catheter tip along the proximal portion increases in a distal direction adjacent the distal portion and decreases from a distal end of the proximal portion toward the closed distal end.",0.045489320665255566,0.09097864133051115
8679835,"1. An isolated self-renewing cell selected as the product of a spontaneous cell-cell fusion or a descendant thereof, wherein the spontaneous fusion is between a non-neoplastic cell and a non-neoplastic cell of the same cell type, wherein said cell is aneuploid, has periodically increased expression of an oncogene selected from the group consisting of VEGF, MMP-9, k-ras, myc and Bcl-2 relative to a reference cell, and has periodically reduced expression of CDKn2A, p53, and CD44 relative to a reference cell.",0.3883966918649037,0.7767933837298074
9708992,"1. A vehicle control system that is applied to a vehicle comprising: an engine in which an operating mode can be switched between a stoichiometric mode in which an air/fuel ratio is set to a stoichiometric ratio, and a lean-burn mode in which the air/fuel ratio is set to a lean-burn ratio; and a transmission that changes an input speed from the engine; the vehicle control system comprising: a controller that controls the engine and the transmission; wherein the controller is configured to determine a starting point of an inertia phase in which an input speed of the transmission is changed from a speed in a current gear stage toward a speed in the gear stage to be achieved after a shifting operation of the gear stage of the transmission, when the shifting operation is demanded during propelling the vehicle in the lean-burn mode, switch the operating mode of the engine from the lean-burn mode to the stoichiometric mode before the starting point of the inertia phase, and execute an ignition retard of the engine during propelling the vehicle in the stoichiometric mode.",0.9763007621019479,0.04739847579610412
8772451,"1. A method for detecting cells or tissue comprising a peptide antigen presented on cells or tissue in the context of an MHC complex, wherein the peptide antigen is an endogenous human p53 antigen, the method comprising: a) contacting the cells or tissue with at least one denaturing agent, wherein the denaturing agent is sufficient to fix the cells or tissue, thereby fixing the cells or tissue; b) contacting the fixed cells or tissue that have not been manipulated to express artificial levels of the peptide antigen with at least one soluble single chain TCR(scTCR) molecule under conditions that form a specific binding complex between the presented peptide antigen and the soluble scTCR, wherein the soluble scTCR comprises the Vα and Vβ domains of SEQ ID NO: 16, and wherein the soluble single chain TCR molecule is a monomer; c) washing the cells or tissue under conditions appropriate to remove any soluble scTCR molecule not bound to the presented peptide antigen; and d) detecting the specific binding complex as being indicative of cells or tissue comprising the presented peptide antigen.",0.5267345184961243,0.9465309630077514
8820532,"1. A leak-proof package for at least one defective battery containing corrosive liquid, comprising: a substantially rectangular box forming an inner container configured to accept the at least one battery therewithin and having an inner-container surrounding wall that includes a bottomwall, a topwall and a sidewall between the bottomwall and the topwall, the topwall forming an inner-container closure of an inner-container access opening, the inner container being substantially free of pointed corners; a plastic bag forming a fluid-impermeable intermediate container sealing the inner container therewithin, the bag having a top end forming a fluid-impermeable lock; and an outer container enclosing the intermediate container and having an outer-container surrounding wall that includes an outer-container topwall forming an outer-container closure of an outer-container access opening, whereby the plastic bag is protected from puncture by being between the inner and outer containers such that the defective battery containing corrosive liquid is protectively packaged for leak-free transportation.",0.4418202505138069,0.8836405010276138
8907685,"1. A circuit arrangement for determining a change with time of an output voltage of a half-bridge circuit during a dead time, the half-bridge circuit comprising two switching elements that alternatingly assume an on-state and an off-state and that both assume an off-state during the dead time, the circuit arrangement comprising: a first input configured to be coupled to the half-bridge circuit and to receive the output voltage; a capacitive network having a first and a second circuit node each being capacitively coupled to the input, and having a terminal for a reference potential; a recharging circuit for the capacitive network, the recharging circuit being separate from the half-bridge circuit and configured, during the switched-on phase of one of the first and second switching elements, to adjust electrical potentials of the first and second nodes, the electrical potentials each being different from the reference potential; a comparator arrangement that is configured during the dead time to determine a time difference between such times at which the electrical potentials at the first and second node each assume a given potential value, this time difference being a measure for the change with time of the output voltage; and wherein the comparator arrangement is further configured to determine if zero crossing of the electrical potentials at the first and second nodes occur within a given time period after a beginning of an edge of the output voltage.",0.8166143676351783,0.3667712647296435
8412421,"1. A haul route management system, comprising: a condition monitoring system in data communication with at least one machine operating in a work environment and configured to collect performance data associated with the at least one machine; a torque estimator communicatively coupled to the condition monitoring system and configured to determine a drive axle torque of the at least one machine and estimate a total effective grade associated with the at least one machine based on the drive axle torque; a performance simulator communicatively coupled to the torque estimator and the condition monitoring system, wherein the performance simulator is configured to:",0.14138977193936583,0.2827795438787317
9077243,"1. A method for balancing phases in a multi-phase interleaved circuit, the method comprising: sensing an electrical parameter for each of multiple signal phases using a sense element that is common to the circuit phases; demultiplexing the electrical parameter, in accordance with a phase-select signal, into demultiplexed signal components that respectively correspond to the multiple signal phases; sampling the demultiplexed signal components into a plurality of digital signals that respectively correspond to the multiple signal phases; generating an error signal using a digital integrator to integrate a difference between the digital signals; and modulating the phase-select signal, as applied to the circuit phases, in accordance with the generated error signal.",0.3672003995230869,0.7344007990461738
9829424,"1. A sheath flow device for evaporative light scattering detector (ESLD), comprising a fixing base, a heat insulating part, a sheath flow baffle, a sheath flow nozzle, a sheath flow sleeve, a sheath flow outlet, and a stainless steel needle; the fixing base, the heat insulating part, the sheath flow baffle, the sheath flow nozzle, the sheath flow sleeve and the sheath flow outlet all have a same internal diameter and are sequentially and concentrically connected; the fixing base, the heat insulating part, the sheath flow baffle and the sheath flow nozzle are concentrically connected by fixed bolts; the sheath flow nozzle is also concentrically connected with the sheath flow sleeve by a fixed bolt; a back side of the sheath flow sleeve comprises a groove concentrically positioned with respect to the sheath flow sleeve, and the sheath flow outlet is fixed in the groove; an inner-bore of the fixing base and an inner-bore of the heat insulating part are each equal to an external diameter of an evaporating tube in the ELSD; an inner-bore entry end of the sheath flow baffle comprises a step washer which has a same inner diameter as the external diameter of the evaporating tube; an inner-bore of the sheath flow nozzle has a reducing diameter from a front part of the sheath flow nozzle to a back part of the sheath flow nozzle; an inner-diameter of an inlet of the sheath flow nozzle is the same as an inner-diameter of an exit of the sheath flow baffle; an inner-diameter of an outlet of the sheath flow nozzle is equal to an inner-diameter of the stainless steel needle; a sheath gas entry channel is connected with an inner-bore of the sheath flow sleeve; a front end of the stainless steel needle is welded to the outlet of the sheath flow nozzle and a back end of the stainless steel needle is introduced into the inner-bore of the sheath flow sleeve and inserted into an inner-bore of the sheath flow outlet and flushed with an exit end of the sheath flow outlet; an inner diameter of the sheath flow outlet is larger than an external diameter of the stainless steel needle so that an exit annulus allowing sheath gas to pass through is formed between the inner diameter of the sheath flow outlet and the external diameter of the stainless steel needle.",0.05090642711773121,0.10181285423546238
9061030,"1. A compound according to Formula IA or IB, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: the symbol with the encircled letter B represents ring B, and ring B is a phenyl or a 6-membered heteroaryl ring, having 1 or 2 nitrogen ring atoms; n is an integer selected from 0 to 3; each J each R each R wherein ring D is the 5-membered ring heteroaryl of Formula IB or the 6-membered heteroaryl ring of Formula IA that is substituted by m instances of J X is selected from N or C; each Y is independently selected from C, N, O or S; wherein a minimum of 0 and maximum of 3 instances of Y can be N, O or S simultaneously and the remaining instance or instances of Y are C; m is an integer selected from 0 to 3; each J each J each R each R each R alternatively, two instances of R alternatively, one instance of R each R each R alternatively, two instances of R alternatively, one instance of R or, alternatively, two J R ring C is a phenyl ring, a monocyclic 5 or 6-membered heteroaryl ring, a bicyclic 8 to 10-membered heteroaryl ring, a monocyclic 3 to 10-membered cycloaliphatic ring, or a monocyclic 4 to 10-membered heterocycle; wherein said monocyclic 5 or 6-membered heteroaryl ring, said bicyclic 8 to 10-membered heteroaryl ring, or said monocyclic 4 to 10-membered heterocycle has between 1 and 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O or S; and wherein said phenyl, monocyclic 5 to 6-membered heteroaryl ring, bicyclic 8 to 10-membered heteroaryl ring, or monocyclic 4 to 10-membered heterocycle is optionally and independently substituted with up to 3 instances of J each J each R alternatively, two instances of R each R each R alternatively, two instances of R provided that the compound is not one of the compounds represented below:",0.3475754779670802,0.6951509559341604
8822506,"1. A method for controlling powdery mildew primary infections in an apple crop comprising applying fluopyram to the apple crop prior to the end of a vegetative cycle, wherein the fluopyram is applied to the apple crop prior to abscission of leaves, and wherein the powdery mildew primary infections are controlled for a year after application of the fluopyram, wherein the fluopyram is applied at a rate ranging from 18.5 to 50 g a.s./ha/m c.h.",0.8538588186529745,0.29228236269405095
8447543,"1. A device comprising: a charge plug interface connected to simulation circuitry, the simulation circuitry comprising:",0.4837957914074859,0.9675915828149718
9283998,"1. An aerodynamic trailer device comprising: a frameless trailer having a top and a bottom, a forward end and a rear end, a left side and a right side, said frameless trailer having an inner and outer surface; a frameless trailer trolley adjacent the rear end of the frameless trailer having at least two ground-engaging wheels connected to an axle and adapted to support the frameless trailer; an air fairing having a first air deflector extending vertically below the outer surface of the frameless trailer and positioned forward of the trailer trolley; a second air deflector extending vertically below the outer surface of the frameless trailer and mounted rearwardly from the first air deflector; and wherein the second deflector includes:",0.6473588827658637,0.7052822344682725
8449916,"1. A polyanhydride nanoparticle comprising: polyanhydride polymers in the form of a nanoparticle, wherein the nanoparticle is substantially spherical in shape and has an average diameter of about 100 nm to about 900 nm; and an antimicrobial agent located in the interior of the nanoparticle; wherein the polyanhydride polymers comprise anhydride copolymers of 1,8-bis(carboxyphenoxy)-3,6-dioxaoctane (CPTEG) and 1,ω-bis(carboxyphenoxy)(C 2 -C 10 )alkane units, and wherein the ratio of 1,8-bis(carboxyphenoxy)-3,6-dioxaoctane (CPTEG) to 1,ω-bis(carboxyphenoxy)(C",0.4203096353776133,0.8406192707552266
8611329,"1. A mobile communication terminal conforming to a CDMA2000 EVDO standard and having a function to check reception of an incoming call by receiving a report signal in synchronization with a cycle at which the report signal is transmitted from a base station, the mobile communication terminal comprising: a judging module operable to judge a state of the terminal; a transmission module operable to, in accordance with the state judged by the judging module, transmit an Enhanced Idle State Protocol (EISP) signal that requests the base station to change the cycle of transmitting the report signal; and a reception module operable to receive the report signal at another cycle resulted from the requested change; and a storage module operable to store a Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) communication application operable to perform a communication, wherein the judging module judges whether the VOIP communication application has been activated, and when the judging module judges that the VOIP communication application has been activated, the transmission module transmits an Enhanced Idle State Protocol (EISP) signal that requests the base station to shorten the cycle of transmitting the report signal.",0.7281379442558288,0.5437241114883424
8811845,"1. A registration mark comprising: a set of toner patterns that are formed on a transferred member, which moves along a plurality of toner-image forming units respectively using toners of a plurality of colors and forming a plurality of toner images of different colors, wherein the transfer member receives transfer of the plurality of toner images formed by the plurality of toner-image forming units, wherein the set of toner patterns provides information of toner-image formation positions of the plurality of toner-image forming units to an optical sensor that emits light and receives reflected light, wherein the toners of the plurality of colors comprise a low-reflectance group having a relatively low spectral reflectance and a high-reflectance group having a relatively high spectral reflectance with respect to the light emitted by the optical sensor, wherein the set of toner patterns comprises:",0.028211653565007773,0.05642330713001553
9218284,"1. An apparatus comprising: a first programmable hardware timer that specifies an initial wait time before issuing two or more commands to a storage device; and a second programmable hardware timer that specifies an interval time between at least two commands of the two or more commands, wherein the interval time defines a time period between the at least two commands of the two or more commands and applies after the initial wait time.",0.5283027481552488,0.9433945036895024
9410132,1. An isolated polynucleotide comprising a cDNA coding portion encoding a Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase protein comprising the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1.,0.3372433234274904,0.6744866468549808
9236627,"1. A solid oxide redox flow battery comprising: a solid oxide electrochemical cell, the solid oxide electrochemical cell being configured to operate in a fuel cell mode and in an electrolysis mode, the solid oxide electrochemical cell including an anode, a cathode, and a solid oxygen-ion conducting electrolyte; a redox couple bed in fluid communication with the solid oxide electrochemical cell, the redox couple bed comprising a porous nanostructure, the porous nanostructure being formed of a porous nanostructured metal and its metal oxide; a first fluid flow path by which the porous nanostructure is configured to interact with steam during the fuel cell mode resulting in oxidation of the metal to form the metal oxide and produce hydrogen and further resulting in the oxidation of the hydrogen by oxygen-ion from the solid oxygen-ion conducting electrolyte to produce steam and the discharge of electricity from the battery; a second fluid flow path by which the porous nanostructure is configured to interact with hydrogen produced at the solid oxide electrochemical cell by the electrolysis of steam during a charge of electricity to the battery, the redox couple bed being capable of storing the hydrogen produced at the solid oxide electrochemical cell prior to interaction between this hydrogen and the metal oxide, the interaction between this hydrogen and the metal oxide resulting in reduction of the metal oxide to form the metal and the production of steam.",0.9615863618096934,0.07682727638061326
8366036,"1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit that performs recording on a recording medium wound on a roll, the roll including a first flange that is attached to one end and has a shaft hole and a first receiving portion including a step portion, and a second flange that is attached to the other end and has a shaft hole; a first holder movable along a rotation axis of the roll, the first holder including: a second holder including: wherein, when the first holder is moved away from the second holder while the first and second shafts are fitted in the shaft holes in the first and second flanges, respectively, the first engaging portion engages with the step portion of the first receiving portion to move the roll along with the first holder away from the second holder.",0.007309404423281019,0.014618808846562081
8597791,"1. A sensor for an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable, comprising: at least one substrate, which consists essentially of Al at least one sensitive layer, which consists essentially of platinum, which is applied on said substrate and which produces at least one measured variable dependent on the process variable and/or a change of the process variable; at least one passivating layer, which is applied on said sensitive layer; and at least a second passivating layer, which is applied on said at least one passivating layer, wherein: said at least one passivating layer contains between about 30% and 50% Al said at least one passivating layer and said at least a second passivating layer consists essentially of the same material.",0.6237964281460114,0.7524071437079771
8518595,"1. A method for generating an electric power, the method comprising steps of: (a) preparing a fuel cell comprising: at least one electrode selected from the cathode and the anode comprises a plurality of catalyst-holding particles coated with an electrolyte; the electrolyte comprises a core and a coating layer; the core is made of tin pyrophosphate; the coating layer is formed on at least a part of the surface of the core; the coating layer contains Sn and O; and the coordination number of O with respect to Sn is greater than 6 and less than 12; and (b) supplying oxygen and hydrogen to the cathode and the anode, respectively, to generate the electric power.",0.9883260535261433,0.023347892947713333
8347607,"1. A system comprising: a particulate matter (PM) filter that includes a plurality of zones; an electrical heater that includes a plurality of heater segments that are associated with respective ones of the zones, wherein the electrical heater is arranged upstream from and proximate with the PM filter; a post-injection system that injects fuel into at least one of a cylinder of an engine and an exhaust system; and a control module that is configured to operate in a first mode that includes activating the electrical heater to heat exhaust of the engine and to operate in a second mode that includes activating the post-injection system to heat the exhaust, wherein the control module determines a flow rate of the exhaust and selectively operates in at least one of the first mode and the second mode based on the flow rate.",0.9843860509624784,0.031227898075043115
9279595,"1. A thermostat management system for pairing a thermostat with a thermostat management account, the thermostat management system comprising: one or more servers remotely located away from the thermostat that are programmed to:",0.430703725590097,0.861407451180194
9175066,"1. A method of producing a reconstituted HC•HA (rcHC•HA) complex, comprising (a) providing HA Binding Protein (HABP) crosslinked to a stationary support; (b) contacting the HABP crosslinked to the stationary support with (c) incubating for a period of time sufficient to produce rcHC•HA complex.",0.6649663512688331,0.6700672974623338
8729641,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first MIS transistor of a first conductivity type including a first gate electrode formed on a first active region of a semiconductor substrate with a first gate insulating film interposed therebetween; a second MIS transistor of the first conductivity type including a second gate electrode which is formed on a second active region of the semiconductor substrate with a second gate insulating film interposed therebetween, and has a shorter gate length than the first gate electrode; a third MIS transistor of the first conductivity type including a third gate electrode which is formed on a third active region of the semiconductor substrate with a third gate insulating film interposed therebetween, and has a shorter gate length than the second gate electrode, a first extension region of the first conductivity type formed in the first active region below a side of the first gate electrode; a second extension region of the first conductivity type formed in the second active region below a side of the second gate electrode; and a third extension region of the first conductivity type formed in the third active region below a side of the third gate electrode, wherein the first gate insulating film is formed of a first silicon oxide film and a first high-k insulating film provided on the first silicon oxide film, the second gate insulating film is formed of a second silicon oxide film and a second high-k insulating film provided on the second silicon oxide film, the third gate insulating film is formed of a third silicon oxide film and a third high-k insulating film provided on the third silicon oxide film, the second silicon oxide film has a substantially same thickness as the first silicon oxide film and a greater thickness than the third silicon oxide film, and the second extension region has an impurity concentration substantially equal to or higher than an impurity concentration of the first extension region, and lower than an impurity concentration of the third extension region.",0.15772624460943457,0.31545248921886915
8625644,"1. A Q-switched laser comprised of a pump light source ( 1 ), an optical resonator accommodating a laser medium ( 6 ), and a passive Q-switch ( 5 ), wherein part of the light coupled out of the optical resonator is passed on by means of a beam splitter ( 8 ) to an optical delay line ( 9 ) and coupled back into the optical resonator after having passed through the optical delay line ( 9 ); wherein the delay line ( 9 ) is so configured that: the temporal delay by which the light is coupled back into the resonator is somewhat smaller than the reciprocal value of the pulse repetition rate or somewhat smaller than the integral multiple of the reciprocal value of the pulse repetition rate of the Q-switched laser; and a new laser pulse has not been triggered by spontaneous emission at the point of time of the arrival of the light coupled back into the resonator.",0.09069689424100393,0.18139378848200782
8627777,"1. A connector to a sheet-like material that resists penetration by a liquid, comprising: first and second plates disposed on opposed sides of the sheet-like material, a gasket comprised of an elastomeric material disposed between one of the first and second plates and the sheet-like material, and stitching joining the first to the second plates, the stitching passing through the gasket and the sheet-like material and tensioned in order to compress the gasket between the one of the first and second plates and the sheet-like material, whereby the gasket is compressed against the stitching.",0.2808271524941032,0.5616543049882065
8789232,"1. A personal hygiene device comprising: a housing having first and second opposed ends; a pump disposed at one of the first and second opposed ends for the transmission of fluid pressure; a sealed substantially resilient gripping head disposed at the other of the first and second opposed ends, said gripping head having a gripping element capable of alternatively holding and releasing at least a portion of a hygienic wipe therewithin, in which the gripping head will hold the wipe when in the static, uninflated position, and in which the gripping head will alternatively release the wipe when the gripping head is inflated with the fluid pressure from said pump; a fluid passage that connects the pump and the gripping head, said fluid passage allowing the fluid pressure to pass from the pump to the gripping head, to an extent sufficient to alternatively increase and decrease the internal fluid pressure therewithin said gripping head, to alternatively open and close the gripping element respectively; and the pump being operably configured, upon actuation, to increase the fluid pressure within the fluid passage, and in turn, in the gripping head, such that the gripping element will open to an extent sufficient to release the wipe, and alternatively, upon deactuation, decrease the fluid pressure to grip the wipe.",0.12247857765050767,0.24495715530101536
8736245,"1. A method for operating a switching power supply comprising the steps of: generating an oscillating signal for coupling to a pulse width modulator (PWM), the PWM configured to, in response to a pulse width control signal, control the on/off timing of the output of the power supply; detecting the zero crossings of the oscillating signal; altering the pulse width of the pulse width control signal input to the PWM such that the on/off timing of the pulse width of the control signal corresponds to a plurality of zero crossings of the oscillating signal; wherein the step of altering the pulse width of the pulse width control signal comprises quantizing the pulse width control signal with the detected zero crossings of the oscillating signal.",0.7696067770054466,0.4607864459891069
8542728,"1. An inverse quantization processing method, applied to a decoder, comprising: receiving a plurality of quantized frequency-domain data; performing a bit reduction on a current quantized frequency-domain data of the plurality of the quantized frequency-domain data according to an adjusting factor when, among the plurality of the quantized frequency-domain data, an accumulated count value of a plurality of valid bit numbers greater than a first threshold reaches a second threshold, to generate a bit-reduced quantized frequency-domain data, wherein the adjustment factor is an integer, and each valid bit number represents a bit number of a first non-zero bit of the corresponding quantized frequency-domain data; performing a frequency/time domain conversion on the bit-reduced quantized frequency-domain data to generate a bit-reduced time-domain pulse code modulation (PCM) data; and performing a bit addition on the bit-reduced time-domain PCM data according to the adjusting factor to generate a time-domain PCM data.",0.11822193688635385,0.2364438737727077
8579857,"1. A disposable manual irrigation pump system comprising: a manual foot pump configured to be coupled to a fluid reservoir and an intraprocedural device; a first supply tube disposed between the pump and the reservoir; a second supply tube disposed between the pump and the intraprocedural device; a Y-connector configured to be coupled to an end of the first supply tube, an end of the second supply tube, and the pump; a biopsy valve having a first end coupled to the second supply tube and a second end configured to be coupled to the intraprocedural device; an irrigation valve coupled to the second end of the biopsy valve; and a third supply tube disposed between the second supply tube and the irrigation valve, wherein the third supply tube is configured to couple the second supply tube and the irrigation valve.",0.16420689119072102,0.32841378238144203
9363854,"1. A cooking apparatus using microwaves, comprising: a microwave generator to sequentially generate and output a plurality of microwaves having different frequencies from each other; a microwave transmitter to transmit the plurality of microwaves into a cavity; and a controller to calculate heating efficiency of each of the plurality microwaves based on the plurality of microwaves reflected from the cavity, and to set heating time of each of the plurality of microwaves during a heating period based on the calculated heating efficiency, wherein the controller is configured to control the microwave generator to output a part of the plurality of microwaves in the heating period based on the calculated heating efficiency; wherein the microwave generator includes: wherein the reflected microwave is not absorbed into the cavity and is inputted to the directional coupler through the microwave transmitter.",0.6127717142109335,0.7744565715781331
8400970,"1. A mobile communications device comprising: a processor configured to control at least one of a plurality of sub-systems for communicating with a network node operable with a wireless network; the processor further configured to control at least one of the plurality of sub-systems for generating an authentication key for securing a personalized indicium assigned to the mobile communications device, wherein the personalized indicium comprises a Personal Information Number (PIN) that is mapped to at least one identifier associated with the mobile communications device; the processor further configured to control at least one of the plurality of sub-systems for transmitting a registration request to the network node, the registration request having a registration request payload including the authentication key; the processor further configured to control at least one of the plurality of sub-systems for receiving a challenge message from the network node, the challenge message generated when the network node detects a change of the IP address associated with the mobile communications device, the processor further configured to control at least one of the plurality of sub-systems for executing a challenge response to the challenge message, the challenge response including an authentication value of a challenge string transmitted in the challenge message, wherein the authentication value is created using the authentication key.",0.24692352565166092,0.49384705130332185
8829797,"1. A lighting system, comprising: an alternating current power source; a plurality of lighting fixtures individually including— first wiring operably connecting the first light-emitting diode units to the power source; second wiring operably connecting the second light-emitting diode units to the power source; an automatic controller operably connected to the first wiring; a float-charged battery; a battery relay operably connected to the power source, the float-charged battery, and the second wiring, the battery relay having a first state in which the battery relay operably connects the second wiring and the power source and a second state in which the battery relay operably connects the second wiring and the float-charged battery; a first rectifier operably connected to the first wiring between the automatic controller and the first light-emitting diode units; and a second rectifier between the power source and the battery relay, wherein—",0.9339884072362368,0.13202318552752645
8863278,"1. A computer system, comprising: a grid cluster comprising hardware devices in the form of at least a root computer node in communication with a non-root computer node through a network connection; a security agent local to the non-root node to monitor security for the non-root node and to respond to a detected security violation of the non-root node, wherein monitoring security for the non-root node by the security agent includes controlling access to resources associated with the non-root node; a security controller local to the root node to monitor security for the non-root node through the security agent of the non-root node and a second security agent local to the root node, wherein the security agent of the non-root node communicates the detected security violation to the security controller, the security controller to determine a response to the security violation including removal of the non-root node from the grid cluster; a component table local to the non-root node, the component table to identify an application and at least one characteristic of the application within the non-root node; an agent environment table local to the non-root node, the agent environment table to reference all executable programs for all applications registered in the component table, with each application having a security level setting and identified services; and a set of rules in said environment table to manage control of a security violation, the rules to dictate a first class of violations for management by a tool local to the non-root node subject to the violation and a second class of violations for management by the security controller.",0.2158353949327286,0.43167078986545726
9742073,"1. A method for manufacturing an aperiodic array of electromagnetic scatterers, said aperiodic array being one of a one dimensional aperiodic array and a two dimensional aperiodic array, the method comprising: running a multi-step synthesis algorithm on a computer, said synthesis algorithm being configured for identifying values of a set of parameters, said set of parameters defining said aperiodic array as a cost function depending on design specifications, wherein said set of parameters are physical parameters, geometrical parameters or a combination thereof, wherein said multi-step synthesis algorithm is configured to identify said set of parameters of the aperiodic array by optimizing said cost function defined on said set of parameters, wherein said multi-step synthesis algorithm comprises the following steps: a first synthesis step implemented in modulus and in phase for obtaining a modulus and a phase of the electromagnetic field, based on a continuous electromagnetic modelling of the aperiodic array, implementing the synthesis of an electromagnetic field on one of a pre-set reflecting line and a pre-set reflecting surface, said pre-set reflecting surface being continuous; identifying an initial positioning of the electromagnetic scatterers as a function of the modulus of the electromagnetic field obtained by said first synthesis step, and identifying initial control phases of the electromagnetic scatterers as a function of the phase of the electromagnetic field obtained by said first synthesis step; at least one of a first, a second and a third intermediate synthesis steps performing refinement of said initial control phases, subsequent to said first synthesis step, based on a discrete phase-only electromagnetic modelling of the aperiodic array, wherein each electromagnetic scatterer is only characterized by a phase factor, wherein: a final refinement synthesis step refining at least the positioning of the electromagnetic scatterers based on a more accurate electromagnetic modelling of the aperiodic array to identify values of the set of parameters of said aperiodic array; and identifying the orientation thereof and the physical design parameters thereof; wherein every synthesis step of the multi-step synthesis algorithm, except said first synthesis step, takes as initial values of said parameters those provided by the previous synthesis step; and further to running said multi-step synthesis algorithm, physically making said aperiodic array of electromagnetic scatterers, wherein the identified values of said parameters obtained after said final refinement synthesis step are used for manufacturing the aperiodic array of electromagnetic scatterers corresponding to said identified values.",0.5719764316758446,0.8560471366483109
9780239,"1. An ultraviolet light sensor, comprising: a silicon wafer of a material other than silicon carbide; a plurality of Group-III Nitride layers adjacent to said silicon wafer, with one of the Group-III Nitride layers at least partially exposed such that a top surface thereof can receive ultraviolet light to be detected by the ultraviolet light sensor, said Group-III Nitride layers comprising a p-type layer and an n-type layer with p/n junctions therebetween forming at least one diode; a filter in direct contact with the top surface, wherein the filter is a nitride layer that only allows a subband of ultraviolet light to pass through; a buffer layer between one of said Group-III Nitride layers and said silicon wafer, wherein said buffer layer comprises nitride; and first and second conductive contacts arranged to operate with the plurality of Group-III Nitride layers and said silicon wafer as the ultraviolet light sensor by conducting electrical current as a function of ultraviolet light received at one of said Group-III Nitride layers.",0.7790154672744142,0.44196906545117165
8972825,"1. A method for an adaptive modulation communication system, comprising: receiving, over a communication channel, data encoded with a forward error correction (FEC) code; measuring first error information of said encoded data that is available before FEC decoding of said received encoded data; measuring second error information that is made available by said FEC decoding of said encoded data; and controlling transmission over said communication channel based on both said first error information and said second error information by providing a weighted combination of the first error information and the second error information for determining a transmission mode over said communication channel, wherein weights of the weighted combination depend on a rate of variation of a communication channel condition, and wherein a greater weight is given to said first error information than to said second error information in case the variation of the communication channel condition is faster than a predefined rate.",0.43420131792941663,0.8684026358588333
9232782,"1. A device for deterring birds from landing in a defined area, comprising a vertically positionable rotary actuating shaft whereon a retractably connected pair of rods is arranged at the top by a hinged joint, such that said two rods are able to extend horizontally and perpendicularly in relation to the actuating shaft and opposite each other, said actuating shaft being mounted on a support provided with a hinge in the lower portion thereof that can angularly fold down said support in relation to a base body, and in which the lower portion of said actuating shaft is in contact with a spherical region situated inside said support.",0.7628470129751498,0.47430597404970043
8681746,"1. A radio communications apparatus, comprising: a generator which generates a transmit frame; and a transmitter which transmits the transmit frame via multiple transmit antennas, wherein the transmit frame includes a predetermined number of resource elements having a predetermined frequency bandwidth and a predetermined symbol period, and the generator generates the transmit frame such that the number of transmit antennas which are identifiable from a location of the resource element taken up by a pilot signal in a certain transmit frame is less than the number of transmit antennas which are identifiable from the location of the resource element taken up by the pilot signal in a retransmission transmit frame of the certain transmit frame.",0.4612629000298227,0.9225258000596454
9403562,"1. A moving body side section structure that includes a flow correction fin that is provided on a side section of a moving body and corrects a flow of fluid of the side section of the moving body, wherein the moving body is a vehicle, the flow correction fin is provided on a portion of a side section of a vehicle body between a side mirror and the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction and the length of the flow correction fin in a longitudinal direction of the moving body is set so as to be longer than the length of the fin in a vertical direction of the moving body, the flow correction fin includes: a first inclined portion which is formed at a front end portion in the longitudinal direction of the moving body and in which a width in a width direction of the moving body is widened toward a rear side in the longitudinal direction of the moving body; and a second inclined portion which is formed further rearward than the first inclined portion in the longitudinal direction of the moving body and in which the width in the width direction of the moving body is narrowed toward the rear side in the longitudinal direction of the moving body.",0.37708214225136855,0.7541642845027371
9742927,"1. An online charging method for always on IP connectivity in a communication system, the method comprising: a Diameter router receiving an online charging request from a Diameter client, wherein the online charging request includes subscriber information; the Diameter router finding a corresponding online charging system in a subscriber index database based on the subscriber information; sending a successful acknowledge to the Diameter client and generating a ticket file when the corresponding online charging system does not exist in the subscriber index database or the corresponding online charging system is not available, wherein the successful acknowledge includes a dummy quota specified by the Diameter router; and sending the ticket file to a ticket file processor; whereby, based on a scheduled timing, the ticket file processor may generate a first online charging event request and send the first online charging event request to the Diameter router when the corresponding online charging system exists in the subscriber index database or the corresponding online charging system is available.",0.6934449220454761,0.6131101559090477
9494928,"1. A numerical control apparatus comprising: a memory configured to store computer-executable units; a processor configured to execute the stored units, the units comprising: a program analyzing unit configured to pre-fetch, from a machining program, a first command for commanding a tool replacing operation, a second command for commanding only positioning of an axis included in a machine tool, the second command following the first command, and a third command for causing a first axis related to the tool replacing operation to be moved to a tool replacement position, the third command being described before the first command, and output the first command, the second command, and the third command; a tool-replacement-command output unit configured to cause, on the basis of the first command output by the program analyzing unit, the machine tool to execute the tool replacing operation; and an axis control unit configured to start, when the second command output by the program analyzing unit is a command for positioning the first axis, control of the first axis based on the second command, after waiting for the completion of the tool replacement operation based on the first command, and start, when the second command output by the program analyzing unit is a command for positioning the second axis unrelated to the tool replacing operation, control of the second axis based on the second command before the tool replacing operation based on the first command is started after the first axis has reached a predetermined position halfway in movement based on the third command.",0.2949667969826931,0.5899335939653862
8483419,"1. A hearing aid system, comprising: a receiver comprising a housing to be positioned in an open ear configuration within an ear canal, said housing comprising a speaker and having an arm extending from said housing, and a portion of said arm contacting said ear canal to suspend the receiver in the ear canal and away from the ear canal walls to effect said open ear configuration; and a microphone sampling position, said sampling position located remote from the ear canal and the speaker positioned therein, wherein sound from the microphone sampling position is amplified in accordance with hearing loss programming and passed via electrical connection around a portion of the external ear and through the ear canal opening to the speaker that is positioned within the ear canal in an open ear configuration for delivery of audible sound to the unoccluded ear canal, wherein said microphone sampling position and an amplifier are positioned within a behind the ear unit.",0.0033927463190005468,0.0067854926380011005
8656408,"1. A method for scheduling a number of threads selected from active threads in each context switch interval in a multi-threaded/multi-core processor, comprising: for one combination of threads selected from the active threads,",0.7174893868915053,0.5650212262169894
8591851,"1. A method of manufacturing cast silicon, comprising: loading a seed layer of near-monocrystalline silicon into a crucible; loading solid silicon feedstock into the crucible; placing a lid over an opening of the crucible; flowing an inert gas into the crucible through at least one hole in the lid; expelling the inert gas from the crucible through at least one other hole in the lid; melting the silicon feedstock while maintaining a part of the seed layer in a solid state; forming a solid body of near-monocrystalline silicon; and cooling the solid body.",0.6511904245032296,0.6976191509935408
8424379,"1. A powder dispenser useable as a golf accessory for an indication of the direction and velocity of the wind, said powder dispenser comprising: a) a body for housing a quantity of powder, including a cylindrical port defining the outlet of said body; b) a cap for selectively accommodating discharge of the powder through an orifice, including a cylindrical section for engaging said port; c) an openable and closeable gate interconnecting said cap with said port for selectively accommodating fluid communication of the powder from within said body and through said orifice; and d) detent means for accommodating limited rotation of said cap relative to said body to open and close said gate.",0.06018384079033678,0.12036768158067357
8380100,"1. A fusing device, comprising: a heat roller configured to produce heat; a press roller configured to apply pressure on the heat roller, the press roller having a shaft about which the press roller is configured to rotate, an elastic member surrounding the shaft and a film member surrounding the elastic member, the shaft and the film member each being electrically conductive, the elastic member being electrically non-conductive; and a connecting member that is electrically conductive, the connecting member being configured to electrically connect the shaft and the film member, the film member comprising an extension portion that extends radially from an outer periphery of the press roller toward the shaft along an end surface of the elastic member, the extension portion being secured to the end surface of the elastic member by the connecting member.",0.17093701326141303,0.34187402652282606
9316076,"1. Apparatus for use in operating a downhole well tool comprising: a solenoid housing having an outer wall, a first end, a second end, and a solenoid housing bore, the solenoid housing bore being generally longitudinal extending along an axis through the first end and the second end, wherein the solenoid housing bore creates an inner wall of the solenoid housing, the solenoid housing further having at least one port connecting to the solenoid housing bore through the solenoid housing; at least one plunger disposed in the solenoid housing bore; an electromagnetic solenoid coil disposed at least in part around the plunger; a ball disposed in the solenoid housing bore between the plunger and the second end, the ball movable within the solenoid housing bore by way of a linkage with the plunger; a ball seat member having a seat surface end, an outer wall, a distal end, and a ball seat member bore through the seat surface end and the distal end, the ball seat member being positioned within the solenoid housing bore such that the seat surface end faces the ball, the ball seat member further being removable through the second end of the solenoid housing; at least one ball seat member filter positioned within the ball seat member bore proximate to the ball seat member distal end; a lock nut having a lock nut first end, a lock nut second end, a lock nut bore extending between the lock nut first end and the lock nut second end creating a lock nut inner wall, and threads on the lock nut inner wall for coupling to the outer wall of the solenoid housing proximate the second end; and a seal member having a seal member first end, a seal groove in the seal member first end, a seal member second end, and a seal member bore through the seal member first end and the seal member second end generally aligned longitudinally with the lock nut bore and the solenoid housing bore, wherein the seal member first end is adjacent to the lock nut second end.",0.06426613558527661,0.12853227117055321
8461614,"1. A packaging substrate device, comprising: a first laminate including a first ceramic substrate and a first copper pattern disposed on an upper surface of said first ceramic substrate; and a second laminate disposed over said first copper pattern and including a second ceramic substrate, a second copper pattern that is disposed on an upper surface of said second ceramic substrate, and a through hole extending through said second ceramic substrate and said second copper pattern to expose a copper portion of said first copper pattern.",0.08620947230708807,0.17241894461417617
8478141,"1. An image formation apparatus comprising: a toner cartridge storing toner; a developer; a hopper temporarily storing toner supplied from the toner cartridge and supplying the developer with the toner; a magnetic sensor including a magnet and a reed switch that determines whether the magnet is within a detection area thereof, one of which is fixed to a predetermined position, and the other of which is configured to move downwards as a surface level of toner stored in a toner storage of the hopper decreases and thus serves as a surface level detector for detecting the surface level; a lifter configured to periodically lift the surface level detector above the surface level such that the magnet goes out of the detection area; an ON-edge detector configured to detect ON-edges each indicating a point in time when the magnet has entered the detection area; a misdetection determiner configured to determine an ON-edge as false when the lifter has not lifted the surface level detector after a point in time indicated by the previous ON-edge; and a toner supplier configured to supply the hopper with the toner from the toner cartridge under a condition that an ON-edge is not determined as false by the misdetection determiner.",0.07334890773498165,0.1466978154699633
9011086,"1. An aluminum alloy turbine housing comprising; an inlet for exhaust; a turbine wheel space configured to receive exhaust via the inlet; a wastegate opening configured to receive exhaust via the inlet and to provide received exhaust to a wastegate chamber; and a locally hardened valve seat surrounding the wastegate opening, wherein the aluminum alloy turbine housing comprises a globally tempered aluminum alloy turbine housing that comprises a standard temper selected from a group consisting of standard T code tempers and wherein the locally hardened valve seat comprises a non-standard temper.",0.9775775229699668,0.04484495406006639
9498296,"1. A stent comprising: a tubular structure having a first section and a second section, wherein the tubular structure defines a lumen extending through the first section and the second section, and wherein the tubular structure comprises: at least one member having a first portion including a first terminal endpoint and a second portion including a second terminal endpoint; at least one radiopaque connector joining the first terminal endpoint to the second terminal endpoint, wherein the at least one radiopaque connector is a separate element from the first and second terminal endpoints.",0.3167001824858879,0.6334003649717758
8592247,"1. A method of fabricating an avalanche photodiode, comprising: forming an epitaxy wafer by growing a plurality of layers, which comprise an amplifying layer on the surface of a substrate; forming a diffusion control layer on the amplifying layer; forming a protective layer for protecting the diffusion control layer on the diffusion control layer; forming an etching part by etching from the protective layer to a predetermined depth of the amplifying layer; forming a first patterning part by patterning the protective layer; forming a junction region and a guardring region at the amplifying layer by diffusing a diffusion material to the etching part and the first patterning part; wherein the diffusion control layer controls a diffusion depth of the guardring region and the junction region, when a diffusion material is diffused to the amplifying layer to form the guardring region and the junction region.",0.20223574237205663,0.4044714847441133
9530299,"1. A method for assisting a visually-impaired user comprising: determining, based upon an input from at least one sensor, a body position or posture of a visually-impaired user; comparing, using a processor, the determined body position or posture to a plurality of body positions or postures to identify whether the determined body position or posture is acceptable; and providing a feedback signal indicating a change in the determined body position or posture to assist the visually-impaired user.",0.05596494995659387,0.11192989991318769
8511073,"1. A cogeneration system capable of generating electricity and usable heat, comprising: a modified combustion engine capable of powering an alternator to create electricity; a catalytic converter which receives hot gases produced by the modified combustion engine; one or more cooling manifolds having a plurality of heat exchangers to cool and filter the hot gases, each heat exchanger including a first conduit, a second conduit and a third conduit; a vent capable of removing the filtered hot gases.",0.9954738285867432,0.009052342826513682
8491708,1. A method of cleaning a filter element; the method comprising: (a) directing a jet of pressurized gas from a nozzle extending from a compressed air manifold of pressurized gas onto a filter element;,0.6421722698154861,0.7156554603690277
8538333,"1. A computer-implemented method for establishing media data exposure for a computer processing device, comprising the steps of: receiving media data in the computer processing device; pairing the computer processing device with a plurality of portable computing devices using a Bluetooth connection when media data is received; establishing a signal strength characteristic of the Bluetooth connection in the computer processing device for each of the paired plurality of portable computing devices; associating each signal strength characteristic with the received media data to determine which signal strength characteristic is the strongest when the media data was received in the computer processing device.",0.0543498441289252,0.10869968825785037
9273594,"1. An engine system, comprising: an engine having a plurality of cylinders; at least one injector associated with each of the plurality of cylinders and configured to inject liquid fuel and gaseous fuel; a turbocharger driven by exhaust from the plurality of cylinders to pressurize a flow of air directed into the plurality of cylinders; a valve disposed inline with the turbocharger and configured to selectively increase an exhaust backpressure; and a controller configured to selectively cause movement of the valve toward a flow-restricting position only when the at least one injector is injecting gaseous fuel.",0.9568928253972564,0.0862143492054872
9145215,"1. A method of piloting an aircraft comprising: performing a first aerodynamic flight step at a subsonic speed between Mach 0.5 and Mach 0.8 using aeronautical engines without in-flight refueling, performing a second space launch flight step using rocket propulsion units after controlling an aircraft inclination change between the first step and the second step, performing a third gliding descent step with a fuselage substantially perpendicular to trajectory, and performing a fourth aerodynamic flight landing step after repositioning the aircraft substantially in the direction of the trajectory between the third flight step and the fourth flight step, wherein said aircraft includes a fixed, substantially straight and elongated wing in a lateral direction of the fuselage of the aircraft, wherein said aircraft is piloted using a first propulsion mode using said aeronautical engines and using a second propulsion mode using said rocket propulsion units, and wherein said aircraft is a single-stage spacecraft constructed to achieve lift without a separate auxiliary launcher.",0.8265738932324669,0.34685221353506623
8803495,"1. A method of reducing a drop in voltage on a pre-biased output of a DC-DC step-down switching converter comprising: applying a pre—bias voltage to the output of the DC—DC step—down converter before activating the converter; activating a HS switch, the HS switch conducting a first current to the pre-biased output; activating a LS switch after the HS switch is activated, the LS switch drawing a second current from the pre-biased output wherein the second current is smaller in magnitude than the first current for at least a portion of a time period T changing the magnitudes of the first and second currents to maintain the predetermined voltage on the pre-biased output of the DC-DC step-down switching converter after the time period T delaying activating the LS switch until after the feedback signal exceeds the variable voltage reference whereby droop in output voltage is reduced, wherein the first current conducted through the HS switch is controlled by a clock signal, a fixed voltage reference, and a feedback signal from the pre-biased output of the DC-DC step-down switching converter.",0.546882083025826,0.9062358339483481
9267269,"1. A work vehicle, comprising: an engine; a hydraulic pump driven by the engine; a work implement driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the hydraulic pump; a work implement operating member for operating the work implement; a travel device driven by the engine; a power-transmission device configured to transmit driving power from the engine to the travel device; a vehicle speed detecting unit for detecting a vehicle speed; an accelerator operating member; an accelerator operation detecting unit for detecting an operation amount of the accelerator operating member; and a control unit configured to control the power-transmission device; the power-transmission device including the control unit including the target-input-torque determination unit determining an upper limit of the target input torque from an upper limit target input torque line and the engine rotation speed; and the upper limit target input torque line defining a value smaller than the target output torque of the engine determined from the engine required horsepower and the engine rotation speed, as the upper limit of the target input torque.",0.7298942570834287,0.5402114858331426
9648094,"1. A method comprising: communicating via a wide area network with a plurality of cloud processing devices at a plurality of vehicle aggregation locations in a region that spans one or more time zones, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices includes a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) fabrication devices in a plurality of vehicles, each of the plurality of vehicles having at least one of the plurality of 3D fabrication devices; collecting registry data corresponding to the plurality of vehicle aggregation locations, wherein the registry data includes an expected parking duration associated with each of the plurality of vehicle aggregation locations; maintaining a registry that includes the registry data corresponding to the plurality of vehicle aggregation locations; receiving requests for cloud tasks from client devices, via the wide area network, each request indicating a 3D product to be fabricated; allocating the cloud tasks to the plurality of cloud processing devices in the region, wherein allocating at least one of the cloud tasks having a duration includes, segmenting the at least one of the cloud tasks into a plurality of cloud tasks having corresponding durations that are shorter than the duration of the at least one of the cloud tasks, wherein the segmenting is based on the registry data from the registry corresponding to the plurality of vehicle aggregation locations indicating the expected parking duration and further based on the duration of the one of the cloud tasks, and wherein at least one of the plurality of cloud processing devices fabricates the 3D product via at least one of the plurality of 3D fabrication devices in the plurality of vehicles; and scheduling and managing performance of the plurality of cloud tasks via the plurality of cloud processing devices, wherein the managing includes receiving cloud task results data from the plurality of cloud processing devices indicating when the cloud tasks are completed.",0.7960204508634188,0.40795909827316246
8841502,"1. A process for transalkylation of a feedstream comprising one or more of C 7 , C 9 , C 10 and C 11 + aromatics to obtain a transalkylation product stream having an increased concentration of C 8 aromatics relative to that of the feedstream, comprising contacting the feedstream at transalkylation conditions with a catalyst comprising coherently grown composite of TUN and IMF zeotypes having a three-dimensional framework of at least AlO 2 and SiO 2 tetrahedral units and an empirical composition in the hydrogen form after calcination, ion-exchange and calcination and on an anhydrous basis expressed by an empirical formula of and where M1 is at least one exchangeable cation selected from the group consisting of alkali, alkaline earth metals, rare earth metals, zinc, ammonium ion, hydrogen ion and combinations thereof, “a” is the mole ratio of M1 to (Al+E) and varies from about 0.05 to about 50, “N” is the weighted average valence of M1 and has a value of about +1 to about +3, E is an element selected from the group consisting of gallium, iron, boron, and combinations thereof, “x” is the mole fraction of E and varies from 0 to 1.0, y′ is the mole ratio of Si to (Al+E) and varies from greater than about 9 to virtually pure silica and z″ is the mole ratio of O to (Al+E) and has a value determined by the equation: and is characterized in that it has TUN regions and IMF regions that are coherently aligned so that the [010] TUN zone axis and the [001] IMF zone axis are parallel to each other and there is continuity of crystal planes of type (002) TUN and (060) IMF , where the indexing is referred to monoclinic C 2/m and orthorhombic C mcm unit cells for TUN and IMF respectively.",0.5827868901378562,0.8344262197242875
8898495,"1. A method for switching an operating system (OS), adapted to an electronic apparatus having a processor, a system memory and a memory unit, the method comprising: determining whether a boot-up mode is a general mode or a switch mode when the electronic apparatus is turned on; if the boot-up mode is the general mode, generating a first resource description table by a system firmware in the memory unit to declare that a first segment in the system memory is in a usable state and a second segment in the system memory is in a reserved state, starting and loading the first OS, so that a first OS is in a working state in the first segment; and if the boot-up mode is the switch mode, generating a second resource description table by the system firmware in the memory unit when a second OS is not loaded into the second segment to declare that the second segment is in the usable state and the first segment is in the reserved state, starting and loading the second OS, so that the second OS is in the working state in the second segment and the first OS is in the power-saving state in the first segment, wherein a switching mark is recorded in the memory unit of the electronic apparatus to indicate that the electronic apparatus switches from the first OS to the second OS or from the second OS to the first OS.",0.69773772427378,0.60452455145244
9745293,"1. A compound having structural Formula (Ia): or a salt or solvate thereof; wherein m is 4, and n is 0; or m is 3, and n is 1; or m and n are both 2; q is 0, 1, or 2; X is a covalent bond; Y is alkyl, substituted alkyl, carbocyclyl, substituted carbocyclyl, heterocyclyl, substituted heterocyclyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, aralkyl, substituted aralkyl, heteroarylalkyl, or substituted heteroarylalkyl; and each R wherein the substituents of a moiety indicated as substituted are selected from the group consisting of —R",0.5418242687113741,0.9163514625772518
9369953,"1. A first wireless device comprising: a processor; a memory storing therein computer readable instructions; and at least one wireless communication interface for communicating with one or more wireless networks, wherein the processor and the wireless communication interface cooperate to:",0.669634880882722,0.6607302382345559
9219258,"1. A mounting apparatus for securing a battery module to an enclosure comprising: a bracket secured to the enclosure, the bracket defining an receiving space for receiving the battery module; and a latching member attached to the bracket; the latching member comprising a resilient portion and blocking flange perpendicularly connected to the resilient portion, the blocking flange engaged with the battery module, to prevent the battery module from disengaging from the receiving space; and the resilient portion is resiliently deformable to disengage the blocking flange from the battery module.",0.6693001473915386,0.6613997052169227
8918576,"1. A method for selectively placing cache data, comprising the steps of: (A) determining a line temperature for a plurality of devices; (B) determining a device temperature for said plurality of devices; (C) calculating an entry temperature for said plurality of devices in response to said line temperature and said device temperature; and (D) distributing a plurality of write operations across the plurality of devices such that thermal energy is distributed evenly over the plurality of devices.",0.39111026074596633,0.7822205214919327
9593979,"1. A scale comprising: a weighing system, a weighing chamber which is delimited by a windshield and into which a load transferring part projects, wherein the load transferring part accepts the weight of a load and introduces the weight into the weighing system in a load direction, a drive for opening and closing the windshield, and a decoupling mechanism which mechanically interconnects the windshield and the load transferring part, and which is configured to decouple the weighing system from the load transferring part in the load direction in response to an opening of the windshield and is configured to couple the weighing system in the load direction to the load transferring part in response to a closing of the windshield.",0.22548825613095722,0.4509765122619145
8579191,"1. Apparatus comprising: an automated transaction machine including: at least one power supply, a power controller, at least one processor,",0.4998181725921189,0.9996363451842378
9185933,"1. A valve unit for transporting mass flow of rod like articles used in the tobacco industry, comprising: an upper conveyor, disposed substantially horizontally, a lower conveyor, disposed substantially horizontally, and an angular channel disposed between the upper conveyor and the lower conveyor, the angular channel being disposed substantially vertically, and including a first side wall and a second side wall, the angular channel having an inlet and an outlet, a first rotatable valve element disposed along the first side wall of the angular channel, the first rotatable element making a reciprocating motion between channel inlet and outlet, a second rotatable valve element disposed along the second side wall of the angular channel at the channel outlet, wherein the first valve element is attached to a guide which moves reciprocally along a slider, wherein the first valve element is rotated by a first pneumatic actuator, wherein the second valve element is stationary, wherein the second valve element is rotated by a second pneumatic actuator, and wherein the second element chronologically works together with the first rotatable valve element.",0.3522997742731786,0.7045995485463572
8404202,"1. A method comprising: forming a urea-resistant catalytic unit including a zeolite-based selection catalytic reduction catalyst, a substrate supporting the catalyst, and a urea-resistant coating contacting at least a portion of the catalyst, the catalyst being positioned between the substrate and the urea-resistant coating, the urea-resistant coating including at least one oxide of titanium, silicon, zirconium, sulfur, tungsten, niobium, molybdenum, yttrium, nickel, and cobalt.",0.786283258386741,0.4274334832265181
9464445,"1. A composite structural element comprising: a basal member having voids of a predefined shape that are open to a surface thereof; and a plurality of filling elements designed to fit into the voids, wherein at least one of the predefined shape of the void and an interface between the filling elements and the voids is arranged to maintain the filling elements within the voids, wherein at least one of the basal member and the filling elements is electrically conductive.",0.73711963076473,0.5257607384705401
8484834,"1. Improved plant for the electrochemical formation of lead-acid batteries, of the type each provided with a rigid container closed at the top by a lid and containing at least one voltaic cell, said plant comprising: at least one circuit inside which an electrolytic solution flows and which is provided with supply means for conveying into the cells of said batteries, by at least one first distribution header, a first flow of electrolytic solution at a controlled pressure, and with return means for removing under a vacuum, by at least one suction header, said first flow of electrolytic solution from said cells; a plurality of caps which can be removably mounted in a sealed manner on the lids of said batteries opposite corresponding cells, each cap comprising: at least one inlet pipe connected via a first connecting line to said first distribution header ( at least one outlet pipe ( wherein each said cap also comprises fluidic connection means ( wherein said fluidic connection means of each said cap connects via a third connecting line the internal environment of a cell to a second distribution header of said supply means which supply, by said second distribution header, during initial filling of the plant, said cells with a second flow of electrolytic solution greater than the first flow of electrolytic solution.",0.9901670581300163,0.01966588373996747
9464655,"1. A push-lock pin for connecting a plate to a surface comprising: a cylindrical pin housing; a shaft within said cylindrical pin housing wherein said shaft comprises a ball-lock mechanism, and a push-down pop-up mechanism; a cap, connected to a first axial end of said shaft; a spring connected to a second axial end of said shaft, wherein said second axial end is opposite said first axial end; wherein said push-down pop-up mechanism comprises a separate pin component, the separate pin component including at least a portion normal to an axis defined by the shaft and a cam having a first equilibrium point and a second equilibrium point, wherein said spring is maintained in a compressed state when said cam is at the second equilibrium point, and said spring is maintained in a partially relaxed state when said cam is at the first equilibrium point; the separate pin component extends radially into said cam; and the cam defining a first movement track of the separate pin component from the first equilibrium point to the second equilibrium point, and a second movement track of the separate pin component from the second equilibrium point to the first equilibrium point, wherein the first movement track is distinct from the second movement track.",0.10008357036522521,0.2001671407304504
9794288,"1. A method for use in managing policy, the method comprising: storing information relating to at least one previous authentication request; analyzing the information relating to the least one previous authentication request; receiving a policy request to alter a policy relating to the issuance of authentication challenges, wherein the policy request relates to an amount of authentication challenges to be performed over a period of time in the event that authentication operations determine authentication requests to be risky, still further wherein the policy comprises a rule; based on the analysis and the policy request, generating a new rule in connection with the policy, wherein the new rule comprises a new threshold for determining whether to issue authentication challenges in connection with future authentication requests; displaying a cost associated with the rule and the new rule, wherein the cost relates to the issuance of authentication challenges by the rule and the new rule; receiving an approval of the new rule; and in response to receiving the approval, modifying the rule based on the new rule.",0.047129808696035835,0.09425961739207167
9782329,"1. Dental composition comprising: filler (F1) comprising aggregated nano-sized particles in an amount of from about 30 to about 70 wt. %, filler (F2) comprising agglomerated nano-sized particles in an amount from about 1 to about 20 wt. %, hardenable component (A1) being an urethane(meth)acrylate with a functionality of at least 2 and having a molecular weight from about 400 to about 3,000 g/mol, hardenable component (A2) being a radically polymerizable (meth)acrylate with functionality of at least 2 being different from component (A1), redox curing initiator system, the dental composition not comprising non-agglomerated nano-sized filler in an amount above about 10 wt. %, wt. % with respect to the weight of the whole composition; the hardenable component (A1) being selected from:",0.2594593566982314,0.5189187133964628
8437897,"1. A method for controlling an electrical machine of a hybrid drive, the electrical machine being configured to be selectively operated both as a starter of an internal combustion engine of the hybrid drive and as a propulsion unit of the hybrid drive, the method comprising: ascertaining at least one operating parameter value of the electrical machine; detecting at least one of a control device malfunction error in the hybrid drive, a hybrid drive sensor malfunction error, and a malfunction error in the electrical machine if the at least one operating parameter value does not correspond to a reference standard state of the operating parameter; and upon detecting of an error, (i) at least partially limiting the operation of the electrical machine as the propulsion unit, and (ii) independently of the operation of the electrical machine as a propulsion unit, at least temporarily operating the electrical machine as the starter, wherein the ascertained at least one operating parameter value is at least one of: a rotational speed, a torque generated or absorbed, a winding voltage, a winding current, a phase shift between winding voltage and winding current, an excitation current, a temperature, an internal winding resistance, and a magnetic field strength, and wherein the malfunction error in the electrical machine is detected if the at least one operating parameter value does not correspond to the reference standard state of the operating parameter.",0.9851394031025962,0.029721193794807643
9410892,"1. An optofluidic device for optical sensing, comprising: a photonics structure including a wafer on which photonics components are formed to provide optical sensing and detection in the optofluidic device, the photonics structure includes: a nanofluidics structure coupled to the photonics structure and including fluidic channels coupled to reaction wells in the optical resonator sensors to guide fluidic flows to or from the reaction wells for optical sensing and detection in the optofluidic device; and a fluidic valve structure including fluidic valves coupled to the fluidic channels of the nanofluidics structure to manage the fluidic flows in the fluidic channels for optical sensing and detection in the optofluidic device, wherein the nanofluidics structure is positioned between the photonics structure and the fluidic valve structure such that the fluidic valve structure, the nanofluidics structure, and the photonics structure form a three-layer stack.",0.5060666866004475,0.987866626799105
9286435,1. A method comprising: employing a computer for quantifying optical proximity correction (OPC) model accuracy by performing operations comprising,0.18318285834952044,0.36636571669904083
9401712,"1. A touch panel substrate, comprising: a first detection electrode having a plurality of first grid electrodes each having a quadrilateral outer shape, the first grid electrodes being arranged in a first direction; and a second detection electrode having a plurality of second grid electrodes each having a quadrilateral outer shape, the second grid electrodes being arranged in a second direction differing from the first direction, wherein each of the first grid electrodes includes first conductive lines formed in a grid pattern such that sides of cells of the grid pattern are respectively parallel to sides of the quadrilateral outer shape of the first grid electrode, wherein the first grid electrodes adjacent to each other in the first direction are electrically connected by a first relay wiring line formed therebetween, wherein each of the first grid electrodes has two opposing corners forming a diagonal line generally extending in the first direction but inclined with respect to the first direction, wherein each of the second grid electrodes includes second conductive lines formed in a grid pattern such that sides of cells of the grid pattern are respectively parallel to sides of the quadrilateral outer shape of the second grid electrode, wherein the second grid electrodes adjacent to each other in the second direction are electrically connected by a second relay wiring line formed therebetween, and wherein each of the second grid electrodes has two opposing corners forming a diagonal line generally extending in the second direction but inclined with respect to the second direction.",0.09808121839357732,0.19616243678715461
8900616,"1. An implantable repository comprising: a capsule defining a housing having a plurality of enclosed lumens therein, the plurality of enclosed lumens comprising at least one bioactive agent disposed therein; and at least one loop attachment member coupled to the housing, the at least one attachment member configured to couple the implantable repository to at least one of a medical device or a tissue surface.",0.30132380284903626,0.6026476056980725
9737696,"1. An endovascularly implantable shunt device for draining cerebrospinal fluid from a patient's subarachnoid space, the device comprising: a shunt having opposed first and second ends, the second end being constructed to penetrate a wall of a dural venous sinus of the patient; a one-way valve located between the first and second ends of the shunt; a hollow passageway extending between the second end and the one-way valve such that cerebrospinal fluid can be drained through the second end and out through the valve into the sinus; a stabilizing mechanism coupled to the shunt and configured to apply a constant outward radial force and anchor the shunt against an inner wall of the dural venous sinus at a desired location proximal to the subarachnoid space; and a shielding mechanism coupled to the shunt and sized and configured to shield a portion of the shunt implanted in the subarachnoid space from surrounding brain parenchyma tissue.",0.037018751295906614,0.07403750259181319
9318567,"1. A method of fabricating a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate; forming at least a fin structure and at least a gate semiconductor layer on the semiconductor substrate sequentially, wherein the gate semiconductor layer covers a portion of the fin structure; forming a sacrificial layer covering the fin structure; exposing a side surface of the gate semiconductor layer from the sacrificial layer; exposing a top surface of the fin structure from the sacrificial layer after exposing the side surface of the gate semiconductor layer from the sacrificial layer; forming a material layer conformally covering the gate semiconductor layer, the fin structure and the sacrificial layer; and etching the material layer to expose the top surface of the fin structure and concurrently form a first spacer on side surfaces of the gate semiconductor layer.",0.2837468849574357,0.5674937699148714
8933346,"1. A system, comprising: surface mount technology placement equipment; a circuit card assembly; an enclosure; and a plurality of shielding devices, wherein each shielding device includes: wherein the surface mount technology placement equipment is attached to the second surface of the base portion of at least one of the plurality of shielding devices, wherein a portion of the surface mount technology placement equipment passes through the clearance aperture, wherein each of the plurality of shielding devices is an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding device, wherein the plurality of shielding devices are adjacently placed to provide continuous shielding for the circuit card assembly.",0.190092805995981,0.380185611991962
9687907,"1. A refillable casting device comprising: a mold cavity configured to form a hollow space for a cast part; a casting chamber for a metal melt; a plunger configured to pressurize the casting chamber; a gating system; and a circulation duct for the metal melt, the circulation duct comprising,",0.18051279343050347,0.36102558686100694
8849507,"1. A driver assistance system for assisting a driver in achieving consumption-controlled driving, the driver assistance system comprising: an electronic control system and feedback functions; wherein the electronic control system and feedback functions comprise a proactive assistant formed of the control system and a display, the display providing a visual feedback function; wherein the control system is operatively configured to evaluate speed and distances as a function of route data for a predetermined route combined with current vehicle data such that an exact time or route point, after which a predetermined speed in a defined distance, is reachable in at least one of an overrun mode and a coasting mode; and wherein upon reaching said exact time or route point, the control system provides at least one driving recommendation to release an accelerator pedal of the vehicle to a driver via the display.",0.7684257115904013,0.4631485768191974
8474330,"1. A system for use in measuring an endplay of a bearing of a wheel hub assembly mounted on a shaft, the system comprising: a frame configured to be mounted on said shaft to connect said frame to the hub; said frame having torque sockets thereon threadably engageable to lugs of said wheel hub assembly; said torque sockets being set to be tightened onto said lugs without exceeding a preset torque; a measurement probe assembly attached within said frame, said probe assembly operatively configured to measure relative movement between said frame and said shaft to determine an endplay of a bearing of the hub assembly on the shaft; a handle connected to said frame, said handle extending substantially perpendicular relative to an axis of the shaft and extending to opposite sides of the axis; and said frame and said handle sufficiently rigid to allow a user to tighten said torque sockets onto said lugs and apply a force to said handle to move the hub in an axial direction relative to the shaft until a cessation of movement of the hub relative to the shaft, wherein said probe measures said movement to represent endplay.",0.12788695209611936,0.25577390419223867
8524685,1. An enhanced anti-angiogenic drug comprising: Tunicamycin conjugated with a nano-structure material.,0.4094230834798489,0.8188461669596978
9303575,"1. A system for automatically adjusting a set point of an air-to-fuel ratio (AFR) controller, the system comprising an adjustment controller configured to be communicatively connected to a nitrogen oxides (NOx) sensor and the AFR controller, wherein the adjustment controller comprises: at least one hardware processor; and one or more modules that",0.8933032551848258,0.21339348963034843
8962200,"1. A fuel cell system, comprising: a fuel cell stack having at least one inlet and at least one outlet; at least one humidity measuring device provided in fluid communication with at least one of said at least one inlet and said at least one outlet of said fuel cell stack; and wherein said at least one humidity measuring device comprises a housing having a housing interior provided in fluid communication by an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit with said at least one of said at least one inlet and said at least one outlet of said fuel cell stack, a temperature controller thermally engaging said housing and a humidity sensor provided in said housing interior, wherein said humidity sensor is provided within said housing interior, said humidity sensor extending adjacent to and spaced apart from an opening of said outlet conduit within said housing interior, wherein a respective distal end of said inlet conduit and said outlet conduit each connect with a respective orifice disposed in a wall portion of a gas flow conduit comprising said at least one inlet and said at least one outlet of said fuel cell stack, wherein each of said respective orifices opens into said gas flow conduit.",0.9127727997533231,0.1744544004933537
8609128,"1. A microbial sealant drape composition, comprising a mixture of about 80% by weight of monomeric 2-octyl cyanoacrylate, about 20% by weight of monomeric n-butyl cyanoacrylate, about 2000 ppm to about 8000 ppm of butylated hydroxyl anisole, and about 10 ppm to about 200 ppm of sulfur dioxide or about 5 ppm to about 50 ppm of an acid stabilizer selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, and perchloric acid, wherein the composition is sterilized by ethylene oxide exposure or irradiation, the viscosity of the composition increases no more than 200% after sterilization, and wherein the sterilized composition has at least two years of shelf stability as measured by an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) accelerated aging standard, and wherein the composition does not contain any plasticizer or antimicrobial agent.",0.24058668858828128,0.4811733771765625
9537101,"1. A composition comprising a polymer or oligomer (A) having a unit with hole transport properties and also having a thienyl group which may have a substituent, and an initiator (B), wherein solubility of the composition is capable of being changed by applying heat, light, or both heat and light, and wherein the polymer or oligomer (A) has at least one type of structure selected from the group consisting of a structure represented by formula (Ia) shown below, and a structure represented by formula (Ib) shown below: wherein, in formulas (Ia) and (Ib), each of R",0.39732459484187616,0.7946491896837523
9180582,"1. A cylinder liner installation tool for seating a cylinder liner into an engine block, the cylinder liner installation tool comprising: a body having a handle mount section at a proximal end and a head bolt mounting section at a distal end; a press rod hingedly attached to the body toward the distal end; a press plate attached to the press rod, and a handle extension removably attached to the handle mount section, wherein the head bolt mounting section is configured to receive a head bolt mounted to the engine block so that application of an applied force to the handle extension results in a translation of the force down the press rod to the press plate, and wherein the handle extension is a breaker bar having a swiveling fitting.",0.163204890410459,0.326409780820918
9063654,"1. A terminal apparatus, comprising: an interface to detect a touch input, to detect a touch region corresponding to the touch input, and to identify an object that is overlapped by the touch input in the touch region as a first object; a processing unit to generate a second object based on the first object, and to display the second object in an untouched region; and a control unit to execute an operation corresponding to the second object if the second object is selected, wherein the control unit removes the display of the second object if the second object is not selected within a reference period of time.",0.1186213429918782,0.23724268598375642
9269959,"1. A lithium ion battery comprising: a cathode electrode comprising a cathode current collector and a cathode material layer located on the cathode current collector, the cathode current collector comprises a first insulated support and a first graphene layer, and the first graphene layer is located on the first insulated support, the cathode material layer comprises a plurality of cathode active material particles and a plurality of first carbon nanotubes, and the plurality of cathode active material particles are wrapped by the plurality of first carbon nanotubes; and an anode electrode comprising an anode current collector and an anode active material layer located on the anode current collector, the anode current collector comprises a second insulated support and a second graphene layer, and the second graphene layer is located on the second insulated support; wherein the cathode material layer and the anode material layer are located between the first insulated support and the second insulated support; and wherein at least one of the cathode current collector and the anode current collector comprises: an insulated support comprising a first surface, a second, and a side surface, wherein the first surface is parallel with and opposite to the second surface, the side surface is substantially perpendicular to the first surface and second surface; and a graphene layer defining a U-shape, the graphene layer is a single graphene, covers, and directly contacts the first surface, the second surface, and the side surface.",0.9452555360612364,0.10948892787752729
9157270,"1. A shutter for protecting an opening, the shutter comprising: a plurality of horizontal curtain slats for covering the opening wherein the curtain slats descend from a upper region of the opening; an upper transition slat movably affixed to a lower end of a first curtain slat; a lower transition slat movably affixed to an upper end of a second curtain slat; one or more reinforcing members comprising at least an upper and a lower reinforcing slat, wherein the upper reinforcing slat is rotatably affixed to a lower end of the upper transition slat and the lower reinforcing slat is rotatably affixed to an upper end of the lower transition slat, and wherein the upper and lower reinforcing slats are rotatably joined; wherein the upper and lower reinforcing slats are configured to extend from a plane of the curtain slats as the shutter is lowered without requiring the use of a tractor mechanism to vertically load the shutter; wherein the lower end of the upper transition slat and the upper end of the lower transition slat include an interlocking member to lock the lower end of the upper transition slat and the upper end of the lower transition slot to enhance a strength of the shutter with respect to forces perpendicular to a plane of the curtain slats; and wherein the interlocking member includes a nub on one of the lower end of the upper transition slat and the upper end of the lower transition slat and a slot sized to receive the nub on another of the lower end of the upper transition slat and the upper end of the lower transition slat.",0.07808104382423668,0.1561620876484734
8440679,"1. A compound of formula (I) having the structure wherein R1 is H, aryl, substituted aryl, alkyl, substituted alkyl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, heterocyclyl, substituted heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl or substituted heterocyclylalkyl; X is CH R2 is H, (C Y is —NHCO—, —CONH—, —NHSO R3 is alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, or substituted aryl, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.",0.5568931007693013,0.8862137984613974
8580458,"1. A fuel cell system comprising: a thin housing having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape; a cell unit comprising a fuel cell; a fuel tank unit for storing a fuel to be supplied to the cell unit; and a fuel feed unit for supplying the fuel from the fuel tank unit to the cell unit, wherein the fuel feed unit, the fuel tank unit, and the cell unit are provided in the housing, wherein the fuel tank unit, the fuel feed unit, and the cell unit are located in order of i) the fuel tank unit, ii) the fuel feed unit, and iii) the cell unit in one direction between two opposite ends of the housing, wherein the fuel tank unit comprises a valve, which supplies a gaseous fuel to the fuel feed unit and opens to supply the gaseous fuel to the fuel feed unit only when the fuel tank unit is mounted, and wherein the fuel feed unit connects sides of the fuel tank unit and the cell unit that face each other and reduces a pressure of the gaseous fuel supplied from the fuel tank unit.",0.95740059696761,0.08519880606477992
8937397,1. An electric energy producing wind power turbine comprising: a nacelle; an electric generator having a stator and a rotor; a rotary assembly connected to the nacelle and configured to rotate about an axis of rotation; and a bearing located between the nacelle and the rotary assembly; wherein the nacelle includes:,0.9883063929850192,0.02338721402996158
8584821,"1. A friction damper comprising: a base body adapted to be capable of being attached to one of a pair of first and second members which are displaced relative to each other; first and second supports each secured to said base body and having an inner circular surface defining a circular through hole, said first support having only one slit communicating with the circular through hole of said first support so as to be reducible in diameter of the circular through hole of said first support, said first and second supports being mutually adjacent in an axial direction; a cylindrical rod which extends through the circular through hole of said first and second supports, has an outer circular surface, is movable in the axial direction with respect to said first and second supports, and is adapted to be capable of being attached to another one of the pair of first and second members; a friction member which has a hollow cylindrical portion interposed between the inner circular surface of said first support and the outer circular surface of said rod in the circular through hole of said first support, and only one collar united with said hollow cylindrical portion and is fixed immovably with respect to the relative movement of the rod in the axial direction with respect to said base body, said hollow cylindrical portion which has a radially outer peripheral circular surface, a radially inner peripheral circular surface, and a slit extending from one end face to another end face thereof in the axial direction so as to be reducible in diameter of the radially inner peripheral circular surface, having a mesh base material disposed on a radially outer peripheral circular surface side thereof and a synthetic resin-made sliding layer filling meshes of said base material and formed on one surface of said base material, said sliding layer being disposed on a radially inner peripheral circular surface side of said hollow cylindrical portion so as to be brought into contact with said rod slidably in the axial direction; a tightening member to tighten said hollow cylindrical portion of said friction member against said rod to reduce the diameter of the radially inner peripheral circular surface of said hollow cylindrical portion of said friction member through the reduction in diameter of the circular through hole of said first support; and at least first deformable member interposed between said inner circular surface of said first support and the radially outer peripheral circular surface of said hollow cylindrical portion of said friction member to uniformly bring the hollow cylindrical portion of the friction member into contact with the rod by virtue of its deformability in the tightening of the hollow cylindrical portion of the friction member against the rod by the tightening member, said deformable member which is formed separately from said friction member, having a slit so as to be reducible in diameter of said deformable member, said first and second supports between which said collar is disposed, clamping said collar so as to fix said friction member immovably with respect to relative movement of said rod in the axial direction with respect to said base body, said tightening member having a bolt threadedly engaged with said first support to reduce the width of the slit of said first support, and to thereby reduce the width of the slits of the friction member and the deformable member.",0.042230195653075474,0.0844603913061509
8723762,"1. A display apparatus comprising: a substrate having wiring lines including at least signal lines arranged in columns, and scanning lines arranged in rows; and a matrix of pixels, wherein the wiring lines are formed by a conductor film; a light-emitting material interposed between an anode electrode and a cathode electrode; and a first uneven zone and a second uneven zone are between the anode electrode of the pixel and the anode electrode of an adjacent pixel; wherein the first uneven zone is formed on the substrate due to level differences resulting from the presence of the scanning lines; the second uneven zone is formed on the substrate also due to level differences resulting from the presence of the scanning lines; and a pattern of the conductor film of which the wiring lines are made is formed such that part of recessed portions of the first uneven zone are located behind their corresponding raised portions of the second uneven zone, as viewed from inside the pixel.",0.07178491127049687,0.1435698225409937
9661035,"1. A method for providing call flow information to terminal device users, comprising: receiving a communication from a calling party; generating a first call flow indicator, the call flow indicator including an identifier of an initial destination for the received communication, wherein the initial destination is a number or network address associated with at least one of transmitting an identifier of the calling party and the generated first call flow indicator to a recipient group, wherein the recipient group comprises at least one of a terminal device associated with the initial destination, a terminal device associated with an alternate destination, or a terminal device associated with a subsequent destination; and in response to a determination of a subsequent destination for the received communication, updating the first call flow indicator to include a respective identifier of the subsequent destination for the received communication.",0.13257486688780787,0.2651497337756157
9385652,1. A cross-coupled oscillator arrangement comprising: a first resistance-capacitance oscillator core comprising at least two inverting stages; and a second resistance-capacitance oscillator core substantially identical to the first resistance-capacitance oscillator core; wherein the first oscillator core and second oscillator core are cross coupled in anti-phase using coupling capacitors; and wherein the first oscillator core and second oscillator core are connected in series such that the first oscillator core is supplied with a supply between a first potential and a second potential and the second oscillator core is supplied with a supply between the second potential and a third potential.,0.5806383810380655,0.8387232379238689
8651057,"1. A movement monitoring device to monitor movement of animals through an aquatic animal passage system, the movement monitoring device comprising: a housing connected to an aquatic animal passage system, the housing having an entrance for an animal passing through the aquatic animal passage system to enter the housing, and an exit for the animal to leave the housing; a ramp within the housing having a lower end and an upper end, the lower end positioned at the entrance; a platform within the housing, one end of the platform connected to the upper end of the ramp and the other end of the platform positioned at the exit, the platform being elevated so that water from the aquatic animal passage system flows underneath the platform, the animal moving up the ramp, out of the water, and onto the platform; and a photographic system focused on the platform to record an image of the animal on the platform above the water.",0.12404388542341904,0.24808777084683808
8891320,"1. A semiconductor memory apparatus comprising: a program pulse generation block configured to generate write control signals and a program completion signal in response to a programming enable signal; a divisional program control circuit configured to generate a divisional programming enable signal according to a predetermined number of program division times and a level of a divisional period enable signal which indicates a divisional program mode, in response to the program completion signal and the divisional period enable signal; and a controller configured to generate the programming enable signal in response to the divisional programming enable signal.",0.22327166028397952,0.446543320567959
9010768,"1. A shock, comprising: a first body member supporting a first piston and having a first stop member; a second body member having a second stop member, the second body member being received in an interior of the first body member and the first piston being received in an interior of the second body member, the second body member including a second piston received in the first body member; a spring being compressed between the first stop member of the first body member and the second stop member of the second body member, at least one of the first stop member and the second stop member being moveable relative to the respective one of the first body member and the second body member; and an air inlet member being in fluid communication with the interior the first body member.",0.14755174420012787,0.2951034884002557
9453172,"1. A method for producing a biological oil comprising at least two steps: (a) growing an oil-forming microorganism of the genus (b) isolating or purifying the biological oil made in step (a), wherein the isolating comprises extraction of the oil from the biomass.",0.8701710346630178,0.25965793067396437
8585938,"1. A UV absorber of the formula wherein is R X is nothing if R R=H, CH R R R R b=1-9; n=1-10; and j=1-6.",0.42919288996821203,0.8583857799364241
9225206,"1. An electricity generator, comprising: a plurality of magnets, wherein a first magnet of the plurality of magnets is substantially stationary and centrally disposed within a coil frame armature, the coil frame armature being configured to rotate and comprising a frame around which a coil is wrapped; wherein a second magnet of the plurality of magnets is stationary, outside the coil frame armature, and disposed to attract the first magnet along an axis of rotation of the coil frame armature; wherein a pinpoint needle is embedded within the first magnet of the plurality of magnets, the pinpoint needle balancing the first magnet within a first end and a second end of the coil frame armature; wherein the pinpoint needle is configured to hold the first magnet in tension with the second magnet, wherein the first magnet is held in place by the second magnet and the pinpoint needle; and wherein the electricity generator is configured to generate electricity in response to the coil crossing flux lines of a magnetic field of at least the first magnet.",0.7505769397333113,0.4988461205333774
9005130,"1. A method for tracking the cardiovascular condition of a human patient, including the steps of: (a) sensing an electrical signal from the patient's heart, the electrical signal comprising a multiplicity of beats; (b) computing from the electrical signal a heart signal parameter value associated with at least one of the multiplicity of beats; (c) computing a heart rate value based on the at least one of the multiplicity of beats; (d) selecting one of a plurality of histograms stored in a histogram memory to update according to the heart rate value, wherein each histogram includes a plurality of histogram bins; (e) during a data collection time period, incrementing one of the plurality of histogram bins, wherein the selection of the histogram bin to be incremented is dependent on the computed value of the heart signal parameter; (f) after the end of the data collection time period, calculating a statistical value of the heart signal parameter from the selected histogram; (g) storing the statistical value in memory; and (h) calculating a detection threshold for abnormal values of the heart signal parameter based on the statistical value.",0.06250873239282799,0.125017464785656
9843256,"1. An internal voltage generation circuit, comprising: a comparison block configured to generate a comparison signal by comparing a pumping voltage with a reference voltage; a first monitoring block configured to generate a first monitoring signal by monitoring a first operation current of the comparison block; and an internal voltage generation block configured to control an amount of an internal current in response to the first monitoring signal, and generate the pumping voltage corresponding to the internal current in response to the comparison signal, wherein the internal voltage generation block includes:",0.48675966883157207,0.9735193376631441
8350306,"1. A capacitor comprising a plurality of dielectric layers, and a plurality of internal electrode layers provided between different ones of said dielectric layers, wherein: at least one of chamfered portions having a chamfer dimension of 0.6 mm or more and rounded portions having a radius of curvature of 0.6 mm or more are formed in at least one corner portion of an outer periphery of said capacitor; said capacitor has a warpage of less than 100 μm over an area from approximately 25 mm said dielectric layers in said chamfered portions or said rounded portions have chipping quantities of 0.5 mm or less in length, 0.5 mm or less in width and 0.5 mm or less in depth.",0.6219660581504569,0.7560678836990862
8502064,"1. A hybrid system for generating electrical power comprising: (a) a photovoltaic array for collecting and converting solar radiation into electrical power; (b) an apparatus for producing power from a source of liquid fuel, the apparatus comprising (i) at least one capillary flow passage defined by a metal capillary tube having an inner diameter of from 0.1 to 1 mm, said at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, said inlet end in fluid communication with the source of liquid fuel; (ii) an electrical resistance heat source arranged along said at least one capillary flow passage, said heat source operable to heat the liquid fuel in said at least one capillary flow passage to a level sufficient to change from a liquid state to a vapor state and deliver a stream of substantially vaporized fuel from said outlet end of said at least one capillary flow passage; (iii) means for cleaning deposits formed within said at least one capillary flow passage during operation of the apparatus, said means for cleaning deposits operable for placing said at least one capillary flow passage in fluid communication with a solvent, enabling in-situ cleaning of said capillary flow passage when the solvent is introduced into said at least one capillary flow passage, wherein the solvent comprises liquid fuel from the liquid fuel source and wherein the heat source is phased-out during cleaning of said capillary flow passage; (iv) a combustion chamber in communication with said outlet end of said at least one capillary flow passage, said combustion chamber configured to allow exhaust gases to preheat inlet air to reduce the energy required to combust the vaporized fuel; (v) swirl vanes for causing inlet air to swirl in the combustion chamber; and (vi) a conversion device operable to convert heat released by combustion in said combustion chamber into electrical power, said conversion device outputs up to 5000 watts of electrical power and comprises a Stirling engine with linear alternator for the production of electrical power; (c) a storage device electrically connected to said photovoltaic array and said conversion device for storing the electrical power produced by said photovoltaic array and said conversion device; (d) a controller for controlling said heat source to vaporize the liquid fuel to a level effective to reduce ignition energy requirement to a minimum of about 0.8 mJ; and (e) a piezo-electric ignition device for providing a spark energy in the range of about 5 to 7 mJ; wherein at least a portion of said at least one capillary flow passage is arranged to be heated by the combusted fuel such that the fuel in said at least one capillary flow passage is vaporized; wherein the electrical resistance heater is only used for an initial start-up period and heat from combusted fuel is used to vaporize the liquid fuel thereafter; and wherein the photovoltaic array is sized to provide about 90% of delivered electricity at about 300 to 800 hours of engine operation annually.",0.9965957950446734,0.006808409910653124
9554657,"1. A child seat comprising: a seat body having a seating surface, a bottom surface below the seating surface, and a front portion for placement of a child's legs; and a first and a second support respectively assembled with the seat body via a first and a second connection, the first and second support being extendable below the bottom surface; wherein the child seat has a first configuration in which the child seat is detachably attached to a support frame at an elevated position above a ground surface, and a second configuration in which the child seat is converted to a booster seat detached from and standing independent of the support frame, the first and second support respectively extending forward from the first and second connection in the first configuration, and the first and second support respectively extending rearward from the first and second connection so that the child seat stands on the first and second supports in the second configuration, and wherein the support frame has a height in the first configuration greater than a height of the first and second supports in the second configuration.",0.10790435601881032,0.21580871203762064
8978801,"1. A system comprising: a first hoist pump; an energy source comprising an alternator and an engine, the engine configured to be mechanically coupled to the alternator and mechanically decoupled from the first hoist pump, the engine operable to drive the alternator for the alternator to generate electricity; and a first electric motor configured to be coupled to the energy source and coupled to the first hoist pump, wherein during a first mode of operation the first electric motor is configured to receive the electricity from the alternator for the first electric motor to provide mechanical power to the first hoist pump, and wherein during a second mode of operation the electricity from the energy source is used otherwise than for powering the first hoist pump; wherein: the first electric motor is a traction motor or an auxiliary motor reversibly coupled to the first hoist pump; during the first mode of operation the traction motor or auxiliary motor is configured to receive the electricity from the alternator and to provide the mechanical power to the first hoist pump; and during the second mode of operation the traction motor or auxiliary motor is configured to be decoupled from the first hoist pump and to receive the electricity from the alternator for the traction motor or auxiliary motor to mechanically drive a propulsion system or an auxiliary system, respectively, and not the first hoist pump.",0.9857610441904775,0.028477911619045004
9666434,"1. A method for forming fine patterns, the method comprising: patterning a hard mask layer on an etch target layer to form sacrificial pillars and a first opening between the sacrificial pillars, the first opening exposing the etch target layer; forming a block copolymer layer on the etch target layer exposed through the first opening, the block copolymer layer including first and second polymer blocks; phase-separating the block copolymer layer to form first block patterns and a second block pattern, the first block patterns spaced apart from the sacrificial pillars, the first block patterns including the first polymer block, the second block pattern surrounding the sacrificial pillars and the first block patterns, and the second block pattern including the second polymer block; forming first holes by etching the etch target layer exposed by removing the first block patterns; and forming second holes by etching the etch target layer exposed through second openings formed by removing the sacrificial pillars, the second holes being different from the first holes.",0.09691115736305272,0.19382231472610545
9212328,"1. An apparatus for producing biomass-derived feedstocks for biofuel and biochemical manufacturing processes, the apparatus comprising: (i) a biomass hopper configured to receive biomass to be converted into the biomass-derived feedstock; (ii) a pressurization vessel in selective communication with the biomass hopper to selectively receive the biomass from the biomass hopper and provide a pressurized biomass, the pressurization vessel including: (iii) a deconstruction vessel in selective communication with the pressurization vessel to selectively receive the pressurized biomass and the catalyst from the pressurization vessel, the deconstruction vessel being configured to convert the pressurized biomass into the biomass-derived feedstock and one or more gaseous products; and (iv) a valve in operable communication between the pressurization vessel and the deconstruction vessel, wherein the valve is operable to move from a closed position to an open position, and wherein the valve in the closed position is operable to isolate the pressurization vessel from the deconstruction vessel and permit the pressurized fluid to create a pressure differential between the pressurization vessel and the deconstruction vessel, and wherein the valve in the open position is operable to permit fluid communication between the pressurization vessel and the deconstruction vessel such that the pressurization vessel delivers the pressurized biomass and the catalyst to the deconstruction vessel due to the pressure differential.",0.9682158416881639,0.06356831662367224
8834352,"1. An endoscopic instrument assembly, comprising: an endoscope including a lumen, wherein the lumen includes: a plurality of instruments disposed within the lumen, wherein a combined shape of at least a portion of the plurality of instruments is complementary with the substantially non-circular cross-sectional shape of the third portion; wherein the plurality of instruments includes a first instrument and a second instrument that are axially translatable relative to each other.",0.062322302705464544,0.12464460541092914
8957126,"1. A dental composition comprising: an ethylenically unsaturated compound with acid functionality wherein the acid functionality comprises phosphonic acid functionality, sulfonic acid functionality, or combinations thereof; an ethylenically unsaturated compound without acid functionality; and a calcium and phosphorus releasing glass; wherein the calcium and phosphorus releasing glass is at least partially crystalline and comprises at most 5% by weight aluminum oxide.",0.2854635268393046,0.5709270536786092
8596515,"1. A surgical stapling instrument comprising: a handle assembly; an elongate shaft extending longitudinally from the handle assembly; a tool assembly including a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly selectively positionable relative to the cartridge assembly about a pivot, the cartridge assembly defining a retention channel, the anvil assembly defining a concavity; and a surgical staple including a backspan and a pair of legs extending from the backspan, at least one leg of the pair of legs including a code embedded portion, wherein the cartridge assembly includes a first sensor for detecting a position of the code embedded portion, wherein the cartridge assembly defines a retention channel for accommodating therein the surgical staple and the first sensor is exposed in the retention channel, wherein the first sensor is in direct contact with the code embedded portion when the surgical staple is properly loaded in the retention channel prior to the formation of the surgical staple, the anvil assembly including a second sensor for detecting the position of the code embedded portion when the surgical staple is in contact with the anvil assembly.",0.01755341902335601,0.035106838046712
9647261,"1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising an electrode body that comprises a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet, wherein the positive electrode sheet comprises a positive current collector sheet, and a positive electrode active material layer placed on the positive current collector sheet, the negative electrode sheet comprises a negative current collector sheet, and a negative electrode active material layer placed on the negative current collector sheet, the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet are arranged so that the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer face each other, the negative electrode active material layer comprises a face-to-face region N the non-face-to-face region N",0.936638093948827,0.12672381210234596
9436829,"1. A computer-implemented method for security testing of web applications with specialized payloads, the method comprising: submitting to a web application a payload based on a set of constraints of the payload, the set of constraints of the payload being in form of tokens sanitizable by a server hosting the web application, the submitting being at least a portion of a vulnerability test for the web application, and the vulnerability test being a test for cross-site scripting; receiving a response from the web application; deriving one or more constraints from the response; updating, by a computer processor, the set of constraints of the payload with the derived one or more constraints to generate an updated set of constraints; synthesizing, by the computer processor, an updated payload based on the updated set of constraints, the updated payload being submittable as input to the web application for testing the web application; iterating the vulnerability test one or more times by submitting to the web application the updated payload based on the updated set of constraints; and determining, in response to the vulnerability test, that no vulnerability is identifiable in the web application, responsive to a failure to synthesize a new updated payload during the iterating.",0.016711097938994134,0.033422195877988226
9801506,"1. A refill for use as a core of a core wound sheet dispenser, said refill having a longitudinal axis defining a longitudinal direction, said refill comprising: a reservoir, said reservoir comprising a hollow elongate body suitable for containing a liquid therein and an open neck, at least a portion of said reservoir having a cross section with a major cross sectional dimension of about 2 to about 6 cm and having a length of about 10 to about 50 CM; a generally upwardly facing cup in fluid communication with said reservoir, whereby said liquid in said reservoir can be dispensed to said cup, wherein said cup acts as an actuator in response to user applied compressive force manually applied to said cup; a pump operable to dispense said liquid from said reservoir to said cup upon selective operation of said pump, for later application of said liquid onto a sheet and a drain for returning a liquid from said cup to said reservoir, said drain opening and closing in response to operation of said pump.",0.0565003780512037,0.11300075610240734
8799202,"1. A method for predicting one or more states of a subject, the method comprising: obtaining training data comprising a plurality of variables; obtaining one or more training states associated with the training data; and forming a predictive model according to the training data and the one or more training states, the predictive model being predictive of the one or more training states, wherein the forming of the predictive model comprises extracting one or more hidden components from the training data, wherein the extracting of the one or more hidden components comprises regression analysis comprising determining one or more relationships between the one or more hidden components and the plurality of variables, and determining one or more relationships between the one or more hidden components and the one or more training states, and wherein a number of the one or more hidden components is less than a number of the plurality of variables and greater than a number of the one or more training states; wherein the one or more training states comprise one or more predicted brain states of the subject comprising at least one of: a mental state, a cognitive state, a disease state, a response to a stimulus, a response to a physical task, a response to a mental task, a response to an emotion, and a response to a sensatory input; wherein the extracting of the one or more hidden components comprises reducing a regularized total loss comprising a regularized loss of a first matrix comprising the training data and a regularized loss of a second matrix comprising the one or more training states; wherein one or more of the obtaining of the training data, the obtaining of the one or more training states, and the forming of the predictive model are implemented as instruction code executed on a processor device.",0.21569197849758123,0.4313839569951625
9442732,"1. A microprocessor configured to transition through a plurality of performance running states, ranging between lowest and highest, each comparatively characterized by differences in clock frequencies and/or voltage levels, the microprocessor comprising: functional units; and control registers, writeable to cause the functional units to institute one or more power-saving actions that reduce the instructions-per-clock rate of the microprocessor to reduce power consumption when the microprocessor is operating in its lowest performance running state; wherein the lowest performance running state comprises a non-sleeping state in which the microprocessor runs at its lowest supported clock frequency; wherein the microprocessor is configured with microcode to write the control registers to institute the one or more instructions-per-clock rate reducing actions, wherein the microcode is invoked in response to an instruction instructing the microprocessor to transition to the lowest performing running state.",0.8825698247748488,0.2348603504503024
8779413,"1. A film comprising fused nanostructures substantially devoid of organic material wherein the nanostructures comprise an inorganic nanoparticle fused with a functional inorganic ligand, and wherein charge carriers are mobile between the nanostructures and throughout the film.",0.5633982349500701,0.8732035300998597
8918198,"1. A computer-assisted method of making a product having a predetermined product specification and an initial product design which defines at least a partial structure of the product, the method comprising: (a) modifying a surface of a substrate to form an intermediate product; (b) measuring in real time, at least one measured parameter of said intermediate product; (c) comparing in real time, said at least one measured parameter with at least one target parameter; (d) in response to the result of the comparing step, employing a revised product design that is in accordance with the product specification; (e) continuing manufacture of the product based on the revised product design; and (f) repeating steps (a)-(e) until said predetermined product specification is reached; wherein steps (b)-(d) transpire as said surface continues to be modified and the product's product design is revised during the course of manufacture.",0.47737512206871613,0.9547502441374323
8615110,"1. A method for automated track surveying and maintaining ditching along a railway and comprising the steps of: moving a survey vehicle along a section of said railway; obtaining survey vehicle position coordinates of said survey vehicle at intervals spaced along said section of railway using a survey vehicle position coordinate system; optically scanning said railway at each of said intervals to obtain optical data points, each of said optical data points having position coordinates associated therewith; logging position coordinates of drainage points along said railway section; processing said optical data points to obtain ditch profiles corresponding to said intervals and extending in a plane oriented transverse to said railway section; providing planar ditch templates oriented transverse to said railway section and associated with said intervals corresponding to ditch contours required to promote positive drainage toward respective ones of said drainage points; graphically overlaying said ditch profiles of said intervals on ditch templates corresponding to said intervals to form ditch overlays displaying soil to be excavated or deposited to eliminate differences between said ditch templates and said ditch profiles at said intervals; displaying said ditch overlays corresponding to locations of an excavating tool of an excavator vehicle supported on and moveable along said railway section to enable an excavator operator to move the excavating tool of the excavator vehicle to excavate or deposit soil in a ditch to obtain a ditch profile at an interval similar to the ditch template associated therewith; referencing horizontal locations of said ditch profiles and said ditch templates and a horizontal position coordinate of said excavation tool to a center line extending longitudinally between tops of rails of said railway and intersecting a vertical axis; and referencing vertical locations of said ditch profiles and said ditch templates and a vertical position coordinate of said excavation tool to a transverse axis extending through said tops of said rails perpendicular to said center line and intersecting said vertical axis.",0.2822810423406735,0.564562084681347
9155668,"1. A packaging unit for hygiene articles, the unit being formed from a sheet of material, said sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner surface comprising an edge zone comprising an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion, said sheet having at least one folding axis, said folding axis dividing said sheet into a first region and a second region, wherein: one of said inner edge portion and said outer edge portion of said edge zone of said first region being provided with resealable adhesive, and the other of said inner edge portion and said outer edge portion of said edge zone of said first region being adhesive-free; one of said inner edge portion and said outer edge portion of said edge zone of said second region being provided with resealable adhesive, and the other of said inner edge portion and said outer edge portion of said edge zone of said second region being adhesive-free in a complementary manner to said edge zone of said first region, such that when said sheet is folded about said folding axis, said edge portions carrying resealable adhesive in said first region are brought in contact with said adhesive-free edge portions in said second region, and said edge portions carrying resealable adhesive in said second region are brought in contact with said adhesive-free edge portions in said first region.",0.21583074510522807,0.4316614902104561
9419269,"1. A press apparatus for an electrode, comprising: a press unit configured to compress an electrode sheet comprising a first region formed with an electrode layer on a surface thereof and a second region on which the electrode layer is not formed; and a stretching unit comprising a stretching member, which comprises a projecting surface located opposite the electrode sheet and projecting toward the electrode sheet, in a position corresponding to the second region, a retracted surface retracted from the electrode sheet relative to the projecting surface, in a position corresponding to the first region, and a relief surface retracted away from the electrode sheet, in a position corresponding to an edge portion of the electrode sheet, and configured to apply tension to the second region, wherein the stretching member is a roller comprising a small-diameter portion, a large-diameter portion having a diameter larger than that of the small-diameter portion, and a relief portion having a diameter gradually reduced at a part distant from a boundary between the small-diameter and large-diameter portions on the side of the large-diameter portion, outer peripheral surfaces of the small-diameter portion, the large-diameter portion, and the relief portion constitute the retracted surface, the projecting surface, and the relief surface, respectively, the first region of the electrode sheet is located opposite the small-diameter portion, the second region of the electrode sheet is located opposite the large-diameter portion, a boundary between the first region and the second region of the electrode sheet is located nearer to the small-diameter portion than a step between the large-diameter portion and the small-diameter portion, an outer peripheral surface of the small-diameter portion is out of contact with the first region, and an outer peripheral surface of the large-diameter portion is in contact with the second region from the boundary between the small-diameter and large-diameter portions to the relief surface.",0.19129948733156946,0.38259897466313886
8989804,"1. A wireless communication device comprising: a first radio configured for communication with a first base station of a first network using a first communication protocol, first base station identification data uniquely identifying the first base station within the first network; a second radio configured for communication with a second base station of a second network using a second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol, second base station identification data uniquely identifying the second base station within the second network; a data storage area configured to store communication data; and a processor configured to: establish a communication link between the first radio and the first base station; establish a communication link between the second radio and the second base station if the communication link between the first radio and the first base station is broken; upon establishing the communication link between the second radio and the second base station, store data related to the communication link between the first radio and the first base station, in association with the second base station identification data, in the data storage area as data related to a past communication link between the first radio and the first base station, the data related to a past communication link comprising the first base station identification data; at a subsequent time when the wireless communication device has no communication links established with the first base station or the second base station, establish a communication link between the second radio and the second base station; upon establishment of the communication link between the second radio and the second base station, retrieve the data related to the past communication link between the first radio and the first base station; activate the first radio while maintaining the communication link between the second radio and the second base station; and configure the first radio using the retrieved data to attempt to establish a communication link between the first radio and the first base station using the first communication protocol.",0.3662903659996175,0.732580731999235
9181080,"1. A MEMS microphone comprising: a first diaphragm element; a second diaphragm element spaced apart from the first diaphragm element; a low pressure region between the first diaphragm element and the second diaphragm element, the low pressure region having a pressure less than an ambient pressure; a first counter electrode element disposed within the low pressure region; and a second counter electrode element spaced apart from the first counter electrode element and disposed within the low pressure region.",0.06431322939306522,0.12862645878613044
9300036,"1. A method for manufacturing an antenna window, the method comprising: removing aluminum from an antenna region of an electronic device housing to define a recess; anodizing the antenna region of the electronic device housing; removing more aluminum from the antenna region to deepen the recess and obtain an aluminum layer of a threshold thickness inside the recess, the threshold thickness selected to provide a radio-frequency (RF) transmissivity and structural support for the antenna window; and backfilling the recess with a supporting material.",0.4547541244235663,0.9095082488471325
9816383,"1. Power generation apparatus comprising a rotor rotatably mounted to a support, a plurality of vanes extending radially out from the rotor and positioned to be engaged by a moving fluid stream, each vane including a wing-shaped main blade having opposite surfaces, a leading edge and a trailing edge, a co-extensive conditioner blade having opposite surfaces, a leading edge and a trailing edge and being spaced parallel to the main blade so as to define therebetween a slot having an entrance and an exit, and a lift varying device bordering the slot in each vane to vary the lift produced by that vane inversely to the speed of the moving fluid stream; further including a cylindrical magnus roller rotatably mounted to the main blade of each vane coaxial to the shank thereof so that the roller protrudes from the opposite surfaces of that main blade and intrudes into the corresponding slot, and a rotation mechanism in each vane for rotating the corresponding magnus roller; and wherein each rotation mechanism comprises an electric motor having an annular rotor in the corresponding magnus roller and a stator in the corresponding shank radially inboard said rotor.",0.8759055061608697,0.2481889876782606
8869079,"1. A semiconductor device comprising: a plurality of line features including at least one real feature which includes a gate electrode portion and a protruding portion protruding beyond the gate electrode portion by a predetermined distance, and at least one dummy feature placed in parallel with the at least one real feature, wherein two of multiple ones of the dummy feature, and at least one of the line features interposed between the two dummy features and including the at least one real feature form parallel running line features extending in parallel so as to be evenly spaced, the parallel running line features have an identical width while at least one end portions of the parallel running line features form line end portions facing a cell perimeter boundary region and being substantially flush with one another, line end portion uniformization dummy features are formed on extensions of the line end portions of the parallel running line features so that the distances between the line end portions and corresponding line end portions of the line end portion uniformization dummy features are equal, and the line end portion uniformization dummy features include a plurality of linear features each having a same width as each of the line features and spaced at intervals equal to an interval between each adjacent pair of the line features.",0.09171300250065313,0.18342600500130624
9681922,"1. A robotic system for controlling an instrument, the robotic system comprising: an input device; a controller configured to: a display for displaying the quantified information from the controller to an operator of the robotic system during use of the robotic system, the quantified information displayed at a cursor representative of the instrument and superimposed on an image of the worksite, the cursor indicating a working edge of the instrument, the quantified information displayed as a change of color, a change of marking, or a change of color and marking of the cursor.",0.3043748514481695,0.608749702896339
9439766,"1. A prosthetic construct configured to replace a portion of a bone joint, the prosthetic construct comprising: a first ceramic component having an outer surface defining a body of the construct shaped for articulation with a corresponding natural or prosthetic joint construct, the first ceramic component comprising a first ceramic material and the outer surface is formed of the first ceramic material; and a second ceramic component having an outer joint articulation surface and an inner surface disposed on the outer surface of the first ceramic component, the second ceramic component comprising a second ceramic material and the inner surface is formed of the second ceramic material, wherein the second ceramic material of the second ceramic component includes a higher coefficient of thermal expansion than the first ceramic material of the first ceramic component, and wherein the higher coefficient of thermal expansion of the second ceramic material of the second ceramic component causes the second ceramic component to exert a compressive force on the first ceramic component, independent of external forces on the prosthetic construct.",0.3635341737034567,0.7270683474069134
8473276,"1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: automatically detecting, at a computing system including one or more processors, input by a user to a first application executing on the computing system, the input consisting of text to be translated from a source language to a target language that is different than the source language; intercepting, at the computing system, the input to the first application in response to automatically detecting the input; redirecting, at the computing system, the input to a second application executing on the computing system, the second application being different than the first application; generating, at the computing system, one or more potential translations of the input using the second application, each of the one or more potential translations of the input being of the target language; determining, at the computing system, one of the one or more potential translations of the input to obtain a translated input; and providing, at the computing system, the translated input to the first application, wherein intercepting the input to the first application includes intercepting a call via an interface, the interface being between the first application and an operating system of the computing system, the call being one of a system call and an application programming interface (API) call, wherein intercepting the call from the first application to the operating system further includes: wherein applying the hook to the interface between the first application and the operating system further includes registering, at the computing system, an address of the hook as an event handler, wherein providing the translated input to the first application further includes: wherein unregistering the address of the hook is performed when the user manually disables the first application or when the user changes their focus to a different application, and further comprising re-registering, at the computing system, the address of the hook as an event handler when the address of the hook has been unregistered and the user changes their focus back to the first application.",0.08176071283693788,0.16352142567387573
9037629,"1. A remote access system comprising: a first electronic apparatus; and a second electronic apparatus configured to remotely control a storage device controlled by the first electronic apparatus through the first electronic apparatus, wherein: the second electronic apparatus comprises a remote command issuing module configured to issue a remote command of a second protocol to the first electronic apparatus for transmitting a local command of a first protocol to be issued to the storage device, the remote command comprising command type information indicating a type of the local command; and the first electronic apparatus comprises a command processing module configured to issue one or more local commands comprising the local command transmitted from the second electronic apparatus by the remote command to the storage device, and to transmit a first response from the storage device to the second electronic apparatus by storing the first response into a second response to the remote command, in accordance with a process specified by the command type information in the remote command.",0.28878424006501985,0.5775684801300397
9323870,"1. A method, performed by an apparatus, for determining integrated circuit (IC) thermal values for metal interconnects of the IC comprising: generating thermal partitions for metal interconnects of the integrated circuit, based on interconnect self heat data and mutual heat data, wherein each of the thermal partitions comprises data identifying thermally related interconnects and respective temperature values associated with each of the thermally related interconnects; wherein generating thermal partitions comprises:",0.6186595580983626,0.7626808838032748
9067598,"1. A method for controlling torque machines of a multi-mode transmission, comprising: monitoring voltage and current on a high-voltage electric bus electrically coupled to a high-voltage battery and a power inverter configured to transfer electric power to the torque machines and providing the monitored voltage and current as feedback to a control module including a feed-forward electric power model; iteratively estimating electric power limits for the high-voltage electric bus using the feed-forward electric power model, the electric power limits including a constrained battery power command based upon total motor torque electrical power for the torque machines, wherein the feed-forward electric power model estimation of the constrained battery power command comprises: determining torque commands for the torque machines that are constrained in response to the estimated electric power limits for the high-voltage electric bus, including the constrained battery power command; and controlling operation of the torque machines of the multi-mode transmission in response to the torque commands.",0.9488645463229777,0.10227090735404465
8845335,"1. A device comprising: an educational kit, said kit comprising: a) at least one photovoltaic module, each module having a top surface and an underside with attachment sites on the underside; b) at least one multimeter that measures current or voltage; c) a container with a lid exhibiting an external surface, said container comprising: i) a plurality of storage areas within the container, at least one storage area for storing said at least one photovoltaic module and at least one storage area for storing said multimeter; ii) attachment sites at various positions on the external surface of the lid that correspond to the attachment sites on the underside of said at least one photovoltaic module; and iii) means for temporarily fixing a position of said lid at a plurality of tilt angles when measured in degrees; and iv) electrical connection means for completing an electric circuit from said at least one photovoltaic module to said multimeter when said at least one photovoltaic module is attached to said lid; wherein current or voltage is measured real time when said lid is fixed at said plurality of tilt angles to observe quantitatively the effect an angle of incidence for incoming light has on current or voltage delivered by the at least one photovoltaic module.",0.878840482804697,0.2423190343906061
8471916,"1. An image stabilizing apparatus, comprising: a rotation shake detection unit configured to detect a rotation shake generated in a direction not parallel with an optical axis of the image stabilizing apparatus; a first processing unit configured to process a detection signal of the rotation shake into a first correction amount; a translational shake detection unit configured to detect a translational shake generated in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the image stabilizing apparatus; a second processing unit configured to process a detection signal of the translational shake into a second correction amount; a shake correction unit configured to correct an image shake generated on an image plane of an image pickup apparatus based on the first correction amount and the second correction amount; a change unit configured to change the translational shake correction amount during the image pickup preparation to be lower than the translational shake correction amount during image pickup.",0.0469370764319199,0.09387415286383982
9437883,"1. A manufacturing method of a fuel cell module in which a plurality of cell assemblies are stacked, each cell assembly including: an electrode member having a membrane electrode assembly formed from an electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrode catalyst layers disposed on both sides of the electrolyte membrane in a thickness direction, and a pair of porous layers disposed on both sides of the membrane electrode assembly in the thickness direction; a separator having an electrode member arrangement portion arranged to be stacked with the electrode member and with which one side of the electrode member in the thickness direction is in contact, and a seal member arrangement portion having a frame shape and disposed on an outer side of the electrode member arrangement portion in a planar direction; and a seal member formed from a crosslinked item of solid rubber and disposed in the seal member arrangement portion to seal a peripheral edge portion of the electrode member along a shape of the peripheral edge portion and integrate the electrode member and the separator with each other, the method comprising the steps of: forming an outer divided body having a frame shape and formed from an uncrosslinked item of solid rubber having adhesiveness in the seal member arrangement portion of the separator to produce an outer temporary assembly, and forming an inner divided body having a frame shape and formed from an uncrosslinked item of solid rubber in the peripheral edge portion of the electrode member to produce an inner temporary assembly, as a preliminary production step; fitting the inner temporary assembly into a frame of the outer temporary assembly to produce a cell assembly temporary assembly, as an incorporation step; arranging a cell assembly stack, in which a plurality of the cell assembly temporary assemblies are stacked, in a forming die, as a member arrangement step; and pressurizing and heating the forming die to crosslink the uncrosslinked item, thereby forming the seal member by integrating the outer divided body and the inner divided body with each other, the seal member sealing the peripheral edge portion of the electrode member and integrating the electrode member and the separator with each other to produce the cell assembly from the cell assembly temporary assemblies, and the seal member also integrating the cell assembly temporary assemblies which are adjacent in the stacking direction with each other to produce the fuel cell module from the cell assembly stack, as an integration step.",0.8551520085386818,0.28969598292263643
9620444,"1. A power semiconductor device encapsulated with a mold resin, comprising: a plurality of lead frames formed into like a wiring pattern; a power semiconductor element joined onto the lead frame; and a capacitor placed between mutually adjacent two of the lead frames; wherein the capacitor is characterized in that external electrodes of the capacitor are connected to the lead frames each through a stress-relaxation structure portion that is lower in rigidity than the capacitor; wherein joining structure of the capacitor and each of the lead frames comprises the stress-relaxation structure portion connected to the external electrode of the capacitor, and a solder that connects the stress-relaxation structure portion with the lead frame; and wherein the stress-relaxation structure portion is lower in rigidity than the solder; wherein the stress-relaxation structure portion has an electrode connection portion connected to the external electrode of the capacitor, and an electrode non-connection portion is not connected to the external electrode and the capacitor.",0.6500065943645679,0.6999868112708643
9320442,"1. A method of determining an acoustic and electrical footprint of the heart comprising: a. Configuring a stethoscope front-end recorder sleeve device with biological sensors to acquire body sounds and electrocardiogram signals, wherein the sleeve further comprises a processor and wireless module; b. Wirelessly transmitting the heart sounds and the electrocardiogram signals to a mobile device, using the processor and the wireless module; c. Using the Mobile device, transmitting the heart sounds and the electrocardiogram signals to a remote server, wherein the remote server analyzes both the heart sounds and the electrocardiogram signals and determines cardiac malfunction; d. Using the remote server, transmitting the results of the analysis to the mobile device and archiving the results after transmission; e. Displaying the result of the analysis on the mobile device.",0.02725216627396782,0.05450433254793563
8960302,"1. A free-standing riser system connecting a subsea hydrocarbon fluid source to a surface structure, the system comprising: a concentric free-standing riser comprising inner and outer risers defining an annulus there between, a lower end of the riser fluidly coupled to the subsea source through a lower riser assembly (LRA) and one or more subsea flexible conduits, and an upper end of the riser coupled to a subsea buoyancy assembly and fluidly coupled to the surface structure through an upper riser assembly (URA) and one or more upper flexible conduits; wherein the LRA comprises a first generally cylindrical member having a longitudinal bore, a lower end, an upper end, and an external generally cylindrical surface, wherein the first generally cylindrical member comprises a plurality of intake ports extending from the external surface to the bore and configured to flow hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon fluid source and inflow of a functional fluid, wherein at least one of the intake ports is fluidly connected to an LRA production wing valve assembly, wherein the upper end of the first generally cylindrical member comprises a profile fluidly coupled to the free-standing riser, wherein the lower end of the first generally cylindrical member comprises a connector coupled to a seabed mooring; wherein the URA comprises a second generally cylindrical member having a longitudinal bore, a lower end, an upper end, and an external generally cylindrical surface, wherein the second generally cylindrical member comprises a plurality of outtake ports extending from the bore to the external surface and configured to flow hydrocarbons from the riser, and at least one port configured to flow a functional fluid into the annulus, wherein at least one of the outtake ports is fluidly connected to a URA production wing valve assembly to fluidly couple the second generally cylindrical member with the upper flexible conduit, wherein the upper end of the generally cylindrical second member comprises a connector coupled to the subsea buoyancy assembly, and wherein the lower end of the second generally cylindrical member comprises a profile fluidly coupled to the free-standing riser.",0.5134639440746084,0.9730721118507832
9751080,"1. A catalyst article comprising: a. a substrate; and b. a PGM catalyst disposed on the substrate in a discrete outlet zone, said catalyst comprising c. an SCR catalyst disposed on the substrate in a discrete inlet zone, said SCR catalyst having either a molecular sieve promoted with iron and/or copper or vanadium on an alumina support.",0.6667172194449253,0.6665655611101493
8390986,"1. A high power super capacitor, comprising: a bobbin; an electrode assembly being wound into the bobbin to be in a jellyroll type; a conductive connection member being formed in each of one end and another end of the electrode assembly using electric energy; and a plug being inserted into each of one end and another end of the bobbin, and being bonded with the conductive connection member using electric energy to thereby be electrically connected to the electrode assembly, wherein the electrode assembly comprises a first electrode plate having a first polarity and including an inactive material area collector where the conductive connection member is formed in the one end of the electrode assembly, a second electrode plate having a second polarity and including another inactive material area collector where the conductive connection member is formed in the other end of the electrode assembly, and a separator being disposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate to thereby insulate between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate.",0.6375467367973994,0.7249065264052013
8739817,"1. A diverter for a rain barrel, the diverter comprising: a scoop portion configured to fit within a gutter downspout; a rain barrel fitting portion configured to fluidly attach the scoop portion to the rain barrel, said rain barrel fitting portion defining a flow channel through the diverter out of the gutter downspout; the scoop portion comprising one or more wings comprising a flexible material operable to be folded into a first conformation for insertion into a hole disposed in the side of the gutter downspout, each wing having a wing lip portion extending outwardly in a second conformation to contact an inner wall of the gutter downspout to direct a first flow of water in the gutter downspout into the scoop portion and thereafter through the rain barrel fitting portion and flow channel through the diverter out of the gutter downspout; and the scoop portion further defining an open area to allow excess water to continue along the gutter downspout past the diverter, the open area being permanently open to a second flow of water that is fluidly independent from the flow channel.",0.7095693500214942,0.5808612999570115
9580168,"1. An aircraft wing configured to be fixed to and extend from an aircraft fuselage, the wing having a leading edge; a trailing edge; a primary control device attached to the trailing edge, a linear actuator in communication with the control device, and an aircraft input controller in communication with the linear actuator, wherein movement of the primary control device is subject to the linear actuator via the input controller; a bell crank mechanism coupled to a secondary control device, and configured to link movement of the linear actuator indirectly to movement of the secondary control device, and a moveable aerodynamic cove lip door proximal to the primary control device, the cove lip door separately attached to the trailing edge via a cove lip door hinge coupled to an actuator pivot link, the actuator pivot link also attached to the trailing edge; wherein movement of the cove lip door is an indirect function of movement of the primary control device.",0.5801609129685946,0.8396781740628108
9297056,"1. A forged steel, comprising: C in a content of from 0.15% to 0.24%; Si in a content of from 0.15% to 0.30%; Mn in a content of from 1.0% to 1.6%; P in a content of from greater than 0% to 0.015%; S in a content of from greater than 0% to 0.0015%; Cu in a content of from 0% to 0.10%; Ni in a content of from 0.70% to 1.10%; Cr in a content of from 0.05% to 0.30%; Mo in a content of from 0.40% to 0.60%; V in a content of from 0% to 0.05%; Al in a content of from 0.015% to 0.030%; O in a content of from greater than 0% to 0.0030%; and N in a content of from 0.0050% to 0.0150%, in mass percent, wherein the forged steel further comprises iron and inevitable impurities, and a metal structure of the forged steel has a grain size in terms of ASTM grain size number of from 4.5 to 7.0.",0.3147175158041763,0.6294350316083526
8773715,"1. A color selection assisting method for determining a standard color, and assisting an operator in selecting, from within a color chart that has a plurality of color patches including colors in the vicinity of the standard color, at least one color patch that is close in color to a designated color to be reproduced on a print, comprising: a color value acquiring step of acquiring a color value of the designated color; a colorimetric measuring step of colorimetrically measuring at least one color patch extracted as a candidate patch from within the color chart, and acquiring a color value of the candidate patch; a calculation step of calculating, based on the acquired color value of the designated color and the acquired color value of the candidate patch, a corresponding position on the color chart corresponding to the color value of the designated color; a displaying step of displaying respectively, together with a simulating image in which a layout of the plurality of color patches on the color chart is simulated, an instruction mark image indicative of the calculated corresponding position; and a modifying step of modifying at least one of: number of the extracted candidate patches; a position at which one of the candidate patches is disposed; and an order in which the color values of the candidate patches are acquired.",0.00631381406410209,0.012627628128204171
8705338,"1. A method comprising: determining a scrambling vector based, at least in part, on a slot number in a frame; scrambling data to generate scrambled data using the scrambling vector; modulating the scrambled data to generate modulated data; mapping the modulated data into orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) tones; and transmitting the scrambled data after the modulating and the mapping.",0.03148771183248774,0.06297542366497544
8575438,"1. A cucumber plant comprising at least a first set of the chromosomes of cucumber line ASL 147-M3092036MO, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. 11905.",0.47272035778398086,0.9454407155679617
9657069,"1. A method for treating a cancer selected from the group consisting of stomach cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, brain cancer, prostate cancer, sarcoma, nasopharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer, colon cancer, and uterine cervical cancer, the method comprising: administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.",0.39934504044862196,0.7986900808972439
9575524,"1. An electronic device comprising: an upper housing that contains a display; a lower housing that contains a keyboard; a fan in the lower housing; hinge structures that connect the upper housing to the lower housing so that the upper housing rotates relative to the lower housing about a rotational axis between a closed position and an open position, wherein there is a lower gap between the upper housing and the lower housing that runs parallel to the rotational axis, when the upper housing is in the closed position the fan blows air through the lower gap, and when the upper housing is in the open position the fan blows air through the lower gap and an upper gap between the upper housing and the lower housing that runs parallel to the rotational axis; and a ventilation port structure in the lower housing that extends parallel to the rotational axis, wherein the ventilation port structure comprises first, second, and third portions extending in series parallel to the rotational axis, each of the first, second, and third portions includes a plurality of slots, the fan draws air into the lower housing through the slots of the second portion while exhausting air from the lower housing through the slots of the first and third portions, and the slots in the first and third portions include a first set of slots that are aligned with the upper gap and a second set of slots that are aligned with the lower gap.",0.46313571064039577,0.9262714212807915
8919266,"1. A method of operating a solid fuel fired boiler, comprising: introducing a solid fuel into the boiler, wherein the solid fuel is a coal having a sulfur content of less than about 1.5 wt. % (dry basis of the coal); introducing an iron-containing material into the boiler, wherein the iron-containing material is at least one of mill scale from steel production and dust from blast furnace gas cleaning equipment; and at least partially combusting the solid fuel to produce an ash slag, wherein, in the at least partially combusting step, at least one of the following is true: (i) the ash slag has a fluid temperature less than a fluid temperature characteristic of the ash slag produced from combustion of the solid fuel alone; and (ii) the ash slag has a melting point less than the melting point of a second ash slag produced from the combustion of the solid fuel alone.",0.9378686148409385,0.12426277031812294
8932525,"1. An apparatus for characterizing an analyte in breath, the apparatus comprising: a) a mouthpiece; b) an interactant that is configured to interact with the analyte in breath to generate a change in thermal energy relative to a base thermal energy; and c) a piezoelectric system comprising at least one piezoelectric material having a material property, wherein the piezoelectric system further comprises a processor, the processor comprising a resonator electronic circuit, the processor operatively coupled to the piezoelectric system, wherein the piezoelectric system is coupled to the interactant, and further wherein a change of thermal energy in the piezoelectric material is registered by the processor, which generates a thermal energy signal, wherein the thermal energy signal is used to characterize the analyte in breath.",0.6211537160233153,0.7576925679533695
8589344,"1. A method comprising: receiving an instruction to divide a parent quantity stored as a number in a parent node of a hierarchical database, wherein the parent node is associated with a particular time period; accessing multiple sets of spreading rules for dividing the parent quantity from the parent node into multiple child sub-quantities in the hierarchical database corresponding to multiple child nodes of the parent node, wherein each of the child nodes is associated with a portion of the particular time period; generating a selection of a subset of the sets of spreading rules and an ordered sequence for executing the selected subset; executing, by a processor, the selected subset on the parent quantity according to the ordered sequence to generate the child sub-quantities, wherein each of the child sub-quantities divided from the parent quantity is numerically less than the parent quantity, wherein the selected subset comprises a mathematical division rule that divides the parent quantity into the child sub-quantities, and wherein the selected subset comprises a rule that combines a previous quantity stored as a number in a previous node of the hierarchical database, from a previous time period before the particular time period, with one or more of the child sub-quantities; and storing the child sub-quantities as numbers in corresponding ones of the child nodes.",0.08413790960581265,0.16827581921162527
9193847,"1. A polymer composition consisting of: (a) a polymer selected from: polyvinyl alcohol and an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer consisting of ethylene and hydroxyl ethylene repeating units, the polymer comprising hydroxyl ethylene-repeating units in ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer are present in the polymer in an amount of at least 50% relative to the total number of repeating units present in the polymer, (b) 0.2 to 2% by weight relative to said polymer (a) of at least one additive selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the following formulae (1) to (6) wherein R wherein R (c) optionally 0.005 to 5% by weight, relative to said polymer (a) of additives selected from the group consisting of stabilizers against thermooxidative and light-induced degradation, fillers, processing additives, colorants and clay-based additives.",0.2494187815781404,0.4988375631562808
9158273,"1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member for bearing an image; a developing device for developing with a toner an electrostatic image formed on said image bearing member; a detecting portion for detecting environmental information; a storing portion for storing the environmental information; and a controller for controlling an image forming condition on the basis of the environmental information detected in a last detection and current detection, wherein said controller controls the image forming condition so that a change amount per unit time of the image forming condition when said developing device is driven is made larger than a change amount per unit time of the image forming condition when said developing device is stopped.",0.2933160770235311,0.5866321540470621
8843771,"1. A server rack system, comprising: a first network switch, coupled to a management network; multiple servers, each comprising a baseboard management controller (BMC), wherein the BMCs each comprises a management network port, and the management network ports are connected to the first network switch; at least one power supply unit, wherein a management network port of the power supply unit is connected to the first network switch; multiple fan units, each comprising a management network port, wherein the management network ports of the fan units are connected to the first network switch; and an integrated management module (IMM), wherein a management network port of the IMM is connected to the first network switch, the IMM communicates with the BMCs of the servers, the fan units, and the power supply unit through the first network switch, so as to obtain operation states of the servers, the fan units, and the power supply unit, or control operations of the servers, the fan units, and the power supply unit.",0.7342019796220296,0.5315960407559408
8517007,"1. An energy supplying device intended to be used for energy collecting, energy transfer and energy release, but also for cooling and storing of energy, said energy supplying device comprised of at least three elongated profiles which comprise a number of walls delimiting in the same elongated cavities, produced by extruding in a direction of extrusion by aid of a tool, said cavities provide space for a medium such as gas or liquid to circulate or to be stored in said cavities or a hose or a tube located in these, wherein the profiles are cut off in predetermined lengths straight across the direction of extrusion in a pre-selected angle, said lengths are connectable to each other end against end and are extending in predetermined directions at the same time as the connected profiles comprise an end profile, which is connected to the end of a first profile in providing of a closed circuit of profiles by connecting of all ends of each profile against each other; and wherein the ends of the profiles are cut off in a zigzag-line, which is saw teeth or sinus formed to be able to be fixed at the connection end against end in a direction straight across the extrusion direction at the same time as the ends can be fixed and closely connected to each other.",0.6948557129718943,0.6102885740562114
9637347,"1. A storage system for storing a length of a tubular structure, the storage system comprising: a support structure; a first pulley assembly comprising a plurality of first pulleys, at least a part of the first pulley assembly being translationally fixed relative to the support structure, the plurality of first pulleys being rotatable about a first axis of rotation; and a second pulley assembly translationally movable relative to the first pulley assembly and relative to the support structure, the second pulley assembly comprising at least one second pulley, the at least one second pulley being rotatable about a second axis of rotation, wherein the at least one second pulley comprises a plurality of second pulleys, the number of second pulleys being one less than the number of first pulleys, wherein the first pulley assembly comprises a first housing and a first shaft extending through the first housing, the plurality of first pulleys being rotatable about the first shaft defining the first axis of rotation, wherein the second pulley assembly comprises a second housing and a second shaft extending through the second housing, the at least one second pulley being rotatable about the second shaft defining the second axis of rotation, wherein the second pulley assembly includes a braking system, the braking system comprising: wherein a pulley of the at least one second pulley comprises a slot into which a portion of the tab is insertable when the shaft is in the second position, and wherein the second pulley assembly is movable along the support structure when the shaft is in the first position, and the second pulley assembly is not movable along the support structure when the shaft is in the second position.",0.11834241832696431,0.2366848366539286
9371683,"1. A vacuum insulated glass (VIG) window unit comprising: first and second glass substrates spaced apart from each other with a gap therebetween, the gap being at a pressure less than atmospheric pressure; a plurality of spacers located between the first and second glass substrates, for spacing the first and second substrates from each other; the first substrate having a pump-out tube hole defined therein, the pump-out tube hole comprising a diameter in a range of from 0.10 to 0.15 mm greater than an outer diameter of a pump-out tube which is provided in the pump-out tube hole.",0.26392295763147383,0.5278459152629477
9821637,"1. A windshield sunshade with solar powered fans for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes side wall sections extending along lateral edges of the windshield and wherein the vehicle includes a rear view mirror and a mounting post connecting the rear view mirror to the windshield, the windshield sunshade comprising: a foldable opaque panel comprised of a flexible membrane having a plurality of spaced apart pleats along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of panel sections, the pleats extending transversely to the longitudinal axis, each of the plurality of panel sections disposed between respective adjacent spaced apart pleats; wherein the panel has an opposed, lateral marginal edge portion at opposite ends and a notched upper central portion centrally disposed between the marginal edge portions when the panel is in an extended orientation, the notched upper central portion has a right side and a left side, each panel section further has an outer side; a respective solar powered fan motor-blade unit centrally disposed within a recessed portion in each of at least two of the panel sections, one of the panel sections with a recessed portion located on the right side of the notched upper central portion and another panel section of the panel sections with a recessed portion located on the left side of the notched upper central portion when the panel is in an extended orientation, each fan motor-blade unit having a plurality of vanes attached to a casing, a yoke within the casing, a motor disposed within the respective panel section, and a shaft in operational communication with the yoke and the motor, wherein the shaft is detachable from at least one of the yoke and the motor, each fan motor-blade unit comprising: at least one solar module fixedly disposed on the outer side of the respective panel section, wherein the outer side is configured to face toward the windshield during use; at least one storage cell centrally disposed in the recessed portion of the respective panel section, the at least one storage cell being in operational communication with the at least one solar module, wherein the operational communication of the at least one storage cell with the at least one solar module is configured to charge and recharge the at least one storage cell; a solar power converter in communication with the motor of the respective fan motor-blade unit and the respective at least one storage cell; and an on-off switch proximal the respective fan motor-blade unit, wherein the on-off switch is in operational communication with the motor of the respective fan motor-blade unit; wherein the on-off switch has an activated condition and an alternate deactivated condition; and wherein in the activated and in the alternate deactivated condition, the on-off switch respectively activates and alternately deactivates the fan motor-blade unit.",0.9624679909643112,0.07506401807137753
8413827,"1. A cable management frame chassis comprising: a top section extending from a first side of the frame chassis to a second side of the frame chassis; a bottom section extending from the first side of the frame chassis to the second side of the frame chassis; a first side section extending between the top section and the bottom section at the first side of the frame chassis, the first side section being pivotally coupled to each of the top section and the bottom section at pivots having horizontally extending pivot axes, the first side section including a first surface defining a plurality of apertures, at least some of the apertures defined in the first surface having a different size than other apertures defined in the first surface; and a second side section extending between the top section and the bottom section at the second side of the frame chassis, the second side section being pivotally coupled to each of the top section and the bottom section at additional pivots having horizontally extending pivot axes, the second side section including a second surface defining a plurality of apertures, at least some of the apertures defined in the second surface having a different size than other apertures defined in the second surface, the second surface being parallel to the first surface.",0.06710862657188363,0.1342172531437673
8632924,"1. A solid oxide fuel cell in which at least one or more predetermined unit modules are stacked and integrated with each other, the solid oxide fuel cell comprising: first and second solid electrolyte layers ( first and second supports ( wherein the first and second solid electrolyte layers (",0.9682390176597805,0.06352196468043902
8973353,"1. An exhaust gas post-treatment unit comprising: a diesel particulate filtering device configured to treat engine exhaust gas; a selective catalyst reduction device configured to treat the engine exhaust gas; a connecting pipe connecting the diesel particulate filtering device and the selective catalyst reduction device; an injection device disposed on the connecting pipe, the injection device injecting a reducing agent into the exhaust gas supplied to the selective catalyst reduction device; a cooling water supply pipe configured to guide cooling water to the injection device to cool the injection device; and a cooling water return pipe configured to discharge the cooling water from the injection device, the cooling water supply pipe and the cooling water return pipe having respectively a convection section extending upward along the connecting pipe from a connecting portion with the injection device, the convection sections extend obliquely upward from the injection device in a longitudinal direction of the connecting pipe.",0.9746624959535383,0.05067500809292347
9518543,"1. A fuel supply method for an internal combustion engine, which supplies heated and vaporized fuel to the internal combustion engine, comprising: providing a heat exchanger that has a heat exchanging wall between a liquefied fuel passage and an engine coolant passage, wherein the heated and vaporized fuel flows out from the liquefied fuel passage of the heat exchanger; setting a flow rate of liquefied fuel supplied to the liquefied fuel passage of the heat exchanger, and determining a flow rate of engine coolant supplied to the engine coolant passage of the heat exchanger on the basis of a temperature of the engine coolant supplied to the engine coolant passage of the heat exchanger such that nucleate boiling or transition boiling of the liquefied fuel in a set flow rate occurs near a boundary between nucleate boiling and transition boiling in the liquefied fuel passage.",0.9707490065590294,0.05850198688194119
9680254,"1. A connector mateable with a mating connector along a front-rear direction, wherein: the mating connector comprises a mating lock portion; the connector comprises a plurality of contacts, a holding member and a mid-plate; the contacts form two contact rows; the contacts forming each of the contact rows are aligned in a pitch direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction; the contact rows are arranged apart from each other in an up-down direction perpendicular to both of the front-rear direction and the pitch direction; the holding member comprises a holding portion and a mating portion; the holding portion holds the contacts; the mating portion has a tongue-like shape and extends forward from the holding portion; the holding member is formed with two accommodation portions, a middle portion and regulating portions; the accommodation portions extend forward from a rear end of the holding member and open outward in the pitch direction at the mating portion; the middle portion is situated between the accommodation portions in the pitch direction; the regulating portions are formed in the mating portion; the mid-plate comprises two flat plate portions; the flat plate portions are accommodated by the accommodation portions, respectively, and the middle portion is sandwiched between the flat plate portions in the pitch direction; each of the flat plate portions comprises a base portion, a press-fit portion, a spring portion, a lock portion and a regulated portion; the press-fit portion protrudes from the base portion in the pitch direction and is pressed against the holding portion; the spring portion extends forward from the base portion and has resilience; the spring portion is apart from the regulating portions in the pitch direction; the lock portion is supported by the spring portion and protrudes outward of the mating portion in the pitch direction; the regulated portion extends forward from the base portion and is situated inward of the regulating portions in the pitch direction; and the lock portion and the mating lock portion lock a mated state of the connector and the mating connector.",0.34720965904362705,0.6944193180872541
9810193,"1. A pump device comprising: a Wirtz pump including a scoop, flexible tubing wound in a circular configuration; said wound tubing in said circular configuration, said wound tubing having an inlet end communicating through an axial passage with an outlet; said wound tubing having a first planar surface and second planar surface; a paddle wheel operatively engaged to said wound tubing adjacent said first planar surface; said paddle wheel having a base and a plurality of paddles each of said paddles having a proximal end and a distal end; each of said paddles in a pivoting engagement with said base, at a respective proximal end thereof; said paddles pivotable from a collapsed position with said distal ends thereof adjacent said base, to a projecting position with said distal ends distanced from said base by a length of said paddles running between said proximal end and said distal end; and a stand having a vertical member for supporting said wound tubing and said paddle engaged therewith, in an elevated position above a support surface.",0.02954164350953296,0.059083287019065955
8366649,"1. A manually operated single-needle circuit for extracorporeal treatment of blood comprising: a displacement pump configured to be manually operated to cause blood flow, a withdrawal line, a treatment loop including a blood treatment element, a proximal bifurcation connected to said pump, said withdrawal line and said treatment loop, a distal bifurcation connected to said withdrawal line, said treatment loop and configured to be connected to a single needle for withdrawal and return of blood from a patient, and a flow directing means to direct the blood flow through said withdrawal line in a direction from said patient into said pump while isolating said treatment loop during withdrawal of said blood from said patient to said pump, said flow directing means further adapted to direct the blood flow in a direction from said pump to said patient through said treatment loop while isolating said withdrawal line during return of said blood from said pump to said patient.",0.10678097126883355,0.21356194253766714
9365451,"1. A cementitious material comprising: cement; and a pozzolanic cement additive comprising coal combusted in the presence of a clay additive and a slag additive, wherein the combined weight of the clay additive and the slag additive is at least 8 weight percent of the weight of the coal.",0.9101636393880106,0.17967272122397882
8607312,"1. A server communicating with a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses, each performing a predetermined semiconductor process on a target substrate, the server comprising: an authority information storage configured to store therein authority information on an operation authority in a centralized manner for the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses; a determination request information receiver configured to receive determination request information that is transmitted from one of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses which is accessed by a user, and requests a permission/rejection determination on execution of a desired operation; a permission/rejection determination unit configured to make a permission/rejection determination in response to the determination request information received by the determination request information receiver based on the authority information; and a determination result information transmitter configured to transmit permission result information to the one of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses allowing the user to execute the desired operation by the one of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses if the permission/rejection determination made by the permission/rejection determination unit is permission determination, and further configured to transmit rejection result information to the one of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses preventing the user from executing the desired operation by the one of the plurality of manufacturing apparatuses if the permission/rejection determination made by the permission/rejection determination unit is rejection determination.",0.256797991642229,0.513595983284458
9694082,"1. A silk-based gel comprising silk fibroin, wherein the silk fibroin is predominantly in silk I conformation such that the silk-based gel is characterized by material properties selected from the group consisting of adhesive and viscosity properties that allow it to: show mechanical response suitable for tissue restoration applications; form a coherent stream or material when delivered from a needle; fill a tissue void; and/or stay in place when applied to a wound, wherein the silk-based gel is capable of reversibly forming a silk fibroin solution.",0.1435626399552773,0.2871252799105546
8698526,"1. A clock supply apparatus for supplying clock signals to a first circuit block and a second circuit block, the clock supply apparatus comprising: each of a first control signal generation unit and a second control signal generation unit configured to supply a first control signal and a second control signal; a first clock control unit configured to input the first control signal supplied by the first control signal generation unit and to supply a first clock signal having an active edge phase, to reset the first circuit block, to the first circuit block in response to the first control signal; and a second clock control unit configured to input the second control signal supplied by the second control signal generation unit and to supply a second clock signal having an active edge phase different from the active edge phase of the first clock signal, to reset the second circuit block, to the second circuit block in response to the second control signal.",0.4612993778151929,0.9225987556303858
8440427,"1. A method for producing rPA comprising expressing a polynucleotide comprising the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein said polynucleotide encodes a recombinant",0.7565486760220232,0.4869026479559535
9785218,"1. A method comprising: tracking an idle state of a hardware component and generating a tracked level of idleness; comparing the tracked level of idleness with a first threshold; causing a power state of the hardware component to be limited to a low power state if the tracked level of idleness is above the first threshold, to thereby prevent the low power state of the hardware component from being increased in response to detected activity; and comparing the tracked level of idleness with a second threshold and removing a power state limit if the tracked level of idleness is below the second threshold.",0.9793298665761769,0.041340266847646134
8790445,"1. A method for removing at least partially one or more gaseous contaminants from a gas emission, the method comprising: providing a supply of an ionic liquid, the ionic liquid comprising an organic salt, wherein a gaseous contaminant is absorbable in the ionic liquid; spraying the ionic liquid into the gas emission, wherein the gaseous contaminant in the gas emission is absorbed in the ionic liquid, and wherein the ionic liquid having the gaseous contaminant absorbed therein is collected on a counter electrode and separated from the gas emission; wherein spraying the ionic liquid into a gas emission comprises ultrasound agitation of the ionic liquid; and venting the gas emission having the gaseous contaminant separated therefrom.",0.7938660597584273,0.41226788048314544
8995694,"1. A Microelectromechanical System (MEMS) microphone, comprising: a printed circuit board, the printed circuit board having a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and at least one plated through hole via, the first metal layer and the second metal layer electrically coupled to opposing end portions of the at least one plated through hole via; a MEMS die disposed on a top surface of the printed circuit board; an integrated circuit having a surface facing the first metal layer, the integrated circuit disposed within the printed circuit board and between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, the integrated circuit producing at least one output signal; and such that the at least one output signal of the integrated circuit is routed directly from the top surface of the integrated circuit to the first metal layer of the printed circuit board, to the at least one plated through hole via, to the second metal layer, and then to access pads at the printed circuit board, the access pads being disposed on a bottom surface of the printed circuit board that is opposite the top surface and being electrically coupled to the second metal layer.",0.039744818281187956,0.07948963656237595
9066471,"1. A cart for collecting and unloading agricultural bales, the cart comprising: a cart body; a hitch, wherein the hitch includes a first end that is configured to operatively connect to a baler and a second end that is configured to operatively connect to the cart body, wherein the hitch provides a pitch degree of freedom to the cart relative to the baler, and wherein the hitch provides a roll degree of freedom to the cart relative to the baler; an automated conveyor device operatively connected to the cart body and configured to move the agricultural bales to a back end of the cart body; and at least one wheel operatively connected to the cart body, wherein the at least one wheel is configured to swivel, wherein the automated conveyor device includes a motorized apron-chain conveyor, wherein the apron-chain conveyor is powered by a hydraulic motor that is operatively coupled to a hydraulic pump mounted on the baler, wherein the hydraulic pump is electronically controlled from a cab of a tractor being used to pull the baler and cart, and wherein the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor are operated independently from a hydraulic system of the tractor.",0.16087358935013313,0.32174717870026626
8517633,"1. A method for preventing and controlling debris flow, comprising: determining a peak discharge Q determining a peak discharge Q when Q when Q when Q when Q",0.8245263205088547,0.3509473589822907
8604338,"1. A method for generating electric power with use of a solar cell, the method comprising steps of: (a) preparing the solar cell comprising a condensing lens and a solar cell element, wherein the solar cell element comprises an n-type GaAs layer, a p-type GaAs layer, a p-type window layer, an n-side electrode, and a p-side electrode; a Z-direction denotes the direction of the normal line of the p-type GaAs layer; an X-direction denotes a direction orthogonal to the Z-direction, the n-type GaAs layer, the p-type GaAs layer, and the p-type window layer are stacked along the Z-direction; the p-type GaAs layer is interposed between the n-type GaAs layer and the p-type window layer along the Z-direction; the p-side electrode is electrically connected with the p-type GaAs layer; the n-side electrode is electrically connected with the n-type GaAs layer; the n-type GaAs layer is divided into a center part, a first peripheral part, and a second peripheral part; the center part is interposed between the first peripheral part and the second peripheral part along the X-direction; the first peripheral part and the second peripheral part have a shape of a layer, the following inequation set (I) is satisfied: wherein d d d w w (b) irradiating a region S which is included in the surface of the p-type window layer through the condensing lens with light in such a manner that the following inequation (II) is satisfied so as to generate a potential difference between the n-side electrode and the p-side electrode: wherein w w the first center part overlaps the region S when seen from the Z-direction.",0.9877802304682206,0.02443953906355878
9240225,"1. A sense amplifier for sensing a data value from a senseline coupled to a memory cell, the sense amplifier comprising: first and second current source transistors configured to provide first and second currents, respectively, along first and second current paths, respectively, wherein the first current path is coupled to the senseline and wherein the second current path is coupled to a reference senseline; first and second cascode transistors arranged in series with the first and second current source transistors, respectively, and arranged on the first and second current paths, respectively; first and second current mirror transistors arranged in series with the first and second cascode transistors, respectively, and arranged on the first and second current paths, respectively, wherein the respective cascode transistors are disposed between the respective current source transistors and the respective current mirror transistors on the first and second current paths; and a pre-charge circuit configured to establish a pre-charge condition on the senseline, wherein the pre-charge circuit comprises:",0.0446148222523417,0.0892296445046834
9741300,"1. A liquid crystal apparatus having a liquid crystal panel that uses a ferroelectric liquid crystal, a drive circuit that supplies driving voltage to the liquid crystal panel, a waveform generation circuit that supplies a waveform signal to the drive circuit, and a control circuit that controls the waveform generation circuit, the liquid crystal apparatus comprising a sensor that measures ambient temperature, wherein the drive circuit, in a first frame of the driving voltage, outputs during a first interval, a first voltage that is positive and outputs during a second interval that is longer than the first interval, a second voltage that is positive, the drive circuit, in a second frame, outputs during the first interval, the first voltage that is negative and outputs during the second interval that is longer than the first interval, the second voltage that is negative, the control circuit varies the first voltage and the second voltage according to a temperature measured by the sensor, the control circuit generates from temperature characteristics of a response speed of the liquid crystal panel and of a switching angle of the ferroelectric liquid crystal, a table of the first voltage and the second voltage for obtaining a given response speed and switching angle, refers to the table according to the measured temperature, and determines the first voltage and the second voltage, and the table is structured having values of the first voltage and the second voltage at a given temperature step, and in a temperature region lower than a temperature at which the first voltage and the second voltage determined by the table become equivalent, when the measured temperature is between temperature steps of the table, a voltage value of a temperature step on a low temperature side is selected as the first voltage, and a voltage that corresponds to the measured temperature is employed as the second voltage.",0.4468992733181281,0.8937985466362562
9440801,"1. An apparatus for orienting circular container caps comprising: a. a housing; b. an alignment disk assembly mounted for rotation within the housing about an axis of rotation angled from the horizontal at a first angle, said alignment disk assembly having (i) a cap engagement surface comprising an inner planar disk member and an outer planar disk member of differing diameter concentrically joined together and offset from each other to define a cap support ledge, (ii) a plurality of flights secured to and projecting outwardly from the outer disk member and having a predetermined circumferential spacing therebetween, (iii) cap support pockets defined by adjacent pairs of said plurality of flights, the outer disk member and the cap support ledge, the predetermined circumferential spacing between the flights of adjacent pairs of flights being greater than the diameter of caps to be oriented and less than twice the diameter of the caps to be oriented, and (iv) a plurality of paddles secured to the inner disk member; c. a cap receptacle mounted to the housing and adapted to funnel caps toward the alignment disk; and d. a discharge plate mounted to the housing and adapted to redirect caps from the alignment disk, said discharge plate having a top inclined edge; wherein when a plurality of caps are loaded into the cap receptacle and the alignment disk assembly is rotating, at least some of the caps enter the pockets of the alignment disk assembly in a loading zone and are carried by such pockets through an elevator zone to a sorting zone, and upon reaching the sorting zone (i) properly oriented caps are carried by the pockets to the discharge zone where they are redirected by the discharge plate such that the caps move down the top inclined edge of the discharge plate and exit the apparatus, and (ii) improperly oriented caps fall from the pockets back into the cap receptacle.",0.32425729366526096,0.6485145873305219
9526064,"1. A measurement report reception method of a base station in a mobile communication system, the measurement report reception method comprising: identifying a discovery signal configuration of a neighbor cell; transmitting the discovery signal configuration to a terminal; and receiving the measurement report including a result of measurement on a discovery signal that is transmitted from the neighbor cell according to the discovery signal configuration from the terminal, wherein the discovery signal configuration comprises information on discovery signal transmission timing and information on the discovery signal, wherein the information on the discovery signal transmission timing indicates a transmission period of the discovery signal and a timing offset of the discovery signal, and wherein the discovery signal is used to support cell search for the neighbor cell performed by the terminal.",0.36630995772011593,0.7326199154402319
8546801,"1. A semiconductor apparatus comprising: a semiconductor substrate, having a substrate through-hole, formed therein; a penetrating electrode for electrically connecting a device arranged on a surface of said semiconductor substrate and a rear surface of said semiconductor substrate by a first conductive layer formed on an inner surface of said substrate through-hole, wherein said semiconductor apparatus further comprises:",0.2249325383883689,0.4498650767767378
9739176,"1. A turbomachine ( 1 ) comprising: a stator-side housing ( a rotor having a plurality of rotor-side moving blades, wherein at least two of the first and second stator-side guide vane supports ( wherein a centering of a first stator-side guide vane support (",0.8898391897035524,0.22032162059289528
9081265,"1. A nodal lighting system, comprising: a controller; a plurality of lighting nodes configured to wirelessly communicate with the controller; a control unit within each of the at least one lighting node configured to store and interpret commands received from the controller wherein the plurality of lighting nodes is configured to recreate a lighting environment of a remote location based on one or more light parameters measured in real-time at the remote location; and a projector configured to display images of the remote location in concert with the lighting environment.",0.6080492412496564,0.7839015175006872
9356880,"1. A method comprising: receiving data packets from a plurality of links in one or more interface cards of a network device; performing, by the network device, a first routing operation to forward the data packets from the one or more interface cards to a service card of the network device in accordance with routing information that reflects a topology of a computer network, wherein the routing information identifies the service card as a destination for the data packets; prioritizing the data packets with the service card of the network device; and performing, by the network device, a second routing operation in accordance with the routing information to forward the prioritized data packets to the interface cards of the network device for communication over the computer network in an order based at least in part on the prioritization.",0.35345941559456,0.70691883118912
8407327,"1. A network management system, comprising: a visual identifier device located visibly proximate to a network device, said visual identifier device including a set of visual identifiers and a selector mechanism configured to be manipulated to select at least one of said visual identifiers to be assigned to the network device; and a display device configured to display a visual representation of said selected visual identifier.",0.13428459674200016,0.2685691934840003
8979907,"1. A revision device for an implanted spinal device, the implanted spinal device comprising a cephalad component fixed to a first vertebra and a caudal component fixed to a second vertebra inferior to the first vertebra, wherein the cephalad component interfaces with and engages with the caudal component, the cephalad and caudal components having a biomechanical relationship between them, the revision device comprising: a first surface adapted to interact with the cephalad component and a second surface adapted to interact with the caudal component to alter the biomechanical relationship between the cephalad and caudal components.",0.15916833068289488,0.31833666136578975
9025899,"1. A method for compressing an image, comprising: decomposing the image into one or more regions; selecting a region of the image to evaluate; decomposing the selected region into subregions; if the region does not meet a predetermined compression acceptability criteria, transforming and quantizing the subregions based on transformation and quantization settings; if the region does not meet the predetermined compression acceptability criteria based on a combination of subregion split, transform, and quantization: encoding the region when the predetermined compression acceptability criteria has been reached.",0.08764917413292887,0.17529834826585777
9777699,"1. A gravity driven hydroelectric system, comprising: A) a first housing comprising a sidewall having first and second ends, extending through said first housing is a shaft; B) a rotor housing assembly comprising a first hole to accommodate said shaft; C) a field winding starter assembly comprising second and third holes to accommodate said shaft, said field winding starter assembly further comprises a field winding starter having a first laminated steel rotor; D) a permanent magnet rotor assembly comprising fourth and fifth holes to accommodate said shaft, said permanent magnet rotor assembly further comprises a permanent magnet rotor; E) a laminated steel rotor assembly comprising second and third laminated steel rotors fixed upon said shaft and elongated permanent magnets, said elongated permanent magnets extend through said second and third laminated steel rotors; F) a generator assembly comprising sixth hole and an armature having wire coils; G) a water turbine assembly fixedly mounted onto said shaft, thereby rotating together, said water turbine assembly comprises a second housing having seventh and eighth holes to accommodate said shaft, said water turbine assembly further comprises turbine blades having magnets thereon; and H) an electrical system comprising wires that connect to terminals, whereby hydroelectric power is developed from potential energy of dammed water driving said water turbine assembly, said hydroelectric power extracted from said water depends on volume and on a difference in height between a source and an outflow of said water.",0.9923850611164885,0.015229877767023003
8770411,"1. A method for separating fine particles from granulate bulk materials that are conveyed in a direction as a product flow by one of a compressed air and a vacuum conveyance in a pipeline, comprising the steps of: radially dispersing the product flow at an intake end of a pipe screen integrated in an airtight manner in the pipeline, into an annular cross-section; aerating the product flow in the annular cross-section by a cleansing airflow flowing in the region of a cleansing plane at an angle to the direction of the product flowing the annular cross-section, said aerating step deflecting deflected material comprising any of lighter particles, fibers, clusters, and dust carried in the product flow from the trajectory of the heavier granulate bulk materials, and conveying said deflected material into an annular sheath connected to the annular cross-section, the cleansing airflow flowing through the annular sheath; and removing said deflected material from the annular sheath with a separator.",0.37811073983916765,0.7562214796783353
9172181,"1. A tool for disconnecting and connecting a coaxial connector having at least one protrusion extending radially from an outer surface thereof, and a lip portion extending radially from an axial end thereof, the tool comprising: a mounting portion having a wall surface extending cylindrically between two edges spaced by a longitudinal slit, the wall surface having at least one yield slot defined therein, the yield slot radially receiving to retentively capture the at least one protrusion of the coaxial connector therein.",0.04527659092971325,0.09055318185942651
9302222,"1. A method for reducing a nitrogen oxide off-gas concentration during at least one of a start-up or shutdown of a nitric acid manufacturing plant that is operated under pressure and is equipped with a residual gas cleaning first reactor configured to remove nitrogen oxides from off-gas during steady state operation of the plant, the method comprising: initiating at least one of the start-up or shutdown of the nitric acid manufacturing plant; directing a pressurized off-gas stream, containing nitrogen oxides from the nitrogen oxide plant and gaseous reducing agent for the nitrogen oxides, into a catalyst-filled second reactor configured to reduce the amount of nitrogen oxides in the off-gas during the at least one of the start-up or shutdown of the nitric acid manufacturing plant; and reducing the NO",0.9278563795480785,0.14428724090384293
8724292,"1. A lithium-ion capacitor comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an aprotic organic solvent electrolytic solution of a lithium salt as an electrolytic solution, wherein a positive electrode active material allows lithium ions and/or anions to be doped thereinto and de-doped therefrom and a negative electrode active material allows lithium ions to be doped thereinto and de-doped therefrom, the positive electrode active material being formed on at least one surface of a current collector so as to form a positive electrode layer, at least one of the negative electrode and the positive electrode is pre-doped with lithium ions so that after the positive electrode and the negative electrode are short-circuited, a potential of the positive electrode is 2 V (relative to Li/Li+) or lower, and a thickness of the positive electrode layer of the positive electrode is within a range from 18 to 55 μm when the positive electrode active material is on both surfaces of the current collector and within a range from 9 to 27.5 μm when the positive electrode active material is on only one surface of the current collector, wherein the positive electrode active material is an activated carbon, wherein the weight of the positive electrode active material per unit area is 1.5 to 4.0 mg/cm",0.9147708328366874,0.17045833432662527
9679808,"1. A method for selectively depositing a film on a substrate comprising a first metal surface and a second surface comprising silicon oxide, the method comprising one or more deposition cycles comprising: contacting the substrate with a first vapor-phase precursor comprising Si or B; and contacting the substrate with a second vapor-phase precursor comprising W, wherein the film is deposited on the first metal surface relative to the second surface with a selectivity of above about 50%.",0.4732102886157979,0.9464205772315958
9596169,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a centralized controller, a discover message originating from a network node, wherein the discover message includes an intermediate node list that specifies a plurality of network nodes the discover message traversed from the network node to an edge node; determining, by the centralized controller and based on the plurality of nodes specified by the discover message, a path from the edge node to the network node; allocating, by the centralized controller, each of a plurality of Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) labels to a respective outgoing interface of each of the plurality of network nodes; and outputting, by the centralized controller, one or more control messages for configuring the network node, wherein the control messages are encapsulated within a label stack comprising the allocated plurality of labels.",0.19306877869781602,0.38613755739563205
9234231,"1. A method for predicting responsiveness of a subject at risk of having or developing an inflammatory disease and/or an inflammatory event to a drug stimulating activity of an FPR2/ALX gene promoter comprising: a) adding an active ingredient to two screening systems, a first screening system expressing a wild type FPR2/ALX promoter comprising SEQ ID NO: 3 and a second screening system expressing a FPR2/ALX promoter comprising a SNP, the sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO: 6, in parallel; b) detecting responsiveness of wild type FPR2/ALX promoter and the FPR2/ALX promoter consisting of SEQ ID NO: 6 to said active ingredient; and c) comparing expression of a reporter gene in a cell line expressing the wild type FPR2/ALX promoter of SEQ ID NO: 3 with expression of a reporter gene in a cell line expressing the FPR2/ALX promoter consisting of SEQ ID NO: 6; d) wherein the responsiveness of a subject to the active ingredient is based on the responsiveness of the wild type FPR2/ALX promoter having SEQ ID NO: 3 and the FPR2/ALX promoter consisting of SEQ ID NO: 6 to the active ingredient.",0.22987425935137856,0.4597485187027571
9709856,"1. A display device comprising: a substrate; a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode disposed on the substrate; a roof layer overlapping the substrate; a first liquid crystal layer, which is disposed between the first subpixel electrode and the roof layer; a second liquid crystal layer, which is disposed between the second subpixel electrode and the roof layer; and a wall member, which is formed of an organic material, is disposed between the first liquid crystal layer and the second liquid crystal layer, wherein the roof layer has a hole connected to the first liquid crystal layer through the roof layer.",0.14462543812100923,0.2892508762420185
9523104,"1. A method for producing product alcohol comprising: providing a feedstock slurry comprising fermentable carbon source, undissolved solids, and oil; separating at least a portion of the feedstock slurry forming (i) an aqueous solution comprising fermentable carbon source, (ii) a wet cake comprising solids, and (iii) an oil stream; wherein the step of separating at least a portion of the feedstock slurry includes using a three-phase centrifuge to separate the feedstock slurry; returning at least a portion of the oil stream to the three-phase centrifuge; and adding the aqueous solution to a fermentation broth comprising microorganisms in a fermentor whereby a product alcohol is produced.",0.6115932506010915,0.776813498797817
9666093,"1. A test device for simulating a driving state according to a driving operation of an operator, comprising: a base plate, which can be moved on a slipping floor in directions of X-Y by an air bearing, and is disposed so that the base plate can be moved freely to rotate around a Z axis, wherein the X-Y directions are substantially parallel to the slipping floor, and the Z axis is substantially perpendicular to the slipping floor; a platform, which is connected on the base plate by a movement connecting mechanism, and on which a part to be driven is provided; and a magnetizing device, which is disposed on a lower surface of the base plate to face the slipping floor, and in which a magnetizing force to the slipping floor can be changed, wherein the base plate is disposed between the slipping floor and the platform, and wherein a magnetizing force of the magnetizing device to the slipping floor when the air bearing operates is stronger than a magnetizing force of the magnetizing device to the slipping floor when the air bearing does not operate.",0.07736373817486618,0.15472747634973238
8604282,"1. A seed of soybean cultivar S090098, wherein a representative of sample seed of said cultivar is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12359.",0.1782976045867421,0.3565952091734842
8741286,"1. A chimeric thrombin-cleavable derivative of factor X, wherein at least one of arginine, lysine and serine of the chimeric derivative of factor X corresponding to residues at positions 387, 391 and 419, respectively, of SEQ ID NO:1 is replaced by alanine, and wherein a native activation peptide of the factor X is replaced by a fusion protein comprising",0.5037309192034513,0.9925381615930975
9714271,1. A compound of Formula L: wherein: a) R′ is H or acetyl; b) R1 is a saturated or unsaturated straight or branched aliphatic carbon chain from 2 to 15 carbon atoms in length; c) R2 is selected from the group consisting of: d) R23 is unsubstituted C,0.4906994338915378,0.9813988677830756
9147796,"1. A method for manufacturing a light emitting diode (LED) device by surface mounting technology (SMT) comprising: providing an LED with two solder slugs extending downwardly from a bottom thereof; providing a circuit board with two first solder pads spaced from each other thereon, the first solder pads each defining a positioning hole therein corresponding to a position of each of the two solder slugs, forming a pair of second solder pads on the circuit board by directly and physically contacting with the circuit board, a height of each of the pair of second solder pads being smaller than a height of each of the pair of first solder pads, each of the pair of second solder pads being positioned in a bottom of the positioning hole and apart from the corresponding first solder pad in a horizontal direction; putting the solder slugs into the positioning holes, respectively; and subjecting the circuit board and the LED to a reflow soldering, during which the solder slugs are first melted and then solidified to electrically and mechanically connect with the first and second solder pads thereby connecting the LED and the circuit board together, each of the two solder slugs being electrically connected to a corresponding one of the pair of second solder pads.",0.5299810823996942,0.9400378352006116
8836163,"1. Apparatus for adaptive control for use with a static compensator (STATCOM) for a power system, the adaptive control apparatus comprising: a voltage regulator outer loop and a current regulator inner loop; the voltage regulator outer loop comprising a comparator configured to compare a desired reference voltage value to a measured voltage value at a point of interest for voltage control, a proportional integral controller in the voltage regulator loop outputting a q-axis current, a minimum-maximum current limiter whose input is the q-axis current output from the proportional integral controller, and an adjustment circuit for adjusting the proportional and integral gains of the voltage regulator loop according to the comparison; and the current regulator inner loop comprising an inner loop comparator configured to compare the q-axis reference current value which is the output of the minimum-maximum current limiter circuit in the voltage regulator outer loop with the q-axis current to adjust phase angle, a proportional integral controller, a minimum-maximum phase angle limiter, and an adjustment circuit for adjusting the proportional and integral gains of the proportional controller of current regulator loop according to the comparison.",0.8478380344696592,0.30432393106068156
9337474,"1. An electrode for electrochemical cells, the electrode comprising: a. an electrically conductive surface; b. a galvanic pellicle having a first surface and an opposed outer surface, wherein the galvanic pellicle also has an uncompressed thickness dimension being a longest distance of a straight axis extending from a position normal to the first surface to contact the outer surface of an uncompressed section of the galvanic pellicle; c. the galvanic pellicle being secured to the electrically conductive surface so that the first surface of the galvanic pellicle is adjacent the electrically conductive surface; d. wherein the galvanic pellicle is secured to the electrically conductive surface by at least one of; a plurality of connected areas, and a continuous connected area, wherein uncompressed sections of the galvanic pellicle are defined between at least one of; the plurality of connected areas; and between contiguous segments of the continuous connected area of the galvanic pellicle, and wherein the plurality of connected areas and the segments of the continuous connected areas are positioned so that any point within any uncompressed section is no more distant from one of a nearest connected area and a nearest segment of a continuous connected area than about ten times the uncompressed thickness dimension of the galvanic pellicle e. wherein the galvanic pellicle comprises at least one of; a cohesive mat of nonwoven single-walled carbon nanotubes; a cohesive mat of nonwoven multi-walled carbon nanotubes; a plurality of layers of multilayer graphene sheets; single-walled carbon nanotubes grown on woven carbon fiber; multi-walled carbon nanotubes grown on woven carbon fiber; and combinations thereof; and f. wherein the galvanic pellicle is coupled by a connector against the electrically conductive surface forming the plurality of connected areas or the continuous connected area, wherein the plurality of connected areas or the continuous connected area are at a pressure exceeding 6,894 Newtons per square centimeters.",0.7705384856761701,0.45892302864765977
8993365,"1. A wafer packaging method comprising: (a) providing a wafer having a plurality of integrated circuit units, a first surface opposite to the integrated circuit, and a second surface opposite to the first surface; (b) grinding the first surface of the wafer; (c) providing a light transmissive carrier to be adhered to the wafer, wherein the light transmissive carrier comprises a first surface and an opposing second surface; (d) forming a release layer on the first surface of the light transmissive carrier; (e) forming an ultraviolet temporary bonding layer on the first surface of the light transmissive carrier or the second surface of the wafer; (f) using the ultraviolet temporary bonding layer to adhere the first surface of the light transmissive carrier to the second surface of the wafer, such that the release layer is covered by the ultraviolet temporary bonding layer; (g) adhering the first surface of the wafer to an ultraviolet tape; (h) exposing the second surface of the light transmissive carrier to ultraviolet to eliminate adhesion force of the ultraviolet temporary bonding layer; and (i) removing the light transmissive carrier and the release layer located on the second surface of the wafer.",0.13346266451031907,0.26692532902063815
8662827,"1. A housing for a compressor of a gas turbine, the compressor including a rotor having a plurality of blades and defining a flow channel in the area of the blade tips, the housing for a compressor comprising: an external housing defining at least one air supply opening formed therethrough and having an air supply element disposed in the air supply opening; and an interior housing including at least two housing segments, each housing segment defining at least one air flow channel and at least one injection nozzle, the air flow channels adapted to receive air from the air supply element and direct the received air to the injection nozzle for injection through the interior housing into a flow channel on an interior side of the interior housing in the area of the blade tips of blades of a rotor of the compressor.",0.7169444538084767,0.5661110923830466
8424432,"1. A waste roll web product processing system adapted for processing waste roll web products for recycling, comprising: a first roller conveyor having a first conveyor belt driven along a first portion of longitudinal path for conveying said waste roll web products to an intermediate position of said longitudinal path; a push bar conveyor having at least one push bar being concurrently driven with said first conveyor belt and in parallel therewith along said longitudinal path and displacing said waste roll web products from said intermediate position along a second portion of said longitudinal path; a second roller conveyor having a second conveyor belt driven along a path extending in a direction different from said longitudinal path and having at least one carrier mounted thereto for receiving said waste roll web products from said push bar conveyor at a terminus of said second portion of said longitudinal path; a guide device disposed adjacent to said second roller conveyor and receiving said waste roll web products from said second roller conveyor, said waste roll web products being sleeved on said guide device and guided during displacement thereof in a predetermined direction; and a cutter disposed adjacent to said guide device and adapted for cutting off said waste roll web products from said guide device.",0.21659110661239966,0.43318221322479933
9485170,"1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first back-up router from a digital device, first data identifying a first data stream, at least a portion of the first data stream initially to be routed by a first portion of a primary router, the first data for assisting the first back-up router to back-up the first portion of the primary router; receiving, by a second back-up router from the digital device, second data identifying a second data stream, at least a portion of the second data stream initially to be routed by a second portion of the primary router, the second data for assisting the second back-up router to back-up the second portion of the primary router, wherein the first data and the second data are not the same; receiving, by the first back-up router from a network source, the at least the portion of the first data stream; routing, by the first back-up router, the at least the portion of the first data stream when the first portion of the primary router is not preferred to route the at least the portion of the first data stream, the routing of the at least the portion of the first data stream by the first back-up router being based on the first data; receiving, by the second back-up router from the network source, the at least the portion of the second data stream; and routing, by the second back-up router, the at least the portion of the second data stream when the second portion of the primary router is not preferred to route the at least the portion of the second data stream, the routing of the at least the portion of the second data stream by the second back-up router being based on the second data.",0.13294835399730837,0.26589670799461673
8802259,"1. A battery pack comprising: a battery module comprising a cell module stack having a structure in which a plurality of cell modules, each of which comprises a battery cell mounted in a cartridge, is vertically stacked, a lower end plate to support a lower end of the cell module stack, an upper end plate to fix an uppermost cartridge of the cell module stack disposed on the lower end plate, and a voltage detection assembly to detect voltages of the battery cells; a box type pack case in which the battery module is mounted; a pack cover coupled to the pack case; and fastening extension members protruding upward from the battery module to couple the battery module to the pack case and the pack cover, wherein the voltage detection assembly comprises: (a) a block case, formed of an electrically insulative material, mounted to a front or rear of the battery module corresponding to electrode terminal connection parts of the battery cells; (b) conductive sensing parts connected to voltage detection terminals located at one-side ends of bus bars electrically connected to the electrode terminal connection parts of the battery cells; and (c) a connector to transmit voltages detected by the conductive sensing parts to a controller, and wherein the block case comprises mounting grooves, opened to a front, formed at positions of the block case corresponding to the voltage detection terminals of the bus bars such that the conductive sensing parts are mounted in the mounting grooves, and the conductive sensing parts are connected to the voltage detection terminals of the bus bars in a state in which the conductive sensing parts are mounted in the mounting grooves of the block case.",0.7188357497922003,0.5623285004155993
8878637,"1. A protective cover suitable for releasably attaching to a tablet device having a display with an outer protective layer and configured to present visual content, comprising: a flap comprising:",0.12310392372735578,0.24620784745471158
9497829,"1. A method for controlling a plurality of lighting units in an outdoor lighting network, the method comprising the steps of: detecting at least one object within a sensing range by at least one of the plurality of lighting units); dynamically determining a response range based upon a velocity of the as least one object after detection; confirming if the detection of the at least one object is true by checking a previous local detection status and/or a previous light level status of the at least one of the plurality of lighting units and/or status data received from others of the plurality of lighting units to confirm if the detection of the at least one object is true; selecting one of a plurality of messaging protocols based upon the determined response range; and sending a control message, using the selected one messaging protocol, to another one or more of the plurality of lighting units to control a light level of the another one or more of the plurality of lighting units.",0.8851014640788635,0.22979707184227305
9081281,"1. A method for forming a pattern in a polymeric layer, the method comprising: providing a polymeric layer comprising a reactive composition that comprises a reactive polymer that comprises (1) pendant groups that are capable of providing pendant sulfonic acid groups upon exposure of the reactive polymer to radiation having a λ patternwise exposing the polymeric layer to radiation having a λ contacting the exposed regions of the polymeric layer with a reducing agent to incorporate reducing agent in the exposed regions of the polymeric layer, contacting the exposed regions of the polymeric layer with electroless seed metal ions to oxidize the reducing agent in the exposed regions of the polymeric layer and to form corresponding electroless seed metal nuclei in the exposed regions of the polymeric layer, and electrolessly plating the corresponding electroless seed metal nuclei in the exposed regions of the polymeric layer with a metal that is the same as or different from the corresponding electroless seed metal nuclei, the -B- recurring units comprise the (2) pendant groups that can provide crosslinking upon generation of the pendant aromatic sulfonic acid groups in the -A- recurring units, the -B- recurring units being present in an amount of at least 2 mol % and up to and including 75 mol % based on total reactive polymer recurring units.",0.5439855578506635,0.912028884298673
9375667,"1. An apparatus, comprising: a first gas conditioner designed to receive and condition an exhaust gas and creating a conditioned exhaust gas; a cyclone filter, in fluid communication with and downstream of said first gas conditioner, designed to remove dust from the conditioned exhaust gas; a ceramic filter, in fluid communication with and downstream of said cyclone filter, designed to remove additional dust from the conditioned exhaust gas; a second gas conditioner, in fluid communication with and downstream of said ceramic filter, designed to receive and further condition the conditioned exhaust gas, creating a further conditioned exhaust gas; and a filter, downstream of said second gas conditioner, designed to receive and filter the further conditioned exhaust gas to remove a substance from the further conditioned exhaust gas.",0.8540007850905448,0.29199842981891044
8901280,"1. An isolated antibody comprising: the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1, 3, and 5 as CDRH1, CDRH2, and CDRH3, respectively, and the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 7, 9, and 11 as CDRL1, CDRL2, and CDRL3, respectively; or the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, and 6 as CDRH1, CDRH2, and CDRH3, respectively, and the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 8, 10, and 12 as CDRL1, CDRL2, and CDRL3, respectively.",0.31869703991747705,0.6373940798349541
8920274,"1. A hybrid drive configuration for a motor vehicle, comprising: a housing; an input-side drive shaft; an output-side driven shaft; a first electric machine with an outer stator fixed relative to said housing and an inner rotor; a second electric machine with an outer stator fixed relative to said housing and an inner rotor; a first planetary gear set including a ring gear, a sun gear, a carrier and a set of planet gears rotatably mounted on said carrier of said first planetary gear set, said set of planet gears meshing with said ring gear and said sun gear, said first planetary gear set coupling said first electric machine with said input-side drive shaft and said output-side driven shaft; a second planetary gear set embodied as a Ravigneaux gear set, said second planetary gear set including a ring gear, a first sun gear, a carrier, a set of long planet gears rotatably mounted on said carrier of said second planetary gear set and meshing with said ring gear and said first sun gear and including a second sun gear and a set of short planet gears rotatably mounted on said carrier of said second planetary gear set and meshing with said set of long planet gears and said second sun gear, said second planetary gear set coupling said first planetary gear set with said second electric machine; said input-side drive shaft, said output-side driven shaft, said first electric machine, said second electric machine; said first planetary gear set, and said second planetary gear set being at least partly contained in said housing; said carrier of said first planetary gear set being coupled with said ring gear of said second planetary gear set, said ring gear of said second planetary gear set being fixedly connected to said output-side driven shaft; a first clutch, said carrier of said second planetary gear set being connectable, by said first clutch, to said ring gear of said first planetary gear set, said ring gear of said first planetary gear set being fixedly connected to said input-side drive shaft; said rotor of said first electric machine being fixedly connected to said sun gear of said first planetary gear set; said rotor of said second electric machine being fixedly connected to said first sun gear of said second planetary gear set; and a first brake, said second sun gear of said second planetary gear set being connectable to said housing by said first brake.",0.8940529812142639,0.21189403757147218
9738176,"1. An assembly, comprising: a blend door positioned on an underside of an electrified vehicle and moveable between a first position and a second position, the blend door in the first position permitting a first flow of air to move toward a traction battery, the blend door in the second position permitting a second flow of air to move toward the traction battery, the first flow including more air that has moved through an engine compartment than the second flow, the second flow including at least some air that has not moved through the engine compartment; and a blocker door separate from the blend door, the blocker door moveable between a flow-blocking position and a flow-permitting position, the blocker door in the flow-blocking position blocking the traction battery from receiving the first flow or the second flow, the blocker door in the flow-permitting position permitting the traction battery to receive the first flow or the second flow, wherein the blend door is closer to a front of the electrified vehicle than the blocker door.",0.9169977455871007,0.16600450882579865
9785364,"1. A method for increasing data storage reliability in a heterogeneous storage system, the system comprising two or more different types of storage devices, the devices storing respective data subsets of a dataset, the method comprising: accessing, via one or more processors, configuration parameters for the dataset stored on the storage devices, the configuration parameters including respective amounts, comprising U estimating, via one or more processors, an initial global reliability of the heterogeneous storage system for the dataset, based on the accessed configuration parameters including the respective amounts of the data subsets stored on the two or more different types of storage devices; determining, via one or more processors, an increased global reliability of the heterogeneous storage system for the dataset, by estimating a global reliability as would be obtained by modifying at least some of the configuration parameters, wherein at least the respective amounts U reconfiguring the dataset stored across the heterogeneous storage system according to the modified configuration parameters including the modified respective amounts of the data subsets stored on the two or more different types of storage devices.",0.40282433053280986,0.8056486610656197
8452171,"1. A telephoto lens sighting apparatus, comprising: a mount configured to couple to a hot shoe of a camera; and a first sight coupled to the mount, wherein the first sight comprises a first gap configured to correspond with a viewing aperture of a telephoto lens coupled to the camera.",0.18011475188143844,0.3602295037628769
9364645,"1. A balloon catheter comprising: a proximal shaft; a distal shaft; an intermediate shaft that is positioned between the proximal shaft and the distal shaft; a lumen that extends through the proximal shaft, the intermediate shaft, and the distal shaft and is configured to introduce and discharge a dilation fluid for a balloon; an inner tube shaft that extends through the lumen and has a guide wire opening arranged at a boundary between the intermediate shaft and the distal shaft; and a reinforcement member arranged in the lumen so as to suppress an occurrence of a kink in the balloon catheter; wherein the reinforcement member has a tapered proximal portion which is fixed to the proximal shaft and arranged inside the lumen positioned in the intermediate shaft, a tapered distal portion which is arranged inside the lumen positioned in the distal shaft, and a straight transition portion which is positioned between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the straight transition portion possessing an outer diameter that is constant; and wherein the transition portion is aligned with the guide wire opening.",0.030363570777694537,0.06072714155538905